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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1909-5-20, Page 6tFatattaata •F lHe Diszo!llte Medllonic� '4-+++44-4++++4-44-1-+++4-f The chief engineer of the 8.s. Mulligatawny was drunk. That was nothing unusual; he had often been drunk before. Everything working well, bo ,would undoubtedly be drunk again, It was his greatest. failing. But the peculiar feature of the ease was that; he bad chosen part oiw the world isn't the Cleans, eel, with abler: passing every five seconds. There mightn't be another vessel; appear h a month, Aud Yn g there's a t boon corrin down on us in a few hours. Good heavens! And it's the first accident ever I've come across !" The first mate had come to the seen° li ythis time, roused by the sadden concussion below, the three officers looked at one another gravely, far each man realized what impended. A dead leo-shore, the fatal Clobbers within a few miles, a swift under -current steadily drag- ging the ship southward, and a feri- oue Gale blowing up to the north -- The merciless spanner sought them out, and they rose like hunted hares, to throw themselves with deeperatzon on the serge, wlnlo their womaled handszds drippedblood, "Awa' tae the cilgino-room, yeIi- ed Mcollan suddenly, to his second, "an' in they forz'ard tanks full o' wetter I Burry, ye Renfrew radi- oed! The chug -chug of the pumps began to add to the din of strife, and the how Of the lulligetaway sank stili lower, Tiley lugged out the tail -shaft in a mad frenzy of despair, and the chief eyes ib lovingly, to be clrnuk in the white -painted it was a combination of circum "A varra pretty bit o' stool," he alleyway that communicated with stances that might have daunted the commented, "Talc' it ablaw, yo sod - the captain's zoom, and when :Cap- stoutest heart. On the face of it the gets tain Phillipslefthis cabin hurried- Mulligatawny was a doomed ship. They took it bolowt, and still the ly, summoned to vim bridge by a "We can't sail her off," said the cargo floated out of the gaping, hold call through the speaking -tube, be mate. We haven't enough canvas and trundled forward. The sky was tripped and fell his length over the 1 aboard, We can't anchor, there's now shut out in black and brood prostrate, sodden form. The chief ,close on a thousand fathoms here- ing cloud, and a mutter drummed engineer grunted the captain 1&bouts, It's the boats,male- across the oily sea, that now and swore and grew purple in the face, i ing else 1" again broke into ripples of foam, and the vials of his wrath were nu- "That's about all!" said the cap- Another difeculty presented itself loosed,. as he scrambled to his feet tarn, with a working face. He had now. A swarm of huge sharks had and glowered at the sinner. never had an accident in the whole ga•.-ered round the stationary Muni. "A greasy, drunken screundel, not of his career before this. gateway, and ware prying with that's what you are!" he snarled. II p to them there staggered the venomous noses at every plate on "A greasy, drunken seroundel, not fit to be carried for ballast! If you must make a hog of yourself, why don't you go to your own particular sty 1 For two pin,,, Mr, McLellan, I'd log you, and report yon to the owners!' The chief engineer staggered up- right and swayed unsteadily. Then a look of portentous gravity over- spread his face, to be followed by alleyway en az1ng an empty whiskey -bottle. "Ati'm naught but a dissolute meeeame 1" ttittenod McLellan sleepily, tY Put the captain archt hae told me his opinion o' yon Chinese loan l"—London Answers. HOME. i 1 BOMB DlisleaeiMAKII G. :When working on silk, keep a piece of sandpaper pear; rub your hands lightly over it when they stick to the silk. Strips for Bindiugs.—Inch wide strips kept in the machine drawer are bandy for sleeve bindings, fac- ings and bands. Launder the waist betore cutting up, es it is notch easier than to handle each little piece as it is needed. Little Gingham Aprons.—Put on two fairly large pockets Then when you have to patch or darn the rents her side. The stern -gland was still from wear and tear, rip off one figure of the chief engineer—the a clear under and the a pocket and use for the purpose. It dissolute mechanic. He was' flfoot a ushed storm was on the point water, breaking. all looks alike then, whereas new and thick in his speech, but out- , piece would be unsightly, Val Lace Used for Collars.—Do not rip lengths of Val lace but out the material, leaving .a half inch to be turned 'under when sewed. into collars. Fronts can be used for the backs of corset covers. Scraps of embroi:lery should be saved to mend Ho drove his men below like other embroideries. Place on the a vacant, oily smile. He walked anger combined, took the engineer slaves, ane after a quarter of an wrong side and sew together. forward a pace, stepped over an I by the greasy collar and shook him hour of wild hammering, the broken . Home Made Baby Bands.—What impediment that was not there•, like a rat. shaft was drawn in -board. It had to do with those white woolen shrunk and lurched against the portly form "Your vile propeller -shaft!" he been necessary for someone to go up stocking caps that are too small, of the skipper whom he took by the snarled. "Ilse ship's lost! Look over the stern in a bowline, and Make baby's bands of them. Cut buttonhole in a confidential manner. at that! And he pointed to wind -secure the strong tackle to the use- across the cap about 5 inches or any "Yell—hie—excuse me, sorr," ward. Mr. McLellan eyed the less propeller to prevent its being width desired. Join together,.mak- ho stuttered, "but Ah'm at thocht troubled ower money matters. Wad ye min' gi'ein' me yer private an' perrsonal opinion 0' the Chin- ese loan tae Turrkey? An' a short but thorough—thorough, mind ye— dissertation on the question of Thlbet—an' railway stock wad be in warclly calm. Captain Phillips threw up his "Ye'll understand," he said,, hands in despair. "Ah'm in no wise tae blame, Times "We've wasted time?" he cried. wi'out number Ah've drawn the "We might have got a start in the superintendent's attention tae yon boats before this!" tail -shaft. 'As rotten as a carrot' And Mr, McLellan bade him were ma varra worrds." "Hand his tongue." The captain, hot with misery and weather conditions. "There's a spare shaft doon ablaw," be remarked conversation- ally "What's the odds agen ship - pin' al 1 The second officer bad looked over Captain Phillips fell away in sheer, the taffrail as the tacirie was rigged astonishment. ' but a dozen loathy sharks had eyed "Don't he a fool as well as a : him through the clear green of the place. Tae say naught o'-1osh drunkard 1" he snapped. "It's out; water, ail he had shrunk -back dis- sakes 1 The mows clean dementit?" of all possibility! To ship a tail- mayed. Yet he had Royal Humane Captain Phillips had broken away shaft at sea with a typhoon coming i Society certificates in his chest. No up—well, you're drunk; that's. man would volunteer for the haz from the detaining finger with an : oath, and had shouldered the en- your only excuse: !ardous work, and it looked as Ay, Alem drunk, but Ah'm though their efforts had been in giorer to one side, hastening to the speakin` sober sense. Alem the vain. bridge in sheer speechlessness. Mr. `vee mon as'll dee it, tae." McLellan addressed the white bulk- r 'McLellan charged aft, and his head against whieh he leaned. Now, the spare tail -shaft of the keen eyes blazedsleeve, while adding length to the "Diana drink," be murmured average tramp -steamer is usually -Ma professional reputation's at wrist or top destroys the proper-. gravely—"clinna drink! Eh, but kept down the after -hatch, hidden stake," he cried; "gi'e s a hand o' tions. Any part of a waist pattern drink's a sair thing? 1 wouldna under a few hundred tons of cargo. you bowline!" An l he slipped over may be lengthened in the same way. This is in order that it may be in file stern with a grim laugh on his Also a pattern can be shortened by similar treatment by overlaping each piece. The wrinkle so often seen across the shoulders of a waist can be avoided by treating a pat- tern as described. lost. :The gigantic nut on the end ing a smooth seam, or, better still, of the shaft, and the key that kept crocheting ends together so that the screw from twisting round on seams won't hurt baby. No fear the shaft, had also to be removed. of getting them en too tight, he - cause they are knitted and give. To Lengthen Sleeve Pattern If a sleeve pattern is too short cut it in two twice, once above the elbow and once below the elbow. Cut it across straightwise with the goods, as it is laid down for cutting. Shp the several pieces away from each other enough to lengthen the sleeve sufficiently for the upper and for the lower parts of the arm. This preserves the shape of the gang sae far as tae tak' awe' a men's character, but yon skipper's fou! Ay, drink's sair on the tem- per! I'm thankfu' I'm a. sober mon." Then he slid gracefully down the bulkhead, came to an uneasy rest with his head between ins knees, and snored blissfully. immediate readiness. The stern lips. gland, where the tail -shaft leaves it was killing work, but it was the hull and protrudes for the pro- I done somehow. The snatt was potter to be fitted in place, is sub- hauled clear, and the entire In:lian merged about twelve or fifteen feet Ocean began to pour in through the below the waterline, and any at- gaping stern -gland. But the pumps tempt to draw the broken shaft, and kept the water down, and in one replace it with a new one, would be spasmodic gasp of Titanic effort the Captain Phillips was boiling with followed a mighty inrush of new tail -shaft was thrust through rage as he mounted to the bridge. water. The work of unship- the opening. Its end showed clear ping the propeller, and hanging it, in the aperture, and an eighteen - The Mulligatawny was trudging through a glassy sea, and the thick until the new shaft is pointed, is smoke from her funnel Iay heavily arduous, and taxes the resources of on the water. The tinkle of her a highly -fitted dockyard And Mr patent lug rang loudly from the stern -rail; the clang of shovels in the Htokehold was the chief sound gatawny should be repaired at sea, worked up into a pitch of Berserk to be heard=that and the steady The captain was eery angry. rage, lie slipped over the stern, heat of the engines. But away to Talk sense. he said swiftly. and joined the chief engineer at the the north-east there brooded a thick See about getting the beats pro- work. The men on deck threw great and sullen cloud, and the second visioned, Mr. Scott." lumps of coal at the prying sharks, mate pointed apprehensively to the The mate turned away, but the and the skipper came aft with a re - barometer. chief engineer was in deadly earn- volver that he hate never fired be- " ermine; g on to blow, sir !" he est; fore. said pessimistically', "Good thing Ah ve a, whole ease o' whusky in ''Tak' awa' yer pepper -box!" we're high-powered, with these ma bunk," he said stubbornly, "an' screamed the chief, as he guided the under -safe currents and the Club- Ah'm no goin' the leave it behind. propeller on to the tail -shaft. ber Rocks under the lee." Ye'd better think c' repairin' the A bullet had clipped the steel close "Fes, a good thing," assented the shaft." to his hand. He kicked stoutly with skipper. "But Heaven knows what It was a forlorn hope, but Cap- a heavy boot at the nuzzling snout would happen if anything went Iain Phillips was desperate, of a smirk, and brought down a wrong below. There's that pig of an "Have it your own silly way, spanner with a backhanded swing on engineer lying blind drunk in my then," he said ungraciously the nose of another, The second: alleyway; I'm sick of him! He's The engineer straightened lam- mate aide:l him gallantly; the pro - not fit to be carried as ballast! self with an effort. He reeled down peller fell into place. In went the Some of these days he'll catch mein to the engine -room, and sounds of key; the great stern nut was put a bad mood, and then he'd better strife came to the ears of those on take care: deck. The entire stokehold crew, The words were hardly out of his some live in number, poured up - mouth when there came a harsh, Wards, assisted by the chief en - grating scream from far below, thgineer, who was armed with a heavy engines raced violently for a tew spanner, seconds, there was a detonating "Worruk, ye gowks 1" he yelled, crack, andthen the steady throb- and e spanner fell home cruelly. bing diel away, to be replaced by The silent Mulligatawny soon le - an ominous silence. came as busy as a hive. Every " Good heavens!" exclaimed Phillips. "What's that?" Inc second =en hounded trom i:he bridge at one leap, raced along the deck and disappeared down the engine -room. He returned in one minute by the chronometer, and his tunburnee fate was utterly white in patches. Also, he panted as if he had run a race. "Tail -shaft's gone, sir l" he said entity. "Clean in two! It's a won- der the engines didn't shake them - soiree to ffinders t The second en- gineer said he always suepected there was a flaw in she shaft," "Damn the second . engineer!" said the captain snappily, "What we'vn got to think about is what's to be done !" The second engineer came up on the bridge at this juncture, and he was visibly troubled. '.\ cleanbreak;" he explained, "impossible to i'epair'itl It's a cake of waiting till something comes nlong to give 118 a tow: We can't fir: the spare tail -shaft at seal" "el tow! Something coming alone:" yelled the skipper. "What arc you talking about, man ! This foot shark nuzzled it inquiringly. "Ah canna clae't a' mascl!" grunted McLellan, seeing the gigan- PALATABLE DESSERTS. Cherry Biscuit.—Boil together a cur of sugar and a cup of water, and alien the sirup threads, remove from Lie fire and beat until it is cool. Then beat in a pint of whip - peel cream, a cup of candied cherries, McLellan was gravely propounding tic propeller hanging there. The a cup of blanched and chopped al - the suggestion that the Multi- second mate had gradually been 1 monds, a tablespoonful of cherry, and a tablespoonful of vanilla. Turn all into freezer and freeze. Apple Pritters.—Take one pint of milk, three eggs, salt to taste, and add as much flour as will make batter. Beat the yolks and whites separately, add yolks to the milk, stir In the whites with as much flour as will make batter. Have some tender apples, peel them, cut theta in thin slices around the apples, take care out of each slice and to every spoonful of batter lay in a slice of apple, which mast be cut thin. Fry in hot lard to a light brown on both sides. Imperial Pudding.—Four ounces of rice ,eight tablespoonfuls sweet- ened condensed milk, dissolved in a pint and three-quarters of water, jam or stewed fruit ,two ounces of over all, and the mighty screw - wrench, held by stout ropes on deck, , butter, short pastry. Simmer the was clapped on to the nut. Then rice in milk until tender and thick; the winch rattled( gaily as the nut then add then butter. Line the was hove tight and doubly tight. sides of a pie dish with short pastry A wave slapped the two men pain- and fill it with alternate layers of fully as the last turn was given, rice and jam or stewed fruit,letting the toplayer ver heafr' x Bake n a shark took McLellan's bootce air and e in a heel into its jaws as he nimbly moderate oven for about thirty sealed the rope. The typhoon was minutes and serve with any sweet sauce liked. COOKIES CHILDREN LIRE, man aboard flung himself upon the upon them now, It shot down like hatch -battens aft, and wrenched a solid thing, and the Mulligatawny them clear. They had been told staggered to the shock. Then she began to drift slowly down towarls the rocks. It was McLellan who started the pumps forward, and opened the seacocks aft. The steamer came that their lives depended on their smartness. The winches were un- covered, the derricks were run aloft, and inside five minutes the cargo was being lugged rapidly out of the after -hold and transported, on a slowly to an even keel, as wave cunning arrangement of wires, to after tearing wave lashed over the the fore -desk. Cases and barrels, the tarpaulin -covered cargo on the bales and slings of iron, went fore -deck, and the captain bit his careering madly through the hot fingers to the bone as he waited in air, and were stacked in orderly dumb misery. array well up to the forecastle bulk- For one long, anxious minute the head. And slowly the bow of the Mulligatawny reeled wildly over, One cupful of stewed raisins, and steamer sank :]own, while her stern her scuppers filled with churning dissolve one-half teaspoonful of soda water, the oily wake of her broad- in five tablespoonfuls of raisin juice sided rift stretches far to the north. or sour milk. Two cupfuls of oat. Then there arose a steady sound meal, Two cupfuls of flour. Drop that was not the note of the storm, one teaspoonful at t, time on but- Phillips gasped, tered pant, and bake. "tired; Scott," he cried, "the Nut elookiee,-Create one and engines are working!" one-half cupfuls each of butter and And they were, sugar, add three well beaten ep,gs, it was not until the steamer was one-third of cupful of sweet milk, out of danger that, Captain Phillips deur to roll sifted with one tea- left the bridge and went below. He spoonful naking powder. Brush" top could have sworn the events of the with yolk of egg and a little water. past hours were but a wild dream, Sprinkle one cup sugar, one cup al - for a recumbent figure lay in the Good Cookies—Women who have a family of children who are fond of cookies will find this a good re- cipe: Take four eggs, two . cep - lids of sugar (coffee A), one cupful ofbutter� ,and one teaspoonful of soda, a Flavor to suit taste Mix soft, roll thin, and bake in a quick oven. Oatmeal Cookies.—One cupful of sugar. One-half cupful of lai'l. One- half cupful of butter. Two eggs. tilted up coquettishly. Men panted and sweated as the work went on. The chief engineer batt shaken off. his stupor, and was doing the work of ten; hitting a loafer here., drag- ging e case clear, there—a case that two men had not been able to move bolero,. And the arst mutterings of the earning gale sounded like an undercurrent of sound to the steady clang and jingle of chain and wire. It mattered nob that men fell be- side their labors, and panted miser Ably that they eoald do no more. moods or other nuts chopped fine, and one teaspoon cinnaxuolz over cookies, and babe, Clinger Cookies—Ono cupful of sugar, one cupful of molasses, cue eupfu 1 of butter, two eggs, , one tablespoonful of ginger, one table- spoonful of cinnamon, one table- spoonful of soda diseolved in one. quarter] cupful of boiling, water, Ono salbspoon of salt. Mb, then knead into a dough as stiff as is required to roil out, then pub away over night. In the inoz'ning roll out, using little flour, if any at all le needed, and bake in good, hot oven, TII'1:1. LAUNDRY. Add a little kerosene to your starch; it will keep the stareli from Woking to your fiat iron. If on wash day a handle comes off your wooden tub just 'get busy, Huntup a handle such as you get in the store to carry a parcel home. Put this in the eyse on the tub, It will last for some time. Washings Solution.—Empty the contents of a can of lye into a stone croak Cover with two quarts of boiling water. Stir well and when cold add 5 cents' worth of powdered ammonia, 5 cents' worth of salt of tartar, and 8 cents' worth of borax. Mix well and let stand twenty-four hours before using. .A cupful adds:] to the wash boiler of water will clean and whiten the clothes. esseeleSseafeeeeeetleesefelarelefeeseeeedePO HEALTH fi �� RADIUM IN MEDICINE. One of the most curious methods introduced in recent times in the treatment of disease is that known as "radiotherapy," It includes treatment by sunlight and electric light, treatment by the Roentgen, or X, rays, and treat- ment by radium and other "radio- active" bedies. Radium is a sub- stance, probably one of the chem- ical "elements," occurring in very minute quantity in pitchblende, and is one of the queerest substances known. It is constantly giving off inconceivably minute particles which travel with tremendous rap- idity, and pass through glass anel. many solid bodies "'apparently as readily as through air. In addition to these "rays," which are of three kinds, there is a peculiar gas or vapor, the so- called emanation, given off by rad- ium, which may so affect neighbor- ing objects as to make them for the time being radio -active. The action of radium is similar in The most destructive and voraei- rnany ways to the X-rays, and will; ons insect on earth' has obtained produce a "burn" when a vial con -1 a foothold in England. taining a very small quanitiy of This is the white ant, against it is held to the skin for, a certain ; whose ravages scarcely anything time. but metal and stone is proof. His Red eyelids are the result o£ eye attains. One should be careful how they adjust the light when reading, Don't use the oyes who they feel d. ' ut tired. lit a theta frequently b h om with hot water or cold, whichever' seems the most comforting, Eye - elms tps come ptirpoaely for this and ars convenient, They are so small that they San be held up to the eye and At closely about it, so that the head can be thrown bank and the •1 as. tipped aso that contents t d upthe C ntalte conic freely in touch with the eye. When one has styes and the ayes are reddened, the eyelashes scanty and thin, it probably means that glasses' are needed, and an oculist should . be consulted, or,, if one al- ready wears glasses, it is probable that they are not properly fitted, In the sleeping apartment the bed should be so arranged that the light, either from within or with- out, will not strongly strike the eyes. And it is said that even moonlight should be excluded from the sleeping roam. An important consideration in the care of the eyes is the method of drying diem after the facial bath. Do this gently with a soft. towel, and always rub towards the inner corners, for.in the corners are the outlets of various secretions of the eyes. To prevent a weakness is better than to be obliged to cuz'e it; and if eyes are weak they should not be made more so by injurious prac- tices, nor; should strong eyes be similarly taxed lest they. beoome; weak. One, should not attempt to read immediately upon waking from sleep, nor should one read when lying down. The latter habit flat- tens the balls and causes impaired sight more often than any other imposition practiced on the eyes. Avoid rubbing weak or irritated eyes, for that only increases the trouble and causes the lashes to fall out., Cinders or foreign substances, may be removed from the eyes by ineerting a couple of flaxseeds; which will soon almost dissolve and ooze out through the corner of the eye, carrying the speak of dust or irritating ,particle with it. Among the defects of the eyes that may be remedied by a slight operation is that of "cross eyes" or squinting, and that of apparent- ly too small eyes. The latter de - feet is Inc to too close a union of the lids at the outer angles, and a simple and comparatively painless operation will enl0}•ge the appear- ance of tate eye. t WRITE ANTS REACH E1GLe1ND Taken Into the C.enntry in Bunches of Bananas. It has been employed in medicine in the treatment of the same dis- eases that have been found to be benefitted by the X-rays. These are chiefly diseases seated in the skin or mucous membranes, such as eczema, moles, ulcers and super- somewhat of a mystery, out the ficial cancer. Birthmarks have ap-most generally received theory is pareutly been career by radium, that the banana is responsible, but sometimes the marks have been Eggs, brought over in the bunches of fruit, have been hatched out in the underground cellars in Lon-' don and elsewhere, where much of original home is in South Africa, where he devours e village (of buts) at a meal, and depopulates a dis- trict in -a day, the inhabitants fly- ing before him as from the plague. Just how he reached England is replaced by disfiguring scars even worse titan the original trouble. The itching of eczema is frequently relieved quickly by a brief' applies- it is artificially ripened, and the tion of radium. Its most striking insects, it is averred, have since effect is in causing superficial can- cers to disappear, and even diose beneath the surface and in parts inaccessible to the X-rays have ap- parently been cured by inserting a glass tube containing radium into the tissues. Lupus, a disease of the skin for the relief of which the Finsen -light treatment has been much employed, has also been cured by radium, In edition to• the rays, use has been made experimentally of the "emanation." It has been collect- ed on a suitable surface and then dissolved in water; and the solu- tion injected into a mouse has ap- parently cured a cancerous tumor of the intestine. Other wonderful effects have been obtained byradium, but it also .often fails, and until it is known why c fails it cures in ono case and to sore, or even does harm, in an- lather aparently similar case, its employment must be regarded as experimental. The X-rays have been found less .curative than they .wore ab first thought to be, and in order that disappointment may be prevented, :too, much. must not be expected from radium. Youths' Companion. TREATMENT OF THE EYES, If the eyes ;beoome red and in- flamed itis dos to eye strain, and one should have an oculist examine the eyes to find out what is the matter. Avoid reading in a poor light, The light should be sufficient in quality and steady. It hard on the eyes to read in a shifting light, such as often occurs in ears. Care should be taken to hold the book steady in the hands, so that the vibration of the, car will not be transmitted to it. The conditions of reading when attention is paid to these details is better than when one looks at the swiftly passing objects from the win- dows, the eye having to adjust it- self speedily and constantly in order to focus objects that are now near and now far. been disseminated all over the country. Their most recent exploit was the invasion of Grinclon Hall, near Sunderland, the residence of Sir Theodore Doxford. The ant armies swarmed all over the mansion, ren- dering it well-nigh untenable, for human beings. An expert, who was called in, found half a mil- lion- of them in the greenhouse alone, with countless myriads in other parts of the premises. The problem now is how to ex- terminate them, for though this, is supposed to have been successfully accomplished in regard to a similar plague of the same insects at Lead- gate, Dunham, by means of a special toxic solution, similar me- thods have not been invariably suc- cessful elsewhere. Although nothing official bas a n - ieared as yet regarding the in es- nit is known that the Board of Agriculture takes a somewhat serious view of the matter. In- deed, it is fairly self-evident that any great increase in the number of colonies will have. to be met by the enforcement of an insect alien act of a similar nature to that which was used so effectively some years ago against the Colorado potato beetle and the Hessian fly.—Pear- son's Weekly, x Every year the postal business of the world .is increasing seven per cent. Bank notes worth about a farth- ing each are circulated in Para- cluay, —.— An An entire battalion of the German Army is being trained in the use of airships, When we call a man a bride we don't mean that be is made of common clay, Even the tadpole can boast of his social position, having been been in the swim. MYSTERY OF TiIE YEAR , TO TO D UiV2'UI. au f.0 lel Ii U WOULD Ily JULY 11;X'1'• Aatz'on0mor Is Confident 'Butt Hors Is x7Fhabite(l—Needs $10,000,000. If son;lebody oe several some- bodies, will advance $10,00,000 the; earth -bound human race will he able to enter into eommunlcatfon. with the inbabztants ore by next July—that of the carefully thought out plane of Prof. William Henry Picketing, Harvard's' famous. astronomer, are practiea.iy demon- strated; July is fixed as the bums, because the mighty planet then will be :,000,000 miles nearer the, earth than ever before. - Prof. Pickering is confident that Mars is inhabited, and by a class of beings so intelligent that they will recognize the signals flashed from the earth and mace reply, and re- veal mysteries which mankind has been attempting to.nnfozd for years. NEEDS SUPPLY OF MIRRORS. 'i'he Harvard astronomer explains. his method as follows: "My plan of communicating with Mars would necessitate the use of a series of mirrors so arranged as to present a single reflecting surface toward the plane, These mirrors. would have to be attached to one great axis, parallel to that of the earth, run by motors and so timed as to make a complete revolution every twenty-four hours. It would be necessary to have these mirrors• occupy an area of more than a quarter of a mile in order to reflect a sufficient quantity of light to, reach the Martians. "Even with such powerful ap- paratus as is proposed, the reflected: light would not be apparent to the naked eye, but by the use of power- ful telescopes the signal from the earth could he discernible. Look- ing down from Mars this reflection would appear like a small point of light upon the surface of the earth. Supposing, with such a signal in op- eration, we began a series of Bashes, cutting off the sun's rays for an latent and then throwing on the reflection again, repeating this. at irregular intervals, following, say, the telegraphers' code of dots. and dashes, I have no doubt that, providing there were intelligent people on Mars, the light would at• once attract attention and would lead eventually to an answering: signal. •Once we received such an answer, the rest would be the com- paratively easy matter of establish- ing a code and transmitting mes- sages," PLAN TO TALK TO MARTIANS. Prof. Pickering stands ready to furnish a method, painstaking ani carefully worked out, for actually talk with the Martians in case the coming proximity of rho planet re- veals their existence. On this point he says: "If there were people in Mars who bad advanced as far as man has, and who were provided with telescopes as powerful as we to -day possess, they would easily perceive. our signals and would undoubtedly recognize and answer them. 7i a means of communication were thus opened we shouli no doubt learn much about the planet—in fact, it could be se arranged eventually _ that ere would be able to talk with the Martians as we communicate with each other to -day." TATTOO ARMY HORSES. Experiments With Electrical Device_ Millie at Woolwich. An electrical device by means of which identification numbers may be tattooed upon the gums of army horses is being experimented with at Woolwich, England, and other military depots. If it proves satisfactory, the sys- tem is destined to replace entirely that at present in vogue, by which reference numbers areburned into the horses' hoofs. Unless s•ene tvad very six months such a referenceonce number disappears completely, ow - ng to the natural growth of the horse's hoof, which brings the num- ber lower and lower until in the pro- cess of shooing it is filed away. It is claimed that by the system which is being tried a number be- comes absolutely indelible and could only be removed by such a barbar- ous act as cutting away a portion of the horse's gum. The operation which the horse has to undergo is briefly this: 'Its upper lip is drawn ' back and a portion of the guns above he incisor teeth is deadened to - min by an injection of cocaine. Then a metal pencil attached to an lectrical battery is employed. In ho pencil es a reservoir filled with ndelible ink. At its pointed end s a tiny hollow needle which under lectrical, impetus shoots in and out vith troinendouis rapidity; making illy punctures• m the horse's gnln at the tate of many thousands a minute aid depositing' a ' minute rop of ink in each, 4. number con• wining five numerels each can be vrittcn by an expert in a few emends, Last year the wo;l<i's raducti n y p o f gold wee $415,000,000'. - i T e t 0 d b s 0 IX