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»