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'/>r , ■ , ; - ■ ' v;;’ ^ 'V--'*'. ' . -. , : ' ' 'f.- “ \M ,,r? ' .> ■ }. ..,yr' : . ^A9. W, MlfiCirtjjLD, propl ] ^ % w a m . 1 A r.. R’v' - r « r.,- - Turkey'* fUiVf Ra!jro«d. . While Turkey la. lu. iho; throe* pt EoJltlcal cpnvulslpna It may be tyell to ahe also }a .getting , ' iu condition' fo .make mate.rl^^ ad- Tancement. One of the most import taut, cflUtrlbUtlon* 'to the facilities '■ ■. proihlaO well for . the future la . thp Bagdad railroad, which penetrates section that offers groat Indluce- y nroota for trade. The llUe will be 525 '•■/ miles long and will open up an im- , ^.tnense area, touching many prominent points in that quarter, and among .other places making Damascus and Hecca much easier of access. Amer ican Consul Harris, writing from Smyrna, gives interesting particulars about thettroad, and in conclusion says: “The difficult parts of the undertaking Will be over after the Euphrates is crossed. It is estimated that the 81 miles of tunnel, viaducts and bridges Will average from $155,000 to $186,000 pep mile. This heavy expense will be compensated by the relatively low cost' of the level parts. The build ing of these four sections must be done In seven years. The cost of the 626 miles of railway will amount to about. $45,000,000. The Bagdad rail way will help the commercial, indus trial and agricultural development of the immense territories through which It will run, and will furnish outlets for ■ ' thp mineral wealth of the regions traversed;\' -The road Is built by for eign cdpltki; of course, and will be ander foreign management. But It means a great deal In the way of Im- pro'vlng the advantages of Turkey, and Should open the way. to the traders of the nations, including the United States. Staggering Losses by Fire. The totals of fire loss in this coun try may signify little to the average mind, but the comparative figures should mean much. The figures Is sued by the national board of fire un derwriters show that the average fire loss per capita in the United States for the last fllve years was $3.02, against 33 cents for six European countries, including EVance, Germany and Austria. It may he objeoted per haps that It Is unfair to select this ^lartlcular period for purposes of com- sarlson, since both the Baltimore fire »f 1904 and the San Francisco fire of 1906 are included in I t And, yet, says ' he New fork 01obe, If these two fires, Representing about $350,000,000, were ieducted from the total fire loss of the wuntry. for the five years—Which Is es- dmated at $1,257,716,955—the total would be reduced by but little over 4 fourth. And the American per japita loss Wouldl Temalh about : ■fra.we'BO-mnoh mofO careless than • • R Buriopeans? - Are*B3uropean, hulldlng : . ?odes, fifO^eiiartments and water stip- jjpHes,from 6}^ to 10 times better than, ^tpse loundTa^Eirtnalte-d-Btates^— ;' f t Is one of the perversities of hu man. nature that everybody Is' \agin’’ . Something,, tS?hen the automobile was ■ rare pnd disobedient most of us were ■ Inclined to throw stones at i t Since ,■ -thea there -has beea time- for-a.-class | af prp:autompblle outlaws to grow up, ' ’ who try to defeat the cunning hand . Of the law. The officers set traps for averapeedirig Cars, and the lawless- lurk outside ;thef traps to warn the drivers,. Soule of these warhers are I T o i i W a t t l 'S ■ S' Ittielllilent ''Metfisid;.: , . f l i e . P r o p e r ; . < | r i i d e . . By SIX lAMES CRICEreON-BKOWNE, ]H. D.. U , b .. I ; S. i , H THE last centuiy it was redundanpy in that'was ; in vogue, and it was feeding up that was on all h |; ^ s recom mended, lint now it is frugality in nutliliori 'th^tkis i n the ascendant and a spate d^et that is insisted on. A n ^ this is no mere fashionable crotchet or popular craze. Physibiogists and medical men of high authority are preaching not me^ety-sim plicity of diet, but a degree of abstemiousness' that would Mtheyto have been regarded as dangerous^ Sonie; of them tell us roundly that intemperance in eating has becojiie univer sal in civilized races, and that we are all habityaltyq^nsimiing just double the amount of tfood we require, and others who du ^ p t go to this extreme are still inclined to believe that as regards eetfaig-ldnds, of food we have accustomed ourselves to more thah is good-for ns,,,nud \night beneficially restrict our indulgence in them. The trend is unquestiohably toward reduced dietary. ^ _ 4 - The campaign against overfeeding is all very well, but',wB ^bcdlaot substitute underfeeding for it, or rashly accept the new ianS.-gtarlling standards that are prescribed for us. That there is a vast ambijiifc P f over feeding in most civilized countries is unquestionable. 'Witi 3 .r'’ii§:'^tieBie obesity is not perhaps as common as i t was 60 years ago, before the M u t ing era. There is a general recognition of its inconveniences dhdl’ yigks. Precautions are taken against it and cures of many kinds and o i ,. v a i y p i g eflBcacy are resorted to. ' . * Acute overfeeding, as it is called, does not require consideration. People rarely die. of surfeit in these days, and death attributed to that cause is generally due to interference by a distended stomach with the action of an enfeebled heart; but chronic overfeeding or the habitual in digestion of an excesslvemmonnt of nutriment is one o f the burning ques tions of the hour, and has assumed an entirely new aspect in irecenl^years. Overfeeding no longer means overfeeding in the did sfense, o f spirtetMng in excess of the'aceejited'physiological standard, for an entirety new and much lowered physiological standard has been presented to Us according fo which it would seem, as I have said, that th'e whole popuhation of all civilized countries, with the exception of a few individuals whpihtye, found salvation, is addicted to overfeeding, and is thereby incurring Siyers pains and penalties. ' .. I t is-not on prior physiological data not-yet on lahoratojcy experi ments—elucidative and educational though these may< 7 be^thafc the sci ence of dietetics is based, but on common obsetvation ahd on the%ergditary customs and habity of mankind. The lower animals select '’ufityring precision, so long as they are in-a natural enyironiflent, from the Inaterials around them those best fitted to their wants, and they do- this by iji^tinc- tive discernment inherited from a long line of naturally selected ancestors, while they are checked in the consumption by a sense of repletiahi.of co eval origin. , Wa unhesitatingly infqr that the articles they ohpose are, of all nutrient material accessible to them, those best adapted to- the. special needs of their economy, and that their consumption of the,in is propor- doned to their needs for the time being. But man is,, as regards h ia bodily functions, subject to the same la\^s as those which govern the lower ani mals, and we cannot doubt t h a t j n the formation of his dieteiac habits re has been gmd’ed by the same kind of influences which have beena opera- ; ive throughout the imimal creation in the choice and consUniptibn of ''' i' If there are any doubts remainfeg in ' hqarfc of man that he is. collaterally related . to evcty species of animal that inhabife thh globe. Professor Mahy, a Plemish scientist is going to do away with -theto. Not ohl^i is he collaterally related to them all, aq- fffiipilf ‘ /; •■ '■ ■ . SAVES HER HUSBAND'S MINE FROM CLAIM-JUMFERS AND WINS A FORTUNE. FIGHTS AGAINST HARDSHIPS Drives Over 45 Miles Through Ter rific Storm; and Then Works All Night to'Relocate Property of Dead Man. Denver.-^By that pluck, grit and nerve, which .are the chief assets of the -women in the great mining regions' of the west, where fortuned are won’ only after desperate struggles,-pretty little Mrs, Sylvia Casey,-a sorrowful widow of 30 years, living in Nevada, recently, saved her husband’s mining claim from being Jumped, This was done ..by the wonian driving for more than 45 miles through a terrific storm, and then trudging ten-miles over bar ren, snow-covered mountains. After encotinterlng all of those Ulfflcultles Mrs. Casey worked ail one night in the freezing wind to erect new monu ments and relocate the property. It was a fearful lonely fight against the death-dealing storms of the -des sert, but this plucky little woman won out, and is now having, other claims ■worked with the $50,000 she made by relocating'and selling her late hus band’s claim. After discovering gold-bearing ledges do^vn in the Nevada deserts, David H. Casey located the. Senator and Colum bian groups, and returned to Goldfield to seeurerTnotteyi?cf-work the elaint,. He went to work In a mjiie, but Was soon caught In a caye-Jn gnd crushed to death. HC had bonded his claims for $50,000, and had received a small payment Before, his death he told his wife to hold the blalms at all hazards. -- Mrs. Casey was left without a cent ii} the world after paying the funeral expenses. However, she managed to hire a small buckboard and a mourn tain pony and started for Tuls Canyon through, a blinding storm. Acting un der the directions given by her hus band, she climbed through the gullies and over the mountain ridges, search ing for the claims', day after day. One liiBiaibif; .ii?E OF pbo b - - ABLV ClUlfiK.AC^ ■ TION OF HI8 -FRiTENIV^' ^ , Joplin, Mo.^Heylbert Bavl,s, aged 14, threatened wfth. & death^ealing stroke, by a big, rattieshake,; was:>aved by ^the quick action, bf raattcjs BVans, : aged 16, whdke^^^^ the head of the , typtlle just In tyme .lb prevent It buiylhg its faui^H!' In the flesh of hlf qhii.m. The sdakft,'was wtapped hfcoUrif thd'S?^ of the Bavls; boy, who had gfasped It under the Impression that- it was a fish. Francis Evans Is the spn of Dr. M. H. Evans, ^Jlerbert Davis is the son of the owner of the swlm.nilng re- sort.Ph North Main street, The boys are great chums and spend hiuch tiiue -sserat-agentsHBf-atttonroblle^^sdelS^ lIonA paid to give the watUlngi, but Others are' ffierhly- specimens of chronic oppositionthey, take pleasura .in beating rfhybody^ even a xeaioui to:wh jconstable. Soon there will a^B,eiaubther opposltloii qf warh'ers to . waim the pohsfahlei when Ihe waraers . k're-wariitog the autombib&ek .” . ......... • TEe Animal in Man by JANES QIANT, / / o f m w/ oiJ.^ avr cording to outprofessor’afindings, but each man and.woinaii shows in the facial ex pression just ekctly what animal he Or she 1 ^ ^ may be dominated .by in .the m atter o f m- Tha-H>rhi ,- 1 eu — r r ~ T trinsieai make-up. Such a theory, Spart; *- thb ibtended.!jumpep#l from its physiological interest'and ite/eth- V . ' ' nical value, could not fail to produce mdto-( dlsht she found three men had just a w k t o g for Like a Flash Evans^ Put a'Bullet Through the Rattler, fishing and hunting about the ponds north of the city. The swimming lake had overflowed and the water filled a basin formed by mining operations half a mlle- away. The overflow had dlowefl mady fish to escape from the lake and, many of them had been Imprisoned In . the basin. The hoys .were draining the basin and taking the fish back to the lake. The work of removing the fish had nearly been completed, when the Davis boy saw something move under a large rock. He promptly grabbed at it, thinking It a fish, shgutlng as he did sp:‘T’in)et this is a big one.” He jerked it up and; to.his sorrow- beheld a big rattlesnake squirming In hls grasp. He attempted’ to re lease it, but the sndke was too quick, colling about his arm and raising Ifs head to strike. / . ; Frapcls Evans was stindlfig* beside; the little pond, leaning On a'repCatih^ rifle which is his. companion oh SucS expeditions^ ’ ' •gered' rattier swung, .back to sink Jts fangs. There was ho time for thbijght. In an instaht the shake -would strilte, charging the bTpod of the boy Witb lfg .deadty; ppispu. Dike a «ash the'iifl^’ Tpse.'and- a bullet'crashed - .rallleh’s head and It feil, v/lndlng from Davis' arin. Evans then shot the snake six times. Davis threw his arfitk around hls chifin and cried from nervous excite ment. According to Davis the snake had four rattles and a tytton SUICIDE WRITE8 DEATH STORY. Describe# “jEffScF GaiT a» Hw Grad- tts.tiy-Loses Con*ciou#nes». Waehingtoh,--^ES^Ixdent' ovOr the death of^Jiis. wife less than a* njoilth ago. Arthur D,-AdainiH, a hqOkhlhder j^P p teliA f# ADDITION TO GOV \ ^EBNMEkr M i ! ^ gCHOOL. Army Sffloera Reconrmierid the Pur chase of Conatlt|utloni Island Ad- Jacept to thei'Present Grounds for .EnISrged Work. If the advice of tlie commander o\ West Point. Military, academy, Col. 11 b. Beptt. of,, nu‘npier,oqa: other high of fleers of the army and of promlnem members of congress and heads ci patrlptic' organlSatlona Is acceptoi Constitution Isi’and. lying in ihe Huci- son just at the point where the rlvei breaks through th e . highlands, win soon pass into the, ownership of the United Btates and theregfter become a most .important part in the scheme that plans tq make the United States military academy, already the world's greatest military training school, an even, greater institution. That It Is of vital Importance to the United States that Constitution island be acquired there Is Ho doubt in the minds of those familiar with the sltua tlen. Gen. SchdflMd,; when he was superintendent of the military acad emy, suggested.,that the government acquire .title to the property at thi> earliest; possible moment and that on its magnlflceht rocky eminence there be erected a series of buildings, ar chitecturally harmbhTzlng with those of West Point propey, where the hoys of this country, 'SO tortunate as to re ceive appointments; to cadetships ai West pgint, migkt, report in order (c- be property ,prepareT for tbelr on trance .Into the academy proper. Iq other word^, tfie scheme of Gen Schofield was .to establidli on this is- landj^whlch Is'sp eM?e^to West Point that you caiCtHSow^Teck from one place to, the; otkef, the United State.>; preparatory school to West Point. ,whlch was to be a s perfect in its own sphere as the 'West Point of to-day is-- In its. But it was not until Col. Hugh D. Scott, the present superintendent of the military academy, was sent \c West Point by President Roosevelt that the plan so long the dream of army officers, be^n to take deflnin shape, and when-the next eongres- convenes , a determined effort will b. made to have the purchase price oi the island, whlph IS between $150,00 >■ and. $250,000, iucinddd IH toe militarj COLKlOscOTn A; I-.'- '.t ■>- r ' H -- 0 '_ '
