BOWERYDELMONICO'S
incidents Recalled by Reopening
Lyons' Noted Place.
OLD NEW YORK RESTAURANT.
Glimpses of the East Side Resort When
It Was In Its Glory—Popular With
Police, Firemen and Bowery Wedding
Parties.
Mike Lyons' famous old restaurant
on the Bowery, In New York, has been
reopened and the key thrown away
once more.
Lyons' place, at 25!) Bowery, near
Houston, on the east side, was opened
In 1872. Then Lyons threw away the
key, and the place was never shut
day or night. Sundays or holidays.
"He can't close because he threw
away the key when he first opened
up," said the knowing ones. But two
years ago the Bowery was shocked one
night to find the place closed up at
midnight, says the New York Post.
"English Harry," the head waiter, who
started in with Lyons as a boy, ex
plained.
"Times was when you couldn't get a
seat here at 2 o'clock in the morning,
and we had room for 300 at that." he
said. "We kept six waiters busy until
breakfast time. Now there's only one
waiter on the dogwatch, and lie spends
half his time asleep. My son, the Bow
ery's 011 the blink."
The old restaurant man. who used to
take pride 111 being around his place
for about twenty hours out of the
twenty-four, seemed to lose heart after
he saw the lights go down, and he got
out of the business last January, when
he sold out to his eldest son. George
Washington Lyons. After his son took
charge Mike went down to his old
home in Louisiana for a long visit,
and after he returned he spent most of
his time on a little farm he owns on
I.ong Island. The restaurant ■which
Mike's good management caused to be
known as the "Bowery Delmonico's"
saw little of its founder after lie turned
his back 011 it.
In August last year a deputy sheriff
appeared, and Mike Lyous' was shut,
whereat the Bowery sat up and took
notice, and the part of Mulberry
street's police outfit that had to lie 011
tile job at or around dinner time went
to other restaurants and grumbled
when the goulash had queer things iu
Jt and the ham and eggs failed to
come up to the requirements of the
pure food regulations.
Ever since there has been a bare
spot along the street to which the man
©'-war's man always turns, because it
has been man-o'-war's man habit. But
the wide thoroughfare is different
very different. A few years ago there
was always "something doing" at "Sui
cide corner." where First street im
pinges on the Bowery. The girls who
killed themselves there came mostly
from McGurk's "Suicide ball," a bit
north of Houston, on the same side of
the street as Lyons'.
Then, next to McGurk's. was the
Oermanla, a famous music hall where
you could sip beer beside strong urm
teams, cadets and Jack tars, for whom
was created and sincerely chanted that
Bowery war song which meant all
that it Implied—move than can bo mid'
of the average song of the day—"Strike
T'p the Band: Here Comes a Sailor."
Over tin- tables at Mike Lyons' the
shilling tide of the Bowery was fath
omed, and it was at Lyons' that one
went, be 1:0 cub reporter or plaiu
clothes man, to get the latest gossip of
any precinct, not to mention the poli
tics churning behind the impassive,
dirty gray front of 300 Mulberry, po
lice headquarters.
In days when Lyons' was in its glory
a dozen inspectors, to say naught of
captains, each with revolving satellite
of sergeant and wardnian and a hand
ful of fire department battalion chiefs, j
sat down to meat daily, while the |
Bowery haberdashers' clerks and even
the banana men, with push carts ca- ;
reenlng over the curb iu front of the |
wide open doors, whispered that tills j
one was Captain Smith of the Steenth
precinct and that one was attached to
Inspector Jones' staff. Even "English
Harry" and the small fry of the wait
ers—and they made good tips at Lyons'
—knew when lire commander or police
man was"ln bad" or "in right."
Many an important "sliakeup" not at
all "for the good of the service" was
framed up over the linen at No. 259.
When the bipartisan police comtnls-!
sioners held sway, when Theodore
Roosevelt was learning to know and j
like Jake Itils In Ills little cubbyhole I
of a room across the street from the
green lamps and splintering lances
with keen enjoyment against the im
pervious front or Commissioner Par
ker. a vito' inl Hoc-rvelf antipathy then. 1
Lyon;'" liclil many a poll .• conn i'
There was always a fre el.r-n ".uu:. j
the kind they have !:i the iv ' • c
glue houses, back of the c««h| 1. >s\.
wl-.er- tlie-e was a <■ ••jf.e-i-' ! >ha !
or tv • r.-'lle.-l off, and r> v«i for a]
pleasat Ciat bet vcen *:!'•»• san 1
«op:o ft. vorUc cron? ; . • 1.
cor imager whose • mi--' l 1 •
needed at some big bln-e or 1 ■ • bo;
tali 'ii chief vat at f.«.,-| a d <!:•• 01 r
so: ni! 'j- -|| alwa; s Imxzed. iievea r.in :
loudly enoinrh to anno.v the luw hers
either Old Man Lyons or hi* son
George, who is again in charge of the
old place, would look up the alarm in
the book list and if needed would send
a message to Captain X. or Chief V.
It was ail very nice nnd family par
ty-llke for the men who wore uniform
All of the police chiefs ate there ("on
lin, McCullagh and Devery, not to
speak of the men who ran the central
office—"Chesty" George McClusky and
George Titus and a shoal of the men
who are looked upon as Sherlock
Holmescs In Mulberry street.
In the early morning there used to
be lots to see at Lyons'. As much
"real wine" used to he opened there
by east side wedding parties as they
do at Rector's after the theater nowa
days. And there was always a keen
lookout for the bridal outfit and a
scramble among the lynx eyed waiters
to serve the party, for the Lyons scale
of wedding tips was no narrow one.
You could always get a ramshackle
brand of cab In front of the old place
•ny time betyeen midnight and dawn.
Sometimes tne wedding parries came
in under false pretenses, having spent
all their money to pay for hall and
music.
But they ate heartily, just the same,
not revealing vulgar details of finan
cial stringency until one of English
Harry's tribe brought the check and a
bundle of toothpicks tastefully strewn
over a folded napkin. Then when the
revelation came there was always a
picture to regard with pleasure—lf you
happened to be remote enough to be
In it.
Sometimes the wedding guest beat
Ills breast ere he heard the loud bas
soon; sometimes he did not get the
chance. Once In awhile before he was
ejected with rough laying 011 of hands
lie compounded by promise to pay, but
he had to be known. At any rate there
was excitement for all bands. Things
like those made the Bowery color
scheme. That color is faded, 011 a
warped palette now.
But the Bowery will welcome the
ancient restaurant. It at least will
present the shell of a former glory.
They always gave you good food at
the long and not always clean clothed
tables. If they do this much again the
Bowery will let it go at that.
OLD TIME PRICES.
Glimpse of the Days When Living Was
Cheap In England.
Old time hotel rates in England were
low. For instance, in the days of
Queen Elizabeth the charge at the"
George inn for a feather bed per
night was a penny. Pinner cost six
pence (12 cents) and offered choice of
"beef, mutton or pigge or fish." In
Stuart times each room owned a name
instead of a number, chiefly those of
inn signs, such as the Cross Keys
room, the Bell chamber, the Adam and
Eve room, and so forth.
Formerly the custom in important
cities during festival times was to lim
it the price of food and lodging by
statute. In Canterbury during the cel
ebration of the bicentenary of Becket's
translation (1372) the price of bread
was fixed at two loaves for a penny
(2 cents), a fairly high figure consid
ering the comparative value of money
then and now, and wine brought 10
cents a gallon.
A century or so later the scale of
; prices in Edinburgh all tli(kyear round
\ was equally moderate, sheep being sold
I at prices ranging from 12 cents to 20
cents, according to quality, "best hens"
! at 1 cent each and Rochelle wine at 1
| cent a pint. Any vender departing
j from these prices ran the risk of for-
I feiture of his goods.—Chicago News.
MESSAGES FROM THE DtAD.
Sir Oliver Lodge Convinced That Wo
man Medium Heard From Spirits.
Public interest has again been aroused
over the assertions recently by Sir
Oliver Lodge that messages from the
dead had been received by members of
the Psychical Research society by the
publication of the details of the iletnon-
I titrations witnessed by Sir Oliver.
1 It appears now that the messages
| were transmitted through a medium
| who is referred to as Mrs. Hollan
| drones, who held a pen in her hand
| while her mind was a blank and wrote
us the spirits directed she should write,
J says a London dispatch. Much of
j what came to her told of the transition
from the living state, of the conditions
that encompassed those who hail de
parted from the material world and
the difficulty those 011 the other side
experienced iu trying to open commu
nication with the living. It was de
clared that the living personality was
011 a plane so much lower than that in
the spirit world that It was difficult to
transmit clear Impressions.
There is 1111 attempt to convey an idea
of existence after death and there is
reference to au obscuration of con
sciousness. A message from Mr. Gur
uey, a founder of the society, was as
follows:
Tho nearest simile I can find to ex
press the difficulties of sending n mes
sage is that 1 appear to be standing be
hind a sheet of frosted glass, which
blurs the sight and deadens sounds, dic
tating feebly to a reluctant and some
what obtuse secretary.
A feeling of terrible Impotence burdens
me. I am so powerless to tell what
means so much. 1 cannot get Into com
munication with those who would under
stand nnd believe me. You need much
training before you can ever begin to
help me as 1 need to be helped, and 1 do
not know how that training Is to be ar
ranged. It is like Intrusting a message
of inlinite importance to a sleeping per
son.
Another message was received, it is
declared, from F. 11. W. Myers, the
distinguished author, in which he is
reported to have said that at the mo
ment of dissolution lie became com
pletely unconscious and adds:
The period of oblivion was unusually
long with mo. There was no link be
tween my utter unconsciousness of things
of tho earth. The last thing £ felt was
the touch that closed my eyes and my
passage to the plane I now occupy.
The transit was absolutely unknown to
me. and X am not conscious of a return
Journey, as It were. When 1 communicate
In this way 1 am conscious of strain and
effort, but I cannot note the stages of
the way.
Coupled with the report of the latest
manifestations that convinced Sir t(li
ver Lodge of tlicir genuineness is the
statement by William T. Slcad that he
received a communication fro:n Mr.
Myers to the effect that his discover
les 1 ; aulle 1 conclusions presented by
him 1..': is book. "Human Personality."
nnlcatlons, Mr. Stead saldr
came throii !i a woman who often
received suc.i messages.
Diamonds For the Kaiser.
Herr Dernburg. German secretary of
state-for the colonies, will 011 his re
turn from Africa present the kai
ser with a golden casket filled with I
diamonds from German Southwest Af- 1
rlca. The casket Is the work of Herr j
Burmestcr, a jeweler of Cape Town. |
It Is twelve centimeters long and six
centimeters wide and has on the lid
tho Initial "W," surmounted by n
crown. Seven diamonds are set In the
liii. renrosenting the Southern Cross.
The Long Lived Pear.
The pear is really more hardy than
the apple and needs less cosseting.
Thero are trees stlil standing uear Mon
roe, In the state of Michigan, which
were planted by the French settlers be
fore Penti founded Philadelphia. Pear
trees can be kept in good bearing
condition for 300 years and apples
for nt least 150 years. I have an apple
tree 115 years old and its annual
fruitage Is as perfect as It was sixty
years ago—E. P. Powell In Outing
VlQn.*lv4,
IRRIGATION CONGRESS
Many Nations Interested In
Gathering at Albuquerque.
WILL SEND EXPERT ENGINEERS
Possibilities of Artificial Watering of
Arid Lands Will Be Set Forth.
Large Irrigation Projects to Be Dis
played In Lines of Fire.
I An idea in the form of an object
i lesson of the millions of dollars that
have boon added to the national
1 wealth by the artificial watering of
arid lands will be set before the pub
lic at the sessions of the national irri
gation congress to be held at Al
buquerque, N. M. This will be the
greatest gathering of Irrigation ex
[ perts ever known, In the opinion of
| those who are familiar with the per-
I sonnet of the delegates and official vls
| itors, an«l it will certainly be a re-
I markable demonstration of the won
| derful change that is going on through
out the west.
Irrigation hns been practiced in a
number of countries, but the undertak
ings in the west are 011 such a colossal
scale and the methods are so novel
and modern that the accomplishments
of engineers iu the United States are
attracting attention all over the world.
Acting on the belief that valuable In
formation Is to be obtained, Germany
j will send its chief engineer to thecom-
I ing sessions of experts, and he will be
j attended by at least six officials of the
i department under his charge, says the
<'liicago Ilecord-llerald. The roasoi
for the strong representation from for
j eign lands is that there arc numerous
irrigation problems to be solved in the
: colonics owned by European nations,
and the delegates will not only hear
the views of those who have hud the
j greatest amount of experience of any
I engaged in this class of work, but v. ill
| also visit a number of large projects,
i The French republic will also send
| its chief engineer at the head of a dele
gation of considerable size. France has
| possessions in the north of Africa
where the value of irrigation is well
understood, although comparatively lit
tle lias been done up to date to develop
the natural fertility of the soil in the
i desert regions. The contrast between
the great fertility of the oases, where
I water is to be had. and the surrounding
j country, which is arid, has formed one
, of the best arguments for developing
! lands in the west, where similar condi
j tions exist, yet, with the exception of
Egypt, there are few spots In northern
Africa where the necessary irrigation
works have been built. The develop
; nicnt of fertility has been left to the
chance springing up of water in the
| desert, and wherever tin? thirst of the
j land has been quenched by nature col
[ ouies have sprung up.
1 Every one of the principal colonies
j of Great Britain will be represented,
it is promised. By constructing an
| enormous dam across the Nile British
1 engineers have controlled the overflows
!of that historic river. But in addition
to what they have learned by them
i selves these men are anxious to see
what lias been done in the Fnlted
States, for there are several other spots
1 among the British possessions where
j Irrigation could be practiced with great
| profit.
Brazil, Mexico ar.d all of the princi
pal South American republics have an
; nouneed their intention of having rep
| resentatives at the congress, so all parts
of the world will be represented either
i directly or through delegates from otli
jer powers. Honolulu is to bo well
! represented, and men will come from
both the Philippines and Australia.
Canada, which has numerous irrigation
: projects. Is to send a large delegation.
| The Filipinos have arranged for a big
display which will show both the agri
cultural products and the arts of their
I country.
Exhibits of a tribal nature will be
one of the most interesting features of
the congress, for there is hardly a tribe
i of Indians that will not send a display
illustrative of its handicrafts. These
exhibits are not made for the purpose
•of showing a collection of curiosities.
They are primarily to prove that the
handiwork of the red men is some
thing that should be encouraged and
developed. The Indians say they in
tend to demonstrate that they were en
gaged in Irrigating the arid portions of
the west centuries before Columbus
set foot on American soil.
Soma of the Indians have developed
remarkable dexterity In certain direc
tions. They are to make a big display
of woven goods, which, it is claimed,
! will equal the needlework of the ma
jority of white women. Looms will
be erected and the visitors will have
opportunities to watch them In oper
atlon. Navajoes will display the best
of their well known blankets. The
methods employed in making pottery
and baskets, such as 110 white man
can duplicate, will be done under the
eyes of those who care to wateli. Kv
er.vthing manufactured by the Indians
is made for a special purpose, and the
reason for the existence of all of the
articles shown will lie niudo clear. No
one can remain long in the west with
out becoming interested to a certain
extent iu the unusual arts of the red
men. Some of the western people are
Intensely interested iu this subject,
and they are anxious that a similar
appreciation should spread to other lo
calities; hence they will see to it that
the Indians are given considerate
treatment.
Another incidental feature of the
congress will be the display of fire
works on au unusually large scale.
Drawn in lines of fire several large
irrigation projects are to be displayed
before the visitors. In order to accom
plish this it will be necessary to havt
the fireworks spread over a space 400
feet loug. One evening the Elephant
Butte dam Is to be shown, together
with a perspective of the surrounding
country. On another evening the bis
Roosevelt dam in Arizona will be re
produced, along wit!: a view of the
country around it. On the other nights
there will be general displays of fire
works. In addition to this the town
will be Illuminated.
The mission style of architecture has
been adopted for practically all of the
buildings, in accordance with a com
mon nrnntlee in the southwest. The
convention hall, wnicn is maae on
cement, will contain seats
Tor Si.tHAJ aeieguua) uia
The guests are to occupy the gallery.
This hall cost $35,000, and $150,000
more was spent on other buildings.
The exposition grounds are a mile
and a quarter from convention hall,
the two being connected by electric
cars. A large mission arch forms the
entrance to the grounds. Once Inside
the visitors will see a number of build
lngs, the majority of which are low
structures made of cement, although
In some cases adobe Is used because of
its historic Interest In the southwest.
There will be model Irrigated farms,
where products will be shown In all
stages of development. A thorn less
cactus garden, designed by Luther Bur
bank, will l>e one of the novelties
Railroads upon whose lines Irrigated
lands are located have planned a num
ber of especially attractive exhibits
where pictures and products will giv<
a complete history of the movement foi
Irrigation, from Kansas to California.
A building constructed of cereals will
contain an exhibit of the agricultural
products of San Miguel county. Next
to this will be a miniature mountain,
the Interior of which will contain an
auditorium, which is a reproduction of
a worked out coal room. The entire
operation of coal mining will lie shown
by means of moving pictures. Across
the road from this Ls the building in
which will be the general exhibits.
| Next to this are the horticultural and
agricultural buildings. Popular amuse
ments will be offered at q building call
ed the Heidelberg.
! In machinery hall will be found the
j pumps, ditching machinery and other
mechanical devices used by irrigation
! ists. In addition there will be an edu
i catioual building, a forestry building
| constructed of logs and a structure put
j up by Colfax county. Complete dis
i plays of the products of irrigation
I grown in Arizona will be included in
; this group.
! On account of the large number of
valuable prizes that have been offere.
I there will lie a splendid showing o
fruits of all latitudes, from the oranges
and lemons of the south to the apple
; of the north. On account of the in
I structive character of the exhibits it
Is certain that there will be a large at
tendance of those who have joined tli ■
rapidly Increasing number of the devo
I tees of irrigation. Every state will be
represented by delegates, and it is prac
i tlcally certain that Vice President I "-»Ir
I hanks will lie oue of the chief speak
ers. President Roosevelt, who is deep
! ly Interested in the development of the
west. Invariably sends a message lo be
j read at the opening of the national ir
J rlgatiou congress.
President Diaz has ordered a battal
ion of troops from the Mexican army
to Albuquerque, nnd with the soldiers
will come the Eleventh regiment band,
the best military musical organization
in Mexico. There will be 2,000 soldiers
of the United States army, nnd all of
the cadets from the New Mexico Mili
tary institute at Boswell are to take
part lu the exercises. An official sou
■ venir book of '2OO pages Is being print
j ed for distribution at the congress.
VERIFYING OUR RESOURCES.
Bureaus Pushing Work to Be Ready
For Commission's Meeting.
The first returns to the national con-
I servatlon commission of the I'nited
| States show that line headway Is being
j made with the inventory of our natural
| resources. Inquiries have been going
| out from this und that government of
| tice by the thousand, says a forest
j service bulletin. They have gone to
} special agents In the field, to the gov
j ernment stations here and there, to bu
j reaus of statistics all over the country,
j to county clerks, to township assessors,
; to manufacturers, to lumber dealers,
; to railroad and steamboat companies
| and to farmers.
The chiefs of the government bu
reaus have been wanting to know
about lands (farm lands, timber lands,
mineral landsi, about crops and crop
production, about swamp nnd overflow
| lands, about irrigation, about naviga
! tion, how far the tise of our Inland wa
terways has decreased and the reason
for the decrease, the cost of water traf
, fie as compared with railroad rates, the
j use of water power and its posslbill
-1 ties, about all phases of the forests
i and of timber and lumber, about how
, much of minerals we have left and the
probable duration of the mineral sup
ply.and about live stock, game and fish.
This is only the most hurried kind of
general sum-up of the "schedule of In
quiries" of the national conservation
commisfrtim. Just what It really is can
be seen only by studying a copy of this
most unusual document, the "sched
ule," on which Uncle Sam Is liaslng
the first inventory he ever attempted
| to make of his natural wealth. It can
j be obtained by writing a letter to
! Thomas U. Sliipp. secretary of the na
tional conservation commission, forest
service, Washington. The conservation
commission also gets out "bulletins of
progress" which show Just how rapidly
the conservation movement, started at
the White House conference of gov
! ernors. is going forward.
! All the government bureaus are push
j ing work on the inventory of resources
! in order that a preliminary report may
! be made to the national conservation
commission at its meeting in Washing
j ton on Tuesday, Dec. 1. One week
I later, Tuesday, Dec. 8. the governors of
J the states ami territories or their rep
' resentatlves will meet in Washington
with the commission.
| The work of compiling the great
j mass of material resulting from the In
j quirles sent out by the different gov
ernment bureaus will bo one of great
responsibility, requiring expert knowl
edge and peculiar ability. For this
task President Itooeevelt has selected
nenry Gannett of Washington, assist
ant director of the Cuban census, who
ls now finishing the compilation of
that census.
That the conservation movement Is
absolutely nonpartisan is shown in the
vigorous declarations in the platforms
of both leading political parties In fa
vor of conservation of natural re
sources.
Never Touched mm.
Landlady (to new boarder, crushing
ly)—Mr. Newcome, that ls the cream
and not the milk you are pouring on
your oatmeal. It was Intended for the
coffee. Mr. N.—Oh, never mind. Mrs.
Balkins. ! like It just as well.
Let those who would affect singular
ity with success first determine to be
very virtuous, and they will be sure to
b« very singular.—Walter Cotton.
OPEN HANDED CHARITY
Chicago Man Takes Day Off to
Aid the Unemployed.
THURSDAY HIS GIVING DAY.
J. W. Gossard, a Manufacturer, De
votes That Part of Week to Charity,
the Rest to Business —Gave Men In
New York Cash to Start Anew.
Lending money upon promissory
notes which would not be regarded us
good collateral by any bank and giv
ing away money without asking the
recipient of his bounty to tell either
why he needs it or what he Intends to
do with It are two elements In a plan
of relief recently put Into effect in
New York city by J. \V. Gossard of
Chicago.
Mr. Gossard is a manufacturer of
corsets lu Chicago. Being in New
York to attend to business, he inci
dentally put into practice his plan of
giving each of bis Thursdays and n
large part of his income to the pour.
Mr. Gossard never works on Thurs
day. lie says that he looks upon his
activities of that day as play.
"I'll tell you what I did today," he
said a few days ago to a reporter of
the New York Herald, "and you can
see for yourself whether I didn't have
a good time. I rode from West Eight
ieth street to the Battery on a street
car. There wasn't anybody on the
car that looked as if he needed help.
If there had been I would have butted
right In and asked whether I couldn't
do anything.
"There's many a good chap who is
pretty close to the ropes, but who will
never whimper. Yet he needs help to
tide him over for a little while, and
it's part of my plan when I see a man
I think is in this class to jump right
In and announce myself.
"Sitting on the benches at the Rat
tery looking out into the harbor were
more men than I could count. I'll bet
that all! -it every one of them was
broke. I can tell that broke, down
and out look a long way off. 1 didn't
have my sandwiches with me. I hand
ed out money instead. In Chicago 1
go out Into Grant park, on the lake
front, with sandwiches, and I always
tind hungry men to give thein to.l
let the men at the Battery buy their
own food. One of them told me he
meant to till up on pie. I hope he got
an he wanted. It's no cinch to he
broke and have your whole being
longing for pie and no way to get it.
A man can get a lot hungrier for pie
I than he can for bread.
"I went down the line in Battery
park picking out the chaps that looked
i more down on their luck than the otli
j ers. It's fuuny, but I didn't find any
j boozers. Every man that drops lie
hind the procession doesn't lose out
through booze. You'll find plenty of
reformers that will tell you that drink
drives almost everybody off the track.
A lot of the men 1 talked to were
straight, clean, honest fellows that
either hadn't had the right opportuni
' ty or that didn't have the ability to
j take advantage of the opportunities
I they had.
"i went right up to them and asked
[ them how tilings were going and if 1
i couldn't do something for them. I
asked them as If I meant what I said
too. A kind word and a smile do a lot
more good than half a dollar -but
don't forget lo give the half. One man
told me he had the promise of a job
in a week. lie told where he was
going to work, but he couldn't tell, he-
I cause he didn't know, where he was
going to eat till he and that job got
together. So I staked lilin to enough
to last him till his next pay day.
"Will I get it back? I wish I was
as sure of everything In this world
as that I am that that fellow will
make good. I had him sign a promis
sory note—good ninety days after
date. 1 set the time myself. He want
ed lo promise to pay me out of his
first wages. He needed clothes more
than 1 needed the money, so I told him
I'd try to wait ninety days for ray
money. I have loaned thousands of
dollars just this way, and most of It
has come back to me. Some of it that
I haven't got yet Is on its way.
"I cleaned up Battery park as well
as 1 could, and then I went over to
the Bowery. I know the Bowery bet
ter than a lot of New Yorkers know
it. I know that plenty of their patrons
would have addresses on more fashion
able streets if they only had a slap on
the back and a little money handed to
them at the right time. I spent four
hours on the Bowery, and I quit be
cause my money ran out. I found one
man who said he hadn't seen a whole
dollar In months. He had been living
along on nickels and dimes. What
kind of a real start In life do you
think a man can got on a nickel an 1
a dime? 1 gave him enough to help
him get on his feet. I didn't patronize
him or any of the other unlucky chap--
I met. Condescension takes all the
sweetness out of what you do for
them.
"I didn't preach either. I just talked
to the men I met in a common sense
fashion, and I found a (most every on:'
of them had still some ambition left
There's no sense in letting a man get
to be a bum. My way Is to stop him
before he gives up hope.
"In Chicago I have a little office
especially for this Thursday work of
mine. Some of my friends call it my
Thursday church. When you look at it
the right way charity Is the greatest
way In which a man can help not only
others, but himself. The right kind of
rharlty means helping a man to help
himself. There'll come a time when he
will help somebody else."
Sea Bathing on Ocean Liners.
A new amusement for passengers on
ocean liners has been introduced on
board some Pacific steamers. It Is s
swimming bath on deck big enough to
hold about a dozen people at once. The
bath Is filled with sea water. Passen
gers can enjoy their swim without fear
of alias*!-:.
Tiny Aeroplanes as Christmas Toys.
Children's toys for next Christmas
will include tiny "aeroplanes" which
will rise for a brief moment and, alas,
also fall. Just like the aerial machines
with which inventors are trying to
conqner the air.
GROWING OF FORESTS
Experiment Stations to Be Estab
lished For Scientific Work.
TRAINED MEN FOR EMPLOYEES
In All Western States Having National
Forest Preserves Bureaus to Study
the Means of Cultivating Woods Will j
Be Maintained—Germany's Work.
Forest experiment stations will soon
be established in a number of the na- I
tional forest states of the west ac- !
cording to plans which were recently |
completed by the United States forest
service. These new stations are ex
pected to do the same for the devel- i
opment of American forests as agri- j
cultural experiment stations have done
for the improvement of the country's
farms, says a forest service bulletin, i
As a first step In this work an ex- j
peri men t station has already been es- j
taWished on the Coconino national for- j
est in the southwest, with headquar
ters at Flagstaff, Ariz. Stations in
other national forests will be estab- :
lished later, and It is the intention j
ultimately to have at least one experi
ment station in each of the sylvicul- j
tunii regions of the west.
One of the most important parts of
the work of the new experiment sta
tions will be the maintenance of model
forests typical of the regiou. These
areas will furnish the most valuable
! and instructive object lessons for the
public in general, for professional for
j esters, lumbermen and owners of for
! est land and especially for the technical
| and administrative officers of the na
; tional forests.
In the recently established station 011
| the Coconino national forest one of the
i first problems to be taken up will be
| the study of the reproduction of west
-1 ern yellow pine and the causes of its
success and failure. A solution of this
1 problem of how to obtain satisfactory
reproduction of the yellow pine is of
j the greatest practical importance to the
I southwest, siuce the yellow pine, which
1 is by far the most valuable tree there,
j is In many cases not forming a satis
! factory second growth. The study will
j be carried on largely by means of sam
' pie plots, which will be laid out for
j future observations to determine the
! effects of grazing, of the different meth
{ ods of cutting and disposing of the
I brash and of other factors on the suc
j cess of reproduction.
| Other studies which will be taken up
j soon are a study of the light requlre
j ments of different species at different
; altitudes and the construction of a
j scale of tolerance which will be based
■ on the actual measurements of the
I light Intensity and not only, as has
' hitherto been the case, on general ob
| servatlons alone; the taking of nie
| teorologleal observations to determine
i the effect of the forest upon tomper
-1 ature, humidity, melting of snow,
i wind velocity, etc.; a study of the rel
j ative value of the germinating power
| of seeds from trees of different sizes,
! ages and degrees of health and sim-
I ilar studies of value to the region. A
! complete collection of the flora of the
j forest will be made to form a herbarl
; um, which will be kept on the forest
j and will be available for reference at
j any time.
These stations will carry on scien
tific experiments and studies which
will lead to a full ami exact knowl
edge of American sylviculture and the
' indirect benefits of the forests and will
j deal particularly with those problems
of particular Importance to the regions
j In which they are located.
While work of this character is now
I in the United States, it Is not without
precedent abroad. The value of the
systematic organization of forest re
search work was officially recognized
In Germany in IS7O, when the first
forest experiment station was estab
lished in Baden in connection with the
Polyteehnlkum at Carlsruhe. Half a
dozen of the German states followed
the example. Instituting main experi
j ment stations in connection with for
j est schools and branches in various
forest districts. The work done is in
tensely scientific, and the policy of
forest experiment stations is steadily
growing in favor.
In India, where after half a century
of administration the status of the
forest is hardly better than in the
TJnited States at present, the work of
research has been almost wholly neg
lected, and the result is apparent in
the poor progress of technical forestry-
Very lately, however, the need has
been recognized by the government,
and an Imperial forest research insti
tute and college has been created at
Dehra Dun, with a faculty chosen
from the Imperial forest service.
In the United States considerable re
search work has already been done in
connection witli forest problems, but
the chief trouble so far has been the
lack of persistence and permanence
which has characterized tho work aud
failure frequently to consider all the
factors which are involved. The new
system provides for the permanent as
signment in a given region of special
ly trained men who will have 1111 op
portunlty to become thoroughly famil
lar with their region, and the work
will thus be conducted with the great
est effectiveness and least expense.
The work will be not only scientific;
In character, but will also be extreme
ly practical and will aim in every case
to solve problems of most importance
to the lumberman, the forester and
the people as a whole. Valuable re
sults will undoubtedly be obtained in
this way which were not possible un
der the old system of general observa
tions.
Not His Heart.
Parson—Good morning, Mrs. Stub
bins. Is your husband home? Mrs
Stubblns—'E's home, sir, but 'e's abed.
Parson—Mow Is It that he didn't come
to church on Sunday? You know we
must have our hearts in the right
place. Mrs. Stubblns Lor', sir, Ms
'eart's all right. It's's trousers.—Lon
don Tr^tS.
He Understood.
Hewitt—Do you understand where
that fellow stood—the one who was
Just talking to us? Jewett—Sure; he
was standing on my feet most of the
tlm*.— New York Press.
POWDER
Used to Make the Goobers Look
Clean and Pretty.
LONG AND CAREFUL TOILET.
Besides Being Powdered, the Nuts Ar«
Brushed and Polished and Sized Be
fore They Are Roasted—Cooked at
the Mill by Experts.
There is not much to a peanut, to
look at it. It grows on a farm and is
ready to eat after It has been roasted.
! A careless deduction would link up
the farmer, the commission merchant,
! then the grocer or Michelangelo,
i That would be a mighty careless de
duction, though. The first time a lot
| of unroasted peanuts are encountered
j rub one on a piece of dark cloth and
! observe the white mark it leaves. That
| is talcum powder. They powder pea
nuts to make them look pretty, which
I is just why sister powders her face,
i and in that particular peanuts and girls
J are both alike.
Any farmer can grow peanuts, but
! no farmer can sell tliein to the con
j sumer. The peanut he grows is not fit
j to put on a stand, at least not until it
has been touched up. Look at the pea
| nuts on the nest push cart and see
I how even they run as to size. They
! have all been sorted. Observe how
clean they are uud how white this lot
! is, how gray that lot is and how uni
form all the different lots are. They
have been sorted.
When the peanut is grown it is gath
ered and carried to a miller, who puts
| it in a great bin and later carries it
i over to his mill, where ho has a con
i trlvanee just chock full of brushes,
i These brushes get almost every fleck
| of sand and dirt out of the peanuts,
which is more than the farmer could
! have done if he had spent the summer
trying. Then the brushed peanuts go
onto another sort of mill, and by
being tossed about they get their hulls
( polished, and while that is being done
j they are peppered with talcum powder.
so that by the time they come out of
i this machine they are as white as they
| are to appear In public.
But the peanut is not ready for mar
ket yet. It is alongside a lot of larger
or smaller ones, hurting the appear
ance of the larger ones, while it does
not enhance the value of tlio smaller
ones. To even up matters the output
of the talcum powder polishing ma
chine Is run out onto n great canvas
belt, which travels for fifty feet or
more slowly. On either side of this
belt hre boys and girls. These sort the
peanuts as they pass; this squad pick
ing out the biggest, that squad taking
the nest largest, and so on down till
the smallest are left Shells that have
dodged the powder rag are thrown
back into the mill, and broken bulla
are thrown away.
That is about all for the peanut now.
esceptlng the roasting. It has to be
roasted. There Is a popular supersti
tion that the Italian vender roasts tlje__
peanuts in his little push CRl't All ha
does is keep them hoi They are roast
ed at the mill, tons at a time, cooked
1 to a nicety by experienced men, who"
hava thermometers and all sorts of
appliances to show them when a pea
ftflt is "done." This roasted product Is
the one that the Italian buys, and
when be gets it he pops it Into his lit
tle fake roaster and warms it over It
takes a long time and a lot of work
and hosts of boys and girls to get the
nickel's worth of hot roasted peanuts
in the red and blue striped bag. but
there is a reason for it all, and the
reason is that a sack of even run small
sized peanuts will find a buyer quick
er than a sack of big and little ones
all mixed up together The stomach
likes the eye to make a good report,
and the peanut commission merchant
understands that a shilling shell, with
Indentations filled with talcum, pleases
the eyes, and he has no compunctions
about the powder box.- because he has
found out that in roasting the heat
drives off the surplus talcum, so that
Is why If one wants to find out for
true about this trick of the trade It
will be necessary to get hold of au un
roasted and not a roasted peanut.
By way of good measure it might be
added that the shelled peanuts, gener
ally sold salted, have been run through
a thrashing machine, which breaks tho
hull and blows it out of the way. Only
"Spanish shell" nuts can be so treated.
The tougher bulls have togo to Slgnor
Itallauo.—Kansas City Journal.
England's Prettiest Villages.
After a very careful survey we ven
ture to write down the names of the
six English villages that we consider
the prettiest in the land so far as our
own opinion and wide experience :iru
concerned. The choice is made impar
tially and with full knowledge aud ilue
recognition of the claims of each to its
high place. Here are the six: Bon
churcli, isle of Wight; Clovelly. Devon
shire; W'ltchampton, Do'rset; Sonn;:ig,
Oxfordshire: Shore, Surrey, aud flap
ham. Yorkshire.—London Strand Maga
zine.
sraTiTi
A. Reliable
TIN SHOP
Tor all kind of Tin Roofing,
Spoutlnennd General
Job Work.
Stoves, Heaters, Rsncos k
Furnaces, eto.
PRICES THE LOWEST!
QUALITY TIM BEST!
JOHN HIXSON
HO. IV E. FBONT ST.