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Irrisation ss Low Cose.
The solution of the problem Of irri
CATION rests largely In the quantity OF
water available and ability to direct II
about the land at low cost David

Hutton has designed a novel machine
70. elevat.ng water from streams and
discharging 1t on higher land. the ap
paratus working automatically and
without cost after Its installation Of
the plant. which is In itself inexpen
sive. In the illustration Is shown
q machine In operation. It consists OF
a frame resting on the bank Of the
stream, supported either by Its own
weight or anchored to piles driven In
the earth. with shaft poised at an an
gle of forty.Hve degrees to support q
series of buckets revolving between
the stream and the discharge trough
on the frame. The buckets are mount
ed on arms radiatIng from the shaft,
and besides each bucket Is q broad
paddle blade which dips into the
water as the lowest point is neared.
the action Of the current revolving the
shaft and elevatine the buckets in
turn to the highest point Of revolution.
where they are tilted automatically to
discharge their contents into the
trough. Though the strength Of the
current may be small. the quantity
Of water elevated will yet be large. as
the dow Is regular and unceasing.
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The Lincoln Museum Is now domi.
ciled In the house in which Abraham
Lincoln died. No. SIG Tenth street.
Northwest, between E and F streets.
directly opposite the building which
was Ford's Theatre. where he was
shot a few minutes past 10 on the night
Of April II. 1856. Approaching this
house from F street. one OF the prin.
cipal thoroughfares of Washington. We
see on the north side Of the high steps
fastened to the iron railing. sign.
which Informs Us that Abraham Lin.
coin died In this house. twenty-five
minutes past o. m. April Is. 1865"
The house Is n modest three-story and
basement brick edifice. and was owned
and occupied by William Peterson at
the time Of the tragedy. and his family
then conducted lodging house here.
1t was one Of his dodgers who. upon
hearing the commotion In the street
after the shooting had occurred and
the assassin had escaped. rushed to
the door and seeing the stricken Pres.
ident being brought across the street.
directed the carriers to bring him into
the house Of which he was an occu.
pant.-Dr. Thomas Calver. in the Won.
ans Home Companion.
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whence II Il run of into the carboys
or tanks Of its purchasers. The crys.
tails Of copper sulphate (blue vitriol)
are taken from the sides and bottom
Of the watts. drained and subsequently
redissolved IN water and run OF into
the crystalllzing vats again. The crys.
tails form on lead trips and are very
handsome. The proceeds Of the blue
vitriol and mother liquor nearly cover
the entire cost Of the acid and copper.
The acid 10 conveyed by gravity about
the building. Each bar Is stamped
with It's fneness and weight. and these
marks are accepted all over the world
Bars are Of various sizes. those Of Q
value Of 5000 being preferred. Barr
are made all sizes to accommodate
even the small manufacturer, small
bars Of 500 worth being made. Last
year about $14.000.O 900 were taken out
for use in the arts. The deposits fol-
the fiscal year ending June 80. 1900.
had a value Of $50. 296. .O9615 for the
gold and $7.516T245S for the silver.
The number Of gold deposits melted
was 1851; Of silver. 1923. making Q
total Of 11.s04. The number Of fine
mint and standard bars made and de.
iivered to the Superintendent was. OF
gold 40.616 and Of silver 1852.
One Of our engravings represents
bars Of various sizes with the value
stnmped upon them. The smallest bar
at the left Is worth about sos. Then
the bars run up In size to $1,000. Two
silver bars are shown at the back. A
gold brick" has come into our Inn.
guage as the epitone Of fraud. and
that they are a grim reality Is shown
by the four samples which were placed
upon the truck. They are Of all sizes
and shapes to meet the varying fancy
Of their victims and are rarely Of the
shape of the Mint bars. Two Of them
would have been worth $4,000 had
they been actually Of gold instead OF
base metal. Those who are in need
Of gold bricks should be willing to pur.
chase them at the regular rates, and
all sizes may be had at the Mint Office.
Scientific American.
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sulphuric acid. This Is termed the
separating ROOM" for here the silver
% separated from the gold. About 2O0
pounds Of sulphuric acid are added
gradually during approximately three
hours boiling. The silver Is also dis
solved and the resulting solution is
sdphoned OF Into reducing vats on the
door below. Another charge OF 15O
pounds Is added and heated for one
and one-half hours. when 1t 10 also
run OF. The fire having been with
drawn. q third change OF acid Ii added
nnd the gold ID taken ont with q per-
forated iron ladls and put In small
Kettles. Here It is heated In three
successive charges Of acid for about
six hours. The gold Is emptied into
the washing tub where It Is treated
with one charge Of cold and two Of
warm water. These solutions are
poured into the washing jar. from
which. on settling. the solution ID run
into large tanks on the door below. The
gold L. emptied into one Of tie fit"rs.
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To Imp,oyo the Pic.

Even New England pies do not taste
as fine with the juice cooked out and
burned up on the bottom Of the oven'
and perhaps this deterioration from
loss of the Juice has induced Frank p.
Keyes to design the pie-juice saver
here shown. The cup may be Of alum
inum or other metal. and has q tube
extending downward from the centre
to be forced into the crust In the mid
die of the pie. 20 prevent the hole
thus made In the crust from expand.
Ing and allowing :Ae juice to escape
outside m ann,llar hange surrounds
the cup and is pressed into the crust
when the cup Is applied. During the
process Of baking the juice inside Is
forced up through the tube into the
cup by the action Of the steam. but as
soon as the pie Is removed from the
oven and permitted to cool the juice
will flow FROM the cup back into the
pie. thus preserving all the goodness Of
the fruit flavor. without which the pie
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Baggage Rights OF . Corpse.

A dead man has the same rights as
live one. This question has been
passed on BY the chief baggage master
at the Union depot. and 1t was done
In a hurry. too. There were five live
persons and q deal man waiting for
the decision. The coffin was placed In
the baggage car and then the trunks
Of the five persons were weighed.
The weight exceeded the $50 pounds
for each. but II the dead man were
allowed baggage. this would solve the
difficulty. The clerk had never heard
Of such a thing before. He refused
to check a trunk on the dead mans
ticket.
The train was ready to start. The
five persons did not care to pay for the
excess baggage. neither did they like
to allow the body to 60 alone. The
whistle Of the train footed Its first
warning.
Just then the chief baggage master
arrived. He took In the situation Mt
q glance.
Check the trunks" he exclaimed.
and the FIVE hurried OF In time to
catch their train.
Then he explained to the clerk that
the General Traffic Managers Asso-
citation had passed on the question.
This organization decided that when
q full fare ticket Is paid for. for the
transportation Of corpse. the ticket
carries with 1t the regular baggage
privilege Of mot to exceed $50 pounds"
Denver Post.
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who became Meter and Redner h
1883. having been connected with the
Mint service since 1850. The bars now
purchased BY the Government are
classified. as far as possible. into
groups which represent approximately
the same degree Of dneness. They are
0rst melted In crucibles and furnaces
heated by gas or coal Then they are
poufed into molds which are 20 ar.
hanged as to permit large surface be.
ing exposed to the acid The bullion
% mixed In such proportion that the
gold or silver which 10 mixed, or has
been added to assist In the process
shall not exceed onethfrd or one
twelfth, respectively. Of Its entire
weight. About 200 pounds Of these
Sranulations are placed In each Of the
large kettles on the upper door. shown
In our engraving. with $50 pounds Of
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then roughly washed with warm water
and drained. This process Is repeated
and the gold Is pressed into q cake
OF cheese with the aid Of hydraulic
press. These cheeses are then dried In
an oven and melted and cast into
bars of from 0o71s to 99S1s thousandths
6ne.
The silver was entirely Dissolved by
the acid. and the next process Is to re-
cover It from Its liquid state. In the
silver reducing vats. ingots or bars
Of copper are placed on end around the
sides next to the heating coils and
subjected to ten or twelve hours boil
tng. The resulting copper solution ls
run OF through q fltcr into concen-
trating vat. The silver remaining on
the copper bars is scraped CT and the
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Dull Routine and Poor Fare OF Hi. DAILY
Life.

Life.
The newly -fedged Russian soldier.
when his corners have been Knocked
of, Is drafted into regiment and pre-
pared for the severe training he Will
soon be forced to undergo In camp.
II he is In the cavalry he Will have 10
rise at 4 In the morning to look to MS
horse; II In the infantry he must be
out and about by 9 q. m. cleaning and
mending his clothes as the first du'y
of the day. Early morning inspection
is followed by a call to prayers. anu
then the soldier. hungry enough by
now. eats his morning black bread anu
rusks and drinks his tea. In prepara-
ton for the real work Of the day.
Every morning and every night the
Russian soldier Is summoned to pray
ers. The services are as much a part
Of the everyday routine as breakfast
and supper. No other army observes
90 many religious ceremonies.
With drilling and riding. gymnas'
tics, fencing and shooting. according
to his regiment. the soldier works hard
until the time for dinner arrives. De-
tween. II and Il. Afterward. until z
o'clock. he may sleep or rest. Two
hours drilling Is followed by tea. BE-
tween 6 and the illiterates Of the reg.
intent study the arts Of reading and
writing In large classes. for In every
regiment they form goodly company.
The teaching Is undertaken by officers.
and considering the simplicity OF their
pupils their duties are hardly enviable.
At Z o'clock comes supper: at 0 the
men are again summoned TO prayers.
and afterward may seek their hard
and by no means luxurious beds.
The Russian soldiers diet is largely
vegetarian. Favorite dinner dishes
include "stche"-a cabbage soup-po
tatoes. peas, beans. macaroni and va.
rious kinds of porridges. eaten with
onions and lard. Only half-a-pound
Of meat is allowed each man daily.
and the Russian pound Is ten per cent
less than In this country. Mushrooms
are consumed In great quantities when
In season. Three pounds Of black rye
bread are included In the daily ratlons.
and II any Is left over. the men are at
liberty to sell the remains. AS the sol.
dier's bread Is very nourishing and
purer than the ordinary bakers. the
extra rations sell well. In the way Of
drink beer Is too great a luxury for
Ivan Ivanovitch. so quenches his thirst
with "qvas." cheap substitute. made
from fermented black bread. and very
wholesome. On high days the soldiers
are regaled with vodka. often at their
officers expense.-Pearson's Magazine.
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WINTER WHEAT OUTLOOK
indications That Last Years Record
Breaking Crop Will Be EquaIIsd.
ACREAGE SURPRISES ANY KNOWN

The Drought Losses. However. VIII Oasst
tho Increased Arss-Nsture Making
Amends For Lack Of Main In Winter.
and Prospects Are Improving-Yisid
Affected by Moisture Deficiencies.
Chicago.-American farmers seeded
last fall 100000 acres Of winter
wheat. an area ! 10000 acres in ex-
cess of that which they had reaped In
the summer. This great planting. far
surprising any other in the history OF
American farming. will Offset the dam.
age done to the wheat crop by the long
drought Of the fall and winter. and
careful inquiry In the wheat produc'
Ing States. gives reason to believe that
the crop Of this year. will be as large
as, IL not a tribe larger, than the record
making crop Of last year. despite all
the losses that have been suffered. IL
the two elements In making forecasts
of the crop prospect had been put to-
gether last December-the acreage and
;he condition Of the crop-a wheat yield
far In excess Of even last years would
have been promised.
Washington authorities announced
In December that the condition OF the
winter wheat was S8.7 per cent. and
with 32.OOO.OOO acreage this would have
meant a crop approaching 458.OO0O0O
bushels. against from 4OO.OO0,OOO to
i25, 600. 900 bushels harvested last year.
All hope for such a huge yield has.
however. passed. The drought OF the
fall and early winter had even then
damaged the prospects very notice
ably. As against the S87 per cent.
which represented the condition then.
December. 1900, showed 91.7 per cent.
and December, 1880, showed the same
figure.
The drought continued throughout
January and February. but was broken
In March. and the last four weeks
have been ideal weather In the whole
West.
A painstaking survey Of the present
wheat situation indicates that nature
has made amends In these last four
weeks for the earlier drought. and that
the imperilled wheat prospects are to o
great extent restored.
KaD3as has lost 100000 acres OF
the J.SS3.0OO acres with which 10
started the season. and Oklahoma,
Texas and Kentucky have also lost.
The condition for all these States IN
low. Kansas being given as only sew
enty. as against 105 last year. The
condition Of the whole Pacific Coast is
ideal. and Missouri. Illinois and Ne
braska all promise high yields. Mis-.
souri's acreage has increased by 500.
| 900 acres.
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Professor Blank Is something of ,
crank In the matter Of correctness OF
speech. and occasionally makes him
SELF unpleasant. not to say disagree,
able. to those about him by calling
attention to their lapses from good
English.
What Is the use. Cornelius" said his
wife to him on one occasion. 'of your
trying to reform peoples way Of speak
Ing? A language is like a great river.
1t takes Its course. and you cannot con.
troll IT,"
"Ah. but you cam" replied the pro,
fessor. You can-at the mouth. Look
ut the Mississippi jetties."
This elfectually closed the mouth Of
his good wife.-Youth's Companion.
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between sunrise and sunset. The In.
dams call him q ventriloquist, for be
can 80 place his voice that even the
oldest piainsman cannot tell whether
the bowls come from east. west. north.
or south. Truly, there can be no sound
so weird. startling. and battling as that
from the throat Of one Of these healthy
and hungry brures. 1t Is an indescrib-
able medley of wall. shrek. bark.
whine. and groan. and the rapidity Of
the sounds and the glibness Of the al.
terations In key are well.nigh incred.
ible. His howl cannot In any way be
compared with the long. rasping cry
Of the wolf. or the bronchial bark Of
the dog. Then. too, no other animal.
In this country at least. can be heard
80 far.-New York Post.
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Dustpan and Spftnklsf.

The invention Illustrated below is a
combination dust pan and floor sprink.
Ter for household use. and has been
patented by Camille St. Hilaire. It
provides q utensil which may be rscd
alternately for sprinkling the floor and
taking up the sweepings. without
either function interfering with the
action Of the other. The dust pan Is
provided with q hinged cover. by
which the dirt and litter may be re-
tanned in the pan when 1t Ia used as q
sprinkler. When employed as dust
pan the water supply Is cut Of by
drawing q cork from the reservoir into
the tubular handle. and the rear por-
ton Of the pan Is held in an elevated
position by means Of one or more cas-
tors. which give the required inclina.
ton. and In this way the pan may be
pushed around the floor with the foot.
without the necessity Of the operator
bending over to touch 1t with the hand.
The rear portion Is taken up with the
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BIG AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS.
rncresse Over 1900 10 500 900 900 ana
Imports Ara Falling on.

rncroaso Over 1900 10 81OOy000,OOO ana
Imports Ar" Failing on.
Washington. D. ca statement is.
sued by the Department Of Agriculture
regarding the foreign trade OF the
United States In agricultural products
shows that during the fiscal year 1901
foreign countries purchased American
farm products 10 the value Of $751;
900. 900. representing the largest agri'
cultural exports In our history. Com
pared with the record Of 1900. they
show m increase Of over $1OO.0OO,0OO.
Our agricultural imports. on the
other hand. disclose considerable
falling Of when contrasted with the
trade Of the year preceding. The va
rious products Of agriculture received
from foreign sources during 1901 had
IN aggregate value Of only $392, ,OOO.-
200, or $2S.O0O.OOO less than In 1900.
In comparison with the value OF
,ur agricultural imports our agricui'
;ural exports show the exceptionally
,arse excess Of $56O.O0O.0O0.
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Refining guld and Silver Bullion
in ths government Assay Office.

whole Of 1t ID taken out and put In Q
flter, copper hoes and sacvels being
used. After wa3hing It is pressed into
cakes. dried and melted with sodium
nitrate as q fux. II g then cast inte
bars Of q fneness Of 900 to 100c
fine. The whole process depends upor
the fact that sulphuric acid has
more Of an affinity for copper than
for silver. The solution Of copper sui.
phate which has been formed Is
strengthened by boiling about ten
hours. It is then run OF into the crys.
tallizing vats. In from two to three
days the mother liquor is run OF into
the large tank on the floor below; from
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A Man Who Knows.

Douglas, the shoe man. who spends
more than 500. O.OOOayear for newspaper
advertising. makes this affirmation:
ANY man who has an article of merit
or any man who has a business In O
good location who will advertise and
keep on advertising Is bound to more
than get his money back and to be
come successful and wealthy."-Phil
adelphis Record
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Eamoua HorserAdish.

The little town Of Malln. in Be-
hemIa, would doubtless never have
been heard of outside Of local districts
were It not for the fact that 1t pro-
duces the finest horseradish In the
world. Malin horseradIsh is known
all over Europe. and one Of the de-
partment expertss Mr. Fairchlld. has
been successful In obtaining a large
number Of cuttings Of the best variety
Of this famous plant. which are to be
distributed among the growers In
this country.-Washington Star.
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Stofford, Hertforcshire, England.

will always hold prominent place In the 'front.' rank or
his prosperity partly to good fortune but mainly
capacity opportunity his bodness In seg and hs
country Although OF the
Rhodes died the uncrowned OF
Rhodess Life expressed when
the scattered States Of South Africa on which
he sad THAT deam-that all
estimated anywhere from $o00o0 to $780,
married
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FOB RAILROAD USE.

half horse power. The frame Is tubu.
lar throughout. and the transmission
of power Is by bevel gears. The
fianged wheels are of aluminium. with
steel tires. The two brakes are very
powerful. and it Is possible to stop all
four wheels instantly. no matter at
what speed the machine may be trav.
cling. The operator sits behind. on
regular bicycle saddle. and In front
there Is room for two persons on the
cushioned seat. The total weight is
about $50 pounds. This machine Is
being used for a variety Of purposes In
with railroad work.
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More Opinion.

Many q man who Is calling for JUS
tice would run II he thought he were
In danger Of getting II.
Every minute a man spends regret.
ting what he neglected to do as boy
doubles the waste.
The man who is willing to take
things as they come doesn't get many
Of them.
1t Is hard for a woman to remember
while seeing the postman going past
that no news Is good news.-Ch!cago
Record. Herald.
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Soudnntsse Currency.

In q handbook foT travellers In the
Soudan, Issued by the Egyptian Gov
ernment referring to the currency. It
is quantity observed that I'm the more
undressed parts Of the country" beads
and bracelets are current. In the sec.
ton on shooting there Is a pleasant
reference to the sporting tourist. who
Is warned that only crocodiles may be
shot at from steamers. and even this
practice is deprecated as being more
dangerous to the riverain population
than the crocodile"
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Deal nt the Aee OF l3I.

Beyond a doubt the oldest persop
in Alabama Is dead. She was Mary
Elston. Il negro woman. who lived near
Eas,aboga. 1t IS said that she was
born in I'LL. making her age at time OF
death l3l years. Her descendants
number lJO. She said she could re-
member George Washington. Size hah
lived through six wars.
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THE REVISED CENSUS REPORT.
n Gives the Total Population OF the
United States ~ S4.23S.o09.

4. Gives the Total Population OF the
United States ~ s4.23S.o09.
Washington. ID. C.-Revised and cor
-ected. the final results Of the twelfth
census. Just published. give the total
,onulation OF the United States on June
/ 1900. as Si.233.O69. with some un.
certainty regarding the population OF
The Philippines. Three countries oniy
have greater number OF inhaDltanS
under their iags-;he Chinese. bFi''sp
and Russian Empires.
The total area Of the United STATES
including all insular and other posses
,ions. Is now 3.69O.S22 square miles:
about ope-fourteenth OF the entire land
surface OF the earth. The three coun'
tries exceedin: the United states III
population also surpass II In area.
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stamped his bars the owner can
either take away these bars. which
have now been officially certified as %
their purity. or the Government will
purchase them according to its need.
The work Of refining and melting is
carried ON in the rear building. and is
under the charge Of Mr.. B. T. Martin.
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would be comparatively dry and not so
pleasant to the palate. Possibly the
cook who Is provided with one Of these
juice savers might undertake to fur
ther improve the flavor Of the pie by
pouring into 1t through the cup liquids
which did not originate beneath the
upper crust
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How Ho Knew.

The boy had shown such degree
of ignorance and mental obtusenes:
that the teacher was disheartened. and
she finally asked sarcastically: DO
YOU know whether George Washing
ton was d soldier or sail0rT
He was a soldier" replied the ur
chin. promptly.
How do you know that?" she per
sisted.
Cause I saw a picture OF his cross.
ing the Delaware. an any sailord
know enough not to stand up In the
boat."-ChicaSo Post