And, therefore, because of this weed, the plateau supports 5000 sheep every summer, though there is not a stream of any kind upon it. The weed bears in appearance a close resemblance to tansy. It has a peculiar characteristic in that it will gather moisture from the air. Each night, soon after sundown, large globules of water, the size of the end of one finger will gather on the leaves and one may pull the weed up by the roots and shake it violently. At the end of the leaf, the same shade of the leaf will gather.

OF WOMEN IN SESSION
ST. LOUIS THIS MORNING FOR ONE WEEK
IMPORTANT MEETING OPENED IN ST. LOUIS.—Women, prominent in social and business life, from every state in the Union, are here today attending the opening session of the convention of the National Council of Women of the United States. An address by Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt of New York City, was the first of a large number of addresses to be made by women whose names have become prominent.
Mrs. Catt's address was the only one made to the convention today with the exception of the welcome on behalf of the state of Missouri by Governor Gardner, and welcome to the city of St. Louis made by Mayor Kiel, and the response to these welcomes by Mrs. Walter Miller, of the local committee.
However, in the next five days, thirty-six addresses are scheduled, the speakers including: Miss Jane Adams, Hull House, Chicago; Mrs. Truman H. Newberry, of Detroit; Mrs.  Cowles, of Los Angeles; Mrs. E. B. Daggett, of Attleboro, Mass.; Miss Kate Davis of Cleveland; Mrs. M. B. 