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of light, one of the most fundamental quantities of science, will be made on Mount. Wilson Observatory by Prof. A. A. Michelsen of the University of Chica- go. The present value determined by Foucalt isjuncertain to 1 part in 10,000. —lbid. The reservoir built by Pontius Pilate 2,000 years ago, 13 miles south of Jerusa- lem, has been enlarged to hold 5,000,000 gallons of water. Before the engineer- ing work, the Holy City was dependent upon local rainfall for its water. Some of the cisterns in which the rain_ was collected had not *een cleaned for 100 years or more.—lbid. Germany make the best dyes in the world. Yes that may be! But none of them will take out that yellow streak in William. —lbid. RAILWAY BRIDGE GIVES WAY. The south end of the American Rail- road bridge over San Antonio channel gave way shortly betore Wednesday noon when a flat-car, one in a long string of box-cars, became derailed causing the other cars to jam into the bridge super-structure, carrping it away and dumping -two cars of bagged sugar into the water and killing one peon who had been working on the bridge The accident has made railroad trafic into San Juan proper impossible for the present and it ‘will be some weeks be- fore the bridde can bereplaced.— Porto Rico Progress, Sept. 2nd. ARCHITECTURE NEW COURSE AT MAYAGUEZ COLLEGE The announcement or catalog of the College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts has just been issued and it offers a preparatory course and collegiate courses leading to the degrze of bachelor of sci- ence in agriculture, mechanical, civil and electrical engineering, general sciences and sugar chemistry. Enrollment will begin September 13th and classes will be started Monday the 19th, in all depart- ments. Beginning in September of this vear a course in architecture will be given in the college. Professor Frederick W. Revels, head of the department of archi- tecture in Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, has consented to spend the school ve r here and direct the establish- ment of this course As Syracuse is recognizedas having one of the best depariments of architecture to be found, the college considers itself fortunate in securing the services of Professor Revals. The exact details >f this course have not been worked out at the time of publi- cation of the catalog, but is definitely known now that only those will be ad- L VCEREOLE AV 1S mitted to the course who are of collegi- ate grade.—-Ibid. sCOWS IN HOLLAND. The Holstein and other blooded cows of Holland receive far better treatment than is shown a great many people. They are washed, combed, and luxuri- ously stabled and petted. The Nether- lands cow grazes in green, flowery, well-watered fields from the first of May until November. They are then stabled. A cow stable in Holland is said to be as clean as a parlor. Manyv of the stables havea strip of oileloth down the wide center aisle which is always immaculate while high up on both sides there are rows of small windows, which are quite often eurtained, and pots of blooming flowers are seen on the window-sills. Beneath each window in the cow-stall, perhaps twanty or more in all. The flooris of procelain, and thickly beded white saw- dust. Before and behind each stall runs a trough of clear water. The first for the eow to drink from the second to cleanse away all impnrities. A hook is placed in the ceiking over each stall upon which the cow’s tail is suspended so that it will not become soiled after the regular daily grooming, for once a day these fortunate animals are put throug" a process of careful washing with warm soap-suds. drving, rubbing combing and general inspection, which, no doubt, well repays their owners for all their trouble. —Everyday Life. IRON WITH THEIR FEET If you were to visit a taiior shop in Cairo you would see one of the strangest sights in the jworld. In the bazaars tail- ors still use their feet in ironing and pressing clothing, A heavy, broad flat- iron with a high handle is used, and a block nf wood is fitted in over the hot iron, upon which the tailor places his foot. The goods or clothing is placed upon a pad on the floor and the posture assumed by the workman appears awkward in the extrem<=, but he dexterously, and success- fully manipulates the iron by means of the handle with his foot and it seems to cause him no inconvenience whatever. Ibid. NINE-FOOT SKELETON IN MOUND. A human skeleton between eight and pine feet tall was in a prehistoric mound near Greensburg, Pa. The bones are to be exhibited at the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburg. A mummified torso of a hu- man body was also found in the mound. This is estimated ito he 4000 years old or more.—The Pathfinder, September 3rd. EARTH NIPPED COMET’S TAIL. These are days when there are strange signs and omens in evidence. At sunset of Aug. 7 the astronomers of the Lick observatory in California observed a strange okject in the western sky, very close to the sun. It was visible to the naked eye and was brighter than Venus. Some authorities thought ic must be a ‘‘nova’’ or a new star, while others be- lieved it must be the head of a comet, or a fragment of one. OQObservers at the naval observatory at Washington and other astronomers in this country have been keeping ué a steady search since then but have not identified anythin- strange. At the observatory of Heidelburg, Ger- many, however, it was announced later that the earth had passed through the tail of a comet on the night of Aug. 8. The object noted by the Lick astrono- mers was no doubt a huge meteoric quy given off by the comet when swishing by the earth. It may have fallen to the earth but if so its fall has not been re- ported. [bid SAHARA NOT ALWAYS A DESERT. A French explorer and geographer claims to have found evidence that a great river once flowed across what is now the Sahara desert to the Mediter- ranean. The present Lake Tchad, he believes, represents what was formerly the backwater of this river. The level of this lake is not constant in modern times; in the past 25 years its waters have been slowly falling though at times after perinds of wunusual rainfall the lake has spread beyond its usual bed. Neolithic relics which have been found indicate that prosperous communities once dotted what is now a vast parched desert region.—Jlhid Large Assoriment OF Victor Records including “LOVE NEST (the words’ HARRY LAUDER’S -oOld and New Fox Trots, One Steps, Waltzes, Medley Waltzes, PIANO & VIOLIN SOLOS. Mandolin, Banjo, Zither, Haip, Guitar, Whistling & Cornet Solos. Vocal Solos, Duets, Quartettes and Hun- dred Others Repeater Stops for Victrolas—Columbias Sonoras. Vietor Full Tone & Tungs-tone Needles, OVESEN, West End.