Thick Fog All Over England. Traffic Suspended. Poor of London Freezing. Island Panic-Stricken. Mobs in St. Paul's. Cabinet Meeting Called. New Volcano Discovered in Southern Pacific. All British War Vessels Ordered Home. Young American Billionaire, James Shearman, Reported to Have Started Volcano in Southern Pacific. Underground Connection with Baffin Bay. Disturbance in Arctic Sends Icebergs in Thousands to Coast of Britain. Peace Declared. Truce for Three Years. Shearman Hailed by America as Savior of Country." Jimmie turned on his pillow and cried. "Tut, tut," said Admiral Forrester, "you ought to be proud, Jimmie. All we needed was just three years to get our ships ready. And now we have it. Is there anything I can tell the reporters for you?" "Yes," said Jimmie. "Say we have to work for the next three years. This current from Baffin Bay to Baker Island will last only about three years. Then another equilibrium will be established and the Gulf Stream will begin flowing again across the Atlantic. We have three years to prepare." "And where are you going when you get well, Jimmie?" "I'm going to see my mother." When he saw his mother, he said: "I've done something for the Shearman name now, Mother. I've paid back part of the debt anyway. I can live in this country now. Three billion dollars! It's a load off my mind. I feel happy, Mother." Little Pictures of Big Facts No. 1-The Rich and Prosperous Farmer COMPARATIVE VALUES OF FARMS, RAILROADS, AND FACTORIES IN THE UNITED STATES.* Farms, over $20,000,000,000.-Railroads, nearly $12,000,000,000.-Factories, nearly $10,000,000,000. MUCH discussion has recently taken place as to the relative merits of the "umbrella" shed for railway platforms, as opposed to the huge circular sheds now in use. The umbrella type of shed is a new thing; and about the only railway in the country that is actually utilizing it is the Lackawanna, at Hoboken, New Jersey. They have been adopted for new construction work by the Northwestern Railroad, and are to be used at Cleveland and Chicago. They will be a feature, also, of the five-million-dollar terminal now under construction at Washington. The umbrella shed looks like no sort of umbrella, unless it might be one that had been caught in a March zephyr and turned partially wrong side out. The sheds are built in pairs, and stand either between the tracks or in the middle of the platforms. There are all sorts and varieties of them, but the principle is the same in all-two sheds built on opposite sides of the train, with their uptilted roofs nearly touching over the top of the cars. Rain and snow drain down the sloping sides of the shed, and are carried off by a gutter in the middle, leading to pipes that run down through the hollow supporting pillars. The shed may be as long as the track requires; and if there is to be a new track added, one more shed can be tacked on to the side and thus take in the new track. It is a sort of elastic bookcase system applied to railway sheds. The roof of the shed may be built as nearly of glass as the exigencies of the case demand, and the slit in the roof between each pair of sheds carries off the smoke and gases. The railways admit that the umbrella shed is, much cheaper to build than the old glass-covered train shed. They claim also that it is at the same time more sanitary and satisfactory in every way. The umbrella shed is built but little higher at its highest point than the maximum train height that it is intended to cover. Consequently it can be reached, for cleaning, from the inside and out. number in which men are engaged-are, in their very nature, health-giving and stimulating. To mention one, for instance the making of dye from coal-tar. This is said to be the healthiest trade in the world. Tar, and the odors that come from it, are among the best of tonics and tissue-builders. The average life of a tar worker is eighty-six years, and the mortality in this occupation is eighty per cent lower than in any other factory trade. after two centuries of time. Those who have seen this interesting relic of the past, wonder that it should be found so far inland from the river, forgetting that this space is made ground, partly filled in, and partly made by diverting the course of an arm of the river. The "Soo Rapids," which have been an attraction to tourists for many years and have tempted not a few to make the "shoot" through them in the canoe of the Chippewa "brave" or of the half-breed native, are Constructed by the early French voyageurs for taking bateaux laden with furs around the rapids of the St. Mary's river, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Oldest Canal Lock THERE is little doubt that the first canal lock ever constructed in North America was that which the French voyageurs in the earliest days in the Northwest made at the Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, for the purpose of escaping the dangers and delays of navigating the rapids in St. Mary's river. Remains of this early work still exist; and in the erection of the vast works of the Lake Superior Power Company at the Sault, the lock was restored, and the same old planks and timbers, in exactly the same position as of old, though walled up with stone, are there apparently well preserved the same in every respect that they have always been, and explain forcibly why those who trafficked in furs in the days of old were compelled to resort to some means to get around so troublesome an obstacle to navigation. The bateau of the voyageur and furtrader was a stout craft of from twenty to sixty feet in length, built high on the gunwales and at the bow, with a capacity of enormous loads of provisions or furs, and propelled by paddles or oars wielded by a dozen or twenty muscular men. The lock served its purpose excellently, no doubt, and is an interesting souvenir of the romantic, the fascinating, and the legendary past. We do not know posi Company buildings, will likewise be of a permanent character. Although pipes and hydrants have been installed, the water has not yet been turned on, and for the present the water required for construction and landscape purposes has to be pumped from wells. and carted to points desired. One of the unique pumping outfits in use is shown in the accompanying engraving. It comprises a 21⁄2-horse-power gasoline engine, with a Gould Pyramid pump, housed in and mounted on a common farm truck. The water is raised about 25 feet and supplied to watering carts, a 600-gallon cart being filled in about ten minutes. PORTABLE PUMPING OUTFIT USED ON GROUNDS OF JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION. tively how it was used or by whom, nor for how long; but in the stirring times when it was in use, it constituted an important factor in the operations of the men of its day. Jamestown Exposition PREPARATIONS for the Jamestown Exposition to be held next year on historic Hampton Roads, Va., are going on apace. Unlike previous expositions, with their tremendous expenditure and ultimate deficit, wreck, and waste, the plans of the present exposition company contemplate the creation of a permanent, all-year-round resort, for which the location of the grounds-on one of the most beautiful stretches of water in this country, rich in historic association, and in close proximity to the flourishing cities of Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, and the winter resort of Old Point Comfort-offers exceptional advantages. Every foot of the siteapproximately 400 acres -is owned by the Exposition Company. The water, sewer, and drainage systems are being built on a permanent basis; and all of the State buildings, as well as a majority of the A Pacific Lighthouse SOME of the lighthouses on the Pacific coast are erected on promontories which rise so abruptly from the sea that there is no landing place whatever afforded at the base. If the lighthouse keeper wishes to leave his station, he lowers his boat to the surface of the MODEL OF A PACIFIC COAST LIGHTHOUSE. Showing difficulties of construction and approach characteristic of many of the light stations along our Pacific seaboard |