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About The Columbia register. (Houlton, Columbia County, Or.) 1904-1906 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 3, 1905)
ATTRACTIVE FLOWER BED. CID-FASLUOXED G1RDSX A FAT. OKITK SPOT OF MRS. ROOSEVELT. This Corner of the Whit ' House Grounds, With Its BUie of Color, Attracts the Mht-Sr. Mrs. Roosevelt's Old Fashioned Gar den, at the generous collection of posies west of the south Tertnda of the White House Is called, has been a continuous mass of bloom snd color during the summer and fall, quite different from any of the other Govern uent flower displays. There are many of these, surrouuding the different de partmental buildings, those of the De partment of Agriculture being particu larly elaborate and ornate, but It is the opinion of summer visitors to Washing ton that the old-time corner of the mistress of the White House Is the most pleading of alL At least It seems to strike the majority of fancies, for it recalls the scenes and times of earlier days. This part of the White House grounds has slways been devoted to flowers, but until Mrs. Roosevelt's ad vent It has been rather given up to the latest fads of horticulture than to a display of the familiar blooms of the old-time flower garden. The changes in the White House a couple of years ago were officially known as the "restoration,' but have, perhaps, been more generally termed the "mutilation." It seemed necessary that something should be done; there wits talk of reconstructing the White 9 1 7 I I III I 1 ut ft ! n r j - A FAVORITE SPOT OF House, but the niggardly appropria tions made by Congress prevented any extensive change or improvement. There has, however, been nothing but approval for the changes in Mrs. Roosevelt's garden. The location is an Ideal one, somewhat sheltered and se cluded, and when the President and Mrs. Roosevelt gave the garden party last spring to the International Rail way delegates there were many words of praise for the charming effect of the hundreds of climbing roses, displayed In full bloom and fragrance, their vivid coloring contrasting well against the walls of the east and west terraces. Special Floral Pets. Particular pets of the President's wife are hardy shrubs and annuals, too, "but all of the kind with which men and women who loved flowers a half century ago loved to surround them selves and with each of which for the older generation there lingers some po etic or sentimental fancy. Hollyhocks, Jessamine, phlox, dahlias, China asters, lavender, rosemary, columbine, clema tis, peonies and smaller shrubs and flowers have contributed generously to the riot of color and bloom which has pervaded this nook during the season. The mistress of this garden delights to pick up new plants which are yet old, and following her various visits to Arlington, Mount Vernon and other places have come many packages of new favorites to find an unused corner In this old-fashioned garden. Does Sugar Make Strength t Various reasons have been assigned for the increase in stature and strength of the modern maiden, who has most certainly grown uncommonly tall and proportionately muscular during the past few years, says an English writer. It cannot be that outdoor sports, gym nastic exercise and so on, have stretched her out and made her as Strong as she Is, because ber brothers hare had precisely the same advant ages, and they have not developed at the same rate. It seems to me, there fore, that the secret lies In the fact, that of recent years girls have become far greater consumers of sweetmeats than ever were their mothers and grandmothers. Time was when we Bhould never have dreamt of having sweets on our luncheon, dinner and tea tables. Now it would be quite extraordinary were one not to offer these dainties. And, what is more, women are not merely content to eat sweetmeats at our meals, but they consume tlcm at all times and in all places between meals. It was re cently said that boxes of bonbons play a conspicuous part in modern levemak ing, ."sweeta to the sweet ' being ap parently the text by which every young man of the day guides himself through the devious paths of courtship. The great Russian wrestler who is shortly to enter again into contest with the Turk, Madrali, tells us that the more sweet stuff one eats the stronger one grows. Sugar is the secret of strength, he declares. Only a Portion of Russia. In order to appreciate the size of Siberia one must imagine the placing of all of the States and Kingdoms, principalities and empires, etc., of Eu rope, excepting Russia, and all of the United States, including Alaska, in the territory occupied by that portion of Russia, and then would still have a small amount of land uncovered. , In British Columbia as In England the rule of the road is "Keep to the left and you're sure to be right," OCR FTBLIC SCHOOLS. American System of Public Education Tar Less t rac ileal Than That of Cermany. The general public school education of the country U complacently believed by the majority of people to be the best in the world. Iter are some, however, who insist that much of our education Is unpractical and does not fit the youth of the country for the ac tual hard knocks of life, and that our school system should Include a much greater preparation of industrial work. An examination of German educa tional methods places the United States at an aparent disadvantage In this re gard. An Instance of this is seen In a series of newspaper articles published In Frankfort, Germany, by Mr. lleln rich Back, the director of the Frank- tort Industrial School, who has been twice sent by the German Government to study the Industrial schools of this country. Mr. Back expresses surprise that we have not provided in our school system for training our citiieua in special directions. Instead of leaving the establishment of trade. Industrial and technical schools to the enterprise of Individuals or the generosity of philanthropy. The result is that a com paratively small number of these schools are found in certain favored parts of the United States, while in the major portion of the couutry little op portunity is offered boys to obtain prac tical and thorough instruction and to increase their value to the nation by converting themselves into trained workmen. The German Government, on the other hand, maintains in every part of the empire good trade, industrial and technical schools, drilling the youth of the country and sending them out, each .-. ... J THE PRESIDENTS WIFE. an expert or a trained specialist, to play a useful and intelligent part in the great battle of international com merce. POKER IX TUB PHIUPriXES. One Moro Who Knew the Came Reports came from time to time from Portsmouth showing that the Oriental envoys and attaches had found a great liking for American ways and manners, and more especially for the true Amer ican beverages, cocktails and high balls, and for that little bit of diversion known as poker. On top of these re ports came a message from a member of the Taft party in the Philippines1 that Datto Grande, one of the leading citizens of Bambang. had fallen down before the Sultan of Ganussl In the game of poker. Army oflicers stationed in the Philippines are stated to have carefully coached the Datto Grande in this game and their estimation of their ability to Instruct has had a severe shock, a result of the Datto's losses of his carabaos, wives and raiment, since, it appears, his opjouent had never been taught how to play, but had relied upon his untutored skill and the devices known only to the Moros. The next thing we may expect to learn will be that this wily Moro "Ah Sing" has actually taken the uniform from some of our army officers, aye, even those considered adepts at the game. This news is probably of more In terest to the people of our island pos session and to the citizens of the United States than is at first implied, for it shows that for canning and intelligence the Moros show ability to defeat even the skill of highly experienced and practiced American army officers, and, as an exchange remarks, it shows that the Filipinos are, and of right ought to be free and independent. The Postmaster GeneraPs Pants Filled. ' noke Smith. Postmaster General during Cleveland's last administration, tells a story of a darky employed at his home who was usually the recipient of all of Mr. Smith's cast-off clothing, Many of the coats, vests and trousers, when cast aside, were of a fine quality and as a result this negro shone in the society of his fellowmen. On one oc casion the ex-Postmaster General pur chased an elegant pair of trousers from Paris. Somehow, these trousers would not wear out Mr. Smith would wear them day in and day out, rain or shine, and if apparently soiled a little clean ing up would make them as good as new. Try wuat ue wouiu, ine servant could not get the master to cast them away. One rainy day, Mr. Smith came home from a ride into the country on horse back with his trousers very much the worse for mud and water. "Sambo," he said to his helper, "take thisjmir of pants out and give them a good .'leaning, as I want to wear them to morrow." Sambo came back in an hour or two, his face sad and gloomy. "Deed Marsa Hoke," he said, "somehow I can't get that thar mud off'n your pants, dey certainly am a sight." "Try some soap and water, Sam," said Mr. Smith. "Done tried soap and water, sar." "Try some gasoline," Mr. Smith re plied. "Done tried gasoline." "Try turpentine," desperately cried the ex-Postmaster General. "Done tried turpentine." "Did you try ammonia?" "Taint no use to try em on, Marsa uoxe i Knows aeyn nt." GREAT CANALS OF MAES. recext raoTOCRirns estab US3 AtrARKXT ARTIFICIAL COXSTRVCTWX. The Camera's Eye, Nor Sensitive than the Human Optic, Establishes New Data Interesting Scientific Discoveries. Astronomers and sclentlats la gen eral art deeply Interested la the modest announcement made by Pro fessor Perclval Lowell and his associates at the Lowell Observatory In Arlsona recently that after several partial successes and some complete failures the greater canals of the planet Mara had at last been photo graphed. Hitherto the general public has been compelled to accept or to reject the existence of the Martian canals on the word of the stargaalng fraternity. But with the accomplishment of the Har vard observers In Arlsona everyone will now have an opportunity to see the actual photographs in proof of what has long been considered as more or less of a theory. hue several photographs were taken of the canals some weeks ago, It was not until a few days ago that the solar photographers were ready to announce the complete success of the undertaking, rrofessor Ixwell, In the following account of the achievement Is unreserved In his belief that the Martian canals closely correspond to the familiar waterways of the same general classification on thlj planet. Up to the present time human knowledge of Mars has been largely theoretical the principal facts regard ing the planet being that It Is 141.WXi.000 miles from the sun and approximately 47.000.IXX) miles from earth. The Martian year has KST days. Mars is 4J.;0 miles In diameter, the earth Wing 7J1S, Jupiter i,500 and the sun NXV4IX) miles. "To photograph the canals of Mars." says Trofessor Lowell, 'hn for mauy years been a purpose of the observa tory established and maintained by Harvard College In Arlsona. The first attempt to meet with an even approxi mate success was made In ltxit. when a more or less satisfactory print wa made of the Mare Acldallum, or Lake of Acid. "Yet, encouraging as that pioneer effort was, no canal could then be detected on the negative with absolute certainty. To-day we can state as positive and final that there are canals on Mars because the photographs say so, and a pnotograpnlc negative is nothing If not truthful. "In my firm belief. It Is only a question of time, possibly of months. maybe a few years, when we shall be able to determine the exact nature and probable purpose of the canals of our planetary nrlpuimr. Meanwhile we have a number of excellent negatives which have served to bring us a bit closer to Mars than ever In the past. "The negatives thoroughly confirm the eye In showing not only the exist ence of the canals, but reveal them as continuous lines of tens and even hun dreds of miles In length. Of course It Is yet Impossible to say positively whether the Martian canals are of artificial or natural creation, or exactly of what composition Is the liquid or molten substance In them. Rut bo far as we can at present conceive they appear as corresponding to onr famil iar waterways classified under the heading of canals. Value of Advertising. Once, beset with pain and trouble, When the day was dreary and dark. And I felt most weary sinking Of my liver, lungs and heart In the papers I was scanning, Advertisements by the score. Trusting there to find some doctor In whose ears my woes I'd pour. Then there flashed across my vision As If writ In living light; Tell, oh, tell, old Doctor Cartln! Tell, before you sleep, this night. All your woes and all your troubles, All your aches and every pain He can Booth you, he can cure you; Put new life In every vein. And when all your troubles vanlBh, And your liver works all right, And your lungs resume their functions And your heart with Joy is bright Then you'll sing loud Hallelujahs, And you'll pay your bill In gold, Thankful that to Dr. Cartln All your troubles have been told. And youH know that lucky Fortune Made you know, at any rate. That it pays for all to keep their Advertisements up to date. A Few Afterthoughts. The nrro who demanded $3,000 from a New York life Insurance company Is to be prosecuted. This mnn Is evidently un- ntmii'nr witn me rew om met nous, ne should have applied for the gift through a syndicate. A mlnlnpr enrlneer In Guadalajara, Mmt Ico. has found a petrified apple. 16 feet underground. This Is almost as startling as me seeaiess appie iajto. There were 137,000 pound of Mocha and Java coffee Imported Into the United States In the last six years. It seems utranire that during that time grocers throughout the country have sold 8,500,000 pounds of pure Mocna ana Java. A hunting article In Sfrlbners' Maga zine, contributed by the President, nays, "Ordinarily my experience has been that bears were not flurried when I suddenly came upon them." Burely the Pretsident was disguised. The German who has bnllt a house en tlrely of cork must be an Irishman. A clever counterfeit of the ten-dollar "Riiftalo" note Is being passed In New York. Another Indigestible security, only It has the misfortune to De technically Illegal. Hall Calne has concluded that he will not write a novel on American million aires. He was probably unable to find one wno would mane a gooa nero. One Purman got five years In prison for stealing a bag of wheat. He should have taken the precaution to do his business througn tne Chicago tstocn uxenange Columbia University proposes to abolish hazing by expelling the hazers. The Board of Directors are to be congratulat- ed on having thought out a bright idea, MEET. iia.riojia.LiU la SnOW GREAT EXPAXSIOX Or FOREIGX A GRICl'I URAL, MA CEJXERT TRADE Pass Resolution For Land Law Re form-Agalnst Giving Interstate Commerce Commission Power to FU Railroad Kates. A recent meeting of ths National As. socUUoa of Agricultural Implement and Vehicle Manufacturers at Niagara Falls brought forth a number of Inter, eating and Important facts relative to ths great progress which has been mads In recent years la the making of all classes of farm and working Imple ments and also ths great expanse of this class of trade abroad. Since 1839, when our exports la this line for the first time shot ahead of those of Great Drttaln, the United States has been easily the heaviest ex porter of agricultural Implements and machinery In the world. Manufacturers claim, and their efforts to secure for elgn markets seem to substantiate It, that exports play a -most Important part In ths successful conduct of agri cultural implement manufacturing. The last census puts the annual value of this class of production at $101,000, 000, and It Is estimated that the pres ent year's production Is greater. This Courtesy TVa-ihlngton Star. JL'lXiK PETtlt 8. OROLT. has grown from $6,000,000 In 1S50. The Increase In exports, however, has been far greater as we have, one after an other, captured foreign markets. In 18(0 we exported only a million dol lars' worth of foreign Implements; In 1900 we were st the Il8.000.00o mark. and the high water mark was reached in 1904 with $:2."00,000, or over one fifth of the product Much Work Ahead. The ' Niagara meeting, however, brought forth the fact that there are many fields as yet unconquered by our implement makers. In sharp contrast with the brilliant success achieved by American harvesting machinery In Ilut sia, American plows are practically un known In that vast agricultural coun try. The plows used are mostly Ger man or of local make, while the Amer ican types of light, strong plows, cap able of doing almost twice the work of the Kusslan plows, and which have swept everything before them in South Africa and Australia, have thus far, for some reason, failed to gain an en try into Russia. American Manufacturers Foremost, It seems that the American Imple ment makers are a progressive set and the secret of their phenomenal suc cess i.as been In their good organiza tion and the clone study they have made of the wants of the foreign peo ples. The American manufacturer has made a study of conditions and baa thus beaten the Britisher with his take It or leave it," and the German plan of making an exact imitation of the native or local Implement. The National Association of Agri cultural Implement and Vehicle Manu facturers is an Influential body and Us aanual meetings are participated in by some of the heaviest manufacturers In the world. - It takes up, in addition to Its regular business, the various broad questions of the day as they may have some direct or indirect bearing upon the prosperity of . their Industries. Among other questions discussed at the recent meeting were the ten-hour la bor uay7certaln phases of the tariff, the parcel post question, ship subsidy. the railroad rate question and the re peal of the land laws. The principal discussion, as noted by the dally re ports, centered around the railroad rate and land law questions and parcel post, although there was, of course, no dlssentlon to the view that everything possible should be done to expand; for elgn trade. ' Questions of Legislation - Judge Grosscup of Chlcagor wflo re cently attained fame in his beef trust decision, auuresscd the association upon the evils wuich he r-.Id would re sult In case the Interstate Commerce Commission was vested with power to act as both prosecutor and court, as they would If they were given power to fix railroad rates. He took strong ground against all rebates and discrim inations and declared that it would be wise to replace the present machinery by a government bureau empowered to Investigate all complaints, with a court of transportation to adjudge the va rlous points raised. Resolutions were adopted embodying this idea. The association also indorsed the re port of President Roosevelt's Public Land Commission, advising the repeal of the Timber and Stone Act and changes in the Desert Land Act, and the -Commutation Clause of the Home stead Act to prevent land frauds. The interest of the association in this mat ter and in the' government irrigation work is active, since irrigation and home building on millions of acres of Western lands will furnlc!i an unpar alleled market. The proposed parcel post legislation came In for a scoring as being" inimical to independent manufacture and de stroyer of the thousands of retail and even wholesale dealers throughout the country with whom the farmers do business directly and tending to fur ther concentrate manufactures In a few greatcenters, and create monopolies. ' turiTrwriTT if it 0FX0RTU The Marriage Contract a Compli cated Document. Many peculiar customs exist among the Kwsklute Indians who Ure along the coast of HrltUh Columbia. These India us are divided iuto numerous tribes or clana, entry into one of which 1 obtained only through most exacU Ing laws. Marriage aauoug thvin Is considered a purvtmso which la con ducted on sound business principle. Hut the object sought is not only the woman, but also the right of member ship in her clan for the future children of the couple. The privileges or tne clan are not given as a present to the son Id law, but he becomes entitled to them by paying a certain amount of property for his wife. The wife Is given to him as a first Installment of the return payment The crest of the clan. Its privileges, and a considerable amount of other property beside, are given laecr on. when the couple hare children, and the rate of Interest paid by the wife's tribe Increases with the number of children. For one child, 200 per cent of Interest I paid; for two or more children, 800 per cent After the entire payment Is made the marriage Is annulled, twaum the wife's father has redeemed hit daughter. If she continues to stay with her husband, the does so of her own free will. Oftentimes, however, to avoid complications, the husband makes a new pnymcut to his father-in-law In order to have a claim to bis wife. A RATTIER STORY, Where a Mis Was a Good as a Mile "Helng no devotee of hunting. I sel dom rarrled anything but my revolver, while my partner, an enthusiast for any game from bear to poker, great or small, as 1 was the reverse, seldom stirred from the tent ' without his double-barrelled shotgun," said ths old timer from Nevada. "As small game was fairly plenty In that part of the Sierras Jim generally took the right-of-way, lest It might be frightened away before he had an op portunity to shoot. This afternoon, however, we wcro merely going a short distance up the mountain back of our tent to see that our horses had not strayed too far. The gun was taken as a matter of habit, hut the prospect of meeting anything for 'Jim to jitiootwa8 so slight that 1 pushed on ahead and was climbing the steep mountain side, my body inclined far forward with my head naturally but a short dUtauc from the ground. " "A sudden sharp gun shot report roared in my ear, and I felt tho wind of the blast as the charge almost grazed my check. "'Devilish careless. Jim.' I said, angrily as I wheeled around. 'Don't make game of yoir beat friends with out at least a slight warning, aud don't fear but that after such a start ling hint I'll always let you take the lead, though not even a chipmunk is In sight "The color rushed from my face and was succeeded by a blush of shnme ai Jim quietly pointed to the mangled body of a six-foot rattler, whose head bad been shattered Into a shapeless mass. . 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