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Washington sentinel., 1900-04-28

of determininp the nutritive value
OF egg crackers and of preserved
meats and vegetables, recently
manufactured by a firm in Mainz.
The crackers are distributed in
place Of bread; the preserves con-
tain meat and vegetables boiled
together, and can be made ready
for consumption in from ten to
fifteen minutes. The marching ex-
ercises cover at first 1924 miles per
day and are gradually increased.
Officers as we'll as men are not al
lowed to partake of anything ex.
cept the rations furnished. The
barracks in which they will pass
the night are closely watched so
as to prevent the smuggling in oi
other food.
PROPOSED AMERICAN WARE.
HOUSE AT CALCUTTA. Consul
General Patterson write from Cal.
cutta:
am constantly receiving letters
regarding the manufactures OF the
United States, inquiriug how such
manufactures can be procured, and
requesting to be put IN communi.
cation with our exporters. The
imports into India last year we're
about S27o, ,ooo, 900, and this is the
great distributing point.
The National Association oi
Manufacturers Of the United States
is doing efficient and practical
work in the way OF extending the
foreign trade OF the United States
by establishing warehouses at
Caracas, Venezuela, and Shanghai,
China. / have no doubt that if
such a warehouse were established
in Calcutta, with ag snts authorized
to make sales, very large trade
would result.
FISHING IN ICELAND. Iceland is
becoming a fishing centre. There
are prospects of catching an
abundance of FISH in the nelghbor-
hood. The island is a possession
Of the Kingdom OF Denmark and
lies IN the Atlantic Ocean, about
Goo miles west OF Norway and 2so
miles east Of Greenland. It con
tains an area oi SO. 500 square miles,
with a population Of 77.445. The
legislative power is vested in the
Althing, consulting of thirtY-six
members, six Of whom are nomi-
mated by the King OF Denmark,
the other thirty being elected by
universal suffrage. The head Of
the Administration is a minister,
who is nominated by the King
and is responsible to the AL
thing, while the highest local au-
thority is vested in the governor,
who lives at Reykjavik. The re-
ligion is Lutheran, and, besides
common schools, the city oi Reyk-
javik has a college attended by
about one hundred scholars. Com
merce consists OF the exchange OF
wool, butter, skins, fish and oil for
European manuia ctures.
Washington sentinel., 1900-04-28

FooD FOR SOLDIERS IN GERMANY.
Consul General Guenther writes
from Frankfort, March IL, 1900;
On March 9, the first battalion
Of the One Hundred and Seventy
Fourth Regiment commenced an
eight days march for the purpose
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-04-10
Lighthouse. and L,fsboat. of old.

A search of the record of that vener-
able corporation. Trinity house. Lon
don, shows that 1t is just 300 years
since the first lighthouse was erected
at Lowestoft, and this is noted as the
first regular lighthouse on the coasts
of Great Britain. The next lighthouse
to be erected was in Winterton. in
1916. Lowestoft has had, moreover.
the unique distinction of possessing the
first lifeboat. 1t was in 1909, just 200
years after the first lighthouse was
built there, that the first lfeboat was
dispatched on her initial errand of
mercy from Lowestoft.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-04-10
WOMAN ON THE BIKE
Some Rules That the Fair Sex Should
Follow In Ridiag.

Some Rules That the Fair Sex Should
Follow In Riding.
One of the Arst requisites, whether
the rider be delicate or strong, II mod
Grafton. Riding for speed subverts the
very end of the exercise-it Is like row.
Ing or running or doing anything else
queror-and the most sickoning, har-
rowing sight is the continuous race.
The association of wheelmen should do
All in their power to suppress these
public exhibitions of human idiocy.
Another essential, especially for wo-
men, is an appropriate dress, and there
Is no law against a gentleman also
being appropriately dressed. l never
could understand why 1t was necessary
that a man should wear the garb OF
a circus clown in order to ride wheel
In the past year or two the women
have come nobly to the rescue in the
matter OF genteel dress. The short
hair, the bloomer, and the chewing
gum have well nigh disappeared. The
plain cloth, medium length, medium
width gown is no hindrance, and has
the further advantage and economy OF
being good rainy day gown for walk
ing. Another essential is to learn how
to ride. Many are riding without this
knowledge. There are few mechanical
principles to be observed. One Is TO
have the gearing so arranged as 10
have the pedals on level with the
foot when the foot is extended. An
other Is to have the saddle SO placed
as to bring the weight of the body dl-
rectly over the pedal when the latter
is at its lowest point. Still another is
to lower the handle bars sufficiently to
allow the body to bend forward slight
ly from the hips-not STOPPING from
the shoulders, thereby COMPRISING the
lungs Nearly all beginners bend the
spine backward from the hips. AS
rule, young children, II the gearing
is correct, take the normal position
Finally the rider should sit. as in
chair, upon the bones or tuberosities OF
the pelvis, and should, on no account
allow the weight of the body to rest
upon the tissues situated between
these bony prominences. Indeed, the
danger of serious injury resulting 10
children and adults from riding sad
die constructed in ignorance OF cor
rect anatomical principles is so great
that it is always wise to refer the sad
die question to a competent physician.
Besides the very important question OF
saddle is that OF the wheel itself IL
must be thoroughly well made, OF the
best material, and 1t must not be too
light. Too light a wheel gains no
momentum to speak Of. while the jar
ring and vibration are very disagree
able, II not injurious There must be
a certain weight and solidity. Finally
the wheel by its economy of money
and time permits the rider to avail
himself Of new scenes and places. CIV
ing pleasurable sensations, the absence
of which in exercise for the sake OF
health alone is the reason why health
seldom responds to the call OF such
perfunctory exercise. The heart is not
| In it.-Leslie's Weekly.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-04-10
A MANS PLANT.
Clothes That Arc injured by Contact
with Sofa Pillows.

Kindly remove the sofa cushion"
Std the Man. languidly. as he sat down
on the couch beside the Woman. THE
last time l was in its immediate vicin-
ity it behaved very badly, indeed, filling
my coat with a soft, cottony fuzz that
it took two hours of good, hard brush
ing to remove, so I've determined to
have nothing more to do with 1t. Dye
know I'm getting so that | don't feel at
all like putting on my good clothes
when 1 go to call on women nowadays;
all on account Of these villain pillows.
which are everywhere, and which seem
to be filled with tiny, fluffy feathers
that escape and cling to one with glue
like persistency? That reminds me to
remark that on account of one of Ewes
fairest daughters my dress suit is now
reposing at the cleaners. No, she
didn't spill plate of ice cream on me,
nor did she do anything awkward of
that sort; all she did was to use in my
presence of those absurd fans made
of ostrich feathers that some women
affect 1t was pink fan, and, candid
ly, l think it was little moth-eaten.
but at any rate she's a nice girl and
like her, so | was good deal with her
at the german. Gradually | noticed
that the fan seemed to be losing plum
age and ! seemed to be gaining 1t.
When l was fine fun almost from my
head to heels went up to the dress
ing room and got the man to brush me
on, but as the needle to the pole those
feathers were to me. Back they'd come
merrily as soon as he'd cease agitating
them, and settle even on my hair and
in my mouth. A thousand kind friends
came up to me during the evening and
told me how funny l looked, and the
owner of the fan herself laughed bit,
but, frankly speaking, wasn't amused.
l sent the suit to the cleaner the next
day. and | hope he'll be able success
fully to pluck it. | don't mind find
ing on coming home from a dance that
my sleeves are whitened by contact
with sundry fair arms or that some
powdery substance decorates my lapels,
but | draw the line at feathers. hence
take away the cushion; I'll have
none of 1t. an If my Tuxedo gets full
OF them I'll have to retire to private
life for an indefinite space ''-Pittsburg
Dispatch.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-04-10
is A NEW RELIGION.
HOW THE CHURCH ARMY OF
ENGLAND is CONDUCTED.
It's Founder Plays the Trombone and
Conveys Lessons by Magic Lanterns
Successful Work Among the Con-
verts.

Next to the Salvation army and
closely akin to it is the Church army.
which Is an ally of the dignified and
somewhat naughty Church of England.
Its founder is Rev. Wilson Carlile, who
eight years ago was poor London
curate. He is poor enough still, for
that matter, but the Church army has
grown until now it has an income of
$700, 900 year and a working staff Of
more than 1000 people. It has been
recognized by the queen and indorsed
by the archbishop Of Canterbury. Rev.
Mr.. Carlile is known in England as
the man with the trombone. He has
played that instrument in the streets,
in saloons and in dance halls, and has
had it pretty badly battered in manyan
encounter with toughs. Once, after an
encounter with a rowdy. he was laid
up for six months.
The headquarters of the Church
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-04-10
Better Than a sirnboard.

wanted to go to Rose Valley and
at the cross roads I met settler and
asked him which road to take. It's as
easy as pie" he good naturedly re-
piled. You gimme chaw of ter
hacker. if you hev any about you, and
then I'll take nip with you if you
hev e flask, and then you chip in half
a dollar tords our new skule house
and lend me couple of postage
stamps and take this ere road to the
left and cuss the hills and mud holes
till you git thar"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-04-10
Clean Caught!

In Paris there lives an eminent
painter who is economical and SEN
tentious The other day one of the
students broke pane of glass in the
studio window and replaced it tenn
porarily by passing sheet of paper
over the aperature. When the painter
came down next morning he thrust
his cane through the makeshift with
the remark, He that breaks pays"
None of the class, however, took the
hint. and next morning another sheet
of paper was pasted across the win
dow. 1t met with the same fate. And
so on the next day, and so on the
fourth. On the fifth day, when the
artist came down, there was the pa
per as before. Fire flashed from his
ewes. and roaring, HE that breaks
paws" and he drove his cane through
the paper-and through the pane be-
hind it that had been put in by the
students and then carefully pasted
over with sheet of paper.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-04-10
Allen Joke on tho Senate.

A resolution expressing sympathy
for the Beers in their struggle against
Great Britain and urging mediation on
the part of the United States between
the beiIigerents was adopted the other
day by the senate without having at
tracted comment from any one of the
dozen or more senators present. A
minute later, at the request of the
chair (Mr. Frye) Mr.. Allen consented
to a reconsideration Of the vote, by
which the resolution was passed. and
the incident closed amid quiet laugh
ter
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-04-10
VALOR OF THE BOERS
ALMOST UNEoUALED IN THE
WORLDS HISTORY,
An English Correspondents Intellige ont
Comment on the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
British Press for Its False Rspressn-
tations About Dutch Civilization.

An English correspondent at the
front has the following to say relative
to the war now being waged with the
Beers:
I'VE began by fighting in hurry
we are now fighting at leisure. Neither
the generals, the men, nor the public at
home has formed an approximately
correct estimate of the difficulties
which had to be overcome or of the en-
emy we were to encounter. The Boer
fights with his head seldom with his
muscles; our men fight with their mus
cles, seldom with their heads. You can
not get either the officers or the men
to understand that the first duty OF a
soldier is to kill, not to be killed. They
have all come out here determined 10
earn the Victoria cross, or to distin-
guish themselves by displaying con-
spicuous bravery in the field. 1T is
magnificent, but it is not war
1T is little better than very popu-
lar sporting expedition on an immense
scale. You have, no doubt, heard ire
quently of the zone of fire. and have
formed your own opinion of what those
words signify. l will describe the sit
uation for your benefit. Imagine that
there is a range of high hills facing
you some five miles away from where
you stand. Orders are issued to ad-
vance. Presently you see ahead a long
line of dust, tufts of grass. and pebbles
raised by the multitude of bullets
which fall almost as close to each other
as do drops of rain in shower. IL
seems humanity impossible to cross the
line without being hit, and,even should
fortune enable you to do so unharmed.
a mile or two would separate you from
the enemy.
THAT zone of fire is the only obstacle
which staggered our men, and it is not
at all to their discredit that 1t should.
They occasionally hesitate to make the
rush through. 1t is like running
through shower OF bullets for some
20 yards. and trusting to luck that no
drop shall touch you. The bravest and
the least brave are on the same levi
on such an occasion, and it is inde-
scribably disheartening, when you
have undergone the ordeal without
mishap. to find not only that the en-
emy is still very far from you, but that
further zones of fire have to be
crossed.
81 cannot believe that numbers will
make much difference in our favor; the
more men you send to the front, the
more bullets will have human billets.
The brain will have to win the battles.
You who are at home must not blame
the generals; they are fighting under
conditions which are altogether new.
Here we do not dislike the Beers; we
have learned to respect their courage,
and it annoys us to read in the Eng
lish papers that they are barbarians
who strip and ill-treat the wounded
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-04-10
THE WORD GUN"
How Its Meaning Has Changed with
Modern Ordnance.

Evolution of the word gun forms
an interesting little story in an up-to-
date etymology. A dozen or so years
ago we all understood gun to mean a
fowling piece-shotgun as distin-
guished from rifle or musket. Heavy
and light ordnancc-in fact. all pieces
of artillery. without regard to size -
were known as cannon. That, OF
course. was in the confines of civiliza-
ton, where people made an effort to
speak English. Out in the frontier
the word gun was applied almost eX-
clusiyely to pistols. and when citizen
of Tombstone or Deadwood invited
another citizen to pull his gun" he
was understood to refer to the 44-cali-
bre instrument worn AS chatelaine-
belt ornament by everybody in good
society in those localities Nowadays
the nomenclature has curiously
changed. BY degrees the good old term
gun has become monopolized by the
long slim. mtrderous machine that
constitutes our modern artillery. We
speak of quick-fire guns. wire-wound
guns, automatic guns, elght-inch, ten
inch. twelve-irch guns, and the word
seems singularly apropos. They are not
cannon. Cannon" Immediately sug-
gests the big, numbering. black-throat-
ed smooth bores of the past. The word
conjures up all sorts of martial pic
tures-motionless men holding lighted
matches. frigates lashed together and
firing into each others ports, Sepoys
bound to the muzzle. neat geometric
pyramids of round shot, the light bri-
gade and lots of other things too MT
merous to mention.-New York Tole-
graph.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-04-10
Learn to Grow Old Gracefully.

There is a most admirable lesson
contained in the following extract from
Hannah More's Structures on the Mod
ern System of Female Education"
Since, the4, there is a season when
the youthful must cease to be young,
and the beautiful to excite admiration,
to learn to grow cid gracefully is, per-
haps, one of the rarest and most beau
tiful acts that can be taught to woman
And it must be confessed it is most
severe trial for those women to lay
down their beauty, who have nothing
else to take up. 1t is for this sober rea
son of life that education should lay up
its rich resources. However disre-
garded they may have been, they will
be wanted now When admirers fall
away and fatterers become mute, the
mind will be driven to retire within it
self; and If it finds no entertainment at
home, it will be driven back again
upon the world, with increased force.
Yet, forgetting this, do we not seem
to educate our daughters exclusively
for the transient period of youth when
it is to maturer life we ought to advert? :?
Do we not educate for a crowd, forget
ting that they are to live at home-for
a crowd, and not for themselves-for
show, and not for use-for time, and
not for eternity?"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-04-10
THE LATE DIR. KELLEY.

The late DR.. Leslie E. Keeley was a
native of st. Lawrence county. N. T..
where he was born sixty-eight years
ago. He went through the civil war as
an army surgeon and then settled
down to the practice of medicine in the
little town OF Dwight, Ill. According
to his own story. he devoted all his
energies to the. study of drunkenness
as a disease. and after numerous ex-
periments devised what he termed
cure. He opened sanitarium at
Dwight and patients soon began flock
ing to it. Controversies ragged about
his cure. Many physicians scoffed at
1t. But the remarkable faith shown in
him by a large majority who had tax
en- his cure soon brought about d
change in public opinion concerning
him. and he became an object of re-
spectful professional consideration not
withstanding that his treatment was
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-04-10
A TIP ABOUT USING STAMPS.
Something which Il Great Many People
Do Not Know.

Do Not Know.
Wait until | have washed off the
postage stamp on this envelope, spoiled
in the addressing" said man, ac-
cording to the Washington Star. 1T IS
not necessary to do that said a law
yer. You may take your scissors and
cut out the adhesive stamp and stick it
fast to your new envelope with muci-
lage, Notwithstanding the adhering
piece of the old envelope. 1t does not
look nice and may become detached in
the mail, but If the stamp is a genuine,
unused adhesive stamp it is not ques-
toned The government. when it sells
an adhesive 2-cent stamp. undertakes
for such consideration to transport
and deliver to destination the letter to
which it is affixed. The fact that 1t has
with it piece of envelope to which IL
was formerly attached. does not relieve
the government from executing its
part of the contract when the letter is
deposited for mailing, the stamp being
otherwise perfect"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-04-10
Made Trouble for Himself.

they met at the Woman's Republican
club ball at Christensen's. She was
from the east; he was home produc.
The conversation Jagged between the
dances Finally he ventured this:
How do you like David Harum' -
She bristled like porcupine. 81 hav"
no use for harems of any kind She
retorted; they're just perfectly hos
rid. Look at the sultan of Sniul Lool,
at those wretches in Turkey, The
whole system is interded to degrade
women into beasts. Don't talk to me
about harems." The young man was
frantically trying to sluare himse'i
when the music drowned the converse
tion.-Salt Lake Heral,
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-04-10
Rich Gold Field. In Philippines.

American prospectors have searched
the province of Bengnet, in the Philip
pines, and have found many paying
gold fields. Igorrottes everywhere In
the interior on high elevations are
working good, small quartz veins, and
in some places in very primitive style.
Much territory belonging to the savage
"head hunters was never explored by
the Spanish. Copper and gold, iron
and Ignite are sure to be developed by
the experts. Rich Igorrottes count
their wealth in hundreds of ounces OF
kold.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-04-10
Force of Hnhit.

May you take this lesson home with
you tonight dear friends" continued
the preacher at the end of very long
and wearisome sermon. And may its
spiritual truths sink deep into your
hearts and lives to the end that your
souls may experience salvation. We
will now bow our heads in prayer
Deacon White, will you lead?" There
was no response. Deacon White"
this time in a louder voice. Deacon
White, will you lead?" Still no re-
sponse. 1t was evident that the good
deacon was slumbering. The preach
er made a third appeal and raised his
voice to pitch that succeeded in wax
ing up the drowsy man. Deacon
White, will you please lead?" The
deacon rubbed his eyes and opened
them wonderingly. is it my lead?
No-I just dealt"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-04-10
A Novel Fence.

1t is said that in Yellowstone park
there is a fence which Is composed en-
tirely of the horns of the elk. and in
cludes over three hundred selected
specimens. None of them has less than
twelve and very many have fourteen
points. They were gathered in June
1895, by party of gentlemen WIN
found them during four days hunt,
all of them within radius of ten
miles of the Mammoth Hot Springs.
Yellowstone Park contains nearly
three thousand elks. They shed their
horns in March, and during this time
are very shy and quiet.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-04-10


army are in Edgware road, in Hyde
Park. London. and here large force
Of employees are constantly at work.
One OF the most important things per-
formed by the army is the work In
prisons and poorhouses and the sys-
tenn of working homes" The Church
army has oficial permission to get at
the prisoners, and the additional con-
cession that no prison official need be
present during the interviews with the
prisoners
In the course of these interviews the
prisoner is told, not how wicked and
irredeemable he Is, but what mistake
he has made in adopting life OF idle
ness and worry instead of one of THRIFT
and content. II he realizes the truth of
this, they ask him II he would like to
earn an honest living after he comes
out of prison. If. after all their efforts,
he doesn't, he is let alone, but II he
does the Church army receives him.
when his term expires, into one of Its
working homes, Of which there are 102
in Great Britain. When a man enters
the home he begins to chop firewood
and to draw salary at the rate of about
$3.50 week. For his board-four
meals a day-and lodging they charge
him $1.50; he gets 25 cents pocket
money and the rest is banked for him.
Religion is not pressed upon him too
sharply; he attends morning and even
ing prayer, but when work is done he
can smoke and play checkers or domt-
noes. The first thing aimed at is that
these ''homes" should be as much like
a home as possible. The man and
woman in charge of them are called
the mother" and father" and no
more than twenty-five dodgers" are
permitted in each. for the reason that
1t is possible, If the number is limited
in this way, to know each man.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-04-10
"GcnesIs, of the Scots.

Sandy McTush was very fond of
boasting-with more or less truth and
a good deal of pride-about the an
tiquity of the Gaelic tribes. He was
seldom disturbed in his harmless
amusement, but on one occasion a wag
of an Englishman ventured to pull him
up short. Look here. Sandy" said
the trifier, I'm not disputing bit. of
what you say. but it doesn't go very
far. after all. you know. l don't re-
member coming across a single word
about any Draw son o. Caledonia either
in the old testament or the newt"
Sandys look OF scorn and pity was be-
yond describing, but his answer set
tied that little argument once and for
ever. why, ye eesnorant son o. per-
deetion, I'm no for q meenit thenkin'
that effer ye cam across onything in
the haly beuk, but has it no yet been
dinged intae your muckle thick held
hoo Scot an Lot gaed thegither in the
auld time?'-Ally Sloper.