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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-11-10
hc Egg Question in Hotels.

The egg question in a hotel that
l1u rs ut expense in the endeavor to
secure for It's guests what is more than
palatable has the closest atten-
L IN; for the most part, the middle
nan operates here, though the eggs
d. 1t lie on his hands long. Among
many hotels, have failed to find one
II 1t uses any but warranted eggs. and
even these are broken by skilled as
Si'gintS. separately. before they are
used by n cook or baker; for one faith
less egg can wreck gallons of soup or
cake galore. In the Holland house
tbs incidental duty means the break
ing of $500 worth of eggs every
month; never less than 12O dozen are
used per day. The Marlborough hotel
averages 200 dozen every day. Dur
ing the Worlds Fair the Palmer house
reached the average of COO Dozen
Chautauquan.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-11-10

Emotional women age and get ugly
long before their time. Crying, weep
ing fretting, frowning, pout;ng. worry
ing. and other expressions of impa-
t:ence and resentment make fearful in
roads on beauty. Quiet women. with
plain faces are at times positively
beautiful. Who has not seen under
the hoods of the Sisters of Charity
and beneath the caps of the profess
Sonal nurses almost celestial beauty,
which, on study, was found to radi-
ate from a sweet spirit, a gentle ma
turc, sublime superiority to the
petty cares? 1t isn't the features. but
the feelings expressed, that make Il
face almost divine. Cheerfulness,
amiab,lity and merry heart are fine
cosmetics
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-11-10
Fried the Waterm elOn.

called on a young married couple
recently whom | esteem and who fur
II shed me with a good deal of mar
lrIable material, too.
The wife is a hySterical kind of a
ii!tle body with a razor-edged sense
of the ludicrouS, and | soon saw that
lh"rc was an item looming up ON the
Weather bow.
So, after l had seated myself, l said:
well. out with it,
"Charley. you tell her"
NO, no, l can't. You can do it JUS
tee"
Not as you can. Do, please, tell
her. dear"
We'll. Polly" said the husband,
man this time
And what has she done?'
SHE started to boil the eggplant,
how to cook that. She'd never seen
one.
Last night while I was dressing l
heard wild yell of laughter and l
knew that something had started Ida
VI
II rushed out into the dining room
an'l she WIS prOStrdte OH tne SOIa,
one mass OF screams and giggles.
"Shr Sprans up and seized my hand
az harley she said, looking me
wildly II the eye, I've never told you
y lie. have II
"'Ncver, am sure was my earnest
reply.
And you believe me always. don't
you:'
"'Always,' said soothingly.
And you won't think I'm telling
YOU Il lie now, will you?
"Crrtainly not
"'Wcll. dear she exclaimed with
IN effort, and almost turning purple in
the face. she's fried the water
mel LON.
And so she had"
This is true story.-Ncw York Re
cOrder
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-11-10
NEEDED NO ASSISTANCE.
a Y, ung Woman Who Was Able to Deal
with Washers.

with Washers.
On Bay Ridge boat the other even
ing young woman gave an illustra-
ton of how the American girl can
lake care of herself. 1t was on the
trip to Bay Ridge, and the evening
was rapidly growing darker. She
was not more than seventeen or eigh-
teen years old, extremely pretty. with
slender, graceful figure, large gray
eyes and a well-Shaped mouth. She
seemed to be hurrying home to some
place on Long Island after being de-
laved n the city, and she was slight
~ nervous She took a seat on the after
deck near a family group, as if she
WISHED to be near women. and at
tines she glanced anXiously ut the fall
ing evening shadows.
The boat was near the end of lis
journey. when a young man. rather
HASTILY dressed, stalked up and took Il
scat very near her. She was looking
n another direction and did not no
tee him. When he spoke to ncr she
turned with a little start
Il beg your pardon" he said. with
Il smilk, but may | ask you ques-
tom"
She looked at him but made no an
SWer.
Il should Ike to ask you a ques-
ton he said. pausing again. as if
expecting some encouragement. There
were half dozen men near who look
cd as if it would give them pleasure
to p;ck the fellow up by the neck and
drop him INTO the sea, but no one
III wed. Every one seemed to feel
that the young man was perfectly
capable of taking care of himself. She
WAS looking at him steadily, with Il
little indescribable smile around her
mouth. which could not be mistaken
Il wanted to ask you" he said hes
tatingly and beginning to look very
uncomfortable, "if you had any OBJ
lection to my sitting here"
She half turned away, as if his con
versation were ended.
DO you mind" he said. "if /"
She turned slowly and gave him an
other look. 1t was very calm and un
pcrturbed. but there was an unSpeak
able meaning in the glance. He gol
up and sneaked away. She had moi
spoken Il word. Her eye had not even
flashed. She had looked neither in
Il =nant nor frightened. but he had
fled in CONSERVATION She turned with
no sign of emotion and leaning hel
elbow on the rail so that her hand
rested on a pretty cheek, looked al
the lights down the bay, as if she were
enjoy ng the lovely evening-NeW
York Tribune.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-11-10
Gettin. an Education.

young men," says the Lewiston,
Me-. Journal, "who have to scratch
hard for an education nowadays,
may h'nk their efforts and sacrifices
less arduous if they hear the Rev DR..
Joseph Ricker's account of his begin
ningS at Waterville college. Entering
in 1870, he walked. with just 50 in his
pockc5. from his home in Parsonfield,
near the New Hampshire line, to Wa
terv lie. With part of his money
n" bought Il bag of wheat, and had it
ground Ill the mill, and took it to his
room in the college. He then bought
4 jug of mClasspS. hired woman to
do II $ bak'ng and his cakes and mo-
lasscs formed his daily food for the
first term"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-11-10
TOTHEPUBLIC
Are Your Photographs Fading I?

hight or ten months ago received 20 or
I1 more gross of Prepared Paper for making
photographs on, which was used, yielding
the most beautiful results at the time.
me paper, however, was defective and in
few months commenced to fade,
have, therefore, placed suit for indem-
NIFTY III the hands of my attorney-to recover
damages caused by the same; to set myself
right before my patrons and substantiate nv
OFT assurances of guarantees of all my work.
In order to carry out my purposes as above
gwen, Will consider it marked favor for all
my patrons to examine their pictures, and
those OF their friends made by me, and, if
defective. collect them, and l will with pleas
ure replace them.
1t has been most unfortunate affair to
me; aiming, as do, to use the best material
and thus insure the best possible work.
AS proof of the permanency of my work
with reliable paper invite an inspection
OF the pictures in my show window, which
have been exposed to direct sunlight for
eight months and which are intact TODAY.
Hoping each customer will understand
my position, and where defective picture is
found, he or she will come in and have it
replaced, l am very truly
CO. TOWLES,
Proprietor Towles' Art Galleries
March 10
The oasis., 1894-01-18
IRRIeArIoN ANp RAINFALL.

IRRIGATION AND RAINFALL.
 The report of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture, for last year, shows that at Wallace, Kansas. during the six months from April to Septem- ber. the rainfall aggregated over fif- teen inches. We have before found that an average of two feet in depth. including the rainfall, is required for practical irrigation: or in other words two cubic feet of water per square foot of land. An acre of land contains D. 560 square feet, therefore to irrigate one acre of land requires S7.l20 cubic feet of water; of this ffteen-twenty- fourths or fiye-eighths may be estim- ated as rainfall, leaving three-eighths to be supplied from the reservoir. Therefore to irrigate one acre of land during the season requires 32,67O cubic feet of water; but our pump and reser- voir will supply during the season 360,- GOO cubic feet or water enough to irri- gate about eleven acres.
 THINGS ACTUALLY DONE.
 Now. we have seen what in theory ought to be accomplished with q pump and reservoir of the capacity named; let us see what our farmers reports show as actually being accomplished. John simon of Garden City, Kansas, reports windmill pumping a 5-inch stream of water into reservoir 100 feet square by four feet deep, raising the water twelve to fifteen feet and irrigating ten to fifteen acres: the en- tire cost of his plant was Sl40 with practically no outlay for operating ex- penses. J. F. Monson of Julesburg, Colorado, reports that he is irrigating eight to ten acres with two windmills raising 3-inch stream of water twenty feet into a reservoir eighty feet in di- ameter and four and one-half feet deep. The cost of his plant was S225. J. L.. Dies em of Garden City, Kansas, is ir- rigating fifteen acres from well thlr- teen feet deep, by means of a pump throwing 6.000 gallons per hour into q reservoir l40 by l53 feet and four and one-half feet deep. His plant cost S350. Examples of these results might be multiplied indefinitely; but enough have been given to show that theory and practice hear one another out, and that, at comparatively moderate cost it is eminently practicable to irrigate ten to fifteen acres of land by means of windmill pump.
 DEPTH OF WELLS.
 Another important question to be considered in this connection is the depth from which water can be sue cessfully pumped by windmills for irri- gation. Theoretically q 5-inch column of water can be raised 100 feet for each horse power developed by the windmill. The pump company states that the practical limit of raising wa
The oasis., 1894-01-18
rRnreArIos BY USE OF wISpMlLLs.


 At the Interstate Irrigation con vention held at Sllna, Kansas Sep tem5er 2s. ls93, my attention was drawn tO the subject of pumping wa ter for irrigation by means of wind mill pumps. Several gentlemen were present from Garden City, Kansas, who detailed in q very interesting way the results obtained in their To- cality by this means. Shortly aft CT ward, in conversation with gentle man from Julesburg, Colo, learned that one or two farm, in the vicinity Of Julesburg were being irrigated in the same manner.
 RAILROAD GATHERS FACTS.
 It then became matter of curiosity to ascertain the extent to which this irrigation by pumping has been prac- ticed throughout the country, and l prepared and sent out to each of our station agents and land agents m Ne braska, west of North Platte: Kansas, west of Wa Keeney: Wyoming east and north of Cheyenne: and all of our agents in Colorado. New Mexico and Texas. circ liar letter asking the names and addresse, of any indiydu- als whom they might know were pump ing water for irrigation purposes. In response to these letters secured in the neighborhood of two hundred names of parties located in western Nebraska, southeastern Wyoming, northeastern and east-central Colo rado. and western Kansas. To each one of thnse parties l sent letter asking the locality of their lands, num- Der of acres irrigated, power used, whether wind or steam, cost of plant and cast per year of operation. depth and diameter of well. depth of water, whether or not the well could be pumped dry: diameter of stream com ing from the pdmp, capacity of pump in galloa' pei hour, average length of time per year of ranaing the pump, aal area aad depth of reservoir \ large number of these letters have been returned with full and complete answers t) the questions asked and in many instance, accompanied by en- thu,iastic letters advocating this method of irrigation.
 ot1IzZING THE WINDMILL MAKERS.
 While awaiting replies to these let ters to individual farmers, l submit ted to one of the prominent wind-en- glne pump companies a series of QueS- tions a, Co the capacity, cost. etc, Of pnm9s and windmills. From the pump complny learned that one horse power will raise 5-inch column of water 100 feet: six inch column seventy feet, and an eight inch column forty feet: additional horse power will elevate the column in direct propor- tion. X lO-foot windmill will develop one-half horse power; l2-foot mill three-fourths horse power: ll-foot mill two horse power, and each addi- tional two feet in diameter practically develops an additional horse power up to thirty foot mill which deyel- ops eight horse power. The cost Of mills ranges from s40 for the smallest size up to sl0l for the largest.
 Tn resp,nse to an inquiry as 10 the estimauel num5er of days windmill will rln during the year, the company reple a' toltow" "it depends upon ''locllty H're la llliuois total out put ons-thirl pr fight hours per day "Kai.a' aai Nebraska win average double this amount" think tho estimated average of Kansas and Ne
The oasis., 1894-01-18

company that a 5-inch pump geared to run forty-eight S-inch strokes per minute will discharge 1860 gallons per hour; 6-inch pump geared in the same way win discharge 27s0 gallons per hour, and an S-inch pump will dis charge 1 ,s6O gallons per hour.
 THE DUTY OF WATER.
 From the printed report of the Color ado State Agricultural College at Fort Collins. Colo. learned that the duty of water as determined by actual meas urement is one cubic foot per second running continuously for sixty to six ty-fye acres of ground. This during the month of June when the greatest amount of water is used for irrigation. During the entire irrigation season one cubic foot per second, if reser- yoired. is sufficient for lI5 to 300 acres. The same report shows that by actual measurement the amount of water required for various crops ranges from l.67 t0 2.5S feet in depth. That is if the entire amount of water necessary for perfect irrigation of the land was applied to the land at one time, if wonld be necessary to cover the ground to the depth named. according to the crop to be irrigated, The report shows also that this measured depth includes the measured rainfall during the same season. For the purpose of estimates given in this paper will assume that the average depth required for crops is two feet.
 WHAT A WINDMILL WILL DO.
 From the statements made by the pump company as to the capacity of a pump learn that 5-inch pump will discharge 1860 gallons per hour This is thirty-one gallons per minute or liye-teaths gallons per second, and is equal to .O6i cubic feet of water per second. On the Colorado basis as be- fore given, a stream running .06i cubic feet per second would irrigate about six acres of land: but the pump is esti- mated to run oaly about one-thlrd of the time, consequently one-third of the water would be secured and about two acres could be irrigated direct from the pump.
 have a large number of reports from farmer who apparently put in their windmills originally for the sole purpose of securing water for stock, but have since been successfully irrigating orchards, garden patcher, etc. from the surplus without making any attempt to reservoir it. These reports show that such surplus water k saal:lent to irrigate from one to three acres of laLd.
 RESERVOIR POSSIBILITIES.
 Now suppose farmerexpends ew dollars in constructing reservoir 100 feet square by four feet deep, what would b, the result: Such reSer- yoir will contain 10000 cubic feet or about 3)).O0l gallons of water, and q 4-inch pump discharging 1869 gallons of water per hour, will In one-third of d day or eight hours, discharge l4,SS0 gallons. In twelty days of eight hours each this is assuming that the wind- mill runs one.third of theactnal timel 297 600 gallon, Of waterwill be secured, practically filling our 30o,000 gallon reservoir During the six months from April to September inclusive, there are nine periods of twenty days each, therefore the reservoir can be filled and emptied nine times during the six months, resulting in an aggregate of 2, 700, 0OO gallons of water for irrigs-
The oasis., 1894-01-18

the reports which have received from farmers ] have a number of instances where the water is being pumped from considerable depths. Among them J. C. Houser of Grainfield, Kansas, is pumping from a well fifty-six feet in depth. $. K. Wine of Menlo, Kansas, is pumping from a we'll l30 feet deep. <. T. Percel of Grainfield, Kansas. is pumping from a well l40 feet deep. Four wells at Weskan, Kansas, are re- spectiyely l35 feet, 153 feet, l60 feet and no feet in depth. This shows that it is practicable to raise water from considerable depth below the surface of the ground.
 INDEPENDENCE ON A FEW ACRES.
 It is my opinion that the future irri- gation of the plains country is to be largely carried on by means of wind mil pumps. Each farmer can, ndc- pendent of his neighborS or of any ir- rigation company, irrigate from ten to fifteen acres of his quarter section. and ten to fifteen acres properly irri- gated and carefully cultivated are as much as any man ought to undertake to cultivate under irrigation. On this irrigated ground he can raise those crops which will bring in the best fin- ancial returns. and can thereby insure himself and his family sufficient in- come to more than support them inde- pendently of the natural rainfall. On the remaining portion of his l60 acres he can raise by dry farming the same crops in character and amount as he is now getting, and two years out of three he is bound to get magnificent crops from the non-irrigated land.
 EFFECT UPON CLIMATE.
 am further convinced that If ten acres out of each quarter section of the plains country were irrigated the resultant evaporation from the neces- sary reservoirs and from the irrigated l land. would so disturb existing eli matic conditions that the long droughts which are now liable to be experienced would be permanently broken up, and that the average an- nual rainfall instead of coming at in- frequent periods and in heavy, driving storms, always causing more or less damage, would be obtained at fre- quent intervals and in the shape of gentle rains which would do the great est amount of good. The result would be that from the non-irrigated land would be obtained each and every year fully as good crops as were obtained | in western Kansas and Nebraska in 1891 and 1892.
 x
 While the foregoing is based upon data collected elsewhere, and the con- clusions drawn are applied elsewhere, it is so in line with the recent papers in TIE OASIS by Lieutenant Bryan on irrigation by pumping in the vicin- ity of Arizoa, that it is well worth publication as a companion paper. In it's application to the Cssa Grande ! Valley the reader will observe that here the season for pumping would be extended through nearly the entire year, which would more than compen- sate for the larger rainfall in Kansas and Nebraska, and the greater eyapor- aton in Southern Arizona. With the same appliances ten to fifteen acres can here be successfully irrigated, and, with the more valuable productions here grown, at a far greater profit Here rnvernmcnt lands. close to a rail-
The oasis., 1894-01-18
JANUARY CLIMATE 1T ARIZOLA.
WEATHER REPORT
For Week Ending Wednesday. .Januar,
 IT. 1894,

As recorded by the Voluntary Ob- server of the United States Weather Bureau at this point:
The oasis., 1894-01-18

An entirely clear sky Is denoted by cipher and numerals denote tenths of total obscura- tion by clouds,
The oasis., 1894-01-18

tion purposes, equal to 36o,oo5 cubic feet.
The oasis., 1894-01-18

bra.ka, as compared with Illinois, will be accepted without question.
 further ascertained from the pump company that 5-inch pump geared to run fortY-eight s-inch strokes per minute will discharge 1860 gallons per hour; a 6-inch pump geared in the same way win discharge 2760 gallons per hour. and an S-inch pump will dis charge 1 ,s6O gallons per hour.
Evening star., 1894-02-17

from 2436 TO 2440 Brightwood avenue. he
is also building three houses on the opposite
side Of the street, from 2431 to 244l
Plans for a store and dwelling at 1918 7th
street have been prepared by A. B. Mullete
& Co, architects. The building will be
two stories in height, with a front Of press
brick.
Plans for two residences to be erected on
3lst near L street have been prepared by 9.
A. Hardness, architect They will be three
stories high, and will have press brick
fronts.
A three-story house will be built at 63z
Massachusetts avenue by Preston S. Smith
Unique Building.
Prof. Bells Volta Institute. opposite the
Georgetown convent, is receiving it's fnish~
ing touches. Nearly $4,000 have been spent
upon il to date. Its style OF architecture
Is SO unique to attract COM
ment from every beholder: II 10
rather squatty in appearance. OF .
vellowish color, and constructed after the
manner OF many of the buildings of the
Holy Land, the walls extending about three
feet above the roof At this institute IL 10
designed to introduce the most advanced
methods Of teaching the deaf and dumb
Evening star., 1894-02-17
EDUCATIONAL.
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y A
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and best system Of shorthand Proficiency reach
ed in from two 10 three months. Oldest exclu-
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city. ACME SCHOOL OF PHONOGHAPHY. 111O
jalO-2ms
MME. TAYLOR, OPERATIC TEACHER MAKES
j speciality of placing the voice correctly for
operas. churches. concerts. Evering classes for
working girls. Reduced rates. sic l1th ST. L.. ".
fe3- i'm"
Evening star., 1894-02-17
OUT OF WASHINGTON.


From the Popular Science Monthly.
A ship regularly engaged in deep sea
sounding usually has the sounding ma
chine mounted at the after edd, and when
about to sound IS brought to a standstill
with the stern to the sea. The stray line
with the sounding rod and sinker attached
is over the guide pulley and carefully low
cred to the waters edge, the register is
set to zero and the deep sea thermometer
is clamped to the sounding line; seaman
is stationed at the friction line which con-
trols the velocity with which the wire is
unreeIed another at the brake and a third
en- the grating outside to handle the sinker
and instruments and to guide the wire as
it passes overheard; a machinist is at the
hosting engine and 4 recorder takes
position for reading the register. When
the sinker is let go the vessel is maneuvered
SO as tC keep the wire vertical, and the
friction line is adjusted SO as to allow it to
descend from 40 to l0o fath0ms per minute
The instant the Sinker strikes bottom, W Which
is Enthusiastically indicated by the sudden
release of the wire from strain, the reel is
stopped by the friction line and brake; the
recorder notes the number of turns of the
reel
nuity makes it's excursion through five
miles of watery waste to the abySmal re-
gions of perfect repoSe and brings to the
light of day the soil with which the rain of
shells of minute infusorial organism from
the upper waters has been for ages mant-
ling the oceans floor. Here and there a
giant peak rising from these sunless depths
lifts his head to see the sky, and the dredge
ard trawl tell Us that ali along his rugged
sides, and on the hills and plains below
freeing cold of the deepest valleys. there
is life.
Evening star., 1894-02-17
TO ADVERTISERS.

Advertisers are urgently re-
quested to hand in advertisements
the day prior to publication, IN
order that insertion may be as
sured. Want advertisements viii
be received up to noon Of the day
OF publication, precedence being
. given to those first received.
Evening star., 1894-02-17

Mr. t. J. McETTRICK. TUTORING IN LAM
Guages, mathematics sciences, elocution natural
method; prepares for any college professional
school. backward pupils specially. 161S 10Th
at ia2O- I'm
Evening star., 1894-02-17

MISS FRANCES MARTINS ENGLISH AMI
FRENCH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS.
1895 z st. NV
French Kindergarten Boarding pupils limited.
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