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Show da r TJIE SEMI-WEEKL- & Xt CAMPFIRE SKETCHES. NATO Y bllili Fibllibn dent knowledge of English to make out tbe general sentiment of the doer, ment Lieutenant Gilmore Insisted that as chief oiilcer among the prisoners he be given tbe privilege of looking over what had been written. Nodding approval over each letter, he added to each word Nit which the insurgents accepted as an official revise of the papers.; General MacArtbur showed one of these letters.. "You can Imagine," said 'he, "the unbounded admiration It created for ' the resourcePhilfulness of Lieutenant Gilmore adelphia Saturday Evening Post. . SHORT STORIES VETERANS. SOME ' FOR THE UTAH LOQANg General Baffllagtoa. Chief A calm Burvey of tbe situation Indicates a very clone race between the . l.f(wU tho national of Uoateaaat Ullmur aleda and the skates. Ordanea ml Gun foe tbe Vis mi Uaard Keaoareafulnaee New - A trusted employe of a Los Angeles . HAIL rOIXMIUA. bank took, finally, over $5,000 for every Columbia! happy land! Hal), year that he had been ' trusted. band! Hall, ya heroes! heaven-bor- n in bled Freedoms and Who fought decided to kaa the .begin Germany cause. abolishment of akivnry in Rust Africa. Who fought and bled In Freedoms Civilization appears to be spreading. - cause, Chicago anarchists are stlii cheering And when the storm of war waa gone. for Czolgosz, but tjiey can not hope ta Enjoyed the peace your valor woo. revive him from his electric slumbers, Let Independence be our boast. Ever mindful what it cost; Richard Mansfield says Baltimore auEver grateful for the price, diences are cold.. He. might try the Let its altar reach the skies. . experiment of roasting them before the t curtain. Firm, united, let us be. Rallying round. our Liberty; It is high tini to begin to organize As a band of brothers joined. Peace and safetyrwe shall find. against the . injustice of Sir H'obert Ball's day GO, 000, 000 jJostph: Hopklnson. i , years hence. r. THE WORD "GUERRILLA.. The word "guerrilla Is of Spanish origin, the diminutive . of "guerra, war, an'4 means petty war that Is, war carried on by .detached parties.. The word first got Into the English language, so far as I can discover, In 1809, when It was used by Sir; Arthur Wellesley, afterward the Duke of Wellington; "I have . recommended the Junta. he says in one of his reports, "to set the guerrillas to. work, toward Madrid." Two years lster Scott got hold of the 'word. ' Ybu m'fiy find it in Don Roderick: . , . . , . . . forty-elght-ho- ur . . I I a NEW Gl'N KOK MILITIA. 4. A Baltimore society woman has erected a marble tablet ovjjr herdojjs-grave. Log ut hope Hhe 4FfLnkapn.te on it for her own epitaph. v(i , ' Prlnc Henry made a mistake , in marrying a queen to pay; tils debts. Ho ought td Jiare come to America and sold himself tain heiress. ; : A Milligan man climbed to. the tflp of a tall tred to shoot himself. After taking' all that trouble he might have Jumpc, ant) saved his 'ammunition.' The (jrLlc&o Burlington and Quincy Railroad has been leased for ODD years. Any woman will tell you that the transaction looks like a great bargain. a The ostfonomers are in some doubt as to the Character of the nebulous surroundings! jof the new star. Perhaps It is a conjunction of drafiiatlzed novif els. . A Boston society is called the "Old School Boys'Assoclatlon," and as it haz just celebrated the S5tb birthday of a member,' it seems to be appropriately named. Smokefs will note that under the est decision cf the United States latSu- preme Court a Manila cigar and cheroot come under the ;head of do ' !. mestic articlef' .Gen,. Buffington; chief o ordnance, In his annual report argues strongly gainst the detail system so far as concerns his owp department. He points to the cultivation by European countries of spacial ordnance experts, s showing the necessity of making this service a lifo work. He. refers briefly to the necessity of reforming the system of. allotting contracts, pointing to two cases where for three years and for seven years, respectively, the department has had contracts dragging along which It had been forced to make by congress and otherwise.. Gen. Buffington submits a hill looking to the cpmplete equipment of the national guard with the He says that this rifle has met wltlr approval, but he has not been content with that and has made a sample rifle, much simpler, cheaper and stronger, which will give a ball velocity of 200 feet per second more than the existing model, and will be equipped with a rod bayonet. Reference is made to the disapproval of the ordnance (department's efforts to supply' the army an advanced' field caliber, with separate piece pf loaderi. and it is pointed out that as a result of waiting upon the fied-gu- n trials 'the army must remain for a considerable time with what has been called Antiquated and- obsolete material. Nevertheless, this material,.- - it W met the needq of thq army stated,'; in its latest campaigns and the reports quotes; Gen. Chaffee to the effect that the Uqited States had the best field battery In the world. In reference to' the clerical force in the ordnance bureau, tien. Buffington says: "The war with Spain and the subsequent increase of the regular army to G5.000 enlisted men and the volunteer army to 35,000 enliBted men caused a great increase In the clerical work of this office, necessitating the employment of a temporary force uuder the provisions of the acts of July 7, 1898; Feb. 24. 1899; April 17. 1900, and March 3. 1901. The Increase of the work will remain permanent while the arm is maintained at its present strength, and for some time after a reduction of the same shall take place. Aa these temporary clerks are, many of them, more valuable for permanent appointment on account of their experience than any others could be, and a reorganization of the permanent force Is much needed, the esti- mate lias been prepared with a view oF of thp tem-- 1 absorbing about porary force into the regular force, with a proper graduation of the who.in the matter of salaries, leaving the remainder to continue as temporary clerks until their services are no lonrci required. The only sure method retaining the clerks whose demonstrated their great value to the government is to pay th-salary commensurate with their iitne. for their positions. If this is cot done private Corporations will In the futtire, as in make them offers yhliH will result in the loss of their svrvn-.-York Sun. tV the United-States- . 7 The woman who lit her ' quest for knowledge too a volume from a book store without going through the for mality .of .paying for It la In. a. fair way to learn something. A n&an in Norristown, Pa., who wag supposed .to have dropped dead at a ball, was found, on medical examina- tion, to have broken hlB neck by running Into a wall while dancing a jig. A Boston paper has found 818 couplel In New England who were married over fifty years ago and are ready to celebrate their diamond wedding, surrounded,' fit most cases by many descendants. When Herr Zebrehnelsel. of the Reichstag, debated the tariff on American meais,and said the whole business was a chain of humiliation, he most probably referred to the duties. on link.of sausage. - 1 The Austrian premier has threatened to suspend the constitution If the relehsrath does not behave Itself. Tr those1 whir have followed the performance of this body for a year or sn 1! will he a distinct surprise to learn that Austria has any constitution to suspend. The Germans have stopped sneering at control, uul pdnilhistru-tio- n in the lliiUpplges, and are now successful and admitting that wIsh, Tho fact that tiado is rapidly increasing, as shown by the imports and exports of the islands, has a tendency to convince even rivals that Uncle Ram knows how to manage colonies or outlying territories ns well as any of the older nations. And in 1814 Southey was- - "somewhat afraid of my old guerrilla frlenda.1 "Guerrilla had then acquired its secondary signification. In Its primary sense it was used as the equivalent of the Latin velltes the light troops of the skirmishing line of a regular army. G. A. Sala wrote in guerrlllesques 18G4, and., the Dally Telegraph printed it on April 22. But what la one to say of Jhackeray, "Irish Sketchbook 1843? The word gta a twist there with a vengeance,, when a "dirty, lazy, doubtful family .retainer" Is summed up as a guerrilla footman!" London ' ' Pall Mall Gazette V Krag-Jorgen-se- n. t tho-past- . -- RIGHT TO COURT' OF INQUIRY. There' are circumstances connected with the discharge ifonf the volunteer service of Colonel Harrison that attracted f gro&t deal (ft attention at the time. Questions arose . in the- public mind which .have neyer'been satisfactorily answered, and the deep mystery surrounding Jhe incident has never been cleared..', The death of. President McKinley 'diitencupted any Immediate righting of the wrong which had been done. It is understood that CoL llarri son prcjiosCs to interest Mr. Roosevelt in ihe case and push- the' matter to a l It should not ; termination. be for an injured, officer of volunteer i tw resort to the elaborate w?tU-proc.-s-Colonel Harrison has Invn di i o:i.;.; His request' for .'a court of inquiry was Ignored, which was mistake in .itself. Thefe Is no doubt that his mall from'dut? in Por ml Ids dis barge from the Itlco t Mllpctlons upon him which scrvicq liasriht to demand shall lie removed. Mr. Roosevelt is the kind of j:iiin in sen tliAi the injustice is cor 'rpi-and Navjr. Register - -- ds j - ; siiiTt-ssfu- 1 ji-s- I , a ' GILMORK'M ( Jw V fr LTV Fit RISK. 'General Mac.M thus. despite, his did- tiuctkifi tml his nimly Siid'esses', mo ,,r j estly ,pri ers to speak '.the pm others, io a naval officer whom hi entertained at Manila some Liiue n.j lie told a good story about Lieutenant J. C.- Gilmore, U. S. X.. w lin was raptured with seven men of (lie Yoiktowu at Baler. Luzon Island, in April. 1899. by the 1'hilippinc Insurgents ami piri soner for months in the mountains. One of t he prisoners, who spoke Span- ish fluently, was commanded to Iriits lute into Kngbrli decoy letters ad- dressed "To Whom It May Concern.' were w.in.i stating that the friends of the Americans, amf lul failed in aiding them to escape onir because of the vigilance of the insurgent guards. ''It was I lie intention.' said General MacArtbur. "to have then letters used by our forces, and also as passpurts for spies, Those superin-rouhad auffi- tending this literary vi-r- j il.r-An- ny AMKH'ttx flaii in rriiA. . ' thing which pleasantly sm prised C'r.cral Wood dunim his recent tour of One ! inspiring in,, Cuh-.- i was thst wherever (ulun: nid Xmolcnu flags ware JnveriHnly twined together in the T.r v - J i ! l i "in In some towns pulilid were to lie seen specimens of tho work done by the children, among which were drawing! of two flags, tho stars brines and the Cuban flag, twined together or side by side. Those were to be seen In drawings on paper, and in cue town, where the mayor was t.iken completely liy surprise and was umrtifled that he did not have time to prop rly prepare for the reception of the governor gene-al- . was to bo found on the ldackhoad ! the school room line specimens of drawings of the two flags together. The drawings were at the head of the room and all the chll- dreii were facing them. Army and Navy Journal. il i p - V , ln-li- r- - t ' ' . grt-r.- t - m U.-.i- Ah eminent French percbologist having again given to the theory that insanity and genius are akla it would be to have the psychologists expl.iin who so many men of genius hnu sane while multitudes of tnsni.it persons have lii'cu Vi in no sense geniuses. and Hymn offer excellent examples in support ol tho insanity theory, hut how. on that theory, are the psichoiogjsts going to account for Thackeray or liickens or Sir Walter Siott or that eminently sane and wholesome philosopher, William Shakespeare . j Hew NOTES OF DISCOVERY AND INVENTION. DmIi of Ope j ZdngtiM Grata Which Has Submarine Fkoto-ffrap- Mai hy Brought to Fltah ol Par-factio- n. Tha Etherisation of Plants. . practical discovery , in Horticulture Is so surprising to the average mind that It deserves passing comment We have long known that plants were so different from human beings that they thrive on tha gas which poisons the air for man, but the use of. ether in': the' forcing of bloom la a novelty. The process Is only applicable to. plants whose flowers, opening normally in the spring, grow on the wood formed the year previous and are iff a latent state in their envelopes as early as July! Among them may be mentioned the lilac, snowball, splrea, deutzla and similar shrubs and trees. - A Danish professor has caused lilacs to bloom in September by etherization a montji previous. The method la to place the plant In a tight box whose temperature Is not lower than 63 degrees Fahrenheit, seeing that the earth around the roots is perfectly dry so that the ether fumes may not penetrate to that part of the-- ' planet. The ether is put in a receptacle hung.in,-sid- e the box and is supplied daily. Its effect is to limit the vegetative period. After plants have been exposed to the vapors for about fifty hours, during whlchi time the buds may often be seen to swell and begin to open, they; are taken from the box. and watered in-warm atmosphere, when they flow- i i ' er rapidly. The latest semi-circul- ar : . . Taka' Plot oeaa on Organ Bad. . . - circuit draws a holt and moves the shutter which covers the first plate. As soon as the operator thinks ihe expo-ur- e is completed the circuit is broken and the apparatus Is ready to expose the neSV plate, WhlchiRes, behind that already exposed. IAS1 thfs Jattac. plate drops it operates the shutter to make Effective Brake for Veel. the next exposure, and,o on, the two Many & serious accident on the wa- cameras, working In unison but giving ter might be avoided If vessels' were different views' of the same object.- - ' t ; .. n fitted with a device for bringing them Raw Dilc. to a atop as quickly as possible when A new German device for cleaning the danger appears. Louis Lacoste of sin the teeth, for which a patent has lateMontreal, Canada, has designed been granted. Is the Invention of ly apparatus for this special purpose.-- The Adam Schneider of Berlin. This apgate a of brake proper consists hinged somewhat similar to a syris of considerable width, attached tr the pliance not used is and only for dislodginge, side of the ship to extend vertically food which have beof particles ing water says downward' from the line, the Philadelphia Record. Normally come wedged in .between the teeth, for treating the teeth and this gate lies close against the side of but also witli-ancleansing liquid. An the vessel and offers no resistance gums is used, to thei disto the progress through tbe water, but ordinary syringe of which is fitted a semiend charge is as soon as 'the proper signal given tube corresponding in shape from the pilot house the engineer circularrow of teeth, the tube being to thp. starts the mechanism which releases at intervals for the disperforated forward edge the clamp securing the of the To. cleanse the liquid. charge of the gate! the latter; Immediately flyIs placed either outside tube the teeth to ing open, until. It is at right angles rows of or between the course of 'the ship, where.lt Is sus- or Inside the inouthteeth theof user beand the them, tained by the braces at the rear. The inis the closed, piston pressed two ing and brakes are arranged In pairs, disso wash or mouth the that or more sets may be applied to one ward, infecting fluid is forced with considship.' They offer no hindrance to the erable pressure Into tbe hollowB and the movement of the ship through water sb long as they remain closed, cavities, and so dislodges the remnants but afford a. valuable addition to the of food and impurities. The inventor reversed propeller in bringing the ship states that by withdrawing the piston the liquid can be again taken Into the to a quick atop In times of danger. syringe and used, repeatedly, until the work is complete, or if only water Is New Dcaiga of Open Grata. used it is easy to refill the cleanbeing The ordinary fireplace has the greater a tumbler. from est advantage of not heating more than one room, and for this reason It Naw Electrical Road Racers. is seldom used, except for an addiThere Is a new electrical road racer, tional fire In winter or to take the chill off a room in the spring or fall with which A. L. Riker made a mile John H. Heitland of Quincy. Illinois, In 1:03 at the recent race meet given of by the Long Island Automobile club. idea the conceived has heating more than one apart- It Is equipped with sixty cells, of a ment with the open grate, thus chang- special type of storage battery, weighing it from a luxury to a practical ing fifteen pounds per cell, and Is heater. Tbe intention Is to arrange driven by two. motors, approximately each, driving the water pockets around the fireplace in two horse-powsuch a manner that a body of water rear wheels by single reduction gear la kept constantly hot and circulates at a ratio of 5 to 1. The machine has h four wheels, with through pipes to other rooms. three-inc- h A picture dt the Invention is shown pneumatic tires. The batherewith, the firebox standing alone, tery is carried between thn axles on an with he tiling removed, to' show the independent frame, the frame being manner of fitting the pipes and consupported by springs attached to. the com to water the the other reocliey. The vehicle weighs complete: ducting parunents. At the rear of the grate 1.850 jioun.ls. Electrical World and .and projecting over it is a corrugated Engineer. plate, which forms the face of the main reservoir for heating the water, Th Flgnr 0f (he Moon. The form of our satellite Is that of an ellipsoid of revolution with Its axes almost equal. Theoretical considerations led various mathematicians, not- -, ably Hansen, to the conclusion that the longest axis was directed towards the earth! Prof. Franz, director of the observatory of Breslau, from a series of precise measurements on negatives takiB at the Lick Observatory arrives at Aie .result that the difference between the axes Is Imperceptible. - The subject has lately been investigated by M. Mainka with the heliometer, and he conclndos that the axis directed toward the earth la not above of one per cent longer than the other--- a quantity of the same order as the errors of observation. Heat Watar for ronipartmanta. and directly over It is a second chamKay Way to Moll Sink. ber partially enclosing the smoke outOne may boll milk without watchlet. As the water becomes hot It cir- ing and without danger of scorching culates through the pipes in the other It by means of nn ingenious device Inrooms, returning as it cools, and thus vented by a clever Frenchman. In the keeping up a constant flow us long as receptacle for isiiling the milk Is balthe fire is burning. anced a spoon attached by Its handle to the cover of the alcohol lamp beneath. When the inllk bolls some of Holimarlne riintngraphy. Locating and raising sunken ships it rises Into this spoon, weighing It is a difficult matter where the water down and the cover ot tho lamp Is Is extremely deep, and to aid In this dropped over the flame, extinguishing Important work louis E. Walklns of It forthwith. - a ' v - - - ' f . CURRENT Springfield, Mass., has designed the apparatus for submarine photography which we present in the accompanying illustration. It is the inventors intention to use an arc light of sufficient brilliancy to illuminate the wreck or other object it Is desired to photograph, and then use au additional electric circuit to manipulate the plates and lenaea for securing the pictures. The central portion of the apparatus seen In the picture Is a steel tube, designed to carry the rarbon pencils at the ends of which .the electric arc la formed. As a protection to the light a. glass shield is attached to the end of the tube. Projecting in opposite directions from this tube are two arms for mounting the cameras. These are protected from the water by inclosure for In a metallic ball, with window The use in obtaining the exposures. interior arrangement of the' cameras is such that a closure of the electric SCIENCE. ON . . . - J c - Fort Snelllng was an Important military post long before there was any city' of Minneapolis; The appro-prlt- e spot for a fort was selected on the high pdlnt of land at the con' fluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers, and this was the first defense against the Indian tribes which then roamed the whole country west of jthe Mississippi. When Fort Snell ins was established the land bn which Minneapolis now stands was part o Little settle an, Indian reservation. ments gathered about the fort, the on at 'Mrndota' being the first town o; Importance, and it may be appropriateboth St. Paul ly .called the parent-oanjj Minneapolis. The Port Snelllng reservation lies .almost midway between two great cities, which are the focal point of great railroad systems, affording qilick jmeahs pjt transportation throughout a vast area of country and wholesome competition in the procurement of supplies. The site Is one of great natural beauty, and the climate is bracing, furnishing h place ol residence highly conducive to the of health aqd vigor maintenance I ' among tne men. hs two-thir- f FORT BNEI.LINO. ch Anjj-rica- ln-i-- land.' - The man who Is climbing after high Ideals should not allow himself to feel discouraged by the reflection that If we were jtynrally perfect we would bore each other to ueath. i ; "The giierrllli band Chine like, a tempest and avenged .the NOTES Tralh-Cleani- nf . : . er thlrty-two-inr- four-tent- ha |