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New-York tribune., 1909-04-11
THE MYSTERY SOLVED.

Gentlemen he said. vel beg pardon. YOU.
leuJenant-have killed a pig. And that pool Of fire
over there is what call 'skimmng hole Of
phosphorescence. much the largest ! have ever
seen Wen how It 10 form in the
ing; for the present let return 10 the house and
what brandy and soda viii do for nerves In
the morning found the dog Of fire still lying
where he had fallen. He was of enormous proper
tions-quite the largest wild pig Of which there is
any record in Cganda-but must have been almost
harmless from the fact that his great tusks had
grown nearly into a complete circle and were,
therefore. incapable Of inficting serious injury.
The glowing pool of the night before presented a
surface of dirty brown in the morning light, but
so charged with phosphOrescenCe was II that il
showed family luminous streakS when stirred with
q stick. even with the shining directly upon
#. Its existence figured, was due TO the
phospnorescence being soughed from the
whirlpool in times of high All stagnant
in the wooded sections Of the tropics con-
tains more less phosphorescence. due 10 the
great quantities Of deCaying vegetable matter
lying about.
The anlmalculse which are responsible for the
phosphorescence float on the water in brown
scum and great quantities OF this had been
drained off into the river which flowed through
the judges plantation during the spring rains.
This had accumula TED in great masses OF froth at
the whirlpool TO be finally sIoughed off into the
sink As the water raised. In the summer the sink
had been steadily lowered by seepage and evap-
Grafton, the diminishing pool becoming and
more strongly impregnated with phosphorescence
the pure water drawn Such fish as
were occasionally carried of the river channel
in high water also found their way into this sink,
and il was the presence Of these. no doubt which
attracted the old boar there 10 wallow. The half
dozen sticks OF giant powder which the judge set
OF under neighboring ant hill 10 fiji up the
obnoxious skim hole also blew up a huge mau-
rec stump. which rolled and reared itself Ike
= rude tombstone above the shattered body Of
the dreaded FIRE dog
New-York tribune., 1909-04-11
rHE MAKING o. a K c.

To most people ~ must u..aH Sl.t--. r.s r.
legal maxim .'f-ys-v rr-r lucas r1- .aN- ts-
vented by some was r. vu.Ia .- f-. .,- '--f Ira
rect 10 say that nee uaa knows .." .'' f-f. .r
ignorant OF tine rnHuuys fu pG..l g. E-.H s1.-
X g. In the ordinary course o- -....-S - fs.s
TiSJSr Of ten wears standing I~ ~Husr~r- ~ Fl
right 20 apply for sir and tf Et thinks ----
any chance OF S4FnIu- ra- honor -. ...- IF "a
10 The LORD Chancellor El-- r.r r...i, -,-
bar demands that amy uau vino aNi.... ls- 1-
shall write and inform every Urr''rl ..s 1.s1
CaiirO lo the bar for more rNt-N'.Td trF Tl'
himself of tEe fac; taat be- 1-S ST. sr,, 81 cen-
iutlmsttOn gives the senior au "Hye!---- md 0f
sldertCK whether be should l..as'.l A'-- re ae-
50 doing maintain his right or Sga'. & -as g-ss
CisIOH " Jb. I.0.d Cn.u.aIar Isl ll-- '- ~ n
ton When he has decided tu mas. @ ...-sf-I a-t
silks the applicants who have been ~c,r-.lrs sr7
Informed of the fact and the @'f'."-
duly SaZe,tei-- Dundee Advsrt.s.l-
New-York tribune., 1909-04-11
ROOSEVELT AT MESSINA.

Theodore Roosevelt and King Victor Emmanuel
the Italian battleship Re Umberto. in
Messina Harbor. The King expressed the gratitude
Of himself and the Italian people for the generous
assistance of the American people to the earthquake
sufferers Mr.. Roosevelt inspected the ruins of the
city. Ex-President Castro of Venezuela appears 10
be a man without country. The governments of
Great Britain, France and the United States united
keep him from landing on any territory which
he could make the basis of operations against the
Venezuelan government. and though he landed at
Martinique. France ordered him TO depart
Helena Mod1eska, the noted Polish tragedienne
died at her home in California. F. Marion Craw-
ford. the novelist died at his homo In Sorrento
near Naples. The death also recorded OF
Ethan Allen Hitchcock, Secretary OF the Interior
under Presidents Mckinley and Roosevelt
New-York tribune., 1909-04-11
ENCOUNTER WITH
JUNGLE TERROR
FEAR P4R4LYZED 4FRI-
C4N HUNTERS.
Finally One Shot Monster, Coz
cred scith Liquid Fire, as 1t
Charged Them.
By Lewis r. Freeman.

hunting trip in one part of the world Is III
sts essential particulars much the same as IN an
Other goes about It differently in dlheTehJ
places to be sure, but the ends are similar If you
kin much game your trip is successful; If you do
TOT kill much game-or Of course, if the game kills
-ou-the trip is not successful There are Nalia-
tions on this they all reduce 10 the same thing
The party with which ! hunted in British East
Ar-ica-four Australians and myseif-bagged Only
one eIcphan, ard giraffe. and none Of US set
ewes on a lion leopard. With rhinoceroses we
were lucky. shooting FIVE: and also WIN MP
ro-ro.arn and the numerous members or the ahi'-
Iore family The elephant. very fair specimen with
fbirtv-pouud tusks. furnished excitement a. ALL
and but for the fact that Of the rhnos-"e
srrerward learned he vas suffering from a ieslei :
ing wound caused 10y poisoned arToW-cnarged
one or my companions while he was manoel-
wiring for q SHOULDER shot, there would nave oeFH
yorrf- 10 redeem The long three months fight with
insects and malaria The only real thrill for Which
7 an indebted my East African WISH came Ho'
through the shooting Of elephant or fhlhotei"s
tr,r through the chase 0f-bU- viii not anticipate
ON original mart. had broken Gp-my four COM
ranio,s having returned 20 Mombasa 10 take a
s-esrner Tor Maitland I had joined q dlSlIIcI
,-,5rc from Na;robi-an old resident-and q Young
T7-i+ish army officer on leave. on hunt IN Inc
dfstrict-to the south % Victoria Nyaaza- Inc
,,5re had bought 3 plantation I'm this section ten
years before. and il vas At his hunEalo" We mace
or headquarters The plantation had beeh bousiIl
q, the sale incident 20 The settling Of the estate
nT
,,es-.4 afs,-r5lv low At the time but when in sub
seouen- enGeavo-s 10 clear OUT the neglected cacao
groves ii trausrired tlsac none Of the natives OF
the nearby village could be induced 10 "orA 'heIe
Without ? white foreman. and even then Tor only
: few davs al p time. the reason for this became
.,-isrn+ The natives believed the place haunted
end every time one Of them saW-or thought ne saw
me sper,ra q huge dog which drlpped liquid hre
~ =. an rbct fed the place in terror and refused
=, return White men who cared 10 live alone win
,i7- natives 50 far the railroad were hard 10
get So the plantation had continued 10 revert 10
=, -. ,,,a 5ydce and his friends used The
house once 2 wear for q shooting lodge
" had come across the eighty miles from the
-s5Iroad with score of Nasal bearers. and ma"
spent couple Of s~elteTing DAYS "@ui"s w
-. in. o. foorIese search for hippopotami on
the evening in question were enjoying our afier
dime coffee and cigars in the grateful shelter OF
,re mosauito-proofed veranda. and had lhdlcen uie
.,6re after some pressing 10 tell Us what ne hhe"
~ tbe s5.perstfons Of the natives concerning the
Mace
New-York tribune., 1909-04-11
FREE LECTURES FOR THE WEEK.

Trusts. uses Of wealth. Iabors part IN industry.
the Department OF Health and The conduct OF =
great bank among the list OF practical subjects
announced by the Board of Education for pub
lie lectures during the coming week Among the
speakers will be Professor Walter r Clark. Or.
Thomas Darlington Commissioner OF Health, Or.
Albert X AIdinger Dr. William b. Guthrie, Pro
fessOr James Walter Crook OF Amherst College;
Raymond J. Davies DR.. Abel j GrOut Professor
4. J.. r. Hanliu of Columbia University. Charles
J Hauenbeek. Professor Charles Lincoln Edwards
Of Trinity College. and Miss Nellie Crooks
New-York tribune., 1909-04-11
PREHISTORIC CALEDONIA CITY.

What il considered to be tar mos .- ~ Ca.
archaeological md vet uade in lti- - ss'yerei
the ruins of "a prehistoric city ti Ltgr-flq Vala
mountains near the edge ot t.s r'.l ~resertcl
Ihere are more than seven auIuird "-.r,l 2 '3'-7
stone houses. evidences Os paved >-'e,5, 5rrsnt,a
amount OF earthenWare- The d-Stv.s- r7lrn5sr p
was Hrst attracted Co tlr place 0\ igatia'
Edshes I'm the mountain side. and rl. rl.'-, he sa-
he found series oS Leaped-lf -ti If an ta-
preached nearer and found The st.r9 9..4-s.ss ~
Client city, The houses beius bulit 'N h.. l2
old road was found to lead from tit ,-.' --- stas
or a nearby peak ou which w'tS t0wsf~
ruin of what seemed 90 have been 4 Wa
The Pathfinder
New-York tribune., 1909-04-11
ANIMALS As sEIsMoMErERs.

Animals have again. In Sicily and CaIabria
Shown that they knew more about coming earth
Cuazes than knew An official at Messina.
worried by his dog on the OF the disaster.
The animal would not stay quiet for a moment
and his barking such nuisance that his
master beat the wise brute. Their night so
restless that the man gave all hope OF sleep;
and he. and the dog, left home after 80
AS the dog out Of doors he ran
away. and the followed him. Thus both
were well outside the town when the crash came,
and the acknowledges that he hts es-
cape from D.ObableJ death TO his good. uli4Aly
dOg.-DUndee Advertiser.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-11
Constant Reader Tells What He
Missed IN Last Weeks Papers.

See the House passed the Payne bill said
T2us,, Man What did they do TO IT,
took more than FIVE hours OF continuous roll
csue 10 pass the measure returned Constant
reader The vote was 215 to 16l. One RepuoHcan
Representative Austin Of Tennessee-'o'eI
against the measure because Of the reduction OF
the duty on coal while four Democrats Noteo "''i
The majority They we're Representatives Brous-
sar5. Estopina Pujo and Wicliffe, Of Louisiana
New-York tribune., 1909-04-11

The effect OF having TO stand up IN front OF II on
nerves already strung to the point Of giving way
must be left the imagination
With a rush and a roar it gained the bank and
charged straight down upon Us The judges re
volver exhausted itself into the moss, and my own
un7red hung loosely my nerveless fingers Fhe
lieutenant thanks 10 hts years Of military training
pulled himself together AMI discharged both bar
rels Of his Greaner into the oncoming apparitOn at
under ten PAGES We heard the heavy buckshot
strike home through flesh and bone heard the
savage snorts of rage change 70 shril squeals Of
pain. and lie thing reel and stagger and sink
down iu qui,ering heap almost at our feet
We gazed down at the great body, still veined
with tricklng lines Of fire, for few moments in
increduous wonder, and then stared at each other
for confirmation Of the dawnng truth The Judge
vas the first 10 sneak
New-York tribune., 1909-04-11
HIS POLITICS.

Canvasser ito lady of the housel-Can you tell
me- my dear madam. whether your husband is Lib
eral or Conservative?
"Oh. we'll" said the lady. when he's with Lib
erals he's Liberal, and when he's with ConserVa-
tives he's Conservative"
Yes. but-between OurseiVes-What is he at
home?"
oh, home! He's a perfect nuisance Tit
Bits.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-11
HUGHES HAS JUST BEGUN.

Looks as if they had beaten the Hughes policies
to a pulp, doesn't it,"
The Assembly Judiciary Committee voted not TO
report Governor lIugkes's direct nominations BILL
thereby killing that measure far as the present
session is concerned. The Assembly voted TO suS-
tain the committee also killed the Francis bill
placing telephones and telegraph companies under
the Jurisdiction of the Puolc Service commissions
by vote of IS to 81. In the course Of the debate
over these two measures charges Of bribery We're
made and denied. but names were mentioned.
and an attack the Governors opponents and
Ray +. Smith. clerk OF the Assembly. by Assembly
man Bennett Of New York. eXpunged from the
record. But Governor Hughes. in speech at
Rochester which was heartily received. practically
announced that the direct nominations fight had
lust begun despite the defeat Of the bill in the As
sembIy'
The tariff Hughes blinded to most every
thing else. What other news was there Of i'm
New-York tribune., 1909-04-11

Only one amendment not reported by the ways
and Means Committee adopted. This was an
increase In the duty barley from 10 cents to "A
cents bushel and barley malt from % cents
70 % cents a bushel. The countervailing duty was
stricken off lumber as recommended by the COM
r,{ttee but the free lumber men were defeated
Those who demanded duty on hides made q
moor showing but oil was placed on the free list
by an immense majority.
How does It stand in the Senate"
The President Informed by Senator AdTlch
that there would be no occasion for his vetoing the
tariff hill when the Senate got through with it, as
the Senate substitute provided for reductions from
the Dingley bill on every item which could De re
ga-ded as a necessity. rearranged the cIassi-
fcstion that necessities and luXuries could easily
he DISTINGUISHED and at the same time provided for
.,f4carr revenue to meet the expenses of the gov
rpr,ent without the inclusion OF any special form
of taxation The duty gloves and hosiery has
r,oan materially reduced, had that on every olher
genuine necessity.
The Senate Finance Committee after confer
ence with President Taft agreed on the fayI9
hill provision for the free adnlittance OF 'oJ'""
cross tons of Philippine sugar q year The Sen
ate committee also decided TO admit iore'S" mas
terpieces of art without restriction
Mr. Aldrich took with him to the White house
+Ia draft OF the Senate substitute so faF as II %
been completed by the Finance committee.
committee has completed most of the scheNuleS' "
+l,o,1gh the maximum and minimum and the adll1'n
fe+-a+ive provisions are still unfinished Inc Fres
dent was agreeably surprised at the changes iila
bv the Senate committee and the extent ~ ~"
the substitute makes good the pledges OF the paly
orr Taft asked various questions to ell OF Which
he received satisfactory answers ana ne no" De
Iieves that there should be trouble III passing
the hill in the Senate and that the course OF 'lie
committee will greatly expedite its CONSIDERATION
Washington telegraph., 1909-04-16

VIZ WASHINGTON-some Of the auto
w biographies of new members in
the congressional directory issued re-
Gently are refreshing.
Senator Wesley L. Jones of Wash
ington, who, with Senator Burton of
Ohio. was promoted from the house,
pays a warm tribute to his wife, an
unusual contribution to an official pub
lication.
The sketch of Mr. Jones says he
was married to Minda Nelson at En-
field, ILL.,. in the fall Of 1886, and what
ever success he has attained is due
to her earnest, faithful help and cheer
full self-denial."
MIR. Jones also unfolds an unusual
professional experience-"has never
acted as attorney for any railroad, tel
egraph, or express company, or for
any public service corporation"
The house of representatives of the
Washington telegraph., 1909-04-16

1T is very unromantic, but true, that
1 the Washington business man who
has acquired the finest autograph
book in the last 80 years is the pro-
prietor of corn doctors" establish
ment. He showed his register of auto
graphs to congressional visitor who
had dropped in to have his corns
pared and treated.
The establishment started short
time before the death of Lincoln and
among the early signatures in the
book was an unquestionably authentic
one of the emancipator, who, accord
ing to the proprietor of the place, was
quite regular attendant in the effort
to have his corns suppressed.
He once told the chiropodist-wh
Washington telegraph., 1909-04-16
Importance of Education.

il there is one feature of the union
work of education. II this work is
neglected or not kept apace with that
of organization it is sure to result
seriously for the order. Education is
the principal corner stone of co-opera-
tion. An uneducated and undisciplined
are like undrilled and undisciplined
troops in a battle. They constitute
weakness instead Of strength to the
organization Every union man ought
to read up on the principles of his
order and keep in touch with what it
is doing. In other words, he ought to
be a live member.
Washington telegraph., 1909-04-16
GROWING TOO MUCH COTTON.
coeent Reasons Why Southern Plant
eFs Should Reduct Acreage.

Memphis, Tenn, Feb. 15--To the
Cotton Growers: A year ago | strong
ly urged you to reduce the acreage in
cotton and grow more feed stuffs. 1t
seems from the acreage report last
year that only a part of the growers
reduced their acreage and in some
sections small increase was shown.
The result has been about as I pre-
dicted, the lowest prices we have had
for several years. 1t now looks as II
the crop will bring around $550,000,00O
or over $50,000000 less than last
years crop, which was nearly 2,000,-
600 bales smaller, and taking the cost
of growing the extra 100000 bales 1t
means loss to the south of over
s100000,000.
The time has arrived when you
must decide on the acreage for this
season. | strongly urge you to reduce
your acreage in cotton at least ten
per cent, and raise more grain and
hay SO you will be more independent
at marketing time. When the spinner
is assured there is enough cotton
grown to supply his needs he is very
independent and will only buy at
cheap prices. With possibility of a
shortage, he is very eager buyer.
While the consumption for the first
half of the cotton year ending March
1 will likely be a little less than half
a crop the consumption the last hall
will be very much larger so that we
will likely have about the same vis1-
BILE supply that we had last season
SO that we should raise next year at
least 100000 bales less than the con-
sumption in order to get good prices
for It,
Now, don't think that every one
else will reduce and you can plant
more and get big price, for that
is what too many of you did last sea
son. 1t will take uniform reduction
in order to get proper results. You
should only plant enough so that with
the most favorable conditions the crop
would not exceed 12,500.000 and then
if weather conditions reduce the yield
to II .000,0 you will get more money
for 1t than if you raised 12,50000O.
| hope that every merchant reading
this article will call his farmer Gus
toners attention to 1t and urge the
reduction. 1t is the extra $100,000,0OO
the cotton crop brings that makes
trade good through the south. l sug-
gest that meetings be held in every
school house in the south Saturday
March 7, so that uniformity OF action
may be taken. Weekly papers please
copy. J. A. Taylor. President Nation
al Ginners Association.
Washington telegraph., 1909-04-16
Don't Do 1t.

Don't put yourself in hole because
your neighbor does. Reduce your cot
ton crop acreage. Feant more corn,
raise more hogs and vegetables. and
You'll be on the safe side, whether the
price of cotton goes up or down.
There may be enough Of the smart
Alecs to prevent the reduction Of the
cotton acreage, in which case they
will be caught in their own trap. Don't
be one of them. You would better
lose money on five bales of cotton than
to lose on ten. You can make money
on corn, hogs, vegetables and fruits.
Diversity of crops will put you on
the safe side and enable you to hold
your cotton. Try it and you will won
der why you did not see the point
sooner.
Washington telegraph., 1909-04-16
Teddy Only President Without Corns

in those days didn't have a Latin
name, but was called a corn special
ist-that "his corns made him almost
as much trouble as congress-" a SEN
timent which ex-President Roosevelt
might have echoed, but he never did
because he didn't have any corns, and
was, in fact, declared to be the only
president since Lincoln who hasn't
been a patron of this establishment.
Anyhow, the register contains the
autographs of Johnson, Grant, Hayes,
Arthur, Cleveland, Harrison and Nc
Kinley. Garfield wasn't president long
enough to develop corns, though the
expert opines that at the rate he was
kicking people out during the short
time he served as president, he would
soon have required attention.
The book contains the autographs
of thousands of cabinet ministers,
senator's, members of congress and
other famous national characters.
Casual inspection of it would almost
enforce the generalization that corns
and public service are seemingly in
separable.
Washington telegraph., 1909-04-16
After Oklahoma Governor.

Tulsa, Okla.-William j. Gregg,
United States district attorney here,
said the statement that his office had
made any announcement as to the
future course of the government in
the prosecution of the Muskogee town
lot fraud cases against Gov. Charles
NJ Haskell and others is wholly un-
authorized and untrue. The announce
ment in question was to the effect
that the prosecution would be drop
ped Mr.. Gregg later ordered the
Federal grand jury to reconvene in
this city next Saturday He refused
to say whether additional evidence
against Governor Haskell would be
presented at that time.
Washington telegraph., 1909-04-16
ACCUSED OF
GRATING
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY AT
MEMPHIS ACCUSES SHERIFF
AND DEPUTIES OF BEING
DISHONEST.
LEXOW GRAND JURY WANTED
Circuit Court Judge is involved
Charges Are Made in Open
Court

mphis.-According to charges
made before the Civic League and in
open court by 2. Newton Estes, pros
cutting attorney, Sheriff Frank Mon
teverde and deputies are grafters.
There is also graft in the police and
detective force and it is almost inn
possible to secure convictions in
Judge Palmer's division of the crimi-
nal court or to hold murderers, owing
to writs of habeas corpus granted
by Judge Galloway of the circuit
court, according to startling charges
made by the district attorney who has
just taken office. Sheriff Monteverde
has replied, asking for proof, and says
he will file countercharges to show
that Estes and private detectives i'm
ported here were guests of gamblers
on a "hurrah trip" to New Orleans
during the recent carnival and that
notes have been taken up for Estes
by gamblers for alleged protection"
AS a result. members of the league
insist that a Lexow grand jury must
sift the whole matter, and some SEN
sational testimony is anticipated
Washington telegraph., 1909-04-16
Cabinet Surely Is "Possum Cabinet" Now
he treasury certainly is.

of the treasury certainly Is.
Jacob (Dickinson)-"A supplanter."
He supplanted Luke Wright.
George tVon l.. Meyer)-"A land
holder; husbandman." This designa-
ton Of the new secretary Of the navy
applies also to George w. Wicker.
sham. the new attorney general.
James (Wilson)-Same as Jacob
Mr. Wilson, however, has supplanted
none but himself for the last IL years.
Frank (Hitchcock)- k)-"Free." No ref
erence to government franking privi-
leges.
Richard (Ballinger)-"Strong like a
ruler; powerful BELTS secretary
of the interior.
Charles NageD-"ManIy; noble
spirited" None has yet denied pos
session of that quality by the secre
tary of commerce and labor.
Still other searchers hunted up the
Christian names of the president and
ex-president, and found that William
means protector" and Theodore "the
gift of God"
Washington telegraph., 1909-04-16
New Statesmen Are Extremely Modest

Sixty-first congress embraces in its
membership the champion legislator
in American history. for Edward
Thomas Taylor, Representatives,
large from Colorado, says of his IL
years service in the senate of his
state:
Has the reputation of having been
the author of more important laws
and constitutional amendments than
any person that ever sat in any legis-
lature of any state of the union dur
ing the history of the government
over 40 general statutes and five sep
arate constitutional amendments that
were adopted by vote of the people"
While serving as postmaster at Ca
ruthersville, Representative Crow Of
Missouri relates that several times
he called the attention of congress to
the manner of weighing mails; con-
gress finally revised the method.
whereby it is estimated that saving
Of $10,000,000 year was affected"
The baby of the house is Palitte
Elvins of Missouri, who was sworn in
on the day on which he completed his
thirty-frst year
Secretary Dickinson of the war de-
partment makes no reference to his
politics in the sketch of himself.