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About The Columbia register. (Houlton, Columbia County, Or.) 1904-1906 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 17, 1905)
A SINGULAR COMBINATION. RIDER HAGGARD. WEIRD FICTIOX WRITER: MODEL FARMER AaD POLITICAL ECOXOM1ST. Makes OfTlcUl Report on Sanation Army tolonlxation Work. Woul J Direct the HWs Forces of Be nevolence. IL Rider Ilapird is a man of jrotj lot. At on time, he Is writing such Impossible creations as "Stio" and "Kinc Solomon s Mines.' caUir.fr, luto Play a most rlvUl Imagination aud ittinr. In weird and unrval color ings- at another time, be Is actively upfrintendin the work on his map aifieent 200-acr English farm: next Toe Is studying owr some now imagln atlTt creation, wandering about his fcome. and tot shaking to the mem- Tsers of his ramuy ior a wws oi time; and again D ls making an cco aomlc study, under a government commission, of the social conditions tf the poor in America. In a short tnterrlew with htm. as be passed through Washington this year, on his way wpt. I found thnt be possessed minentlT practical bard nse. while the imaginative streak of bis charac ter did not mantfest itself in the least, snd I see now, that be bas Jast made bis Teport to the British Secretary of Ptate for the Colonies. ta his tnspectiofl of the three land ettlementa, -which hare been estab lished in California. Colorado and Ohio refpectirely. by the American branch of the Salvation Army. CelonlxationWork of Salvation Army At these three points the Salvation 'Army has established rural settle ments, taking worthy poor from the rercrowded cities, furnishing them with small tracts of land. EuScieut money to get a start and make homes 1 H. "RIDER. HAGGARD, for t'.icmselves. Tnwyment for the ,t of which is provide at low rates Mt Interest Air. Haggard expresses Elmselr as extremely well satisfied with the re nlts Jieen at the Frt Jlomie setfle Aent In California, and the Fort .Amity settlement In Colorado. The Ohio settlement be leaves out of con aflderatioa, as it ls principally devoted to the redemption of Inebriates, and lbs carrying out of agricultural experi ments. At both Forts Jtomle and JUnity, he found the settlers healthy, lappy, hopeful and almost without exception doing welL Beginning In aearly every case wltb nothing, in the course of about four years at Fort Ro ajie, he found these settlers worth about $2,000 per head, above all their fiebts and liabilities to the Salvation Army and others, and at Fort Amity, an average of ever $1,000 a bead, which be thinks ls more than they could have possibly accumulated dur ing the same period as day laborers on the land or in the clues. Reason For Wide Encouragement. It Is true that, although the set tlers themselves are doing well the Salvation Army, for the reason that unexpected difficulties In the open ing up of the land were encountered, was called upon to pay some $50,000 for its experience. Mr. Haggard de clares, however, that under all the cir cumstances, and In the face of the principles demonstrated, and the suc cess won In every other direction, tLii experience has been very cheaply bought "Further," he says, "I cannot see any cause to fear a repetition of that loss in the future application of these principles. It is therefore totally in accurate to say, as bas been done widely in press summaries of my re port, that these settlements are finan cially a failure." Would Systematize Philanthropy. Mr. Haggard proposes a. scheme, 1 e.," to combine a Judicious use of the public credit, with that of what I have called, 'the waste forces of be nevolence,' and by means of these two levers, to lift some of the mass of human misery, which demonstrates Itself in the great cities of civilization. to a new level of plenty and content ment" He believes that if settlements are carried out on these lines, and espec ially if they are located upon good land, which has cost the controlling authorities little or nothing, there should be, as Is indicated by the ta bles furnixbed in this report, no loss, but even a considerable gain. G.M. . Ancient Adulterations. Adulteration laws arniear tn hnvr been Quite as necessary in the good old days as in the sophisticated Twentieth Century. Even the adul teration of feather beds and bolsters had to be provided against October 14, 14U5, ls the date of a statute pro hibiting the sale in English fairs or markets of these articles, or of pil lows, "except they be stuffed with one manner of feathers." It expressly denounced the use of such "unlawful and corrupt stuffs" as "scalded feathers, or fen-down." The last sub stanet is tha same as cotton grass, and was evidently In great demand as a araadalent substitute In bed-stuffing, la lha eighteenth Century, again, we la4 tosoalalats f peopla who bought fra-oVwa at a halfpenny a poind, and sold It among , reauera at sixpence. S0VXD ADVICE FDR MEW The Vtmai'i Side of lt-Coovere ol the Proposition That the Wife Sho Id Not Burden ItusttamJ Wuh Household Duties. Deginninx away back with St Faul. who admonished the women to keep it lent in the churches, the so-callo.i weaker sex have been exhorted, ad vised and ridiculed; and a long list of conduct of the negative sort la.ippj.i out beginning with DO XX and an equally lengthy array of tho positive tort, starting with IK). And ail this sage advice applies in turn to maid and wife, debutauto and dowager. Now what's sauce for the goose Is sauce for the gander. Why not some advice to men? Are you one of those men who con tlnua'.ly leave their personal belong bags, their hat, canes, coats or slippers, wherever they've happened last to use themf Do you smoke your cigar In the par lor and Itt the ashes fail wheresoe'er they will, and that too, after the regu lar Friday cleantug? And yon en deavor to placate your wife with that superior sophistry about cigar ashes keeping out moths. Do you bury yourself In the morn ing paper, even reading while eating. w hile your wife sits silent at the head of th table? Do you exclaim, or chuckle, or srear softly at the latest news, without sharing your Informa tion with her? Do you compliment the little wo man when you are enjoying one of your good dinners, or do you find fault if the morning cozea is Just the least hit below standard, though the pre vious twenty-five mornings you have drunk the amber liquid of surpassing excellence? Do you notice the tew gown that has cost her days of thought and ef fort? Or do you eay "fou women spend a whole lot of unnecessary thought and time upon clothes, an J then take your new top-coat back to the tailor the sixth time because "it doesn't set Just right?" Do yon surprise your wife occa sionally by getting seats at the theatre and giving her a surprise party of two? Or do you say -Aw, go to the matinee if you want to see the show. I'll go to the ball game."? " Do you tell her of your plans, your work, your perplexities? Do you share with her your hopes and fears.' Do you let her know of the real life you lead so many hours each day? Or do you turn her questions with a brief "Women know nothing aout business. It will only worry you."? Do you sometimes take her in your arms and say "Little woman, you are a good wife a real help-meet"? Do you ever tell her the things you did ia the sweetheart days? Or uo you let it go. thinking "She knows that any way." The woman's field of labor, bis man. is narrow and circumscribed. It ls bounded, ordinarily, by the walls of the house and the needs of the chil dren. This is her province and she glories la It But know that she also longs for contact with the big world, tor the mental stimulus that comes from dally association with men and affairs, tor the Joy of recognised compensation for aerrices rendered. Because she is your wife, because she has entered into the domestic life, these things are denied her. Cant you be generous to "the little -woman.7 cant you welcome ner into your larger lire? Cant .you make ber your Teal comrade your traa help meet? X longest Bridge Ia the WoflS. The longest bridge in the world is the Lion bridge, near Sangong, China, sup ported by over 300 huge stone arche3 and extending five and one-quarter miles over the arm of the Yellow Sea. ' ; S- (.-,..... ... mmmm THE MERGANSER WILD DUCK. One of the most beautiful of wild ducks, with its dark, glossy green head, rich, salmon colored breast and strong ly marked wings, its voracious fish eating habits make the Merganser use less for food and thus an object but little troubled by sportsmen. A large number of local names such as the goo sander, the shcildrake, saw-bill, diving goose, the weaser, have attached them selves to this large, handsome swim mer that studiously avoids man, even though no nportsman would trouble him, and that eludes pursuit by the most remarkable feats of divine and swimming. Eating ls the cnlef object in life for the Merganser, who fre quently swallows a fi sh so large that it can not descend into the stomach, but must remain partially in the dis tended throat until digested, piece meal. But this process is so rapid as to always leave the bird with a vora cious appetite and drive It to desper ate rashness to secure its prey. owui currents wun aeep peots wneiv the ash hide and foaming cataracts where they leap are the delight of the ilerganser, whose marvelous diving and awlBualas nabla them to take heavy DESTROYING THE QUEER LARGE SVMS OF CAPTVREu COIXTERFEITS Hl'RXED VP AXD MELTED 11V TUS GOYERXMEXT. Coin. Stamps, and Other Imitations Accumulate lit Uitcle Mam's Strong Uox In Larc c Quantitic.-Vaiuabtc Counterfeiting- Machinery. The periodical de.-liuetlon of coun terfeit currency, ttpunous coin, pojt age 6Uiu.i, reenue s;aiuu aud other contraku.d nmierlal captured from cojntcrfeiters by the areret service, has been ordered by the Secret. try of the Treasurv. The accumulation of this stuff in the treasury is larger than v.su.il. Three clerks in the cash room of the treasury have been delegated a committee to see that this "uaeer" mo:uy is done away with. Every two or three years so much counterfeit mouey and counterfeiting tools and Implements accumulate in the office of Chief WilWlo, of the secret serv ice, that it is necessary to destroy it Tl.e cliicf notifies the Secretary of the Treasury, who Issue an order which scuds tho coiu to the assay office, where all the silver and gold is melted or re duced from the rctst, run into Ingots, fcf&r CHIEF WILKIE Of The ervt Kn loa. and 6old. while tho rest of the stuff, in cluding the base metal, such as dies, stamps, etc., ls taken either to the navy yard or to a foundry and there do b trove -j in the presence of secret serv ice officers, who make affidavits of the destruction to the Secretary. There has not been a house-cleaning of this kind since November, 1902. Valuable Counterfeiting Machinery. At present the contraband includes In aldaion to counterfeit notes, coins, postage and revenue stamps, valuable and costly tyie, by mcins of which counterfeiters print the Latin numerals on "queer" notes; inks, ralnts, aclli. rhotographlc apparatus, dies, molds, sumps and other accessories of the art of niaktns fictitious money. This year a large batch of the Johnson-Hancock notea will be burned. They are known as the "Hancock 2s." They were made by the celebrated conn terfelter Johnson of Detroit and were so nearly perfect that the government suspended the issue of this note. No doubt many of these counterfeits are still tn circulation and performing the functions of real money. A number of notes made by the no torious but now "reformed" counter feiter Brockway will be destroyed. Even Pennies Counterfeited In the store rocm of the Secret Senr lee Bureau are many borrs of bad colna. Every coin of the United States from cents to 20 fold pleeeg has been Im itated, counterfeit nlckles being found more .frequently than silver or copper coins. In the collection ls some gold coin that has been sweated. Sweating Is an ancient and simple trick, long practiced EM WHii 171 i mam, n l, i HLt:Z-lr:.SL...iJ toll from the finny tribes. Cold has no terrors for these tough creatures and they swim as nimbly In the icy rivers of the north as In the waters of the Carrlbean. They "dive at a flash," and are as difficult to kill as the "water witch" Itself. Only the most guileless housekeeper will look at any saw-billed duck in market the serrated mandlbleB indl eating that the organ ls used as a fish chopper, and fish food never makes good game meat. The drake is a goregous but vain nd selfish bird and immediately deserts the neighborhood "When tho b!x to twelve creamy buff epgs are being hatched. , All the oomestlc duties then fall upon the devoted mother. "I once paddled after a brood." says chamber lain in the Nature Library, "and though several times they were almost within reach of my landing net, they eluded every effort to capture them Throughout the chase the mother kept close to the young birds, and several times swam across the bow of the ca noe In her efforts to draw my atten tion from the brood and to offer her self as a sacrifice for their escape." S If t . t -V4feiaLiaS. by the C'htre?" nn I rrejmniaMr ntr ilun-d tnio ti i rountry by tnfin. It eonsttita in Uktiitf a Un f cold del- lara and Khakintt them lolently alxut for hours at a time, the reault betnj that they aro taken nut tartly worn and with a small dcpoxlt of cold at the bot tom of lite sack. The government also baa In its pes- Ion numerous countet felt of (or eij:n currency. prlncially Italian, uua aud Austrian, though there Is uuu Kagllsit and Freni-U. The gov ernment holds that it Is as great a crime to falsify or counterfeit foreign oUUatloua as it Is to counlarfttil our own. One of tbe features of this curious collection is fit number of advertise ments so elcely resemtdlng money or stamps .hnt the government officers do lerniined lo take charge of them. CHARGES ADMISSIOX FOR CHARITY. European and Diplomatic Cosslp. James J. Van Alan, the expatriated American millionaire, has taken a hint from the Duke of Westminster, who has for some time past churned all tourists or excursionists who desire to explore Eaton Hall and spend a day among the beautiful scenery on hi Cheshire estate, 1 cents a head. So great baa been the influx of tourists to Rush ton Hall. Mr. Van Alan's his toric place In Northamptonshire, dur Ing this season, that, commencing with January 1. he proposes to follow the Duke's example with a condition lightly changed. The Income derived from the Duke's visitors la divided among local charities. XI r. Van Alan will charge a maximum of 25 cents to all visitors from abroad and 12 cents to excursionist parties other than those who may come from the county of Northampton, to whom the grounds will he tree on Mondays and Salur days. The Income derived from all sources will be divided between the local Infirmary and an lnnl""inQ tor social Intercourse and cacatlonal Im provement which be means to estab lish la the neighborhood for the bene fit of worklngmen. It Is estimated that next ycar.when the bonne and grounds may be seen at the best, the income derived from this project will uot fall far short of 95.000. King Leopold of Belgium, who Is of ten mentloni J as business paitner of ibomas S. Walsh of Washington and Colorado, pasLSSoa considerable, real estate in the French Kivlura. Uls de- it 4 KXXO LEOPOLD OF BELGIUM. mesnes are at Vlllcfranche sur Mere, near Nice. They are called the Col du Caire, and the Passable. Both have been enlarged some few -yenrs ago, notably the Passable, to which has been added the whole of tbe western side of Cape Ferrat In this portion of the newly acquired property a small port has been constructed for tbe King's yacht. Lady Henry Somerset, who Is well known in this country from her great worlt in the Intorest of the temperance movement, bas a woman footman, a female butler, and women in charge of her stables. Members of Tcignlng families, princes as well as princesses of tho blood, have to obtain permission from the sovereign before they can leave the country. They are always expect ed to notify the monarch when they Intend to absent themselves from tho town or city where tie co :rt happens to be In residence at the time. The late King Humbert of Italy on one occaalon called his niece, Duchess Helen of Aosta, to severe account for having left Italy to visit her mother in France without previously obtaining his sanction. This rule, which Viceroy Lord Curzon also Introduced in India, caused almost open rebellion among a number of the more powerful maharajahs and gaeli wars of the empire, who on a number of occasions disregarded the Viceroy's rule and left the emplro not only with out his sanction but againat his strict est instructions. Tbe wealth of some of the TtttsHlnn churches in costly g?ms, Jewelry and precious stones ls proverbial. Some churches In the United States, notwith standing they are not supported by the government, as they are In Russia and other countries, are gradually acquir ing rare paintings, statuary, stained ruass windows and costly vestments For instance, the most costly mitre in the United States, a mitre which rep resents $10,000 worth of Jewels and precious stones, ls worn by Bishop Horstmann of the Cleveland diocese of the Roman Catholic Church. Most of these Jewels were presented to tho church by Mr. Gordon, who also donat cd to the city of Cleveland his magnifi cent Cordon Park. Mr. Gordon was a father of Mrs. Daisy Hanna, wife of Dan. Hanna, son of the late Senator Hanna, VAN CALAVA. "Old Probabilities" In Japan. While Japan ha3 bad meteorological stations on some of her very high mountains since 1899, these were only In use during tbe summer. An all the year station will now be opened on the summit of Mount Tuukaba, near Toklo Rockefeller Scores In Japan. The British steamer Monarch sailed from Philadelphia recently for Japan with a cargo of 2.470,700 gallons of refined petroleum, one hundred barrels ot lubricating oil and 1.200 cases of wax. This la the greatest oil cargo erer shipped out ot the United States, . v r m II T T-.Vl I A SloioU GliiAXTEA Restoration In Government Crountfs of tree Twenty Teet Thick. Thin pletur represents the biggest tive In Washington ami otto or lite sights" of tttn National t upltnl. it has a strong attraction for stranger from afar and teelally from the east and the south. Tltl pleve- or a tree- stand lit ttu crmutd or the le- iwrtmetit of Agriculture, et of the Administration bumling. The giant entue from tho Kcijuoln Nullomtl l'urk lu California and was exhibited at the World's I'ulr at Chi cago. At tbn eloM of tho fulr It wn lirought to Wiuthliiglon. It Is twenty feet In diameter and la called The (lenernl Noble in bitnor of the Secre tary of tho Interior under whose ad mlulstration so much good was done Tor the Mg tree reservations of the raclflc const The cost of its trans portation to Chicago was $10,000. The Interior Is hollow and a spiral stairway leads to the platform at the top. . A Divhh Made ot Pontage Stamps. An American lady wore a ball drens at a ball In liermuda recently In whlcti 3J.0OO stamps were used. Years were sprat In tho collection, and tho dress was covered with stamps of all na tions. An eagle made entirely with drown Columbian stamps waa the cen tra of the breast. Suspended from the talons w as a globe made of very old blue revenuo stamps. On either sldo of the globo was an American flag, tbe stripes of blue and red stamps. A rolleetion of foreign slumps was past ed on the back of tho bodice In the form of a shield. A large picture hai, covered with red and blue stamps. n mask ana a very pretty fan cov ered entirely with pink, completed the costume. laprorldag. "1 admire that last -piece yon played, professor, Immensely," -en Id Mrs tiaswefl "It had a kind of wild freedom about It you know, a sort of wlrrdneaa that touched me. Was Jt your own composition?" "if dam," coldly responded the em inent musician, who had been hired for tbe occasion, MI was putting a new string on my violin." Agents Wanted To Csnvs for the United States Senator Number NOW PUBLISHED. 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