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New-York tribune., 1900-03-25

bloater hpper, or sardines, OF mineral waters
are the chief items il purchases. With however
an adIltlonaI n24fpenny it allows of choice Of
TasherS Of bacon, haddOcks two sausages q but
tered teacakC a small steak pudding a pork
PIE, or two boiled eggs Cold meat, ham, or
large Slzeu Maddox are sold for tWOpence d
plate, and special feature daily is to be boiled
hsh and potatoes for tw0pence-halfpenny.
ferhapS, however, the triumph Of all IS the
three course dinner for fOurpence- haIrpenny
IhlS VIII allow the purchaser d really annie
meal as II VIII consist Of soup and I choice at
VIII of a large steak pudding. roast pork roast
or boiled beef roast or boiled mutton Irish stew
boiled picked pork steyved steak or liver and
bacon 1t viii include two vegetables and bread
e-Ilo seleclloh may be made between pastry CT 4
mug Of tea, coffee, or cocoa
Inc diner viii present the check at the bar
ana VIII be handed his demands 10 its value
which he viii convey 10 the nearest vaca Mt seat
where h will find clean knife and fork There
is d staff Of a hundred Mattresses in a near 11ni-
form Of black dress and white can ana aDrop
whose duties viii be primarily to remove the
uITy plates anc cups. Each of the three halls
can accommodate 500 people so that 500 meals
may be simultaneously consumed and 10 O0Q
meals are easily 10 be provided during the day
Ihere is no more interesting department NJ
tLe sieAt Sthe1ne than the kitchens It is OF
course, only by working with predictions n1Iartf
Ties IhaI these cheap rates be maintained
put even with that knowledge il is a little start
ing 10 be told those steam chests for notatoas
can cook a ton and a half an hour" There ar
steam jacketed tanks for boiling oDerarinne
ana especially ingenious are the tin mouIds III
which suet or roly poly pUddings will be cooked
4hese are deeply futed, and in the natura
process Of expansion in cooking the contents
VIII mark themselves off into the haIfpenny
portions for sale Thirty-two hams can BE-
dressed simultaneously. and the roasting ovens
VIII contain ten and seven hundred weights
respectively OF viands at a time. For soup max
ing SIX vast boilers with aggregate space for
HFe hundreC gallons, are provided Notable
too, are the automatic tea coffee and cocoa re-
ceplacles for water cannot be obtained for thes,.
until it has reached boiling point
The present building is regarded as wholly
experimental and its capacities Will enjoy a
thorough trial Of the Trust money the greater
nc in,
quarters Of London after working experience
has demonstrated whether such restaurants
Should be larger or smaller. or whether exactly
the right lines have been found in every detail
and. IN short. that further developments may
spring from actual results That the working
classes in the ueighbOrhood are keenly interest
ed in the project is evident from the large
crowds who were present when Sir Thomas
Upton showed several specially invited guests
the arrangements which had been made ami
which elected the utmost admira ton and au-
pTOVal all hands.
New-York tribune., 1900-03-25
D4HHING NIAGARA.
From The Engineering News.

from The Engineering News
The Canadian Engineer is worried over the
dam proposed by the United States Deep Water
way Commission TO regulate the outflow from
Lake Erie 1t sees III il deep laid scheme to shift
all the loss Of level due 10 the outflow from the
Chicago Drainage Canal into Lake Ontario and
the St. Lawrence River and declares that win.,
dams viii pe required to make the ST Lawrence
necessary below Montreal, at the foot of Lake St
pert.
proposed dam at the outlet OF Lake Erie will
only equalize the outflow through the Niagara
River. and the total annual discharge will
main practically the same The effect upon the
levels of Lake Ontario will be too small b.
measurable, the maximum variation effected in
the flow by the regulating works amounting TO
only about per cent.
AS for tire influence Of the Chicago Drainage
Canal st. Lawrence levels. the accurate
measurements of the Niagara River now avail
able show that the Chicago canal will. when dis
charging 100000 cubic feet a second, reduce by
2.3 per cent the outflow from Lake Erie. The
percentage Of flow deducted from the St Law
renee Will be considerably smaller than this as
the St. Lawrence flow is larger than the Niagara
by the entire runOff from the Lake Ontario
watershed So far from Montreal being ruined
as an ocean port by the Chicago Drainage Canal
ard the Niagara DAM" as our contemporary
puts il, it is extremely doubtful whether the
most accurate gaGgings VIII detect any differ
ence of level in the St Lawrence at Montreal as
a result OF these works
New-York tribune., 1900-03-25

@fs aaoat il the Pacific. would al once become
11lei target q assault in the remote CON
-s7ncy of sudden quarrel with England
S@osf he safe nava- maxim that il is neces-
% De prepared for al possibilities, how
s'7' improbable they appear ID De. the ap-
1 70 every naval dock today is guarded
,Npeoo boats ae.1 il readiness for use in
- s-eh emergencies. Al the extreme north
- posi-, the powerful Rowan is main
- always gr31c.-L for duty. while nearby
=. .'--4ha' the Davis and the Fox may be
.-s - called, and -ae Goidsborough VIII be
I-7'ed Il Few weeks
account Of the rapid deterioration Of these
- ~2en lying isle il th= water. the Navy
:. ---7- since --- way win Spain has adopt
, 7@i----1- ~ hauling them out on dry
49,. 90 erecting temporary shelters over them
- '-s'ess aPprgfriates money ID build per-
~. 0--a-lgs tJr them al each navy yard
sf 7' Structures have been designed much
s. --e4s of the steam FIRE engine house
.. +-----pa- cities. with the end IN view that
- nay De- kept in perfect condition to
rr..- -An-F - alarms and 1.r0ceed TO sea
a.-.-- -" nouns after the receipt II orders.
es. ing being reformed quickly by spe-
--efy always ready for operation.
F- mean tine The Rowan. ~ Bremerton
a.,- ''-Ha. a. in the case OF the i've boats Al
49, -fE Nay Yard. has been temporarily
--,. and covered over. and every con
a-.. pFec2uton IS being observed 10 provide
y.4-- '72sel ac-u4. resumption Of duty adoat
q ~ 7t@- hours notice. These precautions
- -se q the Rowan have been increased
s,s-.- @S' week. her crew Is under greater
ia. and those II charge Of her are con
s,r -, nat she could go to sea within a day at
-ss,. wan has no superior among the finest
n ". A@F class IN the Navy. She was named
ssg l-',, .1-'l-raI stephen CIegg Rowan. She
.g, - al Seattle. and On her trial trip ran
F1B seven knots an hour. She is armed
,.tAx q the largest whitehead torpedo
Gs = - 1our l-pounder seIni-autonatic rapis
-e1s-g = 4na carries a complement Of four
b. twenty eight men. She cost s1f0
as 1 was first commissioned last s7,r,roer
-, point Of departure from earlier tor
d..sg models is IL her high forecastIe nro-
Lrg gse4teT sooommoaationg for her men :, ans -
by 7aSed stability in a heavy sea-
a J, ,'aotosraph shows her as she vr.s s.,,,s,
s Water two months ago. since -tI,,t tbs,
New-York tribune., 1900-03-25

could be placed on the arm without incOn-
venience. and, If it we're necessary 10 take
more, they viii fold and make small package
that could be slowed IN the pocket without
irritation. If the soldier IS ordered TO advance
retreat. his ammunition goes along the same
though II We're in his belt, and If there is 4
luu in the engagement the cartridges can be
transferred TO the belt and the wristlet dis
carded and thrown away. Il costs but q few
cents-not as much some clips that hold but
five cartridges
The value Of the wristlet, however. IS not
ended when il IS empty. While every precau-
ton is taken to furnish the soldier with material
for cleaning his rifle he is often without il in
the field. BY tearing the band apart il can be
used for this purpose. II is strong enough to
use as temporary bandage in case Of a slight
wound, or even as = tourniQuet in case Of q
serious wound.
New-York tribune., 1900-03-25
GOOD FOOD FOR POOR FOLK
THE FIRST OF SIR THOMAS LIPTONs
ALEXANDRA TRUST RESTAURANTS
OPENED IN LONDON.
rom The London Telegraph.

From The London Telegraph
London has long been far behind Paris. Vi
emma and Christiania in its provision Of cheap
and well equipped restaurants for the working
classes but thanks to the initiative of the Prin-
cess of Wales to-day viii metropolis
possessed Of an institution which will compare
faVOrably with the model establishments Cf the
kind on the Continent Though the first of the
restaurants conducted by the Alexandra Trust
which is to be opened in the City Road this
morning is to be inaugurated with no more Cere-
mOny than that of unlocking the doors. il must
surely be regarded auspiCiOUs that the event
should occur during the Queens stay in our
midst, and it is not revealing condolences to say
that the Princess Of Wales prefers 10 come and
see the place in working order, she intends
to do on an early date. TO any formal proceed
New-York tribune., 1900-03-25
THE NATURE OF ETHER.
From knowledge.

FTDTn huOWIelSe-
T. any reader is disposed to object TO the as
sumption Of a medium behaving in such very
different ways with regard TO motions OF diner
ent speeds, il may assist in convincing him tEaI
The objection is not valid one 10 direct his at
tenIiOn TO the similar behavior Of such fanlllaT
substance as pitch In moderately cold weather
this material has all the appearance of a solid,
and VIII resist q blow momentary hel-t
pressure. II, however. a denser body thah tIlT
pitch. such a bullet, for example, be .aid
upon its surface, II will gradually sink until II
rests upon whatever Is supporting the pitch. IL
the other hand, the pitch IS placed upon q
less dense body such cork the latter VIII
float UP through ii in the course Of time. Inc
pitch. therefore exposes great resistance -
rapid motion, but the smallest pressure causes II
TO give way If sufficient time is allowed
New-York tribune., 1900-03-25
CIG4RETTEs AND TIE CRINE4Y W4P.

From The London News.
Another correspondent, writing on the marks
that previous wars have left OUT manners
and customs. says: Up TO the time Of the re
turn Of our soldiers from the Crimean War
cigarette smoking in England was practically
unknown. The poorer classes Of EnglishmeD
smoked their CLAW pipes and the wealthier their
uaeerschaums or cigars, and here and there an
effeminate foreigner might be seen in the street
putting q q cigarette. But no Englishman had
the knack Of rolling UP cigarettes, and despise4
such apologies for a good. honest smoke TOO
much 10 deem il worth while to acquire lh-
knac1 They were not unknown when cur army
went out 10 the Crinea, though nobody but foI-
eigners made them or smoked them either III TINS
country or America When, however. our men
went out 10 Cooperate with orr allies the French
against Russia. they caught the trick OF cisa-
relte rolling and brought il home At the end OF
the war, and from the military officers mess
room the fashion crept out among civilians, and
has been growing ever since. It IS computed
that the annual consumption Of cigarettes IN
this country cannot now be much less than
eight billion.
New-York tribune., 1900-03-25
4 NAVAL SENTINEL.
TIE TORPEDO BOAT ROWAN READY IN
PUGET SOUND FOR INSTANT DUTY.

PUGET SOUND FOR INSTANT DUTY.
washington. March 2z-The batUeship Iowa
4 rnder orders 70 20 to The Puget Sound
Es7zI Station for her semi-annuaI docking
nj repairs. that station possessing the only
ts-nea-a1 lry51-k "a The West coast capable
9, taking first class ship. Scarcely one hun
:-sa niles away is located he greatest British
military and na7a- fortified base IN the Pacific
osazn The United states has no established
ahore 6e.=nces between the two points, although
batteries 10 remedy The deficiency are in process
& erection Wien the Iowa goes into dock her
szsns.ve and defensive power viii disappear,
perhaps for 4 month. + not for q -onger period;
and thIs 100000 batdeship, which, with the
Oregon. now II japanese waters. constitutes the
sDie a-n0red representative Of the United States
New-York tribune., 1900-03-25
time temporary house has been built over her
for protection from the weather
AMMUNITION WRISTLFTS.
a SUBSTITUTE FOR TIE CARTRIDGE BETA
NOVEL DEVICE
Washington dispatch to The Baltimore Sun.

Washington dispatch to The Baltimore Sun
The Army ordnance officers are greatly inter
ested in a new device for carrying cartridges.
The Board Of Ordnance and FOrtifca tons has
recommended that the Chief of Ordnance be
authorized 70 accept 5000 ammunition wrist
lets, invented by Thomas c. Orndorff Of
Worcester. Mass. The department agrees to
use this number at once in packing 100000 car
trldges for Immediate shipment 10 such points
as viii bring them into actual use. Mr Orn-
Government for the purpose OF experimental
trial.
The ammunition wristlet is a fabric TO en-
circle the forearm. and holds twenty cartridges
Il weighs Of itself less than half an ounce
Il the ammunition is issued in the wristlets two
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-04

REMOVAL OF "sUDD.,
Efforts Again Making 10 Clear the
Nile of It's obstruction.

The New York Tribune gives a detailed
account OF the second opening of the Nile
This Is clearing the Nile of ''eudd." "Sudd"
is an accumulation OF vegetable matter
winch sometimes completely blocks the
channel of the river. In the equatorial
lakes and rivers there nourishes an aquatic
plant with roots extending five feet into
the water, but not touching bottom and
with stems and leaves rising sti,l further
above the surface. Thus a floating island
o. "sudd' is formed. increasing rapidly in
thickness and density. Not only does Il bar
the river to navigation, but 1t dams up the
stream, holds back the water that is need
ed for the irrigation OF Egypt and trans
forms the country along the upper regions
Of the river into a swamp
sir Samuel Baker, in 1870 cut a passage
through eighty miles OF sud-" and in 1874
Gordon rejoiced In the opening OF the river,
50 mat i took only twenty-one days to go
from khartoum to Gordonono against
twenty-one months before the "sudd" was
removed. When -tre Soudan was aban-
aoned TO Dervish sayagery in 1881 the
work OF keeping the channel opened was
also abandoned. Since then the ssudd'
mas been accommodating until now Il Is az
pad as II was before Baker performed his
task. The river has been forced from It's
channel. and thousands OF miles OF terri
tory In the Bahr-Ei- Ghazel country have
oeen turned into swamps. Between FASH
oda and Lodo the river has been 40 blocked
as actually to have been forced out OF It's
ped INTO a new channel miles to the east
ward Year by year the water has been
more or less held back from Egypt
Unchecked the process would I'm time
transform the Soudan into morass and
Egypt into n desert The new channel
VIII be adopted as the permanent chan
mel or the river, and Il is from that that
the proposition IL to clean the "sudd
In some places there will have to be some
cutting. The moving OF sud-" Is a dan
gerous business. When barrier OF Il IL
so far cut that the imprisoned waters
back OF II are enabled to break through.
scene occurs surprising by far that OF
the breaking of log-1am or an ice-dnm
on one OF our rivers Gordon gave a
graphic description OF H. Steamboats,
torn from their moorings and swept down
stream, hippopotami and crocodies
whirled and dashed about IKE minnows I'm
q mllrace. and their manglod bodies
strewn for miles
The present plan. Il is hoped viii be
executed in year IL provides FOR the
erection OF bikes and dams to deepen the
channel and 10 protect the adjacent Iaud
from overflow. The result viii be a deep.
clear river, easily nsvigahle, with dry and
hahitabie land on either side, ana with
plenty of water under perfect control for
the irrigation OF Egypt and Nuhia
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-04

Leslie stephen has vitliy said tina, "ro-
ligioRs die by heinR fouud out" This
Is IN a sense true. II not precisely ia that
sense ga which he said ir-religIan dies
out by not being found Of home. Andrew
Lang has made D curious eertns 81 stud
les on religion which ! thlok proves
conciuAveiv that 8u fhe religions az
whose early conditiaR wc know anything
were pure ami spiritual in thoir hegia-
niuSs. bet that they aeReu rated iats
forms and mythology az fhcy Wrew ola
that h. they became msicylsl When th~y
had reached their term ~ development
aud ln accordance wllh the law ~ esola-
tion. they became rSEid and Incapable 81
following longer the oadinEa az To-. frue
apirIfnai Mfc-they txfofAfe. and nra
thrown un. being daa3 mnuer-W j.
sfGiman IN the international MuntA'y
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-04
when Lawton Wa. Fr,shten.a,

Many good stories about Gen. I.awton
have come to the surface since his death
Maj Putnam Bradlee Strong, who was
on the stan Of Gen. Macarthur in the
Philippines, says i.awton confessed to
being afraid once Ia his life That was
when he was riding with his i2-year-oId
son Manley past Pace cemetery. at Ma
Mia. II seems that a Montana detail had
Just buried a comFade when a California
burying detail came up. Somehow they
failed 10 get cartridges. and asked the
Montanns for some The latter had moth
ing but bali cartridges
ooh, they'll do, said the California ser
geant,
Ready. arey' came the order mo-
ment later.
The bullets went whizzing over the
grave and over the stone wall. on tho
other side OF which was riding Cen. Law
ton, his head only few Inches below the
wall The bullets made breeze as they
went past THAT was THE only tl,nr +
can remember being scared" said the
general later. but my boy spoke up and
said Papa. Is this Ike being under reaI
FREE II st f.. like r., Army and Navy
Journal
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-04

me at last down little back lane 20 the
spot az the end Of a row OF 'oue-roomed
cots The cupboards full ~ insects, all
shut UP In their cages, were there, and
the old man, opening one % the doors,
soon found me "a "Snzu-mushi' for sen,
and a pretty cage for IL ia the shape OF
q fan for Is sen. or thrnepcnce In Eng
FISH money He told me that ! must
not hang the insect up IN this draft but
ia some cool. quiet corner, and that. fur
thermore. o. must be fed on fresh cn-
cumber every morning 1 promised 10
follow his instructions carefully, and
carrying home my insect, hung him up
n n corner Of my room and waited for
the sereundet but for two days tho
"Su9u- mushl WIS quite silent In vain
I put Ia slice after slice of cucumber. in
vain ! whistlea and trliea myself az the
bars Of his tiny cage Iie remained
mute. IN despair ! called for the priest g
wife what iE the matter with this
insect7 II wont slng 70 me- SHE heard
rae complain "B8 patient" she an
swefed The 'suzu@mushf Is IN nsw
cage. and VIII rot sing tiH q Is aeeus-
toned 90 ita new surroundings. n feels
fall % fear and cannot sing Wait a.
little" So I waited. Hn3 the next sven
ing. when the ease was hung up thu
uttlo creature began 10 SING meFrily.
linking away Ike fiuF bell as It's
name Implies Wide World Magazine.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-04

month. All were tried at Los Angeles ana
~ were given sentences OF ten years IN
san Quentin They served seven and a
aaf years apiece under the three-fourths
..ine allowance. Some time after their
Lelease Meyer was arrested for counter
lelting in British Columbia, and up 10 last
accounts was In prison. We have not
heard from Gonzales since his release
Perhaps he has reformed We hope he
has.
It would, OF course be impossible TO
tell how much Guadello and his pals made
cut OF the Doodle machine game, but they
new high for time. One man that we
know of paid s1,000 for one of the ma
chines. Two others paid more than $500 for
theirs All were going right into the bust
ness OF making gold pieces on a wholesale
scale, and probably would have done SO II
TIE machine had fulfilled expectations.
But, IKE many other things that are dis
posed Of to the public. the Doodle machines
were only made TO sell and to sell the men
mat bought."-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-04

Tiny Pets That Make Music In ORR
entail Homes.

Singing birds are priced IN all countries.
but II is only In Japan that tho notes On
insects have Keen appreciated and the In
scots named according 20 their different
voices. The love ~ listening "a these sing
ing insects has for centuries been an
impassi0ned p8stime tn Iapan. and has
created al last a unique trade aud mar
Rot In Tokyo toward the end o. May
little cages OF exquisitciy cut bamboo
may DE seen hung up So the Verauaaa
OF houses, and In the cool 81 the dawn
and at the close Of summer DAYS strange
little Whistles and tinktincs and trilIs pro-
coed from these cages and make the air
trsound with the music, Usually "a IL in
the evening after their baths that the
people 50 and sit Ia their verRnHaq 10
listen 70 the singing insects which they
have imprisoned there n WAS late one
afternoon toward the end of May. and r
was moving fr1rn room 20 room in the
quiet buddhist temple which L. uy home.
The hush that comes at the fali 90 twi-
light WAS on all the world. when ms at
tentinn was suddenly arrested hy q sill
Vtrv frii, which filled 80 Intervals the
whole place It was delicate and clear.
1889 an ethercall1sd bird song. nud vet
~ much smaller volume thaa q bird =
note : called the priests daughter and
asked here what 81 wse Z beard singing.
.9rhat IS r. Suzu -u4gghf singing she re-.
piled, come and ] wiii show sou g here
it Is She led me go the back 90 aha
ternple ana polmfrd 10 the caves 90 a cat-
taea opposite. Looking across { saw a
ii0y reed cage hanging Up and .n one
corner small blauE insect hardly asa-
rsruiblc !u the dim light That fr she
iassrt yug eeard singing said fhe
ur.Hsf daughter. - is called q 'Suxa.
uashi aud SEE voice Sc beautiful and
rr.sf
10 thrne aays 'he pert en-n,cni ~ AlsA
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-04

Recent observation by VI. Laborte on
fourteen cases % restoration 90 life hy
rhythmic traction al tho tongue shows
that one and half hours OF treatment
may be too short in sore eases. and that
Il would he better. as rule. not 20 give n
up ia despair for az least three hours, slnce
the vltai forces can be iatcut foS that pc
riod, An Important fact brought out ia that
with the older processes ~ rcsus8'Rtian
one could not re-es;RhhsA the respiratory
movements when the asphyxia had lasted
for more than Ave or six minutes. bot witA
traction OF the tongue persons Who have
been under water for thirty or forty MIN
utcs can Ne restored 70 life ~ Lahorde
states FROM actual observation that the
hood az asphyxistsd animals "a rich ia car
bonfc acid ard p5oF in oxygen. blt IS not
aastilated. and keeps certain ;cmpcra-
turs. and that the heart though arrested
shows 'refuors and resumes Sta action
when the hres yhing has been started aelin
- london Globe