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RELATIONS OF VEGETABLES AND ANIMALS.


The most important work. however, in which
the division Of ornithology is at present en-
gagged concerns the discrimination of certain
areas inhabited by certain species of birds and
mammals. There is a very curious relation, it
has been found, between the vegetable and an
imal kingdoms, one feature of which may be
explained in this wise: Once determine the
limit of an area inhabited by particular kind
OF mammal or feathered creature and il follows
that any Vegetable product grown at any point
within the boundary of the area successfully
will grow we'll also in any other spot within
those boundaries. For example, il a definite
region is occupied by black squirrels and at the
southwest corner Of that region cabbages pros
per 1t follows of necessity that they will also
flourish in the northeast corner of the same re-
glon as wen as In any other part of it. There is
just that curious relation between animal and
vegetable life found on this funny old
So the Department of Agriculture has been try
ing to find out definitely the limits Of occu-
pancy by all sorts of beasts and birds through
out the United States. The work is very near
completion, aud maps on large scale will soon
be distributed among the agricultursts of the
country who care to ask for them. showing in
different tints the various faunal areas. neces-
sarily coincident with floral areas Thus the
farmer will be able to put his finger on his
holding and
DETERMINE WHAT HE OUGHT TO PLANT.
suppose he finds himself in the midst of q
large yellow splotch, he has government in
structions which let him know that the proper
thing is to write to any one of the experiment
stations-each state has one of its own-within
that yellow spiotch. and ask what is the desira-
BILE thing for him to cultivate. Incidentally
he mentions the sort OF soil he is tackling. I'M
mediately the experiment station will inform
him precisely as to what thing he may cultivate
successfully, and thus he will be saved all the
expense Of trying things on his own hook, with
failure always likely. The experiment station
will even be able to tell the agricuturist what
kind OF stock or poultry to propagate. Curl
Gus thing has been learned, incidentally to the
departments investigatlons-namely, that the
areas OF plant growths are determined not by
the average temperature of the year, as has
hitherto been supposed, but by the tempera-
ture during the period of reproduction. This
period covers the growth and ripening of plants
the nesting time OF birds and the breeding sea-
son OF mammals. In the far north it is very
short, Of course, while in the far south it lasts
most Of the year. So it was found impossible
to say in general way tina. the temperature
during certain months determines the floral and
faunal areas, both being determined by the
same influences, and thus the problem was
greatly complicated. But it has been solved
and 1t viii be most certainly Of great profit to
the tlllers of the earth to be able to tell them
precisely what they can grow successfully be-
fore they start in to pillow their acres for the
first time.
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Tubercle Infection,

From the Hospital
DR.. Cornet of Berlin haS lately insisted On
the fact, observed by others, that the breath Of
tuberculous persons does not contain any
bacilli, but that they are confined to the sputa,
and that their vitality not being destroyed by
desiccation infection takes place only when
they are diffused like dust through the air
from spata allowed to dry on the floor or in
handkerchiefs. DR.. Beaumetz reports q strik-
ing illustration from its danger. Ia a large es-
Enlistment in Paris, where twenty-five clerks
were employed for eight hours daily in an ILL
ventilated room, giving only few cubic feet
per head, no fewer than fourteen died OF
tuberculous since the first, eleven years ago.
They had been in the habit of expectorating
on the floor, which was i'll laid and rough and
swept each morning, the men often entering
while the air of the Office was charged with the
dust raised by the process.
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to. have good one. Within the past year,
though, he has had trouble with the judges
over there in regard to his gait and has not
walked much.
Judge OF walking at athletic games is not
an enviable position. II is impossible for HIM
to keep his eyes on all the men at once, and
many OF the contestants run when they think
they are walking, and others purposely lift
when they think the judge is not observing
them. Tracks that have high inner curb are
always looked on with much qualification by
walkers who do not wish to be judged strictly.
Ii the track is six or nine inches below the
inner field 1t can be imagined that judge of
walking would have quite a task to decide
whether gait was fair or not. for unless he is
on the track he cannot see whether one foot is
on the ground before the other leaves it. The
knee action can be judged easily, and some
judges say they can tell by the knee whether a
man Is lifting or not, even though the knee
action may be fair.
FAIR STYLE.
The first picture in this story illustrates the
champion professional walker of America. John
Meagher, who is universally considered to have
one Of the fairest styles possible. 1t will be
noticed that the instantaneous photograph
caught him in the act OF completing a stride,
and the points mentioned above in regard to
the straight knee of the leg on the ground il
we'll eXemplifed by his position. The knee OF
is all right. This athlete has been walking for
about ten years. He is now in the neighbor-
hood OF thirty years of age. 8 feet S1a inches
tall and weighs 154 pounds in athletic costume.
He tafes an unusually long stride, as long, in
fact, az most professional walkers several inches
taller than he. He has a verv free hip motion,
and this is what enables him to reach out so well.
HIS arm motion Is more of the across-the-body
style than simply forward and back, and when
travelling on the track he seems to be walking
all ha,v hut h.al sfrlA
Even in spite of his long reach he strides
| rapidly, and this, of course. explains why he is
SO fast. He has accomplished the following
times in style which no one seems ever dis
posed to question: 1 mile. minutes SO 81
seconds; miles, Is minutes 40 3-5 seconds
8 miles, 81 minutes III seconds; 4 miles,
% minutes 4215 seconds; 5 miles. 36 minutes
seconds; miles, 43 minutes Al seconds;
miles, 81 minutes liz seconds. and miles, 81
minutes 81 seconds. He did all Of these per-
| formances in 1882.
OTHER RECORDS.
Records faster than the above are credited e
several other walkers in both professional and
amateur ranks. for in England W. Perkins 4
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"An Is Not LOst.0

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
The modern child is an analyst. The small
kid was playing with the scissors and his
kindly old grandmother chided him:
"fou mustn't play with the scissors. dear. I
knew little boy just like you who was play
ing with pair Of scissors just like that pair,
and he put them in his eye and put his eye out,
and he never could see anything ever after"
fhe child listened patiently and said, when
she got through:
"what was the matter with his other eyer"
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length can take a longer
stride than one with a
32-inch one. In running
length of limb has long
been known to be of no
special advantage. and 1t
would seem that walking
is about the same way,
as will be shown by q
few statistics. The pres
ent American amateur
champion one-mile walk
er is W. X. Burckhardt
of the Pastime athletic
club. He stands under
5 feet 5 inches in height
when on the track. For
years back short men
have won this race. L.
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From the New York Sun.

From the New York sun.
or all exercises IN sports engaged in by man
walking Is the one that comes to him most nat
urallv. In hot climates walking is not popular.
and residents there think it great hardship to
be obliged to walk any considerable distance
In India the rajahs and mahatmas, sitting on
their comfortable divans smoking. with their
attendants tanning them. looked with surprise
on the English officers engaging in tennis and
athletic sports. They expressed great wonder
that the officers did not make their subordi-
do that sort of thing. But even the English.
after short stay in India. are willing TO take
things more easily. The reason of this is that
the hot climate does not make one feel like ex-
ercising, and the INDECENT. luxurious habits of
the inhabitants are said by many writers to
have been caused mostly by the climate.
IN ENGLAND,
the home Of outdoor sports. walking has been
universally INDUCED in as a pleasure and a
healthful exercise, ever since the time when
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He Knew.

From the Young Catholic.
A teacher was telling her little boys about
temptation and showing how it sometimes came
in the most attractive attire. She used a. an
illustration the paw Of a cat.
Now" said she. 'you have all seen the paw
of cat. It is as soft as velvet, isn't it?'
s'Yessem." from the class.
'.And you have seen the paw Of dogT'
''Yessem."
'Well. although the cats paw seems like vel,
vet there is. nevertheless, concealed in il some
thing that hurts. What 10 it."
No answer.
1.-The dog bites" said the teacher, 'swhen he
is angry but what does the cat do!"
Scratches" replied the boy
Correct" said the teacher, nodding hes
head approvingly. Now, what has the cal
got that the dog hasn't?"
and the litter that ran around the class brought
the lesson 10 an end
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wars and fighting en-
gagged all the athletic
powers OF a man. In
Switzerland and other
mountainous countries
walking has been en-
gagged in per force.
Mountain climbing is one
of the finest exercise in
the world. 1t develops
the muscles of the leg to
n great extent and gives
hardihood and endur-
ance to the system. The
Swiss are noted for their
endurance and for their
finely developed limbs.
II was formerly remark
ed OF Eurlishmpn. before
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this country, was de-
nounced AS walking I'M
fairly by Englishmen
when he was over there
in 1884. and yet he was
considered here to have
one OF the fairest gaIts
When C. ". V. Clarke
who won the English
amateur championship 4
mile walk in 1887 and
1888 was i'll this country
in 1887 he was disquali-
fed in the American
championship 3-milewalk
for what was considered
to be a most unfair,
style. and yet on the
other side he was thought
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Salvini's Economical Ways.

SignOr Salvini, the italian tragedian at the
Columbia this week, is a man OF the plainest
habits, despite his wealth and position. In his
contract with Mr.. Palmer it is provided that
the signor shall have furnished him valet and
n secretary, yet the great man will have neither.
He spends much time in his dressing room, ar
irving generally about o'clock. and the people
In the company say it is no unusual sight to
see the herculean old tragedian sit for two
hours darnng pair of tights or bespectacled
making fierce Othello boards Of hair and gauze
cloth -.
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WALKING AS AN ART.
Peculiar Movements of Our Athletes to
Acquire Speed.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE FAIR AND IN
FAIR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. POINTS EXPLAINED
HOW SOME ATHLETES wALK-REcoRDs THAT
HAVE BEEN MADE
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credited with walking I
mile In 6 minutes q
seconds in 1874. and an
amateur namedH. WhyAtt
IL credited with doing
the same distance in 8
minutes % Is seconds
in 1854 In America =.
t. Murray is credited
with 6 minutes ~ SIS
seconds in 1883. All OF
these performances are
faster than Meaghers,
but there is not one sur
rounded with the els-
ment OF absolute fairness
that 10 associated with
Meagher's. As was be-
fore mentioned r. 7.
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. Here lies the body Of Moses Draper
lTread softly We who pass),
Who lived till sixty without paper
And then blew out the gas.
Rock FoIey Begislv.
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Why He Could Not Play.

From the Cork Examiner.
A County Cork clergyman Of the established
church, who had quite reputation as a musi-
clan, was fond of describing the three wives
whom he had married as 1.-The world" 1.-The
flesh" and '.the devil" He was fayorite per-
former on a W nd instrument OF his own inven-
ton, and went to London to play before
George ~. When he attempted to cleo
trify the king it was ali in dumb show,
for not note could he sound. He
ut last drew out pair of stockings which
his third wife had carefully packed in the in
strument. at the same time exclaiming: ..Oh,
Mary, Mary. you little know the mischief you
have done me-" The king, tickled by the novelty
OF the incident, roared with laughter. He af-
terward listened with pleasure to a solo and
highly compiimented the reverend gentleman
upon his success.
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Mine eyes have seen the coming of the woeful
Russian grip.
It is golug throuyh the country on q kind of
flying trip;
is Sc izlns AL the people just above the up
per lip.
And it still goes sneezing on.
-Chtcrgo Tribune.
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One Way to Evade Process of Law.

From the Chicago Tribune
woman who has rooms in o fiat building in
Chicago kept possession of them in novel
way. She ran short of money and couldn't pay
her rent. The landlord dunned her and finally
swore out writ of ejectment. She heard Of
it and made preparations accordingly.
The writ was given to a constable to serve.
He went to the rooms and raped on the door,
There was no answer, and he raped again
Then he tried the door. 1t was unlocked and
he walked in. The woman was standing before
the mirror in dishabille.
Il beg your pardon, madam" he said.
'Sir!' she exclaimed, with several exciama-
ton points "Do you dare intrude? Leave at
once or shall call for help
He left He tried twice afterward to serve
the writ and was bluffed out of 1t in the same
way both times. Then he gave it up as a bad
job, and shortly afterward she paid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-01-25
Written for THE EVENING STAR.
ATTRACTIVE HOMES.
How to Furnish Rooms Comfortably
and Effectively.

A CHARMING LITTLE NOOK IN AN ENGLISH HOME
INDIA SILK sAcHETs IN PLACE OF BUREAU
scARFs-A MODEL SEWING RooM-REvIvAL OF
JApANrsr FrpNrSurScs
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beneficial, particularly to the forests 1t preys.
you see upon the grubs that injure trees. Nav
be you have seen a woodpecker pecking at the
bark OF tree where grub Is at work, giving
a tap or two and then listening to hear the
borer at its labors; then pecking a little more,
listening again, and making a hole deeper
until the coveted deiicacy is reached.
BULLETINS FOR FARMERS
The results Of its investigation regarding the
value of birds to agriculture or their injurious
ness will be published In the shape Of bulle-
tins by the Department of Agriculture, and
sent free, without postage. as public docu-
ments to all persons, more particularly farmers,
who care to ask for them. They will be pre-
pared In tne style, with colored plates repre-
senting the birds discussed. The bulletin on
hawks and owls Is already nearly done and will
soon be distributed There will also be bulle-
tins issued on mammals which have economic
relations with the farmer. For instance, hun
dreds of thousands of dollars worth of dam
age is done yearly In California by gophers
great pest on the Pacific coast that many
people are employed as professional pois-
oners and trappers to remove the pests
at SO much an acre. So far as such beasts are
concerned, the division Of ornithology and
mammalogy has chiefly i'll view the notion OF
disseminating knowledge as to the manner in
which they may be destroyed. The best thing
discovered for the purpose is bisulphide of
carbon. scrap of raw cotton soaked with il
and stuck into gopher hole III the shape OF a
plug will Kill all the underground inhabitants
within a range Of hundreds of feet by its fumes
This remedy has been tried very successfully
also on the rat of southern rice banks and upon
the Texas prairie dogs, which such vora-
/ cious devourers OF grain. Perhaps the worst of
four-legged annoyances in California is the So
called ''pocket gopher" which burrows like a
mole and eats the roots of the young trees right
off. so that they are ready to tumble over at a
touch. For ground squirrels, and gophers az
well, rais,ns poisoned with strychnine have been
found . most seductive bait
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In sober truth, the whole isthmus is one vast
grave yard; for besides the consecrated Gods
acres, are trenches filled to the brim with
moldering bones, and thousands OF isolated
graves scattered all over the tropic wilderness.
ana on the pity OF IT. Most of the victims were
young men. hundreds fresh from college. full
oil high hopes and eager ambitions-but with
no thought of finding on the frs, page of YOUTH
bright lexicon" that dread word. death, In
hundreds OF homes the tears are not yet dried
for the brightest and best, who sleep in this
beautiful wilderness; the pride of many a
mothers heart occupies an unmarked grave.
which none but God remembers, where yese,
tatIon riots and serpents glide and strange
flowers blossom. FANNIE b. Warn.
The morning call., 1890-06-16
STATE MARKSMEN.
Preliminary Shoot of the Third
Regiment, n. G. C.
Scores Made and Military Decorations Won.
Spirited but Gsoi-Natured compe-
tition-Individual Prizes.

The shootng-range at Shell Mound Park
yesterday was a scene of busy activity. the
occasion being the preliminary State shoot
for military decorations of the Third Regi-
ment. n. G. C. The shooting commenced
promptly at $50 o'clock and from that
hour until nearly o'clock nothing was
heard but the constant cracking of the mus
ket.
According to State regulations the arm
used was the Springfield rifle, with six
pounds phil on the trigger. Many of the
men of the different companies were not
accustomed to the heavy drag on the trig ger
and were considerably disconnected when
the gun was not discharged by moderate
pressure.
Much satisfaction was expressed by the
staff officers at the number of men some of
the different companies placed before the
butts. Company G, Captain Driscoll,
marched over with forty-eight men, COM
posing nearly the full strength of his roll.
Colonel Barry was busy all day lending
encouragement to his men and officers, and
by Offering different prizes for markSman-
ship stirred up spirit of good-natured
competition. Although the men in several
instances were worked up to a pitch of
keen excitement nothing happened during
the day to mar the pleasure and interest
manifested by the participants.
According to the regulations laid do VIZ by
the State, it Is necessary that all members
of the National Guard shall, id order to
qualify for State decorations, partiei pate at
two semi-snnual shoots. Guardsmen who,
at both contests, make an average of SO per
cent will receive d bronze bar; those max
ing so per cent receive silver bar, and
those making 80 per cent receive gold bar.
1t is also necessary, in addition to good
mark smanship that all members in order to
be eligible for decorations shall have at
tended at least 80 per cent of company drills
during the year
The prize OF $50 offered by Colonel Barry
for the company making the highest per
cent of the full number Of men on its roll
for the two State shoots, was won on this
occasion by Company & of Oakland, they
having beaten their competitors, Company
b, by per cent
The individual prizes offered were won
as follows: Alfred Ehrenpfort of Com
pany won the first prize, SO, making 40
points out of a possible 30; II. X. Brown,
Company B, second. $40, with 10 points;
Sergeant Middleton of the staff, third, So.
with Al points.
The competition between the different
prize winners was exceedingly close. and
no one could tell until the last shot was
fired who was TO be head man. The scores
of some of the participants are given be-
low
The morning call., 1890-06-16
MANDLvILLE MONUMENT.

Arrangements to Increase Subscrip-
lions to the Fund.
The Executive Committee of the john
Vaudeville Memorial Club met last night
in the K. r. B. Hall, corner Mason and
O'Farrell streets, W. J. Ford presiding.
The business of the meeting was to ar
range for an increase of the subscriptions
to the John Vaudeville Memorial Fund.
Up to the present $500 has been received,
and at least 500 more is required. The
holding Of a mass meeting in the near fu-
ture was favorably discussed, and a date
will be agreed upon after negotiations with
other societies are completed.
John Vaudeville was gentleman farmer
and land Lacquer in Ireland. He was SEN
fenced in 1888 TO a short term in jail for pub
licly announcing his convictions upon the
Irish question. Forced to exist on bread
and water, and physically unable to bear
the confinement, he contracted c0nsump-
ton, and shortly after his liberation he
died in MitchellstOwu, Cork County.
About the same time a mass meeting of
land leaguers was held in the square in
MitchellstOwn. In order to dispense the as
sembly, the military we're ordered to shoot
point blank into the crowd. Three men
named LOnergan, Shinnick and Casey were
killed.
The funds raised by the different John
Vaudeville Memorial Clubs throughout the
world will be utilized for the purchase and
erection OF monument on the square at
Mltehelstown to commemorate the names of
these four men who gave up their lives for
their country,
The morning call., 1890-06-16
To Be seon ut Hampton Court

A new Tudor room, which will no doubt
prove Of much interest to archaeological Wis
itors to Hampton Court Palace, has just
been cleared OF its modern fittings and
added to the public suite of apartments. 1t
is known as "Woolsey's Private Chapel"
or "Oratory." The interior presents
quaint and interesting appearance, the walls
to height of about seven feet being paneled
with oak drapery panels, corresponding in
character and design with other wainscoted
rooms and the Tudor portion of the palace,
On the wall space above the paneling and
extending round three sides of the room
are series of pictures in oil, painted on
oak panel, illustrating The Last Supper"
THE Betrayal" " The Procession to Cal
vary" and 1.-The Resurrection" These
have recently been restored and replaced,
under the superintendenee of Sir j. 6. Rob-
inson, her Majesty's Surveyor of Pic
lures. The ceiling Is of an exquisite
geometrical design, richly ornamented
with Tudor emblems and in the
frieze appears the Cardinals motto,
The morning call., 1890-06-16

Little Jimmy Cannavan, aged 9, was ar
rested by Officer Dolan yesterday afternoon
and booked for the Industrial School at the
Southern Station. During the afternoon
number of boys broke into freight-car of
the Southern Pacific Company at the foot of
Tenth street and stole lot of dressed poul-
try. When the officer was notified only
Jimmy was to be found, and his progress
was delayed by a turkey nearly as large as
himself that he was Juggling along. At the
station the boy wept so piteously and called
for his mother in such a heart-br0ken man.
dress and taking into account his solemn
protestatiOns that all he knew about the
matter was that au unknown boy had asked
him to hold the turkey few moments for
him, allowed the fearful urchin to go on his
own recognizance and a solemn promise
that he would appear in court this morning