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About Beaver State herald. (Gresham and Montavilla, Multnomah Co., Or.) 190?-1914 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 14, 1908)
A lot of K) rnllrtl gvildrn M Hr net* |a ■»lily platml Ohl» of til«« lH«‘oiialMt«»hi'lrM of *o«*l««ty 1» that n girl cannot go out until all* I n Mil. Mark Twain tuia ngiiln shown that !»• I n r gwnlua. II** I ian lost money tn « btialnr*« venture. Admiral lioj**tv«naky Myt th* American f1»ot 1« aui*rlnr to that of Japan Rainanitwr l(oJ**Ntv«*n«ky 1 A l/UMlon pobllaher la bringing nut a huiu<*r«>oa novel In th«» volume* ICng land puelUvrly refute* to rut Ita fun abort NmnrtwMly ha* «*M|»r«**a«’«1 th«’ l*»f»e that the present alyl© of battleehip will ho( b* out of <lntr by tin* time the flrrt around the world 1 quarter* of ih • d«»^ntiern«*y of t*i« Aliierlrini home This flm* mid dl hig tribute to the H\«»rng«' Amroun woman puts th«» emphasis where It Is* longs, not up«»n unfortunate instnncew I In «me «mall class of s«M*lety, but ii |* oh Hie thousands nm| tens of tbousiinds of happy and healthy homes the conn try over, wlwr«* wom«»n whose hands are ««fieri luisv with h«»iis«*holil task" have learned to open tbelr windows to th«» world of beauty and «»tiger lntrn*«t In which they live. I.llrarl«*«. lectures. «•Iul»s. telephone, troll*), rural free de livery them* have all been memns to a larger life, which Is r«»v«»nllng Itself In n n«*w con«rlousm»«i of th«* honor «^ toll, of civic duty, of w Ide vision©«! nelgblsirllne««. of tl«e freedom of beau ty. Other «»enlurle* sial otlwr clvlllu Ilona have given opjH»rtunity to a priv ileged few ; the twentieth century Is throwing wide the doors tu women of every ”class” In every corner of the country It Is the Ag«* of the Average Woman may she nobly enter upon her great heritage There is n far«*e now bring played In the the*tors of the larger cities which mak<* much fun at the ei|M»n*s of the g«s>d old times when knights were bold Th* theme lends lts«»lf t<> humorous Mr, f'ortelyou announce* th«t we treatment, but It might be hsndle«! v«wy hav© | |*JU,(MM), irri more tlutn we had »« «•ffectlvrly by « skillful dramatist In a year ag>» H^mo* of n* Rp|M»ar to t»r ei «M*rloua vein Nor would It be ne<*ew hlMtlng wondvrful running In bnnirliig sary Io g«» bn«*k to the eleventh or *»u to It. twelfth «»entury to And comjtarlsona Tin* folk* who are rontlnually aaklng very much to the advantage of th* “What** In n name?” ahould have their ttm«»* In which v»e live There bar* I wen r«*markable Ganges for the I mh attention called to Mr l.u«-k of Roan oka, Va . whn*r wife presented him ter In this republic aln«*e Its founds tlon, changes which may t«e thankfully with quadruplet* the other day <* m II«*«1 to mind during the soaann of ”A corn orchard, |«a«*ki*1 with gra**eN Christmas festivities and annual re views, 'l lie most striking change of all and fragrant with th* bloom of al falfa,H la the way F 1» ('«»burn dr waa, of <s>urse, the aulwt But Ion of fr«M» writ*** Kanaaa Who Itnowa but that dom for slavery In U m » Hooth, but Kanaaa may Mini* day l**«\)mr a great many old abiisrs bate lieen ««ippresaed There were unsi«eakable prison horror» 'Iterary renter? in rhe North. In Hie anti slavery terrl Hie 11 oo a ton l*o*f announce« that tory of New England during the early There has Taiaa Im a more widow* per capita history of th* «»«Hintry than any other Ntate In the I’nloft lieen a !>les*ed revolution In the c*ra of Thia la prornbly due to the fa<t that the Insane and In the management of thry gnllantly limit themarlvr« to public charities Ths «Miidltlona of la ls>r ha vs t«e«m greatly Improved, though 'hooting the men only Iti Triaa there Is all 11 room for Improvement. A Western chemist declare* that It There la much gr«*ater security for la dangerous to drink milk containing business than ther«» used to t»r ’n»en» more titan half a million germ* to the have | m *«* u many ¡Milltie*I reforms of «•tl!>U* centimeter And n* f«n\ people Immense value to the |a*nple . tliere are have the time to count th«» g»-rma the higher Ideals In |M)lltl<*s nisi tliere la 1« »a i»o||(|«’nl (>orriq«(l<»ii than formerly -levnnnd for milk la likely to fall off There ar«* better manner* In |Mil|rl<«a. t«s>. In spit«» of «Mvashmal ««urbreaks of A Plttaburg doctor who ha* larwn mie! bad temjsT In all this we have sal«! for I2.IMM) by one of hl* ludy patlenta nothing of Inventions and material fur a klaa that be la allcgrd to have Improvement*, but tiw»y have bad a stolen an) a ho kl** In the World la very mark«*«! effect on social conditions worth that much inon«*> Hr will hnvr Lighting hfwtlng. tran«|»*«rtAtIon, com- to admit, however that they fr»'|uet»tly munlcathin by mall, telegraph ami tele *«•1 even more phone, r great array of lamaeliold con venlences, suggest a n«*w world of «»am A nmn waa Arr«**tted In ¡»Ittabur* a forts, pleasure« and fsrllltl«*« for doing few day* «*>• for standing on u bus*net« The whole trend In law. In «*»rn*r am! giving away Ina money If government. In *<«-1ety. In th«» adapts In* had ia*t on a I m »r*c race or Int rated tlon of material thing« to the needs In a get-rich quick mtiTprla«* he might and wants <»f man has l»N-n for the b«»t have got rid <>f hla ca«h without tnnk ter Mournful thoughts <x»n<*ernlng Ing It nerraaarjr for the poll«** to take the dr« a dent pr«**«*nt am! a rnpl<! a«-t l«»n, movement to the «log« and destruction have no jn*t! flrat Ion whatever In hl* Ko much has been an Id about the tory, which is a record <»f steady nd •mlNMlon of the motto, “In God We vanrenwmt If history trsrlies any Trust,” from the gold coin*. that com thing with «»ertalnty It la that the most thrnt on the Nnint Gamlen« dw*lgii an alarming of threatening evils will b»» a work of art has bran of Nr**ondary over«’»»m«’ an«! that «xmtlnurd progress Interest It serin* to t»e the general will be ma«!e. opinion that the eagle la true to nature, and that In nature he la not a hand <> m I f m Tramp. auuie bird when hr la at real. In flight A recent Incident which holds In Its I m » I s magnificent Ntandliig he la simple «»utllma the possibility of past rlutnay (k»r|»ral Madden'* rebuke to tragedy. Is d«*w rI!•»•<! In the New York Private McFadden wn*. "Ye march like Times It is another Illustration of ‘he nlgle In Clntheml I’arrk ’” I miw careless tlir world Is of the Indi tldual. ami how thick Is the cloak Florence Nightingale, the profession which one may wrap alM«ut hl« prr*on- a| nurw» and hoapltal reformer, who nlity. The «»ther «lay a laborer rm- won fame by her Mrrvlce* In the Prltlali ployed by th«* Erie Itallroml In Jersey army hospital* during the Crimean City was run over by a tr.il« am! had war. has lately Isvn decorated by King bls l«»g <*ut off. Kdwartl with the Inalgnia of the Order A jMdk'einan trl«-phnn«,d for an i it of Merit. This order was created bi bulanCe The Injure«! man lay on a the king In 1WC. for the reward of , gra*’« ¡Mitch, apiuirrntly bl<»«»«llng t«« those who have achieved onneplruou»» death Just then a typical railroad distinct Ian In naval or military *erv ' tramp In dirty rags snuiit«>r«*d along Ice, In letter*, art <»r science. Mias II«» tnpiH'1 a polhvmnn*»« elbow. Nightingale la the only woman member "May I a«k what Is th«» matter. «»fH of the order; the other* are fnmoue «»erT* he Inquired. British and Japanese soldiers ami aall ■’.Man bli'Aling to death,” repll<M the <»r*. and British men of aclem’r. artists, ixdh'vman. novelists and administrator* To pick "W«»ul«l you mind If I l«»ok«»d at out from nil the noted <Mntrmporary him?” ask«»<l th«» tramp. “I might b«» Englishwomen the one distinguished of wrvli'e?” for her ¡w»rull«rly feminine serv|r«*i t«> "Go ahead.” respoml«>l th«» «»f!l«\»r. tlie nation Is an act < lwira< fc/lstlc of Bending low <»v«»r th«» w«»uml« <l I ii I mu •he tactful an«! dlM-rlmlnatIng king. er. th«» trnuip a»«k«»d for water to wash his hands, and then lH*gg«*«l th«* rrow«l About 1<*0 mil»** <»f the street rnll for clean hamlkerelilH*. With a half way*, or tramways, of London an» doxen «left, rapid twists lie mad«* n owned and ojierated by the lamdon tournl«pi«'t. and stopiMil the flow ot (bounty tYvunrll It la surprising to blood. learn from the ofllrlal bnhin.v sheet "Are you a dis tor?” some on«» nsk«»d. that the surplus remaining over nprr a* th«» man *llp|M»«l away through tin» sting ei|»en*ea. Interest on the debt am! crowd. other ordinary chtrge*. amounted to "I use<1 to be,” hr rsplird, ns he bur less than fL’iO.fW «luring th«* year ended rlci! off. In March last. Tn*atlng tin* County - r ■ 1 ~ * Ke Always H r mrm hr red. Coui**ll as a cor|M»railon seeking a div Ideml on the operation of Ita Illi«»*, A .tiitli» lurkiil nt the <.»rner« of Mr«, there would hnvr I hm ii only «»nr seventh mouth «« «lie IlnteiM«! to tlie of 1 per cent for the Ahareholdrra. l>lHlnt of the *'( kh > i frh'ti'l whom «Io* Considering the large profits of the hn<l not «rm for more tlinu ten yenr«. street rallwny business In this <*ountry. "I’m nfrnhl, dour." »lie wild, "you'll rim ! the facts that London la the larg hnve to rroonetriK t »om» of your pinna. eat city In th«» world, am! that the train You «*, I married a forgetful man. ways carried more than 300.000.iKiB pa* too." iu•ngers «luring the year report«!, the "Why, you told mo not ten minute« result Is not promising ns a business ngo tlint your liii«hnnd had never yet proportion. forgotten your birthday or your wed ding annlveraary," cried her friend; Not many months ago Mrs. Julia "and you told me you'd been marrlol Ward flows, whose hnm»y fortune It nearly eleven years! Tbat'a ever alnee has t»een to I* Intimately assoclat«'! the year after father took u« all with the patriot!«» and literary Ilf«» of nl>road." the ¡mat century. sp«»ke, from her long "Ye«," «aid Mr«, fjombanl. demurely. r«‘tr<»ap«s,t of eighty on«» y«»nrs, of th«» "I have; that'» a long time. Isn't It? progress an«! the retrogression of her lint yon «ee one thing »va« In my fa own nei. Women of fashion, she re- vor- I was born on the bourth of July. gn»tfully said, seemed to I ht to have Mr. IxMnbard couldn't very well for lost both In general tone anti culture get the national holiday. And aa soon and tn dignity of character. But al as I’d found out how forgetful tie was, though the world d«»e* not grow better I decided to be married on another everywhere all the time. It does grow holiday. ts»ttnr and not worse, and In women "1 suppose as you were abroad, you outside th* charmed circle of fashion did not rcallae thnt the date of my site found th* tone of taste and culture wedding wan unununI- pc<a>le aren't much higher than In her youth. Her often rtiarrled on the twenty second of own words were: ”1 find women lead February. 1 think. Hut you ace, by ing nobler ami better Ilves, filling a little judicious planning I've been larger an<1 higher places, enjoying the saved the no-eaalty of reminding him upper air of thought where they used about our anniversary." tn rest upon the very soil of domestic car«» ami detail. 8o the community When we aee a mnn who cultivate« gains, although one clas* loses.” There long linger nails, we think of club<A i* in Uwee day* much talk in certain pletol% and that sort of thing. KEXTUCKT'S TOBACCO WAS. Wight Bid era Inflict an Aggrsgats L am of Nearly «1.000,000. The last ei|>lolt of tin- Krntix*ky tobeo) night rider« In ■•■Ixlng (be city of llopkliisvlll«, dxMtroylng |30b.<XXJ worth of property atld «rrbaialy wound big two men, has imoad an Intensity »f Intere« tbrougliout the Miste sud far beyond lu bordera. The«« rider« are Hie most cempbuoii« feature of tlw* war that Is being waged by the tobm-co growers <X Kentucky against the A meri esn TotHO'ni <'<mg*any. By raduHng the comfietltloti In the buying of tobac co to praet1<-ally nothing U m - nMn|Hiuy forced down tbs pri-w of leaf toba.ro until lb« growers My they can not real I m enough to ¡«y for raising It. The lobati» crop Is a mainstay In many parts of Kentucky, and thouaanda de pend on It for their dally bread The growers determined to force Ute prl<e up. The plan profataed In the beginning, and which Is still 1*1 ng followed, was to fonti a contiti nation of tlu- growers to rga'wr ttie corutitnation of the manu facturers snd by withholding the to bacco malt« th« tobseno truat t-otite to terms. Many ameeiationa of growers have ticen formed In the différent tie barro raising regions of Kentucky, lint some of lite gemere <B»1 not come Into the asst>clat I-m ranks anti orberà grew weary of waiting and sold their croft« l’ite more violent men In the aawe-ia- tiotta havs rrsorted to the meaaunw that gars rise to the nlglit riders, and by dsatroylng the profa-rty of the to bacco rasiti«ny end the grower« who ar« not aliltel with litem have sought to carry th rougit their plan by tone and terror The fiopklpsville rail waa the aerand tima In twelve months rliat the nlglit ritiera «dsed and terrorised a city. On Orawnber 1. Il*»i they entered 1 “rinee CAU FOB EX-FBE8IDEKT8. IS PLEA OF OBOVEB CLEVELAND An Urges Duty to Maks Provision for Men Who Have Filled Highest Post in Nation. deferring to the poverty of Jefferaon when ho left Um presidency a, a blow to national pride. Grover Cleveland, writing lu the Youth a Companion un dor to title "Our People atai Their e, 1‘resldents,'’ argues that definite and generous provision should I* made for the ma I nlena ms- of chief magistrate« at the aspiration of their terms lie deals with the sgbject at length ami e,plains that lie frala he can do so without ills sincerity being questioned, sines be Is beyond the need of aid from tlie public treasury. ’*rbe condition Is by no means met." Mr Cleveland writes, "by the meager and apasmodlc relief m-aalonally fur ulahed under the gulae of a military pension or some other pretext, nor would It lie best met by making cotn- fM-usatlon dependent upon ttie discharge of senatorlsl or other otilctal duty. Our people ought to make definite and dec- oroua provision, for all case, alike, baaed on motive, of justl<-e and fair neaa. am] adequate to the situation.” Mr. Cleveland describes ttie limita tion, that bl, former high office pla<-e on a ret I rail President In ills choice of ocruisitiona and mean» of livelihood, ami iiow popular conception of him as a repository of national dignity enforcM a scale of living that may not be within hla private means '-There la a sort of vague, but none tbe leaa Imperative, feeling abroad In the land that one who haa occupied tbe great office of President bolds In trust for hl, fellow clttsena a certain dig nity which. In bls coteluct and manner of life, tie la hound to protect against SKETCH OF COUBT ) OOM AND CHIEF FI0UBE8 IN T1 ton. Kjr.. * town of srvrrnl tlx>u*an<i Inliabltnnt*. atM»ut thirty mile* north of ll<»pklnRvll!«». t«*»k ¡x»*s***lon of th«» ¡»o- lice nn<! Ar«» (!<»|»artni«»nt*. the water work*, th«» tt»l«q»hnii«» an«l telegraph of- fl«»** *n<! with the town nliut «»ff from tbe r«»*t of th«» world «lynsn’Bixl and m t Are to the Hteger & I>«»l!nr an<! the John (’. Orr ttrfmcco f*«»turles, which sere «I!hi! with the trust. Th«» flret H|i««‘HraiH'v of tbe night r!«!er* whs In Novon»!»er. BMM1, when they destroyed some tobiKi»«» born* nod mnn 11 factorle* In Todd County, with n loss of a (»out S 10.000. The fl rut rnh! came on the night of Noreml*»r 11. 11**1. when manked band* entered tlw» town* of Eddyville nn«l Kuttawa, shu nted clo*c t«*get!ier In Lyon and <’nl«l- well Countie*, him ! destroyed the plant* of the Ainerhiin Snuff C«Hiil*uiy an«! M C. Illee. * irh |2(U**i loan. Be*l«le* th«**«» there have t»een many smaller raid* and visit* to Individual grower*. Tohneeo barn* have lx»«’n burn«*«!, grower* who refus'd to jmk »1 their toba<»oo have l*»en taken from their homo* and whlpiH»«l. ! k » usp * hnve I m » cii flred Into and th«» occupant* woun«le«l. Th«» n«pr«»gate Io**«»* by them» raid* auxaiMt to nearly $I.OOO.<**K A *ynthrtlr llrMlth Creed. The “back-to-nature” movement, of which the moRt prominent l«*a<i»»r* are |)r. J. J I. Kellogg of Battle Creek, l>r. lh»wey, l‘r«'f*. Fl*her and Chittenden of Yale nnd Prof. MetchnikolT of ltu*sin. has now found a *ynth<»tising exposition Ht the hand* of Ih». Haniel S. Sager in a nrw I hhi U publl*he«l by Stoke*, entitled, “The Art of Living in Go<*1 llenlth.” This new npo*tle of the niinpler life, with the fu’ded authority of r RuecraRful ”.M. I>.,’’ c«»minen<l.* much of th«» work of tho*e pioneer* «nd found* hi* Rysteni on a creed, the ve«t-porket «»dition of «vhkh i* : “Breathe deep: ehew long; drink enough, rat little.” Bathing. exen»i*e. early *l«»ep nnd cheerfulne*» nre other Rrticl«»*. Imerlcan Wlna N«»hel Prise. The Cniversity of Chicago hear* that th< hen«! of it* <iep*rtiu<»nt of phy*i«-*. Prof. Albert A. Miehelson, i* to r«»<’rive the year’s N<»l»«»l prix«» for the I hm work in hi* line. Prof. Michelson is now in Ix>ndon* when» th«» tjopley medal Im* l»«»en aw*rd«*«l to him by th«» Ixtndon Royal So ciety. Br. Michelson i* the di*coverer of r method of mensuring th«» v«»h*»it) of light. Though born in G*»rtniiny, he ha* lived here since childhood nnd is a gru«l uate of the Naval Academy at Annapolis. He I* now Ml Caraaeftle*Ab«ll*hes A*e l.lmtt. On observing his 70th birthday anni versary recently Andrew Carnegie ex pressed the opinion thnt a man’s useful- n«»s* Increases with age. When R*ked if a man could accomplish as much at 70 as at 40, he replied: “More, bless you. mor». Al’ things being equal, a man's efficiency ia Increased at 70. lie is equipped with greater etperlenct.” The recipe he gar® for happinena waa ”To obey tha Ju«1ga within and make other* happy.” Ths report of the bureau of manufac ture* just lamed *eta tha vain* of tha annua) production by manufacturer* ia tha United Stataa at |13,000»UUa ESTATES OF OLD 8OLDIEB8. Oblo County to Ftgbt United StatM for «500,000. Frank W Howell, a Irayton lawyer la now entitled to tbs world'e record aa administrator of estates lie haa lieen apjiolnted by Judge C. W. Hale as admlnlstrat« of h.t.32 estates, snd hsa lieen i-onrpelled to give bond In tbs sum of 98,200,010. The appointment as administrator grew out of ttie following situation: The central branch of tbe National Military Homes ia located at liaytos, arid wm established by tbe United Ktatee government, by a sf**-lal act, March 3. IMG The Jurisdiction of this Isrgr tract of ground, mors than a mile «quare In extent, was cevled tn the United Rtatea g-ivernment by the State of Ohio April 13. 1W7. Upon this land the Central Hranch of the National Military Homes waa built for disabled sildlers and sailors who have fought the battles for liberty and union. Aa far ns the United States government is concerned nothing lias lieen neglected, end tbe central branch Is a veritable paradise If all the veterans who entered the central branch had lived there would have been no contention and nothing to narrate. Wlien death comes ths veteran receive, a deient and honor able burial, and bls belonging, are col lected, and If not claimed by relatives, are «old. and the money, together with all of tbe pension money to which b« is entitled, la placed In the "postbu mous fund." which Is In tbe keeping of tbe treasurer of the Central Branch, National Military Hoinea Sometimes tbe deceased veteran leaves consider able property which be baa gained by Investment or speculation with bl, pension money. Four test cases ar« now being fougbt out to determine whether these eel,tee shall revert ta THAW THIAL. loss or det«»rioratlon. Obedience to this tbe Montgomery County treasurer ot obllgntlon pre*«*ribe* for him only such tbe United Stat«** government. It It w««rk as In popular Judgment i* not contended by Mr. Howell, tbe admin undlgnlfl«»d. This *ugg«»*t* without ar latrator. that the money left by tbe old gumeut a reciprocal connection be- veterans who die intestate belongs to tween the curtailment of opportunities Montgomery County and should go to and a reasonable obligation of indem wn nl the school fund. United State* nl flea tlon.” District Attorney McPherson of Cin On«» division of the Cleveland article cinnati Is looking after tbe interests of I* devoted to the “Occupation* of an the government. He claims that the ex-PresIdent,” *nd In It the former money belong* to the United States. President reveal* the multiplicity of The amount Involve«! In the <*«*♦»* rep thing* widt h p«»rsons endeavor to bring resented by Mr. Howell, the admlnla to the att«»iition of the retire«! states trator, •* something over $500.000. man and the class of affairs he is asked Sea Test of Gyroscope. to t'ngnge In. The claim made some time ago tha* steadiness might be imparted to ships at Striped Sults Almllsbed. John V. Coggey. commissioner of cor sen in heavy weather by means of a gyro rection at New York City, has announced scope was received w:tb some incredulity the sl»olii*bu)»»nt of striped suits and the by practical mariners. Recrat dispatch hx'k step at the {«enitentiary on Black- er from London, however, indicate that u«ll’s Island. The reaaou given for this the matter has been put to a thorough Rif Ion is that It «ave* the prisoner from test, with most gratifying results. The i humiliation which li»» can never forget, experiments were made in the North Sea. lie gives it I« hi* opinion that there is r off Tynemouth, under the direction of Dr. germ of decency in every hutnau being S, hlick. the inventor. The vessel used an«l ’hat with proper tr«»*tment there is was a boat of the torpedo class, the See- ht-pe for ’he reformation of many of bar. 116 feet long. The water during «b«w* who pass through the prisons of the thr«»e day* of the test was such as to (renter New York. Particularly does cause considerable rolling of vessels of tlu* apply to first-term offender*, but to even greater dimensions. The effect of most remarkable. aff<»r«i any prosp«vt of success in this di- the gyroscope was ris tiou th«» heart must not be crusb«»d out While the vessel heaved up and down of tbe unfortunat«» by piling humiliating with the waves, the deck remained almost horixontal. It is said that arrangements indignities upon him. are being made to install the apparatus NEWS OF MINOR NOTE. on several commercial lines. Fire in th«» York building in Boston, An Apontle of Happlneaa. chu *«»«I a loss of to several tnanu Mis* laaurenee Alma-Tadema, da tight et facturing firn» am) to tbe owner of the of the well-known artist and author of building. several successful novels, has come from Judge Strlmple. in Cleveland appointed her English home to lecture in America Ow«'n L. Wileox as receiver for the Clevs- on “Happiness.” When axked by a New lami and Sharon Electric Bailway Com York reporter to tell what she meant by pany in order to def «»at th«» alleged plot happiness. Miss Alma-Tadema said it of majority stockhold«»rs to fret'xe out the would take au hour amt twenty minutes minority. to tell that, and it had taken her five l>r. John M. Flint, formerly of Chi months to write down what had required cago. now of the Cnivrrsity of California, years to learn. As to how it could be at was chosen to succ<»fsl Pr. William Car tained, she is quoted as saying: “By man ina 11 as h«»a«l of the department of sur aging one’s »«»If : by working bard and gery in th«» Yale Medical school at New developing one’s self to the limit. It Haven, Conn. never comes ex«*ept by being sought. It Sir John lloger. Governor of the Eng ia not a matter of condition of of wealth. lish Gohl Coast colony, told a Philadel It do«»« not depend on marriage.” Hap phia audience the negro was the greatest piness lies in the curtailment of desire. problem eiuifronting civilisation and was IM without thing*. txn-omint ** acute in the English colo Osr Mannfacturln* Oatpat. ni«'* a* in th«» l’nit«»d State*. John M. t'nrson. chief of the Bnrea, l»u«‘«»n Alexandra of England spent her bitthdny at Sandrinsham, where the eus- of Manufactures at Wash.ngton. now esti- t, mary celebrai ion* w«»r«» held. The K ing matea that the annual production of man ami Queen of Norway were among th«» ufactures in the United State» la $1,3.- visitor*. Handsoin«» gifts were receiv«»d OBll.OOO.OOO. this being the total publish. I ftotn most of the ero*ned beads of Eu in hi» annual report. Of thia total, about $ 1 .itstt.iaxi.MtO worth were exported, in rope. cluding foodstuff» partly manufactured According to a«lviee* received from and part» for further use in manufacture. Washington, the government official* are 1311« was over half the entire export trade not satisti«»«! with the new double angle of tha year. being «coined at th«» Philadelphia mint, and have ortlered coinage stopped tempo I jiw Kaes.pt. Hsby I'arrlacea. rarily to permit a change in the procaaa. Under tbe wheel tax law recently pass The d«»*lgn ot tba com will not be chang ed by the Illinois State legislature, and ed. which the Governor ha* Intimated hla In Jame* I>ongla*. vice president of the tention of algnlng. every vehicle in Chi American Institute of Mining Engineer*, cago on wheels that nsea tbe city street», haa presented to the government four sith the »ingle exception of baby car acre* of land on the palisade* of the Hud riages, will pay a wheel tax. The money son. near Fort Lee, as a site for a monu thua raised 1» to be expended on the re ment to commemorate the deeds of the pair of the street». It is expected that continental soldier* during the Revolu the revenue will amount to )5<XXW0 each tionary war. .... . _ - - - AMERICA IS RICHEST AMONG THE NATIONS William E. Cartla Saya Craaawa Was Panp.r Reside Oar Uacla Sam. FIGUBE8 SHOW BIG GBOWTL. Fer Capita W.alth in 1370 Was $770.83; in 1007 It Was $1,310.11. As s rile, the average newspaper reader does not like atatiatirs. but here are some figures thst everybody should rrsd. leva use they mean so much. They measure our greatness a» a nation and our pro»i>erlty aa a people, and al though they are ao stupendoua that tbe toman mind almost refuses to compre hend them, they carry a lesson that ev ery cltlxen and every school boy should lenrn. Uncle Sam Is richer than any other nation that exists or ever has exiated. Croesus, King of Lydia, whose name baa been a aynonym for wealth for ages was a pauper compared to him. From the reports of tbe bureau of statistics, the ceusue bureau, the Treas ury and Agricultural Department Wil liam E tXirtls, the Washington corns- ajiodent. has compiled a few »tgnlflcant figures showing the material develop ment of tbe United States within the last thirty-seven years. He has select ed tbe year 1370 aa a basis of compari son. because that was the beginning of a new era in American commerce and Industry that followed tbe Civil War. Although the panic of *73 arrested the growth of tbe country for a time, tbe present perhri of development began then. The population of the country in 1370 was 3S..3G3371. or 12.74 to the square mile ; tbe population on tbe 30th of June. 1907. according to the estimates ot the census bureau, was 35,59X303. or 28.28 per square mile. The tangible wealth of the country, the true valuation of real and personal prop erty, eeeording to the census of 1870, was $.KW8U>18.000. while in 1907 it is esti mated at more than three times that amount, or $107.104.211,917. Aa far back as 1850 tbe per capita wraith of the United States was esti mated at $30".09. In 1870 It had more than doubled and was estimated at $779.83. In 190" it had almost doubled again, and has reached the sum of $1.- 310.11 per capita, which proves that we are the richest people that ever exiate>L In other words, if tbe real and personal property belonging to the inhabitants of tbe United States could be equally dis tributed among them, each man. woman and child living on the 3Oth of June last would hare been entitled to $1.310.11. In 1870 the deposits in national banks for tbe whole United States amounted to $5>42.»ll..50X while on the 30th of Sep tember last they were $4.322.880,141. In 1870 the deposits in savings hanks were $549.874.X">8. while on the 30th of September. 1907, they were $X*590.078, (MS. Taking the two together and including all the banka—national. State, private and savings—tbe deposits have increased eightfold during tbe last thirty-seven years—from $1.002,135J421 in 1870 to $8.023.28.8.88« in 190". The bank clearings for the entire conn- try are not given for 1870. The earliest e-«liable figures are for 1890. when the total for the United States was $58.845,- 279.506. which has increased to $157.- 749.328.913 for the last fiscal year. The national bank circulation in 1870 waa 4288.H48.081. while on Dec. 14 last It was $675.'231.3(to. In 1870 we bad only $25.000.000 silver and gold coin. To-day we have $1.233,- 706.809, of which $750,665,809 is gold and the remainder silver. The interest-bearing debt of the United States has been reduced from $2.'UH. 455.- 722, or $00.40 per capita of population, in 1870 to $809.008.010, or $102*6 per capita, in 1907. The annual interest charges on the public debt have been re duced from $118,784.900. or $3 per cap ita of population, to $21.628.914, or 23 cents per capita of population. Notwithstanding the reductions in war taxes since 1870, tbe ordinary revenues of the government have increased from $395.959,834 in that year to $603.140.434 in 19O7. and tbe ordinary expenditure* have increased from $104.421.507 to $554.422,589. This does not Include the receipts or expenses of the postal service, which ia almost self-sustaining. I.ast year the receipts from postage were $183.- 586.005 and the expenses $1912*14.387, leaving a deficit of $7.629,387 be paid out of tbe treasury. The total revenues of the government in 1907 were $846.725.339 and the total expenses $819.840,130. The increase in the pension roll haa been enormous. The total in 1870 waa $28,340.202, and in 1907 it is $139.309.- 514. Tbe cost of the army in 1870 was $57,5(W.«75. and In 1907 $122.57X465. The cost of the navy during the same pe riod has increased from $21,780.230 to $97,128,469. The Imports of merchandise in 1870 amounted to $4X5.97>8.408. and our ex port» were $392,771.768 that year, while in 1907 tbe imports were $1.434.421,425 and the export» $1.880.851,078. In 1870 the exports per capita of population were $9.77, and, notwithstanding tbe enormous increase In population, tbe per capita in 1907 was $21.66. Tbe foreign commerce of the United States for the calendar year of 1907 has been larger than in any previous year in the history of the country, both in Im ports and exports, and our trade with every grand division of the world is in ex cess of any previous year. The Imports during the eleven months ending Nov. 30 exceeded $1,X30.090.(100, while the exports were worth $1.716.090,000. If the in crease has continued during I>ecember the total of exports will reach nearly two billions of dollars. The exports for No vember were the largest for any single month on record and reached $'204,444,- 660. which waa nearly seven millions a day. Our export» to Europe were $40.- OlXI.000 more than in 190«. when they wire larger than for any other year. Our exports to North American countries also gained $40.000.000. Our exports to South America gained $7.000,000, to Asia $11,- 000.000 and to Porto Rico, tha Hawaiian Islands and tha Phillppinea more than ten millions. In 1850 there were only 251.354 depna- Itora In the savings banka of the United Btstea; In 1870 thia number bad iaerawa BNNM or UOHT IN ANT* ■ aaartasaata IsdlMXlaa that Tbe» Uss't Dwaead aa BsseU. The old ebaocy that anta couki mt aee and ware gui«le<t entirely by aenm of aniell haa been iletiioilahed t»y • serf.a <rf experhuenta ngsirtad In thw Herne Mrlentttiqua A little plat5 inn of cardlvainl waa »et i < i near one .»f their nesta with Inclined plane leading conveniently >hvwn tn ttie aotratwe. Then a nuruher << the inaacta ami a qiusntity their «sap* were placed up<m rbe platform. For a few minutes tha anta seemc'l greatly perturtwvl, but they very «■>■• found the Inclined plana and at once started narrylng the eggs down It to tbe neat. A aerond Inclined plane waa l<»-atc<l on tbe oppraffte aide of the platform, twit they trsA no nothw of It. The ex- pertmwiterw them twisted ttie platform around ao that the ennod plane point ed to ths nest entrance. Without hesitation tba anta erased iMxig the old plane and took to ties new one. ahowtng concluaively It Is argued, that they were not foilowlng a trail by scent, tsut were getting their hearings by some other sense The next step was t« merk wane of the anta with a view to aralng whether "seb individual always uae>l tbe aeina petti anil the seine entrance to his nest, it was found that oo soch thing wag the case. They all seemed to know all the en trances and to have a aenac of their direction. They etrnrti out new ;atlia for tliexnaekvee and always rracbsd their desttnatlon without tall. Tills wun r*mfd*d aa eotabffsblng eosne form of vision. Finally, an electric light bulb waa set up near one entrance to the newt. It aaemed to have an lanxnedlate attra<*- tlon for tbe anta aa they unsnlriemslr used tbe entrance on that aide <-<ni»lng to and going frosn tbe neat Tlien It waa cbaoged over to the ottier aide, causing great excitement aiamreutky among ttw Ineerta vrtuch ended In their changing over to the newly lllumlnstel way. flbangee In tbe brilliancy of the light araxned to bare no percxqwibl- effect on tbe anta, bat they never failed to detect ttie change <rf direction. All I»«stt>le precautk.no were taken to pre vent tbe beat from tbe lamp fnwix reaching them, so that It 1» nun riled aa cvrtnln that they perceived tlu- light. Tbe Virginia Supreme Court of Ap peals, In Hot Springs Lumber A Mfg. Co. vs. Revercomb, 55 Southeastern Re porter. 580. passes upon tbe question as to bow large a stream must be In order to be a navigable or a rt.wtal.lv one. The court aaya that If by reason of Increased precipitation at aensoiie re curring periodically with roaaouablo certainty tbe flow of water will lw suffi cient to be substantially useful to tba public for tratuqiortatlon purl».*--«, it ia a navigable stream. Tbe right of a Spiritualist organisa tion to use It» property a» a summer re sort and provide for tbe bolding of camp meetings 1» upheld by tbe Massa chusetts Supreme Court In Nye va. Whittemore. 79 Northeastern Reporter, 253. Tbe court bolds that the act In corporating tbe association iienuitted It to bold personal and real pro|ierty and specify that a wharf, hotel or <> her public buildings might be erected, and that such building» should for the pur pose of taxation be considered real es tate. Tbe bolding of camp meeting» ui>on the premise» seems to is- the ob jectionable point, but the court main tains that the Legislature seemed to bare in miod such meetings, front the wording of tbe act of Incorimratlou. In these days of the popularity of flat buildings a Judicial construction of the distinction between a flat and an ai>artment will be of interest. The question was brought before the Su preme Court of New Jersey ill ttie case of Lignot va Jackie. «5 Atlantic lie porter. 221. Tbe court »ays that a Hat or flat-bouse is a building consisting of more than one story. In which there are one or more suites of room» on each floor, equipped for private housekeeping purpose». An apartment house is either a building otherwise termed a "flat,” or it Is a building divided Into separate suites of rooms Intended for residence, but commonly without fa cilities for cooking. It was contended that the proper distinction depended upon tbe amount of rent which wan paid. The court <-oncedes the possi bility of this, but bolds that the pay ment of $40 a month rent will not con vert a flat into an apartment. Where Tier Were Tot Had. A visitor who was going through th» penitentiary one day turned io th» warden and said: "I suppose you have a giwsl many bad people here?" "Rad! Bad people here!" ejaculated the gray haired warden, with an air of comic surprise. "What put that Into your head? There are no bad fsa>|>l» here. Why. if they wanted to tie bad, we wouldn't let ’em.” The warden smiled grimly, ami th» visitor awakened to the fact that tho ";>en" was not the place where peoplo could afford to l>e bad, even if they wished.—Brooklyn Eagle. A Skow Place. “Thia 1» one of our grwitcst show places." Mid the man who was showing a friend about his town. "Why! It’» only a vacant lot!” re plied the friend. "Sure; but tlwit’s where the cirrus always shows when it ouxnes to towu!’» —Yonkers Statesman. Wrinkles. A small boy with an Inquiring turn of mind, says the Philadelphia In quirer. look.eil at hla father earnestly, and asked: “Father, what are wrlnklra?" "Fretwork, my son. fretwork." re plied paterfamilias, conAdentfally. Sometimes a man loaea hla head a$ tbe same time bia heart la captured.