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s: zHE power of running water
Tto remove sand, gravel
ami pebbles increases in
a remarkable degree with
the iucrease in velocity, so
y that mining engineers can
make accurate calcula-
Btf tions concerning the ve-
Hkfi locity which is necessary
to remove stones of a certain size
from their sluiceways. The transport
ing power increases 04 times with
each doubling of the velocity; so that
if you increase the velocity threefold
you have increased the transporting
power of the water 729 times and if
you quadruple it you have increased
the weight of the pebble which it
would move 4,09G times. This at first
thought seems incredible, but it is
nevertheless true, and prepares us to
appreciate the astonishing results that
are produced by running water.
Water moving three feet in a seo
ond, or a mile In six hours, will carry
along with it particles of fine clay
and keep them in suspension. Water
■ moving at twice that velocity will lift
and carry along with it fine sand;
■while a velocity four times as great
will sweep along fine gravel and water
moving at the rate of two mile 3 an
hour will carry along stones as big as
a hen's egg. There is hardly any limit
to the size of a pebble that would be
rolled along by a current of six or
eight miles an hour, blocks as big as
houses being sometimes set In motion
and transported for considerable dis
tances.
In various ways one can obtain pos
itive evidence of this power of water
transportation. If, for instance, he at
tempts to wade across the Platte
river in Nebraska, which is over
loaded with sand and lias a gradient
of seven or eight feet to the mile, and
hence a very rapid current, he will
find his b;:re legs stung by the par
ticles of sand and fine gravel that are#
driven against them. Or if after a
storm one pauses to listen he will
hear what sounds like distant can
nonading, produced by the knocking
of the stones together as they are
rolled along upon the bottom of the
stream.
The erosive power of a stream (low
i'. ;; over a rocky bed is determined by
its ability to shove along sand and
pebbles and gravel over its bottom. It
is these particles of solid matter that
accomplish the erosion, acting as a
rasp, or sandpaper, or more properly
a sand blast, to remove the solid rock
beneath and deepen the channel of a
stream. In order to do this, however,
there has to ho proper adjustment be
tween the supply of loose solid matter
to be transported and the volume and
velocity of the water. If there is more
sand and gravel than the current can
handle, this will accumulate upon the
bottom and fill up rather than deepen
the bed. If there is too little material
the stream will flow over the rocks
without effecting much erosion, while
if there is just the right amount of
i;olid matter to be shoved along it will
deepen the channel with great rapid
ity.
There are many striking examples
of the work which has been accom
plished by rivers in deepening and
widening their channels. We look
upon the rise of mountain chains as
being most majestic illustrations of
the power of natural forces, but tho
fact is equally impressive that In many
east's rivers which run across the line
of mountain elevation ore able to wear
down their channels an fast as the '
mountains rise and thus maintain '
their ancient onward course. The
Hudson river has thus sawed down a
channel through tho solid rocks which
in ancient geologic times arose across
its course at West Point and below,
all that plctun que valley of the Hud
son being a valley of erosion. The 1
Delaware river has worn an even
More -triklng gorge through the Blue 1
in rt- at the Delaware Water Gap, '
wl re it eut direct|y across the very :
hard strati of Median sandstone con* '
uttutlnr H'ue Ridge, forming perpen- '
dlMilar iu on either side 1.000 feet 1
In height Similar gorge* are found '
I" Die , ttl|l | potomac and 1
many other rivers along the Appa
u' i -ii chain Jut tluivi where they '
r «" ! ' urioiindtng lowland. '
W- oftet. „ 112 , ueh rlvfff , u I
' hunting** through their barrier. Hut 1
'*ier«» m is no iiur.-tiiiK In the opera- '
tlilß. The,. forge* were cut by the '
tho river* low* rlflM tliHr 4 h* • »'•*!' *
* r " 1 ' ' ,u 1 iii lo* ! » roHti
ft « r ./« ih* ftur* >«* in
fw 14* 4rt;> I ihlm;
the stream
crosses this
range with a gra
dient that Is con
tinuous with that
of the vast pral
rie regions
above and below.
The Yenisei riv
er has cut a sim
ilar gorge across
the granite
mountain chain
which rose up to
separate the fertile plains of Minu
sinsk from the vaster plains of north
ern Siberia.
Coming to our own country, we
have In addition to the streams al
ready mentioned, gorges and canons
on a most impressive scale In the up
per part of the Susquehanna river,
where the east branch cuts across the
Allegheny mountains south of the
state of New York, and forms the
beautiful Wyoming valley, which is
wholly one of erosion. The west
branch has likewise cut a gorge of
equal dimensions 50 miles or more in
length west of Williamsport, which is
fully 1,000 feet in depth, as one can
see by the fact that here the coal
mines on either side are that dis
tance above the bed of the stream and
of the railroad track. Coming to the
Matchmaking of Japanese
Mr. Orio Tamura, as we will call
our young gentleman. Is about twenty
years eld, an article in the Wide
World says. He is an up-to-date Jap
nese, and has put off all thoughts of
matrimony until this comparatively
late date—for Japan—in order to fin
ish his university studies. Now, how
ever, he has finished his training, and
has intimated to his father, as a duti
ful son should, that he would like to
marry. That is all he is required to
do, at present; It Is the business of
his parents to take the next step.
Orio's father, presumably, has some
quiet talks with his wife on the sub
ject, and then betakes himself to a
professional matchmaker, or go-be
tween. These marriage brokers are a
class apart—discreet men of the
world, with a good deal of insight in
to human nature. For the sake of
his own reputation and future the
go-between usually does his best to
please all parties.
Sometimes, in the east as in the
west, love laughs at restraints, and
somebody or other conveys a hint to
tho marriage broker that a meeting
between Mr. A and Miss 7.
might not be unacceptable to both;
In which case the task Is easy. I'sual
ly, however, he takes time to look
around him, and he in turn —how In
dispensable the ladles are In these
Fate of a Merchant of Fez
The merchants of Ke« are to be
found all over Morocco. Indue course
All Mahmoud launches out into busi
ness on a large scale, says the I«on
don Graphic. He prospers exceeding
ly and presently purchases a black
ftinali* slave to assist his wife In her
dutle All Mahmoud takes a house
in the pi -asant olive groves, in course
of tine lii buys two more slaves and
Is fairly set up as a householder.
\S hen his tlrst daughter Is born
there is great rejoicing The baby Is
Immediately stained ull over lis little
body with henjta and then smeared
liberally with butter and wrapped In
woolen clotlu (in the *• veuth day
these ar« removed and the child Is
washed for th first time When tho
girl has reached her first year h«»r
head Is shav I, leaving a little tuft
by which Mohammed could ratvh her
up to heaven It he w«r« so disposed.
In her sev. nib year lu r hair has
.11,1 Iter pioud lather sett about look
the t'ttatow to b. troth children from
All Mahuioud prospei «, und. *;» ye
Ifciiiily, (in Thm Huiur
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1910.
other side of the Allegheny moun
tains, one strikes Into the various
branches of the Ohio river and finds
himself in a trench several hundred
feet below the general level of the
land, and extending for more than
1,000 miles in length until the river
emerges into the center of the Mis
sissippi valley. The upper part of
the Mississippi occupies a similar
gorge for a still greater distance.
Everywhere along this portion of their
course on ascending either side of the
rivers to the summit, one will find
himself upon a vast plain, extending
off in either direction, whose main
superficial irregularities are those
which have been produced by the ero
sion of the countless smaller streams
which joined together make the great
rivers.
matters—consults his wife. At last,
carefully considering the official and
social position of the persons and fam
ilies interested, he suggests that a cer
tain Miss Chrysanthemum would
make a most desirable bride for the
"learned son of the honorable house
of Tamura."
Once more Orio's father consults his
wife and sundry other relations, and,
having no fault to find with the go
between's suggestion, instructs tho
latter to proceed. The marriage bro
ker's next step Is to approach tho
parents of the young lady he has in
view and arrange a formal appoint
ment for mutual inspection—it is
known as the "look-at-each-other meet
ing"—between the prospective bride
and bridegroom at the house of the
bride's father, and In tho presence of
that gentleman and the go-between
himself.
The meeting usually takes the form
of a conventional tea party, at which I
the prospective bride does the honors, j
It la perhaps unnecessary to add that j
she does not wear the oldest clothes I
on this occasion. Here, for the first
time In their lives, tho youns lady and
Orio set eyes on each other. Etiquette
forbids them to speak to each other,
but nevertheless they are doubtless
very busy taking "stock" of the
other's appearance and manners.
the time In simple games of cards or
In listening to the weird efforts of
Itinerant musicians. Our merchant
gets stout as he approaches middle
age. One day his world tumbles
about him. Such Is the uncertainty
of fate In Moi '(HTO.
He was serving In his shop when
the customer suddenly raised his '
voice and cried out that lie was <ct
ting false weight. The accusation was
terrible, and All vehemently protest
ed his innocence, it hdh an arranged
charge by mi enemy of the merchant,
who philosophically bowed his head
with this saying: "Kismet• Mine en- |
• nty bus found Hte, and the serpent I
requires milk." The arbitrators a ere j
lulled, ami, having been bribed prevl j
ouslv. they rtnd Mahmoud guilty and
Sent, lice him to the usual punishment
meted out »u nil rs of false weights
lie Is 4ragg.il tn the southern wall of
I* • Ircted My tie Irony of fate It Is
witnin sigh' of his own house, a I
rope is Made last to his right wrlsl
touch til Ki.KH.I llere he Is let! tttl
i unset I lie Idler# )* fat hlUi and
* ' ' * Mt#4*q hi ♦ i ill «<•! !
****** merchntt j
LOST |H YORK
Thousands of Disappearances
Reported to Police Annually.
Esther Maude Mearson's Case Reserrv
bles in Many Respects That of
Ruth Wheeler Who Was Mur
dered.
New York.—Exhaustive sparch by
the police in every, nook and cornei
of New York failed to reveal the
slightest trace of Esther Maude Mear
son, aged sixteen, who mysteriously
disappeared after starting out to seek
work as a stenographer.
Ihe case resembles in many re
spects that of Ruth Wheeler, whe
also sought employment ns a sten
ographer and went to the rooms of Al
bert Woiter, where she was mur
dered and her body burned and pul
into a sack. It is another of the many
strange disappearances of a great
city's daily life.
In fact, the parents of Esther Mear
son, having in mind the sad fate ol
Ruth when their own daughter went
in search of employment, cautioned
her against going to private residences
for work or answering post card re
quests for help did Ruth Wheeler,
Esther, an unusually attractive girl,
well proportioned and largo for her
ago, was also warned to bo careful
of her conduct while in the presence
of strange men.
It was Lyon Mearson, brother of
the missing girl, who first notified the
police of her disappearance. Lyon, a
graduate of the New York law school,
is employed in the office of a large
law firm. Joseph Mearson, the girl's
father, is a retired jewelry and dry
goods salesman. There are seven chil
dren in the family. They live at 107
East One Hundred and Twenty-third
street.
Esther left school two years ago
and became a pupil In the Hebrew
Technical institute, where she took a
special course. Upon leaving the In
stitute she took up the study of sten
ography at her home and before long
became proficient in it. While it was
not necessary for her to seek employ
ment. the girl did not wish to be idle.
Mrs. Mearson was the only mem
bor of the family to talk with Esther
Monday morning, when the girl was
preparing to continue her quest of a
position. The girl was more confi
dent than ever she would find a place
where there would be a chance of ad
vancement. She told her mother that
was the kind of a position she was
trying for.
"I will be home as soon as I can,
mother," said Esther, as she kissed
her parent goodby. "I will be glad
if 1 find the place I am looking for be
cause I need something to occupy my
mind."
A woman describing herself as Mrs.
J. P. Kennedy went to see Mrs. Mear
son and told her that sho was pretty
sure that she had seen Esther on Third
avenue near One Hundred and Twen
ty-Fifth street. Mrs. Kennedy said
she Raw a middle-aged man In the
neighborhood of fifty, sny. accost the
girl, calling her "miss." The girl, Mrs.
Kennedy says, stopped and the two
were still talking when .Mrs Kennedy
wont on about her own affairs.
Thousands of such cases coin*) to
the notice of the Gotham police ev
ery year. Some of the disappearing
persons return after they have been
awny a short time and the public
hears nothing more of them, others
never arc found and go down in the
annals of tht- police department as
unccplalnt-d mysteries.
Fires French Cook.
T.ondon Tht- ae* quet*n Is so ihnr
eitghly Itrltish In h«-r culinary taste*
that she I reported to have dUml-sed
King IM ward's Kr«-neh <h»*f, M
Mender, who for v'-itr* ha* been the
monarch of tht- royal kllch>-n (Jtieen
Mary I* -altl lo hav > d<'<U)>-i| to <>lll
ploy mil) itrltl h labor *h«-n po tilde
Paint Makes Cows Ugly.
Wnnhlngton »»a \ diet of pnlnt
wa* fatal to threw r.«l*t#r*a J«r»«y
cov helouiilaa » u Or aery hill farm
\ ran of paint *«» thrown Into ih'
th'MU tl> I ill ilhutlt the |U :.i Slid t, 14,
•IH an Ounce fer Mar* Forks.
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'" ' ■>>'■ >■ • i>.« 14 i » VI i lin
lw*»i h r«|tee«|M ef l.uni Tw.»d
af ll* v\ tiitam sad Mary ami <n««a
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UNDEFEATED CHAMPION OF THE
NORTHWEST.
T. A. Ireland, Rifle Shot, of Colfax,
Wash., Telia a Story.
Mr. Ireland is the holder of four,
world records and has yet to lose
his first match—says he: "Kidney
t trouble so afTected
my vision as to Inter,
fere with my shoot
ing. I became so
nervous I could hard
ly hold a gun. There
was severe pain In
my back and head
and my kidneys were
terribly disordered,
Doan's Kidney Pills
cured me after I had
doctored and taken
nearly every remedy
imaginable without
relief. I will give
further details of my case to anyone
enclosing stamp."
Remember the name—Doan's.
For sale by all dealers. 50 cents a
box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
When Father HeJped.
The fond father held the manu
script while his son practised the ora
tion.
"Shall we permit the ruthless hand
of the hydra-headed tyrant," cried the
youth, "to—to—to —well, what Is It?"
The father was wrestling with the
manuscript.
"Oh, yes," he muttered, "here It is:
'to dessicate.' Oo on."
"It's desecrate," cried the boy, in
dignantly. " 'Shall we permit the
ruthless hand of the hydra-headed
tyrant to desecrate the—the—the—'
why don't you prompt me?"
The father was staring hard at the
manuscript
"The—the poodle—paddle— poodle
um of our liver ties," he stammered.
"It's the 'palladium of our liber
ties,' " roared the boy. "Gimme that
paper—l'll say it meself."
And he stalked away angrily.
But He Wasn't.
Senator Depew, In his Washington
residence on his seventy-sixth birth
day, told a reporter that his health
was perfect.
"You do, indeed, sir," said the re
porter, heartily, "look the picture of
health."
"Yes," said the senator, "I shouldn't
have said I was well if my appearance
didn't bear me out. A self-contradic
tory statement is merely ludicrous.
You have heard about the census
taker?
"A census taker rang the bell of a
Illllyer place residence the other day
and an elderly gentleman opened the
door.
" 'l'd like to see the head of the
house,' said the census taker.
" 'S-sh! Not so loud!' whispered the
elderly gentleman. 'Now, what is it?
I'm the head of the house?' "
Try This, This Summer.
The very next time you're hot. tired
or thirsty, step up to a soda fountain
and get a glass of Coca-Cola. It will
cool you off, relieve your bodily and
mental fatigue and quench your thirst
delightfully. At soda fountains or
carbonated In bottles—sc everywhere.
Delicious, refreshing and wholesome.
Send to the Coca-Cola Co., Atlanta,
Ga., for their free booklet "The Truth
About Coca-Cola." Tells what Coca-
Cola is and why it is so delicious, re
freshing and thirst-quenching. And
send 2c stamp for the Coca-Cola Hqse
hall Record Hook for 1910—contains
tho famous poem "Casey At The Uat,"
records, schedules for both leagues
and other valuable baseball Informa
tion compiled by authorities.
Get After the Flies.
With the warm days flies multiply
amazingly. Now Is the time to at
tack them and prevent the breeding
of millions from the few hundreds that
already exist.
Perhaps the most effective method
of destroying files 1s by burning
[jyrethrum in each room. This stuns
ihe Hies and they can be a wept up and
burned.
Files are dangerous carriers of dis
»aso and an enemy of humankind. Do
four part toward keeping dowu the
peat and Improving the health of your
-ominunlty.
Important to Mothers
Examine caretully every bottle of
i'ASTOHIA, a safu nnd sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
In T's« For Over .'III Y«-nrs.
The Kind You Have Always liought.
Oh, Mr. Wright!
Wilbur Wright was talking to a
lay ton reporter about the Dally Mail's
160,000 aerial race from l.ondou to
Manchester.
"It was shocking, tbough," aaid the
••purler, "that Graham White, an An
:loSaxoa Hying man, let himself be
•eaten by a Frenchman "
Mr Wright smthd
'"Shocking '" h« said "It was more
han that. It was al'uulhari"
Faster.
I **a*'h»T i hilili <a. nature I.* sup*
iitr lo man lit everything For In
tln re la nothing that travels
'i fast as ih" unseen »in<l
V\ illii link! Ysu oug'it ta livar
• hat my u says about u i. hi draff
PsruhM* fer Holding.
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•urn I tifuf MMM* my IMNP ,
Constipation
Vanishes Forever
Prompt Relief--Permanent Curt
CARTER'S LITTLE iffffhi
LIVER PILLS
■i>le—act turely oH|w /"a^ivvri^
but on
cure indi
gejtion— improve tho complexion brighten
the eyes. Small Pill, Small Dott, Small Prie#
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Choice quality; rods and roans,
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select from. Satisfaction Guar
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Come and see for yourself.
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At either
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WOMAN'S ADVANCE IN CHINA
One of the Most Encouraging Signs of
Progress That the Great Empire
Has Yet Given.
When Christ begins to uplift a race,
the evidence of It Is seen In the posi
tion and education of woman. In the
great land of China woman Is still
ignorant and enslaved toman. Men
tally, morally and physically she la
still near the bottom of the ladder—
but a change Is coming and has. In
fact already become evident. A new
style of woman is appearing, with un
bound feet, with face washed from
the old-time paint and powder, with
the Impulse and admitted right to take
her place beside the men of her fam
ily and acquaintance In social and in
tellectual life.
Perhaps the most evident change
has been in the line of woman's edu
cation. Thirty years ago there was
not even the simplest classic for
them; now the road to highest edu
cation Is opening. The very men who
a generation ago wished to keep them
In subjection now demand they shall
be like their western sisters.
"A cry comes from all over China
for teachers, for women who know,"
says a writer in Woman's Work. "This
need offers perhaps the greatest op
portunity for American young women
that exists anywhere for the Chinese
are willing to pay for English, for mu
sic, for anything. It is decreed that
thefr women must be enlightened."
Another sign of progress in China !s
seen in the new official Chinese al
manac, which contains for the first
time in its history the Christian Sun
day as well as the Chinese holy days,
German Alcohol Stills.
An authority on alcohol stills says
that thero are 20,000 farm stills in
operation on as many farms in Ger
many. The German government per
mits the farmer to produce a certain
amount of grain or potato alcohol, tho
amount depending upon the size and
location of the farm and the annual
demand for the product, upon the pay
ment of a reduced revenue tax. Alco
hol distilled in excess of the quantity
allowed is .subject to the higher rate
uf taxation. Denatured alcohol, how
ever, Is not subject to any tax.
The Secret.
"Miss ISright," whispered Miss
Qaussip, "can you keep a secret?"
"Yes," replied Miss Ilright, also
whispering, "I can keep one as well ait
you can."
Girls don'l take much Interest In
i'tigllisni, but they will continue to
train for the engagement ring.
A "Corner"
In Comfort
For those who know the
pleasure and satisfaction
there is in a glass, ui
ICED
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Make it a<t usual, dark
and rich —!>>ii it thoroughly
to l>riti»; out the distinctive
flavour and lood value.
Cool with cracked ice, and
add sugar and Union; also a
little ctram it d< siu d.
I'o.Mum '. r« illv a 112 >l-drink
v. Ui tlt<- nutritive rlem< ntt
I ■ | it, Ml I
I>i th u u i havm ih vef
lll* >1 it*
" I here's a Reason" lor
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