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During the past few months. the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad has ma
terially extended the runs of the pas
senger locomotives m through trains.
Formerly engines were changed on an
average every 100 or $50 miles. It was
thought that the mountain grades Of
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad would
prevent an extension of the ms low
ever, the experiment was made. 1t has
proved successful and reduced the
number of locomotives formerly re-
quired by tw~enty-four. which can be
used in other branches OF the service
and save the purchase OF more motive
power. Under the new plan. locomo-
tives are double crewed and make from
1000 to 5000 miles a month. as against
$500 to 1000 under the former method.
, 1899-09-14
NEWS FROM THE ARCTIC.
rcNry's Expedition Has Keen Quite Sue
c"sSful.

C"SSful.
BriguS, y. T.. Sept. 1.-THE Pcnry-
HarmswOrth steamer Windward. Cun-
tain John Bartlett. from Etah, North
greenland, Angus: 10th. arrived here
to-day, reporting all well on board.
She Will be followed in Il week by the
Poary Arctic Clubs steamer Diana
Captain Samuel w. Bartlett, also from
Etah. The Windward reports that ali
on board the Diana were well al the
time the vessels separated.
The two steamers met at Etnh. Au-
gust 18th, and worked in uu-
der The personal direction of Lieuteu-
n Penry in collecting supplies for
the winter and the equipment for next
springs campaign. The Windwnrd
was ice-bound in Altman bay, on the
west side of Kane Basin, about fifty
miles north Of Cape Sabine. from Au-
gust IL. 1898. TO August =. 1899. being
In n sort of eddy. undisturbed by wind
or current. rho season was one of con
Anu0us calm. with little snow, the
minimum temperature al the ship be
ing 40 degrees below zero. Ali the
Mlhdward's company, including ten
i'squiinauN, were exempt from illness.
or casualty Of any kind.
lieutenant Peary and the sledge par
, 1899-09-14
LAYING BRIDGE CABLE.
Dangerous Work for which Mon Need
. steady Head and Firm Hand.

Dangerous Work for which Men Need
. Steady Head and Firm Hand.
The workmen on the cables follow
closely after the builders of the iron
roadway. These men are engaged In
more perilous employment, IL anything,
than the former, says n writer In Go
dey's Magazine. They climb nimbly
up to the very SUNNI of h huge tow
ers, and then, without fiinching, pro-
ceed to descend the inclined cables. II
makes the spectators below tremble
for them, SO dangerous is the resent,
but the workmen have no fear, else
they would be untitled for the duty
required of them. After sliding down
the cable n dozen feet they stop n
turn around and face the towers. The
men working the derrick slowly swing
out to them the end of n cable about
three inches In diameter. Another man
carries out to them by Of n
small hand pulley and rope a red-hot
band OF steel, which the cable-workers
seize with their pinchers and clasp
around the large cable on which they
are resting. Then while the steel liz
still hot and malleable, the small ca
BILE, with Its end secured in a thick bolt
Of steel. is brought into position and
the end welded into the redhot steel
band encircling the main cable.
The workmen pound II forge away,
hammering, twisting n bending the
metal before 1t ceols of. TIT welding
must be done rapidly, and the work.
men have no time to stop and think of
the dangerous position in which they
are placed. Probably the only sup
port they have ONE from their legs,
which they wind tightly around the ca
BILE. as they swing their arms and up
per part of the body with violent ex-
ertion.
When this cable is forged into its
place the workmen take a few mo-
ments of rest I'M then slide down to
the next joint, where the same opera
ton is repeated. Gable after cable is
attached in this way. until there Is a
regular triangle of steel work and
dangling cables, looking for all the
world like n spiders web. But there Is
order TO this colossa spiderweb such
as never existed in the homes of the
Insect that weaves the web in our
homes and woods. Gradually one part
of the bridge after another is finished,
and when the false work. of scat
folds is removed the structure stands
out in all Inc beauty of its finished
state.
The bridge builders must not only
he skilled in their work. but they must
have the hardihood and daring of the
sailor. for most of their work is per
formed at an altitude higher than the
topmast of any sailing vessel. They
b in all kinds of weather-when the
sun is pouring down its torrid rays In
midsummer. OF when the mercury reg
listers zero in winter.
, 1899-09-14

The Indiana bureau of statistics has
completed its compilation of returns on
agriculture from the LOLA townships in
the state. The report shows hat there
were 3,i27,577 acres OF wheat sown last
fall and of this. 397. ga acres were
plowed up this year on cou of the
hard winter conditions. This left
3.039, 933 acres standing for the harvest.
AS to the minor crops, it may be men
toned that there are l2,93S acres in
rye. i12.75 in barley, 1888 in flax, 1924
in b%uckwheat, 1880 in tobacco and
1920 in sorghum. The average in tim
othy meadow is 1922. 9O2 and in clover
1,240, 9SS.
, 1899-09-14

In the state of Indiana there are 3d.
404 farm hands regularly employed and
the average wages paid them by the
month. including board, is $3.50 for
the state. The highest average pay for
the month is Sl6.70. and the lowest
average $1,000. There are MA wom-
en- and girls regularly employed in the
families OF farmers and the average pay
per week, including board, is sl.56. The
highest average in any one county is
1928 per week and the lowest IN any
one county is 81. These averages are
found by taking the wages of all en-
ployed in either class and dividing
that b ythe number employed in each
county.
, 1899-09-14

Omaha, Neb., sept. 9.-Ned Cone.
land for years receiving teller of The
Nebraska National Bank. is accused Of
the embezzlcment of $4,000 August
md, at which time he left for Adrian
Iowa, where relatives reside. Thp
theft was not discovered for earIy
a month after Copeland's departurS
suspicion arising only when he did nos
return mt the expiration Of his yacn.
Detectives are seeking him Lart
%eof hc was in Washington.
, 1899-09-14
Discovery of Life Plant.

So full of vigor hat If one Of its
leaves he pinned to Il warm wall an
other plant will grow. 1t is these same
principles which enable Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters TO arouse to life and
duty the overworked stomach. The
sufferer from dyspepsia or n stOm-
nch trouble needs it. A private reve-
nue. stamp covers the neck of the bot
tie.
, 1899-09-14

New York, Sept. 5.-The North Ger
man Lloyd steamer Kaiser Wilhelm
der Crosse arrived this morning from
Bremen, southampton and Cherbourg.
after a record passage of live DAYS.
eighteen hours and fifteen minutes.
beating her best previous west.
ward Cherbourg passage by two
hours and fifty = three minutes.
The Kaiser covered 4 distance
of 3,Oi0 knots at an average
speed of 22.0S knots per hour. This
Is over the %northerly or as 1t is called
the short course, and she made grenter
average speed than on the record trip.
which was 22.3l knots.
, 1899-09-14

Culture Is a pet word in fashion
able society. Cultivation" is also used
by the select and exclusive ones who
neither toll nor spin-that is, those who
do not toll as we toll and spin as we
spin. They all work in a way-at use
full tasks or in the ceaseless search fol
satisfactions OF n thousand kinds. But
do they know that they borrow their
choice words from the farm? DO the
few NOW that they speak the speech OF
the many? They love the words which
drag their meaning from the brown
earth and the toll Of those who make
il yield bread and wine; but do they
care for the people whose calling and
industry give them what is best In
life?
, 1899-09-14

The output of the Portland mine, at
Cripple Creek, for August amounted
to 1000 tons with n gross value of
100000. -Four hundred men are on
The payrolls of the company, the larg.
est number In the history of the mine.
, 1899-09-14

Prince Henry of Prussia, brother of
Emperor william, who commands the
German squadron in the Pacific, will
visit San Francisco after he leaves
China. 1t is possible that he will also
go to Washington TO see President
Mckinley. who has sent him an invita-
ton.
, 1899-09-14

An examination of the books of the
Cincinnati Gas Company is said tn
have disclosed the fact that the by
products of the gas works, chief of
which is coke, pay the entire expense
of manufacture. and that any price
received for gas is clear profit.
, 1899-09-14

Women are always throwing out
hints, but men have more ways of
lodging them than a millionaire tax
dodger.
, 1899-09-14

1t really was not surprising that sulu
should sign. Dollars don't grow on ba-
mana trees.
, 1899-09-14

You may be able to patch up q
brchen heart, but when faith is shat
tered that's the end of It.
, 1899-09-14

Means are being devised to protect
vegetation against frosts. Farming
may yet be a snap-a cold one.
, 1899-09-14

Cold contracts. Probably that is
why your pocketbook looks SO small
after the ice man calls on you.
, 1899-09-14

The Dreyfus prosecution is known by
Its forgeries and its packages.
, 1899-09-14

The rumor was false that the car of
Russia was about to resign. but then
nobody offered to guarantee him a $780,
900 law practice.
, 1899-09-14

Many a man who claims to be truth
full spends a lot OF time echoing the lice
of other men.
, 1899-09-14

The late Illinois Legislature passed an
act requiring miscellaneous corpora.
tons organized in the state to make
annual reports to the secretary OF
state. Tho act excerpts from the order
to make reports railroad. banking. in
surance and building and loan corpora
tons. Other laws require special re-
ports from corporations OF these kinds.
Corporations falling to report will be
regarded as dofunct. II is expected
that not less than 5000 paper corpora
tions in the state viii be ~extlngulsheG
.under this law.
, 1899-09-14

If o would live cheap try dwelling
In other peoples memories.
, 1899-09-14

you will look NATURAL That's too much
trouble, Maria. I'd have to take the lawn
mower down town with me-"
, 1899-09-14

Joseph Chamberlain is understood to
regard Dom Paul as a great Boer."
, 1899-09-14

Prices of goods of all kinds are OK
tremely high In Manila. Eggs cost
eight cents apiece, Three little buns
cost ten cents. and a small can Of sar-
dimes so. Everything costs as much
as 1t does in the states. with cost of
transportation and "A good margin
thrown in. Mexican money is stlll
the medium of trade. but 1t Is comput-
ed now on a United States gold basis.
That is, everything that used to cost
n dollar still costs that much. but now
1t is a dollar In gold instead of a Mex
lean dollar. Two dollars Mexican can
be bought for one dollar American.
, 1899-09-14

II has not yet been determined
whether General Miles and his STAFF
Will 20 to Manila next month or not.
II lie does go, 1t win have to Ic in II
similar capacity to that which he oc.
cupied at Santiago. rather than In the
exercise of Such authority as that In
which lie was clothed in Porto Rico.
Tor no idea appears 10 be entertained
10y Secretary Root of having GenG,aI
OTIS superseded, Notwithstanding the
popular demand for his recall to the
United States. Under the ircum.
stances it is thought General Miles will
prefer to maintain his Headquarters of
the army in Washington, where he
may exert his Influence more effective.
ly in directing the campaign ns the
chief military instrument of the prcsi.
dent and the secretary of war. An en-
~couraging feature of the coming cam.
puign against Aguinaldu is the nssur.
ancc now given nj the War Depart.
mcnt that increased responsibility and
authority hay" been given to the com.
handing generals in the field. thereby
To u great extent enabling General Otis
10 devote more attention to ndminIstrn.
ave AFFAIRS which have increased pnor.
motslN aud viii continue to multinIv
as new territory Is brought under his
jurisdiction by aggressive naval and
military operations, The campaign. II
Is hoped will prove brief and thor.
onghly effective, The date Of begin.
ming this general campaign does not dc.
PEND on the volunteer regiments. but
altogether on the termination of tho
rainy season. which is already due
Under tile energetic Instructions that
Secretary Root has given, the general
advance must begin ms soon as the con.
dition of the country and especially OF
me roads, VIII permit the transporta.
ton OF supplies and field pieces.
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now sixteen supervising American teach
ers. 1t has in preparation a number of
modern text books, and is planning normal
ana other schools. 1t will give free text
DOCKS ana VIII abolish the custom of allow
ing the teachers to receive pay from the
scholars. All now teachers from now on
must know Dnglish and Spanish, and all
scholars will be taught English.
A Talk With Gen. Eaton.
During my stay here 1 have had several
talks with General Eaton about the schools.
lie tells me that the Porto Rican govern
ment has set aside 1925 600 for the next
school year, but that considerable more is
needed. He believes that bonds to the ex-
tent of 100000 should be issued to aid in
carrying on the school work SchooI
houses should be built by the towns and
they should be separate and apart from
me evenings OF the teachers. Education
sible. ~ ~ S' po"-
General Eaton says there are now $40
schools on the island, with an attendance
OF ABOUT l3,ooO, in other words. among the
t,ta1teia OF school age only about in
WE'VE go to school. / doubt whether more
than that can read and write
General EATON thinks it would nav TO give
some OF the Porto Rican schoolmasters
ana mistresses trips to the United States at
government expense to show them tba ~,
country and people to which they are inin
ed and to enable them to learn F,nelish
rms, he thinks, could be cheaplv done h,,
giving them passage on the government
sa laa,spo rus, ana IN organizing circles in diff
leteht towns or our country of people who
wished to learn Spanish. Each circle yvorid
poard ITS teacher and pay in the neiphbor-
hooq OF 500 as tuition for the eight Or ten
weeks OF the summer vacation. The plan is
not an expensive one and il might he of
great educational value. Nv VI
FRANK G. CARPENTER
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HIRED TOMBs.

lock, and at first I did not see how to
enter it. By going to the back however,
and holding on to the rough plaster 1 found
that L could climb up and look in. 1 saw
mass of human bones The pit below me
was more than half filled with them, their
CHASTITY lime-like wilderness shining under
the rays of the tropical sun. On one skull
was little hair, and several arms and
thighs were decorated with what seemed
to be petrified flesh. There was no stencil:
probably lime had been thrown upon the
mass. How deep the pit is do not know.
1t may have subterranean outlet to the
sea, as have the Towers of Silence" where
the skeletons. after they have been cleaned
by the vultures, are thrown by the Parsees
at Bombay.
Horrible Memories.
I have seen many horrible things in the
way of taking care of the dead. Some of
them come up before me as 1 think of my
yanderings through the cemetery here. One
$ in a beautiful grove near temple in
Siam. The bodies of two dead humans lie
upon the ground. They are being mangled
and torn by dogs, while the old woman
who has charge is squatting by fire near
by, cooking her morning meal. and a laugh
ing child plays innocently about her in view
of the terrible scene.
Another memory comes from the banks
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Barrow on reaching there From there on
TO Point Barrow was a long journey. but
IL was bravely undertaken. On the night
or March III there was such a terrible
storm that the members of the party had 10
dig themselves out of their tents. This is
the way the party slept:
Sleeping bags We're now in order and all
hands would be ready to turn in. IL tho
weather was very cold l slept in light
artegge. but ordinarily l would remove my
outer clothing and turn in my bag in that
way The natives, however, no matter
what the temperature, removed all their
clothes after getting in their bag. and slept
with only the protection Of the skin bag,
and this, of course had large opening.
l was not sufficiently Injured to the cold to
stand this. for we always slept without fire.
and it was nearly as cold inside as outside
the tent. After getting In my bag seldom
did l ever sleep cold, and less seldom do
remember being wakeful during the night.
1T is always well before starting in tho
morning to take as much tea and water as
can hold. to avoid much as possible
a thirst during the day. 1t Is impossible 10
get water during the day without stopping
to build a fire and melt snow. unless ono
carries flask inside the clothing, and TINS
stopping up time. Snow Is bad for
the mouth and soon makes it sore, besides
not being sufficient to quench the thirst exc
cept for the minute
Few wolves We're encountered on the trip.
A drove got into the deer herd one night
and killed three deer before they could be
driven off. After that careful watch was
kept.
Rescuers Reach the Goal.
As the party got within 100 miles of Point
Barrow they began to run across white
men from the vicinity of the ice-imprisoned
ships. which were scattered far as fifty
miles from the Point. The Point was
reached March %. many days ahead of ex-
pectations when the expedition started. Mr..
Lopp and his deer herd arrived the same
day, and the deer were placed twenty miles
away. where they could not be molested.
The story of the rescue has been told.
Lieut.. Jarvis Immediately took charge, al
though he found that the white people and
natives at Point Barrow had been kind to
the whalers, and that starvation had been
STAYED off by the shooting of occasional
food animals. The number of deer killed at
Point Barrow for food was $50, while a
number were killed to feed the party on it's
way there The birth of fawns In the spring
still left over 400 deer when the Bear ar
rived in August and took the crews of the
whalers away.
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work. There is an Episcopal church here
at San Juan, under the Rev. George B.
Pratt, formerly of Chicago. He has ser
vices in the Plaza every Sunday morning.
and has also services in hall here. The
Baptist Church has an excellent missionary
here in the Rev. Mr.. Mccormick, who has
been working In Mexico and who speaks
Spanish fiuently. l understand that the
Methodists are planting system of schools
and that other Protestant movements are
on the way. The Y. M. c. A. has opened
rooms in San Juan, and it will do a great
work.
The Schools of Porto Rico.
So far the schools of Porto Rico have
been indescribably poor. We had better
schools 100 years ago than Porto Rico has
now.
A great deal has been published about
the school system here. from which you
might think the island had school organ
ization. The truth is. there are only two
buildings on the island which were built
especially for public school purposes. and
the only modern. schools are those which
have been established by the dozen or SO
of education. 1 visited many of the pub
lie schools They are commonly kept in
the dwellings, Of the teachers. The school
teacher, who may perhaps live in one room.
will use that for teaching in the daytime,
moving the dining table out perhaps to
give place for the scholars Many Of the
teachers have been collecting rent for
rooms used in this way. as well as receiv-
ing the petty salary allotted to them by
their Porto Rico towns. When mealtime
comes the scholars get out of the way. Re-
cesses and vacations are taken on all sorts
OF pretenses. One of our school inspectors
found that a school had adjourned and the
teacher and scholars gone to a cock fight.
In another school, where the children
were writing. he found the pupils did not
know even the names Of the letters which
they were copying, nor the words. They
made Leautiful crpIes, but might as well
have been DIR living pictures. FOR the writ
ing was only pictures to them.
Should Have American Schoolmasters
AS far as I can learn the crying need Of
Porto Rico is a large corps of f1rst-class
American schoolmasters Uncle Sam has
been running his school business here too
skimpingly. He has brought down Amer
lean school teachers at an offer of 800
month. This has been since raised to S75,
but it is entirely too low to get the hest
men. The island needs a thorough reor-
sanization. and the school teaching has to
begin a the ground.
The board Of education has already or
ganized Porto Rico into districts. 1t has
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From the London Mail
one OF the surest and safest ways of be-
coming rich beyond the dreams of avarice
would be to possess few acres Of land in
the heart of the city of London, or in fact.
a single acre would make one weather.
than the most lucky miner that ever starved
at Johannesburg.
The highest price ever asked for land in
London was at the rate of sos 600 600 per
acre. The golden spot was in Bermondsey,
where few years ago small piece of
property was offered to a railway company
at that rate. The railway company declined
to buy.
Ground about Lombard street is worth
not less than $4,000, 900 an acre.
The Marquis of Salisbury owns five acres
of land at Charing Cross. which, $50 years
back, was leased for grazing purposes to
ms ancestors at the rate of $3.50 acre for
800 years. These few acres are now worth
about S. per foot.
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From the Chicago Tribune
The ark was full, and Noah was waiting
for the shower to begin.
you have some magnificent specimens
here" said the proprietor of a travelling
menagerie who called one day to inspect
the animals. How much will you take
for that pair Of giraffes?"
Ihls Is not department store" replied
Noah, with dignity. This is a collection.
Ham. show the gentleman down the gang
plank" e-e
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In Kentucky.

From the Chicago Record.
Doper working old game)-"Why did you
give me this mean and inferior grade of
red eye when told you my stomach was
out of order?'
Druggfst-"Wall, yer see, didn't wanter
give you the best, cause you wouldn't ap-
precfate 1t with your stomach in that cons
diton.''
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From Harper's Bazaar.
"Of course, we'll win the yacht race in
September" said Mrs. Spriggins. putting
down the paper. I've figured it all out"
boat. do your said Spriggins.
No. replied Mrs Spriggins. "But the
Shamrock has got to come all the way
over the ocean, and she'll be pretty tired
when she gets here"
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From Tit-BftS
Sir" began the book canvasser, ST have
a little work here
Sorry interrupted the busy man, but
l have a great deal of work here Good
morning.
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a skull, there it had broken a thigh and
OF the other side had cut its way through
ribs and arms. The walls of each grave in
fact. were lined with protruding bones like
the roots sticking out of the sides of
hole dug in the woods. There We're bones
on the bottom where the dead was to rest
As / looked / realized that in this two or
three acres had been buried the dead of 300
years. San JUAN dates back to the six
teenth century, and for generations the
dead have been moving In and out of these
holes, every now and then, leaving a bone
behind.
Granary of Human Bones.
While in the cemetery asked one of the
sections where the skeletons of the ousted
dead were thrown He pointed to a rude
stone hut in one corner of the graveyard
The hut was fifteen feet square and twelve
feet high Its door was closed with a great
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Throughout the long journey Of moro
than 1900 miles the party kept close to
the coast, SO as not to become lost Native
villages are to be found at intervals along
the coast. and the party would have had
No hope o. succeeding II fresh dogs and