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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (March 7, 1906)
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST UOOM IN OftCHAftD LANDS. Homesnnknrs Looking fur Locations on Moos Hjver. Hood Ulver 'Mint Hood Uivr in irett ing It share of the coloiihit trnllii Is Indicated by lh fait Unit ten fx mi lie f i n vii arrived hern thin week look ing fur land. Tim newcomers are from Minnesota, North I'.ikota, K Aimitn and Missouri. They urn anxious to go into applegrowlng, Hint real estate men are lniHy showing them over the valley Kach day record several purchases of Imid whiHi in now not to apple tree or will be cleared for that purpose, nml innicimnn are that mere will lie a wtlll greater demand for fruit laud. The hoiiienccker who have hi ri vi1 nay iniiny more will count a soon as (tiriii)( (:iin in lint M iililln Went, poo iilu there I x' i 111 slow to believe that eprlng is mi much earlier here. Ileal estate purchase are not confined to Fantcrn people, a Portland mt'ii are iuvcMt ing in apple land, going a far n hack of Mount llooil. They are re lying on tho effect the Mount llooil railroad will have on luml in the ti cl"T valley. Tli ift mud in now Hearing com ltl Ion . nml the Mrst cnr ol freight was shipped over it htHt week, corisifiicd to .M iro. Much of th wood ( ' i r ii i r I y burned in clearing fruit lands will Moon lie lllitt ketithle Ht H liniuinill expense, th im reducing the cost of clearing Inn. I. Tlx w u r ii wet weather of the past few (I.IVM )ilM started plant life into C tivity anil lierry growers will soon com- inciice cultivating. Room for Settler in Umatilla, remllelon The r w i 1 manner in which I ' innt ilia county in being settled lis drawn Httetitioli of lute to the fact tliHt there in much good wheat IhihI left on w hat w:is once tho I'mutiUa Indiiiu reservation. A trtict of t hirt land wiii bought hy tint government in IH!i7 Hiid old in parcels at low prices to settler. In iiihiiv cien HI) acre out of h quarter section are to he found, on different parts of the reservation, wdieh were then thought useless. With proper at tention thii lind mny yet become a gocsl hn tlm html Hint was fold. Home of tint Ihii'I Hold then, neiir Weston, Athena and Adams, Ht from $10 to $20 Hn Here, grows wheat ol the fluent .jual- Goes to Brazil Missionary, l'caitic I'niversily, rorest (irove Minn Uraee C. Wood, who has been an instructress in Tualatin academy for tint past three Team, having come to Pacific from Irtiry college, Mo., has left for Brazil to engage, in missionary wink, for which she will hit peculiarly Hlited. ler position will he filled immediatrly hy Mr. Zimmerman, from IlitFerside academy, 1'ortlund. llefore jtoing to Uracil to commence her work, she will attend the missionary conven tion, which in held at Nashville, Tenn., and from there she w ill go di rect to Brazil. Return Money to Counties. Silem State Supenitendent of In nt ruction J. i I . Ackerman, one of the promotc-n of the Kducational contrreHH at the Lew in and Chirk fair, lian pre pared hia rep irt of receipts and expciid iturcH of the committee. The money which Mr. Ackermnn in account inn whh donated on his riolicitaiton by the countieM for expcncH of the coiiKreHN. There in a lialancit of $2tl!l.Kti, wi.ich w ill he returned to the conntiea in pro portion to the amount cont rilnitcd. In all, $l,ltH Hil whh received. Building Boom on ut Baker. Haker City The excavation for a one ntory atone hiiildiiiK at Kirnt and Court t-trcctH, to rout ahotit (il.OOO, markH the lieinnint; of the building hooin for which the architecta have heen prepar ing all winter. In the next nix inontliH more building will he done in linker City than during any previous year in the himory of the place. I'lans have been made and contractu let for a Urge number of bin humncHH blocks, and many fine reHiuVuccH and cottaxes will be erected. School District of "First Class." Halem State Superintendent Acker man baa gone to Hood River to assist in the campaign for the organization of a school district of the first class by consolidating six country districts. The object of the consolidation is to es tablish gtaded schools, and a district high school. Under the law a majority of voters in each district, ai they now exist, must vote in favor of the consoli dation It is thought all the Wubco districts are favorably inclined except one, and public sentiment favorable to consolidation is gaining ground there. Logging Road on Rock Creek. La Grande Work has heen resumed on the (irand Honde Lumber company's railroad up Hock, creek. A larjje amount of the grading and several lulled of tracklayiug were completed last year, hut work was discontinued m account of the winter weather. It it the intention now to continue the work until the road is completed. The road will be used exclusively in bringing logs to the river from an extensive tim ber district in the Kock creek territory, Creamery at Wallowa. Wallowa The Wallowa liuilding association has begun work on the creamery to he installed hy the Blue Mountain Creamery company, of La Urande. The ice house is to be fin ished by April 1. The same company will also have a plant at Enterprise. This will secure a profitable industry to the farmer of Wallowa valley, which is a perfect dairy country. I'UIMAUY LAW CONSTRUED. Ciimlidnto M.iy Run for Office on Two Different Tickets. Salem That one man may he the candidate of both political purlieu has been decided hy A Homey Ueneral Crawford in an opinion rendered In re sponse to an inquiry from W. J. Moore, district attorney at I.akeview. The hypothel ical camt submitted was that of a candidate who, In the primaries, was on both the Republican and the llemocratic. tickets and received a plur ality Tote for thn ollii e in each instance. The ruling of the attorney general is that the ofllce seeker thereby becomes the nominee of hot h parties, and bis name must he so printed on the general ballot at the election In June. The same would be true if a man were an aspirant for a Republic an nom ination and his name were written into the Pcmocratic primary ballots, there by giving him a plurality of the demo cratic votes. Catch Salmon in Closed Season, (irants I'hns Kisln rmen on Kogue river, taking lessons from the cannery men on the Columbia, are doing a big humncMH even if the seamm is cloned. Last year they hhipped from (irants I'uxs ami Merlin over 1M0 tons of finh lo Portland. This year the shipments will amount lo considerable more, as they are shipping more than a ton day. A set net on the Illinois river about 'JO miles from where it empties into Kogue river, is daily making big catcheH of fine salmon. Fishermen on Kogue river are also doing a good busi liess. Fruit Cannery at La Grande. La (i ramie An Lantern syndicate through its special agent, (ieorge T Powers, has purchased from the Oregon Produce company the large storage warehouse No. 2. In addition to the plant purchased, Mr. Power left in structlons with his agent here to select sites for a cannery, fruitdryer. a jelly. vinegar and cider factory. The (rcgon Produce company retains warehouse No. I, and will buy and sell, but will not take fruit on storage or consign merit. It w ill give possession of ware house No. 'i June 1 . Elk for Harney County. Hums J. K. Wallace has returned from the southern part of Harney coun ty, w here he went to get an elk pre seuted to this Harney County Fair asso ciation by the Pacific Livestock com pany. It will be mounted and placed in the taxidermy display at the pavil ion. The large elk on exhibition at the Lewis and Clark exposition was sold for 2.r)0 before the Harney county exhibit of birds and animals was re turned. Sheep Bring High Price. Fendleton About 10,000 bead of yearling sheep have been purchased from I'niatilla county stockmen within a few days by John Howard, of Pakota, the ruling price being $' a bend. Those from w hoir purchases were made are A Knotts, Charles Johnson, Douglas Kelts and Charles Matthews. None of the sheep were select stock. Inspecting the Sugar Plants. La (i ramie II. T. Pyer, of Ogden, I'tah, general manager of the Amalga mated sugar lactones, is in me city on a tour of inspection. V. (i. Taylor, of Ign, I'tah, accompanied Mr. Pver and will take the place of factory super' intcndciit at la (iraude, succeeding Charles WoodhmiHe, who has resigned. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club, fi7r(i.Sc; blnestem, (18 (Tf70c; red, (.5 (it title; valley, 71(ci7L Oats No. I white, feed, $2H('JD; gray, $27.fi0(ai2S.5O per ton. ltarley Feed, l:.f(K(24 per ton; brewing, $2424..r0; rolled, 2425. Ituckwheat 12.25 per cental. Hay Eastern Oregon timothy, $13 3414 per ton; valley timothy, $8(.i(); clover, $7.60(?8; cheat, t7; grain hay, $78. Fruits Apples, f 1 (j? 2.50 per box; cranberries, f 12.60(314.50 per barrel. Vegetables Cabbage, G per pound; cauliflower, $2 per crate; eel ery,$4. 75(95 per crate; sprouts, (l7c per pound; squash, 1 1 4 C4 1 c per pound; turnips, IKlciJifl a sack; car rots, (S5Q 75c per sack ; beets, 85c$l per sack. Onions Oregon, No. 1, 65Q70c a sack ; No. 2, nominal. I'otatotes Fancy graded Rurhanks, (H)('i70e per hundred; ordinary, nom inal; sweet potatoes, 2xA($'2c per pound. Butter Fancy creamery, 27J30c per pound. KB8 Oregon rancL, J6l0gC per dozen. Poultry Average old heiiB, 133M4o per pound; mixed chickens, 12(3 13c; broilers, 2022c; young roosters,12c; old roosters, 10 10)wc; dressed chickens, 1 4 1 5c ; turkeys, live, 16 1 7c ; turkeys, dressed, choice, 1820c; geese, live, SDc; geeoe, dresHed, 10 12o; ducks, l18c. Hops Oregon, 1905, choice, 10Q lOJc; prime, 8'Jc; medium) 78c; olds, 6(7c. Wool ICastern Oregon average best, 10(21c; valley, 242Cc per pound; mohair, choice, 30o per pound. Beef Dressed bulls, 2s3c pound; cows, 3(ill4io per pound; country steers, 45u. Mutton Dressed, fancy, per pound; ordinary, 45oj lambs, 8 9)iio. Veal Dressed, 3 80 per pound. Pork Dressed, 6($0o per pound. SAYS WORK IS BEING DONE. Harrinon Return From Panama and Praise Canal Official. New York, F'hit. 28. Lx-Corigrses-rrisii I' rands Kurton Harrison returned to New York yesterday after a trip of six weeks through Central America. One week of that time be spent in in vestigating the work ol digging the Panama canal. Hn Is convinced, he says, that the administration ought to be upheld in its task. Mr. Harrison found that, although a Demricrat, the oflicials engaged in the canal work were eager to inform him about it. They seemed to have nothing to conceal, ami they had work there, be said, to show for their efforts. He found esprit de corps among the higher oflicials, and he continued : "Mr. Stevens is working to establish it all along the line. .With the minor oflicials, who are appointed by the civil service, there is little of the spirit ne cessary for the right kind of work. They seem to fear that Washington will change the plans and change jobs. I think that the canil commissioners should be there on the ground. It would help a vast deal. Not all of them would be necessary two or three might do. More work would be ac complished." Mr. Harrison was asked if lie ap proved of the plans for the building of the canal. "I think it would be folly," he re plied, "to array any party against such a work. Criticism might be all right, hut not as partisan criticism. "I believe the canal is being dug honestly, efliciently, and with earnest ness ami intelligence. Any observant traveler could offer minor criticism as to what has been done and what is being left undone, but we are not deal ing with trivialities there, nor is the canal commission to be held account able like the house committee of a so cial (liib. We are building a great canal, and it is going to be built." BURIAL OF JONES' BONES. Naval Hero Will Be Interred at An napolis With Ceremony. Annapolis, Md., F"eb.'28. Hecretary of the Navy Bonaparte, General Horace Porter, Governor Warfield of Maryland and Admiral Sands were in conference yesterday relative to the interment of the remains of Admiral John Paul Jones April 24, the anniversary of iiis victory over the British frigate Drake. The body of the gnat ova fighter will on that date be removed from the tem porary vault, in which it was placed upon its return to this country, to the handsome memorial hall in the new midshipmen's quarters, and not, as had been expected, to the crypt of the new chapel, as that will not be ready in time for the ceremony. While all the details have not been arranged, the ceremonies of April 24, which will be held in the armory of the naval academy, will be presided over by Secretary of the Navy Bona parte, and addresses will lie made by President Roosevelt, General Porter, Governor Warfield and the French am bassador, M. Jusserand. It was de cided to make the display a purely naval one except that various patriotic societies throughout the country will lie invited to attend and participate. AROUSED AGAINST FOREIGNERS. Whole Population Hostile, Encouraged by Viceroy of Canton. Manila, Feb. 28. A leading Ameri can ll'in in this city has received the following cable from Canton: "The boycott lias greatly encouraged the anti-foreign feeling. Teachers, re formers, agitators and the native news papers now have the power of that as sociation behind them, causing a re markable growth in the reform party and secet societies, while the anti-foreign, anti-dynastic viceroy of Canton, by his autocratic ruling and his antag onistic attitude to the foreign consuls, encourages the masseB of the people in their antl foreign feeling. "In the prefecture of Chang Chew, near Amoy, recent outrages against for eign court procedure, approved by Be- kin, has strengthened the revolutionary forces, who are now eager to try con clusions with the government. "In a portion of China between the Yangtse valley and the Hongkong dis trict, dangerous anti-foreign feeling ex ists which is likely to break out at any moment." Refuse to Stand Examination. New York, Feb. 28. The Mutual Reserve Life Insurance company gave out a statement today relative to the w ithdrawal of the company from the state of Missouri. The withdrawal fol lowed a discussion as to an examination of the company by Missouri examiners at the expense of the company. The Mutual Reserve objected to the expense in prospect, holding that it was exces sive and illegal. The company's esti mate of the minimum cost ol the exam ination is $8,000, while the superin tendent's is 5,000. Stop Smuggling of Arms. Ilelsingfocrs, Finland, Feb. 28. In order to check the constant attempts to smuggle arms and ammunition into Finland for the use of the Finnish and Russian revolutionists, the Finnish ad ministration has decided to charter two additional steamers, and to in crease the number of posts and guards patrolling the fjords. Four chests of bayonets and rifles consigned to the ad- utant of the Red guards were confis cated by the Helsingfora customs. Kills State Primary Bill. Dea Moines. Ia., Feb. 28. The state primary bill met defeat in the state senate today by a vote of 29 to 21. This ends the fight on this subject for this legislature. KILLS TIMBER BILL Repeal of Timber and Stone Act Laid on Table. NO HOPE NOW FOR ITS REVIVAL Three Northwestern Members of the House Oppose Measure Favored by President and Commission. Washington, March 1. By a vote of 1 to 4 the house public lands cornmitteb today voted to table the bill to repeal the timber and stone act and substitute therefor a law authorizing the sale of mature public timber at its appraised value. The action of the committee is in linn with its action taken in the last congress, and effectively kills the pend ing bill, which was endorsed by the president and the public landB com mission. The committee's action makes it impossible to bring the bill up on the floor of the house, even for discussion. Mondcll, Wyoming, French, Idaho, arid Iiixon, Montana, are among those agairiht repeal. The puMic lands commission, after a careful study of the operation of the timber and stone law, condemned it, and recommended its repeal and the substitution of a law which would per mit the governmnet to realize some thing like the real value of its timber. Such a law as recommended by the commission and favored by the senate committee would y:eld from 125 to 1 100 an acre for the choice timber lands of the West, where the govern ment now receives a beggarly $2.50. Moreov?r, a law such as proposed would tend to put a stop to the rank timber monopoly that has been under taken in the Pacific ('oast states. In that it would require lumbermen to pay a fair price for timber, instead of permitting them to get it for a merely nominal sum. The most vigorous opponent of repeal on the house committee is Mr. Mon dell, who believes in legislating to meet conditions in his own state, not withstanding the effect on the rest of the country. Mr. Mondell contends, probably very truly, that the timber and stone act has baen beneficial to Wyoming. The timber of that state is perhaps worth no more than $2.50 an acre, for the Wyoming forests cannot compare with those of the Northwest ern states, either in extent or in qual ity of timber. Mr. Mondell argues that, inasmuch as the act has benefited Wyoming and has lad to no fraud, therefore it must have benefited the entire West and should not be repealed KAISER GETS READY. Fortifies Kiaochou and Prepares His China Squadron for Action. Berlin, March 1. Admiral von Tir pitz stated in the reichetag Wednesday that the government had decided to fortify Kiao Chou in order that it may be made impregnable from both the land and water sides. He expressed the belief that German residents of the port were in danger from a threatened uprising in Chnia. This is the first admission officially that Germany is anxious as to the out come of the present anti-foreign agita tion throughout China, and is held here to mean that the situation is much more serious than formerly has been admitted. The German warships on the Chi nese station were recently overhauled, anil srj in readiness for any action that may become necessary to protect Ger man interests at any point on the Chinese coast. Arrangements have been completed by which the admiral in command is keeping in touch with the German embassy at Fekin, and will act under orders from there. All vessels in the euuadron, according to the latest advices, are well provisioned and coaled and ready for action at a moment's notice. Increased Postal Appropriation. Washington, March 1. The Bub committee of the committee on post offices and postroads, which has been considering appropriations for the Post oflice department, practically adopted the bill today, fixing the appropriation for the department at about $192,000, 000 or $10,000,000 more than the last appropriation. The bill provides for some changes in the department's methods and contains a provision to prevent the shipment of anything but actual mail matter through the mails of the government. Government Has a Surplus. Washington, March 1. For the first time since May 1, 1004, when the gov ernment made its payment of $50,000, 000 for the Panama canal property aud $4,600,000 was loaned to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition company, the daily statement issued today shows for the fiscal year a surplus of receipts over expenditures. The surplus today amounts to $1,102,003. This is re garded by the treasury oflicials as a remarkably fine showing. Castro Not Aggressive. Washington, March 1. Senor Gar bieras, the newly appointed charge d'affaires of Venezuela, who arrived in this city last night, took charge of the legation today. When asked concern ing the condition of affairs between France and Venezuela, he stated that nothing new had developed. He de nied that President Castro had any ag gressive plana. DEVELOPMENT OP CUBA. Islnnil la IlnpMIr Mrcntrrlnf from l:rrrl of War, From nn Industrial standpoint the Island of Culm Is of much rnoro Im portiiri'e to dny than It wn In the hey. 1ny of the Spanish reglmo. It Is trim fhnt the two grent Industrie of tlm island, sug.ir and tobiifeo growing, hnvo riot yet recovered from the devastation wrought during the long years of the struggle for Indcpernlenep, when every ...III ....,.!.. It.. ..)..... j mill, 'i 1 iif 1 ri ii. c.11 11 1 1 jf r . -i rwi 11 til lion I ....1 11 . . . . t 1 ... a 11.. niej rniir'mii, wan u-ni.ro -eo, unv wiij ImjK'tim which the American rK-rupn- IT: A tobacco nr.xn. tlori r.-.ve to th reultlvntlon of tho lending staples has already had marked effect 1, and then aiignr ami tobacco plantation seem more like their old sehes than at nny time since the close of the wnr. It Is stated, for example, fhnt KO.OiO jK'ople find employment In the tohnoco fields. Hut from an econ omic standpoint this does not mean so much ns does the fact that on Intelli gent effort Is being made In the direc tion of diversified farming, whereby the Islund will not be so dependent upon Its two principal products as has been the ea?e In the past. Wh such an effort was not made during the long period of European occupation It Is somewhat difficult to say. In the west end of the Island are to lie found all tln conditions requisite to the successful cultivation on a large scale of tropical fruits aa well as fruits LOADING BAXAKAfl. that are not essentially troplcaL Or anges, pineapples, grapes and bananas might be made leading staples. Of course one thing that formerly mili tated against any extensive enterprise was the lack of transportation facili ties, a condition which Is being rerolu tlor.lz.M, thanks chiefly to American and English Initiative. The opening of the trunk railroad traversing the back bone of the Island from east to west has a'ready been followed by good re sults from the Industrial standpoint! and If the scheme of Sir William Van Hornu and his associates looking to the upbuilding of a great system of small land holdings Is carried to Its loglca' conclusion It will of Itself tend to Inaugurate an era of prosperity hitherto unknown by the Cubans. Tho building of branch railroads Is pro ceeding apace, thus offering still great er Inducements to those who would venture upon agricultural experiments. ANCIENT WATER VILLAGES. Btranare Hello of Old Custom Pre- vail In German Foreit. "One of the most Interesting regions In the "Old Fatherland" Is the s called "Spreewald," the forest of the Spree, 6ltuated not far from the Ger man capital, In the province of Bran denburg," says Fritz Morris in Tech nical World Magazine. "Each village is a little Venice, every house a little Island ; and these Islets are connected by bridges sufficiently raised to allow boats to pass under them. Most of the houses, with their barns and stables, rest on piles; and there is generally a strip of artificial terra flrma. either in front or at the rear of every building. . . 1. 1 .. a i .. 1 . By means of these land strips and of the bridges, the slender land communi cation is kept throughout the district ; but most of the business and amuse ment Is carried on through the canals. which not only form the main highways but penetrate and cross and recross the whole region. It is on these lagoons that all traffic is conducted in boats. during the period from spring, when tho last vestiges of frost and ice are disap pearing, until the end of autumn. Yon see the letter carrier shoot up and down the canals, performing his dutlei In his frail craft; the police glldo leisurely along the banks, watching ev erything going on ; peasants bring the products of their toll to the nearest towns ; children go to and from school, young mothers, dressed in their Sunday clothes, are rowed. to church, carrying In their arms a small, queer-looking bundle from which two large eyes in a tiny face stare at the stranger in won derment baby is going to tie baptized, an Important event with this strongly religious town." gomcthlnv New. "Oh, yes, he's making money running a correspondence school of memory." "Aw I that a a dead scheme ; teaching people how to remember " "You're 'way off. Ilia scheme la to teach you how to forget, and his cli ents are Insurance magnates and Stand ard Oil officials. "Philadelphia Press. Too many people mliua&e dignity for wisdom. I 4 i mm 0LD ofcivui ilk llrmn "Jo th Night. I hnrd the trailing gnrnients of the Night Sweep tliroiiKli her ruarhlo linllsl I saw her sable skirts all fringed with light From the celestial walls I I felt her present, hy Its spell of might. Stoop o'er niv from above; The calm, mnjestlc presence of the Night, A of the one I love. heard the sounds of sorrow and delight. The manifold, soft chimes. That fill the haunted charnlsTs of ttx Night. Like some old poet's rhymes. From the cool cisterns of the midnight air My spirit drank repose; The fountain of perpetual peace flows there From those deep cisterns flows. O holy Night ! from thee I learn to bear What man hns borne before! Thou layost thy finger on the lips of Care, And they complain no more. Peace! IVnce! Orestes-like I breathe this prayer! Descend with broad-winced flight, The welcome, the thricv-prayed-for, the most fair. The best-Moved Night! Henry Wads worth Ixingfellow. The Ilt-ltfht of the HldlruloaK. I wrote "lie lines once on a time In wonu.'ous merry mood. And thought, as usual, men would say They were exceeding good. They w?re so queer, so very queer, I laughed as I would die ; Albeit, in the general way, A sober man am I. I called my servant, and he came; How kind It was of him. To mind a slender man like me. He of the mighty limb ! "These to the printer," I exclaimed. And. In my humorous way, I added fas a trifling jest), "There'll be the devil to pay." He took the paper, and I watched. And saw him peep within; At the first line he read, his fac Was all upon the grin. ne read the next ; the grin grew broad And shot from ear to ear ; He read the third, a chuckling noise I now began to hear. The fourth, be broke Into a roar; The fifth, his waistband split; The sixth, he burst five buttons off And tumbled in a fit. Ten days and nights, with sleepless eye, I watched that wretched man. And since I never dare to write As funny as I can. Oliver Wendell Holmes. TOKIO'S DAILY NEWSPAPERS. Many Little District Publication, Reminding One of Parla. There are thirty dally newspaiiers la Toklo, some of them confined mainly t the particular district in which they are published, says the Atchison Glol. This Is like Paris again I Insist tha the Japanese are much like the French "heu a newsboy appears with an ex tra he excites attention by tying a bell to his feet, and this clutters when he runs along. Many of these extras are printed on one s.Vle of a sheet no larger than the Globe was when it originally appeared. I visited a newspaper office located on n prominent corner. The entrance, which was rather ornate, was cluttered up with ink barrels. There were four or five flat-bed three-revolution presses In the press-room. The Globe's press will print more papers In nn hour than the presses I saw could print nil day. The guide said the newspafier was a reliable one, but not particular promi nent He then took me to see the of fice of the leacUng newspaper lu Japan. In Its pressroom It had u new Hoo f t, , t t Imtteril and au ol(1 perfecting press In a room adjoining. The mailing room had a dirt floor and the pressroom was heated with a little coal stove, one of the kind you see la a $l-a-week room at home. Every editor and reinirter has a rick shaw man, and a number of these were waiting In the lobby. In New York and Chicago the "newspaper offices are among the grent show places. I do not believe the Japanese know ns much ubout the newspuper as they know about war. I nsked the gu'de If the Japanese newspapers use linotypes, but he didn't understand me, so you can have it uuj way you choose. All lie Needed. "Pou't you play any of the popular airs?" asked the man who was attend ing to the details of a convention. "No," answered the leader. "This Is a political band. We don't play nny. thing but 'Hall to the Chief," 'Star Spangled Banner' and 'He's a Jolly Good Fellow.' " Wushlngtou Star. Points of View. "Now, let us talk this thing of street paving over In the abstract," suld the political orator. "How can we?" replVnl the contract or. "From my point of view It is en tirely a concrete subject." Baltimore American. We would like to know if tho worn en wear combs to hold their hair up or on.