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Show DISCHARGE CAMP FOR TROOPS Advantageously Located on Island In San Francisco Harbor. The discharge catnp on an Island In San Francisco harbor is a unlquo establishment es-tablishment id-the history 'of Aniorl-can Aniorl-can military service. Probably nowhere no-where oUo in tho United States could such a favorable location bo found. Climate, scenery, conveniences of location, lo-cation, peculiar adaptability to military mili-tary requirements, availability of supplies, sup-plies, sanitary conditions and means ot transportation, all combino to niaka. tho placd most advantageous to the, government and to tho soldier, in con nectlon with the transpacific military service, and our growing commercial supremacy in the Orient. On the average tho 10,747 short-torm soldiers discharged and paid at this camp from Dec. 1, 1901, to June SO, 1902, received a total of $3,350,354. Of this amount 13.8 per cent was expended expend-ed for railroad tickets, 39.C per cent Invested In-vested in express money orders, or a total of 53.1 per cent ($1,703,856) disposed dis-posed of through tho Joint tlckot agency and express office, leaving a remainder of 46.6 per cent, or $1,662,-499, $1,662,-499, which was used by tho soldiers for miscellaneous expenses, various forms of investments or cash savings to carry home. Capt. John P. FInloy, U. S. A., In Sunset Magazine. Suggeotlve Names. Tho Coxcomb fountains of British Honduras, to some extent an unknown un-known part of tho famous Mahogany coast, are undergoing :a process of christening which will Identify them for all tlmos with tho bcglnlng ot tho twentieth century. Ono rango has Just been named tho Queen Alexandra mountains, another range takes tho name of tho Prlnco of Wales, and a; 4,000 foot peak has been named Mount Josoph Chamberlain. Waltz of FYehch Origin. Tho controversy betweon continental continen-tal papers as to tho origin ot tho waltz was settled -by tho discovery that tho ,walU-was first danced at tho French court on Nov. 9, 1178, when It was announced an-nounced ns the composition ot a French courtier who called It "Volta." Heretofore it has been generally assumed as-sumed that tho waltz originated on tho bluo Uanubo or thereabouts. Some Valuable Hints. If your cellar Is dry It will bo healthy for tho children; if It is damp it will do to ralso that delicacy, snails, In which thoro is much proflt, suggests sug-gests the Baltimore Herald. Water In the cellar can be used for tho purpose pur-pose and ontcrtalnmcnts of your ducks, which aro palatable; these tow hints may .suffice to suggest some profitable prof-itable Industry to homekeepers. Zola Not Popular In Paris. A goodly humbcr of municipalities In Franco have decided to havo Btrccts named after Zola Lyons Is ono of thom. Thoro is a movement to this end In Paris, but it does not promise to bo successful. Tho French subscription sub-scription toward tho erection of a monument to Zola now amounts to about 37,000 francs. " " What Determination Can Do. Dr. John Clifford, a famous English preacher, when eleven years old, began be-gan to work as an ordinary "hand" in a loco factory. At sixteen, ho was manager of tho laco mending department, depart-ment, later ho becamo a bookkeeper, and then began tho studies which enabled en-abled him to becomo a great preacher. No Need of Horses. 1 A Missouri man who went to Washington Wash-ington to sell horses, reports tho following fol-lowing condition there: "The peoplo travel on electric carB and do not need roadsters; they ride bicycles and automobiles au-tomobiles and do not need fast trotters; trot-ters; they gamble by wire and do not need raco horses, and there you are." Woman Made $50,000. About flvo years ago a Malno woman, wo-man, taking a consumptive husband to the mountains, ot Arizona, was shown an abandoned claim by her Indian In-dian servant. She took it, with great difficulty secured $500 to work it and before tho year was out sold it for 160,000 and a llfo Interest. ' Organize Italian Churches. Italians aro organizing Presbyterian, Baptist, Methodist, Congregational and Episcopal churches in this country In considerable numbers. Some of theso Italians were Waldonslans when at homo, but most of thom wore reared as Roman Catholics. Ameer Makes Costly Gift Tho most exponslvo book in tho world has lately boen given by tho Ameer of Afghanistan to tho Shah. It is a copy of tho Koran, bound In solid gold and sot with pearls, rubles and diamonds. It cost $400,000. Finding Boers' Ammunition. Six thousand cartridges, soveral llflcs and a numbor of pom-pom and 16-pounder shells havo been dup up near Klerksdorp, Western Transvaal. Year's Cranberry Crop. Tho 1902 cranberry crop of tho United States Is estimated at 725,000 bushels, against 1,010,000 bushels In 1901. . Ready for Tourists. In Switzerland 1,217 hotels, having an oggregato of 92,333 beds, wero gotten got-ten ready for this year's tourists. Good in Artesian Wells. Tho New South Wales government has sunk 82 artesian wells, 50 of which brought water quite to tho surface. Only eight woro total failures. fail-ures. America's First Library. , What was probably ,tho first library In the United States was started In Charleston, S. C, in 1749. i Big 8tamp Collection. A postago stamp collection has been sold In England for $150,000, which is believed to bo tho lnrgcst phllatollc transaction on record. Tho collection was that of tho European stamps ol Mr. CosUo of Brighton, a vlco prcsl. dent of tho London Philatelic society. Newfoundland's Bleak Coast. Tho coast of Newfoundland Is In-onted In-onted by deep and narrow bays, back which riso steep and nigged hills. The Human Tooth. Tho tubes in tho humnn tooth nro 4500th of an Inch In dlnmctor. Theso orce tho dcnllno below tho enamel. A Use for Crusts. 7-o Ohio penitentiary manage! sand o. omlsts, says tho Cincinnati En-.licr, En-.licr, had boon wondorlng what to o with tho crusts ot breads that aro . t out uvory time tho 1,000 prisoners 1. down to n inoal. They finally do-c. do-c. iCd to cut tho crust off all bread ind mako the crust Into bread pudding. pud-ding. Slnco this lnformntlon has worked Its way through tho prison tho piles of left-over cruoU aro dally Increasing. In-creasing. The Indian Chief Tammany. Tammany lived In tho seventeenth century. Ho wns a natlvo of Delaware, Dela-ware, but settled on tho banks of tho ,Ohlo river. Ho was chlot sachem of his trlbo, and his reign was dlscrcot and peaceful. His great maxim was: "Unite. In pcaco unlto for mutual v happiness; in war, for mutual do- " fonso." ," Sultan a Poor Paymaster. t An official investigation proves that 72 per cent of all tho employes ot tho stato In Turkoy that Is, tho officers and men of tho army and navy, tho gondanncrio and pollco forces and nil mombors of all branches ot tho civil service nover receive moro than half of tho salaries and wages duo to thom. Twenty-six per cent obtain from seven sev-en to ten months' salary in tho year, i and the remaining 2 per cent aro happy hap-py in getting their full duo. Egyptian Exploration Fund. J. E. Lodge, n second son ot Bona-tor Bona-tor Lodge, has takon hold of tho Egyptian exploration tund, which has received many thousands ot dollars from tho peoplo of New England. Bicycle Officially Recognized. Permission has at last been given for naval officers on duty and in uniform uni-form to ride bicycles in Portsmouth dockyard, England. Center of Ribbon Industry. Tho district of St. Etlonno, Franco, has produced annually for tho past flvo years over $17,006,000 worth of ribbons. How la This for Rent7 ' l'or a storeroom 25 tcot wide and 110 feet doop, a block distant from Herald square, New York city, beginning begin-ning with May 1, 1903, a railroad will, for thp ensiling threo years, pay $37,-000 $37,-000 ns annual rental. Architects for thu railroad company aro drawing plans to transform tho room into what it is' asserted will Ho tho finest ticket office in tho United States. Peat Not a Commercial Success. Experiments In tho drying of peat for fuel from tho Inoxhaustiblo bogs of tho provlnco of Ontario, Canada, havo cost about $100,000, and met with only fair success. Tho product brings $4.25 a ton In Toronto. The Tallest Corn Stalk. John Martin of Platto county, Missouri, Mis-souri, Is looking for tho man who can exhibit taller corn than was raised tblB season on his farm. Somo stalks which ho recently exhibited measured seventeen feet, grown f- n 'seed which ho procured In Mexico, and Mr. Martin claims the belt Scotch Conjugal Concord. Hood stories come from Scotland as eU as porridge and bagpipes. The lct Is quite admirable In Its way. A lavcler, observing an ancient couplo i gutng and gesticulating In the road, In order to avort bloodshed askod the auso of tho dispute "We're no dee-sputln' dee-sputln' at a'," answered tho man; "wo'r'o baith o' the same mind. I hao cot a half-crown In ma pooch, an' sho thinks sho's no gaun to got It an,' I think the samo." London Globe. 8panlih Wedding Custom. A wedding without a ring scorns Incongruous, In-congruous, but In Cadiz, Spain, no ring Is used. After tho ceremony tho bridegroom moves the llowor In tho brldo's hair from left to right, for In various parts of Spain to wear a rose abovo your right ear la to proclaim yourself a wlfo. |