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Show A BACK FROM POLAR REGIONS. British Ship Discovery Reaches SAVED In Safety. The Antarctic exploration ship Discovery has reached Portsmouth after her memorable and successful voyage of over three years. The crew were accorded an Informal but hearty welcome by the people of the port. When being mooted alongside the Jetty the yards of the battleships In the harbor were manned, and the sailors gave lusty cheers for their intrepid sea comrades. The health of the ex- - Fountain Tree of the Congo. A French explorer, M. Henri recently returned from the Congo, tells some curious details of a fountain tree. It grows to a great height and usually In damp places. The trunk Is regular and provided with large branches, which bear finely dissected leaves. It is divided at the base like the mangrove, and enters the earth through a large number of ramifications. When the tree is cut at a height of about five feet from the ground, a large quantity of water Is observed to flow from this section. M. Lecomte cut one at this height that had a diameter of twenty inches, and then, forming a gutter along the trunk, placed a pail at the base. The next morning the pall which held nine quarts, had overflowed. Tho water is drinkable, though it is rich in chlorides and other salts. Potato Bug In Millions. Legions and legions of potato bugs headed east passed through South Rahway, N. J., the other day. Millions and millions of them crossed tbe Public Service corporations tracks on Woodbridge avenue'and Interfered with its traffic. In the afternoon an eastbound car, on which Charles B. Holmes was riding, was brought to a standstill by the bugs, which were two Inches deep on the tracks and spread over a wide area. When the bugs were crushed by the wheels the rails became so slippery that the car was stopped. The exmayor helped the crew of the car to shovel the way through. The bugs came Into South Rahway by way of the Avenel crossing on the Long Branch division of the Pennsylvania railway. The march continued until late at night D A && NMBMCCP, G-- T A otr BRAND NU tfft Coincidence In Death. Nearly seventy years ago John Wesley Johnson was kidnaped by the In- dlans, when a small child, while playing with his brothers and sisters upon the site of the present Boston & Maine station at Blddeford. While he was a captive, and supposed by hla family to have been drowned, a half- brother was horn, who was also named John W. It was a atrange eo-- ! incidence that the latter, after living many years In the South, should dio at the Blddeford station, upon practically r the same spot from which hla had been kidnaped noroe ever, ty years ago, Lewiston (Me.) half-brothe- lay-ma- Snow White Partridge. Michael J. Toomoy of Rutland, Vt hot an albino pnrtrldgo on Bald The bird Is snow while mountain. and weighs one ntH throe-quarter- .pounds. Grapes on a Grave. A somewhat curious and unique sight Is to be seen in Chiswick (Eng,) c'metery. Bordering a largo family grave on which three separate tombstones are placed Is a grape vine grown several Inches high, the stem being thickly knoited and entwined. At present the vine Is laden with bunches of goodly sized grapes. Londoners Fond of Oystsra, Every week 9,000,0(10 oysters ar consumed by tho peojde of Ixmdon. Half of the shells are broken up and sod for Bxtdiclt paving. THE TOURIST I TO THE WORLD'S FAIR FAST FLYERS DAILY BETWEfiK OGDEN AND DENVERj CHOICE OF ROUTES. began. He puffed like an engine for about two minutes and accumulated something under half an inch of ash, and then he began to wabble. He shifted the cigar from side to side, pulled slow and fast and seemed to have difficulty getting his breath between the draws. At any rate he kept turning his head to avoid the smoke, aud Anally got to laughing. I could see he was In torture, but he stuck to it until he got within half an inch of the mark. Then he jumped up suddenly, threw the cigar away and walked out of the Bhop. "I paid the bet and charged it to his account, and he told me last evening that the very idea of tobacco made him sick. I doubt whether It would be possible for anybody to smoke even a moderately strong cigar through In the manner I have described. New York Press. L CHANGE CiJ OF i Frew Reclining Chair Cars. Dining Car Barvlow a la carte on all through For Folders, Illustrated Booklct-Tat- o address &, A BENTON, Q. A. P, ?'3 SALT LAirv! CITY . tJTA the utc sea ill ;dl MISSOURI PACIFIC R1 n :ia' md .the Tbs Popular Boat to th His Mi s ,unt. ST. LOUIS FAIB jtes, ich -- - mad Point East The .his an Pullman and Tourist Steepen Guide i ti 1 P ,wc They it from Ogden and Salt Laka to his burro had broken his tether and was moving across the desert at a leisurely pace. He followed, but the animal was so far In the lead and he was so exhausted from his efforts to overtake Peterson that he could not come up to the burro. Night came upon him, and It soon became so dark that he could not distinguish the burro. He had to follow it by the footprints In the sand. When It became too dark to distinguish the footprints Kelley still staggered on in sheer desperation. By and by his heart gave a great throb. Before him, outlined against the sky and seemingly suspended In the air, was a form which he knew to be either his burro or an apparition. He hurried forward, and, lo! standing upon a sharp rise of ground and facing him was his lost burro! The burro seemed to be awaiting him, for when he came up the animal turned and led the way down the Incline to a spring of living water. r WITHOUT CHANGE OF OAB& Dining Cara. Frww Rwellntng-Chal- Cam Everything folders, eta. tddrses r Fas berths, ticket First-el- H. C. TOWNSEND, Q. P. & T. A., ST. LOW ARE YOU GOING To the Worlds Fair? The amusement of the gang did not confine itself to the picnic grounds. They went outside, broke Into orchards and flower gardens, destroying valuable property, and finally wound up by shooting a valuable horse belonging to a rancher. This last act was more than the sheriff of San Marco could stand, and he bagged a couple 0f dozen of the offenders. When the case came up before the justice of the peace In Redwood each of the accused laid the blame on Hood Lummix. Simple-minde- d a large mouth and protruding teeth, Hood got six months In Jail. thick Ups, a big, bushy head of hair of In a dirty brick color, standing out like was sentencing him the Justice, who very much quills on a porcupine, this almost mal- could not send displeased that he the entire gang to formed specimen attracted the attenstate prison, dt Ihered a lecture to the tion of young mwdlca who picked offenders. In wlleh he said: upon him for a days sport I now warn you to keep out of this Go where he might he was followed we want no more of Hood country; by a gang who hooted and made Lummix nr his gnrg to visit us." things unpleasant for him during the The w oi d was thus coined for comday. mon use.-N- ew York Herald. Lifes Rouh St Loab tb the THROUGH SCENIC COLORADO which has found place In the vernacular, Is well understood to apply to a class of young toughs who has no respect for sex, ago or the sense of what is becoming. Few know the derivation of the word. It was In 1872, when the Odd Fellows held a picnic at Redwood City. A gang of toughs attended. Among the gang from San Francisco, was one whose name was Hood Lummix, who was a peculiarly formed creature. Clumsy, big footed, with Is SmJ TOURIST TO ST. LOUiS WITHOUT Hoodlum, Llf AND FROM OO DEN OR SALT LAKE The Origin of Hoodlum On PULLMAN THBOUGH Colorado Madura was selected for the as FAVORITE ROUTE SALT ULKE CITT test and the smoker took a seat and Served Yir no ti Test for Cigar Smokers Mid-Regio- AND do-Cli- a Burro PROMPTLY BAT Glass Houses In England. UP At the present time there are some 1.500 acres in England covered with Crop Swept Up by Wind. glass, which If stretched In one A strange freak of the whirlwind straight line would form a glass hothouse a good deal longer than the In lta tantrums was witnessed near longth of England and about ten feet Ncufchatel the other day. A large In width. Fifty years ago the acreage field of barley had been reaped, and covered by glass houses did not ex- the work of garnering had just begun. ceed much more than 200. From the The first wagon was being loaded, when a sudden whirlwind almost In 1,600 acres of glass houses are produced annually about 6,000 tons of an instant swept the whole field clear. tomatoes, 2,000 tons of peaches and The grain rose to a great height In 1.500 tons of grapes. the air, was then turned over, and finally disappeared In the distance, down In qulto a different discoming on Camels Getting Shipboard. A camel Is a difficult thing to load trict. So sudden was the occurrence aboard a ship, especially If the craft that everything had disappeared, Js In any sort of seaway. But the while the amazed harvesters stood British army successfully has sur- with their implements in their hands. mounted all of tho obstacles and tho From tbe whole field not so much as one cartload could he gleaned. London Globe. work la done with a rapidity and completeness that surprise tho This picture, taken by an amateur, ahowa how the task ct leading remounts for Fnmallland was done In tho surf off Ohhla. Tho camel thus swung above tho water docs not seem to like It, but, of course, R has no choice, Some of the beasts that have been welbrokon are remarkably and give no trouble at all In the New York Herald. handling. Ocel-ilenl- o r I mpcutpAi Personal uncleanliness of body Is also a contributing source of morbid mischief, against which the best of our Western nations must also fight a long war. The Japanese have plenty of fresh air and light in tholr houses. The typical Japanese house. Indeed, is open on all sides and at all times to wind and sun, and those who live in it are the most cleanly of body of all peoples, They have no bedrooms, and no beds, as we understand the term, and so they are also free from the diseases which are almost Inevitably connected with that otherwise universal piece of household furniture. Those who are astonished at tbe sudden appropriation by this people of all that science and civilization can give or teach, forget that It has long been possessed oi the prime essentials of civilization, of which our hygienists and boards of health are vainly now trying to teach tbe people the true value. American Medicine. the same cause. All wealth Is at last reducible to and Is, in fact, Identical with healthy human bodies. There are only two civilized nations which have accepted and carried out compulsory vaccination the German and the Japanese. Their consequent freedom from smallpox Is but one Illustration or many that might be adduced, showing that In making science practical, that Is, in hygiene and preventive medicine, the Japanese are In advance of all others. The fundamental condition of this health of the people lies far back of all the contributions of civilization, and are wholly Indigenous to this remarkable people. It consists in the national and historic habit of living In the fresh air and sunshine. Every hygienist knows and preaches that almost the sole cause of tuber-culosrand pneumonia Is the 111 ventilation and impure air of our houses. They are htmse diseases. Many others are in part or Indirectly due to "I have a customer who thinks lie smokes twenty cigars a day, said a downtown dealer. As a matter of fact he gives away many of them and throws away some that are only partly consumed. However, he Is firm In the belief that he smokes more actual tobacco than any man In New York, and a boast on tho subject In my store yesterday led to a curious bet. "lie declared, to begin with, that he could smoke three ordinary cigars in half an hour, A bystander remarked . that no man alive could smoke even one cigar continuously until It was consumed without taking It from his lips. Bosh! said my man, I do that right along and think nothing of it. " Ill bet you a box of Mosquitoes Kill Chickens. perfectos cant do It right now, said tho you Big gallinlpper that mosquitoes seem to have can openers Instead of other, and In half a minute the wager stingers are attacking chickens in the was made. By its terms the cigar was East End and they are said already to to be consumed In steady consecutive have killed twenty-twfowls owned puffs and not removed from the lips by Mrs. Bridget Owens of Fulton until burned to a mark one and a half street. All of the chickens were at- Inches from the tip. A clear Havana tacked while roosting. The mosquitoes seemed to descend toward the earth from high in the air In the evening or after darkness and attack animals of all kinds. It Is thought that The burro, veritable ship of the they breed in low, marshy places, but Western desert, will live longer withfly high most of the time. Louisville out water and scent It further than Herald. any other known animal except the camel. As an example of the keen scent of the burro for water, Arthur J. Burdick relates. In The Mystic the experience of two prospectors, named Peterson and Kelley. A few years ago they attempted to cross the Great Mohave desert on foot, with a burro to carry their supplies. In passing from oasis to oasis they lost their way, and the supply of water became exhausted. To be lost In tbe desert Is a terrible thing, and anxiety, coupled with torturing thirst and the Intense heat, drove Peterson Insane, lie left his companion and fled, shrieking, across the plain. Kelley picketed the burro and went after Peterson to bring him hack, hut was unable to overtake him. , He returned to the trail to And that j The Diacovery, A Remarkable Wind Cave. In tho Black hills of South Dakota there is fine scenery, including a "wind cave, ten miles north of Hot A wind blows out of the Springs. cavern In summer and Into It In winter, probably because In summer the air outside Is warmer and In winter cooler than It Is inside. A remarkable feature of the cave is a boxwork or honey-combe-d structure of calcite on some of the ceilings and walls. The origin of it appears to be that the limestone occurs In polygonal blocks with partitions of calcite between the blocks, and while the limestone decays and falls out, In the form of dust or sand, the calcite partitions remain in their places. t Health of the Japanese PET PARROT. Bird Attacked and Drove Away Tramp Who Menaced Children, Crace Corwin, 12 years old, with her little brother Willie, of I.os Angeles, Cal.,1 wandered up into lonely Sepulveda canyon the other afternoon. An old pet parrot, unnoticed, hopped and flutti red after them The children fell asleep under the trees. Grace was awakened by a trarnp who had crept up on the sleeping children when suddenly piercing cries of were Help!' "Murder! "Help! heard. There was a flutter of wing' a rush, and before tbe startled tramp could recover from his surprise Polly had fastened her crooked claws Into the collar of his coat, and was striking at his face with her beak. L It tie Grace, telling of the occurrence, said: I guess 1 was too scared to cry and I couldn't make myself say anything. Willie was scared, too, and he cried. Then Polly screamed. The man Jumped up and looked around. Then Polly lighted right down on his face and clawed him. She got one claw In his whiskers, and she picked him so that the blood ran down his face." Ports-mout- h plorers was excellent, and Capt. Scott, the commander, stated that the vessel was in better condition than before she left for the Polar regions. BY If to, yoa OREGON SHORT i, Lli la Connection with the i Union Pacifio RaiIrotJ me 'tho A i la the BHORT Mei FAST LOUTH Ken e Leas Cm, 'A Tb ST. LOUIS and all points EASt Ask Short Line Agents about Excursion Bats de .10 r. "tire tar :ir tie Way line It! ; simply whut we mi make It ns w huftton To the foilin' I hut nwii us just beyond in milled d.iwn. We cun pi mi our tmtii with rows, , r or wito-- It with to, ire, shallow it with uorrnw that will " can stay liiroiahoui the We ean rn.ikii our ttr.ghh..ia iuippy with u Uuiih or with e mm K, suimltiuo olwaye ns " ihroiieh"alter liu- - w alone; h ir rnnklTlV nmk let U h" iuy. For the bird that enrols sweetly gladden all the summer day. As a In tie mds costs nothing, with your miles be ver And oft a Uiush will free, csim the storm that seep tm hmmin sea; Tht fheart attuned to melody will never know Utapiilr. Th hands will 'r",ullSf milks a . tlouileii Ky more whsts the use Iti rulr; rof sorrow or a wie? brooding o'er A For sorrows, like the birds, uk wines and quickly from u so; Then let our hnrks hsve snowy sails and pennons t.ily brmht. That those who see them on the wave m.iy greet them with delight. p,s V Tho Chlcktn Joko Again, Senator Daniel tells of an old dark who was asked whether lo his expert-en- c prayer was ever answered. 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