COLORADO SUGAR FACTORIES
WILL MARKET THEIR PRODUCT
Denver, Nov. 2.--The News, in a re-
view of the beet sugar situation, says:
"IIigh-class granulated sugar is be-
lng placed on the market in Colorado
at 84.80 per 100 pounds. This sugar
crones from Colorado factories and is
supplied largely by the independent
companic~s, whose plants are now in
active operation. The sugar is not be-
ing pl,~ed in warehouses, as was ex-
l)eeted a very short time ago, but is
shipped by the carload to principal
*points of distribution.
The anouncement cannot fail to be
received with special gratification by
thousands of farmers who have con-
setentiously entered upon the culture
of the sugar beet, and who were
alarmed a few weeks ago by the news
thqt the tmist had lowered the price
of sug'lr to 3~ cents. This price meant
that the Colorado plants would be op-
erated at a loss and farmers wouhl be
obliged to enter into new contracts tit
lower rates with the sugar comI)anies
as soon as present contracts expire.
Thanks to the united front presented
by the beet sugar men and also to a
quiet tip from ~Vashington, tl~e sugar
trust came to a conclusion that it had
too big a fight upon its hands, and
suddenly receded from its arro.gant at-
titude. The price of sugar at the Mis-
souri river was advanced by the trust
4 cents and the tnlst (lid not attempt
to carry the war into the Rocky moun-
tain region. President Roosevelt's ut-
terance in favor of home industry as-
sisted in clearing the situation, and,
although the rate is not back exactly
to the figure~ which were quoted be-
fore the trust threw down the gaunt-
let, the conditions are so far relieved
that the men of large capital who are
interested in the sugar industry in Col-
orado have confidence in the final out-
come. While all danger is not passed
and wMle the trust will undoubtedly
make a hard fight in Congress for the
removal of the tariff on sugar from
Cuba and Porto Rico, it is not believed
that the trust will have its way entire-
ly. This is the opinion expressed hy
competent Colorado men.
The atn]osphere is clearing and the
contracts signed for additional factor-
ies at Greeley and Eaton, and the
great increase in cop'icily of plants in
the valley of the Arkansas indicate
which w'ly the wind is blowing.
It is estimated that Colorado will
call for 35,000,(X)0 pounds of sugar for
the twelve months now entered upon.
The total estimated sugar product of
the four large factories now operating
in the state will exceed this amoum.
The question of market for ti~e surplus
sugar is one to be decided and sugar
men say the market must be in the
region of the Missouri rivet'. There the
factori(~ of Colorado come into direct
contact with the trust made sugar and
there the battle royal nmst be fought
ont. The cool heads in eharg(, of the
financial departments of the Color'tdo
plants 'ire now seriously considering
the problem. In the meantbne the
main part of this year's product will
he placed on the market.
C. M. Cox, manager of tile. Eaton
Sugar Cmnl)any, whose plant is to be
erected in the edge of the town of
Eaton, this state, is in the city on
lmsiness counseled with the cOral)any.
He says (he plant will bc capable of
handling 700 tons of beets daily and
will be absolutely up to date.
T'he cOnlliany has awarded the con-
tract for /mihling the 1)lant to the
same comi/any that is buihling the
plant at Loveland, and farmers have
pledged 4,00,0 acres.
COMMISSIONER HERRMANN
WOULD AM£ND LAND LAWS
Washington, Nov. 2.--The annual re-
port of Commissioner IIernmnn, of the
general land el?ice, says that 15,562,-
796 acres of public land were disl>osed
of during the last fiscal year, an in-
crease (~f 2,108,908 over the previous
yeqr, which was the banner year in
public land s'lles. The net surplus
from the entire ]and and fore, st admin-
istration is $3,458,442.
The report refel"s to the large number
of prosecutiolts begun in ldaho and
Montana for perjury and subornation
of perjury in entries of land under the
timber and stone act, which entries,
it says, apparently were made for
speculative purposes and have become
the property of one man. T~ais person,
who is not mentioned by name, main-
tains that he purchased the land in
good faith and without knowledge
that the entries were invalid. The
commissioner says that if this is true
cancellation proceedings by the general
land office would entail much haxdship.
He says, therefore, that the law should
be repealed to protect innocent persons
who may invest money in lands to
which the pez~ons shown by the re-
cords to be owners have no lawful
title.
Recomendations for legislation are:
Repeal or modifieation of the act of
June 16th, 1898, to protect homestead
settlers who enter the military or naval
service in war time; compulsory at-
tendance of witffesses at hearings of
reports of special land grants involv-
ing the validity of entries of public
to timeber and um~served public lands,
and the enactment of a general l'lw to
afford t~ supply of timber for settlers
and other parties in need thereof, and
at the same time preserve tile forests
for the use of future generations; ex-
tension of the forest fire act to meet
the various causes o.f fires and over-
come the danger from every source;
modification of the act permitting ex-
change of land within forest reserva-
tions for those without by a proviso
that the relinqui~shed tract has uot
been unnecessarily exhausted; that the
lands shall be of approximately the
same value, and rejecting sucll selec-
tions for land returned as agricultural,
if before approval it is found to be
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
Thomas W. Cridler, third assistant
secretary of state, has accepted the
tender of the Louisiana exposition
management the po~t of European
director of that enterprise.
At a recent meeting of the executive
comnlittee of the William McKinley
National MemorPtl Arch Association,
it was detcl'nfincd to atI(~nl)t to raise
$1,500,000 for constructing the propos-
ed arch.
The c~stimales for tim expenditures
of the interior department dm'ing the
fiscal year beginning next July aggre-
gate 8170,(XX),000, of which $142,161,-
200 is asked for pensions and tile ad-
ministi-ative work of the pension bu-
reau.
On the 29th ult., iu $~ecordance with
an old" custom among oflicial~ of tim
government, Secretary llay went out
on the plaza south of the St'its, -War
and Navy Department buihling, and
planted a tree. Assistant Secretary
Adce performcd a like ceremony.
Ellis tI. Iloberts, treasurer of the
United States, in his report of the
transactions of his office during the
last fiscal yeur, says the treasury wqs
never stronger lh'm at the close of
that period. The operations, which
were of the first order, both in variety
anti magnitude, resulted in noteworthy
changes in the paper currency, as wcll
as a steady und healthful growth of
gold in the treasury and in the general
stock.
Brigadier General Fred C. A~ns-
worth, chief of the record and l)ension
office, in his annual report to the sccre-
tary of war, shows that 181,9(i2 cases
were received and disposed of during
the fiscal year. His report relates nmin-
ly to recor(Lu of officers and sohliers
kept for the ,lrmy and the pension of-
lice. It also de'lls with medals of
honor, as the record of soldiers receiv-
ing medals arc furnisimd the proper
officers through General Ainsworth's
lmreau, lie reviews at some length
the subject of medals of boner, and
the laws under which they are
granted. General Ainsworth says the
past year has witnessed the practical
completion of the work, so many
years in progress, of the publication
of the official records of 1he Union and
Confederate armies during the civil
war. They nmke a total of 125,730
pages of text.
Chief Greely, chief signal officer, in
his annual report says: "The opera-
tions of signal corps have been co-
existent with the operations of the
army of tim Unitcd States, not
theoretic'flly, but on bruad lim~s
and activities which have comprised
practically the entire area, not only of
the United States proper, but also of
Alaska, Cuba, Porto Rico, the Philip-
pines and a 1)ortion of China." Gen-
eral Greely says the corps should be
lncreascnl to meet present demands.
2"here have been constructed 336 miles
of telegr'q)h line In Alaska, and at-
mineral; withdrawal of all public lands ~ rangements have becn made with the
more valuable for fm'est uses than for Canadian government to use its lines
other purposes from settlement, entry, to Alaska. The signal corps oper'ttes
sale and other disposition, and holding 3,348 miles of telegraph in Cuba, an in-
them for th(~ protection and utilization crease of 162 miles during tile year.
of their timber; establishment of no- The operations of the corps in the Phil-
tional parks to preserve prehistoric lppines have been very extensive,
ruins, petrified fo¢-ests, caves and for there baying beeu 4,K51 miles of tele-
other purposes; appropriation of at graph line, an increa.se of 2,054 miles
least $185,000 to prevent depredations during the year. The military cable
upon public timber and for protection lines in the PhiliPI)ines connect with
of public lands from unlawful entry or Mindoro, Marinduque, Masbate, So-
appropriation, and $10,000 to protect mar, Leyte, Cebu, Negros, Mindanao,
timber on unreserved lands against
fires; protection of fish and game in
forest re,ryes; relief of bona fide set-
tlers within forest reserves who set-
tled prior to the establishment thereof.
but who failed from ignorance or from
unavoidable accident to place their
claims on recor.d within the statutory
Jolo and Siasi.
In his annual rcIIort Ul)OU the condi-
tion and services of the United States
mqrine corps for tim past year, Brig-
adler General Charles Iteywood re-
nears a fornlcr rccommcnd'ltion that
Congress shall nhqke the rank of the
conlmandant of khe nlarinc, corps that
land; repeal of several laws relating period.
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t RITISH MEET WITft ICOLORADO CHILDREN
SERIOUS_____REVERSESI AT PASTEUR_____INSTITUTE
London, Nov. 2.--Lord Kitehener'sI Chicago, Nov. 2.--Eight children, ae-
report of another disaster to the Brit-[eompanied by their parents, ended a
lsh army in South Africa has caused ] 1,500 mile race for life last evening at
a sensation in London, and there is a lthe Chicago Pasteur institnte. Another
feeling that the disaster is greater
than the dispatches so far, which are
all official, outline.
'file Boers in eastern Transvaal
seem to have rushed Colonel Benson's
colunm, inflicting a loss of two guns,
ten officers including Colonel Benson,
and fifty-four men killed and 160 non-
commissioned officers and men wound-
ed. Four of tile latter have since died.
It is believed now that every man
available will be sent to South Africa.
Following is the text of Lord Kitch-
ener's dispatch:
"I have Just heard of a severe at-
tack made on the rear guard of Colonel
Benson's column when about twenty
miles northwest of Bethel, near Bro-
ken Lassie, during a thick mist.
"The strength of the enemy is re-
ported to have been a thousand. They
rushed two guns with the 'rear guard,
but it is uncertain whether they were
able to remove them.
"I fear our casualties are, heavy.
Colonel Benson was wounded, but not
seriously. A relieving column will
reach him this morning."
Later Lord Kltchener te!egraphed as
follows:
"Colonel Barter, who marched from
the constabulary line yesterday,
reached Benson's column early this
.morning (Friday) unopposed. He re-:
ports that Colonel Benson died of his
wounds."
New Jersey's Pure ]Food Law.
New York, Nov. 2.--What is said to
be the strictest pure food law in the
United States went into effect in
New Jersey yesterday. Everything
that cau come into use for human
consumption as food or drink is in-
eluded under the law. The inspection
will even take In-canned goods. It
does not matter whether these or any-
thing else is manufactured or put up
outside of the state or in It, they are
liable to come under the ban of the
law if the analysis shows them to be
unfit for human food.
Troops Captured by Caoollmlm.
London, Nov. 2.--A special dispatch
from Antwerp says that a detachment
of black troops recently sent by the
Congo authorities to quell a revolt at
Balingis, In Kassal, was captured, and
that the soldiers were murdered,
roasted and eaten,
i child will arrive to-day. Tim young-
sters, r'tnging in age from 4 to 9 years,
came from Colorado Springs, where
they were bitten last Sunday by a
dog afflicted with rabies. Fearing hy-
drophobia, their parents began the
long journey to have the chihlren treat-
ed. The victims were met at the in-
stitute by Dr. A. Logorio, who admin-
istered the first injection of serum. To
insure sucecss Dr. Logorio prefers to
administer the first treatment within
five days of the time tile bite was in-
flicted. If the children had not ar-
rived when they did, he says, rabies
probably would have developed and
death might have resulted.
Dr. Logorio said last night that the
children would recover. His patients
were:
Charles Gregory, Catherine Lamb
Nellie, Chester and Margaret McAul-
iffe and Agnes Vanderverter and Hazel
Meech.
The victims are children of mechan-
ics employed in Colorado Springs. The
animal which caused the trouble was
a little black and tan dog owned by
Mrs. E. F. MeAuliffe.
German TemLierance Society.
New York, Nov. 2.--A dispatch to the
London Times and' the New York
Times from Berlin says ~he society for
cmfibatting the use of spirituous
liquors has begun a conference at Ber-
lin.
Baron yon Giridt said at the confer-
ence that he believed that alcohol
would one day be universally recognlz.
ed as an enemy of civilization, :but at
present it was only posslble to recom-
mend moderation in its use. Seven
hundred and fifty millions of dollars
was yearly spent in Germany on in-
toxicating liquors. It was estilnated
that the average German consumed
the equivalent of five glasses of spirits
a day.
Will Act a~ Governor,
San Juan, Porto Rico, No~r. 2.--
Charles Hartzell of Colorado, ~he
newly-appointed secretary of Porto
Rico, ar,'lved Thursday. After an all-
day consultation with Governor Hunt
and the cabinet Mr. Hartzell immedi-
ately assumed office. He will become
acting governor Monday, when the
governo~, will start on a week's trip
into the Interior.
of major general. This reconnncnda-
tion, it is state(l, is eml)arr'issing to
the general, inasnmch as action wonld
result in his own promotion, but he
points out that the present authorized
strength of the corps, 6,062 men,
should entitle the commandant to the
rank of major general, as the army
regulations provide that the apI)ro-
priate comnmnd for a major general
is four regiments, and 4,800 men. Gen-
eral Iteywood strongly recommends
that the law providing that officers of
the navy who served with honor dur-
ing the civil war mqy retire with the
next highest rank be extended to the
'marine corps. The total number of
casualties in the enlisted force of the
corps during the past year cansed by
discharges, desertions, deaths and re-
tirements was 2,580. At the date of
the report, October 1, there were sev-
enty-two officers and 2,118 enlisted
men of the corps :it the various sta-
tions in the far East.
The estimates for the entire postal
service for the fiscal year ending June
30,190~% aggregate $135,8~5,596. This
i,s inclusive of $1,037,370 for depart-
mental salaries and $216,650 for con-
tingent expenses. The total for rural
,free delivery is $6,250,000, an increase
of $2,750,000 over the current year.
The compensation for the postmasters
amounts to $20,000,000; letter carriers
and substitute and temporary carriers,
$17,430,450; star route service, $6.715,-
0(Y) railroad transportation, railway
postal car service and raihvay mail
service, $52,4(;3.456. The grand total
for inland mail fransportation is $63,-
019,956. and for foreign mails 82,F~t2,-
(DO. Tile total manufacture of postage
stamps is $280,000; stamped envelopes
and newspaper wrappers, $716,000;
postal cards. $177,000; registered pack-
age tags, official and dead letter envel-
opes, $14(i,000; fees to special delivery
messengers, $742,000. The total for
mail depredation service and all other
wants of the fourth assistant postmas-
ter geenral is $62(;,0(X1. The issue of
ordinary stamps fer the next fiscal
year is "estimated at 4,870,710,731,
against ahnost 4,500,000,000 during
the current year. The postal cards are
expected to reach an aggregate of 735,-
156,608. Ordinary postage stamps is-
sued during the fiscal year closed ,July
last numbercd 4,154,$38,3(X), including
187,383,000 of the Pan-American com-
memorative issue. Of all these 46,805,-
460 were of 8 and 10-cent denomina-
tions. It is estimated that the issue
of 8 and 10-cent stamps for the ner¢
two years will increase al)out thirty
per cent. yearly, and that all other de-
nominations aud special dellw,ry
stamps will increase at 'least eight per
cent. yearly. Tim issue of books of
staml,s next year is estimated at 6,-
75O, OOO.
COLORADO NOTES.
4
The Mm'ris Millitaxy band is prepar-
ing to open ~ ,popuhu'-priccd theater
in Pueblo.
William Stevens is preparing to es-
tablish a creamery "It Erie, having se-
cured the promise of a good quantity
of milk.
Denver's building permits during
October aggregated $350,9(;5. Over
one-half of this ainount is for eighty-
six residences.
The Denver & Rio Grande freight de-
pot at Denver will be enlarged by the
addition of a new two-story building
481 feet long and forty-eight feet wide.
At Denver, Richard Thompsou, aged
seven years, who has a record of hav-
ing stolen two horses and buggies and
three bicycles, has been arrested agaiu
for stealing a bicycle.
Sales of tickets during October at
the Union depot in I)ueblo amounted
to $25,954.40, against 82:1,215.80 for the
corresponding 1)eriod last year, an in-
crease of nearly $5,000.
The police court at LoveI'md beard
eoml)laims against about thirty boys
for disorderly conduct on Ilqllowe'en.
Twenty-two were found guilty and
each fined $5 and costs.
It cost a nnmber of students of the
University "of Denver the sum of 850
to toss a post-gra(hmte student in a
blanket, lie was badly injured and
they had to foot the doctor bills.
The Portlaml Cenlent Company has
decided upon a location seven miles
cast of Florence. It will talte four
nlonlhs t0 creel the plant, and when
(.ompleted it will have a capacity of
1,000 barrels a day.
Frederick II. Morley, junior member
of the Shields-Morley Grocery Corn-
• ')
1)uny of C( h)rado Springs, died in Phil,
adelphia November 3r(1, of hmg dis-
case. Itis wife. mother and son were
with him at the time of his death.
()it the evening of October 1st, sixty
servant girls met in the Charles block
in 1)enver and organized a union under
a charter from the American Federa-
lion of Labor. They will insist on
shorter hours and one day off each
week.
Seven members of the football team
of tile I)enver Manual Training high
school rcturnt d 1,ome from Boulder bat-
tered, 'bruised and physically dilapi-
dated after their recent game with the
prcI)aratory students of the State Uni-
versity.
The hoodhmls of Dcnver celebrated
IIallowe'en on the night of October
3:1st by derailing electric ears, cutting
telegraph wires, tearing up bridges
and culverts, stealing g'ltes and per-
forming many other kinds of deviltry.
All this in spite of a considerable de-
tail of extra policemen.
The Phillips County Cattle and IIorse
Protective Association has just com-
pleted a dipping vat for the purpose of
IN THE ODD CORNEK
QUEER AND CURIOUS THINGS AND
EVENTS.
The Strenuous Stinging Done by Hornets
and Wasps--Farmer Acts Like a Mad-
man When He Ploughs Up a Hornets'
Nest.
A littl0 Joy;
A little strife;
ttope, fear, hate, love--- And this ls life.
:A little pain;
A shortened breath;
Ease, rest, peace, sleep--
And this is deatL.
The song, the sigh,
The evening call~
Thus live, thus die,
Thus pass we all.
--Arthur J. Burdick.
STRENUOUS STINGER~
"I read in one of the ~agazines re-
cently something about the sting of the
bees," said a citizen to the New Or-
leans Democrat, "and I was reminded
of an expericence I had with a friend
~ome time ago while in the country.
He was ploughing over behind a small
clump of hills, and they were well
wooded almost down to the fence line
It is a section which is noted for mak-
ing wildcat whisky, and this fact threw
me off the track, as will appear here-
after. I was approaching my friend
from the hillside. I was riding. Sud-
denly I thought he glanced at me, and
at the time tie rushed around hurriedly
to the singletree, unhooked the trac~
chains, threw them across the horse's
back, and the animal struck out on a
dead run down the turning row which
~plit the ravine. My friend followed,
and it was a race for who laid the rail.
as they say in the country. I could see
through it all in a minute. My friend,
had been making moonshine whisky,
and he thought I was a United States
marshal. I split my sides laughing
over the thought of the thing, and
then I struck out down the ravine after
him. I traveled some distance before
catching sight of my friend and his
horse. Finally I found them close to
a branch, and my friend was stooping
down occasionally, picking up some-
thing and smearing it on his hands,
face and neck. 'Hello, Ball,' I said
~milingly, 'I guess you thought I was a
United States marshal.' 'United States
h--!' he said, almost uncivilly; 'I
ridding the eeuntry of mange and other ploughed up a hornets' nest.' A~nd sure
skin disorders which have been affect- i enough he had, and both the man and
ing the cattle for some time. The ea- i the horse were as knotty as a hickory
pacity of the plant is about 700 cattle limb as the result of it all. The bee
per day. may be a good stinger, but the hornet
Since Mr. Eilers' retirement from the is the fieetest thing on wings when it
general man'~gement of the Pueblo ~ comes to using the stinger with swift-
lllants of the American Sinelting and ness and effect. That reminds me
Refining Company they have been of the curious methods of bees an~
placed under three superintendents, as
follows: L.G. Eakin, Philadelphia
smelter; W. It. IIoward, Pueblo plat.t,
and P. A. Mossimm. Colorado plant.
The fall mceting of the teachers of
the sixth normal institute was held at
Cht~'enne ~Vells October 25th and 26th.
The officers elected for the coming
year "ire: Miss Cora ttamilton, pres.
ident; Miss Lucy ~Vill, secretary, and
Superintendents IIobart, Trusley and
Thomi)son, vice presidents.
The county commissioners of Gilpin
county haw~ decided to postpone for
another year, submitting the que,stion
of establishing a county high school, to
a vote of the people. The petition ask-
ing the board to snbmit to the people
for vote the issnam,e of $250,000 bonds
for a county system of water works
was not acted on.
John Brisben Walker, publisher of
the Cosnmpolitan magazine, has writ-
ten to Mayor Wright of Denver offer-
ing to sell to the city what is known
as River 1,'rent park. on the Platte riv-
er between that and the 1;nion depot.
lle values the prol)erty at $1,000,000.
but will donate 8.t(~),(X)0 of the amount
if his offer is accepted.
President William S. Sloeum of Col-
orado College at Colorado Sl)rings has
been granted alcave (if absence for
one year, and will leave Colorado De-
cember 10th for a trip abroad that
will continue until next September.
Professor Edwin S. Parsons, vice pres-
ident of the college, will be in charge
during the absence of I)r. Slocum.
According to lhe monthly statement
of Baggage Agent J. G. Campbell at
the Union dei>ot in l~enver, he and his
meu handlcd 74,4-t4 pieces of baggage
in October. A year ago 58.:198 I)ieces
were handled, showing an increase of
16,246 pieces for :19{)1 over 1900. I)ur-
ins September of this year 92.334
pieces were received and forwarded.
On the night of October 2nd, at Den-
ver, Mrs. A. 5I. IIoskin, a woman six-
ty-four years old, was (Mmimllly as-
saulted by an unknown mar in her
own room at 2144 ~Volton street. She
was so seriously injured that she had
to be taken to a hospitql, where it wa~
stated that her recovery was consider-
ed doubtful. There have been several
other assaults upon womeu and girls
recently.
Senator James ~V. Bucklin, Alvin N.
Bucklin, Joseph Dulmainc, Arthur
Gormley and William Lesimr started
for Fruits from Grand Jnnctiou on
the night of the 2nd to attend a fus-
ion meeting. At)oat four miles west of
town, when deicing over a bridge that
was undergoing repairs, the occupants
of the carriage were thrown out. Sen-
ator Bucklin was injured and Gorm-
ley had three ribs and his collar bone
broken.
A drill contest and entertainment by
the n~iformed drill teams of the W~ood-
men of the World and Women of
~Vooderaft for the championship of
Colorado will be given in Coliseum
hall. Denver, on Monday evening, No-
vember 11th. The Violet Guards of
Leadville and the gr'~nd officers will
be present. An excursion rate of one
and one-fifth fare from all Colorado
points, on the eertiIicate plan, has been
securc~. A large attendance is antici-
pated. The drill is given under the
auspices of the Western Woodman,
thivgs of that sort in stinging," the
narrator continued. "Take the honey
bee, for instance. Now, the honey bee
is what you might call a lazy, clumsy,
docile sort of stinger. Really, the bee
is awkward when compared with other
insects. The bumble bee is a trifle
more vigorous, and there is a deal
more of what one may call action in its
movements. It is a striking sort of
sting, and I have seen children almost
knocked down by these heavier mem-
bers of the bee family. It is a mean
sting to handle, too, and does not yield
so quickly to tretament. The hornet
and the yellow Jacket sting on the
wing, as it were. They do their work
quickly, but thoroughly, and they gen-
erally leave a record behind them that
they would have no cause to fee
ashamed of if they had this elemen:
in their makeup. But there is my old
friend, the wasp. I want to ~peak of
him. He is the prince of stingers. You
may not forget him so quickly when
he stings you. He leaves a sort of
waspy taste in your mouth, and it is
anything but pleasant, and it is a taste
you will remember even after the years
have gone by. The wasp is a lingering
sort of fellow. He lovingly and ca-
ressingly stings, perche.~ for a while
on one's neck, I may say, and then
hums about his business. But really,
while the wasp lingers longer than
other insects while stinging, he also
shows more anger, and is probably the
most spiteful member in the list of
stinging insects."
WAYS TO CATCH TURTLES.
Frank T. Bullen in his new book
"A Sack of Shakings," introduces his
readers to the remora, or "sucker," a
species of shark that never exceeded a
dozen pounds in weight. He says: "On
the top of its head is a flat, oval con-
trivance which is an adhesive attach-
ment of such strength that, when by
this means the fish is holding on to a
plane sur.tace, it is impossible to drag
the body away, except by almost tear-
ing the fish in half. Yet by the flexing
of some simple muscles the fish can re-
lease its body Instantly or as instantly
reattach itself. The remora does not
by any means limit its company to
ships. It is exceedingly fond of attach-
ing itself to the body of a whale, and
also to some of the larger sharks. In-
deed, it goes a step farther than mere
outward attachment in the latter case,
because well-authenticated instances
are recorded where several suckers
have been found clinging to a huge
shark's palate. This is another stage
on the way to pertect parasitism, be-
cause under such circumstances these
daring lodgers needed not to detach
themselves any more. Tiley had only
to intercept sufficient food for their
wants on its way from the front doo~
to the interior apartments. I have also
seen them clinging to the jaw' of a
sperm whale, but that jaw was not in
working order. It was bent outward
a'~ right angles to the body and afford-
ed harborage to a most comprehensive
r eo.eeUon
of parasl~es, ~ar~acles esp$~
ciallY g~ving the front elevation of that
whale an appearance utterly unlike
anytl~mg with life." But the Chinaman
has outwitted the superlatively 12tzy
remora. By a way one must regard
as a triamph of ingenuity he has suc-
ceeded in converting the very means
whereby this born-tired fish usually
escapes all necessity for energy into an
instrument for obtaining gain for oth-
er people. The mode Is as follows:
"First catch your remora. No diffi-
culty here. A hook and line of the
simplest, a bait of ahnost anything
that looks eatable lowered by the side
of a ship, and if there be a sucker hid-
den there he will ~e after the lure in-
stantly. The only skill necessary is to
haul him up swiftly when he bites, be-
cause if he be allowed to get hold of
the ship again you may pull the hook
out of i~is jaws, but you will not suc-
ceed in detaehing him. Having caught
a remora, the fisherman fastens a brass
ring closely around its body, jnst at
its smallest part before the spread of
the tail. To this he attaches a long,
fine and strong line. He then depart~
for the turtle grounds with his prison-
er. Arriving there he confines him-
self to keeping the remora away from
the bottom of his boat by means of a
bamboo. Of course the captiw~ gets
very tired, and no turtle can pass with-
in range of him without his hanging
on to that turtle for a rest. The mo-
ment he does so the turtle's fate is
sealed. Struggle how he may, he can-
not shake loose the tenacious grip of
the sucker, and the stolid yellow man
in the sampan has only to haul in up-
on the line to bring that unwilling tur-
tle within range of his hands and lift
him into the boat."--Chicago News.
COLD ICE AND WAR~[ ICE.
The college professor asked the rest
of us whether ice was colder in winter
than it was in summer. Now, to the
rest of us, ice was ice, and therefore
we could not see now it could remain
ice and be either colder or warmer.
Then the professor explained the thing
in this fashion: "If a thermometer is
buried in ice in summer it will indi-
cate 32 degrees. If you throw a piece
of ice into boiling water, and leave it
there until it is almost gone, what is
left will be still at 32 degrees. Ice
can never be gotten above that tem-
perature. But while ice can never be
warmed above 32 degrees, it will go
as much below that as the weathe~
does. An iceman delivering ice one
zero day in January was asked whethe~
his ice was any colder than in July.
He tnought not. But, as a matter o!
fact, a piece of summer ice, if he had
had it, would have been something ot
a foot warmer for him, as it would
have been ;~0 degrees warmer than th~
a~r of the bottom of his wagon. Mix-
ing salt with ice makes it much cooler
The ice in a wine cooler goes down to
about zero. This is why the point zer~
on our common thermometers was fix-
ed where it is. It was supposed to b~i
the lowest point which could be reach-
ed by artificial means. Since then we
have recahed about 383 degrees belo~
zero by chemical processes. Ice will
cool down with everything else on a
cold night to zero or below. What
should prevent it? On a day when it
Is just freezing a block of iron, a bloel~
of ice, outdoors, will stay at 32 de.
grees. If the weather grows warme~
the iron will warm up with the weath.
er, but the ice will stay at 32 degree~
and melt away. But if the weathe~
grows colder the iron and ice will cool
off, and one just as much as the other.
As the ice grows colder it gets hard~
and more brittle. There can be n~
hickory bend on a skating "~ond on s
zero day, for ice is then too brittle.
Slivers of ice dipped in liquid air be-
come so hard that they will cut glass.
Water thrown on ice in the ~krctic re.
glens will shiver it like pouring boilin~
water upon cold glass. This is becaus~
the ice is so much colder than the wa-
ter."--Beverages.
A SCOT NAMED THE TOWN.
Mr. J. It. Stoddart, the veteran ac-
tor, who is sta(ring in "The Bonnie
Brier Bush" at=the Theater Republic,
is a Scotchman by birth, as is als~
Reuben Fax, who plays the bibulou~
postman In Ian Maclaren's book-Play.
Mr. Fax was aboard during the suRa-
mer and visited relatives tn Glasgow.
While there he heard a tale of twc
Soots, which he related wlth much unc-
tion to the appreciative Stoddart: "H
was after the British had landed a
force at Wet-Hat, in China," said Mr.
Fax, "that two excellent Scots were dis-
cussing the war news in the Broomie-
law quarter of Glasgow. 'I see, Sandy,
men, thet we ha' taken Wet-Hat-Wet,'
said Jock, peering oveer the edge of his
evening paper. 'We hoe, hoe we?' 'W~
hae, aye, we hae.' 'Hoot, men!' ex-
claimed Jack, peering at him suspi.
ciously. 'I'm thinkin' it was a Scot
named the teen? "--New York Sun.
DIgglog Deep for Gold.
A scientific problem of much interest
will confront the engineers of the
Transvaal gold mines wheff the war
between the English and the Boers is
over, and that is the depth to which
shafts will be sunk in search of gold-
bearing veins. Some of the shafts al-
ready opened will descend 4,000 to
5,000 feet, but it is thought by some of
the engineers that a depth of 12,000 feet
will be reached in other cases. The
temperature at that depth will be
about 100 degrees, the warmest, per-
hops, at which men can work, hut the
suggestion has been made that a still
greater depth may be found practicable
if means be devised for cooling tim
alr.--Utica Globe.
There are more than 5,000 building
and loan associations in the United
States, with 1,250,000 shareholders a~d
total net assets of more than $45~,-
000,000.
