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navy, discussing the subject Of the Ad-
miralty charts, admitted that in spite
Of the labor and money expended upon
these photographic maps they were not
infallible, and added that if Govern
ments were TO pay ten times as much
as now In the preparation of the charts
every part of the ocean might in q few
hundred thousand years be perfectly
mapped.
He was speaking as mariner. how
ever. and the new map is distinctly in
tended for purposes other than sailing
courses and avoiding hidden rocks and
shoals 1t deals with the floor of the
ocean in the bigger way, showing its
geographical features and making clear
that certain mountain ranges continue
under the sea. The new authority like
wise gives in perceptible relief fair
idea of the deep basins in the ocean,
which remind one strongly of the lakes
in the land hemisphere. If the waters
of the ocean were to subside there
would be still left vast lakes or seas,
such as the Mediterranean, the Gulf of
Mexico and the Caribbean Sea-
Various expeditions have been sent
out by the United States to take sound
ings and collect data about the ocean
bottom. The results of these expedi-
tions have been of the greatest value.
Naturally the Investigations have been
made in waters near the United States
or its possessions. In this way much
important knowledge has been collect
ed. The greatest depth in the Atlantic
Ocean so far recorded was discovered
by one Of the American expeditions
This occurs at a point due north of
Porto Rico, where the soundings record
a depth of $500 fathoms, or more than
five miles. This is known as Brownson
Deep.
Some of the depressions. like Bartlett
Deep. also named after a modern naval
officer, are narrow troughs, only few
miles in width, but hundreds of miles
I'm length, three miles in depth, and
bordered by steep precipices and es-
carpments. Others, like Sigsbee Deep,
in the Gulf of Mexico. are great circu-
lar basins.
The wonderful submarine topography
of what is called the American Medi-
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"Pitkin was sayin' to me t he
watched Zebulon Trainor's play toll
able careful f'm the start. bein' as he
knowed he was a-needfn' money, an
wonderin' If he'd play extra reckless
or extra cautious, but he couldn't see
no signs O. neither.
"Zebulon Trainor hadn't no idee o.
breakin' his rule. He were ready
enough to play when 1t come to him
to play, but f'r the most part he just
waited. Pears he didn't get a hand
f'r nigh an hour t he keered to play,
an he just set an Clipped. an chipped
an set, till he was nigh three hundred
in hole, afore he catched what he
was waitin' for When he did there
was things a-diddin'. Gordon was the
ony one t stayed with him to show
down, an Zebulon Trainor he swatted
that p'fessional proper.
1T were Hardy's deal an Zebulon
Trainor. he anted five. Butler he come
in, an Pitkin an Gordon an Hardy
all stayed, maxim $45 in the pot when
1t come to Trainor. He'd been drop
consid'ab when he raised it $40.
"They all come in the second time,
maxim a good pot. In the draw Zebu-
lon Trainor took one card. SO 'twa'n't
easy to reckon what he had. Butler
took two, so 1t 'peared likely t he
had threes, an wouldn't raise, count
o. sittin' where he did, an then Pitkin
drawed three an Gordon one an Hardy
three.
20 course 1t were Buffers first say
an he bet s25. 'pearin' to have no
proper regard f'r the two one card
draws, so they all give him credit FIR
threes, all right, an likely three big
ones.
"Pitkin dropped, not havin' bettered,
an Gordon made 1t $50. That let
Hardy out an 1t were up, to Zebulon
Trainor. He never looked at his draw
till he seen what the others was goin'
to do, an then he lifted it sort o. care
less, an seen 1t were a ace, but they
couldn't none on 'em tell I'm his face
whether he wanted it or not.
"Judgin' I'm his play, though, 'peared
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| then things fell out almighty curious. A
Mis- fuckers place fined his. like &
was teIlin' you. but 1T were up the river
I'm him. both on 'em bein' on the banks
o. the St Francis. She hadn't fair got
over the shock o havin' that mortgage
paid when there come one o them rip
roarin' floods down the valley, breakinf
into the sunken lands I'm the northeast
an sweepin' everything down the ST.
Francis sudden an outrageous.
".Zebulon Trainor he was throweG
outen his bed by the water strfktn' his
house early In the mornin' an was
swep' along down stream along with
the rest o. the chattels an live stock on
his place. includin' pieces OF his housek
but some way or another he managed
to catch on to cottonwood an clumH
into the branches.
while he was a-hangin' there wait,
In, as usual. come thumpin' big bump
t throwed him on n the branch, 50 = Z
he fell square on to somepin' In the wa-i
ter Z looked first or like It uought "a
been a raft.
1T were a bed. Mis- Tucker a BEEN
SWEEP outen her house, same g zenuloui
Trainor had, on'y she hadn't been
throwed outen her bed. Some said she
tainted. m some thought maybe sha
mought "a reelected which way she
was goin' an just lay still. Anyway,
when Zebulon Trainor dropped down
1ongside OF her he sized II up rr a
faint. an he had considerable trouble
bringin' her to.
They was rescued a few miles DOWN
the river, an there was right smart %
fun poked at 'em first. but some later
there come tQ be some scandal I ain'e
a-sayin' who started II, but 'twa'n't
long afore that same lawyer come to
Zebulon Trainor an told him IL were
up to him to marry the widow.
"Zebu1on Trainor said he hadn't real
1y no 'bjections. bein' as he'd aPays
thought well OF her, an likely he
mought ha' p'posed sooner. only f'r hav-
in a prejudice ag'in doin' anythfns
'thouten proper period o. waitin'. So
they was married. an s fur s I know
they was married happy"
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Mis- Tucker, she seen it's plain s
anybody, an she want no ways
froward bein' as Zebulon Trainor were
a likely man an stiddy churchgoer
even If he were some slack in business.
Leastways, he had the name o. bein'
count o. his habit O. waitin' FIR things.
Turned out, he were full as willin
as the widow for to get hitched, but
'twa'n't his way for to go courtin,' an
'twa'n't none likely Z the widow'd
come round an ask him, so 1t looked
for spell like there wouldn't be no
match, an consequent, the widow was
desp'rate put about.
First off, she 'peared to think she'd
fetch Zebulon Trainor to time a-playin
off some O. the other young bloods
ag'in him. but he used fer to set out in
front o. his house an watch 'em a-ridin'
past, on the way to the widows, an
he never made peep. So she seen 1t
were up to her to deal over again.
She studied over It quite a spell
afore she hit on the thing to do, an
then she heer'd t Zebulon Trainor were
some short o. money. His crops fell
short that year, or somepin, an she
bein' forehanded, with money in the
bank, she told her lawyer to make him
a loan an take mortgage to cover the
hull Trainor place. like they ustor
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like he did want 1t, f'r he seen Cor
don's $50 an made it a hundred more.
1t were a body blow FIR Butler an he
seen the folly O. disregardin' the one
card draws. He took a look at Gordon,
an gettfn' some sort Of a signal I'm
him he stayed. O. course 'twa'nt up to
him to raise, seein' Gordon still had a
say, but he made good.
Then Gordon-hed filed a flush an
was overconfident-he raised it $500
Tw'n't extry good play, but his flush
were a big one. with ace-queen at the
head.
''Zebulon Trainor, he never turned a
hair. He'd bought more'n any one else
at the table. an he had about $500 in
front Of him, so he couldn't bet no
more'n that; but he showed that all
for'ard, 'thouten word
"It were too strong FIR Butler. an he
had the cold comfort o. KNOWN { the
hundred an quarter t he'd throwed
in on Gordon'S signal was wasted, doin'
Gordon no good. an not givin him no
show. So he dropped. showin' some
temper when he done it.
Gordon counted his chips careful,
an then he looked at his cards ag'in.
His flush didn't look so big, but he
hadn't on'y a trifie less'n three hun
dred left, an he couldn't stomach to be
bluffed outen a pot o. that size for no
such money, so he called f'r what he
had, m Zebulon Trainor showed down
ace full.
THAT give Zebulon Trainor tolably
fair start in the game. an I'm tha on
he swatted them two Egyptians right
an left till they was both broke an he
were nigh two thousand ahead o. the
game. 1t were providential like. his
friends was sayin', f'r he were Just
about that much short on that mort
gage. They do say the widow bust out
cryin' when she went to her lawyer an
learned t the mortgage was paid. Zeb
ulon Trainor not KNOWN nothin' about
who twas loaned the money.
"'Peared like that match want or
dained for to be, but 1T turned out Zeb-
ulon Trainor were on'y waitin'. He KEEP
on a-waitin' till the time come, an
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In certain places the marine bed was
found to be covered with living organ
isms and in the channels OF the Wind
ward Islands, near Guadalupe, and the
Saintes, and about ST. Vincent and Bar
BADGES dense forests OF pentacrini were
found undulating on the bottom like
aquatic plants.
SURVEY OF THE PACIFIC.
Several survey expeditions have been
sent to explore the Pacific in the sailing
track between this city and Hawaii, and
between those islands and Guam.
Within 100 miles of Guam the sound
ings showed depth of 4S13 fathoms,
or almost five and a half miles. The
greatest depth, not quite 5000 fathoms,
was discovered close to New Zealand.
The Moser Basin and the Marquesas
Plateau were sufficiently well explored
to show informing profiles. and the
nature of the bed Of the ocean was re-
vealed by the use of dredging nets.
From depths of 1000 fathoms and
over the dredge brought up manganese
nodules of great value. Vast areas of
the ocean bed appear TO be paved with
these nodules. In one place the net
brought up half ton of this valuable
hard metal, and in another locality 500
pounds were raised. The supply ap-
peared to be inexhaustible, but al
though the metal is or great value only
about 100000 of it can be produced an
nually. Submarine mining of this kind
is impractical. At depth of between
two and three miles in the Pacific there
lies veritable treasure mine, but 1t Is
so far ouesof RI 1 that II will remain
there til,4ahe 59s9pf timd These de-
posits abpareukay extend ION the bot
tom between Guam and almost to the
shore OF Tahiti.
VAST BED OF ATLANTIC.
The Atlantic Ocean covers two vast
valleys. One of these passes between
the Cape Verde Islands and the Azores
and is of great depth. 1t runs close
up to Europe and comes to an end
close to the British Islands. where a
ridge or crest of land separates 1t from
the basin of the North Sea. The other
valley runs in the main parallel to the
first, from which it is separated by an
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make mortgages in Arkansas, bindin' a
man for to give up all he stood to get
I'm year to year to pay interest, an
give up all he had an considerable to
boot when the time come to pay the
principal.
We'll, Zebulon Trainor, he took the
money an signed the mortgage, right
enough, an it sure did look like the
widow had the curb on him FIR fair.
AIS there was to do was to wait a year
an foreclose an it'd be up to Zebulon
Trainor to make some sort OF p'posaL
An the widow was reckonin on man
agin' that there p'posal to suit her
ownself.
"The sun KEEP a risin' an settin'
them days, like 1t does, till It come a
week afore that mortgage was due, an
Zebulon Trainor he sot out front o
his house, same as usual, waftin'.
'Peered like he hadn't nothin' p'tic'lar
laid out for to do, on'y to wait, but he
were doin' that, diligent.
Come two friends o. his'n, ridin' onto
his place f'r a neighborly visit, an
when they'd set a spell they told him
o. two cross roads gamblers, was settin
over to the hotel, lookin' f'r suckers, n
how them two, Hardy an Pitkin, his
two friends, was some confident
these two, Gordon an Butler, the two
p'fessionals, was easy meat f'r Arkan-
sas players. They come FIN Illinois.
Hardy says, Looks like 1t were
plumb providential, like. Pears the
good Lord has sent 'em like he sent the
ravens to fetch corn an oil to the chill
dren Of Israel. I reckon wed be sinful
If we didn't spoil these here Egyptians,
like the Lord commanded But Zebu-
lon Trainor, he had his doubts.
HE says: I hain't no 'bJections,' he
says, to spoilin' these here fellers I'm
Egypt, but my way o. gettin' things Is
some different he says. I don't go
over to the tavern a-lookin' for 'em.
I wait. Likely they might be ridin' this
way. an somehow I don't have no such
confidence in them CARDS Mayor sells
to the tavern. I pier my own.
There want much more to be said,
an Hardy an Pitkin rode away spell
later leavin' Zebulon Trainor aywaifin',
same as usual. When the four on 'em
rode back near night he was still
awaitin' an calm q nigger Tor to
keer f'r their horses he ast EN- into
the house.
He'd bought a dozen packs o. cards
a while back, an after he'd examined
'em careful, he'd laid EN- away, Waitin'
f'r the time to use 'em, which was right
then.
They was playin' poker In about hf-
teen minutes I'm the time they come
an, accordin' to what Pitkin was
a-tellin me later on, they must "a mad
a right interestin' game 1t were table
stakes. an each man took hundred
In chips FIR starter, but twa'nt
more'n half hour afore there was
nigh two thousand dollars on the tapie
an they was playin' flve dollar ante,
call ten.
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terranean Is, says Robert T. Hill of the
United States Geological Survey, so in
timately connected with the topogra-
ply of the land that the relations OF
the latter cannot be understood with
out brief description Of It, Beneath
the blue waters" he continues, is
configuration which, If 1T could be seen,
would be as picturesque in relief as the
Alps or Himalayas. Nowhere can such
contrasts of relief be found within such
short distances. Some deeps vie In
profundity with the attitudes of the
nearby Andes, so that between the
great Brownson Deep of $4,000 feet to
the summit of Chimborazo there is
difference in altitude of nearly ten
miles"
ISLANDS OF WEST INDIES.
All the islands of the West Indies.
from a photographic point of view. are
the tops of varied conf1guration which
has its greatest relief beneath the sea,
and which is no less interest to the
student of photography than are the
great Irregularities of the land. The
Antilles, connected by submerged sills.
none of which exceeds 500 fathoms, or
little more than half a mile, also tower
from vast foundations beneath the wa
ter. There is reason to believe, there
fore, that these islands were once much
more extensive lands.
Beginning in 1872 a systematic ex-
ploration of these regions has been
made under direction of officers of the
United States Coast Survey. The In
genious sounding apparatus devised by
Rear Admiral Sigsbee made accurate
deep-sea soundings possible. and with
this apparatus the bottoms of these
Central American waters have been
most carefully studied and plated.
Perhaps no other ocean area in the
world has been so closely explored Not
only soundings have been taken. but
deep-sea dredges have been dragged
over the floor of the sea and have
yielded. in depths of more than 1000
fathoms, 130 new species of crustacean
life, grouped under forty new genera.
The deep waters were also found to
be extremely rich in forms resembling
the fossils of former geological epochs.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-15
BY General e. Won Lignitz OF the Impe-
rial German army.


rial German army.
Humaneness in warfare has made
great progress since the days OF the
great war lord. Napoleon I. When Ma
poleon. in October, 1905, demanded the
surrender OF the fortress of Ulm, in
which $4,000 Austrians were cut off
from the outside world, he reminded
the commander of the capture of Jaffa
by assault. when he could not prevent
his soldiers from killing all the de-
tenders.
While he was a prisoner on st. He
lena he thought quite differently from
what he did in practice, for he wrote:
"Rien nest plus propre desorganiser
ct perdre, tout-a-fait une armee." He
probably learned this in Russia, where
lack of discipline. as much as the cli-
mate, was to blame for the disintegra-
tion of the grand army. Napoleon con-
demned plumber not from humane
but from disciplinarian standpoint.
In a general order issued August s,
1870, Emperor William said: I'VE do
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RUSSIA Is TRYING
TO PREVENT WAD

ST. PETERSBURG, February 81
Russia is using all her influence at
Perrin to prevent a rupture between
France and Germany. Her action has
been taken at the instance of Paris,
where the Rouvier Government is ap-
parently convinced that Germany pro-
poses to persist in her attitude, even
to the point of provoking war. On ac-
count of the close relations existing
between the courts of Berlin and ST.
Petersburg, it is believed in France
that Russia will have more influence
upon Emperor William than any other
power. Earnest representations in
favor of concessions to insure avoid
ance of an appeal to arms We're ac-
cordingly begun, to which Germany
replied that she had no desire to pro-
woke war. Nevertheless, she gave no
indication that she proposed to modify
her attitude, and Russia's latest adj
vices from Algeciras indicate that
practically all hope of an agreement
had been abandoned. Although Count
Cassini, head of the Russian mission,
reports that the conference will be
fruitless, he expresses a decided opin-
ion that hostilities will not result.
Russia is much concerned about the
Germany would greatly embarrass her
Not only is the Russian Government so
engrosSed with the interior situation
as not to be in a position to offer aid
to her ally, but war would end the pos
sibility of contracting another loan in
Paris. of which Russia is in urgent
need.
Premier Witte has now become
distinct advocate OF an Anglo-Russian
understanding, and it is understood
that negotiations have or are about to
be opened in London to determine the
status of this agreement. If they are
successful a new grouping of the
Powers will undoubtedly check Ger
many's ambitions. The main obstacle
to an understanding is the dispute re-
garding the respective spheres of in
ffuence of Russia and Great Britain in
Persia, as the Russians are loath to
abandon their plans for reaching the
Persian Gulf.
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THE CHANCES OF HEARST.

Henry predicts Hearst will control the next Demo
prophet
lights his estimate of Mr. Hearst
the editor today
and the him as leader OF
backing
backing and dubious
of unnkabe
the front with the living issues OF
the
of
the quite The
life the hope of being President day
he the
him Indeed they would do more than
him
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JUST A FEW
MERE REMINDED RS

| Editor Advertiser: 1t is well to re-
| member:
That when Secretary Atkinson re-
turned from the mainland he expressed
doubt as to the passage of the Philip
pine Tariff Bill by the United States
| Senate.
That it was defeated by sugar trust
influence because it threatened the
trusts interests in Cuba. "a
That Senator Aldrich is a much
stronger man than Senator Foraker
when it comes to sugar legislation.
That the sugar trust, the Louisiana
planters and the beet sugar men are
now all sleeping in the same bed.
That Hawaii should creep under the
quilt.
That more flies can be caught with
molasses than with vinegar.
That the man with the hoe makes
the cane grow.
That the longer he stays with the
job, the greater his experience.
That the more experience he has, cne
better the results.
That diplomacy is sometimes the off
spring of smart practice.
That the Sugar Planters journal of
Louisiana has always been interested
in Hawaii s saccharine methods.
That it has sent an order here for
plain article on Hawaiis methods of
securing plantation labor.
That another offer of a reward for
the name of the writer might be in
order
That there is no time to read main
land newspapers is a poor excuse
That Willett e. Gray do not publish
all the news.
That Willett takes his proofs to
Havemeyer before the publication of
his weekly circular.
That eternal vigilance is the price of |
prosperity and the result of a we'll or
gained secret service.
That Beet Sugar Cured Ham is still |
doing business at the old stand
That the foregoing facts must be re-
garded absolutely as coming
FROM UNOFFICIAL SOURCES.
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HOSMER MAKES
A CORRECTION

Editor Advertiser: Will You kindly
allow me to correct a misstatement in
your issue of this morning. in the re-
port of the Public Hearing held yester-
day to consider the setting apart of
the Eva and kealia Forest Reserves
| am quoted as saying that unless
something was done in the way of pro-
/ tecting the reserves, the creating of
them had better be stopped What 1
did say was that the existing and pro-
posed forest reserves couid not be
properly administered without a paid
stan of forest rangers, and that 20
secure an appropriation for this pur-
pose from the next legislature. a cam
pfalgn Of education should be under
taksn 70 show the reason and necessity
for such work.
further said that the Board was
cohhdent that when the situation was
really understood, money for forest
rangers would be forthcoming. Other
wise the creation of new forest re-
serves would not go on. The state
nent published this morning has lust
enough of truth to be misleading.
Very truly yours
RALPH S HOSMER.
superintendent of Forestry
Honolulu, March s.
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the question OF enufeh
n1d u the Vatican mas not
Rome with protests against 'A
cv of France Pope drew strong
which Polea
A
and INST
articles 10 "
police at the churehes Oh
the OF the Illustrated n ~
a "eH
Cod who when the police attempted 10 pass
battered down with axes Scenes
Deputies and they yet inspire mo
of achieved bring the ehan
vnss back relations which exist between
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THE WORLDS TRANSPORTATION.

Th Transportation Routes Systems
of Commerce and Labor through h
facilities by which
the worlds principal railway and steamship
auxiliary relationship which bears the other
transportation which place the
the interior of continent IN direct with the con
continent comparatively
,s has @ land sso ooo niles @ usv and On the ocean million nes
IS million
century acarryng power
than II million the the
power power
million railways land $4,000 miles From that
steam power on the ocean SO rapidly TOOK the place OF the san that IN
sailing ocean million
$4,000 miles gh of which 900 miles,
dfhs he total, n
present time chiefly
cenered the temperate particularly Europe and the United
Tropics fairly well supplied with facilities
The great railway the sole
Europe while Ausia'
Tine sking southern
m lino nh.tant f g.; - t -; =. h , 'ine
completed and operation South
railway facilities
Argentina Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay.
present mileage ard the
growth of its railways OF
$4,000 States
s5s2s miles European Russia, Germany
France s6s miles India 12o miles Hungary
the United Kingdom 1851 miles Canada
a1.h;a aa otb s So &c p en, zen. o-1 mne IN SIBERIA
the number of RAILWAYS
operation the United States being that
loss miles, by 1850 miles;
miles; the mileage more
doubled total
2s2o miles; 1885,
miles,
1905 at the aeega
of 81 billions world. + q
The total net tonnage of the
only vessels OF 100
shout million steam OF this total Of
z41a nIon II million
~ oonies ia
Norway 10 millions TO France and
RUSSIA sweden
In sharp contrast the by
{'he so" u the merchant
Oh s IN the foreign
2S4 tons; in 1872 5l559S tons and in 1905
Inc tonnage
States 49,
1895 and 5f4l6 total TONNAGE Of the ~
marine " " united STATES including all
elsn trade the eoastWse trade make fisheries a
ony grown from ', tons IN 1855 to 645654a 1905
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Those who the
geographic
could do more than that to spread the nainl