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Show President tered the hardest conditions, finding and ho on tl r Cabinet have reached ihn Nature against them lira land where conclusion to allow themat ertogcTovcr water was scarce and where ncr vegeta- after Congress meois. Opposition tion could growjxcopt In the immediate any ciiauge In the picsent milhary jvichiHyof springs. It was under rigor- government has been manifested in ous conditions t liat Ihe desert ribes many quarters some of them where lived and "rew iirnumbersand strength, civil governor for'Cuba. tin? By , ll up-iint- ( none - used for irrigating in many parts'of Egypt, A rabla, Persia and India, It consists of a pole pivoted upon an on an upright with a skin bucket fast-i- o coed to one end and a weight uponthe other. With ibis tlie water ean be. raised to a height of 8 or 10 feet into sc. I , was expected since It wasjwi-- ; nouuced that the President wascontem plating ibe appointment of a civil gov- eruor. 1 here Is little doubt Jtliat this lius much to do 'With the conclusion reached. . Mr.. John It: McLeans defeat in Ohio seems in have w licit pd bis "airpet I. e for more of he same sort He is.hrWash- fugton; and isle ting democratic Sena- tors and Representatives know that ho w.)Mld;bo willh.It 10 accept second place mi next year- - democratic ticket and ir plveiiJi. would see Ural an amide cane lint J.e- palun fund was provided. Loans ropu in: Ion as a man of ordinary common sense lias fallen very low shoe and still 'peoplo became fntallS;s. Under thelater influence of the Koran-theifanatical ins jus c woro aroused and tliey went Lr h to t lie conquest ofihe world, 4o convert all to tin? doctrines of Moham- m'!(b "1 are hey tod y water has to be raised to a great height it Is accomplished by a serie-- ' of shadoofs-oppositioone above the o;ht r, each depositing the water In a tank immediately above. from1 which U is again raised 8 or ten feet and: a surdy wiry soon until it is finally on the level oL race, but, from the first! heir training bas been in a hard school of adversity, Jhcirs was a .and flowing with milk s i uncui-euion "1 'ol l.at .l.ey raised was by tr0UK, iibyiui tas,, lr;uisili0ll, replaced tbo n.o abundant sweat f the brow. he Inan with tbe bllcket a, .bemoans of of , he si, np e,.-- . necessities meant eat,1)f tbo watof onto a,j ntdgC8 ut v u td atuUaUr. earliest irrigation. iodefa.igal h-- ; J ; i few inches In heialu were raised around small patches ofground and tlie water . From ti.no immemorial irrigation has as uermitted to run in until thesoil was liosta'ed that been practiced by man in aid of agricul- - coered when the gap was closed in I he house for Dewey given transferring made ipthenexv-- . hJ of in. facLJ.h.e birth agriciiituro-rlhim to li isvvieywhlcli was doubtless re'1 he idea undoubted- - After a long apprenticeship man grade-lwas hi irrigation gretted by t osn who indulged in. it ed in tlie apt illustration af- - ally acquired a knowledge of mechanics crigina when Mr. Dewey transferred the. house aPPUca Jon of.Uie.fcires.of. na.. jfarded by. tlio.oases. hi Lbo deser t o U eorgo Dewey-- '' t iie- - Ad rirTraPi r nly wi h ,un! 10 bi own epds. Crude water hot, sand, surrounding blistering child, and it became known that such drif ing sand, absolutely devoid of vege- - wheels were consrrneted which were was the Intention from tho first, had I a: ion. the sons of tho desert were propelled first by human labor and later hardy been inspired by politicians-wh- o feared wont to sock the grateful shade. lie- - by oxen, cows, donkeys, or camels and that Admiral Dewey might consent to side the springs "tliery could lie in the finally by the current of s reams, become a candidate for President. A wa,u wa r! waterl water! ,li shadow of thoda'e palm, and sleep the' wilder pipe dreatn was never written by JI.ia'tor bw labotions the task, water sleep of tho weary, rising refreshed and 7 .a yellow, journal ready for the next journey which was ,nu 4 bo got, en. bo by these methods,' mans odds, measured from .oasis to oasis I t, was bu nat iral for ma i to observe that stru"Sft wii h the forces of nature lias t whero springs and water were plentiful contlm.cd for un tole ages. And today, lfilou"h thoapplicitloi of the principles j vegetation throve. By the. cultivation of tlie larger of these oasis they raised , discovered by our u odeeessors in irrigaIIOW IUItLY Tit lines DREW TIIKIH t he food necessary for l heir simple .1 iot. tion, we see millions of acres of soil. reclaimed and SUSTENANCE FROM Til E SOIL When t hey needed more land for agricn- - vvor,hltss othorwi.o, it was but natural to attempt to ,na(J fruit fnl. Experience lias shown tore, The most prominent feature in tho moisten t ho soil. To secure water for that wjiero tlie water is under contiol history of the gradual growth and decr a,,fi larger crons can be produced this, wells were dug. Brom these tlie is of Havman, agriculture. velopment water was drawn- - by hand and carried than on lauds where nature has hcen n ent-lias ing orlghij necessity. Its develnpir, i i i I (it T h e rn b ag s t o t h e jit,: It patch ! tI1Gj,t' bountiful io furnishing rainfall, -with mansadvaneemenl which kopt.paeo j In the la: terregioos, rain of en comes to "cultivate. they4nlonded to the highly civilized plane ho has at- i tiop port u no times and again fails AM. r.Anon. Mined, liegliniliijj witli theuscsof r.uls, just when most needed hi tlu, malHi-i- ir ' ' In tho frnitv roots and game Where U,e drVerl extvi.dMl uIong tho crop. FailuieCr partial' failure is fre- reqiilreineina beeame hanks of a river, as the Nile or tho quenl in the most favored regions;under man lsTn nature Euphrates for Instance, jlie water wus modern irrigatioirit sysicmTof is iinm satisfied. Tho rosortio planting plentiful. ' It but needed to bo applied sible. and growing for themselves the differ- - to the land to produce tbo crops, needed Irrigated farms never wear out It, which the cut fruits early, inhabitants by irian. The sculptures of ancient may occur to farmers who are in tbo of the earth bad been accustomed to use Egypt,., contain figures of men with a habit of applying large quantitiesof was but ajiatural ontrome of observing yoke upon their shoulders bearing water manure and fertilizer to t heir lands ai d how seeds sprouted grew and produced pots. This was of course only possible ralsi ng onlyju od oral erro psf th a t s h ertr the very articles of diet with which they where 4 be water wasliVar .tT Lamb I frigatioi i p r a c t i s e d a ti d irmnensi? of The Increase were familiar. of a little later danfshow crops growti every season without intertlon In tho CraitTof Man. gradually tho use oLtlie bucket and lever known mission, either increased manurin' is forced the wanker tribes ln.,0 the great as the shadoof by the Arab- s- he simp'e necessary or in its absence the hod' deserts to tbo West. Here .bey eucoun- - well sweep of our older country hemes from l.' dr.rin pm ' tiu? criticism of Admiral tliis-ture- J y e. pace-wriier- -ag- mmi ainst,-overwhelming is j ( -- hy-iian- d ! ! obl-alned -- ver ; -- popula-"Sculptur- Js es , j . - I Ahe-incre- ; ased m.-oi-l . |