NEWS OF THE WEEK (u a Condensed Form for Our iv wo iiuuio. HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS A Resume of llio Loss Important bur Not Lett IntorestltiK Evnnls of tho I'mt Wank. Another gunoriil strike o( Chicago liiiniHtoiM In mi. Tim .lupiiiicnit iimlii itriny Ih advanc ing to envelop tlm Itiimtluii (limits. l'tiur puiniinn were killed In it Now Vork tenement house liy iwenplng gun, ' llunnhiii MHiHitnt mob urn liiirnhiK nml IimiUiik twtntoH In tlm Itnltlo pro vince. An tileclrlc mllwH)' In projected from (.'ripple (Jrcek to Colorado HprliiK nml Pueblo, Cnlo A colored policeman hint been np MlllltlHl lltwk nelglHtlll I) till) C'llll'HKK ttlllllf of polll'l). A ('IiIohko A Northwestern train linn been ilrlvcm from Clinton In limine, limn., ilMmicoof SOS! inlli n, In IHH lllllllllo-l. A voluntary Inrrimnu ol III pur runt In wagon hits Iteim given employe n( tlu intcistnto Htccl workn nt (lumen ttini, l'. I'lru caused it pmilr among tlm guiwiln of tlm Itloiul hotel, nt lluffiilo, N. V., mill tunny Jumped from weonil ntory windows. Ihm, 110,000. Tlm Vmnlcrhllt mid MiirriiiiHii rail road liitoresln urn to combine. The valuation o( tlm until In plucinl nt n IiIIIIihi ilnllnr- nml over 30,000 mile will be placed iihdcr one hi(d liy tlm new deol. An unrtlwiunko linn shaken India nml cmumsI grant Iimm of ll(l). Reports from Kwrrtiry Hny nay bin IiimIiIi in much liuproviil. KhkInihI neetumn Inntwny nl violat ing agreement regarding Ulnml trade. Tlm KtMMinti minister of wnr miIhiIIn that Kttroptttkln w out-gsntewled nt .Mukden. Tlm French Cabin company linn ap jumIwI to tlm imtlro VeHmmuhiii court it-gwhllug tlm hum of It franchise. FevreUry Tnft lmn approved remrl that the iNiyoiml ummI liy tlm nrmy lw mm In blotter and not attempt lo make mi iiilimchlng Iim'iI of It an wi'lt hh ii lmyoi(it. During liU hunting trip in Colorrado PlfsllUtlt ltM"Vl'lt will l kept In ItHHili with thi uiAtiruiiiHtit by wlntlwH telMgrnph from Mm ommi to tlm iiunrnet tiiHNjtniph station. It In Hpri)tly noltlwl thnt (Iwngo If. linker, of UoldHlidale, will im b jKiluled mm situ I for tlm mm Eastern Wnafclmj-toti Judicial tl 1st tint, IihI tlm tlitm n( hi appointment iotiiH'urUin. The governor uf Montana linn tie dars. h iiuaranlin again! nlitKp fmtn OHlifoiMlm (olormtu, .MlimmwU, NV ItrmikH, KnnM, North f)kttM, South IfekoU, WyomirtK, NViMthlojcUwi Uml UrHgoa un mxHJUOt of rt)niMwl kj-hIi. Both ftrrnhw In MnhtirlH am rumly for HMotlir blK IwttU. IimIUh MnrahlpN nrH nt lutMl to mm forcn iIwiwihIn on VouhmimIu if iimmi (Hry. It In oHIeUlly Hiiiumiwwl that tlm KuMitmi llwit hnit Ihmlly ntitrtt fur YlmUviffliik. It In nnmiunrml thnt ICIhk Alfotiw of Kpniu Mill lunrry tlm I'riuoiiM of Con imiiKht, of KiiK'litml. ItiituriiN hcoiii to Imllonto thuttlut lto pirhlicmi Ntntu tlokut Imi mirritil lu MIohlKmi hy ujivMinln uf 70,000 uiif lorlty. Koonuvolt linn nnniMimil thnt Im would innko no iihivii townnl hiiiurlni; piwru In tlm 1'nr Hunt until iMith nn tlont hnvo mtuouiH'tsI tlmlr ri'iullmwi to illH'oiitinuu hotllltli'. lli'imy Imh iiniinuiuttHl thnt Mltclmll v 111 Im tho Unit trltnl for luiiil frmnlN. Ihiriunuu nml WllllimiHon will follow mul tlmii tlm otlmrn. Tlm trniln will coiiiiimui'o early lu J mm. Iluiiuv miya hit will hIho not work for othur I ml lot iimntn until hiiiio conviutloim uro ho inr. Tnft proHWfn to tnko tlm Icinlum of tho uutlH to tlm riilllppluoo lu hopM of hIiowIuk thviu tlm uccixwity of rtHliialuK tlm tariff. It Ih rnHirtiMl lu WiiHlilnt-ton thnt Ihv fotin IiIh iliipnrturo from tlm city tlm lrufiltlviit IhhiiwI nn onlttr rvcnllliiK T. Cnilur Powtill, ni'imtly nppolntiHl Uultcil KtiittN uiiirHhul of Alimku, IttiHriln will (lout ituotlmr lutumnt lomiof 1100,000,000. (lovurntumit rwoljitH for Mnrdi ox rtlinl tho uxpomllturi'H by Hourly 1, 000,000. CoiiKroHHinon nay Hunto DoiuIiiko uihmIm u pro to' torn to. Ilolxirt J. Wynno, rtcontly nppolnttyl coiihiiI Konornl nt London, hnu loft for IiIh iont, Tlm JnpnnoHu nro innkniK n turniitK tiiovuinunt on Klrln, propnrntory to nn nttnck on Vlmllvoatok. Tlio Ki'nttlo iuprtHntativoof n Jnp mmmt coucurn lutH offorinl to fuiulHh 20,000 JiipmmHO lnhurom to dig tlio l'minmn cuunl. ENUIOH THE LAND, Qritnl Irrlnrttlon Projncl for 8oitlhorn lilnlio llaculviti Approvnl. WnNlilnidnn. April !. Tho I'nyottn IIoIho IrrlKiitlon project In Iilnlio Iiiih rrntlvrd tlm foiiuul upprovnl of thufcc rclnry of tho Inlcrlor, who recently not nNlilu fl,:i()0,000 for InltliilliiK tlm work of uotiHtriit'tioii. Thin mtliiu him liocn niitlviputiMl for winio tlnm, mid In lurKoly tlm reNiilt of tint nphmdlil enter prlNit of tho iiltlr.miH of thnt nectlou. Tor imiro (hull u year tint himlownern, orKiililcd Into it wntertiNiirM' hmnihiIii tloii, hnvo lulioicd iudefittlifuhly to Imr tnnnlii tlm iiiitny cnuflietlni iIiiIiiin of prlvnto IntntentH lu IiiiiiIn, eminlH, mi witter rlnlilH, with tlm rcMiilt thnt tinliiy priiutlrully tlm vulley iin ii unit hIiiiuIm ilcil(il to tlm Koverumeiit entiirprlro. (Irent iin llmtHttlnfm'tlou of tlm eltl r.etiN tuny Im on account of tlm favor ulilo action of tlm cccrctury, it In no Kreitter tlian that felt hy tlm reehiuni tlnn nervlin, which ItnN Ioiik recnKnlid tlm (act thnt tlm I'nynttifllolnu project In iiiih of tlm mont attractive in tlm arid Went, mul hut for tlm many nml complicated prlvnto nml eorpyrntu lu tnrcNtH IiivoIvhI, would hnvo heeti se lected for tlm Initial work of tint gov ernment in Idaho. Tlm people, having worked out Httlxfuctory nolutloim to tlm iUvith prohleuiN, are ilwrrliiK of tlm nuccemt which hnn finally urunned their nffortN. While the cltliei'm weroNtrnlKhtenlnx out their ilillk'iiltleN tin; ioveriunelit ettulneent thoroughly InventlKuliil tlm phyidcal eomlltioiiN nml worketl out domprel eiiNlvo plnttN for IrrlKittioti, which hnvo Item, prifentiil to nml'ru cehed tho npirovnl of tlm hoard of con nultiiiK eilKlueern. 'Ihce Invehtlntlonn nliow thnt tlm project In entirely feanl hie from mi cnuliui-rln utamlpolnt. The IiiihIn to he rechtimiil lire of excel leu ipmlity, nml with llie climatic eomlltliiiiH prevalllriK are enpahht of HilKtalnlliK h, dniixo Mipulntiou. Tlm fertility of tlm land-, now under Irriga tion imutreN the llmtni'inl MMimlmt-N of tlm undcrUkiuic. Nearly 00 per cent of nil tlm Irtlndlile lmul In the vnlley In plmlgwl to reny tlm Koveriiineiil Un ex miiilituro for provlditiK n peruinuetit wntrr Niipply. Tim iwtluittted rout of the entire nyn Imn in 1 10, 732,000, or mi rvhiukh e"t tint to excfi-d f 30 mr ncre for the land which Imn no fncilitli-N ut present for IrrlxHtlon. TIiIn amount Includi main teontiCK (or ten ycwrc, hIihi the value of ttxinttiiK workN which would Ixt utiliieil hut which would not havo to Ixt paid for hy the pivernment, nml the pur cIimm of rixhtN of way, which will have to he provided from tlm reclamation fund. The full titltlMitloti of tlm water niip ply lu the I'oltKt nml I'ayctte rlvcm will Mimlldy Ixt the complete reclnmutinn of uiwrly IH)I),(HK) acretl, which, divided Into farm unltn of HO acted, will mean 7,A00 fariim, a rural -opiilatlrti of $0, 000, nml h population in Iohiin nml vlllaK'-N of iloulde thnt IKlluher. Tlm agricultural wottlth of the val ley, itlinati-l ou tlm Ia4n of tlm Init cormiiH, vm nt Id be approximately: Iril rtateil IhihI, 130.000. 000; farm htiihl trtti, M.ftOO.lHH); Implement ami ma chinery, H. 110,000; livx ntock, U, 800,000; iiihIn and nwrvolrf, ft, 000,000; total. $fi7. 210,500. In ItHK) tlm value of farm projwrty for the whole lMt of Idaho wan tH7.5J71.HOO. It hmiihm aafu U awniuiH that with the completion of the Ilontf-Pajette project the (ami pmperty of thlN i-ectliHi wmild have a value epinl to 60 per rent of thnt of the whole ntale. Tlm lloiiM mul I'nyetto valley n consti tute one of tlm inimt attractive Hcctluun of the 'wt. In tlm WNt fuw ywrn they have undergone n trnnr-formntion thnt in nothiiiK lex' than nmrvelouM. Tlm prok'retm In agriculture Ih rellectul in the nplumliil Krowth ol tlmtowiiN ml jnccnt, mid the whole laniln prefentn mi alluring picture to tlm vlnltor, and fur iiInIiuh mi excellent natuple of the renult of IrrlK'atlon. It rcqulnn no jHirticular neumon to nee thnt thene vulleya have entered upon nn em of nulmtnntinl de velopnuint which Ih dentlned U unite them in one of the richeat nurlcult'iral oommuiiltiea on thlN continent. Ducldat to Indict Packers. Chicago, April 4. Well-nut In-nti-utiliil rejxirti that the Federal grand Jury which Ih luviwtinatln tho liunlnenii inethoilri of the meat packum will ro turn ImlictiutintH whuit It reconvcni next WiMlnemlay wore prevalent today. Tho report wiih that tlm adjournment taken ycHton'iuy wno renlly ilividwl upon in onlur to nllow AattlHtnut Attor ney General ratln tlitut to dmw up tho hllla nt IiIh lelHuro mid give duo con Hhhinitlou to the iiiiikh of tcHtlmony taken hIiicii tho jury tint went Into mmhIoii. Display Uurbnnk't Wonders. Hmt KrnuciHco, April 4 .Tho women of Kiinta Itomi mul Honomu county will innko n lloritl exhibit at tlm 1'ortluiid expoHltlon with tlm other product from Houomn county, mid it will lie made up for tho inoHt part of I.iitlmr liurhnnk'n Horn) crcntlmiH. If enough can ho no curixl thnt will ntmul nhipmunt to Port land, tho dlHplny will ho entirely of IiIh lloworH, iih tho women of tho city mid rouuty nro auxlovH to hIiow Mr. Dur ban k- how tluty nppreolnto bin work. Chile nnd Peru Hnve a TlfT. Limn, Torn, April 4. Tho papers to day print CIiIIo'h reply to tho Peruvian protect rcKitrdiiiK Tnenn mul Aricn. Thu reply dolcarH thnt Cbllco Ih ronolv ed, without woundliik' the tuiHceptihllU tloB of Pont, to ncqulrtt dnllnltoly do minion, nnd sovereignty ovorTacna nnd Aricn. TURN ON THE WATER Jolm Diiy Klvcr May Irrlynto 250,000 Acres. LARGE TRACTS ARE WITHDRAWN Engineer Davis Proposes to Wntor Lnrt;u Sucllon South of the Gjlumbln lllvor. WnHliliiKtoii, April 1. Tlm prospect for government irrlgntioii in tho L'mn tllbi country hiiMiiuturlnlly lirlxhtened in tho Irnit few dnyn, nlnce tho receipt of n mMrt from Kdward I. Davln, iih nlNtnut cnglnier In clinrne of thu I'nia tllla proJH't. After inaklriK exhauntlvo loMigritphi' nurveyn, Mr. Ihivin reort thnt ho Iihh dcvlecd a Nuheme by which Im hellevitt it will lie mhhiHiI(i to irrl Kitte miyHheri) from 100,000 to -toO.OOO uenN uf extremely fertile land lying j tint noutli of tlm Columbia rher lu Umntilht, Morrow, Hlioruian and Oil Ham vouutien. ft wnn originally Inlemled to utilizo the lloodwiitorri of thu Umatilla river for Irrigating thenu ImiilN, but an ox hnttntiro nettrch failed to find nny fenn ihlu dnuiNlto on thnt ntruam. Kngineerii found thnt tlm btil of the nttcnin wntt of nttch loie ntrticttiri) thnt no reser voir could bo built thnt would hold water, lint Mr. Iavln linn (Uncovered whrtt ho ladieven to lie u HhinIIiIi' plan whereby tlm government can ntore the Hood wntern of the John Day river and by a long canal divert It onto thu laud originally intended to be Irrigated from Cuiatilla river. While bin plan in probably more exinlve than votlld m the original i'matilln projevt, hud it been feanlble, it neeltiN to preneut the only dilution of thin great irrigation problem. An hioh an convenient Mr. Davin' plan will be niibmittwl to the lamrd of reelamatlim etigiueern, who will go over the ground ami determine upon ita fian lldlity. lteMirtn Mi'iu to indicate that there in plenty of water in the John Day river to irrigate at lennt MO. 000 acnM of very rich IhihI. The reclama tion nervlce In very anxloun tooinntruct nn irrigation nyntem lit the i'matilln country and In hoH)ful thnt Mr. DmvIh' plan will prove practicable. The withdraw nlNyontcrdny ttmler thin project are denireil either for irrigation or for right of way. The new platiH call for mi extennivu nyntem of vmialn, and the government, an far nn M-iilblc, otHloavom to protect rlghtn of way of thin c.linractor, to prevent oottlllcl with private owuern. MUST MOVE RAILROAD. Government Negotiates with O. R. & N. for Waslttucrva Coulee. Washington, April 4. Junt at mou an tlm government reacbei a natinfact- try Hgrefinent with. tlm (). It. A N. Co. rfijaiditig tlm removal of tlm railroad trark frutti the Im1 of Waelitucim com lev, in IJwtern WanhiMgton, nte will Ik taken looking to Urn count ruction of the big Pa lou w irrigation project. The government is ready to go ahead, but can do nothing nn long an the railroml occupie thii' coulee, for (Hie of the en nential featurtw of the PnloutH) project Ih the couvcrniou of Wnnhtuena imhiUw into nn innuendo ntorage renurvoir. At the prenent time a ropreeontntho of the reclnmntioti nervice in in confer once with a representative of the liar riinaii luteritn, in tlm hope of agreeing upon ii llgttre which will vcoinm!wto the rallroud iHimpany for moving itn truekn to higher ground, nml which wilt, nt tlm name time, not be iHtunlder in I an iinponitlon on the government. The railroad riiii)vaiiy Iihh ntnted thnt :to0,000 whn a fair price for removing ItH trnckn; tin rivlaniation nervice be I levee that thin in more than it would actually cont to perform the work, and in not willing to my that price. Says It Is All A False Alarm. Wellington, April I. Mr. I.eger, the lluytimi miuinter, linn received n cablegram from tho preniduut of I In vt i contradicting the cuhlogrmu of MinlHtcr Powell nvelveil yenterdny, ntatlng thnt nerioun trouble in pending in llayt!, and that it in doubtful wlietbei the nuthorltiiH can maintain pence and order on March 31 nnd April 1 Ac cording to Miuinter (.cgor'ri advicen, tlm country is ipuet nnd there Ih no fear of nn upriHing; the law concerning the SyrintiH in lailng executed peacefully nnd no trouble in feared. Blockade Runner Taken. Tokio. April 1. Thu Htemner Indus try, whoso nntlonnllty linn not been nxcerliviued, wnu Hci.ed by the Jnpnnene ou March ?H. She wnn promimnbly bound for Vladivoatok. The llritiHh ntenmer Mara, which wiih HtratuUil off lUtnil promontory on Mnroh 17, while attempt lug the passage of Soya ntruit, ban lirokcn'iu two under her engine. Her bow mid Htern are both Htihmergcd. Her captain nml nine of tho crew hnvo been ri'HCUcd, Irrigation of Umatilla Land, WnBhlngtou, April 1. Tho ueoretnry of tho Interior today ordered the with drnwnl from entry of (100,000 ncroa of hind in Oregon nnd 00,000 In Washing ton on account of tho Umatilla project, POISON FOR DADE8. Adulterator! Infant Food Kills Half a Million n Year, Chicago, April .'I. Nearly hnlf a million lmblen died in tlio United Hlnteii hint year from the effectn of adul terated Infant foodn, polnoriM tioed in coloring butler nml candy, formalde hyde In milk, nml other Impure article of diet turned out hy fraudulent niaiiii fnettirerH. Data to prove thin nnnertlon were prinlttced befont the meeting of the executive (!otimltteeof the National nHnochitlon of Htnto Dairy and rVxnl Departmentn, which met today nt thu Grand Northern hotel. A bitter wnr in tho mnkn of the anno clnllon Ih expecttil to bo revealed. I'oikI commlnnlonern from different ntnton, hralth oflleern ami olllcerH of thu National nit-ociHtiou are in attendance. Difference of opinion concerning thu alleged adulteration are nald to hu re npounlliln for the ntrife. Paul Pierce, of Chicago, mid It. Allen, of Kentucky, necretnry of ilie nnnoclntiijn, nro the leiniern of the two factions. Mr. Allen IntN coino to Chicago to look after liln interentN. Thuchiim of enormotiN fatality among Infant lant year renulting from impure food in mnilo by J. N. Ilurty, nwretnry of thu Indiana ntntu IxMird of health. Mr. ilurty produced figure) to nhow that 00 ht cent of the totnl deathn of InfntitH in America lant year were due to poinonn ndmiiifntured In Impure fcKxtri nnd the deadly concoction placed on the market by fraudulent Uk1 rnanti fncturern. He producen ntntintlcn to nhow that more than 700,000 Infiintn died in the United Htnten hint year. "If Mr. Iluity'H flgtiren are corn-ct," naid Mr. Pierce, "and I believe they are, nn nrmy of 465,000 Infantn was mttrderel lant year by food adultera tion". They were poisoned by Infant foodn and dyen and chemiciiln contained in the diet their inothern have feil them in an effort to apitcano their nppetlten to nntinfy their natural deniren for notir Iniimi'iit mid rear them healthfully to maturity. "When nitch conditionn an thenu aro harrnnning our land, when thenu baby killing lood aditlteratorH are permitted to ntalk forth among un, blighting our homen, feeding on the liven of our children to fatten their ptirnin, In it not time that pure food workern regarded ntime other subject of greater import than whisky, to the adulteration of which they have lately devoted meet of their energy?" REVENGE IS TAKEN. Russian Bomb-Thrower Mutilates an Enemy of Socialists. Ih, I.tn-siati Poland, April 3. -Police Commissioner b'zabalovicz, of the Second district, wnn seriously injured today by a liomb, which wan thrown at him in thu street. The Mlice ooinmlM'loner had Wen ntiuiuionel liy teleplione to come to the olllce of the chief of police, ami started on foot, followed by a jx)! iceman. Thu former noticed, at the corner of Kon stantinosk and Zawamki streets, a IMxirly clad man carrying a lianket. An Hrnlmlovicx npproachel, the mnn nml denly hitrleil a Imtub, which exploiled with terrific force, blowing-bft the com minnioner'n feet nnd neverly wotuuling him in the hreatt. It la feared bin in juried will prove fatnl. Tim force fo thu explosion in judgahle by the fact that it tore a hole in tho ground two feet deep ami IS fetit in cir cumference. Tlmaeeomianylng polictv man drew bin kwonl ami wounded the cominisf.iHr'H awwilant on thu hea.1. When tlm prisoner wan searclieil a loaded revolver ami some cartridge wete found in IiIh tmekeUi. lie in r- jvortiil to Ixj iVing from the sword cuts. received. The cxplis-loti wan heard alsmit five mlten away. All the window h in the ueighlMtrluMsl were nhattureil. People in adjoining houncrt wuro thrown to the floor. BmIiaIovicz In bntwl by thePoctnlintn. He Ih charged with killing a Hocialist during the disturbances, horo in Decent bor lant. Bidders for Refinery Bonds. Topokn, Kan., April 3. The Kansas oil refinery tamiU will not Ikj pur chuseil by the state school commission ers, iih Iihh been reported, IlidH have Ik-vii received fnuii lloston, New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and u number of Wentern cities, but they were all re jected liecnuse of tlm statement thnt the bids were conditional uju the IkjiiiIh itaniling the tent case to be brought in the Supreme court. The cane In court will K deoidwl tw noon as possible, nnd auotbur chnncu will then be given bidders. Oregon Used Up the Funds. Washington, April 3. Sovunteen special itguutH of the hind ottice in vnr iotiH Western Htntes were furlough today on account of nhorttige in fttndH. A large part of the appropriation for t-pwinl agents ban been cotisumel in tlio employment of npccial otlivera en gaged in running down frnudn In Ore gon. Secretary Hitchcock deemed it more Important to get ut the bottom of facta lu Oregon than to conduct exten nlve formal examinations elsewhere. Coal Miners' Scale Renewed. Philadelphia, April 3. The soft coal operatorH late thin afternoon Htntcd that they hnd practically agreed to renew tlio wugo i-cnlo. This will prevent the threatened striku of 60,000 minora in tlio bituminous district. A joint con ference of tho operators, and miners will bo hold in Altooim tomorrow to com plete the arrangement. Rushing Supplies to the Front, St. Petersburg, April 3. -Jlore than ton trains, stocked with provisions and wnr material, aro leaving St. l'etoit burg dally for Vladivostok. WAITING FOR :HmM "1 "nr life ClncinnaU l'ost. Vi&4J4JA64& K A Little Lesson In Patriotism ff I frffrfffr4 "A our object be our country, our whole country, and no tiling but our country." Daniel Webster. Thu United States owes no 1cm of a debt to the men who oHUblinhed a government out of the chaos that In evitably succeeded tho revolution than to those heroes who fought the battles of liberty on the Held of war. Had It not been for the untiring energy of the nation builders the work of the r e to In tlonlsU would have been for naught. No ouo saw more clearly, or urged Ri-rus KI50. tnoro zealously, the want of a consolidated government thnn did Ituftts King. He was one of the most ardent of the Federalist, de voting himself to upholding every act of Washington. Ho collaborated with Hamilton In several articles thnt ap-jK-ared over the signature "Camlllus," King's unimpeachable honesty and undoubted loyalty led to his nppoint itietit to the post of minister to Eng land. Ills mission bad to do chiefly with the question of the right of search. Through the unpleasantness that finally culminated In the war of ISt'.! King acted with discretion nnd the mont earnest patrlotlKtu. Although not at the outset an advo cate of that war, nevertheless when It was once declared he gave It his most decided support. One of the Incidents which marked hts attitude was his ap pearance in New York nt. tho time when a financial panic was threatened and by his advice and example restor ing confidence In the government. HIQH.WATER ALARM. To Vrevent Overflow of tho Hefrljj crator Drlppan. Of course, there la but one way tt satisfactorily eo.ulp a refrigerator to drain tho water arising from tho melted Ice, nnd thnt Is to connect It by pipes with n permanent drain, as At.AnU FOB llErniOCR.VTOR. .no health authorities will not allow It to bo connected direct with a sewer. W'hero this luxury of construction is not avallablo the overflow alarm nnd reservoir shown tu tlio Illustration offer a good substitute. This Idea, tho invention of n Chicago mnn, provides the usual piping lu thu rofrlgorator leading to a pan coucealed underneath. In tho pan a portable float Is ar ranged, connected with two 'arms in such a mannor as to ludlcato on a registering device tho height of wntor in tho pan and thus warn tlio bouse wlfo or domestic when tho pan needs to be emptied. The construction of the W tyaOBBPT I ' "riii ftSv HER CUE. several parts of tho device la exceed ingly simple, and as It can be readily dismantled rrhen not needed, as In winter, It does not complicate matters. BIO QUESTION TO 80LVE. J. Hill Bays that United fltiitca Is Fac ing Htarttlna: Condition. "I don't believe In viewing condi tions through the colored glasses of either optimism or pessimism," said Jamca J. IIIH, of the Great Northern Hallway, to a representative of "Suc cess Magazine." "I bellevo In exam ining them without prejudice, in order to form conclusions Hint approximate tho truth. For Instance, I don't try to palliate the fact that In this country we have som? big and threatening problems to solv. "One of them is the labor Question. The present standard of wages Is arti ficial. It must be reduced if this coun try Is to compete with others In tho markets of the world. Our foreign trade In manufactured products, In stead of increasing with the Increased production. Is falling off. "Consider the single but important Item of steel. A very few years ago wo were told that our steel was com manding the world's markets. Nobody dares to tell us thnt now. Even na tives of our own country. In the Philip pines, havo recently been sending big orders for steel to Germany. Why? Simply because they can get it cheaper there. "As It Is in steel, so It Is In many other products. Germany is making grant strides ahead of us. She is, in fact, leading the world,' nnd promises to increase her lead. Her mechanics work cheaply, nnd spend sixty -six hours a week In tholr factoiles, where as ojtrs spend but forty-four. More over, they aro better workmen. "We cannot liopo to compete with her hi foreign trade until wo reduce the cost of our manufactured products ami Improve their quality. Even Eng land, suffering from Industrial paraly sis because of the power of the trades unions and other Influences. Is moving faster than we are. The simple truth Is that wc are being badly beaten In tho race for the markets of the world." Not 1OllCBOIIIO. Seated on the grass In front of a sod cabin In Oklahoma was a man cleaning a double-barreled shotgun and after we had conversed for a few min utes I asked him how far It was to tho nearest neighbor's. "A trifle over two miles," he replied. "As far as that? You must find It rather lonesome bore." "No. I can't say us I do." "Perhaps you aro not one of the lone-onie kind." "No. I'm not. Hut, you see, I mort gaged the claim for flOO." "Yes." "And I couldn't pay and they fore closed on me." "I see." "That was two yenrs ago, nnd the slier lit has been trying to get posses sion ever since. lie comes twice u week and we hnve a shot nt each other and nt least twice a week some durned fool comes along nnd wnnts to know If 1 ain't lonesome, nml when you add tho claim jumpers, the rattlesnakes and the skutiks this life Is about the exeltlngeat tiling I know of. There comes the sheriff now and you had hotter get down behind that log and keep clear of his buckshot" Topeka (Kan.) Journal. Why He Kicked. "Look hero!" exclaimed Uie Irate In vestor. "I bellevo I have been bun ,tocd In the stock you sold me." "My dear man," replied the suave volced broker, "you fall to realize ' "That's just tlio trouble; I haven't realized a cent." Important Question. Troud Father And while at college my daughter learned to be an excellent ritlo shot. Why, eho's an. expert at nny range. Suitor (anxiously) I wonder If sh' an expert at a kitchen range?