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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-11-24
Regarding Football Fatalities.

1t is quite the fad just now for many who
know nothing about the game Of football to
cry out against it because it is such a
beastly, brutal game, and because so many
have been killed, MANNED, and made halt.
As q matter of fact the list of fatalities is
Insignificant when compared with the list
other sports afford. Here is list cover
ing four seasons, 1894-5-6-7,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-18

pair Of the broken levees. since 1867 many
equally liberal appropriations have been mace by
one Congress after another, until the net sum al
lowed to the Commission to master the now Oh
the great Father Of Waters stood on June 49,
1896 at $50. 1890
Three distinct plans have been brought for
ward for controlling the Mississippi and improv-
ing it's navigable channel one Is the outlet
scheme. one the scheme Of levees. and the third
that Of revetment or protection or the banks
from erosion. AS means of abatng hooes,
much less OF deeping the river channel the out
let scheme has been generally discarded me
chief popularity of the Mississippi is that 1t Is
lt-bearing stream. so heavily charged win sedi-
ment that We're 1t possible to stretch a hitter
across the river at any given point below cairo.
enough soil would accumulate In eight minutes
TO make a dam foot thick from bank to bank.
To carry along its own burden OF silt ana at the
same time to scour out It's channel to n constant
depth REQUIRES a maximum velocity OF current.
and experience has invariably shown that where
the current is checked by an escape of water
either through crevasse or a natural outlet, a
tendency to shoa just below the point OF escape
Is quickly developed.
At first thought II would seem that the cutting
of new outlet to the Gulf like the proposed one
below New-Orleans to Lake Borgne might re-
duce permanently the flood level of the river.
Yet in the opinion Of all the engineers who
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-18
TIE AGE OF THE WORLD.
,e Popular Science Monthly.

From The Popular Science Monthly.
One Of the questions considered by Professor f.
B. Poulton in his presidential address before the
Geological Section OF the British Association, re-
aeq Of life on the earth its
ent whether tho present state OF
or diminshes the weight OF the opinion OF Darwin:
Huxley and spenSsr that the time darng wnisa
had been formed utterly insufficient for organic
evolution" The arguments OF the physicists; de,
the length of the day. and from the estimated
length of the time occupied by the earth In cool,
condition. are shown to have been proved Invalid
bases for. calculating the probable age of the
The argument derived from the supposed life Of
the sun has not yet been ruled Ont and that syss
computation OF the time required for deposting
the geological strata gives a minimum OF seventy;
three million and maximum OF six hundred
and eighty million years-Possbly. four hundred
Of .Ss s schss Of say tS %
been worked ont in the Time during whsh w as
the time required for the origin OF life or for the
q the Lowest Ss beings with ws
which we know nothing; but only with so much OF
the process OF evolution as we can infer from ,me
parison is made from study OF the evolution OF
the phyla. All available evidence points 20 the ex
in the c@lentera,s phya although the proiC,sso..
are even more conservative When We consider
fossil. we shall md that the progressive changes
were slower and indeed hardly apprsssseis - ,hs
molusca, appendiculata, and vertebrate Within
these latter phyla We have evidence for the evou,
ton OF higher groups. presenting a more or Tess
marked advance In organization. =.
AS whole. the comparison Is quite enough ~
necesstate very large Increase In the time esti.
mated by the geologist. We can hardly escape tne
conclusion that. for the development OF the artn,v
pod branches from common chetopodlike ancestos
and for the further development OF the classes os
each branch, period many times the Length, W
the fossferous series Is required. The evolution.
OF the ancestor OF each OF the higher animal pnyI
probably occupied long period as that reaum,ysa
for the evolution which subsequently occurred VIII.
In the phylum. But the consideration OF the hisnsr
phya which occur FOSSIL except the verteorsssssn
leads the Irresistible conclusion that the wnoSs
period In which tho fossiferous rocks were sia
down must be multiplied several times ios 'n
9uires to be again increased and perhaps ase'Ss
Tor the earlier history,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-18
,SOUE STRANGE BIRDS.
From The Sketch.

From The Sketch.
The Geological Society have been more fortunate
In obtaining examples Of the crane famiy tnan III
preserving them: but the truth is, peculiar oiMGui
lies attend the keeping OF these birds in captivity,
and i'm the limited space available in the Hesenl )
Park Garden, 1t Is not possible to create con a
lions at all nearly approxirnating 10 those uh"ei
which they live N state of nature. -.
or the crowned Kair crane (Balearica cnI 20
peargus) the society have had several examples
since 1884 when 1t was first represented IN the
menagerie: Il is striking bird nearly four feet In
height and pale gray in color: the naked white
cheek patches edged with crimson and the crest TO OF
yellow bristles arrest attention at once. That crest
by the way is an object OF desire among the ma,
lives of South and East Africa. who seek the pro
for no other purpose than to procure the tuft or
yellow webless feathers wherewith to adorn their
own heads. Not only In this country are agrettes
fashonable The crowned crane is found singly. In
pairs and X. small focks, sometimes associating
with the Stanley Paradise crane In the vast
areas of swampy ground where 1t finds live-
hood The birds domestce arrangements are un-
comfortable from the human point OF view; IKE
other ground building cranes It selects neuralgia
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-18

studied the problem under the Mississippi River
Commissions directions, an exactly opposite
effect would be produced Their Investigations
show that ii would not be possible to make the
proposed outlet into Lake Borgne without Great
ing shoal in the river below II, and that IL
would not be possible to keep such an outlet open
except at a great cost in dredging away a con-
tinually forming sub-delta- Nor could the Lake
Borgne cutoff be kept open permanently with
out the slope of the river being lessened between
the new outlet and the present mouths or passes.
after which the level Of the river bed would ulti-
mately be raised even above the Lake Borgne
outlet. Similar objections have been raised to all
other schemes for iessening the flow of the river
by dispersion through outlets.
THE SYSTEM CHOSEN
The basis of the system chosen by the Commits
sion for the Improvement is in brief the con-
servation so far as possible of the Mississippis
volume or water and its concentration in one
channel OF approximately uniform width. 1t
could not therefore recommend the maintenance
oil the old ievee system, pure and simple as a
solution of the problem both of abating foods
and improving navigation. Levees had been
built for the sole purpose Of protecting alluyiaI
lands from overflow, without reference To their
effect ON river commerce. Yet the traditional
eInbankment scheme was found to harmonic i'm
great measure with the general purpose of the
Commissions enterprise. Its effect had been 10
deepen the channel and enlarge the bed OF the
river during the flood periods and thus II han
pened that during the period from 1870 to 1876
when the entertainments were in their best CON
dition. the navigable channel OF the Mississinni
was far better than II had been before or bss
been since. mao
1t Is obvious" said the Mississippi River
Commission in it's report for 1881 that levees
are. upon large portion Of the river, essential
10 prevent destruction TO life and property Inv
overflow. They give safety and ease to ne vIra.
ton, and promote and facilitate commerce ard
trade, by establishing banks or landing places
above the reach Of floods, upon which produce
can be placed while awaiting shipment and
where steamboats, and other river craft can land
In times Of high water In a restricted sense
as auxiliary TO plan Of channel improvement
only. the construction and maintenance of a
levee system is not demanded But In q larger
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-18

Baron Stanley, and was described in THE Zoo
logical Journal" by Mr. Vigors. who saw 1t in
the menagerie which In those days existed In the
Tower OF London. The Geological Society have
owned two examples: the last, purchased In 1894
is dead . .
Plainest among the large wadlng birds Is the Ad-
jutant 0eptopus argala), found both In India and
Africa Nature seems TO have designed him In an
experimental mood, and disguised with her handi-
work to have turned him out unfinished. Take
him away" I imagine her saying II cant
a pickaxe and eye like a haddocks; won't have
anything more to do with him. and don't care If he
has got a bald head. shant waste another feather
on such a creature take him and make him
scavenger-ts all he is good for And a scaven-
ger the Adjutant became-a useful and highly re-
spected but depressingly ugly public servant. The
Young Adiutant Just launched In life is repulsivey
ugly and the melancholy gravity OF his demeanor
suggests that ne has seen himself mirrored In some
still pool and the revelation is weighing upon his
mind AS he grows older however, and begins TO
bage the effects OF the shock to his vanity pass
away He becomes jaunty-nay, frivolous-and In
sheer lghtness OF heart attends dancing parties
the mud slopes Of the Hooghly. where he ducks and
bows and kicks and scrapes. with half-distended
wings TO the admiration OF the Miss Adjutants.
All the cranes and storks are great dancers. and
In the early pairing season you may see really
graceful terpslchorean performances In the pad
docks at the 200" An elderly Adjutant practising
thetic observer can hardly regard without mingled
laughter and tears. lie Is so awkward ungain-
ly vet cheerfuily earnest about II: sorry
for the deuded bird, and yet cannot refrain from
hoping that the heart OF the hen Adtutant Will be-
moved by the pathetic display OF ineputude.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-18
PROFITS FROM THE FRETFUL PORCUPINE.
From Answers.

From AnsWerS.
Porcupine quilIs are a necessary of life to anglers
for they make excellent floats for bottom fishing
Also scores of penhoders are made from the black
and white spikes and many kinds Of ornamental
screens and fans are pieced and knitted Of these
quilts.
Something like two million porcupine quilts reach
Britain every year. and they chiefly come from
be hunted and killed before the quilts can be oh
tanned and many hundreds OF Rorcupines are slain
fully extracted and dried packed In crates and
shipped away TO Europe, where they are used for
all manner OF things In the way of tackle and or
namentation. A poreupne L. always worth kill
OF quilts on his fretful back.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-18
WORK OF THE COMMISSION

The Commission spent some time In making
preliminary surveys and investigating the var,
Gus phases Of the problem intrusted to IT. In
1SS2 another devastating flood came The
crevasses extended the whole length OF the river
and the overflow was general and widespreod
The gaps cut in hitherto substantial levees az
gresated eishtythree miles In addition MANY
miles OF embankment were left in such an inn.
paired condition as to be practically value,ess
for aluvial protection. This second disaster ,of,
the people of the flooded districts PROSTATE with
out means or credit to undertake the vast work
OF restoring their broken levees and In a STAT
OF disbursement bordering on despair Con-
gress responded generously. however TO the an
pedis at once raised for aid. and the River and
Harbor bill Of 1882 voted 81 1913 600 for ,mprov-
ing the channel OF the Mississippi below Cairo
VI this sum- Sl,3l3,000 went directly to the re-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-18
SOME NEW STAMPS.
From The Chicago Record

From The Chicago Record
Stamp collectors will he interested TO know that
Corea has Issued stamp. bearing curious
combination of hierog yphics. which interpreted
to he symboca of life and DEATH night and day.
General Pierola celebrated his accession TO the
Presidency Of Peru by issuing new stamp with a
valiant-looking bearded warrior. Uruguay has a
new one that Is similar but a little more gay.
Portugal celebrated the seventh centenary OF ST.
Anthony with stamp hearing picture OF
that quaint monastic saint. France has recently
issued new series for Madagascar. Perak has a
new one carrying tiger with very large. open
mouth.
The Grand duke of Luxembourg has published his
portrait in the shape of A stamp Prince Boris OF
Bulgaria has followed his example. Nautilus has
a new series which instead Of the portrait OF Her
Majesty which ornamentcd the old one presents
its own coat-of-arms, consisting OF a key. a ship
and something that looks like lighthouse. The
finest works OF art in the stamp line those issued
last summer by Greece 10 celebrate the Olympic
games They are embellished with pictures OF the
Acropols. the Mercury Of Praxitees and other in
terestlng subjects.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-18
THE OMNIPRESEyT AMERIcAy PEANUT.
From The Washington Star.

THE peanut as article Of commerce and con-
sumption" said Judge Christancy OF the Pension
Once, TO a star reporter, us something enor-
nous. and a great deal more 40 than those who
have not had the opportunity To examine into IL
have the slightest idea Of | don't desire to deluge
you with statistics. but my examination and that
OF others who have had better facilities satisfy
me that the peanut ranks second to anything
else used a fruit. The banana ranks first BY
this do not connne myself to this country alone
refer 10 the consumption throughout the world
We shipping peanuts to-day TO every part OF
the world, and In Paris, London, throughout Italy
and Germany and England have already got the
African peanut on the run. and are going to make
II run very fast before get through. The peanut
We ship does not compare, however, with the nut
mat Is sold In our own country but IL has
the market from the African peanut, which, only
few years ago; was the only nut which was sold
IN Europe, IN the ZOOS of Europe to-day the chill
dren are feeding American peanuts TO the animals
as Wen as eating them the peanuts. mean. them
selves"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-18

alarming floods may, however, excite renewed
public interest In the question and do something
to force "A final effort to master the devastating
energy of the greatest and most dangerous OF
our American watercourses.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-18

When there was no longer any excuse for killing
Platte County cattle and burning barns Jennison
tried to settle down and ply his surgeons tools
again. but the monotony of II was too great. and
he finally decided to seek excitemen: in a faro
bank Just at that time Anthony had opened
crusade gambling, and, course made a
bitter attack on Jennison. Jennison thought that
10 attempt to regulate the morals of a town e' and
that; though he sincerely regretted 1t. the welfare
He was willing to undertake the aff,ir for tha
common good, Colonel Anthony had on several
previous occasions demonstrated his Willingness 10
uphold the policy OF his paper therefore there was
every reason. TO believe that there would be a
scene when the two men met.
They came together In the Office on the Planters
House Anthony shot FIRST, and his Bali struck
piled. but merely clipped a piece of the desk
Anthony shot five times more without any damage
who had risen to his feet, attempted to follow
shooting as he limped, but he could not 80 far on
account of his wound. Anthony reached his office
and getting another pistol returned to the hotel as
ropdy nS nd he had LEFT ,,eHa His voice SIN FOR
son had been removed to surgeons Office.
has Killed only Missouri fuan BY hs
s ssa ons das 'n the sa FACT an hs
living any reflection on the craftsmanship Of the
various gentlemen who have sought to end my
here in Leayenworth, I was walking up Delaware
st. one evening at time when my paper had been
mosphers OF Leavenworth and had incurred the
e% Of hs more sn wS Se WAS
taneously opened fire on me. Not one OF their
bullets struck me, and at once declared myself
In the controversy. for had couple OF reviewers
In my pockets for Just such emergencies. My as
sailants all ran into doorway, and In their hurry
to escape they became muchconfipsed and en-
tangled mass Of humanity. emptied both my six
shooters into that doorway. and, upon my honor,
| never touched man | concluded after that
that bricks were much more deadly weapons than
pistols"
Colonel Anthony looked upon the establishment
Of n rival paper as an infringement on his rights.
and accordingly, when ex-United states Senator
ED" Ross moved his printing Office from
Lawrence and started Tho Standard" Anthony
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-18

sense as embracing not only benenciai enects
upon the channel, but as protecuon agains'
destructive floods. a levee system Is essentiai,
and such system also promotes any Ia,'''a'e'
commerce. trade and the postal service.
The policy Of aiding In the cchstructloh oi
levees has therefore been constantly carried OUT
by the Commission with the SANCTION Oh Con.
gress. and perhaps one-thrd OF the totai amount
spent Mississippi River Improvement mas
gone to protecting the aluviai bottoms from
floods such as have again overwhelmed them
this spring.
ESTIMATED COST OF THE WORK
The ultimate scheme of Improvement aimed at
by the Commission Is however, the protection OF
the river banks against caving and erosion, and
the contraction OF the excessive widths. which
lead To shoals and bars. So far little has been
accomplished In this direction except by way or
experiment the excessive cost and difl1cuties OF
construction making much definite progress i'm
possIhle In the Commissions report for 1896 1t
is estimated that the continuous revetment or
caving banks from Cairo to Vtcksburg would
cost not less than 500 100000 or S1O,00O.OU; that
at the present possible rate of progress the work
would require from forty To fifty years for COM
pletion. and that the annual cost OF maintenance
thereafter would be not less than S6OOO0OO or
81 900 Such figures are rather staggering,
and scarcely encourage the hope that the prob
lem of the control of the great river will be
solved for many years to come. The recent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-18

proceeded to discourage him in the undertakint
Ross was Anthonys physical inferior SO no ~. u,
not think II necessary to employ nich.nno, nc
calmly walked up to the office, spat upon ,h ,"e
statesman and proceeded to beat him up Win
cane
MORE TROUBLE FOR ANTHONY
There was another Kansas Senator who found
Colonel Anthony troublesome He was senator
Lane Lane was found lying beside the ROAD De-
tween the city Of Leavenworth and the mihtary
post one morning. dying from bullet wouna, ne
was taken to the quarters OF the pos. ~, eSe.r
but never recovered consciousness ana nIs oes ss
Al the opening of the next session or congress-
draped I'm mourning The manner or Lane o s
Wa 1p never fully settled AS he would have been
impeached and prosecuted on the charge OF msal
propriatIng public funds If he had lived tne .h
theory was generally accepted Antnohy was ~.
engaged I'm making a bitter attack on LANE ~. e.
ever and many OF the friends OF the later heu o
the belief that Anthony was responsible Tor MS
death. 49, -. ..,o hoon "a busy
as he could wish His paper has been p9yco s =.
two or three times and he has been opigeu ~ ~
restore its reputation by force. AS Mayor VI uIo
citv and member OF the Police Board with prohibi-
ton laws to enforce. he has had some over sn
He Is a hale old man, with countenance as a., s az
and aqune as an eagles, relentless III d MS
termination and with an eye that purns az heioe''
as In the old days. ,..ss . r.o,r,ent
He was a most fiery abolitionlst and his ngnt VIE
for the slave. He gave neither himseII no' la ,
mon any rest when there was a chance 70 snsu
blood But day there came an oraer ,Eto
ding the harboring of fugitive slaves IN miitarg
camps and Colonel Anthony wiped on his sw ,oar
and turned In his resignation; II TINS Is nov wa
for freedom then | am not In IT,. ne salo, Ely Iu
IL az a soldier cannot harbor fugitive slaves, IL
go into the harboring business on my own hooA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-18

site marshy land and constructs conical mound
OF PUSHES or long. rank grass. sometimes ankle
deep In water In slight depression on TINS
mound IL lays couple of dirty white eggs ana
of Matabeleand. says he once found a large nest
floating the water but. as regular rule. the
The Stanley cyrus Paradisea) Is peculiar to
South Africa, where 1t Is Familiarity known as the
blue crane This is very beautiful bird. with its
soft leaden-blue plumage and wonderful develop
ment of tail and wing fea thers These In the adult
are long that they trail on the ground. and one
marvels why bird which spends the better part OF
its existence stalking about in marsh or In the
river shadows should be endowed with plumage
which can only become dragged and dirty. A sin
gular habit attributed to this crane 1t Is fond OF
roosting, II the word be not msused knee-deep IN
water The fact that observer quoted by Mr..
Iayard in his BIRDS of South Africa" has seen
the Stanley crane frozen into the Ice IN winter does
nothing TO increase respect for It's intelligence
II is a remarkably shy and wary bird, butt curl.
ously enough. if taken from the nest is easily and
completely tanned. The Stanley crane was first
brought to this country in 1926 BY Its discoverer.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-01
ATOWN OF nnLLMAKERS.

Almost the entire pupul1tign OF Montrcuil
France, i- engaged in the manufacture OF
dolls heads. says the Philadelphia Record
Tho "Ii,cuit' from which the heads are made
b. composed 90 lime aud earth. mixed ana
tramuod until 30 tcnomcs species Of kaoHu,
which Is -'opnod several GAYS. the longer the
hettcr,washad altered aud strained again and
oeain, until SO i- dazs'irgly pure and white.
Tho ruiiqu.1 is tbon poured in mouds. ~
which fIcro HrD -'ycn onn .ifes, and when dry
are tuu.t ogt oi tho moalds and delivered to
women, VINO insert the eyes. nflx the ears,
rIa., after which tl'y are baked forty eight
hour. in nn oven which contains two thou.
sand ivo hundred beads. The beads. after cool.
inf. are polished with .ud pnrgr and the
fosI unts ore laid on, after which stilful
artist, color the features and pat in the eye.
lf,trs 1nd ryD Hrows,nu whom the heads have
baked -rve1 honr louger tu nx the colors.
thry arc ready % bc nitacaol to The ioIi,--
making ,i,s dolly which forms such % dsii ,hi
ful part II Christmas 90 young fcmininity.