EES RR
NEVER MIND,
Never mind the shadows, never mind
the rain,
Every day that ever dawns brings a
touch of pain:
Heart afeared and wistful, dreading
fortune’s spite,
Never mind the darkness so, think but
of the light!
Never mind the sorrow, never mind the
rue,
Every day that ever dawns, brings a
sigh or two:
Heart of weary burdens, Life's sweet
living learn,
Never mind the grieving so, think of
Joy's return!
—Ripley D. Saunders.
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{IN THE TOWER. }
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“Aren’t you going to kiss me good-
by-Jack?” The little- woman's flush
of irritation still burned hotly in her
round cheeks, despite the appealing
brcwn eyes. Her voice was half re-
proachful, half indignant.
The operator hesitated, biting his
lips. His face, too, bore traces of
wrath. Their first quarrel had been a
sharp passage and he, being slower of
tongue, ncw stood at the door, with an
angry sense of defeat.
A chance for a parting stab. He
hoped it would hurt. It hurt him more
than he expected.
“No! I'm not,” he burst out, grufily.
“We'll skip that, Kate. You women
think a man can be made a target for
whatever you choose to say, and then
brcught around at will. I'm not that
sori.”
As he stamped down the steps he
heard her sob; paused, shook his head
resolutely and went on to his post.
The signal tower looked gloomy
enough in the blackness of the lcwer-
ing winter evening. Lawson slipped
on the frosty tracks he glanced up
at the light glaring from the window.
From the heavy, settling sky the flakes
of snow were beginning to whiten the
tops of the dismal string of empty
freight cars on the siding.
“It’s going tc be a nasty storm,” the
man muttered, climbing the stairway.
“Four hours before Bourpe shows up.
Well, Harry will be glad to go home to
his wife, I wish—no! I don’t. I'd
rather be here than uncomfortable. in
the house with a nagging woman. Is
that what I am gcing to get for ex-
pressing my opinion of mother-in-law’s
prospective visit? She shan’t come!”
“Hullo, Jack! Youre a welcome
sight. I was getting nervous; really,
it’s pretty poky sitting here alone.
Every time the instrument calls, I
think, ‘There's trouble!’ Poor Dickson!
Whe do you suppose killed him, Jack?
A gang, or some ruffian? All alone in
the tower, never dreaming of such a
thing, and then—Great heaven! 1
wouldn’t take your job for $10 a night.
You ought to have some one with you.”
“Pshaw, Harry!” Lawson threw off
his coat. “You need seasoning, boy.
Dickson's was a case of a man who
carried a wad and bragged of it. Bound
to lose his money some time. That
might have occurred on the street cr
in his bed. Merely happened to be con-
venient to nab him at his table.
Tough? I know, but when you've been
10 years in this business one poor
devil going suddenly isn’t a subject to
get nervous prostration cver. The big
accidents are wnat shake a chap.”
“But the way of it, Jack. The
idea—"
“Oh, trot along home, lad. I've noth-
ing to attract marauders except my
good looks. No one will bother me.
Often some fellow drops in for a chat,
and Bourne relieves me at midnight.
Much obliged for your ‘spelling’ me,
Harry. It gives me a chance for sup-
per at the house, and when a man’s
married——" He stopped with a shrug
of his broad shoulders, adding in a dif-
ferent tone, “All clear?”
“Al clear, Jack. ' Everything on time.
No. 78 went through at 6.45. Fast
freight due- to pass in 10 minutes.
Gocd-by. Take care of yourself.”
“Likely boy,” commented Lawson,
filling his pipe and sitting down.
“Good as any of ’em already; safe and
levelheaded. Got nervous, did he? Not
the only one on the line, I guess. We
all carry a ‘pop’ now. I must say it's
a handy ccmpanion.’
He ticked off a message, rose, gazed
out, grinned, felt of his hip pocket and
scowled.
“Thunder!” he exclaimed. “I forgot
it. Confound Kate! She drove every-
thing out of my head.”
Nothing but his ‘‘good lcoks.” The
man who stepped inside a half hour
later to greet the operator cordially
and to seat himself ungracefully was
not in search of money.
Lawson supposed Sharpson was
“over it.’ Lately the disappointed
lover had appeared very friendly, even
to celling twice at the house. Kate
had made him welcome. It was non-
sense the way Sharpson had acted be-
fore the wedding, but his eccentric
temper only rendered him a butt for
ridicule. A short, thickset, slouching
man, black of sparse beard and small,
clcse-set eyes, he held but sorry
chances in the lists with John Lawson.
A foolish conceit, surely, that Kate
Bartley cared fcr him, and would have
been his but for the arrival of the big
stranger from Whe=zizr Junction, who
promptly and effectively captured the
affections of the ticket agent's daugh-
ter. Six months, ncw, and the wrath
of Sharpson forgotten.
“Bad night,” remarked that gentie-
man, hrushing his sleeves. ‘Thought
I'd drop in a moment and warm up
before my tramp.”
“Where are you bound for?
much of a night for a walk.”
“Right, in ain’t. Oh! I've got to go
clear out to Dashnell’s. He’s sick and
I'm on his job. Some things I wanted
to ask him.”
Tisn't
“That's a lovely stretch; a hlamed
lonesome road, 8eth. You go hy that
Polish settlement, don’t you? Say,
they're an uneasy gang, all down on
everybody connected with 4¢he road.
Better wait till tomorrow. 1 would.”
“Can’t do it,” he complained. “Wish
I could, but I must report to the bcss
at 5 a. m. As you say, Jack, it ain't
safe for one of us fellers to go trail-
ing out there in the dark. I've no
weapon, either. Say, I'll be back by
11 o’clock. You couldn't spare me ycur
gun till then, could you? 1 suppose
you've got one.”
“Seth, I left the blamed thing at
home. Came away in a hurry, and
never thought of it. Too bad! Of
course, I'd have lent it.to you. Been
glad to. Go around to the house and
ask Kate for it.” :
The caller looked down, shaking his
head. “No,” said he; “it's a 15-minute
walk, and out ¢f my way. I'll step
along, It guess, and take my chances
before it gets later. The wind is ris-
ing from the way those wires hum.
I'll be going back, Jack, and maybe
drop in on my return. Your're a lucky
dog to be housed and warm. I'l think
of you when I'm rubbing my ears.”
He laughed strangely, turned up the
collar of his heavy ulster, nodded and
departed. -
Outside, Sharpson did not start in
the direction of Dashnell’s remote
home. Instead, he picked his way
across the tracks and climbed into an
empty car. ‘They'll meet me here,”
he growled. “I've luck for once!”
An hour later Lawscn turned as the
door opened scftly.
“Kate!” he cried, startled.
the matter?”
“I've brought your pistol, Jack. I
got to worrying. I—I'm sorry, dear.
Won't you kiss me now?”
“There, there!” soothed the man, all
his anger vanished, as she shivered
and sobbed in his arms. ‘You shculd
never have come out in this storm.
Alone, too. I'll have to keep you till
Bourne arrives. Ve will sit here and
‘make up.” ” He laughed and kissed
her fervently.
The big revolver was in his right
hand, as he playfully pushed her from
his knee with his left, bidding her re-
move the damp cloak, and he faced the
door as it again swung cpen to admit
three masked figures, pushing in hast-
ily.”
A cool man was Lawson, quick and
an unerring marksman. He took no
chances.
A woman's scream echoed above the
deafening explosions. Through the
smoke, and loud over the heavy grcans
from the huddled heap rose the steady
voice of the operator. ‘Keep quiet,
girl! I've nailed the whole bunch!”
Striding to the sprawled figures he
tore at the masks roughly.
“Good God!” came his shocked
werds. “One of them’s Sharpson! I—
I don’t understand. Those other men
are a couple of brutes from the Polish
settlement.”
After help had arrived in response
to his startling message, and the man
who could whisper kept muttering,
Lawson bent his head to catch the
husky murmur.
“Ve vas paid to do it.”
“Eh? said the operator.
man whe robbed Dickson?”
The matted shock of a head moved
affirmatively.
A pale-faced young man hurried to
Lawson’s side. “Your wife is asking
for you, Jack. Better take her home.
I'll tend to the work. Ain't this aw-
ful?”
“Might have been worse,” answered
his friend, grimly. Much obliged,
Harry. I'll get this little woman right
out. Sharpson’s gone; the others will
live. Say, boy, if you ever refuse to
kiss your wife good-by, just forget to
take along your gun.” .
Harry stared at him, not compre-
hending, but he knows the story now,
and every man cn the D. P. & L. sys-
tem has told his wife the tale of Kate
Lawson's good-by kiss and how she
saved her husband.—Elliot Walker, in
San Francisco Call
“What's
“By the
A Bit of History.
Just after the completion of the
Louisiana purchase ¢z 1803—which is
commemorated by the world’s fair of
this year at St Louis—the American
Congress, urged by President Jeffer-
son’s private secretary, Merriwether
Lewis, was appointed commander of
this expedition, and he chose as his
associate Captain William Clark, an
old army friend.
A hundred years ago this month
these intrepid men, with a smail party
of about thirty explorers, were well
away on their journey up the Missouri
river as far as the mouth of the
Platte. In May of the following year
they had their first glimpse of the
Rockies, and before that year (1895)
was ended they had crossed the great
range and pushed on to the Pacific
ocean by way of the Columbia river.
During certain parts of their journey
they endured great hardships, and for
fifteen months they were cut off from
all communication with the outer
world.
It was one of the most famous of
American expeditions, and to the
pluck and perseverance of this little
band of explorers we owe the acqui-
sition, later, of the terri / now em-
braced in the three at Sta
northwestern boundary—Was
Oregon and Idaho.—St.
ington,
Nin? Jao
Nicholas.
The Rev. Mr. Ma
A suburban minister
last Sunday: The preacher in this
church on Sunday morning next will
be found posted on the board outside
this church.”
On Tuesday evening he announced
a meeting to be held in the village
schocl-room, ‘“and please remember,”
he said, “that no children in arms
will be admitted unless there is gome
ope to take care of them.”
“HAS THE
A
ah
GOODS.”
NEW YORK WRITER FINDS WORLD'S
x FAIR BEYOND EXPECTATIONS :
SE
Ie, After a Week at the Exposition, Expresses Amazement
at Many Features---St. Louis Cool and Prices Reasonable.
«2. 8T. LOUIS
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Addison
SGI. R. ADDISON STEELE: a
f well-known newspaper and
o magazine writer, of New
8 York, recently spent a week
7 1) at the World's Fair. Re-
oR” turning home, he-wrote the
following appreciative ac-
count of his impressions for. Brooklyn Life,
which should convince any reader that it is
worth his while to see this greatest of ex-
positions:
-In the expressive language -of the day,
St. Louis “has the goods.” I had expected
much of the Louisiana Purchase Kxposi-
tion. for I had kept in teuch.-with' the
making of it from its very inception, five
vears ago; but after nearly a week of jour-
neying through this new wonderland 1
must confess that in every essential par-
ticular it is’ far beyond my expectations.
The biggest-and best it was meant to be
and the biggest and best it is. The expo-
sition, rumors notwithstanding, 1s quite
finished.
* * .
Those who imagine that the Columbian
Exposition remains the last word in the
way of a world’s fair should remember
crowning feature is ‘the great I.ouisiana
Purchase Monument—and across the Grand
Basin to the Cascade Gardens. On the
right are the Varied Industries and Elec-
tricity buildings and on the left the Manu-
factures and Education, these—with Trans-
portation and Machinery still further to
the! rightiand Liberal Arts and Mines be-
vond at the left—making up the body of
the fan.- For its handle the fan: has the
Cascade (zardens—rising in a grand terrace
tora’ height of sixty-five feet above the floor
level of the -buildings mentioned and
ccowned by the great Festival Hall, the
Terrace of States and the East and West
Pavilions—and the Fine Arts building di-
rectly behind.
oe ike x
In the architecture of the group there is
no uniformity “of style. The very liberal
use of great columns gives the four build-
ings fronting on the Plaza and Basin a
certain architectural kinship, but the
Mines building, with its two huge obelisks
and somewhat Egyptian aspect; the much-
turreted and belfried Machinery building;
the highly ornate Transportation building.
with its gigantic arches and pylons, and
eign nations would alone form an_exposi-
tion worth the journey from New York to
St. Louis. Germany’s building, Das
Deutsche Haus, is a reproduction of Char-
lottenburg Schloss, 450 feet long and finely
located on an eminence overlooking Cas-
cade Gardens. The interior as well as the
exterior is a faithful reproduction of “the
palade; Gobelin tapestries, the old Char-
lottenburg furniture and the Kaiser's wed-
ding silver having been brought over for
the superb apartments. Nearly a mile to
the westward France has reproduced, at a
cost of half a million dollars, the Grand
Trianon, the building and great garden
covering fifteen acres. Great Britain has a
copy of the banqueting hall of Kensington
‘Palace; Japan, the Shishinden Palace, one
of several buildings in a characteristic
ark, and China, the country seat of Prince
Pu Lun. Italy has a superb Graeco-Roman
temple, Austria an architectural glorifica-
tion of Moderne Kunst, and Belgium a
magnificent structure from an original de-
sign. Lesser reproduction of note are the
tomb of Etmad-Dowlah, by East India, end
the new Bangkok temple, by Siam.
ta * x
PALACE OF
MINES
AND METALLURGY.
that eleven years have rolled by since Chi-
cago invited all the nations of the earth to
come within her gates. These having been
years of remarkable progress the mere fact
that it is up to date would place the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition ahead of
pot only the Columbian Exposition of 1893
but the Paris Universal Exposition of 1900
—the only other world’s fair of the period
mentioned. The great development of
horseless vehicles, certain wonderful ad-
vances in the field of electricity, the wire-
less telegraph, the submarine boat and the
practicable flying machine—all' of which
are special features at St. Louis—are, for
instance, matters of the period since the
Chicago event. To my mind, however, the
one distinctive feature which places it
ahead of all other world’s fairs is the com-
prehensive Philippine exhibit. Ahead also
of any previous showing are the individual
buildings of eight of the foreign nations
and, taking everything into consideration,
the architectural and landscape gardening
achievements are greater—as they ought to
be with the world older. ie:
*x *
One of the greatest, and certainly one of
the most agreeable, of my many surprises
was the supreme beauty of the main group
of buildings. For the simple reason that
the camera does not exist which could
take in the vast picture as the eye sees it,
the early views of the group—a bit here
and a bit there—gave a scant idea of the
scheme as a whole. Nor did the early
views of the ten individual buildings which
make ap its component parts do justice to
their nobility of architecture and general
grandeur. Then again in the ground plans
und bird's-eye sketches—the only possible
manner of showing it—the fan-shaped ar-
rangement of this group looked stiff and
unsatisfying. Far from that it 1s quite as
remarkable in its way as the famous Court
of Honor of the Columbian Exposition. In
one respect it is even more notable, for in-
stead of two grand vistas it offers a dozen.
The main vista is, of course, the one look-
ing up the Plaza of St. Louis — whose
GCOLDEN CHA\NS.,
M. Max Regis Wore Golden Handcuffs
For Years.
It will be remembered, says the
Westminster Gazette, that some years
ago M. Max Regis was presented by a
group of lady admirers with a pair of
golden handcuffs, in commemoration
of his arrest and imprisonment in the
great cause of Nationalism. The An-
ti-Semite swore that he would wear
the manacles as souvenir bracelets for
the remainder of, his life. For some
time he kept his promise, and then it
was observed that he had abandoned
his decorative fetters. Why? Was it
infidelity to the cause, or what? Peo-
ple wondered, and could get no satis-
factory answer, until a few days ago
there was a public sale of unredeemed
pledges from the Mont de Piete. The
golden handcuffs (weighing forty-five
grammes) were included in the cata-
logue, M. Regis having deposited them
with “ma tante” to relieve a tempo-
rary indigence, and having neglected
to recover them. To complete the
irony of the situation, they were pur-
chased by a Hebrew, who now wears
them in the streets of Algiers and ex-
hibits them to ail his friends.
Dr. Hale an LL.D.
Dr. Edward Everette Hale is now an
LL. D. of Williams College, from
which his father graduated just 100
years ago. The doctor read an extract
from his parent's graduating address,
which dwelt with the question ‘‘Has
There Been a Progressive Improve-
ment in Society in the Last Fifty
Years?’ Dr. Hale jocosely remarked
that a century ago the boys appeared
to be wrestling with the same prob-
lems as are now discussed.
the Romanesque Liberal Arts building
have pronounced individuality. Yet in the
general picture all these buildings blend
finely. Nor is there any clashing in the
case of the French Ionic style of the build-
ings of Cascade Gardens. Twelve hand-
some bridges across the waterways. which
form a figure eight by running from the
Grand Basin around the Electricity and
Education buildings, further contribute to
the architectural splendor of the scene.
*
Rows of fine, large maples set off the
buildings in the main vista, adding im-
measureably to the beauty of the picture
and furnishing one of the many demonstra-
tions of the superiority of this exposition
in the matter of landscape gardening.
There are also many trees to set cff the
other buildings of the group, shrubbery
and small trees have been used in profu-
sion around the entrances and the bridges
and there are handsome sunken gardens in
two places. The landscape treatment of
Cascade Hill is similarly fine, ’ &
Y* * *
The Philippine section covers no less
than forty-seven acres, has 100 buildings
and some 75,000 catalogued exhibits, and
represents an outlay of over a million dol-
lars. A week could easily be spent there
to advantage. Entrance to the section is
free, but twenty-five cents is charged to go
into each of the four native villages, which
are intensely interesting. The villages run
along Arrowhead Lake, and the inhabi-
tants all have some way of entertaining
their visitors. The Igorottes, who wear as
little clothing as the law of even savage
lands allow; Bontoes, Tinganues and Suy-
ocs are in one village; the lake-dwelling
Moros and: Bogobos in another; the black
Negritos in the third and the civilized Vis-
cayans, who have a Catholic Church and a
theatre, in the fourth. As a matter of ed-
ucation this great encampment of the “lit-
tle brown men’ is one thing that no Amer-
ican can afford to miss.
*
Eight of the numerous buildings of for-
ONE HUNDRED FOR AN EGG.
An Indian Game Fowl That is Very
Valuable.
Not often does the price of a single
egg climb to $100, but this is what was
offered for each of the eggs of a cer-
tain Indian game hen, which was
brought to England some time ago.
For centuries the Indian game, or
Azeel fowls, have begn the very apex
of the game breed, for the pureness of
blood and pedigree have been most
carefully preserved for so long that
the date of the origin of the race has
been lost in the past.
It is almost impossible to procure
specimens of the purest blood, for they
are treasured by the Indian sportsman
at the highest value.
As game fowl they are great fight-
ers. Those who have seen them in In-
dia — for the finest birds never reach
our colder climates—tell of their prow-
ess and ungovernable *eracity in bat-
tle. With them it is always victory
or death. °
In America, however, the game fowls
are seldom raised fer fighting pur-
poses, lut for show, and as pets and
hobbies of poultry fanciers.—Couniry
Life in America.
A Meodezt Englishman,
Like the traditional Englishman, Ar-
thur Stanley, Dean of Westminster,
wore home from his first visit to
America an expression of amazement
which only time could effacc. He was
at once beset by interviewers, who
asked the usual questions. “What
was the thing which most impressed
you in America?’ was one of these.
Without a moment’s hesitaticn Dean
Stanley replied: “My own ignorance.”
—Arzonaut.
The Pike has in the Tyrolean Alps the
finest concession that lave ever seen.
There is a great square with many quaint
buildings, a httle village street, and above
the snow-clad mountains—which look very
real as the evening falls. The best scenic
railroad yet devised affords several fine
glimpses of the Alps, and there is a very
graphic exposition or the Oberammergau
passion play in the little church. The
Cliff: Dwellers’ concession also looks very
realistic at nightfall. It is elaborate in ar-
rangement, and the courting, snake and
other dances by the Southwestern Indians
make it another of the Pike shows which
should be taken in by all. In Seville there
is an amusing marionette theatre and some
genuine Spanish dancing. For the rest the
Pike offers infinite variety, and as a rule
the full money’s worth is given. The enor-
mous Jerusalem and Boer War concessions
are not on the Pike.
x * x
It is a case of dine at the German Pa-
vilion and die at the Exposition. In a
beautiful Moderne Kunst building adjoin-
ing Das Deutsche Haus the best 0) and
the highest prices on the grounds are to be
found, the table d’hote lunch and dinner
costing $2 and $3, respectively. There is
also a la carte service. Everything consid-
ered the prices are not excessive, and at
least one meal should be taken there for
the experience. Another should be taken
at the Tyrolean Alps, either outdoors or in
the gorgeous dining room in the mountain-
side. The best Irench restaurant is at
Paris, on the Pike. Lower in prices and
in every way admirable are the two restau-
rants conducted by Mrs. Rorer in the pa-
vilions of Gascade Gardens. The east one
has waitresses and no beer and the west
one waiters and beer. For a bit of lunch
Germany, France and England all offer de-
licious pastry in the Agricultural building.
These are not free ads., but time-savin,
tips for the traveler. There are no end o
restaurants to fit all purses on the grounds.
THE SILENCE OF BUTTERFLIES.
This Insect Represents a Truly Silent
7 World.
After all, the chief charm of this race
of winged flowers does not lie in their
varied and brilliant beauty, not yet in
their wonderful series of transforma-
tions, in their long and sordid- caterpil-
lar life, their long slumber in the
chrysalis, or the very brief period
which comprises their beauty, their
love making, their parentage and their
death. Nor does it lie in the fact that
we do not yet certainly know whether
they have in the caterpillar shape the
faculty of sight or not, and do not even
know the precise use of their most
conspicuous organ in maturity, the an-
tennae. Nor does it consist in this—
that they of all created things have
furnished man with the symbol of his
own immortality. It rather lies in the
fact that, with all their varied life and
activity, they represent an absolutely
silent world. * * * All the vast ar-
ray of modern knowledge has found
no butterfly which murmurs with an
audible voice and only a few species
which can even audibly click or rus-
tle with their wings.—T. W. Higgin-
son, in Atlantic.
3
The Playwright’s Complaint,
A popular author, who has lately
turned to play writing, has not suc-
ceeded in impressing managers with
the availability of his productions.
Not long ago, thinking to ,get some
useful pointers from the current dra-
ma, he made an observation tour of
the theatres.
“Well,” he remarked to a friend at
the end of the evening, “I seem to be
the only man alive who can't get a
poor play put on.”—Harper's Weekly.
SCIENCE NOTES.
‘American built automobiles of 1905
will not differ m@terially in construc-
tion from those of the present year.
Prof. W. J. Hussey of the University
of California astronomical department
at Lick Observatory has just announe-
ed his discovery of 100 new stars.
At a depth of forty-five feet the tusk
and a pertion of the skull of a mam-
moth, belonging to the ice age, have
been dug up at Schaffhausen, in Swit-
zerland.
Glass houses of a very substantial
kind can now be built. Silesian glass-
makers are turning out glass bricks
for all sorts of building purposes.
That fuel oil is more of a steam pro-
ducer than coal, and that, with light
distillation, it is less wearing on boil-
ers, are conclusions reached by the
naval board which conducted experi-
ments with liquid fuel.
An ingeniously constructed shadow
clock has just been invented by Prof.
Herth, of Lynn, Mass. The essential
feature of the invention consists of a
lamp, which throws upon the ceiling
an optical representation of a small
watch.
The climate and soil of Ireland hav-
ing been declared suitable for sugar
beets, 3000 acres near Cork are to be
planted with these tubers, and it is ex-
pected that eré long the United King-
dom will be able to grow all its sug-
ar. i
In reply to a question in the House
cf Commons Mr. Pretyman of the ad-
miralty said recently that the average
annual cost of keeping a 13,000 ton
battleship in commission was approxi-
mately $470,000. The various items
were: $20,350, pay of officérs, men,
etc.; coal, $118,000; $73,020 for victual-
ling, and $75,250 for stores, repairs,
ete.
Dead Sea to Be Enlivened.
It is believed that before very long
the Dead Sea will be exploited for in-
dustrial purposes. French engineers
are at work on three different projects
with this purpose in view. The level
of the Dead Sea being more than
1300 feet below that of the Mediter-
ranean and the Red seas, it is thought
that, by connecting either of these
le’0 seas by means of a canal with the
Dead Sea, a stream of water would
flow with a velocity calculated to pro-
duce some 25.000 horse-power.
There is no danger, it is asserted, of
an overflowing of the Dead Sea, for
the waters there evaporate at so great
a rate (6,000,000 tons a day) that the
incoming waters would make no ap-
preciable difference in the level. One
project is to start the canal from the
Bay of Acre, lead it southward past
Mount Tabor and let it join at Baisan
the waters of the Jordan. Ancther
plan is to build the canal along the
railway line from Jaffa to Jerusalem.
But this would mean blasting a tunnel
of some 37 miles through the moun-
tains of Old Judea. Toe third project,
the cheapest, proposes to start at
Akaba in the Red Sea and pass through
the desert of Wady-el-Jebel. - Having
obtained power in this manner, it is
thought many industrial works would
be carried on.—London Daily News.
How Shall We Save Our Tobacco
Ashes. :
As everybody knows, the ash le
on burning tobacco is considerable
and, as a matter of fact, the mineral
of the tobacco leaf frequently amounts
to as much as a fifth part of its
weight. Thus a ton of tobacco leat
would yield four hundredweight of
ash, which represents valuable min-
eral constituents withdrawn from the
soil which have to be replaced by
abundant manuring. It has been cal-
culated that a ton of tobacco with-
draws over a hundredweight of min-
eral constituents per acre of land. In
1901 the home consumption of the
United Kingdom was at the rate of
two pounds per head, or a total of
about 40,000 tons, which represents,
at what is now a probably low compu-
tation, approximately 8000 tons of ash
annually committed to the winds or
dissipated in some way or other. On
the face of it there would seem to be
a fortune in store for that individual
who could devise a successful means
for the collection of tobacco ash, and
it is a great pity that so much valu-
able material should forever be lost
to the soil without any attempt at di-
rect restoration being made.—The
Lancet.
Might With Radium See Through Iron.
Prof. Wood Jf the chemical depart-
ment of Johns Hopkins university de-
livered before the Photographic club
recently an address on rad-
ium and its qualities and the radia-
tion of light. He performed a num.
ber of interesting experiments during
his talk. One of these was to show
by means of a spectroscope the radia-
tions of radium. Dr. Wood remarked
that if the power of the piece of
radium were just 100 times as great
as it was, or if the piece were 100
times larger it would penetrate with
a ray of light a sheet of iron several
inches in thickness and make it pos-
sible for the experimenter to dis-
tiguish objects placed on the other
side of the iron—ir other words,
would make it possible for a person
to sce through iron.—Baltimore Sun.
Evans Likes Baseball.
Rear-Admiral Robley D. Evans is a
baseball enthusiast and seldom misses
an opportunity to see a game. He has
been visiting Mrs. Evans’ sister in
Poughkeepsie, and while there attend-
ed a contest of the Hudson River
league and “rooted” uproariously for
the home team, which won.
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