The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-08-13
GOSSIP AND NEWS GRAB-B0x.

UVSSJT ANU NEWS UkA0.tUx.
A N automobile savings bank Is the
~ latest device of the ingenious French.
For some time the authorities of Me-
zieres have felt that thrift among the peas
ants of the Ardennes should be encouraged,
and they decided that II they would 60 half
way IN getting at the peasants the latter
would save more money than they do now.
Accordingly, a new style Of electric motor
car has been built. 1t contains four seats,
one OF which Is for the driver. The three
places behind are arranged around a re-
volving table In the miuuie of the car, one
at each side and one at the rear. Writing
desks are fitted over each of .hese seats
and are devised in such a way that they
can be either folded fiat against the sides
of the carriage. inwardly, or opened out
wardly for the use of the pubnc. The GEN.
trail table also contains desks. besides book
shelves and small metallic strongbox.
The car travels about the country, making
stops of an hour or SO on pre-arranged
days in different localities in the depart
ment. The passengers are two clerks of
the local treasury department and a
cashier. They carry with them a complete
collection OF savings-bank books. registers
and forms. and the cashier is authorized
to receive moneys. By this method the au-
thorities hope to encourage the peasants to
put their money in the banks. where it will
earn interest. instead of being hidden away
in STOCKINGS as Is now the almost universal
custom.
BY their new system of wireless telegra-
ply. Colonel Pilsoudski and NJ. Victor Poff
claim to be able to send messages along
the earth's surface to an unlimited dis
lance. all poles are not needed. but two
electrodes. separated by distances varying
with the separation of the stations. are
, installed at eac. end Of the line the Mega
tive being placed on a sheet of glass. the
positive buried three or four yards in the
earth. and the two connected with the
transmitting apparatus. A successful trial
in France was made over a distance of
about GEO yards.
| The vast cavern containing a large lake
! inhabited by blind fish, and whose subter-
ranean passages are filled with natures
handiwork. recently discovered by hunters
| eight miles west OF Red Bud. AL. was ex-
| plored last week. An attempt was made
| to reach the north end cave. but
| after covering distance of about ten
miles the explorers had to return. They
discovered huge rooms containing stalac-
| titles. stalagmites. and waterfalls. Great
rocks that have been carved into thous-
! and fantastical shapes by water are scat
| tered about the cave. Huge and beautiful
| stalagmites extend 80 feet from the floor
| to the roof. In some rooms the stalactites
+, alone are to pc seen: they hang from the
i ceiling in great punches. There are mar
row passages in this subterranean wonder
that are nearly blocked by stalagmites that
| stand out like fungus growth on each side
of what were large rooms.
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! cemetery for dogs has been established
| in Washington d. G.. and is expected to
prove useful institution. Most people
| who love their canine pets are puzzled to
| know how to dispose of them after their
| demise. inasmuch as local laws usually
| forbid their burial within city limits. Inter-
| III
if the police know Of it, and. on the other
hand to consign the remains of a dearly
| loved animal to casual cOlOred man for
RELOCATION to the most convenient ash
dump is not agreeable to the feelings.
| The dog cemetery in Washington has
| been established by a company of gentle
! men who are dog lovers. and the locality
chosen is the o. Bladensburg road. short
distance beyond the limits of Washington
! proper. 1t is in a grove of beautiful oaks,
| sloping toward a green meadow. and adj
! joins a famous estate formerly owned by
! w. w. Corcoran, which has been In litiga-
ton ever since the death of that million
aire.
cemetery, and the owners, having paid the
small price demanded. may obtain, for q
| moderate fee. given to the man in charge
whatever attention they may desire for the
graves, including the erection of head.
boards with suitable Inscriptions, and the
planting of grass.
Five years ago, when the state of Ten
nessee entered upon the business of oper'
ating coal mine with convict labor. a
strong protest was made by the coal oper'
ators of east Tennessee. who feared thai
! the convict competition would seriously In
lure the other coal mining companies. Now
these same operators unite in testifyine
| that the management of the state mines
. while disposing of the convict labor ques
Investment
property in Tennessee. On the contrary
there has been greater development II
coal property in the state during the pas
five years than in any other equal period
The absence of injury from convict com
, petition is ascribed by the operators to thu
successful conduct of the states mines b!
Commissioner w. w. Nixon, and they urg
! the governor to keep Mr.. Nixon in his pres
| ent position. This, however, me governo
is not likely to do.
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The FIVE American locomotives now II
use on the Bengal Central railway in lndi
} are giving very fair satisfaction. They wer
at first found to consume great deal NOR
coal than British engines, but alter certal
: alterations had been made t..e fuel con
. sumption was reduced to the English rate
. These engines have been running since tn
Q summer of 1899 and last year similar loco
motives were supplied to the Assam-Benga
railway, and also for the Oudh and Roh1
= khund line as well as for the Burmah rail-
t way.
Y pIERRE AND HIS PEER.