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Menu for Consumptlyes
(What-to-Eat.)

(Wnat-to-E Eat.)
DIR. Heinrich Stern. Of philadelphia,
gives a sample menu for consump-
tive weighing 11O pounds whose nor
NAL weight ought TO be 14o pounds.
He says this menu should be varied
from day to day. the patients condi-
ton determining the variations and
despite the opinion Of one scientist
that salt is not needed in our food.
DR.. Stern adds that salt must be added
to all dishes. Herewith Is the menu:
Breakfast-250 cubic centimeters OF
skim milk. with four yolks. 80 grains
OF wheaton toast.
Early lunch-Cup Of coffee. with
two yolks-
Midday dinner-One plate OF soup.
with four yolks; $50 grains OF very
lean beef and 80 grains OF wheaton
toast
-Four o'clock-25O cubic centimeters
Of skim milk. 80 c. c, whisky and
three yolks-
supper-fo0 grains OF farina or rice.
porridge with one yolk and skim
milk; rs grains of apple sauce.
Bedtime-Night cap. composed OF 80
cubic centimeters OF hot water. 10 Gu
bic centimeters Of whisky. one y0lk
and a teaspoonful OF granuIated sugar.
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"a Ii the heroes in the employ. of
"A Uncle Sam do not wear the uni
y form of military service. Men
on the civilian pay rolls. unspurred by
martial mssic or the pomp and pan.
oplye Of war. carry their messages to
Garcia as surely and uncomplaining.
and in. the line Of duty as serenely
meet death face, TO face as any wearer
of shoulder straps or epaulets.
The reclamation service, that branch
of Govern mental activity engaged in
redoeming-. arid. WASTES of Western
lands, would not seem to offer a fer
tile field for deeds Of daring and he
roic sacrifice. Yet its records are re-
pleue with the bIood-stirring deeds of
men whose names the public never
hears. The story OF the survey for the
Gunnison tunnel and the achievements
OF A i: Fellows and J. w. Mcconnell.
however. is too good a one to be lost
IN musty Government archives.
Down IN southwestern Colorado lies
the Uncompangre desert. a hundred
Thousand acres of desolatfou. 4 small
part Of It under Irrigation had proved
fertile beyond all expectations. but; in
the proving the full capacity OF Tn
comp&hgre river had been reached. No
more water was available. but there
lay beyond the irrigated lands a prin-
cipality OF enormous. potential wealth.
which 1t appeared must forever re-
main an unpreductfve desert II no ad-
ditional supply could be brought into
the valley
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Slope BOARDING..

Slope boarding is easy to understand II
you wanted to determine the horizontal
distance between the head and the foot
of a flight Of stairs you. would start at
the top and measure the width OF each
tread. and a line for the Overhang. you
would add these measurements together.
and have the horizontal distance Now.
Mcconnell and his crew did something
similar TO this. They had a long board
scaled off to a hairs breadth-just so
long. no more and no less. In the middle
of this board was set spirit level. so
that the measuring. edge OF the beard
could be set true. With man at each
end Of the board and one in the middle
TO watch the spirit level. they started
from a precisely defined point at the top
Of the hill and measured down hill each
way. One end of the board was placed
on this point and the other was directed
along the route and raised or lowered un-
til the middle man said '1evel" Then
the man at the outer end would drop a
plumb bob and mark the spot directly
beneath the end OF the board Then the
board would be reversed. the outer man
would drop the plumb bob. If the bob
did not hit the same identical spet that
II had marked before. something was
wrong, and they began all over again
Having agreed upon a precise distance.
and marked il permanently. this new
mark would be taken as a basis and the
process repeated until the whole distance
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Canyon 1000 Feet Deep.

=. Thirty nailes. eastward from the Cn-
eompahgre flows the Cfunnisen river
q powerful stream. just the kind need
ed In the valley Why not divert It
and use the water for This purpose?
A: visionary scheme would be the Of
9hend verdict. The GInntson along its
stretch trayerSes a box canyon $500
feet deep, Surely no one could divert
water under such circumstances.
q One day there came to the resident
engineer OF the reclamation service at
Denver. an order from. Washington
that read. somewhat Ike this: 'tAd-
wise me II. ii IS feasible TO divert Gun
nison: 70 -Cncorp2hgre. valley by tun-
rel. under. .Nernal mesa" Signed 'iChief
Engtnegr -:
}. Let us: diverge. briefly to analyze
this .order-.. A. tunnel under the Verual
Mesa which Is the name OF the noun
tain through which CUnnfson river has
cut 6 narrow cash. would be at least
the nearest opening. In Encompabgre
-e-a1Iey. Tits meant the Ion giest tun-
mel IN si7e: / Eited States not SO amaz-
Eng 10 The: Denver office. II the location
~ both. :eTlds. .cf:lhe proposed tunnel
were IN kr9xyn :coantry- But IN this
. c&s6" she: -eauyen where It must begin
e-as .un S-}cyyn. No one had ever passed
-ebTolleh It alive. and :those who mad
a;Eefn pied II and .':eturted were ready
90. demonstrate. beyond all possible
dQsbf. that - was an -inlposslbility.
r. Now tS IS axIomatic- IN engineering
svGrk ShAt ~ you are going to report
Upon ghe-. feasibility Of q. tunnel you
snusg. determine the location of both
ends. by careful measurement: on the
SPOT Well. oriefs from: Washington
directed q report on. feasibfiify.
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The wolf slayer took position out
side Of his cabin door, in his jaws the
stem of a cob pipe, across his knees a
long range rifle. sneakihg gray
form from the woods, a coquettish sal
utation from the captive, the crack of
rifle and the whistle of a bullet,
forged each a link in the chain OF
tragedy that placed s175 in the purse
of the carbineer as the profits of few
weeks. The gay deceiver who stood
for this treachery was a fast friend
to her captor and seemed to enjoy the
havoc wrought on the chivalry Of her
race,
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Enthusiasm Of Men.

The men have been trained gradually to
the work and they go at the tunnel fall
like a lot Of gophers. three eight-hour
shifts a day and nearly every shift work
ing to beat the others record
The completion OF this work will add
1000 homes TO the UncOmpahgre valley
and will increase the taxable wealth OF
Colorado by not less than s10.0o0.Oo0 The
estimated cost OF the whole project IS
approximately s2.5O0.00O which sum must
be returned TO the Government In not less
than ten years after completion by the
owners OF the lands which are 20 be irrt-
gated w. K HOWARD
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thing, however, which is that he Is not
given to talk.
McConnelrs orders could not be carried
out by surveying through the canyons
they had to lower him down in there with
ropes, 80 that he might make map or 1t
"a real topographic map. with contour
lines. levels and bench marks as clear
and easy to trace as the map OF any SEQ
tion or ward OF your own town Then ne
established precise levels at both ends or
the proposed tunnel This was a heart
breaking job OF course. the tunnel could
not be built level. because it must carry
water, and. moreover, II must carry Just
the amount Of water needed over in the
Uncompahgre Valley. II It were butlr
without sufficient slope from river 70 val
ley. 1t would not carry enough, water.
while II II had too much slope 1t would
carry too much wafer
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Loaded on Rubber Raft.

With their Instruments and provisions
on an inflated rubber mattress. Fellows
end his companion set forth on. their ex-
pedition.. There was hardly an hour Of
the time they were IN the canyon that
their lives were not IN deadly peril; there
was not e. minute that was not filled with
hesrt-6reaking ~hardships. II all ended by
Fellows and: his companion saving two
1hings-their lives and. their note books.
Everything else went down with the flood
When. the. men emerged at the Devils
Slide, weary. bruised and bleeding. friends
who had feen waiting TO pick up their
rpangied bodies hailed. them as n they
had returned from the dead.
- When Fellows sent his report to Wash
ington there was IN II no word of the
perils and fardships Of survey work in
roaring canyon, II. was brief and to the
points "GNnnison tunnel project is feas-
tble."
Soon the order came from Washington:
fsC0rrrTefp ztrT-yevS for oone+ruofgn,,
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New York Times.l

RR EN- who have shot the big cats
of the Indian jungle" all en-
phasize the difference between
an ordinary tiger" and ''man-eater. ;"
One varies from the other as much as
a domestic pussy from a wildcat. The
man eater when 1t catches sight of
hunter is at once all aflame with the
passion to deyour him. 1t has tasted
human flesh ard knows its sweetness
When the Britisher in India goes
tiger hunting, therefore, ne looks first
of all to his own safety. Having
learned that tiger rarely looks up
ward, he seeks position at some dis
tance from the ground, as, for in
stance, the howdan Of an elephant, or
a machan, or leaf-covered box, perched
In a tree.
The tiger usually keeps its eyes on
the ground because 1t finds Its prey
there and Its enemies also. The nat
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Thus Is Genius Thwarted.
(Stray Stories.)

The young man with the uncut hair
and hungry look had submitted a poem
for editorial consideration.
WELL said the man behind the blue
pencil, after a hurried glance at 1t, "how
does IS strike you.''
"Why--er - really" stammered the
rhymster, that is more than I-er-"
well. that's the best I can do" inter-
rupted the busy editor. "I couldn't think
of printing a poem like yours for less
than that. have to think of my cIrcu-
lation."
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Character of Valley.

The Uncompahsre Valley, which Is to
be made fertile by the waters Of tho
Gunnison River. comprises parts Of Ouray.
Montrose and Delta Counties II has a
general elevation OF above 5000 feet. Most
OF the land under the Government project
Is In private ownership. the cultivated
areas being largely IN orchards. alfalfa
and grain. The well-watered orchard
lands. In bearing. are easily worth SEQ
per acre, and this fruit has a ready sale
In the Eastern markets OF the United
States and Europe. The valley is espe-
cially adapted to the raising OF potatoes,
sugar-beets and vegetables generally.
The tunnel. which will be cement lined,
will have a carrying capacity Of 1900
cubic feet per second and viii connect
directly with an elaborate system OF
canals and bitches. extending down the
valley on both sides Of the river Owing
TO the failure OF the contractors, the Gov
ernment is now constructing the tunnel
under force account and expects to have
the work completed and In operation IN
the SDring OF 1905
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Two Kinds of Fellows.

30 one fn~ the service seemed 10
shlns st anything: unusual when Eel
Cows. ot the BGRver Office set his
square Jaw, du{Etly made his prepara-
sions,. took along one assistant. and
sveht. surveying down Gunnison. can
son. 3 It VIII BE- well 70 remem Der that
g.; ai; those days of. swimming, climb
3ng. freezing.~ fha.Wing and hunger he
WAS hot sliding: through by the easiest
path. aud taxing the. death-threatening
places at a. bound. but he was pro-
ceealng deliberately. and Surveying
every. fodt.- The next time you go.
down the street and see a well-dressed
Fellow running a, level or a transit
aleag the curb, or stalking OFF the,
boln daries Of a house lot just notice
his polished shoes his neat notebook,
?Iis- coiasoF table, easy attitude, and MS
graceful. signals 10 the rod man. and
then, think of Fellows. Of the Denver
Office, p down In: that roaring cavern.
drencheG TO- the skin. han ging on by
ropes and squirting through a transit,
BECAUSE @Washin gton wanted TO know
- the tuunFei sFss feasible
: No rn2a.- 50 far as known, had ever
gone through the canyon alive. Stoutly
bgizt RATS Of logs launched at the head
OF the canyon had emerged at its mouth
smashed into .kin6liug wood. II was
popular belief that nc man could go down
the canyon and 1--we TO tell Of his expert.
-.-s
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Hats Off TO MncnnneIl.

The next man on. the scene was J. w
Mcconnell, now constructing engineer OF
the Gunnison tunnel. and better known in
the service as ''Gunnison" Mcconnell
Folks out. there sized him up as a shy
sophomore; now they take off their hats
70 him They find fault with him for one
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Like Steep Slate Roof.

Imagine now three men slope-ooardiHg
down the steepest slate roof you ever
saw OF course, they would need rubber
soled shoes and ropes. just as "GuBnison"
Mcconnell and his men did. but you
should remember In this connection that
you never saw a slate roof as steep as
the walls of Gunnison canyon: builders
do not make them. nor do they perch
their ridge poles 1000 feet above ground
Mcconnell prepared his plans. sent
them to Washington. and in the course
OF time came back the order. Proceed
to dig" and he Is digging now with the
same spirit with which he prepared the
plans.
About two miles. or a little more than
one-third Of the great Gunnison tunnel
has now been completed Night and day,
unceasingly. the air drills are biting their
way into the zraite through the Verpal
mesa which divides the watersheds OF
Aha n,,nrisnr and TfncornnahRra Rivers.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-05-15
MARr HaaTwELL cATHERWOOD. AUTHOR OF -LAzARRE.
KNEW AlM As a DgAR FRIEND.
Cecilia LOTUS Talks Of Her Association
With Sir 4enrv ir.eino

Cecilia LOTUS Talks ct Her Association
With Sir Henry irving.
The mourning OF the world viii noe
compare with the sense Of loss that
has come TO those who we're associat-
ed with the kindly Sir Henry Cecilia
Lotus, the actress. who is appearing
at local theater this week, was ldr.
ing 1902 and 1903. both in England
and this country, a member of Henry
Irvings company, preparing to taka
the roles of leading woman just be-
fore Ellen Terry and Sir Henry sever.
ed their professional relationship.
There were tears in the eyes OF Miss
Lotus as she talked OF Sir Henry. Tie
intervening years have not wiped out
the kindly memory Of the actor. The.
were tho happiest years have had
on the stage said Miss Lotus. "s-
Henry prompted the most minute
things in his productions, but ne was
Of such beautiful disposition and OF
such quste manner that he never
seemed TO realize his mastering 0art
in our work. Ordinarily he was very
serious in demeanor. But it was
wonderful to see his face light up
with sweet ldndliness when one APP
preached him, no mater what troubles
might have been weighing on his
mind.
Il shall never forget the first night
in London. II was Faust, and In a
dark change / could not see my way
OF the stage and one Of the gentic-
men took my arm to help me. ia
stepped into an open trap and. fall
ing broke his leg. The anxiety OF Sir
Henry for a member of his company
was remarkable. He held the curtain
until he saw that the injured man
was disposed rs comfortably as pos
sible and waited Until they had
started for the hospital That was tha
treatment OF his company always.
"I'he last night Of the London en-
eagement as / was going on the stage
in The jowel scene. he stopped mo en-
instant Here, child he said, I want
you TO know | like YOU, and he
pressed something into my hand sir
Henry's remembrance was a beautiful
gold necklace with a handsome dia-
mond pendant. The only photograph
have of him is large bust, and
written across tie corner is With
sweetest greetings 70 Marguerite. -
pittsburE Dispatch.
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TIMES CHANGING.

Here IS joke that the fanny papers are printing:
90 you think it would be well for young man
who s. ambitious to rise in politics. to study law?"
asked the earnest youth
NO" answerde Senator Sorghum, rif were a
young and wanted TO get lofty position I'd
learn 10 be stenographer"
Yst is this Joke? Times are changing IN days
gone by the Biographies always old how our great
men first taught school and then studied law. Now
they become stenogr3phers and become presidents
Of railroads Il is easy to see why it IS true.
bright stenographer can get into closer touch with
the affairs Of great corporation than any else
except the high onicias. This knowledge counts and
opens the way Tor better shngs OF course If
stenographer is merely the recorder making machine
ior phonograph, the Opportunity IS lost The great
corpcrations generally need men who have knowl
edge Of their businesg. Plenty of men learned in the
law can be hired on moments notice to give
gal advice.
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Presumably through the influence and perhaps at
the behest of District Attorney jerome the giving of
the money of its rccy holders by the Equitable Life
Insurance company to Corteyou to buy the presi
dency ior Roosevelt is not to be investigated by the
New York grand jury It Is given out that The
reason for this leniency to admitted thieves IS that
the money, $6SO0OO. had been put back into the
funds of the company, Thus felonies compound
ed by oonniyance Of law officers, and the doubly
guilty are permitted to escape by reason OF pulls"
administration ooters have with hybrid district at
torneys The public Is being undeceived rapidly
that long the American people will convince
themselves that in the cases of great majority Of
professiorpl purists it is only necessary to scratch
magazine reformer to disclose selfseekng crook
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Ny friend he wae my Friend from all the rest
With chIidke faith 10 cped to me his breast.
No door was locked on altar grace or grief;
No we kness veiled concealed. no disbelief
The hope the sorrow ana the wrong were bare
And an the shadow only showed the fair.
gave him love for love: but, deep within;
magnifsd each frahty into sin;
Each htopped foible IN the sunset g.owed
Obscurins Wales where rivered virtues flowed.
Reproof became reproach. TN common grew
The csrtious word at every fault I knew
He smiled upon the censorship and bore
with patient love the touch that wounded sore;
Until at length so bad my blindness grown.
lie knew judged him by his faults alone.
Al. ne, Of an men. l. who knew him best,
Refused the bold 10 take the dross for testl
Cold strangers honored for the worth they saw
His friend forgot the diamond in the flaw.
At last st came--the day he stood apart.
When from my eyes he proudly yelled his heart
When carpng Judgment and uncertain word
A stern resentment in his bosom stirred;
when in his face read what had been,
And with his vision saw what he had seen
when his love died. that mine had perfectly grown
That when the veil wa drawn. abased chastised.
The oensor stood, the lost one truly prized
Tco late we learn-s N must hold his friend
Unjudged, accepted, trusted 10 the end
John Boyle o'ReiIy
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BATTLE OF MARATHON.
The Most Decisive. Day In the His
tory OF the World.

The Most Decisive. nay In the His
tory OF the World.
The single day Ia the worlds hisies.
which was fraught with the most le-
mendous consequences to1nankind was
the day on which tie battle OF Mara
thon was fought. The handful oatiny
states that Inhabited Greece had deyel-
oped faculties which Indicated that
man had advanced another stage to-
ward the highest ideals.
Foremost among these little nations
was Athens which state. too, contained
the germs Of human freedom 1t was
the forerunner OF the democraeies Of
the world. But the very existence Of
Athers and Greece was threatened by
the nuge barbaric empire Of Persia.
Darius had sent out his hordes Of war
riors to add the Grecian states TO bis
vast dominlons. Face 20 face his forces
n.,-,--,.s Athenians on the plains II
Marathon
Hkhorto lnyinclhle IN Tie field, the
Persians looked upon the little army
opposed 10 them with contempt. The
Greeks themselves hesiiated 70 hazard
a battle with the conqnerors Of the
world. Their generals debated the
question, and the decision 70 fight the
Persians was caused by the eloquence
OF the immortal Miltlades. He led his
10000 Greeks against the Persian host
and gained decisive victory. The gle-
rlous day Of Marathon beat back the
advancing tide OF eastern despotism
and barbarism ana saved the freedom
and civilization OF the western world.
-Pearson's Weekly.
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IS MORBID cuRloslrY plsAppEARINea

Has the morbid curiosity Of the average Amer
citizen disappesfed or has II just been temper
arily appeased by surfeit of real occurrences Of
most horrilying nature? The spectacle OF two loco
motives collldng while going at full speed was al
most a total failure at Topeka Friday evening. A
bursau of publicity hsd advertised It far and wide
and excursions were run from many points Yet the
attendance slight and the receipts We're far below
the expenses. few years ago similar exhibition
In Texas drew audience Of $4,000 Education is
either removing the craving for the gruesome, or
people have not yet sufficiently recovered from the
shock created by real calamites 10 have any desire
to witness sham ones. Let us hope that It is the
former and that hereafter spectacles presented to
the public must be amusing, II not instructive
coheyvne Record
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THE BACKBONE.
It's History Linked with n Theory Of
Animal Evolution.

ANn 0IAtOEY AAnAeO Win n VncOrX OF
Animal Evolution.
The history of the backbone, like that
OF most life, is not altogether majes,
tic upward evolution. II has its TRACE
dies and its setbacks. its hopes aud fail.
ures. In the waters along our seashOrf
are creatures, some sponge or lichen-
like others with strange buIblike
bodies, growing on the end of long
stalks. But they bold secret from
the crabs and snails which crawl about,
and when the fishes brush against them
If their poor, duh sense only knew
it-they might claim a blood brother
hood. When they were young, for lit
tie while a gristly cord was theirs also,
but this, with all the hopes that such
beginning bsings. Of fish. Of bird, of
man even, soon melted away, and there
they nod and sway in the watcry cur
rents, never to know Of the opportunity
which nature has snatched from them
why, who can tell?
In sharks the backbone has become
jointed and flexible and Il rude kind OF
skull is present but still moro impor-
tant Is the presence Of four fins, which
correspond TO the four legs of lizards
and to the wings and legs cf birds A
curious 5aslIetlilSe skeleton protects the
delicate gills, and II is probable that
this existed long before the limbs APP
peared. All IS still Of gristly cartilage
In the higher fishes bone replaces the
cartilage, and when the lowly tadpole
fishlike at first, swimming about by
means OF the fin around his tail. pushes
forth his legs and climbs upon the land
our skeleton Is well on It's way back
ward. Reptiles Of old took TO trees.
Their backbone grew Jess flexible SO
that they might safely sail through the
air, feathers replaced scales, two fin
gers Of each hand were lost and one
from each foot, teeth disappearei.
beal OF horn proved best, Intelligence
Increased and the forehead rose high,
and behold-a blrd Outing Magazine.