Weekly Oregon statesman., June 05, 1900, Page 4, Image 4

WEEKLY OREGON STATESMAN, TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1900.
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A Salem man was asking another
Salem man, yesterday; what, the troops
ot tne powers went to Pekin for, and
the answer was that they went to Pe
kin. .', ' i
Neither Paul Kruger nor his imme
diate sunnortcrs'havc set the world a
' very high spectacle for emulation or
" repcct in their actions of late. 1 They
; have hot shown themselves to be made
' of the stiilf we are worn to look up to
as composing the material and spirit of
undaunted, bravery. They bad a des-
. ......... t. .1 .1..,..
n.llic (..lust iiuiu uic Mail, dim " mtjr
" would have come off better in the eyes
t of the world, and on the pages of his-
tion against odds desperately, ' ami to
the bitter end, instead of dcsertiiig and
abandoning their cause. It will be
atgued by their friends everywhere
' that discretion is the- better part; of
valor, and that it would have? availed
fheni nothing to .hold out against such
e ci Hciming ouus, Dili nils wjii mu
redeem them in the estimation of the
horts everywhere whose eyes have
,'betn turned towards the fields of strife
. in South Africa.
AN OBJECT LESSON IN
VALUES: -
SHEEP
The vltecp census cards of The Amcr-
ican Protective. Tariff League, asking
for information as to numUr: and val
ues of flocks owned in March, i8y6. and
in' March. i)t Wilson Tariff with its
tree wool clause and Dinglcy Tariff
with protection, duties on imported:
wools . respectively are bringing out
m extremely - interesting responses.
, Among these is the following fromr a
gentleman of excellent standing and
f cliability : '"-"'.;"
Paris, Idaho,; April 10, ryoo. Amer
ican Protective Tariff League Gciule-
, men: In June. 1K92, my business called
me to stay for some weeks at a station
eif the Oregon Short Line Railroad.
-and wbile there the large clips of wool
were being hauled to the nation for
sale and shipment. The station I have
reference to is situated in Uintah 'coun-
.-Xy Wyoming., on. Ham's , Fork. Tr.c
owners of the wool were receiving lct-
,,-lcts and telegrams every elay such, as the
following: I will be at, Hani's Fprk
Fr iday. Don't ell : wool till I come
VI .will pay the iiia:hetprice: for f your
i wool. Don't sell till I come;" "I want
your woof. Hold till " I. ' come,'' etc.
' The sheep men were independent and
"ADri:uniieBC3"
"Would be sure of a welcome in 'almost
any borne. But what a welcome he
would have in a home where the hope
of children had been extinguished.
What a welcome this particular "bright
little bor did have in mrh A hratiii
may be judged by the closing paragraph
of his mother's 1 . 1 1
letter, given be-
low. There Ja no
room for the
whole letter,
, which recounts a
i atory of fifteen
'years of AfTering
and a perfect cure
kby the use of
"three bottles of
Dr. Pierce's Favor
ite : Prescription,
two bottles of
Golden Medical
Discovery, - 'ami
some of the Pel-
.lets. , .
In many in
stances chxldless.
ness is the result
of conditions
which are curable.
It has often hap-
rened that when
Favorite Pre-;-
scription has
. erured a woman of
female weakness
and the nervous
condition attending it, her return to
; health is signalized by the birth of her
. first child. Favorite Prescription' makes
weak women strong, sick women well.
I caattot tetl half tht Dr. pierce medicine
Tn done for me," write Mrs. T. A. (Una. ol
Norrut. Watauga Co.. N. C "It wilt do all that
i claimed for u prevent miscarriage and rea
der childbirth easv. It has given me a brieM
little boy, and I would not have had him had k
not beeu for Tour wonderful medicine. I can
not ar too ntnch in praise of it : I think it m
worth it weight in jrold. t thitnk God tor tnjr
liie, and Dr. fierce for my beaUb." . , , , ,
, "Pleasant ' rdleta clear the ,coin-
j lexion."" . . , . . ,
from 15 to-17 'Cents per pound, accord?
ing to quility, and all went as merry as
a wedding bell.
In June. 1893, my business called me
again to the same place -but. oh, how
changed the scene! The same men were
there. The same clips ot wool on tne
irrmind. But wbere were the buyers?
None there ! The sheep men in their
despair telegraphing all over the coun
try for men to boy their wool, but the
invariable response came Dae over tne
wire, Ve can't buy wool; We don't
want any wool," etc. i The wool lay
there for weeks without being sold.
Some clips were sold for from 5 to 6
cents per pound, while others comet no
be sold at all and were shipped to
Eastern commission houses; w here they
lay until the freight, storage and com
mission ate tip all the price of the wool
and the owners almost nothing. ;
I What bad brought about this change
in one year? The answer is plain,
positive i and ; unrefutable. Grover
Cleveland and a Democratic Congress
had been elected in- the interim, 'and
the Democratic threats of "tariff revis
ion" and -tariff for revenue only" made
eruring ' the campaign had brightened
the manufacturers c and. wool buyers,
and in consequence the mills closed
down, men were thrown out of em
ployment, general stagnation of busi
ness followed. Coxeyite armies marched
through the country, soup-houses were
established in nearlv all our cities,
starvation existed ir our-glorious coun
try, where peace, prosperity and plenty
had reigned only .a few months before.
I Let those who desire a repetition of
these things that occurred in 1893 vote
for Bryanism and Democracy in 1900.
and they will surely have their wishes
gratified. The same cause will surely
bring about the same ettect.
I ; ; WALTER HOGE.
J Will any of our people forget these
things next Monday? The issue of
protection has not had enough atten
tion during the campaign that is clos
ing. There are many reasons for mak
ing the news from Oregon good news
to the business interests of the country.
Oregon has a great stake in this. .
SYSTEM CHANGING.
The system of farming in the Wil
lamette valley is changing anil "the
change ts coming about taster than
could have been hoped for by those
who t ntroduced the new methods.
Clover fields which were bard to find
anywhere except near Portland half a
dozen years ago can now be found1 al
most everywhere throughout the val
ley. There is a widespread interest in
forage plants of all kinds,, and a de
termination to find some method of
avoiding the wasteful system of the
bare summer- allow. The demand for
rape seed this spring has been far in
excess of the anticipations of seedsmen.
Cornfields will be found here ami there
and almost everywhere throughout the
vallev and silos .will x- built this year
literally by the hundred. Oregon Ag-?
nenmmst. ; -
There is nothing, more encouraging
for Oregon than tWs change lhat is
taking place in the system of farming.
It! will make of our! state what it
s-hoitld be, one of the greatest and rich
est in the Union, true to it 'motto,
"'Alis volat propriis, She flies with
her own wings." ' -
DON'T GO DOWN.
The Democratic state convention of
Tennessee addjHed a platform contain
ing this plank: l "
"We, therefore, condemn the policy
of forcible annexation of the: Republi
can party, in dealing with the Philip
pine i islands, as a bread 01 national
honor and a violation of the traditions
of the republic, and we hold that as
soon a a stable government can wc
establihed in the islands they shall be
given their inelepcndence."
The response which this declaration
has called -forth from the leading Dem
ocrats and leading Democratic newspa
pers 'in Tennessee and the South will
not encourage its wide distribution as
a campaign document. The intelligent
Democrats of Dixie are almost unani
mous in favor of the expansion policy,'
and it jis thcj prevailing belief that the
less the Democratic leaders say about
reversing it the better for the national
Democratic ticket. The Nashville
American, one of the oldest and most
influential Democratic newspapers in
the South, says: '"The American peo
ple, in onr judgment, are not going to
indorse the course especially adopted
by the convention. Whatever the De
mocracy of the nation m convention
assembled decides is rights abide i by
that decifion, but we want to see the
Democracy ,win, not lose, and, there
fore, we urge it to have a care, to de
sist from the blind course of some of
its advisers. The phrases of 'na-tipnal
honor' and "a violation of the "tradrtions
of the republic sound well, but that is
all.' 'When we took Louisiana, Florida,
and Texas we Jviolatetf national honor
and the tradrtions of the republic just
as much as we are doing in taking the
Philippines, i Bnt wby waste time i in
lamenting qver what has happened?"
CIGAR-SHAPED TRAIN TESTED.
Plan to Do Away ; With Resistance of
the Air Seems a Success.
Baltimore. 'Md.,' May 1"-A unique
railroad train, designed to reduce to a
minimum the atmospheric pressure
which retards all 'moving bodies, was
given a preliminary ; trial on the Balti
more and Ohio Railroad, with most
satisfactory results. The train ; was
built under the supervision "of Freder-
ick U. Adams,-. who conceived the plan
and attended it first trial. ; ;
While 'this preliminary run ! was not
designee! to ,iest the invention in evey
way, enough was demonstrated to in
dicatc that a neWf epeich in train oper
ation is dawning. In the construction
ef thenars lies: the whole secret of the
invention, and the train ts enough out
of the ordinary to attract attention at
first glance. ; " : . I : , :
From a little distance it" resembles a
giant cigar. All the cars ami the ten
der are covered with a wood" and steel
screen, extending in one; piece from
the roof to withtn 3 few inches of the
ground, completely hiding the r.'heels
and .trucks'rf.Six Vcpstandlatorm;
and leaving no open spaces anywliere
fr the air, to ruh in. The screen ta-
per at either end much after. the fash
ion of a c;gar. -T .' : .
' The route of the trial was .- from
Camden Station over the IMetropoIitan
Branch, to Washington; thencer west
ward to Washington Junction; Whence
over pe main line? to Kelay, and tack
to Camden Station." On board were
the inventor, 'Mr. Adams;l his brother,
Mr. C F. Adams; ; other (relatives of
the inventor, and the crew of the train.
At the ; throttle was Engineer Michael
Kirby.:: e ;-:.f h r If : .
Among other feats accomplished: un
der circumstances not calculated to-de
velop sreed were a run olf three and, a
nan mnes in .two ami a rnau minuies;
csghteen miles were covered in sixteen
minutes; the last ten miles of the trip
to Washington were covered in eight
minutes. West from Washington ; the
train took .the 1 grades, on wrhich two
engines are; udj ai thirty : miles , per
hour- threcv.rainiitcaVfastier than- the
bestitime ntadc on this section by the
fastirain'se-lce., j !
Th grades "of feven ty-feet to' the
mile from -.Washington ! Junction to
Mount Airy-weret taken! with a sus
tained sppftf ttu'rty-fiire miles per
hour. ; . V - - I :
; Mr, Aifams believes his - method of
train construction ' w-ill Eventually be
adopted throughout rhe jicountry. : the
ordinary coaches being readily altered
to fulfill the ideas of the new method.
A scries of formal tests (have been ar
ranged, the course to be from Wash
ington to Jersey jCity. The first . will
be a full test at; a schedule speed of
forty miles, an hour. The second will
be. a speed; test, the ndw train i' and
one of the ordinary make.wrth engines
ot sairilar weight and eqjual trains go
ing the limit of their ability over the
same track. The third will.be as well
a speed test, but instead" iof an ordinary
engine, one. of the greaft Royal ' Blue
flyers will draw thet. train," and Mr.
tdams fully ! expects ,thc; result to be a
speed that has'- rievep. been equalled m
the history of.triirroadsi. After these
trips the trairtiWiH be taken westward.
ana similar trjais rw-ui db maac on tne
roads leading joif? -of Chicago.
SPEED IN' SHORTH
AND WRIT-
. 1
'Speed is by tio
mans' the riost
necessary thing, in shorthand writing,"
explained an experience steoograph i,
"but with some teachers; it is made the
great consideration, often at the ex
pense of everythin1; else.. The big
thing irr shorthand is legibility, for
there are many who Hcan write fast
en5ugh, but i who are unable to teji
what it means after it has grown cold.
I have been a stenographer, depending
entirely on it for my living, for' twenty-
five years, t iDunng thai time 1 have.
of course, picked up some knowledge
on the subject. ; I havebeen the stenog
rapher for. two cabinet) officers, four
assistant secretaries andl three or four
senators. Incidentally i i. have worked
for a year as the privajte secretary of
one of the big bank presidents in New
York city. : . I '- ,
AH of this experience has proven
one thing very conclusively,' and that
is that there is no necessity for any
stenographer who doc - amantiensis
work to write over 120 words a min
ute, and in 99 cases outipf lixj no neces
sity to write over too words a minute.
Indeed, I know of at feast twenty-hve
stenosrraplrers who ' are drawing the
f-rargest kind of salaries, as private sec
retaries who "have assured me-that rney
have never been" required to average as
much as ninety words. Under these
"circumstances t isjecrtts strange tnJt
same teachers' of stenography will ex
cite pupils to write 15O to aoO wot1s
per minute, and endeavor to make them
believe that such a railroaa sieea w
a hecessky.' Such a practice does ac
tual injury; for it efescourages Tnanv
from tvett learning a moderate ' spetn.
Tliere have been instances where h
may have been necessary for stenogra
pliers to be able to write over 200 and
more words a minuteji and there is a
legend" hanging about the Senate cham
ber that Gen. IlawleV.ifor ten or twelve
minutes, in a speech, 'bnee -poke. 225
, - . i
worus a niinme. j ne average sjeexi o!
Senators in speeches ji does not reach
no words and in dictating letters rare
ly reaches 100 words. Washington
Evening Star. ' I
THE BLUEBIRD.
Some time in HeaveB sojourned this
l - ' bird, -
And there the c4ianti of the seraphs
- heard; " ' :' . '"
One note of the theifcie 'it repeatcth
" stilt' Ir - "
"Cherish. cherish, o1il cherish -till i
Quivers the song-swept blue aboe;
And earth, lying dreamiry under, 1
Thrills with "dVlight and' wonder
' "Cherish Love." ;
Therefore the ' blooml to the ' apple-
; boogh. ' j
The flower to fhe wood-knoll springcth
now,
And leaf-mist gafhers in copse and
glen. .
"Cherish.' cherish, oh! cherish" again
The flute-voice calls j frbrn " the blue
above, - ji
'How shall I dare gainsay it?'
Whaf should I do! but obey it?
"Cherish Love."
Not now1 catv the seed he pent tmder-
- ground, , ; " ; - : -:
The bud in :ts winter; sheath be bound.
Nor the - spirit in me! be chained , and
dark. , . .!
"Cherish, cherish, oh! cherish,' hark
To the seraph-taught iin the. blue above!
But if the song should not reach
' thee. ; !i : -: -: -V
.V1k shall rf1 be that will teach thec
"Cherish Ixve." 5 '
' : Eilirh M. Thomas.
THE
BERT rHKscRiroioa
FOR MA-
Chills and Biliousness is. a bottle 'of
GROVES'S I TASTELESS CHILL
TCrNIC. It is simply Iron and Qui
nine in a tasteless form. No cure, no
pay. 4 Price 5c cents.! -
NOT UP IN THE CLASSICS.
"Who is this.Phenix tltat seems to
have something to do with raisin that
Kansas City ball from its ashes?'
. "He's a feller from th Indian terri
tory, I believe, an I understan", there's
some talk of runnin him for Vice Pres
ident." -:, f -- : -':";; :
"New, in polyticks. ain't he?"
"Yep. But I guess he's gettin pretty
popular. I akei Jim Shoituck who he
was an Jim said he was a bird." : , -
LONGEST CANAL, THE ERIE."
. The longest canal im tle wtrrld is, hr
Erie, in New 'York, extending from Al
bany to Buffalo, a distance of jSi miles.
Gratitude
y tirrrts t4 Mas. mjikham so. 5,785l ,;
Dear MksI Piskham I have many,"
many thanks to give yon for what your j
Vegetable Compound has done for me.
After first confinement I was sick for
nine years with prolapsus of the. womb,
had pain in left side, in small of back,
a great deal of headache, palpitation
of heart and lencorrheeai I felt, so
jveak and tired that I could not do my
work. I became pregnant again and
took yonr Compound all through, and
notr hare a sweet baby fdrL ? I never
before had such an easy time dnring
laborr 4tnd I :feel it was due to Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Cora pound, I
am now able to do my work and feel
better than I have for years. I cannot
thank yon enongh." MBS. Ed. Ea-
1XNGEB, DKVISK,TKX. f . "
lv - ' ' : " " .. ,
. WonderTally Strengthened.
' I have been taking Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound, -Blood
Purifier and Liver Pills and feel won
derfully strengthened jBefore tiRing
yonr remedies I was in a terrible state;
felt like fainting every little while. I
thought I must surely dleTrnt. now,
thanks to yonr remedies, those feel
ings are all gone," i-Mbs. Emilib
SCHXEIDKB, 1344 IIXL A VS., DKTBOIT
Mich. , -1 : : !
ON NATIONAL BANKS.
Some Allusion to John P. Bobertson'f
Article on the National Bankipff
, Law. :,..-.; ;.-j.J- ; .
Oregon City, May 3(,jtox.i p
Editor Statesman:: ,
In a recent isstie -of I the Sta
there appears an article Irbni iittl'Pi,
Robertson upon ? our J new 1 -national
banking law, in which,after he:via
Populist fashion, lie! figures' oot;unileV
the sys-tem, enormous profits for'" 'the
banks. He should address a remon
strance to Mr, Bush. Whoi a few months
ago, closed up hisj First! National Bank
in Salem and persists .in running a
private bank.-' Mr. Bu?h p little slow
sometimes in "tumbling on" to a good
business proposition, brt Mr. Robert
son's" 4rlicle makes witters so clear
that we look for the immediate" reopen
ing of the First Natioral bank. 1 J
M". . Robertson closes his ! blood
curdling article as follows; "Remember,
no man loyal to the Rep-blie,Undi;to
the rights of the toiling ptdple, n snp-
rvnrf the fcincrl cnlH strtf!jird. anA-thr?
national banking system.!' : ' - i
inis leaves a 101 01 us'in jnt aijljwk'I
of despond, because
to be "loyal to the Re
hate like the dickens
that will subvert "thel xiihts of Ith
toiling people. 1 ' . ' ' ;
Air. Robertson has hitlicrto posed,
a "Lincoln Republican.'' ItappWiJ
however, that even Mhi 'Lincoln ,yrbs
a mere henchman of the! rnpney4 -poweri
It was upon a recommendation .con
tained irt his message oi;Decimberf tJ-J
iK2, tnat tne national pan Kmg' lawwas
passed, and ?n his mesjfgeof 'Decenv
ber 8 ,1863, he said : "Thes enactment; by
Congress of a national- banking Jaw Irai
proved a valuable supportof the public
credit, and the general i legislation l an
relation to loans hasftdlyjanswcred the
expectation of its,'; favorer ; some
amendments may bereiruired; to perfect
existing laws, but nej ehanjje in their
principles or gcnerall scope is believed
to be needed.". 1 ; i
Again in his message of Dccenrber
6. 1864. written only about four mouths
before his death,, he say : "The nation
al banking-system is proving to be ! ac
ceptable to capitalists and 10 the people.
On the 25th day of November. 584 na
tional bank: had been organized, a Con
siderable number of which were con
versions from state ', banks. Charges
from state sys-tem to the .national sys
tem, are rapidly taking place, and it is
hoped that very soon there will be
in the "United States ad banks of issue
not authorized by Congress, and 1 no
bank note circulation' not secure by
the government; that' the, gcnreTrmient
and the people will derive' great hene
fit from this change m the banking sys
tems of the country can hardly be
riuestioned.' The national ' system will
'create a reliable and -permanent - influ
ence in support of the national credit,
and protect the ' people ? against losses
in the use of paper money." 1
Lincoln wrote this -at' a'time when
ihe bonds wh'ich"'.iuppbrted the nation
al bank issues were drawing 7 and 3-xo
and 6 per cent, interest, or moTe than
three times the interest paid on bonds
now issued to support; notes, issued un
der the present law In Lincoln's time
the profits of the national banks were
far grater than at the presentjime, as
even a Populist will ,:be -compelled to
admit. Yet out of a litt'e over 5.000
banks organized under the old law over
1200 went into voluntary liquidation
and over 300 tailed and went into the
hands of receivers. How foolish they
were to go into liquidation . and how
foolish they were to fail in such a prof
itable business! Mr. ; Lincoln, too. is
a great disappointmenti , Heretofore he
has been popularly supposed to have
been "loyal to the Republ:c" and a
champion of .rthe rights of the toiling
masse.,- .t v,-"4 i" , . ' -
t As Ir, Lincoln passed away oefore
righting himself on this ernes tiop, noth
ing can now save his f reputation but
Mr. Bush,, who has had the advantage
of Mr. Robertson's information on this
ouetion. can yet redeem his reputation
forj financial, sagacity by tmmediateiy
reopening the rirst National bank.
. ,N LINCOLN REPUBLICAN.,
. - iw swward flOO. , ,
- ThnremArnnt this rr 'witl be vlesacd ta
lesm that tberc H at lcat one dreaded d mesas
that arienre n.-ui ncen aoio 10 earn m mn its '
ttisrc. and that ix OaUrrh. flail's Catarrh ;
crnrt the naly posit ive cure known to the med
ical fraUrn.iv. Catarrh nelnr a coaatitntional
i!irae. reqnirwi av constitutional treatment.
Ifatl'a Catarrh eira ia taken internally, actine
direct! v anon the blood and maeotia snrfaeea of
the ytem, tiererltrtttvyia; tho foandatioa
f the 1ivae, and fcirinc t n patient atrrnrth
by biMineir th constitution and saciatina;
nature (n dcin Ua work. The proprietors have
ao much faith. in its enrativw powers, that they
t'Tfrr One Han'tred Iiollsrs for any caae that
tailatocare. bead tor list of testiotorwala.
AddreM, P. J. CltEXEY 3t CO., Tolado.O.
8oldky Drncciata.TSe. (
Hall's FamL'y Pills are the best.
BRASS RINGS ARE JEWELRY.
t:TlMnf;hr Uncfe Sam' has just decided
MibHc 'artdllwel Watiercisantr with fo
lb , do - anyt-iiftiJI I'm A Wisconsin woman
that brass finger rings. c-onstitme jewt-
cry, the old fellow, or course doesnT
expert that ail of h' s Countrymen will
accept ih'.s c'aiiificatjon for a'l pus
poses, says the New York. Pres. He
meant to say only that when these ar
ticles are imported they arc to be as
sessed for duty as jewefry and net as
toys. These rings arc rompoed of
brass, in imitation of gold; and are
set with various forms of colored glass
ii limitation of prescious Stones, They
arc of size suitable to be worn by child
ren and also by 'some. adufts." ; The
importers contended that they were in
tended 'to be sold chiefly by confec
tioners and others - in prize packages
and that, they were designed for 'the
tse and amusement of eAildren as toys.
Brft the board of general appraisers in
New York . has'; decided that they ; be
long to the clais of articles commonly
known as jewelry. -The same decision
applies to necklaces, of glass beads, to
brass chains, "intended for watch gua'rds
or neck chains "and to '-hairpins )of
gilded metal,; set 'with colored ' glass.
Therefore, - as. - jewelry -- these articles
must pay a duty of 6o'per cent.. - ad
valorem, instead of a lower doty as
toys. ; ' . ;: '
"' "aannBaaannanaaaaBaanannnnaMnnnnannBnaaannnnB
CARELESSNESS WITH MONEY
Tlie Secretary of the Treasury has a
very" large directory of careless people
of peopje who have money to burn or
otherwise destroy, and who appeal to
him for , reimbursement. Uncle Sanl
is : kind enough to restore lost money
when he is satisfied that ft is actually
out of existence, and the Treasury de
partment has to look after this branch
of his financial affairs. 'Hardly a day
passes that the Secretary is no't appealed
to to make gopd money destroyed, and
he often -receives remnants of bills,
more, or less recognizable, with queer
tales of bow the workf destruction was
wrought. ' ' 1 1 .
of theTlatest applications was
from a Vernront farnfer, who sent a
mass ofTemnants of bi Is that ap
proached, the' condition of pulp, and
ask&L Jor $8ej in return, which, after
me$f idelay, he received. He said he
had rfty ' careuffy h idden the money
Mftdef 4t'ac rafter of his barn, and some
heWffu;iad 'gptten into he hay and
bran ' fed.'toTone of his tows. .The cow
iwa6rtwirig' the green feed, when- its
nature jias discovered. ;
- -Another : farmer, farmer, lrom Kan
sas; ha sent a lot of chopped bills that
he says represent $40. According to
his story they were in the pocket "of a
vest that, was: hung on a feed cutter,
and when it was being operated the
corner of the vest that held the money
got between ; its knives, and. with the
money,' was torn in shreds. The claim
is now in process of adjustment.
: A Boston man took from his pocket
what he says he thought was a piece of
paper,: and burned half of it in light
ing the gas. The gas light revealed the
fact that he had used a $20 bill for a
lighter: r- ' t
Was-hingtfon man. a couple of
WeelciiasrO.-Went in person to the Sec-
fetjirytp' get $35 for some badly m-
Za' It.:tt - dk, V,; rvliirful mm t-iad
r an hour.
has sent a lot of
fjjldci': that- fihe says was once $90. Sev
eral months ago she hid it in a stove
ipipe . hol,c.' into which a pipe from a
i&uneiry ifire was recently placed. ; As
jlHe - iipc.' ytsrted . on the bills tinder was
'the result. : - . f
'Another woman, this time' in Indian-
jjipolis.igot $10 in greenbacks mixed
with. greens she was preparing for Idin-
Bf r and boi ed them into almost un-
Xt cognisable mass.
1A Jovinsr Philadelphia papa has
ask-
d $20 for a few strips of greenisrd
pa
per and a score of pellets of the same
material. He savs they once cohsti-
tuteef a $20 bill, which his pet boy
torn to oietes. rolled into balls
had
and
blown through a glass tube at the
canarv bkd and nursemaid.
Cat
; An Ohio man wants to sell Treaisury
Department a mouse nest for $100.
. ..... . 1 !1
He
says he had tnat amount in onis
bureau drawer, and that the mice
lin a
ap-
propriatcd it in bits to build a home in
which to rear their lamiiy.
This list is continually growing.
and
the communications giving the ren
ark-
ahle details are so freeiuent as to clause
no simle of comment in the depart
ment. Each one is simply a new
that follows along a line of red
until it is adjusted.
case
rtape
lOW TO START
(Mrs. C. D. Bond in Los Anieles
Fruit World.) ,
if Comnverce; ; with, fhe very best that
you can procure. Don't make the mistake
that 00 per cent, of the beginners have
hiade and think they will just try.i lit
tle cheap stock.. If . you want meat
buy Jarge cheap does; but if you desire
to sell -your . animals for good prices,
don't think that you can do that by
buying cheap stock; it is a fallacy.! It
is said that dealers have becn buying
nearly all the common stock in I Ivos
Angeles for $3 or $4 apiece. and selling
them in San Francisco for $7 or $8.
Now our northern friends are finding
out that they have got a l6t of stock
they elon't know what to do wit h , for
it is really only good for the table) and
want to get something better some
thing with not only red hind feet.' that
is not the only point in a- hare. as. be
ginners seem to think; but ; good
shape, fine bone and lacing, ticking,
etc., etc. San Franciscans as ,wcll as
all other investors in -Belgians, should
not buy -of the dealers and commission
men, but should go direct to the
breeders and importers ef some stand
ing, who; will advise novices what they
should do. - - "tV ' 1
j How to commence must depend nat
urally on yonr means..- If- you ican
expend only $25, btry one gooel doe and
have herbred to a fine imported buck.
I say :y imported, . not-, meaning that
there are not -just -as good domestic
bucks, or evert better, raised ; here in
America, from imported stock on both
sides, and acclimated. -but because the
young wirl. nsua.lly bring a better price
from an imported buck, the public prej
udice being greatly jn its favor. If you
can expend $100. buy. two. three or
four such does bred to different bucks,
and "you will then, in time have a fine
slart with srood strains. Yar does
will litter boufc thirty days after they
are bred, and you can sell a part 'of
them -when weaneel. not younger than
six weeks, and inthi way you can get
back the whole of the capital you in
vested in ten weeks. , Is there any
other basiness;in the worlel in which
oil can 'do this? , It is being done
every day and not only, the capita!, but
is much as too per cent, on the capital
has been made within three - months
from the investment. Of course this
means that irst-class stock was - pur
chased, to commence with, and' the
youngsters from such stock bring .from
ui-uiy yuang at iwer weeKa Ol age, '
Many an old orchard that U do'ma
no good can be redeemed. The oVd
trees should be pruned carefully and
properly. All the dead wood should
be cut out as well as some of the small
er branches,- but. don't try to do it all
in one year." II the 'soil is short on
fertility, manure well, either plowing
up to do it or top dressing and harrow
ing. Old.tough bark shoulel be scrap
ed off and 'the trees "thoroughly washed
with a potash wash while dormant.
Spraying is essential. There is no use
in people saying ' that spraying , is
no , good and ..that;, it don't
pay. for the well ascertained fact is the
other way. Don't fofget that in trim
ming and pruning an orchard old or
new. and especially an okt one. all the
cuttings should be burned. "They are
almost sure to have on them' some of
the fungous or insect i pests that make
fruit growing, unprofitable: . Examine
the trces4and see if they, have any spec
ial enemies upon them r If they have
find out what they are and apply-the
proper remedies. -
' MIDSUMMER IN ARIZONA. '
aaaaaBBBaawnanaai "
A Region Where the Noonday Heat
Breaks the Thermometer, ,
The cotton woods, have shed- . their
caterpillars;, there has been a thunlcr
stoim;. mosquite ' wooel has fallen, in
price; Indians are selling bows &nd ar
Tows;.the rose and the -oleander have
long been out; oranges arc in Mooin; j
tll llttlKr.114 rA ie nultinnr .-, . !. .
leaves; last summer's suit has been
cleaned and pressed; the small hoy has
gone swimming in the canal f the wie
man stays up nights, and steals irriga
tion wa'ier from his neighbors: alfalfa
is most ready to cut - strawberries have
oeen snippeet; muioernes are nearly j
ripe: st-mmcr will soon be here, ami the j
Plioenix summer bedroom will soon be I
necessary. ,
Phoenix ; sleeps out of doors in the j
summer dnd the bedroom is bora of '
that necessity. It is on stilts; ,is tivihi
of wire-screen of fine mesh, for the -Phoenix
mosquito is microscopic in f
size. It is furnished according to ihe
taste of the occupant, wkh interior, cur-1
tains, tp keep out the morning ;un. the
gaze of the curious and the sandit -rm.-j-.
Tlie.bed is a cot of canvas or woven;
wire, covered perhaps with a sheet, hut
even a sheet feels like a feather bed op
a Phoenix surrwrrer night. The bed cov
ering is the roof of the -bcxlrooni. and'
careless folks who consult their co:n- J
fort only don't wear night shirts.
- Phoenix is proud of iis climate dur-S
ing eight months of the year.! but iti
doesn't talk much in public about its'
midsummer.. It is a right warm day
when the Government 'Weather Bureau?
doesn't know what - Wic sun tempera-'
ture is and is unable to determine H,-'.
and that is how hot k gets in Phoe-.
nix. I called on Observer Bums onc
day last -July and-askeel him what tlie
"official" temperature was in tint- sun..
He said he Iid not' know, and that the
government' could riot afford to ex
periment to "that encj. . He said he Ijatf
attempted to catch the sun letnKra4
ture during a sunrmef of j8o?, and had
broken 'a $JthcVniometcrj ' in ' the at.;
tompt. To please my curiosity he
htmg a thermometer in 'the 'sun, uitch-i"
ed; it Mniil : it t registered 136 e-jrfeesJ.
and then took' it irt, fearing it -ould
lxreak. '. . - j "
The Ttlryncs of 'the'atniosphcre" te-l
Ifeves ilws great heat of arty terro's W
all living things, except Women "sni -Cats.
'Tlicrc is a laying in 1 Phoenix
that In summer , women and :ats, ' ;re
nervously prostrated, while men and
dogs thrive and grow- fat. There is- a
luxury in quenching one" thtirst eliir
ing the. summer heat that is bossihle
nowliere this side of the hereafter, and
nothing will quench it so well as water.
The average mortal Can drink a gallon'
of water per day during the heated time.,
and apparently every drop of it comes
oit through tlie pores of the skin.'
Phoenix (Ariz.) Graohic. ;
; : !
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Twelve tbousand people in the Missouri-Kansas
mineral district live in
tents the year round. i . ""
GREEN SICKNESS
Ii rathw a common dlscaia and ti met wlrk
among yottne women. 11 M eanted from
Imporerlshed condition of th blood. Being
4,- lood d I seats Chlomtai
'.'.;-: aa be eirid by
. IICDYAar.tbegTeat
''5vettW - rtmedy for
- tba blood and nrrrr.
j nCDYA V1U en
rich the blood and rira
dt back lu bealtby, n4
eolcT. The blood being
'fa' poor. condition,
aona of the organs ot "
th body are property
nrlabedJ II IP
,A! will J eanaa tha
blood to become pnr.
H 1711' AW will reatore the organ to a beattby
eondlUon. fIITlVA5f will bring back tba
bloom to tha cheeks and cauae the green ting
to disappear. If yon hava the symptoms, take .
11 II DY A If now, and they wlU Uare yoo. .
THE PRINCIPAL STHPTOMS "RE:
1. CONSTANT HEADACHE. HIII YAW
will make the blood para affia antrlUons and
the headache will disappear. ; )
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. QREENISH, OR YELLOWISH OREEff
COMPLEXION HCnYAX wlU saake the
aomplaxioa red and rosy.
. PULSATION IN THB NECK.-Thtstsdne
to the watery condition ot. the blood, and will
disappear shortly 1
ear shortlT niter the ne 01 II UI Y AS
U commenced.,
V
4. WEAKNESS AND PALPITATION OP
THB HEARTi HtrOYA" will strengthen
the heart and make the baU tall, strong and
refnlnr: -y
IimYAlC to thn ranindr that ym
The color wtlV retnrn to yonr eheeke. ToiT
headacha will disappear and yea will no longer
appear weak and miserable. HXDYAMwlll
restore the functions of nature. Remember
that IIITDYAX to for men and women. On
to yonr dragglat and get HUOYAM ""
follow tha directions an given In the circular
UtOYAX la aoteuns eenta per, paekace.
w paekagen for Z60. If yonr druggist does
not keep It, tend dlrec to tbf BI7DVAS
R,EIIEDY COKrAXT fan rranclsro,
CnL Remember that rwa ean eonsnlt the
II 17 D YAH DOCTORS FKKB. CaJlnnd
Mthn doctor. Ta ntay all and see taem
wilt, an yw dealra, , Addr
Kudyan Remedy Company t
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