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The Washington bee., 1909-08-21

tube until it reaches the 12O mark
nearly every day In both places; and
there are weeks at a stretch when It
never falls below 100 even at night.
One can cook eggs hard by simply
burying them In the hot sand. The
MotaVe Indians OF the lower valley OF
the Colorado river always go barefoot,
and the hot sands and stones have cal.
loused their feet until they are as
hard and as insensible to pain as the
hoofs OF a horse; they can walk
through fire and trample red-hot Goals
without flinching.
The extreme heat is due to the low
altitude. combined with the proximity
Of the Colorado and Mojave deserts.
For 1000 miles on the east, and 500
on the north and west, stretches
waste Of sand and cacti. With every
mile traversed by the winds they gath
er heat, so that a cooling breeze
from any direction is an impossibflity
The man that traVerses the deserts
doesn't wonder that Yuma and Needles
are hot He only wonders that they
are not white hot
Persons who can stand the exees-
sive heat find Needles and Yuma
health resort admirably adapted to
the cure of consumption, bronchitis
and rheumatism. However, most peo-
pie would consider the disease more
tolerable than the cure.
A year ago pretentious hotel was
built at Needles for the purpose of
exploiting the place as a winter re-
sort. 1t is all right in winter time,
but in the summer months New York's
tenement districts are cool and de-
lightful in comparison. Electric fans
are installed in the hotel in every
room and corridor, and wide balconies
protect every apartment from ever
receiving the direct rays of the sun.
At nights guests pull their beds out
on the corridors; but neither science
nor ingenuity has devised a way of
life tolerable in Needles in
summer time
The Washington bee., 1909-08-21
EIeStxooutinS Animals.

Ths slaughter of animals for tooS
By elsesroCution Is being experiment
ed By DT. Lsduc, French scie 1tist.
who has been conducting his invest
cations IN the French abbattoirs. He
has bssn using the Intermittent loW
tension currents and says that he b
satisfied that the system is painless
the csntTal functions of percsi tioa
being dTBt destroyed and then those
Of circulation and respiration, -
hat there ls neither suffering nor r.
action IN the animals thu killed. Ths
doctor is sndesyoring to devise Ioms
pIecs Of apparatus by which the kiI1-
ing Of cattle may he ACCOMPLISH ~
electricity with economy and celsrityA
The Washington bee., 1909-08-21
TUsnA-s ELEPHANTS.
CeylOH the Only Part Of the World
Where They Exist.

What q sight for a Ceylon elephant
nunter would be the first view Of 3
her, Of African eIephants-all tus-
ks--! It is a singular thing that
Ceyion is the only part Of the world
where the male elephants have no
tssks: they have miserable little
grubbers projecting two or three
inches from the upper jaw and in
slining downward.
Nothing produces either ivory or
Aorn In fine specimens thrOugout
Ceylon. Although some Of the buff
faloes hAys teierably fine heads, they
will not bear q comparison with
those Of other countries. The horns
OF the native cattle are not above
four inches IN length.
The elk and the spotted deers ant
lerS are small compared with deer
Of their Size in India. This Is more
singular, as IL is evident from the
geological formation that at some re-
mote period Csylon was not an is
land, but formed a portion OF the
main land. II Is thought there must
be elements wanting In the Ceylon
pasturage for the formation Of
ivory.-CeyEon Manual.
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tory symptoms OF 1ocKJaw.

tory synrprUms OF 1oCKJaw.
"I was alarmed, naturally, but
thought perhaps I might be mistak-
en-, so / visited a physician and told
him how I felt. He did not think
seriously of the matter, and / be
lieved I might have been mistaken,
but nevertheless was worried, and
when that night the symptoms grew
more pronounced and became more
perceptible I watched them all the
more closely.
That night I got a real shock.
observed a growing rigidity Of the
muscles Of the jaws. If It kept on
they would become locked beyond
all hope Of unlocking them.
In one day | had 5000 units,
about a fluid ounce, Of the serum
injected. My jaws continued slow
" to grow more rigid. but We fought
the disease with the serum until at
last We saw that we had the disease
going the other way, and We fought
Il ont.
The germs OF tetanus may be in
any manner of dirt. II you have a
wound in your finger and go out
into the garden and stick it into the
fresh earth you stand a chance OF
getting lockjaw."
The Washington bee., 1909-08-21
HaARsna Pictures Dangere~

Railroad casualties receive suGA
vide publicity" said al Insurance.
man, ''Chat there is a common bsus9
On ths part ef the public that o1e Il
more liable TO accidents while trIvssr
hing than when living the simple life
In the osnanes of his home. GAS =
matter Of Geld fact, statistics show
that accident insurance companies
pay more money to people who get
hurt hanging pictures or taking
stoves apart than they do to the Vie
tins Of head-on collisions. Ta
sounds strange. but it's the truth =
Kansas City Journal.
The Washington bee., 1909-08-21
Smekeiess Coal.

A Londoa inventor claims to have
discovered = process for producing
amokelsss ssal, apparently by distil-
lation Of coal at low temperature.
This, after distillation, is said to de-
posit . very brilliant substance, the
heating properties of which are far
greater than those of the original
coal. and which is absolutely free
from smoke and dirt, The inventor
contends that efforts to overcome the
smoke plague have hitherto been un-
successful because they have been
made IN the wrong direction, aHd
that By the extraction of the smoke
producing material In coal before be-
ing burned, be has been successful
in producing . smokeless coal.
The Washington bee., 1909-08-21
rhrea Mon to Move Book.

There lies in the British Museum
the largest book yet printed. Co
lOssaa atlas Of engraved ancient
Dutch maps. It takes three men to
move % from the giant book case
In which Il Is stored IN the library Of
the nusetm. It is bound in leather,
magnif1cently decorated. and Is fas-
tsueA with clasps of solid silver,
richly gtlt. Il is nearly seven feet
h1gA ana weighs SOC pounds and was
presented to King Charles II. before
be left Holland In the year 1850.
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= = 80 - - #
MINISTER TO CHINA
Charles R. Crane Educated
Without Aid of College.
Has Visited Nearly Every Country on
the Globe and Is Master of Sew
eraI Languages-WeII Ac-
quainted with Orient.

Chicago.-CharIes R. Crane. newly
appointed minister from the United
States to China, is a rare type Of citi-
zen in that he was born to wealth and
yet may be classed in the roll Of self
made men. He was reared with the
idea that college education is not
essential to the life success of a man
who has brain of his own and uses
1t. His schooling ended when he had
done with the public school. What he
has gathered of learning since then
has been from books and from the
world and its people as they have ap-
peared to him in extensive travel.
Richard T. Crane, Sr., father of
Charles r. Crane, is vigorously op-
posed to modern methods of education
as carried on in the great universities
and many Of the public schools. He
does not believe these institutions fit
a man properly for the battle of life,
and says they are too theoretical and
not sufficiently practical. He went so
far as to declare It would be a good
thing for one Of the states If its state
university buildings were blown up.
Whether Charles r. Crane shared
the educational views of his father,
It is fact that, instead of spending
four years in college and winning q
degree, he jumped at once from his
boyhOod schooling into the workshop
and started the business career which
The Washington bee., 1909-08-21

States army, grandson of President
been appointed superintendent of the
state, war and navy building at Wash
ington.
Capt. John H. Poole, corps Of engi-
neers, held the Office of superintend-
ent for about four years. He succeed
ed Rear Admiral George W. Baird of
the navy.
Capt Poole made many reforms and
improvements in what is known as
''the biggest Office building in the
world" and reduced expenses consid-
erably. He is relieved from this duty
to enable him to take two-year course
of instruction at the School of the
Line at Fort LeavenwOrth, Kan.
Officers OF the army corps OF en-
gineers are eligible 70 detail 20 the
superintendency since the naval corps
Of engineers was merged into the
line of the navy several years ago.
Lieut. Grant, the new superintend-
ent, since his graduation near the
head of his class at West point, in
June, 1903, has served tour of duty
at the engineer school at Washing
ton barracks, and also as one of the
military aids Of President Roosevelt.
For several months past he has been
stationed at Boston on duty in connec.
ton with the river and harbor works
and Notifications in that vicinity.
Last year he married Miss Edith
Root, daughter of Senator Root, OF
New York.
The Washington bee., 1909-08-21
Dog. Arouna Rlaeksmith sheps.

TIVE or three dogs are nearly al
ways TO be found iOafing about every
blacksmith shop. This fact Is 50
we'll recognized that detectives Whea
sent cut after valuable degs that
have been lost invariably visit frSt
all the blacksmith shops IN the neigh
borhood. The reason Why dogs visit
the blacksmith shops is that they
love inordinstely tie e4or and the
taste Of burning heS6s. They sAiR
the odor as q vonsa sn&Es 3 rses.
and they eat the hoof parings ~ .
gourmet eats trufHss.-MiAAsapelis
Journal.
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has made him q man of practical
| mind and alert powers of observation.
When the opportunity came he in
augurated a program Of travel which
sent him to many of the out of the
way places of the world and gave him
an intimate knowledge of affairs pos
sessed by few men even in these days
OF globe trotting.
Mr.. Crane has set foot in nearly
every country on the globe, has pene-
trated to out-of-the-way hooks and cor
ners. has occasionally fitted out cara
vans of his own to explore unfre-
quented lands, and is as much at
home in Russia or China as he is on
his home street In Chicago. He is a
linguist of considerable attainments,
is a connoisseur in paintings, a collec-
tor of old and rare books and. what
is more, a reader Of the same. He is
prominent as a civic enthusiast and
for years has been a powerful factor
in movements for the advancement Of
Chicago commercially, physically and
morally.
During his travels Mr.. Crane spent
much time in China, his business in
terests taking him into every prov
ince. He came into close contact with
all classes of Mongolians. In his
home is a large collection OF curios of
his many visits to China.
In all his knocking about the globe,
Mr.. Crane vas absorbing languages.
In his library in his Michigan avenue
home are books written in a dozen
different languages. They are not
sorted according to catalogues as a
less scholarly owner would sort them,
but instead are grouped under sub
1ect heads. Friends of MI Crane say
that when he wants to look up a ref
erence on a topic he goes to his
shelves and takes down books in sew
eral different languages and reads
them without the aid of a lexicon. He
is said to read II languages and to
speak with ease and fiuency six or
eight.
Five years ago Mr.. Crane added
$4,000 of his personal fortune to THE
Young Empress Fund" for Russian
soldiers and sailors. This gift was
made through Count Rostofstoff, chan
cellor of the empire, and for it the
donor was the recipient of grateful
thanks from the empress. Long and
close contact with official and civilian
life OF Russia has given him a friendly
feeling toward that nation, but at the
same time he has a warm spot in his
heart for China and the Chinese. The
feeling is said to be reciprocated. The
Chinese have been drawn to other
members of the family. Professor
Williams, uncle of Mr.. Crane, was pro-
fessor of Chinese at Yale and he is
the author Of book on China.
Mrs. Crane was Miss CorneIa W.
Smith, whose girlhood home was Pat.
erson, n. J., where she became the
bride OF Mr. Crane % years ago. Like
her husband, her interests are in the
more substantial things of life. Her
name does not appear in the member
ship lists of any Chicago club. The
family has a beautiful summer home
at Lake Geneva, Wis, and another at
Woods Hole, Mass.
The Washington bee., 1909-08-21
Everyone of Them a Bird.

A current newspaper item is as
follows: THE wife of q =vS1odist
minister In West Virginia, has been
married three times. Her maiden
name was Partridge; her first hus-
band was named Robin; her second
husband, Sparrow; and the present
ones name is Quayle. There arc
row two young Robins. one Sparrow.
and three little Quayles in the family.
One grandfather was q Swan. and
another was q Jay: but he's dead
and now a bird of Paradise.
They live on Hawk-ave.. Eagle
vile. Canary ISlands. and the fellow
who wrote this article is Tyre bird
and "a interesting relative Of the
family"
The Washington bee., 1909-08-21
A Rhv Man.

WonsA show no mercy 70 ths sh0
EAn, toE he stands outside sf ths
compass 81 convention. Could ba
break eat all might be saved; ths
man might be permanently o. red
But he S8nnst. He has been bro lghs
up to respect convention His nus-
sIes may be Of steel, his heart of hrAs
bat In bis soul the spirit Of dimd snOs
holds ham Ia . vice. In dra vins
room ks stands gaping. QuGkiI 8. Q
prey 60 interpretive torment -hs
who wSsla perhaps storm rAD
part WITH = triumphant mile ~
hps.-London Observer.
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auppIx af Geld.

II Is mainly tren Africa. AasTi-
ca and Australia nat the WGRid
draws It's supply sf sela, sSme $780,
000,0ee worth won regularly every
year. Africa leada With about $780,
0ee,0ee; next GENES the United
States vita about ss6. .ssV.eee; Aus
tralia ranks third vita some ssS.-
oas,e0e, while Russia, kSth In Bu-
rope and Asia, HsxtoS, Canada and
several other countries, make up the
rem ain6aT.
The Washington bee., 1909-08-21
srRATD0IoAL USES OF II Us
The Clever LAttIe Weasel and Hh
Means OF Defense.

Take another Of our animals,
fierce little weasel, clad in summer
in coat OF brown, in winter turn
ing white. but always with a Jet black
up TO the tail. The ermine, as 1t Is
Incorrectly called In It's winteE coat.
has an easy time of 1t, sneakfng upon
the mice and birds upon which IL
preys, bat when a hawk takes after
IT IN an open field In the sunlight or
al owl in the moonlight. il would
haVe but short shrift with all its
sinuous leaping, were 1t not that the
black tail tip is so conspicuous ths2
1t constantly attracts the eye and al
lows the pure white OF the BODY "a
be confused with the snow. Evez
when We place a dead weasel on the
snow and look at It from a distance.
we realize how true this is, and how
valuable must be the pencil tufts Of
black hairs to this little Vermin
who spends his life IN hunting or
being hunted.-The Outing Maga-
zine
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victim TELLS HOW LOCKJAN FELT
Doctor was Worried When His Face
Began to Stiffen-FOught Disease

Doctor was Worried When His Face
Began to Stiffen-FOught Disease
st. LOuis.-Dr. F. w. Grundmaun
of Washington avenue, who was pro-
nounced out of danger from lock
jaw, after suffering for almost three
weeks. described how be felt during
his illness.
In diagnosing my own symptoms
q week after the germs Of tetanus
had entered nay blood, thought
had the disease, but l was not sure,
said Dr.. Grundmann. "One day, as
l was stepping OF a street car, 1t
started permaturely and threw nae
on my knee on the street. A hole
was ripped in my trousers, and a
cash cut in the flesh of my knee
into which earth from the street
was ground.
1T gave me no trouble, pained
nae very little and | gave it no fur-
ther thought. About a week later
I found that / had fever and that
the muscles of my neck panied me
and were CONSTRUCTED. Next OBJ
served spasmodic jerking of the
limbs These 1 knew to be Fremont
, ss55'F-TI = 80 = e 3 :.
The Washington bee., 1909-08-21
Arctic Dog Life.

Nowhers In the world has the dog
such unrestricted right of way as in
our NEST noFtheriy possession
Alaska In winter. when the more
than se,oe0 square miles Of territory
are sealed up in solid Ice, dogs are
almost the sole means Of getting
from placs to place-ln fact. they
seem necessary to life itself.
The aristocTats of Arctic dog Ike
are the mali teams In the service Of
the United States Government. They
are te-d&y a superior breed 70 the
dogs employed some half dozen
years age before great gold discOT-
cries demanded increased mail ssF-
Vice.-St. Nicholas.
The Washington bee., 1909-08-21
WHICH is HOTTEST PLACE?
Yuma, Ariz., and Needles, CAL, Where
Thermometer Daily Reaches 100
Mark, Given Honor.

New York-With the advent Of hot
weather the old controversy between
Yuma and Needles, the first in Ariz-
ona, and the other in California, as to
which is the hottest place In the Uni
ted States has been revived. Neither
is clamoring for the distinction-oh,
no, each is striving to thrust it upon
the other! AS matter of fact, the
difference is so slight that it isn't
worth quarTeling about.
From now on until late in Septem-
Der the mercury will climb I'D In the
The Washington bee., 1909-08-21
Valuable East African Forest.

TIE Colonial Office recently sent
cut an expert to report on the Ken
IL forest, In the East Africa proteo-
torats. He ands the forest extends
fS7 miles long by eight miles broad
and comprises 100000 acres o5
timber. Taking the average valu1
OF the 2hd. per cubic foot, this
works eat to s23 per acre. or 8 total
value fer the whole forest of s23-
s0o. o.00e.-London Tit-Bits.
The Washington bee., 1909-08-21
Names that Don't Name.

Many chemical names convey ne
exact idea Of the things they stand
for. Oil Of vftrtoI b no oil. neither
are oils Of turpentins and kerosene.
Copperss is an iroH compound ana
contains No coppRr. Salts Of lemon
is the extremely poisonous Oxalis
acid. CarbOlic acid is not IN acid
but an alcohol Cobalt contains
none ef that metal bat arcensic. Seda
water has ne trace Of soda. and su-
gar of lead has no sugar: cream OF
tartar has nothing Of cream. nor milk
of lime any milk. German silver
has 40 silver and blaozlead no lead
The Washington bee., 1909-08-21
Dead Historians.

for my part believe in the dead
historians I glory in the posses
Eien Of some hundreds of volumes By
them 4 great deal Of cant L. talk
ed and written on this subject, There
is an iasa in some minds that book
O. History 70 be good must be new.
In ntns Cases cut of ten the new book
is q commonplace re-statement Of
facts thai were better presented By
GA olAsT wFissT.-Ths Sphere.
The Washington bee., 1909-08-21
Lace CwkakaA.

Lace NnnGow curtains sAsg1d al
ways lie soaked for an honF in cold
water ts which 9 little boEax has
been added. bsfoFs kSsAg pat int
warm suds. Thi@ gs4T Oa4 the
smoky smell that - somsttmes 80
noticeable in curtains that have
haze been used In q Sity.
The Washington bee., 1909-08-21
A IRnR Me@.

An astonishing trance case haz
come TO light in Berlin 4 clerk.
aged 4s-a healthy aeFmAl mAn-
suddenly fell asleep ia jane 1904.
successful and the sIsspsT s1aos thsA
has never opened hls eyes. He
breathes regularly zaA Swallows his
food mechanically. but is insensibls
to the severest &ttszaHtz - arouse
him.
The Washington bee., 1909-08-21
IAfe In Germzz.

Every enc who kas traveileG n
Germany is familiar With tbs Tord
"verboten n''-f0rbiddsz He hnda Il
is verboten to almest everything
which he thinks he has been accus-
toned to do IN the Uaitsa stats7--
Chicago Standard.
The Washington bee., 1909-08-21
A ValuabIe ReIia

4 thirteenth century copper and
silt ciboTium. supposed to have Gene
from MAimesbury abbey. was soia
By auction In London for $50. 200.
The Washington bee., 1909-08-21
A Man aad WOman.

4 2aAis iaSa OF being styIishaN
Gr@ssz b % wear something In
w8sA As Io0ks atrociously bad; .,
w@&zS - wear something no ether
SMkA eAA Duplicate
The Washington bee., 1909-08-21
NEW POST FOR LIEUT.. GRANT.
Superintendent OF State, War and
Navy Buildings at Capital.
summer time

Washington.-First Lieut.. Ulysses s.
Grant, H., corps of engineers, United
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: II izII q zAE6 Il
Arizona republican., 1909-02-26

Rapids; F. P. Irvine, Prescott; A. R. Mackay, w. s. Hutchinson, Wicken- burg; Alfred c. Sieboth, Florence; Lewis A. Durham, New York; MT. and Mrs. W. H. lille, Philadelphia.
 At the Ford ares E. L. Jones. Wickenburg; MT. and Mrs. c. D.. Groves, Webster City, Iowa; F. C.. Maddox, Prescott; w. E. Bush, Los Angeles; w. A. Hoyt, Los Angeles; John w. Alsop, Los Angeles; Dan P. HiA, Burlington, Iowa; R. B. ONeill, Tucson; MT. and Mrs. Fred Arm strong, Silverbell; MT. and Mrs. w. L.. T. Ockford, Detroit; Richard w. War ren, Fl Paso.
 At the Commercial are: J. B. Hoag-. land, Los Angeles; B. H. Gray, Pres colt; L. R. Dexvoigne, Ft. Morgan, Col; s. w. Dougherty, Florence; L.. D. Copeland, Alhambra, Cal.
Arizona republican., 1909-02-26
I am yours faithfully.
 ALFRED AUSTIN.

I shift my gaze from Old-WOrld shores Unto your younger Land afar: But there, too, furnace flames and roar Forging the thunderbolts of War. Nations stand armed from head to
 heel
 The sentries of their work-worD
 wealth,
 Lest robber State, with readier steel. Pounce on the precious store by
 stealth.
 Nor You nor We would others wrong. We only claim to hold our own: For this we arm, for this keep strong. Safeguarding Justice on her throne. Be then star-spangled Flag unfurled With Union Jack, resistless twain. Proclaiming to a trembling World. Peace shall be lord on land and
 main.'
 In noble aim united thus.
 Let all their peaceful lives pursue: And if You will but stand by Us. Be sure that We will stand by Yout
Arizona republican., 1909-02-26
GEORGE HAM[IN, HIS BOOK 4 VOLUME OUT OF PRINT
The Gift of a Friend Prominent il
 Public Life.

George Hamlin yesterday received "public document" The indications were that it had come all the way from Washington, and the frank showed that the gift had been insti- gated by Delegate M. A. Smith.
 MT. Hamlin felt a natural thrill of qualification. One always likes to be remembered by his old friends and especially by friends as prominent as MT. Smith and as busy. MT Smith must have thought a good deal of him to be sending him books out of the public library. MT. Hamlin hoped that his friend, the delegate, would not get into trouble with the librar- ian over it.
 MT. ,Hamlin could tell by the feel of the package that it contained a book. He is pretty busy himself, but he determined that he would read that book if 1t took the hair off. He had reason to believe that it was no ordinary book, like those that are be- ing turned out now by the tens of thousands a day. The covering in- dicated thatsit was an ancient tome, perhaps a rare volume, one that was perhaps, the more valuable because it was out of print.
 All this time MT. Hamlin. did not have his specs" with him. He took the public document home and began to open it preparatory to reading it through at one sitting. Then he read on the cover, House of Representa- tives, U. S.; Sixth and Seventh An nual Reports, Bureau of Animal ln- dustry, 1889 and 1890. Free" The covering being removed, the book was found to be covered with mildew and the edges of the pages were dull yellow.
 The thrill of qualification of which mention has been made, sibsided, and MT Hamlin remarked, in describing his feelings, that if he had voted for Ralph Cameron last fall, he would have been glad of it. He said: T may be a back number, all right, but I don't want that fact officially ad- lvertised in the United States mails lall the way from Washington to Phoenix Mark must have thought that I voted against him last fall, and he took that way to get even"
Arizona republican., 1909-02-26

Mrs. T. H. Sabin of Casa Grande is visiting Mrs. c. M Mullen
 Ross Smith and family, who have been spending the winter here, will leave tomorrow evening for their home in St. Joe. Michetaoin(- "a k !Hohn. tc in St. Joseph, Mo. Mrs. Smith will stop over en route for a visit with friends at Bisbee and Tucson. Mrs Bertha Nelson left Wednesday evening for Houston. Tex.
 MT. and Mrs. R. W. Butterfield and daughter. Miss Mary Butterfield. who have been stopping at the Casa Loma, left yesterday morning for points in California, where they will visit be-