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10 succEsp pAuNcEFoTs.

Lord Thomas Brassey. who Il said
20 Be slated Cor the British embassy at
Washlngton on the retirement Of Sir
Julian Pauneefote IN the fall. 10 the
pressnt governor general OF the colony
Of victoria He b the frsf lord Of his
tile and the eldest son Of the great
millionaire railway contractor Of Liv-
erpool. Even In his Rugby and Oxford
days Brassey showed . passionate
fondness for the SEA. and In later iifs
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r-.-.a n.r..,f Zee s-.sas Ter {. r..Ay
ws.as-.s..

Prsvsa Msrsslf Tee Brsghs Ter rl.sAy
Wssasznss.
opposits 10 him at ths boarding
house sits . maiden lady Of certain
age and views Of Iife IN which sentis
ment plays but small part She has
q younger sister Who Il pretty and
handicapped a. Jet by the pleasing
conviction that life II romancs. He
ID large, dresses several times . day.
b thoroughly self-satis1ed, especially
in the idea that be is irresistible when
he sets out to please n.ember Of the
opposite ssx This = fhs conversation
that took place between him and the
maiden lzdy: eAh. good morning
Where Il the pride Of the family this
morning.s and he 1ooked AZ TIE seat
usually occupied ~ the younger sister.
Right here and she gave An extra
flourish with that .perticulaf spoonful
Of oatmeal Then. thinking % propi-
tiate this careful elder SISTER. hs asked
her advice Il receIFed . letter this
morning frum Chicago LADY that ]
met last snmner. lust dropped llne
to let her know that she had place
in my memory Now abe wonders
whether Ne wiIl sEer meet eBain' alks
II ever cone t. chicaSo. and tells
how Kind I VS. to Der during or brief
acquaintaRce Nav, ! was only with
her while waiting Tor tresa. don't
ron knou. We uaIked bsck and f1r1n
-"
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Nixon Waterman, the genial poet
now claimed by Just common folks, |"
from West to East. has recently pub
lished "A Book OF Verses" (Forbes q
Co., Boston Chicago). containing q va
ried collection Of his most charming
songs. Mr.. Waterman has many en-
thusIastic admirers In the West who
have been touched by his pathos and
eheered and encouraged by his humor.
To these rare treat Is in store In "A
Book OF Verses"
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comes ~ snddenls obllvions 20 M ca
krlendA Tins. = Persian having OBJ
talned lucrative position It court =
friend q his came shortly nftsrwzrd
e conEratuiate him thereon. The new
courtier asked him: Who are you and
Why Do Jon come hsrsf- The other
cooily replied: DO you not know me,
thenf ! am your old friend. and am
come 70 condole with yoa. having
heard that you had lately lost your
sight s-san francisco Wave
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8o9 ths Rance 81 SAansie Twice E2eso
the Briti.h.
An event that Is. on the same scale.
unparalleled IN history was that pro-
vided BY woman OF noble race. the
Rance OF yhansie. who stood at the
head Of her own troops and twice de-
ned the British army; she. on the sec
ond occasion. being 30 desperately
wounded as to be carried on the field
supposedly dead When the tsrrible
connagration Of the Indian Mutiny was
thought to be. almost extinguished.
this woman-who was singularly hand
some. and. In the European sense, stin
quite young-not only faaned the dy-
ing lame amongst her own subjects In
Central India, giving every active d.
rection for the defence Of her city OF
Jh2nsie. but her fiery and intrepid
spirit brought the very nercest and
most bloodthirsty Of the mutineers
throughout whole provinces to her aid.
Sir Hugh Rose. with a British force.
made a most memorable speedy march
In order TO intercept the hordes rush
ing 70 her banner. and when he came
before her city she sent out messages
Of fnsoient denanee. declaring that she
would have him murdered. as she had
ordered other Britons to be massacrsd.
With her own hands she helped at the
guns. whilst furiously urging on her
men. and when the place was magnin-
Gently stormed and taken at the bayo-
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FREE GOVERNMENT LANDS.


There are still thousands Of acres Of
government lands in the states OF
Washington and Oregon, also prairie
and timber lands near railroad or wat
er communication. that can be bought
TOR IS per acre and upwards. Finest
climate in the United States. No fail
ure Of crops. II you wish to raise
grain or the finest stock on earth. you
win End locations In these two states
where you can do this to perfection.
Take your choice. have no lands for
SALE I, you want Information where
II Is best to locate. can on me when In
St Paul or write me at corner Third
and Rosabel streets. st. Paul. MINI.
r. e. WERKMAN.
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u noticed statement that one Of
the British generals in South Africa
was once 9 dry goods clerk" 1t
couldn't have referred to General
French. He must have been an ex-
pert waiter In a beer saloon" why
sof" "The dispatches say he hastily
crossed the Modder river and seized
I'VE laagers."-Cleyeland Plain Dealer.
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The tale Of "a Christian. but Ro-
man." by Maurus Jokai. is laid In that
dramatic period when the Viciousness
Of Romeis rulers was beginning to
foreshadov its overthrow. but when to
embrace the Christian faith was to in
vite death and torture. The pictures
of imperial abandonment, yet colossal
power, and OF the rending Of homes
By this persecution Of the Christians.
are most striking.
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interior Of the Building are the finest
examples OF decorative art which the
Omitted States have thus far produced
for any exposition. Annexes tor the
United States exhibits In agriculture.
forestry. liberal arts and navigation
have been erected
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R..t .na ch.nre

Doctor-what you need Is change
and rest.
Patient-I can't AFFORD It Ny in
comes pretty well requisitioned al
ready. Ny children get all the change
and my wife gets the rest-Philadel-
phia Press.
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rs PEA CENT OFF.

Farm News, one Of Americas best live
stock and farm journa $. price 50 cents q
year, has adopted new and original plan
20 get into new homes by making IN un-
usually low price on certain Bargain Days
The best offer yet IL TO send il two years to
all who remit IS cents to Farm News, Spring
fesd, Ohio on June !. next Bargain Day.
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sEE 10 rHs WALLS.


Owing to the gathering Of 20 many
different classes Of persons therein.
the interior wallis Of churches. school
houses. hospitals. etc. ara apt to Be-
come repositories Of disease germs un-
less preventive measures are taken.
These walls should always be coated
with . clean and pure cement. such
as Alabastine. which b dislnfectant IN
tn nature ard more convenient TO re
new and retint than any other wall
coating. The first cost II no greater
than for inferior work. while re-
newals are more easily and eheaply
made.
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The United States national pavilion
!, the Paris exposition. which wa
6oeped recently. is situated On the
|ouai d'Orsay, on the LEFT bank Of the
ssine, among the buildings % the.
|,r.at powers. is site Is one Of the
- locations at the exposition. The
Ian of the pavilion Is square. with
;sres central dome and rotunda, three
|Sdes Of this rotunda having rooms
|oUening out Of It There e = lcunsing
nom for gentlemen. Z private
room for ladies. and q parlor for Ia
s,es and gentlemen. The second story
!, devoted to the states, where visit
ors can rest and register their names
n they 80 desire. In the third story
are the private ofiees Of the commits
douer general and his stan, and the
fourth floor is OF q like character 70
the second. There are two electric
American elevators. The style Of the
sxterior Of the building Is classic, and,
ghils different In design from any Of
the buildings OF the Chicago Worlds
Fair, yet the feeling there prevalent
has been kept and Is IN marked con-
trsst to the present French buildings.
which are not 50 architectural In treat
pent In the central entrances arch.
fscing the river Seine. Is the French
statue Of Washington. and Q bust Of
Mckinley occupies q niche over the
door. The interior decorations have
been the subject Of particular consid-
grafton by an art commission appoint
Cd for the purpose. The mural deco
rations and artistic treatment Of the
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% Yo.r Pee. Aeh. and Buru,

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot
Ease, q powder for the feet Il makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures
corns. Bunions. Swollen, Hot and
Sweating Feet At ali Druggists and
Shoe Stores. Csc. Sample sent FREE.
Address Allen s. olmsted. LeRoy. N. 7.
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nets point, she escaped. wounded bad
b. But she soon rallied another army
and when she was again defeated at
subejnee, she fought In the frst line
Ike veritable fury. and was mortaiiy
wounded.
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n.r.n ., IN. 1Krunr Ed.

why, Fritz, what makes you 90
dirty?" "Carl Muller threw me In the
gutter" why didn't you punch his
head?" 81 did that first"-Fligende
Blatter.
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Love. xps.russ. c...eh,.n.

did you love me then As novl"
LESS, / think" "Then you love me
more7" How can II" "Darling!"
II mean how can I when I can'tr-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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lam sure Piso's Cure for cousuhption saved
my life three years ago.-ArS THos- RoBsHs
Maple Street, Norwich. n Y, Feb. II. looo
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Plans for the first Russian Orthodox
church OF St Nicholas to be built in
New York. have been completed. It
will cost $40. 900.
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In cemetery at Stowe. VI. the fol-
lowing inscription may be seen: Il
was somebody-who? ID no business
Of yours"
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$40. 90 a WEEK AND EXPENSES
toagents selling our household goods. Sc on
sight Write Q. II. Marshall & Co, Chicago
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Friendship Is goodfellowship that
doesn't have to be kept alive BY. con-
slant gossip.
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There never was an old shoe but
there was an old stocking to match It
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YKurrra Han BErakn - ne fHroFiss for drsssil
the hair ana renewing Ia life and color.
HEDknoolss. TIE best cure fof cOrnA iscn
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sss. !.,.a Is &C. Ssr al, 's'ur'' 's.'i's
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what can't be had q just What L.
wished for.
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No one knows where the shoe
pinehes better than he who wears It
The broad ax., 1900-05-26

It is distressing TO think how much
ether people are lacking In tact
The broad ax., 1900-05-26

A Bosk OF choles Recspes
HsssI Henfion this paper
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Life is worth living 50 long as there
Is anybody worth loving.
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What the devil gives with one hand
he takes with the other.
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when an Else Ears. ny YEKL
cures cornsnnd Buni0ns without pain. Never failA.
Drug stores ormsf Sc YI-Kico cawfordsvnle.I Ind
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VIVA. can you expect from .. pig but
a grunt
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Poverty Is no crime; II II were. many
q one would be hanged
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chrlstianlty 8 : battle. no. dream.
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HAIRS Catarrh Cure
@ constitutional cure. Price. 10
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-19

ceived were not IN good order. As an
the other birds have the same messages
some Of them doubtless viii be perfect
This pigeon postal service over the sea
is the idea of N Eugene Periere- P=esi-
dent Of the COmpagnie General Transit
lautidue- For several years he has cauS-
ed experiments to be made in France TN
der the direction of Captain Reynard Of
has charge OF the military pigeon service
Of France. The experiments IN that
country resulted satisfactorily and 4
short time g Captain Reyuard came
here TO experiment 1t was first at
tempted TO use New York birds. but they
had TO be liberated On the same day that
the vessel sailed Captain Reyuard then
came TO Maiden and made a contract
with Mr. Morsman TO provide birds Tor
each outgoing steamer The hrsu trial
has resulted 50 satisfactorily that the
service viii be continued and each snip
of the line sailing from New York viii
carry several pigeons As q snip sans
and arrives every week there viii pc 2
bi-weekIy service from the ocean to Nal
den. The birds which are on the way %
Havre on La Touraine viii, at that port
be transferred TO La Gascogne- which
sails from there on Nay 5 and Is due II
New York on Nay 13- They VIII De III
Grated on the I2rh and it Is expected InaI
the messages viii reach their destination
at least twelve hours before the snip
reaches her dock. In this way friends
of incoming passengers viii be uotl1ed N
season 50 that they may meet the snip
in New York
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-19

the Polish pianist maintains his asCen-
dency in the feminine heart seems little
short Of a miracle.
Paderewski with his party Travelled
in a private ar, and only once during
b trip fOrsCok the car for a hotel
Nine PadereWsk accompanied him and
amiably insists hat she has found
America charming She certainly has
had an opportunity Of forming an opIn-
ion, for the tour has pretty well COW
cred the United States from New York
to san Francisco. and from Oregon TO
Texas. From first to last. the pianist's
prnverbiaI good luck has stayed with
him.
His managers have always said that
Paderewsk's guardian angel was the
busiest Of the heavenly host Wind,
weather, railway trains, all uncertain
quantities have been we'll regulated and
on this trip, he has not met even the
mildest mishap, though disaster follow
ID close upon his heels. He has gone
rushing over the continent with ruin
and wrath in his wake; but i'll luck new
er overlook him
He went to Tacoma by an earlier
train b the me planned The train
OF the original plan was held up by
robbers and the passengers forced to
jump off It seems almost a pity that
fate interviewed in P"adereWskiS "
The scenic effect would have een SO
fine for journalistic Illustration. Genius,
with its aUreOla standing or end facing
a masked and muffled Fufian whose piS-
toll presses against the pale and noble
brow However, romance was Sacr-
feed to the goo luck OF the genius
Padarewsh left Austin. Texas, barely
IN time to escape the Hood His visit
to san Antonio was followed By q tor
nado. And 50 the story goes Super
stftious persons might De eupted &c
believe hat there's a touch CT the jet
tatnra about P~aderewski, but the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-19

by a new method. Mr. Skinner, who is
ready for anything that offers, consented
way to the address given The time was
near 8 o'clock and the street were almost
dark mere was q cold ram and every
thing tended TO make the world seem a
gloomy affair after all The street into
which Mr. Skinner turned to ind the
house was built up with tail. dIngy ware
At last he found the number and was ad-
mitred to q storer0ol lighted with one
candle In the semidarkness he found
the man who had aFranged for the trial
The two stepped on q freight elevator
operated by the guide and at every story
a trap door opened automatically and
then closed behind. or rather below them.
Mr.. Skinner began to grow nervous. but
he kept the fact to himself After going
up through six trap doors the pair stepped
OF into a cavernOus room into the depths
of which half q dozen dim candles threw
wavering shadows A white sheet di-
Vfded the room into two parts and tapped
disnaIy in the current Of air from the
trap door A man in a white apron and
Jacket stepped from behin the sheet. ask
sd Mr.. Skinner If he was ready and,
though the affair had SO far been ghost
~, he assented.
He was placed in a chan behind the
curtain and a glass case was ntCed over
his head. A door in the case was opened
and his head was securely strapped IN
place. and then his face fixed IN posi-
ton by an application of adhesive wax
Two paper straws. such as are used IN
buffetS for summer drinks. were placed
in his n~Ostrils and he was told II was
time to begin The operator gave MN
instructions tina if everything was not all
right he should signal with the left hand
and If all vas well with the right Inc
case was closed and the operator began
pouring in a food of soft white paste 1t
rose in the case, the actors eyes follow
ing il with the thought of the last chap
ter of Hugo's "Toilers Of 5he Sea IN mind
Presently the man in charge shouted;
shut your eyes, Quick Just at TINS
moment the straws through which Mr..
Skinner was breathing collapsed and he
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-19
THEATRICAL news
Miss Florence Rockwell to Star
Next Season.
VIII Be Seen in Decentralization
of Van Bibber Stories.
Is REMEMBERED HERE.
Seen With Stuart Robson
Late This Season.
Was Leading Support of Sol
Smith Russell Last Year.
Is REMEMBERED HERE.

A young lady whom Topeka theater-
goers had the pleasure OF seeing last
season and during the season o clos
ing win be starred mex yea in a dram
~atization of Richard Harding Davis
Van Bibber~ stories. She is Miss
Florence Rockwell. seen a year G as
leading support Of Sol Smith Russell
in THE Hon John Gr1gsDy." and this
season as Mary Horneek" to stuart
RObson's oliver Goldsmith"
Miss Rockwell is a charming young
American actress OF very considerable
achievement and still greater promise
She began her. stage career at a very
early age.p playing Juliet al JuIiet's own
age, and holds the record OF having
been the youngest legitimate leading
lady since Viola Allen When a mere
child Miss Allen played Virginia to the
Virginius Of John Mccullough. while
Miss Rockwell was for two seasons
leading lady with the late Thomas w
keeue playing DeSdemona and other
principal feminine roles in Shakesperian
repertoire
Abandoning the legitimate for modern
drama. she played the heroine in Cum
berland. 81. with great success, and
afterwards Joined Sol Smith Russell,
playing the principal Womau's role IN
The Hon o Grigsby-" Miss Rock
we'll then spent a season in stock work,
broadening her experience and increas-
ing her repertoire and the middle OF
this season she became leading lady
with Stuart Robson. succeeding Marie
Burroughs. Miss Rockwell originated
the role of Mary HOrneck." b hero
inc of Augustus Thomas dramatic ro-
nance Of oliver Goldsmith" and
achieved great praise 10Y her r~ealiZa-
ton of what IS at most q historical and
dramatic character. As Goldsmirh's
sweetheart Miss Rockwell shared the
honors Of the play with Mr. Robson in
the title role, and Henry E DLxey, who
scored such d hit in the part Of David
Garrick
Miss Rockwell viii originate the role
of Eleanor CuyIer in the dramatlza-
ton Of Richard Harding Davis pop
ular Van Bibber stories, now being
made by Augustus Thomas and Clay NJ
Greene. Robert Hilliard, who has here
t0f0re achieved success in vaudeville II
an adaptation Of one of these stories
/ under the title of The LittIest Girl.
VIII play the part of Mr.. Van Bibberi
and little Mabel Taliaferro, whom
/ James \ Herne considers the ~cleverest
child actress on the American stage
will create the role of h littlest girl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-19
Pigeon Messages From the Sea.

From the Boston Evening Transcript
For the first time on this side of the
Atlantic the utility of q carrier pigeon
postal service between ships at sea and
the land was demonstrated this morning
n Maiden Soon after sunrise one Of
the pigeons which We're liberated from
the steamship La Touraiue Of the French
Inc yesterday morning when the ship
was nearly twenty-four hours out from
New York arrived ar the Ioft Of frs
owner. George Horsman, in Middlesex
street. Maiden
The bird IS one of Mr. Horsman's best
and its registered number is as This
Is its first trip over water and undOubted-
y It has made the longest water trip
ever accomplished by an American pig
con To eaen of its legs was attached a
quill sealed at both ends and containing
a ceIluIoid film Each Of these films is
each containing q message from some
person on the ship IN addition to the
messages sent from passengers there are
among the cards q report OF the cOndl-
ton OF the weather. the time when the
birds were released and the number sent
out and messages from the captain to
the manager of the line IN Boston
As soon as the QuIls were removed from
the birds the celIuI0id fins were extract
ed. but owing to the absence Of an expert
to work the enlargiug machine the indi-
viduaI messages could not be Immediately
~decfphered- They will, however. be en-
larged this afternoon and the messages
sent to their destinations by telegraph OF
mall as may have been directed or the
different cards As sufficient care was
not taken by those in charge Of flying
the birds in putting the messages into
the quillss some Of the first sateh re-
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6Sz.

erican tour in Boston in November, Mr.
Wizards repertory viii comprise The
M~iddIeman," The Rogues' Comedy"
David Garrick," Tom Pinch The
Professors Love Story" and two new
plays
Bernard Shaw's latest work. You
Can Never Tell" has scored a success
in london and viii probably be seen in
New York next fall. as Charles Froh-
man was present at its first production
The lines are reported TO be unusually
clever and the action quick and inter
esting.
There was a general report current in
New York during the past week to the
effect that Julia MarlOWe viii very soon
we'd her manager, Mr.. Charles Dilling-
ham John Blair, the well known pro-
blem play producer, has also been men
toned as a possible future husband Of
Miss MarlOWe-
The jury which handled the 'Sapho"
case in New York has written a letter
TO Miss Nethersole. in which they say
that they are desirOus Of expressing
Over their signatures their conviction
that there was nothing developed in the
case which would in the slightest reflect
On her Or her play
Charles Frohman has secured another
play from Barrie. entitled Two Kinds
of n It is quite different from
anything Mr.. Barrie has heretofore
written and borders on the problem
play. II VIII probably be presented by
Frohnan's Empire Theater Stock COM
pauy in the fall
Maude Courtney. the girl who sings
the old songs. has been secured by
Dune & RyIey for the leading role in
several HOyt farces which viii be pre-
scented in the west and on the Pacific
coast for h nex four months. Miss
Courtney viii play the role created By
Caroline MfskeII-HOyt IN "A COatente6
Woman and the feminine leads" II
the other plays Of the repertoire.
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The saIamands-s Queer Burrows

IFrom the Popular Science Montnly-1
In many places in the extreme south
ern states. especially IN what are local
" known as the "piney woods n o.
the most notable features is b con
stantIy recurring mounds Of yellow
sand which everywhere dot and II must
be confessed disdgure the HOMOGENEOUS
landscape. These piles Of earth are Us
uaIIy nearly circular in FORM fairly
symmetrical in contour. from six inches
to two feet in diameter. and, save where
they have been beaten down BY ain
or winds or the trampling Of cattle,
about Ii as high as they are broad
Often these sand heaps are pretty eV-
emily distributed. sometimes 50 th1ckIy
as 10 cover Al least One-10urth OF the
soil surface. Il you ask a native the
Which you will perhaps at first be dis
posed 10 consider a kind Of
eruption which has somehow broken out
on the face Of nature, yourfnformanC VIII
sententiousIy reply. -Salamanders"
All this Disagreement is indeed the
work of a curious little r0dant popular
" 50 named, and about the size and
seen above ground II he can possibly
help it. He digs innumerable branch
ing underground tunnels, at depths
varying from one TO six feet. and these
mounds Of sand are simply the dump
heaps" which in his engineering opera
tions he finds II necessary 70 make
After carrying the ~exc2vaIed earth
to the surface. this curious little miner
takes the greatest pains to cover Up
his tracks. No opening into his bur
row is left How he manag to 50
carefully smooth owe his little sand
mound and then literally pun The mole
in after him is as yet unexplained