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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-16
PRETTY LITTLE FLYING rrsgp,
TIVE or 3 Fresh water Species From n.
Esseguibo River In South Amertc,

rive or b Fresh Water Species From n.
Essequibo River In South America,
The two fresh water flying fish now :.
the Aquarium, taken n the Esseona.
River In British Guiana and brought froS
South America with many other tbins
by Prof. G. William Beebe. curator :,
ornithology Of the New York Zoolopic.f
Society. are very small but very odd ant
pretty creatures
They measure each about an inch and ,
half In length over all. and almost h,H
rs much as that in depth Of body. th.;,
bodies being ouriously shaped, like n.
hull Of q vessel OF the cutter type, yerv
deep for tho length and beam.
The little freeb water flying f.h's thin
deep body runs down pretty shsrn,r
from its head. rounding up again h.,
sharply toward the tail. This gives q.
little fish the appearance Of havine ,
deep I'm keel. set well forward, and q lo,s
overhang aft. It's deep sides are Of a dsrt
smoky pearl In tint, with lighter lonri.
tudinal oolorines shading into the darksr
and all iridesoent. y
Its fms are very delicate and flr,y. N.
tail IN large for the sizs OF the fish. and the
pectoral fms, by means o. which it is sun.
posed to fly, proportionately very lsrpe
Tho p~ectorals are % large that when IN
use they are raised above the level OF r..
fish's back, and look like wings.
With its big tail fin the flying fish Ia a
keen. Quick swimmer and an able jumne,
II easily jumps well out Of water. snj
when II has done this 1t spreads lis 6roa5
pootorals, not to fly with them, but an
them to glide down the wind until II amin
planes on tho land men glide down Ii.
wind on Q glider.
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now IT FEELS TO Fly.
You Seem to Flsat. Vet tho Wind Roars
In Your Ears,

All who have had the good fortune to
ride in tho aerodrone unite In their de-
soription OF that first sensation. There
10 no jerk In starting. though the machine
leaps forward with q powerful swoop.
Then oomes-with some brief sense Of
nausea, q feeling ~ II the blurred ground
were dropping away from beneath.
A slight thrust Of the left hand lover
lifA the flyers head. the ground drons
away sdll faster. and then % the machine
climbs into tho air ones eyes adjust them
selves 70 the proper focus and the sur
face OF the earth below seems to be rip
ping past at railroad speed.
you have forgotten the clack Of the noisv
motor, the Zap and whir OF the bro
psliers, the grinding Of the chain and
sprocket gear that drivst them. AM
Vibration, has practically ceased and
you float along With a sense Of spriney
ease and buoyancy such a you oan gain
from no other means OF looomotion.
from The ros Il Tie Wind al in . your e enl,
and the slight difficulty YOU have in
filling your lungs with ar, the Same sem
saacn. q gets In racing against the
wind In an auto.
Then comes the hst turn. The
machine rises to II, taking its own angle
sideways. Just a. 4 motor oar leans on
the banked curve OF q racing track. You
have no esnse Of leaning sideways. though
no feeling that you mutt tilt your
self a. you do whom the auto turns 1 COR
nsr. for you IL upright. the asrodrome
siantsns e y. o~n yolition % ths nscss.
glass Of water sst on the floor OF the
nyef could Re ealr!ed around curve after
curve and stul not loss . drop.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-16
FOREIGN POLICEMEN.
London Boobies Carry No Clubs-Hoods
for French Police.


London patrolmen carry no clubs.
Attached to the middle Of the belt behind
is a dark lantern. The cuffs Of their coats
have vertical stripes, blue and white,
signifying AMI and distin guished service.
During the frequent showers and rains
they wear little waterproof capes. Their
silent regulation Of street traffic by hand
signals Is a realization Of perfection.
In Paris the ordinary patrolmen wear
blue caps and coats and in summer white
duck trousers. They carry short swords.
says the Trdrel Mdodsine. rather as an
emblem OF authority, but In extreme
danger use the fiat sides as a club.
In a downpour OF rain the Paris police
man hangs his cap on a hook in the back
OF his belt and draws over his head the
hood OF a short blue cape Of heavy cloth.
This hooded cape Is called a oapochon,
and in it's longer form. reaching to the
knees, is used by civilians as well In GOLD
or rainy weather. accordingly at such
times the streets Of Paris seem to be alive
with cowled monks.
Recently the London plan for control
ling vehicles has come into vogue success
fully on the Paris boulevards. The police
men detailed for such duty wear white
gloves and signal with white clubs.
German policemen wear helmets and
have a distinctly air.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-16
WOOD BY THE o n
Things the WOodmen Know That May Ne,
he known to Othors.

from the F0reefer.
A cord Of wood is iaS cubic feet. or the
contents OF q pile q feet long, 4 feet high
and 4 feet wide. Wood Is marketed on this
basis. A pile whose length, breadth and
height multiplied together gives this num-
Der OF cubic feet nils this requirement. no
matter whether the sticks arc long or short,
straight or crooked. round or split, unless
there Ia IN understanding to the contrary.
Nevertheless Q cord. though 1t comes up to
legal measurements. Is In uncertain quantity
over when the seller Is honest and the buyer
satisfied.
A lumberman may have a tract OF pulp
wood which he sells to a paper mill at IS
. cord for As many cords as 1t will make.
1t Is In the contract that he shall cut and
stack Il. He cuts II In - foot lengths and
whom tho job 10 complete 1t measures 200
cords and he receives $1,000 for Il. Would
he have made or lost by cutting Jour foot
lengths instead Of twelve? He would have
lost In the first place from the additional
labor required to cut 4 foot wood. but his
principal loss would have resulted from a
greatly diminished number OF cubic feet,
due to the fact that short sticks lie closer
together than large. Had the 400 cords OF
u foot wood been cut In 4 foot lengths
there would have been only l7e cords and
the owner would have received for It $3.50
instead Of 81 900. il was therefore clearly
to his advantage to cut u foot lengths,
but II would have been to the buyers ad.
vantage TO have IL cut In 4 foot lengths.
He would have received the same actual
quantity OF wood for $50 less.
1t also makes nsidera bic difference to
the seller whether wood is chopped or
"a wed. II chopped the chips are lost.
Where the logs are large this loss amounts
to no small total. In q cord of four foot
wood with sticks six inches in diameter
the chip loss 10 from 0 to 9 per cent, and of
course the shorter the sticks arc cut the
sawdust loss is scarcely the half Of l per
cont
Cords Of split wood contain less than
cords Of round sticks. The finer tho wood
10 split tho more It makes. Hence wood
dealers are often willing to sell kindlings
all sawed and split for the same price a
cord a. unsplit wood. They get back the
cost OF labor In the increased bulk.
A cord u?S cubic feeU Of I foot hard
wood usually contains about 81 cubic feet
OF solid wood: q cord OF 3 foot wood aver
ages 8sM cubic feet. Of . foot wood ~ feet
and Of l foot wood. IS feet. The ~conifers
(soft woods) contain 90 to % cubic feet.
Thus tho purchaser receives on an average
about two-thirds OF q cord Of real wood
and one-third Of q cord OF spaces.
In some countries wood Is bought by
weight and tho buyer comes moro nearly
getting what he bargains for. but even then
he may miss II II he ecelve green wood
whom he wants dry. According TO timber |
testing engineers Of the United States
Forest Service wood may loss half or moro
Its green weight In. seasoning.
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ST. JOHN or KANSAS BLED.
Former Governor OF Kansas Falls IN
Easy Prey to . sharper.
Eyom the 81 Lou;s GIobe. Druori

From the 81. Louis 0tobe-D Democrat.
John p. 81. John. former Governor OF
Kansas. won the brand OF the easy mark"
yesterday when he fell for the game Of
a confidence man on the Rock Isla md train
between Wichita n Topeka. As q re-
suit he Is $40 poorer in real perfectly good
money, and much richer In actual expert
ehcc.
Mr.. st. John was seated In the chair car
watching the landscape when q much per-
turbed and hatless man entered,
The hatless man dropped into q seat
beside the Governor.
Il was told" he said. that ! could buy
q money order on the train. Now i find
that | cannot. / don't know what ! am
going to do. I must send this money to
my sister. and ! have only q big bunch Of
small bills. IL won't do to put them in an
envelope"
he had never braved the dangers OF such
great cities as Topeka and Wichita.
"l can let you have two twentles.' he
said.
The offer was accepted. MIR, st. John
produced the two twentics and the range
handed over a roll In return. Seeing that
he was dealing with q stranger Mr.. st. John
carefully counted the contents Of the roll.
He found nn thnt 1t contained seven 81 bills
You have made a mistake he said.
There is not enough money here,
The stranger, who In the mea had
placed the two twsnties In an envelope and
sealed H., was all apologies.
she 20 me that roll" and told me that
there was $40 in II, Here. you Just hold
his envelope while ] 60 back and get the
rest OF the money"
The Governor put the envelope In his
pocket and resumed his study OF the land
scape. Finally he bethought him that the
81, John. opened. the envelope. II con.
tanned only two pieces OF Tissue paper.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-16

The field In the third A. A. U. Class A
tournament was composed OF Conklin,
Threshie, Hendrick. Mial and McK ee.
Conklin won. his single average for 400
1855. He made both the best single and
best grand average, Edward Gardner
won the second n. A. A. B. tournament
for the Eagle cup In 1902. the other players
being Townsend, Stark, Poggenburg and
p. Gardner. The best single average
grSnd average. 6.8s, made by Poggen.
burg. The games were OF 800 points.
The last 4. A. u. tournament was played
In 1907 and consisted Of 400 point games.
Charles Norris won. meeting ~Sigourney
Of California, Mial. Conklin, Threshie,
Hendrick and Miller, who finished a.
named. Conklin made the best single
average, $50. His SIS was the best grand
average.
Foes took part In the N, A. A. B. tout
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-16
Education OF Girls In India.

From the Westmin sfer Gofefte.
According to the Director OF Public In
g truction in the Punjab the education Of
women In that province is on the whole
making satisfactory progress. In most Of
the largo towns a very considerable pro-
portion OF Hindu little girls are learning
to read and write their mother tongue.
Mohammedan education has greater din
culties to contend with. since Urdu. which
is taught in M~ohammedan schools, is neither
their mother tongue nor the language Of
their religious books.
The prejudice against female education
is said TO be lessening and the chief obsta-
cles to progress are tho lack OF qualified
teachers and the fact that most. OF the
which are III ventilated, added to which
tho facilities for physical exercise Is NIL.
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The A. A. U. gave it's second Class B
tournament in 1909. and the play was
OF about the same standard as in the
n. A. A. B. handicap affair, Threshie Of
Boston was the winner. His best run
was "a. He single averaged l0.34 and
grand averaged 7.65. The other players
were De Mum. Smith, Kellogg, Hendrick,
Cutler and Hevner. Cutler single aver
aged e.s1, which wouldn't be a circum-
stance for him nowadays.
The A. A. us second Class A cham
q strong field. The games were increased
to 400 points. The order OF the finish was
Is follows:
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Chased and Killed by . Buss.ar.

Portland corrsspondsHes Los AnotIss T,pes.
walter Terry. . woodsaw operator. was
pursued and cut down by q woodsAw
insecurely fastened that broke away from
q wasop Bed on which It was mounted At
The say Was whIrling at . high rate Of
speed, and whea q broke from its fastsn.
Ing; y EAS p,mn a. TsTry yiiorrssSo ne Hsdi .1 The =.
lons. distance and completely severed his
right leg Just below the knee. 49,,
Terry w.' taken e. the hospital a. Ash:
for him. but he died within thirty minutes.
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nament at the Hanover Club, Brooklyn,
in 1908. and others from the A. A.. y.
ranks were Conklin and Mial. This
marked the passing Of the A. A. U. IN
billiards. Tho games were OF 800 points.
and the field was a strong one Foes
established new single and grand average
figures FOR tournaments and won first
prize by defeating f. Gardner In tho play
of Of a tie for first place, The records
show the work of the men:
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Husbands Unique Tribute.

A raid was made In the baptist Bottoms
last night BY . party OF officers which sue
ceeded 10 the seizure Of . blind tiger. A ne
gro BY the name Of John Owens was the vio-
litor Of the law, who was caught with some
twenty bottles Of the goods In his possession.
John Il the hueband Of Carrie Owens. who 70
known IN police quarters 80 one
Of the famous tirrcssss. OF these bottoms,
IaS. ~ !6id S. i9S'e oH ~ nv P @SIsA sS ore, 's ;:
ehow that the woman % not young Il ~
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Conklin did not win a game. so had no
single. or winning. average.
Somewhat better work was done In
that tourney than In the N. A. A. BIS
championship tournament in 1901, as the
following figures for the latter show:
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The Oldest American Editor.

Moson CITY correspondence Chicago IHt0
Ocean.
The northeast Iowa editorial conven.
ton closed at Charles City last night. Tho
occasion was srsced by tho presence Of
A. B.. r. Htldreth, the oldest living editor
in America. aged os. seventy-two yean
In the business.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-30
CHINESE SITUATION
SOMEWHAT ALARMING

Tokyo, July2 4.-The Kokumin, one
of the most influential of the Japanese
and which is generally re-
agrded as the mouthpiece of Marquis
Katsura, the premier, in matters per-
tanning to the government policy, in
an article discusses the situation be-
tween Japan and China and strikes a
somewhat alarmist note. It was ex-
pected, says the article, that the with
drawal of the proposal to refer to The
Hague arbitration tribunal the differ
ences between China and Japan pre-
ceded the adoption of what was hoped
would be a conciliatory policy by
China.
But this expectation has not been re-
allied. China now proposes wholly
unacceptable terms and refuses to re-
ply to Japan's request for considera-
ton.
The article concluded: "The Jap
anese government is exercising all pos
sible patience, but is not carrying it's
endurance to the point of sentiment
tally. Unless Chinas mood changes
before the conclusion of the current
month, Japan will be obliged to as
sumo a different attitude -
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-30
LAND OFFICE RECEIPTS
OVER MILLION YEARLY

Olympia, July 24.-E. W. Ross, state
land commissioner, has just had print
ed his ninth and tenth biennial reports
for the period starting October 1, 1904,
and ending September 80, 1908, which
show that during the period the gross
receipts of his Office amounted to $4,-
432. 717.56. Of this amount, 81, $780,
764. 40 were for the years ending in
1906, while the receipts for the bien-
NAL period September 80, 1908, were
81. 742, 953. OF.
The report, which is submitted to
Gov. Hay, is late by reason of changes
made in the law and because of the
fact that the report was sidetracked in
printing to make way for more urgent
business. The report is complete and
exhaustive in detail and shows the
status of all public lands.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-30
PRICE OF GOLD DUST
IS CUT AT FAIRBANKS

Dawson, July 24.-Recnt arrivals
from Fairbanks bring word that the
three banks there combined and agreed
to allow the miners % cents less an
ounce than formerly for their gold
dust. One of the banks was absorbed
by another, and this left the local pur-
chase of gold dust in the hands of the
two banks.
The result, says the man from Fair
banks, is that many of the operatonrs
and claim owners are selling no more
gold in Fairbanks than they find it
necessary to do in order TO raise enough
for Immediate expenses.
''This," says the Fairbanks man,
causes a good deal of gold to be
boarded by the miners until they are
ready to ship or take it to the mint.
We're that gold sold in Fairbanks, the
men getting the coin for it would be
more likely to open their purses and
spend. AS it is it works against the
Fairbanks merchants. However, busi-
ness is good in Fairbanks.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-30
STATE COLLEGE CLOVER
EXPERIMENT SUCCESSFUL

State College, Pullman, July "a
What is regarded locally as one of the
most satisfactory demonstrations ever
made by the state experiment station
with forage crops is the success with a
line of experimentation with red clover
culture which has been in progress at
the college since 1908
The experiment was commenced
with the view of working out scheme
of cultivation and tillage that would
successfully grow red clover in the
Eastern Washington region. The twen-
ty-acre field which was sown this
spring, and is regarded as the browning
result of seven years of experimental
ton, now stands foot high, and as
evenly as it is possible for it to stand.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-30
SPOKANE IRRIGATION PARADE
TO BE HISTORICAL EVENT

Spokane, July 26.-Historic inci.
dents, showing the transformation ot
the Northwest from semi-savagerv IN
civilization, will be depicted in the IA.
rades of progress through the PRINCIPAL
treets in Spokane on the afternoon Of
August 10 and the evening of August
II, in connection with the seventeenth
session of the national irrigation con.
gress, August 8 to IA. There will be
a march in review by the industrial
and irrigation army August -, when
it is expected to have $4,000 uniformed
men in line. The evening parade
will be illuminated. E. F. Cartier
Van Dissel has been appointed grand
marshal.
The committee, composed Of Nj
Van Dissel, Perry D. Tull and Robert
H. Cosgrvove, has arranged the
parades of progress, to be made upd
several divisions, headed bv mount
ed band Of music under the direction Of
William Osterman, followed by Ind
ians of the Spokane tribe from the
reservation. led by Chief Jim Sam.
They will bring with them Their
squaws and some of the tribal fnery
and gala day garb and their best horses
and make camp near the city.
The advent of Captains Lewis and
Clark and their faithful followers into
the Clearwater country will be depict
ed by men in costumes OF the period
on series of floats. Another division
will show the lumbermen with axes
and crosscut saws, loads of logs, finish
ed lumber, shingles. sash, doors, etc.,
followed by display of farm machln'
cry. The third division will be head
ed by national irrigation congress-
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-30
BLERIoT AERoPLANE
CROSSES ENGLISH ca.,.

Dover. July 24.-Louis B,.,,..
French aviator, accomplish S,erlotl th..
markable feat of flying acro su the H.
lish channel this morninn E -; the En-,
utes. The distance from his hi % =, nh
point, near Calais. to Dover .' : Starting
% miles and he therefore - t,, Is about
the rate Of nearly mile , m; At
The aviator left the Frenoh 'note
4 80 and within few minn sn Shore At
the white cliffs of the En aIts 'lshta
He descended gracefully in o .s Coast
Fall Meadow behind Dove, 'l ~ North
4 $50 a. m. i castle al
A French torpedoboat dest,ou
lowed the aeroplane but SO sc;s' fol.
the speed of the machine that " ~ Vas
stroyer was soon left far hehin s'e De.
though the start was made IN =. Al
weather the wind soon roso ~ calm
strong breeze was blowing at tbs qua "a a
OF the descent making the perfo ro 'lne
all the more noteworthy laacs
The French torpedoboat do,..
arrived at Dover at 80 witt, B1s,;s'r
wife and a party of friends aho..a ''O' $
By his achievement TO-DAY d.,
wins the special prize of S., Ooo o osa
by the London Daily Mail, 'Aefed
M. Bleriot has for several ve.r, :,
an active aviator in France, and is ' g !,
to have had more miraculous esss Sia
than any other aeroplanist Ha ' ~ls
a cross-country flight from Tu,o n.'us
Arthenia, France, on March 3 ioO0 70
in monoplane. ''V'
His latest achievement prior To o,,
ing the chatnnel was flight on 1ul 0s
from Etamps to Orleans, COVERING 10, ,l 10
distance in 56 minutes, 10 seoon a.'
including stop of twelve minntos -
examine his aeroplane. By this ach;or !"
ment he won the French aeronl.n.
prize of $4,000. 'D'
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-30
TO UNVEIL HILL BUST
AT EXPOSITION GROUNDS

Seattle, July 26-Tbe colossal Dron1o
Inst of James J. Hill, the railroad
builder, on the Alaska Yukon racine
Exposition grounds. which are a pais
of the campus of the University u
Washington, will arrive from Ne"
York today and will be unveiieo oy
Gov. John A. johnson, of Minnesota
ON the afternoon of August 8
The bust of Mr.. Hill, which is an
excellent likeness, was paid for by
subscriptions as ''an appreciation OF
Mr.. Hills inestimable services TO the
Northwest. - The pedestal OF the Dust
is of Washington granite, except three
blocks from Yokohama, Japan: FOX
island. British Columbia, and st. Cloud,
Mimi
In all the unwilling ceremonies MI.
Hills binding of three great nations
together by iron ties of peace and COM
MERGE will be brought out.
The bust will be covered with three
large silk flags of Japan, Great Britain
and the United States. Judge Thomas
Burke, of this city, will preside at the
exercises and will introduce Gov. john
son, orator of the day, who, at the
close of his address, will unveil the
bust
After the flags fall, Gov. Hay, of
Washington, will present the Ameri-
can flag to Mr.. Hill; Premier Richard
Mcbride, of British Columbia, for
Lieutenant Governor Dunsmuir, will
present the British flag, and Ambas-
sador Takahira, if he is able to come
to the ceremonies. as he wishes, will
give the Japanese flag to the railroad
builder. The bust will stand in what
is now known as Klondike Circle, near
the fine arts building, a permanent
structure.
Mr.. Hill expects to be present at the
unwilling.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-30
Government Gets Back Coal Lands

Salt Lake, July 27.-The prosecu-
ton of the Utah Fuel Company by
the federal government on the charge
of having illegally secured certain coal
lands in Carbon county by the use of
dummy entrymen, has been practically
ended by the dismissal of two suits
and the payment to the government of
$7S, 900 for coal extracted from the
lands. The total amount paid the gov
eminent by the Utah Fuel Company
the last four months reaches the sum
OF 1915, 600 In addition the govern
ment has recovered coal lands valued
at 5000, 900.