n j I is
NEWS FROM THE
TESTS llbfcRi STRtNQTM.
Ingenious Machine. Workd by Forest
oarvic at Nw Haven.
vxr.. i
"ningwu, Npt.lI.The Forest
' ,or me time punt ha been
"yuigon asenes of experiment
. iiwuer wiin( station at New Ha
vuim., 10 determine the effect of
c.iiuuuou. load applied for Ioiik per
iumb vi nine w wooden beams. The
warns are tested tjr an ingenious appa
""i twi-n is ao arranged that the
loan on tne specimens ia constant, how
ever much they may bend.
The most Interesting part ol the tot
ing macniue la a large paper covered
urum, slowly revolving by cloc kwork
uji'u wmcu a continuous record of the
amount ot bending iu the specimen
under test Ia recorded. Thia bending,
or deflection, la ahown on the drum by
a pencil mark, the pencil being con-
net-tea to the center of the beam by a
system of lever ao arranged aa to con
aiderahly multiply the actual bending
of the beam before it ia recorded on the
drum.
Information an to the effect of loads
applied to wooden beams for Ioiik per
ioda of time ia not at present very defi
nite, and it In expected that the results
of the experiment now in progress at
New Haven will furnish much valuable
information which will be of great ben
efit to the lumter Indus try.
UNCLE 8AM FIGHTS PLAGUE.
Kootovelt Orders the Public Health
Service to Aid San Francisco.
Washington, Sept. 7. By direction
or I'reaident Roosevelt, the pnblic
neaiin ana marine hospital service haa
assumed charge of measure to stamp
out the plague in Han Francisco. Thia
atep was taken today by request of
Mayor Taylor, of Ban Franciaco. who
addod that the city would do all that is
poeslble tcwarda providing funds to
carry on the woik.
Acting promptly on telgraphio in
structions from Oyster liay, Surgeon
General Wyman Issued the necessary
orders and advised the mayor of Ban
Franciaco that the corps of the service
officer already on duty there would
be augmented and that additional
measures would be taken to prevent the
epreaa oi lue disease.
Defers improving track.
Southern Railroad Will Not Double
Road Under Present Laws.
Washington, Sept. 10. It was an
nounced at the Southern Railway head'
quarters in this city that, owing to re
cent adverse railroad rate legislation in
several Southern states, and to "gene
ral conditions," the double tracking of
the Southern railway betwoen Chatta
nooga ami Olteway Junction, in Ten
nessee, north of Greensboro, N. C, has
been ordered stopped, pending further
instructions.
Contract had been entered into for
double tracking work in Tennessee ag
gregating about $15,000,000. The
money intended for the propieed Im
provement In Tennessee and North
Carolina has been withdrawn and will
be uaed in operating the road.
Great Erfclneeririg Feat.
Washington, Sept. 6. A report has
juat reached the State department of
what la declared to be the greatest en
gineering work of the kind ever at
tempted on the European continent.
It is to be a canal under the Hove
mountains to connect the port of Mar
seilles more directly with the river
Rhine. Consular Clerk M. B. Kirk,
of Paris, reports that the minister of
publlo works in France and the counsel
general of bridges have recently report
ed the expenditure of over $15,000,000
for the construction of the tunnel canal,
which is to be four and one-half milts
long, 73 feet wide and 43 feet above the
water level to the vaulted room. It
will be completely lighted by electri
city and possess a small railroad run
ning along the side.
Meerschaum In New Mexico.
Washington, Sept. 11. Meerschaum,
so highly, prized by pipe manufactur
ers, and which has heretofore come
from Turkey, in Asia Minor, ha re
cently been found in New Mexico, and
its extreme scarcity will toon be at an
end. The new mines are in the liablo
range of mountains, alxnit 20 miles
northwest ct Pinoa Altoe, to which a
branch of the Santa Fe railroad runs
from Ieming. There have been strip
ped two true fissure veins, continuous
for 1,500 feet each, in which there is
carried 20 inches of meerschaum.
Evans' Fleet Starts North.
Washington, Sept. 5. Admiral Ev
ans has taken his big battleship fleet
on a cruise northward from Hampton
Roads. It ia understood at the Navy
department that the fleet will make no
haste in going north, but will engage in
drills and various kinds of fleet and
sqnadron maneuvers on the cruise. The
fall target practice is to begin next
Monday and thia will be the last op
portunity the big ships will have have
to test their guns before they drop an
chor In Magdalena bay, on the West
ern coast ol the continent.
Sentence Is Shortened.
Washington, Sept. 11. Aged Judge
Jame L. Bradford, of NewUrleans,
who was convicted of land frauds, had
tils sentence commuted to two years by
Treeident Rxevelt on condition that
he returns to the government the
thousand acres of valuable land in
Jxiulaiana which he obtained by fraud,
lie has already served two months.
Bradford was a former resident of the
IMetrict of Columbia. He is one of the
South's niost prominent attorneys.
Colonel Halford Retires.
Washington, Sept. 6. Lieutenant
Colonel Elijah W. Haliord, pay depart
ment, U.S.A.. was relieved today,
having reached the statutory age of 64
years. Colonel Halford was attached
to headquarters of the department of
California, at Ran Francisco, and was
one of the most widely known officers
in the pay corps of the army. '
private secretary to the late Tresident
iJenjamln Harrison from 1889 to 1893.
NATIONAL CAPITAL
LANE'S NORTHWESTERN TOUH
win near Rata Cases in Portland
Spokane and Seattle.
Wellington, Sept. 5. Interstate
Commerce Commissioner Lane will be
in rortland September 16 to hear argu
nienta on complaint of the Oreaon Kail.
road commission against the Lhieairn A
Alton and various other roads, the coin
miaaion alleging that the rate on de
natured alruho, shiDued from Chicaim
aim Missouri river ixiinU ia oxrwaaiva
Jiefore reaching Portland Mr. lane
will bear argument at Snokano. H.n-
muioer v, on complaint or Uie city ol
Spokane against the Northern Pacific
ureal isortiiern and O. R. & N.. all.g
mgthat their rate on sheet steel from
I'lttsburg to Spokane la excessive and
out of pioortion to the rate from Pitta-
burg to Seattle. On September 13 Mr.
Lane will hear argument at Seattle in
several cases arainst the Northern Pa
cific, in which it is alleged that Its
rates on shingle from Avon and F-dire
comb, Wash., to points in Minnesota
and Ttx are unreasonable.
OREGON LEADS ALL 8TATES.
Contributes Most to Reclamation Fund
General Increase Shown.
Washington, Sept. 10. Oregon
again leads all state in its contribu
tion to the reclamation fund. During
the fiscal year ended June 30, 1907. the
total receipts from land sale in Oregon
amounted to $1,429,700, nearly three
time the receipts in the previous year,
wnen tne total was only f 545,34(1.
Last year, when timber entries in
Oregon were tied up, North Dakota
forged ahead of Oregon, but this year
he receipts In that state were but
$300,000 less than in Oregon. There
has been a general gain In land re
ceipts through the West, Washington
ncreaslng from $542,677 in 1906 to
$768,937 in 1907, and Idaho showing
an increase from $351,003 to $709,169.
The total receipts from all states
amount to $9,484,938, and amount to
and out of thia total annroximlatelv
$8,000,000 will go into the reclamation
fund, swelling the total to more than
40,000,000.
Will Not Sell Islands.
Washington, Sept. 11. "We are not
going to sell the Philippines, and so
what's the use of people wasting time
talking about it," said Representative
Hull, of Iowa, chairman of the house,
committee on military affairs, today.
In Iowa we feel that we have a right to
send the fleet anywhere we please, and
if any nation puts a chip on it should
er ana does not want us to send our
vessels where we please, the sooner
we find it ont the better. The move
ment of the fleet will be a splendid
deuionstrationn of the navy's power."
Has Scent of Lumber Trust.
Washington, Sept. 5. An investiga
tion of the lumber industry la being di
rected by Hernert Knox Smith, com
missioner of the bureau of corporations,
which may develop euflicient Informa
tion to warrant the government's pro
ceeding against the lumber trust. At
present the inquiry ia proceeding in
Wisconsin and Michigan and in the
Southern states. It is along purely
economic lines to develop the amount
of standing timber. After the source
of supply is ascertained, Mr. Smith
will inquire into the coet of production.
Roteburg National Bank Licensed
Washington, Sept. 6. The controller
of the currency has approved the appli
cation of A. C. Masters, C. W. Parks,
I. Abraham, J. F. Buker, N. Rice ami
E. V. Hoover to organize the Rosehurg
National bank, with capital stock of
$50,000. F. P. Hill has been appoint
ed a guard in the Cascade national for
est, Oregon, and Thomas Monroe to s
similar position in the Imnaha national
forest Mrs. Olive C. Swenning has
been appointed a clerk, temporarily, in
the Cascade forest.
Old Rumor Killed Again.
Washington, Sept. 6. Rumors orig
inating in Portland to the effect that
headquarters of the department of the
Columbia were to be removed from
Vancouver banacka to Seattle are flatly
discredited by Adjutant General Ains
worth, the one man above all others
who keeps posted on such matters.
When the attention of Senator Bourne
was called to this rumor he took it at
once to General Ainsworth, and at cured
from him a flat denial.
Army Depots at Walla Walla.
Washington, Sept. 7. The inspector
general of the army in his annual re
port, urgently recommend the estab
lishment of a depot at Fort Walla
Walla, Wash., for the purchase and
training of horses for army purposes,
also the establishment of a depot for
the mounted service, where all manner
of supplies for the cavalry and artillery
ctn lw stored. This recommendntion
has the favorable endorsement of the
quartermaster general.
Oysters Are Plentiful.
Washington, Sept. 6. -There is no
occasion for thoee of the delicato palate
to grow apprehensive over reports of
an oyster famine. At the bureau of
fisheries the otlioials do not credit the
rumor. While they have at present
no means of measuring definitely the
oyster crop that will le harvested, they
do not look for a famine or a greater
shortage than has marked recent years.
The commission is working bard to pre
vent the extinction of the oyster.
Naval Station for Pacific.
Washington, Sept. 10. That a strong
recommendation will le made by Rear
Admiral Capi, chief of construction of
the navy, for building a naval station
at San Diego is practically assured. It
is believed his views are indorsed by
Bear Admiral Cowles, the president's
brother-in-law.
New Chief for Creeks.
Washington, Sept. 6. The president
today authorixed the secretary of the
interior to appoint Subchief Mety Tin
ker, of the Creek Indians, to succeed
General rieasant Porter a chief of the
tribe.
THORNLESS WONDER.
Burbank Telia Irrigation Congrats
Latest Creation.
Sacramento, Cal. , Sept. 6. Mot In
tereating among the addressee delivered
at the Irrigation congreM jesterday was
on by Luther Burbank, the wixara,
who tolJ of effort to pro. luce a thorn
lea cactus. Resolutions on nation
land policy were adopted and a slate
for othcer prepared by the committee
on organ nation.
A resolution wa Introduced by the
Outdoor Leagne department of th Cal
irornia club, through Ita chairman
Mis. Lovell White, declaring that Ni
agara rails are menaced with Uestruc
tion through the rapacity of the power
companies located on both sides ol the
river. The resolution, which was re
ferred to the committee on resolutions,
urged that the congress approve the act
of the American Civic association in its
attempt to preserve unirupaiied Niag'
ara Falls, and urging congress to enact
necessary legislation.
Luther Burbank, the expert on
plants, who appeared before the con
grest Wednesday night, wat again
called on for an address. He told the
congress of hi experiment in trying to
produce a thorniest cactus. He had all
but succeeded, he taid, a lack of nutri
tion being the only obstacle to be over
come. He predicted that this thorn
less cactus would become the great fod
der of the arid region, for all kind of
stock relish it and fatten quickly.
About 200 tons can be grown per acre,
n extraordinary output compared with
other kinds of feed. The development
of the high nutrition is being sssidu
oualy pursued by Mr. Burbank, and the
grating men will soon have some im
port ant news from the wizard.
The congress adopted a resolution de
claring that there should be no thought
of making a profit for the government
through the sale of timber or granting
of grazing privileges. Bona fide mln
rs, stockmen and farmers should be
only charged a rate for such privileges
which would meet the government ex
penses.
Other resolutions adopted provide for
the establishment of bueaus of hy
drology and drainage in connection
with irrigation work. .A resolution
calling on congress to aid irrigation in
any way possible was also passed.
ONLY ONE FLEET.
Rootavalt Doe Not Propose Nw On
for Atlantic.
Washington, Sept. 6. It is author
itatively stated at the Nav depaitment
that President Roosevelt does not con
template the creating ef two battleship
fleets. Nor does Secretary Metcalf, nor
even the general board, which ia sup
posed to represent the extreme views in
naval development, favor either the
division of the present magnificent
fleet under Admiral Evans command
or the creation of another fleet in order
that there may be a formidable Ameri
can! navy In both oceans the Atlantic
and Pacific.
On, the contrary, it Is reparded at
the Navy department as better policy
to maintain one perfectly equipped,
well drilled fleet, free to move at will
to any part of the globe at short notice,
and the present plana contemplate the
increase of the strenuth of the existing
Atlantic fleet from 18 to 28 battleahips.
This will afford a command aa large as
can be properly directed by any one
officer and it will moreover about mark
the capacity of porta and dry docks in
any particular section of the wot Id.
So it is asserted positively at the de
partment that there is not the least in
tention of keeping the battlohlps which
will go to the Pacific permanently In
those waters. That fleet, it is added,
will surely return to the Atlantic sea
board after it has fulfilled its mission
and demonstrated the feasibility of
transferring such a vast naval force be
tween oceans.
It ia suggested at the Navy depart
ment that before the gathering of a
similar number of naval vessels in the
l'ac'fic becomes necessary the problem
will be tolved by the completion of the
Panama canal.
It is pointed out at the department
that, even were the president or the
department so disposed, it would be
impossible for them to provide for an
other such fleet aa Admiral Evans'
present command without congressional
authority.
Antwerp Strike Is Serious
Antwerp, Sept. 6. Militia controlled
the situation here today, though the
rioterj attacked a number of freight
cart in which strike! reakirs were rid
ing. About 3,000 of the locked out
lalwrers, porters and men in ilmilar
trades, who struck in sympathy with
the locked out laborers, held a meeting
during the day and adopted a resolu
tion setting forth that they were not
responsible for yesterday's disorder..
Twenty rioterj were wounded last night
by the sabers or revolvers of the police
In dispersing them.
Cannon to Help Alaska.
Fairbanks, Alaska, Sept. 6. Con
gressman William Sulzer, of New
York, predicts that Alaska will be a
territory before 1909 is ended. In an
interview Cot pressman Snlzei said that
he has obtained the absolute promise
of the speaker '. the houne of repre
sentatives snd some of the members of
the committee on territories that the
Alaska territorial bill will be acted
upon early in the next sessicn of con
gress, which convenes in December.
He is certain that the bill will pasa and
Alatka will get the rank of territory.
Try to Kill Grand Duka.
Berlin, Sept. fl. The Prussian rail
road administration has off. rod a re
ward for the discovery of the persons
who wrecked the St. Petersburg-Berlin
exf res near IWrlin shortly before mid-
aiglit, resulting in 11 persons being i i-
j u red. Presumably it was the work of
anarchists or Russian revolutionists.
who hoped to kill a member of the Im
perial family who was said to have been
on the train. The train wa derailed
and several cars telescoped.
Would Us Bear as Dogs.
Copenhagen, Sept. 6. Captain
Amundsen, who in 1905 concluded the
navigation of the northwest passage, is
making plant for a larger expedition to
the polar regions. He is credited with
the intention of nsing polar bears in
the same manner aa dogs are need now.
INDORSE ROOSEVELT
Irrlgallca Congress Approves ol
rresldent's Course.
PRESEIVE CALIFCRMA BIG TREES
Alto
Atk That Grai,ntj Charges on
Rttrv B Rtducsd to
Actual Cot.
HumnKntO, Cl 7 if.
four daysofad.lrwaee ij discussions,
the fifteenth National Irrimtion m.
gtea yfsUfnlay Uxik up the big work of
the irathrrmg, hn the tenort ol th
corumittet M resolution! M submit
ted ry its chairman, ex-Governor
George C. Pardee.
There il tn indorsement of th nollr.
of President Rousvdlt and hi adminis
tration In connection with the nolii v
of reclamttlun. irrigation, fo-est pres
ervation tnd cwtervuliun ot reoourcee.
The drpartineiilt tliat have the big
work in hod are Indorsed. TliHia i
a recommendation that the government
only charge enough for tinder cut from
forest reserve to pay for maintenance
of the forest service. Congress la asked
to taaa t law providing for the nreserv.
ation of th Calaveru big tree by the
exchange of other timber Und for
them.
The irr gation congress is asked to
make every enort to have the seven
teenth session of the congress held in
Washington at the tame time the Na
tional congress it ia session, and pro
vide for a committee of five to promote
the matter. Protection is also asked
or the beet sugar industry and aid for
the work of irrigat on, reclamation,
preservation and conservation.
The only resolution objecting to ad
ministration ideal It one piotesting
against further enactment of legislation
favoring Philippine sugar to the injury
of the beet tugar industry of in Amer-
Not an objection was made aa the
resolutioni were read and hearty ap
plause followed.
There was a spin led discussion on
n amendment whirh Judge Raker, of
Modoc county, California, sought to
have added. Tliii was made a special
order for today. Judge Raker's amend
ment asked for the removal of the duty
on lumber coming into this country.
Today t seesion which is to mark the
lose of the congress, promises lively
developments.
STRIKING OPERATORS SUED.
Rfut to Pay Bill of Postal Telegraph
Compiny.
Chicago, Sept. 7. A new phase in
the strike of the commercial telegraph
ers developed todir aben the Postal
Telegraph company began suit againat
the unin for the recovery of a debt of
1129.39. The bill it for messages sent
by the union during the month of Au
gust. Payment wis refused by officers
of the union on the ground that th
company had tailed to send some ot the
message.
One telegram sent to Hot Springs
after the strike began was not deliv
ered, according to the officers of the
union. When the regular month's bill
was presented Thursday the collector
was aked to furnish proof that the
messages had been sent. The company
decided It would furnish the proof in
the Municipal court September 11, on
wnitn uare me suit will be heard.
Classify Postal Clerks.
Chicago, Pept. 7. Thirty duys va
cation at full pay for all clerks and
carriers in the postoflice service and a
classification of the service above the
$1,200 grade, the present limit, haa
been adopted is the policy of the Post
oflice department, and will be urged by
the postmaster general at the coming
session of congress. Frank H. Hitch
cock, first assistant prstmaster general,
accompanied by R. E. lloch, private
secretary of the postmaster general, was
n Chicago tonight and said that the
department has been committed to
such policy.
Fart Hughe' Big Stick.
New York, Sept. 7. Directors of the
Interborough-Metmpolitan, the holding
e irporation ci many traction companies
in New York City, including surface,
elevated and subway, decided today to
pass the regular quarterly dividend on
Its preferred stock. Previous quarterly
dividends have been 1 14' per cent, but
the directors deciiKU to withhold thit
one until tne investigation of the
affairs of thit company by the Public
Service commission, which Is now in
progress, is concluded, as the money
may be needed.
Board of Health Man Resign.
6an Francisco, Sept. 7. Dr. Jules
Simon, pretident of the local board of
health, and Dr. Towei, a member of
the board, tendered their resignations
today to Mayor Taylor. The mayor, In
speaking f the matter tonight, said
that he expected other members of the
beard would resign, and that in that
event the appointment of an entirely
new board would devolve upon him. It
is said that the refignations grew out
of lack of litrmoy among the health
officers in the manner of handling the
local bubonic plague cases.
Arrested for Wire-Tampering.
Chicago, Sept. 7. Oeorge 8. Bird
sell, a member of the Commercial Tele
graphers' onion, was arrested today on
a warrant charging him with mali
ciously tamperinK 'h Western Union
telegraph wire in the suburb of May fair
on August 22. Birdfell admitted that
he disconnected two of the company's
lines, tut declared he had len in
structed to do to by a wire chief of the
Western Union, and therefore could
not be punished.
More Indictments Com.
rittabnrg, Ppt. 7. Attorney Pal
mer Chambers, who ha had charge of
the collection of the evidence for the
Voters Civic league in the tax receipt
frauds, announced today that there
wonld be 200 additional indictments
drawn in these cases. He said that
these will include men aa prominent at
thoa already indicted.
GLASS IS8ENTENCED
Most Co to Saa Quentln Peniten
tiary tor Five Years.
DEFENDANT'S AGE CONSIDERED
Telephone Official Ccnvictad of Pay
ing S 50,000 t Kill Franchise
of Rival Company.
San Francirco, Sept. 6. "Five year
for Louis Glass" wat the newt me
age that sped with incredible rapidity
to all parts of the city yeeterday morn
ing from the Temple Shoirth Israel,
California and Webster stretts, where
wat imposed the sentence that brought
to a dramatic cloae the second trial of
the vice president and former general
managei of the Pacific Statea Telephone
4 Telegraph company, convicted last
week of the crime o( bribery, a crime
for which the extreme punishment un
der the law of this state is 14 years.
Only a small crowd, made up for the
nioet part of lawyers, witnet-aed the im
posing of sentence. When the usual
preliminary motions had been cleared
away the court said: "Has the defend
ant any other legal cause to show why
judgment should not be pronounced up
on him?"
Mr. Glass arose in the pew immedi
ately back of his counsel. His face was
very le, but in hit bearings there was
neither boldness nor cringing.
Looking the judge full in the face, he
answered in a voice thut was clear and
steady: "I have no reply, your honoi,
except that I am entiiely guiltlet-e of
this charge."
"There are two general considera
tions," said the judge, "pressing upon
the mind of the court in determining
the measure of punishment in this ease.
The first turns upon the situation of
the defendant himself. A man well
advanced in years, he has appeared in
this court charged for the first time
with the commission of a public offense.
The other consideration 1 the nature of
the offense and the effect of such crim
inal transgression upon the institutions
of the country itself. The oertainty,
rather than the extent of the punish
ment, should control. Weighing both
of these conaiderations, I have reached
a conclusion as to the measure of pun
ishment which I feel will be both just
and fair under all the circumstance
presented.
"Louis Glass, it ia the judgment of
the law and the sentence of the court
that yea be confined in the state prison
of the state of California at San Quentin
tor the term of five years."
PROSECUTE ALL THIEVES.
Oregon Land Fraud Cat a Ar Not
To Ba Dropped.
Washington. Sept. 6. "There 1 ab
solutely no truth in the statement that
the govornment will not further prose
v. i .;,!
cute tne uregou wuu hmu mwr, m.u
Action Attorney General Russell Unlay,
when shown a diMpatch from Portland
nuotina a story recently printed in that
citv. "The land fraud trials will be
resumed at an early day.
"The delay thus far has been due to
several causes. Mr. Heney, who con
ducted the past trials, was more liimil
iiir with the pending cases than any
other official, and at the time he went
to San Francisco he expected to return
to Portland and personally handle niot-t
of the remaining land fraud cases, im
work at San Francisco has l-een so ex
tensive as to make it impossible for
him personally to take up the land
trials in Oregon. Naturally some de
lay was occasioned in acquainting otlier
officitls with the facts. Then, too, to
ward the close of the past fiscal year
there was a shortage of funds. The
new appropriation became avaiiaDie
Ju 1, and, so far aa I am aware, there
la no particular reason why the Oregon
trials should not ptoreed."
Worran Holds Up a Car.
Loa Angeles, Cal., Sept. 5. For the
second time within a week a streetcar
was held up and robbel at 'the runrzle
of a revolver by a roliher so sligni ana
possessed of such delicate features wiai
the police believe the crime to have
been committed by a woman in man's
stt re. Just before midnight taut nigru
a Hooper avenue car between Ascet
park and Compton, in the suburbs, was
boarded by the robber aa tne car rounu
ed a curve. The motorman and con
doctor vera held tin at the point Of a
revolver, yielding about $4.
Result of Nebraska Primaries.
Rnt. B. Returns up
to midnight on yesterday's state pri-
mary indicates a i must mun
nnmlnntinn hv the Republicans of M.
O. Reeae for justice of the Supreme
i.fr Avoti .TtiilirO Samuel f i . SedgWICk,
and of Anderson Ccpeland for univer-
sity regent, with railroad wmm'" "
In doubt. Chairman yinen,
Democratic State Central corrim ttee,
said returns Indicated the nomination
by the Democrats of George i.. ihjii
i. i.,.fi... rf the fiiiureme court. The
official canvass takes place Tuesday.
Wants to Se America.
r Tl. rVrrir d'ltal-
la is authority for the statement that a
priest attached to the church of Santa
r . . i 1 1 i I, v him de-
Maria Magdalena, nuiirn. v -
. f:..l utut.ia. pm 1-
sire to visir, me i -
sled 124.000 of the church f inds and
disappeared. He is supposed to rave
. .... .i i l h il. sires. The
started ror inr '" - - . ,
, . ol.nrch have lotg"l a
wardens oi . .
complaint against the priest 'th a
local macmirRTP
i a
!e apprehenaoi.
Can Fleas Carry Plans'
. . -.-i e..f K The depart-
ments on dudoih '''"' 7 ' ' (-,.
which I. to determine wh he r the
ifornia pece ci neas """
eas through a common r. to a healthy
STrom snip- that into San Fran-
f m oTiental port, -here plague
I known w oo Fr..
XT COSTS TO COUBT JL OIF.L.
Iist'm Ar Thlrlw Tlw
brrat Part Inn Am:
A Uiau w ho ha two aoii old enough
to tie paying court to two young womeu
a k4-ldiua- thtiu recently lvauM
they si'nt so much money, decisive th
Kana.ia City Star.
"My boys." ho aald, -t!e H.Me M
you !ial live hy the sweat of your
brow. Hut you fellow are not doing
It. You've g t along fairly well In th,
world wltb the aid of your dnddy'
perilratlon. I Snnt forty-live year
haruealn;; up my b:mk roil and putting
It to work. I K-ut two years Imltn1
Ing your mother to la-ad lu on my sid
ing, und It didn't (tst me uiore'n flO
to get her to make the twitch. If you
put lu two ytxira at the rate you're
going It'll tiike a thoiiHand.
"Forty five years ago a girl win sat
isfied with au ocvtiKlouut trip to a par
ty or to a little dunce. Now- a dunce
coots you atiout $3 for u curriiiue and
at least IJ for a bite to eat after It's
over. Wbeu I was young we walked
to our daucea If we were iu tow n. or
drove our own team If lu the country.
And whoever gave the dance always
provided a little ometliing to eat. V
didn't have flowers could dance Just
as well without 'em and have Jiiat as
good a time. No tiu-utt-r dinner,
either. If we ever went to a theater
we wont to see the H-rforiiiuuce and
not to look for aoiiicthlng to eat.
Of course I'm uot blaming you. be
cause It's cuwtoniary these days to see
how much money you enn spend and
how little you can get. You ure travel
ing In a nice crowd and lire courting.
'It cost money to court a girl. She's
got to have ber thvatera, her dances.
her rides lu motor car, her flower Biid
all thoae thlnga. Aud if you don't pro
vide them alie'U scratch your name
from the tea list. Imagine one of your
young women going to a box party
where 2.") cent was paid for a hox I
Where she drew a haiu aaudwleh, a
hard-boiled egg, some pie, cuke and an
apple! Do you think she'd know how
to shell the egg aud clamp into that
half-pound uudwlc? Not much!
She'd want a couple of shrimps served
on a sprig of lettuce, with w ater wafer
ou the altle. She'd wuut aome of tlame
bltrer prunes, two cupa of coffee, fol
lowed by a chunk of that cheese that
has nioldly green inxits Inside.
"And ahe won't think auy more of
you than the girl thought of u wbeu
we gave 'em a good 'feed at our old
box suppers. If one box wasn't enough.
we'd get 'urn two. We never let em
ira home hungry. And I II la-t that s
more than half of you fellows tlo uow.
It' a good hundred to-oue allot that
after you've taken your girls home
from one of those fashionable nances
ahe longs for a good wpinre lunch of
hread and milk or something or the
kind.
"At Chrlstmns time she would laugh
If you sent her a nice new allium und a
pair of good yarn gloves. No, slie wants
some otter furs, a Jewel case aud some
elbow kid gloves, und you'll buy 'em,
too, because you're courting la-r."
TIw old man made out a Hat of whnt
It cost him to cDWrt b "If a
year forty years ago. Then one of hi
ton nuide out a list of his expi-nae
lu courting hi girl during the last yeur
aud It wu thirteen time a much aa
hi father'. '
WHAT MAN IS MADE OF.
Selene Kinds Human Ilol- onlnlns
Mrrlnds of Liquid l rilil.
Man Is made of soup and not of du-'t,
according to a atatemi-m delivered la
fore the Harvey Society at the Acad
emv of Medicine, lu this city, by Prof.
J. . Adaml, say the New York World.
Man I not entirely made of soap, of
course, but there are scattered through
hi body an unknown numlK-r of tiny
globule called "myelin." which are
now believed to lie a primitive form of
true soap. It Is the only pure type of
soap on earth and scientists any It may
be thut man w-ns originally i-onstruct-Kl
on a self -cleansing principle. All he
had to do was to exercise his wlll
(KlWerthink hard and set hi myri
ad of soap globules In motion.
The soap nature ot numaii ueoi .
been discovered by means of the I'lur- j
iKing nilcmscoiie. Prof. Adaml give a
history of the curious resnirches wlil.-h
led up to the "great find." Fifty year)
ago Vlrchow stumbled on tls I "em-e
of myelin globule In nearly every tis
sue of the lody. They w. re piuii;ui
In the brain. I hey uiH-.on.ti oi .m.m
alcohol. H'rong alknln-a cuu-eu ""'"'
shrink. Vlrchow thought the inyQini
were albumen.
i ... not until 1H.1S It was discover
ed they ixaweawd ecullar refractive
power. Finally Prof. Ihlcln of Cirl
mhe made an elatK.rste study of the
globule and showwl ducer cross mark
ing and were In reality "lbpild crys
tals" showing precisely the same mark
ing as soap globule. Thl w con
sidered tulflclent to demonstrate their
identity with soap.
The myelins, or sonp gioom.-, -n-u
to contain remarkable sui-staiice ,u-
termediate between fluid una crystal.
Svei-vtarr TM mm m lleprler.
,lke Chief Justice Fuller. S.-crctary
Ison and other men high In the pub-
I
Wll
lie
servlce and commence, wihuij
Ttft
began his career a a new i-r
Tin first inonev earned by him
man
sft
r being graduated from Yalu waa
sa
I COU
otirt rcirtrrnn a Inciiiiiali piijier,
old Commercial Cj.-i7.ctte, then edit
,v Murnt Il.ilsti-nd. Mr. Taft start-
the
ed li
ed
t M a week, and when he unit had
wo
ark
ed up to "$J 1T. All me rime
... ii.na eni.'Mi.'.-d he was studying
he
law
at night under hi father' dlrec
v...itv di.l not drive hliu to
tlon
Che
work, n his father was a mail of
,i fortune, but the S-rcutry cisse
It U-
caue It was 111" p-eiii.Ki eniraii'-e
five employment that brought hltn
to a
dally
In contact w ltn lawyer aim conn
prnceei
illng.
Tli
Secretary like to discus new
-.,rU with rerortcr Hp tiae
paper
the
,hr frrna m-lfh a f.-iniLHflrlfr' il-
not I n
. lit f.,pnies eTTM'Herw-A tn ttin
' " - - -
lies, and understand how to out-
buslt
line
I "story- ror me -noy net ror
any memlier of the adrnlnlstra-
than
tlon.
rsirnrig eu;y uie mao in the
House.
White
8 TORT OF Till BELL ROPH.
Adof.l for Trains na tlranlf C mm
Old-Tim t iinbtl.
Although tlwi d-ie not wiu to Nr
auytb'ng In i-mninon between pugMi-ra
and railroad rvlca. t adopt lou of
the familiar l-cUrope tba strrtobe
through every car of th modern trlr
was th rvrj.'t of flmV cn-vunter.
say the T'b'IiitI;.hla I-eder. At th
tain (Im ac.d by t'.e lasue of the .tu
combat the r-reuiury i-f the .MUliH-tnr
lu railiust? ravel wu nr Juried. It
wa I'hi;u.1lphla which gav but!) k
the world.
One of t'..c iildest railroad In the
country h the Philadelphia, Wilming
ton A PaUlmor. now known a I!m
Philadelphia. Ualtlmore A Washington,
which wa oH'tied In 1S.J7. The first
tchedule contained one passenger train,
which went fo Itaitlmnre one day aial
Cam back the next, whh-h wa consid
ered a remarkable feat In fas1 travel.
When a train a day each way wa
placed lu service the s-ople of the two
cltle served concluded that the acme
of convenience lu transportation bad
been reached.
Next to the president of the railroad
the uiost Important functlonarle were
the engineer and conductor. It wa a
question whether or uot the head of tho
line was considered a sutmldlnry official
In (sipulur estimation to the uieu who
ran the train, but Itots-rt Fogg, wist
pulled the throttle, and John Wolf, who
collected fares, won the deference of
the public because of their high and re
sponsible duties.
Fogg, an Knglishmnn, had all the ten
acity of opinion of tils race; Wolf, an
American, bad the Ingenuity of tls
Yankee, and eelng the need of some
method by which he could iiiinutib-t
with the engineer, devised the -hne
of running cord through the car to
the locomotive. Aa the engine wa m
wood burner. Wolf fastened one end of
the cord to a log, which wa placed on
the engineer's seat, and was pulled to
the floor when the conductor deolred to
signal for a stop.
Fogg resented w hat he considered an
Interference of his rights ou the plat
form of the locomotive, and on the fl rut
run out with the new device paid no
ticed to the displacement of tlie log
from the teat when the conductor d
tlred to take on a passenger from a
farm near Oray's Ferry, but icd on
over the bridge, and did not deign to
bring his engine to a stop until Blue
Hell station, on the south side of th
Schuyklll. had been reached. Then ha
demanded to know of Wolf why lie bail
been Jerking that log all about the loco
motive.
Wolf hotly do-la red that he had sig
naled to atop, but Fogg retorted that he
would atop when and where be pleancd.
and that, too, withuut any reference to
orders from the conductor, whom hu
did not regard aa hi superior in the
management of the train. The alterca
tion grew very heated, and Wolf In
vited the engineer from the cab to set
tle the matter, and the challenge wa
quickly accepted.
Passenger and a group of men wlm
had gathered at the station to nee the
train come In formed a ring about tl
combat ut. but th fight did not la at
long, a Wolf proved hy far the o
perlor artist with hi flsta. and w ith a
few blow made It almost ImixMwHile
for the engineer to see sufficiently to
complete hi run; but Fogg admitted!
that he had been fairly beaten, and the
supremacy of the conductor on a rail
road train was settleL
A the log signal was crude and In
effective, Wolf devised the use of a bell
on the locomotive, and thia method wa
toon adopted by all of the American
railroad. Then a code of signal wa
adopted, and these remain practically
to this day. The only change In tint
helicon! Is that hy use of the air from
the brake system a whistle bus super
seded the bell In the lo-ouiotlve cat.
ii nid it.
"Your story possesses merit," wrote
the kindly magaxlne editor In return
ing a ninnuscrlpt to a struggling young
author of Washington, "but you nav
enibelllfched It with too much descrip
tion, atmosphere and other Irrelevant
matter. What we want Is a story act
ting out the simple facta farts, Jut
plain fact. If you will revise your
story according to our Ideas, we will
be glad m pay you $25 for It"
A few- days later the editor got tho
following from the struggling young
suth.r of Washington :
"Hen with revised etory. Please send
check by return mall, a I need the
money."
And thl was the story as rewritten :
"Jona loved Eliza, but he wa poor,
and wealthy papa kicked. Jona went
Into Wall street and made a million.
Incidentally bankrupting papa. Then
Eliza went Ashing, fell off a log Info
the mill pond, and Jons flshed her out.
Papa relented and borrowe.1 a hundrw
thouannd from Jonae. Marriage."
Washington Poet.
Shrllvr mm a Bmf.
Here I a glimpse of Shelley nffeml
by Andrew I-ang: "It seem a most In
credible, but It I tru. that I onct
knew a man who wa at Kton wlrti
Shelley, wlio left In 1S10. ThU wa
Mr. Hammond, a Settlor fellow of
Morton Odlege when I w as an liKjnlrlnr
Junior. About 1RT0 he told me all
that I could extract from him about
the poet 'Shelley wa not a clever
boy j he never wa ont tip for good.
which mean, I ctmcHve, that he nerer
did a remarkable exercise tn Latin
verse. Mr. Hammond added that Shel
ley Lad a hshlt when he wa walking
alone of suddenly breaking Into a irprW
at a hundred yard !. That waa
all."
Obllaln- th l.adr.
"I see you've got an automobile."'
laid Cltliuan. "I thought you swor
you'd never buy one."
"Ye. I did ay that once," replied
Subbuha, "but our dcw cook lnsiste!
that we must get one because rw-r
church I so far away from our nou..
Philadelphia Time.
allaS Ont Talaaa.
Bill Since GUI returned from Ms
vacation be' cutting out nearly every,
thing.
Jill Is that right?
"Tea ; you know, be works la a pre
flipping bureau," Tookara lutmaj