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q attack was imperative. Without
knowing his power, for at that tine
he had never written q verse-Water-
man undertook the reply. His first
short proved q success, and gave him
q local reputation that subsequent
writing has carried i1to nearly every
household Of this country. Most OF his
life has been spent in the midwest,
where he has passed through all the
experiences and adventures Of an am
bilious newspaper man
Il has been well known TO his most
intimate friends for some time that
Mr.. Waterman has In contemplation
and perhaps well under construction,
q more serious work than has yet been
published from his pen. With more
relief from the grind Of everyday
work. and with thoroughly congenial
acknowledgement as his present po-
sition affords-the completion Of this
or some other solid piece may be ex-
pected. But II this promise is never
realized, the name Of Nixon Waterman
will live a. the writer Of beautiful
songs-songs that touch the heart.
songs that appeal to our best senti-
ments, songs that the whole people
love, songs that viii live. He has al
ready published two distinct volumes
Of his poems, the latest entitled "a
Book Of ysrses.- being Just from the
press. IH
Mr.. waterman's high regard for alb
soluts yeraeity has never been seri-
ously questioned, yet 1t Is asserted by
those who know him best that he will,
when circumstances appear to war
rant It, stretch the truth" to q severe
limit In order that he may put pleas
ant face on the otherwise sorry feat
ures Of the worlds happenings. None
Of the yicissitudes Of fortune-and did
ever q writer Of verse attain success
without meeting many OF them?-are
ever carried into his home life. Over
the doorway Of his pleasant home It
might be truly written "All care aban-
don ye who enter here" This optim-
istie trend IL shown in many Of his
homeiier jingles, designed for the
Of his household rather than
for the eyes Of the world. such a. the
following lines, which enc permitted
to glance through HIS library wiz and
written In . copy OF "Grimm's Fairy
Tales n,
These Fairy Tales By Grimm. which
now give 20 thee. dear WIFE,
Can't match ths grfmmer fairy tales'
I've told thee during Life.
Through Al the years to make thy
path = pleasant one I've tiled.
And where I've found the truth would
8 - too harsh and rough I've He'd.
-Azsctionatsly.
-. s. - The LyTfst"
q Soes without saying that Mr.. Wa
Isrman has net attained his present
po<itioa In the literary laid WITHOUT
n5rs q les q q baftls A he him
III says his Iifs liss been made up OF
vsrsss and rsyerseA One Of fhs great
- souress q inspiration Ne has ben
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FASHIONS PARAsoLa
Some e the --latest Faneiss IN ssaso,
eunshadaa14 sa.-.-

Some q The --latest Faneiss In ssason,s
Ranshades.s u ~ -.t
II the woman who uses q parasol
would be particularly far. in advances
Of her feminine rivals this summer
she win buy herself the very latest
creation In parasol ingenuity, the sun
shade with square edges. 1t IL not Q
thing Of beauty, perhaps. but at least
n ii strfkiagly odd and to be odd "a
at least to be noticed. The square
Darasol II covered with a bandana
handkerchief In the gaudiest pattern
obtainabls and the effect II certainly
bizarre and unusual. The newest
handles for the seasons parasols are
club shaped. and some Of them are
adorned with punches OF flowers and
fruit Among the elaborate handles
wooden ones are seen mounted In gold
and silver and set with real or imita-
ton Jewels. Ivory, coral, and lapis
laxun are also cut up into the parasol
handles- PArasols for morning ser
vice are always Of plain dessgn and
material. SILK b. OF course the rule
For carriage use white satin sun
shade Il always desirabls requisition
and It may be beautfAed By lace but
ternies and flowers applfqued upon the
satin One of the fancy shades shows
q parasol formed Of stitched bands Of
white taffeta put together with strips
% insertion and hsmstitehing.-Chics-
20 Chronicle. To-. g..
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sTRrxrNo FIouREs

Ewe Eeunsaisul Dsiss.sss WAs Hsss
N.4 nd Rare Rxpsrf.sees. 4
n nttendanbs upon the conference
- delssztss are two men Who. IN thsir
missionary work, havs been through
- grave psrIis and A. strange expert
encss. probably. as any living beings.
says ths New York Sun. They are
Robert Laws. doctor Of divinity and
medicine. who comes from the mis-
sions On the shores Of Lake Nyassa In
Africa. and DR.. John @. Patton. whose
He work has been among the can
nibal South Sea Islandefs Of the New
Hebrides zone Of the greatest ~
wards Of your work" said . mission
ary from Japan to Or. Patton UPON BE-
introduced TO him. .mast Be the
knowledge that by the spread Of Chris
tianity the practices Of cannibAlism
have been rooted out" 1T would BE-"
said Tie venerable missionary. IF
Il were only So" "Ars there still
any eannibals remaining IN the New
Hebridest" asked the othsr In sur
prfsA There are plenty Of islands.
unfortunately" was the reply. where
eannibaiism h constantly praeticed.
and human flesh is esteemed the great
est delicacy obtainable. The life Of
an unarmed man wouldn't be worth
. moments purchase On any Of those
islandA A thing that constantly sur
prises me-" added the doctor 40 hb
questioner turned away. rs the pre-
vaihng Impression here that canni-
bahsm IL . thing Of the past Where
the missionaries have gained o loot
hold the practice has been eradicated.
though have known Of sporadic out
breaks In the vicinity Of the missions.
But people here At home do not seem
10 comprehend the vast extent Of the
South Sea Islands. There are thou
sands and tens OF thousands Of ma
tives who have never seen mission
airy and who. perhaps. have never
seen q white man Of any kind. They
eat human flesh to-day, as they have
from time immemorial."
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The poetic writings Of Nixon Water
man have already stamped him a. one
Of the great poets Of the closing CEN
fury. He II yet q comparatively young
man, and therefore has much OF his
future before him. II this may be
gagged by laurels already won his
place In history may confidently be
stated az already fixed. Mr.. Water
man was born In Kendall County. I'LL
nois, q little more than thirty years
ago. and when quite young moved
with his parents TO Creston. Iowa
Here. while working In the business
department Of q country daily his
talent for verifying was first discov-
cred, even to himself. Ths paper on
which he was employed became en-
gagged In Q controversy with its COM
petitor, which controversy was carried
by the latter into the realm Of dog
gerel. An answer along the new line
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seund o. rhuna.r,,.rn

Il ID generally asreed that the sound
a q thunderstorm cannot be heard II
at further distance than between if.
teen ana eighteen miles, although Sir
Richard Philips has stated that than-
der may sometimes be heard As Tar on
as twenty-five mileS Lightning he
says. Il reelected 15o or even 200 miles
The velocity Of lightning IL % grea;
that the sounds produced at the vari-
Gus points Of fash may be regarded
as simultaneously produced. As CON-
pared with the sounds Of cannon firing
the IRE Of artillery has been heard
some 80 miles away. When fred
amongst the mountains OF Erzgebirge
the people 1t Antwerp heard It quite
Distinctly. To q certain extent this
can Be sceosntsd for ~ rsverberation.
The report Of cannon travels partScu-
lGly Tar. - It communicates vibration
% Ne soil .F
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Among the twenty-five known great
ocean currents, or rivers Of the sea, II
appears that the sWiftest in Its course
IL the branch Of the great equatorial
current 80 wen known as the Gulf
Stream, Its speed at various places
VARYING from four and q half to fvs
miles An hour. with tts waters At .
mean temperature Of 81 degrees FAIR.
After running 5000 miles towards the
north, ~ Tar - 10 degrees north lati-
ttnde. Il stili preserves, even In winter,
the heat Of summer. The infnsnce Of
this vast body 81 warm water upon the
seas and coasts It washes cannot Be
oseresfimated. Il covers the ocean
with mantle q warmth and serves
to mitigate The rigon Of eur Euro
psan winter. The exsstenee Of this
wonderful stream vas nrst discovered
IN 1S12 ~ Ponce d leon, spanizra.
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Near Ayuthia. formerly the capital
Of siam. Is . curious labyrinth In
which elephants are captured alive.
ne labyrinth Is formed by double
row Of immense tree-trunks set firmly
"A M ground. the space between them
gradually narrowing. Where It be-
gins. AZ the edge Of the forest. the
opening Of the labyrinth Is more than
q mile broad. but as II approaches
Ayuthia Il becomes 30 narrow that the
elephants cannot turn around. Tame
elephants are employed to lure wild
ones into the trap. Having reached
the inner end Of the labyrinth, the
tame elephants are allowed to pass
through . gate. while men lying In
wait slip shackles over the feet Of the
czpfIvea The sport b q dangerous
one. e TIE enfaged elephants some
times crush their would-be captors un-I
Der their fest
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India Is a country not half 50 large
~ the United States. with four times
its population. These 3oo,00o. 900 peo-
pie must be fed from their own crops.
- there IS relatively: no manufacture
ing resource to buy food with, says
the Review OF Reviews. There are
parts Of India with population Of
loo people to the square mile. and
there are millions upon millions Of
farm laborers. yagrants. gypsies and
nondescript classes. whose means OF
living even in times of plenty, are In
scrutable.
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Must the Japanese "go." too? Ten
thousand Of them are said to have
landed ON our Pacific coast during the
first three weeks of April. and for sew
erl months they have been arriving
at the, rate Of a hundred thousand a
year. ten times the normal immigra-
ton. Some are known to be contract
laborers and win be deported; others,
later on. may wish they. too. had been
sent back. It Is suggested that mary
Of them nee to this country because
they fear war.
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ne Indian girls OF the Chiekasaw
nation seem 10 be -up-to-dates The
eklls arising from the marriages Of
uhits men with Indian girls have be-
cone notorious Usually the unions
Rsrs soaght b. whites Of worthless
eharactes. merely IN order that they
Might set possession Of the valuable
iandz allotted 70 TIE brides In xieE
e tbs : ~ was enacted ~ the In
dian legislature establishing the mar
rsaee Tee n such eases at 81 900. As =
fone1isl measure. much was expected
II ths ~. Il las Just come into e.
fsct ana e Ardmora. Indian Tsrritpry.
tsccatll. eome thousand or more In
fI1n elrl1. Il meeting assembled. In
tIrsentI1 ~rheolveds that the law and
lke i1sl,s1forz thereof were intoiera-
30 .ri6lIercrz With Wonan:s inallena-
eIt 1i1EE e marry whom 6he would
Erz ne I'D j. not ysti
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The people Of Porto Rico were aston
ished to see their first American gov
ernor come among them In plain
clothes. and with no pomp and circum-
stance. They had been accustomed to
bad government with endless fuss
and feathers" They ought easily to
Be reconciIed to the change, SO long
as the quiet man In plain clothes gives
them good government.
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The revelations made at the ecu
menical conference on foreign mis-
sions concerning the services OF mis-
sionaries in extending education,
trade and civilization. as well as the
doctrines Of the Christian religion, are
Q strong reminder that civilization
does often move forward In other
ways than ION a powder-cart"
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Pekin, China, has a tower In which
- hung q large bell. cast in the If
tenth century, and another tower
containing q huge drum. which is in
tended to be beaten In case a great
danger should threaten the city. No
one - allowed TO enter these tove-z
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lr.n WE SAVED seward.

Georgs Foster Robinson. who saved
the life Of Secretary Of State Seward
when Lewis Payne, q member Of the
Booth conspirators, attempted to as
sassinate him when Booth shot Lin
coin, q still living at Ramona, Cal
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Fertilixing the Desert.

No fewer than 12.000. 900 acres Of
land have been made fruitful in the
Sahara desert. an enterprise represent
Ing perhaps the most remarkable ex-
ample Of irrigation by means OF ar
tesian wells which can anywhere Be
found.
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The terrible interviewer" Is not
half ~ bad as the man who holds up
The interviewer 70 ten him all the news
that the terrible interviewer col
leeted. wrote up and published the day
before.
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He Is FAMOUS AS, a POET ].

destination sent by editors TO dteap-
poInted contributors but served to
make an article from his pen stin more
Desirable.
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only seventy years have elapsed
since the first railway in the world
vas finished. During that compare
lively brief period 100000 miles have
been constructed.
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In this country placing the thumb
70 the nose and extending the fingers
e . sign Of derision. Among certain
hin tribes IN India It is the most ex-
pressiVe manner Of showing respect.
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Artineia1 legs ana arms were In use
a Egypt as early rs B. @. 100. They
wsre made BY priests, who were the
phys1eians Of that early time.
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-, p 49, Aus.As Fsss-R..,,

Ars ga Uslag Anas Fsss1Asss
u % ehs only cure for sEallaA.
smarting. Burning. Sweating EseS
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Aliens
Eoot-Ease. Q powder 10 be shaken into
the shoes. At al Druggists and Shoe
Stores, 16e. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress Allen 8 oimsted. LsRoy, n z.
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couEhing Leads % Consumption
Kemp's Balsam viii stop the cough
1t once Go to your druggist today
and get q sample bottle free. Sold in
IS and so cent bottleA Go at once; de-
lays are dangerous
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Florida housewives use oranges IN
stead Of soap In scrubbing floors. They
cut the fruit In two and rub the pulp
on the floor. It Is found to be very
cleansing
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Insist on having Maple City Soap IL yoa
want the best. Hyour dealer does not keep
it be win get it for you All grocers.
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Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken Of -
Hcough CURE. W. OBRIEN, 81 Third Ave,
n, MInneapoliS MINI. Jan & 1900
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n tie surface Of the earth were per-
1ectly lsgel. he waters Of the ocean
Wczld eoFer tt to the depth Of COO feet
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FITS PprmaDenffy cured No NJ ornsrvousosss Ars.I
ar.s davis use Of Dr.. Kfne's Great Nerve ksBEoruE
eeod for FREE $500 trial bottle and treAEisA
d. n q. KLDE. Lsds saI Arch D.. PhilAdelpAtA, p
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Jefferson hated tobacco and never
smoked q cigar in his life.
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DURHAM = winter resort and esa-
tains soma q the finest residences In
ths world They afford = good ocean
sssN and are surrounded 81 tropical
frsss, Towers sna fruits. -
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Carriers Ink Il Used Exclusively
By the schools Of New York, Boston and many
other places, and they won't use any other.
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Keep Your Hair On
by using Coke Dandruff Cure. Money -
funded II IL fails. sl.O0 Q bottle.
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A cook says that anything rubbed
against a crater becomes less
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A woman without temper is IKE .
flower without perfume.
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A successful bachelor girl' b ~
unsuccessful sweetheart
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Switzerland Is particularly rieh n
water power and deficient in coal
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Halls Catarrh Cure
Il taken internally. Price, &c
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The man who loved and lost didn't
get his presents back.
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Every square mile Of sea Is estI-
mated to contain some 120. 600, 900 nah.
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The charm Of beauty IL beautiful haiY. seeRs .
with PARKER's HAIR BALsAM.
HNDKEcORxs, The best cure for ooFnA- 1sstA
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Purity is the feminine, truth the
masculine, Of honor.
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The popularity win soon perish that
Is paid for In principle.
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Cremation is becoming increasingly
popular in Paris.
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when All Else FaIls. Try Tiki
Cures Corns and BuniOns without pain Never fHfA
Drug stores mail l5c. YFKi Co.. CraWfordsynle lnd
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Send for sChoIce Recipes"
By walter Baker q Co. Ltd, DorcheaEsF, Maaa.
mailed free Aention this paper.
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Japan has thirty-three naval vessels
In commission.
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When cycling, take bar Of Whites Ya-
catan- You can ride further ami easier.
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AanIove Self Opening Gate.
Catalog free. Manlove Gate Co. Milton, Indiana
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Aspiration is the first step toward
achievement.
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A good wife makes a good mother
in-law.
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Heaven bends lowest at the prayer
closet
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n. X. Browns Essence Jamaica GlngeE
| 4 warranted 70 give satisfaction Tryh
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A great life is every persons priv
lege.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-26
A PLEA FOR WAR.
By Col. James q. G. Lea, Assistant
Quartermaster-G General, U. S. A.

War Is work, hardship, healthful
growth; peace is ease, luxury, disease.
Nc other force has been such a marvel
GUS factor in the development of nations
as has war power. Our own position was
Elevated UNNECESSARILY by the strength
and resources we displayed in the wal
of the rebellion and the late war with
Spain. No one will gainsay that the
nineteenth century has been the most
advanced, the most enlightened, the
most Christian of all the centuries, and
yet during this century there have been
the most enormous of all history.
The United States has strangely failed
to recognize the military factor in it's
development, has neglected to foster and
nOurish it's wal power as the strong
right arm of it's support and defense. In
the hours of peril there has been moth
ing too good or bounteous to grant, but
in the years of seeming security there
was no extreme of neglect and pinching
untouched. We have always been ill
prepared for war-the revolution, the
war of 1872, the Mexican war, the re-
bellion and the war with Spain all found
us unready. As illustrative of this, it
will be hard for the present generation
of Americans to realize that only thirty
eight years 6 this nation sent soldiers
forth to do battle with fint-lock mus
kets.
What has been the result Of such lack
of preparation? The wars ave all been
longer, more costly, more disastrous,
more destructive of life and property, in
every way more distressing. War estab-
Rshments are necessarily expensive, but
the burden IL more lightly borne amid
the joys and blessings of peace than
amid the horrors and SORROWS of conflict.
Was It not worth many years Of patient
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-26
A STORY FROM GIBRALTAR.

During the wal stories in plenty have
been current of the stratsgems and
treachery which have imposed upon Brit
ish officers charged with serious Response
Utilities. Changing the venue. we nave
the following story from Gibraltar: Some
man arrived there with introdmctions
from influential people In England. The
governor and other officials received him
Hospitality and every consideration pos.
sible was shown him on account of his
health. but, Of course. he could not be
granted permission, as he requested. to
go to the top Of h rock for the sake
Of the purer air. as there Is a regulation
that foreigners are on no account to be
permitted to walk about the top Of the
rock" Further acquaintance, however,
with the German gentleman. through the
medium Of dinners and other social func-
lions, resulted in q relaxation Of tho
strict rule, n he was granted pass.
The result of no visit Ia now to be seen
at the German war office. which is In
possession Of the most perfect plans
from photos of all the works and de.
fepses Of Gibraltar.-saturday Review.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-26

preparation, the nnual expenditure Of
a few millions, to have averted the great
calamity Of h civil war, with its ter
rible loss Of life and treasure on both
sides? To the north alone the price was
1858, 400 men killed in action or dying Of
wounds and disease, 246, 712 wounded Sc
riously, 5000, 900 cases of illness, $780,
O00, 600 expended in carrying on the war,
besides another 5000, 0O0, 600 paid out in
pensions since-enough to sustain the
force which would have prevented the
struggle for several centuries. The same
condition of unpreparedness marked the
outbreak of the Spanish war-25,00 men
armed with modern rifles to pit against
the 0 5000 Spain could muster; 100000
obsolete SpringsSlds to arm the flower of
u young manhood called into the vol
unteer service.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-26

ing that period notifies the bureau OF
each stroke that he has witnessed it will
not be long before the statistics fur
nished by this country will be equal in
merit to those of Germany, which are
now considered the most perfect in the
world.
If it were not for the danger of being
struck by lightning, there could be no
more delightful experience than that of
watching closely the progress of a thun-
der storm. AS it is, however, people in
general are exceedingly timid when
lightning is about, and they have such
good reason for their timidity that nc
sensible mar today would care to at
tempt to emulate the famous bluff" of
Ajax. Alexander Meade, who has made
a life study of lightning, has estimated
that the danger of being killed by such
a stroke is n in a hundred thousand.
He also asserts that the danger of being
killed by lightning Is five times greater
in the country han in the city, while
danger of death from this cause in the
United States has been found to be
greater than in any country of which
statistics are available. In this country,
it has been estimated, five persons In
every million are killed annually on the
average. In England and Wales the
average is less han one person in q mil
lion. In Germany 1t Is about four in q
million; in France, three in a million,
and in Belgium a little over two in a mil
hon. The average for Sweden is about
three in a million. In France, Belgium
and Germany, as In the United States,
the danger from lightning seems to be
increasing.
There are several theories that pretend
to explain why the danger in lightning is
less in the city than in the country. The
one quite generally accepted asserts that
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for them to obtain the statistics that are
necessary before they can reach proper
conclusions in regard to the matter.
Several times notices have been posted
in all parts of the country asking people
to send to the bureau reports of light
ming strokes that they see, but the in
stances in which this request has been
complied with have been rare. 1t has
also been a difficult matter to obtain the
data as to loss of life, and still harder
to get the figures regarding the loss Of
property. 1t would seem to the ordinary
outsider af it it ought to be easy enough
to get complete returns of the destruc-
ton of insured property by lightning,
and yet this has been another difficult
matter. In the offices of many COM
panies the fact is not recorded, the head
ing Gloss by fire" including such losses.
In order to get fuller returns the
weather bureau has now prepared print
ed forms which are being sent out with
the request that people witnessing light
ming strokes fill e up and return
them to the director of the climate and
crop service of the department, and it
remains to be seen if the responses will
become any more general. II not, the
officials of the bureau will be compelled
to resort to more systematic methods Of
investigation, in which the public will be
called upon to take little II any part.
COMPLETE RECORDS.
The fact that the United States gov
eminent is spending a large sum of
money and is devoting an immense
amount of time to the study of the light
ming problem out to be a matter of inter-
est to every citizen. If such is the case,
there is but one thing to do. This is the
time when the season of electrical storms
is approaching, n if every citizen dur