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NEW YORK, Dec 28. White re
torus are still incomplete it is appar
ent from those already in band, as
tabulated by Postmaster Morgan, that
this city sent at least $3,000,000 in the
form of postal orders to foreign coun
tries for Christmas presents, or an av
erage of two dollars for each man,
woman and child. When to this is
added the money gifts sent in the
form of drafts, bills, cheeks and ex
press orders, the total will probably
exceed $10,000,000, the most striking
example this city has ever had of the
jrstcice of its foreign population of
sending money back to the "old coun
try." The 332,875 postal orders al
ready tabulated, which are estimated
as less than two-thirds of the total,
representing a money value of $5,040,
729J21, show in their classification
some interesting facts. The smallest
was for 40 cents and went to China,
while the largest amounting to $2500
went to England. The average amount
is about $15, but the most popular
sum was $5. To England, as compar
ed to other foreign countries, went
the greatest number of orders, 73,041
valued at $88,408.62. The smallest
number of orders, 2594, went to
Greece, while the smallest amount of
money, $46,102 . went to France.
produced by men who never pene
trated west of Pittsburg, which was
the inly kind that the East had an
opportunity to become familiar with
until within the past four or five years.
Vhciher or not it is true as sometimes
charged that New York is unpopula
in the West, it is certainly the case
that the West and everything western
enjoys a very great popularity in New
York at the present time. A case in
point in which a western book by a
western author is in greater demand
in this part of the country than in the
West itself is David Graham Phillips'
"Joshua Craig concerning which the
publishers announce that the advance
orders have been heaviest from such
places as New York, Washington an I
Boston. Particular curiosity has been
aroused by this book because the ca
reer of its hero follows so closely th .t
of one of the most prominent United
States Senators who was a boyhood
friend of the young Indiana author
and who is portrayed in an intimate
but not altogether flattering light
is New York becoming western
tied? That is the conclusion of many
bstrvm who point to the increasing
prominence in business, professional
and literary life of men from the
western states. For example, this
city has seen a veritable western lit
erary invasion this year. An unusual
umber of books by western authors
w dealing with western life are nun
eeifd among the best sellers while
the most popular and successful play
produced during the past year have
come from the pens of westerner,
Eugene Walter and Augustus Thom
as being the most noteworthy ex
amples. Naturally enough the pic
tures (I western scenes and characters
drawn hy those who have grown up
among them are more' accurate than
the brand of western fiction or drama
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Probably the queerest, as it was the
most unexpected Christmas present
in the city, was the donation of sixty
street cars to the poor, and the pro
letariat which formerly howled in an
ger because of the transfer abolish
ment is now howling in joy over the
presentation to it of these cars. These
vehicles, however, are not can in
which the possessors may ride, but
superannuated types of construction
which the East Side has been allowed
to break up for firewood. New York
so long without an adequate supply
of cart, now literally has them to
burn. For a whole week the city has
been amazed by the peculiar spectacle
of cars being chopped up by East
siders to be carted home in the shape
of kindling wood. The fuel hat gone
where it is needed most and it has
been eagerly grabbed and carried
away chiefly on the head(of Italian?,
at the rate of a dozen cars a day. As
fast as one car was demolished an
other was hauled forth and turned
over to the tender mercies of the
mob. The only part of the cars which
is not given over to the public is the
motors. As they could not be burned
there is no lamentation on the part of
ihe people. They have gobbled up
literally consumed these cars at an
astonishing rate. A single hour has
been sufficient to make a car disai-
"Three years ago I was marked
for death. A srrave-yard coueh was
tearing my lungs to pieces. Doctors
failed to help me, and hope had fled,
when my husband got Dr. King's
New Discovery," says Mrs. A. C.
Williams, of Bac, Ky. The first
dose helped me and improvement
kept on until I had gained 58 pounds
in weight and my health was fully
restored." This medicine holds the
world's healing record for coughs
and colds and lung and throat dis
eases. It prevents pneumonia. Sold
under guarantee at Charles Roger
& Son's drug store. 50c and $1.00.
Trial bottle free.
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You have only Jto demaudj Union Meat Co.
products Columbia Hams, Bacon and Iard, also
their fresh Meats, all of which have been inspected
by U. S. Government officials before and after kill
ing, and passed as proper, wholesome meat food.
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pear absolutely since 60 minutes after
each one was hauled from the barn
there has not been a trace of it left.
Trucks, window glass, interior metals
and tittiiiR have all disappeared al
most in the twinkling of an eye. Ou
side of their value for fuel on account
of their wooden construction the
greater part of each ear has gone t
junk dealers, by whom the metal is
turned in to foundries and the shades,
seats and flooring sold to East Side
tenements. Altogether the gifts of 60
cars to the poor was a Christmas pres
ent as welcome as it was unexpected.
New York is the most wasteful city
in the world, according to the figures
of a noted economist. From these
figures it appears that this city throws
into its garbage cans every day
enough food to feed the whole city of
Paris, or to have relieved any of the
more important recent foreign fami
lies. This surprising waste is of two
kinds, according to the economist in
question.- The first is ignorant waste
which includes the throwing away
every day of all sorts of valuable ar
ticles. In the ashes for which it has
no further use, more than $10,000 a
day is wasted, since in the 50,000 tons
of this matter which it daily turns
out there is more than 50 tons of
fuel Could any one collect the egg
shells which the city puts in its gar
bage cans each day he would make a
fortune since they contain more than
$1000 worth of lime. The value of oU
clothes and shoes thrown away every
24 hours is more than $7S0O, while the
waste paper of the city figured at the
lowest price totals more than $10,000
a day. Over $1000 worth of bottles
are thrown away daily, . and nearly
$1000 worth of string. Added to this
figures show that at least $5000 in
real money, that is bills and coins, is
carelessly thrown out each day and
that the value of worn-out linen and
hats discarded every day ia upwards
of $3000, could they all be collected
The second class of waste while nit
so striking Is far greater, consisting of
partially consumed food, wines and
cigars at hotels and cafes, more than
$50,000 being thrown away each day
of the year in this way according to
to the figures. Altogether it looka as
if Father Knickerbocker might make
a large amount of money by estab
lishing a municipal waste commission.
Juvenile education in the Empire
State is in an inverse ratio to age, ae
cording to figures just compiled. In
other words the older yon grow the
less yon know, so far as public school
education is concerned, since less than
four out of every ten pupils who start
the elementary course ever finish it,
according to these figures. The exact
percentage of those who continue
from the first grade until ready to en
ter the high school is for girls 39 per
cent and for boys 32 per cent. Boys,
it would seem, not only go five-sixths
as far as girls in their education. It
is a yet unexplained fact that the
school enrollment of the state, outsid
this city, shows more pupils in th
second and third years than in the
first year. After the third year the
percentage of pupils decreases rapidly
so that out of every 100 children who
enter the first grade at the average of
six and one-half years, only 39 go
through the eighth or higher grade
before the high school with an aver
age age of 14 years. In Greater New
York the coefficient of juvenile educa
tion is slightly higher than in the
rest of the state since 42 out of every
100 pupils who enter the first gradv
finish the eighth. In the greater city
the nirls who finish the graded school
course exceed the boys in number hy
about four per cent. Outside of this
city, however, the boys surpass the
girls in number about eight per cent.
In cities and villages outside New
York City the total registration this
year was 890,205, as compared to 706,
OKI iii the city. Altogether the state
has more than 1,500,000 school chil
dren of whom considerably less than
half ever complete the elementary
public H-hool education taking them
up to the age of 14 years.
The automobile may now become a
vehicle for the common people. The
aristocrats of the automobile world
have taken to flying machines. The
Atito-nobi'e Club of America has con
fided an arrangement with the
Aeronautical Society for the use of
the old Morris Park race course for
experiments with heavier-than-air
machines. Henceforth the idle young
millionaire, instead of endangering
his neck in a 200 horsepower racing
machine, will find excitement in tests
of skill and daring up among the
clouds, or as near to the clouds as his
flying machine will carry him.
Automobile manufacturers can only
view this departure with alarm. They
have not forgotten what happened to
the bicycle industry when the fash
ionable world abandoned the wheel
for the motor. Alert bicycle manu
facturers who discerned the trend of
the timea converted their bicycle
plants into automobile manufactories
Loss of Life and Damage
in Italy
(Continued from page 1)
rushing waters carried everything be
fore them and caused such indescrib
able confusion that it will be impos
sible for some time to estimate the
damage and lives lost, For a period,
the town of Messina and the whole
province of Reggio were completely
isolated through interruptions to teh
graph and telephone, and by land
slides that obstructed the railroads.
Absolutely nothing was heard from
the region through the day, while th
first news front Messina came in the
form of a despatch which a torpedo
boat brought to Nicotera. It is chiefly
stated that the situation was desper
ate and summarized immensity of a
catastrophe.
The city of Messina has suffered
probably more than any one other
place, the latest information coming
directly. from that quarter stating that
two-thirds of the town was destroyed
and several thousand persons killed.
take no other.
They are able to gratify this ambi
tion to any extent that money will
procure its svatilication, Why may
they not, then, render the world a re.il
service by helping to solve the prob
lem which all men rccoguUe lias only
been touched upon? No one is able
to foree to what extent flying ma
chines may be made to help in vloin
the work of the world, but undoubted
ly possibilities are there as great as
any the past century has developed.
Of course, a Perclval or a Reginal or
two may break their neck, but it may
be they can as well be spared as otlv
er men who daily are sacrificed in the
cause of human progress. Let us all
encourage the gilded youth), there
fore, and bid them god-speed In their
new pastime. The common man may
find consolation in knowing that for .1
time, at least, he will not have to go
about dodging their vehicles of trans
portation.
POSTAL SAVINGS BANK.
CHICAGO, Dec. 2&-In a special
news article .under a Washington date
the Record-Herald today says: Great
pressure is being brought to bear up
on senators and representatives i'l
favor of the passage of the postal
savings bank bill. Most of this pre
sure comes from the Mississippi Val
ley, where public opinion in favor of
the postal bank is very strong.
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It will now be up to the automobile
manufactures to begin making flying
machines. All this ia very beneficial
to the new science of aerial naviga
tion, and there appears no reason why
the public should have an inclination
to complain. When the millionaires
quit demanding higher and higher
priced machines the manufacturers
will be compelled to turn their atten
tions to the making of good ma
chines which may be sold to people
in moderate circumstances at reason
able prices. The racing automobile is
the highest priced machine now made,
and about the least usefuL If the
time and talent which go into th:
making of racing machines were de
voted to producingTnachines of more
practical use, the public would be
bound to be the gainer. The danger
is that this talent will be drafted for
the production of racing air machines.
Opponents of the theory of civil
service reform find joy In a decision
recently handed down by Justice
Dayton of the Supreme Court. A
man had been employed, under the
civil service, as a clerk In the Depart
ment of Parks, at an annual salary oi
$2000. The department was abolished
and the man lost his job. K brought
mandamus suit to compel) reinstate
ment inthe city's civil service, cop
tending that a a civtlserviee emplo
he was entitled to his position diirim
life and good behavior, and that th:
city could not legally by aboliihing an
office thus throw him out of employ
ment. The court sustained this con.
tcntion and ordered his reinstatement.
He accepted reinstatement, but re
signed next day. Then he brought
suit to recover the salary he was de
pnved of during the time he was out
of office. It was admitted that the
former clerk had been earning more
than 1 $2000-a-)-ear salary during the
time he was out of the city's employ,
but the court decided he was legally
entitled to receive salary for the time
he was illegally deprived of his office,
and the city has to pay it.
Such things as this, declare oppon
ents of the civil service system, have
a tendency to make the civil service
unpopular, and the greatest hope of
their lives is that the system may be
come so unpopular' that it will be
abolished. Politics in New York City
isn't what it used to be in the gooi
old days when the spoilsman held
sway.
Whatever one may be inclined to
think about the usefulness of these
younger sons of the "idle rich," it
will have to be admitted that they
have physical courage. Polo and au
tomobile racing are about as danger
ous forms of sport as a man can in
dulge in, and these are the favorite
recreations of New York's gilded
youths. It will have to be conceded,
therefore, that they have the courage
requisite to navigation of the air.
IF WOMEN ONLY KNEW
What a Heap of Happiness it Would
Bring to Astoria Homes.
Hard to do housework with an ach
ing back.
Brings you hours of misery at leis
ure or at work.
If women only knew the cause
that Backache pains come from sick kid
neys, 'T would save much needless woe.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure sick kid
neys. Mrs. Clara Gcisslcr, living on Third
street, Hillsboro, Ore., says: "It af
fords me great pleasure to give
Doan's Kidney Pills my recommenda
tion. I suffered so long from kidney
complaint and tried so many remedies
unsuccessfully, that I did not think 1
would ever get relief. I was often
confined to my bed, unable to move
without experiencing pains across m
back. My kidneys were disordered,
the secretions being so frequent as to
cause me a great deal of annoyanc
I finally used Doan's Kidney Pills,
and in less than a week was a great
deal better. I have not had a return
of kidney trouble since."
Plenty more proof like this from
Astoria people. Call at Charles Rog
ers & Son's drug store and ask what
customers report.
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New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name Doan's and
Men and interests in New York,
and women as well, who have fretted
under the autocratic sway of Police
Commissioner Bingham are glad to
know that one of the recommends
tions of the Charter Revision Com
mission will be that the office of So
permtendent of Police be recreated,
The commission believes the superin
tendent should exercite powers about
identical with those wielded by the
late Chief Dcvery and other famous
heads of the metropolitan police force
in former days. That would mean, or
at least they hope it would mean, tha
the lid would not be kept on so tight
as it has been under Bingham. Things
would be a little more free and easy
along the "Great White Way," and
if a gentleman wanted to put down k
bet or sit in a quiet game of draw he
would not be deterred by the oppress,
ing fear of police interference. Worn
en of both the white light and red
light districts also would find life, less
rigorous. They are very, very tired
of Bingham, and they believe th
great city, in the main, shares their
weariness. Bingham, it will be re
called, was an army officer whom
Mayor McClellan bad known socially
in Washington and whom he persuad
ed to take control of New York
police department. He did so and
took into office with him a big stic
that knew neither brother nor friend
It is even suspecte dthat Mayor Mc
Clcllan is a little weary himself, fo
his ability to influence his police com
missioner has been just about as great
as that of any tin-horn gambler or
short-card man.
the male chorus girl promises to
be our next sensation. He is even
now in our midst and it is confidently
predicted that we shall have to assiml
late him in the not distant future
young man styling himself Louis H,
Chalif is blazing the trail he expects
others to follow. He has graduated
from a Parisian school of the ball
and has come to New York to intro
duce his art. His dancing costume
consists of white shirt waists, black
knickerbockers and kid pumps. When
he dances he smiles and smirks
most approved ballet style. If M
Chalif ever succeeds in inducing
New York theatrical manager to give
him an engagement, there will be
hot time in the old time for the gal
lcry gods.
This It Worth Reading.
Leo F. Zelinski, of 68 Gibson St
Buffalo, N. Y., says: "I cured the
most annoying cold sore I ever had,
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