The southern sentinel., 1901-10-11

Chile is bent on dominating South
America and il preparing to raise .
fund of sso.000.0 900 for the improve.
ment Of her naval and military estah-
lishments.
The American buffalo is becoming
80 rare that 1t has been determined to-
put his picture on currency of q new
series. The bits of currency will b
known as the buffalo bills
The nations of the earth have made
great strides in Strengthening their
armaments since the adjournment OF
The Hague congress. They recognize
that strong armies lengthen peace and
shorten war.
A vote of thanks is hereby moved
to the Washington Post It has in
vented a name for the hot wave
calls it . sixzard. Blizzard. sizzard:
sizzard, blizzard. Here is concen-
trated the whole meteorological his
tory Of America
Glasgow's new aqueduct fro0
Lock Katrine. which il "a II
miles In length. was opened last
month, having cost. with its mains.
6,602, 900. That city is now receiv-
ing . daily supply Of 11o,ooo,ooo GAL
Ions of water. The reservoirs will
hold a "a days supply on a basis Of
so ,000. 900 gallons daily consumption
A report has gained some currency
that Russia intends to dig ship canal
between the Black sea and the Cas-
plan at a cost of 3oo.ooo.ooo rubles.
Russia is amazingly energetic and en-
terprising. but Siberian railroad has
taxed her resources 30 heavily that
there is not much probability that
she will begin work on a canal Of the
hundreds os millions kind In this
generation or the next Meanwhile.
the freight rates on steam railroads
and electric lines in all parts Of the
world. but especially in the United
States, are steadily shrinking.
A great deposit of iron ore lying
under the Gulf Of Finland is to b
mined by q syndicate headed by Baron
Nordenskjold. Borings have been
made, which show that the capping
Is sound and water-tight. and the
ore body can be mined with safety.
It is estimated that the deposit con-
tains at least 5o.00o.0Oo tons Of ore.
The average yield of 1000 tons al
ready raised is 36 percent iron The
presence of this big ore body has been
known since 1850 and many ship
wrecks have been traced to its dan
gerous influence upon the compass
The bay of San Francisco Is famous
for "earth-hugging" clouds. and one
of the scientists of the weather bu-
reau has been studying the subject
there to ascertain the cause. The -
markable topography Of the region.
he says. makes 1t . regular labore
tory of nature. where daily expert
ments are made in the condensation
of watery vapor. There Is . poem
liar juxtaposition of ocean. bay.
mountain, foothills and valleys. and
| the arrangement Of bluffs and ridges
forces the prevailing westerly air cur
rent with increased velocity through
the Golden Gate. These are the
causes Of the heavy foga
The murder q . fne art" Queo-
ton comes up anew apropos OF every
interesting murder trial There II No
shutting out the public interest in the
determination of the guilt o. limo
cence of . man accused of the killing
of q human being. and the greater
the doubt Of the accused persons
guilt, and the moro circumstantia1
the evidence, the greater Is the inter-
est In following the judicial inquiry.
We have had some really interestine
murders lately. but they all pale b.
fore q case which II brought up anew
by the reputation just issued BY the
governor Of Kansas ON the governof
of Colorado This generation han
mostly forgotten the Bender family.
but their murderous operations were
of = sort and ON Q scale which put tc