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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-06
POOLING THE BIRDS.
CIeUer Scheme of Persistent
Photographer Succeeds.

Pacing the camera is ordeal which many hu-
beings dislike and is one through which they
induced 10 gy only by the tact and persistence
OF relatives. The shyest human sitter. however is
fearless compared with some Of the feathered in
habtants OF shore fen and wood which Mr.. Rich
ard Kearton and his brother. Cherry Kearton. have
succeeded IN photographing at close range. They
have resorted 10 numbers OF ingenious methods for
overcoming the suspicion OF wild animals Mr..
Richard Keartou tells in wild Natures Ways"
how he had a Eat stuffed in such a manner that
a hollow space was left In the animals fore parts
for the purpose OF secreting the camera and the
upper half OF the man behind the lens. IL was
very successful when placed in position, with it's
mild. inoifensve air. zone day" says Mr.. Kear-
ton. while covering II with cloth during
the oncOninE OF a shower OF rain laborcr walk
ing by path some thirty yards away called out
me. What's wrong with him, misterT Lost his
clOcxworks.' answered Jocularly Ny interrogation
went considerably aggrieved by what he took to
be silly facetousness on my part"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-06
THE ARsINOITHERIUM.
Bones of Prehistoric Animal in the Desert
of Fayum.

The desert OF Fayum. southwest OF Cairo in
Egypt is the locality In which the oldest known in
scriptions written in Greek letters have been dis
ly famous for the number OF hitherto unknown
varieties Of extinct animals whose bones have been
dsinterred from the sands. One of these beasts
is the Moeritherium-the ancestor OF all elephants
a creature with a long snout but with a lower law
long that the snout could not hang down in
trunk style.
Still more interesting. from the point OF view of
scientists however Is the Arsinoitherium an ami
mai that was bigger than the biggest OF our mod
rhinoceroses Some six or seven skulls OF this
animal have been secured. the largest having a
lower jaw over two feet IN length. Above the nos
tris the Arsinoitherium had a huge pair Of horns
projecting forward. The striking thing about these
horns is that they were not OF horny nbrous mate
blood vessels and skin. like the horns of giraffe
though probably protected at the tips with horny
matter. Behind the big horns "A pair OF
smaller ones. The nearest relative Of the Arsln-
mems OF which have been discovered in Wyoming
In sands of the age those of the Fayum
The Egyptian beast had the Wyoming bea ten
In the size OF Its horns though some of the latter
have three pairs of horns.
The Arsinoitherium is named after Queen Arsinoe.
daughter OF the first Ptolemy. who had a palace in
the Fayum In days when that region was more
nearly habtable than IL is to-day. The time that
has elapsed since the Arsinotherium lived is how
ever as much greater than the time since Arsinoe
as century is greater than a couple of minutes.
Excavations In the Fayum still being pushed
fact that the best localities are three fnll dayT
ssaaDatsd--tcnicazo Record-Hsraid.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-06
TREMENDOUS POWER.
Riuer ZambeSi Falls Into Remark
able Gorge.

IT is nearly fifty years ago since the renowned
traveller David Livingstone. who was then ex-
sharing the Zarnl,esi River toward its source dis
covered the great falls and named them after our
iafe most gracious Queen. Since then travellers
from time 20 time have visited them and written
~ their enhancing beauty and magnihcence. says
C. Douglas-Jones in The Pail Mall Magazine"
Now that the country has come under the rule
81 she British South Africa Company, and. owing
10 the foresight and determination OF the late
C. j. Rhodes. the railway is being pushed north
ward from Buluwayo. In Southern Rhooesia- ana
should reach the Victoria Falls in a few months
visitors are already Fastening 10 see one OF nat
urr's most wonderful phenomena and when once
the railway is opened numbers from All over the
world viii follow IN their Footsteps
Before proceeding 20 describe the beauty and
natural architecture OF the falls, 81 would be well
20 endeavor 10 give some IDEA OF how the river
comes 20 form a gigantic waterfall Briefly, then.
what happens Is ths-a broad river with a compar~
stively slow current suddenly hurls itself into a
marrow crack or assure IN the earth which reaches
across its bed from bank TO bank This hsSure is OF
an average width OF three hundred feet and a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-06

depth OF four hundred feet. and has one narrow
outlet six hundred feet vide by which the water
end than the other As can easily be Imagined the
volume OF water collected at the bottom OF the rs
come rIsbine ar6 slIrrns- out with ereat force
Immediately after leaving the fSsure the gorge
This SIN more ncrea ses The agitation OF the water
and the name Boiling Pot-given 70 this bend
y most expressive. At The Boiling Pot the river
begins tortuous course Of thirty miles be-
tween cliffs four hundred feet high. This gorge.
canyon. Is about six hundred feet VIDE throughout
ward until the river widens out again. At present
only two places In this gorge are known whore IL
cliffs 70 the level OF the water.
1T is impossible 70 describe the feeling OF awe
eAperlehceQ rs We gaze IRON helght OF TOUR hun
drod feet down ~ the troubled waters below. The
waves lostle one another in their haste TO escape
strong drauEht coming out q the chasm. carried
high into the CIR. The roar here is terrific We
heard We step back for moment 20 look round
on the panorama about us. Or the left the long
and west Opposite. the dark perpendicular cliffs,
shining with moisture. are only six hundred feet
which the water is running like a min race and
below. the Boiling Pot. over which s. suspended a
brilliant rainbow Words fa 10 give an idea OF
FOLLOWING round the top OF the cliff. away from
or's flag and a narrow clearing through the scrub.
This r. where the bridge Tor the railway from the
that the length OF the bridge is $50 feet There VIII
he three spans. two short Of unequal length
souiate6 that raj level 10 water level Is 90 feet
This may be called low water level the river
level viii about forty feet less or $50 feet This
Ineasurernent viii make the bridge the highest in
"A mile or 80 hollow the bridge we come 10 where
rho gorge makes is nrst bend. For mile IL has
beer running straight IN direction and then FOR
~ apparent reason doubles back at an acute angie
T1is Is repeated time after time until some thirty
miles below the zambesi broadens out again into
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-06
LIFE SAVING SUIT.

A nfe saving apparatus Invented by VI. Joseph
probst, % Geneva. is one by means OF which each
man becomes MS own iife saver. That r. 20 say
n r. suit which. IN case Of disaster the passenger
can Immediately don. with the assurance that no
matter how long he may be buffeted on the surface
81 the waves. ne may exist without difficulty until
picked np. The inventor has himself fesrlessly
demonstrated the utility OF his invention by re-
rnaining IN the water for month. ana BY means Of
the food carried IN the suit saving himself from
stnrvation. His first experiments were mad. IN
the Lake OF Geneva. when he remained fifteen dav,
an the water 10 the establishment Of the feople %
ne lake city The costume = made OF indiarubber
opens N The centre ana Is easily put on ana n. !.
Hotnlnt N IL construction confuse the vra.---
~nen tfs1ng 20 adjust the suit IN moments 30 -
1-IenehL Ine legs and feet nj into frot-S~.
*eithted ~ the cndr. and on the outside ~ -.
llt.t pockets arge enough 10 contain larors
.netcneh 1000 stores. and an
~ means OF which the attacks Of PREDATORY esb
mty ne repeilec. The dress is eo hpoVsnt 80.
nearly hair o. the body remains above yrsser LA
one can ne down or stand up III IL 1890 anu
A., ,x Tue 1890 gas not been adopted officially
fToDff lacks 81 fund.- to push hiS 'frys-etr-s ~
perN ofcial and otherwise and dur1nr re 4, \.
80 seare ~ Probst has spent his snSn for<,,-s
g WAGONS Inventions with s1xut rscosnfflor ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-06

Finding the OK successful Mr.. Kearton pro-
ceeoed 10 obtain another hollow sham in the shape
OF sheen, which he thought would be useful in
Catching the habits OF moorland birds. Selecting a
sandpiper's nest he placed the camera in front on
a stone and carefully placed the dummy sheep over
the apparatus. In this case the photographer lay
hidden at the other end OF 80 feet of pneumatic
tubing. Il had not been concealed ten minutes
before shepherd arrived on the top Of steep hill
above and began 10 send his dog round the
stuffed sheep with the intention OF herding it or
course, without success.
Birds IN like the look OF the great I'M
blinking eye OF camera looking az them ~
IL is artfully concealed and in this the sand
piper did not like the three-eyed sheep. and IL
only after long wait that picture obtained
-CThe TSttler.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-06
WHALE FISHING AND ECONOMIC LAW.
From Golfers Weekly.

From 0olners Weekly.
Two ana quarter tons OF whalebone have been
sold Tn Dundee for $1,000 ton and only four tons
are let outstanding in the worlds supply There
Is no corner IN This picturesque commodity. The
demand has outrun the supply 50 rapidly that in
seventy years the price OF whalebone has risen
from u cents TO nearly s. pound.
Yet never In the greatest years Of the whale
fishery did any vessel make many captures as
were reported by the Newfoundland whalers in the
last season An average catch OF somewhat more
than two hundred whales apiece certainly a
remarkable achievement for four vessels. but 1.
does not presage return OF the picturesque in
dustry which fifty years ago made Nantucket and
Ncw-BedfOrd great The whale fishery Is simply
going through the same process as many another
Industry in the past.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-06
OFFERED 500 POUNDS TO BE MARRIED.

Durham was lately greatly excited BY the m
formation that a woman Of foreign origin. who laa
arrived by steamer. and who for some reason vas
treated as an undesirable and refused pefms-
sion to land. was Offering $500 TO any one Sno
would marry her and thus enable her 20 evade
the law which prohibited her from going asnors
Very soon some threescore men. mostly olt g
works" MAIDS a bee line to the vessel out even
those who got there first were too late Tne snip
stayed only short time. and the hopes OF mime
date possession OF funds We're DESTROYED as u,
leading batch Of aspiring husbands saw the P''-'
borne away to sea.-(St. James's Gazette
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-06

strictly the Sunday laws are to be enforced-rh..,
HDeral enforcement will mean. The laws rerardi,-
the observance not so Oppressive as SOM -.
20 mink don't believe you can tell me xhat vor-
privileges under the law sunday much So
tel me what you forbidden to do This IL shs
SUBSTANCE OF what the law says about sundsv
IabOr- All labor Sunday is forbidden exrerr
works or Charity or necessity, including whatsvs-
IS needrul for the good order health or coufort a.
Ine community. 1t Is considered sufficient sxruss
Ior labor on Sunday II person regularly keeps an
0ther day Of the week and does not work on thar
DAY. and II the Sunday labor was done in such 4
way as not 70 disturb other persons who keep tia
nrst day OF the week. Food. except unCOoked meat
may be sold on Sunday up TO 20 O'Clock and meals
may De supplied at any time during the day. The
sale OF prepared tobacco milk. ice and soda water
IS permitted In any place where liquor Is not kept
FRUIT flowers, confectionery. newspapers. drugs.
medicines and surgical appliances may also be sold
IN quiet way Barber shops may be kept open
till O'Clock in the afternoon.
Well" he said. a he threw away his cigar
stump, the law does not prescribe how few hours
shall work nor the length OF my noon hour. so
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-06

life saving suit has recently been modified in order
TO make IL stronger, lighter and cheaper and IS
now so perfectly adapted for use in shipwreck that
the inventor is prepared 90 go TO any part or the
world 70 demonstrate it's usefulness.-CThe Strand.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-06

think shall have 10 go back and take up the Wits
mans burden the burden OF the capitaust again.
good day
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-06
RINrMED BY MERE MAN.

vouan's hat which took prize at the recent
hat trimming competition between male mem
hers OF the Bedford Park Congregations
Church.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-05-13
CURIOUS THINGS FROM CHINA
The Most MAGNIFICENT Beds Ever Seen
Are Part of The Celestial Empires
Worlds Fair Exhibit.

The Chinese exhibit at the Worlds
Fair is filed with pleasing surprises.
Some of the most magnificent articles
of furniture are part of this wonder
full display. The carving and inlaying
of ivory, bone and wood illustrate the
marvellous skill of the Chinese.
Models included in this interesting
exhibit show the homes and home life
of the Chinese, their weddings and
funerals. Chinese tea house, restau-
rant and shop, Chinese weaving and
some of the beautiful silks and wear
ing apparel of the Chinese and their
methods of manufacturing them.
one feature of the exhibit is two
magnificent Chinese beds, each OF
which has the appearance OF being
small house of great beauty. one is a
summer bed, the other for winter. The
summer bed is hand carved and inlaid
with ivory and bone figures and land
scapes eXquisitely carved and so
skillfully joined as to appear part OF
the wood. The bed and furniture are
of carved bamboo. The bed consists of
an anteroom, with tables, chairs and
tea stands. and in an inner room, which
is the sleeping apartment there is a
couch with coverings of gauZy silks.
The winter bed is still more elabo-
rate. 1t consists of three compartments.
The first contains four chairs, tea poy
and Il chest of drawers. This is the sit
ting apartment. The second is the dress
ing room, and the third is the sleep
ing apartment, or the couch itself. The
furniture is of rosewood inlaid with
ivory carving of birds, flowers and
trees. The couch is covered with silks
of the finest texture and in gaudy col
ors The sleeping compartments are
lighted with Chinese lanterns Of silk
hung at the outer entrance, while the
light enters through gauze panels, hand
painted and in forms Of rosewood in
laid with ivory figures.
a table and dish made of highly pol
ished ash, with eXquisitely carved
bamboo figures inlaid, are shown. The
work is so artistically done that each
article seems to have been made OF
one piece of wood.
There is also large display of Chi
nese lanterns made of silk, gauZe and
/ other light material and some made OF
beads artistically arranged with glass
centers. The silk and gauze are beau
tifully hand painted.
There are models of some of the
great Chinese temples, theaters and
arches, showing elaborate carving il
wood and ivory and two large elephan
tusks exquisitely carved.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-05-13
Unique California Map.

A unique exhibit at the Worlds Fair
was prepared by the agricultural de-
partment of the University Of Califor-
mia. 1t Is large map, so colored as to
show the character of the various soils
of the state. 1t gives n clear idea of the
situation and the extent of the arabic
and untillable sections. In the locali-
ties that cannot be cultivated are
shown the Sierras, the lava beds and
the desert The map indicates the To-
cation of the cultivable portions of the
mountains and Mohave plateau and
shows the nature of the foothills and
valleys of that wonderful state.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-05-13
WHARFAGE FREE AT ST. LOUIS
Twenty Miles of River Front For Wa
ter Craft at Worlds Fair City.

Free wharfage will be given TO all
boats landing at st. Louis during the
Worlds Fair. Traffic Manager Hill
leary of the Exposition and Joseph z.
Whyte, harbor and wharf commission
er of st. Louis, have decided on the To-
cations assigned to the various kinds
of boats.
Yachts, steam launches and all boats
propelled by their own power have
been assigned wharf space between
Choteau avenue and Biddle street
These streets, running east and west,
form the boundary lines for the cen
trail business district of the city.
House boats have been assigned
wharf space north of Biddle street
and south of Choteau avenue.
st. Louis has a river front of TWEEN
ty miles. The Broadway line of the
Transit company parallels the river
from the city limits on the north to
jefferson Barracks on the south. At
no point are the cars more than five
blocks from the Mississippi river. The
Worlds Fair may be reached for one
fare by transferring to any of the
eight lines that cross Broadway and
reach the Exposition grounds.
No charge will be made for wharf
age. Application for space should be
made to the harbor and wharf com
missioner at the City Hall, on Twelfth
street, between Market street and
Clark avenue.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-05-13
world. Its interior decorations, by FL

world. Its interior decorations, by e.
mer Ellsworth Garnsey, furnish one
of the chief delights of visit to the
national capital. A large model Of this
splendid building is a feature of the
exhibit. The decorative features Of
the interior are reproduced in their
original colors.
The next exhibit on the right hand
side of the central aisle is that of the
ihterior Department, occupying 11,792
square feet. In this large space the
visitor finds so many things of COM
pelling interest that he is loath to
leave. The Patent Office exhibit be-
longs to this section. There are mod
els of many machines that have borne
an important part in the development
Of the nations industries. The earliest
form of every device of human inven-
ton, so far as possible, is shown here.
For instance, you may see the actual
sewing machine that was the first con-
trivance of its kind every constructed;
1t was patented in 1916 by Elias Howe.
The first typewriter, patented by G.
Thurber in 1912; the model Of the first
cast iron pillow, patented by Charles
Newbold in 1907; the first screw pro-
peller, invented by Robert Hook In
1880; and many other first" things
are to be seen. The model Of Abraham
Iincoln's celebrated device for lifting
steamboats, off shoals is shown here.
The first harvesting machine, made in
the year $50 b. c., is one Of the most
ancient exhibits at the Exposition.
There is also a model of the FIRST steam
engine, made in Egypt in the same
year.
Every foot of the 100000 feet of
floor space in Uncle Sans Worlds
Fair building is occupied by exhibits
Of surprising interest and every phase
of the peoples welfare Is shown.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-05-13

but is one of the most improved mail
cars, in which men attached to the
United States railway mail service are
actively engaged in throwing" the
mails. Here you will see the postal
clerks at work, just as they work while
speeding along a railroad track.
A curious collection of old time rel
les from the postotiice museum at
Washington illustrates as no verbal
description can do the crude begin
nings of the postal system. One of
these relics is an old fashioned stage
coach that once carried United States
mails through portion of the Louisi-
ana purchase territory. President
Roosevelt, who once inspected it, ex-
amined with a rough riders interest
the bullet holes which stage robbers
and mountain brigands shot through
its stiff leathern curtains. Generals
Sherman ana Sheridan and President
Garfield rode in this old coach during
the strenuous days of frontier life.
Among the collection of documents
showing the primitive postal methods
in vogue in the early days is to be
seen the old book of accounts kept by
the first postmaster general, Benjamin
Franklin, all written by hand. There
is rare collection of stamps, includ-
ing ancient Filipino, Porto Rican and
Cuban stamps. The postoffice depart
ment's exhibit occupies 12,469 square
feet.
Across the aisle at the right, is the
exhibit of the new Department of
Commerce and Labor, occupying 1906
square feet This exhibit shows what
the new executive department stands
for and what it is accomplishing. Mr..
Carroll d. Wright, United States Com
missioner Of Labor, had charge of the
preparation OF the exhibit. Charts ar
ranged by him, showing the rapid
growth of the nation in agriculture,
arts, manufacture, population, etc, are
of special interest to sociolOgists and
all students of the labor problem. The
Census Bureau exhibit is made in this
section. 1t shows the tabulating ma
chimes used in compiling the census re-
ports. The Lighthouse Board. also op-
Grating under this department shows
the great revolving lenses in light
houses, with other interesting appli
ances.
The space in the projecting north
west corner of the building is devoted
to the Library of Congress. The edi
fee which houses this library at Wash
ington is held by many architects t.
be the most beautiful building in thu
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-05-13
UNCLE SANS
WONDERS
All Executive Departments Send
Treasures to the
Worlds Fair.

Display Installed In the Largest Gov.
ernmental Exposition Building Ever
Constructed - Precious Docu-
ments - Relics of Famous
Statesmen and Soldiers.
Working Postal
Exhibit.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-05-13

The United States Government build
ing at the Worlds Fair occupies an
elevated site just south of the main
picture of the Exposition. The great
central dome of the Government build
ing is visible from the very center of
the Fair, looking across the picturesque
sunken garden that lies between the
Palaces of Mines and Metallurgy and
liberal Arts.
The hill slope in front of the Gov
eminent building Is terraced with
broad stairways almost completely
covering the slope. The building is 800
feet long by $50 feet wide and Is the
largest structure ever provided at an
exposition by the federal government.
1T Is distinguished from all the other
large buildings. at the Exposition by
Ahe steel truss construction the entire
roof being supported by steel arches.
forming n splendid domed ceiling.
In this building are installed the ex-
hibits of all the executive departments
of the government. The building is a
Past storehouse of an endless variety
of treasures dear to the heart of every
true American. Precious documents
are to be seen here, and the autographs
OF our great men of the past are on
display. Relics of famous statesmen
and soldiers, carefully preserved
Through generations, are exhibited.
Each governmental department has in
stalled an exhibit showing its official
character and mode of operation.
Entering the Government building
from the eastern end the visitor sees
at his left railroad postofiice car.
This is not n mere coach standing idle