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CURRENT EVENTS OF THE WEEK doings of the World at Large Told in Brief. General Resume o f Important Events Presented In Condensed Form fo r Our Busy Readers. Senator Clay, of Georgia, died sud denly o f heart failure. Pinehot is endeavoring to delay the trial of the Alaska coal land cases. Montana Republicans claim a ma jority in the legislature of that state. Secretary Wilson says bountiful grain crops are bound to bring down the price of meat. The vote in the recent election in Milwaukee snows that confidence in the Socialist party there is waning. Comparatively little attention is ex pected by the Northwest at the com ing session of congress, as most o f the session will be taken up by general supply bills for the government. A Los Angeles cobbler who has worked at the bench for 60 years gave a dinner to cobblers only. Among the guests were two other cobblers who had worked at their trade nearly as long as their host. An agreement has been reached in the big strike o f New York express drivers, and they have returned to work. During the last day o f the strike a van containing $60,000 worth of merchandise was stolen by strike breakers. Four women were elected to the house o f representatives in Colorado. Alabama and Florida show as good average increase in population us some o f the Western states. August Belmont declares that racing in New York w ill continue, despite the drastic laws against it. A movement is on foot to have Caleb Powers ousted from his seat us repre sentative from Kentucky. Vancouver, B. C., authorities refuse extradition for a Washington embezzler until the state pays its fees in ad vance. A negro murderer in Chicago has been convicted on the evidence of a finger-print found on the victim ’s front porch railing. Discord between Japs and ChineBe in Manchuria continues and a Tokio pa per declares the situation is alarming and will lead to open hostilities unless checked soon. A steamer on Lake Winnipeg, Man., has been missing for ten days, and it is feared she has been crushed in the ice. She has 200 passengers on board. A Seattle thief grabbed a canvas sack containing 2,000 nickels from an express wagon in the heart o f the down-town district and made good his escape in the crowd. « A conference between the British Lords and Commons, to consider a con stitutional amendment regarding the veto power, failed, and an election will be held before Christmas. Mexican cities are much disturbed by anti-American riots, and serious trouble is threatened. A bomb was thrown at the American consul and one city is under martial law. A vaudeville theater at Leaven worth, Kan., was the scene o f a panic when lions, leopards, jackals, bears and pumas performing on the stage engaged in a free-for -all fight. A ne gro attendant was badly bitten. The wholesale district of Peoria. 111., is swept by a disastraous fire. High school girls o f Tacoma have thrown all their false hair into the furnace. The census figures show a great in crease in the cut o f lumber in the United States. Theodore Roosevelt said he had “ ab solutely nothing to say’ ’ regarding the election returns. President T aft lost his smile when he read of the reverses of the Repub lican party, but made no comment. Statements have been secured by missionaries from Dr. Cook’ s Eskimo companions in the Arctic to the effect that he never reached the Pole. A Bridgeport, Conn., man commit ted suicide by turning on the gas, and his w ife and son also inhaled the fumes and are not expected to live. When King Albert, o f Belgium, rode through the streets o f Brussels on h>s way to open parliament he was storm ed with slips o f paper demanding wo man suffrage. Henry L. Stimson, defeated Repub lican candidate for governor o f New York, attributes his defeat to general unrest and a movement of the party to progressivism. E SKIM O S DISCREDIT C O O K . — 1 Missionaries Get Terse Story Wanderings in Arctic. of Chicago— Dr. Frederick A. Cook is further discredited in a special cable dispatch to the Chicago Daily News from its correspondent in Copenhag en, Denmark. The story is the first publication of Knud Rasmussen, the Danish explorer, as sent by him to his w ife in Copen hagen, and now given out by her. Contained in the story are purported statements o f Cook's two Eskimo com panions in the Polar quest, Itukusuk and Apilak, in which they confirm Commander Robert E. Peary’s charge that Cook traveled in a circle and never even approached the Pole. Rasmussen, in the story, is quoted as saying he did not ffimself interview the man, but that their statements were taken by the Rev. Gustav Olsen and Kateket Sechmann Rosebach, mis sionaries. The dispatch to the Daily News says: “ Already in 1909 when I was on an expedition to Greenland,” writes Ras mussen, “ there existed grave doubts as to whether Dr. Cook really had reached the Pole, so I determined to find out from his two Eskimo compan ions, I secured their statements through the missionaries.” This is the story of the Eskimos, as given in the dispatch: “ We traveled from Annatook with eight sledges in company with Dr. Cook, at the first sunshine, February. From there to Ellsmere we slept only once on the ice. It took four days to cross Ellsmere land. Eighteen days out our companions left us. We then had gone only about 12 English miles from land. “ The ice was fine and there was no reason to stop, for anyone who wanted to go on could do so. The 19th day Dr. Cook took observations with an instrument he held in hiB hand and we then changed our course westward. “ We le ft here a lot o f food for men and dogs and one of us went ahead to examine the ice. He reported it in good shape, which it was, but Dr. Cook looked at it and said it was bad. “ On they way back we stopped at open water near the land. We stopped one day and went over to Ringnas is land before the snow had melted (A p ril). “ One day I (Apilak) came upon Dr. Cook sitting down and drawing a map. I looked at it and asked him: ‘ Whose route are you drawing?’ “ ‘ My own,’ replied Dr. Cook. “ But that was a lie, because he drew the map a long way out at sea, where he had never been. “ We continued to shoot bears on the ice, until we had enough for the dogs. We do not know how many nights we slept on this part of the journey. The small rivers had only begun to break when we reached Hell's Gate. "H e r e as Dr. Cook directed, we left our dogs behind, although they were fat from the bear meat. W e had crossed the great sound and had to push our boat along the ice. “ Dr Cook said: 'W e will reach human beings (Baffinsland) within two days.’ “ We had slept twice when he looked ahead and said he saw a tent, but it was only a stone. We kept hunting for human beings a long time. Then we came to an island on which eider birds were resting. We fobowed the land past Cape Sparbo and when our provisions were nearly gone we re turned toward Cape Zeddon, where we arranged for wintering. “ It was yet twilight the whole night and we built a house o f peat and stone, just as we do at home. W e caught walrus, musk ox and bear for winter. It was a fine autumn and we had made provisions for the winter. During the dark time we were inside most o f the time making clothes ’ ’ Germany’s Budget Grows. Berlin— The Nord Deutsche Allge- miene Zeitung prints the details of the budget for 1912, showing expend itures of 2,924,945,136 marks, approx imately $12,975,645. The estimate includes for the army $203,941,844, an increase o f $20,214,155, o f which amount $1,976,124 is for additions to the peace footing. The navy estimate is $112,639,849, an increase o f $4,128,- 482. The budget requires a loan of $24,438,982 to balance the expendi tures as against $47,962,290 borrowed to balance the present budget. In Death’ s daws, Girl Wins. Washington, P a .—Totally ignorant that danger surrounded her and under the impression that she was carrying water, 11-year-ald Mildred Anderson tripped along with two pails o f nitro glycerine, which had been prepared for shooting an oil well on the Cem- aron farm near here. As she careless ly swung the pails laborers stood breathless 100 yards away, fearing every moment to see the child hurled into eternity. A t a quiet command from her father the child set the pails down and was taken out o f danger. Poisoned Wine Kills. Vancouver, B. C.— Four Frenchmen engaged in a drinking bout in a house in the Fairvi :w section o f Vancouver. Their port wine disagreed with them, and when the police were called to the house after midnight they found one man lying dead beside a table on which was a half-emptied bottle o f port that is thought to contain strychnine. Two others were almost dead from the effects of the liquor and were taken to a hospital, where they are critically ill. The fourth man had disappeared and the police are seeking him. An explosion o f gas in the Victor American Coal company's mine at Delagua, Colo., entombed between 60 and 90 men, and it is believed most of them have perished. Secretary o f War Dickinson has re turned from a trip around the world. A fte r casting his ballot on Tuesday, Suffragists Storm King. President T a ft sails on the cruiser Brussels— An extraordinary demon Tennessee for Panama. The big theatrical managers’ war is stration took place in the streets here at an end, Frohman, Klaw, Erlinger as King Albert drove to the palace o f and Cort having signed an agreement. the nation to open parliament. A mil- lion slips o f paper, bearing a demand It appears that Seattle women were for universal suffrage, stormed the made the dummy incorporators for an royal cortege and some heavy packages Alaska coal company worth many mil o f these were thrown at the king’s car- riage by a crowd of Socialists. His lions. Majesty was not hit. As the King Secretary o f War Dickinson says: opened the session'altercations between " I am greatly impressed by the mili the Socialists and Catholics began. tary value of aeroplanes and shall urge their adoption in the U. S. navy. ‘ Frazzle’ is Remembered. Aviator Latham, in an Antoinette aeroplane, sailed for 62 minutes over the city of Baltimore, varying his height from 400 to 2,000 feet, and cov ering a prescribed course. New York— The following telegram was receievd at Tammany hail from a Democrat in Oyster Bay: “ Roose velt’s own district: Dix, 218; Stim son, 168. B as ten to s frazzle.'’ CATALPA SENATE WILL BE REPUBLICAN TREES FROM SEED Good Wind Break* Easily Obtained In .Short Tima and at Practically No Cost. THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION (B y O E O R O K W . B R O W N .) Democrats Gain 56 in House and Lose Only Six. Montana Goes Democratic— Beveridge Loses Seat in Senate—Twenty- Seven Governors Chosen. New York— The political upheaval of Tuesday was followed by a general survey of the field, which disclosed in greater detail and precision just what had been accomplished. Latest calcu lations on the national house o f repre sentatives, based on complete but un official returns, show that the Demo crats will have a majority of 60. The outcome of the United States senate is now definitely settled. The Republicans are assured o f 17 new sen ators, which, with 34 hold-over sena tors, gives them a total o f 51. The Democrats are assured o f 16 new sena tors, which, with 25 hold-overs, give them a total o f 41. Returns late from Montana are to the effect that the Democrats have elected at least 53 members of the next state legislature, which means that a Democrat w ill be elected to succeed United States Senator Carter. F ifty-tw o votes are necessary to con trol on joint ballot. The senate w ill be Republican by a vote of 11 to 17, while the house will be Democratic by 42 to 32, according to practically complete returns. These determined totals, however, leave a Republican majority in the sen ate as follows: Total membership, 92; necessary to majority, 47; Republi cans, 51; Democrats, 41. The table o f losses and gains in the house shows that Democrats won 56 scats previously held by Republicans, while only six Republicans took places away from Democrats. The 63d congress will be composed as follows: Democrats— Alabama 9, Arkansas 7, Colorado 3, Florida 3, Georgia, 11, Illinois 6, Indiana 11, Iowa 1, Ken tucky 8, Louisiana 6, Maryland 3, Massachusetts 4, Minnesota 1, Missis sippi 8, Missouri 10, Nebraska 3, N e vada 1, N ew Jersey 3, New York 12, North Carolina 7, Ohio 8, Oklahoma, 2, Pennsylvania 5, South Carolina 7, Tennessee 8, Texas 15, Virginia 9, Wisconsin 1; total 172. Republicans— California 8, Connecti cut 5, Delaware 1, Idaho 1, Illinois 19, Indiana 2, Iowa 10, Kansas 8, Ken tucky 3, Maine 4, Maryand 3, Massa chusetts 9 Michigan 12, Minnesota 8, Missouri 6, Monatana 1, Nebraska, 3, New Hampshire 2, N ew Jersey 7, New York 25, North Carolina 3, North Da kota 2, Ohio 13, Oklahoma 3, Oregon 2, Pennsylvania 27, Rhode Island 2, South Dakota 2, Tennessee 1, Utah 1, Vermont 2, Virginia 1, Washington 3, West Virginia 6, Wisconsin 10, W y oming 1; total 215. A summary of the contest for gov ernorships in 27 states shows that 13 Republicans and 13 Democrats won, Idaho being in doubt. The successful candidates with their pluralities fo l low: Pennsylvania, Tener, 33,000; New Hampshire, Bass, 70,000; Rhode Is land, Pothier, 900; Iowa, Carroll, 10,000; Kansas, Stubbs, 10,000; Michigan, Osborn, 40,000; Minnesota, Eberhart, 60,000; Nebraska, Aldrich, 5,000; South Dakota, Vessey, 12,000; Wisconsin, McGovern; California, Johnson, 25,000; Nevada, Oddie; Ten nessee, Hooper, 12,000. Democrats— New York, Dix, 66,000; New Jersey, Wilson, 30,000; Connec ticut, Baldwin, 3,500; Massachusetts, Foss, 33,000; Ohio, Harmon, 60,000; Oklahoma, Cruce; Colorado, Shafroth; Oregon, West; Wyoming, Carey; Ala bama, O ’ Neill, 50,000; South Carolina, Blease, 60,000; Texas, Colquitt; North Dakota, Burke, 3,000. New York— Commenting on the re sult of the elections, the New York pa pers generally regard it as a rebuke to Theodore Roosevelt and a death blow to his ambition and his new national ism. Roosevelt's Chances Questioned. . Berlin— A ll the prominent newspa pers give much space to reports and editorial comment upon the American elections, which are viewed as very important. Nearly all the papers discuss the probable effect upon Colonel Roose velt’s future political influence. Some express the opinion that the "n ew nationalism” w ill not figure in party platforms for the present. Oth ers comment adversely on Roosevelt’s chance o f securing the Republican presidential nomination in 1912. Roseburg Wants Bowerman. Roseburg— Out o f a total of 150 votes counted up to 11:30 o’clock Bow erman had 100 votes. Indications are that Bowerman will carry the county by 300 votes instead of 150 votes, as predicted. Hawley w ill win over Smith by 400 votes in Douglas county. All other Republican nominees on the state ticket will outdistance their op ponents. Roseburg w ill probably go “ w et” by 200 votes. Owing to the slow count it will be impossible to determine the results in detail for some time. Roosevelt Refuses to Talk. Oyster Bay, N. Y . — Theodore Roose velt had not a word to say when asked as to the result o f the election. The j colonel shut himself off from the out When an attempt was , side world. he sent out word \ made to reach him that he would see no reporters at Oys ter Bay. Mr. Roosevelt said several days ago that he would stay at home 1 to rest for some time and that he would not go to N ew York until N o vember 17. 15 Burbons Win in Ohio. Cleveland, O.— Final unofficial fig ures on the Ohion election show that the Democrats have elected 15 oat of 21 congressmen. The Cleveland News figures Judson Hannon, Deroocrrt, has been re-elected governor by a plu rality o f 80,770. For a number of years we have grown this valuable species of decidu ous tree from the seed gathered fronj our matured trees and we do It easily. After the leaves have dropped we gather the long spike-like pods from our catalpas and separate the seeds which are dried out and stored away with our other farm seeds. In early spring when we plant our dwarf peas In the garden we scatter the catalpa seeds Into the trenches with the seed peas. About the time the peas are gone the little catalpa plants come up nice ly and by cultivation we can grow them a foot to 18 Inches the first year and we then can set them out the fol lowing year In a permanent location. W e have a hedge or windbreak about the west and north sides of our orchard grown In this manner, and besides have many growing alongside the border fences and roadways, and upon our home grounds, where they bloom and are very pretty and orna mental the whole year with their broad, attractive leaves and drooping seed pods a foot or more In length. Some of our friends have tried the method of scattering the seed in the woodland or planting It along the fence rows where trees are wanted, but field mice rob the seed and a fail ure results. The catalpa speclosa, or tall-grow ing catalpa la what we grow, and it is easily grown from seed after our method. If we desire a few trees of this species for planting no easier method can be employed than to grow them ourselves from seed gathered from the true specosla variety. We are Intending next season to grow a large quantity for planting Into a grove for post timber, as they are val uable and have out-lasting qualities above many other varieties of timber for this purpose. FEED AND WATER FOR HORSE If G iv e n G r a in F i r s t L iq u id W il l P u s h It Out of S t o m a c h B e fo r e P r o p e r ly D ig e s t e d . An Important fact to know In the feeding of the horse Is that Its stom ach is quite small and that It will hold about two gallons. If th# horse Is fed his grain first, then hay and then water, the grain will be pushed out of the stomach before It Is digest ed. The best way Is to water first, then feed some hay. and then the grain. In case the horse Is warm It would not do to give all the water It would take, but It should be given a little even then. During warm weather it would be wTell If the horse was watered In the field at least once during the forenoon and In the after noon. A horse will eat too much hay If given all at once. Feed a smaller amount of hay at noon. During warm weather It pays to take at least an hour and a half rest at noon and often times even longer and then working a little later In the evening. In cool wenther the rest hour need not be quite as long. LIVESTOCK NOTES. The lamb that cashes In the most money for. Its owner Is not a product of poverty. Circumvent the large feed bills by producing better roughage and grain on your own farms. To allow feeders to eat all the corn they can stow away after reaching the farm is disastrous. A little flock well tended on the small farm well tilled will rarely dis appoint the good shepherd. Give ewes good pasture and extra feed Just before the breeding season. Give them extra feed during preg nancy. Tar In sheep troughs 1» said to be generally beneficial for Bheep at all seasons, and especially for grubs In hot weather. To get the best financial results from a flock of mutton sheep It is es sential that they combine a good fleece with a good “ leg of mutton.” President Taft Names Thurs day, November 24. Last Year’s Great Progress in Am er ica is Notable, and Causes for Thankfulness are Many. Washington — The progress o f the country as reflected by the records of population and harvests and the general conditions o f international peace, are things for which thanksgiving is espe cially due for the year 1910, according to the annual Thanksgiving proclama tion issued by President Taft. The proclamation is as follows: “ This year o f 1910 is drawing to a close. The records o f population and harvests which are the index o f pro gress show vigorous national growth and the health and prosperous well being of our communities throughout this land and in our possessions beyond the seas. These blessings have not descended upon us in restricted meas ure, but overflow and abound. They are the blessings and bounty o f God. “ W e continue to be at peace with the rest o f the world. In all essential matters our relations with other peo ples are harmonious with an evergrow ing reality o f friendliness and depth of recognition o f mutual dependence. It is especially to be noted that during the last year great progress has been achieved in the cause o f arbitration, and the peaceful settlement of inter national disputes. “ Now, therefore, I, William Howard Taft, president o f the United States of America, in accordance with the wise custom of the civil magistrate since the first settlements in this land, and with the rule established from the foundation o f this government, do ap point Thursday, November 24, 1910, aa a day o f national thanksgiving and prayer, enjoining the people upon that day to meet in their churches for the praise o f Alm ighty God and to return heartfelt thanks to him for all his goodness and loving kindness. “ In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal o f the United States to be affixed. “ Done at the City o f Washington, this, the 5th day o f November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ten, and o f the independ ence o f the United States the one hun dred and thirty-fifth. (Signed) “ W IL L IA M H O W A R D T A F T . “ By the President, Alvee A. Adee, acting secretary of state. ST R IK E R S O U S T PRESID ENT. Garment Workers Repudiate A gree ment Proposed—Settlement Off. Chicago.— The outlook for an early settlement o f the garment workers’ strike went glimmering when the strikers declined the proposed agree ment offered by T. A. Rickert, presi dent of the United Garment Workers, repudiated him as leader, and sought the aid o f the Chicago Federation of Labor. The Federation instructed its ex ecutive board to issue a call ¡for funds to assist the strikers and ordered Pres ident Fitzpatrick to prepare a memor ial on the strike to present to the con vention o f the American ^Federation of Labor, which will meet in St. Louis this week. FRENCH BEAU BRUMMEL WOMAN BOTH TRUANT IS COMING TO AMERICA AND HUMANE OFFICER While the en tire civilized world ha* for several centu- j rle* past readl ; ly accorded t o i Parle the su premacy In all matters pertain ing to feminine fashion, no for eigner la willing to admit that a I Frencbma n knows bow to dress. Each country has its own peculiar views and prejudices concerning mas culine raiment, being largely Influ enced by climatic condition* and by mode of life. Those who aim at being particular ly well garbed usually go to tailors <rf their own nationality, who employ English cutters, or else have their clothes built In London. But while one hears of plenty of rich Americans, of up-to-date European sovereigns, such as King Alfonso, as well as the rulers of Norway, Denmark, Greece, Russia and Germany, getting their frock coat, their lounge suits, and above all, their trousers, from London, no one with any pretensions to being well dressed—save a Frenchman— would ever dream of going for his clothes to Paris. When, therefore, one of the half a dozen Individuals who lay claim to the succession of the late Due de Talleyrand-Perlgord, who as Prince de Sagan was acknowledged as the king of the dandles on the banks of the Seine, announces his Intention of vis iting the United States for the pur pose of teaching American men how to dress, In a series of highly-paid lec tures, one is tempted to smile and to lend credence to the rumor that the real object of his trip across the At lantic Is to find the rich American wife whom he has failed to discover among the cosmopolitan society of which he Is the bright particular star In the French capital. Now, no matter how Americans may dress, nor how much they may fall short of the fantastic doctrines ad vanced by the self-styled successor of de Sagan, they at any rate array them selves In a manly fashion, and if he Is coming over here to urge them to wear corsets and to reduce thhelr broad shoulders, which he proclaims to be ugly, to the narrowness of his own shoulders, which he Insists Is far more artistic, It might be well for the federal Immigration authorities to pre vent bis landing In New York, and to deport him, so as to prevent him from preaching theories of an altogether subversive character. A contestant for the title of king of the French dandles Is Count Rob ert de Montesquieu, who will be re called as having made an unsuccess ful lecturing tour In America some years ago, his reception being indeed such that although he came here for four months, he remained but three weeks. He is the apostle of the esthetic cult In France, and haa a wonderful pet tortoise, the back of the little rep tile being gilded and studded with multl-bued Jewels, so that It might crawl over his carpets In arabesques of living color. Describing himself as the Poet of the Peacocks and of the Chauves-Surls /Bats), he has published several vol umes of poems, which can only be described as nightmares In print. For they have all the discord, without any of the delirium of madness; and the possibilities of verse for the expres sion of fluent, contorted and intermina ble nonsense have never been more cogently demonstrated than in the pages of these books. Mathewson Gets $15,000. N ew York— Christy Mathewson has just signed a contract with the New COLLEGE PROFESSOR WHO York baseball club for next season atI the highest salary ever paid in the his MIXED LOVE AND LATIN tory o f the game. It is understood that Matty will receive for his ser- > Prof. Harry vices next season $15,000, Thurston Peck, The “ big six” had a long conference who has been a with John T. Brush, and while the teacher of Latin financial dealings o f the club with its at C o l u m b i a players are never made public, it is university f o r said on good authority that Mr. Brush !2 years, has volunteered Mathewson the advance in discovered, as salary. less l e a r n e d men have found Drinking Cups Under Ban. out before his Sacramento— The State board of time, that love health has decided to press more close and business do D a i r y i n g a n d S o il F e r t ilit y . ly its campaign against public drink not mix well. No other branch of agriculture pre ing cups by adopting a resolution ask Recently he was dismissed from his ing all railroad companies to remove sents more advantages than dairying position by the board of trustees of —disposing of these products of the cups from cars, depots and ferries and the university, this action growing to have public and private schools use farm aa milk a d butterfat. When out of a suit for breach of promise the latter may be sold to creamery other methods for children, either in brought against him by a stenog stations and the skim milk fed to dividual cups or drinking fountains. rapher, Esther Quinn Miss Quinn In calves and pigs along with alfalfa the The health board points out that many her suit asked for $50.000 damages. profits are greater than from almost states have passed laws prohibiting Last June certain letters alleged to the use of drinking cups for the gen have been written by Professor Peck any other form of agriculture. No other buslnesa tends so rapidly eral public on account o f dangers of to Miss Quinn were published and to build up the fertility of the farm, spreading contagious diseases. Peck was asked to resign. He re and. when Judiciously conducted, no fused. The trustees then suspended other branch of farming yields more Nicaragua Wants Loan, him until they had decided what to satisfactory financial returns. Raising Managua— In the convention signed do This decision was reached the and feeding alfalfa will add from 15 by the United States Commissioner other day and Peck was dismissed. to 30 per cent, to the profits of dairy Dawson, on the one hand, and General Professor Peck was divorced from ing over the use of any other feedstuff Estrada and his ministers on the other, his first wife and has married a sec that may be raised or bought. The for the continuance of Estrada in the ond. It Is charged that he wrote the profit problem for the dairyman Is con presideneey for two years, Mr. Dawson alleged letters during the time be stantly to find the feed that will de promises to use his beat efforts to ob tween the divorce and the second crease the cost of his production tain a loan for Nicaragua from the marriage. United States. This loan is to be The professor, however, declares S h e e p - R a is in g P a y s . guaranteed by 50 per cent o f the cus bis dismissal Is In violation of his Farms where sheep are depended tom duties, and will be used for the contract with the university and that upon for the big end of the Income are quite scarce this side of the Mis purpose o f funding the internal and he will bring the matter to the sissippi. But farms where sheep show foreign debt, building railroads and es courts. Professor Peck Is a native of Con net profits that they are never given tablishing a gold standard. necticut, la a graduate of Columbia credit for are numerous. The man Children at Home Burned. university and took other courses at «h o has kept a flock of 40 or 50 ewes Sioux City— While alone in a farm Berlin, Paris and Rome. He la an all his life seldom realizes how much they contribute to his bank account : house near Hardington, Neb., 30 miles author and a man of broad culture. Professor Peck and President But and to the looks of his farm until he | west o f here, Clarence and Ernest gets "sore on the wool trust” and gets Peterson, aged 5 and 3 years, sons of ler have been estranged for some out. He’s generally found getting Peter Peterson, and Lee Peterson, time and the professor has threatened aged 14, a son o f Sever Peterson, were to reveal some unpleasant things. right back In. burned to death in a fire which de Crab A p p l e s Decrease M il k . T h e A p p r o p r ia t e K in d . stroyed the Peterson home. Peter Many pastures are full of crab ap Peterson, the father, is in a hospital “There Is one lock which it Is th» ples, and they are greatly relished by here, where he had just undergone an oddest thing in the world a skeleton cows, although they assuredly de operation. His w ife was on the way key ought to open, but can't” crease the milk flow. They become to Sioux City. "W hat Is that?” large enough for the cows to eat “ A deadlock." about the time the fall pasturage Is Straits Will Be Flown. the shortest, and the combined effect Disgusted. Havana — Arrangements are being of these two conditions Is liable to dry “ He's disgusted with the way the made for an aeroplane flight across the the animals up entirely. politicians are running things In this Florida straits from Havana to Key town." West, prsbabiy in December. The dis Goats for Milk. “ Is that so?” It la estimated that there are over tance is over 90 miles, but conditions “ Yea. be ran for offloe and was 4 » $.000,000 goats In this country and all ; for flying, it is claimed, are favorable tested.” at this season. The Havana Post has are practically free from tuberculosis. Thousands of them are milk goats and offered a prize of $6,000. I t is said W e show our Ignorance by our o » ere need regularly for this purpose, | that Glenn H. Curtiss, Mara, Ely and willingness to f Baldwin will compete. C r u e l t y to animals may serve as an In spiration to tho painter’s brush In Paris, but 1$ never can la Sapulpa. Okla. —not. at least, so long as Mrs. Mabel Bassett Is on the Job as humane officer of the new state city. She Is the only woman humane officer In the state of Okla homa. Time was, not many months ago. when Sapulpa’s teamster's mistreated their horses at will, left them In the hot streets for hours without food or water and Inflicted all sorts of cruelty, thoughtless or otherwise, upon tho dumb brutes of the vicinity. But last March the women of Sapulpa, aided by a few of the men, organized a hu mane society, and determined to stamp out these abuses. So limited were the finances of the new society that It could not afford to employ aa officer to look after the work. Then Into the breach stepped Mrs. Bassett, who volunteered to fill the office until a regular officer could be employed. So well did she accomplish her task that the city council agreed to pay a salary and appoint aa hu mane officer anyone the society might select Mrs. Bassett was urged to take place, and when her name was placed before the councllmen they were de lighted to make the appointment And they went even further. They named her city truant officer aa well. Before she entered upon her dutlea it was a frequent occurrence for team sters to work horses with sore shoul ders day In and day ou t Mrs. Baa- sett has rapidly remedied that condi tion, and the practise haa been almost wholly discontinued. Most of the horses in Sapulpa have been provided with hata this summer and have been fed and watered with greater regu larity, while drinking fountains have been erected In many places over the city. Stray dogs without friends to pro long their lives by means of tho brass tax tag are no longer killed by the bullet of a policeman. In Its stead gas Is used, aa Mrs. Bassett believes It to be practically painless. Due to this woman's efforts a roping contest at Sapulpa was declared oft last summer. She not only realizes that the day of the “ wild west" Is long since past In Oklahoma, but It la her desire to put a stop to a form of amusement that results In broken horns and legs and frequently broken necks for the steers that are used. In addition, horses and men also ars frequently Injured. As trusnt officer, Mrs. Bassett has almost stamped out truancy In ths public schools of her home city. With the compulsory school law behind her she la able to enforce her demands INTERNATIONAL CHARITY GOAL SET BY BRITISHER Philanthropy has goae fo r ward a step In the act of Sir Ernest Caasel. Though many have been gen erous In their home towns, dispensing of their s u r p l u s for the general good, and nu merous Carne- gles have bestowed handsome gift* for the use of their countrymen at large. Sir Ernest, has gone them all one better by his Interna tional philanthropy. An Anglicized Teuton, his gift takes cognizance o f the fact, and the million dollars do nated In the name of the lats King Edward, as a memorial to “ The Peacemaker,” Includes In Its benefit his compatriots In the land of hla adoption equally with his erstwhll* countrymen In the fatherland. A gift to international charity In memory of King Edward; a million- dollar fund established for the aid of the English poor In Germany and the German poor In England, plainly the gift seems designed to relieve the ten sion between these two nations whose “ war scares” at the expense of each other are so numerous. However, Sir Ernest says that was not his Idea, although If that were the effect of the fund be would be greatly delight ed. The son of a Cologne banker. Sir Ernest was born In 1862 and at an early age went to England, where he made a splendid fortune. About eight years ago. on the eve of his departure to India, he placed at the disposal of King Edward $1,000.000 to be used for charitable or utilitarian purposes. King Edward devoted the money to providing additional sanatoria for the open air treatment of tuberculosis, which wero greatly needed at that time. Sir Ernest early became profi cient In financial affairs. In recogni tion of successful services rendered to the Egyptian government In 1898 he received the K. C. M. Q. And In addition he haa the first-class Royal Order of Wars (Norway and Sweden), to which countries hs was of great assistance In railway enterprise, and the Order of the Crown of Prussia, of the first class, one of the highest Ger man decorations. Of late years Sir Ernest had been closely associated with King Edward and was one of the last allowed to call on him before his death. The Resultc. ” 1 see Mies Footllts failed In he» stellar ambitions.” ‘-768, she failed to attract at eve- ilngs, so she le now a mourning ■tar.'* A Little Ahead. “ Are we keeping abreact of the tlmee?” “ Oh. yet. The 1911 models In au tomobiles ars on ths market and tb * Christmas msgsslnes will be out next w eek ”