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which are huge cylinders of iron bed
ded on solid rock, and filed with con-
crete. This had to be finished while
the river was at its lowest, and the
rocks showing just above or only lit
tie below Its surface. When the wat
ers come down in their rage at food
time even these substantial piers might
be carried away without some span
ming girders to give them mutual sup
port. Hence the need for haste. Work
on the railway extension beyond At
bara river goes on all the while at the
rate of 1000 yards a day, and it will
be carried to the Nile banks opposite
Khartoum by November. Before then
the great bridge with its seven. spans,
stretching across LOO feet of water,
will be completed, so that the whole
Soudan railway may be opened for
traffic within fourteen months of the
final overthrow of Dervish power.
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ida, Mississippi, North Carolina, South
Carolina, and Virginia. Massachusetts
has the only college whose curriculum
is wholly devoted to agriculture.
In the universities In which courses
in agriculture are maintained the gen
eral tendency is to make this course
correspond in scope and thoroughness
with those given in the other depart
ments, to divide the instruction in agri-
culture among an increasing number
Of specialists, and to provide buildings
and apparatus and illustrative ma
terial on a scale in keeping with those
in other branches. At the same time
efforts are making to bring the uni
versity In close touch with the masses
of farmers through special schools,
farmers Institutes, nature teachings,
and other forms of university exten-
sion work. Along with this is the
deepening and strengthening Of the
scientific and practical researches, car
ried on with view of widening the
worlds knowledge Of the facts, laws,
and processes required for the i'm
provement of agriculture.
Thirty Thousand Farmer Students.
The classes in agriculture in these
schools range in enrolment from 200
to 900 students. The total enrolment
is 10000 The full course in agricul-
ture covers four years, and practical
farmers who know enough of other
matters to make them intelligent and
desirable citizens are being sent out
from these colleges at the rate of 5000
year. or $4,000 in a decade. That
they will assist wonderfully in the de-
velopment Of the country need not be
doubted. Their knowledge and train
ing will enable them to get more out
Of the earth and themselves than the
tens of thousands of other earnest and
honest men who have taken up home
steads and gone to farming without
any knowledge of or preparation for
the cultivation Of the soil.
In an article in the Year Book Of the
Department Of Agriculture on "Some
Types Of American Agricultural Col
leges," A. G. True, Ph. D., director of
the Governments experiment stations,
describes the essential features of some
of these institutions Of learning. OF
the Massachusetts Agricultural Col
lege, which Is near Amherst, on farm
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scientific departments are wen equip
ped with apparatus for experimental
ton and demonstration and with illus
trative material. such as specimens OF
plants, insects, animals and machines,
particularly those of importance In
their relation to agriculture. The H.
brary Of $1,000 volumes has been care
fully collected with reference to the
needs of an agricultural college, and
IL thoroughly catalogued and managed
with a view to providing the students
every facility for obtaining the infor-
nation they desire to gather from
books. 1t is one of the most extensive
and valuable collections of books on
the science and practice of agriculture
to be found in this country.
"rhe instruction is given by a corps
Of eighteen professors and assistants.
The chairs include botany chemistry,
agriculture, horticulture, zoology, vet
erinary science, mental and political
science, English and Latin, modern
language mathematics and civil engi-
neering, and military science and tao
tANos hSAC 10 uioO ~ ACNNbiNh va Aah Ah
law. The student is required to follow
definitely prescribed curriculum dur
ing three years. and In the last year Of
the course he Is allowed wide latitude
of choice among numerous specialties,
English and military science being the
only required studies"
For time the college was open to
men only, but women may now attend
special elective courses In such
branches as botany, entomology, forl-
culture, fruit culture, market garden
ing and dairying. Candidates for ad-
mission must be at least 16 years old
and are required to pass examinations
in English grammar, geography, Unit
ed States history, physiology, physical
geography, arithmetic, the metric sys-
tenn, algebra Through quadratics), ge-
ometry and civil government. The
students as rule room In the college
dormitories and are boarded in clubs
or private families. The expenses for
room rent, board, fuel washing and
military suit for the college year are
estimated to range from $3.50 to $500.
Students performing labor at the col
lege are paid by the State, and there
are small endowment funds for the as
sistance Of needy students. The stu
dents have their athletic associations
and glee clubs and social amusements
the same as at Harvard and Yale, and
they are required TO attend prayers and
worship in the college chapel
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Men with Green Hair.

In the districts surrounding the cop
per mines of Cornwall, Cuba, Chile and
other places where the ore is abundant
ly found. curious sight Is to be seen
in the shape Of men with hair that Is
quite green. This is not, as might be
imagined, fad, but the grave results
produced by the mems surroundings.
The crude ore, in order to secure n
more marketable article. Is roasted i'm
enormous furnaces, and 1t is some
strange emanation from the smelted
copper that effects this chemical
change in the hair of the miners, and
turns IL as green as grass. Investiga-
tions have proved that the fumes from
the furnaces contain n certain quantity
or arsenical matter, an dthis causes the
startling change, although the texture
and growth of the hair suffer no injury.
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lie to a realization of the Importance
of the farmer, but the farmer himself
to an appreciation of the Importance
of his work and Of the necessity of fit
d ting himself for it by studying nature
and inducing her by scientific means
rather than by haphazard to yield her
store. Formerly the farmer could tell
you "when" without knowing "why."
Experiment showed him that rotation
in crops made his land produce better
and last longer, but he couldn't tell
natures reason for it. nor explain the
thousand other seeming mysteries Of
the soil. Science has done and is doing
that for him. 1t Is experimenting for
him day In and day out the year
round. and teaching him the why and
the wherefore. Uncle Sam Is backing
science in this matter. and the farmer
is getting the benefit without cost. The
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The First Americsn Rsidge- to Spar
Egyptian Waters.

Egyptian Waters.
Naturally English engineers are jeal-
Gus Of the success that has been scored
by an American firm In securing the
contract for work that Is destined to
become historical as an important link
In the long chain Of communication be-
tween Cairo and the Cape. 1t IL. In
deed, the only engineering work of
magnitude on a railway thar stretches
700 miles from Wady Halfa 10 khar-
toum.
The idea Of giving 1t special and
appropriate Egyptian design had to be
abandoned when English firms wanted
months to complete such structure,
while American firms offered to turn
out one of their own pattern In as
many weeks. CELEBRITY was Of the first
importance In order that considerable
portions of the bridge might be In place
before the Atbara floods come down at
the beginning of July. Long before
this the piers will be ready TO receive
the superstructure. which has been
turned out so rapidly that seven spans.
each $50 feet long. have already been
landed in Egypt and sent up the Nile.
The American firm not being bound
down to any special design, has been
able to use rollings of stock pattern
which only needed adoption to the par
ticular purpose, of this bridge. Sec
tions Of the required length could thus
be turned out by the yard, and all that
remained to be done was to fit them
lightly together for approval before
shipment in parts. The riveting to-
gether will be done on the banks Of
the Atbara.
Egyptian soldiers and natives have
meanwhile been preparing the piers,
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Roller Yachting.

Save during the rainy season Lake
LEROY, in Western Australia, is quite
dry. But as the water evaporates as
the hot weather approaches a smooth,
CLASSY floor of crystalline salt is de-
posted. Those living on the shores
have found a means of utilizing this.
All boats which sail on the lake when
possible are, during the dry season,
fitted with four wheels, and thus are
enabled to continue their travels. AS
Lake Lefroy has an area Of over 100
miles, and the surrounding country Is
extremely rough, this means n great
saving In expense, labor and time. The
speed attained by these wheeled yachts
is very considerable, though not quite
equal to the pace of the Ice yachts so
popular In Canada.
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The Iowa State College Of Agricul-
ture and Mechanic Arts is fiourishing
and well attended institution. It has
fifteen buildings, erected by the State
at a cost Of $500, 900, and these include
a hall for women. There are besides
dwelling houses for professors and 9TH
er employees, creamery, barns, stables.
seed houses and forcing houses. The
college lands. of which 120 acres have
been parked as college grounds. are 900
acres In extent. "The farm" Mr.. True
says, Consists of rolling prairie. bot
tom and woodland, and is stocked with
good representatives Of FIVE breeds Of
horses, six breeds of cattle. seven
breeds of sheep. and six breeds of hogs.
These animals are used In class Illus
trations and for the various expert
ments In breeding and feeding for milk,
meat, wool. growth, and maintenance,
conducted by the experiment station as
a department of the college. All the
crops OF the farm are grown for some
educational purpose; all the animals
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has changed and is destined to still fur
: ther change. Science, which has done
so much for the world at large, has
taken the farmer in hand and Is invest
Ing the man and his works with the
dignity and standing that are theirs OF
right. The masses are being made to
realize what they have known dimly
all along, but never fully appreciated
r that it is the farmer who feeds them,
and that he is more necessary to them
than they are to him; that without
him works great and small would come
to stop and the peoples of all the
and cannibalism.
Farmer Knows Why
Science is bringing not only the pub
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BEAUTIFUL KILLARNEY.
IL Takes Three Days to ''Do" Its AZ.
trsctions Thoroughly.

IL Takes Three Days to "Do" Its At
trsctions Thoroughly.
A certain tourist, who was doing all
the sights of the Holy Land with pain
full earnestness. was scandalized to see
an American arrive one afternoon.
hurry round all the sacred pisces. and
make ready to depart betimes on the
morrow. He ventured to inquire Of
this bustling traveller why, having
come 80 far, he rushed away so quick
ly. "Sir," replied the Yankee, 81 am
timed to do Europe in fortnight. I
have thrown In the Holy Land, and " I
stay here. longer than one night can
not see Killarney, which takes three
days" That American had been well
advised. Energetic, bustling tourists
have endeavored to see all the beau
ties Of the place in one day, and though
they have been delighted and over
whelmed by what they saw, they have
not been able to restrain pang Of re-
gret ut the thought of what they had
missed.
Killarney, IL not In Itself, at least
by description, Is known the world
over, and has great reputation to
maintain; but, unlike many other
places Of renown, 1t does not belle 1t.
The lakes Of Killarney may not prove
ito be quite as the stranger anticipated,
but the impression he carries away Is
none the less one Of profound admira-
tion and wonder. The particular charm
which enwraps him is that of the
peaceful loyeliness and serenity Of the
whole, and this strikes home with in
creased conviction after passing by the
waterway from the upper to the lower
lake. The former sheet Of water, en-
veloped as 1t is by ragged peaks and
gloomy, unclothed mountains, cannot
vie with the lower lake, whose mag
nificent stretch of silver waves Is
fringed and caressed by foliage and
trees, by rich meadows and sweet
smelling blooms, while the rugged out
line of the wild hills Is softened by the
purple haze, and space ia lost in an in
finity of graceful undulations. The
boat ride from the far edge of the
upper lake to the ruins Of Ross Castle
is an experience which cannot be de-
scribed. 1t must be enjoyed; and rest
assured it will linger in the memory
to the last day.-London Times.
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UT used to be the rule that when .
man wasn't fit for anything else
he was considered good enough to
be q farmer: that II he hadn't brains
enough to master military tactics or
the intricacies of the law or medicine
or OF theology. and was utterly lack
ing in creative ability. then his proper
sphere of usefulness was the farm.
And In those days even the gentle
man" farmer was.a person of inferior
standing, and he was made to feel his
insignlfcance whenever he came In
contact with the superior persons who
ruled the State and made or expounded
its laws. Society spoke of him as
"gawk," and his sons and daughters
were country pumpkins" But all this
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FARMER OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
His Calling Scientific Way These Days and Does Not
Leave Everything Providence and the Weather

Missouri. Nebraska, Nevada, New
York, Ohio, Tennessee, Vermont. West
Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. In
Massachusetts, Harvard University has
a school Of Agriculture known as Bus
sey Institution. Besides these. agri-
cultural and mechanical colleges have
been organized In Alabama, Colorado,
Connecticut Delaware, Florida, Iowa,
Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michi-
gan, Mississippi. Montana New Hump
shire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North
Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsyl-
vania, Rhode Island. South Carolina,
South Dakota, Texas. Utah, Virginia,
and Washington. Separate institutions
Of this sort are maintained for colored
students In Alabama, Delaware, Flor
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are fed by rule and system, and the re-
suits Of their management reported up
on and used In glass work. Labor Is
not compulsory, but students In the ag-
recultural courses are given work that
is parallel with their studies. Some
students pay for their board by work
in the mornings and evenings. There
is a practical working creamery and
cheese factory In operation throughout
the year. During the summer season
from $4,000 to 25,OOO pounds Of milk
are taken in daily and manufactured
into butter and cheese. The number
Of students in 1897 was 573, including
women"
New York Method.
In New York State the Agricultural
College is an annex of Cornell Univer-
sity, and In 1897 there were 127 stu
dents taking the farming course. The
tuition in agriculture at Cornell is free,
and the yearly expense Of the student
ranges from $500 to $500. The four
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farmer learns from the bulletins that
are sent out by the Department of Ag-
-iculture, and all over the land the
Farmers sons and daughters are TAX
ing courses In agriculture and horti-
culture. farm gardening and dairying.
and stock breeding and stock raising,
in colleges supported jointly by the
State and Federal governments.
Their instruction Is practical, too,
for the colleges have farms under cul-
tivatiA and herds and droves of cattle
and swine, and dairies and truck farms
and orchards. The instructors are men
who are entitled to write. bachelors
of Science" after their names. They
know all about the soils and the sea-
sons, and what crops are adaptable
and what are not, and their science
goes SO far as to include conditions in
foreign countries and to be able to
Judge from them whether corn, or
wheat, or barley. or whatever product
of the farm will be most in demand
for export, and so command the readi-
est market and the best price. They
have reduced farming TO science. and
are teaching II rs science. The course
In agriculture includes history and gov
.ernment, French and German. English,
and the higher mathematics and music.
so that our farmers of the next genera
tion will not only know how to get the
best and the most out of the ground,
but will be able to hold their own for
general information and polite accom-.
spllshments with the elect Of any land
where They Are Taught.
Colleges of agriculture are main
talned in universities, with tha aid OF
national funds. In Arizona, Arkansas
California, Georgia, Idaho. Illinois
Indiana, Louisiars, Maine, Minnesota
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Battle with n Huge shark.

A whip-tailed shark became entan-
gled in fishing net off the Delaware
coast the other day. Captain Green, Of
Green Brothers sturgeon fishing fleet,
while watching his men at work no.
ticed great commotion in the water
and some Of his fishermen battling for
fife. He bore down to the spot and he
and his crew assisted in killing the
shark, but not until five men had been
wounded by the monster. The shark
measured 26 feet from tip to tip.
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LYING ON NAILS.

Hindoo Ascetics' Antics at a sacred
Bathing Fair.
Hindoo ascetics journey each year in
January to a sacred bathing fair. This
picture represents one of these ascetics
reclining on bed of tenpenny nails
quietly telling his beads. His disciples
are seated just beyond him. The fair
is called the "Ganga-Sagar Mela." The
legend in connection Herewith COM
memorates the bringing down of the
Ganges river from the Himalayas by
Bhogiratte in order to save Sagar Raja
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Frog Skin Leather.

A little while ago an ingenious tan
ner produced some pretty leather made
of fish skin. In some instances. rs in
the mackerel and the bonito and the
Red sea perch, he managed to retain
very nearly the natural colors. But
frog skin is the latest introduction, and
while 1t is the thinnest of all known
feathers It is ut the same time the
toughest
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from the fearful calamities that befell
him owing to the wrath of holy man
whom he had offended, named Kopil
Mani The fair is held on the seashore.
and it is quite impossible to get to the
place in ordinary country boats at any
other time Of year. 1t is computed that
about 10000 people visited the fair this
va
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of 400 acres, situated in a most beau
tiful part Of the Connecticut river val
ley, he says: .1Tt.(1
"In 1897 the college had permanent
endowment funds aggregating $780,
600, and ts.buildings, farms and equip
ment were valued at about $315,0Oo.
The college buildings include combined
dormitory and class room building,
chapel and library. laboratory for
chemistry and physics. chronological
laboratory with insectary. botanic la
boratory and museum, drill hall, dormi-
tory. presidents house. several resi-
dences for professors. farm houses
boarding house, horticultural plant
houses, and barn, including creamery
and dairy laboratory. The experiment
station also has chemical laboratory,
botanical laboratory with plant house
and barnsa
Excellent Equipm cnf.
"On the farm $50 acres are under
cultivation with variety of field
crops, and the extensive college barr
is stocked with 100 head of cattle ant
equipped with the most improved agri
cultural implements and machinery
The horticultural grounds cover 10t
acres. with orchards. vineyards, small
fruit and vegetable plantations. ant
groves of forest trees. Much attention
Is given TO Horticulture and landscap,
gardening. and the ample plant houses
are well stocked with numerous varie
ties of exotics. Some eighty acres ar,
devoted to the work of the experimen
station, including numerous plat exper
iments with varieties Of field and hor
ticultural plants, fertilizers, method
of culture, etc, feeding experiment
with animals, soil investigations. etc.
"The laboratories of the differen
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At a Sewing School,

Little Rosie was at sewing school
last Thursday. She had never tried
10 sew, rs she is only 3la years old.
After looking on a while she says:
Teacher, please harness a needle for
me, and I'll try to make something"
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Deep Down in the Earth.

The deepest hole in the earth is at
Schladebach, near Ketschau, Germany.
1t Is 5.735 feet in depth and is for geo.
logic research only. The drilling was
begun in 1880 and stopped six years
later because the engineers were un-
able with their instruments to go deep
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Cak a at English Weddings.

The cake at English weddings is al
ways a star feature. Usually at a
fashionable affair 1t Is fully six feet
high and is a marvellous architectural
structure OF icing adorned with flowers
and figures.
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Rnllct of Grrat Enreo

A rifle of very small bore, invented
by Capt. Daudeteau Of the French ar
my, fires a bullet with such force that
1t will penetrate horse, from head to
tall at distance of mile and quar-
ter
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Some folks are so industrious that
when they haven't anything else to do
they worry.
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1t isn't what a woman says that infiu-
ences pian, but the way she says it.
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Use the fewest possible words when
you have anything to say.
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No man who has never been tempted
is sure of his honesty.
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british Coal Miners.

The number of persons employed In
the British collIeries Is over 385,000.
The evening times., 1899-08-29
RAILROADS.
Baltimore & Ohio
RAILROAD.

RAILROAD.
Schedule in eject June II, 1899.
leave Washington from station corner of New
Jersey Avenue and C Street.
For Chicago and Northwest, vestibuied Limited
Trims l0. 81 a. m. EOS, p IN, daily.
:. For Cincinnati. St. Louis. and Indi1narohh
kHpress 1885 = m restibuled Limited $40 p
m. express 12oS night. daily.
For Pittsburg and Cleveland. 1o.s5 q 10. ana
$50 and H. p m. daily.
For Columbus. Toledo and Detroit. lso5 night
For Winchester and way stations. '9-oo' ~ '0'
" m ana $50 p. IN.
ror Luray. $40 p. daily. sn
fSr Baltimore. week days. KISS. 500. o.o'
100 x7 TO- xs0e $50. s.a5. 1870. 1looo a M M
aia:oo n. R:l5. Il:l5. $500. 1880 3;so - an
$50. x5.o5. r5.10. x5.so. x6.2o. $50. $500 ~
1000 II so. XII 80 p. SUNDAYS: x2ss' -
No. xs:oo. $780, x9:oo a. M. xl2:o5 LOO Hr 10. 70
so-.u' Ss5. IS. x505. x5.Io. $50. xS-oo' Ai0'"'
For Annapolis. 7:1o q. m: ia:is. and $40 p
n; Sundays. $50 4. m; 4:3s .. m ,,u
For Frederick. week days. 500 m: o.oS'
i1 For orp,,,o 70 p m Sunday: .ns $50
For Boyd and way points. week days, y d: On n
sstopping at principal points only): I'D o,'''
7:o5 p. m. Sundays. a. m, 1:l5, 100 p n,
ESQ. a. m. 10. 60 zoo. ga. s.s5. 7.O5. l:ss
lois p. m.
For Washington Junction and way points. 300
a. m 4.so. $50 p. n, week days, 600 a n.
LIS D. m. SundayA
For Bay Ridge, weekdays. ESQ a. m. 4:so p
n. Sundays. 9:35 a. m; 1:3o aud s:;S p m
Royal Blue Line.
All trains Illuminated with Pintsch light
For Baltimore. Philadelphia. New YcrS. boz -
ton. and the East. week days. 7.o5. $50; iooo 70
A. m. 12.o5. LIS p. m. Dining Cars! ew
Royal Limited" Exclusively Pullman - ira,n; ns
Dining Car, sos Dining car). 500. n-so; and
2s5 night; (SIeepiny Car open at looo o'eiock-l
Sundays. los, eco m. l2-n5 noon. lib ph,ns
Car. 800. sos Dining Cars. 500. llso tsieep'ns
Car open 10 o'elo1k) and 9s5 night
Parlor Cans on all da7 trains
For Atlantic City. 1000 a.. m. 12o5 noon. and
LIS and e.0e 2. week dayA 12.o5 noon Sun
days
For Cape May, 12.n5 noon.
Except Sunday xExpress trains
Baggage called for and checked from hotels
and residences by Uhion Transfer Co. on orders
left at ticket Offices. 6l9 Pennsylvania Ayende
NV. EeS York Avenue and 18th Street. and
at Depot.
=. ID. UNDERWOOD. H. r. MARTIN.
I'd v. p. and Cen Man. Mgr. Pass. Traffic