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Newspaper Page TextASPHALT Si . A. - ' -j, a r . w 1 1 PREDICT WAR WITH AMERICA. Venezuelan Odleinl See Only One Outcome of Aanhnlt Row, War with the United States over fifty miles of swamp hind is predicted by leudlug Venezuelan officials. The trip was under control of the asphalt trust until the beginning of the long series of dlnultles that now may end in a contest with America. All the turmoil, bloodshed, revolution and International controversies have their origin In this speck of territory. Upon Its proper development depends the wealth of the nation ; for It is the natural outlet for all the resources of a country so rich In the em-th's trensures that the dreams of a Plzarro might be realized. It was granted to the as phalt trust with the agreement that It would be developed. Canals were to be flu so that the boats could sail up the river to the gold mines, the silver mines, the oil wolls and the rich coffeo plantations. Railroads were to have been built One of the Venezuelan gov ernment's principal complaluts against the American aephalt trust Is that It never fulfilled any of these promises. All the trust did was to push its own Doats Into tho pitch lakes, load them and take away the valuuble natural product Tho district has remained impover ished because undeveloped. Its 8,0ui, 000 people were poor because they could not get their wealth sold. The rail roads and tho canals promised never materialized luto anything better than mule caravans and canoes. The cus toms which composed the chief Income to tho national treasury fell off, for tliu asphalt was free of duty. TYiim tfin IniHni.i. t ti.t.. u.i j - ...w.,7, ()l UI amen j-ji, Of Spanish, negroes, and natives reach d the boiling point. They hated these 4,000 white men and their trust itreed They made life dangerous for the for- eigners. suns were tiled In the shaky courts or me country to try to get back we aspuait weaitn given away. Castro found he was fishtlng the most expert trust lawyers, men who knew other tricks besides those of the courts. Revo lutionary lenders took advantage of tbe turmoil to start Internal troubles. Kv erybody In Venezuela believes that tho Matas rebellion was financed by the trust and all enezuelaiis insist that it was Castro's duty to the people to dispossess the trust. Meanwhile this land of wonderful wealth lies like a shining diamond in n hill of sand. Its Brazil wood, coral trees, indigo, rubber, bananas remain in the forest. Its gold and silver and copper and marble and granite are still iu tbe earth, valueless to Venezuela and the commercial world. SEEING LINCOLN IN 1803. How a Private Soldier Attended a White llnuae Keceytlon. It was In the spring of IStfa, when I was "toppInK for a while in Washing ton, says a contributor to the Boston Transcript. I attended, 0110 day, a re ception at the White House. The rooms were, of course, crowded with efflevm of the nriny, legislators and rep resentatives of foreign courts In great abundance. Mr. Uncolu held his re ceptions In the blue room, opposite the main entrance. For a long time the pasKafrc to hltu was crowded, but later th crowd thinned out a lout him,, so t " sf After w) h AM T'A J mm fi Mtnl I," s WOEK IS VENEZUELA IS A BONE OF ."V... V" !2r -www , J&ojt n'w ft- J that he had short spaces of rest. I had been wandering around, and at last found myself close to the main en trance. Soon I saw a common soldier "come up to the hall. He was an ex ceedingly rough looking specimen. His clothes were worn and soiled, his boots outside his trousers, dirty beyond de gree. You could hardly conceive a more unfit person to enter that great crowd. He evidently had a great desire to see the President, but knew his unfitness to enter. But It was not long before he mustered courage to push his way un der the cover of others well Into the hall. Noting the anxious yearning look on his face, I became Interested to watc his movements und note the result. 1 was not very long before I observed that Mr. Lincoln had an eye on him as he chanced to come near the door of tho reception room. Once and again saw his eye search out this foiled and bespattered soldier with the most teu oer iook. alien came a more vacant space between the two. At length Mr Lincoln, with an enormous stride and a long outrenchlng arm, advanced grasped this soldier by the hand, with a greeting that must have beeu seen and heard to be fully understood: "Come forward, my friend; we are all equal uero. " With this hand grasp and welcome Mr. Lincoln's attention was turned else where but I can remember 110 other In eldent that thrilled me as did that lit tle scene. And the effect of It upon mat soinier-lt seemed to transform mm in a moment What a new manli ness it put iuto his face and attitude. Iu a few moments he was gone, but It was plain that from that hour Mr. Lin coln had at least one man In his armv who was ready to give his life to help .Mr. Lincoln save the cause for which both of them were tolling and sacrl uVing. And It seemed at the moment that I could easily do the same. A Mnrrliiue Ftetiou. The polite fiction obtains that mar rluges are made In heaven. This ro ninntlc viewpoint Is particularly ixuu lar In America, where It is held to be highly Improper for parents to make any move toward securing good hus bands for their daughters and. immod est for glris to manifest any interest In the subject themselves. The conventional theory is that the matter Is on the knees of the gods and that In due season husbands will be provided like manna In the wilderness for sustenance of the faithful. Unfor tunately this miracle does not always wine off for every woman. Tin? supply of manna gives out. There are not enough husbands to go around, and these are unevenly divided. Some wom en get three or four, while others get none. But neither the old maids nor their 'parents realize that the reason that they did not share in the dispen sation was their own fault because they did not put themselves, as old fashloued Methodists used to say. In an attitude to receive the blessing. Dor othy Dix, in Alnslee's. Maul Syrup. Maplr syrup which has fermented and become sour can be freshened by heat ig to the boiling point and adding a- kittle soda. Stir thoroughly, theu sUin. W L II lid I hl'fi t i mi v.h rH&'-V ' ' . -'mi CONTENTION. " -.n.if.-i1'i -i JuJH&cjSr'Jsl 1 Tire, TOrft o-,7T -: JF. JfZ0 QF V&CEZVELA ZUNI INDIAN BASKETS. Made by Expert Women and Colored to Suit Intended V. The Zuni Indians make great use of baskets, especially in connection with grinding flour. They commonly employ ir una purpose colled baskets which they obtain by trade from the Apache and Tiute, and value highly. They, themselves, manufacture wicker bas kets which are not much esteemed. The industry is entirely confined to womeu. They employ an awl of deer bone, and use some six kinds of willow, which they make into circular trays and bowls, tsi-lal. One kind, salt willow, Is used for baskets to hold paper Bread In the house, the willow giving It a sail Havor, and another kind, "smooth" willow, for baskets to hold bread al meals; white and yellow willow bas kets are used for corn meal ; those o) red Willow na nnlnnlnc .!. 1. 'u' su ts s.Z L I f k White wm T w ' ib,?l?.UJet"reP"lnted.w,a with nail H reu, yeuow or DiacB rim- , iVe fJeS r n0W dyed w,tl -. ... uy, tor use in dances. Elthe! wnite ' Willow, or all the different kindi or w mow mixed together, are emnloved for tliis purpose. Sacred baskets, tha - li-nal, are used to hold plume stickj and masks. The women have a dance In the fall, tailed Ahyuna, in which they use baa kets painted with different colors. II is said that the name Is Pima, and thai the dance, which Is to secure rain, wai brought to Zuni not many years ago bj two old men who visited the Pima with Mr. Cushlng. An Inverted painted bas ket, corresponding with the box 01 gourd resonator of the Hopl, Is put under the notched stick, kl-wl-a-nan-nai, which is scraped with a stick ai an aeeoinnnnlmoTit v n. The Znni .ia J 1 elobulnr hnu-ta p ,. .... Ul IK ll Ulfl lUiu Hill M 1 J which they collect locusts used as food wii. ivuiun in Panniers to carry peaches, melons, cu cumbers and other fruit are made oi red willow.' Twilled baskets of yucca ...... " 1 similar to those seen at other pueblos, are used to dip up salt from the Sail W L- lake. The art of making these bas- kct nt wbleb the eggs are to be dis kets, which are called ho-tsl-lal. wai Vsed of, says The Outing Magazine. learned from Aeoma. The Zuni also make a rectangular twilled tray of the saiiie material, with an edge of cedar or oak, which they use to put paper oreaa on, or to lay long plume sticks or Image upon at the yellow and blue corn dances. Swallowing sticks were formerly placed upon such trays at the , stick-swallowing dance. The Zuni formerly had a number f old colled globular and jar-slmped bas- kcis, ine origin of whk'h Is not dell- nltely known. The pitch-covered bottles, which they use come from the Wlilte Mountain Apache or the Xavalo. Iiuc yifit-iriive la, uue euouiu Keep a va riety of fowls that lay egga of the pre . ..lime nine money in a dar than ferred color. Miciiaei Angeio made In a month." said a popular illustrator. "I've been studr. Ine up the wairca thme nM xlmn, I It Is amazing Michael Ann.li. ... .in .o ' month while doing the cartoons of th battle of Pisa, and Leonardo, who help- ed him, got the same rate. They were both dockt fr ... J but there was no overtime allowance. Oorregglo got for his 'Christ in the Gar den $7.25. Carracci's 'Resurrection' only brought the painter $0.50. Albert Durer for his pen and ink portraits WAS not llll 111 In rash A h. .. hundred oysters, a palr'of booto-Durer would gladly do your portrait on such a system of remuneration. i "Rembrandt's top notch price wa $173. lie got that for his 'Niehl Watch.' Velnsques worked chiefly for th Spanish government He was paid at the average rate of $33 a picture. Think of It ! Thirty-five dollars for the 'Roke by Venus!' "Minneapolis Journal. i t r Th nrJ yLrl?" , The man who forgets his friends may be ungrateful The one who for- gets his enemle. is foollah.-Chicago Record-Herald. 1 Maklnir Batter on the Fi There are two prime essentials in making butter on the farm a profitable business. In the first place, one must have plenty of pure, cold water, and then a good enough grade must be turned out to make and hold custom ers. The trouble with nine out of every ten farm homes is they are not equipped to take care of milk and cream. When one goes into this work to make money, better put up a milk room, where pure water may be had from pumping or from a spring. Concrete floor and walls may now be built as chenply as with lumber, and it is a great deal better than lumber. Don't stop here. A barrel churn and a butter maker will be necessary in turning out a uniform product. It looks easy simply separating the cream, churning till the butter conies, and salting, and the trick Is done. That is where so many fail. The cream must be churned at the right temperature; It must be neither too sweet nor too sour. Work ing and salting butter' to secure uni form color and flavor Is a very nice art uy 10 learn to ao it lnrauimy n two or three weeks, but by all means don't practice on your customers. That means loss. It Is better to wait two or three months before you seek custom ers. And, before you ship, find out how your commission man or private cust0ners prefer to have their butter put up- Sometimes the package means a ulfference of two or three cents a :wuuu- An Attractive Gateway. This rustic gateway, which was built at a small cost, may be worth imitating. modified, of course, to fit the surround ings. This one is . between two cedar trees, and from it a winding path leads to a pretty rustic cottage. Such a gate would be entirely but of place at the en trance to a stately or formal building. BUSTIC GATE. The cuts give an Mea as t0 how the Sate 18 mad- The two uprIgbts ttM the cross-piece on the t0P locust All the rest is of cedar. Parts of the smaller branches hve been left on the pieces that go to fill up the gate. A gateway like this would not prove effective against pigs u.khio, uut n uuiu lum lUln UU1- mala. It is not only cheap and dur able, but decidedly attractive, because TWO CEDARS STAND GUARD. 80 Perfectly in harmony with its sur- if - Tl mrxi . aimer, in rarm and ti,.nlo Color nf F'.a-trm m n A mmm One of the most Dotent factors nor. uaPs. that should be considered when . I selecting a breed for producing eggs for market is the demand of the mar- Souie markets, notably New York City and cities Immediately adjacent, pre- fer white-shelled eggs, and the best trfu,e lu these markets will accept none nuer. uoston prefers brown eggs, and pay9 h substantial premium for them ; anct takln Uu country over, the pref- erenc 19 brown eggs by a large majority. However, in many markets 1,0 Preference at all is expressed; in fftct' those '"st meutionel are practie- y y marnets iu wnien tne color of tne eS receives attention to the extent of lnflueHcing prices. Where tbere is a Preference. and whichever MeaMnrlnar Land by Weight The area of any piece of land, no matter now irregular tne boundary "nes, may be accurately ascertained by T . Qt-licate.ba,ance teilmn: WaKe " "'f 01 X? P'at 0f Bround n to a given scale, say 4 8,luare rods t0 1 lQch. Cut from some part of the sheet of pasteboard a piece exactly 1 Inch square, which repre sents one acre, or 4 square rods. Also Ut Ut th! p f We,gh the Kiun.c a Liu ii.r v111 i ue uumoer or times the weight of the square is con- W!f" ,0f ' e,Flat ,ndI" cates the area of the land. For exam pie. If the square which represents one acre weighs 20 grains, and the plat weighs 240 grains, then the plat con tains twelve acres. Scientific Ameri can. The Cars of Weed. It is for the conservation of moisture that we keep up the cultlatlon of the crops in the summer, but the evatora- tion which can be checked by thU nieans 18 "u compared wltn th c -.at.,. , .v. by an We can hlirdlr ,7.. t1.. mem of killing the weeds. 1 1 UL Labor ( too 'Hone. Some one has figured out that It costs on the average only one-half as much to feed a horse as It does to feed a man; and that the horse will do ten times the amount of work that It Is possible for fhe man to do. If this estimate Is correct, then a dollar's worth of food given the horse will pro duce twenty times as much results as the same amount of money will If ex pended in feed for a man. Therefore, when man domesticated the horse be immensely increased his own power of securing results. When much farm work is to be done there should always be enough horses to do it Farmers try to economize on the number of horses and have to leave much work undone. In the event of hired help being scarce, it Is sometimes possible to offset this lack by Increasing the number of horses kept. In some parts of the West and Northwest declares the Farmers' Re view, the scarcity of help has resulted In more horses being used. Five are hitched to a double plow, and one driv er is thus enabled to turn two furrows at a time and practically double the work that one man has to do. This is the result of the complete utilization of horseflesh. Guide (or Drag- Sam. A very simple method by which om man can manipulate a drag saw to cut down trees has been devised by a west ern timber mam In using these saws two men b a v e heretofore been necessary, one at each end of ' tha saw. According to the new inventlou, there Is rested against a tree a rod from which Is ONE-MAN SAW. suspended a cord. At the end of the cord is an adjust able clamp, to which one end of the saw is secured. At the other end of the saw is a handle. In operatiug the saw to cut the tree, the end opposite the handle Is supported by the cord in the same position as if operated by hand. With the employment of this guide ths necessity of an extra man to manage one end of the saw is eliminated. Lo of Fertility by Leaching-. Laud kept constantly as a garden loses much of its fertility by leaching. A clover rotation is the best preventive of this. There should be at least two or three garden spots on each farm kept rich enough so that one year's ex tra manuring will bring it into the finest possible condition for garden truck. If farmers could always plant gardens on two-year clover sod they would raise better crops and with less stable manure and other fertilizers than they now require. The clover does much more than, furnish green I v. . vv a. i mi.ii l in uic BUU. 119 roots reach down into the subsoil, thus not only saving and bringing to the surface, plant food that would other wise be wasted, but also by enlivening the subsoil, allowing the roots of crops to go deeper. Clover sod to begin with, if well enriched, Is best for such crops as cucumbers and melons, that are al ways most likely to , suffer from drought It is quite impossible to make a good garden crop unless the land has previously been enriched by a series of heavy manurlngs. The fertility lost by leaching must be constantly renewed. A Feed Combine. Feedlnir nheon onH market is very much of a lottery at ' hp Tt to a HUM 'uuivo vl LUC I -w. v io iuc UUl UtfflC 111 Llie I HH41HI" u . . , ' ' lvj uii t l 1 1 1 1 1 niih'k urifi nrrap rnai nn i from slxt t0 ninety days, return it to ularket at a Profit. This is the hope 1 1 (if ImnnlM 1. 1 i i ... . niai unions uuii iu put in nis time and labor, else he would not do It There are three important factors that enter Into the operation. The cost of the sheep or lambs on the market, the price or the feed that is to make them fat and the condition of the market when they are returned for slaughter. The first element is a known quantity, but me ocuuuu iuu iiuru are onen a chance. They have proved to be very f a chance this season. . The original cost of the feeders was the greatest on record, feed was high and market conditions have not panned out as good as generally expected. Drov ers' Journal. Idaho Han FlnCa New Wheat. A new variety of wheat has been dis covered by a farmer living near Jull etta, Idaho. He says he found a few kernels of the wheat growing wild In Alaska, and being struck with their plumpness, hardness and other appar- 1 eut goou qualities, ne orougnt borne a few kernels and planted them. From those few kernels he harvested enough the first year to plant several square rods of ground the second year, the yield from, this planting being at the rate of more than 100 bushels per acre, well-fllled beads; the kernels are large, plump and bard and millers say It makes good flour. To Caavaa Haata. When bams are smoked, roll them In stiff paper, cut your brown muslin to ui mrm nuu new u on Wltn a largo needle and twine; then make a starch of flour and yellow ochre, and with a small whitewash brush cover them with It Hang them up to dry. Poaltrr Ketee. ' ' Clean the droppings from under tha roosts frequently. Buckwheat is excellent for both young and old poultry. A laying hen should har constant access to lime or gravaL Grit Is th hen's teeth. Provide her with plenty of it. so that aha may di gest her food. frKE WEEKLY MSH0R1AH uyu Mahomet II. besieged Constanti nople. , 1578 William Harvey, discoverer of tht circulation of the blood, born. 1644 Maisonneuve defeated the Iroquois at the Tlaee d'Armes, Montreal. , 178o Field Marshal Viscount Hardinge, an early governor general of India born in England. 1806 Joseph Bonaparte made "King 0 the Two Sicilies. 1814 Napoleon Bonaparte sent in exila to island of Elba, 1833 Treasury buildings at Washington destroyed by fire, 1843 Sir Charles Metcalfe appointed I , governor of Canada. . 1847 Covent Garden theater, London, opened for Italian opera. 1854 Commercial treaty concluded with luptia oy vommouore irerry ot tne United States navy. ' " - 185o Planet Circe discovered by M. Chacornac. ' 1856 Treaty of - Taris, ending th . Crimean war. 1858 British force under Sir Hugh Rom defeated the Indian mutineers and took the city of Jhansi. 1862 Gen. Albert S. Johnston of ths Confederate army killed at Shilob, Born 1803. ,v. 18G5 Confederates evacuated Richmond. ' . . . .Federal troops occupied Rich mond, Va . . . United States transport General Lyon burned with great loss of life. 18G0 First national encampment of tht G. A. R. met at Indianapolis', a. Spanish fleet bombarded Valparaiso, Chile. ' 18C7 United States bought Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000. 1868 Uniform postage rate of 3 cents per fetter adopted throughout Can ada. 1885 Battleford, in Saskatchewan, be sieged by Indians. 1891 Baron Fava, Italian minister to the' United States, recalled. 1898 China leased Wei-IIai-Wei tt Great Britain. 1902 Large section of Atlantic City de stroyed by fire. 1905 Explosion in a cartridge factory at Bridgeport, Conn., resulted in a number of deaths. . .'.Simplon tunnel formally opened. 190" Fred A. Busse, Republican, elected Mayor of Chicago. Rl3 VET '.( uit, Board of Education, in his annual report CS i. t ii . . T. - A; . a 7 . uigra mc lurumwon oi a department. -Of. AAi . t thinks, should be under the direction W ..1.1 U 1 .1 1. . . I A1 medical man,, who would rank as aa n r. ..! .i .. 1 . ( i . so-"-b sutH-riuicuueut, ana wno snouia nave 8 sufficiel' number of physicians ts examlDe 811 tuet children in the publi schools at least once a year, and a suffi cient number of nurrses to visit th homes of sick children and to care foi slight ailments in school. He says thai New York is the noisiest city in tht world and that children lack a propel amount of sleep. Owing to crowded quarters in the tenements and in som ot the Pubnc schools as well many chil- nlfetTAt fective sight, defective teeth and othei evils, many of which could be overcome. The report says that there are 158,466 pupils in the schools over normal age ; is other words, they are backward in theh lessons because of physical defects. The. National Civic Federation hat made arrangements to send 500 or mon public school teachers next fall to Eng land, Scotland, Ireland and the conti nent to inspect the system of teaching and school methods generally in foreign coun tries. This idea wnn success of a similar expedition of En usn teacners to tne Lnited States is 1905-6. The teachers who make thi trip will have an opportunity to exam- ln at first tan(1 what is being done foi tunureu auruau, uom in tee commos schools and in the special, schools. Presr dent Nicholas Murray Butler of Coluta bia university has been appointed chair man of an advisory committee to carrj the plan through. In this connection II may be noted that Mr. Butler haa .k u -i i i .i , ., cepted the invitation of the University of Copenhagen to deliver three lecture! there next September, the subject mattei of the lectures to be "Some AsDecta f American virilization. " He wjl nyi ior uenmarx in August, returning ii time for the opening of college next fall Chancellor Dewitt C. Huntington oi the Nebraska Weslejan university al Lincoln has tendered his resignation, an J It was accepted by the board of trustee with the understanding that Chancelloi Huntington shall remain until the end of the school year. At Chippewa Falls, Wis, Supt Swart ordered the members of the Greek lettei fraternity Alpha Delta Omega to disband the organization or suffer expulsion froa school. He declared that no secret w raniiation of pupils would be tolerated The members promised to heed the war ing.