Odd Callings Are Found
NAM kiiilmlSi i
poitn'r
HAVI TO IVtoMHY
ABOUT BUACUftJ
WAoHINU I wurniinies m man
doesn't d as wtl at til own qo
rupatlun as ha ought to think be
has mxlit mleflt and believes he ran
better himself, litre are a few sua
liftlii for anycuie thua dlaaatlafled
rrura t tin thirteenth Uulted State ceo
iu: ..
thorn U a snake merchant who hna
ranch out In Texas and ha for
our tlian seven years mado a bud
nrai of hnnillliiK snakes. In one year
h sold over IfiO.OUU rattler and
blarkanakt-s, netting from a quarter
to two dollar each.
formerly all the part of a shoe
were inane oy a eiiotMimaer; louay
thli Induatry employs Judaea, faklra,
plowera. limK"r. butera-out. cripple
rtiaar and pancake-makers all en
raged one way or another In the
making of lio- or parte of them.
Tests Confirm Danger
SlK(.l:i. joiim r. anntnaun
and l'at Aaalatant Burgeon Wad
H. Troat of the United Htate publlo
brail h service have completed eiper
Imenta ahleh confirm the contention
of Ir. Milton J. Iloeeneau of the Har
vard MeHcal school, that Inrantll
paralysis 1 communicated by the
atabl fly.
At tht International Congrea of
Hygiene and Demography here re
cently Pr. Hoeenau deacrthed hi ex
periments Me Infected leveral moo
kera with Infantile parayala, and ai
poaed them dally from the time of In
oculation till death to the bite of v
ral hundred atable (Ilea.
Twelve other monkey were then
eipoaed to the bite of they (Ilea. At
the time that lr. Itoaeuau made hi
announcement alt of the twelve had
developed symptoms characteristic of
Infant!! paralyat. Of the alx. two
died, three were paralyied and on
recovered. In the cord of one of the
monkey were found the cbaracterla
tlo lealon of Infantile paralyal. The
cord of the other dead monkey allowed
changea teaa chara terlatlo of the dis
ease. At the time of the announce
ment a aumvient Interval had not
elapsed to determine the result of the
attempt to transmit the Infection of
other monkey by Inoculation with
Fair Sex Drinks More
WOMKN. especially young girl, are
rapidly becoming more and more
addicted to Intoxicating liquor In the
national capital, while the men are
rapidly growing more abstemious, ao
cordlng to Albert K. Shoemaker, at
torney for the Antl Saloon league of
the IHxtrlct of Columbia. HI accuaav
satlon has aroused women generally
here, and It la a subject of agitated
discussion.
.Mr Shoemaker made hi charge be
fore the Women' Christian Temper
sme union, attributing the Increasing
thirst among women to the heavy com
petition among proprietors of hand
somely furnished cafes and tbolr will
ingness to "take a chance" In per
milting women aud young girl to
drink.
He also declared that under the ex
m
rBrJOTr.
in TMNttt 1
Capital Society Girls Abandon Sports for Art
Atiltori' of Washington society
girls have forsaken outdoor sports
lor the fine arte In previous years
most of the members of the smart set
cni i bn found altnoat any morning
taUng a "beauty ride" In the parks
jT on the, speedway.
Three morning - each week th
dnngtiter of cabinet ministers, sol
diers and diplomat may be found
leimlng over easels, with brushes,
(tudyltig oil painting under the
tuteliign of K. C. Mosser, head of the
art school of the Corcoran art gal
lerv Tho embryo artists do not seem to
Ret any spoclnl attention from their
professor Just because they happen
to tin daughter of notable.
W hen I'rofessor Messnr wa asked
whnt progrcs the member of his
class were mnklng he replied thnt
Ihcy were all showing some talent,
"lihoiiKh ho did not seem to realize
hat there wa anything untisunl In
Hi" lute n (lil I Hons to his class role.
"MUs Nngel, tho daughter of a
cnbln.'t officer?" ho naked. "Why, it
never occurred to me to ask who her
father Is. (ilrl are Just girls when
Unfortunate Claim,
Jim Unit t.kn riiunnprlvnltf AITAft tefl
and twelve year, were told to go out
nn cut and pllo wood. Hoth played
""til dusk, and after supper their
mother Inquired;
"Well, my hoy, how much hava you
done today?"
"Very meekly came Jon'a answer:
"I linv I
- iivrnrj lltll l 1 1 R.
To Jim, entering Just too Into to
I'nr Mn brother's remark, wa put
. i.
second question:
"And whnt hnvo you born doing?"
Quick na a flnsfi thu nntVirtunato
foung (ll.hber nnawored:
UK. I ve been, piling It op."
in Uncle Sam's Census
Another man seems to be In a cla
by himself. In Kansas City h bot
tie the amoke of hickory log ,
ays that when It I lot loose In an
air-tight compartment where meat
ha been hung n will produce the
am results aa thouxh the meat had
been cured In an old fashioned amoke
houie. There a n,Bn out Seattle way
whoen bualmaa It I to secure the
inutache from walrun killed In lie
ring Btrult. These tout bristles are
piucaea from the noee of the walru
hy Indian, tied Into small bundles
and old by the Keattle citizen (who
mad 11.000 by thla trallle In l'Jll) to
agent on tho I'arlllc coast. The
agent ahlp them to China, where
they are In demand a toothpick.
In an agd bull walru the brlstlee
are about a foot long arid nearly a
thick a a lead pencil. Thny are
touKh. and when mnile Into pick can
be puahi'd between the teeth without
Injury to the enamel.
Then there are alao the whltler
and the pouncer In a hat factory; a
dock walloper I a kind of longahore
man; a vibrator work In a clock fac
tory; a tonger work In connection
with oyalers; a teaser work In a
(la factory.
of Common Stable Flies
the cord of one of the two that had
died.
Ir. Anderson and Dr. Frost sought
to repeat the conditions of Or. Hos
nau's experiments.
Their report made public the other
day states that on October 3 monkey
No. 242 was Inoculated with an emul
sion of the cord of the monkey which
die, I of Infantile paralysis. Until It
death from the disease on October 8,
the animal was exposed for two hour
dally to the bltea of 300 stable (Ilea,
collected In Washington. Another mon
key similarly Inoculated on October 5
waa. beginning October 7. exposed
dally to the bite of the same file.
Ileglnnlug October 4 two other
monkey were exposed dally for about
two hours to the bites of these same
file, and, beginning October 6, a third
new monkey was similarly exposed.
All three subsequently developed
syr ptoms of Infantile paralysis.
Than Men in the Capital
isting laws It waa Impossible to secure
the conviction of those who (old liquor
to minors
Insanity seizes upon the bachelor
with greater ease than upon the bene
dict, despite the worry the latter 1
iippoaed to undergo, according to
tho reixirt of t he government hos
pital for the Insane. Jnat submitted to
Secretary of the Interior Fisher. An
other fact brought out by tho report
Is that out of nearly 3.000 patient In
the Institution only three are being
treated for Insanity brought on by
the use of alcohol. Thla 1 contrary
to the generally accepted theory,
uhlch contribute to alcohollara a
largo proportion of the unfortu
nate. A significant feature of the report
lies lu the statement thnt there are a
far greater prnrtlon of foreign In
sane patlmts than American, and thta
of the foreigners the majority are
Herman. That Insanity, In a large
measure. I hereditary. 1 evidenced
by the statement that tho asylum cl
enttsts have discovered one family In
West Virginia hose pedigree has
been traced back through CT5 Individ
uals, of whom 64 were mentally defec
tive. then come to tho school. Hut he I
doing fine work. Miss Meyer and
Miss Townsend are doing well also.
Miss Townsend already ha gona
Into the 'llfo clns.' "
MUs Townsend U tho daughter of
a former minister to Portugal. As a
child she played with the deposed
King Manuel. Several years ago the
former playmates met In London, and
It was reported that tho king had
asked her to marry him.
Miss IliMognrdo Nngel Is tho eldest
daughter of the secretary of com-
.,.i inhnr end Miss Meyer I
Illtll-! OIL
the dntighter of the secretary of the
navy. There nro about a dozen altc
..w In the class who were recruit
ed from Wnshlnc'on' smart ant.
Orders Founded by Women.
Two of the most famous female re
ligious orders of tho world, the Sacred
Heart and Sisters of Charity, were
founded by married women. Mme.
Karat organized tho Sacred Heart pri
marily to look after the relocation of
the poverty stricken daughters of no
bility and aristocracy of France, strip
ped of their property by tho terrorist
and Nnpol.-on. The Sinters of Char
ity wero organlcl hy Mrs. Elliabeth
floton a well to day Protetnnt con
vert to Catholicism. t;''e. v.i tha
daughter of a Now York merchant, and
ho established tho order to toach and
minister to the uiassoa
,HE RAN AFOUL OF THE LAW
New Yorker Who Pursued a Burglar
Had to Spend Night In
Cell.
This I fuDnr nUI, towB of 0jrl
the Cincinnati Time Star New York
oorreapondent wrltea. Thing happen
here that couldn't possibly happen
anywhere slse. The other night, for
example, a man whose name may be
set down a Jim Builth waa awakened
by a tinkling noise In the front room.
Mr. Hmlth roe, pulled on the conven
tional pant, took hi all (hooter and
went (talking a burglar. He found
that Individual packing up tb allver.
"Throw up your hand!" said Mr.
Bmlth.
A frightened gasp wa the reply.
The burglar (hut off bla pocket elec
trlc lamp and leaped on the fir es
cape. Bo did Mr. Bmlth. The pair
1 . V. . ... .
, "ling ins street sareiy and tore
flown that thoroughfare. On the way
jlh burglar presumably threw away
, his electric lamp and whatever other
tools of his trade he noeaeaabd. When
the running pair came In light of
one of Mr. Waldo' policemen on peg
post It was the burglar who clasped
the astonlahtd officer about the
knee. "Help!" iald the burglar. Im
pressively, "g nutty guy' chaln'
me."
There wa no help for It. The of
ficer took the burglar and Mr. Smith
to the station house. There the
burglar wa searched, but nothing In
criminating wa found. Early the
next morning a lawyer appeared for
the burglar, and when he wa ar
raigned In court he wa dlcharged
because Smith' Identification waa
necessarily Imperfect Smith wa
ure of his man but the lawyer
rather shook hi certainty. In the
meantime no lawyer appeared for
Bmlth. He spent the night In the
cell. Oh, (ure, he wa placed under
arrest for carrying a revolver with
out a license. The magistrate bound
blm over on f 1,000 to appear before
the grand Jury.
LAND OF OUR FOREFATHERS
Edward Everett' Tribute to England
ai th Cradl and Rsfug of
Fre Principle.
For myself I can truly say that
after my native land I feel a tender
ness and a reverence for that of my
fathers. The pride I take In my own
country makes me respect that from
which we are sprung. The sound of
my native language beyond the sea
la a music to mr ears beyond the rich
est strains of Tuscan softness or Cas
tlllan majeity.
I am not I need not say I am-not
the panegyrist of England. I am not
dazzled by her riches nor awed by her
power. Th scepter, th miter and
the coronet, stars, garters and rib
bons soem to me poor thing for great
men to contend for.
Hut England 1 the cradle and the
refuge of tree principle, though often
persecuted; the school of religious
liberty, the more precious for th
itrugglee through which It ha passed;
she holds the tombs of those who have
reflected honor on all who speak the
Engllah tongue; she I the birthplace
of our fathers, the home of th Pil
grims; It Is these which I love and
venerate In England.
I should fo l ashamed of an enthu
siasm for Italy and Greece did I not
also feel It for a land like thla. In
an American It would seem to be de
generate and ungrateful to hang with
passion upon the trace of Homer and
Virgil and follow without emotion th
nearer and plainer footstep of
Shakespeare and Milton. I should
think him cold In love for his native
land who felt no melting In hi heart
for that other native country which
holds the ashe of hi forefather.
Edward Everett.
Hsavy Coal Producers.
The concentration of the anthracite
Industry of Pennsylvania Into strong
and relatively few unit 1 shown by
the fact that In 1911 nearly 76 per
cent of tho mine were producer of
more than 100.000 ton each and that
all but 3 per cent, or the total produc
tion was from this gdoup of mines.
According to the geological survey
the anthracite mine exclusively In the
first clas those producing over 200,
000 ton each yielded 87.2 per cent
of the total output, and the 168 mine
Included In this class had an average
production of 444,(197 tons each. In
1910 there were 157 anthracite mine
In the 200,000-ton class and their av
erage production was 419,035 ton
each; In 1909 170 mines had an aver
age production of SM6.C88 ton each.
"Devil of Diplomacy."
French paper ay that the Italians,
successors to Machlavelll, are "very
devils of diplomacy," and In coming to
an understanding with Turkey hava
left no end of trouble tor that un
happy country. These paper say that
the Italian have not spared to sow
th seeds of discord between the
Arabs of Tripoli and the Turks, that
the Arab have long been distrustful
f th. Turkish troops and have threat
ened to slaughter them to the last
man If they attempt to leave the
country to It enemlea, and that the
government at Constatlnople will
hardly know how to withdraw It lit
tle army from Africa.
Rebuking "Dlizy."
Blr William Frazer records with
pride his own readiness in quoting
the saying of one of Disraeli's heroes
to "Dizzy" himself, together with the
pleasure "Dizzy" took In being so
quoted to. "Sitting next to him at
Lord Shrewsbury's, cigars were hand
ed round after dinner. Ha shook his
bead, anJ turning to me, said, 'The
grave of love." I replied. '"Tobacco
i. .v.- ,..nh nt love." said Egremont
holding up a cigar." He looked vary
much pleased, and said, 'I apologia;
I thought the remark was original,' "
Abalone Mat In Demand.
Dried and smoked abalona meat,
most of which 1 cured In southern
California llxhlng ports. Is purchased
by Oriental Importer at fancy prices.
Occasionally It sells for $300 a ton.
In some Instances divers nro employed
to procure, tho molluskn, and It Is not
uncommon for sn experienced man to
bring to the surface two tons of meat
and shells lu a day
Now wfi o
fnvAShed up my
Hobby Wovc
lrn Jove "Iheil I
3ij not
svondev i
lis DVnlf' ln"tA
FEAST FOR JAPANESE DOLLS
Curious Mannar In Which Children
Observe Month of February An
wars to St Vlntln's Day.
In that land of feasta and festival
Japan the most popular on with
tb children Is the feast of doll.
which take place In th month of
February. It perhaps answers to our
Bl Valentine festivities.
The fun lasts for three days, and If
little Miss Japan's father and mother
and grandfather and grandmother
nave laid up in store for this occa
sion, dolls by the hundred ar
brought forth to celebrate th feast
and many of the doll ar years and
years old hundreds of years, aven.
for every doll that enters a Japanea
home Is treasured and kept for this
great day.
The best room In the house Is
chosen, here shelves covered with
rich silken hangings, gay In color, ar
arranged, perbapa fiv or six shelves,
extending th length of on sld of
th room.
Tb principal doll are th emperor
and empress of Japan, or two dolls
dressed to represent these august per
aonagea In their court attlr. Every
thing center about them; doll to
represent maid of honor, courtiers,
and statesmen, each In appropriate
dress, are ranged next In order.
Everything which their Imperial
majesties can possibly need In th
way of household furniture is repre
sented In miniature; silver cups,
bowls, and rice buckets, on lacquered
trays, ar placed before the emperor
and empress, and each day the little
child for whom this festival Is pre
pared OH tb dlshe with th differ
ent kind of food used in a Japanese
household rice, fruits, nuts and
cake, or sweet wine.
At th end of the feast th dolls
ar packed away for another year,
except two or three, which ar left
out for dally use.
GOOD ELECTRIC SIGN PUZZLE
Objeot I to See How Many Squares
Can Be Found on th Big T,"
On at Each Corner.
This alectrio sign Is studded with
thlrty-thre bulbs. How many
squares can you find on the big T,
9 o
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p o c
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Electric Sign Puxzl.
four bulbs, on at each corner, oon
Utntlng a iquara?
Th second diagram shows how
Solution of Puzzl.
flfty-on different squares can be
found on th electric light sign.
For Emergencies.
In some of the college settlements
there are penny savings banks for
children.
One Saturday a small boy arrived
with an Important air and withdrew 2
cents from his account Monday morn
ing he promptly returned the money.
So vou didn t spend your 2 cents,
observed the worker in charge.
"Oh no. he replied, but a fellow
Just likes to hare a little cash on hand
over Sunday." Harper'a Magaxlne.
How Many Words Do You Ur
oii.k.,tuiani had a vorshiilart v nf
l3 1 1 (l ' 1 " J
about 15.000 word; Milton had one of
about 8,000 words. The average learn
ed man has a vocabulary considerably
smaller than Milton'; th overage
man who Is not learned can get along
with 8,000 or 4.000, and the man who
doesn't do much of any thinking can
get along with about 1,000 word
Talkative.
Ten cniilrt tell h had
a. lug on
Py tno war his tongue
Would wag on.
MEXICO MUST
MAINTAIN ORDER
Emphatic Note Being Prepared
for Dilatory Madero.
Orig-andag-e and Lawlessness Rouse
Ire of American Government,
and Must Be Stopped.
Washington, D. C. Henry Lane
Wilson, United Statea ambassador to
Mexico, who has been here in confer
ence with the State department offi
cials regarding- conditions in Mexico,
has gone to New York, preparatory to
sailing lor his post. He is without
the expected note of representation
this government is preparing to send
to the Mexican government demanding
protection for citizens and their prop
erty. This action is taken as a further
evidence of the intention of the ad
ministration to deal circumspectly
with this delicate situation. The com
munication is being prepared with the
greatest care in the State department,
and will be transmitted to the United
States ambassador early in January.
The deliberation with which the
officials are moving is expected to re
sult in the production of a brief that
is expected to be well-nigh unanswer
able except by a promise of prompt
and adequate action on the part of the
Mexican government to meet fairly
and fully the demands of the United
States in the matter of the plain
American interests in Mexico.
Justification for this demand by the
United States is declared to be found
in the numerous reports from every
quarter that conditions in Mexico have
grown worse since the dispatch of
Secretary Knox's note of protest last
September, and that there has been a
marked increase in brigandage and in
the kidnaping of citizens of the Uni
ted States for ransom and in the levy
ing of forced war loans by rebels on
American mines and plantations.
TOBACCO COMPANY WINNER
Verdict in Suit Brought byJobbers
Is for Defendants.
New York The American Tobacco
company won a verdict by decision of
Judge Mayer in the United States
District court in the $300,000 damage
suit brought by E. Locker & Company,
Brooklyn tobacco jobbers. The Met
ropolitan Tobacco company, co-defend
ant, received a similar verdict
The plaintiffs sought treble damages
under the Sherman anti-trust law, al
leging they incurred losses through
violation of the law by the defendant
companies.
Judge Mayer told the jury that the
questions involved were of law, not of
fact, hence it was for the court to de
cide the case. John E. Locker, of the
plaintiff campany, said he would take
the case to the Supreme court of the
United States if necessary.
DEFENDS ISSUING PARDONS
Arkansas Governor Tells Why He
Freed 316 State Convicts.
Little Rock, Ark. Characterizing
the Arkansas penitentiary under the
lease system as a burning, seething
hell, consuming human beings, who
are being fed into it in a manner
which results in nothing but making
fortunes for contractors, Governor
Donaghey, issued a statement in de
fense of his action recently in issuing
pardons to 316 state convicts.
According to a newspaper compila
tion, based on the state records, 43 of
those pardoned by Governor Donaghey
were convicted of murder or man
slaughter, 111 of grand larceny, four
assault, five robbery, 19 forgery, 32
burglary, 26 assault to kill and 76 of
crimes ranging from hog stealing to
bigamy.
Barbers' Mortality High.
Sacramento Fewer bankers and
more barbers die of tuberculosis than
any other workers classified by the
state board of health, according to
a report just made public. Bankers,
brokers, business men and those in gen
eral whose work is mental rather than
physical and whose surroundings at
work and at home are almost ideally
sanitary, show the highest resistance.
Barbers and hairdressers show the
astonishing death rate from tuber
culosis of a fraction more than one in
every four.
Taft Full Professor.
New Haven, Conn. President Taft
will make his permanent residence in
this city when he takes up the duties
of the Kent professorship at Yale Col
lege next spring. He has requested a
friend to find him a house. In con
nection with the professorship it is
understood that at the next meeting of
the corporation the tender of it will be
formally made and will be accepted by
President Taft Besides filling the
duties of Kent professorship, the pres
ident will lecture on constitutional
and international law in the law school.
Wealthy Galicians Fleeing.
Paris Austria-Hungary is spending
$800,000 a day to defray the expendi
tures of the mobilization of her army,
according to an estimate made by a
correspondent of the Temps, just re
turned from Galicia, Austria. The
whole of the commercial and indus
trial life of the country has been dis
organized, he adds. In Galicia neith
er money nor food is to be had and the
wealthier part of the population has
fled from the country.
Big Drydock Asked For.
Washington, D. C. A $1,000,000
drydock in San Francisco bay will be
asked of congress by Secretary of the
Navy Meyer in a recommendation he
will soon send to the house appropria
tions committee. The secretary defi
nitely' docided to ask congress for the
$1,000,000 dock at this session. The
appropriation will be included in the
navnl appropriation bill. If the sum
is grnnteil work on tho dock will be
begun within the year.
CASH CANNOT BE CORNERED
J. P. Morgan Asserts Alleged Trust
Is Impossibility.
EPIUIIAMS or J. riEKPONT MORGAN.
All the money in Christendom and
all the banks in Christendom could
not form a monopoly that would
control money.
What I call money is the basis of
banking.
If he had the credit and I had the
money (referring to a hypothetical
man in control of the credit of the
country), his customer would be
badly off.
When a man has vast power and
abuses it, he loses it and he never
gets it back again, either.
The question of control, in this
country, at least, is personal ; that
is, in money.
I would rather have competition.
You must remember that not all
securities sold and issued are al
ways good, and when there is a re
sponsible fiscal agent, there is mor
al strength behind them.
American stockholders take little
interest in the management of their
corporations. That is why we or
ganize a voting trust in order to
protect the company.
There is no place where mergers
and consolidations have taken place
to the extent they have in Great
Britain.
"You believe in buying op the
competing line?" asked Mr. Unter
myer. "Why, sure," said Mr.
Morgan.
My idea is that it (the stock of
the Equitable company) should be
turned over to the policy-holders.
Washington, D. C. J. Pierpont
Morgan told the money trust investi
gating committee of the house that
"all the mon?y in Christendom and all
banks in Christendom" could not form
a monopoly that would control money.
Mr. Morgan disclaimed any knowledge
that he wielded a vast power in mod
ern finance, and declared emphatically
that he sought no such power.
For nearly five hours the chief wit
ness called by the committee in its
investigation of the intricacies of
modern finance stood a running fire of
questions that covered every phase of
financial operation. In some respects
it was one of . the most remarkable
hearings in the halls of congress in
years, with Mr. Morgan as the em
bodiment of financial operations on a
colossal scale and the committee's
counsel, Samuel Untermyer, the rep
resentative of the element that seeks
to probe the innermost recesses and
conditions under which these vast finan
cial operations are conducted.
Mr. Morgan gave his views on com
petition, combination, co-operation
and control in industry and finance.
particularly the latter. He declared
he did not "mind competition," but
that he preferred combination in
his operations. He was emphatic in
his declaration that "there is no way
one man can get a monopoly of
money.
AVIATORS' BODIES PICKED UP
One Corpse on Beach; Other Floats
With Life Preserver.
Los Angeles The bodies of Horace
Kearney, aviator, and Chester Law
rence, newspaperman, lie side by side
in a little undertaking shop at Redon-
do Beach, finally given up by the sea,
which had combined with the more
mysterious forces of the air to destroy
them as they were seeking to write a
new chapter in aviation by a daring
over-ocean flight to San Francisco.
Ten hours after the body of the
young reporter, battered almost be
yond recognition by waves and rocks,
was 'found on the precipitous coast
near Rocky Point, that of his aviator
companion was picked up a mile away
at sea by a searching party in charge
of George B. Harrison, a skilled aero
naut and close friend of the doomed
men.
Kearney's body was found entangled
in kelp and partially attached to a life
preserver, the white cloth of which.
glistening in the sunlight, attracted
the searchers to the spot
Mercury Soars to 122 in Shade.
Sydney, N. S. W. One hundred and
twenty-two in the shade is the record
made by the first heat wave exper
ienced in Australia this summer.
This was recorded at Eucla, the re
peating station on the South Australian-West
Australian border. At
Homa, in Queensland, the mercury
stood at 110, while Newcastle, the coal
city of New South Wales, has had the
hottest spell for 16 years, accompanied
by dust and wind storms. Other parts
of New South Wales were affected,
but no deaths were reported.
Van Schaick Pardoned.
Washington, D. C. The president
has granted a pardon to Captain Wil
liam H. Van Schaick, who commanded
the -steamboat General Slocum, which
burned in 1094 in East River, off New
York City, resulting in the loss of
1030 lives, mostly women and children.
Captain Van Schaick has been out of
prison on parole for some time. Cap
tain Van Schiack in 1906 was convict
ed and sentenced to 10 years' impris
onment for criminal negligence in fail
ure to have sufficient life-saving and
fire equipment aboard his vessel.
Bill Goes to Conference.
Washington, D. C The "literacy
test" immigration bill, which passed
the house Friday and was brought
back to the senate for its concurrence,
was Bent to conference Saturday. Sen
ator Lodge, of Massachusetts, moved
that the senate disagree to the house
amendments. A conference was asked
for, and Senator Gallinger appointed
Senators Dillingham, Lodge and Smith,
of South Carolina, as conferees in the
senate.
HalibutBrings Big Price.
Seattle, Wash. Fourteen thousand
pounds of halibut sold for the record
price of 10J cents a pound when the
fishing steamer Molola arrived here
from a 22-day cruise off Vancouver
Island. The price of halibut has
jumped rapidly since the fishermen's
strike began two months aj;o and the
few independent crews operating are
reaping huge profits.
COST OF LIVING
UP TO FARMERS
Government Expert Says All
Depends on Size of Crops.
Soil Must Be Made to Yield More
Proportion of Farmers
Growing Smaller.
Washington, D. C. The lever that
will break the backbone of high prices
of foodstuffs is Jmore intensive farm
ing, cultivation of unoccupied lands
near the large cities' and more intelli
gent methods of agriculture, in the
opinion expressed by Professor Milton
Whitney, chief of the bureau of soils.
of the department of agriculture. Dr.
Whitney is a leading authority on soils
and their uses and his many publica
tions on soils and their adaptation to
crop production and their relation to
food consumption have attracted,
world-wide attention.
Dr. Whitney is preparing a bulletin
on soils of the country and their rela
tion to the 'nation's future food sup
ply. He draws specil attention to the
vast amount of uncultivated areas of
land, the decline in the cultivated
areas compared with the rapid in
crease of the country's population.
"The country is advancing in every
line," said Dr. Whitney. "People are
living better than ever before. As a
result we areatronger physically and
mentally. We are consuming more
foodstuffs per capita than the popula
tion of the European countries and I
would not for a moment attempt to
discourage less food consumption. It
is plain that until we get a larger sup
ply of foodstuffs, and if the period of
high salaries continues, we can expect
the present high cost of living to con
tinue. "So let us touch the producing side
of the question. For instance, the
states north of the Potomac and east
of the Ohio river have a total area of
12,322,880 acres. The area under cul
tivation in this territory is estimated
at a little over 40,000.000 acres. Add
ed to this is 27,000,000 acres used for
forestry. So we have over 42,000,000
acres of idle land in the territory lying
in the states.
"During the past 30 years the
amount of land in use has steadily de
creased until it is now about 20 per
cent less than in 1880, while the coun
try as a whole has been growing at a
phenomenal rate.
;'The number of persons engaged in
agricultural pursuits in the states
above mentioned has also decreased
during the past 30 years, while the
total population has largely increased.
"There are at present, mark you,
about 1,300,000 persons engaged in
agriculture in the area under consider
ation with a population of over 30,
000,000 non-agricultural producers to
be fed.
"The bureau of soils estimates that
the land under cultivation in the area
can be made to yield at least four
times as much as at present by more
intelligent and intensive methods of
farming. Moreover, the same up-to-date
methods used on the idle lands
will have a yielding capacity of over
eight times as much as at present.
"Careful investigations conducted
by the bureau prove that these lands
are well adapted to all classes of crops,
from the early fruit, truck and vege
tables to the latest storage fruits and
vegetables for winter use, and to the
most intensive kind of dairy farming.
"The conditions in the eastern sec
tion of the country are similar to those
existing in other sections. So whether
the cost of living is to be reduced or
not, it is perfectly plain to even the
layman mind that to feed the present
and constantly-growing population of
the country a greater production of
foodstuffs must be raised.
"To do this more people have got to
return to the farms; it is necessary to
put more land under cultivation ; more
improved methods of agriculture, and
more intensified farming must be fol
lowed." Opium Evil Persistent.
Pekin In view of the unsatisfac
tory position of the opium question the
Chinese government has issued a man
ifesto reiterating its desire to suppress
the evil and save the people from at
life of degradation. The manifest
expresses the fear 'that although the
government is in earnest, the people
are evasive. Referring to the agree
ment with Great Britain, it points out
that the cessation of the importation
of Indian opium depends on the entire
prohibition of the cultivation of the
native article.
World's Crops Reported1.
Washington, D. C. The Interna
tional Institute of Agriculture at Rome
has reported to the department of ag
riculture on the year's crop figures.
According to the institute, the produc
tion in Germany was : Wheat, 160,
227,000; rye, 456,608,000; oats, 965,
999,000; barley, 159,927,000 bushels.
Austria produced in wheat 69,640,000;
rye, 117,114,000; oats, 167,423,000;
barley, 78,384,000 bushels. In Iff
European countries and Canada the
production of sugar beets was 136 per
sent of last year's production.
Taking of Town Confirmed1.
El Paso, Tex. Despite the denial of
Minister Hernandez, the taking of
Ascencion by the rebels is confirmed
officially at Juarez and reported by nu
merous refugees coming from the
town. The taking of Casas Grandes
as reported by rebels, remains uncon
firmed. Railway reports say nothing
of the Casas Grandes attack. The
Seventh Federal cavalry is proceeding
slowly behind railroad work trains
toward Ascencion.
Flying Santa Sheds Furs.
San Francisco Santa Claus In an
aeroplane flew over the heads of
thousands of persons gathered here
Christmas at the third international
aviation meet of the Pacific Cost, and
dropped bag of candy and nuU into
the crowd. Thewaini weather, how
ever, made it uncomfortable for Santa
and he soon alighted, to shed his furs.