THE UNKINDE8T CUT.
Han have borne the news of trouble!
Buch as ruin, with a grin,
They've been brave ana never faltered
In a battle' roaring din,
But to some mere comes a moment
When they're knocked completely flat,
Thla is when some kind friend chuckles:
"Say, old man, you're getting fat!"
Many a steady heart has faltered
As tho mirror showed his hair,
Ttreaked with gray about the temples,
Or a bald spot spreading there;
Comfort, though, was quick in coming
He could lihlu It with his hnt
But this knocks a man a twister;
"Bill, by George, you're getting fat!"
Aid age comes, and we accept It,
Though with secret, pained regret,
Then, our inner self koeps saying
That we're really not old yet,
But, O shades of flesh reducers.
Fate deals her most stinging bat
When the old acquaintance giggles:
"Say, old boy, you're getting fat!"
Charles H. Barnes, In the New York
Sun.
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I The .
I Earthquake That
I Swallowed
Nelse Walker. I
.
1 Through the heart of the Coast
Range, from San Luis Obispo to San
Bernardino County, there lies a pe
culiar trench or ditch, a long mark
ot broken ground, as if some giant
had scratched the earth with a sharp
stick. It might pass for an old canal
or trail, except that it extends over
valley and mountain alike, north
west by southeast. In reality It Is
the path of an earthquake the earth
quake of January, 1857.
Although the mountains danced and
the hills bowed together, no one was
killed in that great shaking; yet there
was one man so tradition says who
stood in the path ot the earthquake
and felt its power.
This man was Nelse Walker, hunt
er for the stage-station at old Fort
Tejon. Fort Tejon lay in a green
valley of the Coast Range, forty
miles south of the present city of
Bakersfield, California, and there
each day the overland stage from the
Missouri River to San Diego and
thence along the coast to San Francis
co drew up for food and rest and fresh
borsci. It was the duty of Walker to
keep the station supplied with fresh
meat, no very arduous task In those
days, for the mountains abounded in
game.
On this day, however, Bearch as he
would, he could find neither deer nor
bear. Stillness semed to smother the
earth, and under its spell all animate
nature became apprehensive. Rabbits
and birds shifted about uneasily, and
the wild cattle footed along their
trails on the steep hillsides in abso
lute silence.
Five miles from the station Walker
halted under an oak and gazed out
ver the little valley. - A hush, such
as comes during an eclipse of the sun
or before some mighty storm, came
upon him. The hunter was afraid.
Yet of what?
There was a sudden bump under the
soles of his feet, and he beard the oak
leaves begin to rustle above him.
Again there came a bumping at his
feet, accompanied by a subterranean
rumbling deep and ominous.
A third time, and the rumbling
deepened into a roar. Above him the
broad oak tree lurched sharply to the
right, and then back to the left,
stones began to rattle down the hill
iides, and clouds of dust rose from
their fall at the foot of a neighboring
cliff. The ground heaved beneath
him once more, and with a bound he
was in the open. For the first time
he realized that he was in an earth
quake. Yet all this was but preliminary to
the shocks to come. As he gazed
about him in a nameless terror, tho
earth seemed to rise in waves and
sweep toward him like the breakers
ot the sea.
B-r-r-upm! The earth heaved be
neath his feet, and he fell to the
ground, dizzy and sick. A deathly
nausea seized him.
To his strained eyes the whole
valley seemed swaying in huge waves.
At each dip the great oaks bent over
and brushed the ground, while above
the roar and rumble of the earth
quake came the crash ot falling trees
and the crunch- of rolling boulders.
Strangest of all, down the steep hill
side above him, scuffling and tumb
ling, came flying numbers of wild cat
tle, shaken from their narrow trails,
and shot bawling down the mountain
side by the mighty subterranean
blows of the earthquake.
All the world seemed wrecked, ruin
ed, topsy-turvy, and Nelse Walker
sprawled on the ground and closed
bis eyes. When the solid ground
ways beneath a man, he is helpless
beyond compare.
It has often been observed of earth
luakes that they come in waves and
In series of waves. Delicate instru
ments have been contrived which reg
ister these oscillations and mark their
lirectlon and intensity. Before each
reat shock there are a series of
' mailer shocks; before each great ser
es there are often a number of pre
Isiinary chocks.
Sharp as had been the oscillations
frrhlch threw Walker to the ground
and tumbled the frightened cattle
flown the mountainside, the earth
quake. of 1857 had not yet attained its
maximum intensity. Its victims were
not to escape so soon. The grinding
and rocking passed into a mere trem
bling and Walker rose to his feet
with a great sense ot relief. But
hardly had he picked up his gun
when the earth began once more to
Jsway and bump. There was a roar
In the air like thunder, and down the
valley he saw coming huge waves,
before which the trees dipped sudden
ly and the stampeding cattle dropped
as if shot.
The next moment there was a bump
which threw him Into the air, and a
rending crash which made his heart
stand still. Then with a wrench the
solid earth parted, and a mighty draft
of air sucked him like a leaf into the
black abyss.
In a moment of great terror one acts
in a purely Instinctive way. As a
drowning man clutches at a straw,
so Nelse Walker, swept into the bos
om of the earth by an almost incon
ceivable catastrophe, dropped his gun
and clutched out wildly.
His hands encountered a tangle ot
roots perhaps the roots of that same
broad oak beneath which, but a few
moments before, he had sat at his
ease. At the touch he grappled with
them desperately, while the sand-laden
wind swept past him into the bowels
of the earth.
In spite of the falling dirt and the
tornado of wind which beat down up
on him, Walker clui? to his hold with
the insane strength of a man who fac
es sudden death.
It was but a moment, but in that
moment a great range of mountains
was split in twain, split to a great
depth. Of all the human beings in
that land, one man was caught in the
throe of nature, sucked Into the gulf
which yawned at that moment across
three hundred miles of mountains. To
that one man the moment seemed an
age.
Deep into that crack swept the
winds of heaven. It yawned Its wid
est and closed!
The Inrush of air past Nelse Walk
er suddenly ceased; then, as the part
ed earth came together again, the
air which had rushed in was as quick
ly expelled. If a mighty bellows,
miles In length, bad been suddenly
closed frjm its uttermost, the effect
couM not have been more irresistible.
Like a leaf once more Nelse Walker
was blown upward by the blast His
hands were torn from their clutch
on the oak roots, and the next mo
ment he was hurled past the mouth ot
the bottomless hole and shot out into
the light of day.
' How he came there he did not know,
but when Nelse Walker recovered his
his sense of locality, be wa3 still
clinging to a tangle of roots yet on
second thought he realized that they
were not roots, but branches. Ho
was in the top of a tree. About him
the limbs were still rocking and wav
ing, and smothered bumps still shook
the tree, as if a mighty ax was being
laid to its roots.
A faintness seized upon the man
who had been the toy and sport of
the lements. Realization of his pre
dicament and of his escape rushed in
upon him, and he nearly fell. He
clambered feebly down the tree and
dropped to tho trembling earth In a
faint.
The breath of the cool afternoon
breeze awakened him, and he felt
about instinctively for his gun. Then
it came to him that his gun was far
down In tho bottom of the earth. He
rose. Before him lay the long fur
row of the earthquake, still smoking
with the dust which rose from Its new
cleft depths. Into this he had drop
ped, and from it he had been hurled
like a feather.
Small wonder, then, that Nelse
Walker was dazed, and wandered far
before he reached the station at Fort
Tejon. Nor was there much which
was familiar there to bring him Irom
his dream.
The adobe buildings of the stage
houses lay crumbled in ruins, branch
es strewed the ground, and frantic
horses stampeded about In the corrals.
When the station-keeper heard
Walker's story, he thought that fear
had turned his head. Bpt a search,
for the lost gun on the following day
brought him to the brink of that aw
ful chasm which had swallowed It.
The erosion and floods of forty-seven
years have done much to fill the
great rift through the hills, so that
now in places it serve for a road-bed
or a trail through the heavy brush;
but to the old settlers about Fort Te
jon It is still the finger-mark of the
earthquake that swallowed Nelse
Walker. Dane Coolldge in Youth's
Companilon.
A Noise in" Court.
Sir Richard Bethell, afterward Lord
Westbury, with a suave voice and a
stately manner, nevertheless had a
way of bearing down the foe with
almost savage wit. Once in court, he
had to follow a barrister who had de
livered his remarks In very loud
tones. "Now that the noise in courc
has subsided," murmured Eethell, "I
will tell your Honor in two sentenc
es the gist of the case." Argonaut.
Forgetting Herself.
Mamma Were you a good girl
while at Mrs. Simpson's this after
noon, Nettie?
Little Nettle I don't know, mam.
ma. I had so much fun that I forgot
to pay any attention to myself. Chi
cago News.
Actually Made.
"What's this lunch doing In the
safer
"That's an election" wager," ex
plained the Junior partner. "A fellow
just bet me a dollar to a doughnut on
the result" Pittsburg Post.
No Use. .
"Why tt weddings does rrobody ever
give the bridegroom away?"
"The bride would never believe
them." Baltimore American.
1TUUUU1 IMP 1IVU1 U1B IttlUUU
of Ferdinand de Norouha, belonging to'
Brazil. It Is reserved for convict.
SAVING THE TREES FROM INSECTS
Creatures that Prey on Them and How They May be Combated
The Destruction ol the Pine Forests In This State.
The general interest being mani
fested In the preservation of trees and
shrubbery in various parts of the
United States, and especially In New
York State, In recent years by experts
on trees and plants, has led to many
public inquiries by persons interest
ed in the best means of caring for
their shade trees. Many people see
trees gradually destroyed by pests
and Insects, without having a knowl
edge of the means to kill them, or of
stopping their Inroads on valuable
timber. Indeed, this Important mat
ter has been treated with careless
ness by a large number of people,
either because they believe they are
helpless to prevent the destruction ot
shade trees, or from motives of abso
lute Indifference. Others Imagine
that droughty conditions over which
human Ingenuity has no control are
responsible for the gradual dying out
of certain kinds ot trees, In certain
kinds of climates, regardless of the
best of care and all the artificial
means at the disposal ot men to keep
them thriving.
In late years, the Bureau of Fores
try of the United States has been
making exhaustive investigations as
to the care of certain valuable forest
trees, and more especially domestic
species like fruit trees and those com
monly grown for parks and yard
shade. Scientists, naturalists, and
entomologists have been busy Inves
tigating and informing the public
how to preserve and beautify their
trees and shrubbery, and some of the
results of their researches are valu
able in the extreme. The task of
overcoming the pernicious activity of
destroying insects has been, and
will be 2 big one.
Many cltizen3 in and around New
York are evincing an Interest In the
care of trees, for the most part men
who have valuable trees of their own
and desire to perpetuate their vigor.
To men who have made a study of
the matter at all, the common enem
ies of trees are well known. There
are hundreds of species of destroying
parasites that burrow into and feed
upon the bark and trunk of the tree,
and many others that fatten them
selves on the leaves and shoots. Some
of these insects are winged, some
are wingless, and they carry their de
structive methods to every kind of
tree that exists. All manner of trees,
from the delicate fruit and flower
bearing specimens to the stalwart
and hardy oak, tho stately pine, and
graceful poplar, are the victims of de
stroying Insects.
How to Protect Timber.
In a recent exhaustive treatise on
those of our valuable trees most sub
ject to attack, and the specific insects
that attack thorn, by E. P. Felt, D.
Sc., entomologist of the New York
State Museum.Untverslty of the State
of New York, some valuable informa
tion Is found regarding certain trees,
and the best method of protecting
them. Mr. Felt glvee an interesting
report based upon work extending
over three seasons, pertaining to the
destruction of trees by various In
sects. His collecting was done In the
Adlrondacka, in the vicinity of Sar
anac Inr and at Karner, N. Y., which
Is approximately between Albany and
Schenectady. He noticed especially
that pines were subject to attack by
wood-borers, or scalytlds.
According to this authority on trees
of every kind, the pine is among our
most valuable timber trees, and Is
becoming scarce, especially In New
York State. A vast number of these
trees are ruined by Insects, and in
'the last two or three years he has
noticed that the destruction of pines
is on the increase. The trunk of the
pine forms a congenial home for
many species of Insect, some of
which attack large, " vigorous trees,
while others prefer wood In a dead or
decaying condition.
The white pine weevil Is a common
Insect on hard and white pines, and
according to Dr. E. B. Southwlck, en
tomologist cf Central Park, Its opera
tions may be observed to a greater
or less extent In almost any group of
pines in New York State. Birds are
the natural enemies of these pests,
and assist to a great extent in their
extermination. According to men ex
perienced in fighting the weevil, the
best method ot killing It is to use
some effective spray at frequent In
tervals, where it is possible. It Is not
to be presumed that enough enthus
iasm will be aroused at this time to
cause a general crusade to be inaugu
rated against the pine tree pest, but
the people of the Empire State, es
pecially, must soon realize that the
preservation of their pine timber lies
in the destruction of the weevil that
Is rapidly destroying the trees.
Foes of the Pine.
The pine bark chermes, another
common and ruthless destroyer of the
pine tree. Is minutely described by
Mr. Felt This pest leaves patches
of flocculent downy matter where he
works. He Is usually found on tho
under side of a limb and on tho
smooth bark of white pines. He is
common on plnee growing In parks
and under other artificial conditions
The young of the winged form, as de
scribed by an expert, are oval In
shape, flattened, yellowish, and light
brown in color. When young they are
so small as hardly to be visible to the
naked eye, and In early May are more
abundant than at any other time.
When the young emerge from the
ball ot woolly matter which protects
the eggs, they travel over the bark
ot the tree. But travel ceases at
length and they attach themselves to
young and tender twigs. They do
great damage in a comparatively
short time. The Insect is easily
reached by Bprays, and as Dr. South
wick observes, stiff sprays are quite
efficient in combating this pest.
Other qualified experts say that
spraying with kerosene emulsion in
May proved efficient. The standard
emulsion should probably be diluted
with nine parts ot water. In case it
is undesirable to use kerosene emul
sion, the insect is said to be easily
susceptible to a whole oil-soap solu
tion, one pound to four gallons of
water, or even a forcible spray of
cold water, would wash oft a large
number of the pests. This can be
done handiiy by having a hydrant
and long hose convenient.
Dr. William M. Wheeler, specialist
on Insects, and curator of the depart
ment of Invertebrate zoology, Museum
of Natural History, says that there
ar9 so many kinds of Insects attack
ing all kinds of trees and vines, that
it Is hafd to enumerate or classify
them. He has heard of the existence
of a green fly or aphid, which was
said to be very injurious to trees and
vines in his own county, Westchester,
but as yet he has had little practical
experience with theru. He is watch
ing for the appearance of such an In
sect among his own trees and grape
vines, and will be ready to combat It
with the most effective means at his
disposal when It appears. The aphid
is said to be destroying the chestnut
treea in Westchester County, and
the best remedy given for Its exter
mination Is the one furnished by
Charles W. Leavitt, Jr., of New York
city. It Is to cut out the wood that
Is affected by the fungus and careful
ly spray with a fungus spray, and
with an insect spray to kill the green
fly.
Insects That Help.
There are caterpillars, beetles,
moths, files, and many Bpecles of bugs
that attack trees, and it seems that
no kind ot timber Is spared. At the
Bame time, according to Dr. Wheeler,
there are several kinds of beneficial
Insects that help to kill the tree-destroying
pests, some of them being the
parasite of the fluted scale, the fig in
sect, the Hessian fly parasite, the
black scale parasite, the cardinal
ladybug, the Chinese ladybug, the
black ladybug, the European praying
mantis, and the Chinese praying man
tis. Trees most subject to damage In
New York are the ash, birch, elm,
larch, lime, oak, pine, poplar, spruce,
fir, and willow.
One radical way that is given to
get rid of destroying insects is to
shake and beat them from the trees.
The best time to do this is noontime
or early on a bright, warm day, when
the beetles and bugs are clinging be
neath the leaves and -are dull and
sluggish. They may be shaken down
on a large cloth spread beneath tho
tree, swept together and destroyed, if
care is taken that the flying Insects do
not have time to recover and take
wing. Pigs will eat them greedily, as
will poultry. New York Post.
WAGES IN PARI9.
8cale of Revenue Received By the
Different Classes.
Consul C. P. H. Nason, of Ore
noble, submits some statistics con
cerning the earnings and incomes of
certain classes ot the French people
In Parts, as recently published by M.
Andre Lefevre, the president of the
Paris Municipal Council. The Con
sul writes:
The annual income ot the average
Paris household is placed at about
$730. In the fashionable quarter of
the Champs Elysees the annual aver
age household revenue Is said to bo
about $5600; in the near-by Fau
bourg St. Honore, $3700, while in
the Madeleine district it falls to
$3500.
As to the Incomes of certain pro
fessional men in France, it was as
certained that out of the 2,000 ad
vocates practicing at the Paris Bar
only about 200 earn over $2000 a
year, and only about 60 receive above
$10,000.
The number ot physicians practic
ing in Paris Is placed at 2500, but
only about one-half (1200) of these
make more than $1600 a year. Den
tists do somewhat better; a fash
ionable one can easily earn $6,000,
while in some cases this figure is
greatly exceeded.
In French families of the humbler
class the living expenses in many In
stances are met only by the wife con
tributing to the common fund out of
her marriage portion. Oftentimes
this portion, or "dot," of a French
girl is used in part to establish the
husband in business.
Saleswomen in the largest depart
ment stores earn $60 a month. Male
and female bouse servants receive,
respectively, in the neighborhood of
$20 to $8 a month. The bottom ot
the scale seems to be reached with
the poor seamstresses, who toil from
dawn to dark In the making of chil
dren's clothes. One cent an hour is
Indicated as their stipend, but if ex
ceptionally clever they earn 35 cents
for 12 hours' work.. ,
A Mean Man.
"Hubby, do you love met- '
"Um."
"How much do you love me?"
"Not over $4 worth. It you have or
dered anything above that figure sent
borne, back It goes." Washington
Herald.
THK 8UFFRAQETT1.
Ma's a suffragette, an' say, '
Bhe 1 busy every day.
Mot In sewing buttons on
Trousers owned by me an' John;
Not In patching trouser seats.
Canning fruit or pickling beets;
Bhe's not darmn" socks an' thin.
mat Is work fur underlings.
Ma's out there In our back yard,
fractlcln' an' workln' hard,
Throwln' bricks must every day,
xryin nam to learn the way
Men throw things an1 hit the mark
Then some evening after dark,
Ma says she will do her share
Ualnln1 thuin tn mnl. Ilia niaVA.
Ma's a suffragette, and she
Is as busy as can be,
Btudyln' an' readin', too;
Not the way to make a stew,
Not the latest recipes,
Bhe's cut out such things as these;
She's not learning" how to make
Something new In layer cake.
Or to keep a husband home
"When at night he wants to roam.
Ma'e Just ltarnln' things to quote,
Provln' she should have a vote.
Ma expects to get a Job,
Leading on a female mob.
Detroit Free Press.
WfCUfltf
(SWMM
THE volLD"
Flypp I don't believe In guaranteed
banks. Blypp What's your Idea?
Flypp Guaranteed bankers. Cleve
land Plain-Dealer.
(At the Club.) Oh, I say, who d'you
think I met this morning?" "Do you
mind guessing tor me, old man? I'm
rather tired." Punch.
"I never" saw such a lazybones In all
my life! Of what is that girl made?"
"She is supposed to be maid of all
work." Baltimore American.
Yeast Does your wife spend much
time in the department stores? Crim
sonbeak Oh, yes; she has to wait for
her change, you know! Yonkers
Statesman.
"What Is the object of your socie
ty?" "You wish the truth?" "Why,
yes." "To get our names in the pa
pers as often as possible." Louis
ville Courier-Journal.
Miss De Style I stopped at a love
ly place last summer; plenty of fel
lows; honest, I got four rings. Miss
Gunbusta So? I didn't know there
was a carousel out there. Puck.
"It is always interesting to watch
them drop the pilot," said the girl who
had travelled much. "Yes," laughed
the young man, "especially if you hap
pen to be on an airship." Chicago
Dally News.
"Why don't you try to put more gin
ger into the campaign?" "Ginger!"
echoed Senator Sorghum. "The sug
gestion comes too late. Nothing can
drown out the flavor of kerosene."
Washington Star.
Jones Did you deliver my message
to Mr. Smith? Johnny No, sir. His
office was locked. Jones Well, why
didn't you wait for him, as I told you.
Johnny There was a note on the
door saying, "Return at once," so I
came back. Philadelphia Inquirer.
"I had half the young men in town
for rivals when I was doing a court
ship stunt,' said the sad-eyed passen
ger. "And did you land the prize?"
queried the hardware drummer. "Well
I never looked at It in that light," re
plied he of the sad eyes, "but I married
the girl." Chicago Dally News.
"You didn't seem to enjoy your din
ner.' "No," answered Mr. Cumrox.
"I confess I was wondering about how
much I ought to give the waiter. You
see, If you give a waiter too little he
snubs you and if you give him too
much he knows you are a stranger In
the place and scorns you anyhow."
Washington Star.
"Yes," he said, "the gentle spring Is
the season I particularly adore. Oh,
the air, the sunshine, the hazy hills!
Where do you find such tender greens
and whites as the spring vendure dis
closes to us?" "If you really wish for
an answer," she said, "I think you can
find them in a well-made salad."
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Library Advertising.
Once upon a time a certain painter
(not latter-day Raphael or Rem
brandt, but just a humble artist in
clapboard and wainscot decoration)
entered a public library not a thou
sand miles from Springfield, Mass.,
and, being "out of a job," spent some
time browsing among the books. To
his joy and surprise, he discovered
works bearing on his trade. Although
he had been a cardholder for years,
he had never before had a suspicion
that such books were there on the
shelves, waiting to be drawn. The
painter's glad astonishment gave a
hint to the librarian; mimeographed
lists o favailable works on different
trades and Industries were circulat
ed, the local newspapers were pre
vailed upon to give publicity to these
and other resources of the library,
and as a result the circulation of that
library increased 25 percent in one
year. Aft of which goeth to show
that a library that Is set onN, hill
may,' unfortunately, be hid until It
condescends to reveal Itself. Chica
go Dial.
More Near-Wisdom.
"When you are getting double your
share," advised the Plunkvllle Pulon
lus, "be satisfied.'
"I will, uncle."
"And don't insists on putting your
feet In the trough." Houston Chron
icle. The Salvation Army has a factory la
Europe where musical Instruments are
made for its members.
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PEARLS OF THOUGHT.
Be swift to hear and slow to speak.
Bible.
Perfumes are the feelings of flow
ers. Heine.
To live in hearts we love Is not to
die. Campbell.
The aged tn counsel, the young In
action, Shakespeare.
Listening stand the silent forests,
every leaf a soft green ear. Heine,
Yet pause ere thou unmove and
sot thine ark adrift on unknown seas.
Jean Ingelow.
True art endures forever, and -the
true artist delights In the works ot
great minds. Beethoven.
If I can put one touch of a rosy sun
set Into the life of any man or woman
I shall feel that I have worked with
God. George Macdonald.
Trust men, and they will be true to
you; treat them greatly, and they will
Suow themselves great, though they
may make an exception In your favor
to all their rules of trade. Emerson.
The best composition and tempera
turn is, to have openness in fame
and opinion, secrecy In habltjdjsslm
ulatlon in seasonable use, and a pow
er to feign, If there be no remedy.
Francis Bacon.
Even in evil, that dark cloud which
hangs over the creation, we discern
rays of light and hope, and gradually
come to see In suffering and tempta
tion proofs and Instruments of the
subllmest purposes of wisdom and
love. Channlng.
The best answer to all objections
urged against prayer is the fact (hat
man cannot help praying; for we may
be sure that that which Is spontaneous
and Ineradicable In human nature has
Its fitting objects and methods in the
arrangements of a boundless Provi
dence. Chapln.
We have a friend who knows us bet
ter than we know ourselves, loves us
better than we love ourselves, helps
us when we cannot help ourselves,
forgives us when we cannot forgive
ourselves, and In the midst of our
deepest despair breathes into our
heart the breath of a new and divine
hope. James Freeman Clarke.
MOUNTING A MAMMOTH.
How the Recent Find Is Being Pre
pared for Russian Museum
After a Journey lasting six months
and costing 1,700 the skeleton of a
mammoth found last January by some
Yakuts In the sandy bed of the River
Sangar-Yurach has reached St. Peters
burg. The skeleton was found 120 miles
from the Arctic Ocean. The Governor
of Yakutsk telegraphed at once to the
Imperial Academy of Science, which
sent off straightway a mission to fetch
the interesting discovery to the capi
tal. The specimen now brought to
light Is not of remarkable size, but
some parts of its carcass have been
preserved, which so far have not been
found; unfortunately the teeth are ab
sent and also some of the softer por
tions of the body. The carcass weighs
only 257 stone, and it took six days for
the remains to be prepared and treat
ed properly by the experts, who had to
work In an ordinary tent at a tempera
ture of 30 degrees of cold.
The proboscis is found now .for the
first time in an uninjured state, and
It has been put into spirits; the return
Journey to Buiun, a distance of 1,200
miles, took a fortnight, and the skele
ton was carried on reindeer sleighs;
from Buiun the skeleton was carried
along the River Lena to Schegalov,
and from Schegalov by carts to
Yakutsk. It will take at least a year
to mount the skeleton In the Zoologi
cal Museum here. St. Petersburg cor
respondence London Globe.
Mexico Puts Falls to Work.
This is the story of Necaxa. A doz
en little rivers are so gathered on
their water-shed that they must pass
one narrow outlet and turn a series
of water wheels and generators that
change their water-power into elec
tricity. Carried over 170 miles on
cables, this power is distributed for
the daily needs of half a million peo
ple, with their electric lights, trolley
cars, factories and mines, throughout
the federal district of Mexico and tho
mining region ot El Oro.
It required a cost of $34,000,000 in
gold to accomplish this, and the re
sult Is one of the most interesting
hydro-electric systems of the world.
Where, before, there lay at one end
a water-shed with hurrying rivulets
and leaping cascades that challenged
the world for their native beauty,
there is now a chain of reservoirs
with dams, canals, tunnels and pipe
lines by which the water Is fed to
turbines and generators. At the oth
er end, where there- was a great city
troubled with all the ills attendant
upon a lack ot fuel supply and mines
operating under enormous disadvan
tage from want of power, both city
and mines are well and cheaply sup
plied. Between them is a transmis
sion line with great, square, steel
framed towers, carrying aloft their
burin of topper cables, each with a
current so powerful as only the per
fected insulators and switchboards of
most recent years have been able to
control. Technical World Magazine.
Grammar Hie Forte.
A Kansas school ma'am had a world
ot trouble In teaching one of her
charges the intricacies ot arithmetic.
The job finally became, so arduous that
she complained to the child's father. .
"Oh," said the fond pater, "never
mind my Jlmmle about that He comes
by it honestly. I always was a good
grammatlst, but a mighty poor arith
metlcker." Kansas City Journal.