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Later, In 1830, attracted by these
beckoning Island mountains, George
Tount, with several associates, bJilt a
schooner at San Pedro and went to the
^Isldhds in search of sea-bfterT The game
which th ey sought was plentiful and they
did a good business. While they were
thus living upon Santa Catalina they dis
severed rich out-cropplngs of gold and
silver bearing ores, but it was otter they
were -sitter and not precious metals, and
they paid little attention to their find.
Later, when the Coloma strike brought
'-a-*i of eager gold seekers to the
""ast. Tount hethwntht him of their find
and returned to the island to search for
the neglected wealth. was unable to
again locate the vein and gave the thing
up. Still later, when the Southern Cali
fornia strikes were made, prospectors, in
Los Angeles, learned of the lost mine of
the otter hunters and they sought the
Island, and found rich ores in several
parts of the mountainous isle. In the
next few months hundreds of claims were
recorded in the clerk's office and ores as
saying" a high as $800 ,to the ton were'
exhibited, demonstrating that precious
metals were, not lacking on the islands.
Then came the war of the: Rebellion
BHOUjLTTaOfiiH^?*^
l~It aiiaji to publish U the news pftelbto.
4UM B-Itdoes so impartially, wasting no words.
^i\ s-itsaprrespondents are able and energetic
j,r,v-t"r
Likewiseattaining
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San Pedro a*nland is a
^remely
greater elevation.
Terra flrma beliest its name along the
ha
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shakln
2 5 Y*Z
S and shifting it
0
enr wiilch 1s Often very unpleasaTit to
those wh nave placed sufficient con
fidence In foer -to'take up their abode In
ber bosom. Oeoiogists find pJejaty-of. in
disputable 'evidence of volcanos, 'once ac
tive .feu* now extinct, at various points
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in the Pacific 0*1 the coaat f rate and for a month all hands would be
Anselea county. Santa CtUfiiini, by clipping, tying and baling
Island, ones of the beat known oi I ^eces- Then old Charlie would be left
American islanda of thet paf
fo
ri slng oa
nWng into. th.
lowl
sea
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Cte mm te its twin, twenty
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ffi^i
coattt,- and even- -sevfal- -thtre xejnained, till, the, foliage again be-
hundred Bmall cones are vomiting vol
cantc maltter in the lower desert Cali
fornia. That the heart of Mother Earth
Is still troubled is evidenced fey frequent
earthquakes, anfl what surprises sh may
have in store for the world may only be
guessed at. There has been no year
since the history of events were made a
matter of record here, but there have
"been one or more earthquake shocks.
Iurin the fifteen years from 1S30 to 1865,
no leas than 105 earthquakes were re
corded for the State of California. Some
of these were slight and others did a good
deal of damage. The shock of March 30,
1898, damaged the United States navy
yard at Mare island to the extent of sev
eral hundred thousand dollars. Another
one destroyed the* village of Heraet but
a few months ago and causefi the death
of six persons. In 1808, twenty-one
shocks were noted at the Presidio be
tween June 21 and July 17, and the quake
of September, 1812, which destroyed the
missions of San Juan Caplstrano in Los
Angeles' county and that of Purissima in
Santa Barbara county, wrecked many
other buildings and caused the death of
half a hundred persons, ^erj/many of
these earth convulsions have been felt at
Santa Catalina and there is every reason
to believe that the changes now taking
place there are the result of the internal
disturbances which are responsible for
the earthquakes so frequent in Southern
California'.
The residents of Santa Catalina and
San Clemente have long been partially
conscious certain changes were taking
place, but the change has been so grad
ual that it has not impressed them to any
grreat extent. If the tides roll a little
further up the beach vr the waves dash a
little higher up the Tocks this year than
last, they have imagined that they
imagined it and have let it go at that.
A recent investigation by scientific men
of the University of California has dis
closed the fact that the Island of Santa
Catalina lies 270 feet lower than ft did
some years ago. That this sinking is
purely local and not a general depression
of the coast or of any considerable sec-.
tion of country Is proven by the fact
of the elevation of the ma-inland, twenty
miles to the east, and of San Clemente,
twenty miles westward.
There Is interesting history connected
with these twin islands of the Pacific.
Being mountainous, they are observable
from the mainland, save when the mists
of old ocean drop temporarily over them
like an obscuring veil. They seem, as a
fanciful tourist once said, like fragments
of the Coast Range floating out to sea.
When the Spanish occupancy took place
in California, the peaks of the Islands at
tracted their attention and sohie adven
turous srlrits took possession of the" isl
ands and began the raising of sheep and
goats 'thrreon. The wild coats and shtfep
so plentiful to-day* on these Islands au
the descendants of those flocks. Those
early herders had to light for possession
of the lands -for they found them occu
pied by the Pineugnas Indians, a warlike
tribe distinguished for their fine physique
and skill In the building of boats. The
adventure's of those eariy settlers would
make a volume of interesting reading.
and
imcie'Bam, to prevent the island becom
ing the rendexvous of Confederate filli
tmsters arid privateers, took possession of
the island and the miners were forced to
vacate for the time being. After the war
one Lick cam forward with papers is
sued by th Spanish government previous
to the accession of the territory by the
United States, giving him tftle to the
Island, his claim was pronounced valid
and the claims of the miners- annulled.
Prom Lick the title passed to the Ban
ninge, the present owners. The mineral
w.faltli cf the inland has since been un
disturbed 'I he ljicturesqacness of Its
irount&Irs r.r.ci. canyons, the delightful
ncss oi it's c.i-raic, the tfcauty^ot Its one
land-looker! narbor, the myriads ot "fish.
great arc"1
smal*T that swarm about Its
shores, Hie profusion of flowers- and
tho numbers of birds are a mine of
wealth g'ertcr than the metals hidden In
Its ve.r.sJ fcrftliey attract to the spot
to arista $po..i all
arts of the world and
the., ytll^ mtal. mined,, milled and
a cir.stant stream into the
o'.-ners cf the resort.
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coineJ, coffers
*Ihe
very r.-_\er In all itc^tiore isrcn forty thousand acres
there Is *jio* a living spring of'WKtvr.
Not an Ij^Jl'ing 'lice, seemingly^ for m,.r
or Ucas^ft and yet for years thous^n*
of shecn^raztd upon its waterless Mils:
Charlc: o. knsn, who now lives 'r
I.os A'lgtics, was a resident of the FI
and thirty-five years ago. He lived thixc
alone lor .years, with but the compuuiOn
ship of a-idog, a mule and some chickens,
anA*actej| as watehmaSt over 14,000 sheep
i! A Clemente, has a
]il_to y. Thi3 .iciand has
r-rr. of the v. j.Jtc- riu.
\v
thrived upon its vegetation.
It newsr rains aarln&
all the difference.
which ra"n wild- owr-the.'f#an?h| arw th^ W* ot-*:fo wh wW#. has a-ttaj*.
'thc St(mrfterr
in
San Clemente, but in the winter season
the rain falls at Intervals, and in a natur
al basin- at the bottom of^ a, jdeep canyon
several thpusand gallons of water are
stored. This served as the water' sap^
Fly tot Workman, his "mule arid "dog.
The sheep did not have access to the
reservoir, and they never got water otn
er fchan-tfie moisture which the fds.SJDjd
Cews uepiosIteU upon, tne toliage. This
lowev4r, .'proved sufficient, fpr the ani
mals thrived and waxed fat. Those sheep
were as Wild as deer, and when ever old
Charlie wanted mutton for/food he had
to stalk the fl*ck a he -would any other
game and/' shoot his jmeak^fr^m^a^dte-
tance. Ogee a year a^Uttfe^sch^'drier ar
rived in the tiny harbor, "bringing a few
en and. hbrses tot .the roundup'^knd*
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s/',
inking. Islmd
ne stotnc wouia De driven Into cor-
7 the
another eleven months to the com
panionship of his dog, chickens and the
mule.
San Clemente became spoiled latert'on
for sheep grazing. Some enterprising
herder drilled a weil,for fresh water and
foufid it in-abuadance. After that the
slieep ceased to thrive. The reason for
this is simple. Wnen their only supply
of moisture was the dew and fog-laden
grasses they were forced to get out onto
the hills anrT graze in the early morning,
before the Sun dried up the dampness.
Later th? sougbTt the Shade of the deeiy
canyons and.theReaves of the Island, and
:ame wet. When they ^were able to slake
their thirst with the waters from the
well's they grazed so little that they be
came Door and scrawnv. and sickness
mi ii .v mroai's en the f!i--k it
an ii'tjMPP nftrvttig to thvi .1*
ami 0'_.iiiH, ItU,
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And what of the seismic disturbances
and che changes that are in progress ox
these islands? Will Santa Catalina con
tinue to sink till the-waves of the Pacific
roll over her highest peaks? It is not
impossible. Plenty of instances'are "cited
to prove that such might be the case.
The Island of Ferdinandea, which sud
tknly rose out of the sea, sank again be
Tieath the waves. Ohius island, five miles
'rom th,e mouth of the Targerany river
and. twenty miles east of- kumvia. and
tin- Iciand of Midah, ten miles from uic
coijst of Java, were swallowed up in
18.S3. St. Euphemia, in Calabria, sank
out of sight in lfi.'iy. Twenty-live thou
sar,d ,j*cres of land just outside of Port
loyal. Jamaica, subsided into the sa
in IG'12. ,A point of land seven mttbs
long by lye miles broad disappeared off
the cost, of Chili in 1834. Part'jbfc*the
coast of Peru near Callas subsided in
17&G. The eastern -coast of South Amer
icans sinking, at the present time, while
the western coast from' "Venezuela to the
Straits of Xlagellsri fs rising-. The islands
forming tne archipelago of Hawaii are
it th* remainsvofi arepminent.gpne dO/Wirr
Tjie tries't'- Indiesvare^a'jgjnentsi'ef^n'^m-
nrenso penlnsvta. which extended from
Mexico Ceh'trar'Ateefica aha^l^e,w
:3ra'ria
da eastward, and,Santa Catalina and San
Clemente are the remains of a promon
tory jutting out from Poln:-Coticeptioaf
Santa Catalina may never sink to any
considerable- extent, or she may gradu-
l-'ofsicje Uiai \.a\. v.
issed throes, eVguif t'ivi.* clua.nr.ig:
s'urtdeniy and with little or no warning
and the story, of the lost Atlantis ma:
have its counterpart in the Pacific'
WHISKERS OF MICK.
Eyebrows of Bears and Human TSye-:
lashes Vaed In One Trade.
The business done in mouse whi3kers is
considerable this year, for they are used
in the making of the wonderful ne^r fly
for* fishermenthe new "gray gnat." And
they are expensiye^-nearly 2 cents per
whisker:' Trout rise very much better at
mouse whiskers than at the same "gnat"
dressed In. jinglecock hackles, which
Jotfk much like them.
The trade-of artificial fly making Is the
Hghtest-flngered business in the world,
and it is not one" man or woman out of
5,000 who can learn to tie flies. These
tyers are remarkable for tbe beauty and
delicacy of their hands, and only the
cleverest of fingers can deal with the
"niggling" work of knotting hairs that
can hardly be seen.
}n n^akingra fly the-.earta-as to be ran/
sacked for "precisely the
correct" feathers
j, and hairs, and one hair,wrong, will.make
It takes" aii etfpest tier only fifteen min
utes to turn out a fly, which ..consists of a
tiny hook, With wings of Egyptian dove
feather, legs of fox hair antl a body of
mouse fur, wound around with a thread
of yeljow silk. A carelessly made fly will
have neither legs nor "feelers," but the
tme expert adds the legs an* puts on a
pair of Jong feelers of cat hair white at
the tips'. All these tiny details will be
exactly In theit places and so finely *tied
to the hook that the fly will stake half a
dozen strong fish and be none the worse.
Bear's .eyebrows, being stiff and exactly
the right shade, are ise in a newly, in
vented fly .that Is killing quantities of
salmon this year, and these eyebrows
come from the Himalayan brown bear
and cost about $l..riO
per set. .There are
always agents all over the world search-,
ing tropical forests forrthe right birds to
supplx fly hackles, and one of the most
sought after skins is that of the rare
"green screamer," an "AfricanTbird, about
bunch of feathers on each shoulder that
are worth $tth per bunch *to the flymaker.v
One of these birds only supplies feathers
enough for half a dosen flies. Numbers
of. men. spend ^thelr-l^yesand lose them*
tooiii collecting thje right kinds of birds
for fiy-featbers r.
There is no limit to the enthusiasm of
an artistic fly tier, wh~o will nse hair from
his own eyelashes to nhish^off ah extra
special fly^ Baby's hair.is a much sought
after material, -if of the right shade
golden yellowfor all the lighter salmon
.files,*., and -one curl will make a~ dozen
first-class flies, There are many salmon
and trout fishers who pay
for thelr^ flies' ali$rie.CincinnaticJEj?
ouirer. "-S
,iA. Gejrtl* |*M^^-
A ,1.
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ov the time ne nas haa a good business and
plenty of money. About a year ago, however,
he got into financial difficulties and has since
bee,n slow in paying his hotel bill.
I The fact that he was an intimate personal
friend of the proprietor made th latter reluc
tant to press himJ
for payment,e and matters
have been allowed to run along for several
months without any money being paid Re
cently when the proprietor was looking over
the,monthly statement from his bookkeeper he
saw with some alarm that the old man was
delinquent for several hundred dollars. For
more than six months he had not paid a cent,
and* the proprietor saw. that it was necessary
to take some radical action. His delinquent
guest had taken great pains-to avoid meeting
-him for months, and besides he had hardly the
courage to -take the matter up with him per
sonally.
After a moment's thought he called the cash
ier to ..hint and issued an order which called a
smile to the face of the man who handles the
money.
The next evening the old patron, who 'iras
now six months behind, hunted up the proprie
tor as he pat in his private office .nd started
th at once' with a bitter complaint.
/"Say, John," he said, "the keyhole In the
door of my. roam has been plugged up by some
body. I've worked at It for more than an .hour,
but I.can't get it clear.- I'm apparently locked
out of- my own room. It* an outrage. That's
what it is, and I want .you to send up some
body to dig out the plug."
"I've heard of cases just like that before."
answered the hotel uroprietor. "and I know
AV.4LCN. CATALINA.
only one man awrot tne pmce iru is aoie to
get plugs out of the keyholes. He's the cash
ier, and that's the man y,ou want to go arid see.
If you'll hunt up the cashier and have a satis
factory interview" with him, I-haven't a bit of
doubt that he'll find a way to get that plug out
of *he keyhole, but he's the only man Who can
do it. "--Chicago.,.Tribune.
ffovel B^Coveriny
"A young friend of mine with whom I
was quartered lately in a country h'otree.**'
said a man with a frosted headpiecp.
"taught me some things about makesnift
bed covering. I thought I knew a thing
or two about such things myself, but
had to admit to rhysielf that I wasn't .in-'it
with the rising generation.
It came off cold in the n.'ght, and when
we woke up, as we both did 'about th"
same time, we couldn't find the extra
blankets. Then I suggested newsDarer=
it has always been a treasured exnerienca
j&|v-m,ine, which I have' never failed tr
bring out on occasion, my sleeping under
newspapers in the armv and findinar in
them a comfortable warmth: I mi^ht as
well add right here that this" youth knew
more about the use of newspapers "Tor
wai|grth's sake than I did. and had nften
wosia them under his waistcoat
"Bjut there were no newspapers aro'ind.
and'.when we had discovered that fact the
youjjg man says:
"^Well, we'll have to take the sha^ep."
"ifcwas a lonar room with eight windows.
eacK, having a muslin or linen shade. The
youiflg man quicklv unsiipped all eight of.:
these shades and snread them, carefully
andjsmootlUv over the bed.
"They served this purpose admirably.
Closely woven, and more or-fless- fiUed
with![Sizing, air couldn't get through them,
and thin as they were, two or three thick
nesses of these things were, if anything,
too .'much. "We went back to bed under
thejwindow shades and slept as warm
and7|nug as could be.
"A nd in tne morning this highly con
temporaneous youth calmly put the shades
back wheri they belonged, without a
word. Just -as though he was accustomed
to Sleeo under window shades every night,
and I.said nothing, but I thought to my
self that while I might haye been quite a
bird Immy own" generation T. as out of
the flylnrnow."New York Sun, .fuiK-
.J9?W'%2'J
A. plotter ^Poiled^j^
Several young, inenl members, of i~ prominent
West Philadelphia library, had vainly attempt
ad to become acquainted with a certain youn?
lady there in charge as librarian. Plan-after
plan, was tried, but all proved otno avail.
JFinaUy one day when these gentlemen were
standing:" on the corner.the young lady, carry
ing a suit 'case, aUghted ifrqm a car. One of
the gentlemen, thinking
hispolitely
com*, sapped1
year
Jbht^ar more Mexican sheen ahaarar* J^^^^^^SSSL^S^^S^^ whia Tlmt^ ^r^^^ ^attanta TS
rpportunity
-forward and offeredhad, t3
'cariy the case.'. -_'''
She hahded it to him. an3 t^tey walkel to
ftljvfcsetlier ,u!p the street. 'He Was thinking of the
!progres he
xyaa faking and how jeaioua and
'/t" J'W."
THREE OJVPESj.
One woman loved me. Site was sweel "arid shy^
With roguish*smiles and merry, dimplin"
face
Howring round me like-a butterfly,"
Bestowing kisses with a. dainty grace.
But when we faced, the futureand she knew
With startled, angry eyes she set me free.
Although her heart was tolerant and true.
She loved me not enough" to sin Sop me.
Another woman loved me. No dark doubt
Her heart might vanquish or her spirit tame.
Blind with a ^passion that had blotted out
In radiant happiness all thought ot shame.
Through good or evil she my fate would share
Proudly unmindful of the world's decreeV
Willing for love's sweet sake all Ills to bear,
She loved me well enough to sin for me.
Another woman, calm and holy-eyed,
Cold to all others, me her great heart gave:
.Supremely happy if but by my siae,
Longing In secret to be-but my slave.
She spent her ^ad, despairing life alone
And that she loved me best of all the three
Was by her brave renunciation shown
She loved me far too well to sin^for me.
f. i^-JTfatfftnart Set.
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Dear, folded hands,' sWwom with care.
So quiet on the pulseless breast.
Will any burdeo need vou UMTA.
\UM ALT OF STAC- LINS PACi::3 AV.'^LCW
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ii j-.eaven is a place or reft? 'T^"
And you, dear heart, will you forget
x^ong promised
envious ihe other fellows roust,feel.
4^.11 went Well*uiitA they reached the.TIMpry ^_ ,_ -^__.
IC 'iHooCr wlfen she rekfehed'*r.-he suit case
and*..he
was
'.M..iv handed him a nickel. That was aB^-Phiia- been On making inquiries* tbey, found that
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ST. PAUL AM) MINNEAPOLIS. Mim SATURDAY.AUGUST 9, 1902. 4 -G.wgKSfe-^r .40 PER YEAR.
rr~ym nrs official destination and his*explana
tion was that, as he was not allowed travel
ing expenses and was not rich, he was walk
ing to his office, and -would reach the shores
of the Bosphorus in due course. This was
"Labby'sJ* way of protesting against the
non-payment :f *ra\ mg i-xpenees. His pro
est against pomposity 'was just as original.
It was a pompous individual who called to
see the British minister at "Washington, D. C,
wh*n "ljaboy" was"there. The minister was
out, and the caller insisted on waiting. "Then,
pray, take a chair," Eald the attache. After
half an hour the pompous man grew- Impa-
tient, smil asked when the minister was ex
pected back. "I don't know," said "Ijabby
"he left for Europe this morning."
Crowding: Him.
One of the letters received by unkissing
Prof. Crook, proposing marriage: "Deer Pur
fessor: I am a widder of forty-five, but I
don't look it, as you can see from inclost pic
tur. My farm is close to Coshocton and It Is
grate for truck. They say you love rocks and
there is rocks on it. I awate to heare from
you. (Boses red and vllet blues." The pro
fessor's mail includes hundreds of proposals
per day.Utica Press.
The Greater Problem.
The problem of how to live on $10 a week
isn't so difficult as the problem of how to get
the ten.Philadelphia Record*
i Pltotography of Sound.
The Invention of the telegraphone seems to
have stimulated research upon possibilities of
reproducing sounds. Among the various meth
ods of making- records of sound vibrations none
Is more accurate or sensitive than that of em
ploying photography but hitherto no method
of reproducing sounds from these records has
been described. In a German mechanical jour
nal Herr E. Runnier describes a method of
astonishing originality and beauty. He photo
graphs upon a continuous moving .roll or sensi
tive film a "speaking arc,'* or. arc containing
a -telephone transmitter circuit in shunt, and
reproduces the oun by projecting light
through this film .on a selenium cell in circuit
with a telephone' receiver" and a battery.' -Of
course, every variation produced in the-trans
mitter circuit and affecting the light emanat
ing from the arc is photographed as -alternate
-shadings and lightenings on .the film, -and
these light variations Impinging Upon the sen
sitive selenium cause corresponding fluctua
tions in its resistance and reproduce the sound
in the receiving telephone with- great accu
racy. It is stated that the reproduction in
sensitiveness and clearness is superior to that
rendered by the Poulsen telegraphone. As the
film, can...be made ery long without-reaching
a considerable -weight, it possesses great porta
bility, and has advantages over either the was
cylinder or the cross-magnetized steel wirev
Another striking advantage is found in the'
fact that any desired number of reproductions
Can easily1
and cheaply be made fror i the
original film.Electrical Review.
Idealizing Kitchen Work.
The possibility of idealizing what is.
known as kitchen work is, quite feasible.
The iirst step in the "right direction is to
do this necessary routine work in a
bright, cheerful spirit, and pleasure will
come, if only from the consciousness that
the best has been done. In selecting what
we would dovfew of us would perhaps
choose'to do anything keeping us in a
kitchen, yet today it has more possibili
ties for the wage-earning woman than
almost any other! I mean for the woman
of-- average capabilities, and especiallyv
*'r (vna wHJi dnmipstic inMrifit Anrt 1*
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The struggles of these lower lands? ~?*5
Or is there some sweet service yet
'/wFor forded hands? !i| Sag --y^-
xonrs was the never-ending task
Born of a never-ending need.
Our selfishness It was to ar:fc, JL^fc'-
Your sweet unselfishness to heed.^"
ftni now in the unwonted re"rt
$''%.
vin
a
tbe'better landa.
How can you sit an Idle guest,
^Wlth unfolded hands?
No tears to dry, no wounds to bind,
No sufferer" to tend and bless
"Where win those eager fingers find
A need for all" then* tendemes*?
Tet "knowing all they did before,
Perchance, the-father understands,
And holds/seme .precious work to stare
For .folded
luutdstToutft's-
7 "i ~.1'
CampanioaS^
liany ^rears ago. when Henry- lAbouchers
was appointed t6-"a dlplb^aatle post nnemft*
not. -at.-Wo
ine is of an artistic temperament, jc&e
keeping of a well-ordered kitchen wiU
rot fa.r below any other- employment.
There are 6 many- outlets for one's
tastes and talents in the concocting and
servin of prettyan wholesome meals.
Woman's Home" Companion.
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in Europe. the Brituui foreign-offlce found that.- ,*_.
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-post whex("ne should haveT
wJ'BMSfia'Vfi
'K.?^
r.
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Both Want .a fall of ReeordJ.*"
Washington need.', a.hall of records, be
causethe varfoui deparr.nents ara-row
overburdened with archives that lamanta
ble confusion ana delay are apparent al
most everywhere. New York-needs a spa
clous fireproof hall of recdrdffeveh more
than Washington'dees The, danger of the
destruction by fire of huge masses'of doc
uments of supreme Impoitertoe .becomes
more alarming every inonfh. A "city gov
ernment influenced
bayv
fidelity to tlie pub
lie interests*Wou id liav onmrlortort- a ihw
T^fbuneits -steady
hea a are always better than
'tdOTft agree with yelu. One is* a-Vtlfa.
more than I want, the morning aftett"
Cln^niuvtTCoinnjereial Tribua^f ^JSLir
Defective Page
is
The length of "time during which-tne
vessel will be able to remain below the
surface is calculated at a maximum of fif
teen hours, which at the^ modest speed oi
three knots allows her to cover a distance
,of some fifty miles, whereas the combined
experience ot Arctic explorers indicates
JX-AX. continuous neios 'of ice pacK never
exceed a maximum diameter of about
three miles. In the improbable cage of no
opening being met with within the fifteen
hours there reniaihs the possibility of
opening a way to the surface by blast
ing, JIX a. weak point in the ice, tdYbe in
dicated "without possibility of mistake"
by the help.of the manometer. The risk
of injury by collision will be minimized
not only by the slow rate of motion but
by the great strength to be possessed by
the. new ship,' on account of the high
pressure she will be subjected to by the
water. _:.-
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Her form will be that of an ellpsojd of
rotation with. a major axis Gength of
70 feet, and a breadth of 26 feet, giving
a displacement of about *800 tons. To
avoid rolling the center of gravity will
be first open water will bV&ken by com-
p'AstS,^ and the' boat- being auhnressed a
^cotyrs'e w}jl be stecfecT foV It, -If sfftcir, an
'boar or two the "light* "inowsrihst th^fe^
is water overhead, the vertical screw
wi.l be Etopped t.nd the boat will rise of
:ts own buoyancy end in case an open
channel leading northwa:d is found the
voyage will be continued on the suiface.
ff. on the other hand, no opcn'r.g is
recthed when six hours have elapsed, in
ascent to the lower surface of the ice
will he made and the vc_.ro c:-'.i
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Vvn, 5 .iVAvv-t ^J^- ,A:': ^'A
X&&&A SCENi- BE'^OV/ THE SAN PEDRO UGHT'fOUSE ^S-.0^^T-P^
tocontrolled,ALL rV^'1
E scheme of attacking the
North pole by means of a sub
marine boat, which has al
ready been elaborated by sev-
tmZ&W/. eral novelists fpr literary pur
poses, is now to receive a
practical tria^l at the hands of an expe
rienced oxpiorers^-Herr Anschatz-Kampfe
of Munich. -Herr Kampfe has devoted the
last two or three years to a study of-the
special problems involved In this very
dangerous undertaking and is now haying
constructed at Wilhelmshaven a submar
ine vessel with which he confidently ex
pects to be able to reach the pble.--.He
lately described his plans at a. meeting
of the Vienna Geographical society.
The main* features affecting'the practi
cability of the* scheme are: The extent
the separate ice neias"irfthe Polar sea
ana tne aeptli below tne surface to wmen
*he ice reaches. From extensive" study
and personal observation Herr AnSchatz
Kampfe has arrived at the conclusion
that the average maximum depth of the
ice pack may be taken to be eighty feet,
while the mean thickness, does not exceed
iixteen to twenty feet. Land Ice in the
form of icebergs may, he thinks, owing
to its virtual absence from the seas 'in
question, be left Out of consideratlo"*
"While our present knowledge of the
depths attained by the polar basin justi
fies the opinion that reefs of rocks rising
to anywhere near the surface .of the
ocean are not to be expected.
The proposed vessel, will be able to de
scend to a depth of 160 feet, at which
.point it will, of course, be entirely re
moved from the influence' of cold, stormt
iana ice pressure, the three most formid
able forces with whioh the polar explorer
has to cope.
placed .ias- low?as "possHMe,:" The"eapae-
ity "of the Interior will be 3,500 cubic feet,
which allows sufficient air for five men
for fifteen hoursthe carbonic acid gas
being continuously removed by the use
of caustic soda, and possibly a supply of
highly compressed oxygen being also car
ried.
Propulsion will be effected by horizon
tal and vertical screws, the former of
forty, the latter of five horse power. The
engine is to be a petroleum motor work
ing through a 220-volt accumulator. One
hundred and fifty tons of petroleum will
be carrieda quantity more than ten
times that, needed for the GOO-mHe voy
age to the pole from Spltzbergen to
which, or rather "to the edge of the ice,
the sabraarine- boat will fee towed. O a
arrival at the pack the direction of the
'JJ%t
-z*-
siawly. i.Bpi by the%w
organ of ASrc-Sz^Z
otiti not by any ring oi
*VIt asks no supportbutthe peopU
Reading "of the
=r.r.r.omctcr it is found that al^hin place
has been reaphecr. Here attempts will be
made by blasting to effect an opening
which, if only a very small onf, will be
sufficient^ to supply air for another
teen hours, in. case of complete' failure
^retrace the way to the previous opening,
where a new direction eaK be triiad. But
both of these assumptions, according to'
HerT Anschatz-Kampfe, first that of an
uninterrupted! ice field more than eigh
teen nautical miles' lnr diameter, and^eec
ond of one atr continuously thick as to
defy'all efforts at disruptionare entirely
lie interests*woul he complete*\ a new !Ci|radteted,by_all previous experience. I
hall of. Teeords'in Manhattan long ago/ The above Scheme, while perhant offer*
But the work stfll lags,-and barrier after
.harrier Is set up'against
var.ee.N***VVM*.
in4?. fair chance of success, is ou-Mo^sty
fraught.with grear danger to the explor
rs in the fffstjflace,' while It is'^perhapV
unusual o' And large fields pock-ice"
which, present np deaf wafer "spaces^
these spaces are'.often limited in- extent,
and less numerous aa-hialier latitudes are
reached, so that it .seems very possible
I
that many miles m:gr.L .ravj.ee ir
such a vessel, passing many such breath
ing holes within a few thousand feet
without ever actually coming under one
or near enough to discover it. In regard
to going back to the original opening in
case no new one is found, the fact that
the pack-ice is constantly shifting its
position, forming .new water spaces and
closing up old ones, might cause the en
tire disappearance of the original hole
ilone before the little vessel could return
to It. Another possibility which might
serioiftdy Interfere with, the scheme 1st
that even if no land, obstruction were'
fcond ft may he that as the poie is ap--
prpached the ice becomes a more com
pact, continuous and thicker covering,. so
a to-entirely prevent any communication
with the atmosphere. The very unpleas
ant result whfbh would follow the
permanent disablement of the vessel
'when submerged under an Ice pack needs
no enlargement. The danger of sucf a
breakdown In a neyri arid:, hovel vessel,
kinder conditions which it. is quite impos-
~.o L^ :iy jo^ggjfejg a very im
mediate one and wlflBe there will no
doubt be found pvleMy of, daring spirits
ready and anxious tr^join'in siich a peril
ous undertaking. '"the. possible results
from its successfuricoinpletion, great as
they would be, hardly seem to warrant
the great risks which it necessarily en
tails.V. J. T., in Commercial-Advertiser.
The Texas rangers, those mounted polica
who preserve order far out beyond the
boujid3 of ordinary civilisation have all
sorts cf x-^P^riences. One oT these comes
tac-Ii from the other side, of the v/ater^iii
the pages of the Sunday jMagazine. A
ranger had ridden hard all day -on tho
track.of cattle thieves. At-sunset, weary
with his ride, he -turned his norse toward,
some curling smoke, the only sign of life
in the wide expanse. "Hello!".he shouted*
ridirfg presently up to the door of an un
inviting dugout. "Hello yourself!" came*
back in a gruff voice.
"Where can I get a lodging for the
night?" asked the stranger.
"Forty miles ahead of ye," was the curt
reply.
Tired, hungry, and not well-pleased at
the prospect of a forty-mile ride across
the prairie, the ranger tightened his rein
and turned his horse away from the
dugput: But the gruff voice followed.
him.'
1 ''Take your critter down thar in the
hollow anc} tether him, and come in here,'*
it said.
The ranger did as'he was told, and re
turned to the dugout. It was a sort of
armed neutrality that prevailed there. He
himself was well equipped with revolvers.
Two long bowie knives dangled from the
belt of his host, and a- gun stood ready
to his hand. They eyed each other with
mutual distrust.
"What are you after 'way out here in
this part o' the prairie?" questioned the
host. j'-
It occurred to the ranger that this'
might be one of the very men he was lr
search of, and the gleaming eye told that
he was not a man to be trifled "with, so
he parried the question, explaining that
he had some business among the cowboys,
and to give his companion more confi
dence he unstrapped his revolver belt and)
laid It aside. Then another rough looking:
fellow, loaded with knives and revolvers,
entered the dugout, and" with the words,.
"Son, this here stranger happened by just,
'fore night, and I gave him welcome,'"
was Introduced to the stranger.
Father and son proceeded to prepare
supper, all the time watching the
stranger, who in turn .kept his hand on a
kriife hidden beneath
his coat. Supper
over, the old man said, "Stranger, we
.go to iaecL jrieTxt -after supper,, and .before
we go we always reads out o' this-little
book -The old woman died an1 left us
two year ago. She always read out of
itt-' W/eJ,ye^ be.en.r .powerful, broke ever,*
since ehe died, ana" we twit her ut yon-
,dr^-fWh^g..we^-ead:^out^ her book ~J('
keeps us from losin' heart about her.^'i
He took a tiny Bible from a mustard
box, and by the nickering firelight rea 1
a chapter from- the old bdoK. Under 1t
spell the men forgot their distrust of
each other.
The ranger felt that the influence of a
God-fearing woman rtigned in the
prairie dugout, and he had no further
fears for his life. He stretched him
self out in trustful sleep, and without
any anxiety took the rest he needed.
Youth's Companion.,'
Apfopos of Quay's victory in the Penn
sylvania conven-'on this story is recalled
by a' former *i#lcnt of the Keystone
State*: Shortly bc'ore Quay was returnee1
to the United States senate, Flini', the
Pittsburg boss, 'an earnest and persistent
fighter of Quay, was urging members of
the tegtolita^e^tB/ihold oat for another
candidate. "It's wonderful," he said to 3
groun of them-one day, -*how you gentle*
men withstand the temptations put in
your way. Small fortunesten, twenty,
twenty-five thousand dollarsare beJng.
nffered for Quay votes, but you hold out."
An uf-state representative looked Fllnra
in the eye and replied: "Senator Flinn
I want to tell you one thing. They're
getting pretty damn near my limit."
Chicago Chronicle.
War and ihe Birth Rate.
War not only ii,*uence.r the mortality of the
army in the fiel 1, but has a maleflcient effect
on theibirth rate/ ana death rate of the coun
try which is fighting. A law birth rate may
be explained, t3 some extent, by the fact that
when a nation is at war her people at home
are less prosperous and consequently marriage*
are not so frequent.
The increase of the death Tate occurs, prob
ably, for the reason that food is scarcer an-I
also because at a time when a country is en
gaged in a disastrous war the minds of its
inhabitants are adversely affected. Those who
are in delicate health, or who are attacked
with sickness, succumb much more readily
when the spit Its are low than when in a nor
mal condition. It is. indeed, the reaction ot
the mind upon the body.Medical Records
t'.
Australian Sheep Farms.
The sheep farms of Australia are so
g^eit that the world has never seen any-^
thing like them before. There were big"* i
flocks In tbr days of the patriarchs, when
Abraham and Lot had to separate to get :J
new grazing grounds. It is written that'i'"*'
King Solomon sacrificed 120,000 sheep $
.when he dedicated the temple, and we 'f~'^1
fctfow that Mesha, king of Naob, ga ve i^*"* wg.
Jehoram, King of Israel, 100,000 Iambs a* qljf
yrtbute^ Tne sastsraUmagnates of those *$?? J&
flays invrst have bad larsre farms, but V^'Cl
fn Australia as big as al? *~if''
F-aK-stinr. There are sheep stations 100 '\:-"}j.'^t
miles lomr. These big statians are actual *'&.{$$
farms. .The land is divided yp into great 5?V^s*
fields or oaddocki, fenced with smooth
wire, except along the road, -where barbed
wire is used. The average paddock con
tains SCO acres, but there are many which jfCjf
are-larger. Some contain Several thou~
send acres, and single paddocks have* $J~
-irom 2.000 to 23,000 sheer- Out of the
mi.l'ons of sheep owned in ^Kew South
Wales^ the 'greater number are kaat In:
fenced paddocks. There are tbous4nds
of m'lls of wire netting put up as fences
to heefi.'tfut rrbbAitsv the station, builrllngst
"and wages h^oks representing' r-.n onor
mons suni7 ulte ratts of wages show an
ui ward tendency, and ihe rations are 6n
a Ubprai' *cale. necessitating food supplies
considerable quantities.London Oom
mer^ial Irielliaence. ,_
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