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HYDROGRAPHIC RECORDS.
Practical Benefit Derived from Them
Illustrated in Geological
Survey Work.
The parable of the sower is appli
cable to all educational work. Much
of the mission of the great departments
maintained by the government, espe
cially the scientific bureaus is educa
tional in its nature. The government
is in the position of a progressive and
ambitious instructor in a modern col
lege, who, surrounded by every labora
tory and library facility, spends part
of his time in making original investi
gations and part in communicating to
his pupils the results of his studies.
The seed he sows falls on all kinds of
soil, but, however poor the ground, it
is sure to bring forth fruit in some
measure, if there is life in the kernels
that he sows. There is great varia
tion in the returns from the different
kinds of educational work prosecuted
by the government. The ultimate
value of much of it can be determined
only after the lapse of many years,
but some of it seems to bear fruit a
hundred fold from the very start. An
instance of this is seen in the results
that have followed the hydrographic
work of the United States geological
survey in many quarters. The cases
in which it has been of benefit to the
one state of Colorado, for example, are
numerous and interesting.
None of the irrigation work contem
plated by the government would,
ordinarily, be possible without long
delay, were it not for the hydrographic
data accumulated by the survey dur
ing many years of observation and
measurement. In addition to that,
the work of private individuals is con
stantly facilitated by the same records.
No large engineering enterprises are
now undertaken without reference to
the survey’s records concerning the
cumnlir nf xi-n tor> ovroiloldQ of t h O
chosen site. The South Platte Land
and Reservoir company, which has
under way canals and reservoirs that
probably aggregate $500,000 in value,
has established stations at Orchard
and Kersey, Col., because of the
superior hydrographic advantages of
fered by these localities. The choice
of those points is directly traceable to
the data compiled by the survey.
Equally important is the fact that
projects that would have resulted dis
astrously have in numerous cases bee a
abandoned after a study " survey
records that throw light on the prob
able outcome. Data concerning the
flow ot water on the Arkansas and
South Platte rivers prevented the ex
penditure of great sums of money on
the state canal in the first instance,
and upon the Pawnee pass reservoir
project in the second.
Survey data seem to tee in great
demand as unimpeachable testimony
in .the legal controversies that have
arisen in this state in regard to irriga
tion matters. A most notable instance
is the case of the Colorado & South
ern railroad vs. the Denver Union
Water company, in which the sum of
$100,000 was involved.
Data obtained by the survey in re
gard to the amount of water power
available at certain places have influ
enced the plans of the Glenwood
Springs Light and Power company,
the New Century Light and Power
cpmpany, and also proposed power
companies on Clear and St. Vrain’s
creeks. None of these projects has
yet been carried to a conclusion, but
some of them will undoubtedly be
eventually constructed.
Colorado cities seeking a suitable
water supply have frequently con
sulted data obtained by the survey.
In the case of Durango, in southwest
ern Colorado, the discharge of Florida
river was especially studied in order
to ascertain whether a gravity water
system would be feasible at that point.
The location of various manufactur
ing industries has been determined by
report from survey engineers on the
available water supply.
AN OXEN CAVALRY CORPS.
Natives Queerly Mounted for Police
Duty on the Island of
Madagascar.
The oddest cavalry in the world is
maintained on the west coast of Mad
agascar by Governor General J. G. Gal
lieni. While the French troops in tha’
country are ample to meet the occa
sional revolutionists, the governor gen
eral makes use of native talent for po
lice work in out-of-the-way localities,
says the New York Herald.
On the west coast of Africa is a
tribe of natives, possibly radically
connected with the Hovas, who are
known as the Sakalova, the most war
like tribe of the country. The natives,
in imitation of French troopers, or
ganized an oxen cavalry corps, under
command of a French officer. They
are armed with modern long-handled
lances, or spears, aud side arms
Their uniform is khaki, with skull
caps. They ride barefooted, without
stirrups, sitting on their equipment,
cinched like a saddle, with cords made
of the native fiber plant, and a sort
of bridle of the cord, passing through
the nose'of the beast.
The oxen are neither slow or scared
and it is assumed would create havoc
with their horns among horse cavalry]
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1 Servian Army’s Big Drum.
A curious feature connected with t*
Servian army is the manner in whi^
)st of the regiments carry the bif
hm. It is not, as in most countries
ig in front of the man who plays it
is placed upon a two-wheeled can
;n by a single dog, which has beer
rained that it. keeps its place ever
jgh the longest and most tedious o:
les. The drummer takes up a po
behind the car and performs or
^strument as the animal pulls 1
i
...Sst popular numbers.
Seven and Thirteen Are Fixed Upon
m the Minds of the Greater
Number of Men.
"Ask a man to pick out some num
ber between one and ten, and you can
tell him nine times out of ten what
number he has selected, though his se
I lection is made mentally,” said a man
1 who, according to the New Orleans
Times-Demoerat, is fond of the old
things, “and when you come to think
i of it, the task of naming the correct
! number is not a difficult one. In the
! course of an hour the other day I
1 asked ten men to think of a certain
number—any number between one and
ten—and I would tell them what num
ber they had fixed their mind on.
In nine cases out of ten I was correct,
missing it only once. The minds oi
nine of the persons selected the num- j
I ber seven, and one of them selected j
nine. It is not difficult to understand \
why the mind should run to the num
ber seven. Even in the case of the
man who fixed his mind on the num
ber nine, he told me when it was all
over that his mind had first run to
seven, but he quickly changed to nine
without knowing just why it was that i
he changed. Seven is the most prom- !
inent figure between one and ten. It
is the most popular number in the line,
and is associated with more things
I than any other number, and it is quite
1 reasonable that the mind should lighl
! on seven. I made another test the
other day with five persons, asking each
of them to write some number between
1 one and ten, and give it to a sixth per
1 son. When the slips had been handed
to the sixth man I said: ‘Seven is the
number on each of the slips.’
j “ ‘Correct,” said the man to whom
' they had been handed, and the five
men were a bit bewildered for the
j moment by the fact that they had all
un upun me same nuiuuei, ami iuiu i
! was able to tell what the number was.
| It would be quite as easy to name a
number between 10 and 20, though I
have made no tests along this line. I j
1 dare say that 13 would be the first
number to flash in the mind, simply
because it is the most talked of, and
the only number between 10 and 20
that has the widest association. So
! you can tell there is no trick about it,
1 and it doesn’t require any knowledge
of the occult philosophies.” •
EXTENDING BOUNDARIES.
Some of Our Larger Cities Have An*
nexed Ground Far Into Adja
cent Farm Lands.
According to a recently issued census
bulletin, the real rank of cities is not al
ways indicated by the order in which
they stand in the tables of population.
f Some great centers have a considerable
part of. their massed population lying
I outside the municipal boundaries. Bos
ton is a good example; about 1,200,000
people live in sight of the state house
dome, and less than 600,000 of them are
j governed by the Boston mayor. Other
; cities have annexed far into the farm
j lands of the adjacent country, says
Youth’s Companion.
It is customary to speak of the popula
tion of a state, ‘‘in proportion to its
! size.” Such a comparison is seldom
; made of cities, although it might not be
uninteresting. Pittsburg, for example,
has a population of a third of a million
on 18,000 acres of ground; New York’s
population, little more than ten times
as great, spreads over nearly 12 times
as many acres.
j Chicago was long famous for its an
nexation habit, but since 1890 New York
has annexed much more territory than
Chicago’s total area. New Orleans has
a slightly larger area than Chicago.
Each of them covers six times the area
of Baltimore.
Washington, which occupies the Mary
land part of the ten miles square set
aside for a national capital, is a fair
; sized city as area goes, for this genera
i nun. il may seem »maii ateuiurj UBiice,
] although it looked abundantly ample for
all the purposes of urban development
when laid out.
In the case of cities, as well as of other
corporations, consolidation is plainly
j one of the tendencies of the times. More
' than one-third of those in the United
States have added to their territory" by
annexation since 1890. Townships and
counties are occasionally subdivided, by
reason of local interests, but the cities
seem to be steadily pushing their boun
daries outward. There are some eco
nomic reasons for this, but the reason
In many cases has been the desire of
their inhabitants to make a “good show
ing.” ^
In the Right Room.
At the latest of the ladies’ clubs a
“pets’ room,” with little stalls for dogs
and cats, lemurs and lizards, all the
small creatures that a lady finds neces
sary as companions, is provided.
One of the most enthusiastic members
was showing her friends of her own sex
over the establishment, arid opened the
door of the “pets’ room with proper
pride.
There, in the center of the room, on
two chairs, sat two immaculately
clothed young men, grave of face, but
PENNSYLVANIA ANTHRACITE
Tonnage of Last Year Exceeded by Six
Million Tons That of Any
Previous Year.
The year 1903 stands as the high
water mark of prosperity in the
anthracite coal trade, as the tonnage
for that year exceeded by more than
6,000,000 tons that of any previous
year, and the demand for coal was so
good as to make it possible to dispose
of the product at prices which
brought a fair return to all con
cerned in the industry. Some siguiii
cant figures in connection with the
production of Pennsylvania anthra
cite during 1903 have oeen collected
by Mr. William W. Ruley, special
agent of the United States geological
survey, and will be included in Mr.
E. W. Parker's report on the produc
tion of coal in 1903, which is a regular
feature of the survey's annual volume
on the mineral resources of the United
States.
At the commencement of 1903 there
was practically no anthracite in stock,
as the amount which had been mine!
after the strike of 1902 had gone
directly into consumption. All that
could be mined during the first three
months of 1903 was in immediate de
mand.
With the opening of navigation and
a reduction in price on April 1, dealers
at all points endeavored to lay in an
ample supply of coal to meet their fall
and winter requirements. This made
a brisk demand for the product dur
ing the spring and summer momhs,
with the resultant accumulation of
stocks in dealers’ hands. The early
arrival of cold weather, however, and
the prolonged severity of the winter
created an unusually brisk demand
for coal.
In connection with the large pro
duction, it is interesting to note the
increase in the shipments of the small
sizes of coal during 1903 over those ot
previous years. This is especially
noteworthy on account of the opinion
generally expressed at tne close oi me
anthracite strike, that bituminous
coal had largely supplanted • anthra
cite for steam purposes, and would
continue to hold this trade to the
exclusion of the small sizes of the lat
ter product. On the contrary, how
ever, ttfo consumption of these smallei
sizes of coal increased 2,468,694 tons ir,
1903 over 1901. It would seem that
th^ only cause which would seriously
affect the prosperity of the anthracite
business is the general condition oi
the entire country. As long as the
people at large are able to buy anthra
cite, it will not want a market.
It is also of interest to note an
Increase of 15 cents in the average
value per ton for coal at the mines
The total production was 66,351,713
tons, valued at $152,036,448. The aver
age price per ton was $2.50; the num
ber of men employed was 150,483; and
the average number of days that each
man worked was 206.
Tables are given in the report whicn
shows the production by counties for
the years 1902 and 1903; also the ship
ments of anthracite and the propor
tion of sizes shipped. A tabular ar
rangement of the various sections of
the anthracite fields is given, with a
list of ten railroads that enter the ter
ritory.
The anthracite fields comprise an
area of somewhat over 4s0 square
miles, and are located in the eastern
middle part of the state, in the coun
ties of Carbon, Columbia, Lacka
wanna, Luzerne, Northumberland,
Schuylkill and Susquehanna. They
are classed under three general divi
sions, namely, the Wyoming, Lehigh
and Schuylkill regions. Geologically
they are divided into fields or basins,
which are again subdivided into dis
tricts.
The Bernice field, in Sullivan coun
ty, is not included in any of these re
gions. The classification of the prod
uct of this field is a matter of some
contention. The fracture of the coal
and some of its characteristics are
more like those of some bituminous
or semianthracite coals than strict
antlirQPlto hnt rvn cinnnnnf itc 'hiirh
percentage of fixed carbon and low
percentage of moisture it is classed as
anthracite by the second Pennsyl
vania geological survey, and the
product is so included in this report,
Philippine Supreme Court.
Four Americans and three Filipinos
make up the supreme court of the Phil
ippines. The chief justice, C. Arellano,
is 57 years old, a native of the province
of Bataan. He was educated at the
Royal college of San Juan deLatran.and
at the 'University of St. Thomas, oi
Manila. Under the Spanish regime he
held a judgeship. For tw-o years he
was justice of the territorial supreme
court at Manila, and then became pro
fessor of civil law at St. Thomas, a po
sition he held for 16 years. Associate
Justice Florentino Torres is 60, a St
Thomas graduate, and a specialist in
criminal law-. Two of his sons are now
in the United States studying at' Wash
ington. Justice Victorino Mapa, a na
tive of the province of Capiz, who was
born in 1854, is, like his two native as
sociates. a graduate of St. Thomas
and a Manila lawyer.—San Franciscc
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. Mr. J. A. Beard,'342 Third St., Louis
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Tickets on sale daily April 27th !
to November 30, 1904. Rate for
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EXCURSION TICKETS eighty
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Dec 15, 1904.
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St. Louis, Mo.
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