THROUGH NIAGARA RAPIDS
IN SNAIL MOTOR BOAT
Capt. Larsen Makes Trip Through
Whirlpool Rapids.
40,060 SAW THE IMP
WaUr Made Playthlig of Han and His Boat.
At Oat Point Boat Shot 20 Feet
Ont of the Water.
Niagara Falls, N. Y.—Capt Klaus
Larsen, In his little motor boat, the
Ferro, made a successful trip from
the foot of the cataract through the
whirlpool rapids to within a mile of
Leiston, a distance of 4 1-2 miles. He
started from the Alaid of the Mist
dock at 4:45 and ran on a rock near
the American shore at 5:30.
Despite the battering of the whirl
pool rapids, Larsen went through
safely, but his boat was leaking bad
ly at the finisii and throuhg the trip.
The Ferro swung under the cantl-,
lever bridge, the engine running at
top speed, caught in tbe
swift drift, .where the river begins its
rush to the whirlpool rapids. Larsen
held to the middle of the channel and
In less than three minutes had made
the great pool. In the trip through
rapids, the little boat faas lost to
sight most o the time, but at Great
Wave it was shot 20 feet out of the
water. The boat landed right, and
continued to the pool.
Larsen kept to the outer edge of
the pool and passed out and down
without accident. Just as he left the
T>ool, the engine stopped working, and
Larsen was at the mercy of the wa
ters hardly less violent than those
above. The little boat swung around
stern first, and then turned completely
over, Larsen coming up badly batter
ed. Here he injured his leg.
From then on Larsen was the play
thing of the mighty river, unable to
Wjld the course, the boat swinging
from one side to the other. After get
ting through the Devil's Hole, the
Ferro swung towards the rock on the
American side of the river, rolltrl
■over one boulder and went fast be
tween two others.
There Larson--stayed for five min
utes, forty feet from shore, working
desperately to release the craft. Get
ting free he was hit by a comber and
"flit t"w«f| middle. At
the bend, with the Lewiston bridge
In sight, the boat drifted toward the
American side again and was then
caught in the shore eddy. The Ferro
grounded again, this time near enough
to shore to be caught by Roy Rock
well of thia ciLy, who waded Into the
wat£r and caught a rope thrown by
Larsen.
Except the Old Maid of the Mist
sent through in 1864 to avoid seizure,
Larsen's is the only engine-propelled
craft to have gone through the rapids.
Peter Nlssen, Chicago, 1900, and C.
A. Percy, 1887 and ISJOI, went safely
through the rapids in barrels. No one
else has ever passed through the rap
ids and lived.
COTTON CONDITION.
Top Cotton Crop Depends Upon a Late
■ frost.
Memphis, Tenn.—The following
summary of cotton crop conditions Is
published by the Commercial-Appeal:
The cotton crop is coming to ma
turity in an Irregular manner. In
all parts of the south save the most
southern cotton-growing sections there
are fields which are thrifty and grow
ing and need a late frost to permit
of the maturity of a full yield. * lu
all sections also there are fields
which have apparently come to full
growth and will make no more cotton.
Jn such as these the bolls are opening
rapidly. It appears that on the whole
the past two weeks nave brought the
crop toward maturity more rapidly
than the farmers had anticipated.
In general a larger yield than laßt
year is indicated. In all states save
Georgia. South Carolina and North
Carolina. In the two latter a late
frost would add considerably to the
yield.
"Farmers are generally marketing
cotton freely."
Chicago's Population. t
Washington.—The population of
Chicago is 2,185,2J53, an increase of
■486,708, or 28.7 per cent., as com
pared with 1,698,575 in 19()0.
This announcement leaves Chicago
ranking in population as the second
city of the United States and the
fourth of tbe world.
Chicago has almost doubled its pop
ulation since 1890, when the figures
■were 1,099,880;— 1ts greatest growth
during that period was between 1890
and IJOO, when there was an Increase
of 54.4.
339,075 People In New Orleans.
Washington. —The population of
New Orleans is 339,075, an Increase of
61,971, or 18.1 per cent., as compared
with 287,104 in 1900. The Crescent
City loses its position of twelfth In
the list of the country's biggest cities
and now occupies fifteenth position.
Detroit, with a 63 per cent increase;
Milwaukee with 31 per cent, and
Newark, N. J., with 41.2 per cent, aU
have jumped ahead of New Orleans in
number of Inhabitants, and now 00
cupjr twelfth, thirteenth- and four
teeath positions, respectively.
ENGLISH BANKERS' PUN.
American Proposal tor Handling Cotton Bills
of Lading Rejected.
♦ ♦
♦ New York.—American bank- ♦
♦ ers decided here that they ♦
♦ cannot assent to the plan for ♦
+ guaranteeing bills of lading ♦
♦ proposed by British bankers, ♦
♦ Instead, they asserted their ♦
♦ independence, denounced the ♦
♦ British proposal as unsound ♦
♦ finance and insisted on their ♦
♦ own plan of a "validated cer- ♦
♦ tificate." ♦
***************
London, England.—At a conference
of European bankers interested in the
cotton trade, it was decided that they
were unable to accept the validation
plan submitted by the American Bank
ers' Association.
The decision was reached after a
prolonged discussion by representa
tive bankers of England and the con
tinent
The session of the bankers embody
ing this decision expressed regret at
being unable to regard the American
proposal • as affording the protection
desired by European banks accepting
cotton. Consequently, and in default
of the production of any other satis
factory plan of guaranteeing Ameri
can cotton bills of lading, the meeting
confirmed the resolution passed by
the committee in July. This resolu
tion of July was the original ultima
tum of the English bankers to the
American bankers, declining to accept
drafts against bills of lading unless
these latter were guaranteed.
The conference is still prepared,
however, through Its committee, to
meet a deputation from the American
Bankers' Association In London.
New Orleans.—Unfavorable action
on the part of European bankers in
London regarding the validation plan
for American cotton bills of lading
was declared by Southern cotton men
to be very discouraging. The valida
tion voluntarily agreed upon by the
railroads throughout the cotton belt,
following the action of tbe European
bankers in refusing to honor Ameri
can cotton bills of lading until guar
anteed by American banks, was the
mainstay of the American bankers
sent to attend the Loudon conference.
Unless some other plan can be
agreed upon, say Southern backers,
the action would have the effect of
throwing a large part of the cotton tfn
a cash basis.
Savannah. —Savannah cotton men
and linkers are disappointed over the
refusal of lxrndon bankers to Impose
more lenient restrictions upon the use
of cotton bills of lading with drafts
attached. The general opinion here
seems to be that the decision will
cause a great congestion in a financial
way in this part of the country and
interfere very seriously with the
movement of the crop. Since the
law eliminates national banks from
the English plan, it is suggested that
a guaranty company be formed to
back state banks In the guaranteeing
of cotton bills of lading.
Governor on Trial tor Libel.
DesMoine3, lowa. —Charged with
criminally libelling John Cownie, the
former chairman of the state board of
control, Gov. H. F. Carroll was placed
on trial. The indictment charges that
the governor authorized the publica
tion of a statement In the DesMoines
Capital reflecting seriously on the
character of Mr. Cownie. Among oth
er charges, the statement declared Mr.
Cownie had been unduly familiar with
girls at the Mitchellvllle Reform
school.
The defense of Governor Carroll
will be, it la understood, that he was
privileged in publishing the commun
ication containing the libel. It
is also understood that the governor B
will make no use of technicalities to
prewnt the introduction of evidence,
but will throw the,case wide open.
Eight Month 6 Sentence for Heike.
New York City.—Cuurles It. Heike,
a former secretary and treasurer ot
the American Sugar Refining compa
ny, who has been called "the man
higher up'* in the sugar trust, was
sentenced by Judge Martin in the
United States circuit court to serve
eisht months in t*.e New York peni
tentiary on Blackwell's Island, and to
pay a fine of $5,000, on conviction of
conspiring to defraud the United
States government by tbe underweigh
ing of sugar, lleike will appeal the
case.
Baseball-fiaying Preacher Fired.
Louisville, Ky.—Because he played
baseball and indulged in other ath
letic sports which were distasteful to
the members of his congregation, the
Rev. Arthur Brooks, pastor of the
Methodist church at Crestwood, was
voted unfit to have charge of the par
ish by a majority of his • flock and he
announced- to his congregation that
he was addressing them for the last
time. The only thing against the
preacher was that he was a member
of the Crestwood baseball team and a
first class player.
Dr. Lunay Harris a Suicide.
Cartersville, Ga.—Dr. Lundy H.
Harris of Nashville, Tenn., former
assistant secretary of the board of ed
ucation of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, and one of the most
brilliant preachers in the South, died
at tbe residence of Clarence Anthony ,
at Pinelog, 16 miles from this city. ,
His death was the result of morphine
poisoning, and in a letter directed to j
Mr. Clarence Anthony he declared that ■
he had taken the poison with the in
tention of ending his life. He had 1
been In 01 baalth.
TO DYE GARMENTS
UNNECESSARY TO SEND CLOTHB
TO PROFESSIONAL OYER.
Suggestions About Mixing Blmple
Dyes at Home and Instructions in
Combining Colors to Make Soft
Unusual Tones.
It often happens that blouses,
dresses, skirts, ties, ribbons, hats, etc.,
lose their color, and though they
would still be capable of being made
use of if dyed, are not worth the ex
pense involved in sending them to a
professional dyer. It la not worth
while either, when astonishingly good
results can be obtained at home.
Dyes are sold in small packets, and
by buying two dyes and blinding them
all sorts of beautiful shades can be ob
tained. Some of the colors when used
by themselves aro rather crud« In
tone, and this original hint should be
of great value to the many people
who use them.
Blouses of lawn, delaine and silk
can be Improved beyond recognition,
and a cream or white silk blouso
dyed old rose looks exceedingly well,
or it can be changed to tho fashiona
ble bright blue shade known as "wood
violet." When the material Is discol
ored it is best to dye it a very dark
shade of color, Buch BB myrtle greon,
brown, claret, navy, pruno or mul
berry.
The trimming of a hat, whether
made of piece silk, chiffon or ribbons,
can be altered completely with good
effect.
White and light straw hats can be
changed by tho use of color dyes, sold
In llttlo bottles, two being needed for
each hat. They are diluted to the re
quired strength with methylated spirit,
and if the trimming (after undergoing
a course of tinting) Is carefully Ironed
out and replaced on the renovated
straw hat. the effect will be surpris
ingly good.
Feathers are not a success with the
amateur, and these should always be
Intrusted to the skill of tho profes
sion dyer.
Evening stockings, 0 white, cream or
light colored, can be made any color
preferred to match tho dress they are
Intended to be wgrn with, while white
satin shoes can also be tinted with
successful results.
Now as to the mixing of the dyes to
A DRESS AND A COSTUME
Styles That Will Appeal to the Woman
of Modest But Discriminating
Taste.
Dress.—This Is a style that can well
bo carried out In cloth, line serge or
summer tweed. The underskirt Is
plaited and attached to a close-fitting
upper part of lining.
The tunic Is finished bV a deep bond
of silk, and a row of buttons and loops
up left side where it fastens.
The bodice also fastens at side and
Is trimmed to match tunic; small
yoke and undersleeves of piece lace. I
Hat of fancy straw to match dress,
trimmed with flowers. *■'>" i
Materials required: Eight yards 41 I
enable the amateur to get certain ar
tistic shades. Proportion plays a most
Important part in obtaining certain re
sults, and a little prlctlse and experi
ence will soon enable any one to doit
Blue and red mixed make purple
and heliotrope, while an admixture
of brown added to the two former col
ors produces nice graduations of mul
berry and claret shades.
Green is made from blue and yellow
duly qualifiod by adding brown to the
two latter, or if a soft gray green is
required a little red will be right.
Mix a small quantity of the two
principal colors and add first one,
then the other, till the right effect Is
obtulr.od.
ORIGINAL COAT AND SKIRT
Of natural colored Shantung, with
buttons of same, and band of black
rutin round tho waist. A black hat
1 rimmed with soft whito lace uhd pale
pink roses.—Madame.
Inches T/ldo, two yards silk 22 inches |
wide, about I! 8 buttons, four 1 yards [
lining, thrffe-quarters yard lace 18
Inches wide.
Costume.—Hronzo green ' face
cloth is selected for our model, which,
though simple, is exceedingly smart;
the skirt has u wide box plait down
renter of front with other plaits turn
ing from it. The coat Is semi-fitting,
and has an opening on each hip; tho
-fronts- are also cut—awayt one large
button forms the fastening below tho
collar of satin; striped silk forms an
added collar, also a littlo vest and !
culT.i.
Mat of straw to match bound In
black velvet and trimmed with a
bunch of violets and grasses.
Chantllly Color Effects.
The great event of the early Rum
mer In Paris is the races at Chantllly.
Tho colors worn then determine the
fashionable rainbow for the coming
season.
This year everything was In two
phades, though sometimes a suit was
pecii with the skirt and coat the same
color, but of different materials. Still,
color contrasts were the thing.
Thq most seen of these were black
and dark blue, gray and black, gray
and white, and two different shades of
pray. This last was very effective In
deed, the combinations being some
times quite unusual.
1 '.ut more than all it Is to be a black
and white season, which Is Joyous
news foi the average woman. Purple
and dull green will al3o bo seen with
black.
A Good Idea.
A pretty way of using the deep,
round lace or embroidery Dutch col
lars is to renovate shirtwaists with
them,
lilouses always wear out around
the neck first and are often discarded
solely on this account.
When this is so, put on the waist
after cutting away the- band collar
only and then lay on the deep collar.
Have some person pin around the
lower edge of It to the waist.
Then baste and carefully sew.
Afterward cut away the material ,
underneath the collar and sew hooks
and eyes to the edges In the back.
A stock collar may be added If pre
ferred. • -
For the Linen Cupboard.
A nice way of scenting linen la to
take some rose leaves, dried, mixed
with cloves beaten to a powder, and
a little scraped mace. Put the reault
into small tags.
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PROFIT IN RAISING PIGEONS
Pennsylvania Farmer's Wife Clears
S6OO in Year— QJrl Does
tHe Housework.
"On two hundred pairs of pigeons I
have cleared S6OO a year for the last
four years," declared the wife of a
Pennsylvania farmer living near Har
risburg, when asked about the chances
women on the farm had of making
money. *1 had been a school teacher
I married, and having seen a lot
of farmers and their wives while
teaching in rural communities I deter
mined that I would be different. I
would keep a hired girl, paying her
■wages by money earned by keeping
fcees and chickens for profit.
"I stuck to that Idea for nearly ten
years, and during that time never
cleared more than SSO a year on my
chickens. It was always the bees that
paid my girl. Finally I heard of a man
In Montgomery county, this,state, who
was making a fortune raising squabs.
"The children had always had a few
pairs of pigeons flying around the placo
eating up the gr.rden and doing every
thing else we didn't want them to, but
I had never thought of making money
by raising the birds. Being discour
aged by my experience as a chicken
raiser 1 determined ,o pay the man In
Montgomery county a visit. Again, It
was the bees that paid expanses.
"There were several thousand pairs
of pigeons on this Montgomery county
farm, and It was quite evident tL.it the
White English Owl Pigeons.
owner not only knew his business, but
Was Interested in his birds. He gave
me all the information 1 wanted, and 1
was so much encouraged that I wont
back and invested In twenty pairs of
homers and an equal number of runts.
"Following the advlco I had received
. I bought only-mated Wrds, and- a* n
consequence I began to make money
from tho start. At tho end of that year
tny profits were sufficient to lead my
husband to advise me to sell all tho
chickens excepting Just enough to
keep the family supplied In eggs and
devote my money and time to pigeons.
"According to my experience-it takes
lour times as much time and money to
raise chickens as to raiso squabs. In
cubators und brooders are not needed
lor one thing. Pigeons hatch their own
eggs. They are careful to keep the
young squabs covered for tlie first few
days or until the young ones grow
feathers. They also attend to feeding
their young, which relieves you of mix
ing and sometimes even cooking food
lis you have to do for young chickens.
All you have to do Is to give the old
| birds tho proper food.
"When the squab Is from twenty to
twenty-five days old It Is ready for the
[TiTarkot, and if properly faliened should
weigh something under one pound.
I ilquabs are sold wholesale by the
! dozen, and the standard weight Is eight
pounds to the dozen, but where there
Is a cross of runts and homers the
weight is almost four pounds heavier.
I often have squabs that weigh a
pound each.
"Many persons prefer tho homer
crossed with dragoons, because of the
larger number of squabs, but 1 have
found most money in the larger size
nquabs. When it comes to the question
of health I have found them about
equal.
"The pigeon house must be kept
clean or the death rate among tho
squabs will eat up all me profit. Tne
rooms of all my pigeon houses are as
impervious to rain and snow as the
roof of the best dwelling, but at all
times there should be an abundance
of ventilation.
"Concrete floors are the best, be
cause they keep out rats, which are
I about the worst enemy of the squab
raiser. I keep my floor covered at
feast an inch deep In sand and air
slacked lime. This is raked over one«
a week and a fresh sprinkling of lime
added.
"The nests are built along the back
j' the house in six tiers, alloatiutj,. two
nests for each pair of birds. In each
nest there is a shallow earthen dish, in
which the nest is built. I use these
dishes or saucers because they are eas
ily removed and cleaned after th
squabs are taken out.
"Tobacco stems, the refuse from to
bacco factories, make the best materi
als for the birds to build their nests. A
good supply should be kepf in each
pen for this purpose. Where hay or
straw Is used It is next to impossible
to keep the nests and birds free from
»vermin. My rims or flying yards are
ail covered with wire netting and built
in such a way as to have a tree or the
shade of one over at least part of it.
Though pigeons are fond of the sun
and take delight in sun baths, there
are days In the summer when they
seek tho shade."
Fsd for Chicks.
The beat method of feeding "grow
ing chicks Is to give them all they
want of •rerjrtbißC the/ will
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liver or blood ailment* to try my Paw-Paw
{fwr Pills. I guarantee they will purify *hf
blood and put the liver and stomach Into »
healthful condition and will poaitiveiy cut#
blllooineM and constipation, or 1 will refund
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International Gathering of Foe# of Tu
berculosis to Be Held Late In
September.
Official announcement of the Seventh
International Congress on Tuberculo
sis, which will Include representatives
from every civilized country in the
world, has been made by the National
Association for the Study and Preven
tion of Tuberculosis. Tho congress
will be held In Rome from September
24 to 30, 1911, and will be. similar In
many respects to that held In Wash
ington In tho fall of 1908. Tho con
gress, which meets every three yearß,
will be under the direct pntronago of
the king and queen of Italy.
An American committee of 100 will
be appointed as the official represen- -
tatlves of tho United States. Mean
while tho National Association for the
. Studx tiui] Ercyu.ntlop.ot Tuhwoulosta-
Is acting in that capacity and Its office
In New York will be the headquarters'
for the United States delegation. Tho
secretary general of tho congress Is
Prof. Vlttorlo Ascoll of Rome.
As a direct result of the stimulus of
tho last International congress held in
this country, the American committee
will be able to report that the number
of tuberculosis agencies In this coun
try have been tripled In the three
years. More than twice as much
money Is being spent In tho light
against tuberculosis by private socie
ties and Institutions, and tfte appropri
ations «f federal, state, municipal and
county have increased nearly four
fold. It is estimated that nearly $15,-
000,000 will be spent in anti-tuberculo
sis work in 1910.
True Independence.
You will always find those who
think they kno\y what is your duty
better than you know it. It Is easy In
the world to live after the world's
opinion; It is easy In solitude to live
after our own; but the great man is
he who, In tho midst of the crowd,
keeps, with perfect sweetness, the In
dependence of solitude.—Emerson.
PUZZLED
Hard Work, Sometimes, to Raise
Children.
Children's taste is ofttimes. more ac
curate, in selecting the right kind of
food to fit_tho body, than .that of
adults. Nature works more accurate
ly through the children.
A Brooklyn lady says: "Our Utile
boy had long been troubled with
weak digestion. We couid never per
suade him to take more than one tasto
of any kind of cereal food, lie was
a weak little chap and we were puz
zled to know what to feed him on.
"One lucky day wo tried Grape-
Nuts. Well, you never saw a child
eat with such a roll&h, and it did me
good to see him. From that day on
It seemed as though wo could almost
seo him grow. He would eat Grape-
Nuts for breakfast and supper, and I
think ho would have liked the food
for dinner.
"The difference in his appearance is
something wonderful.
"My husband had never fancied ce
real foods of any kind, but he be
came very fond of Grape-Nuts and has
been much improved in health since
using It.
"We are now a healthy family, and
naturally believe in Grape-Nuts.
"A friend has two children who were
formerly afflicted with rickets. I wai
satisfied that the disease was caused
by lack of proper nourishment They
showed U. So I urged her to use
Grape-Nuts as an experiment and the
result was almost magical.
"They continued the food and today
both children are well and strong as
any children In this city, and, of
course, my friend 1b a firm believer In
Grape-Nuts for she has the evidenoe
before her eyes every day."
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