FREAKISH STREAMS.
REMARKABLE CHARACTERISTICS OF
SOME LARGE RIVER9.
The MlmlMlppI Mo Lancer Hold Pint
Flwi In North America A Rim of
Writing Flnld Wonderful Channel of
China' Sorrow,"
It In n nooKiilwil fiK't I" wlrncp Unit
rrry fow grrnt river hnro Iwii thnr
UKhly rxplorrd lijr going t1 sttv:tm.
for in-nrly 8,000 yrnr travelers and ex
plorer endeavored to dim-over the
source of tlio Nile hy ascending that
wonderful river. Hut l.v the timo they
hnd reached the difllcnlf part of tlio
stream their supplies unci energy were
exhausted, and tlicy eonld ft" no farther.
It i only by seeking tlio source of
river liy overland route that explorers
meet with mieces. It whs In this man
ner that Hetiry M. Stanley traced the
ronto of the Kongo in Afrien. In this
way of procedure Frederick Schwutka
was enabled to float down to Ynkon
.and Spcko fonnd tho secret of the river
Nile.
Ono of tho most enrton riven that
has nunc to tho knowledge of men is
tho Wehlio Phehoylt, of eastern Afrien,
a deep and rapid stream, abounding in
strange fish and ferocious crocodiles.
Although it flows for hundreds of miles
through fertile lands tho immense vol
ume of water liFvcr reaches the sea, A
short distance north of tho equator the
river is lost in n desert region a few
miles from tho Indian ocean.
Some of the more recent explorers of
Alaska and British America claim that
tho Mississippi can no longer bo regard
ed as tho largest river on the North
American continent. This distinction
is claimed for tho great Yukon river.
According to Ivan Petroff, who spent
over two years in Alaska, collecting
materials for the last census, the Yukon
empties into Norton sound abont one
third more water than tho Missipsippi
pours into the gnlf of Mexico. Tho Yu
kon basin comprises the larger part of
northern Alaska, and 600 miles from
its month the river is a milo in width.
Many centuries before it was discovered
by white men it very likely served as
tho water highway into tho interior,
for tribes that we believe to have crossed
from Asia to tho American continent.
The Yukon river is over 9,000 miles in
length.
Travelers report that in Algeria there
exists a small stream which tho chem
istry of nature has turned into ink. It
is formed by tho union of two rivnlets,
ono of which is very strongly impreg
nated with iron, while tho other,
meandering through a peat marsh, im
bibes largo quantities of gallio acid.
Letters have been written with the nat
ural compound of iron and gallio acid
which forms this small, yet wonderful,
stream.
The Rio de Vinagre, in Colombia, Is
a stream the waters of which, by ad
mixture with snlphnrio acid, become so
sonr that tho river has been appropri
ately named the Rio de Vinagre, or
Vinegar river.
The Orange or Garieh river, in south
ern Africa, rises in the mountains which
separate Natal from the Orange River
Free State. Tho length of this stream is
1,000 miles. Its banks abound in vari
ous valuable woods, and around it aro
found rich copper ores. In this stream
are many varieties of fish, which are
found until the river passes through a
rocky region containing copper, below
which tho water is said to be poisonous,
almoHt instantly killing the fish that
venture near it
"China's Sorrow," a onrions name
for a river, is the title bestowed upon
the great Hoang Ho, which rises in the
mountains of Tibet and follows a won
derfully circuitous channel for 9,600
miles to tho Yellow sea. The wayward
ness of this mighty volume1 of water
' makes the river a constant source of anx
iety and danger to the 170,000,000 of
people inhabiting the central plain
Asia. It is known to have' suddenly
changed its course nine times. It has
moved its mouth four degrees of lati
tudo each time, emptying its vast floods
in different directions, and finding a
new channel for itself where scores of
towns and villages have stood. The
river has greatly changed the physical
character of a wide area, converting fer
tile regions into a sandy desert or mak
ing shallows of them. Whether it is
within the power of modern science to
save this great plain from disastrous
overflow and changes of the river's bed
is a question which daring late yean
Jias been widely discussed, especially in
-the scientiflo circles of Paris and Lon
don. Another remarkable river is the In
dus, a great stream in Hindustan. It
rises in Tibet, and its course is a won
dorful one. On reaching Sussi, its most
northern point, it turns southward, loses
itself in the hills and reappears at Takot
in Kohiston. The Indus is 1,700 miles
In length. After receiving the waters of
tnany tributaries its channel grows nar
row, and here it is divided into many
channels, some of which never return to
the parent stream. It abounds in fish
and crocodiles.
That classical river, the Ganges, is
erratic in its course, like the Houng Ho.
It is prominent both In the religion and
tho geography of India. It varies not
only from season to season, but from
year to year, and frequently exchanges
old passages for new ones. It has been
said that the Ganges delivers into the
sea every year 684,000,000 tons of mud,
sand and other sclid matter. Philadel
phia Press,
Calf lefenaa
"So yon accompanied tout wife to
the play, after all?"
. "Yea. I happened to think that if I
didn't she would tell me all about it
when she ouine home. "Chicago Rec
ord. ,
Over one-third of the entire popula
tion of tha globe, or abont 400,000,000
people, apeak nothing bat the Chliuem
language.
. CLIMATE AND COMPLEXION.
Dm tha Color of the Skin rtenenrl Vnon
Meteorological Condition?
Tho Egyptian lias remained white
notwithstanding a constant mixture
with the black Nubians. The peoplo
who live in the dry section of tho Nu
bian desert have a red skin. Other races
that are brown or that vary from a
white to a chamois color also live in dry
country. The Abyssinian, however, in
whose country tho plateaus aro well ir
rigated, are blacker. The blackest ne
troes in Africa aro those who livo in
Guinea, where tlio greatest amonnt of
rain falls. In Asia, says tho writer, it
is the same as in India. There is a close
relation between tlio fall of rain and the
color of the people. Tho more moist the
climate ' is, tho darker tho skin of the
natives. As one goes up Hie Ganges tho
climate becomes drier and tho skin of
tlio natives whiter. The Dengalese are
black, but tho Sikhs and tho Rajpoots
are of a dead white color.
In America it is the same. Tho Bra
cilians are generally darker than tho in
habitants of tho Andes. The Portuguese,
who come from a rainy country, settled
in Brnr.il, while the Spaniards inhabit
tho Andes nnd tho dry La Plata section.
Spain is very dry as compared with
Portugal, and the Portuguese in Europe
hnve the darkest skins of all European.
Heat, light and humidity, says the
writer, are, then, nil causes of pigmen
tation. In dealing with these three
csuses the question of pigmentation of
tlio skin is alone, nnd their relative in
fluence, he says, is a very complicated
one. For instance, persons inhabiting
a mountainous district, whore tho cli
mate is cooler, have a lighter skin than
those who live on the plains, although
it has been seen that the Abyssininns
are an exception to tho rule. The na
tive of Abyssinia is darker on the pla
teaus and lighter on tho plains.
In Peru the inhabitants on tho const
have a lighter skin thnn those on the
mountains. D'Orbigny observed that in
America in tho impenetrable forests tho
savages were lighter j the darkness evi
dently prevented pigmentation. What,
asks the writer, causes the difference be
tween tho negro laliorer exposed to tho
sun and tho Brazilian savage who lives
in the forest? Tho latter is more or less
chocolate colored, but not black. Aro
those facts, ho asks, sufficient to prove
absolutely Buffon's assertion that tho
color of the skin depends on the climate?
Evidently not. If they were, we should
see tho descendants of a white person
become black, nnd vice versa, Tho accli
mated whito man docs not work in tho
sun, nnd ho preserves his white skin ns
a Brnhman does. Furthermore, it would
require many generations to accomplish
the change. New York Medical Jour
nal. GREAT BOON TO A SUFFERER.
One Instanee In Which a Clgaratta Proved
a messing.
"It was Just six years ago, " remarked
E. IL Hume, an athletic looking Eng
lishman, "that I was with the English
army in upper Burma, and a week be
fore Christmas I found myself taken
down with black diphtheria. There had
been an epidemic of the disease in the
town and vicinity, and I, always sus
ceptible, to contagions diseases, was ono
of the first in the regiment to take it.
Every day I grow worse, until the sur
geon finally gave up all hope and told
mo that I could not live 13 hours longer.
My comrades came to bid me gtxxlby
and a few of my intimate friends, fel
lows from my own home, staid with me
to toll the folks how I passed my last
hours on earth.
' 'My throat had become so swollen
that I was in great pain and the phlegm
had collected to such an extent that I
could not speak. Breathing had become
all but impossible
"I knew that I had bnt a short time
to live, and as a last request asked for a
cigarette. It seemed to be the only thing
on earth that I wanted. The surgeon re
fused to give me one, bnt a young Irish
man who knew how fond I was of smok
ing took one from his pockot, saying
that it would not possibly hurt me, as I
was already dying. He held the ciga'
rette to my lips and I inhaled a lot of
smoke, which I thought would choke
me. Instead of that the smoke poured
out and brought with it the whole mass
of phlegm which for a week the sur
goon had tried his best to remove. The
cigarette was tha only thing possible
that would have served the purpose. In
lour days I was on my foet, a well man.
and I have never had a day's sickness
Since." New York Times.
Sportsmen's Notebook.
Nearly every sportsman keeps a note
book, in which are recorded dates, places
and kinds, sizes, conditions and so on
of the game or fish he does or does not
take. Such a man, when he tells a story,
big, little or odd, can clinch it by refer
ring to his book. Every naturalist finds
it imperative to note every detail of his
observations, and at the end of ten years
or a year he finds a satisfaction in look'
ing over his notes which is worth the
trouble ten times over. Tliero are. men
Who have notes dating back over 60
years which wonld be a mine of wealth
for writers on natural history. Ono man
carried scales in the vroods with him for
years and weighed piece by piece the
moose and other big game that he kill
ed, noting it down carefully, so that
now, after a long hunting life, ho can
give the average weight of any wild
animals with which he it familiar.
New York Sun.
A Pleasant Pralla.
After the dissipated Duke of Wharton
had been narrating his frolics, Dean
Swift said to him: "My lord, let me
recommend one more to you. Take a
frolic to be good. Rely upon it yon will
find it the pleasantest frolic you ever
engaged in. "
The Cost of donation.
College Youth Here I've just re
ceived letter from my governor, say'
ing that my studies are ousting him too
much money. And yet I study as little
as possible. Exchange.
MAURICE HEALY.
A Funny Incident In Which He Plfarad
In aa Irlah Court.
Tim Hoaly, the Irish M. P., has a
brother who is a very clever barrister.
Ho has written a book on the revision
of the voting lists which is the standard
authority with English jurists. In con
pec t ion with that book a funny inci
dent transpired in one of the courts at
Belfast.
The home rulers of that city had
Wired t) the London headquarters for
an able lawyer to fight their battle, as
they considered the local talent rather
light for such n heavy legnl contest.
They received a reply granting their re
quest. The court opened, and the barrister
for the Unionist party, a clever lawyer
named Young, began an able and ex
haustive nrgunient why the names of
certain individuals should not be re
tained on the list. The home rulers wore
wringing their hands in despair, for the
man from London hud not appeared at
least no one had seen him.
As Young continued, rendering quo
tation after quotation in support of his
assertions, tho poor Nationalists became
frnntic. Suddenly tliero was a lull in
the proceedings. A modest looking
young man had arisen to his feet to ask
a question. Nobody knew mm.
"My lord, th th a I would like
th th"
A roar of laughter resounded through
the courtroom, and even the judge
smiled. Tho crier shouted for silence,
but the stuttering of the young man
was so funny that it was some time ere
it could be secured. Once more the stut
terer tried.
"My lord, just one question. From
what b-b-book does the 1-1-loarued gen
tleman quote?"
Mr. Young at once replied, "Healy's
book on revision. "
"I'm Healy," said the gentleman
with the defect in speech.
Tho Judge saluted him courteously,
the opposing lawyer shook hands with
him, and the Nationalist policy, which
had been outlined as defensive, beenme
aggressive in the hands of Maurice
Ilenly, whose stuttering had caused such
merriment, with the result that the
only home ruler who ever sat for tho
city of Belfast, or probably ever will,
was returned at the following election
Thomas Sexton. New York Herald.
HE DROPPED.
A Bad Tempered Tonne; Man Gets a Lea
eon In Polltenees.
A young fellow with bulging eyes,
bloodshot and heavy from loss of sleep,
swung on to the rear end of a south
bound Clark street cable car. It was
early and the car was filled with young
women going to their work. Tho young
fellow held between his thick, feverish
lips a long, dark brown cigarette, and
he sucked at it nervously.
Tho conductor, a little pink cheeked
Irishman, reminded his passenger that
smoking was not allowed on tho rear
platform.
"Oh, that's all right," said the young
man and continued to smoke.
"No, it's not all right," replied tho
conductor, "and you will have to go
forward, stop smoking here or get off. "
The young man looked down at the
little conductor a moment, shrugged his
shoulders and started forward. As ho
passed through tho car ho pulled awny
nt his cigarette, and by tile time he
reached tho front door tho car was full
of smoke and many of the young women
were coughing. Disregarding their in
dignant looks, ho turned as ho reached
the door, blow a mouthful of smoke in
to tho car, nnd with a contemptuous
sneer went outside.
Tho little Irish conductor hnd been
watching him. Ho followed, and going
close to hiin said:
"If you ever do such a thing in my
car again, I'll punch your hend off. "
Although the young man wus almost
twice as big as the conductor, he made
no reply, but tossed his cigarette awa;
and his big red ears began to grov
white,
Tho conductor left him, bnt jnr.t then
a young man who had been wutchii.g
the proceedings with animated interest
come out and tapping the smoker on
the shoulder said:
"I Ihink you had bettor drop off here. "
The young fellow passed his tongue
over his parched lips, gave a startled
glance into the car and dropped. Chi
cago Tribune.
Here' a Bit of Pleaaant Reading.
, The so called "expulsion" of Lord
Dunraven from the New York Yacht
club reflects very little credit upon the
members of that impotent and unsports
manlike body. It is difficult to speak
calmly of the puerile spite shown by
these 89 Yankee yachtsmen in going
through the farce of "expelling" a
member who hnd already signified his
intention of severing his connection with
the club, and who, heaven knows, had
little enough reason for wishing to re
main in it By their shameless eager
ness to put an insult upon an honorable
if mistaken English gentleman, the
members of the New York Yacht club
have forfeited even such modified re
spect as we in this country have hither
to had for them. They have made it ut
terly impossible for any self respecting
Englishman ever again to challenge for
the America's cup. I can hardly sup
pose, however, that that fact will cause
them any regret, for they have all along
displayed a determination to retain the
trophy by hook or by crook. London
Figaro.
A Bag of Money.
A strange story of money recovered
oomes from Liverpool. A chimney sweep
in cleaning an oven flue found 40 in
ooin in a bag: On telling the lady of
tho house she burst into tears and faint
ed. She had put the money there herself
years ago, and having forgotten the
fact had accused her son, who was rather
wild, of stealing it, with the result that
he nad left the house in. indignation and
had never returned, .
m. w. Mcdonald,
E!ixT insurance.
I have a largo line of Companies and
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fei1'.!I::'''''',..,n,.jT-.Vl'l- ' ( '
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