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two pills, an ounce of essence of pepsin
and charcoal tablet, to stave Off the inn
pending fit Then he and his stomach go
back to work together and the crisis OF
that particular day is past.
X X
But there's no denying that the rapid feed
room has come to stay. Even in Washing
ton, which was about the last town any
where round to trif1e with the quick-lunch
proposition as an institution, this is now
very apparent. While still away behind
New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and the
other big towns of the country in hasty-feed
tests, the national capital is booming right
along as a dyspepsia center, and in time
may expect to crawl up with the leaders.
Every week or SO sees a new sign go up
announcing that Mr.. So-and-So is about to
open a hashery, and that after such-and-
such a date food may be consumed on the
premises. And after each new place is
opened there Is always a big rush of bust
ness for awhile. The dear public is always
mighty anxious to try something new, but
In case of this sort the only thing new
1t gets is the atmosphere The food is the
same old product Of the rapid-feed kitchen
IT'S said that the quick lunch room origi-
mated in Chicago, but if this be true, it is
equally certain that New York was only a
little way behind. These pioneer places
were not very much on looks, and the food
was of about the same standard. But they
prospered nightly, and 1t wasn't long be-
fore more elaborate establishments were
opened. Since then there has been a steady
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Fortunes of the Future.

From the Electric News.
Those who will first discover and apply
the hidden powers of the air, the water and
the sunshine VIII open the way to the CO.
lossal fortunes of the next few centuries.
Land, timber, metals and jewels have given
their millions of dollars. but the energies of
the air. the sunshine and the water, await.
Ing the inventive geniuses of the future.
promise greater financial possibilities than
all of these.
There is no question but that electricity
is the greatest power in the world, and 1t
is still in its infancy. The engineering
problem of today is how to develop this
electrical current in the easiest and most
economical manner 1t is estimated that
throughout the world about 100000 cleo
trical horsepower Is being generated from
waterfalls and streams. One-quarter of
this great horsepower is generated in tie
United States, with Canada second and
Switzerland third.
To generate 100000 horsepower contfn-
ually oy the ordinary steam engine would
require some 250O0,GOO tons of coal, and
allowing S. ton for the cost of the coal
this would represent a saving Of S12J 900
90.
Situated In this country there are thou
sands or streams capable of producing from
like Niagara and Victoria Falls in South
Africa, and the innumerable falls of the
Mississippi. the Colorado and the Missouri
have water powers that seem unlimited. If
every part of the mighty torrent of Niagara
was harnessed 1t would easily generate suf
hcient electrical power to do all the work
of this country.
The value of a stream for power purnoses
depends upon the amount of water flowing
and also upon its head; that is, the height
OF the fall, whether in a sudden drop or
rushing down slope. The small mountain
stream which tUmbles nolsily down the
re IS is often worth more thaa ne broad
sluggish river flowing through a low coun-
try One cubic foot of water a second NAV
equal in power the total stored energy of
many tons of coal.
What is even more wonderful tho vater
may he used twice; first for generating
electrical power: second. 70 irrigate farm
lands In dry countries. With the electrical
pump the stream itself can be pumped To
levels where ordinary bitches could no,
carry II. Electricity can be made to light
and heat the homes in the country as well
in the city and to run feed enters
threshers and cream separators on the
farm. well as the wheels of the core
and factories
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And then that wise feed-room man went
back to his post among the near-food boxes
and watched for results. And he got them.
The receipts doubled the first day, and after
that things went along swimmingly. But
he wasn't satisfied. He figured out that
II Hungarian orchestra which makes a
speciality of wall music could make all that
difference in his Business he could double
the daily check total by putting in a regu-
lar bang-up, stir-'em-around band. And he
did, with the result that his fondest expec-
tations were exceeded by about 400 per cent.
Nowadays he has somebody else sitting
among the food to keep tabs on the lady
mattresses and the rest of the hired helm.
while he pokes the ferrule OF his cane into
cracks in the Acropolis and speculates on
the lost wisdom of the ancients who Law
down to eat. And he has five automobiles
and racing stable and keeps thirteen high
salaried men busy figuring out ways to
spend his income.
Nowadays, following the lead of this feed
room-w ith-rag time-attachment pioneer, all
most all the other bang-up luncheries in the
big towns serve music along with the grub
They find 1t pays If the musicians are in
good wind and the time rips along fast
enough. So far this end Of the game hasn't
hit Washington; but it'll come. It'll come
as sure as shooting. L C. N
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growth in externals and accessories, until
now the rapid-feed room owner gives no
more thought to the food he serves than to
the place he serves 1t in.
At first the "music-while-feeding" idea
introduction, and for awhile the man who
first put an orchestra behind the gas stove
thought he had all the rest Of the feed-room
owners dashed to the mainmast. People
came early and stayed late, and the place
was crowded all the time; but when his
bookkeepers got to work figuring out in
creased profits and handed the result to him
his chin dropped so suddenly it nearly broke
his breast bone. Instead of profits there
were losses! Instead Of more feeders as
daily record there were less! He was the
most worried and puzzled feed-room man in
seven counties.
But finally tiny streak Of light landed
on his iris, and he sashayed up to the
leader of the orchestra-it happened to be
a Hungarian aggregation-and spoke softly
but firmly in his ear.
X 4
Mike" he said or words to that effect,
"cut out the dream stuff; cut it out. It's
grand and WOODY and waily and all that
sort of thing-but cut it out D'you think
one of my regulars Is going to choke down
hot dog in four bites and lap up the
tactical like a dusty antelope If this
long-haired bunch sits round and scrapes
out that e're-all-going- to die melody? Not
for minute. Give em something to chew
by. Give em something lively. Try
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bills. She soon discovered that there was a
far larger amount of money in the rolls
than $500. AS the work progressed the
amount of redeemable money mounted
above the thousanddollar mark and climb
ed on until in all there was found to be
$1,000 and a little over in redeemabe cur
rency. The old man was sent for and told
OF the discovery. He appeared surprised
but explained the discrepancy on the
ground that he had forgotten just how
much he had buried. He was not paid
until the secret service had been notified
and enc of its agents sent to the old negro s
home, where investigation substantiated
the story and vindicated the old fellow of
any attempt at wrongdoing
On another occasion Mrs. Brown assisted
worthy sailor to recover a small fortune
He had sent in a mass of bills that had
been soaked in water so often and pressed
together that 1t was apparently hopeless
proposition to try to separate the puIpy
substance. The sailor sent note with the
package, saying that he thought there was
$500 in the collection. Mrs Brown spent
days at the work. and, as in the case of
the old negro, found a sum far exceeding
that mentioned by the sailor He likewise
was sent for, and explained that he had
been carrying the money in his belt which
served as bank. When he needed money
he took 1t from the belt and when he had
money to spare he tucked 1t away in the
leather receptacle. He never counted his
funds, and when he found his money in bad
condition decided to make the lowest esti-
mate. He was paid the full amount.
Not the least of the spontaneous charities
that have been extended to San Francisco
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DAMAGED MONEY SENT FOR RE DEMFFElE

chief of the redemption division. Upon
lLoriry it was learned that he wished to
have amount of money examined and
redeemed. Expecting that he would pro-
duce mutilated one-dollar bill, or at most
a FIVE, he was turned over to the care of
Mrs Brown, who happened to be olsen
gagged at that moment
What can 1 do for you?' asked Mrs.
Brown, pleasantly.
"Ah hez some money OATS been lynn
'roun' in de groun' fob some yeres an ct
don look like money no moh. De people
whah All comes fun say dat you all kin
make out what de money is an glib me new
money fob it, said the visitor.
where is the money! asked Mrs.
Brown.
The old man opened the paper sack and
dumped upon the desk number OF smaller
paper bags containing Jumps of some hard
substance. Upon opening the small bags
Mrs. Brown found number of rolls OF
what had apparently been money, but had
practically become petrified. The old SOL
der explained that each Of the rolls con-
tanned S1C0. There were eight rolls in all
He said that he had buried the money
years before to save 1t from his grasping
relatives, intending some day to dig it up
and come from his farm in Maryland to live
at ease in the city for the rest of his life.
He was told that every effort would be
made to identify and redeem the full
amount. and he departed in happy expec
fancy. Mrs. Brown started in at once to
work upon the solidifed rolls of paper
money. First they were soaked in gasoline
until softened, end then she began the
delicate task Of chipping off the layers Of
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The Great Singer Is Born.
Melba In the Century.

-heioa III Tue century.
AS 10 securing an Introduction TO the
pubic L have little to say beyond the fact
that aplhty VIII surely find its way In
my own path great obstacles were placed,
but do not think anything in this world
could have hindered me from becoming a
singer. 1 have sung to an audience of
Two, and such was my girlish enthusiasm
that L have even acted as my own bill
poster, with pot of paste procured from a
MOTEL kitchen. The occasion was a charity
concert at an Australian seaside resort for
the purpose of repairing a neglected coun-
try cemetery Later L had to abandon
proposed concerts because there was not
enough support to pay for the lighting OF
the hall. Yet 1 persevered, and my
chal.ce came. 1t Is well to aim at the
highest, yet in my heart OF hearts 7 be-
lieve that every really great singer is
born rather than made.
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be sent in fiat packet of bills that have
in some way become glued together into a
solid brick. On such an occasion Mrs
Brown carefully chips off layer after layer,
identifying each bill in the process.
During her long service in the division
Mrs. Brown has been brought into contact
with wide variety of queer characters
and enjoyed many queer experiences. In
speaking of some of the most difficult bits
OF money redemption that have fallen to
her lot, Mrs. Brown told The Star re-
porter two cases where through her skill
and care the owners of the apparently
destroyed money were gladdened and sur
prised to learn that the value of the bills
far exceeded their expectations.
number of years ago an old, bent,
colored man, wearing a faded, tattered blue
uniform and carrying a large paper bag
in his hand, appeared at the Office of the
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FN the good old days when folks had
plenty of time the quick-lunch insti-
d tuition was an unknown proposition IN
III Washington. When noontime rolled
around and Mr.. Business Man felt
pang beneath his belt buckle, he climbed
merrily into a low-necked buggy, clucked
couple of times to faithful Dobbin and jog
ged homeward, there to partake, in luxuri-
Gus leisure, of hog jowl and greens, fried
hominy, corn pudding and boiled dumplings.
Then 1t was his custom to drop into
splint- bottom rocker, spread a pink-bor-
dered napkin over his face and snore joy
ously for thirty minutes, when, feeling de-
lightfully refreshed, he logged back down.
town again to do another bunch of labor
But now, how different Is the tale! Mr.
Business Man keeps his nose down to his
work until l or or o'clock-in fact, I'M
til a Woody feeling in the head and
sinksh sensation inside warn him that
the over-driven human engine needs fuel
and needs It's badly. Then he grunts an
imprecation, grabs up his hat, falls nine
floors in an express elevator and gallops
madly to the nearest feed room, where
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with his feet tapping the floor, his mind
adding up the months rent roll and his
eyes fixed on vacancy, he surrounds a col
lection of edible junk that would make
cave dweller desperate. Then Mr.. Busi-
ness Man lopes up to the pie counter, slaps
down the price of the collection on the
enough to gulp down four glasses of ice
water, shoves a black cigar in his counte-
nance and shoots up to the ninth floor
again to resume his mental activities.
II \
Now, in the olden days, when Mr.. Busi
ness Man got down to work after his hog
jowl and green's and his half-hour nap, he
felt like two-year-old. A little bit sleepy
at first, perhaps, though just comfortably
SO, but after little while as wide awake
as Kaff1r and as keen mentally as a
Damascus blade. His judgment held hands
with his stomach and digestion smiled at
both. He bartered and bought or rented
and sold without haste or dyspepsia He
felt as fine as silk under the belt and I'M
der the brow.
But now how different Is the tale! Mr.
Business Man struggles with his work and
his stomach struggles With the junk from
the rapidfeed room. In an hour or so he
wonders whether, in the mental abstrac-
his consumption of pastry felonies, he
didn't swallow doormat or a muff dog
by mistake In another half hour he is
confident that he did, and slides over to
his medicine chest, where he consumes
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Another Demand for Wood PuIp.
From the Boston Herald.

FrOm the BOstOn HcTaId.
Paper milk bottles are all very fine nd
doubtless VIII solve the vexed question q,
the pure milk supply. but how about the
extra demand on the wood pulp? Pals
and bottles that shall be used but once
must be made by the millions. and it Is
plain to foresee that forests and woodlands
will suffer in consequence from this extra"
industry. 1t is said in London these paper
pals, called "cans' over here are of a very
simple contrivance, twelve times lighter
than the ordinary milk can and of very
strong manufacture. finished off after being
rendered waterproof by being sterilized in a
furnace heated up to 800 degrees Fahren-
heit. They will be cheaper than tin or
metal cans and glass bottles that the
majority of careless consumers fail to wash
after using.
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Rest for the Weary scribbler.
From the Kansas City Jouraal.

1t is not at all surprising that a colony Of
newspaper farmers * being founded in
Colorado. The proposition is pregnant with
possibilities. To get away from the rush
and the roar. the heat and the smell of tho
newspaper shop is the ultimate and CROWN
ing ambition of most men who live by their
pens. That newspaper colony provides a
long-felt w mt 1t viii offer opportunities
for the jaded chronicler Of happenings to
get close to nature. OF course, the average
newspaper man doesn't know Whether YOU
sow grapes in the fall or trim potato bushes
in the spring. But he can learn. Han. the
newspaper farming community! Let us
beat our pens into pruning hooks and our
stereotype plates into plowshares. Hoe fc-
the simple life!
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The loss OF the individual In San Fran
cisco was greatly lessened by the fact that
gold and silver are the pocket change on
the Pacific coast and these are less de-
structfble than is currency. Had the fire
occurred in an eastern city, where little
other than paper money is carried, the per-
sonal loss would have been greater. The
redemption Of coin is matter handled at
the various minis, however, and not in the
reckoning of the redemption division of the
treasury.
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Cruel to Call Him a Barber.

From the Chicago -Recor1- uo-nId.
A Walthamstow barber, who has lust
opened his shop, announced himself az a
'tonsorial artist, physiognomical hairdress-
err, facial operator, Uranium manipulation
and capillary abridger. Hair cut and shave
with ambideXtrous facility"
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1t was the most sensational find that had
ever been made in America and the con-
formation of the ground inside the Enclosure
indicated that there must be a lot Of other
buildings that had hardly been suspected
before. The work was pushed and another
story was unearthed and the Casa Grando
itself and lot OF smaller structures inside
the wall. Altogether there were forty
three rooms opened by the expedition, and
the work is only about three-fifths COM
pleted.
Beside the original compound there are
two others not quite so large that promise
to be co ually productive 1t was like
breaking into a new world PompeH for the
whole place had been simply a sand mound.
and in fact the stage road ran over one
corner Of the ruin. There was another
story added to the main house and 1t was
shown that the whole rested on a filed-in
basement.
There has not been much attempt yet to
bring back specimens from the ruin. The
work up to date has been simply in uncov-
ering what there was and seeing how much
more there was to do. Next field season the
work will be pushed and an attempt will
be made to make a systematic study of tho
place.
LHe INDICATIONS are that the compound
and houses were partly of defensive ma
ture and partly ceremonial 1t was evil
IDENTIFY here that the Pima tribe gathered
for its religious ceremonies and dances,
and there are indications that the house
was used as a citadel and that some of the
rooms were store rooms.
The whole work of excavation will occu-
Ply some seasons longer and 1t will give a
kew TO some other mound excayating work
that is to be undertaken IN the ella valley.
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On December Is, 1904, the Massachusetts
lost three OF her crew when gasket blew
off a boiler and filed the freroom with
steam. This occurred at the League Island
navy yard. The same ship met with a
worse accident the year preceding, off Gu
Zebra Island. on January 16, 1903. when the
accidental discharge of a percussion
primer, while the gun breech was open, re-
suited IN the killing of six men.
The Iowa, when off Pensacola, on April 0,
1908, suffered serious accident by the
bursting of the port Pinch gun in the for
ward turret. Three men were killed and
five injured. This accident was caused by
the explosion of shell midway in the gun.
Twelve days later the Iowa again met with
misfortune by the bursting OF one of the
steam pipes In her boiler room.
The Ericsson met with a mishap off New
London in July. 1895, when a steam
cylinder burst Five of the crew were ter
ribly scalded and several died from their
injuries.
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Disasters Which Have
Overtaken Our Navy

" HE recent disaster in Hampton
roads, resulting in the loss of the
lives of six midshipmen and five en-
listed men of the navy, Is o ne OF the series
of momeutous disasters which have over
taken the navy in times of lSeace
The principal disaster in recent years
was the blowing up of the Maine In Ha-
vana harbor on February 10. 1898. Ihat
explosion resulted in the killing OF two
officers and 25S enlisted men, eight OF the
latter having died from wounds In the nos
pital at Havana.
Another naval disaster which attracted
much attention at the time was the wreck
Ing of the Kearsarge In February 1904
TIE ship went on the famous Roncador
reef. but no lives were lost. 1t was found
impossible. however to save the historic
vessel, the name of which has been be-
slowed upon a modern battleship
Another naval explosion of recent years
which suggested the Maine disaster in Its
effect was that to the United States ship
Bennington in July. 1905 While the ship
was at San Diego. Cal, one Of the boilers
of the vessel exploded. killing two officers
and about sixty members Of the crew.
X
Another accident In the navy which
taught its lesson and led to reforms oc-
Cured on board the Missouri in the fore
noon of April 13. 1904. while the ship was
engaged at record target practice near
Guantanamo The accident occurred
through the ignition OF a charge OF smoke
less powder while the gun was being
loaded. An appalling disaster followed
There was no explosion, but the burning
OF about a hundred pounds of powder filled
the handling room, turret and intervening
spaces with suffocating. burning gases. All
persons in the turret. consisting of four
officers and fourteen men. lost their lives.
All those stationed in the handling room
and magazines, one officer and eleven men,
died from burns suffocation.
Another wreck of Importance was that of
the Charleston in command of Capt. G. w.
Pigman. The ship while in Philippine
waters on November l, 1899, struck on
some rocks and was wrecked.
Conspicuous in the list of naval disasters
was that in the harbor of Apa, Samoa, in
the hurricane of March 16. 1899 The Nip
sic the Trenton and the Vandalia were
lost. Four officers and forty-seven men
lost their lives. Among those who died
was the captain of the Vandalia, Capt c.
NJ. Schoonmaker. The Nipsic was enabled
TO reach place of comparative safety on
the beach. The Vandalia struck on a
reef where she remained exposed to the
fury of the storm, her officers and men
taking refuge in the rigging while the seas
swept over her. Many of the crew were
lost in the attempt to swim ashore. The
Trenton had the misfortune early in the
storm to lose her wheel and break her
rudder. The water put out the fires, and
the vessel drfted almost at the mercy of
the gale, finally coming ashore.
On December Is, 1904, the Massachusetts,