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CHARLOTTE DAILY OBSERVER, JvIy 29, 190G. those American merchant enel which had been maintained by mall contracts, which were- practically tfubsldiea. T - ' Uoth, the majority and minority of the marine commission concur that the condition of the American mer chant - marine Is deplorable, .That the remnant which is left l simply the dying- remnant tThat something ought to be done to revive It. That the people not only approve, but de '- mand that something be done to re vlve It and that all that la necessary is to agree upon-a feasible plan. THE NECESSITY FOR REVIVAL. ,' The. necessity for this revival Is be coming dally more acute. Serious as ,; need of the navy la for transport A. j-feaseia in the event 01 waiv ma pro V t iattion of American'; manufacturers . ,rrM become so srreat that there Is Inv peratlytv need of. foreign" trade. The only possibility of .properly develop- Ing this Is to have American r ships manned by American seamen a and . officers, who are interested In. the ex tension of American commerce, go to the foreign ports and ouer American , ' goods from under the American flag ' . In thm foreign , port . Here lies the v most Immediate and pressing need. If . can develoo a - domestlo com mere by'means of railways that ex ceeds that of any outer nation in me ; world, surely we can develop a for.- lxn trade by means or Duuaing ana ' owning-. vessel that la eapable of "taking care of the surplus production by our factories. .What sort of fix '' would our domestlo trade b In If we -permitted the English and German . government to. send -engines and trains and crews over here to do business on our railroads and suffl- rlantlv subsidised to Justify them In underbidding our, own rallrdads Just ' enough to do the commerce, in aa " ditlon to this If we let them send all . Che Income from this traffic back borne, we would then be In practical ' Jy the same position with reference to our., domestlo commerce that we -, permit ourselves, to be put In by the . ' present situation on tne turn seas. We are building the Panama Canal ' - at a cost of what will probably as I gregite 1100,000,000. Unless we can " changa our present shipping situation this canal will be for the use of Eng . Ush and German .ships In peace and either nations might sake . It away from 'us in . war, because-war with ' either or both would Una us without transports to serve our navy or carry . our army. to the lighting ground, 1 , Thetlmulatlng influence necessary to rehabilitate our mercnant marine, , whether by the plan of preferential duties or by the plan of making the ships part of the navy reserve and by , mair contracts, would not need to oe y lnaennneiy conunuea.. - , SHIPPINK ON THH' LAKES. ' The shipping. on the lakes reserv ' d for American use only, has attaln- ; ed a position, against which no for eign country could now. compete. If ', the field was made open. I have not -"verified the statement that has been made to me. to. wit, that our lake , tonnage la greater than the aggregate deep sea tonnage of the world, and , rthe freight charges less 4- Whether this be true or not, the development ' of shipping On the lakes shows that Americans Can develop , a shipping ' trade- If given navigation. England lias always practically "penned .the '.' policy. of reserving English goods for English ships. Aside from payments : In . cash or loans, this pol toy alone carried out as England has adroitly ; carried It out la subvention with a venrence. ' .' t v . - - ' Any measure that would constrain "American goods to be carried In . American ships would give a - basis - upon which our deep sea marine ser ' vice might be not Only brought paral C lei with that of foreign countries, bat ' there would seem to- be -no Valid rea son to doubt that we might bring It to approximate the development of shipping on the lakes, ' and f our . transportation on land by rail. .'; ; , The Author's Meaning. . '. ' Manchester Q uardlan. There are several anecdotes which f bear out the theoiy that a competent and reverent V -commentator may sometimes expound a work of genius snore effectively than Its writer hlm- , eelt ould do,- especially such works . as ten to the allegorical. - V- when the, famous mystic Bohme was on his deathbed. It Is related .,' that, some of his followers came to ' him with the request that he would - explain. a certain more than usually cryptic passage In his writings.. He .' puasled cver-lt.to no purpose. "My .. near cniiaren," ne said, as he laid . his book feebly aside, "when I wrote this I-understood. Its .meaning, and no doubt the omniscient God did. He may stlH remember it,, but, I have , forgotten," , A,. vary similar story Is told of ttner authors perhaps with as much truth. Klopstock, the German poet, . whom his admirers rashly compared to Milton, was once questioned at Gottlngrn as to the exact meaning of one of his stansas. He read It over " once or twice, and . then delivered - this Judgment; ' "I cannot remember what I meant when . I wrote It, but I do remember that It was one. of . the finest things I ' ever wrote, and you cannot do better than . devote your lives to the discovery of Its meaning.' w , --r , ... , Mysterloua Shower of Pennies. London' Evening, BtandaRL - . London street and Norfolk square, Fsddlngton, are agitated over the . doings . of a mysterious person- ' , whether man or -woman la not knowh who every morning scatters a sbow . er of pennies on the roadway. ' Shopboys and school children, na turally, are delighted. Small bullets, or swan shot, three-eights of an Inch la diameter and of qulta a .respect- able weight," have been . mixed with ' the money, A peculiarity of the mys- . tsry U that each coin bears a strange , 'Indentation, as though-It had been! . hit by a trigger.' All the efforts made to discover the person have failed. '; : ? w ; plitunthrnplc Sparrows.''' : Y ' ' Dating Msgeslne. . - , ' v. For several -daya four or five snar- Ll ttl htl Visited, a certain tilara nn vjh roof near . my window.. They ; always nrougnt iooa tor another nt . tie fellow,- who ; never trior! a flight rrom me spot. , i ne - visiting , spar- reps nevr came empty billed. They would drop tiny morsels of food near the little sparrow, When It began . to eat the crumbs the others set up a great chirping and then flew away. After watching this for a few days . I went out on the room and approach ed the lone bird. It did not flutter away from me, and made no resist ance when I picked It up, The sparrow was blind., - Its eyes werecovered with a mllk-Uke film, w Oonld TH1 It Auot her Wayl : i ; Ce". and Comment : - Many years ago an old and well-to-do farmer In wentern New York had something of a reputation as a litig ant, lie bad a. peculiar twist about ; his mouth when he talked, due to some muscular affection) which gave' a striking effect to hi utterances. ' Ilia ld neighbors tell of, trip that he made to see hi lawyers on a cer tatn occasion when he had made up Ms mind to "have a law suit. He sat down with his lawyer and Uld out Ms case before him at length. The, lawyer esldj "Welt, on that statement ou hvn't any eni." The olAmnn 1 Mtrhed hid trou(rs nrvo'iii.ly, twitch ed hta fura, and hus'lly replied; "Well, X can tell It another way." MUST YIELD HER SECEETS NATXHE STUDY TO BE PUSHED SHontlst, AVlth Camcclo foney n lilnd 1'hem, Are Going Where Man -JIaa Never ;oiw iiefore Kvcry tiling Atu-iuptM Has for Its Object - m llc-ncllt to Mankind Earthquakes Slay bo Jtoretold, the Weather Pre dicted a Year Ahead, and , Ocean Voyages Mado Safter, and Much Quicker Glas Made - -of Quarts . and Korksk Actually Manufactured v Ijuther . liurbank's Novel Sun 'Spots About to Yield Their Secrets. BY GEORGE ROBERT AGXEWS. Correspondence .Of The Observer. Washington, July J7. It only fraction of the work now under way by the Carnegie Institution of wash Ington, brings the results that are hoped for, - the world will be aaton ished and delighted by the announce ment of scientific discoveries that will seem -stranger than fiction. An en umeratlon of the varletyoc work un dertaken In many parts of the world by- the 400 experts supported by the Institution . would - weary and confuse the reader, since It ' would comprise a list - of studies t in nearly every every branch of scientific research.- glnntfs at the more novel and import ant undertakings In hand may,' how ever, rive a -hint of the - audacious hopes of science In solving problems that have mystified . the ages. ' - For Illustration, It Is confidently ex pected that within a year-the world will be electrified by official announce: ment of the discovery of the causa and nature of sun soots, whtcn. Per haps, may disclose the' true nature of the . sun Itself. - This discovery will naturally lead to aa explanation of the kind and extent ot tne sun s in fluence upon the earth,, in the forms of light, heat and magnetism. With this information In its possession. science hopes - to be ante to predict changes Id the sun, .which are sup posed to exert momentous Influences upon toe earth. Thus the time when weather predictions may be made year In advance is believed - to .- be measurably nearer. Times or nooa. drought, and pestilence,- It Is thought, may ultimately be , xoretoia to nicety. r v- TO MAP THE SOUTHERN SKT. Among other projects now In hand by the Carnegie Institution are me establishment-of an-observatory In South America for the mapping of the Southern sky: the manufacture ot glass irora quarts. - which win. stand .heat better than steel: the crea tion of new fruits, vegetables, and grasses; the crossing of fishes, .birds. and animals for the study of here dlty, and the revolution of Improved typesf a study of the human body as affected by foods, witn a correspeno Ins- studv of the nutritive and cheml cat qualities of foods, In the hope ot perfecting . a system for dieting the sick which will restore them to nor ma! conditions; the manufacture of rocks, with the object of discovering the secret of nature's creation or tne orecloua metals: a magnetic survey of the oceans, which will disclose the mystery of the magnetlo pole ana in cidentally enable steamships to cross the oceans In much shorter time than at present, and a study of the desert, from sea-level to 1,000 feet above,- In the confluence that ro rests may be established and nutritious " forage be msda to cover the present wastes. These projects seem at first glance to be questions for tne distant tuture, .hut the Drosrress already maae en courages the belief mat soma ot them, at least,. will be realised with a short time. - Quarts glass has already been made which meets tne require ments of the arts. Certain rocks have also been manufactured by the young alchemist who la to study the genes logy of gold. At Mount i Wilson the anxious watchers are -trembling over the discovery of the constitution of tne sun.. . .. .' i, -. LUTHER -BURBANK'S WORK. At Santa Rosa, Luther Burbank is creating new - potatoes, , plums. Dlumcots. berries, and flowers in bewildering' vsrlety. ' The stout brig Galilee Is now out between Honolulu and Manlla. making a magnetlo sur vey of the Pacific. . ',. Secretary Roat, while In South America., will make arranaemeta for the site or the oo servafbry rrom which the position of stars visible from that - hemisphere will be fixed and mapped a work that will stand for centuries. . At Cold Harbor. N. Y.. - novel expert menu In animal hybridisation are be ing conducted, and at Tortugaa, Fla., the secrets of the life of the ocean are being revealed to science.: - In the suburbs of Washington tne. Carnegie1 Institution la building a physical laboratory from which re markable discoveries are expected to be reported. There Arthus L. Pay, a young expert employed by the Unit ed States Geological Survey, wui- con tinue his - experiments In the . manu facture of rocks and quarts glass. Regarding the first, which hints of alchemy, little Is to be said at present beyond-the fact that rocks hava ac tually been made by Mr. Day which are Identloal with natural rock. - His quarts glass, however, la already of practical benefit! The Carnegie in stitutlon astronomers at Mount. Wil son. In California, found that their great reflecting mirror was subject to great expansion by the heat of tne sun. , which tended .to aestroy its focus or distort Its images, thus pre. venting tha taking at accurate photo graphs -of the - sun.' Electric, fans were turned, upon .the mirror, with slight effect. - The astronomers sug gested that a glass made of' quarts Instead of sand should be manufac tured, quarts -glass being less respon ses to the influence of heat. The difficulty, . however, - was - In - pro ducing ; quarts; suitable -for a mirror. 1 Prof. - Day . attacked the problem, .' ; and by subjecting the quarts to a -temperature ,? of about 4,000 degrees . Fahrenheit and a pressure of . too . pounds to the square Inch he produced glass entirely free from flaws, and practically unaf fected by heaUV--.., . . - i; V HAS COMMERCIAL VALUE. . , ? Th'ls glass, "scientists say, will soon find Its way Into the arts and manu factures. It does not aapand nor contract, and its melting point Is ss high as that, of steel. - Indeed, steel safes may be constructed with doors of quarts glass, permitting a view of the contents. - The material will also probably be employed In building as soon as the cost of manufacture Is reduced.'"', :;- :;- ' ' V..-V ,-' ' ' The world has heard : muchT of Burbank, but it 1s not - generally known that the Carnegie Institution Is his principal supporter. An allow ance of $10,000 a year for. ten years has been made for htm, In addition to which en allotment of f 8,000 has been made for the scientific study Ot his marvelous discoveries. Burbank Is not a scientist In the accepted sense, and Is sometimes at a loss to tell how and why certain results are accom plished. Nor does he appear to cars for the synthetical study of the rela tions of plant and their laws of be- Imr, which might' yield such Import ant reoults to mankind. The Car negie Isxtliutlon, therefore, has as signed this work to several scientific workers, who will remain with Bur bunk sad reduce to scientific system hi multifarious dlneoverles. i r :. .'. Tho othr Any these scientific gen tlemen, who had nver seen Uurbnnk, were advised by their traveling com panton. President Woodward, of th Carnegie Institution, that the Santa Rosa man had succeeded in crocking a strawborry and a raspberry. They rejected the story as an absurdity. strawberry Is a vegetable: ; a rasp berry is a tree. But when they ar rived at Burbank'a place they were shown photographs of the remarkable fruit resulting from the strawberry raspberry union, and Burbank agreed to repeat the experiment under their personal Inspection, gust to show them mat he could. - :' ''--Vv-,'-- ' WONDERS OF THE NURSERT.' ! These scientific visitors to tha work shop of a plain "nurseryman" lost all their Incredulity when they beheld a plum Urea bearing not. one nor two nor half a dosea kinds of frlut. but three hundred kinds, all distinct, yet Bdrawing their life from - a - common trunk. -They saw Burbank's famous raspberry, which la two inches across his Shasta daisy, six Inches in dlam eter; his fadeless flowers, spineless cactus, stoneless prunes and ' plums. and all the other marvels which have been made known to the world, . . "I know I- shall be regarded aa crasy man when I tell you that the work being done by this one man will produce, more wealth than the entire endowment of the Carnegie Instltu tlon, which fa 110.000.000." said President .Wodward. "But I accept this risk and make the statement go further, and give It as my dell berate opinion . that Burbank's die coverles will return five times $10,- 000,00.. His potato alone - has- beea worth millions to this country. He Is now . at .work... perfecting . a new variety ot potato that la expected to be of Immense benefit to the country. He la not seeking to Invent a freak. but merely to develoo a ' fine, large, palatable, vigorous potato , of I good keeping qualities. This, of course, Is only one of thousands of experiments which he Is now, making." , Intimately connected with one branch of Luther Burbank'a work Is the desert laboratory of the Carnegie Institution neac. Tucson, Arts. Several hundred acres are ..being used as botanical experiment station, and ether stations are maintained on near by mountains at various elevations. thus permitting a stsdy of desert con dlttotts from sea-leVel to altitude of one mile above the sea. While Bur bank Is at work perfecting his thorn less cactus and other ' forage plants which are adopted to desert -life, the Carnegie scientists on the desert sre studying actual - conditions - of - life there with reference to temperature, rainfall, Irrigation, etc.. In the hope of reclaiming the desert to vegeta tion. The government ,ls assisting in this work through ' the reclamation service and the Geological Survey. CLOSE STUDY OF MAN. What Is the relative efficiency of a man as a working machine 7 What proportion of energy does he "develop from the food he eats? What is the beet kind of fuel with which to fill the human boiler? Can a man -whose energy and strength are below par be restored to normal efficiency by vary- Ing the fuel that keeps him going? These are some of the questions that sre being Investigated by experts of the Carnegie Institution. An air tight chamber has been made, in which a man has been placed and studied exactly aa a mechanical en glneer would study a steam boiler and engine. The air, food, and water supply furnished to 'the subject Is minutely measured, and the constitu ents of each carefully noted and com pared studied under conditions of fasting, normal eating, overeating. etc. and the proportion of energy developed from the -nutriment sup- piled plied Is ascertained. These ex periments are also being made with subjects suffering from . certain ailments, - In order to certain. If possible, the exact effects of various foods upon the bodily strength and welfare. By means of a long series of these stud ies, ' togther with examinations Into the properties of foods, it Is hoped that a system of dieting may be de vised which will do more than medl cine to restore sick, weak, or other wise abnormal persons to a normal condition. . v ' "The greatest study of mankind is man," said an official of ta Car negie Institution, In discussing these experiments. "But - we cannot hops to make., studies of ' the character which science regards as most lm portent and fruitful of great possi bilities. We find that society will not permit certain researches and expert ments. What greater field Is there, for example, than studies. In anthro pology and psychology? Yet we must keep out of these fields until society becomes ' more - receptive' to scientific truth. We should like to study tha American negro and the Plllplno, as well as to pursue researches Into the mystery or the human brain, but the obstacles cannot be overcome. 'These matters must wait Science would like nothing better than to study the mysteries of heredity, in human be. Ings, but here, too, ws are met by in superable obstacle - BTUDY LAWS OF EVOLUTION, ."A hint of tha wonders that might be unfolded by the study of Inherit ance Is given In the work of our specialists at Cold Harbor, N. T., who are at work upon animals, fishes. In sects, and plants. The la wa of evo lution are being studied there at first hand. The three factors of evolution variation, Inheritance, and adjust ment ' to - environment are being weighed, " with most Interesting re sults. - Our Investigators are aiming to develop a better breed of cattle. new fishes, and plants. The products of hybridisation of animals and pknts are wonderful, and new light Is be ing thrown upon such obscure prob lems, for example, as the significance ot color markings." , 4 . Another enterprise Inaugurated by the Carnegie Institute, at great ex pense, is that of making a msgnetlo survey of the oceanic areas .. of the globe. '. Fairly good magnetic surveys have been made of ' land areas, but the water area, three times as great, remains unexplored. No , one knows as yet the cause and nature of ter restrial megnetlsm,. Why does . the needle point to the north? ... Why does It Vary widely at - different spots? What causes It to dip? What Is the cause of the third mysterious horl sontat movement, recently discovered? For the purpose of gaining light on these questions the brig Galilee Is now making a survey of the North Psclflo Ocesn. The most practical result of these studies. If they are fully work ed out, will be the mapping of the oceans so that steam vessels may take and keep the shortest route be tween two porta, with absolute cer alnty of "position. ' At present, . per haps, two full days are lost by the swiftest steamers In crossing the Pa cific, on aocodnt of the uncertainty of tne navigator as to tne , degree of variation of the . needle. . The time of trans-Atlantic liners could also be. cut down materially If the magnetlo vari ation were exactly known at every stage .oi, the. route, .1. , i: - J A u , MAY PREDICT EARTHQUAKE. If the magnetic surveys under taken Jy the Institution are as suc cessful as hoped for the secret ot ter restrial magnetism will be ' learned. This is the splendid goal aimed at. Armed with this knowledge, scientists believe thst rapid wjogreHs would he made toward prognosticating the oc currence! of earthquakes. They are ssflslled that a close conneetion exlut between the sun and terrestrial mag- $ netlsm. and are prpared for dlecov eries which will establish this connec tion. The observations of the sun taken dally at . Mount Wilson : are; therefore, considered In their relattoa to the work of the Galilee, In mid-Pa- cine, ana investigators are nopeiui that these patties, so far separated, will And the threads that are sup posed to to connect them.- Among the Investigations of minor Importance- undertaken by" the Car negie Institution la; that concerning American history. - ' Students are at work In the government archives of Spain. Great Britain, and Cuba, aa well as In the papers Of the State De partment and the - Library . of Con gress. Important historical data are balieved to be forthcoming within the next - year. . Tha institution is also gathering material on an enormous scaje for an economic history of the United States , v. ', These studies, together -with ad vanced researches In archaelogy, ma rine biology, chemistry, geology, pale ontology, physics, soology, and a dosen other "ologles," comprise, the chief activities, of this great institu tion, which has already demonstrated Its immense usefulness In supporting Investigations which would be too costly for private enterprise and which are hardly within the scope of the government's functions. . 4. , v GARB OF ARGENTINA COWBOY. Wears Biggest Trousers on Record 'i Ills Saddle) and Whip. , , ; Los Angeles Times. , v Our friend the gaucho is as much In evidence along the line to the west as to the' south In Argentina. He still sticks to the Inevitable poncho, but he has discarded the ehlrola, a blanket-like garment that the couth em gaucho wears around his legs, or bombachos, which is the name for absolutely the largest trousers on rec ord. '.; " ' , Tha bambachos In the first place were, I believe brought to Argentina by the Basques. The things went straight to the heart of the gaucho and he- adopted them at once. Only he hae steadily Insisted on ampllfylngJ them, until to-day one leg of a pair of bombachos will houso a small fam ily.' There Is no particular, point of utility to be urged lor tnese wind bags, but they -serve to make their wearer a conspicuous figure when he rides Into town, . which Is reason enough for tha gaueho. The recado or saddle used in tne west Is much the same aa In the south. It consists of a couple of smooth piec es of wood to be laid on a bltnket be hind the horse's withers. Over these several thicknesses of fleece or soft blankets are strapped, a pair of stir rups thrown over the whole and the recado Is ready for use. This sounds like a crude arrangement, and such It Often Is; nevertheless I have heard a. number of Englishmen who have used It claim that the recado gives a knee grip In the soft blankets that Insures a seat more sure than that possible In any saddle of heard leath er. ....,, The most Inseparable companion of the gaucho of the west Is his rlbenka, or whip. This has a heavily loaded handle about a foot and a half long, which terminates In a thick single or double thong of rawhide of the same length as the handle. The handle Is sometimes covered with hide, or, again, heavily Inlaid with ullver. A blow from the handle or a rlbenka will fell a horse and a cut from Its lash will tear open a gash in the flank of a toush skinned mule. k The gaucho of the south fights with his knife In one hsnd and his folded poncho In the other as a hsield. The western gauche substitutes the rlben ka for the poncho. 'and must jaake a far more formidable opponent His great facon, or knife, reposes most of the time In his belt; his rlbenka never leaves his hsnd during the day and at night he sleeps with the thong of It about his wrist . , -'.' - .,' GREATEST PECAN GROVE. 00 "Acres of Reeving Trees Will Give ' a Princely Revenue Charleston News and Courier. What is thought to be the largest bearing pecan orchard In the world Is owned by Major John 8. Horlbeck In Charleston county, S.'C He has 600 acres In bearing trees. - His main grove consists of 850 acres. In one lot sre 10.000 trees, flf teen years old, just beginning to give good return on me investment. In one section of Ms grove he had planted oats; another fjctlon he was using for pasturing stock,' and old asparagus rows showed between the trees. " - . The pecan Is an Intolerant tree that Is to say, a tree that wilt not tolerate shade, and when It Is planted near other trees It does nothing un til It rises Into the sunlight The malor made one shipment of ten tons of fine nuts last season, and as these nuts bring a fine price and hava a special market In New 'Tork city, some ldea-f tha value of the product may be had. There fa not a finer pecan In America, and tha tree flourishes like a native. In the nursery, near Boons Hall, soma shoots a few Inches high 'bore grafts that were In blossom., and last ar one or tnese mine twigs core two , perfect ' nuts, but the kernel did not mature. - Long sited patience was reaulred to await the tardy production of this great grove, but It win yield aa sure a revenue as a gold mine, and large enough to satisfy a prince. The grove was niiea with birds, and the major Is their friend, as ha fully realises their value to the orchard In catching caterpillars and other nox ious worms and Insect a. The twig glrdler has as yet given but little trouble. The only trees that have been Injured at all are , those near the woods. - The grove -has not grown large enough, to resist many of the usual enemies or the , pecan; Its future seems assured. , '. . Much of the worthless -second growth- of forests In - eastern South Carolina .might be transformed Into profitable groves like this, and the work. might: be done at odd times, when so much space is given to grumbling at Stats and national af falra and with much more profit ' Mm of Religions 'Sects. ' Grand Magaslne. ' -i v The Roman Cathoilo Counetl to dis cuss the new situation created In France by the recent law-separat ing Church and Stats calls attention to the relative numerical Importance of the principal forms , of 'llglous followed by humanity. According to the latest estimates, the total popula tion of the world at the present day Is 1. $01,110,000. . Of this total rather mora than one-third, exactly 3,000, 000, profess - Christianity Catholics 50.000,000 and Protestants, in, 000,. 000, Mohsmmed .. has 112.000,000 followers) Buddha. 107,000.000. Of the teeming population of China 111. 000,000 practise the cult of ancestery. The Brahmins In the world number 25,000.000; and the Jews but 0.000,- 000. The Parsees, who play such an mportane rple in India, are but 1B0, 000 all told. . Ho far as mere num bers bo, the Roman Catholics are thus seen to be fsr ahesd . of any other denomination. - . ", If It wss a ; puhlfd st andnl to go o -church pew tickets would sell for 10 a lermon, -.(.. THE LIAR'S LUCK. STOBY . r ,- : ) i' . mmm i ; ' -r 't HOIY; A GOLD MINE WAS POUND i i A Perpetual Motion Which Was Dls antrou In Itself, But Uncovered a Ktrlt Deposit of Or Friction . of Water Against the Iron Pipe Speed : My Melted Um Metal .and Diverted , the low or uw Water, . 1 i.-1 , f, BY; STRICKLAND . W. GILULAN, '"I reckon," pensively observed my rriena the uar as ho bit off a two ounce piece of trust-made plug, "that for a thing that has been satisfactorily discovered so often, perpetual motion has really accomplished less good than any other standard periodical Inven tion. vv..i, : .. .,; "I remember very few" of the hun-, dreda of daffy domiciles I have visits ea, in wnicn l have not seen piuckea by the i. sleeve and Informed by some batty denlsen of an internally uphom tered chamber that he was wrongfully Imprisoned through the Influence of soma - wealthy - manufacturers .- who foresaw the ruination of their bust ness it the. Invention my cerebrally mellow? acquaintance had made were anowea - to become generally Known, The story has beea a -lot more alike than different . comedians' renditions of the . same ' popular song. It , Is simply varied enough to call your at tention to Its sameness. . I nave been taken Into the confidence of men who have Invented everything from a ' - continuously - revolving clothes- wringer ' to a perennially-bussing lawn-mower, while tha number or those who hava discovered how- to make a clock go until It falls dead of exhaustion naa been to great for com putation. Why. one chan had devls ed a scheme by which the parte of the clock could be automatically man' ufactured and dropped Into their places aa fast as the old ones wore out But that, as Rudykrd says, la another, story. v . "Why I am not Incarcerated with the dippy damsels and maundering males in some wheel repository Is mora Irian I can discover. X must have had a much more virile mental ity than tne others, or I would nave landed In some such forget-faotory years ago. Few minds could have withstood the shock I underwent when my own little continuous per formance scheme went plumb to the bad and wreckea an my hopes. suppose that if my greatest good for. tuna In lire bad not coma right in the arms of defeat, as It were. should have shared the fate of all othera who had suffered similar 'dls appointment I have been ashamed ever since of the fact that, mere money should have been found ade quate' to compensate me in my at gree for an Intellectual defeat of such magnitude. Jt was out in tne piacer-mining region uf Arisona. I had never been much on the burrow, believing my talents were of the sort that are bet ter employed .outside the- viscera of the earth. I was working on a rancn. where Col. Darling had begun to In troduce a few Eastern landscape gardening Ideas. ' "There .was a little stream In the hills above the colonel's fine stone ranch house, and a mile or so from the residence he had built a reservoir to supply a fountain In . the front lawn. It was a corking big fountain. and the talk of the neighborhood for fifty miles In four directions. The. volume of water runnlg through the the thing was so great, owing to the terrific fall from the mountain top, that the stream below the fountain roared like Niagara, and soon wore a deep bed tot Itself among the rocks below the lawn. "Naturally I was considerably proud of this fountain, the whole shebang being -my own arrangement and Idea, the colonel trusting me witn It In a manner that brings out the foxiest notions In the back of a fel low's mind notions that have hither to been kept In the background through fear of suspicious employers. So I used to sit hour after hour and watch the fountain playing up as high aa Old Faithful over in the Yel lowstone, and seeing the wild torrent go roaring and crashing down the hill after It escaped from Its big ba sin. "One day when I was mooning in to the wide pool and figuring on some little Improvement for the outlet an Idea popped Into my head that Just had all my other notions outclassed as completely as If It was some other person's scheme. After thinking It over for a feverish day and dreaming over It for a whole restless night I went to the boss as carelessly as If I were asking for a mere raise of sal ary, and told Mm I would like the price of a mile of Iron pipe and a fun nel with a ten foot mouth, also for three days off. "The colonel looked rather mys tified aa he wrote out the check, and told me I could go. But 1 wouldn't explain. I Just winked and went out to saddle my favorite pony and give orders to the teamsters. "Three dsys later I was baok from Yuma and had my diggers at work, and a week later there came a con signment of pipe. The funnel also which .1 had made In Turns to save time the pipe I ordered from Ban Francisco came with the first load and was In position Immediately after my pipe line had been laid and, was ready for business. "Then, mTbe, the colonel's eyes didn't bufceWMit of his head for what had your humble done but start ed a perpetual motion -works right there on the premises? No theories, mind you, but the real, simon-pure, II. karat p. m., right there, perpetual motioning day and night as neat as waxl "Tou see. I had dug a big pit for my funnel right at the fountain's basin outlet To the lower end of the funnel 1 had attached my pipe, line, th other terminus of which struck out. over the reservoir a mile away. The? heavy fall of f he water Into the funnel forced the stream through Its nniv vanua of escape the pipe line back to the reservoir again in un diminished voiums. wot a orop ov water escsped down the hill or was lost to the colonel's ranch. The tiny bit that got away through evaporation was all that didn't stay right there. Tickled T wny tne cononei wes tha proudest man In nine states and nn Territory. There , wasn't any thing too good for me. The old man even cried himself to sleep at night because he hadn't any . beautiful daughter for me to marry and live happily ever after with. ,. - "Hut tne oesi r ou nun" i" flaws In them. There was one ele ment I hadn't counted on. You see, the stream above was feeding the res wni, all tha time. -and as none es caped below, the volume In the foun tain kept getting bigger and bigger. Each time my pipe squirted a few hundred tone Into tha pond the vol ume sent down was Just as much heavier, and, of course, tha speed of the stream was proportianateiy in creased, both in the down trip and In the return through my pipe. When I noticed this constantly Increasing roar and realised what It meant, a cold sweat broke out on me and I be gan to figure on pulling my freight between that night and the next one. t saw the finish' of -the-colonel's In vestment ss well as ot his opinion of my cleverness, rnvl perore I couia get mj iraps together the calamity came. - "You see. the constantly increasing speed and weight of the wafer, crowd ing too big a volume into the narrow snare of the Pipe, caused, friction, The rubbing of the compressed wa ter egslnHt the Inside or - the . pipe rresti so much heat that the Iron melted In two like an Icicle held against a hot stove, and a terrific Jet of water was sent against the moun tain side, splintering the 'hHherto impregnable rock ss if It had been the Isinglass windows of a baseburner. -. "The colonel, as chance would hava It was showing the new contrivance to some Eastern visitors at the very time It happened, and both he and his guests had to take shelter- behind some huge bowlders to escape being caught in the land and mud slide fol lowing -the break. As for myself. It was tha eternal hills for me. , The roadway toward the Valley waa Im passable, and-1 somehow felt that my presence thereafter . would be . un pleasantly suggestive .to tha colonel. . "But before I went I took a heavy sledge and pounded a hole In the low er part of the funned. I did not wish to leave! my terrible engine ot un intended calamity working after my departure. -,r; ..-. " "No sooner had tha water burst through Its natural escape once mora and the destruction of the mountain side had ceased that I heard a far away shout of Joy from the colonel. I stopped in the very beginning of my precipitate retreat spellbound. Had the old man's reason melted off with tha pipe or washed away with the hy draulic flood? - . . . - ' - "Not for thla ' Before many min utes he had caught me in his arms and tearfully hugged me . to his bosom. The stream Inadvertently di rected against 'the mountain wall had unearthed the biggest vein- of rotten gold-bearing - quarts $$.000 to .the ton ever seen In that .part of tha country." .: i . . ; j WEALTH FROM JUXK. , Thieves Rcapln a Harvest From San - J-Tancbtco It urns. San Francisco Chronicle. Copper wire to the value of $500 was stolen from the Postal Telegraph Company's former office about It o'clock Wednesday night A gang of five men carried 15 colls of wire-to a wagon, which was driven by a mem' ber of the gang, and before the ar rival of -a patrol , wagon loaded with policemen, under Detective Sergeant Ed. Gibson, the thieves escasped with their booty. Not only the telegraph companies. but the United Railroads and the tele phone company have been lfVavy los era from the depredations of a well Organised band of Junk thieves, who discriminate In favor of the more valuable Junk, such as copper wire and brass findings. A ready market la found for this loot some Junk dealers making no scruples about purchasing all that is brought to them. The wire Is melt ed Into crude lgnota and aent to the Eastern smelters. The methods of the thieves In loot Ing the ruins In the burned district are extremely simple. Several mem bers of the gang search the ruins. and, after selecting such pieces of Junk ss will command the highest price, cast in Into the street It la an easy matter for others to gather the junk without attracting attention. Boys have been engaged by Junk dealers to pick up bits ot copper, and In this way, have contributed largely to making the business of the Junk men lucrative. Great piles of Junk of all descrlp tlons are piled In the court yard In the rear of the police headquarters at the Lowell High School. In the days Im mediately following the fire the police confiscated quantities or junk and made a great number or arrests. The men arraigned In the police courts are fined a nominal sum, which Is quickly paid. Graceful Dance of Spain, Nineteenth Centry. In dancing the Spanish woman Is queen of her sex. To see the real thing you must get hold of a gypsy nana or visit some numoie osncing place In Seville or In the South. There Is np dancing In the world so poetic, passionate, suggestive or graceful. Spain Is the true home of the dance. There are the pota, or Aragon, with Its fine abandon but stately time; tha tango, resembling the dans du ven tre of Moorish Spain the dance of gesture and suggestion; th graceful cachuca, with its chlronomlc play of head and arms; the Jaelo de Jerea, which gypsies dance in whirling mea sure; the quaint dances of the Bas que provinces, and scores or minor local dances more or less alike pecul iar to different localities. But the great dances are the bolero, he seguldllla, the chaeona and th fandango of the South. Theae dances are the soul and epitome of Spain. In all of them prose gesture the mystery of true dancing plays an Important part; In all of them th poetry of love and motion ts exhibit ed with extraordinary subtlety and expression. First to Get the News. People's Paper. The Charlotte Observer never gets left when It comes to getting th news. Ths echo csused by the colli sion near Hamlet last Sunday night had scarcely died away before Th Observer had a full account of tha dreadful affair In print and scattered all over the country. Yea they had the paper on our step before w were out of bed. ?. Life Insurance Viginia ESTABLISHED 1871..- The Oldest. UrgctsV Assets December II, If 01 Liabilities December tl.VltOB,. Surplus t policy-holders December Business ia Ncilh CercRni Insurance In force December II, : Number of Folloles In fore December 11, 1101 ,1.. Number Death Claims paid la 1101 .' ,.'; ., Death claims. Dividends, ate. paid ;to Follcy-Hbldera " - In 1101 1 '.. a .'''' ......$ This la a regular. Life Insurance latatur of Virginia, and has won the hearty approval and active support of the people by. It promptness and fair dealing during the thirty-lire years ot It operation, HOME OFFICE RICH- Q::il:U2 Ci-trlcL "' : . . OClco 07 S. Trj'cn Zt. GETTING RID Oi-' PIJUi: How a Band Was Qnlt kly Di. I - of In South tlUua. South China Post. , , t , . "V A reader who arrived at Hong kong from Wuchow Informs us lint on Sunday, when he-left Wuchow. there was a great clanging of gong and blowing of whistles, - The people were In a most excited state of mind and crowded the streets and house tops, .'h Inquiry as to this onususl stats of . affaire elicited the Information that , seventeen of the most notorious rob- - v bers of the district men who had . kept 'the Inhabitants In terror for ai : long time past had paid the penalty - of their misdeeds. It being Irapos- 1 stole for the authorities to ecect tnulr arrest In the ordinary way, tha tout . ' of tha district enticed the robbers to his yamen by making an, offer of a , free pardon and. other Inducements to abandon their nefarious practices. .' - No fewer than seventeen of th ruf- ' " flans swallowed th bait Sixteen en tered the yamvn and were promptly surroundd by troops and made prla- ' oners. One man escaped from the compound Into th street and ran for ' dear. Ufa, Another the seventeenth man suspected a trap and took to , his heels without entering th official - were not handling the fifteen captives -very gently. They were promptly dls- ' armed and without much ado were stripped and cut Into a thousand pieces. . . . -The enraged populace were not long ; In securing the two runways and they met their end In the same manner In the streets. There was great re joicing afterward and and It la hop- ed that this lesson will have a deter rent, effect on others whose haunts' 4 may be in the neighborhood, v 1 i:K: His Bargain. ' Kinsley Mercury. ; ' J r -My dear," says - the .thoughtful-,, husband, entering the home with a " . huge package In his arms, "you re- , , memDer last wee wnen you secured .. . nr. h a MAni4...l hu.,,1. M .kl ... . quarter for me?" "Yea. love." aavs th tnnA vlfn .' ,''"' "Well, don't think I didn't appro- ciaie your tnougntruiness. Bee, I..,, h.Vu knii.KI ..kl.. fn. .,.. V notlced rome beautiful greea and yet- ' my way home, and bought you- SO Y yards of It st four cents a yard. The, : clerk said It was great bargain, and " it will make enough dresses to Isst ,' you two years. Why she haa faint- -d!" . , ,," Hooked Big Shark, i t ' Los Angeles Times. - . . , The largest man-eating shark Over' captured in the waters of Redondo was brought in to-day by Capt. Hans Carstensen of the launch Challenger..-. The captain was out fishing for barracuda, etc., about three miles ' from shore, when he suddenly had an extra strong strike. Investigation -showed that he had captured a man- eater. The shark gave a hard fight but was successfully landed. It mea sured 10 feet in length. V , This undoubtedly Is the largest monster of the kind ever- captured near here. It Is an exteremely uglv'- fish, with three formidable rows of , sharp teeth. It is unusually dark ana is said to be a rare specimen. Judge Charlea Field, of AthoL Mass, - who was appointed to the First Dis trict Court ot Northern Worcester In 1S84, has just entered upon his ninety-second year, but dally sits on the Ibench. Two or three times a week he hss to make a Judicial trip to Gardner and return, a matter of thirty-four ml lea A FULL PINT ' . ' as OLD VIRGINIA APPLEJACK AsM'seW ' Al m ilmtlMM I'U wn4 r Ua ra tit) tlk fmi aM tor s can f WESTOVER 10-YCAH OLD RYE WHISKEY " Best th World Ovrl" TWs Is fnt sm sits saw rat? . Mtie fm the iselt irils. Ym'11 ttf hi Ik ticfcM. itx Imn4 MkT r'n m tmtU. Mm si fee SikeMikenUn. MtwtsjN ftTl so. es.ie. I M. 99.01 Mpp4 trf ffti Is rials Mckaee. AN r'rt ami S, If Wn a ta Bftlr tai tkt k'a dw kf ira vklakrr lm aW an ai vaa'te avar kaa taaalr cart nkaafaa a4 katuaa, ikta katk aa, a riaaa callatt, laal I twill aaamlkt h raW f" air. I rate a tka Saak at SkkaaMal. saal talks PlaMnNaUaaalBaakel rkbeter aa a a ralukllln. Wrtea tar haa kaaklat Ma latenaattea a tfca atlaSa a PHILO. 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