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bers in the early forenoon. Ten o'clock
finds the place full. There are walters Of
many nations, but no Germans. For them
Francois has no accommodations.
Not all Of his clients are his own country
men. The majority perhaps are French.
Then there are Swiss, Italians and q few
Alsatians who make it a point to speak
French at Francoiss. and not the German
which comes to them sometimes much
more naturally.
The German walters have their head
quarters up on Third avenue near Forty
fourth street. Any man who talked too
much German at Francoiss would be told
that he might feel himself more at home in
the East Side saloon. which is conducted
just as Francoiss is
The proprietor Of the cafe ma kee no money
directly out Of the men for get ting them
work The cafe is prosperous on account
Of what the men drink. They come daily to
wait for the calls that will secure them
work. and while they wait they drink.
The proprietors Of the best restaurants
know that the best walters when unem-
ployed 60 to Francoiss cafe to seek work
So when they need men, it is to Francois
that they apply.
Any morning at 10 O'Clock. the man who
eats always in restaurants will see many
familiar faces in the saloon. The walters
gather about the door, they hang in groups
over the bar and the billiard tables are all
in use. French is almost the only language
used, although one hears occasionally
few words of Italian.
There are fat. bald headed walters, forid
Of complexion and scant OF breath. and
there are young ones just graduating out
OF tho omnibus stage in which they have
at least learned how to walk about the
room without falling over their feet and
how to put a glass down on table without
breaking it. They are ready for higher
flights after this part of their education
has been accomplished and they usually
have to go to new establishments to make
this advance. The restaurant in which
they have served az apprentices is not
likely to take them on for more exactinp
work
Most of francois patrons are known to
him. When a new man seeks to become
one OF his clients, he is introduced, 40 there
is no risk about the men that FRANCOIS
supplies.
In an emergency hotel proprietor some-
times telephones to Francois to send him
a certain number Of walters, This happened
one day last week. Every man in the place,
whether he was drinking red wine or beer,
playing billiards or lounging idly before
the open door. turned toward Francois
when the telephone bell rang. They all
knew instinctively that walters were wanted
But they all looked down again without
having got any satisfaction from Francois,
He wrote the order In a small book and
then ceased apparently to take any interest
in the call. He never does business openly.
He couldn't without offending his olientS.
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unusual precipitation since the declines
began. the lake has continued to disappear.
After period Of the heaviest rains an
observation has shown fall instead of
rise. Apparently the precipitation has
little effect in raising the water.
On the other hand, the waters OF the
streams that have fed the great sea are be-
ing turned away each year in greater guam
titles for irrigation purposes. Under the
present plans for greater irrigation facili-
ties more water will doubtless be taken
from the lake. The result is shown by
the fall.
The steady decline Of the lake, which, it
is believed will leave 1t mighty bed Of
precipitated salt within a quarter Of a
century. is shown by chart indicating
the level for forty years past. This bed of
salt will be sufficient to supply the whole
world for 100 years.
The first record was made in 1863 At
that time the water was practically two
feet above the zero point. There was no
irrigation in Utah then.
During the following four years the
precipitation was greatly above the normal
The level went up at the rate of from two
to nearly four feet year until 1858, when
it stood at the highest level on record
thirteen and a half feet above zero
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Nam LAKE CITY June 20.-Great Salt
,.r. Tho American Dead Sea. IL doomed.
s,ovlv and mysteriously the body OF water
.h,oh a. an altitude Of 1900 feet and 1000
Nils from the ocean. furnishes the best
..lt s.s bathing in the world, Is drying up,
and ecientists and men who have watched
the lake since is%7 whom the pioneers
arrived in Utah, at;ree that inside Of twenty
Years the lake bed will b q great desert Of
salty sand.
The roceding waters have left high and
dry Saltair, the famous bathing resort
visited annually by tourists from every
part Of the world The pavilion and the
two wings Of lighthouses. together with
the railroad. cost moro than 100000
Saltair once stood one mile out in the lake,
and now salt sand surrounds it. Then, too,
Garfield beach, the other resort on the
lake. which cost 100000 is now on the
sands and abandoned.
Precipitation records and other statistics
OF climatic conditions in Utah. are COM
plete back to 1853, with scattering accounts
Of many preceding years. and while the
problem Of the disappearance Of the lake
lie an intricate one, it has been possible
from these data to arrive at some con-
illusions.
To begin with. besides the annual fiuc-
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In the State on an extensive scale The
effect of the increased precipitation was
apparently counteracted by the diversion
OF the waters from the feed streams
The records also show that in 1878 there
began a series Of yearly rises and falls of
the level, the water going up and down
from six inches to one foot each year A
comparative chart of the lake level and the
rainfall shows that these yearly fluctuations
varied in accordance with the yearly pre-
cipitation. Since 1875 these fluctuations
occurred each season until 1900.
Again, the chart shows that since the rise
OF 1sse-the third rise Of any magnitude
on record-there has been rapid recess
sion Of the waters regardless of the in
creases in annual precipitation, some OF
which have equalled that preceding the last
big rise. In fact, the rain map shows the
average precipitation to have been normal
since then, with the exception OF year
here and there.
Nevertheless, the level OF the lake has con-
tinued to 60 down. From 1885 to 1900, this
decline was at the rate Of one-haH foot .
year. In 1891. when the precipitation was
the same as in 1885. the lake was six feet
lower than it was on the latter date.
In 1900 the greatest fall on record oc-
Cured. The level went down nearly four
feet in the year. Yet an observation Of
the rain chart shows that for five years
preceding this time the rainfall was above
the normal
At the close of 1900 the lake stood one
foot below zero. In 1901 it stood one foot
two inches below; in 1902 1t reached three
feet six inches below.
At the present time when the lake stands
at the highest point Of its years scale, ac-
cording to a comparison of the records,
it is three feet eight inches below zero and
still falling. This year the annual rise
brought 1t up foot, yet 1t is two feet below
the mark registered at this season last
year. and the precipitation this season has
been far greater then it was last.
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slant tendency Of the lower e1tremities to
rise above it. The brine, too, Is so strong.
that the least particle OF it getting in
the eyes produces the most acute pain
and II accidently swallowed. strangulation
must ensue.
Il doubt whether the most expert swim
mer could long preserve himself from drown
ing exposed to q rough sea. Upon one
occasion a man OF our party fell overheard
and, although good swimmer the sudden
immersion caused him to take in some
mouthfuls OF water before rising to the
surface.
The effect was a most violent paroxysm
OF strangling and vomiting. and the man
was unfit for duty for day or two after
ward He would inevitably have been
drowned had he not received immediate
assistance
After bathing it IL necessary to wash
the skin with fresh water. to prevent the
deposit OF salt arising from evaporation
of the brine Yet bath in this water
is delightfully."- refreshing notwithstanding
1.-THE force Of the waves on the lake is as
founding to one who has had experience
in troubled waters OF ordinary density
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in need of it. although they we're not at all
the kind required. Francois could save
them for some less particular place. There
was certain to be a call Of that kind later
in the day.
Head walters who prefer to come in per.
son rather than trust to the judgment
Of Francois. arrive every morning at 10
o'clock to engage the men that the restau-
rant needs. The walters are nearly all
known to the head walters, who simply have
to say to Bruno. CASTOR, Cyrano. Roman
and the rest OF their old friends that they
are wanted at this restaurant or that at a
certain time. Then the walters hurry
of home to get their coats or jackets, as
the case may be.
sGive me . vert, said . swarthy man
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Ono has only to turn the corner from
Sixth avenue to be in another world.

Ono has only to turn the corner from
Sixth avenue to be in another world.
TIe elevated road roars overhead, and
me clang Of the trolley bell is az assertive
rs ever In the nurmur Of city sounds. But
this 70 certainly another land Even the
language Is not our own
One hears French only. In this spring
season in the evenings the jewellers in the
French colony live In the streets After
work is done. the quarter. to a man, or at
least TO . woman, comes downstairs. draws
. chair to the doorway and sits there.
II work continues and the store happens
TO b on the ground floor. tho sewing ma
chine h drawn up to the doorway and con-
versation may be carried on agreeably
with the neighbop. But one must bs in
the open air
Half way down the block, beyond the
shop where the cooks caps and knives
arc sold and next to the cellar restaurant,
20 proud Of ita bourgeois kitchen that it's
electric lights proclaim the fact, Ia the
CafS FRANCOIS Over the long and narrow
room b the meeting place Of many societies
In the quarter. There the opheon trans
planted from its own land by its members,
meets once q week to rehearse its songs,
and there are held in this same room the
meetings Of the French Literary Society,
which devotes It's energies to keeping alive
In the quarter the treasures OF classical
French literature. There the members
recite the alexandrines Of Comeile and
Racine and sometimes the long and stormy
speeches Of 'Ernani."
The ground floor OF the Cafe Francois is
devoted to much more material purpose
Francois used TO Be q waiter. Did he not
have his first experiences in that quiet
corner Of the Palais Royal devoted to the
Grand Velour? When Francois went there
first the old place was In its glory. and
this typical restaurant Of the Second En-
pire had the most cherished OF Paris GUS
tom. Then the man who knew his Paris
would no moro have eaten flst de sole au
rim blanc outside Of the Grand Velour than
he would have ordered poison for dinner.
FRANCOIS saw fashion follow Paris away
from the Palais Royal to the other end of
the city and leave only the place and it's
reputation and the white haired old walters
who have amazed Americans in recent
years. Then FRANCOIS saw service In
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port ant to him here when he served in the
best Of the city restaurants before he had
earned enough to make the Cafe Francois
possible. But the cafe would not be pos
sible now in spite of what FRANCOIS may
have earned and saved il it were not for his
same knowledge Of walters that he acquired
during his years Of service.
For Franoois's little cafe is the clearing
house Of the French walters in New York.
1t is at his place that they seek employ
ment in the frequent crises that send them
out OF one restaurant or another.
The saloon is in the basement Of an ordi-
nary New York residence and has been ex-
tended to cover what was the yard. At
the entrance is a long bar. and opposite
stand high piles Of boxes. empty now, but
to Judge from the labels once full Of all
kinds OF French Hqueurs. from amer picon
to absinthe. Back Of the bar are a few
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Americans and negroes always go to in
telligence offices.
There may be serious objections on tho
ground Of political economy to Francois 8
way of doing business. 1t doubtless rests
on an economic foundation as false as the
theory which makes it necessary for guests
to tip the walters in order that they may
live. But the convenience OF the practice
Is not to be questioned.
And 1t has its economies. Tho walters
pay no fees for finding employment and
the restaurant proprietors are also re-
lieved from that necessity. The only
drinks and billiards The only danger
that comes from this practice Is that they
may be drunk by the time it is necessary
for them to go to work. But they do not
get their favors in accordance with the
amount they drink, 50 Francois y No. ~
sponsible for that.
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to put me to work in the cafe, where the
hours would have been longer and l would
have had to earn less money. knew that
meant 60, so I'm back at Francois's.'
This Is the story in nine cases out OF ten.
1t is always the prejudice OF the boss or
the head waiter in favor Of some new man
that causes trouble. Luckily, the walters
do not look upon discharge as a very re-
rious matter There is always a demand
for their services and they know that only a
short time will elapse before they are at
work again.
They soon become accustomed to chang
ing from place to place and 1t Is indeed rare
TO and one waiter Tor very long time in the
same place. One historic New York res
taurant has several walters who have been
for years in it's employ; but employment
Ia very transient nowadays in most Of
restaurants and hotels.
Wages rule about the same In all Of them
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In the next five years the level dropped
seven feet six inches. There was again an
increase in the precipitation and the lake
went up until in 1878 it registered twelve
and q half feet above zero.
Since that time it has been on a steady
decline. with but one rise Of any consequence.
This began in 1889 and reached it's greatest
height in 1885, when the level stood at nine
feet above zero.
The precipitation preceding this rise was
but one inch less than that preceding the
rise to twelve and half feet. yet the diff
ference in the two water levels was three
and q half feet It is noticeable that 1t was
about this time that irrigation was begun
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euations Of the lake, which give a rise Of
water lsvel UP to July /. there have been
also vet and dry cycles which have affected
the Lake. Although there have been tenn
porary rises and falls OF about foot each
year for thirty-hve years. the level has
been falling at the rate Of more than a
foot in every three years. In twenty years.
at this ratio. practically all Of the lake bot
tom will be dry. There is now an area en-
bracing two-thirds Of the lake that Is but
from three to six inches deep.
For years the action Of the lake has been
carefully watched, with the vain hope that
the water would once moro regain its old
level. Though there have been seasons Of
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and 1t is the matter OF tips that IL deciding.
They frequently leave place Of their own
volition when 1t s apparent that the fees
are. not going to be large enough to make
the place profitable.
Francois did not invent the economic
practice which has made his cafe 80 profit
able. His predecessor had the same sort
OF saloon on Sixth avenue and for some
years he had the best OF the patronage.
driven from the field all rivals. The Ger
man walters are like the French in that they
find work in this same way. while the Irish-
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leaning over the counter yesterday morn
ing. Il am tired
you here. Jo?' one Of the men standing
in group asked. Il thought you would
be for the rest OF your life in the place you We
had for seven years. What was the matter''
Il would have stayed there for the rest Of
my life" the man said slipping the absinthe
which was mixed in water In a large COB
let If it had not been for the new head
waiter that came in. The boss got to like
him best and l had to 60. He wanted
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From 1887 until 1902 the dry cycle was
in progress. the precipitation averaging
l4s inches. or nearly 1875 inches below
normal. and ever since the beginning Of that
season there has been steady fall OF water
in the lake. The total fall from the close
of 1885 to the close of 1902 was nearly twelve
feet. And, still worse the decline has been
much more rapid during the past three
years than for any other period during
the drought.
But the strangest development in the
lakes history occurred during the past
month. For months Utah people had
waited for break in the dry cycle. 1t
was argued that when it did come the lake
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Instead. he spoke quietly to each OF the
six men he picked out for the job and told
him where to 60. Few Of the men in the
room knew that the six men had been
chosen, 80 automatically had Francois,
with his long practice. done the job.
He knew that the restaurant keeper was
exacting and that it would be necessary
for him to have nice looking men and capable
ones. To have called out loudly what was
wanted might have made it necessary to
give the work to men who we're very much
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Francois and His Clients.
*****$

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BUSINESS MATTERS.
Creditors Accept Settlement

BRENNAN Texas. February 1i--rbe cred.
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BUTTER AND EGGS

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ou thr beard Of trade. tho market brlng
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The salc- Tor tho week aggregated 50I.Gpl
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