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Marble Hill press., 1901-05-22
TELEGRAPH ACROSS AFRICA.
Survey for Line Has Reached Heart Of
Continent.

Survey for Line Has Reached Heart of
Continent.
The telegraph line which Mr.. Cecil
Rhodes is extending from Cape Town
to Cairo is making excellent progress.
The line, stretched on short iron poles,
has now reached the neighborhood of
the Zambesi river, and the surveyors
who are selecting the route are far in
advance. 1t has been decided to run
the line up the east coast of Lake Tan
ganyika as far as Ujiji, whence it will
be carried northeast to the south coast
of Lake Victoria Nyanza, then it will
be built along the east coast Of that
lake and into the little known coun-
try west of Lake Rudolf, and finally
will skirt the western frontier Of Abys-
sinia and descend the Nile. Some pee-
pie may wonder how telegraph wire
can be pushed through barbarous
country and be kept in condition for
business. 1t is comparatively simple
HdtIcl. Iut SCHCHt III odlo6udiulliS
the wire is that which Stanley sug-
gested long ago Native chiefs all
along the route are subsidized to keep
the wire in proper position. AS far as
it extends through their territory they
must see that the wire is kept off the
ground and in its proper place on the
poles. They are we'll paid for their
services if they fulfill their duty, but
of course receive nothing If they neg
lect their charge. 1t Is therefore TO
their interest to keep the wire in good
condition. This system has been found
to work we'll on the Congo and in 9TH
er parts OF Africa where 1t has been
tried.-New York Sun.
Marble Hill press., 1901-05-22
MAKING CHARITY MARMALADE.
A Very Successful Business That Is Car

A Very Successful Business That Is Car
rled On by Women
The reduced gentlewoman who sells
jellies and jams for her own benefit is
a familiar figure in the commercial
world. The big and little grocers take
her wares and the invalid delicacy"
establishments charge fancy prices for
them. The gentlewoman who makes
marmalade for charity is different
person, but her success has been SO
encouraging financially that women at
their wits end to know what to do for
church fairs and village libraries and
other worthy objects may take leaf
from the recipe book of this philan-
thropic business woman. Eight years
ago Miss Watson, a young woman ip-
terested in church work In a country
town, suggested to few Of her fellow
workers that they make some MARINA
lade for sale, giving the proceeds to
the parochial charities of the village,
says the New York Commercial Ad-
vertiser. The idea met with favor and
the good church women started to
work in business-like, practical man
ner. They knew how to make MARINA
lade. They were business-like and prac-
tical and they had executive ability.
That year 1T pounds of marmalade
were sold, and after all expenses were
paid there remained $6.75 profit. Tho
following year both sale and profit
nearly doubled. The accounts for 1900
show sale upward of $4,000 pounds.
The benefits of the manufacture were
quickly extended to other charities, a
large number of which now receive
contributions from the funds thus
raised, which are devoted entirely to
charitable purposes. The work is car
ried on upon strictly business lines.
Several cottages have been rented as a
factory" and the village girls find
work in this new industry. The mar
malade. is daintily put up, with orna-
mental labels, and is, of course, as
good as its raison d'etre, or 1t would
never have sold so well and for SO long
time. sN ..-
Marble Hill press., 1901-05-22
Vienna. Club of tn. Divorced.

Vienna has a new society which
should rouse some American cities ia
noble emulation. No woman not di,
vorced is eligible to membership, but
there is nothing frivolous about the or,
ganization. 1t is to be called the HUI
manity club, and its badge is a silver
ring, engraved with that word, and
worn on the wedding ring finger. The
appropriateness Of the name seems
trifie occult; but, presumably, divorc-
led woman has more troubles of her
own, in Austria, than here and needs
moral support. The idea of a band OF
divorced women meeting weekly "for
mutual entertainment and support"
will probably strike the average Am
erican citizen as distinctly humorous:
but 1t is serious matter in Vienna,
and the club proposes building for
itself permanent home.-New York
Sun,
Marble Hill press., 1901-05-22

This Is true story, and it was told
to the reporter by prominent worker
in one OF the east side settlements. The
other day woman living in Rivington
street brought her little boy to the set
tlement house and expressed a desire
to have him enter the kindergarten.
The child had bright face, but it
was woefully dirty, and one Of the set
tlement rules is that. all pupils must
present at least clean exterior. So
the teacher looked at the little boy and
said: why, certainly he can come to
the kindergarten, but we want all the
children to be clean. Give him a good
bath tonight and send him to us In the
morning" Bath" gasped the mother
How can | bathe him? I've sewed
him up for the winter. New York
Mail and Express.
Marble Hill press., 1901-05-22
FEEDING CHILDREN.



II Properly Prepared.
Sir Henry Thompson says that "few
children like that part of the meal
which consists of meat; but prefer the
pudding, the fruit, the vegetables, IL
we'll dressed, which unhappily is often
the case. Many children manifest great
repugnance to meat at first, and are
coaxed and even scolded by anxious
mothers until the habit Of eating Is
acquired. | am satisfied that II the
children followed their own taste in
this matter, the result would be a gain
in more ways than one. Certainly II
meat did not appear in the nursery
until the children sent for 1t, 1t would
be rarely seen there, and the young
ones would, as rule, thrive better
on milk and eggs, with the varied pro-
duce of the vegetable kingdom. Never
allow children to go to bed hungry
at night. A slice OF bread and butter,
few crackers, glass Of warm milk,
and q cup of warm beef tea are bene-
fetal and conducive to restful sleep.
All physicians concur that 1t is better
to go to sleep on moderately full
stomach than an empty one. For this
reason short afternoon nap is ex-
tremely beneficial, especially II the
heaviest meal Of the day Is eaten at
noon. This allowing the processes OF
digestion to go on quietly is natural
and healthy-restlng the body and re-
llevlng the brain"
Marble Hill press., 1901-05-22
Ror Quality

that noise or my name isn't Cowley!
People shall not have 1t TO say that
after laughing at every one else for
the belief in ghosts, | went to get
frightened at one myself! Ghosts, in
deed! Suppose there actually is one
about the premises; of course, the
poor thing cannot rest in his grave
till something he's got or omitted TO
do On earth, has been done for him.
Very we'll! What could be easier than
to say to the troubled spirit, Make
yourself quite easy; will attend to
1t at oncel Don't stay out of your
grave a moment longer, for fear that
you should take cold, my dear sir?'
OF course, any sensible ghost, being
addressed in such a sensible manner,
would Immediately return to his grave
and stay there. That is what | call
common sense kind of dealing with
the citizens of another world. They
would appreciate it-I am sure they
would-Oh, Lord. what's that?"
lie ulSulEdo WOll ooh IhO QuOotlOhy
for his flow of self-congratulation was
suddenly checked by low, hollow
groan outside the door. He listened
intently. The groan came again, but
louder than before.
"There is a noise!-Pm not dream.
ing!" he unused, while his hair stood
on his head "like ouills uDon the fret
full porcupine," What on earth can
it be? Mrs. Mccarthy walking in her
sleep, I supposed" he said, with trem-
bling lips, and face white with the
fear he was ashamed of, which he
could not control.
The door swung open-a gigantic
black man entered, leading by the
hand bleeding nun.
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CHAPTER IX.-(Continued.)
BY MARGARET BLoVNT.

CHAPTER IX.-(Continued.)
''You will find her the greatest COW
ard of us ALL" she observed. But II
you really want to hear the horrible
sound, open the door,"
He did so. Every one was silent:
and through the hall came plainly
enough the rocking of the cradle and
the low sound of the mothers song.
Mr.. Crowley stood for moment at
the door; then he shut it, and came
back to the fireside looking just a lit
tie pale.
Il wonder If it is a hoax" he OBJ
served, after short pause.
THAT can hardly be. For we all
saw the room the first night we came,
and there was no one there, though
the cradle rocked all the time. Is 1t
not horrible to have to live in the
house with it?"
Indeed it is; and l question If it is
right for you to do so You must
make my uncle 60 as soon as you can"
II am sure that it is easier said than
DONE" sighed Mrs. Cowley.
81 know what would do" observed
Marjorie.
what, my love?"
brighten him."
"But the cradle has failed to do
that"
"Then would give him something
worse than a cradle. If hearing things
would not scare him, I should be in
clined to try what seeing things would
do"
Rose clasped her hands delightedly.
II have it, Cousin Charles. If you
and Marjorie will help me, we can
manage it easily"
"How?"
"You must be ghosts"
"What nonsense you do talk, Rose!"
said Catharine.
ut is not nonsense. If you or
undertake to play the part, papa would
see through it at once, because ne
would miss us. But he knows moth
ing of Charles return, and he has
never seen Marjorie. They would both
make capital ghosts"
There is something in It," observed
Mr.. Cowley. "And if you will leave
1t to us we will make my uncle very
willing to go. But you must stow us
out of sight before he comes"
"The turret-chamber is ready, and a
fire is lit there" said Mrs. Cowley
"But that is the room said to be
haunted"
"Oh, never mind! But what knock
is that?"
Good gracious! 1t is Mr.. Cowley
Run, Rose! get your cousins up into
the room before we let him in. Here
take the cloak or he will be sure to
see 1t. We will send you up some
supper, Charles. Rose shall come; but
for mercy's sake, be quick now!"
With much suppressed merriment
and laughter, the two ghosts were got
out of the way, and were safe in the
turret-room long before Mrs. Mccarthy
had let in her master, and was fuming
over what he termed her Stupid Irish
delay"
Marble Hill press., 1901-05-22

ra-.a,. InA-s.zy Ia i..-AAl.s rAta.

Emmsass In1.stzy In tss.hAA.E ILtas
Mlastis fer CsnnsesAaI TAds.
"The little elastic rubber band that
is nowadays used In various businesses
in place Of twine seems a simple sort
Of thing, but there are few, If any, Of
the multitude of small articles made
out of rubber for which there IL such
an enormous demand, especially in the
United States" remarked a wholesale
dealer in rubber bands in New York
the other day. "In this country the
number of rubber bands sold in one
year amounts to about 100000 gross,
or 7,OO0,0 900 single bands. At least 60
per cent Of the goods are made in New
York and the rest are produced in fac
tories located in New Jersey and New
England. In New York there are half
dozen factories devoted partly or ex-
clusively to the manufacture Of rub
Der bands. The process by which the
bands are made is simple. The rubber
in liquid state is nodded into tubing
of sizes suitable for forming the small
and medium varieties of bands. When
the tubing is ready for use it Is put
into a rapid-running machine having
knives which cut or slice the rubber
into bands. The larger bands are cut
by machinery from fiat sheets of rub
ber and joined together with the aid
of heat and pressing machine. Rub
ber bands are made in only two colors,
black and brown. They range In size
from one-quarter of an inch to six
inches in length The smallest bands
are one-sixteenth of an inch wide and
the largest are one and one-half inches
wide. The smallest bands are worth
"a cents per gross, while the medium
sized ones sell at from 4S to 96 cents
per gross. The greatest consumers Of
rubber bands are druggists and grccers.
They use the smallest and medium
sized bands in place Of twine for put
ting up small packages. The large fiat
and expensive bands are used by court
officers, lawyers, bankers and mer-
chants for filing documents and papers.
No rubber bands are imported into this
country, but few American rubber
bands are exported to the West Indies
and South American countries"
Marble Hill press., 1901-05-22

54S tons. Here are 164 vessels of 515,-
al tons.
But that is not all. 1t is said that
the American line of twenty-six
steamers and $4,000 tons, is to be
part OF the combination. This would
make in all 1870 vessels of 7O2,741 tons,
or more than twice the entire present
registered steam tonnage of the United
States.
To be sure 1t is said that the present
English head of the Leyland line has
stipulated that the Mediterranean, Por-
tugal and Montreal fleets of the line
are to be sold to him, but this deduc-
tion will probably be balanced by the
gigantic new building programme of
the American combination. In any
case the American company will be by
far the greatest steamship owner In
the world.
Marble Hill press., 1901-05-22

ship of the first class in commission
until November 20, 1895, when the flag
was raised on the Indiana, and II the
battle of Santiago had been fought two
years earlier than it was the Oregon,
the Iowa and the Brooklyn would not
have been there to take part in it.
If President Cleveland's Venezuelan
challenge had been taken up we should
have had just one first class and two
second class battle ships and one ar
mored cruiser ready to take the sea
against the armored fleets of England.
Surely Providence must have had its
lightning rods up dissipating war
clouds in the times when it would
have been uncomfortable for lis to en-
| tertain them.
Now we have built, building or all
thorized, seventeen first class battle
ships one second class battle ship,
eight armored cruisers, one ram, elev-
en- modern coast defense vessels, fifty
three torpedo boats and destroyers,
eight submarine torpedo boats, six
| auxiliary cruisers and swarm of mis-
cellaneous craft, the whole making us
indisputably the fourth and probably
the third naval power in the world.
The personnel of the navy has in
creased from $500 men to 25,000 The
only thing that has remained station
ary is the supply of officers. The
Naval Academy is to be splendidly
housed in building of classic magnifi-
cence, but the only actual growth in
the number of cadets as yet has come
from the addition of about thirty repre-
| sentatiVes in the house under the CEN
sus of 1890 The new apportionment
will make future classes somewhat
larger, but still far below the needs of
the service.
This and the failure of congress to
provide for any new ships at its last
session are the only clouds on the
bright prospect of the navy.
Marble Hill press., 1901-05-22

Z Dsoompossd Light for ConsumptIvss.
DR.. George @. Hopkins of Brooklyn
has been using decomposed light in
the treatment Of consumption with
considerable success. DR.. Hopkins
system is to use decomposed light as
q substitute for sun rays. The patient
is fed with arsenic. cod-liver oil, etc /,
In order to build up the system and
strengthen the tissues. Then the light,
which restores vitality. Is used, and the
patient Is enabled to throw OF the
germs Of consumption. The system or
iginated with DR.. Finsen of copeu-
hagen. II has also been used for the
treatment OF cancer. A iS,OOO-candle
power arc light is used and the liRht
u decompoaed by blue glass, thus Al
lowing only certain Of the rays 10
strike the patient.
Marble Hill press., 1901-05-22
A clerdYman.s .Sf,p.

DR.. Rainsford, rector OF st. Georges
church, New York, let his feelings get
the better of his judgment for mo-
ment last week while addressing the
credit men of that city. In defending
the missionaries in China he said
there had crept into the controversy
too much damned rot" When the
phrase appeared In cold type in the
newspaper headlines the next day DR..
Rainsford was among the flrst to real
Ice the bad taste OF such language from
minister Of the Gospel A weaker
man or one with less moral courage
might have tried 10 evade the respon-
sibllity for HIS clip Of the tongue by
denying that he said these words. He
might have taken refuge In the fire.
qnent plea that the reporters had mis-
represented him. Instead OF this DR..
RainBford manfully did the right thing
by writing brief card TO be printed
In the New York papers publicly ac-
knowledging that he "spake unadyla-
edly with bic lips" and expressing his
Sincere regret for the action. Ills
public apology for bis haaty and In
desorous form Of apeech does credit 10
bic character Almost any man may
Marble Hill press., 1901-05-22

interest of the steel trust and its asso-
ciated shipyards to have such mar
ket for their products. BY supplying
it they assure themselves at once a
means of tiding their works over slack
times, They create an immense new
demand that is not affected by foreign
tariff policies.
When Mr.. Morgan crossed the At
lantic a wave of terror ran ahead of
him. People on the other side were
sure he was going to do something
terrible-they could not guess what.
But none of them imagined that he
would do anything SO dreadful as to
challenge British supremacy at sea.
Marble Hill press., 1901-05-22

Montana's new senator, Paris Glib
son, is popular man in Minneapolis,
MINI. He started the first woolen
mill in that city, but failed in the
panic of 1877, owing his employees
nearly $4,000. Soon after Gibson
went to Montana, and a decade later
returned to Minneapolis and paid off
every cent of his Indebtedness, with
interest at per cent.
Marble Hill press., 1901-05-22

mentous event that
has occurred in the
field of world COM
merce since the
Confederate cruis-
ers drove the AM
erican flag from
the ocean. 1t means
nothing less than
that American cap
ltal is preparing to
grasp that sover-
eighty Of the seas
which we seemed
on the point of at
tanning fifty years
ago.
The Leyland line.
0 W ms flfty-four
steamers Of 245,000
tons. The Wilson
line, which belongs
to the Leylands,
has eighty-seven
steamers of 1884, 1873
tons. The Atlantic
Transport line,
which is already In
American hands,
and which, accord
Ing to current re-
ports, is to be con-
solidated with the
Leyland system, has
% steamers OF ST.
Marble Hill press., 1901-05-22

The San Francisco Call in recent
issue said: The new schooner w. ].
Patterson, arrived from Grays harbor
Friday evening with the wife of the
captain in charge. When the schooner
was three days out from Grays har-
bor. Capt. Weitkunat was taken dan
gerously i'll and had to take to his bed.
The first and second mates were not
good navigators, but Mrs. Weitkunat
had studied with her husband and can
take an observation with the best sea-
man afioat. She took command Of the
big schooner and between attending on
her sick husband and navigating the
ship she had lively time.
Marble Hill press., 1901-05-22

Among the peasants of southern
Italy, Sicily and Sardinia, a curious
malady has been noticed by physicians
which is caused by eating beans. One
of the most remarkable effects of the
malady has been noticed by physicians
sembling that produced by alcoholic
drink. In some cases persons predis-
posed to the malady are seized with
the symptoms of intoxlcation If they
pass field where the ean-plant is in
flower, the odor alone sufficing to af-
feet them.
Marble Hill press., 1901-05-22

Distance lends enchantment to the
view, without interest or security.
>-S-SN-~-N-NIN---Nes~-~o-~ ~o-~~-e-No~e~.No.eeNN
the exact sounds of the human voice
until Edison astonlshed the world with
his photograph. Now that we are fa-
miliar with the phonograph we marvel
at Its simplicity.
1t Is fact, however, that the ad-
vances toward color photography have
been slow and unsatisfactory. AS early
as 1910 certain observations were made
by DR., Seebeck Of Jena which tended
to encourage the view that direct color
photograph Is within the range OF pos
sibility Since that time Sir John
Herschel, Hunt, Becquerel, st. Victor.
Poitevln, 81, Florent and Captain Alb.
ney have experimental without reach
Ing any satisfactory results,
The most distinct advance toward
actual color photography, however.
was made In 1891 by Professor Gabriel
Llppmann Of Paris. He succeeded in
hxing upon the interior Of q sensitive
film the same e0lora that were pos
sesaed BY the image In the camera, but
every attempt made 10 obtain prints
from the negatives. showing the nat
ural colora. resulted IN failure. The De-
tails Of the discovery Of the Iiern
photographer viii therefore be awaited
with much interest by scientific men,
Marble Hill press., 1901-05-22

Mrs. John King van Rensselaer, has
given to the New York historical So
ciety the marble slab that formerly
marked the spot at Weehawken where
Alexander Hamilton fell In his duel
with Aaron Burr. 1t was removed
about 1915 because it was thought to
encourage dueling, and for many years
1t was lost sight of, to be discovered in
1850 in New York saloon. The West
Shore railway passes over the spot
where Hamilton fell.
Marble Hill press., 1901-05-22

Fifteen bushels of flax from Argen-
tina, South America, were sown as an
experiment in North Dakota last year,
and the result was SO satisfactory that
5000 bushels will he sown this year
on about $4,000 acres Of land. This
fax is larger, plumper, and is said to
contain several per cent more of oil
than the native flax. The seed used
in Argentina came originally from
Russia.
Marble Hill press., 1901-05-22

With the expiration of the Fifty
sixth congress the work of rebuilding
the American navy completed its
eighteenth year.
The act of March 8, 1883, found us
without single modern ship or gun.
On that day we made the modest be-
ginnings of new navy by providing
for the construction of one dispatch
boat, the Dolphin, and three small
cruisers, the Chicago, Boston and At
lanta. The Dolphin was not only our
first modern war vessel; she
was the first steel ship of
any kind built in the United States
of domestic materials. Nor did the
significance of her advent end there.
She was not only the pioneer of our
vast steel naval and commercial fleets
of today, but she naturalized the now
gigantic steel plate industry in Am
erica.
Just two years later the Forty-eighth
congress took another step in advance
by authorizing the completion of the
doubleturreted monitors Puritan,
Miantonomoh, Amphitrite, Terror and
Monadnock, which had been rusting on
the builders hands for ten years
That gave us the beginnings of an
armored feet.
On August 3, 1886, we ventured to
authorize the construction of the two
second class battle ships Maine and
Texas, but the undertaking was so
tremendous that the keel of the Texas
was not laid until nearly three years
later. The same act that provided for
tn Maine and Texas gave us the
audacious experiment of the Vesuvi-
us-a daring novelty that has had no
successor-an it also began our fIotil-
la of steel torpedo boats with the Cush-
ing, which remained for four years
our solitary specimen of type of
which other naval powers had hun
Marble Hill press., 1901-05-22

The mother of Gov. Beckham, of
Kentucky, has a remarkable record.
She'has the unprecedented distinction
of having been the mother of a gov
ernor, the daughter of governor, the
sister of governor, and the cousin of
governor.
Marble Hill press., 1901-05-22

A woman of Paris, named Barbiere,
has found a new way of paying old
debts. She has many creditors, and
one day they all received a circular in
viting them to attend at the house OF
Madame Barbiere at certain hour.
Twenty OF them responded. They
ware horrified to find the body Of Ma
dame Barbiere hanging from gas
bracket quite dead, and with a paper
pinned on her breast, bearing these
words. "Have hanged myself in full
settlement of all my debts"
Marble Hill press., 1901-05-22

AS result of a wager NJ. Canello,
Frenchman, representing German
automobile manufacturing firm, will
undertake to construct machine of
seventy horse power and Weighing but
1000 kilogrammes (about 2,647
pounds.
Marble Hill press., 1901-05-22

The war In South Africa has drained
from Australia more than 10000 work.
ern; has lessened the inflow OF British
capital for the development OF new
minea. and. combined with the re.
markahle industrial boom in Europe.
has fully stopped emigration TO Aus.
tfalla.