MAKING WESTERN DESERTS FERTILE

TIE PTiMIEt BF THE COMO. For jtarr we h*re tm-n a war.- of tbe actual fiistr&cc of i race of ps7<»^* in tbe interior of Africa. And mm. authoritiea on tbe tubjc-t bare exj.rrWJ the belli'f that in this little koonn race of black dwarfs, hidden to^Jay In the fastnesses of the tropical forests of tbe Congo, but in past centuries probably far more common and Widespread, we may hare the origin of the dwarfs of tradition. Sir Harry Johnston, the well-known Engliwb explorer. made famous Uy bis classic discorery of the okapi and by his researches among the ape-like little black people, is of this opinion. The human type. In all probability, first emerged from the ape In Southeastern Asia, possibly in India. Tbe higher types forced tbe negro from the continent In an -eastward direction, across the In^errening islands, as far as Australia, and westward Into Africa. Keen to-day ape-like negroes are.foond in the gloomy forests, who are doubtless direct descendants of these early type* of man. who probably closely resembled their simian ancestors. They are found on tbe eastern border of tbe Congo woodland and In other portions of tbe Congo baste, and the attention of scientists was first called to them by Joanstdii. Grogan and Sharpd. They are often dirty yellowish brown in color and coreced with f a fine down. Their faces sre fairly hairy, with great prognathism, and retreating chins, while In genera) they are unintelligent and timid, haring little tribal cohesion and psoally living upon the fringes <-f higher tribes.

establish their little colonies, though they are as unstable as water, and range far and wide through tha forests They hare seemingly become acquainted with metal only through contact With superior brings, and tbeh weapons were' formerly .of wood or stone only. They live la Uttla conical huts about four feet high and four feet in diameter, constructed by thrusting withe* In the ground. tyUig them to getber at the top and thatching them with leaves. Each man usually has but one wife, the couples housing together in a single but, but as soon as a child leaves the mother's breast a separate hut Is constructed for it. nod as we can Imagine, tome of these are absurdly tiny. The women are said to be affectionate and make dutiful wire*, sometimes marrying Into the tribes of the larger negroes. The dwarfs have no separate language o,f their own. but speak, roughly, tbe dialects of the neighboring tribes of large black*. While In tbe forest* they are usually absolutely unclothed, but they adopt sufficient covering for decency when they come Into contact with others.—Scientific American.

A MME-MAPE TAUIM HACIIHE Would Ton like to make a talking machine? If you hare a toy trumpet put the small end in your mouth and your two hands over the large, or funnel end- Kow blow through the trumpet. and open and ebut your hand* once quickly. The syllable "ma" will be sounded, and if yon repeat this In a quick succession the word ‘‘mamma” will be spoken by the trumpet II

CONGO PYGMIES TRAVELING FROM AFRICA TO RUR9PK.

Among tbe latter individual types of tbe lower order crop out now and then, indicating that the two were, to a certain extent merged In past age*. Whence the pygmies came or where they originated la unknown te us. In the hieroglyphic records of the Egyptians and other ancient people are accounts that prove conclusively that tbe dwarfs existed in Africa at that*time. However, from native traditions gathered by Scfaweinturth. Junger and other traveler*. It appear* that the little people occupied land a* far north a* the western Nile water shed, and were driven -thence by In vs si* ne of larger black*. To-day they are confined to tbe Congo forests and to snch portions of these at extend toward the Kile water shed and Into Cameroon and Preach Gabpon. There oeemis to be some connection between the pygmies and tbe bosh men of Sooth Africa, and if this is true It gives color to the theory of the former wider occupancy of the continent by the dwarfs. Traces of pygmies have bees found in Europe. and while there is no absolute proof at a prehistoric, universal, dwarf people, there Is some ground for belief in the truth of tU*. and the acceptance' of this theory furnishes ns with an explanation for tbe general eccnrreoc* of the mythological dwarf* In bu

may have a strident sound, but <t -will, nevertheless, be a spoken word. Another good Imltatioq of the human voice, says the New York Evening Mall, may be made by taking a large empty spool and stretching acme* the bole at one end two rubber band*. . The bands mast be close together at their edges, bnt moat not ovarlay. Yon can

WWPPBT Dynamite Blast Rip* Jail. By setting or f blest of dynamite which tore a big hole In tbe wall and, only for -an unforseen circumstance, would hare cleared th» jv%y to freedom. tbe prisoners in tho.. Somerset County Prison, Somerville, mane a desperate effort to bring about a general Jail delivery. That they failed was due to the fact that tbe night keeper. William Moore, was standing not far away from the place when tbe explosion occurred ami immediately began shooting at the bole blown In the prison wall.. U was the second time recently that an attempt bad been made to release prisoners from the 1*11. Tbe Jail authorities say tbe exploeive w*s set on a window sill from the outside, bat tbe greatest driving force seem* to baV» been outward and many think one of tbe prisoner* placed the dywupite and fired It and that tbe explosive Rad been in tbe Jail far soma rttnA^Tb*. brick* from tbe W*J1 bflbw the Window were Mown thirty feet gWaj 1 : The hole tom in tbe wall was big enough for a (pan to pats thgeagh easily, and at least one prisoner would have gotten away but for tb* fact that lb* night keeper was In tb* Jail yard and within tea feet’ of the holt'. 'When the first prisoner poked his bead through tbe bole Moore fired and tbe betd was withdrawn. Then Moore, backed by a crowd which quickly assembled ut tbe noise of the explosion and the shot, stood guard until the prisoners Inside bsd ail been placed In separate cells. The explosion took place about ? o'clock p. m At that time there were nine prisoners In tbe corridor, and Deputy Keeper Jqbn L. Anderson was about to place them in their cell* for the night. The other prisoners slready had been locked in. and tbe nine other*, apparently by design, were at tbe point In the corridor which was nearest to the window which later was blown out. When the explosion took place Frank Labey. who Is charged^wlth nsssult and highway robbery, made a dive for tbe opening. I away, even It no for the tact that >utside. Lahey rent bad! A*e< fired one of‘.tie first to . w . dl. Jur a maatb prisoner by the name of Regan, sam co have been a chum of Lahey. dug almost through a wall in his cell and was dlacqi;ered on the last night of bis work fig iUire. Moore heard a noise, which caused an investigation the following morning and the discovery of tbe weakened wait Twenty prisoners. It Is sal<V-were >a$*ged In that rw*J dartng the day. ajf scattcViOg. each taking hit r S T- 4 Q R>* : confusion

2.V43.379 Persons in gtate. The population of New Jersey, as

main to he counted. They had an aggregate poimUtioB'Of fifiU In 1900. and assuming that this baa - not changed tbe population of the State would be 2.143,379. Upon this basis the Increase in population in the State at large daring tbe last five roars was \J3.59 per cent. Tbe Increase in tha fttste for tbe ten year* ending in 1900 was 304 par cant. Tile population of the-twaadtame connffe* is,a* fallows: ' 180?" >r "lW0 “ Inc.

tack or de the ends over tha side of the pool. When yon blow through tb* other ad of the spool tha bands vibrate ilk* the human vocal chords and mate* a sound something like the human vale*, which will change according to tha

They - live by means of hunting and snaring, eking this ont by thieving from tbe Mg negro outskirts of wh - -

China has tan railways la operation, with a total mileage of 2283. o itb that of Gresu Britain.

WASHINGTON Secretary Bonaparte has advised Brooklynite* that he will not take up the matter of the sale of tbe frigate Constitution until Congress meets. He says the matter Is one for Congress to decide. Secretary Shaw declared that the remedy for tbe non-etasilclty In the currency system lies lu the atitborixatlon of additional national bank circulation. Tbe Chinese boycott, at Shanghai at least, has come to an end. according tb a dispatch received at the State Department from Conan I-Genera I Rod-

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Baron Kaneko. confidential agent of tbe Emperor of Japan, who has been suddenly recalled, expressed bis be lief that the relations between his country and tbe United States will grow closer. OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. Tha Governor of Guam recommend* tbe estahltshlns of two ligbthooses on tbe lalsnd. Commander Q. L. Dyer. Naval Governor of Ouam. In his annual report, says the natives are well pleased with the eoverilgnty of the United States and that there U no sentiment among them for Independent govrrnment. The Philippine Government has de elded to discontinue tbe opersttou of the seventeen coast guard ships and. turn the Inter-island water traffic of the Government over to commercial lines of steamers Tbe schools at San Jnnn. Porto Rico, have been opened. Sixty thousand children hare been registered, a gain of 35.000 since tbe American occup*

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Tbe Philippine Commission has enacted a law prohibiting In the Province of Cavite any one to sell to any soldier of tbe United States Army. Filipino scoots excepted, or td any sailor or any enlisted man of tbe United States Navy, or marine corps, any of tbe so-called native wines or liqnoro.

DOMESTIC.

John D. Rockefeller has ooosted tbe price of oil In Chanute, Kan., and Pitt* burg. In Pittsburg aU grades were raised, with one exception, from two lo

five cents a barrel.

Professor L Eddy, the oldest teacher at the Kentucky State School for Deaf. Danville, Ky„ dropped dead while In tbe schoolroom. Professor Eddy was

old. He was noted

r.:. i «ss ;ss I.sslg. Total..... J;l>7,788 ( !j83,0te 254.097

Eagle Vanquished by Boys. Made desperate by hunger, a bald eagle me*sating five feet atx ipchea from tip to Up. swooped down and at* Jgropted to carry off the pet dog of tue Bitters brothers, near Vallsburg. and was killed by them. The brother*. Edwin and Felix, twelve and thirteen yean old. whe llve ta Freeman street were on their way borne, and ware crossing Kilburn's stock farm. They heard a' whirring of wings, and culated- the actlrity of the dog. which yelped and Jumped to one tide. Tha 'e another dash at the dog. extended, but missed, and jack and held on. The eagle fought desperately, tearing the boy's —•- —* ' o ribbons ti with its

_leo loincd In at the finish. Thedead eagtowS take*

snty-dre years o in astronomer.

Potter frowned on the attempt ot a clergyman la the Diocesan Convention. New York, to pass a resolution condemning those blamed for

Four firemen were aerhioaly hurt In a $200,000 blase In Charleston. W. Va. James B. M. Groavenor. John G. Reinhart and Coant Luigi Cipriani died suddenly in New York City, and physician* said that their deaths were doe to the mad nub of city life. United States Senator John F. Dryden. president of the Prudential Life Insurance Company, began a propatnda for his bill placing life Ins nrace In Federaf control. An organisation to arrest and prosecute wife deserters was formed on tbe east aide vf New York City. Emma Goldman, the Anarchist, opened a women’s hairdressing establishment on Broadway. New York City. John Hutchinson, living near Sandusky. Ohio, was picking up coal along tbe Hocking Valley track when struck and tilled by a train. He was worth tore than 575.000. The barber shops of Normal. HL, an.onneed their refusal to serve the sir Filipino students at tbe State Norma! University because their white customers threatened a boycott unless they placed a ban upon tbe FUlplnoa. Attar twenty-one hour*’ deliberation a Jury found former Allerman James Mol not guilty of accepting a $330bribe in the notorious water deal at Irand Rapids. Mich. The North Carolina Pine Aseoclatton has advanced the prices of all grade* of lumber, the advance averaging about seventy-five cants par 1000 feet.

FOREIGN.

The Withdrawal of General Gomes, the Liberal candidate for President, clarifies the political situation in Cuba. President Palma wiQ now be re-elected

TBE NATIONAL GAME. Batch, of Brooklyn, uses a young tre* for a bat , ' Shortstop Lewi*, of Baltimore. 1* a Cornell graduate. Washlngtoa baa found New York tb* hardest nut to crack. Detroit ha* drafted Catcher Bchnnt from the Syracuse Club Infielder* Lanterborn. bite of Boston, has signed with Seattle. Shortstop Bobby Cargo, of-Albany, ha* Joined the Brooklyn team. Siegel the Beds' new outfielder, neither use* tobacco nor drink*. Tbe Washington Club has recalled outfielder Botbgeb from Baltimore. Joe Kelley once more announce* that be will manage Hie Cincinnati Red* I BUly Bradley ha* not confirmed tb* report that be will retire from baseball after this year Herman Long ha* resigned a* manager of the De* Moines Club *nd Charley Dexter is handling the team. Pitcher McPhllUps. formerly of Manhattan College, has been drafted from Montgomery by the Washington "Club. Brooklyn's new second baseman. Hiimtnell. Is a good Judge of balls and strikes. He rarely swings at bsd one*. ■ The Athletics have drafted Jack Hannifin from Norwich. They got Danny Murphy from tbe oame Hub three yeara ago. Though George Muliin ha* said many times riist he would not play another season in Detroit.he ha*already *lgned s contract for next season. •'Steamer'' Flanagan will become a member of the Pittsburg .earn. He wa* with tbe Holyoke champions of the Connecticut League. A Western paper hints that George Stone would Attain a batting mark ot over .400 if tbe St. Loui* scorer* were Judges of hits and errors In all bis games. NEWSY GLEANINGS. Kansas will have a JTO.OAi.OCJ) corn crop this year. A money order convention with Newfoundland has been signed. An association of hay fever victim* as formed at Jamaica. L. I. A piece of land in San Francisco. Cal., brought $10,000 a front fool The Pennsylvania Railroad Company decided to order 10.000 more freight

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'Aunt Nell" Ryan. KB years old. ol West Hoboken. N. J.. says sbe feeli Just as young as she nsed to feel when but thirty. A man named May. from Norman. Oklahoma, traveling In Western Texas walked five miles following a mirage, trying to get water for his mules. Now that tbe flret tow of oil barge* has saecessfolly crossed tbe Atlantic. It la proposed to continue this method of shipping oil to Europe, and to extend It to other part* of the world. Isaac Thomas Parker 1* a railway conductor, and also he Is’ the Lieuten-ant-Governor of Delaware and Quar oster-General of the National Guard of the Commonwealth. A commission has been appointed by Secretary Metcalf, of the Department of Commerce and Labor, to make a thorough examination of the Chinese exclusion and immigration law*, of California. William Dutcber. prealdent of the National Association of Audnbon Societies. has received a check for $100.000 from a well-known man of the anrlal world, the money to be nsed furthering the objects of the organisation. Alfred Towns, of Surer Km. Oregon, returned the other day from a trip into die hill* and told his brother Robert that he had shot two deer. Robert is a game warden and at once arrested Alfred tor shooting wlthoot a license, and Alfred served five day* in Jail.

TYPHOON VISITS I1U

Fierce Storm Sweep* Over Philippine Capital With Fatal Effect. THOUSANDS LEFT HOMELESS

The Council of Professor* at St Petersburg. B«**ia, has voted In favor of the unrestricted admL«lon of too Java to the University coarse*, and has recommended the admission of aU indidates for matriculation. Dantxlg. Germany, la to be gradually transformed Into a great naval base by the Kaiser's oricera. *ay« a dispatch from BerUn. this follow* the advice of experts, who declare Dantaig to b* Of greater importance than Kiel A cyclone attack Malmesbury. Cape Colony, a town of 8000 inhabitants, situated thirty-five ml»e« from Cape

LABOR WORLD. Twenty thousand workmen went on •trike at Lodx, Bus*la. Tbe strike of dock laborer* at Montreal. Quebec^haa been broken. Work has been returned at the Stamford Merthyr Colliery, New Booth Wales. *' Nearly all of the flint glass factories of the country resumed operation* recently. Four hundred miner* at Bitumen. Pa., employed by toe Cook's Ron Coal

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Victorian Premier Bent aays he te going to spend £10.000 in v»rk>u» public work* to provide work for the un-

employed.

Tbe West Australian Government has taken steps to reduce tbe amount of labor earned on in th*' gold mine*

on Sunday.

The monasteries of Russia have decided to open their purse* tor tbe relief of tbe peasants in th# faminestricken district* Tha coming winter in the great Industrial centre* of England te anticipated with alarm owing to tha large

it wa* made that a general meeting of all the bituminous operators of the country will be held In Chicago. III. November 22. The odtony of Boer* which waa e*tabUshad In the Valleztff the Concha* River, in the Bute of uStonahua. Mexico. about two yeara ago. te prospering. Tha the 7 have I a."

T-»r-—CUT la Darker-*. Manila. Philippine Island* —?A typhoon -wept iver this city. Th- storm lasted tbrer Imurs and at 2 p. in the wind attained a Telocity of 105 mile* an hour. The property damage la eatiniated at 5300.000 Ten native* were killed. 200 injured and 1000 rendered bomelesa. The botanical garden* and

the

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SUFFERINGS UNT0UX

Kidney Pllla. aod the remedy core me so that I ha' - Ix-sn well ever nine and have bad a fine baby, tbe fir-t i five that waa not prematurely born " Bold by all dealers. 50 cent* a bo Foater-MHburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y.

Blight damage war done to tbe United States quartermavte-'r store booses and tbe city waa thrown Into darkness Hundred* of building* were unroofed. Tboufaud* of eleetric light wire* were blown down, filling the street* with flame* until the current wa* turned off. Tto|city wa* In darkne*« when tlie (lUpfrobes were *ent. It waa believed that shipping in the bay bad warning of the approach Of tbf storm, but up to the time tbe dUpnlche* were sent the ships were invisible no account of tbe rain and had not i omuiunicated with *be shore. A later cablegram say* hundred* of stone and wooden buildings, including two churches and a hotel were unTbe native districts were half swept

Traffic wa* suspended and the streets were deserted. The trolley line* have suffered much dam. gc The town was placed in darkness. The police stations »re feeding and sheltering 5000 homeless persons and tbe churche* 3000 more. Typhoons are hot unuaual In Asiatic water* at this time of year, although not alwaya do they exhibit the extreme violence possessed by this one. Ihey usually originate far to the east and nearer the equator tuan Manila. They move to the west or weet-north-weat and gradually curve so that they often pa** northward or northwestward along the coast of China and Japan. On tbe average, .ney are quite as eevere a* the West Indian hurricanes: the bayotuefrr fall* even lower at the centre, and the rainfall 1* probably heavier. They mo*t frequently occur late In the summer or during the autumn, and have done great violence to shipping In Asiatic water*, and occasionally before in tbe Philippines. The centre ot the typhoon, around which the wind blows In circles, te usually a calm which varies In diameter from one-tenth to one-bfth of the storm area. In the northern hemisphere tbe bearing of this centre te always ninety degrees lo tbe right of the direction of the wind: that 1*. when tbe wind te north tbe centre bears east.

Female street beggars in London. If they do not po-s*a* children of their own. patronize a house where Infanta may be hired, at the rate of twelve cents a day for each child. The young--ter* are Intended to arouse the sympathy of tender hearted pedestrian*.

RESTORED HIS HAIR

GIVES UP HONORS FOB LOVE

Berlin. Germany. — Tbe hereditary Count Francis von Erbacb-£rbacb. the twenty-two-year-old *nn of the head of the second branch of the ancient house of Erbach. in Hesse, ha* been set aside from the succession for having married the daughter of a washerwoman of Erbach. Tbe marriage. It Is added, took place In London some weeks ago Count Francis haring affirmed bis Intention to remain true to his wife, a council of all the Counts of Erbgch was called, the names of eight of whom age in tbe Almanach de Gotha as old enough to participate In tbe deliberations. The council decided that, under the law* of the bouse. Connt Francis has forfeited his right to succeed bis father, and elected to succeed him Count Everart. who te nineteen years ot age and second son of Count Arthur, the oldest living brother of the chief of this branch of the family.

UNCLE SAM'S BIG PARK.

Oyrier Bay. L. I.-One of tbe biggest Government forest reservation* in the world was created a few day* ago by President Roosevelt. He signed an Executive order by which that part of 405,000 acres of timber land in Southwestern Utah not already acquired waa taken under the ownership of Unde Sam. * This vast tract of virgin forest lie# largely in Washington and Iron counties. and te said to contain some of the finest timber in the United States. Nearly ninety pec cent of tbe new reservation te made np ot land already held, by the OorenuDent. Dead, Standing in Lake. At South Bend. Ind.. Charles Howard. son of T. E. Howard, former Supreme Court Justice, wa* found dead in Notre Dame Cemetery lake. The body wa* upright, with the head *~~ above water. Hi* hat waa still on be appeared to lean on the cane held in hi* band. Follow* Her Fiance to Death. Discouraged over the death of her fiance. Wesley Shepherd, whose * gtf.; Ears lit hr

• troubled aitl

deal ot aoDoycnee. Alter torts with many mnedits sod so-called hair tonics, a Inend induced me ■ > try Cotirura Soap tod O.ntmeol Tbe humor wa* cared in a short tune, my hair was restored as healthy as ever, and 1 can gladly ly l have since been entirely iree Irom any farther annoyance. 1 shall always use Cutirura Soap, and 1 keep tbs Ointment hand to use a* a dressing tor tbe hair I scalp. (Signed) Fred k Bosche. 213 it 57tb St., N. Y. City ”

A Ft II pi no nv* Maker. A curious contrivance la used by eome of the natives of Northern Lotoc. Philippine Islands, for the purpose of obtaining tire. This consists of a hardwood tube of about one centimetre internal diameter and six centimetres In length, and a piston of slightly less diameter and length. The tube is closed at one end by an air-tight plug. or. Instead, the piece of wood of which It I* made I* not bored completely through Its entire length. The Inside of the tube 1* smooth and highly polished. The piston baa a handle and resembles the plator of the email boy's "popgun " Tbe end of the piston te made to (it the tube air-tight by a wrapping of waxed thread, and directly In the end a shallow cavity is cot. Glnt scraped from weather-beaten timber and well dried te used for tinder. A small bit of tote hnt W placed In the rarity- at the end of the piston, tbe tetter te Inserted a half Inch In tbe open end of the tube aed then driven quickly home with a smart stroke of the pslm. Upon withdrawing the piston the lint I* found Ignited, the sudden compression jf air generating the necessary beat.— Capt. E. A Dean, in Seleutiflc American.

A little performance, not on the usual programme, waa enacted tor Sunday promenaders in Riverside Dark. While It tested all elae of a spectacular nature waa entirely out of the limelight. “Will you look at that?” said the first woman who taw .them, a* three men came across the driveway at One Hundred and Ninth street, each pushing a baby carriage—two babies to the load. When this unusual procession reached the path for pedestrian* and turned, three abreast toward Grant's Tomb, the comment* that were made were as amusing as they were varied. “Don’t they look cuter "They're from Brooklyn." "Would that Roosevelt could see them." were some of the remarks which were overheard. At One Hundred and Twentieth street the curtain dropped on the unusual performance, for there the three fond father* of twin* recrossed the driveway and disappeared In the direction of Broadway.—New York Preaa.

Still. It rays ti When I atari to read a poem tn a paper that I’ve bought and I find it quite pathetic and with true heart Interest fraught, oh, I'm quick to be admitting that it sorely make* me mad when I find that I've been buncoed Into swallowing an "ad." NOTICED IT

"Coffee gave me terrible spells of Indigestion which, coming on every weak or so. made my life wretched until some one told me that the coffee-I drank wa* to btemrt That seemed nonsense, bnt I noticed these attacks used to come on shortly after eating and were accompanied by such excruciating pain* in the pit of tbe stomCch that l could only find letlef by iooeening my dothlng and lying down.

•T refused to really believe It waa • _ --^-"tfitrtoi » I quit