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= - u atmbuctoo.

NJ. Felix Dubois, who Was sent 10 Tim
buct0O by tue b.g0I0, has returned to
Paris, aud publishes an interesting arti-
Gle ia that journal. He says IN the Sou
Dan the Wild beasts form an infinitesi-
n2llY small portion OF the animals of the
country. lhe traveller sees herds OF
beautiful CATTLE and splendid horses and
hocks OF sheep. As Tor fever, if The
European only protects himself properly
from the sun, and takes quinine as a
preventive medicine, he has not much to
fear.
The traveller from Senegal to Timbuc-
too begins his journey by taking the
train from Dakar to st. Louis. To pro-
coed thence 10 Lie Soudan, the traveller
takes the steamer, furnished with all
modern improvements, on board winch
the living is good. The voyage 10 Hayes
lasts ABOUT eight days. From Hayes, the
capital OF the Soudan. the traveller again
takes the train and crosses a country
which often reminds him of the forest OF
Fontainebleau. At length he reaches the
Niger, where the traveller embarks on
board great lighter barge propelled by
oars.
Dienne is the commencement of the
marvellous region of lakes and luxurious
prairies with imposing herds of wild cat
tie. At length the sandy downs behind
which Tlnbuctoo is sheltered appear.
Lying like a sphinx at the gate OF the
desert, lmbuctoo realizes all that her
great reputation promises" During a
stay Of several weeks his interest was
kept constantly on the alert, and went on
increasing. Iimbuctoo IS the great city
OF the desert, the Queen OF the Sands,
which sW eep mp against It's walls and in-
wade lis squares aud streets. 1t has from
1900 to 5000 Inhabitants. There is not
Vestige OF d monumental building, noth-
ing but big houses built of mud and straw
or wood. The population consists of
negroes with the blood of all the races of
Northern and Central Africa in their
yeias. such elemenls. which appear
modest aud at first disconcert the visitor,
do not prevent the commerce OF the city
amounting TO millions of francs year.
NJ Dubois propAesies that the western
valley of the Niger viii, at a compara-
lively early dato. become one of the
finest of the french possessions, if its
iestinies are contided TO man who know
the country.-Paris Correspondent Lon
don Standard.
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The Highest inhabited point.

Up to a short time ago it was popularity
believed that the highest habitation on
tho globe was to be found in the Buddhist
convent III Ihihet, where twenty one
monks devote their lives to the alteration
OF Buddha at an altitude of some Ii, 200
feet above sea level 1t has been estab-
lshed lately. however, that colony of
mine laborers exploiting for London
firm the tin and bisinuth mines of Mount
Cnoroldue, in the Bolivian province OF
Chichos. are living in settlement more
than II coo feet above tide water.
Pious Russians do not eat pigeons be-
cause of the sanction conferred on the
dove in the Scriptnres.
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CONDITION Or TRADE.
Reports Throughout the Country
Continue Favorable
PRICES OF STAPLES AND EMPLOYEES
WAGES ADVANCING

More 9han Million Industrial
workers Have Recefved an In-
crease of Pay Averaging About Ten
Fer Cent.-Crop Conditions Are
Also ImDroved-CommeroiaI Fail
ures show a Decrease over Last
Year. Both In Point OF Number and
the amount Involved.
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A Terrible Kicker.

please. sir" said the bell-bo to a
Texas Eiotel clerk, Mum Der 10 says there
amt 40 Towel in his ROOM"
'reH him to use one of the window
curtains"
HE says. too, there amt no pillows"
''Iell him TO put his coat and vest un-
der his head"
And he wants pitcher of watern
suffering CyrUsi But be is the worst
kicker / ever struck in my life Carry
him up the horse pail"
''iIe wants TO know if he can't have q
light"
.'Here, confound hint Give him this
lantern, and ask him if he wants the
earth and if he'll have it fried only one
side, or turned over?"-Texas Siftings.
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TIE official food analyses by the Unite

TIE official food analyses by the United
States Government show the Royal to be
pure ereain-of-tartar baking powder,
the highest in strength, evolving 1906
cubic inches of leayening gas per single
ounce OF powder. There were eight other
braDds OF crean-of-tartar powders tested,
and their average strength was less than
III cubic inches of gas per ounce OF pow
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Shields for Soldiers.

A lively discussion is going on in the
English papers in regard t. shield
which has been tried for the British
army. The bearing Of the discussion is
that the first object of a soldier should
be to kill his enemy; the secondhand a
long way after-should be to avoid be-
ing killed. 1t is maintained that the
shield reverses the order of Importance
of the two objects: It imperfectly pro-
tects the soldier and effectuany ham,
pers him in his attempt to kill his ad-
versary. The carrying of the shield
would be serious difficulty, and the
probability is, that the soldier would
lind short way Of disposing of it
when the fighting began.
The contention has curiously enough
drifted into the question of the impor-
lance of improving methods of attack,
and now attention is concentrated on
the new rifle rest which is said to be
double the accuracy Of firing. It is
about to be adopted by several Euro
pean governments, and much surprise
is expressed that the English War Of
flce has not purchased the absolute
right to the invention. It consists of a
slender steel rod, weighing only two
ounces, taking only quarter of a Sec
ond to open or shut, and immeasurably
increasing the steadiness of the sol
dler's aim, especially if he be trembling
with eXertion or excitement. The rest
IS clever modification of the muzzle
rest which was used by thee onfeder-
ates IN the American civil war While.
however the effectiveness of the old
rest was greatly impaired from the piv
OF not being central enough to give the
marksman sweeping range. the new
rest-llke Simpson-is hinged beneath
the stock of the gun. at it's center of
gravity. on ball and socket hinge. so
that child could turn the barrel to and
tro and up and down on it's pivot along
the whole field of sight According to
a report Of one of the military trials,
the rest must be a valuable acquisition
Tor any army: 'The marksman soon
got to the bulls eye, and turning to his
omcer' ne said: Now. if you don't mind
wasting ammunition. 1 caa make as
many Duls eyes as you like! He made
rev to show that he was in earnest
and the experts declared themselve,
satisfied
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tie attention has been paid to mechan.
ism for retarding the car and quickly
but smoothly bringing it to stop.
This point was brought out in a recent
editorial, which stated that "the mum.
Der of deaths due to motor cars has
alarmingly increased since the trolley
system liberated the slow-going horse
and mule. Not that the deaths are
due to the electric current The dead
ly trolley notion has properly been ex.
ploded. It is the car wheels that are
doing the deadly work." It is the fail
ure or inability to instantly retard or
arrest the motion of the car that has
caused so many accidents in our city
streets, and the ordinary brake is utter
ly inadequate for the purpose An cleo
trio brake has long been talked Of
and has at length been developed to a
point which meets every requirement.
in electric railway practice, The cur.
rent employed to operate the brake
is developed by automatically turning
the motors into generators, and thus
the mechanical energy stored up in
the moving car is utilized. The brake
Is tuCIclOIc uOt OIL LuC Gull
rent that moves the car, the trolley
current having nothing whatever to do
with it's operation. The pre- eminent
advantage Of the new system is that by
doing away with the number Of COM
plex movements hitherto necessary, it
enables the motorman to keep his wits
about him, and every movement Of the
car under perfect control. Now, in
stead Of having to handle the grip lever
or current controller and hand brake
at the same time, he does everything
by a single controlling handle, starting.
acceleratng, retarding and braking
both the car and the trailers, and it may
confidently be expected that the i'm
provement will have the effect Of re-
ducing the number Of electric car acci-
dents by at least two-thirds. The car
can be brought to a standstl within
three e-quarters of it's length, and the
motion is described as mot a sharp,
jerky stop, but something as if the car
had run into a big feather tick" The
system operates with silence and abso-
lutte certainty, and it's general intro
duction may shortly be looked for, as
electric railway companies will find
electric brakes cheaper than damage
suits.
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A Simple Milk Test.

In many English cities, and especially
IN London, the cerulean tirt of the
liquid supplied by the milkm4n has
long been byword, and although th,
customer might he fully aware of the
imposition that was being practiced ON
hlm, he has no definite plan Of remedy
IN the evil that would not entail more
trouble than it was worth. The quality
OF the milk could certainly be told by
a lactometer, but the instrument was
very liable to be broken, and the sys-
tematic employment of scientific tests
is apt to become irksome to the ayera 90
householder. A new device will certain
~ recommend itself, both on the score
of convenience and trustworthiness. An
ordinary glass jug is graduated on the
outside in pints and fractions. Be-
meath the graduaions are drawn three
lines, marked respectively average y
good and 'svery good.'' When the
jug is filed by the milkman, the DUR
chaser can see at a glance. whether
the proper quantity has been received,
and after it had been allowed to settle,
the quality of the milk will also be
shown. The thickness of the layer of
cream on top. will be gauged BY the
three small lines below the measure,
and a very accurate idea can then be
formed Of the consistency Of the milk
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found an exceedingly sprightly young
woman, who will take your application
for place in a class and tell you all
about what benefits will accrue to you
and all mankind from learning. about
First Aid to the Injured. In the first
place you might as we'll make up your
mind that you cannot join the class
which begins Friday, September Is,
because there isn't room for you. If
the ladies' class, which begins Oct. II,
and meets for six Thursday after
Moons at 2:30 o'clock would suit you
and you can spare the So YOU will find
yourself in the very best society.
Why, last winter it was all the 60,
and there were classes in. the houses
Of such people as Miss Hoyt, Mrs.
Newbold, Mrs. Julia Catlin, Miss
Rothschild and the like.
At the rooms of the society there
were classes every weekday after
noon last winter besides the evening
classes. The Stock Exchange took les
sons. Well, pranking lot like them
needs something Of the kind. 1t is a
wonder they don't break more bones
down there. Il
= The benefit is not alone confined sto
people who have money. There are
free classes.
There is a course of five lectures de
liverd by such men as Drs. John L.
Andrews, Aristides Agramonte, Char
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Old Age and Hard Work.

Old people make big mistake when
they give up work. Many men who
have made competency in busines and
feel entitled to retire from active work
find themselves declining in health and
becoming. prematurely old for want Of
occupation. In most aged persons the
vital function continue in active exer-
else under normal conditions, but if the
regularity and moderation of business
life are departed from trouble will sure
ly follow. On the other hand, the Lam
Get held that IF in any direction it is
allowable for competitors in the race Of
life to dispense with self-control it
would appear that they may, to a great
extent, use this liberty with respect to
physical and mental exertion.'' In 9TH
er words, we must eat too much nor
drink too much, but we can study hard
and take plenty of exercise not only
without harm; but with the best results
and If. the old people wish to live out
all the days they should find plenty to
do for beth mind and body.-I.ondon
Lancet 5=l
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dot Beermatic Tyre Vas All Right,
GueSs."
1T GOT BACK AT HIM.

MIR. DonncIly's Venture in Machiner
and His Hit at the Lawyer.
A good story was recently told in a
little company Of attorneys about IS
natius Donnelly's aptness at repartee.
The incident occurred some years ago
when Mr.. Donnelly was sued by an
agricultural firm to recover on some
notes he had given for a machine on
which it was alleged nothing had been
paid Donnelly put in the usual reply
that the machine was not ag ood one,
and that he ought not to be required
to pay the notes.
After conducting the examination the
opposing attorney thought he saw a
a way to corner the willy Donnelly,
and began by asking him:
''Mr. Donnelly did you buy ma
chine like this in 1882
yes, SIR" answered he.
And some time after that did you
buy another?"
.'Yes sir, 1 did"
And now you purchased this ma
chine?''
Yes, sir. bought it,
NOW, NIL DOuHe1y, you were SuSA
for the payment of each machine, We're
you not? and each case you put in the
same answer that you did in this case,
that the machine was not a good one,
and was really defective?"
Yes, sir, believe so,'' replied the
great Baconian.
''Now, Mr.. Donnelly, please tell us
why it was that after purchasing two
machines Of this company, both Of
which were poor and ~valuelees, you
went to them for the third?'' asked the
attorney, with a triumphant glance
around at his brother attorneys.
We'll" replied Mr.. Donnelly, dryly,
s.I presume it was for the same reason
that after 9ou had been beaten in the
first two suits, the company persisted
in employing you to prosecute the
third. minneapolis journal
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The Cage Torture,
BEER IN A PNEUMATIC TIRE
How a Jolly GermaR 8icycItst Car4
ries His Drinks Z Iring Pleasure

How a Jolly German 8fcycItst Care
rfes His Drinks ring Pleasure
Trips.
e 'snD 10 A1ols pooS Usl 6sqL
certain German who has taken to the
bicycle habit, and, with the devoted
ness Of beginner, promises to ride ali
day, and major portions Of each night
says the Chicago Herald
Gus likes a glass of beer better then
most men, and the only thing which
has kept him from trying the century
runs is the fact that when a man gets
out on the road it is altogether TOO long
between drinks
And do you know what that fellow
dld"' asked one of his friends.
mo. What?'
'sWhy, he filled his pneumatic tire
with beer, and when he got to a seclud.
&c spot along a weary stretch of pho
hibition country road he ran into 4
fence corner, tapped the blowhole in his
tire and drew off a quart or so Of tho
ruby. While By was drinking it another
rider came along from an opposite II.
recpNon and Gus treated him to a drink:
! Then he blew the tire up till wind anq
| lager filled it again, mounted ms saor
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ling you would do to stop the bleed

4HSs.
Suppose that this man or woman dn-
dicating one Of the class has injured
the wrist, and it is out of shape First
tell me what might be the matter with
it and what you would do for it. Then
treat it as if it were a real case.
How would you go to work on a per-
son taken out of the water apparently
droWned?
If person were taken out Of sew
er, old well, or gas tank in an insensi-
BILE condition, what would you do for
him? ,...
If you found a person lying down in
the street, party or wholly insensible,
what might be the matter with him?
IF you decided it was apoplexy, how
would you treat it?
If was sheat-stroke how would you
treat it?
How would you know it was not in
toxication?
How would you treat burn?
Is What would you do for a child in a
! lit? @~- 8
Tell me aLSyou can about ventilating
/ a sick-room.s
plaster for a child three years old?
11ON I1duS du duCuC
! breathe in a minute?
! All this might come in handy one
Of these days when you would give
u fortune to be able to answer such
questions ofhand, for ability to an
swer them might mean saving the life
OF some one very dear.
It is astonishing how many people
are unable to do anything useful in
cases of injuries They leave the poor
man to bleed to death, or to perish
from suffocation while they chase off
after doctor, when, if they knew how
to give aid they might save life.
Who knows how to make a tsurni
quet? They teach that at these classes
They have a boy in tights, who. is sup
posed to be bleeding to death from
a wound in the arm. The lecturer
shows how to rig up a pair of suspen
ders and stick so as to stop the jet
ting of the scarlet life-blood. He tells
where the arteries are which feed the
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les +. Adams, Fred. ]. Brockway,
Pearce Bailey, Louis +. Bishop, James
?: Crook, Christopher j. Coles, Albert
Il. Ely, James P. Fiske, Henry A.
Griffin, A. Ernest Gallant, Charles L.
Gibson, Angler B. Hobbs, Charles A.
kinch, Robert @. Kemp, J. Milton
Mabbott Louis Irving Mason, Van
Horne Norris, William H. Park, Hen-
ry Power, Frank K Roarke, J. Gard
ener Smith, George White, and J. Van
Doren Young.
The sixth lesson is an examination.
If you pass that you get diploma
and a. badge. From the following
specimen questions one may get an
idea Of what is taught:
Start at the heart and draw your fin
ger over the course of the artery that
supplies the hand and arm with blood
What would you do for person who
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The Suspension Punishment.
and kept there until death has come to
their relief
The 'snake" punishment consists in
twining around the body Of the victim
snake-like coils made of some MALE
able metal. in use so arranged that the
arms Of the prisoner are thrust into one
set, while another passes around the
body: After these are adjusted boiling
water is poured into them through the
mouths of the serpents, causing the
flesh of the victim to burn and blister
in horrible manner. This mode of
punishment is almost exclusively used
on state prisoners.
In the "suspending' punishment the
prisoner is either suspended on hori-
zontal bar by one hand and one foot
or else by the hands tied together at the
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10 Check Bleeding at the Carotid
Artery.
different parts Of the body, and what
is the quickest way to stop bleeding.
He does not rest until everybody in
the class knows how to fix a turniquet
or the bandage required
He tells how to use whatever is at
hand. For instance, party is miles
from a doctor and somebody breaks his
leg. He tells how to fix that leg so the
patient will suffer as little as possible
Obviously proper splints cannot be
found ready to hand. What should be
done? Use trunk tray, umbrellas,
canes, boards from packing cases.
Pad these with cotton batting, cloth,
hay, straw. leaves folded up in a piece
Of shirt, or a handkerchief. or leaves
and grass stuffed into a shirt sleeve.
For d fracture Of the leg below the
knee, good plan is to put the leg on
pillow, bring the sides Of the pillow
around the leg and pass strips Of cloth
around so as to hold the pillow firmly
against the leg.
1t is an old story that, thousands
have been taken from the water and
let die because nobody knew now to
revive them. They show how to do
that at these classes. They tell you
how to bring children out of convul-
sions, what to do for poisoning, how
to carry the injured how to put on
bandages Of all kinds. You never can
tell. One of your friends might get
his head injured somewhere Think
what a pleasure it would be to be able
to make a fourtailed bandage for his
head.
Without teaching medicine or cum
bering the mind with a whole lot of
useless information, a tremendous lot
Of things are taught of immense value
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Storage Battery.

The storage battery is another young
hopeful' of which the public entertains
great expectations. It's growth has been
81 naewhat slow and disappointing, but
tLis is partly due to the atmosphere of
legal uncertainty by which it has been
surrounded, and there is good reason
tG believe that before many years the
storage battery will be practical sue
css for many kinds Of work For
street car services it's advantages over
the. trolley system, provided it can
be made equally practical and eco1onl-
ical, are generally recognized. For long
distance railways it has several lttrac-
tive features as compared with the
trolley system. 1t would enable electric
trains to be run on any existing track
without the construction of line work.
It would save the cost of ''step-up'
transformers at each station, primary
line work, ''Step-down' transformers.
It would enable the generating capacity
of each station to be reduced to just
enough, when worked continuously, to
charge the batteries during the intervals
between trains, while with the trolley
system, each station must be large
enough to operate the train or trains
that may be on its section at any one
time, although idle during the remain
der of the. day.
The natural conclusion from this COM
parison is that the trolley system will
find it's most favorable application on
roads with heavy traffic where the
stations can be placed at moderate in
tervals and given steady work, while
for lines with, less frequent trains, the
storage battery offers Inc most hcpe-
full, and, in fact, the only economical
solution s.. -'~
When the storage battery can be
made, at half the present price, with
twice it's present life and capacity per
pound of battery, and with a safe and
fairly efficient discharge rate twice as
high as the present limit, conditions by
40 means hopeless, it will be become
very formidable rival Of the trolley
Engineering Magazine. ri. ...->-1
Electric Brake.
1t is surprising that among the meth
ods proposed for diminishing the dan
ger Of electric cars. comparatively lit
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Suspended by One Leg and One Arm.
ties are often inflicted for insignificant
crimes, or perhaps merely to crafty
the malice or whim Of a captious man
DARN, makes them doubly heinous.
Modes of torture and punishment in
the Celestial Empire are of two kinds
legal and illegal. The latter are fire.
quently practiced by magistrates for
the purpose Of elicting confession Of
guilt, and by jailors in order to extort
money from the prisoners. The meth
ods of illegal torture are numerous,
and the pain caused by them is often
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CHINESE TORTURES.
PRISONERS SUBJECTED TO INFA-
NOUS CRUELTTES.
Horrible Sufferings of Victims-The
Cage, the Boiling Snake, Squeez-
ing, Suspension and Many Other
Barbarious Practices.

If the war between the Chinese and
the Japanese should result in the sue
cess of the latter it is not unlikely
that a few reforms in China's govern
ment may follow, as the Japanese are
rapidly taking a front rank among the
educated and enlightened nations. One
Of the Chinese system of torture.
The punishment now imposed on the
Mongolian criminal or culprit in China,
by Cinnamon, exceed in cruelty, not to
say barbarity, those of any other civi-
lZed nation. The fact that such cruel
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back, and also the feet. In either of
these positions the pain, when the tor
ture is long continued, Is so great that
the victim loses consciousness. Both
hands and the feet are frequently dis
located in this manner 49, .r--s..s ".
f. The form Of torture is known as Gin
ger-squeezing" is usually employed by
magistrates to extort confessions. The
fingers on each hands Of the prisoner
are fixed between rods so arranged that
by pulling a cord the fingers are squeez-
ed between them, The more the cord
5 pulled the tighter the Singers are