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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 6, 1905)
NEWS OF THE WEEK Iii n Condensed Form lor Hiisy Itoiidcrs, Our IIAFPENINGn OF TWO CONTINENTS Returno or tlio Lest Important but Nut Lou Interesting Event! of tho Pait Weak. Tim deadlock between Hungary and Austria limy result In n revolution. Tho Baldwin Ixoiiiotlvo works In building 1 10 engines (or tliu llitrrlinnn linen. leading Hungarians say Germany In the onuau of tlm present trouble in their ion n try. Poaro linn been restored nt Uiiku, Run nln, nml workmen urn returning to tliolr occupations. A whllo wnninn of Missouri linn boon rent to tlm penitentiary fur ton yearn for marrying nuri living with a negro. (leorgo Maxwell, a wealthy Canaril nn, will nun tint United Mates because ho was iIoiiIihI admission to thin conn try. At tlm DiiiniK'rntlr slato convention of Mnrylnnil a platform wnn adopted declaring In fnvor ill disfranchising ne groes. Guam, tint smallest Islonil Mssoslou of tlm United Males, now linn a Su preme court nml n system of wireless telegraphy. General Htoessul, who commanded tlm Russian forces nt 1'orl Arthur, In suffering frutti a stroke of jmrnlyoln, which affects hlii entire, loft n'rie. United Hlalen Attornoy Honey rays hit will push tho remainder of tho Ore gon Inml f mud cases nml dispose of thoin nn rapidly nn lliltt, nn ho him other work commanding hln attention. (iomez has retired from tho light for thu Culmn priwlriom-y. Norway may hnvn n jhijuiIhf voto on tnoiinrehy or ruiiilillt'. Hoetelary Tuft nml jxtrty hnvo ie turned (ruin thu Philippines. A l.ilwrnl party linn boon organizes! to control tlm Uunnlnn ilonnin. Fiance nml (iorinnny hnvo completed thulr program regarding Morocco. Itlotn hnvo oecurteri between Social lain nml Coalitionists nt lluiln I'tntt. Now Orlonnn In from thu disastrous ntisiillly rroovoritiK epidemic of yollow uvur. Tlm InrK'T mrt of General I.inlo vltch's nrniy will wlntor In thu llohl whuio tin1)' nro. Inilopomloiil hoof inck(rn hnvo been riiininoneri to testify against tho trust in tho t iln I now In progress In Chicago. Tho president will npKilnt n district nttornoy for Oregon nn noon nn Honey concludi thu Inml frnuil canon now on linml nml goi Hunt. Tho government gunlwmt Loylo wnn mink hy thu typhoon which nwwpt Mn nt In . Tho damage to tho city In gioatur tliHii nt first reported. A passenger trnln nn thu Cincinnati, Ilmnilton A Dayton roari struck u freight near Connolsvilto, 1ml., nml ono limn wnn killed nml olght lujuiori. Tho yollow fovur nltuntloti nt Na tchoz, Minn., in becoming worm. Russia in negotiating in I'm in nml lli'rlln for i now lonn of 1175,000,000. Finns nro petitioning tho ez.ir for ru forum which will restore poaeo In thulr country. Senator Hcyburn; of Mnho, continues to Unlit President Hoonuvrll's forest re serve K)llcy. ItiiMlnn ntuilontn nru holding iimon incotiiiKi) tliiuinmllMB Krrntur llliurtlen tlinn proponoil hy thu ouir. A collectlvo note from six powers has born handed thu sultan of Turkey toll ing him thuy will mauagu Macedonia. llrynn has written n letter to tho president encouraging him In his fight with congress for u railroad into law, Thu Hnrrlmnu system linn started In eurncHt it light with tho Northern Fu el fie to somuii certain rights of wny down tho north hank of tlio Columbia rlvor. Curtis Guild, Jr., at present lieuten ant governor, will ho chosen as tho lie publican caurildato for governor of MitsmichuHottR. Tho now treaty of nlllaucu between (Ireat Urltaln nml Japan has been mario public. It Is similar to thu original nlllimce, hut wwith a largely liuucasori ncopu, Hockofoller in a speech to a gathering of young men of hla homo town told them' to tutu tliolr minds from moiu money-getting nml mnku curtain of contentment and satisfaction in thu later days of tliolr liven, Cholera ban nlinout disappeared in Gurmany. Many Ainoricann aro going into busi ness at Vladivostok, Wlille tho pooplo of Norway nro die plensod with tho separation terms, thoy will accopt the treaty as tho bostjlmt could bo dono, Wilson Kvans has been sont to Chllo for tho purpose of studying trade rela tions botwoon that .country and tho United Statos. AT WOflK ON MF.88AQE. Proildont UtvolliiK Much Tlmo to tho OathorlnK of Mnturlal. Oynlor liny, Hopl. i!(l. 'J'Iid prcnldwiit In iIiivoIIiik coiiHlilonthlo tlmo cncli ilny now to work on Mm minimi incnnaKo to coiiKrHon. For miiiio tlmo ho linn hoon UHHuiuhliiiK (lata for thu monniiKo, hut nliii'o tho niljournuioiit of tho ponuo I'oiiforoiico ho linn boon writing thu ilntit Into ilnllnlto form. Tho iiichmiiko will not ho ciiiuplotoil tint II hoiiid tlino curly In Novriiilmi, liiriuino ouch momhor of tho cnhluut will havu to nupply iimtur litl for illnciinnlon of tho work of hln ih'partmont. Thin liiforinatlon will hu coiitiilni'il In tho nnniinl ruportn of tho calilnnt olllcijrn, which hnvu not houn complotoil. Throo toplcn lilwhly Important nt thin tlmu to tlio Ainorkmi poojili) will ho illhcunBi'il hy tho pronlil)nt In hln monnnKii. Thoy aro thu Perioral roiila lion nml niipurvlnlon of llfu Inniirnnco, tho rolutlonn hutwoon thin co'intry nml Vonciuula nml Amorlcn'n Intorcnt In tho lineal nffalrn of tho Kovnrniucnt of Kanto DomliiKo. Othor Important null Jfdn naturally will ho connliloroil, ninoiiK thoin tho rcamlaln iIIniIokciI in tho Dopnrtmuntn ol AKrlculluro nml tho Interior; tho work of thu depart ment of Junllcu In tho hcof trunt canon, tho ri'Kilallon of nrilronri IioIkIiI niton, thu proxronn mariuln tlioconntriiulioiiof thu I'amium canal nml thocoiicliinlon of penco between Itunnln nml Japan. Much of thu mnturlal for thu riln cunnlon of themi nubjoctn tho prcnidunt Imi In hand, nml thu lant fuw riayn of hln ntny at HnKaiuoru Hill nru IiuIhk iluvotcri to thu preparation of that part of hln mcnrnKu which will ileal with them. Pow vliiltorn hnvo beii ns'elved nln eo thu adjournment of tho ieaco conforenco, tho prenldent riealrliiK to bo a frt'o an H)nnlblo from Inlet ruption whllo workiiiK on hln inemnno. J I In latt week bote in practically devoid of eiiKnKernentn. Tho connlilerntion of nil mnttorn enept thonu of liiimrrilnto Im portance in boliiK tontpuurl until thu prenldent nhall rravh WnnhltiKton. NAVAL DASE AT aiNQAPORE. Oreat Urltaln Will Purcbaie Extonilvo Dock and Site. Uimlon, Hopt. SO. Tho fact that tho Ilrltlnh Koverinnent iurM)nen to ntab llfb n vuitt naval hnno nt HlliK'iiM)ri', which wa announced hy thu Hunday Olworvor with tho nutrKfatlon that thin wan thu llrnt tancihlo result of thu new Annlo-Japftiiemi nlllnnrn nml thu con clunioii of thu Kutieo-Japancno nar, nfforrin thu nownpapora nn o)ijortiinlty to riincimn tho nituatlon of lining HitiKa poro an n baiio, which wnn announced doiiiu tlmo no wliMii Admiral Plalior outlimil tho rcorKaiilzation plan. Thu nownpapora now point out tho treinendoim ntratoKlc vaiiio of HliiKaoru nn KOarriiiiK tho Katowny of thu 1'Acttlc nml whon upon to Jnpnn'n war vvsnoln nn kIvIiik (iront Itrllain nml Japan tho upKir hand over thu othor Kuropcan countries w hero tho Far Hant In con rutneil. Homo of thin inorninK'i papers aio inclined to dwell non thin phnaoof thu actilieinent of tho Hini;aK)ro dockn, an though junt at tho tlmo it woru n riemonitrntlou of imworby (ireat Hrltaiu. Hut tho Korcrnmoul'H Inten tion to puruhano thu dockn at Hlnj;nporo ban Imh'ii nn open necrot for many uionthn, nml accord I iik to piori authori ty, tho llritiah Kovoriimeut la limply fnciuu tho rif tilt of tho now atratele nituatlon In thu Fat Knit. EXPERT ON THE GROUND. Northern Pacific Send Man to Select Site for Portland Bridge. North Yakima, Wash,, Hopt. 20. Whllo tlm fact that thu Northern Pa cific Is to construct n lino down (ho north Imuk of tho Columbia river from Koiinuwlck to Portland has already been publicly announced, Mr. Ivey supplies some of the missing details which havu boon most eagerly awaited. Mr. I.ovoy loft Ht. Paul Thursday night. Accompanying him was ltalph Majeskl, a hildgu engineer and expert, who continued to Portland last night. Mr. Majeskl comes from Chicago, and has thu reputation of being ono of thu best bridge oxpurta In tho country. It will be his province to look over tho route by which the now Hue will outer Portland, by wny of Vancouver, Wash., and deoidii upon tlio best sites for bridging thu Columbia nt thu latter city and thu Willamuttu at Portland. Calabria It Wind Swept. Home, Hopt, 20 Another tornado today caused enormous damagu in Ca labria. A gradual uleniauco of tho buildings ruined hy thu recent euttli quake shown, that tho number of pur- sous who perished was greater than given In the Hist cstimttto. I-nrgo numbers of bodies aro being discovered daily. Thu work of constructing wood en cabins under government super vision is progressing rapidly, Two hundred have already boon complotoil nml 4,000 more will bo necessary to Bhetlor tho homeless pooplo. Islands Are Solzod. flt. Petersburg, Sept. 20. News has been recolveri hero that the American steamer Montara, having on lionril Hur on llruggon, manager of thuKnmchatKn Trading society, was solzod by tlio Jap. iinoflo near Nikolskoo, llehrlng sen, and that tho Japanese occupied the Kom -manrior Islands nml hoisted tlio Japan ese ling. Neither tlio dato of tho aoiz tiro of tho vessel nor tho occupation of tho island is ulven in tho Information received. San Qabrlol Swept by Flames. Cnrmout, Cnl., Sept. 20. A brush fire that burnod two days has devastat ed San Gabriol valley, destroying all tho vogotatlou and doing $100,000 dam age, Tho main industry 3f tho valley, I bee calslng, has' boon ruined, ' OBJECTS TO TREATY China Wants Prompt Evacuation ol Manchuria. RAILROAU GUARDS ARE MENACE Sayi f'rovlnco Should Do Cleared Troop In Nina Month and No Guard ftemtln. of WaahliiKton, Hept. 'JO. Tho Pont tl.l mornluK ay: "Tho Clitncno Kovornment, n week or moro ao, mailo h foirnnl protent to thu Itunslmi nml Japaneno Kovernmentn con cernliiK two of tho conditions net forth In thu treaty of peace nlKueri at Porta mouth. China objectn to two thitiKH flrnt, tho lentil of tltno allowtxl for tho ovaouation of Manchuria, nml, sec ond, tho piovlalonn made for nn armed Ktiarri for tho railroad linen owned by Itunlna nml Japan In Manchuria. "China believes that nine months is entirely niilllcicnt tlmo within which Japan ami Itunnln nhall ovacuatu Man cliurla, Inatcail of 12 months, as pio vlilori for in tho peaco treaty. "Thu provision made for KuarditiK thu railroad, tho Chluonu contend, con tomplaten an armed forcu of probably 10,000 men In Chineso territory. Tho Chinese Kovornmont regards tho main tenance of Ktiards in Manchuria nn menace and it does not propose to agree to audi a itati." MEXICAN TRADE GROWING). Largoit Increaio Lait Yoir Wa In American Imports. Mexico City, Hopt. 2a. HUllatlca of Mexico's foreln trndu for tho flecal year endiil Juno SO, show a healthy commercial condition. Tho !uiorts wore valued nt $85,801,081 Hold, of which HH,30:i,l(17 camu from the Uultetl Klntes, an lucroase of nearly 10,000,000 over thu preciiliiiK final year. (Iront Urltaln sent KMdn to tho valuu of $10,481,343, nn increase of alxiut $400,000. Germany contributed $0,810138, which In a alight incieaso. Franco sent 8,4Hl!,tlH&, which la a gain of $1,000,000. Thu (told cxorteri aniouutol to $13, (Itm.Mtl, n itain of nearly $3,000,000 over tho pricetlinc fiscal year. Tho total amount of silver oxportcri (silver value) wan $0ri)o'.3,045, which In a de crease of $13,688,044. Tho total silver value of nil cxH)rta wan $208120,451, or about $104,800,000 gold valuu. This shown a very satisfactory condition, al though a slight decrease from thu pre ceding year. Trade with tho United Slates is grow ing steadily ami will increaro from year to year in tho judgment of mercantile ami banking houses, Tho country was never tnoru prosjicrotis and tho outlook for thu coming year is a bright ono. SLAVS ARE AROUSED. Austrian Invasion of Albania a Chal lenge to Russia. St. Petersburg, fipot. 20. Not only Kussla but all tho Slavs of Kurpoe are aroused as the result of Atistro-Hungarian troops crossing the frontier into Turkey and occupying Novlbazar. Four Russian army corps havo neon ordered south and subsidized steamship linen plying on the Danube nie prepar ing transports. Prince Golytzin, privy councillor, raid today: "Russia considers tho Austrian inva sion of Albania and occupation of Novl bazar a challenge that is anawerablo with force, because it is a flagrant breach of thu treaty of llorlln. It threatens tho Independence of Bervia and Montenegro, which Itusala has guaranteed, "Tho invasion, however, Is a master move, killing two hints with ono stone. It is calculated to relievo tho Hungari an crisis, flattoriiig Magyar vanity by annexing Turkish territory, while at tho same time thu Hlav population of thu annexed region would put tho Mag yars in it minority In Hungary. Hut Intrigues by the Hapshurgs always end to thulr own detriment." Packers Fix the Rates. Clhcago, Sept. 20. "Tho paokera fix thu rates," declared A. II. Sticknoy, president of the Chicago, Great West ern railroad, tostifylng for thu defense be fore tho Interstate Commerce com mission today regarding frieght rates from tho Missouri river to Chicago. In answer to a question as to how tho charges woru mario, Piesident Sticknoy replied: "In fixing tho rate on dressed meat, wo don't have very much to say. Tho packer generally makes tho rate. Hu comes to you nml always makes you feel that ho Ih your friend." All Protest Against Peace. Toklo, Sept, 20. Tho emperor Is giving personal attention to thu memo rials presented to tho throne against tho terms of peuco arranged with Rus sia, Theso memorials now number nearly 100, Thu persons who nro try ing to Interview privy councillors advo cate tho refusal to ratify the treaty of peaco, and tlio public Is almost unani mous in domanding tho resignation ot tho cabinet. Even tho modorates do not conceal tliolr grief. Growtng Worse at Hamburg, Jackson, Miss,, Sept. 20. The yol low fovor Infection at Hamburg Ib spreading rapidly, nine now cases, four suspicious casos and ono death bolng reported today. Itoxlo reports ono neir caso and ono death. PROGRESSIVE IDAHO. No Time Being Lost on the Dolio Payetlo Irrigation Work. Washington, Hopt. 25. Tho Iteclam ntion service linn marie tho following announcement: "Tho engineers in chnrgo of tho llolse-Payotto project, Idaho, have undo such progress with preliminary work that the board of consulting en gineers will n cot at Itoiso October 18 to consider plans and decide- on future anangmnonta, Tho splendid work of tho Water Users' asiocfatlon in harm onizing tho many conflicting claims of private Interest in lands, canala and water rights In beginning to bear fruit, and It Is believed that practically noth ing stands in the way of early construc tion. "About 100,000 acres aro already Ir rigated In this section, but plans for the full development of tho natural re sources of the valleys which will como under thin project are of such magni tude as to be beyond tho reach of com munity effort. "Tho present estimated cost of the entire system Is nearly $11,000,000, and completed works will supply water to approximately 372,000 acres of land. On account of tho restricted condition of available reclamation funds, how ever, n portion of the project has been selected which, though only an integer of the whole, will' yet complete the pro ject itself. "Tho Payette and UoIse valleys con stitute one of the moat attractive sec tions of tho West. Progress in agri culutro In this vclinlty In the past few years, and tho consequent growth of adjacent towns, furnish an excellent example of the reault of Irrigation and give promlso of substantial and won derful development in the future." RELIEF WORK IN RUSSIA. Government Seeking to Provide Food for Famine Districts. fit. Petersburg, Sept. 25. Special committees fiom tho Department of Agriculture and Ministery of the Inter ior left hero today to take charge of the relief work in tho famlno dlsrticts of Russia. Tho cost of this work la estimated hy the government at $20, 000,000. No acuto distress has yet been retioitud, and tho government hopes, hy prompt distribution of food, seed, grain and fodder and tho employ ment of the famine stricken populaco on public works to tide over the people until the new harvest. The rates for tho transportation of grain and fodder into tho government's stricken by famine havo been reduced, but the deficiency In rolling stock Is tho chief obstacle to the work of relief. An observer of tho situtaion who re tnaiueri hero this week from a tour of Southern Russia, told tho Associated Press that bags of grain were piled up in tho mountains at many stations. Homo of the o wero left from the 1004 harvest, waiting for cars to move them. The termination of tho war has already released some cars from tho Siberian road. BUILD NEHALEM ROAD. Lyile'i Announcement At Meeting o Portland Chamber of Commerce". Portland, Sept. 25. E. E. Lylto an nounces that ho will build the Port land, Nehaiem A Tillamook railroad, which Is now tied up at its first 20 miles of road through tho tangle with tho Atlas Construction company. Since tho retirement of Mr. Lytlo from the Columbia Southern and the subsequent statement that it was his intention to engage in further railroad construction work in tho stato, thoro has been much speculation an to where his activities would first make themselves folt. Thu announcement of Mr. Lytlo's connection with the Portland, Nehaiem & Tillamook wob not made as a public utterance, but in tho course of a meet ing of the transportation committee ot tho Chamber of Commerce, called to consider the feasibility of providing for further river transportation by the Open River association. Several leading business men wero present at tho meet ing, among them being Mr. Lytlo, who, while discussing the question before tho mooting, said that it would bo in convenient for him to become active in tho plans under discussion, owing to his other intoiests, the chief ot which was tho Portland & Nehaiem road. Piatt's Legs Fall Him. Denver, Sept. 25, Despite every effort to keep tho news from tho public, and in thu facu of a positive denial from his wife, a person in Senator Thomas 0. Piatt's household tonight practical ly nrimittod that tho big New York boss was suffering from locomotor ataxia and that even tho statesman himself had little hope of living up to tho end of his term in tha neiiuto. The Piatt party left for tho East nt 2:15 o'clock this afternoon, and Senator Piatt was very unsteady on his legs and acted as if ho expected to fall at every stop. Go 'After Railroads Next. Chicago, Sept. 25. Tho prosecution of tho railroads for violations of the Elkins law relating to giving and re ceiving of rebates will follow tho plead ing guilty of tho four representatives of tho Sulzberger o Swarzchlld company to n chargo ot conspiring to receive illegal rebates from tho railroads. Au thority for this statement is District Attorney Morrieon, and ho was em phatic in his declaration that tho gov ernment would go after tho railroads. Jail Penalty for Striking. Warsaw, Russian Poland, Sept. 25. Tho military governor has Issued n proclamation warning worklngmon that thoy will bo imprisoned for threo months if thoy carry out their threat to etriko, as a protest against acta of the governmont, tT .teEVOLUTIONAflr WlDOW s? Near tho head of Jllack Itlvor Val ley, In Windsor County, Vermont, ten miles from the nearest railway station at Ludlow, lien tho hamlet of Plym outh Union. What the population live on Is a question dlfllcult to answer Fortunately, it coU very little to live there. A majority of the population ire In one way or another supported by Civil War pension. A tidal wave of patriotism must have swept through this section of Vermont in the early sixties. Tho most Interesting inhabitant of Plymouth Uulon Is -Aunt Esther" Damon, tho last on the roll of Federal pensioners a widow of a soldier of tho Revolution. "Aunt Esther" was born In Plymouth township, not far from her present home, on the first day of August, 1814. She was one of a family of eight or nine, born to a her itage of poverty. Her father Is remem bered as a "stirring" man, who began life with nothing, married premature ly, and worked hard to provide for hi family. In cutting timber to build them a house ho was killed by the fall of n tree. His widow was left with out resources and found It Impossible to hold her family together. One by ono they wero "bound out" to service, and were never reunited. At a tender ago Esther was thus put to work and remembers this period chiefly as one of neglect and Ill-treatment Hy one kind of work or another, mostly domestic service, she made shift to live, and finally drifted to Tyson, which then had a charcoal blast furnace and was something of a center of activity. She is said to have taught a district school for one or two terms. Her own education had been very limited, and teaching could not havo offered her a successful career. Hy thus dolnjc whatever came In hr way, she managed to support herself until sbo wan 21 years old, when sho married. Her choice of a husband was not well considered. Noah Damon, whom sho wedded after a brief courtship, was a widower 75 or 70 years old, with adult children and a record of good service an a soldier of tho Revolu tion In sundry Masachusctts com mands. He Is traditionally remember ed as an easy-going, honest, improvi dent man, and not Inclined to bo in dustrious. It Is said that Esther Sum ner was misled as to his ability and willingness to support her, and thought he had some property, whereas he bad none. Perhaps he was an optimist hy lompcramcnL Their uinrrlace was iel- chrated on the 0th of September, 1833. Tho young wife soon discovered that, for her. the marriage relation meant not only supporting herself by HOW THE WAR CHANGED THE MAP. HEFOUE. AFTER. Russian territory nhowu lu black. Japanese territory or sphero of Influence In white or shaded. EVOLUTION OF THE MOTOR CAR. A Frenchman named Cugnot, nn En glishman named Trevlfhlck, and nn American named Oliver Evans had nil been experimenting with Bteam car riages lu tho eighteenth century; nud in 1S20 Sir James Anderson, n British BTEAU CAUIUAOE OF 1820. nobleman, had ono built which was a conspicuous success. It carried fifteen passengers, and nttnlncd u speed of fif teen miles nu hour. The steam car rlugo was such n vast improvement upon tho dandy horso and the velocl pedo that capitalists began to build them by tho score, 'Xhoy wero Inva riably shaped like stage coaches, each with a clumsy, pulling smoking engine fastonod on behind. Nothing so fast Us tho steam carrtago bad ever been I Invented, and every idle gentleman of continued bard work for small wages, but supporting her husband as well. IIo was quite willing to entertain her with stories of the war, but these did not seem to compensate for the added burden she had unwittingly assumed. She insisted that Damon's children should make some provision for him. This led to misunderstandings and family quarrels, and they finally took tho old man to a farm In New Hamp shire, to which the young wife refused to go. No separation other than that de scribed was sought or desired. Damon never ceased to cravo his wife's com panionship; she, in turn, while unwill ing to bo a dependent upon the Damon family, spared enough of her meager earnings to keep him clothed, and In other ways to provldo for his comfort In some way Damon got money to make a trip to Boston to visit some friends, and from this outing ho never returned. Ho died on tho Journey, which was probably too much for his falling strength, but whether in going to or coming from Boston Is not clear. After the death of her husband, which In. the circumstances cannot havo been a very keen bereavement. Mrs. Damon realized that she had other duties than self-interest alono suggested, nor mother was then old and poor and friendless. Esther took her and cared for her to the end of ner life. To enable her to do tht she leased a little farm near Reading, Vt, and worked It as well as sbo could with tho help of a hired man. After her mother's death she did not feci equal to continuing this profitles and unsatisfactory enterprise, and re turned to Plyraouh Union to tako up her residence with an old resident of that place, a Mrs. Snow, who had d house, but no Income. In that houso sho has lived for the past sixteen years, and there she hopes and ex pects to remain for tho rest of her life. During a period of many years xsho has been in receipt of a Federal pen sion of $S per month, and this meager provision had to suffice In a largo de gree for the needs of both old women. The pension has lately been Increased to $24 per month. With the exception of a slight deaf ness. Mrs. Damon retains her faculties remarkably. fashion welcomed It as n new means of recreation. It made n national sen sation, favorable and unfavorable. As It whirled along the country roads, Hko n Bmoky mpnster from some subterra nean world of firo, horsou leaped ovsr hedges and the terrified poasuntry tied to nooks of safety. Compared with It, u modern motor cur la a thing of peaco and gentleness. A dozen or so of them wero run In London us omnibuses, but tho high fare a shilling a rldo and tho omin ous aspect or tho vehicle, scared away passengers. Ladles disliked tho steam carriages becauso of tho greuso and soot that Boiled their dresses; and so, llttlo by llttlo, they fell Into disfavor. Tho railway, with Its closed coaches, cheaper rates, and smooth rails, drove them from tho roads Into tho muse ums. Taxes Italso In Franco. Tho average tax for each French man has rlson from $15.25 In 1870 to moro than $25 a year at present Somo people, wheu thoy own a dog that would peacefully sleep around tho yard and make no troublo, tie It up, to insure that It will bowl. This Is about all tho attention somo men attract: Whon their procession goos by, people Inquire: "Whose fu neral today)" t