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About Beaver State herald. (Gresham and Montavilla, Multnomah Co., Or.) 190?-1914 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 17, 1908)
l’nclr Sani mado «imi* money any- way, imi of «he Jaiiie«|nwu expiMltliHI poaiag» staiiq* a--"*' Ilio Mlralaalppl may li» the fai Iter •if water», but evcry Congresannin kuow» wle» Hielr Uliele la Th» “greatest allow on »» to a rltal circus Urin for only Am! we gar» $20.(MM),(MM> for Heda» eoa ■ »ingle refMirt There must be rarefnf <viin|Mirl*ui of «howlngs In »averal Mlstre and recognition of the a|M*elsl ■Itiinllona •■slating here and there lire fore final Judgment may lie pnaseil ii|»<n the rate lowering legislation, At the sama time there 1« In ferret In eon.« of the curly reports, which MWIII to ■how that the fenra of the railroad reprrei-ntallve« were not well baaed. The Ohio 2 cent fare law l>ecnm»’ ef fre llve on March IO. IWtfl The report for »n entire year 1« now avallahh* It reitnes from the Hint» Railroad Com mission, which bna are-iiretl from the roads data showing tlie groee receipts from the «ale of ticket» to points with In the Ntate during tlie year ended June .tn, |is)7 Twenty six Important road« and thirteen sulialdlary corpora tions «re represented In the report of tlie c<Hiuiil<wlon The thirty nine ro«da had an Increase of nearly $l.4,*Mt,K*. with s decrease on ten of the am«Iler roads >>f $MI,< mm ), making • net Inrreaae of $ 1,332.2X2. The riq«>rt contain« a c<nn|Hiratlve statement for five year» whlob prove« that the receipts of 11)07 were aliove the average during the five year je'rlod The rvinonlaalon also triad» « study of the average passen ger rernlngs per train mile of each of the roads In the Htate In this th« ■sine result *»» obtained. There w»s a sulistnntlnl IteTense over the figure« for llkwl Tlie elimination of fre» tran«|Hirtatlon and the wltl»1rawnl of excursion rate« were Jolnret with th» growth of paaeengvr business to pro duce tlie net g«ln mentioned Rcatter ed reports for given month« In other (tarts of the country seem to sup|Hirt tlie Ide« that the fears of rallresid men caused by the lowering of rates ha»» On the contrary, not t«*en reaitzrel (ravel haa Isu-n stimulated. In some eaare trains have been rretorrel to tlie schedule, amt the outlook Is favorable that complete showings from tlie coun try st large will Indicate that Hie Ohio situation la much like that of other well settl*l arena where travel Is ron- ataut. WANT HALf PAY Volunteer Army and Wavy Officers to Urge Thalr Claims In Congress. A n iiaunl. the lnn-- «iit bystander la in« of the worat (Mirta of a bang run.— New Yr.'rit Mall. 'Die dlabolo ertrr may not laat long. There was a plug |eing apaam uno». - I’lilladeljiiila lodger. Amasia* Growth, How can any country be bard up whoa« farms In the last nine years have produced fifty three thousand mil* lions of dollars' worth of crops? No wonder that th» report of the He*-retary of Agriculture Is full of thanksgiving flavor awl that h» Is un- affected fey cause» for (loom that work on other men Th» value at the farm products for 1807 Is nearly seven and one-half billion» of dollar»; 10 tier cent above that of 1800. «Then all rare orda of crops wars broken; 23 per cent over 18«!. and 57 per cent over 1880 More than 3.<X<>.o00 acres of land that iMM.1 to be considered valueleas. “the horn» of the cactus and the prai rie <!•«.” ar» now producing $30,000.- (»•> worth of cropa every year; and these crop» are directly du« to Rac- retary Wilson, who Imported th» Med- Iterranean durum wheats at a flrst cost of $10.000 and saw that they wer» planted there Irrigation farming, flu» wholly to th» dejiartnient, will this year sell crop« for not Ira» than *230,000,- Vn, which Is not rontemptlble. In view of the fact that the Iiepertnient of Ag riculture coats only about $15.000,000 a year. Yet the work of the department Is b; no means on such a scale as the nat ural rraourres of the country warrant and will one day make possible. Sur veyors declare that not one-half ths farms of th» country—430,000,000 acre», to fe exart—can be c|aa»»d ss improved land, and only one-third, or 290.000.000 scree. 1» fruitful. Many years will pare before all this ground Is put under cultivation, but the time will renne when It will be producing abundant crop» and supporting hun dreds of millions of human beluga— Ghlcago Journal. Back nd by precedents established after tlie Revolutionary War, »urvlv I* volunteer officer» of tli» army and nicy of (Ji». Civil War are to demand of CongreM the enactment of a law providing for their beneflt a voluutewt retired list with half pay for llfa In tlie teat CongreM a bill was Introduced providing for such a IIM, but restrict ing It to volunteer army olicera. II did not paua largely becauM of th« cry of dlwTliiilnatlon that was raised by naval volunteers and their friends It la now proposed by a committee of volunteer naval officers to hav» pr» pan-1 a measure that shall la Mtl» factory to th» navy and marina corps Circular» hav« been »ent out to all surviving volunteer naval officers I e th« United Hta’ra celling upon them to take an active pert In the Inter»»! of the measure. There circular» re view the blatory o' legislation for th« benefit of volunteer veteran officer» from the close of the Revolutionary War to the adjournment of tte Fifty ninth < ongreea and tt Is charged that there baa always been a systematic at tempt to eliminate the naval rolua- tiers from the benefits of such law» Now, then, get down to hualnraa and ylck out your I'andldate for I'realdent —Philadelphia Freaa. Thu average man whore wlfa la » (< mm I cook (loran't car» how frvaklat defines valu» aa l»r hata look. — Waablngton Po»L Hut nowadays It The WeatlngleiiUMi com-erne might Tti« reí a (Ion of a perf<x-t stand tv In- tiave iiM-d Mime of their own airbrake« cressed crop ylelda has l*»r. tu effec- o advantage I’liliadelpbla Press tually demonstrat«d that tb« best rneth- A Ibalon <*ook who lina made a qunr Th«* ciait uf funeral» baa gon» up. An- od of «torlng graln ter of a mllllon plee «lui 2.0U0.<MX) rther Incr»«»» In th» "coat of living"— bai’ooie« a mstter doligli nule wauts u (iciislon The man- 'or the aurvlvors New York World. of vital 1 ti teres t to tifaciurvra <>f dya|«-|isln rtsiwdlee ought all rorn growera. We ar» making financial history, but » se« etiat eh» gela It. A test wa« nudi lie (irofiheta are not agreed aa to th« ■—— - — last y»ar to fletar final chapter Philadelphia Inquirer. Tb» l’raaldent li«« Itren entertaining mine the »f ft looka aa If that reduction In tba Joel Cliandler Harris Ile probnbly de ato ring ahoh-aHle price of meat would be a lung aire! t<> flnd out wlietlmr rebbi!« really a dry Hm» getting to tho ronauiner.— Phlla- talk ami. If mi . why tbey use Ih» Gene room, Oil racks In lelphla Press iga negro dlalwt exeluslveiy. SKYSCRAPER MENACE. th« barn, In the If Rnturn Is getting tired of Its rings warming oven of a Glass telegraph («ile» ar» to I* used ;ierhH|M King Edward might utilize on« What a Conflagration Among Th»»« gtgv» and In a In Usrtuany. It will ta* Interesting for Io set his $75o.(Mai dlanvind lu.—Phils- corner lb would Cliff Dwells™ Would Mean. ttie Imi.a-eiit byalnii.li.ra when th» limi lelphla Inquirer. hav» on the ger- A catastrophe that will eclip»» th» lineman attempts to go up on» of those More elasticity of the currency and powers mlnatlng destruction of Han Francisco is the cheer v.lc« with a pair of cllmlwra. ■wa elasticity of the financial con- of the «erd the ing prospect offered for th* cootwnplatloo «•lence are desiderata of equal Import- following spring. of New York by the president of th« Hurglcal o|H-railoii» may tie perform •new.—New York Kun. board of fire underwriters, »ays Collier'« Tb» p»r cent of «d ii|«.n I'ltt«tinrg actiool hoys who fall Weekly. And it is not New York alone wan An Indiana woman went to Jail rath germination liehlnd In tlielr studies Get busy, boya that is threatened, but every great city rr than pay a tine of 1 cent. That lowest with the If It I» au.i<r»«ful hi Pittsburg the prae that permits the construction of skyscrap- munda like erouoiuy carried to eiona torn atorad In the crib, as would nat •Io» may be «dopici «Iscwtwiv era. The underwriters think that there -Philadelphia Inquirer urally tie »Xfiected. aa the seed iva» is oot only a possibility but a very strong In New Jeraey «even physicians hav« eipHied to th« yldely vsrylng tem probability of a bias» starting In the top All Albuquerque, N M , (ireiple are peratures which prevailed during th» stories of a neat ot these aerial hives and >een elected Mayors. Tbore Cities rnual not |iermlltre| to ore- tlielr telephone» on leaping serosa th« canyons that separate Save been sick of the wuy tiling» were winter reason. The germination was Hunday. Munday uiunt I m * a dull day practically the aame with the «ample« them. rag.ng aloft like a fir» in the upper ruing — Philadelphia Prees for the woman who Is In the habit of branch«» of a forest, and .weeping un stored In a dry room and on racks In A panic may be "a bleaalllg In dis 'Isleultig on a |»arty line out t her*. checked out of reach of the helpless firo a barn, though these method» of stor guls».'* but moat of ua would prefer tc men in the street. When office buildings ing had but little advantage over the PROVINO HIS STATEMENT I'rofewair llran.ler Matthew» haa sue lave our blraalnga put ou a more rbrer- go higher than the Washington monument use of the warming oven. Considera cdh-d In liitr.Hluehig «iuii.lin.il «i-ellliig *ul frout—Washington I’oaL all the ordinary methods of protection be ble difference was witnessed. however. Into Columbia University, l.ut for th» come obsolete. No bo«« can carry a Ocean freight rates are to b» In-1 In the strength of the germinations stream half way to their roofa No street prtramt It will go ou «|>ell!ng Ita nain» Home Indlvkiiula have never grown ■renartl at an early date. '«‘J»1» from'ror’n krt>t"ln”th»'"icve’ral’way»’ In mains ran furnish pressure enough to t'aavesleat Harrs«». lu tbr old yay Instead of changing It iMnond tlie kindergarten necessity of that all that foreign gold will get in ,fllcnted The grain from the corn send water up in standplpea Of course •o Kulumby. requiring an object leare.n to support 1r»t.—Fblladelphla Inquirer .Many basket bay racks are built in | »tored In the crib (bowed the least there are aatisfactory methods of supply an assertion. Edmund Yates put n Ttie gmt drawback about a peanut vigor of germination, the twat reaiilts such a fashion In the rear that to climb ing the upper floors in ord.nary tlmea It would tie Interesting Io know how ebre-k to tlie suspicions of such a per Het la that after you get used to It you being obtained from the corn stored Into them presents an especially irk but they would count for nothing in a many |>eople are a<«|Ulrln< n laid caw* son In a summary but convincing way The experience of San won't enjoy (¡ennuis at th« circus and Ion the racks In the barn, followed some task to a man. mor» so after conflagration. of liiaomnla by worrying over the re- which he dreerltire In his “Itacollere baring lifted hay or pitched bundles Francisco haa shown, in the opinion of ■all iiiiim . -Waaliliigtoii Post. quite closely by that stored In a dry (■irta ttuit Anna Gould la «I«.ut Ilona ' Mr Valsa at the time, held a all day. In the «ketch presented of th» President Babb, that “ao-called 'fireproof Th« great majority of American dt room. Tlie rorn stored In the warm ni«rrIrei again to something after buildings cannot withstand the attack of (■■iltlon In the Dindon pratoffios, where, ing oven germinated fairly well In a wave of flame.” If a fire should sweep pattern of her flret ImslMUd one day, he revived s visit from a zena duly know that there are new $1C all exi'ept two Instances. In one the ■vln» lu circulation because they read the financial district of New York it rather poiiquua gentleman who pub- ^germination was remarkably low. due would cause a loss of from one to two Women farmers «re ««Id to I« In II s I hi I much of the author's writing. I In the papers. —Washington Boat. billion dollars; the insurance compsmiea Itrgnrdlraa of panlis amt pulltbw. tb« ■either to a poor ear or to the fact that ■ ■re«»Illg rapidly In the New England This m»ii. for couvelilelxv. Is <•«ll.il (lie rorn may have been overheated at would be hard pressed to pay 30 to 23 •horua girl rontlnuea her conquering Htatea If tin. profil» from farming Mr Rmlth. cents on the dollar, title guaranty com •om« time.—Excbanga kis^i on growing nt the preeent rat« It By my chair bung two long «t*ali- uarch through princes belted earls and panies. mortgage concern«, savings banks, will not tie long before litici foreigner« Ing tulles, says Mr. Yalca. Mr. Rmlth vere milllonalrwi. — New York Mail. and all ocher financial institutions would Heavy Hay T obbb *». will be o.inlng over In drv'es to try Inquire! what (bey were. I told him. The Kaiser la «aid to have left $10,- suffer, and the city would feel at once the "By methods that are perfectly prac •heir luck In New England. loss of revenue from the destruction of and explained that on» went to tlie MM) lu tip» at Wlndaor < aatle. What a ticable to you we at the college are get taxable value». mcaaengers' lobby, while the other rom- selrome visitor be would be here at ting fifty-four tons of hay from twelve Another menace that bangs over the fiera come the Audubon societies rnunlcatii! with the constable»' box. he preeeut moment'—New York Sun. aerea First we have our land well skyscraper districts of great eitle« la tha wlth th« alarmlng statement ttuit In- "Do you mean to tell me that Giere A New York woman killed heraelt tilled.' said Professor Gilbert, of the danger of panic. It is •a.d that if a «ud- socia cause a Iosa of $Mi«i,ia«i.<aa) are constables always reedy to come ot »fter alerting the phonograph, appsr Maine station. In addressing a recent rear end of a rack we have tried to Il den shock should »end the «warming cliff yosr Iti th» cro|>» of the cimutry lie your cell?” exclaimed Mr. Smith •ntly dealring to have some pretext fol farmers' meeting. "Why is there so lustrate bow the task of climbing into dwellers all surging to the «treats at ooca canee of Ih» wanton dretriu-tloii of “Pooh, that's aw agger!" ler de»p»r»tlon. I'titladelphta l>*<1ger much rundown land. Is It low In fer the rack might be made, easier. But the highways would not bold the human blrds. ITie partleularly «Inruiliig tes He left own after, and I thought I Jerome K Jerome any« he la back In tility? No. It has been lying In grass little extra work and material will be flood. The streets of our cities were de tura of lillà esecri Ioli la tluit nobody would give him a leawm. so I blew required and at the same time the con signed to match buildings three or four ;hla country for euue new Jok«u. He 1« i loo long. There are lota of fertility, >*an dlaprove II. When ten such buildings tents of the rack are held very nearly stories high. down to the tan of the ronatablea Ikely to aoon find out that the roat of nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash; are plied one on top of another, and the "Ye«, sir,” was (he answer. what It needs la plowing up and rota «« good as If the end pieces extended Iving here U not ou». — Washington same thoroughfares are expected to ac Th» valu» of the Mississippi In sai clear across. "Are you tioth there?" I tlon. “vet. commodate the people from all of them, Ing the I'nlon ap|w-ara to luire Iwen "Yea sir." "Plow poor land In the fall, and by the results are likely to be startling. Now »«■in forgotten by the lic.pl» of th» "Rto|i a stout man with n whit« Fertiliser for O b Ion«. spring there will tie air In It. harrow It groat valley, who. like children with wnjstnsit who fa (inning down th« «ubject well In the spring, pulverize It by har Professor John B. Smith, the Ento a new plaything, when they got rail ata 1rs. Take him hi the lobby and i «imethlug that all ot us could talk rowing it over and over again. Then mologist of the New Jersey Experiment ibotit more Intelligently - New York roads, abandoned the river, and nfter hold him (III I coma" seed with oats and graas, and the next Station. In a bulletin oh the cabbage Mall tiie close of the war. In which It fig "All right, air." year you will have a good •Top of and onion maggots. Just issued, refers urial mi isitelitlally. It was mit called It eeema that the per capita ctrcula By and by I lelsurcly went down th» grass and clover the next year. A to the necessity of a quick-acting fer Into noth'» until the opening of Its stairs, to find Mr. Kmlth wirb a ronsts- Ion In l*<li3 was $23.23. while now It Is good rotation of potatoes on a-sl lam), tilizer In conjunction with planting at mouth to great alitisi suggested Its I**»» non» of the hoarder» hope 133 23. We ble <>n each aide, luildlng him by tbs using commercial fertilizer; the next the right time, and ri^ilenlshes the fol alide great value that 23. — New York a alarmed over w rista year cover with stable dressing, then lowing formula, recommended In ear Tribune "Here's the man. str He «ava It's a oats and graiui with no fertilizer; the lier reports: Nitrate of soda, 700 An Incident which ibowi how »vur* mtstnke. but they always any that, as Broker»' wives, owing to th» tight- next year, grass and clover, with top- poxnds; acid phrephate, 1.01K) pounds; Th» London (Canada) Labor party Women hare made their plaor In the you know well." less of thing« monetary, have resol veil ilreaelng of fertilizer. Our mixture of muriate of potash. 300 pound» Thia ha« pronounced in favor of old-age pen Industrial structure of the times hn« "Mistake!" roared Mr Smith. "What » play bridge only sixteen hours a day grana a«vd to tlie acre Is eleven pounds be said. In the case of radishea can be sions. lately ocmirred In III kh I» Inland A Is the meaning of all thia?" A majority of the musicians of Santa nstead of twenty, aa heretofore.—New timothy, six redtop, four red clover nnd applied as a top dressing along the woman who *Via.l worked for n single "Only to let you know alaiut my York Mall. four nlalke. row» tiefore they are planted, or Just Ct us. Cal., met recently and organised a great manufacturing concern for thirty 'swagger,'" anld I "Lot him go now* •'For the top-<lreaving 350 pounds to after they are up. at the rate of 300 union. There 1« nothing whatever In bual- five years wan discharged for can«»« Organized labor in Seattle. Wash., has aeaa or financial conditions In thia the acre of a fertilizer carrying 3 tier (■muds per acre. Similar applications which her fellow worker», men a» well carried out it» proposed plan of obtaining To Mo^r the K ob <I. »untry to can«» uneasiness to any man cent nitrogen. 7 per cent phoaphoric can be made on turnips or onlona I a* women, believed to In- unjust The There np|u*ar to have Iw-en In th» •rho 1« engaged In an honest business.— add. (I per cent potash. The grass believe that a fertilizer compounded a coal minr. whole power of the trade union. Involv "Old I loinlnioii," during curly colonial Springfield (Canada) miners ask for should be cut while In bloom.” After after this formula, or the application «Vashlngton Post. a ing all the fi,i««> employes, of both sex explaining why It should be done, he of the three Ingredients separately, at another board of conciliation' to investi days, a gtrat nutnlier of dogs of a mon gate the system of wrighing boxea There will b» « further drop In th« e% was brought to henr. to accur» a fair grel breed, the chief use of which was I continued. "After the first crop Is cut a proportionate rate, would In most yrlcea of provisions anil meats." say* 150 pounds of the same ferttllxer to the The building trades of Ran Francisco hearing for thl« one working woman. cases tie followed by good resulta The to destroy the smaller kind of animals are discussing a proposition to settl« on a in Armour manager ••Further?” Hai sere should be applied.” combination has about 5 per cent nitro running wild In the wi««la and fields. »rale of wages for three years. Tlie harm done by the nature fiikers How vnlimlile they were considered to myone noticed the previous drop?— gen In its most available form. 7 per The Central Labor Union of Scranton. lira In making |io<qile afraid of the 1« by tlielr owners la shown In a cas» New York World Eaallr Made lisa Holder, cent phosphoric achl. and 744 per cent Pa., has decided to build a $50.000 tem woods. Just ns If glirat stories were which .«vurrinl In Northampton Cqiinty deacrlbe « bandy sack holder, use- I potash. A ton of It would cost In the At the Weather Bureau these day» ple for the use of the trades unions of the put luto srhool leniks hs m-rlous litera about llittl. and I» recorded by I*. A. :hey are enjoying a delightful new hil on n farm, it has two upright neighborhood of $32 to $35. city. ture, Intimili ng the young liuaglnntloii Bruce In 'The Rodal Life of Virginia fame, known a» "Earthquake, earth pieces of 2x2 and a twolnch plank two The union men of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., with horror» until Hie child would not In the Seventeenth <'entury.” ptake. who'« got the earthquake?”— feet long which Gettlss Hid ot White Greta. bare started a movement to boycott th« enter a dark room, so three animal ro the upright piee»« A com|ilalnt was lodged In the county Washington Herald. These suggestions regarding white beef packers as long as prices remain at mances. from l.lttle Itul Riding llciod court agnlnat Mike Dixon, on the are fastened ta grub« were made by the Missouri Ex the present high rate. A eeat on the New York Stock Ex- About four or five down to various presa nivounta of the ground that lie |iermltted hla doge to periment Station: The Federation of Labor at Springfield. Lumi Park lion hunt, tend to M-nre rush out and bark at persona pamlng •hange has dropped to the Insignificant Inchra from the It Is very difficult to do much In de Mo., has decided to enter politics next mm of $33.000. Doubtless, standing lasqile away from healthful and en along the highway, which whs altuat- top Imre two holes stroying white grubs where they have year, and will put forward its president room Is down as low as $38,320.17.— e x actly opposite nobling (Vinununlon with wild nature. ed Immediately In front of Ills door. once gotten a good foothold. About as a candidate for the General Assembly. Washington Herald. Under every atone they snigw-ct some each other and Instead of |iro|»mlng to kill or re Th» Carpent»rs' Union ot Winnipeg. the only plan la to put out a new patch mtirn I* (iilled, ready to atrlke; In strain the dog«. Dixon simply petition Japan la buying great quantities ot P I • c e through and plow and cultivate thoroughly the Manitoba, haa three members who have every thicket they se the baleful ed the court to have the public road I American made steel rails. Ia*t her there bole« a long ground where the Infested patch stands. been continuous members of the organisa gleaming eyea of some wolf or wild removed Mime distance back from his ilone! A rattling good railroad prob- bolt, Take a piece tion for more than thirty-six years. Their These white grubs are the larvae of a years of membership total about 110 cat Just think how many "palntara” dwelling house, “because It win nece«- chi will give her all the war she wants of plank or board group of beetles known as May beetles yeara. The union believes this sets a rec have leo|iil iqein lltiml'fl'cctlng heroes and cut It to fit he declared, "to keep dogs for •t home — Atlnnta Constitution. bao Hotnra. an ry or June bugs. They feed for three ord. of romanci*, fnnn Fenlmore Coo|ier's the preservation of creatnree from ver- A Pennsylvania Jmtge announces that tietween the two years as white grubs before changing time to Janies Lane Allen's! The fact At a meeting of Engineer»’ local Na 1 applicants for divorce must prepay uprights ami place the bolt through to adults, so that you will find various mln." of Denver. Colo., the finance committee this biHird so It will work easily. Cut is that timidity la the prevailing char referred to were •osts. Why not bo forehanded and In The "creatures“ sizes of these grubs at the same time reported that increased wages to th* mem acteristic of the animili kingdom. Even poultry and young pigs, and the “ver ter! a divorce codicil In the marriage this board In a half circle to fit the In your patch. Some of these will ma bers of th» union during th« last year sack. Drive nails through this board the fierce bear show« so little light mln" were wolves, foxes, minks. polo- •ertlficate? Philadelphia Press. ture one year, some the following year, •mounted in the aggregate to $(1.500. It around this half circle to fasten sack that the hunter must pursue him for cats and the like. A Tennessee man has dlsvivered a to. Thia hoard can be raised or low and so on. Cultivation Is about the was reported that condition» In this trade mllra to get a allot nt him. If people It 1« not stated whether or not hi» qtocles of worm that eats English spar remedy for these grubs. •re very prosperous. ered to the height of sack and Is held only knew thia they would not lie afraid petition was granted •ows. Hereafter the early bird will de In place by mean» of an Iron rod which The total number of men killed while of the Wiawla or their gentle denizen«. r*ro»ev Fruit Parkis», mining coal in the United Stat»« during sell to watch out and not get caught la fastened on the uprights about two They would go out «nd lie friends vlth Preaervlns <•» l*re»portl<ia. ly the worm. Washington lleralll. A great many farmers and fruit 11KW. «ccording to statistics gathered by feet from the bottom. tliem and live cleaner, saner lives tn A merchant who wan convalescing Th» growers seem to Ignore the conditions the geological survey, was 2,001. con»i|iicnre. If tho nature*fake con An Oblo convlet nindb $20.000 while from a serious attack of typhoid fever attending the Journey which their number of workmen receiving injuries In Prevewtlns Sore «•onlitee. five-year term He got troveray brings thia about, the pri clamored for something to cat, and de tervlng a this industry more or less serious, but not Don't let your horses' shoulders get ware« must take before they reach the fatal, was 4.71M during the same period. toard and clothing free, tore A scram mary reason why It was liegiin, we may clared that he was starring hands and eyes of the ronsumera. The «on*. You can prevent It by bathing lie may I* expected for positions on «II I« thankful for the big stick. Miss Marot, secretary of the Woman's ‘To-morrow you shall have some methuls of transportation, custom* of ler that wanton Philadelphia la-dger every night with strong salt water. It Trade Union League of New York, a thing to ent." promised the doctor. The toughens them and also prevents galls. the trade, the markets' fashions aa re short time since delivered an address in R»l«irt» are I »igl n n I ng to come In patient realized that there would lie a That Massaehusetta ease. In which a Among the moat distressing sights Is gards style, size and form of package, which she urged women to organise In ev npon whlnh to base Intelligent Judg restraint to his apiwtlte. yet he saw, nan got a divorce from hla wife be that of n liorae nt work with sore shoul all must be well understood, for they ery branch of industry and co-operate In ment of tho actual working of the lu vision. Harper’s Weekly declares, a •ause she went through hla |MM*keti ders. Frequent bathing and care In are as Important aa the growing of the union agitation, holding that in that way Scent faro legislation. When the modest, steaming meal placed at hla tvery night, was probably raised before only can women compete on equal terma the selection of collars will prevent It crop. movement for lowering fares began to b»*d«tde. :he money stringency cam» on.—Phil» with men In the trades. Root» ot Plante. gain force there was loud outrry from lelphla Press "Hero Is your dinner," said the nurse Reaction from Low Frtoo«. The average wage paid to th» bulk of The roots of plants require air, ano the representative» of the rallyoada the next day, aa she gave the glower A large number of farmers will dis when th»y do not get the necessary the working population of Porto Rico en Sixty days In Jail was th» penalty In- who aaserttxl the Impossibility of oper ing patient a spoonful off tapioca pud sirred by a rash young man who sent a rat'd a crop altogether ths next season amount of air asphyxiation or suffoca gaged in the coffee and sugar Industries Is 15 cents and 45 cents, respectively, for ating th» roads profitably on a basis of ding. “and the doctor says positively tynamlte bomb to the Governor of Col- If prices are low st present which is tion takes place. Thia plainly shows ten hours' work a day. S cents a mile for passenger traffic. In that everything else you do must b» tn irado. It would be Interesting to know Just the opposite practice to the course the Importance of breaking up by culti During the last year six new districts some esses the paaage of laws was fol the aame proportion.” rhat the courts out there regard as a that should b» pursued. for the reason vation the »urfage of laud In cropa the lowed by ths taking off of trains and Two hours later the nurse heard • that when on» farmer drops out oth gixid fanner or gardener doing this ev were added to the International Spinners' «rlous crime.—Philadelphia ledger. ths crippling of the service. The rail frantic call from the sick-room. ers are entertaining the aame view«, ery time during the period of active Union, according to the report of Presi dent I'rgan Fleming, at tho annual •ra A Pittsburg exchange claims thst th» the result being that the article will road men were confident that experi "Nurge," breathe»! ths patient heav growth of the plant or crop tho soil's tion. held in Boston, Maas., recently. ence would soon demonstrate the ne ily. ”i want to do noma reading. teople there have more money per cap be scare» the next year and pvl-es surface gets hard or baked. Th« manufacturing jewelers of Paria ta than tb» people of any otb»r Ameri high. cessity of a return to former tarlffa Bring me a j<owt«r» stamp " Ttie government of Spain has Just Franca at a recent meeting not only pos tan city. No mention Is mad» of th« The conditions vary so greatly In dif The banana, like most planta has Its started la to foster Its agricultural In itively refuse-’ to recognise th« union, but Whan a man haa an opinion or a slckedn«»» p»r capita but that I* ferent parts of the country and on dif lecturer* decided to recall th« previous concession peculiar dieres»—a blight which causes dustry by sending touring theory that ba|>p»na to turn out right loubtleaa •• great •• th» fluaoda/ ferent railroad systems thst It Is not of a nln« and on«-balf-hour day, and W much loas la Central America over tbs country. ffiowln«.—Waablactoa Po»L tost to make positive deductions from bow be lore» to hear about Ul I'Ull I Insist on • tSR-bow wotMdn, Construction work on the Paname ca nal will be ruehed next yeer. Thirty- two millions, approximately, ere to I e ei(M*nded. Congreaaman James A. Tawney of Minnesota, chairman of the committee on approprlatloua just re turned from Panama with seventeen members of the committee, predict» thst the canal will be completed by Dee. $1, 181A “Ws found everything going along In th» most »atlsfartory way," the Congressman deci area "There may be a million cut off H m •um of $32,000,<MM) asked for coostrw tlon, sithough demand» lu the main have been modest Reductions will l<e asked In only a few departments "So cial conditions there are better gener ally than among the workmen of the United State» Workmen are well cared for and satisfied. We found th« employes, clerical, medical am! engin eering, wer» pald 50 per ernt mors than at bom». whll» quartera ar» für- nlshed. A single man g»ta a rnom; married m»n a houa». Canal men art paid one-third more than at borne, and they can live more cheaply. The gov ernment sells them supplies at a lower rate than home price* Ire water an< light are cheaper than In New York. Ranltary conditions are all that can be deal red." • i—~ In all th» money centers of the conn* try. as well as |n Wall street, the new» of the government's bond and note I» sues caused a feeling of relief an.l the financial akies were clearing, Every- where bankers were eager to grt the new aecurltfae and there wa» Do need of an underwriting syndicate, .Many sent telegrams of congratulation to tlia President and Secretary Cortelyoiu Subscriptions to both Issues have al ready begun to pour Im N»vertlielei«» Chicago's clearing house carried out its project of Issuing certificate» In denom inations of $1. $2. $5 and $10. and over $3.000.000 in these were e-igerly grabbed for current buslnrea need- At New York quantities of enrrency brought 2 and 3 per cent on the curt». But at th» aame time arrangeimmta were In progrew for a resumption of a cash basis all over the country. Thw indictment of three officials of the Bor ough Bank of Brooklyn for false re ports of the bank's condition wa.-* taken as another sign of the financial house cleaning In progress Three railroad companies, the Atch ison, Topeka and Santa Fe. St. Loula • nd Ran Francisco, and the Missouri Pacific, bare absolutely declined to comply with an order of the Poatofh-w Department that for the next forty days these roads should carry euqity mall bags and other mall equlisueut beck to the distribution centers with out compensation therefor. The reason for thia order was a desire to prevent a tie-up or congestion of mail during and Just preceding the holiday«. Ta this end. It was thought that It would be well to have the equipment trans ferred more speedily than can he done by freight, which Is the method pro vided. While there is some doubt a* to the right of the department to en force Its order, the law permits the ice of the express companies for the pur pose tn question, which would meet th» emergency, though proving rather ex pensive. The military authorities of the vari ous governments have not overlooked the Important part which airship» will probably play In the wars of the fu turo. and are making active prepara tions for both offensive and defensive operations along this line. It Is re ported that Captain Thomas T. Love lace, the aeronaut, recently made a Isil- I too trip over the walls of Fort Wads worth, New York Harbor, and took a series of bird’s-eye photographs of the fortifications, showing the entire prac ticability of obtaining Information in this way. This material was turned over to the War Department, and It Is Intimated that thwaeronaut will be giv en a commission In the United States Army Balloon Corpa Developments tn regard to the pend ing prosecutions of the whisky dealer« for violation of the pure food law indi cate that the question as to what should be construed as pure whisky was finally decided by President R. huc - velt, to whom the matter was taken by Dr. Wiley, chemist of the Department of Agriculture. The President ron- enrred with the chemist tn the opinion that to meet the requirements of I ho law the whisky must be the pure spir its, unmlxed with neutral spirits, fla voring or coloring matter, which pro duces the article called ''blended whisky.” Delegate« from five Central Ameri can republics met with Secretary of State Root and Ambassador Creel of .Mexico at Washington to discuss a per manent peace program. Speaking aa the temporary chairman. Mr. K.s.t told the delegates very plainly that here after something more than fine words and promises must be given, and that the means for enforcing a peace agree ment must be suppl led which would hold responsible those who might vio late IL The In.tlan Bureau Is Informed that In an engagement between I'nlted States troops and roving Indians In southern Vtah three Indiana were killed and one wounded, while ten oth ers. Including the leader of the hand, were arrested. Qovernor Poet of Porto Rico ha» bee-n «nmmoned to Washington hy the Prés idant to anawer chargea that he recent- ly made a coarss blasphémons speech befor» the aarembly of achool «upi-ri» tendent»