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N .... I.. I.m m iniMrlhil
I there "- - r.
Tn' . ......I. V.....
(mil been
dT.....i in charging
American
an un
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. . tl.iuiua jwifiii.tini.,,,!
i-yarVW"''" i -
',..... ii.I sunken in light of the
jullontheian""""-
.ml iii H't Berlin give
,k,lcha rh",f ,,,,J,',, of
i slung the mill" "nil in thr con
"l , ii
i,,n wnra. i-'"K rFi-t ii
. I ailh lllf r' VUI U V II II'V BltUI I
.. h.,fn ilKHit in international trade.
,C IllTllll WrillT HHI. IOBI
ik Panama w'11 hwmiihw greater
moiiiflfnt'"'" rHtabllehod ay
urn of foreign commerce than were
..ii.iHl I v Suez" and add that
nf - . . . . . ii . ..
ii it aa if I'm"" rsaiure nan eumicniy
.i-l tn alter I'm courae or ner
urn'""
.. arimls. '
Another, declaring in mnoon wees-
, thai lh "' ,! ,,IM crowning
..k,i..ment hi American I'irro ami
-M-ronae." frakea the aig nilirant l
...inn that the "Lent huainea mlnila
u( the rrn pi r lirttain ere coneen
tfiling Um t'1" rmniiuTrlal rrvulu
Hon whirh in iiinnini'iit In oriliT thut,
rrrmpwti.' l th williriKneit nf
Amerinrn i" rnum ronrrrniiiK
tolli, w my ii tin w wUTWy
to the full mi') limy l'Kn t' w it tlie
Jiy it i oiimhmI.
Quil Itif HtriiiiKi-nt ronmire cni-
ping out nywtirr in tho "hiiw th(
ulonrl KiKiwvrlt, IT. W limn or Mr.
Tift, whiilii'vi r may lm tlm nrxt irn
ijrr.t, ill il' xll ii mn to prevvnt our
idminUi'ii f "'' lilK'nonmrnun of
mrrhanirii lunik' '""If tliminlnhtij y
iilTrrrtit inot mnn n t thi intiTn
lional dw to !' im I" tif it." No n
iynrt i rxhlliitnl anywrhpr ill
KuniiM-, nut I'vi'ii in Spain, over thr
;lrt a'liiiiinitniri ii'Mri'iccl ilirrrtly
ir iniiriTtly dv tlm W'ahiii(f(in fc'ov-
i-mmi-nt t.i Mi tim, Nirnraua an')
i'uIi. On tin- rtnitrarv, the prevail
W ni-ntiniriit n im of appnivnl.
K'impeati riipilalint who hav in
rntmrnta in muny of tlm r-putlii'n
mlhnflli" l.io liramltt Iiidk havr
rhi'iil at On- I'lipinir ronfution rr-t-iil
by thf liM-aal ilitii-iaiia fur ailiali
tk!, in) woiil l wrhsiiiK tlm applira
iin of a t r ii i lmr;cl. A Imilun
1-inn.il ni. r in "anlnniHlii'il at tin-fiirlHtrjn.-.'
of Ami-rii-ana in tht-i r
drilii))T ith idc Mi'iirann. "
82 IG3S LAID IN 82 DAYS
Product lor Ton Monlht Tolata 237
- Priea Won Ara Many.
St. Iui "I. aily Show You." a
rar-oM wlnti I'lymouth Kork h-n
from Mill. t. villi-, HI , ik brrakinK all
rMorila in tin nntioiml vg laying run-
teal it th Mi,uri Stale I'd J I try Kt
periment niati..n at Mountain (Irovn.
She ia li-ailn-K th air iinHluci r.
Bumberintr f pi, ri-prenrntmir It'J vari-
ttiea fmni l'.'i tatra and Canaila.
lift ri-n.ril fur Pi month in :I7
!"((, am) hi r m-arest roniiirtitor H a
barrel) I'lyrmiuh liurk hrn, which han
pnidure.! ,; j in aama tKriol.
I.!t SIkiw Vu al hai broken thr
nrlJ i remril m far aa known for
continuum ,-KX proilurtion with H
ft in h ,v.
nhennhc had rrarhnl a remrtl of
eKon conHiTiilive lay. thf al
Tiairy l, aril larked the uriin rihhon
on her m-t am) j-ave her an evtra imr-
tioniif meal, hut ahe kept riifht on for
""re man two week a. Shu haa HI
wim mure to run, nli-te hi r reninl fur
"w Jear a ri.nteat. (iovernment ota
tulii-i give the average vgg produc
l'n ta al,t so tier hen a vear.
Boy Civet Lea; 'p 0ir'
ory, Ind. -William Hugh, a new
buy. will permit Iho amputation of hia
"ipliled left leg in a few day to that
ititkinmay bo grafted on tlm body
. t
iaa hth.-l Smith, a girl ho haa
"veraeen. Mia.a Smith haa been in
M f"r four weeka aa a reault of ar
"fe burns and the attending nhvai
I nana nay that the onl hone of her
recoverv It to irr.rr ,.,h .Llnnn
I her boily t ,.V(.r Ue wolln(l!, When
mn wai aioiealed to he tironiutlv
"""ented to muku the aarriftce.
Coint Mada In Prison.
Cairo. Ilirvot - oir.ni.i r,u
raced the
ll,v" 1 'i 'n circulation to the Tourah
prison, where thev tu..r. rr,,l.. t,u av.
erxl i-.,nvi,.,H ,, of thf mvicU
'mind in isosession of an ingen-
"ua instrument, made to coin f.-piaa-Ire
nii,cis un., . .i
. .'. n ipillOLIlJ 111 Blivi'r
"llin. The priaoner confeaaed and
""Plicated a fellow convict. An in
""Jigation hin been ordered, aa the
uinoril,,., believe that aoveral pria
""ra i,n, ,inr jiplls 0f th ,,riaon
we """erned in the ,lot.
Ningra Falla, N. Y.-The Maid of
Mist, the httle ateamor that for
Ira has carried touriata cloao to the
wml,,K WHU,rs of Nit?r ,,-,1, rn
"the n.cka Sunday a ahort tliatance
"'"'W the cataract. Life boata were
,,,e r"a,y for launching and the 2(1
P""'ngi.ra wero ecpiipped with life
Preserver. n i.:.V. .. . i.
"y eaiiiui maneuvering,
"ever. Captain Carter released the
"earner bv if. i i. i..
the
P"sengers to the landing.
Coffe, E,,por, jtJt ncpe,ier.
''laternala Cily-An additional tax
"f 5o
reina gold pPr hundred pnunila
unee exported haa
heen ordered.
"-total tax
Cold.
now
amount to fl.60
RtBILLION IS FAILING.
Foparlor Mohl it, 0 lniUrr.Ma. Mow-
var, May HrolUnK War.
Wa.hliiKton, I. Further rvl
lem. of thB weaken,,,,, f
rel.ell ion ia r.,v, ye.l t the Stut.- a,
War department . .i... iull.u,
rom army oilier. r,IHllU
...... o( , vHriouM r. he lead
-ra wrat,ni In Northern Mi,-.
'"-ie,,la are , ,rre,lute
M to aati-fy the olli,iu that no
" ,"" vanoua Kenerala u. ti,,K
....... . twv.MMOM ll'N l rMhlf.
t a ill 1 I . a
.'riaiaiieraaay re,ta ahnw that
nowhere, do the reh. la fe,- ,Uvm l()
" Koveriiiiienl rrrea in ai t
exeeiit where It... . .... ,
amall town or ,mi,iii( ,.ip vtiMlU,.,i
,urr' """' "mailer than Ih.-ii
own. It ia eniiected thi. ...m ..i
. wnr
fara inav Iim .... . . .
, ... . , v,.r) W.,.(,(lr
even tvii.r.fliM I.. . m ..
. .. " ' ' w ,,m Hliperlor
mobility of tl, well mounted r. hel.
wnn am living on the rounlry and are
ire irom Heavy njuipmenl or arlil
lery.
""'"in I aw iiiiii Itrozco. Sr u.,.l
i i. ...
otner reliel ollu-era raptured hy ( a,,
lain murneii, r I ri aidio, T,-aH hnv.
heen turned over to the Uint..,! Si.,...
rivll authoritiea at Marfa.
I he miniiiK plant at Kl Tiirre. which
waa raptured recently ,y u, r,..h
and retaken hy the federal f..i
houra later, haa hemi U operate
aK'ain.
Kohhiriu and looting are atill ir. iM.
lent in the neighborhood of MadKal. ne.
DtMANU fOH CAHS CHEAT.
Norlhwait Hailroada Braak Rocurda
In Handlirn Grain.
Chieaifo ICeaultn of the Ixiuriti fill
crop to he moved thia year hy the ruil
roada art, beKinnini" to nhow thi m
aelvea in the atatiHtica of ear move
ment. Thia in lirouirht out atrikinvlv
in the rase of the ChiraKo & North
western railway, whirl, ia breakinif all
previoua rerorda in thia reioiert. The
Not thweHtern on September 13 moved
on the line of ita avatem Zh.iiiio
freitrht rara and on the following dav
alim.at duplicativt the figurea with a
total of 27.i:4 rara.
Thia, it ia aaid by the management
of the road, rxreeda greatly any record
heretolore eataliliahed for a KllU'le
lay 'a bunineaa and the perfonnanre la
made taiaaihle by cxterimve terminal
improvemer.ta which have been in-
atalled in the pant two yeara, rnaliling
a more expeditious movement of rara.
Other roada are at) meeting with a
conatant increase in the demand fur
rara and all indk-atiun point to one
of the Urgent trallir yeara in the his
tory of the railroad. One remrta no
aurplua rara whatever at the present
tune, while another lava atreaa on the
fart that the demand for rara went of
the Miaaouri river ia becoming strong
and grain ahipinenta have increased
iwrcepitbly in the last wn It, bringing
biiaim-sa aa a whole hImivh last year
by a mnaidcrahle margin.
WHIIt ESKIMO CHE DU ABLE.
Sciarliati Beheva Eaplorar Stefanion
Wid Prova CUimf.
Waahington. I). ('. The lost tri'ie
Humpean, the white Kakirnoa,
horn Vilhjalmor Stefanaon found in
the Arctic Circle, are old friends of
the acientiata of the National museum.
I r. Walter Hough, of the ethnolog
ical department of the museum, one
f the greatest authoritiea on Ameri
can aborigines, said he believed the
explorer would be able to auhatuntiate
hia atatements.
There are three imtsirtitnt features
f Stefanaon'a announcement," said
lr. Hough. "lie apeaka of finding
many Kskimoa with blue ryea, reddish
hair and light complexiona. If theae
hite Kakirnoa are descendanta of the
ist colonial of dreenlaml. it is in-
tereating to know that thia type tit
white man baa retained Scandinavian
characteriatica ao long. The accond
important phaae ia that Stefanaon
found the facial index waa the same
aa that of Kskimo Scandinavian half
blood of (Jreenland, and not typically
Kak imo. "
The third important thing ia the
fact that Stefanaon haa found a tribe
that had practically no contact with
civilization fur centuriea.
Preaident Intiitl on Burinet.
Ileverly, Masa. Preaident Taft
made public a letter to Secretary of
the Treasury MacVcagh. taking open
issue with congres on the question of
a Federal budget and directing all
head of government departmenta or
independent officer of the government
to make their estimates of revenue
and expenditure fur the fiscal year in
conformity with the budget plan.
The president' letter aaid the
clause in one of the big aupply bills
practically forbidding the use of a
budget aystem. aa unconstitutional.
3000 Mora Troopi Ordered.
Douglas, Arit. Mexican Consul
Cueata haa received word from J.
Florea Mag.ni, Mexican minister oi
Cohernacion. thnt the secretary of war
hail directed the sending of ad
ditional federal troops to Northern
Sonora to put down the revolution in
that slate. Ceneral Sanjinea, in com
mand of the federal forces in this vi
cinitv, announced that ne wouoi
for the South at once witn tne ieoeri
remaining at Aug Prieta to meet the
combined force of rebels now nl l om
nia Morelos.
Food Carried to Cananea.
t.orln. Arii.- Cananea was again
nlaceJ in communication with the out
side world by rail Saturday. The first
train sent to the copper cam . in ".
Ne. since the rebels unii. r r... ......
Campa destroyed the bridge at V ll
laverde contained provisions, which
were becoming scarce at Cananea. A
trainload of copper bullion was ship
ped out. There are anoui -.
tnHipa there and the place is in no
immediate danger of molestation.
Telegraph Strika Off.
Winnipeg. Man.-There will be no
strike of Canadian Pact tie railway
rgrnphers. The men have received
satisfactory concessions from the com-
pany, incluiiing a i pe. -" "
' . i.L Increase for overtime
work and a reduction in hour from an
11 to a ten hour stantlBni, bcc.to.ok
nnonncementi made nere. toe ......
asked for 15 per cent increase.
FARM
"Will
MUW KJ OH APHLES.
f. C Bradford, Troit ftpt Sifr
Ainwara Qjuatioot.
'Tegor, Agricultural College. Cor
wi ll , So many lettera a.,ki,,g how to
, a ','! '" h, vn "' ved by the
" A. ihvismn of horticulture re
eeiitly that K. C. Il r h, 1 f r.. of u.n re
search lahorabiriea lo. ..r. i
f.,11 :. . " 'I''-" loe
..... .-ii.k iniorinaiion on the aubiert-
Moat of the flryirijf in Oregon
- ,,. ,,Mine uryera, probably be.
cause these are I.. i.. .t ...
v . in new
Turk state, where mm!.. .lrU;..
done extensively. rvi,i,. ...u
- --,' - iiiui II
like the hop kilna here are used. In
fact.
some apple are un,.,! jn hiu
oriera
in Oregon. I'rilnii ilrv,.n
fairly well adaoted to Una work Ur.,l
have the advantage of bring available
for drying several crops.
irioneat fruit is peeled, cored anri
put on tray. An experienced oper
ator with a hand machine will pare 50
bushels a day if the fruit ia not too
amall. It ia usually exposed then to
the fume of sulphur for a few ruin
iilea to bleach it, or keep it from turn
ing dark. It is important that it be
bleached as soon aa Kisaihle after par
ing and slicing. A si mule form of
bleacher ia a tight compartment with
rleat to accommodate a number of
trava at a time, at the bottom of
which a pun of aulphur ia burned. The
fruit should not come nearer than two
feet to the aulphur. Trays with
woo.b-n slats are preferable, aa gal
vanized wire is affected by sulphur
fume. If the fruit ia handl.-d in hulk
box with a seriea of inclined tiUnes
placed one above the other and slop
ing in opposite directiona ia used.
The fruit ia thrown in at the top and
aliilea down these planes, exposed con-
alantly to the fumes of sulphur, and
collects at the bottom, whence it ia
removed from time to time. Care
must 'be exerciaed leit too much sul
phur be absorbed hy the fruit, a con
dition forbidden by law. The time
reipiired for sulphuring ia variously
estimated at from 20 minutes to un
hour and a half, depending on the
amount of sulphur ue1. Ten pounds
of aulphur to a ton of fruit ia perhaps
a good estimate of the amount re
quired. Slicing usually follow, but may
precede the bleaching. Slices are cut
a quarter of an inch thick, and when
ever possible should be at right angles
to the hole whence the ore waa re
moved. The proportion of rings gov
erns the grading of the fruit to a con-
aiderahle extent.
In kiln evaporator the fruit is
apread aome eight inches deep. This
is, of course, impossible when traya
are used. Th general practice in
New York evBporatora is to start the
fruit at 1.10 degrees, finishing at 125.
In prune dryera thia is necessarily re
versed, and a higher temperature ij
frequently maintained. In kilns the
fruit ia turned from time b time to
prevent It from sticking to the alata.
When one lot haa been removed, the
tl ior i treated with tallow to further
prevent sticking. A good kiln usually
dries a lot of sliced fruit in 10 to 14
hours; in prune dryera in Oregon 24
houra ia the most common period.
The fruit should dry until there is
little or no visible moisture on the
surface. A test sometimes employed
is the squeezing of a number of slices
together in the hand. Properly dried
slices will separate at once upon being
released. After it ia taken from the
fruit should be allowed to !
drier the
"sweat" on a clean floor, aa prunes
are shoveled over from time to time.
Thia innkea the fruit more uniform as
to moisture.
Most of the dried apple in Oregon
are sold in aacka. If one is drying on
a large scale, however, it will be i
found advantageous to pack in an at-'
tractive manner in 25 and 60-pound
boxes, or in one-pound cartons, as
large oerator in other regions do.
Report from experienced Oregon
apple dryers indicate that a bushel of
green apple will produce 8 to 12
pounds of dried fruit, the amount
varying with the method of drying
and the variety used. King, Baldwin
and Northern Spy are generally con
sidered good apples for drying. Opin
ions na to the Hen Pavis vary. Sum
mer apples in general lack the firmness
required in a good drying apple, al
though the Puchesa of Oldenburg
considered good. Though it is rea-
nable to suppose a good eating apple I
will make the best dried apple, at contain, to the ton, the following fer
present the market does not disrrim- j tilizing constituents : Nitrogen, 9.6
inate. nnd seedlings are frequently pounds; phosphoric acid, 4.4 pounds,
employed. The grading is usually and potash, 12 6 pounds, valued at
based upin whiteness, cleanliness and $2 29. A ton of oat straw contains
general attractiveness, and proportion 9.2 pound nitrogen, 5.6 phosphoric
of alicea in rings. 'acid, 35.4 pounds potash, valued at
The drying of apple is discussed in $3? 43; clover straw 29.4 pounds nit
much greater detail in Farmers' Hul- mgen, 8.4 pound phosphoric acid,
i.oin "in from which much of thi 25 2 potash, valued at $6.09; sawdust
matter has been taken. It can be se- 4 pounds nitrogen, 6 pounds phos
cured hy writing memberj of congress phorie acid, 14 pounds potash, valued
or the secretary of agriculture. Wash- at $1.60; peat, 20 pound nitrogen,
ington, D. C. . ! valued at $3
Lucky.
'This is the third time
you have
heen here for food," said the woman
nt the kitchen door, to the tramp.
"Are you always out of work?"
"Yes'm," replied the itinerant. "I
gtiea I wa born under a lucky star."
Yonkers Statesman.
Few Exception.
Hix "I nlwaya go by the motto:
'If you'd have a thing well done, do it
yourself. " Dix "Yes; but suppose
you wBnt a haircut?"
Earthly Paradise.
"To devote oneself to a profession
one truly enjoy, to adore a sweet
young woman with the hope that your
love will last forever, and to be young
in spirit, is all the happiness a mortal
can ask." The Cuilty Mn, by Fran
cois Coppee.
Religion.
Religion i thing most men intend
to acquire after they have succeeded
in getting everything else they want.
ORCHARD
Mtubl, la Parifjc Coast Conditions
BAKE OR BUY BREAD''
Domeuic Selene Dean Sayt Cheap
er to Mike at Horns.
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor
vallis Shull bread be baked in tie
home? Mra. Henrietta W. Calvin,
dean of the home economic depart
ment of the Oregon Agricultural col
lege believes it ia not only cheaper to
bake at home, but that the bread ia
more wholesome, nourishing, and
cleaner. She ha figures to support
her argument.
"All intelligent women are now in
treated in diacuaaing question relat
ing to industries in the home and
those which can with advantage be
taken out of the home and cirried on
in large factories or centers," say a
Mra. Calvin.
"In regard to the production of
bread, certain factor must be consid
ered, as the comparative cost of the
home produced article and that pur
chased, the comparative quality and
cleanlineas, and the general sanitary
conditions.
"In considering the cost of home
baked bread, it may be figured aa fol
lows: Cost of flour for four loaves, 3
lbs $ .11
Liquid, 1 quart akimrnnd milk, .02J
Yeast, 1 cake compressed, - .02
Suit, sugar and lard, - .01
Total coHt of materiala, - $ .16J
Materials for one loaf, - .04J
"To the cost of materiala must be
added the cost of fuel used in the bak
ing. If gaa ia used at SI a thousand,
it will add 2c to the cost, making
each loaf cost 48e. If gasoline is
used at 17c per gallon, the fuel, will
cost lje for four loaves. If the ordi
nary coal range is used, the actual
coat of baking will vary with the UBe
male of other parts of the range at
the same time, since a thrifty house
wife will bake while cooking other
food or while ironing. If no other use
is made of the range beat, the cost of
baking will be nearly the same as
when gasoline is used.
"Thus it is figured that the actual
ca-di cost of one loaf of home-made
bread will be 4Je if made with com
pressed yeast. Home-made yeast will
save about l-3c on each loaf, the
actual coat being about 3jc.
"This loaf will weigh one pound. A
bakers loaf weigha about 13 ounces
and costs 5c. That is four pounds of
baker's bread cost 25c, and four
pounds of home-made bread about
lxje, a gain in money saved by home
baking of nearly 7c.
"Thus we come to consider the
question of quality. The highest
grade of materials have been used in
the home-made article. It has the
highest nutritive value. If rightly
made it ia sweet, well-baked, palata
ble and attractive. Baker's breal is
too often slightly acid, over-raised
and under-baked. Under-baked bread
contributes to dypsepsia and all its
attendant evils. So perhaps it pays
to make good home-made bread for
digestion's sake.
"Watch the baker's wagon being
loaded in the early morning hours.
The coat, the gloves that were worn
when the horses were harnessed are
still on. The bread is piled high on
the sleeves of that coat; it is handled
hy those gloves. Is the bread wagon
very clean? Does the driver pile a
good deal of bread on the front box
"n1 tw" Pa,s tne ""'V0? jf 7 .In
ine noi summer uaya wi ine Hies rise
from the filth of the road when the
wagon stops and swarm into the
wagon? Are you certain that the
bake shop kitchen is as clean as your
own? Did you ever find something
unattractive in your bread?
"Perhaps it pays to bake bread at
home because or Petter sanitary con
! ditions. Money is not the only meas
! urc of worth. The 7c gain is but a
part of the total gain."
BURNED UP A FORTUNE.
Farmer Mourns Straw Stack When
Expert Point Out Value.
Salem, Or. "I've burned up a for
tune," mourned the Oregon farmer, as
he stood reading the chart on the
value of the straw (tack, in the ex
hibit of the Oregon Agricultural Col
lege at the state fair.
The chart showed wheat straw to
Real Zealot
"What i a misdirected zealot. Un
cle William?" "A misdirected zea
lot. Georgia, is a man who, when hi
house is burning, i so determined to
keep the flame from being fanned
that he kick his dog for wagging ita
tail."
notch In Russian Flag.
Peter the Great made the Russian
flag. He liked the Dutch so much
that he just turned their color
around.
Extreme Waste of Heat.
In the factories of thi country the
great problem is to stop the waste of
heat. All the heat furnished by the
burning of coal should be converted
into force for the mechanical work.
At present not one-tenth of it ia ro
converted.
Make Artificial Wood.
Wood is so scarce in England thnt
procef has been invented for produc
ing it artificially. Straw, sawdust
and grass are compressed to make it.
INSPIRATION OF THE COLORS
lntimnt That th Soldier Asaoel
l ate With the Flag Have Turned
Many Battles.
Instance after Instance could be
pioted from military history In whlh
the mere sight of the colors bu In
spired men and carried them to ulti
mate victory when the tide of battle
appeared to have turned against them
and all seemed loi-t (Jreit Kenerala
have tbemselvea taken tbo color In
their bauds and rallied their force to
supremo effort In the hour of trial.
Obviously It was not the mere piece
of tattered silk that wrought theae
wonders; It waa thu sentiment Insep
arably associated with the color that
acted as the upell.
We know, too, thnt the capture or
the loss of color has always been as
signed a vital importance by the
world' greatest commanders, be
cause they know thut these regimen
tal emblem typified all that their
possessors bold most dear prestige,
honor, victory. Let any man visit
Napoleon's tomb at the Invalldes, and,
taking on the solemn spirit of the
hour, gaze down Into the circular
shrine In which lies the huge porphyry
sarcophagus containing the body of
the great captain whose legions made
all Kurope tremble. Apart from the
sarcophagus Itself, what Is it that
most Impresses nine out of every ten
spectators? Surely the stands of col
ors the trophlos of war that stand
grouped round the tomb. They are
rhe mutely eloquent witnesses to the
Itreatness of the man whose dust rests
In their midst. London Telegraph.
FROM AN AUSTRALIAN DIARY
Voracious Ant of All Kinds On
Specie that Evince Fondness
for Sheet Lead.
About noon it got too hot for any
thing and I took a well earned swim
In a secluded creek, amid shoal of
fish, large and small, who apparently
resented my Intrusion, from the way
thoy came and stared at me.
I found on emerging from the water
that a bost of blue brown ants had
taken possession of my clothes, and
when they were shaken out they re
venged themselves by biting my bare
feet in a way which wa exceedingly
painful.
Tii ere are thousands of ants every
where, says a writer In the Gentle
woman. Some of the anthill are
three feet high and six feet across
but except (or a sharp nip at the time,
the ordinary ant's bite Is not notice
able. Hut if a soldier ant or a bull ant
or a green bead (an ant about one and
a half inches long, with a green head)
bltt-s you, it is not to be forgotten, be
cause tbey take quite a big piece out.
Then there are the white ants (not
really ants, but termites), which
cheerfully eat the Inside out of the
beams of the wooden houses, and re
cently have been mating the sheet lead
on the top of the Sydney museum. The
city fathers thought this was going a
little far, eo now the ant are pre
served inside the museum with sam
ples of the half consumed lead as
warning to all who allow their appe
tite to run away with them.
Original Panaman.
The Chocos Indians, who live on the
southwestern coast of Panama, are be-
lieved to be descendants of the tribes
which inhabited that part of the world
when Columbus discovered Santo Do
mingo. They are tall and stalwart, with
kindly natures, a free hospitality and
an Innate honesty. Few white men
have ever been among them. Tribes of
a somewhat similar nature are also
found on the southeast coast, many of
them having never seen a white face
In their lives. While the republic of
Panama nominally rules this section,
the truth Is that these Indians govern
themselves entirely, and have absolute
ly no Intercourse with the white. They
do not allow a white man to visit their
lands and still -fly the Colombian flag.
Their houses are grass huts, their
clothing is almost nothing, but they
seem to enjoy life in spite of the fact
that they are unacquainted with the
benefits of religion, fashion, society
and government.
Uncle John' Dog Carriage.
An old darky known as Vncle John
and his team of dog were once a
familiar sight to the residents of
Nashville, Tenn. They never failed
to call a crowd of Interested specta
tors. The old fellow wa as proud of
bis horseless carriage as If he were
the owner of the finest touring car In
the country, nnd he paraded the
streets with as much Joy a the most
finished artist in the ranks of the
chauffeurs. He had his faithful dogs
in good training, using neither reins
nor v. hip, but guiding them by a word
of command. Ho had only to say
"Start!" and off they went at the dog.
trot: "Stop!" and they came to an lm
mediate halt; a motion of his hand
and they swung around a corner as
deftly as the swiftest little runabout
Usually he had eight dogs In harness
and three outrunner, but occasional
ly tho whole eleven were In the
traces, and a pretty sight they mad
St. Nicholas.
Preserving Their Moral.
When the fuse blew out for the fifth
time In five minutes the woman who,
with her four small children, occupied
tho seat nearest the motorman. clam
ored for assistance In removing her
brood to a seat in the rear of the car.
"You needn't go to all that trouble,
madam." said an old gentleman reas
suringly. "There Is no danger. You
are just as safe here as In any other
part of the car."
"Oh, I'm not afraid." she said. "I
want to get the children away wnie
place where they can't hear the mo
torman." Smallest Book In th World.
The smallest book in the world Is in
the library of congress, always under
lock and key. It Is a copy of the Ilu
balyat of Omar Khayyam. The tluy
volume was made by Nathan IHile of
Cleveland, O. It wa photographed,
each page separately. Four book of
the game size would Just cover a post
age stamp. Three hundred of tueiu
would .weigh a pound.
OPIUM BROUGHT
BY HIGHER UPS
Inspector and Steamship Agent
Indicted for Smuggling.
Intercepted Letter Leads to Discovery
cf E attentive Deal Drug Taken
Athor at Night.
San Francisco Robert Donaldsen,
assistant superintendent of navigation
of the Pacific Mail Steamship com
pany, and Henry Gallagher, United
states customs inspector, were indict
ed here by a Federal grand jury charg
ing complicity in an opium smuggling
conspiracy, in which, it is said, many
other men are implicated. Warrant
for their arrests were issued and they
are being served by United State
marshals.
The indictments were based upon
the testimony of David Power and
Emil Fiedler, employes of the West
ern Fuel company, arrested in Oak
land, December 13, 1911, with several
hundred tins of contraband opium in
their possession. Powers and Fiedler
served four and six month respect
ively in the Alameda county jail.
The supposed connection of Donald
sen and Gallagher with the sumggling
plot waa revealed through the inter
ception by government officials of a
letter given by Fiedler, while in jail,
to a discharged prisoner.
Powers testified before the grand
jury that he had been approached by
Donaldsen in December, 1911, with
a proposal to assist in landing
opium concealed on the steamer Si
beria, which then was being loaded
with coal by a barge on which he and
Fiedler were working. He at first re
fused to consider the matter, he said,
but later decided to "take a chance."
He was taken aboard the Siberia and
met two Chinese cabin boys, who had
secreted the opium. Two nights la
ter, said Powers, 320 tins of opium
were transferred from the Siberia to
the barge.
MILLIONS FOR TIMBER BONDS.
SI2.0C0.000 Inveited In Western
Securities Thi Year.
Portland More than $12,000,000
has been brought from Eastern money
centers and invested in timber bonds
since January 1, according to a state
ment made before the Portland Realty
board by Theodore B. Brown, of
Brown & Brown, timber bond brokers.
This new capital was invested in bond
ing propositions, nearly all of which
are in Portland territory.
"The business of floating bonds on
standing timber has reached big pro
portions during the past few years,"
said Mr. Brown. "The ability to real
ize on standing timber by the bonding
method has been of great benefit to
the Northwest. As a result operators
have been able to continue the logging
industry to advantage. Hundreds of
men have been given employment and
the development of thi section has
been generally aided.
"Oregon and Washington timber
bonds are now in favor with Eastern
capitalists. On account of the effi
cient patrol of the forests, - danger
from fires has been reduced greatly,
thus providing better security for tim
ber bonds."
Frog Live Ages in Rock.
Los Angeles Workmen engaged in
clearing and blasting rock on the L.
D. Loomia property, in Santa Monica
canyon, found a frog imbedded in
solid limestone, three feet beneath the
surface. It had been encased in rock
for hundreds of years. Apparently
petrified, the amphibian was taken by
the astonished workmen and laid in
the sun. In a few moments it sud
denly showed sign of life. After
several minutes it blinked confusedly,
drew a long breath, and in long leaps
traveled hundred feet before the
workmen could recapture it.
The lump of limestone from which
it was taken waa csh-efuly packed and
taken to Santa Monica. It shows
clearly the exact shape of its occu
pant, to the minutest detail.
Criminal Bureau Is Plan
Wenatchee, Wash. The organiza
tion of bureau for the datection of
criminals in Oregon, Washington and
British Columbia was one of the prin
cipal matters discussed at the semi
annual convention of the State Sher
iffs' association, which was in session
here for two days. It is proposed to
establish a Northwest identification
bureau for the-purpose of keeping an
accurate record of all criminals in the
West. A bureau where thumb prints,
photographs and descriptions may be
kept is to be established.
Pear Bring High Price.
Medford, Or. The highest prices for
Rogue River Bartlett pears this year
were received in the New York mar
ket, when $3.15 a box was paid. The
sale was made through the Producers'
Fruit company, which reports the sale
of "three cars. The first wa sold for
$1351, being made up cf shipments
from various orchardists. Prices
ranged from $2.60 to $2.90. .The sec
ond car brought $1449. It was loaded
with Hill fruit. Price ranged from
$2.70 to $3.15 a box. The third car
brought $1541. Prices averaged $3.05.
Aviator' Fall I Fatal.
Shenandoah, Ia. Aviator Russell
Blair, of Kansas City, while making
an exhibition flight here, was killed in
a fall from a height of 30 feet. Blair
had just made a successful flight and
had landed some distance from the
crowd. When he attempted to rise
from the ground again his machine
struck an air current and turned over.
Blair wa pinioned underneath the
wreckage, and when aid reached him
he was dead.
Work Stop for One Mart.
Pottaville, Fa. Because one man
refused to join the union, several
thousand workmen are idle at the col
lieries of the l.ehigh Coal & Naviga
tion company in the Panther Creek
valley, and only one mine and three
washeries are working. I
CAPTURING BEARS IN INDIA
Plan for Destroying Animal I Nevel
and 8ald to Be Alwaya
Successful.
A curious method of capturing wild
tear I employed In certain part of
India, the New York Herald remark.
Four or five sturdy men are armed,
two with long spear croisbarred on
the handle close to the sharp two
edged blade, and two or three with
ten foot bamboos, of which the end
are smeared with bird lime.
Thus equipped and leading aeveral
powerful dog, the hunter sally forth
an hour or so before dam n. Tbey pass
along the base of the hill with the
fresh morning wind blowing up from
the plain below.
Should the hunter be lucky It 1
not long before the fierce dog wind
the bear, and, though dog of thi spe
cies hunt silently, their (training on
the leash informs their owner that
the game la nigh.
The dog are dipped and disappear
In the aemtdarkness. Soon their roar,
lng and growling Indicate that they
have found the game. The hunter run
up to the spot where the bear Is fight
ing with the dog.
The men with the limed pole poke
the bear In the ribs and adroitly twist
the ends In It long hair, thu holding
It fast on each flank. The spearmen
complete the operation by repeated
spear thrust.
It Is said that a party of experi
enced men with good dogs never fall
to secure the bear In this way.
TOOK AEROPLANE FOR ENEMY
French Birds Investigated Strange
Creature of the Air and Appear
Satisfied.
An extraordinary instance of the In
telligence of birds form the subject
of a letter received by the French
ministry of agriculture from an In
spector of forests.
Some time ago the Inspector re
ceived complaint from sportsmen
that quail and partridge had become
scarce in certain districts. On exam
ining the matter he found the bird
bad deserted the regions in which
aerodomes had been Installed. Seem
ingly they took the monoplane and
biplane for enormous birds of pey.
Finding after some time, however.
that their ranks were not thinned by
the strange creature hovering over
head, partridge and quail dispatched
scouts to the aerodomea to examine
the air craft at close quarter. The
result of the Investigations of these
feathered envoys was evidently reas
suring, for the birds returned to their
former haunts and the preserve
around Le Mans and Rheim are now
a well stocked as formerly.
About the Camel.
Following la what Count Glelchea
says of a camel: "A camel's hind legs
will reach anywhere over hia head,
round his chest, and on to his hump;
even when lying down an evil dis
posed animal will shoot out bis hind
legs and bring you to a sitting
posture. His neck 1 of the same
pliancy. He will chew the root of
his tail, nip you in the calf or lay
the top of his head on his hump. He
also bellow and roars at you what
ever you are doing saddling him,
feeding him, mounting him, unsad
dling him. To the uninitiated a
camel going for one with his mouth
open and gurgling horribly Is a terri
fying spectacle; but do not mind him.
It is only his way. I heard of one or,
two men having been kicked at va
rious times, but it 1 the exception,
not the rule, for the camel 1 really
a very docile animal, and learn to
behave himself In the most trying
position with equanimity, though I
fear it is only the result of want of
brain."
Danger In Crab.
Crabs, no matter how fresh they be.
make some fellow sick nearly ever)
time they eat them. Still they taka
a chance on It every once In so often
just the same. Crabs must be very
fine eating and have a lovely taste as
they are being munched and put Into
the paunche of the crab-eaters. Crabs
will eat a dead horse, or rata, pig,
cats or dogs decaying In the ocean.
Perhaps if the crab were penned up
and fed on the choicest of foods for
some day , so a to get a few of the
dirty germs out of them, a well as rid
them of the filth they eat, then in a
somewhat cleaner condition they might
not, after being eaten, turn the Inside
wrong side out and Inside outward
both ways at the same time. Some
foolish fellow feel highly Insulted
when told that they take a chance
every time they eat crab. Eat 'em
and don't kick at the doctor bill. Ex
change. Insect's Call Mean a Death.
There is a superstition connected
with the death watch which, like most
superstitions, is based upon the the
ory of probabilities. The death watch
Is usually heard In the spring of the
year and a superstition runs to the ef
fect that some one in the house will
die within the year. Person who are
superstitious are never very strict in
the interpretation of the predictions
nnd therefore, whenever a person die
in the house or out of it, in the same
room where the death watch was
heard, or across the Atlantic, so that
there be some kind of a relationship,
or even acquaintance, between the
person who hear the omen and the
person dying, the event 1 sure to be
connected with the prophetic sound
f the Insect.
Infinitesimal.
Visitor Your rival town, Bunkville,
1 quite a town, isn't It?
Uncle Eben Bah! That town Isn't
big enough to get a metropolitan
dally' ecarehead on "The Eye of th
Entire Country Are Turned on Bunk
ville Today" when they hold a Presi
dential preference primary.
Patriarchal Turtle.
A mud turtle, said to be 180 year
old, has been In an Albany (N. Y.)
family 65 year. Wrinkled kln.
broken shell and twisted claw Indl
cne It old age. It 1 very friendly
with the house cat and night find
them under the stove with the turtle'
head on the cat paw.
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