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TUE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1002. ' 'I J., . 1".' " 32 RESTS WITH MITCHELL will come before them will probably be the most important in the history of labor conventions. The afternoon session lasted two hours, and an early adjournment was taken so as to allow the credentials com mittee to complete its work. To-morrow morning's session will besrln at 9 o'clock, and. according to Mr. Mitchell, a final ad journment will be had in the afternoon. Quiet reigned everywhere in the region to-day, and not a pound of coal was mined anywhere. A great crowd of mine workers came into the town from the surrounding villages and coal patches. They crowded around the convention hall waiting for In formation from the inside. They were greatly disappointed when the convention adjourned this afternoon without taking definite action BOSS QUITS IN ANGER JLlU -Y 3C ANTlIItACITi: 3IIi:ilS "WILL DO wiiati:vi:ii hc hlxommii.mis. CORRUPT TAM3IAXY HALL XO FLACE FOR AN HONEST MAX. QUALITY Sentiment Favom n Strike, but There la !o Telllusc AVliut the Coiivrn llon AVII1 Do To-Day. LervU Nixon, the Ship nallder, Re signs the Leadership of the Or ganization in Disgust. SAYS HE IS OUT OF POLITICS 4 I ) i 3 LITTLE WORK WEDNESDAY JOII.T MITCHELL -MADi: CIIAIItMAX am) av. ii. AvnoN si:cri:tahy. Many rrnon, Inclntllns Slock Brok ers, Anxious to Get an Inkling of AVhat AVIU lie Done. IIAZLETON, Ta., May II. The conven tion of the anthracite mine workers called at the Instance of the executive boards of the three districts comprising the. Pennsyl vania hard coal fields held two sessions to day, and, without taking any action on the question of Inaugurating a permanent strike, adjourned until lo-morrow morning. The convention Is meeting behind closed door. and. although nothing officially was given out. It is known that the all-important question was not reached, the two t.ssior.3 be Inj? devoted entirely to the or ganization of the meeting and the report of the committee on credentials. The day brought forth no definite Infor mation bearing on the probable action of the ' convention and the situation to-night remains about (he same as Mt has during" tiie. past forty-eight hours. President Mitchell Faid that i!ll hope of any, conces sions from the operators was gone. He has had no recent communication, he Faid, with the mine owners. Fenator Hanna or any other members of the National Civic Fed eration. Mr. Mitchell admitted that he had some advicj to give to the delegates at the proper time, but what it is he will not say. lit an interview to-day he said there was ro doubt the sentiment of the men was in favor of a strike, but ho refused to make any reply when asked if he would give ad vice that would come in conflict with their sentiments. It is admitted that what Pres Hnt Mitchell suggests will be done, not withstanding the-fact that a majority of the delegates are In favor of a strike If the mine owners do not make any concessions. Therefore, it locks very much as though the whole matter rests upon the words of the national president. The advice that he will give the miners to-morrow Is known by probably four others the thice district presidents and -National Secretary-Treasurer W. M Wilson, who arrived here to day. There is probably a score of persons here representing railroads, stock brokers and others who are making an effort to get lirst information. The convention was held In the opera house, and approximately 7u0 delegates were rrcsent when President Thomas Duffy, of thin district, called the meeting to order. President Mitchell was elected chairman, and the organization was com pleted by making Mr. Wilson secretary and ppolnting throe district secretaries a com mittee on credentials. In taking the chair Mr. Mitchell eaid that a great weight of responsibility rests on the delegates, and thit they should act wisely In whatever they did. He said that the question that WEATHER FORECAST. Possibly Showers To-Dny and To - VMrroH-r?o5 I'.ust Winds. WASHINGTON, May II. Forecast for Thursday and Friday: For Illinois and Indiana Showers on Thursday and Friday; fresh east winds. For Ohio Fartly cloudy on Thursday; showers at night on Friday; fresh north cast to cast winds. Local Observation on "Wednesday. Rar. The r. R.I I. Wind. Weather. Tro. 7 a. zn..2o.i s N'east. Clear. O.oo 7 p.m.. 30.10 GO &o N'east. P't cldy. O.Ou Maximum temperature, C6; minimum tem perature, w. Coniparative'statement of the mean tem perature and total precipitation May 14: Temp. Tre. Normal 0.13 Mean , M 0.00 Devarture from normal 4 0.13 Departure since May 1 7l 1.52 Departure since Jan. 1 173 'j.ii Plus. AV. T. BLYTIIE. "Section Director. AA'cdnesday'a Temperatures. Stations. Min. Max. 7 p.m. 'Abilene. Tex to in) &6 Amarlllo, Tex 5S 82 76 Atlanta. Ga 64 84 63 Ulsmarck. N. D LO 72 70 DunT&lo, N. Y 40 M 62 Cairo. Ill 66 73 74 Calgary, Alberta ii 61 62 Chattituooga, Tcnn t4 hi 70 Chicago ..45 50 46 Cincinnati, 0 52 70 64 Cleveland, O .' 46 U 4i Concordia, Kan ti2 72 62 Davenport, la 5) 64 60 Denver. Col 44 ' 74 63 Des Moines, la 5i 64 2 Dodge City, Kau 80 74 Dubuque. la 52 64 60 Duluth, Minn Zi 12 4S lit Paso, Tex 6J W ki Tort Smith. Ark fcS h) Galveston. Tex 74 M 78 Grand Haven, M'rh 4S C2 58 Grand J-ur.ction, Col M 82 74 Havre. Mont 54 fct fcO ?lelena, Mont 52 80 74 luron. S. D 52 70 64 Jacksonville. Fl.i 63 86 74 Kansas City. Mo 64 70 64 Lander. Wyo 7i 72 J.lttk Rock. Ark 66 84 7S Louisville. Ky to 72 70 Marquette. Mich 4) 43 42 Memphis, Tenn 66 84 08 Modena. Utah C 64 62 Montgomery, Ala M 82 68 New Orlenas. La 70 84 76 New York city 43 66 66 Nashville. Tenn 64 82 74 Norfolk. Va .. f.S 64 8S North Platte. Neb 56 0 56 Oklahoma. O. T t".6 82 76 Omaha. Neb :a CO 5S Palestine. Tex KS 80 68 Purkersburg. W. Aa L0 6S 62 Philadelphia. Pa 46 6S 62 Pittsburg. Pa f.6 66 Pueblo. Col 46 74 70 Qu Appelle. N. W. T. ... 44 76 74 Itapid City. S. I) .V) 62 56 Fait Iike City , 56 76 56 Ft. Louis. Mo 4 70 66 St. Paul. Mian 4 4 64 tSanta Fe. N. M 50 72 70 Springfield. Ill M C2 Hprlr-crfleld, Mo til 74 70 . -Virksburc. Miss 62 M 7S Washlnston. I). C f) 63 62 MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS. T Kit I.I N. Mnv 1. Th North German Lloyd steamer Kronprinz Wilhelm averaged 16 4-10 knots uti hour on her last trip from Plymouth to Cherbourg (where she ar rived at 11 p. m Mav 12). having made the best record by a large steamer between these two ports. NEW YORK, May H Arrived: Teutonic, from Liverpool; Friedrich d r Grosse, from Premen; Graf Wälder, from Hamburg; 'Tarthapenian, fnm GUjkow. Sall-1: St. r-I, for South. impton; South wark, for Antwerp: Germanic, fur Liverpool. QUKEN'STOU'N, M iy 11. Arrived: Hav erford. from I'lilladli hla, for Liverpool; Majetlc. from New York, for Liverpool. Kail-U: Ivtrnia, from Liverpool, .for New York. LIA'LRPOOL. May H SallM: Ilelgen land. for Queenstown and Philadelphia; Oceanic, for Qut-enstown and New A'ork. PLYMOUTH. May 14 Arrived: Moltke. from New York, for Cherbourg and Ham burg,' and proceeded. ' NAPtF.S. May II. Arrived: Kaiserin Maria Thr?a. from New York, for Genoa. SOUTHAMPTON, May 14. Arrived: Phll-&r!-ihia. from New York. . ROTTLRDAM. May 14. Arrived:' Ryn Ia:n, from New York., GI.ASOOW. May 11. Arrived: FurAe3sla, fr&na New York. ' ; Soft Coal May De Shipped Enst. SCR ANTON. Pa., May II. Word reached here to-day that a vast amount of soft coal on the road for Western markets has halted with a view of turning It -Into the East If the strike is continued. Much of this coal Is that which goes over the lakes to be stored at Chicago for winter con sumption. All the companies hero have stopped selling coal to domestic consumers. Retailers are disposing of their supply at regular rates. Five washeries continue to operate without molestation. The Dela ware & Hudson Company reports one of its washeries manned by Its force, all of whom are union men. A THOUGHTFUL trust. AA'aRes of Employes Raised to Meet Increased Cost of Living. LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 14. On account of the increase In the cost vt living the Continental Tobacco Company, through its vice president, C. E. Ilallewill, of New York, to-day ordered an Increase of 10 per cent. In the wages of all Its Louisville em ployes under the rank of foreman, who will number more than 5,0.0. The increase will add ;7,500 to the weekly pay roll of the company In this city. It Is said the order of the company 13 general, and the 30.000 to 35,000 employes throughout the United States will be benefited equally. The fol lowing was posted at each of the local plants of the Continental Tobacco Company In Louisville: "On and after May 0, 10 per cent, will be added at the end of each week to the amount heretofore paid to each factory employe under the grade of foreman, on account of the increase in the cost of liv ing." Locomotive Engineers. NORFOLK. A'a.. May 14.-The fifth bien nial convention of the Brotherhood of Lo comotive Engineers began here this after noon. Grand Chief P. M. Arthur presided. Mayor Nathaniel Beaman formally wel comed the delegates, and was followed by Governor Montague, who. In a lengthy speech, extended the greetings of the Stale. Grand Chief Engineer Arthur and State Treasurer Lacey addressed the convention. At the close of to-day's session the organi zation adjourned until Saturday, when the first secret business session will be held. MONON PROBABLY SOLD DEAL OF I3IPOIITAXCI; TO 1 3D I ANA F LIS AND OTHER CITIES. Lonisrlllc & Nashville and the South ern Railway Company Said to Re the Purchasers. NEW YOltK, May II. In the best-Informed circles in Wall street to-day there was discussion of a statement emanating from an authoritative source that the Chi cago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway, generally known as the Monon Route, had been purchased by the Louisville & Nash ville and the Southern Railway companies. While the details were not made public, the acquisition of the Monon by the two cor porations named was accepted as a fact, lacking only official announcement. The Times .to-morrow will say: "This purchase of the Monon means that here after the Southern and the Louisville & Nashville railways will have and absolutely control an independent entrance Into Chi cago. Such a disposition of the Monon was the only logical outcome of the situation brought about by the holding of the control of all the three lines involved by J. P. Mor gan & Co., and it will not be a surprise to those who have followed closely the devel opments In the territory traversed by the two great Southern railway systems, the i-iouisville & Nashville and the Southern Railway. The affairs of these roads have teen prominently in the public eye since the events of last month, when the control of the Louisville & Nashville was lodged in the hands of J. 1. Morgan & Co., mainly so, it was said, through the efforts of John AV. Gates. "President McDoel. of the Chicago. In dianapolis & Louisville, while denying two weeks ago that the road had been sold, ad mitted that such a purchase would be a logical one for the two Southern systems, which, he said, would some day have to get Into Chicago without depending on their connections. This has now been accom plished. The Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville controls a line of road from Louisville to Chicago with good terminal facilities In both cities." 110 ATROCITIES IN PANAY. Former Army Ofllcer Denies Stories of Democratic AVltnesscs. ' WASHINGTON. May 14. Adjutant Gen eral Corbln has received numerous letters and telegrams from all classes of people. In this country and in foreign parts, sol diers and civilians, protesting against the charge that members of the United States army were harsh and cruel in their cam paigns against the Filipino insurgents. A fair sample of these messages is one Just received from Allen B. Cuslck, of Colum bus. O., late second lieutenant of the Forty-fourth A'olunteer Infantry, who served in the Philippines in localities where most of the alleged atrocities were com mitted, and is no longer connected with the military establishment. Lieutenant Cuslck says: "I notice in the dally papers reports of atrocities alleged to have been committed by Americnn troops in the late Insurrec tion In the Philippine islands. Now, I served nearly one year as an officer of United States volunteers on the island where most of the atrocities were alleged to have oc curred. Durirg my service there, to the best of my knowledge, all the native pris oners were treated with the utmost hu manity, and even kindness; in fact, so much so that it was the opinion of a great many that the natives did not appreciate it. Instead, mistaking leniency and humanity for weakness. Altogether, the campaign in Panay was conducted with the utmost re gard for the rules of civilized warfare. Any assistance I might give In the way of testi mony I should be happy to do so, as I shoidd like to see the army get a fair show." Toledo to Cincinnati by Trolley Car. CINCINNATI. May 14. It was announced late this afternoon that the Southern Ohio Traction Company, controlled by the Man delbaum syndicate of Cleveland, had closed a deal with the Cincinnati Traction Com pany so that the cars of the former would, by June 15. run Into the center of Cincin nati. These cars have heretofore run no further than College Hill. This la the clos ing deal in the eletrlc system between Cincinnati and Toledo with many inter mediate connecting electric lines. President Is n A'Ice President. NEW YORK, May H.-At the annual meeting of the Civil-service Reform Asso ciation to-night the following officers were elected: President, Carl Schurz: vice presi dents, James C. Carter, D. Willis James, William C. Lowe, L. P. Morton. Alexander E. Ord, Theodore Roosevelt. Ellhu Root, E. M. Shepard. Oscar S. Straus, A. T. AVhlte; secretary, Elliott H. Goodwin; as sistant secretary, Henry G. Chapman: treasurer, A. S. Frlssell. E. AV. UROVE. This name must appear on every box of the genuine Laxative Promo-Quinine Tab leu, the celebrated Cold and Grip Cure. 25c AVILL IIAAE NOTHING MORE TO DO AVITII THE XEAV YORK THINE. Declines a A'ote of Confidence, Jamps Into n, Cab and Is Driven A way A Political Sensation. NEW YORK, May 14. Lewis Nixcn, lead er of Tammany Hall for nearly six months, resigned that position to-day at a meeting of the district leaders, held in Tammany Hall. While the resignation was Jidt en tirely unexpected, It was r.ot thought Mr. Nixon would take such positive action until a later date, awaiting the action of the leaders to seo if they would give him a vote of confidence. Instead of this he re fused to allow any vote of confidence, and went so far as to say that he could no longer retain his self-respect If he remained as leader. The meeting of the thirty-seven dis trict leaders was called at the Instance of Mr. Nixon, who, on Tuesday night, sent telegraphic messages to all of them. This action followed a deadlock at the meeting of the sachems of the Tammany Hall So ciety, Monday, when Mr. Nixon's desire to retain Thomas L. Feltner as grand sachem was frustrated by a tie, there be ing six of the sachems of the thirteen for and six against the retention, the thir teenth, George C. Clausen, being absent. The action of that time caused a general discussion of the possibilities of Mr. Nixon losing control of the organization and the combination headed by John F. Carroll ouäting him, Mr. Nixon, In an interview on Tuesday, said if he could not have the con fidence of the leaders he would "get out." "When Mr. Nixon arrived at Tammany Hall to-day all the thirty-seven leaders were present. As soon as the meeting had been called to order Mr. Nixon said: "Gen tlemen, I have decided to resign as the leader of Tammar.y Hall. This resignation Is absolute and positive, and will not be withdrawn. I wish it to take effect imme diately. I feel that I cannot retain, my self-respect and still remain the leader of Tammany Hall. My decision is unalter able." There was a moment's silence when Mr. Nixon had finished. Then Colonel Michael C. Murphy made a very complimentary speech in praise of Mr. Nixon. He did not say, however, that he wished him to re main as leader. He said that Mr. Nixon had done splendid work as leader and had the confidence of all his fellow-workers. Mr. Nixon jumped to hte feet as soon as Colonel Murphy had finished and said: "1 do not desire any vote of confidence what ever." He immediately left the room, followed by an outburst of handclapplng. Once out side the meeting room Mr. Nixon would only say to the newspaper men: "I am out as the leader of Tammany Hall. Shipbuild ing is my business. I am out of politics and am glad of it. I will devote my time to my business of shipbuilding and will talk about that by the hour, but I will not talk about politics hereafter. The cause of my resignation is plain. I could have won out and elected Mr. Feitner grand sachem, but I would not appeal to Mr. Croker." Mr. Nixon was then driven away from the Tammany Hall in a cab. Following the departure of Mr. Nixon, several of the leaders remained for some time in groups chatting about the resignation and the possible developments. It was announced that a meeting of the executive committee of district leaders will be held Thursday, at which time Mr; Nixon's resignation will be acted upon. There were numerous rumors about the hall regarding the future policy of the or ganization. The most persistent one, and one that was indorsed by several leaders, was that there would be no actual leader of Tammany Hall for some time to come. This was coupled with a rumor that the finance committee would be abolished, as well as the chairmanship of this commit tee. The chairman, who is now Louis Nixon and was Richard Croker. has always been the leader of Tammany Hall, and as such had tho handling of the funds of the organization in the political campaigns. Hendqnnrtera in AVaalilnffton. WASHINGTON, May 14. The Democratic congressional campaign committee to-night decided to make its headquarters In Wash ington and to Increase the executive com mittee from eleven to fourteen members, of, whom eight shall be member' of the congressional campaign committer and six from the outside. It is understood Hen T. Cable, of Illinois, will accept the chairman ship of the executive committee. The head quarters of the executive committee will be in Chicago, and this committee will have charge of the congressional campaign In the AVest, while the main committee will look after the East from AVashington. SBSSSSSsssssBMPSSsasBssBsasBsBssssMssssssssssBissssisssssssss HIGH PRICE E0R CATTLE. Chicago Packers Pnld $7.0 for Choice Stock Yesterday. CHICAGO, May 14. Cattle prices were higher at the Union Stockyards in Chicago to-day than for almost twenty years. The top price for the day, J7.G0, was 10 cents in advance of the high mark last week. All the offerings were snapped up. The prices of hogs and sheep also made record marks for the year. Cause of Ills Trouble. New York Times. A youth with an open Ingenuous coun tenance rose In a Christian Endeavor con vention the other evening and made the following speech: "Dear irlends Large ships that look sound and good and and seaworthy are sometimes found to be almost ruined almost, yes almost ruined by, by ship worms. They honeycomb the heavy tim bersandand although the ship looks as if it might do great things for its masters it cannot. It it has shlpworms. "Dear friends, it is Just so with some Chrlstalns. Outwardly a Christian may look like a fair ship. Dear friends. I feel that often I am like the 6hip, and that I that I too, have ship worms." Deadly Holler Kxplostons. TOTTSAILLE, Pa., May H. Patrick Kelly and John Barltch. of Colorado. thU county, and John McMIchael, of Girard ville, were killed to-day by an explosion of a boiler at thf Lehigh A'alley Com pany packer. No. 5 colliery, near Glrard vllle. They were blown to pieces. Kelly was a fireman and the other men were helpers. FERRY STATION, Ont., May 14 The boiler of a sawmill belonging to Walter Stayzer, one mile east of here, blew up to-day, killing G. Devoe and D. J. Everett and badly injuring W. Gillain. The cause of the explosion is unknown. Everett's head was completely blown off. lint-Nineteen Deaths. riTTSBURG, May 14. Tho omclal list of deaths from the Sheraden explosion, as re ported to the coroner to-night, shows but nineteen nimes. The discrepancy in the official list JJid the one pui;hel 5"tster day is partly exDlalni ly the fact that some of the victims of the explosion were wrongly identified by overanxious friends of missing persons, and in this way two and three names were given for one body. President Lonbet at Drest. RREST, France, May H. President Lou bet, who left Paris yesterday on his way to St. Petersburg, arrived here to-day and was welcomed by cheering crowds. He pro ceeded to the prefecture and subsequently was entertained at luncheon by 1.503 civil officials of the Department of Finis Ü err e. v.. A, FIGHTING EACH OTHER TAA'O FACTIOXS OF ItEA'OLLTIOMSTS IN TI1C 1IAITIEN ItEPUHLlC. Dictator Firmln Seisins Customs Houses ond Collecting: Taxes Sam Still Aboard a Steamer. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti. May 14. Ad miral Killck, comamndcr of the Haltlen fleet, has started for Cape Haitien with the Haitien warships Crete, Pierot and Toussaint l'Ouverteur, having declared him self in favor of General Firmln, the former minister of Haiti at PaTls, who Is at the head of tho revolutionary forces In the northern part of the Island. The northern revolutionists have seized the customs houses of Cape Haitien, Port De Paix and Gonalves and are collecting duties. Protests against this action on the part of General Firmin have been en tered by the National Bank, and the diplo matic corps. A severe engagement between the north ern revolutionists and the southern forces, meaning the troops from Port-au-Prince and the cities of its vicinity, is expected to take place to-morrow or Friday. A steamer from Kingston, Jamaica, is ex pected here to-day or Thursday, bringing a number of Haitiens who have been in exile. Among them are M. Fouchard and Senne Pierre, the two other candidates for the presidency. The French steamer Olinde Rodriguez, on which ex-President Sam embarked yester day morning, is still in the harbor of Port-au-Prince. She was to have sailed yesterday, but was detained by the French minister, M. De Prez. She will remain here until a foreign warship reaches Port-au-Trince. The absence of a foreign warship is causing great uneasiness in the foreign colony here. After the embarkation of General Sam all the political prisoners here were re leased, and last, night they, with groups of drunken soldiers, paraded the streets. Shots were fired from time to time, and it was feared the plundering of stores and residences would follow. The provisional government constituted by M. Roisroro Canal, a former President, is attempting to control the situation, but Gen. Saint Foix Colin, the district commander. General Kebreau, the chief of police, and M. Poly nlce, the communal magistrate, are the only officials who appear to be exercising any authoritj'. They formed a corps of respectable citizens yesterday evening and succeeded in disarming mc.st of the dan gerous characters. As a result the night was much quieter than otherwise it would have been. BEES AND THEIR HIVES. Facts About the Honeymakers Only Lately DiscoTered. Harvey Sutherland, in AInslee's Magazine. I do not know for how many thousands of years man has studied bees, but up to August, 17CS, it was universally believed that beeswax was pollen chewed up into a paste. In that month and year a French peasant, name now lost, reported the exact truth about its manufacture to ms local society of beekeepers. And how do you suppose he made this great discovery? You'd never guess it in the world. He watched them make It, Instead of trying- to reason about it. Bees are telescopic ani mals, and in where one part slides into another he saw the scales of wax forming. If you feed chickens generously and shut them up in a dark, warm place, they fatten quickly. Beeswax is not chemically a fat, but it is so near allied thereto that it Is se creted under precisely the same conditions. The bees fill themselves as full of honey as they can hold, cluster in a bunch in the warmth and darkness of the hive, and in about live days the wax is sweated out in little plates. They take them out and chew them up to make them soft and pliable for. comb-bulldlng. Wax costs fifteen times its weight in honey, and the bees make it go as far as possible. One pound of beeswax wiil inclose about 33,000 honey cells. To save them all the bother he can, the modern beekeeper supplies his bees with the mid rib or foundation, on each side of which they build cells about half an inch deep and about one-fifth of an inch in diameter. Ths foundations are sheets of wax run through rollers that stamp them with pyramidal indentations. One cell does not back square up against another. If you stick needles through the three facets that make the pyramidal indentation in the back of a cell they will come out in thre cells on the other side. That distributes the weight of the honev better. "One of the strange things about us hu man beincs la that we cannot seem to get it into our heads that the truth is more de lightful than any kind of a story that we man make up. Here is the bee making six-sided honey cells, each one bottomed with three diamond-shaped facets. To fill a space with boxes that would fit together snugly the boxes would have to be triangles, squares and hexagons. Of these the hexa gon contains the most In proportion to the material used in making the box. The ro manticists and realists (for- there are ro manticists and realists in science as in ev erything else) are half a mind that the bees figured all this out themselves by their own wisdom, and half a mind that they have no sense at all, but are pretty little automata wound up and set a-golng at an angle of sixty degrees. If you will sit tight now and hold fast I will try to show you how far advanced they would have to be In plane and solid geometry to lay off one of those three diamond-shared facets that close the end of the six-sided cell. If we are going to be mathematical we might as well be hanged for an old sheep as killed for a young lamb, so We will call ths diamond-shaped facet a rhomb, an equilateral parallelogram, having obllo.ua angles. Now. sv m r a l ' x m w. mm m 1 r zf Kz EXCIvUSIrE DISTRIBUTERS I I J )llllllll assuming that the comb equals its ideal form, to close up a cell each of the three rhombs must have its wide angle I beg j'our pardon, obtuse I should have said must have its obtuse angle of such size that half of It has for its tangent the square root of 2. That is quite clear to you? Some day when you are not otherwise employed you may spend a pleasant afternoon ex tracting the square root of 2. I will put It another way. Tho diagonals of each rhomb mutt be to each other as the side and the diagonal of a square. One can Imagine the first bee that landed ciphering out this problem on the blackboard, thumbing over its books of logarithms till It finally set down: "Tan. square root of 2 equals 54 deg. 44 min. 8 sec.;' multiply that by 2 to get the whole obtuse angle, 10D deg. 23 mln. 16 sec; subtracting that from ISO deg. to get the acute angle, which is 70 deg. 31 mln. 44 sec, and then dusting the chalk off its clothes with a happy sigh and hunting up the scissors to cut out a pattern to fit a hexa gon whose diameter is one-fifth of ah inch. "But wait. There's more. Maraldi meas ured the angles of these rhomb3 and then gave the problems to Koenlg to solve. Koenlg's calculations for the pyramid that would most economically end a hexagonal prism differed from Maraldl's measure ments by two minutes of a degree. AVorried about it, he worked until he found a printer's error In his table of logarithms that had led him astray by Just so much. AVhereupon Lord Brougham threw up his hands and clucked his astonishment that the hive bee should have solved a most recondite mathematical problem so abso lutely that it corrected a standard book of reference. And how wonderful the bee is, and what a lesson this should be to us, and so on and so on. "What nonsense! An error of two minutes in a degree! Maraldi was the one that made it, of course, for that means a di vergence so small that two lines forming this angle would travel 144 feet before sep arating one Inch. Elsten. The wax in a comb is as thin as the bees working in it can scrape It without making holes in it. Blow a soap bubble. . As it floats in the air it is a globe which has the greatest possi ble content in proportion to its envelope. Put It on a plate and if it doesn't burst the bottom is flat. Surround it with six other bubbles. The equal tension of tire meeting films will make the central bubble a hexa gon, just as the eaual tension of the thin wax with the bees working in it and press ing asninst ach other makes it a hexagon. Oh, the marvelous geometry of the honey bee! Oh, the profound mathematics of soapsuds! "If Lord Brougham had only used his eyes he would have seen that the outer cells of the honeycomb are cylindrical, just as the outer bubbles of a mass of froth are globular. Besides, worker-cells and drone cells are not of the same diameter, to say nothing cf tho pear-shaped queen cells, so a comb couldn't be mathematically exact. Almost every cell in a honeycomb is out of a true hexagon by at last three or four degrees. Falsehood, willful or careless, al ways degrades that which it is intended to exalt. The bee is something vastly more worshipful than an automaton that goes on mechanically making hexagons, world without end. It is a living organism whose tiniest cell Is all Instinct with mind, mind that differs in degree only from that of the Almighty God himself, in whom we live and move and havo our being. He has made us all, from the jellyfish to the philosopher, 'of one blood for to dwell on all the face of the earth,' and the bee is like us except that. Instead of the indi vidual living a long time and learning as he grows, it is the race that gathers wisdom, changing form and habit of existence to fit environment." FOUNDLINGS IN DEMAND. Interesting; and Cnrlons Inqolries for Cnstoff llnbtes. R. E. MacAlarrey, in AInslee's Magazine. It Is surprising to discover, what a rush ing mall-order business for babies could be transacted. Inquiries for babies come to the State Charities Association and the Guild from all over the country. Recently the mayor of a flourishing Massachusetts city wrote for a baby. Inclosing plans and specifications for the same, which Included "blue eyes, light hair, girl, anywhere from fifteen months to two years old." From a colored family in Pittsburg was received a request for "a boy anywhere un der two years, not black. Must be light colored." From as far west as Denver and as far south as Alabama come the requests, and if investigation proveB the parties to be really responsible the foundling does his first traveling. Unless the child is legally adopt ed It is always under the supervision of the organization that indentured it. Rarely does it happen, however, that the child is taken away, even if it Is not legally adopt ed. Legal adoption is an expensive affair for parents cf moderate means the class that usually obtain the children and the formality of drawing up the necessary pa pers is often omitted. But the foundling is to the satisfaction of its foster parents regularly adopted and treated as such. , "Only one instance is on record where a child was returned as unsatisfactory. That was when a woman, angered by the visit of the State Charities arents, who called to make inquiries as to the care that was be ing taken of the child, resented the investi gation and sent back the infant. "That the foundling never quite gives up the hope of discovering who his real parents were is shown in many a pathetic inci dent in the office of Mrs. Dunphy, the superintendent on Randall's island, where the records of New York foundlings for the past twenty years have been kept by her. "Often a man, sometimes prosperous looking, oftener with the stamp of the toiler upon him, will ask to see the books of the Infant hospital for a certain year. Run ning his finger down the page of entries he will pause at a name and ask if there is any record of parental inquiry after the infant's admission to the hospital. "It is the foundling come back, with the haunting hope that he may, after all, find out who he really Is." "But the foundling never does find out. And so. even if he rise to be governor or manufacturing magnate, he is. bevond ev erything else, pathetic from tho beginning to tjio end." The Cat Comes, Hack. Baltimore American. Mr. Croker will return to America next fall. Croker, Paderewskl. Kubellk and other foreigners with a magic touch find it neces eary to visit us every few months. If you buy one of Kruse & Dewentcr'a Furnaces you will have no trouble to heat your house next winter. O East Wash ington street. vVioq lore Stud to fill positions waiting for Stenographers, Telegraphers, Bookkeep ers, Cashiers, Private Secretaries, Penmen, Newspaper artists and general office assistants. Nocharge for assisting our students. Why waste time? Enroll here at once. AH Onr Systems Are Copyrighted. Permanent Faculty. Day aod Night Sessions. USINESS USINESS BRYANT & STRATTON. Incorporated. Founded 1830. (Only Permanent, Reliable One Here.) When Building, Opposite Postoffice, North Pennsylvania Street 132. J. Prosidont Reference: Jill the Better Element of Indianapolis UNSOCIAL ENGLISHMEN THEY SEC EACH OTHER DAILY I OU YEARS HUT REMAIN STRANGERS. Only an Emergency Excite Them to Speech, and Then a Row Is Likely to Follow. London Mall. In spite of omnibus, tramcar and electric as we call our special breed of the two penny tube there is always a plump crowd on tho up platform of our railway station from 8 of the morning till something after 9. It Is rather a solemn crowd. The young bloods are smoking on omni bus tops, or blinding their eyes over the newspaper in the electric; they cannot away with the London, Smash 'em and Turnover Hallway. Cut the comfortable old merchant, the solid shopkeeper, the clerk of many winters, the old women, and the young ladies, who squeeze money out of London somehow or another these are bo numerous in our suburb that they make a brave show when they push past the ticket collector at the barrier and squeeze them selves into the pack on tho platform. We are often struck by the reflection that here on this platform, day after day, month after month, year after year, a couple of men may rub shoulders with each other, their legs may be jammed together in the crowded carriage and yet, to the end of the chapter, they remain utter strangers the one .to the other. Each man is familiar with the other'fl face. He has watched the mustache grow or the whiskers deepen their valance. He is aware instantly of a hair-cut, is struck Immediately by a new coat or an Ironed hat. He is even fan:illar with the other's tie-pin, or the handle of his umbrella. And yet, never once has he seen those lips open, never once heard what manner of voice sleeps in that familiar throat. Nor Is he in the least curious. No. he is far too busy about his own af fairs; the fight for a carriage, the scram ble for a seat, and then the paper to be got through In tho twenty minutes of Jolt ing up to London. It is only his subcon sciousness that Is so minutely aware of the other man's appearance. ROUSED TO SPEECH. But once we heard two strangers speak, two men who had been traveling in this fashion for many a long year. One was oldish, fat, podgy, with pray mutton-chop whiskers, and a gratlfled lit tle mouth. The other was in the thirties, broad-shouldered, vigorous, with slight black mustache. The old man always managed being of a pushful nature to recure a corner seat, and when the carriage had its complement of ten second-class passengers he would Jerk his fat face to the doorway, snap a fierce "full" into the eager countenances of the surging crowd, and then pull the door to with a self-satisfied bang. One morning he did this when a lady was struggling in despair to find a scat ere the train started. As her hand touched the handle the fat fingers of the old gentleman gripped the window-strap, and he called out. "Full, madame, full!" Hut the lady (she was a regular traveler,) pulled and pulled, while the old gentleman, with a gratified smile on his smug Hps. eat grip ping the window-strap. But suddenly from the next compartment the second-class carriages are divided into two there sprang up the younger man of whom we have spoken, with white, scornful face and Üame-flaFhlng eye. "Open the door, sir!" he shouted. "We're full," gasped the old gentleman, taken aback. "Open the door!" shouted the other. "Open the door, or I'll punch your head for you" as if the old gentleman ever had any thought of doing that violence for hlmsrlf. Then did the old gentleman relax his grasp on the strap, and the lady tripped gasping into the carriage as the train clanked-clunked on Its way out of the sta tion. And then the young gentleman, still standing, leaned over from the other com partment and called the old fellow "cow ard." "brute," "snob," "cad." "pig" and "dog in the manger" all the way to the city. It is interesting to mark the behavior of other passengers on occasions of this kind. PRETENDING TO READ. You will pee that each man has his paper up, his eyes fixed upon the jolting print, and that he Is pretending very hard to read. Dut you have only to look again to perceive that, in reality, he is listening with both cars to the healed colloquy, for 1 J eots Neede' UNIVERSIT UNIVERSIT II there is nothing so delightful on regular journeys as the unexpected, and a row so long as he is not taking part in it himself Is as sweet a diversion to the English man as to the warmer-blooded Celt. Let us hope that the younger man In this little tiff ended by marrying the young lady he had so heatedly championed, and that the old fellow, going to his long homa shortly after the marriage service, be queathed a couple of thousand pounds to the happy couple. ... . Of course we do occasionally shuffle off our self-consciousness and make friend with our fellow-pas.engers- . " With smokers this is easy. 'You see a man you like; he strikes you as being the right sort; he has a Jolly eye; he wears the kind of tie you fancy yourself; and then he oft looks at you as though he desired your acquaintance. So one line morning, when you are seated alongside of him in the rail way carriage, you begin to search uncom fortably through all your pockets for a bor of matches, though you felt a box in the first pocket dived into. " BREAKING TilE ICE. "Tush," you mutter or' "Confound it," and before you have racked your brain for another exclamation or simulated vexa tion the attractive stranger glances hur riedly around, perceives your Inconveni ence, and instantly whips out -a box of vestas. The Ice Is broken. You thank him In tak ing the box, you mention what you think the weather is like as you strike a match, mid In giving back the box yovt remark that Kitchener utras to be going pretty strong this mornlns". or that the carriage 13 confoundedly overcrowded. After that, friendship perhaps for a life time. You may even marry his ulster. Dut for the most part we travel fllently and unquestioning, from year to year, nev er exchanging a greeting with our familiar travelers, never haxarding a guess at thtlr various employments. There is never even the signal shown that tives romance to ships that pass in the night; every day we meet, every day we part, and we know In finitely more of the cat on our hearthrug than we know of these our fcllow-travelera on the great highway Of life. And year by year we see the hair whiten, the lines obtrude more and more, the bark slacken In Its carriage; we note tho athmatlc breathing, the appearance of the respirator end muffler, we mark the lan guor of the gait. Great heavens! and we re member that old man a fine, strapping young fellow shouldering his way to th-j carriage with the best of Ihem. Suddenly, with a start, we say to our selves, "Hullo! Where's that fellow gone to with the ivory handle to his umbrella?" We haven't setri him for & couple of weeks. We shall never see him again. And when we are gonvtoo, the carriage doors will still bang, the guard will Mill blow his whistle, and the engine will still snort out of the station. Oh, London's a big city." Admiral's Royal Salute. Llpplncotfs Magazine. The fondnes of navy oncers for telllnj? Jokes at each other's expanse Is well known, and their yarns, like the traditions of the Indians, are handed down from one generation to the next. Years ago there was a brusque old admiral upon whom many stories were told -hi most cass tru ones. At one time when the warship of which the admiral was in command was off the coast of Portugal the King of that country expressed a desire to visit an American man-of-war. The admiral received the party with gret cordiality, but instead of addressing the royal visitor as "Your Majesty" or "Your Highness," he invariably called him "King." It was. "Step thlsVay. King." "Iook out for your head. King." when showing him about the vessel, and before his Majesty departed the admiral convulsed all within hearing by saying, hospitably. "King, come down In the cabin and have a drink." letter than ioIf. Atchison Globe. Sawing1 wood is better exercise than golf, and you can get a dollar a cord fur rawing wood. Still, golf, which yoii work at for nothing, is the more popular. Users of Grape-Nuts don't care how HigH meat oes. Strength Economy all Grocers. J)