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BLOWN TO PIECES ELEVEN MEN MET A MOST HOR RIBLE DEATH. Cause of Explosion in a Dynamite Near Pequea, Pa., Is Not Known—Heard 15 Miles Away— pieces of Torn Bodies Found 100 Yards Away. Eleven men were blown to pieces and five others were seriously Injured by the explosion of dynamite plant near Pequea, Pa., along the Susque hanna river. The dead are: Benjamin Gfbhardt, aged 22; Benja min Riner, 21; George Riner, 20; Fred Rice, 23; Collins Parker, 18; Phares Haff, 1^; William Funk, 19; John Boatman, 17; three unidentified men. The seriously injured are: Walter Brown, Martin Riner, Qeorge Gray, Charles Cramer and Jacob Shoeff. The accident was one of the most horrible in the history of Lancaster county. The victims were literally torn to pices, hardly enough remain ing of the bodies to make identifica tion possible. Tho cause of the explosion is not known. Two of the unidentified vic tims hod just started to drive from the place with a load of dynamite. They had gone scarcely fifty feet when the plant blew up with a detonation that vaa plainly heard 15 miles away. A : cloud of smoke covered the site of the factory and when it. clear* il tway ihere was not a vestige of the lim-.M's, wagon or men. Fragment! of human bodies were found hanging to trees a hundred yards away. GREAT ATHLETIC hllll JIM 23 Track and Field Contest at Spokai.a —Famous Athletes of Northwest Will All be There. Sixty of the greatest track and field athletes in the northwest are to gather in Spokane on June 22nd to compete in the greatest athletic? meet ever known in the northwest. Of these sixty men at least forty of them are stars and one of them, Gilbert of the Mnltono mah club, Portland, recently broke the world's recoid in the pole vault by clearing the liar at 12 feet six inches. Another man, Carey, is a University of Montana boy and considered by Sul livan, President of the A. A.U., as the coming world's ohampioa. Only a sophomore in the University of Mon tana he established the lecord of 10 flat in the 100 yard dash with the meet against Washington State College last — <•• h« \\ui compete under the' colors of the Spokane Amateoi Ath ene Club and wUI have op ,, Oßecl t0 him the famous Kelly of the Uuivergity of Oregon who is also credited with even time. Alpha Oox.the great west ern sprinter, also credited with even time, will be in the dash and some thing that has never been seen on the Pacific coast, three 10 second men op posed to each other in one race will take place in Spokane on June 23 Thi\ c distance men of Pacific coast reputation and one whose fame has Bpread even farther than that, will be in the mile run. Coates, the \V. S. C. milor, who is credited with going the distance in 4:152 in a college meet in .Michigan, will run with Mutnews and Eihniuson of Idaho State College and Parker of the University of Washing ton. These men have all made the dis tance under 4:40 and the tnile race at this meet t-hould be as oxcitiun as the 440 yard dash. In the quarter mile run will be seen live men while not of particularly bril liant quality, are so evenly matched that the raco is nure to be fought out at the pace. Fawsett, Tholme and Malouy of the S. A. A. C. are good for 51 seconds while Multononmah and ■Seattle each have two men credited with that time. One can readily Me what an exciting feature the the mile relay, always the greatest of raoes.will be when the five clubs send their four best quarter nfllers speeding over the oourse with their club colors flying in the breeze. In the hurdles it is expected that Coates, the famous University of Ore gon man, will for once in his life meet a man who will make him finish at his best. Carey, the S. A. A. C. hurdler is credited with being a little slower than 16 seconds for this event and to beat him Coates should be compelled to break his own record. A big crowd is expected from every part of the Inland Empire to watch this contest of speed and muscle. Arrangements are being made to en tertain an immense throng at the H. A. C. hikl some of the hotels are making special rates to visitors who oome in bunches ot from five to 10. Coburn Refuses Senatorship. Foster Dwight Coburn, who was ap pointed by Governor E. W. Hoch of Kansas, to be United States senator succeeding Joseph R. Burton, resigned, has announced that he has decided not to accept the appointment. Gov ernor Hoch immediately offered the vacancy to Judge A. W. Benson of Ottawa, Franklin county. There i 3 little doubt but that he will accept the office. Judge Benson is about 60 years of age and has been prominently Identified with republican politics in Kansas. William ,T, Bryan has accepted an invitationto mafce a speech in London »t the America l oolebration the Fourth of July. ODD COLONY IN PARAGUAY. Community M».leUd After K4war4 Bellamy's 'Looking Backward." A community which closely approxi mate* Bellam/** "Looking Backward" Is C©«m«, . a little settlement neat Asuncion. Paraguay, described by Wll« helm Lacmann In the Lelpslc Grentz boten. Equality, democracy and com jmunltj of wealth and work are th« ! principles on which It was founded In i 185>4 by a split In a colony of Austrian I Immigrants to Paraguay. "The house* j of the settlers He together and form a small village, and are small, pretty and clean; they have only one story, and are built of boards and shingled or roofed with niazega grass. The roof i bangs far over the side walls amd is I supported by posts, a detail which ah •ows for a wide veranda— most wel come adjunct In the hot weather. On one side of the house Is a small out building which contains the kitchen, and every house has Its garden. Little plantations of sugar cane lie between the houses and the gardens." Up to the present the dwelling houses cover only a quarter of the space which has been reserved for the village, and when llerr Lacmann vis ited the place there were some twenty houses occupied find 108 In course of hrectlon. In time the buildings will form a groat square, which will lie about a larger open square. In addi tion a number of smaller public places nave been provided for, which will Ho, is those already in existence, between the houses. "There Is an absolute community of goods in Cosmo, the only j exception being that objects of house- I hold or personal use— furniture, cook } Ing utensils, clothing and food—remain i the property of their users. When one I enters th colony he must bring his i entire property in, with these excep | tions. When, however, one wishes to I withdraw he does not receive back the amount of his contribution, but only the amount which corresponds to hi« share for the last working period." Everyone must go through a proba tionary period of one year, and befora this period Is completed no member ship is obtained nor any contribution of goodly made. Every applicant upon entering must pay into the treasury 146 for each adult member of the fam ily and half of this amount for each child. If then the probationers de cide not to remain in the colony their expenses to Buenos Ayres are paid, but this is not done unless the appll* cant remains In the colony thro« months. The only requirements are that the applicant be strong and healthy. "Under no circumstances arf colored persons admitted." CAT'S MIRROR TRAPS BIRDS. Tabby Watches Her Prey and Awutta the lime to Jump. Laconla boasts ot a cat which com bines science with her natural Instinct! of ntrd-huDting to rather a reinaii, abl« degree. Fussy is •vidpnily fond of fresh llvr English sparrows, and by experlencs doubtless found that they are wary, quick-motioned and hard to catch. She also has discovered that when she turuo her hack toward a flock of spar rows In the street they pay llttl? ot no attention to her and approach quit* clogely. She has also discovered that the Plate-glass show window of a Jewelry j storo makes an excellent mirror under certain condition* of light, and that by lookmg: toward th* window she can watch the chippies In the street and at the same lime give the birds no reason to suspect that the Is Interested in nuT [ ruing except gold rings and Jewelry j display. ' ' The cat's method of obtaining Eng. Huh sparrow for dinner Is to take her position on the edge of a good view of the reflecton In the show window. Sparrows come along the street every few minutes, and, although at first rather shy of the cat, they evidently • observe that she Is paying no attention | to them, and gradually work up quit* j close to her In their search for food. Fussy keeps perfectly passive until one of the birds happens to stray with in easy Jumping distance, and then she turns like a flash and captures the unlucky bird In an Instant. People who observe the cat for th« first time gn7rfng at the reflection of the sparrows obtain an Men that sh« h«rself Is being fooled by the reflec tion and stop to watch, expecting that ihe will finally Jump against the show window in her efforts to catch the birds, but they find that they have un- derestimated kitty's Intelligence when a bird appronches too near the dead ttne. —Laconla, N. H., Democrat Dally Object Ijpsflon. To the left, gentlemen and In filet, the Pugilist looms Into view. Fie Is an advocate of physical culture. In His little rear hallroora, which he calls bis "apartments," he has two heavy dumbells. He raises these to hold the door open and to tack sporting lithographs upon the wall. l>oes he work. Yes; bartenders, mostly. He has never been In a ring yet, but he hopes to be. The large bundle of papers he carries Is a pack nge of challenges. He Is now on hit way to a newspaper office to ask for ■ press notice. The Pugilist Is «i flue press agent. He used to drive a cab, Wliy does not the Pugilist go hornet He 1« afraid his wife will caress him with a mop stick. TLa pugilist de rives his name from an old Roman term applied to a man who once beC f.»rty ducats on four spades and a Hamond and was called. The Pugilist Is found In all civilized countries and Chlcajra- You may occasional.? get a crumb »f comfort, but the trouble that v lv» you con<«» In lomie*. NEWSQFNORTHWEST WASHINGTON, IDAHO, MONTANA AND OREGON NEWS ITEMS. i Few Interesting Items Gathered From Our Exchanges of the Sur rounding Country— Numerous Acci dents and Personal Events Take Place—Fall Trade Is Good. WASHINGTON NOTC4. Attorney General John D. Atkinson has been called to Alaska on a busi ness trip. The Spokane county pioneers' 10th annual picnic at Medical Lake waa a great success. Taconia's mayor has put himself on record as in favor of saloon and restaurant boxes. Excellent work is btuiig douo on the wagon roads leading Into Coll'ax from ihc surrounding country. The Everett Milling company will begin the erection this week of a large grain warehouse at Ephrata. C. E. Briggs, a well to do rancher >f the upper Methow valley, and a pioneer, committed suicide by shoot ing himself recently. The finding of John Carroll's body In Garrison creek, near Walla Wnlla, removes all doubt as to the aged milk man's death. He disappeared May 29. Kettle F;>.lls citizens have voted unanimously that the district be bond d for $1000 to build an addition to lie large school building and establish i h\u\r school George Taylor, engineer on the Mcinnis Lumber company's tug Sa retta v>:>* killed In an unknown man ner on the boat about four miles be low Newport. Governor Mead today granted a parole to John Harrigan, alias Charles W. llamlin, who was sentenced in >t natcom county on August 6, 1902, to 1 I years for robbery. The prosecuting attorneys of the state will hold a convention at Everett on July 12. 13, and 14 in connection with the eighteenth annual on of the State Bar association. A well dressed man who commit tod suicide ;ii the Tacoma hotel has been ld( ntlfied as William Campbell Boas ley, publisher of the Commonwealth Magazine of Seattle. His former home waa in Feoria, ill. Twenty farmers of the Kittitas val ley have formed an association and purchased Samson De Thorembrais, an Imported Belgian stallion, from Mc- Laughlin Brothers of Columbus, Ohio, for $4oiM). One of the largest realty transfers in Yakima county in recent months was the Bale of the Bounds rajjchlUr 1 rSelah valley by P. A. Bounds to "'xtr ban Ditman, a widely known stock-" man, for $30,800. Theodore Strong, laborer in the Erickson-Peterson construction gang on the O. W. & I. road at Riparia. met with a serious accident recently which .will neccessitate the amputa tion of his left leg above the knee. It is announced that Samuel A. Wells, former receiver of the Spokane land office, has been nominated by President Roosevelt to succeed Eu gene B. Hyde, the present receiver, who succeeded Mr. Wells four years ago. Thirty-six of the 37 counties of Washington were represented at the first annual convention of farmers hold under the auspices of the Wash ington State college. Okanogaj) county wus the only one not sending a delegation. One hundred and fifty farmers met in Cunningham Saturday and voted to build a farmers' elevator. Bleol Stor age tanks will be put up to h mdle the crop. All the wheat will be handled O bulk. This does awaj With what the farmers call the "sack graft." Manager Lennox of u»« proposed A\ human county fair natJ , )Wn W()rk . NiK hard laying plans for , h e even,. be has about decided to hold the fair the first week in October. The prizes will be more valuable and cover a larger number of displays than ever before. Wenatchee valley fruit growers are receiving higher prices for fruit this year than ever before, the prices up to date averaging 50 per cent higher than those paid la.st year. The We natchee Valley Fruit Growers' asso clatlon, an organization of the grow en of the Wenatchee and Columbia valleys, controlling 85 per cent of the fruit raised in the Wenatchee valley, is doing the work. A. A. Armstrong, who killed Robert Patton near Aberdeen three years ago, was hanged at the penitentiary Fri day morning at 5:20 o'clock. The execution was successful in every de tail. The man's neck was broken by the fall and death came In 13 minutes. Although 60 years old he bravely met death. Engineers of the reclamation ser vice are measuring the area of lands contracted for the Tieton project. Ap proximately, 24.000 acres will be re claimed by this project, of which about 95 per cent has been subscribed. This is all the government requires, hut ■onM of the land subscribed may !>e shown by engineers to he unsulted, which will necessitate additions to the land already contracted. OREGON ITEMS. John Bear shot and killed "Brick" Johnson Monday night in the Otts sa loon at Enterprise. Bear escaped. a result of the meeting of the Pacific States Telephone and Farm ers' Line companies in April the two terns; which cover the entire Walla Walla valley, are now amalgamated. August Ebell, one of the best known farmers and truckmen In Baker county, living 12 miles south of Baker ( ity, was killed Friday afternoon by permitting a tree which he was en gaged in felling to strike him. The Umatilla county grand Jury which brought In nine indictments tound that F. a. Naylor, the Athena farmer who was mysteriously mur dered in IVndlcton on the night, of April 14, and whose body was after wards thrown into the mill race at the east end of town come to his death through being poisoned. Tho Heacoek & Lawrence iron works at Kast Sixth and Ilelniont streets, Portland, vis gutted by lire recently. Cause of tho tiro is believed to be spontaneous combustion. l/>ss, 126,000, partly insured. More than ?0 persons were injured in Portland last Sunday, none danger ously, In ;i head on collision between two loaded Woodlawn ears of the Portland Railway company at the In tersection of Union and Holladay ave nues. When all the passengers had been removed from the cars it was found that only eight had suffered suf- Bclent injury to necessitate removal to the hospital. IDAHO NOTES. The state board of education has tor some time had under consideration the plan of establishing a school at Boise for the dumb and blind of the state. The matter has been held in abeyance the past few days pending t)n> return of Attorney Genera] Guheen. The latter says the question has been as to the authority for the board to take i action. Mr. Guheen thinks it can be done, A rumor is current that Bayard T. Byrm i has purchased for the regents of th in -. rsity of Idaho the Carl thei cc property on University hill, Moscow, n is believed the property will be used as the site of the new agricultural department build in?:. Michael Burns, Frank Brown and Fv<'i\ si.uig have been arrested at Lewlston by Police Officer Dent charged with having committed Beven burglaries In Clarkston. The police rec vere.i. |500 worth of merchandise, practically everything that was stolen from Clarkston stores except the money. The latter had been used to ! 8 team and wagon, with which the men were preparing to get put of the countrj at the time they were arrest ed. Bid i have been opened by the Rath . drum village council for the sale of village bonds to the amount of $12, --500, and the bonds were sold to the Bankers & Lumberman's bank of Port land, Ore., at 8 per cent premium. The proceeds will be expended to pur chase a water system. The Idaho state encampment of the <!. A. R. wi.i be held at Payette, com mencing June 26 and lasting three jOwhr; to the cold weather, the an . mud ..pioneer picnic at Moscow was not bo much of a success as in other , sears. Alar'rew Gilstrom, aged 60 years, em ployed as a blacksmith for several years, committed suicide at his home in Pest Falls recently. John H. Newbury of Mullan has sent in his resignation as postmaster on account of his suffering with rheu -1 matism. He has recommended Harry Ingallß as his successor and he will doubtless receive the appointment, as there is no opposition. The Clearwater Fire Protective as sociation was organized in Moscow re- Icently. The asßociation will semi oui 14 men Tuesday Into the Clearwater district. These men will do patrol duty only. This number will be In creased to 35 as the dry i ■ on. These men will be under compe tent and experienced superintendents. These patrols are employed jointly by the corporations of the Btate, pro rata, according to their holdings. At a recent meeting of the Idaho state land board » date wsp set for one of the biggest timber Pales ever held in ' the state of timber scattered over 8500 : acres of state land in Kootenai connty. The timber is of a miscellaneous char acter, white pine, fir. tamarack, etc., and it lias been carefully estimated at 100,000,000 feet. The upset price has I b^en approximately figured at $145, --000. The sale will be he'd at Rath drum July 20 and it is reported that every indication point to lively biddiDg. MONTANA SQUIBBS. Percy Bonathan Hanson, a section foreman, was fatally shot by William Hanson a prominent flockmaster at Harlem, recently. It. is said that Beaver Creek, neat- Havre, is a mile wide. Excessive rains in Eeastorn Mon tana have almost paralyzed the rail road traffic. Six victims of the mine disaster at Red Lodge—Thomas Skelley, Terence Fleming, Michael Carriage, William Bailey, Alvin McFate and Matt Reik ka—were buried Saturday, the whole town suspending business and paying tribute. The fire is still burning in the mine. Two officers, Vasco and Calderwood, from Hinsdale, were robbed lately by supposed cattle rattlers. The officers were out looking for the rustlers to arrest them when they were held up at a house 20 miles from Hinsdale. When they entered the house they were covered with guns by several men and all their possessions, save their clothes, including their livery stable team, were itolea from thorn. The Identity of the robbers is not definitely known. The coroner's jury inquiring into the death of Thomas Ford of Anaconda, :i<an of the Allen Gold Mining com . who was found near his cabin in French gulch with his throat Cat, returned a verdict that the man came Ito his death from having his throat y unknown persons. VISITING IN ENGLAND CONGRESSMAN LOKGWORTIi AND WIFE TOURING EUROPE. Ambassador Reid and Members of the Embassy Staff Welcomed the Cou ple—King Edward Is Expected to Entertain Them—They Will Prob ably Visit Germany and France. i , \^ r London, June After a voyage watch both declared to be the most pleasant la their experience, Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth have reach ed London, having journeyed from Southampton, where they debarked from tho American lino steamer St. Louis, in a beautifully appointed royal carriage attached to the American line special on the London & Southwest-! em. The weather was ideal and we country traversed by the train on the short trip to London was looking its best, so that their first impression of; land, where they will spend the lirsi fortnight of their European out- Ing, was most favorable. Only ■ short slop was made in Southampton. The mayor of Southampton and the Ameri can consul there, Mr. Swalm, wore the first to greet the travelers on this soil. On arriving In England Mr. and Mrs. Longworth were mot by Ambassador Reid and the members of the embassy staff, Mrs. Reid, Mrs. and Miss Carter, j wife and daughter of the secretary of the American embassy, and Mrs. Gib bons, wife of the naval attache, while at the entrance to the station several hundred Americans living In London! had gathered to welcome the couple. Mr. and Mrs. Longworth will be the guests of the ambassador and his wife j at Dorchester house while In London. Sunday afternoon was spent In rest- Ing, [n the evening there was a family dinner, which was attended by the members of the embassy staff. Mon day Mr. and Mrs, Longworth were given an opportunity to see London, no engagement having been made for the day. In the evening they visited the Alliambra with Mr. and Mrs. Reid for the first production of the new ball* I "I.'Amour," the music for which was written by Mrs. Thay Ritchie, an American. It has not yet been announced whether King Edward will entertain Mr. and Mrs. Longworth, hut it is ex pected they will dine with him at Ascot Heath during Ascot week. Queen Alexandra, being still in mourn ing for her lather, is not accepting any but court engagements, and therefore will not accompany King Edward to the dinner at Dorchester house Tues day evening. Mr. and .Mrs. Longworth thoroughly enjoyed th • Atlantic voyage, and join ed With t'.'.e other passengers in the sports arAl amusements incident to the trip. The weather from land to land was splendid, the delay to the St. Louis being caused by bad coal and a light fog, When approaching the Solent, Mr. and Mrs, Longworth received a wire less telegram of welcome from the duke of Manchester. Boyond th< visit to the Kiel regatta, the program in Germany has not been decided upon, 11. H. Collier of lacotna has been appointed superintendent of the poultry show to be given at the Spokane Inter state fair, which opens this year Sep tember ■'!. This is a department which has not existed at this fair for a num ber of years, but is added this time at tho request of ninny fanciers. It is be ! lieved there will bo 1000 birds shown. j Prizes are strong, being $3 and $2 for first and second on pent iii each variety, and $1.50 and $1.00 for first and second for cock, cockerel, hen and pullet; each. About 200 is offered in | special prizes. An effort will be made, to make this department one of the best poultry shows ever seen in the North west. Nat C. Goodwin. Nat C. Goodwin comes to the Spo kane Theater June 20 and 21, making! this his annual visit to Spokane. This ! season he is playing his latest success, "The Genius." i Mr. Goodwin Is being mentioned ; among the members of he theatrical j profession as the successor of the late . Joseph Jefferson as dean of the , American stage. James O'Donnell Bennett, the critic, is quoted as say ing: Now that Joe Jefferson has died,. there Is no worthier actor upon the j stage to wear the mantle of that dean , Of the profession than Nat ('. Good-, win. Mr. Goodwin was intimately ( acquainted with Jefferson and was ( Classed as one Of his friends. They ( both appeared in the first all star cast j of "The Rivals" in the old Arch street j i theater in New York city, near the ( I Jefferson birthplace where several,! now prominent actors played in the i early days. Mr. Goodwin's engagement in Spo kane is being looked forward to as one of the dramatic treats of the sea-, son. I, Miss Crossman. ;J , General gratification will greet the ( announcement that Henrietta Cross man, who is recognized as the most clever player of comedy parts on the American stage, Is Boon to pay her first visit to Spokane. This announce- • ment wiil give pleasure to all theater goers. Miss Crossman will be sup ported by her own company and will, present her latest comedy success, | ".Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary," a play In which she has added to her fame ( and popularity. She will appear at | the Spokaco Theater on July 9 and 10. 1 > HIS LAST WORDS. ) The Inquisitive: traveller throng* this world would have a bird, cold Journey If he encountered many such persons as the one who frustrated the Intentions of a fellow passenger, tiuf whose exhaustive statement was re cently chronicled In an exchange. H« ; had suffered from domestic troubles, and was at the time on his way to start life afresh In another section of the country. He was a dyspeptic-look-, Ing man, and when the Inquisitive pas senger behind leaned forward with a confidential "Pardon me, sir. but what —" the dyspeptic was ready. "Adam was the first man." he Bald, In a cold, gray monotone. "Mom was the meekest man; there never was anf meekest woman. Columbus discovered America, John Hancock signed tbf Declaration of Independence. In the winter of 1847 and ISIS potatoes form ed almost the sole food of the Irish peasantry. White sheep eat more than black ones because there are more if them. a door la not a door when in ajar. Sehley's name Is pronounced 'Sly.' and gOlf Is 'goff. 1 It Is hl;.;,'r Improper to wear a silk hat with * sack coat. There never was any sui i\ person as the Ahkoond of Swat. Th« great weakness of the American peo ple is signing petitions without read- Ing them. Yes. it la a good morning and I have used everybody's soap. Here the Inquisitive man attempted on Interruption, but it was of no avail. "The foregoing Information," went on the accentless voice, "Is all I know about anything of any name or nature —past, present or future. I don't, know anything else of any kind, char acter, style,' shape or color, good, bad or indifferent. I not only do not know anything else, but I don't want to. "I want nothing In the world but peace," he added, after a few illumine atlng remarks about his past trial*, "and if you don't let me alone Ii throw my gripsack out of the wind*** And jump one after it. I have spoken.* —Youth's Companion. AN AUTHOR'S BEAUTIFUL WIFE. Anthony Hope I,oved Her Long l'ifnr« Hlie Harried Him. The wife of Anthony Hope riuwklns, author of "The Prisoner of Zeuda,"wa| long the ideal of tho novelist, as she la to-day. The author had gained dlstluo tion before he met Miss Elizabeth Sheldon, but from the moment he »■ ■« " ~~ZZT * liyuffeJlt jffi*%**s>~*\ f-^)i^cijw*asßsstJyr^_ f** "^ i her he was :< love. This affection wa not returned for years, but Mr. Haw *lns was persistent. Her beauty an gentle breeding seemed to him a prt*f well worth the striving for. For ■«*■' time the woman of his affections w« * an actress on the London stago nr f she took the part of the Prince!' Flavin In the drama, "The Prisoner a. Zenda." Mr. Hawkins declared she w*^ the Ideal Flavla, as she was his ldrfffi of a woman, and finally his persist* 1 ■'( lovemaking had Its reward. _ ■? * $R§jj I'oulk I lint Cost Nothing. *' " The brook or running stream of r f ural outdoor water gives a variety chances for the man that wishes to li^'f his life aright, says County Life"? i' America. The brook can be convert; ' without being diverted, Into asv n mlng pool for boys by building a f-LJS at the point where the banks do a rfrat) extra shelving and tend to form a nafe. Ural basin. The bottom should be , spaded out '^dd made more of a reset* volr In Its capacity and shape, Tfi« lam itself can he made by a family of boys at the cost of lumber and jails Involved. The embankments are sodded. The sides of the spillway are made of wooden posts driven into the ground and boarded up. This makes i boxed/-op affair, or rather two boxea, >ne on each Ride of the stream. These Soxes are filled with Band, rock and tods to make a solid cubic piece of re ilßtanci. Tfce sodded embankments run icross the valley or depression of the \ )TOOk hollow to U»« higher nronnd. By | neans of a lever* —a pole (playing Into I i woolen-jnwed socket anil weighted! •! ■irlth a rock or pieces of Iron) —the wa-J i! :ergate can be operated igalnst ifi 'trong headway of vater. The wate-f/ l^ws over the top of tlu splUwalM vhen It Is closed and by raising tl'sij] jate the pond can be emptied or | fti', luced. to the normal level of the bro p | Natural MUtulce. M B| Farmer Foddershucks~Wt>ll, t/| pi] ictresses Is pretty, an' they're certfl] fl\ igged out scandalous enough for™ p\ >ody, but I can't understand tiJt p, , inlf they say. They're all talkf^- •'' meet What's the show about ;i I:-' m 10? . ;. :i:; i Ills City Nephew— Why/1 \ !||| he curtain hasn't goat up yet- ,*4rf-(, rwklng at of **• b«s«w_caaßßl My *****' ■ : 4 Ul