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NEWS FROM THE MONfcY FOR OLD SOLOlfcRi. Government Prapared to 8upply Coin , for Pension Vouchers. Washington, Not 7. Word reached she Treasury depait m nt today h, t cause of reluctance to part w h the currency they have od Land, ra lonal Uaka throughout the' country are de clining to cash pension vouchers, dir. buying officers' draifui and oilier obll. gallon ol the government Gom. luent Treasurer Treat took measure to. rmeve me condition of affairs and sent telegraphic advices to all the subtrt-a. urers to make prompt fay men t of cur rency to all person holding such checks or drafts of what way be due them. These advices were as follows: "Upon any nati nal bank forward ing to any tubtreasury checks of United flutes disbursing officer, including pen sion checks, for payment thereof, if properly indorsed when presented and paid under guarantee by any bank, cur rency will beshlpped In payment there wi by express. " FURTHER LAND REFORMS. Commissioner Provides for Recording Patents When Papers Lost. Washington, Nov. 8. The commis sioner of the general land office has formulated a plan whereby parties hav ing some interest In land, patents for which were Issued years ago but which have never been called for by the pat entee, may, without incurring the ex penses of searching for lost duplicate receipt or furnishing abstracts ol title, have such patents sent directly to the proper county officer for record. It is believed that this method will . be the means of placing many of there ancient Instruments on record and of straightening out title without Impos ing extra expense upon interested par ties other than the fees of county offi cers. It Is said that many valuable tracts are thus involved. Central American Conference. Washington, Nov. 13. Represents tives of the five republics of Central America, together with delegates from Mexico and ttie United States, assem bled at the bureau cf American repub lics today to confer upon a plan for the peaceful settlement of future disputes between the Central American coun tries. The conference is the result of the joint initiative of Mexico end the United States, whose desire It Is to pre serve peace in Central America for the benefit of commercial and other inte rests. Creates Bird Reserve. Washington, Nov. 7. The president has created s bird reserve on the west coast of Oregon st Three Arch rocks, and three reserves on the coast of Wash ingtnn at Flattery Rocks, Quilliyute Needles snd Knpalis Rock. These re serves are localities where the birds breed In Immense numbers and the ob ject of the president Is to prevent ex terminal Inn of the feathered bipeds so far'as pos-ible. The reserves embrace the most prolific breeding places along the coast lipes of the two sUttei. Btrbpllfy the Entry Blinks. Washington, Nov. 7. The general lartd Cilice is engaged upon work of re vising the forms of applications to make entry under the various public land laws and ths consolidation Into one form of the application and the necessary affidavits which are required tc be executed by each entryman. The Idea Is to secure uniformity in this ma1 ter as to style and site of the forms ai d at the same time reduce to a minimum the numlier of papers to be executed by the applicant. Under ths new forms but one signature wll be required. Throwing Dirt at Panama. Washington, Nov. 7. The engineers on the Panama canal continue to In crease the amount of excavation each month, according to a cablegram re ceived today at the canal office from Chief Kngineer Goethals, on the Isth mus. The total excavation for October reached the unprecedented figure of 1, 888.729 cubic yards, as compared with 1,481.207 cubic yards for September. For October last year, the total excava tion was 638,254 cubic yards. Evans Not in Danger. Washington, Nov. 7. Rumors that Admiral Kvans will 1 disciplined on account of the speech he made before the Lotus club In New York on Satur day, in which hs said his battleships were ready for "a fight or a frolic," are groundless. It is no secret that the fleet will I In fighting trim when It sails, hence the officials of the Navy department nay that Admiral Evans be trsyed no official secret. Complete Jetty Soon. Washington, Nov. 8. The depart ment has nw assured that the jetty at the mouth of the Columbia will be completed in three years. It Is thought that the additional $1,700,000 which was stlpnlsted as the maximum In the last appropriation bill will be sufficient to carry the project to completion when the government believes navigation on the Colnmbia river will be placed In an admirable situation. Reject Lumber Bid. Washington, Nov. 8. The Cascade I umber company's bid on 60,000.000 feet of standing timber in the skima valley has been rejected, together with l others, by the secretary of the In terlor. Protests by lumber men against the cruisers' estimate of the amount standing csneed Inquiry with the result that the secretary determined to dis pose of it In another manner. Chsngss Celilo Plane. Washington, Nov. 7.-ColoneI Roess ler, engineer In charge, Is revising the plan for work at the Celilo canal, be cause it was found that the foundat ons are of. character dlfferenl I from that originally claims,!. The War depart ment discovered that the plans drawn hy the first engineers were based on In accurate assumptions, necessitating tihangee. NATIONAL CAPITAL LOMCi AND SHUHT MAULS. Senator Hsyburn Will Brlna- Matt.. Before Congress. Washington, Not. 12 Senator Hey. bnrn, of Mar,0( purposes to trii.g Lfoi congress the Issue of the long and thort haul in the form of an amendment to tne interstate commerce law preventing railways from chsrging more to haul freight to a point leu distant than that to which a letter rate Is charged. The proposal of Senator Heyburn will In volve exactly the issus contained in the complaint of the Spokane chamber of commerce, and if adopted by congress and sustained by the Supreme court would settle for all time the much mooted questicn as to preferential rates tor terminal points situated on tide water. Senator Heyburn has been giving ex position of his views lately and has an nounced nia intention to Introduce a bill of the character cutlined. Since Spokane's complaint has been filed here and the Interstate Commerce commission has given Its extensive and extended! liearinga to the case, other cities, nd bly throughout the South, have fileV similar ccmplaint, so that Une rM wjn u hJf icore of other rases. The same trans portation principle la involved in them all. It has been learned that, not from inaction, but from desire to give most careful consideration lo the case, the commission has deferred for so long s time its final ruling. It U generally recognized that ths Spokane case raises questions which go to the whole theory of arbitrary rate adjustment which has characterised railway management for many years. According to the contention of Sena tor Heyburn, it Is nnjust to Spokane, Boise, Salt Lake or any other interior point to charge it the rate from New York, for instance, to Portland, Seattle, San Francisco or Los ALgeles. plus the local distributive rate back to that in terior point. He argues that the inte rior points are made to suffer for the sustainment of the theory of water basis competition, which he argues is largely tbeoreatical, anyway. Advices are coming to Washington that shippers at Boise, Salt Lake, Chey enne, tiutte, Helena and other interior towns sre preparing to back up the measure of the Idaho senator, Ships Currency to Banks. Washington, Nov. 9. The financial situation throughout the country from the treasury standpoint, is more encour aging today than at any time during the past two weeks. The controller of the currency is making large shipments of currency to national banks and ap plicants for increased circulation con tinue to come in undiminished. Up to this time between $6,000,000 and $7, 000,000 increased circulation has been shipped to national banks and each day's shipments show an increase over the preceding lsv. Q ietion Never Raised Before. Washington, Nov. 13. Attorney General Bonaparte said tonight that the question of the validity of clearing house certificates had never been sub mitted to the depatment of Justice, and that the action of the United States Distict attoney in Dallas in challenging their legality was entirely a new point. Until the matter comes before him formally, be must decline to express an opinion. He added that District Attor ney Atwell was scting upon his own initiative, not having been authorized from Washington to expreis any views. Support Policy of Forester. Washington, Nov. 7. Forefter Pin chnt in an informal statement declared Western sentiment was spprcxin a'ely unanimous in support of the forest ser vice. He said one feature which has won favor was the $500,000 to be spent in mails and bridges in reserves, ap propriated by congress; als) the $100, 000 spropriated from the bureau's gen eial fund He said thousands of set tlers were tsking homesteads in re serves, disproving the assertion by op ponents of the forest service that the policy Is to keep sett'e s out. Appoints Oklahoma Man. Washington. Nov. lit. Silas H. Reid, who was to-lay appointed to suc ceed Judge Wickershain in Alaska, hails from F.l Reno, Indian Territory. In view of the trouble that has followed the appointment of Northwestern men to Alaska judgeships, the president de cided to take a man farther removed from Alaska and its powerful influence, field was indorsed by Governor Fran and otter prominent Republicans ol the new state of Oklahoma. Root's Retirement Reported. Washington, Nov. 9. Secretary Root's retirement from the cabinet is once more reported, this time it is on good authority. Ill health is the rea son assigned. The secretary is suffer ing from both nervous and digestive troubles. Mr. Root wants not only to retire from public life, but to take a long rest, free from business cares of any sort. Railroads Kill Five Thousand. Washington, Nov. 9. Five thousand persons were killed and 76,286 injured in railroad accidents in the fiscal year ended June 30 last, according to figures published todsy by the Interstate com merce commission. This Is an increase of 775 in deaths over last year snd an increase of 9,577 in the number in jured. Northwest Rural Carriers. Wsshington. Nov. 9. Rural carriers sppointed for Washington routes: fair field, route 1, Christian Hanson car rier, Ole M. Blom, substitute; North Yakima, route 6, Matt W. Rickman, carrier, L. B. Stockman, substitute; Spokane, roots 11, Stuart O. Dowdy, carrier, Emma G. Dowdy, substitute. New Wsshington Carriers. Washington, Nov. IS. Rural car riers appoiated for Washington routes: Col ton, roots 1, Alfred Simpson, car rier, John Stanley, sub; Rochester, route t, Alien James, carrier, do sub. BEST ASSET ASSIQKEO. Preferred Creditors Get Cream of Resources of Portland Bank. Portland, Nov. S. Developments yesterday in the bank failure of the Title Guarantee A Trust compan) were as follows: Miruuam building, Included as $400,000 asset. Is not available for meeting claims of depositors, because held as security by Ledd A Tilton, for 1807,000 debt. Three depositors of broken bsnk, dis satisfied with appointment ol George II. Hill as receiver, petition Federal District court for invo untary bankrupt cy, their object being to supplant ths receiver w ito trustee at pointed by bank's creditors. . Validity Is doubted of assignment to State Treasurer Steel for security for $35,0OO state deposits, of timber land collateral in Benton and Marion coun ties. So much of assets of bank are assign ed to preferred creditors that it looks as If depositors will suffer heavy loss. State Treasurer Steel exacted only $100,000 security for $395,000 deposits of publjo funds, thereby violating the law. It seems likely that Treasurer Steel's bondsmen will be called ou by the I ttie tu maae good the loss of public funds. The American Surety company has given bond for 6SD,000, and six Port land men for $60,000 J. Tnorburn Ron, Wallace MuCamant. Louis U Clarke, J. 11. Peterson, M. B. Rankin and J. W. Cook. Boss' liability is $25,000. District Attorney Manning hears that the Lank received deposits while insolvent, and that there were swind ling operations, and will make Invest! gation. MAKE NEW YORK PAY.' Senstor Heyburn Mskes Vigorous Ap peal to Roosevelt. Washington, Nov. 8. Senator Hey burn called on the President yesterday to protest against further deposits of government money with New York banks until those institutions consent to pay reserves of Western banks in cash instead of cashier's checks. The piesideut requested the senator to pre sent his views in writing, which he did ss follows: "On behalf of the people of Ihs Western states, and especially tbose of the Northwestern states, I would urge that no further deposits) of money from ths treasury of the United States be made in New York banks except on the condition that such banks shall immediately make available in money to the banks in such Western states the full amount of the reserves held by such New York banks on account of such Western banks. "The tying np of msny millions of dollars of Western money representing the reserves of the Western bsnks held by New York banks must inevitably re sult in empowering the New York banks to determine the time and condi tions of free resumption of banking functions by the Western hanks, where as, If the reserves of the Western banks could be converted Into available mon ey at once, the financial situation of the West would be free from domina tion on the part of the Kast. MAY CALL EXTRA SESSION. Qll!ett to Consult Bankers-Gold ll Circulated in San Francisco. Ban Francisco, Nov. 8. At a confer ence with members of the clearing house snd leading business men today Governor Gillett will be urged to call an extra session ol the legislature to take some action regarding the present financial situation, in view of the fact that taxes become delinquent Novem ber 30. Local banks are much more optlmlg tics over the situation today, and the fact that business does not appear to be seriously disturbed by the use of the clearing house scrip is giving them much encouragement. The new paper money Is being accepted everywhere without question and business is going ahead as usual. From the subtreasury here $945,000 went out in gold yesterday. Interior cities got some of this coin, and the balance went into the banks here. More will be paid cut today. Japanese Feelirge Hurt. Vancouver, B. C, Nov. 8. The riot damage commission today ended in speechmaking. For an hour Howard Duncan, counsel for the Japanese gov ernment, declared that the mere dam age to property was not f'r a moment to be compared to the grave injury to the finer feelintrs of the Jnspanese. Commissioner King replied with the statement that anything he could award in the way of monetary damages conld not possibly be of such balm ss the cabled explanation already sent by Sir Wilfrid Uurier to Tokio. Army Moving on Utes. Omaha, Nov. 8. Colonel Frank West and eight troops of the Second United States cavalry from Fort Des Moines were today ferried across the Missouri river st Forest city, opposite the Cheyenne agency in South Dakota, after reaching (iettsyburg last night and marching 18 miles scroes the coun try. The command will cdntinue the march tomorrow for Thunder Butes, 80 miles further west. It now appears to the army men that the campaign airalnet the Utes may keep the soldiers busy all winter. - 4 German Wsrshlp Blown Up. Kiel, Nov. 8. The boilers of the German school ship Blencher exploded this morning while the vessel was near Murwick. The vessel has recently been used as a receiving ship. At a late hour tonitiht 10 bodies had been found on board the ship and a roll call of the crew showed that not other men were missing. Several of the wounded men are not expected to recover. Three hundred of the crew were absent man euvering. Reclamation of Zuydersse. The Hague, Nov. 8. The government has prssented to parliament a bill for the reclamation of a portion of the Zny dense at a cost of $ll,00,0O0. The work will occupy seven years and will yield about 40,000 acres of fertile land. GOES DPIN SMOKE Elevators HHIs and Decks Bora alSDperlcr.MiDD. CHEAT DESTRUCTION OF GRAIN Flames Or';"to In Great Northsrn Storsgs Plan. Containing 600, 000 Bushels of Grsm Duluth, Minn., Nov. B. Fire of 'sn unknowo origin last night deatrnva.1 ths Great Northern elevator "A" In Superior, togttber with Boo.000 hush els of grain, principally wiiwrtf t c which was isny cuvtrj by insurance. Ths elevator was oar. by the Great Northern raiirosu uui aa iesd to the A. D. Thomson eompDy of Duluth. Tne sparks toon ignited the Grand ReDublic mill on Tower KaT alin. th Great Lakes Dredge & Duck company's duck and ths Duluth Superior Storaira company, which enntsiued the finish ing plant of ths WeUter Chair com pany. The fire start! at the southwest oor ner of the elevator dock, and bjefore it was noticed had communicated to the elevator. An alarm (as turned in and four fire tugi responded, but owing to the intense belt tbey were driven out of the slip sod devoted sll their ener gies to saving ths adjoining pioperty. The steamer! W. A. Parent and W. A. Rogers wets In the elevator slip loading wheat and ths latter was to take out 200,000 bushels of wheat. The fire wu under control by 1 o'clock and ths damage is placed at $2,600,000. ARREST BANKERS. Conditions of Title Guarantae & Trust Co. to Bs Investigated Portland, Nov. 9. Developments yesterday In ths affairs of the Title Guarantee A Trait company were a fol lows: District Attorney Manning says hs will cause ths arrest of officers of the bank today on oomplaint of C. F. Eh man, who deposited ii.aan tne day before the bank closed. - Kbman agrees to swear to complaint charging the hank officers with having accepted deposits when they knew the bank to be insolv ent, contrary to law. State Treasurer Steel's violation ol law in depositing $300,000 school funds without security IS oonsiuereu ij dis trict Attorney Manning, of Maltnomah, and District Attorney McNsry, of Mar- ion, as basis for criminal prosecution. Opinion that Steel shonid resign is held In numerous qusrters and Is shar ed by Governor Chamleilain, but Steel says be will not resign, resignation would enable the state to sue bondsmen for indemnity. Governor Chamberlain will continue holidays Indefinitely, and probably will issue one proclamation lot all of next week. t SEND CASH WEST. Secretary Cortelyou Swings Club Over Eastsrn Sinkers. Wasington, Nov. 9 The West is to receive sll the assiitancc at the com mand of the Treasury department to meet the great demind for money to move the crops. Sntetary Cortelyou discussed the situation with the presi dent yesterday, snd has formulated a plan, which will be carried into effect, unless the Eastern banks tlse to the occasion and show )m selfishness. Mr. Cortelyou is of ths opinion that the large Importations of gold and the housecleaning which has been done in New York have placed the banks there in a materially Improved condition. The government no longer feels the ne cessity of aiding the Eastern situation, but is .impressed with the Importance of meeting the situation which exists in the West, where there is pressure for cash for crop-moving purposes. Nsw Lemon Troub'e. Ran Francisco, Nov, 9 A new lemon infection, termed "brown rot," has bn discovered by ths University of California agricultural experts, which, if not checked immediately, will injure lemon growers In the Sonthern part of the state thousands of dollars. For many years it hss been thought that the peculiar disease wis "blue mold," another common fungus growth which infects lemons. It has been discovered that brown rot Is contagious and spreads like wildfire, while bine mold is non-contagious and does not spread. Chinese Hsvs but Ona Frand. Shanghai, Nov. 9 The Chinese offi cials are incensed at ths refusal of the Shanghai municipal council, which Is predominantly British, to permit the Chinese universities to use the public lecrestion grounds for sthletics, giving as a reason that ths grounds ars for whites alone, though Japanese and Fast Indians have not been excluded. Native persons, comparing this hostil ity with the sentiments expressed in Secretary Taffs speeches, unanimously declare that the Chines rtn ony ,)e. pend on Americans for true friendship. Union Pscifie Dreps Mining. Chicago, Not. 9. It a irin0nnce.l here that the Union Pacific has ar ranged to retire from the commercial coal business on Jsnnary next. As a preliminary, orders hare been issod for ths construction of a branch line 20 miles In length from Rork Springs to an extensive coal fisld n the north owned almost exclusively independ ent operstors. Heretofore the policy of the road has been not 0 run branch lines to independent fields. Only Seventy Survive. St. Petersburg, Nov. 9 A ajp'p.tch received today from Sarnsrt and by the officisl telegraph sgencies says that a special repreaentativs ol a news paper who was sent to Ksrstagh In ths Hissar district of Bokhara, which was destroyed by a landslide following the earthquake of October it tfpot that 3,400 persona perished and only 70 se es psd. ANOTHER ONE QUITS Receiver for Title Guarantee S Trust Co. 0! Portland. FtOERU COURT TAKES ACTION liabilities Placed at 2,680.000 and Assets 3.OO0.00O bute Had runds in Bank. Portland, Nov. 7. Distress of the Title Guarsntee A Trust comnanv 1 1 reached a climax yesterday when Judge Wolverton of the I'nited States District court ordered the institution into re ceivership, on application of Nathan! Coy, a stockholder, thiouith Joseph Si mon, attorney. Judge Wolverton ap pointed as receiver Ueorge II. Hill, vice president of the bank. The matter was taken Into the Federal court because Coy is a nonresident nf Oregon, living near Boeton. The bank closed on Monday of last week, with only $9,000 lank money in its vaults and U,IHI0 due from other banks, out of deposits aggregating II, 800,000. In the succeeding holidays proclaimed by the governor, the hank, unlike the other money institutions ol the city, rrmsined closed. The trouble of the bsnk was precipi tated by the call of State Treasurer Steel, on the last day it was open for business, for $100,000 of state funds. The state has on deposit $31tft,0J0. This money, says J. Thorburn Koss, presi dent of the company, and other bank otiicers, is amply secured by surety bond in Treasurer Steel's favor for $100,000 and by timber land collateral made over to him in the last few days, from the assets of the bank. How much depositors will get of their mon ey depends on the ham. linp of the bank's assets, which are i f a kind that cannot be turned quickly into cash. They consist chiefly of real estate. The liabilities are placed at $2,600,000 and the assets at$ 8,000,000. The failure of the Oregon Trust A Savings bank last Augut-t, started a run on the Title Guarantee A Trust company, resulting in withdrawal of $486,000 deposits up to October .8. Thia exhausted the bank's supply of ready funds and it was unable to realize on its several big projects. ALL PULL TOGETHER. Ssn Frrnciscans Unite In Support of Mayor Taylor. San Francisco, Nov. 7. The election of Mayor Taj lor, District Attorney Langdon and the greater portion of the Good Govern met t ticket appears to have inaugurated an era of good feeling in San Francisco. The bitterness of the campaign has vanished overnight, as though by magic. Men and journals who led the opposition to Dr. Taylor were outspoken today with pledges of loyalty and co-operation, r. II. Mc Carthy, the defeated candidate cf the Union Labor party, in a signed state ment, promised his services tonight to the adrainistraiton. Daniel A. ttysn, the defeated Republican candidate, also assured Dr. Taylor of his co operation. The Evening 1'o-it, which has fought Taylor during the campaign, published last night an editorial in which the ninjor was highly praised. TELEGRAPHERS TO GO BACK. txscutlvs Board Asks Authority to End Strike. Chicatro, Nov. 7. The rational ex ecutive beard of the Commercial Tele graphers' union of America yesterday prepared a circular letter for issuance to all heal unions asking them to vote upon the question of granting authority to the board to call off the strike which has been or. for the pat three months. The letter will be sent to all locals to day and the official order ending the Btrike will be Issued as soon ss two thirds of the Iccsls have isgnified their willingness to end the fight. Pcrtlsnd Opsrators Returr. Tortland, Nov. 7. After be'ngont for 7 ilava. the commercial telegraph ers of this city, at a meeting last night, decided to c til the strike on so rar as Portland is concerned at 8 o'clock this morning. The meeting was attended v.- .hnt 9fi of the strikers and the action that was voted represents the work of the telegrspners ss lnnivniumis rsther than as an official proceeding on t. rr nt the Portland lrcal. The strikers will Immediately t scats the rooms they hsve been occupying in me Esmond hotel as headquarters. Small Bank Closss Doors Pan Francisco, Nov. 7. The Citi .nr,. Rtta hank, one of the smsll institutions of San Francisco, closed it doors yesterday and announc ed through Its president and principal stockholder, R. E. Ragland, that the bank had decided to suspend onsmesi nntil the holidays declared by Governor n: V...1 ns.seil. He also declared that the institution was sound and would be able to meet all Its onnga Th labilities of the bsnk, ac cording to Mr. Ragland, are $91,000, and hs places Its, resources at $140000. Forest Fire is Rsglng. Doadwond, 8. D., Nov. 7. Reports from the lumber camps of the McLaugh lin Tie A Timber company at Westhant, t n. .,tK nf here, tell of a heavy timber fire raging to the west of the camp and close to the Wyoming border. The company sent, onnr'"-'" with 75 men to fsve its preserves, but n.. i. ... clin ked bv (lames. The company has 600,000 feet of cut timber lying in the patn 01 me umc, will probably be loet. Japanese Land at Manila. Vnr. TheJansneeecruis. L:.k aont to the Jamestown exposition, hsve anchored In Manila bay on tneir way nu. ;.r,f. keen planned for their officers and men and every conr- tesy will be shown tbera oy me army and navy. HT5TS FOB rBXTTr-CAITKIXL Handle your fruit as little ss pos sible. If you want the flavor of the fruit to come out well, do nut use sn excesa of sui;ar. Give your fruit a brisk botlirg. If allowed to stand and almiuer it will not retain its shape welL Never use poor fruit for canning. Tli r4 tt.re go"d. l et it t-e as fresh ss oallile, snd not over ripe. I not stir your fruit when It U cooking. If you want to kuow bow It Is (Mining slotig, take out s piece of It without dUturhing the rest When the cans sre rviidy for sell ing, see that the covers fit perfectly. Never ue one that dea not hug down tightly to the shoulder of the J nr. I'ae the bent grade of sugar. It mny coat a little more than the ordinary, but It will make your fruit enough better to pay the difference In cost. Before putting fruit In glusa Jars, wash them In sonp auds containing s little soda. Then rinse well with scald ing water, sud eet In the sun to dry. Have everything lu readiness hefore you begin operations. The woinau who liaa to run to imutry or kitchen every time a thing is wanted makes henmll' double the work that's ueceswary. SPLINTERS. Law suits Judicial robes. It Is easy to keep moving when you sre going down bill. A man naturally wants the earth when be buys a building lot Every man hoes for the best, and st the table they usually grab for It. A woman thinks that s bird In the hat Is worth a whole flock lu the bush. You can't tell how high a man Is going to fly by the way he flaps bis wings. Boyce Did you ever go up In s bal- loouT Joyce No, the elevator In s forty-story building la enough fr me. Bohhs I bear that Jones is study ing Esperanto? Dohhs Yes, he thinks that he can swear without the Record ing Angel getting wise. Bowers Why does Smith sit beside that sawmill every afternoon? row era He Is going Into the country on his vacation, snd wants to get accus tomed to the buzz of the mosquitoes. LARGEST THINGS IK THE WORLD. Tlie largest church Is In Rome. The largest falls are In Africa. The largest match factory Is In Ohio. The largest stock exchange Is In New York. The largest river Is In South Amer ica. The largest public gardens are In Paris. The largest public gardens sre in rsrls. The largest bank In the world is In London. The loftiest structure In tbe world Is In Paris. Tbe largest suspension bridge Is In New York. The largest hospital In the world Is In Paris. The largest' gun works In the world are In Essen. The greatest stove factory Is in Ie trolt, Michigan. The largest stone structure In the world la In Egypt. The largest monument In the world Is In Washington. The largest life insurance companies are In New York. The largest brewery Is In St. Louis. There, also. Is the largest tohao fac tory In the world. rawlllsl Drink Salt Water. "Pugilists," said an athlete, "tHileve, as a rule, that salt water drinking hardens the -inside. Whenever you see a husky bather bend over and calmly swsllow big gulps of tlie Pa cific, you can set him down for a pugi list. "I once knew a light-weight who drank two quarts of salt water a day wbeu in . training. I have known heavy-weights to drink s glass or two of tlie awful stuff, day In and day out, all the year round. "They think bisly blows can't hurt them if their Inwards sre pickled In salt water." A Javcalle Malar Fakir. "If I have ever nature-faked," anld Rev. Wiillam J. I-ong, the gifted nature writer, In Stamford. "I have done ao unconsciously. My knowledge, not my veracity, has been at fault You know," resumed Mr. Long, smiling, "snyone may nature-fake through Ig norance. Thus : "One day I was addressing some Stamford schoolboys on the subject of bees, and, turning to a bright looking little chnp, I said: "With what part of Its body does a bee buns, Jacob?" "Jacob answered confidently but Ig norently, launching s tremendous ns ture fnke. "'It's buziium, sir,' he ssld." Drlak Pleatr Watvr. Few iieople know that fluid lo the way of Water snd other hsrmless bev erages Is of even more Imports lire to tbe : preservation of health than the fHMl they est; Indeed, food would be of no use, nor could It t assimilated by the system, nor would It nourish or maintain the tissues. If It were not for the assistant of water. Ilada'l HearaeS That Stase. Miss Gushing So yuu are an au thor? Mr. Wright Ye-es. M as Gushing Ob, how delightful It must be to esrn one's living by wield ing the pen Mr. Wright Te-ea, I always imag ined It would be. Tkra asS New. nim (quoting) After man cane women, yon know. Her Tee; but mat has been after ver since. SCRAPS. There sre now In the New Tok savings banks ?:Sk1.Ik11..VK. It Is ths fashion lu Pram for school boys to have their hair shuved off. A chimney 113 feet high will swsy ten Inches lu a high wluj without dau- er. Vladivostok liniKirted Inst year from Australia and the Argentine Itcpuhlii Ututw timu li.usi,iMi Kllful ol Uie.tl. Although the streets of Nankin sre reputed tu be the best of any Ulterior Chinese city, tlicre la 110 sewerage sys tem. The Italian women are industrious. Even while walking along the street the Itomuu gins are busily engaged lu knitting. According to the most reliable re port, there are 2iCn Su'i.tay school in the world, with a total enrollment ot I'ti.tMKI.lKK) pupils. Theodore Roosevelt ia not the first to give Oyster Bay presidential distinc tion. George Washington ouce spent two days there. It is tlie opinion of the supMrtcrs of the (Ju.eii Victoria Clergy Fund lu Lou dou that the minimum wairn of th clergy should be at least $t,ms). This year lSN.IHXl tons or pig Iron have been shlej from Scotland, of which the l uiled States took 4'.MNH tons, eleven times us much as In the same jXTlod of last year. Engineer. Gulls are recommended hi place of carrier pigeons lu consequence of ex periments made In France, which showed them to have superior Intelli gence and to le able to brave stormy weather much better than pigeons. The only law passed at the recent session of the Manx legislature, which has received the royal assent, has been proclaimed at Tyuwald Hill, In ac cordance with the custom for l.iMH' years. The law alsdlshes the compul sory viewing of bodies by coroners' Juries. The gutters of Rio de Janeiro ran with beer for several days recently. The municipal lalsmitory, having dis covered that practically every liecr In the local market contained a danger ous amount of sulphuric add, the au thorities proceeded to destroy all stocks 011 baud. ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS. The older a mini Is, the quicker hs ia burled after he Is dead. A woman never says she is hun gry; she says she feels "faint." Praise some people, and It acts upon them like au Intoxicating liquor. Some women's Idea of Independent is to have a liiun to depend on. A man's fishing enthusiasm wanes very rapidly If the fish don't bite. Half' a man's time is spent In try ing to square himself with the fools. If you believe all the women say, you can't believe a word the men say. Every literary society hue for Its foundation the mutual - admiration Idea. The largest house Is too small II you are living in It with some one you dislike. A boy never attracts much attention except 011 the day there is a lira st bis house. , A woman can get along on s very suiull Income If It la larger than lur lielghlstr's. A gisid many people lielleve that to know a lot of contemptible gossip l to tie wise. The game of life Is a good deal like gambling; no one si em to win in the long run. Never lielleve a man's own story of how brave he was. Brave people are always modest. After a girl passes twenty five or twenty-six, she might as well marry ; she'll fude, Hiiyway. A woman demands tfint her husband Im perfect, but runs along In the old human way herself. Get Mm; religion Is like getting In love; you don't want a crowd aroufff a. hen yoil get It. CRUMBS. One third of the Insane recover. China eXirts ll,(KKl,HHl fans a year. A good glove cutter makea $100 a week. The world celebrates 300 marriages dally. In Sicily lemons sre only worth $2 a thousand. The crystalline lens In the eye never atopa growing. There Is In Paris a Buddhist temple with 3 memtH?rs. The cheek-hone Is the most sensitive part of the issly. Americans are the best, Russians the next best dancers. Tlie production of chewing gum grows smaller yesr by year. In Iceland men and women are In every restwwt political equals. There Is a tremendous demand for a satisfactory hoot-blacking machine. House numliers In Berlin sre In lu minous paint, snd sre plainly visible at Ight. Emm coal refuse are obtained 4ki colors, msny Jierfumes, several explo- ilves. a great nn inner or acius sml nedliines of Incalculable value, saccba 1n, ssphslt, numerous insecticides, ihIK fruit flavors, lubricating oils snd rarnlsh. K.aaaa-h Said. "I wonder," remarked Nervey, casual ly, "If kissing really Is Injurious." "Well, rnj.lleil the athletic girl, mean ingly, "I've known men who hsvs found the mere attempt at kissing Is Injuri ous." Philadelphia Press. la lb Naraerr. Mother Bobby, do you know that Ring Solomon aald, "Spare the rod and poll tbe child r Little Bobby Tea, bat be dldnt ssy ll till he was growed up. London Tsle- grtpk