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the English took possession of the
island. When. however. 1t was dis
covered that the arrow-root could be
profitably cultivated on the slopes Of
the hills and in many fertile pockets
along the ravine-scarred ridges Of the
great volcano. their reservation was
gradually encroached upon. until they
were finally compressed within the
confines Of two rather restricted re-
sions between the great Soufriere. or
sulphur, mountain-the volcano-and
the northern coast.
st. Vincent Is celebrated for Its ar.
row-root. which at one time was
fairly profitable cultivation. but or
late has not been remunerative. The
Caribs lived In palm-thatched huts.
built their own arrow-root mills. which
were run by water power. prepared the
soil. carefully cultivated the roots and
were very sk,lful and intelligent farm
crs. They also raised tanias. manioc.
corn. sweet potatoes. bananas. plan
tains, etc.. and In their gardens had
all sorts Of tropical fruits.
There Is little to hunt In St. Vincent.
but the Caribs were good fishermen.
and In the season were In great de-
mand on the sugar estates when the
sugar droghers had to be laden. The
seas of the eastern or windward coast
are very rough. and skilled watermen
were required to load the sailing craft
that transported the big hogsheads Of
sugar. molasses and rum around to
Kingstown for shipment to England
or the United States. One Of these
Caribs. n powerful yellow Indian.
named Rabaca. was called the Carib
Hercules. from his great strength. He
was generally tractable and kind. but
he had q fondness for firewater that
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ern extremity Of the island. and Is
404S feet high. 1t Is the last Of a
mountain chain which was called
Morne a Garou by the natives. Baron
Humboldt states that 1t had thrown
| out flames In 171S.
Previous to the eruption Of 1872 the
appearance Of the Soufriere was most
interesting. The crater was half n mile
| In diameter and Ave hundred feet In
depth. In its centre was conical hill.
| fringed with shrubs and vines. At its
base were two small lakes. one sui.
phurous. the other pure and tasteless.
From the assures Of the cone q thin
white smoke exuded. occasionally
tinged with a light blue flame.
Evergreens. flowers and aromatic
shrubs clothed the steep sides Of the
crater, which sent. rs the first indi-
cation OF the eruption Of April q. q
tremulous noise In the air. A severe
concussion of the earth followed. and
then a column of thick black smoke
burst from the crater.
Volumes of sand darkened The air,
and woods. ridges and cane pieces Were
covered with light gray ashes, which
speedily destroyed all vegetation. The
sun for three days seemed to be In a
total eclipse. the sea was Ciscolored
and the ground bore wintry appear
ance from the crust Of fallen ashes.
Carib natives who lived ut Morne
Rohd fed from their houses to Kings
ton. AS the third day drew to a close
flames sprang pyramidically from the
crater, accompanied by loud thunder
and electric flashes. which rent the
column of smoke hanging over the
volcano.
Eruptive matter pouring from the
northwest side plunged over the cliff
carrying down rocks and woods In Its
course. The island was shaken by an
earthquake and beaten by showers OF
cinders and stones. which set houses
on fire and killed negroes and natives
| Northeast Of the original crater OF
the Soufriere a new one was formed
which was a half mile in diameter
and five hundred feet deep. The old
crater was transformed into 5eauti
full blue lake. walled in by ragged cliffs
to q height Of eight hundred feet. II
was considered q wonder worth seeing
The "Carib country" of st. Vincen,
included nearly all the districts in the
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about ninety-fve miles west or Bar
BADGES. Volcanic hills Cross the Island
from north to south. intersected by
beautiful and fertile valleys.
st. Vincent Is eighteen miles long
and eleven miles wide. and 1t has a
population of nearly fifty thousand
persons. 1t was discovered by Colum-
bus In 149S. The island Is more thor.
oughly English than the two others
Of the group. Great Britain obtained
sovereignty In 1888.
Historic among the volcanic erup.
tlons on the Caribbee islands was that
Of the Soufriere (''sulphur pitt; of st.
Vincent, In 1912. Earthquakes had for
two years terrified dwellers on the
South American coast and the West
Indian Islands. In March Of that year
an earthquake buried ten thousand
souls at Caracas. spread ruin along
the line of the Andes. and ended In the
outburst from the Soufriere. which
altered the appearance Of the Island
and destroyed Its eastern end.
The Soufriere Is situated Mt the north
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cpETER LAKE

often proved his undoing. Like his
companion Caribs, he rarely ranged
beyond the estate of Richmond on the
leeward coast OF the volcano and
Georgetown on the windward coast;
SO II It be true that thousand or more
people have been destroyed In the
island. 1t Is probable that nearly all
the Caribs have indeed passed away.
They had a tradition to the effect
that old Morne Garou. as they called
the Soufrlere. would some time cause
them disaster. Yet. they were fasci.
mated by the towering bulk Of the vol
cano and often climbed 1t for mere
sport Of the thing. And 1t was no
child's play to accomplish the ascent
to the crater's brim Of the Soufriere
and return in one day. The writer
has climbed 1t twice. aud at one time.
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uRil and Snow.

Why water should sometimes fall as
soft snow crystals and AZ others in
hard Jumps OF icy hail is questi u
Of interest. The difference Is entirely
one Of time. Snow crystals are formed
very slowly. the frozen atoms Of water
grouping themselves with mathemat-
ical precision around different centres.
Hail, which generally falls in warm
weather. Is rain frozen suddenly by a
sharp drop Of temperature In the upper
air. Wind nearly always accompanies
bail: while the larger aud more perfect
snowf!akes are always formed in calm
air.-Chicaso Journal.
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Of bag. so that he may be able to 60
about his occupation the more con-
veniently.-Chicago Record-Herald.
Mineral Resources OF Palestine.


A German mining engineer travelling
In Palestine has written to the kirch-
OFFS Tcchnische Blatter to the effect
that now that mineral treasures have
been found liz the country that an In
dustrial awakening Is assured. As yet.
he says. travelling Is very unsafe. The
mineral deposits lie on both sides Of
the Jordan and the Dead Sea. OF
them he thinks the salt deposits Of the
Dead Sea could alone be developed
into an extensive industry, but that.
In addition to them. there are the btu.
minous chalk springs Of Nebi Musa.
which contain from twenty to forty
per cent. of asphalt. However. he
thinks the most important Of all are
the deposits Of phosphates. There are
Immense fields Of these. he says. to
the east and west OF the Jordan. only
awaiting transportation facilities for
their development
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AN EXTRAORDINARY ANOMALY
For Those Who waat to Know tho Why
OF . Freak In Nature.

Scientists In Washington are again
making an effort to elucidate one
Of the most extraordinary anomalies
In natural history, and a thing which
never falls to stagger visitors to the
Western plains when 1t Is first brought
to their attention. This Is the happy
family. consisting Of prairie dog. an
owl and a rattiesnake. which inhabits
holes In prairie dog villages. The owls
ure OF q peculiar variety, being small
oe body and rather quick Of flisht. al.
though they do not wander far from
their own fresides.
Scientists are now trying to find out
by just what arrangement this curious
household Is maintained. Undoubted.
ly the prairie dog builds the hole and
IL the landlord. the owl and the snake
being presumably tenants at will How
does the snake pay his rent? Where
does the owl come in? These are ques.
tions which have never been satisfac'
tor!ly answered.
After several years Of careful obser.
vation Of prairie dog villages Western
philosopher has drawn up m attempted
explanation of this mystery. 1t Is
we'll known. for instance. that owls
mount guard over the holes every
night. and horseman riding through
one of these villages In the early
morning sees owls blinking at him and
bobblng their heads up and down.
Why does the owl mount guard?
Because. says the Western philosopher.
OF the disreputable habits Of the prairie
dog. The prairie dog is IN animal Of
convivIal habits. About twice q week
he goes out on bat" There is q
small pulque plant growing on the
prairies. the sap of which runs freely
when the bark is scratched and Is Of q
highly intoxicating nature.
The prairie dog. after two or three
days Of sobriety, sallies forth In the
evening. perhaps accompanied by some
Of his chums. and they visit grove
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Of some of these plants. There they
proceed to "open wlne." Along be-
:ween midnight and sunrise our prairie
log landlord Is likely to come stagger.
ing home. II. indeed. he turns up at
ill. He would not be able to find his
OWN home but for the watchful owl.
who. perhaps. assists him down the
lark passageway. until he rolls to the
bottom in q drunken stupor.
This explains how the owl pays his
rent. \ cowboy says the owl even
goes further. and presents the house.
hold with IN egg every Christmas and
Fourth OF July. But nobody has ever
oeen able to explain where the rattle.
snake comes In. Perhaps he protects
the owl.
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The SUPREME TEST.

There arc frie, Ids who come in when blaol:
SORROWS your guest,
To weep with YOU over your dead;
Friends who seem. in the midst OF your
heartaches unrest.
To know JUS, what ought TO be said,
But the prince Il them all. when grim
trouble stalks by.
And your heart can do no.,.!ns but b.ccd.
l. the fellow who comes when there's 30
one else nigh
And whispers: How much do you
need"
Father. tcadcriy Bless all the friends l
have known
Who came in the depths OF my woe.
Jus. to stand by my side when l felt so
alone,
Tha, | might their sympathy know:
o lore every one Tor each handclasp and
tear.
And ave shall / wish them godspeed;
But a crown for the one who, when none
else was near.
Said softly: How much do you need
S. w. Gillian, in Los Angeles Herald.
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Oririn of Word GrinE0.

The word "gringo," which Me1icans
apply to Americans when speaking OF
them with contempt. Is said To have
had its origin thus: During the Mexi-
can American war our soldiers got into
the habit OF calling the simple Mexican
soldiers whom they took prisoners
"greenIes," to signify their ignorance
of things in general. and of military
tactics especially. The MexicanS r..
taliated by calling III" Americans
"greenos." and this word finally dc
generated into "grinOS.
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ACountry OF Gates.

A curious feature to travellers iE the
high reads Of Norway is the great num-
ber Of gates-upwardS Of 10000 in the
whole country-which have TO be
cprncd. These gates. winch either
mark tho boundaries o: the farms or
separate the home fields from the
waste lands. constitute considerable
inconvenience and delay TO the traveller.
who has to stop his vehicle and get
down to open then.
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Curlous Phiiippius Bullets.

The inability Of the Filipino to I'M
derstand that accuracy Of bullet flight
Is the first thing to be sought In rife
fire, may count for the many wierd
inventions. by which the insurgents
attempt to increase the deadliness Of
their weapons at the expense OF un"r-
ringness. They will. in tiendish de-
sire to secure bullet that will cruelty
tear a victims body. produce missile
that can nearly always be counted on
to miss its target. says the Army and
Navy Journal. Instead Of aiming ut
accuracy of flight they waste their en-
ergies In efforts to add peculiar iacer.
atiny powers to their bullets.
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New Styles in Horses Hats.

Leading styles In horses headweaf
will be shown in coarse straw braid
imported from England. A house in
Luton makes q speciality Of horses
hats. doing a large domestic and ex-
port business. These head protectors
range from one dollar upward at retail.
The sketches shown herewith repre-
sent the latest fashions.
1t was In New York the idea oriSt-
nated of placing a wide-brimmed straw
hat over the horses head to prevent
sunstroke. From this primitive start
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A Flower City.

The inhabitants Of Fre!bnrG. -
Baden. seem determined TO make their
town. II not the most beautiful IN the
world. ut any rate uniIu" rs regards
ficral decoration. The town council
have decided that all owners OF bal
comics shall be provided free OF charge
by the town gardener with trailing
crcepers. such rs ivy. Virginia creeper'
etc. in order that the town may as
sume the character OF th2 "howcr
ci,y."
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covered by Columbus. his contempor.
aries and immediate successors. In the
islands of the West Indies. no descend.
ants remain on earth to-day save the
Caribs. these forlorn remnants of q
once great family In the two islands
Of Dominica and st. Vincent
The north part Of st. Vincent. then.
being mountainous in the main. mac
cessible by good roads and unfit for
the cultivation Of cane. was set aside
for the Carlb Indians by treaty when
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to the many excellent traits Of these
people. now departed forever.
LONGEST BEARD IN THE WORLD
Beard 10 Feet 10 IL Inches-Mustachos
YRrt md n Half Long.

Beard 10 Feet 10 IL Inches-Sfustache .
Yart. and Half Long.
Jean COulon needs a shave more
badly than any other living man. II
his strength lay in the length Of his
hair. this Frenchman would be very
Hercules. His beard measures ter
feet ten and one-half inches In length.
while his mustacha Is over yard and
n half long. or course he has taken
his time to cultivate these amazing
adornments. as you may gather from
the fact that he Is seventy-six years Of
age. He is very proud Of them. and
this is perhaps one reason ancong many
why he does not permit tie vulgar
to gaze on his grandeur every day Of
the week. The inhabitants Of Month";
con, In the department Of Allier. where
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Pronineut PeopIe.

The Marquis of Salisbury has pur.
chased IN American steam vehicle.
Fi:;y years ago lbsen was serving
behind the counter OF country drug
store.
The Prince 0f Wales has been elected
Presiden, vi th' Royal Agricultural
Society.
Andrew Carnegie has given $JOooo
FOR the erection Of public libraries at
Greenwich. England.
Ambassador White has been elected
al honorary mcmbcr OK the German
Shakespeare Society.
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CORRUPTION IN ST. LOUIS.
Warrants For Former Mayors SON and
For a City DeIsRnte.

TOT u lily DebSHbtrs
ST. Louis. MO.-A bench warrant was
issued against Fred W. Ziegenheln. son
and private secretary Of former Mayor
Ziegenhein. Bribery and extortion are
the charges. The Grand Jury investi.
CATION into the conduct Of Mayor lie
:enhein's office Is said to have disclosed
that the city did not receive Its dues
from ;ha granting Of permits. and that
there was corruption in the remission
OF fines and the pardoning Of work
house prisoners Young Ziegenhein IL
said TO have had n fixed scale OF prices
which all desiring relief or permits
from the Mayor office had to paJ.
\ bench warrant was also issued Tor
Charles +. Kelly. member and former
Speaker Ot the House OF Delegates.
The warrant charges misconduct In
o.iice. In tla; he accepted printing con.
tracts from the city under the name OF
the Mah.r Printing Company. The
charge against Kelly was made origin
aliv by Drlcga;. Sweeney. In the heat
o. debate. and the Grand Jury took up
fh.. inl.fpr
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\RIBS as q race
have ceased to ex-
ist. They perished
during the recent
volcanic eruption
ON st. Vihcent,
which, among all
the islands Of the
ari b b e e s. Is
unique in natural
wonders and beau
ties. 1t Is COM
posed largely Of a
single peak, rising
from the oceans
bed, with no out.
lying islets. 1t Is
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Origin of "HOncymoon.'

Very few people know the origin of
tie term honeymoon" but it really
Is derived from the old Teutonic Gus.
tom Of drinking honey-wine (hydromcn
for thirty days after marriage. 1t Is
said :bat Attila the Hun died from
the effects OF drinking "an enormou:
quantity Of hydromcl at his marriage
feast"
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Lockisw KiIis Tornado Victims.

An epidemic OF lockjaw has broken
OF, among the tornado-injured victims
~ GoilaL. Texas. Five persons have
died. Til. victims have all been white.
bI: the negroes have just been at
tackled The death list since the tor.
na,Io several weeks ago carries the
makes OF Us persons.
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Meat Famine In Chicago.

Nearly half th. butcher shops In Chi
,agu ana seventy per cent. OF the res
taur..rtS wrrr without meat owing &c
.he iealnSir:s' strike.
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Ia souFRIERE, THE volcano WalSH hhS sKooshi
Df STH AND DESTRUCTION UPON 81. rNCEHl'

Coulon resides. are very proud Of him.
and by way Of acknowledging their
appreciation the man with unlimited
beard exhibits his luxurious growth to
all and sundry who care to come and
see him any Sunday. Indeed. 1t may
be said that for him the Sabbath Is
scarcely a day Of rest. for when not on
view he is carefully dressing his amaz-
ing appendage and mustache. During
the week he rolls his beard In q sort
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Ii Is better to have light purse than
q heavy heart. but more comfortable
to have reither.
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north in which the soil was either too
thin or the surface too rugged for the
cultivation of the great staple Of the
West lndies-suyar cane.
OF all the millions Of Iadians dis
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in his younger days. passed nearly
week In a cave dug out Of the crater
brIm above the lake. He lived with the
Caribs for months. when hunting rare
birds, years ago. and gladly testifes
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He Turned Her Picture
Toward the Wall.
, By Horeee Eaton Walker.

w THAT am about to relate
occurred number OF
wv years ago. q short time
after that nonular song.
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TWO FIRMS HOLD OUT.
Markle and Coke Brothers Want Men
to Sign Aqreements-

Hazleton. Pa. Oct. 24.-The employees of
G. B. Marlle & Co. and the men working
at the Deyton mine of Coke Bros. & Co,
last night voted to continue 70 strike
until the conditions under which they
are to be taken back by these firms are
changed. One of the officials OF Coke
Bros. a. Co. said today:
I'VE insist that all the men formerly
employed at our mine who went on strike
shall apply to the respective fOremen as
individuals If they wish TO return. If
we have room for them and they COM
mitted no acts Of violence during the
strike they will be taken back with the
understanding that the non-union men
must not be molested. Every man who
struck is considered by Us as having LETT
our employ, and that is Why we viii not
resume operations by permitting the men
to return TO work in a body.
At Silver Brook cOlliery, operated by ].
S. Vents & Co.. the men must also make
applications as individuals before opera
tons are resumed.
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NoN-UNIoN MEN LEAVING.
Mines Will Soon Be Free From Their
Presence.


Scranton. Pa. Oct. 24.-All of the
mining companies in this region report
ed today that large additions were
made TO their working forces.
The imported workman was decid-
eddy minus quantity today. Superln-
tendent Rose of the Delaware < Hud-
son company, which operates thirty
plants. said he did not know of sim
gle import still in the company's
employ. Other superintendent said
Vury few remained. The few imports
still remaining are those who have
been boarding in Scranton and who
have been taken to and from work IN
trains. After tomorrow they viii lie
put to the well-nigh impossible task Of
securing boarding houses in the min
ing towns in which they work, as The
coal companies will cut off the work
trains Monday. This, il is thought, will
be as effective in driving away these
men as was the doing away with the
commissary department in forcing out
others who were being cared for with
in the collieries' stockade.
The companies are not dismissing
any non-union men, but the most care
full inquiry fails TO disclose a single
instance of strenuous effort on the
part OF any company to force an i'm
port" to remain in the company's en-
ploy.
The fact that the imported men have
quit the coal regions made possible the
order OF Governor Stone directing that
the soldiers be withdrawn "as fast as
the conditions would permit"
Sheriff Schadt went 10 Wilkesbarre
tonight and told General Goblin that he
was satisfied to reassume the respOn-
sibility of taking care of Lackawanna
county from now or. The sheriff had
had interviews with coal company SUI
perintendents and found that they We're
of the opinion that troops would not
be needed here any longer.
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POLITICS IN CARBON.
Both Parties Hold Rallies With the
Democrats Leading.

Democrats Leading.
Huntington, Oct. 22.-The campaign
seems TO have started in full blast. on
Monday evening at Huntington there
was a Republican rally. The speakers
were b. r. Mcdonald nominee for SEN
ator from the Twelfth senatorial dis
trict; r. S. Collett and a few of the
local candidates. A few Republi-
cans and a housefui Of Demo-
Gratis turned out to hear them. / say
a few Republicans because there are
only a few in Huntington. Mr.. Col
lett, who made the only speech OF the
evening. spoke principally on Demo-
cratic theory and Republican practice
and he thought he had made Repub-
licans out of nearly all present, but II
turned out afterward that even little
boys that were present detected the
misstatements that he made.
Last night we had q rOusing Demo-
cratic rally. and as on the previous
night, there was a houseful of DEM
ocrats and a few Republicans. B. f.
Luke, the nominee on the Democratic
ticket for representative to the legis-
lature: d. o. Wiley of Salt Lake, VIII
liam O'Neil of Uintah county, and L. n.
Harmon of Carbon county were the
speakers. The first three speakers
dwelt principally on party politics and
principles, while the last speaker, Mr.
Harmon, answered Mr.. Collett on
Democratic theory and Republican
practice" and Mr.. Harmon answered
it in such a way that even the Repub-
licans were sorry for Mr.. Collett.
Tonight at a non-partisan rally VIII
liam Howard was nominated for JUS
tice of the peace and r. A. Howard
for constable. Tomorrow night We viii
have another Republican rally. and on
Monday. next a Democratic rally, and
nearly every night next week rallies
will be in order.