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AN INTERNATIONAL
 IRRIGATION CONGRESS.
The Chief Executive of the Great State of Sinaloa, General D. Francisco canedo, Takes Steps Toward Se- curing Establishing Such Body.

With the opening of the South ern Pacific Railway of Mexico into the state of Sinaloa, Mir. c. A. Ament of Deming, New Mexico, who had been doing business in Sonora number of years, principally in buying and shipping cattle, went to Culiacan with a view to looking over the chances there for the cattle business, which he has followed | for many years, and done well therein.
 Upon looking over the state his practical knowledge of the live stock business convinced him quick ly that while there might be good openings in that line in that great state they would be far outrivalled by the much greater opportunities offered in development of the great agricultural resources presented in the great areas of cheap and very fertile lands and the immense volume of water available for irriga- ton flowing in the fine river system of the state; so he deter mined to enter that field of endea- vor, and cast his lot with Sinaloa, with the avowed intention of hold ing leading hand in the great development there commencing.
 Mir. Ament was q delegate to the recent great Irrigation Congress at Albuquerque, and realizing the value that representation in that body would have for the state of Sinaloa he urged upon his friends there the necessity of taking steps to secure such representation; they took up the proposition with enthus- iasm, and laid it before the pro- gressive and energetic chief execu' tive of that great state, General Francisco Cafiedo; the result was that Mir. Ament carried with him the executive greeting of the Gov ernor to the congress; which was read in open session. Following is the text of General Cafiedo's letter:
 "The Sixteenth National Irriga. ton Congress, now in session at I Albuquerque, New Mexico"
 "rhe people of the State of Sina- loa take profound interest in the deliberations of the National Irriga- ton congress, believing the con- servation of the forests and the wise distribution of water is the foundation of prosperity of na- tion."
 The letter written by Governor Cahedo in reference to organizing an International Congress was re- ceiyed with great cordiality by the congress at Albuquerque, which provided the preliminary machin- cry for setting in motion the move ment suggested; for there were ir the congress representatives iron Mexico, France, England, Italy Germany, South Africa and Soutf America, who had come thousands ot miles to attend the gathering and gather all the information possible of its deliberations and the 1.
 results that will follow therefrom
 So the suggestion of the chic
 executive of Sinaloa was received \ With hearty accord, and the pro
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not universally accepted. Other ex-
perimenters have tried rockets. and
these have been adopted at some
places.
Now. It would probably be more
efficient to attack the cloud as IL were
from its very seat. than to act upon
II from the ground. In fact, as far
back as 1S47 Arago and Dupuis-Bel-
court suggested the use OF a small cap
tive balloon made entirely of copper.
so as TO be impervious. and the sur
face OF which would be covered with
sharp points. The suggestion was
not tried.
The same idea has now been taken
up by two Belgian aeronauts. Captain
Marga and Mr.. Adhemar de la Hault,
who, however. use a free balloon,
carrying some powerful explosive.
such as dynamite or guncotton, which
Is ignited by some attachment as soon
as the balloon has penetrated into the
hail-carrying clouds. The balloon
used by the experimenters is pear
shaped and of three cubic metres ca
pacity. When filled with hydrogen
gas It has an ascensional force of
more than four pounds Five hun
dred grammes of an explosive, with a
nitro-ceilulose basis, designed by
Captain Marga. are carried. together
with a slow match.
Experimental ascents have proved
successful. and show that in the case
of a gathering storm-cloud, 1t will be
possible to so time a charge and
direct a balloon as to obtain an ex-
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rne AN,tsEerIc BABY

We can steriIlze his bottle. we can hou
his little mug
We can bake his flannel bandages and
disinfect the rug
That cnvelops him when he partakcs q,
But there's one impossibiity that leav.s
US In dispair-
And a not unJustifiable alarm. you WI
allow
To wit:-we fear 'twouid never do 70
steriiize the COW!
Thus. although we strive 90 conquer ever
sccpttc circumstance.
Yet we greatly fear CHASTITY alimentory
mischance:
For albeit we bake and boil his things
and scrub and soak and sousrE
AS u In his anatomy forever cleaning
!. house T.
The recklessness with which he sucks his
vagrant tiny thumb
Impertls much his precious antiscu,i,
little tum.
We are careful OF his hours. We ara
thoughtful Of his toys:
We are mindful OF his sorrows and Judi
cious of his joys:
We arc prayerfuily considcrate Of need
full discipline.
OF my little Mothers Handbook" and
the precepts writ therein:
And We strive TO render sterile all do
signed for mouth or tum
But one frightful danger mcnaces-1yo
cannot boil his thumb.
-womans Life.
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had MT addressed her. that she had
been dreaming: "Oh. beg your par
don" she said. hurriedly.
cant remember II I replied or not
l was struggling to collect my own
thoughts I felt q bit dazed myself,
and perhaps II was iacky that the ba-
BY set up howl Just at that moment
and distracted everybody's attention.
Before I had time to decide how to
act. the girl got up. and without so
much as looking at me Jumped out Of
the bus. We were nearing Hammer
smith by then. but I'll VOW she hadn't
reached her own destination.
A queer story, lint Il? I can't at
tempt an explanation, but I'm abso-
luiely positive that. quite innocently.
! got an insight that evening into
the poor little tragedy of a girls life
For I'm quite sure he never came
back-he wasn't the sort OF man to do
so.
No. never saw her again. though
/ Travelled back By the same bus night
after night. rather In the hope Of do
ing so. But there Is a sequel, and it's
this-perhaps the strangest part OF
the whole affair. when one remembers
that II was all an impression. sort
of dream.
] saw the man. the Identical fellow.
dressed just as I figured him that
evening. II was at an A. b. c. shop
where I sometimes go myself for a
cup OF tea. He was sitting al one Of
the little tables. and there was girl
with him. to whom he was engaged in
making violent lore.
But Il was not my friend OF the ON.
nibus-oh. no: IL was another girl
altogether. though think she was of
the same class.-I4ondon Sketch.
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A TEXAS CYCLONE YARN.
Storm Carried for Miles a 500 Foot
Column Of Water Topped by
Bio Tree.

E F. Turner of Hamilton county
said: Il was riding horseback across
the country Thursday and passed
passed through the town of Meridian.
where took dinner. After dinner I
started toward Waco. and had a hard
time on account of high water
AT about $50 p. m. was a few
miles from Clifton. when I found a cy-
clone chasing me and I galloped away
from IL as fast as my horse could
carry me. Presently I found that it
had passed me, and sat on the brow
of a hill and watched its course. II
was carrying along much debris, and
when IL struck the Bosque river II
sucked up all the water, leaving the
bed of the river practically empty. 1t
crossed the BosQue obliQuely and the
water IL took out of the bed of the
stream was carried upward in a col
umn which appeared to me TO be about
500 feet high
The most remarkable part of this
phenomenon was the fact that ii had
torn up by the roots a big tree and
the tree was on top of the column OF
water waving like a plume. When the
column Of water broke the tree went
sailing on and fell about half a mile
from where II was. taken up."-Waco
correspondence Dallas News.
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WIT HUN1OR
.grS0
SAR GAS N

Maud-"But do you believe in vac.
cination?" Bessie-"Rather. II kep,
my sister from playing the piano near
ly a week."-Philadelphia Inquirer.
Young Fitznoodle with a yawn)-
''Ya-as. WEAKLY, IL costs me five thous-
and a year just to live. don't y'know."
Farmer Hardpan-"Don't yc pay It.
'Tain't with it."-Judge.
Briggs-"They say the French arr
deteriorating." Griggs-"I know it
The last time was over In France |
couldn't even make them understand
their own language. Life
Miss Passay isn't engaged yet. Is
she?" No" THAT girl will grow old
before she knows It." "Oh. no. she
won't. But she'll grow old before
she let's any one else know it."-Cleve.
land Leader.
I've got you down for a couple OF
tickets. Were getting up a rattle for
a poor man OF our neigh" None
for me. thank you. wouldn't know
what to do with a poor man II won
him" -Philadelphia Press.
We've a bouncing boy at our
house" Il suppose you take second
place In the household now" NO.
I take third place. The rubber plant
gets showed back into place number
two."-Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Daylight Saving Bill.-Enthus
iastic Supporter-"And then. you see
you pretend you're getting up at the
usual time, and you're really getting
up twenty minutes earlier" Conscicn
tious Objector-"Oh. but wouldn't that
be rather deceitful?"-Punch
Jack-"It Is strange how the at
tendance at the Girls Harmony club
keeps up these warm nights Not one
member misses a meeting" Myrtilla
They are afraid to miss a meeting
The absent are always knocked un~
slercifully."-Chicago Daily News.
Its all right. prince" said the Am
.rican woman. my relatives have
written me permission to marry you"
Excellent! And did they say nothing
else?" 'Shey added a superfuous
postscript to the effect that | would
be fool to do it."-Philedalphia
Ledger.
The star pupil arose at the school
entertainment to declaim his piece
Lend me your ears" he bawled
Hal" sneered the mother of the op
position. but defeated. pupil. that's
Sarah Jane Bagg's boy He wouldn't
be his mothers son II he didn't want
TO borrow something baltimore
American.
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plosion I'm q favorable position Tor
dispensing the clouds The explosive.
suspended at some distance below
the balloon. does not injure II. ana
the latter may be recovered and used
again.
Some more extensive experiments
will shortly be undertaken at the
meteorological station at Mogimont'
which has been recently installed oy
MIR. de la Hault, especially for the
purposes of investigating the behavior
of thunder storms and han. -
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The charIemasne Rose Tree.

The most venerable rose tree in ex.
istence is said TO bloom against the
ancient church of Hildesheim In Ger
many. Notwithstanding the many par
ties which at different times have been
in the asccndency. they all seem to
have respected and tended the ros"
tree. which II Is said was planted By
Charlemagne. The trunk IL now al
most as big as a mans body. There
are five principal limbs trained against
the church. the tree being protected
by iron ratings enclosing an area Of
about twenty-six square feet The
rude German soldiers in early age
tended the tree. Catholics and Protest
ants. In turn masters OF the town
drained the ground, the soldiers Of
Turenne fastened up the branches
with clamps. and those OF Napoleon.
a century AMI half later. erected the
railings.-London Globe.
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Cook for Francis joseph.

Although the Austrian Emperor
eats very frugallv. his Majesty pays
his chief cook $4,000 a year The
court Is noted for It's elaborate re.
pasts. and a French contemporary
gives an amusing account OF how
Perski-for such is the chefs name
entered the Emperor's service. PER-.
III was formerly chef to Count RheIn.
gaum. and one day Francis Joseph.
who dined at the house of the Count.
was delighted with the manner IN
which the boar's head was served
and cOmplimented the chef. Two days
later an enormous packing case ar.
rived at Schonbrunn with the Counts
respects When the box was opened
they found In Il Perski. in good
health but somewhat shaken up
The Emperor accepted the present,
and Persh became head OF the kitch.
en.-London Globe.
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We cannot admit. argues the Ne>
York Evening Post. that the members
OF our smart set" with all their stu
pidity and their passion for the inan.
tiles. are actuated by any settled prin
ciple against buying and reading
books. They do. as a matter of fact
buy handsomely printed and bound
subscription" sets; buy them. we
hold. with a full intention OF reading
some day. But so many other things
must be done that the day never
comes. The families who read are the
fairly educated Of the middle class
the families OF lawyers. clcrgymen.
teachers. doctors. and the like. They
cannot afford TO give many ard ex.
pensive dinner parties; they cannot
go 10 the theatre often: they actual.
~ have time to look at a book now
and then. This Is one reason why
the rapid increase IN our wealth does
not mean a vastly greater demand for
books. The people who get rich are by
that very event swept into . circle of
pleasure seekers who have not n mo-
ment for reading. They are so busy
gratifying their physical senses tina,
they are unaware even of the exist
ence of their minds.
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England was rather In advance OF
America. admits the Springfield Re
publican. in demanding honest names
for drugs and articles of food. and
recent heavy penalty has dealt a seri
Gus blow to the profitable traffic In
spurious Havana cigars. The stale
trick was resorted to OF adding a
qualifying word: "Habana rivals" the
cigars were called. with rivals" in
small print. and II was contended that
the meaning was not that they rivaled
Havanas in merit. But this excuse did
not appeal TO the court The new
movement for honesty in trade is IN
cidentaily an educational movement
for the honest use Of the English Ian
guage. Much perverted ingenuity has
gone TO the invention of deceptive
phrases. and ID get rid of such quib-
bles Is a sturdy upward step in com.
mercial ethics.
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the USE OF BALLOONS FOR THE Pre-.
VENTION OF HAIL.

By the Berlin correspondent Of the ScrEs
TIFIC AMERICAN.
Because of the terrible damage
wrought by hail In some parts of Eu-
rope. scientists have directed their
attention TO designing a means by
which the outbreak OF hail could be
prevented. and some success has been
obtained blythe use OF hail guns,
firing a shot OF either gunpowder or
acetylene against the hail clcri and
thus dispensing It.
Though a number of societies -
the installation of these guns have
been founded. both IN Southern
France and Italy. their usefulness Is
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She says. MY own dear love. come home.
My friends are rich and many,
Or else. abroad with you I'd roam,
soldier stout as any:
II You'll not come. nor let me 70.
III think you have resigned me-
My heart nigh broke when ! answered
NO
To the girl left behind me.
For never shall my true love brave
life Of war and toiiing
And never as a skulking slave
III tread my native soil on;
But were ! free or 10 be freed,
The battles close would find ms
To Ireland bound. nor message need
From the girl l left behind me.
Author Unknown.
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tries over the sea. The one shown
herewith comes from England. 1t
is called the bahfkot, because 1t COM
bines the nursery bed and bath. II Is
designed especially to meet the de-
mands of the summertime. when 1t
Is desired to take the baby to the
country or shore without all the para
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Oldest Hunting Centre in England.

The Holcombe Hunt. under whose
auspices the EdgwoTth Agricultural
Society holds its iwenty-first annual
show today. possessed a pack mora
than 400 years ago. Holcombe being
the Oldest hunting centre in the king
dom. King James l.. after resting at
Houghton Tower on his way to York
hunted with the Holcombe. and was
SO pleased with the sport that he
granted to them the right 20 hunt 30
many days a week forever In the
township OF QuarIton. which was part
OF the royal manor OF Totting'or.
Carefully slowed away at Holcombe
Is an old huntsman's horn which Is p
inches long and has been In posses
sion OF the hunt for more than ?"
years.-I.ondon Standard
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THE GIRL LEFT ErhINo Nae.

The danes Of France are fond and free,
ANA Flemish lips are willing.
And soft the maids OF Italy,
And spanish eyes are thrilling:
stu. though / bask beneath their smile
Thea charms fail to bind me,
And my heart falls back to Erin's Isle
To the girl j left behind me.
For she's as fair as Shannon's side,
And purer than its water:
But she refused to be my bride.
Though many a year l sought her:
Yet, since TO France I Said away.
Her letters oft remind me
That ] promised never TO gaInSay
The girl left behind me
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QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

There are only 500 clergymen in
the whole of Norway.
Extremes meet. A house in St. Au
gustine. built in 1855. has been turned
into a garage.
There are 256 railroad stations
within a six-miie radius OF ST. Paul's
Cathedral. London.
The SomaK soldier keeps Himself
in perfect condition on a diet OF nuts
He eats only 20 a day. but they are of
a very nourishing kind.
Germany publishes every year near
~ twice as many new books as
France. The number OF new German
books in 1907 was 3O.O73.
II is estimated by mining experts
at johannesburg, that the amount of
gold still to be mined along the Rand
Reef is to be valued at $4,000. 900 600
Twenty percent OF the population Of
Canada earns its living in connection
with the country's carrying trade
Railroad employees alone number 1924.
600.
Rumania Is the most illiterate coun
try in Europe. The last census shows
that in a population Of about 5000, 000
nearly 100000 neither write mol
read.
Because Of the lichens which grow
abundantly on the stone-paved streets
in Madeira. making them slippery. II
is possible to use sleighs the year
round.
A clock once owned by John IVES
ley and presented by him to the John
Street Methodist church in New York
city. is still doing good service in the
church.
There are 26.7s miles OF railroad
line In the United States for every
10000 inhabitants. as against 81 miles
in Germany. SIS miles in the United
Kingdom and IA in France.
A Boston paper has discovered that
a large amount of horse meat is be
ing sold in the markets Of that city
some of the restaurant keepers buy
| ing horse meat for beef stews.
All the trade of Zanzibar and PEN
ba goes through Zanzibar. and these
two islands produce. according to re
cent estimates. e5 percent of the
cloves used in the world, and the
Glove crop for the last two years was
| excellent
One OF the effects of the German
| old-age pension scheme is rather pc
! culiar. The pension is forfeited II
| the workman does not work forty.
/ eight or forty-nine weeks out OF the
+ ff'v-twn on an average. and this pro
vision has been a deterrent 10 strikes.
Guanajuato holds the worlds rec.
\ ord as a silver producer. having yield
ed 81, 0OO. O00. 900 Mexican in the last
three and a half centuries. The &C
| tual results from the mills in opera
tion in Guanajuato at the moment
! 1how that they are producing silver
/ az three times the average rate rs
| shown b. the old records.
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II seems to the Baltimore AmerI
can as though every community must
have baptism Of fire. One otter an
other the cities are lining up in the
roll Of great loss or terrible disaster
The resources OF civilization have
vastly increased the danger Of FIRE
but this Is not a measure in itself
The trouble is that human care and
prudence are not keeping pace With
the increase OF dangerous opportuni
ties.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1908-08-06

Mons. G. BONNER has informed the
French Academy of Sciences of some
experiments. recently tried by him.
which. he thinks. demonstrate that
bees possess kind OF collective In.
telliSence. One of his most interest.
ing experiments was this: He placed
lump OF hard sugar within reach
of some bees. and near II a basin of
water The bees. finding that their
mardibles were incapable of break.
ing the sugar. organized a sort o.,
bucket brigade TO carry water from
the basin 10 the sugar. Having re.
duced II TO a sirupy state, they had
no further difficulty But Monsiep,
BONNER noticed. in all his experi
ments. that single beer gave no such
indications OF intelligence. Thei,
minds seemed To wake M only wher
they were acting In company.
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De real resourceful man." said I'm
Gle Eben In the Washington Star.
when someone hands him a lemon Is
ready wifi de sugar and other fixin's
to make It tol'able pleasant to take"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1908-08-06

The average annual cost for each
rnUh for public school education IN
Germany Is sl2S6.
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] am strongly of opinion that the
next great movement In the world of
spiritual and moral reform will be the
gospel OF the Simple Life, said r. 2
OConnor in T. P's Weekly We seem
In some respects TO have reached the
stage In our habits and morals which
was reached by Rome before the final
decadence that led to the destruction
Of the mighty empire which she had
created all over the then known world
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1908-08-06

The nations prosperity really rests
on farm products. So long as these
reach up to the value of former years
approximately $500. 900 900 In 1907
this must continue to be so. There
has probably never been a time In this
generation when such splendid gener.
al crop prospects existed. AYERS the
Review Of Reviews. The empty cars OF
today will all be enlisted to move the
wheat. corn. oats. and cotton now
seeded.
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phernalia of the nursery. When not
in use 1t packs in a fiat package. and
1t Is made at a convenient height. so
that there is not the backache which
mother or nurse finds incidental to
the ordinary method of bathing an in
fant.-Philadelpbia Record.
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Cot n-d Bath Combined.

Cot a~h Bath Cembined.
: Tie United states Is regarded as
the leader In the matter OF fnven-
tions. but occasionally we get some
very striking novelties from the coun-
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The war Of determination against
stray ours has been taken up with Wig
or In Baltimore. The health depart
ment Is conducting the crusade and
ID being strongly supported by leading
physicians. mo dog should be per
mitted to run at large at any time
either in the city or country" declares
DR.. N. @. Keirle. director of the Pas
teur department OF the College of
Physicians and Surgeons. Even IL o
dog is muzzled." DIR. Keirle argues
he could scratch a child or any per
son with a wire muzzle. and that would
be just as bad as a bite II the skin
were broken. for the dogs saliva
would get into the wound. The germ
of hydrophobia lives in the saliva and
the muzzle is not a guarantee Of safe
ty,
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yer and was an attorney for the trust
at one time
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VI
Chief Executive who has taken &C
tive measures TO stamp out Night
Riding. Governor Wilson is a law