POPULATION
CENTER
Likely
tO Remain Within thO State
of Indiana.
Indications Are That the New Census
Will Not Move It Far Wicker
sham and Nagel to Report
on Alaska.
Washington. Some spot In Indiana
probably will mark tho center of popu- Bitun.tion of tho various Irrigation on
latlon of tho United Statos for anothor torprlscs, together with a description
ton roars. It Is worth wimo to om-
phaslzo tho word "probably, uocauso
thcro Is not avallablo at tuis umo
vory much donnito information on
which to baso speculation ns to whoro
tho center of population will bo.
Tho officials 111 tho census buroau
wno navo ncccss 10 mo popuinuon ru-
turns rofuso to speculato nt all. Out-
Biuors without n gront ueni 01 inior-
matlon In hand on Which to baso nn
opinion nro disposed to predict that
tho "center" will not movo vory far
from tho point six miles southeast of
coiumbun, ind., whoro It is now cs-
tabllshod.
1110 census ngurcB so inr ranuo puu-
no snow thnt thoro liao been nn onor-
C. DANA DURAND,
Dlreolor of tho Census.
rnous Incroaso In population In tho
noulhwest during tho last ton years.
Tho northwest has also grown rapidly
in population. If ono oxamluod tho ro-
turni from tho southwest nnd tho
northwest without tnklnr Into account
tho fact that tho east has nlso In
creased Its population within tho last
ten years, ho would bo Inclined to say
thtlt tho contor of nouulntlon would bo
filulcd a considerable dlstanco west
ward. A fact worth bearing In mind la mat
tho Increases Id population in tho enst
particularly havo been In tho lnrgor
cities, nnd It Is true, of courao, that
horo nro mora largo ctles In tho
cast than in thn west Another fact
that will undoubtedly havo n bearing
on tho "contor of population" Is thai
tho millions of Immigrants who havo
como In during tho Inst ton years
liavo nearly all campod In tho eastern
section of tho country.
I Ily tho consus of 1500, tho contor of
population Is In tho following posi
tion: ' Latitude, 89 degreos, 0 minutes, 80
seconds,
Longitude, 85 degrees, 45 minutes,
54 seconds.
This tinrtleulnr snot, ns Is kohernlly
linown. Is nt ft point six miles south'
cast of Columbus, Ind, nnd la marKod
by a monument In tho ten yenra from
1800 to 1000. tho contor of population
moved westward 10 inluutPJ And 1 sec
ond, or about 14 tntlos, nnd southward
S minutes nnd 20 seconds, or about
SU mllos.
It la a comparatively easy mattorto
(Ascertain the contor of population aft
or tho total count of tho people of tho
country la known. ThU total count for
tho thirteenth census will not bo
known before tho 1st of October, nnd
possibly not boforo tho 1st of Novem
ber. Center Moves Westward,
The center of population has moved
nlmost duo westward slnco 1700, whon
It was nt n point aomo S3 miles east
of Raltlmoro, From 1790 to 1S00, tt
moved nlmost duo west to n point 18
miles west of Ilalttmoro. In tho noxt
ten years, from 1800 to 1810, It moved
westward nnd slightly southwnrd to n
point nbout 40 miles northwest by
west of Washington. D. C. Thnt slight
deviation toward tho south was ac
counted for by tho nnnoxntlon of tho
territory of Ixwlslana. From 1810
to 1820, It took up Its inarch wostward
ngaln, with anothor slight deviation
to tho south, and brought up 10 intleu
north of Woodstock, Vn. In tho ton
yoars botweon 1820 nnd 1830, It con
tinued to movo wostwnrd until It link
ed nt n point nbout 10 miles southwest
of Mooronold, In what Is now tho stato
of WoBt Virginia.
lletween 1830 nnd 1840 thero was n
alight moYomont northward nnd tho
"point" was located 10 mllos south of
Clarksburg, in tho present stato of
West Virginia. In tho noxt ton yoars,
1840 to 1850, It moved west and slight
ly southward again nnd halted 23
miles southeast of Parkorsburg, In
what Is now Vost Virginia, llotwoon
1850 nnd 1800 thero was a second
plight bonding toward tho north, nnd
It reached n point 20 mllos south of
Chtlllcotho, O,
Tho sharpest turn northward was
between 1860 nnd 1870, whon It reach
ed a point 48 miles east by north of
Cincinnati. During tho succoodlng ton
yoars, botwoen 1870 and 1880, It voorod
to the south slightly again and reach
ed a point eight mllos west by south
of Cluclnnatl.
In tho next ton years It moved back
to practically tho samo latitude It oc
cupied In 1870, and In 1890 was lo
cated at a point 20 mllos east of Co
lumbus, Ind. During tho ton years be
tween 1890 nnd 1900 tho "contor"
moved wostwnrd a Uttlo loss than
threo miles, nnd as hns already been
etatcd halted at a point six miles south
cast of Columbus, Ind. This movo
mont botwoon 1890 and 1000 was the
smallest In ono hundred yoars.
EDERAL
IRRIGATION INQUIRY.
E. Dana Durnnd, director of tho
consus, Is seeking tho advice of nil
persons possessing firsthand knowl
edge of tho subject of irrigation with
A view to dovlalng a schodulo of In-
qulrlea which will elicit adoquato In
formation concerning tho extent and
oflcct of that system of reclaiming
land for tho purposo of ngrlculturo,
This census or investigation was or-
. . . i . .11.
tho census law passed last February.
Under Its provisions tho director Is
ordered to nsccrtnln tho area of lr
rlgntod lands In tho arid regions of
tho country; whether such Irrigation
Is carried on under stnto or fcdorai
laws: tho prlcos at which Irrigated
lands, Including wator rights, nro ob
tainable; tho character and valuo of
crops produced upon thorn: tho
ftmount 0f water used for nn nr.ro ! tho
0 thlp methods of construction, tholr
Pi,yBcnj conditions nnd tho amount of
canttnl invested therein.
in tnklntr thn ncrlrnlturnl census.
th flold work for whcll h(lB jUBt bcon
comploted, tho consus odlco furnished
ho onumnrntnrn with n minnlnmnnlnrv
nchedulo rotating to Irrigation. Thcso
nuestlons. hnwnvnr. did not dnvnlon
R tno information asked by congress
nnA nnn .llffnrnnl rhn,1ulnn urn inlnn
propnred for special ngonts of tho
consim bureau. In connection with
lncB0 now HChodulca tho director is
nsklnir tho ndvlen of eovcrnmonl and
gtnto officials, cornorntlons. oxDorta
nnd thn snec al nennlu thnmsnlves
w10 ., . .inPn,i becnuno of
tholr spoclal fitness to do tho work.
INVE8TIQATINQ ALASKA AFFAIRb
Washington, Attornoy General
Wlckorsham and Bocrotnry of Com
morco and Labor Nagel havo not gono
to Alaskn for their health. What may
bo termed tho "Alaskan situation" Is
giving President Toft much concern.
Ho desires that thcso two members of
hlii cablnot shall sift to tho bottom
numerous controversies with respoct
to the government 6f tho territory.
After thoy havo studies tho situa
tion first hand ho wants thara to tell
hlra what thoy think of his plan of
having congress Install tho commis
sion form of government up thero. Ho
wanted congress to provldo this now
form of government nt tho rocont ses
slon; nt his suggestion Bonntor llov-
crldgo, chnlrmnn of tho sonato com
mlttoo on territories, Introduced a ro-
organlratlon bill, but bo much opposl
tlon dovolopod that tho legislation was
temporarily abandoned.
Attornoy Oentral Wlokersham.
Tho president wnnla to know, too,
whether thero 1 Anything In thoso
stories that n syndicate In which J.
l'lorpont Morgan nnd tho Guggenheim
brothor nre tho Influential factors, is
In n fair way to gain possession of
nbout everything of vnluo In tho ter
ritory, Thon thero nro numerous local
qunrrols that havo been brought to tho
nttontlon of tho president.
Of courso, tho broad quostlon rotates
to tho futuro of tho territory. It Is
Incumbent on this administration to
adopt a genornl policy with reforonco
to the torrltory n policy that may bo
safoly followed for n generation to
como. In adopting n general policy
tho question as to how tho vast wealth
of tho territory Is to bo doalt with
must bo settled, la tt to bo locked up
for generations to como, or Is It to bo
mado nvnllnblu for tho uso of tho
present nnd succeeding generations
undor proper restrictions?
Messrs. WtckorHhnui nnd Nngol ex
poet to spend at least n month In tho
territory. Thoy nro undor Instructions
to visit oh many parts of It ns thoy
can In that tlmo. James Wickcrsham
(not related to tho nttornoy genornl),
tho territorial dolegnto In congross,
wants homo rulo for tho torrltory and
Introduced n bill providing for nn elec
tive legislature of 34 mombora four
representatives nnd two senators from
each Judicial district
Wlckorsham says tho torrltory has
inoro coal than Pennsylvania, West
Virginia and Ohio; moro gold than
California and Colorado put togothor,
and more copper than Montana and
Michigan. Tho prize id tho greatest
within tho gift of tho United States,
ho assorts.
Protect tho Toads,
An English gardener Is in this coun
try to otnrt a brooding fnrm for toads.
Ho doclnres that if American farmora
realised tho ngrtcultural valuo of tho
toad thoy would protect It strictly nnd
protlt thereby, 1
Cutworms nro tho toad's fnvorlto
food. Ho also eats caterpillars,
woovlls, grasshoppers, crlckots, thou-sand-lcggod
worms nnd other bisects.
And his appetlto ta tremendous. It
is estimated that n slnglo toad In
thirty days will consume 700 cut
wormn, 1,000 ants, 160 woovlls, 140
ground beetles nnd several hundred
miscellaneous bugs.
It tho English export Is correct,
tho humble and homely toad Is as
suredly Important onough to desorvo
tho kind onlcos of tho department of
ngTiculturo, which Is so multifariously
active In tho Intorosts of tho farm or.
Speaking of Dancing,
Rodd I soe a copy of tho now motor
car regulations in Ireland U forwarded
by Consul Honry 11. Miller of nolfost
and may bo soon at tho buroau of
manufactures.
Oroono Wondor If tt says anything
about Irish breakdowns? Yonkors
Statesman
FAULT IN TRAINING
TOO MANY PARENT8 NOT CON
8I8TENT WITH CHILDREN.
to Laugh at Prank Today and Punish
for It Tomorrow Is Oomethlng
of a Puzzle to the In
fant Mind.
Ono of tho grcntost faults In train
lng our children Is a lnck of con
sistency. Wo mako a great mistake In
laughing at cunning baby pranks that
will some day ceaso to bo nmuslng.
When tho two-year-old baby fools her
self badly misused and sulks In tho
corner with a comical look of offended
dignity on her faco it Is laughable, but
when tho six-year-old girl screams In
a passion bocauso sho cannot wear
her now dress out to play In it Is not
so funny. And yet tho principle In
volvcd In both Instances Is tho samo
nnd tho poor child is tho sufferer.
Llrtlo William had been tnught not
to touch tho piano and very seldom
disobeyed, but ono day ho grow rest
less, nnd watching mother and Aunt
Mnry out of tho corner of his oyes
went qver to tho piano and down camo
tho Uttlo fist on tho shiny koys. ho
wnlkcd nwny with such a look of
comploto Innocence thnt mother nnd
nuntlo both Inughcd heartily, and
nuntlo caught him up with a kiss and
carried him out to seo tho kittens
Dut tho noxt day when mother and
William called on tho now minister's
wlfo tho Uttlo boy soon discovered tho
piano and ntnrtod to play. Ills mothor
spoko to him, but ho paid no heed
so sho roso and started to closo tho
piano, but Master William objected
and thero were angry screams and
mother had to carry tho Uttlo boy to
hor chair. And why not! Yesterday
It had boon a play; thoy had laughed
at him thon, so why not today! It
wns Injustice to his bnby heart and ho
robollcd. If no nttontlon had been
paid to tho baby when sho sulked sho
would hnvo soon tlrod of hor lonesomo
comor nnd forgotten her grlovnnco,
nnd If William In his restlessness hnd
boon gently romlndod of tho plnno be
ing n forbidden thing nnd his nttcn
tlon directed to something elso, ho
probably would not hnvo troubled tho
piano again, A good Idea If tho baby
sulks Is to leave tho room Immediate
ly. With no nttontlon a baby's offend
od dignity wcarn off, and with no
nudlonco n screaming child will soon
tiro of Its tantrum. Hut babies de
mand' nttontlon, and If wo laugh nt
them for some Uttlo mlschlof ono day
thoy think thoy nro ounnlng nnd will
expoct us to laugh nt tho samo prank
another day.
War and Culture.
Ro hostllo to culturo la wnr thnt
tho nrtlsnns of Franco havo novor
boon able to attnln to tho standards
of workmanship which prevailed un
der tho old monarchy. Latin has been
mispronounced In England over slnco
tho wars of tho commonwealth. Our
national culturo started with tho
hnndcnp of n sovon-yenra' war, nnd
wns nlwnyn n Uttlo behindhand. Dur
ing tho nineteenth century tho Ameri
can clttten was unnYtlng tho waves of
now development, His dally life was
an experiment Ills moral, social, po
litical interests nnd duties wero Inde
terminate. Nothing wni settled for
him by socjoty, Wns n man to have
nn opinion? Then ho mutt make It
himself. This domands n more serious
labor than If ho wore obliged to mnnu
fncturo his own khoes nnd candle-
clicks. No such tlrnftn upon Individual
Intellect Is mnds In hn old country.
You ennnot get ft European to under
stand this distressing overtaxing of
tho Intolllgcnco In America. Not!)
lng like It has occurred boforo, bo
cnuse In old countries opinion Is part
of ensto and condition; opinion Is the
shadow of Interent nnd of social
status. John J, Chapman in Atlantic.
Gypsy Wordless Language.
To communicate with ono another,
gypsies now use totters and thoy use
tho telegraph, too, when necessary
especially In this country. Hut tho
modem Romany also follows the "pat
taran," tracing tho footstops, or wagon
trucks, of his frionda on tho road by
the snmo mothod employed by his nn
clent prototype, rending directions
whoro no words nro wrltton ns clearly
as thi gorgla does a rondslda sign
board. Hut the pattaran can be read
by tho gypsy only it is hidden nnd
secret, although It mny be In plain
sight, ns n signboard Is open and
public. Tho pattaran may bo formed
of sticks or stones or grass, placed
cross fashion nt the parting of roads
In such manner that only n gypsy
Mould Instantly notice nnd understand
To him It means much; first of nil, the
direction takon by Romany predecos
sors. From niloy M. Fletchor Hor
ry's "Tho Amorlcan Gypsy" In Con
ury.
Oregon Man's Insect Catcher.
In tho country nil sorts of homely
dovlces nro used to catch tho bugs
nnd kill them, nnd nn Oregon man,
who probably had his applo orchard
overrun by somo destructive species,
patented e trap for tho pests. A bar
rtl has pieces cut out of tho uppor
portion and Is half filled with rotten
or brutsed apples or somo other odor-
Iferoua fruit. On top of the barrel Is
place a pan partially tilled with wa
tor, oil or some poisonous liquid. From
tho apex of a tripod that keeps tho
basin from falling oft the barrel hangs
n lantern. In tho daytime tho Insects
will bo attractod by tho odor of the
fruit, and In (lying up to foast many
of thotn nro likely to fly Into the wa
tor. At night tho lantern Is lighted
and bugs will como from afar to flut
ter against It nnd meet their death In
tho liquid bolrfw, Chicago Trlhune,
Not Quite a Failure.
"Whon ho was a boy his mother
thought ho would be a president some
day."
"Ho'll novor got wore."
"I'm afraid not Still, he gets a lot
of satisfaction out of being a big man
In his lodge."
Astute Professor,
"How is Professor Fllmraor getting
along with his memory school?"
"He's swamped with applicants."
"Wbat's the secret of his success?"
"Ho collects tuition in advance and
teaches his pupils to remomber everr-
I thing but tholr debts.'
WIFE'S PET DOG WAS USEFUL.
In Order to Secure New Silk Dress
She Gives Beast to 8lster Can
Get Him Back.
"I hnven't soon your pot dog for
Jevoral days," said a dovotcd husband
to his wlfo.
"No," sho ropllcd: "tho fact Is, I
havo given him away."
"Why, you noodn't havo dono that
t had not particular objection to him."
"Oh, I know thatl Dut I thought
that It wns not right for mo to havo
a pot dog about tho houso when I
havo such a good, kind husband to
lavish my nffoctlonB upon."
Tho husband Bank Into n chair with
a deep elgh.
"How much do you" want, MnryT
ho asked, as ho drew his purso from
his pocket: "it can't bo a noalakln
Jackot for tho winter Is over."
"No," Bho said, "It Is not n sealskin
Jackot, darling; but I would roally like
a now silk dress this tfummor, and you
know It has to bo bought and made
and all that"
"Now," ho said, as ho handod hor
tho money, "what proof of your of-
factions will you glvo mo whon you
want nnothor dress, slnco you have
given nwny your dog?"
"Oh," sho sweetly replied, "I've
glvon tho dog to my sister, and I can
cot htm back again!"
Then We'd Hear Things.
"It's in tho world of politics," said
tho talkative man, "that tho truth ol
tho old saying, 'Monoy talks,' la most
frequently provon."
"Yes," replied tho wise cltlton, "but
If hush monoy would only talk, what
sensations wo would have." Catholic
Standard and Times.
AGREED.
Fudge Troublesh nover comsh
shingly. Thaah my 'sporlonco.
Hmudgo Mtno, too. I'm smnrrlcd
m'sholf, ol' man.
Proof at Hand.
Magistrate Who Is tho prlsonor?
Policeman Ho says ho's a foreign
nobloiuan, your honor.
Mnglstrnto Did you sonrch him?
l'olleeman Yes, and all I foutd wns
n pawn tlckot and 3 conta.
Magistrate Thon ho ovldontly told
tho truth.
.. r. nr
Instinct.
Sick mnirnato ffooblvl What
Is
that on tho table thoro I ,
Bccretary That? That la tho doc
tor's medlclno cose.
Rick magnnto (relloved) Thanks.
I er thought It was a camira.
Two.
Boymour I didn't know thnt Href,
fums hnd two nutomobllca.
Ashley Ho hasn't.
Boymour Hut I honrd him say he
hod two runabouts.
Ashloy Ono of thorn Is his wife's.
A Soft Snsp.
"Tho now socretnry will be a aort
of assistant prcsldont."
"Ho'll havo plonty to do."
"I don't doubt 1L Hut, uny, how'd
yau like to be an assistant vlce-presl
'lent?"
Mutually Agreeible,
noils Hut do you think you nnd
ho nre suited to each other?
Noll Oh, perfectly! Our tastes nro
qulto similar. I don't care very much
for htm, nnd ho doosn't caro very
much for mo.
Literary Success.
"Well, how'a thlngB?"
"Fine," replied the author. Tne
critics pronounced my last novel so
worthless that I have six publishers
bidding for my next book."
His Habit
Miss Qushlt Harry Is bo pnrtlculat
He waited till I consented to go out
rowing with htm before he proposed.
Miss Cute Ob, nny girl nbout hero
could hnvo told you that
Real Reason.
"Thnt man novor gets nny sloop."
"Stays up nil night bumming
around, eh?"
"Naw, tho poor cuss baa a baby In
tho houso."
Cautious,
"What's n' your hutry, Sandy?
It's
not 10 o'clock yot"
"Woll, ye aeo, Ah'vo changed mn
lodgln's, an' Ah 'm no vera weol ac
quaint wl' th' now staircase."
There Was a Man,
Thero was a man lived In our block
who tinkered on nn eight-day clock.
Whon asked why so, be nnswored:
I'm Just trying to Improve my tlmo I "
So Says Pa.
Uttlo Willie "'Say, pa, what lb
faith without works?"
Pa "Faith without works, my son,
Is about as useless as a watch without
wheels."
A Suitable Match.
"What becamo of that duck of
girl?"
"I'm sorry to say eho maxrlod
quack."
Modest
"She's a vory modest glrL"
"Very, Bho won't even go shopping
ta Atlantic City In her batfelss suit-
HERMIT BUILDS OWN CHURCH
Western Minister Cuts the Number
of Shlnglei by Hand and Erects
Place of Worship.
Docauso ho finds no placo In estab
lished churches to preach tho Oospol
mcssago which ho feels called upon to
deliver, Nathan D. Fry of Colvlllo has
built n church of his own, tho Colvlllo
('"ash.) correspondent for tho Spo-
kano Spokesman Rovlow writes.
It Is a woodon building 30x44 feet
with 22-foot walls and will scat 300 or
400 people Every foot of lumber,
every sill and plato, every framed
door and window, every cedar shlnglo
was mado and put In placo by tho
hnnds of Nathan D. Fry, without hu
man nsslstance.
With his own handB and tho crudo
appliances of tho backwoods, this de
termined preacher split trimmed and
put In plnco 11,844 cedar shingles, tho
long, Blonder nnd handmndo sort that
outlast two generations,
Tho prcnchor-hcrmlt has arranged
tho auditorium on an angle. As ho
puts it, "tho Bills nro crooked, tho
plato Is crooked nnd tho floor Is
crooked," thus giving him n chanco to
got his seats nt obtUBo nnglcs to each
other nnd mnklng ovcry seat n good
Beat from which to boo tho preacher
Ho Is making tho scata with his
own hands, not according to any co
tabllshcd pattorn, but on an original
schomo that Is saving of matortnl and
yot simple of construction.
Nnthan Fry Is pronchlng regularly
each Sunday oven now, hla nudtonccs
being In tho Indian settlements, mill
vlllagos and backwoods towns.
- Tho church Is nonrly square Inside
tho auditorium, as n portion of tho
front of the building had boon used for
stairs, opposlto which Mr. Fry has cs
tabllrhod his living rooms. His bed Is
undor tho stairs on tho socond story..
Thcro Is n touch of business sagac
ity in thoso prlmltlvo arrangements,
which Is ovon mora pronounced In tho
plan for finishing oft 12 rooms nbavo
tho auditorium, six on tho second
story nnd six nttlo rooms for slooptng
chnmbors. Thoso rooms ho proposes
to ront to small families to support
himself and pay tho oxponsos of run
nlng tho church.
Women and Polities.
Mrs. Humphry Ward says tho nor
mat woman (nnd ospcctnlly tho mar
ried woman) lives In Irropnrablo Ig
nornnco of politics because sho Is bo
much engrossed In hor own business.
Doos Mrs. Humphry Ward roally sup
poso tho normal man has no business
of his own. or nponds nil his tlmo In
meditating on tho principles of tho
constitution? In fart, ho has so much
buslnoss that ho Is ahrowdly tompted
to lenvo politics to n professional
class which Is notoriously tho groat
drawback and peril of modern democ
racy. I think tho onfrnnchtsomont of
womon would, llko proportional rep
resentation, tond to countoract this
evil, Othor good pooplo nay tho nor
mal woman must not havo a vote bo
causo sho cannot fight This argu
ment Is not only foolish, for sovoral
reasons, but Insulting to all Infirm and
ancient men. Whntl ahall I bo do
franchlsed for bolng old onough to
have learned thn exercise of the mux-
llo-loadlng Enflold?-Slr Frederick
Pollock In London Times.
Advertising That Count!.
Four thousand circulars describing
nn Important scries of books written
by a man who Is authority In bis field
nnd published by a lloston house of
the highest standing, were rfutit to
persons nnd Institutions thnt soomod
likely to need or npproclato tho work.
Just two ropllos wore recelvod. This
Is not nn IsoJatod Instance. Yet for
that ronson we dollght to quote It
For tho ten thousandth tlmo It om
phastzoa the truth that the only ad
vertising which really "counts" Is an
announcement In n reputable newspa
per or periodical that Is "at homo" In
families.
An Exploded Theory.
"Children," sold tho Sunday school
teachor, "there Is one thing that I
wish to especially Impress upon you)r
minds. Always be kind to your par
ents. Mako It as pleasant for thorn ns
you can. Romombor that none of you
can over have another another after
the ono you possess Is gone. You can
novor
"Oh, yes, we can, interrupted a
Uttlo boy who had lost most of his
buttons, "I lost mine last week, and
pa brought mo a now one home the
same day ho got back from tuo court
house."
Great Man Fond of Fruit
No man over wolcomed the return
of the fruit reason moro heartily than
did Doctor Johnson. Of strawberries
and cream he declared that he could
never havo enough, though in bis
later yoars ho devoured enormous
quantities of them. A voracious eater
nt any time, Johnson's appetite for
fruit was limitless. Mrs. Tnraio says
that ho used to oat seven or olght
peaches before ho began his break
fast Lucy Portor, at Lichfield, used
always to keep the boat gooseberries
on tho bushes in her garden until
lohnson camo down to pick them.
A Grateful Defendant
"Why didn't you protest when thoy
charged you with violating the speed
regulations?"
"I was too thankful to kick," replied
Mr, Chugglns. "I've beon trying to
sell that automobile, and It takes a
good deal of strain off my conscience
to havo somebody testify that she can
go faster than a uitlo In ten minutes."
Washington Star,
Whst Else Could He Do?
At breakfast, recently, Andrew Car
negie indulged In a pteco of pie. A
diet reformor present remonstrated.
"Why, -Mr. Carnegie," ho said, "do
you eat pie?"
"Of courso," replied tho noted
philanthropist benignly, "what do you
do with it?"
Stupid People,
Traveler Haven't you a time, ta
ble?
Station Agent Wo used to have
one until tho people began to think
tho trains were supposed to keep to
It Fltegeadu Rlaettsr
Bungling Diplomats Cause Trouble
o q o -i, grA
WASHINGTON. Ignorance on tho
part of nmaleur diplomats con-
corning the proper form of diplomatic
correspondence nearly precipitated a
war scaro In two nations not Ion
slnco. It was announced tat the em
peror of Germany had deliberately
affronted tho United States govern
ment by employing nffectlinnte torms
in nddrclng President Mndr'a of
Nicaragua, whom our government had
refused to rccognlxo.
"Great and Good Friend,' Is tho
way tho knlsir's letter to Mndrlx was
commenced. This had sinister slg
nlncanco to the amateurs. Immedi
ately tho nowspapers wero filled with
stories that Germany had espoused the
cause of Mndrlx; that tho Monroo
doctrlno hnd been thrown down nnd
repudiated by tho warllko kaiser;;
nlso tho emperor had been acting
quoorly of late and undoubtedly was
bent on mnklng all the trouble ho
could for the United States. Aftor n
Uttlo Inquiry tho war scaro faded
away,
"In nil probability," snld a state do
portment oClctal, "tho emperor never
Bad Land Title
A REPORT mado to congress by n
commission appointed to cxamlno
land titles In tho District of Columbia
discloses that many lots of land occu
pied by modorn business bouses nnd
residences in tho national cnnltnl nro
still owned by tho government not
withstanding tho present tenants be
lieve thoy havo a cloar title to tho
property, w.v
This question of land lltlos In tho
national capital Is not n now one. Two
yenrs ago congress cronted n commis
sion to study It Tho commission con
sisted of tho attorney goncrnl, tho sec
retary of war, 8onator 8cott of West
Virginia. Roprosentutlvo Ilartholdt of
Missouri, and ono of tho district com
missioners. Tho report reveals n hop
rlhlo land tanglo, which the courts will
probably nover bo able to straighten
out Tho tanglo Is the outromo of the
wild speculation in real estato that
took placo for a good many years after
tho capital was laid out.
frlvnte were acquired In
Now Planning a
bun
taaiwenvr
LAWc)
D-CER and elk preserves may play an
Important part In reducing the
high cost of beof. According 10 gov
ernment experts who have mn'e an
investigation of tho cost and methods
of raising venison, declnre thnt the
game laws of tho various states nre
preventing doer and oik farming mid
denying the country one of Its chief
sources of cha? and good meal, liver
nnd o k can be raised readily In near
ly every state In the Union. They nre
easily controlled and cheaply fed.
The Incronso of elk under domestica
tion Is fully equal to that of eattlo.
Tney are hardlor nnl moro nblo tn
stund exposure and tho elk hldo Is
more valuable than that of the stoer.
Tho Virginia or whltotnll devr, com
mon In most rnrts of the United
Statea, Is not so hardy as the elk, but
with proper caro can be raised with
profit.
Tho state and the government
through Its Yellowstone park officials,
have co-operated with Individual
ranchmen In caring for the vast herds
of elk in the Jackson's Hole region In
Wyoming. It Is estimated that there
nre 30,000 elk In the Yellowstone park
region, constituting the only great
herd left For two or three winters
these elk have been fed, and havo now
come to look upon the feeding as u
Government's Census of Indian Wards
IN the present census tho govern
ment has made a great effort to ob
tain, through special agents, full and
authentto data concerning the tribal
relations of the Indians, as a decade
hence when the fourteenth census will
be taken, It probably will be found
that those Indians who are now de
pendent wards of the nation havo be
come full-fledged citizens.
The Indian population of the United
States decreased In the decade from
1890 to 1900. from 273,007 to 266,760.
In 1S80 tho care of the Indians cost
the national government 15,206,109;
In 1909 the cost bad risen to $15.-
724,163, more than throe times as
much. The total attendance of In
dian children In schools conducted by
tho government or by missionary en
terprise to 26,777. In these schools
no effort ta aparod to teach the child
some Industry by which he may sup
port himself warn be cornea of age,
know that the note In question was.
Bent tt was a regular rontlno matter
In tho German foreign office arid fol
lowed tho stereotyped form.
Nations nre excessively notllo to
one another In tlit'lr Interchange of
communications. Every .tter that
goes out from the stile department to
a foreign government has this cere
monial finish r
"Accept excel'Ti")'. the renewed as
surance of my MvM consideration."
Tho cernionsll letters of nil coun
tries ht(!ln In iihcmt (lie snmo way.
For Instance, all of England's "om
miinloatlon bi-xln:
"George V., b ttie Grace of God, of
the United K.mtfom of Great llrltaln
and Irelntid, klut. def.-nd r of tho
fnllh. emperor of lirtla, etc"
"NIcIioIrs, by tin? Grace o' God, em
peror niitou'ui (f itil t;.e UiwMas, czar
of Cntnii, ci. r .f AMrtou, etc., lord
of Plcscott and gruml tluUe of Smo
lensk!, etc."
Gcrmnny's letters' nre very much
llko thosu of Ruiu.ti, In that Ihoy be
gin by announcing u'.l V. v titles of tho
ruling potentate. "Wlll'.nm II., by
God'f. grace, emperrr of Ceimany and
king of Prussia,'' etc., Is tho way tho
present emperor nddressos his cere
monial letters. The emperor writes
with n quill pen, and If ono may Judge
by his signature cn fllo In tho state
dopnrtmont, dnus not tako much time
about It
Tangle I3 Revealed
Washington, In tho early days, by a
very simple process, Tho torrltory
"not exceeding" ten miles squaro was
ceded to tho United Status govern
ment by Maryland nnd Virginia and
plnced under tho authority of throo
commissioners, appointed by tho presi
dent They or any two of them woro
requlrod, under tho direction of tho
president, to survoy and by propor
motea nnd bounds define and limit a
district of territory, nnd tho torrlt6ry
so doflned was established ns a perma
nent seat of tho government of tho
Unltod Statos. Power was glvon tho
commissioners to purchase or accept
land on the oastern side of tho Poto
mac, for tho uso of the United States,
and tho commlsslrners were furlhor
roqulrod to provldo suttablo buildings
for tho accommodation of congress,
tho president and public officors of tho
government of tho Unltod States. It
was to rnlso money to croct the pub
llo buildings thnt tho government
planned to soli Its land to privato par
ties. No soonor had tho capital city been
laid out than land speculators ap
penrod on the scene, nnd ns a result of
tholr operations, It Is nssortod, much
land which belonged to the govern
ment Ilk gaily passed to Individual
owners.
Substitute for Beef
matter of course, nnd State Gama
Warden Nowlln of Wyoming, who has
tod the feeding experiments, says that
I ho Inst of (ho great elk horde Is be
romlrg rapidly domesticated. Several
ranchmen In the Rocky mountain coun
try have conducted private elk pre.
serves for yeers. Outside of tho pri
vate elk preserves there nre few herds,
left In the west.
Rnrret Llttleflcld, who lives near
Sister, hns several hundred elk on his
great ranch Every season ho ships,
many carcasses of oik to the Denver
market, brides supplying xoologlcal
trden ihro ghout the country. He
hns found It profitable to raise elk for
the market so profitable that, he
rban-'oned the cattle business yean
ago nnd has devoted himself entirely
to the raising of venison.. There aro
two other elk preserves in northwest
ern Colorado. J. I). Dawson, a Routt
county plonoor, has sovcral hundred
head of elk on his ranch near Hayden,
Tho Glen Deulah deer preserve Is an
estate of about 3,000 acres near Do
beque. Col., and hero ono finds sev
eral hundred deer nnd elk roaming;
nbout Henry tllnnlng, of Corn, Wyo.,
has a large herd of elk under enclos
ure, and In a report to the government
he shows how easily elk yield to cap
tivity when he states that the en
closure In which he keeps the animals
Is less than four feet high.
In nearly every stato In the Union
the killing of deer Is forbidden ex
cepting In the fall and during a lim
ited period. If deer and elk are to be
ralsd for the market the venison
farmer must be allowed to kill for the
market, whenever the demand Is there.
and the Indians are gradually learn
lng to live by the sweat of the brow
upon the product of their own self
respecting handiwork, rather than up
on the bounty of the government
The Apache Indians employed on
the Roosevelt reclamation project un
der the act of June 17, 1902, earned:
$34,000 In 1909, and rendered eminent
ly satisfactory service in regions
where, on account of the beat, a white
man could not have labored. Sheep
herding has given profitable employ
ment to many hundreds tf Navajos
and Pueblos In the past year,, and
Pima and Papago Indians, employed
as navvies o'n the Southora Pulflo
railway, earned many thousands of
dollars. The Sioux farmers have done
well, though they are deficient In the
quality of persistent patience that
makes the most successful sort of ag
ricultural laborer.
The Indians worst foo at present
asldo from whisky, is tuberculosis.
The Investigation by the Smithsonian
institution In 1909 showed that about
one in four of some 1,500 Indians ex
amined wero suffering from what baa
hitherto been known as "the white
plague." Sanatorium camps have now
been established and the government
is exercising special care over JU
wards