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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-02-11
The "suddv Of the White Nile.

A recent number of the Geographical
Journal contains paper on the "sudd"
of the White Nile. by DR.. Edward S.
Crispin, explaining the method Of
opening UP the true river bed employ
ed by Major Matthews, who command
ed the Sudd expedition Of 1901-1902.
The first difficulty is to find the posi-
tion of the river bed; this is done by
probing, the depth suddenly increas-
ing to Is or 20 feet Next the top
growth, consisting mostly of papyrus,
is cut down or burnt; and it was noted
that when the papyrus was fired the
fire frequently spread along what was
afterward found to be the true bed OF
the river. Men are then landed on the
clean surface and the sudd cut along
the river banks with saws; next trans
verse cuts are made. dividing the sudd
into blocks of size convenient for the
ssteamer to tear out. The bows of the
steamer are run into the block, and
the loop of steel hawser, both ends OF
which are made fast to the steamer,
is passed over the bows and trodden
into a trench cut on the surface of the
block. The steamer then goes full speed
astern, men standing on the hawser to
keep it in position, and after number
OF trials the block is torn away. The
block is then towed clear and cast
adrift to float down stream, when it
is gradually disintegrated.
The chief growths in the sudd are
papyrus and tiger OF elephant grass,
kind of bamboo growing to height
of 20 feet or more. Up these climbs a
creeper of the convolvulus species.
There is also an abundance of am
batch and long sword grass that cuts
like a knife, known as loom soof." The
steamer could. cut it's own way through
the latter in the presence of a current
as it would break up and float down
stream. In the absence of current II
does not float away, and obstructs the
steamer by fouling the paddlewheel'
Another source of obstruction is very
light kind of duckweed which covers
some OF the small open pools.-Nature.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-02-11
Russla's Salt Lakes.

Probably the most remarkable lake
In the world is one with a coating Of
salt that completely conceals the wa
ter. 1t may be seen at any time dur
Ing the year, fully exposed, being seen
at its best when the sun is shining
directly upon 1t. This body of water
Is one of the saltiest OF the salt lakes.
and is situated near Obdorsk, Siberia
The lake is nine miles wide and sew
enteen long. The salt coat increases
six inches in thickness every year.
The many islands with which the lake
Is studded are said to act as braces
and to help keep the arched salt crust
II position
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-02-11

Whom . fellows kind OF wobbly and uncer-
rgss tain on his feet,
Ana has to work like sixty for to get both
ends to meet
When he's not OF much account and has to
take what he can get
The people don't come 1ockin' to be friends
u. of his, you bet !
They don't come sayin "old chap, I'm the
only friend you've got
And Remember that we're brothers," and
that kind Of tommyrot-
No, indeed
And they don't get jealous over you when
friends are what you need.
n o fellows kind OF lonesome and would
like friend or two
Just to come around and Jolly him when
things are lookin' blue;
II the shirt that he's wearin' is the only one
he's got.
And he never showed the public that he's
really on the spot,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-02-11
Particular.

"Miss Kitty-Darling," he began,
e."
"Sir," interrupted the young wom-
an, "you will oblige me by not paus-
ing SO long between my first name and
my last."-Chicago Tribune
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-02-11
Bravcr.

"Do you think that women are as
brave as men?"
Drawer" answered Miss Cayenne
''You will observe that the scientists
who keep talking with terror about the
bacalli in a kiss are all males. Wash
ington Star.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-02-11

Madame Chang. Korean woman of
high caste, has arrived in California
on mission ror her people. Her OBJ.
1ect Is to learn American ways, hay.
ing done which she will return and In.
troduce them in her native country.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-02-11

William Byl, the Adams Express
Company's messenger, who once made
SO bold stand against the Burling.
ton train robbers, near Marcus. III.
will be presented by the company with
$1,000 in gold.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-02-11
- WHEN IN DOUBT, TRY

Within 25 years American astrono-
mers have won as many annual med
ais OF the Royal Astronomical Society
OF England as astronomers of all oth-
er countries. except England, COM
bined.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-02-11
MAN AND HIS FRIENDS.

They don't come crowdin' round him, nor
stick out their hands and say:
"we'ro your friends, old man. we love youi
we've the same blood, anyway -
No, indeed
But they watch to give the boot to you when
friends are what you need.
When things have got to comm as a fellow
wants 'em to,
When his pockets are all bulgin ana MS
clos are fine and new,
When he steps out proud and lordly and
amt got q thing to fear,
There's a sudden change comes over folks
that used to wink and sneer.
They come runnln' then to tell you that
they're all your friends, and say
That they've always been dead anxious Tor
to help you out some way
Yes, indeed
Friends are always mighty plentiful when
friends Amt what you need.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-02-11

On the south coast Of England there
is a hotel in which a tropical tempera-
ture is constantly maintained by
means of steam pipes. The guests are
mostly pensioned officials and officers
who spent so many years in India that
they cannot endure the climate of
England. e.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-02-11
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

Specimens Of four, five. six, seven,
eight and nine-leaved clovers have
been preseted to Queen Alexandra by
a Welsh lady.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-02-11


The most crooked railway In the
world is one from Boswell to Friedens,
Pa. the air line distance being FIVE
miles. The road doubles on itself
four times. and at one point, after
making loop Of about five miles, the
road comes hack to within 800 feet of
itself on a grade 80 feet lower.
A peasant in the Swiss ~canton of
Zurich, on a recent morning, found in
his stable stork that had apparently
been left behind by his companions on
their way to Africa. The bird, which
seems to feel quite at home with the
other animals. goes out for a walk
when the sun shines, returning to the
stable in the evening.
Chinese doctors are very particular
about. the distinction between physi-
clans and surgeons. A Chinese gentle
man was struck by an arrow which
remained fast in his body. A surgeon
was sent for, and broke off the pro-
truding bit Of the arrow, leaving the
point embedded. He refused to ex.
tract 1t, because the case was clearly
one for a physician, the arrow being
inside the body.
A Viennese engineer has construct
ed small sailing yacht made entirely
of sheets of an Austrian daily paper
The yacht is Is feet long and three
feet wide, is decked all over and is
provided with q centreboard. The
hull, deck. masts, sails and rudder are
all OF paper. The inventor has made
many trips on the Woerth See. in Ca
rinthia, and has proved that his paper
boat can sail rapidly and safely even
when the water is rough and the wind
| nigh.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-02-11

Water is so scarce in the Japanese
island of Oshima that it is the custom
for a bride to take a large tub Of
drinking water with her to her new
home as kind of dowry.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-13
Through and TArouRh,

New Bedferd, Mass, March AT
G5S First street, this city, lives 4 very
happy man. His name is Uric Levas-
seur and he certainly has good reason
to feel glad and proud.
Mr. Leyasseur has been sick Tor a
long time With general weakness and
a O pain In his back. At the last he
got so very bad that he could not walk
without great misery. Now he is well
and in speaking OF this wonderful
change in him he says
Il believe it to he my duty to tell
everybody how I was cured I was so
weak that I could not~stoop, in fact. I
was unable to walk without great pain.
I began taking I3odd's Kidney Pills
and after a two months treatment I
am we'll and sound again. -
"Dedd's Kidney Pills are a God-sent
remedy. I win always praise them for
their woBderful cure Of my case. They
cured me through and through. I am
us strong and able q man now as !
ever was:"9 49,. u H.: s& p
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-13
TO DISCOVER UNKNOWN LOSSES.
Interesting Investigations in German
Power Stations.

An interesting bit Of investigation was
carried out a short time ago at one Of
the electric power stations of Nurnberg,
Germany, to find out how much power
was being lost through fy-wheel air re-
sistance. Two tandem compound, 49,
horsepower engines, direct connected to
generators, and running at ninety-fve
revolutions per minute, are ut work in
the station, with fly wheels having arms
of channel section which were known 10
offer great resistance to the air, and on
this account it was decided to encase the
wheels with sheet iron and stop the evil
dent waste. In order to find out what
the loss OF energy had been. one Of the
dynamos was made to serve as a motor
for the unloaded engine. Without the
hy wheel covering there was thus found
to be a motor consumption Of 1890
watts, while with the covering in place
only about 5000 watts were consumed,
showing a saving in this case of 34OO
watts, or about 5A-horsepower. The
money equivalent of this for a year was
far in excess of the cost of covering the
fly wheels. In one other case of this
kind; of earlier date, a saving Of 81 -herse-
power was effected in a 63O-horsepower
engine by reducing this fywheel resist
ance.-Cassier's Magazine.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-13
THE GLORY THAT SLUMBERED IN
""@""|;THE GRANITE ROCK. IL

:i -. = .l9.SEs.. ,0..Es'a 'Hf sNH ~ ".'s$Jf ~
A granite rock ION. the mountain side
Gazed: on theswopHl and was satisfied; =
It watched, the; centuries come and co.
1t WELCOME, GS the sunlight and loved the
1t grieyed when the; forest was. forced to
But. smiled when the steeples rose, white
and:t tall,
i ne Sci s:'' e. tie ss's s:sat town @Rs t seeR'as to aea as' r
il. .st": :, II. .
When tie; mountain stream from its idle
Was. caught by the mill wheel, and borne
And trained t. labor. the gray * rock mu u.s. /:
BY man, the master. but l remain 1850.
Eriend Of the Mountain, and Star, and
l%spcbapged forever, by Gods decree.
While passing centuries bow to me!'
Then, ali :unwarned, with a mighty shock
Down FROM the mountain was wrenched the
Bruised and battered and broken in heart. .
It was carried away to a. common. mart.
Wrecked and ruined In peace and pride.
"Comrade Of Mountain, Of Star the friend
BY all deserted, how sad my end!"
w Il .:*i
A dreaming sculptor, in passing by, go :
Then. stirred with a purpose, supreme ana
He babe his dream in the rock expand
And To-! from the broken and shapeless
That grieyed and doubted, it came to pass
That a glorious statue, Of infinite WORTH
A statue of LINCOLN,-adorned the earth.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox in Success.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-13
noon" he muttered. The words were not
intended for Mrs. Rodney, but she heard

noon," he muttered. The words were not
intended for Mrs. Rodney, but she heard
them::
You are quite right" she said; eve
must have known each other in some
other world, or state, or plane-what YOU
will. But let us enjoy ourselves now.
Will you have some e a?-and I want to
show you my books" He endeavored to
show a polite interest in the books; there
was a beautifully bound edition of one
OF his favorite authors: but he found
himself throwing it ca:elessly into a
chair.
Il can't stick it," he said. "It's the
maddest thing in the world, but 1 love
you, and 1 can't be so near to you with
out telling you. Pm going, you may tell
your husband you have found"-
MY husbands" Mrs. Rodney interrupts
ed, what do you mean?"
"Mean?" Seaton echoed wildly. "Why
your husband. You pointed him out to
me in the club. Tell him, l say again.
you have found a man"-
Poor Seaton! He was fated never: to
get to the end of his tragic u%tterances.
Mrs. Rodney got UP and came very
near to him. There was an indescribabie
glow in her face. The greer in: her eyes
was very intense.
Il have no husband" she said; she died
six mc,'is after my MARRIAGE did not
care for him."
Seaton walked to the window; the
room seemed very quiet for q moment.
Ghosts of dead thoughts of dead men
wandered noiselessly around. ;.
Seaton. turned and faced her.
Il don't understand" he said, with a
queer jerk in his voice. "The man in the
club with the ~eyeglass, you said he was
your husband"
A light came into her eyes; he was sur
prised to hear her laughing. 50 t-.,.
Il didn't say he was my husband; |
said he married me. He is the vicar of
All Saints. Every one knows him. You
would, if you had not been out of Eng
land SO long.
Seaton turned.
Il couldn't think" he said, where your
husbands cards were,"-Lady's Pictorial.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-13
Notoa Patent Article.

He had the appearance OF a typical
stout-of-wcrker,'' as he *lounged discon-
solately along. Fleet street and read the
advertisement sheets posted up outside
the offices of various wellknown dailies.
"A friend accosted. him.
Tut of~a job? %
money on the. things was maxim, 2
Wasn't there anything else you could
do about the place? q
DohAtrrfliihk.so Anyhow, he saidiI
didn't seem able Do anything else.''
And Mlatswas you makinn1sa2' ~
-. diasttahe8..ss-London ,AnSWerY.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-13

In Washington, D. c., where laundry
rates were advanced during the fuel
famine, there is now a demand for a re-
turn to the old prices. Laundrymen who
advanced rates because of conditions
during the present winter are guilty Of
striving for the whole hog" The soft
coal SCOT has been so destructive to linen
wear that the laundrymen have been do
ing a land Office business that more than
offset the drawback of extra fuel cost.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-13

AS usual the air in yachting circles is
filed with rumors concerning the lines of
the new Shamrock and the defense sloop
on the stocks at Bristol. If all these
stories are. true, the Flying Dutchman
will be outclassed when the freaks make
their appearance.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-13

The Prince Of Saxony who has an
nounced that he intends to become an Off
Ger in the United States navy appears
to be confident that he will be able. to
pass the examination at West Point. He
surely annot believe that he has any
political ''pull."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-13

The story that the proposed milk com-
bine fell through. because of rivalry
for the official positions and emoluments
will not surprise those who have OBJ
served from time "immemorial that milk
men have a tendency to keep the cream
Tor themselves. 10.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-13

If the German Emperor had been an
ordinary man, he might nave finished the
controversy with Venezuela before begin
ming a controversy with the German the
Ologians. But if he had been an ordinary
man, he probably would not have got
into the latter controversy at all.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-13

It is now stated that the new Amer
ica's cup defender OH the stocks at
Bristol is to be named the Republic in
stead of Eagle, as was recently reported.
The name is a good one, and probably
more fitting than Eagle, as the "eagle
bird is not known to. have any con-
spicuous aquatic qualifications.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-13

South Cardinals legislature has set a
good e~xample:for. Southern lawmakers in
passing the bill which forbids the en-
ployment of children under IL years Of
age. Child slavery has been shocking
ly common in the cotton mill sections. ;
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-13

Chicago's aldermen appear to have celes-
tial jurisdiction. One of them is charged
with having felt" for a bride to secure
a permit for an architect to scrape the
sky with a new structure exceeding the
ten-stOry limit,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-13

The action Of the authorities of Paris
IN requiring NJ. Santos-Dumont to prove
that his aerial vehicle is safe will put
upon some official the difficult tack of
deciding as to the meaning of safety.
One or two trips might be made with
out injury, prior to a drop from the
clouds, just as one or two trips over a
railroad might be followed by a dispute
between two trains for the use of one
set of rails. Santos Dumont would GER
tainly have no dangers on that score.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-13

The discovery of the legal code Of King
Hammurabi, who reigned over Babylon
230O years before Christ, will afford en-
larged opportunities to the lawyers who
delight in insisting upon ancient prece-
dents.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-13

4. squash court in a Milwaukee club
does not imply that there will in the fu-
lure be any special judicial inquiry into
the merits or justice of a certain kind Of
"pie."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-13

Jeffries will encounter no risk in fight
ing Corbettt,, if the latter has as hard a
time getting at him with his fists as he is
experiencing in getting att him with a
challenge. =: y.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-13

When the safe of the Arnold get-rich-
quick company was opened in st. Louis
there was something like a repetition Of
the surprise that was felt when the
strong box of the Humberts was opened
in Paris.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-13

Jefries threatens to kill Corbett in the
ring, because. the latter is trying to win
the championship belt. First honors'
are not what is claimed for them when
the possessor has to defend them with a
Vnn
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-13

Royalty covers a multitude of sins, but
the covering" seems to be too scant, just.
now, to hide marital infdelity.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-13
VIRGINIA, MIMI.

Rear-Admiral Coshlan' will be pleased
to learn that the Kaiser has not. lost
faith in his partner. l.,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-13

Cole Younger's circus. would draw big
crowds in Minnesota if it gave perform
ances representing the Mortified bank
robbery. :; :.a:', '..:.'.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-13

Prof. Marshall L. Perrin. of Boston
University, made no mistake in declaring
that many of the young people who are
sent to college would be better off if they
stayed out. He believes that it is flying
in the face Of nature to consign to the
colleges and universities young people
who have. no special aptitude for learn
ing. The world has q place for them,
but it is not there. Prof. Perrin truly
says that 1T is much better to be a sue
cessful laborcr than a tenth-rate minis
ter OF a fifteenth-rate lawyer" 1t is bet
ter for q girl, to be a competent milliner
than nm incompetent school teacher. s
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-13

The recent collision at Corfu between
the British cruiser Panther and the Brit
lsh t~orpedo-boat destroyer Orwell illus
trated' the value of the compartment
principal of naval architecture. The Pho
neer cut the Orwell in two, and the bow
foated away and sank, while the stern
with the machinery remained afoat and
was brought into port by the members CT
the crew who were. fortunate enough to
be in that end Of the ship when the Pho
neer struck her. Had the Orwell been a
one-compartment boat the entire crew
would have gone to the bottom with her.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-09
THE OIL WAR OF II
Miss TarbdlI's Third Standard
Oil Paper in McCIures

The third paper of Miss Turbell' S
History OF Standard Oil, which appears
in the January McClures tells the story
of the Oil War of 1879. and tells it as
no great industrial battle has ever been
told before. The Oil War of 1872 WAS
war, and when Miss Turball has finished
one realizes that it was magnificent, too
1t is the first great crisis in the drama
For the first time in our industrial his
tory combination and competition are
pitched against each other on q grand
scale. Miss Tarbcll tells how the oil
regions-the producers and independents
woke up one morning to find the enemy
upon them-a gigantic coalition bear
ing down on all sides; from the north.
John d. Rockefeller, with allthe strength
of his recently assimulated Cleveland
refineries; from the south. capitalists of
of Pittsburg and Philadelphia, allied I'M
der the hated name of the "Soutk Inn
provement Company" and back of both
the souce of their union-thc railroads
with their rebates That rs the stua
ton at the beginning of the article
Read it Through, and you will see how q
background for battle scenes can be
built up out of rebates and schedules
and contracts, and othes OF the instru
ments and appliances of peace. Miss
Tarbells History of Standard Oil is,
giving us to-day.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-09
Gas Found at Bronson at Last.
THURSDAYS Evening News.

Thursdays Evening News.
In view of the fact that Bronson
has d illed half dozen gas wells
and strained her finances almost to
the breaking point, it is certainly
good news to learn that at last she
has been rewarded and found a
good flow. The Fort Scott Republic
can Of Sunday morning says:
The little town of Bronson, which
is located about twenty miles west
of here, is just at present very Jubi-
liant over the discovery of a good
flow of gas that has been struck
there. The well is located north OF
town about four miles and is being
drilled by Uriah Holeman. At
present the well is at a depth of
1000 feet
Although it has not as yet been
tested by an expert, it is An easy
matter for one to judge from the in
dications, Of the great pressure con.
tanned in this well. Mr.. Holernan,
the driller, says the well is probably
better than any OH the eastern end.
OF the gas field and may possibly
equal the best wells at lola and La
Harpe. Spectators report that when
the gas was struck the pressure was
not so heavy at first but later on
mud and other debris was thrown
higher than the derrick and the
noise and roaring could be heard
for quite long distance. The peo-
pie Of that locality are jubilant over
the gas prospect and property values
are jumping up ready.-Iola Reg
lister