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EDITORIALS OF PEOPLE An. Outsider Ccmnents Sar . castlcally Upontiie, Boun dary Extension FTVE OAKS 'BACK OF MR. BUSH'S -' BARS ' COtJLD ;''fiB CONVERTED ,INTO- PUBLKT PARK A SUP PORTER OF LEWIS AND CLARK FAIR. ' , i ' " (From Thursday' Daily.) Editor Statesman: It Memi from the account given .In the Statesman of this morning that some one favoring the extension of the boundaries if, the City of Salem so as to take .In - the surrounding territory, (without consulting the people living' -Jn such territory) to meet the objec tion of Mr.Bush against having his farm embracel -within the city irmlts, suggested tha t it be provided ih the new charter that Mr. Bush be allowed a life lease of hi farm and that the city will not assert its right to open streets through It until after his death. This may not satisfy Mr. Bush to be thus informed that hi estate, Is to be exploited by these self-eieeted champions of! progress, who seem . so anxious to direct and control other peo ple's interests without consulting them. . Some one suggested that the matter . yf -extension be left to a vote of-the people of the .territory proposed to be taken into the city; but these . self elected managers rejected this propo sition on the i ground that the people . of the adjoining territory .were not properly . educated in the ways ? and. means of up-to-date progress, t If this scheme should. work and this hew territory with. Its 'extensive pas ture and farm stands and scattered population becomes a part of the city, - thn the fine oaks back of Mr. Bash's barn could be? legally preserved by a . city officer styled a supervisor of parks, and help to ornament and make pleas ant a grand boulevard leading from the heart of the city right up to the property of the editor of the Capital Journal, who seems to know all about the needs of the. city and the way to get, money to Improve It by going Into debt on the popular loan -scheme. .": I-understand that to do this business of: fixing new- city boundaries only .twenty people were present the other night at the meeting of the Push Club, and these assume, without appointment to take charge of the business of about 8,0001 -people who would ibe In the con templated new city. OUTSIDER. - Ls wis. nd Clark Fair. Editor Statesman: The Oregon Leg t islature will soon; lie in ' session, and one of the first measures which should receive Its attention Is the appropria tion for the Lewis and Clark Centen nial Fair. The Pair Is In the Interest of all the Pacific Coast States, and it Is .nek-essary that fur Legislature ' act promptly and make a generous appro priation, so as to show the National Government and the. other states In terested that Oregon means to make a success of the Pair. ' j The Lewi and ClarkFalr Is to cele brates at.' very important event: in the litstury of the; Northwest, and is of a national character; It w-Ul be a great benefit to all the states of theNorth-wcst- There are some people.s how ever, who seem to think that Portland will -.receive most all of the benefits. This Is a mistake, as Portland wJH be to more expense than any other'; part ' of the, state. The citizens of Portland have-raised by subscription.1 about - $400,000. and. when we consider this, find the Incre:Sfl In all local expense which will be necessary during the -"Fulr, Portland will probably receive -1es of the direct benefits of the .Fail than any other section of the state, j' The Fair will bring'-to Portland large crowds of people, who must te well fed. 'This will stimulate dlversl . tied farming, for it will make a large home demand' for vegetables, fruit dairy produce.; poultry,, eggs, and In fact, nil the products of the farm. The Fair In this; way will be a direct bene fit to the state. Agriculture Is our most important j Industry and that which benefits It is a benefit to ' the jvhole statei The Increase In taxes to pay an appropriation of $500,000 for the Fair will be more than returned by , Its direct benefits. Two of the- things which Oregon needs are! More capital to develop her resources and a larger market for her products. Through the Pair. If we jnake It a success, we will obtain both; it will give us an opportunity to show our country and Its products to the representative Ipeople of the different co.uhtrles of the world The wealthy men from the Eastern states, who Visit ;th Fair will wee the great resources of our "country and Its? natural Advantages and many of t,hetri wtH Invest-capftal ' her and become part of our population-. Ve can enlarge our market by Inter esting foreigners, who come here to '"visit the Fair, la- ur products. Asia l h,Wmlnr -a great market for flour." dalry produce, and other manufactured ' products, and a World' Fair in which Jthe countries ,of Asia Will participate twill help-lis to enlarge and more' tlrra ly establish our market In the, Orient. There are many other ways in which tit will be a benefit to'Oregon and the 'Northwest. - ' a. i, ' ... ' - v A ' j. The commissioners of the Fair will ftsk of our Legislature r.a appropria tion of $500,000. This -It a large sum ' ief money, but It Is a saTe ln-restment Si nd. considering the dr--f beriieht that, the- Fair will be to OregonV.we cart af f.rd It. and It I my opinion that It - should be appropriate j ',. j WILL F. JONES. - Jefferson, OrJ Dee. L 1502. . CONTRACT LABORERS. r; ROSEBURG. 1 Ori. Jan," iJ Forty-flve j Greeks arrived; In this city,' yesterday 1 t rm Hombrook to work- as railroad laborers for the Southern Pacific Com- unr In the yards In this city.- None . cf tbe Greek can speak plain English, ' ss none of them has been In this coun- 4 0ry more than six months. ; All claim they were contracted - with In Greece to com to this country and work. . i i READY IN A MINUTE The probable appointment . of Mr. Ccrtelyou. secretary to the President, to ' the head of the hew Department of Commerce, ' brings him in the public gaze more strongly than ever, says the Saturday Evening Post, j Mr. U Co rt el -you's rise to a Cabinet position - lias been rapid and unusual. ; There is" a man. out In Ottumwa, Iowa, a quiet cltlzetu retired from public life, who by a very small act turned MrV Cor telyou into the path which has led him steadily up to the. present remark able career. This magi "was entering the office of his brother In 7ew York one day When he very -narrowly miss ed colliding' with a younginan whose seemingly : desperately discouraged state of mind made him careless of his direction. "When the gentleman stepped Into the office he 'questioned his. brother as to what he had done to the youtig man. to caus him to be so down-hearted. - ; " " "1 did nothing was : the answer, "except to tell him that I had nothing for him to do. He applied for work." -What can. he do?" . f ;: H Is a stenographer." "Send your office boy after him Im mediately," which was Verj: quickly dent, and young1 Cortelyou (for he It was) stood before the two men. i "Too are a stenographer?" he' was asked. . ' "Yes, sir." ' . " "How soon can you go to work?"? "This moment.? ' "All right. Hurry right over to the Postoffice Department. I Just left there, and "while X was'"ln the office I heard "them say they needed a stenog rapher badly. I think you will be in tlm to Ket- the place." ; . It Is needless to say that ilr. Cor telyou hurried.; He got the, place, A SECRET STOLEN The history of cast steel presents a curious Instance of a secret stealthily obtained under the cloak of an appeal to philanthropy. In 1760 there lived at Attercliff, England, a watchmaker named Huntsman, He became dissat isfied with the watch spring in use and set" himself to the task of making them homogeneous. He succeeded, his steel became famous, and about 1770 a large manufactory of this peculiar steel wa established at AttercllfT. The process was wrapped in mystery,: faithful men were hired, high wages paid and strin gent oaths were administered, says the Mining- and! Engineering- Review. ne mid-winter night, a thr tall chimneys of the, AttercllfT works belch ed frth4helr smoke, a stranger knock ed at the gatei It was bitterly cold, and the stranger awakened ho suspi cion. Moved by motives of humanity, the foreman let him In. Feigning; to be worn out with cold, the fellow, sank on the floor and soon appeared th be asleep. That, (however, .was far from his intentions, j; He saw the workmen cut bars of steel Into bits, place them in crucibles and thrystf the crucibles Into the furnaces.; The fire was urged to extreme heat until the steel' was melted, and then drawn out and pour ed In liquid form Into molds. Mr. Huntsman's factory had nothing more to disclose; the secrei of making cast steel had been stolen. HE LIKES THE COUNTRY AND MAY RETURN SOON TO SET TLE IN OR NEAR SALEM i i PERMANENTLY. F. A. Monroe, of Delta, Colo., who has been spending the past six weeks in Salem and vicinity, with J. W. Stoops and W.. C. Monroe, departed last night for Los Gatos, Cal. : Mr. . Monroe has been looking over the Willamette Valley with a view to locating here, and.' while he, has not found Just what he desires, thinks he may be able to find something to -suit later on. y He will: stop n Southern Oregon a few; days on the trip South, and will also look over a portion of California and if, nothing is found down there which will satisfy him. he will return here, and become a-resident i.f thi- section. :. There Is too .much ra'.ri here, he says, to suit a Colorado man, 'but he thinks he will soon get used to that;- and. tsklng the climate and country generally, he likes It very well. - . ',: j , , .;.,.'. ; PERSONAL AND GENERAL. The New Year must not be allowed to gsow old with the balance ' of the debt of Willamette University" hang ing on and preventing the opening of the boom for the old school that Is now fully due. Finish it up. Pay It off. and do not let the first of February pa?a by Without a clear record and a new start. V . - The Salem Light, Power & Traction Company has put about ' $5,000 into Improvements In the - past 5 few months, part of , It going toward th,e placing of the street car lines ln good condition. There, will be a ten-minute service for the Legislature, and in all matters connected ; with this company there is an up-to-dateness that Is pleasing and deserving of commendation.- - '. 9 The holiday' seamm Is " oyer. Now let's all go to work and make this the biggest year In the history of Salem, and the biggest, one In every material' "y. ..;! :. . o o o Remember to write it 1S03. . o o EXPECTATION FULFILLED. Dickaoh Remember that brilliant young fellow, Tompkins, who i was In otir class at college?. Wonder what be came of him. I always thought the world would hear from Tompkins. ; Ilichard--.m It-did. ;. He became an auctioneer, afterward traveled as a barker for a sideshow, and Is' now beat ing the bass drum for the Salvation Army. ('.-.;?, o o o HIS SPECIAL LINE. "Didn't you tell me dat dog you sold me -ere a huntln dog?" - - -Sho'." ' ; : , "ife don wast to do ouffln but look hs loc3 tha tzzl 25 yccrs. Avcrao Ana3 Sales over Ono td a Half tinicii fcottlcs. Docs t2,rcccrdcf merit ttoyc?mioCaUoPccy. 50c "Xnrtnttnl rl . ..i '; -..' ". - '''" : ''.; ' . ; . . - ! ' rmnri.T npiwiM ' rp,rr,fT-r rpmiT j a-mitarY 2. 190S. , tlJ" L. " 4 '" ;,", "'".,.' ' " " . , fch a comfo'able place to lie down In." "Dat's right.s HunUn warm spots Is his specialty." f , , , , ' ' " O O O !.-.-,-.., OSfl IXDIAX FAMILY'S MEANS. .. Thirty-four of. the Choctaw. Indiana who arrived it Ardmore from. Meridian, Miss, are of., one family. i.T. B.j Grif fin, 84 years' old, was the father , or grandfather of them all.. Each "one of them gets the -equivalent of $5,000, Includlngy 320 acres of land. - -r.:v " o O o . : . TWINS CAME 'JUST IN TIME. GUTHRIE. OkU, Dec 22. By - an order of the Federal Government, u alt Kaw Indians who Were on, the citizen ship rolL by December 1, 1902. u were entitled to an equal allotment of lands and money, belonging to th Kaw tribe. AJberV Taylor ts a full-blooded Kaw. On. Novsember 28, two days be fore the rolls were . closed, his wife presented him With- twin babies. : He enrolled them immediately. They have lived, and to 'Taylor they are worth $11,000 in land and money, which, as citizens, they will be allotted. i . , ' ,' -: O O O ' . (: CYRUS'S WANTS' . Hiram Yes. old Cyrus Kale went to the, town paper and advertised for a. cook,- laundress, seamstress. wood cutter, ,. milker, barnyard attendant, soapmaker '.. ; Silas Stop! How in tarnation much space did all them advertisements take up?. ' ; ; .'."-!" Hiram There was only one 'adver tisement. Old Cy advertised- in. the, personal columns for a wife. ' ' o o o . . , DR1 PARKER'S BLAST AGAINST TORACCQ., , ' The late Dr. Parker regarding smok ing: l hate smoking.' "From one end to the other it Is a nuisance. It ends in cancer, apoplexy. bad temper, bankruptcj'tand almost in hydropho bia. It Is an invention of the devil. It is the devil. It Is the pastime of per dition. No dog smokes. No bird pines for tobacco. No horse is a tnember of a pipe cl'jb. No intelligent person ever. puts a Cigar in his mouth. The-whole idea and practice of Smoking must be condemned as atheistical, agnostical. and infinitely detestable." Mr. ' Spur- geon's"! smoke to the glory of Ood iorms -an interesting counterblast to Dr. Parker's diatribe. HOjV TO WATERPROOF BOOTS AT : . ' HOME. I have for the ; past five years used successfully a dressing for the leather boots and shoes, composed of oils' and India rubber, keeping out mojst;ure;tnd uninjurious toj the leather applied leaving same soft and pliable. Toe pre pare same, heat in an iron vessel either fish oil, castor oil. or even tallow to about' 250 degrees Fahrenheit, then add. cut Into small pfecesi vulcanized hor raw India rubber about one-fifth of the weight of the oil. gradully stirring same with a wooden spatula until the rubber Is completely dissolved in the oil; lastly, add to give, it color; ". a small amount of printers' ink. Poiir into a suitable vessel and let cool. One or two applications of this are suffi cient to thoroughly waterproof a pair of boots or shoes for a eeamn. Boots or shoes thus dressed will take com mon phoe blacking with the greatest facility, Charles F. Miller.- Kansas City, Mo., In Scientific American.-' - ' o o o .'. WHY THE HINDOO STAIU'ES. Prof. Morrison, of the Allyghur Col lege; fame, had taken infinite trouble to collect facts'or his lecture,- which he delivered before the British Asso ciation to prove "the instability of prices in India '' before 1861.' -,. Tlie table contained ther prices of grain's forihe last sixty years In Barelllv ana Aiiygnur, antj lie wanted to prove by this table that! the Indians were not growing poorer. But Mr. Digby de duced concluMons quite "different from the data supplied, by the professor. Here! are Mr, Digby's conclusions: Hira Ganga Singh, a man of thirty years of age living In Barell. has to pay for hi dally food and for the foo-l or nis ramiiy ir tt be wheat. . Fifty per cent more than his father paia; , One hundred and fifty, per cent more than. his grandfather paid; ' One hundred- and seventy jfcr cent more than his-great-grandfather paid: If his ood be barley he has to pay: Seventy-five per cent more than his father paid; ' . 'Four hundred, and1 fifty 1 per cent more than his grandfather palid; Five hundred pel" cent more? than his great-grandfather paid; T If his food be. bajra he has to pay: Ten per cent more than his father inree nunared and,; twenty-five per rent mjre than his grandfather paid; Thre-i hundred nd seventy-five per cent more than his great-grandfather paid. i ' In this profundiy disquieting fact Is to be found the reason why, in India, during the ten years 17S91 to 190r Twenty-two millions "of British sub jects died f privation and consequent disease, who ought now to be living.. That ist sa, i.200.000 British - sub jects, on "the average, heedlessly died, famine year and (so-called) non-famine year, during the Ja.t decade of the past- century. Lahore Tribune.. MARCONI'S NEW SCHEMA WILI EXPERIMENT WITH VIEW OF ESTABLISHING CANAD IAN TRANSCONTIN- ' ' ENTAL SERVICE. WINNIPEG, Jan. lJ Marconi i pre paring -to Install a wireless transcon tinental service, through Canada. Two Of his experts passed through here yes terday on their wajr' West to, arrange fo- a series ':of tests In the Rockies. It Is expected by the. Inventor that the diverse electrical currents inthe rarl fied atmosphere of the . highaJtitades may Interfere with '-.the successful sending of his messages, and Jt Is to satisfy himself that the tests are made ih the winter when the' conditions will be more favorable. Winnipeg Is to be the .half -way house of the system. It is understood that a station will be, la msaumnm a en vn fxrgesa C WOVTI cated at vRtony Mountain, an , of tWelve miles from Winnipeg. It wUH receive messages from Mount st Montreal 'and It is the work of these exerts to locate the next western ta-J tion In the Rockies. it YI0LATEDO)NTRAC AND COURT COMPELLED Il REFUND LARGE AMOUNT y OF SUBSCRIPTION. SIOUX CTtY." Iowa. Jan. L Krch h!shop Keare, of Dubuque, has j been defeated In 4.W famous u it broat by C. J. Sherman and John Fanfelft. of WtUlams..lOwa, to recover $2,430 ffhith the plaintiffs subscribed to help : build a hutch at Williama, The plaUffs made-their , subscriptions . ?ondiUnal upon ja. dual-language-speaking firiest being sent to'WTlliams. ..They contend - fel that the church did not kejel Its part of the .contract, and the.cooi up held their claim. . '. IS WELL SATISFIEl W. J. BRYAN COULD NOT BE! IN DUCED TO REMAIN IN-.f i I MEXICO. .- HI;!-' MEXICO CITY, Mexico. Jan. 1-IW'm. J., Brn. with his family, has refeurn ifd from the "hot country" and wi a re turn nonn iomorrow. e u.muc tex ested nr the. fact that many young Americans with small capital have started in life, in Mexico as platttecs. Though greatly pleased with the pros pects of the tropical agriculture, Mr. Bryan says he is still very well nhtis fied with his little farm on the skills of Lincoln, Nebraska. PLAGUE IN MEXICO PEOPLE ARE TERROR -STRlCKE, i vri idi 'tr ppivi xjxt ! ! . THE HUNDREDS. f , " : . r j' MAZATLAND, Mexico. Jan. 1 There Is no longer the. slightest doubt that the disease now afflicting ahis city Js the genuine, Asiatic plague, for a mi croscopic investigation proves that the bubonic pest bacilli are In the blood of those affected with the disease. The plague has grown violent within the last forty-eight hours and the alarm wnicji nas begun tn some measure to at ate. has- returned with increased strength. Thei people ares fleeing from the city. at the rate f 300 per day and some 5,0-00 have already gone. MEN NEEDED, IN PLACERS. GRANT'S PASS. Or.. Jan. 1. A rep resentative of the Evening Telegram was" informed yeserday by one .of the 'leading placer miners of Josephine Munty, that all of the hydraulic mines of this section are finding difficulty this season tn finding enough merl to man their xroperties. Nearly all the hydraulic mines of JoserThlne operate night and day;ahd require from stx to fifteen-men. In each Shift. While placer mining is not the easiest vocation ih the world, the 'work, commands gooff wages and the fact that men are scarce and hard to get is probably; but another proof of the general prosperty of the country. The fact, too, that a larger number of mines are being oper ated in this section this year than for merly, U also largely accountable for the iJcarcity of men. i' , . 10 j JURY ACQUITTED HIM. OMAHA, Jan. l.-The jury in the ease of Alonzo Miller presidebt of. the South Omaha . Board of Education, charged with bribery, late last night brought in a verdict of not guilty. Miller, witn several other members of the board, was charged with having teachers' salaries raided, far which he is allcgM to have exacted money from the teachers, and with being a party to an illegal deal whereby, the. board !,urcha.ed a large number '' of type writers. 1 A MCvpERN REQUIREMENT. y r Th biby l:iugHed and then he crowed. ('Then looked 'his father 'In. the eye. He seemed to know the modem code. Which none dare now deny. "You've; been both good and kind to me Since my nort life' began. But'I can't be your son," said he; "You're, not a union man." "I have some "ealth," the old mm said; 1 " ' A mlllicn 'bue-ks' or two. . 'Twin go to you when I am dead 'To show my love for you." . j "'Tis'not for me." the boy replied: ''Your wealth Is under ban, ' Your offer 1 can but deride; - You're not a union man." '.:,.::.,.-' . '' ; The youth with fervor made his plea; The maid In silence heard. "I only eek to galrtTald he, " ( "One little potent word." S "I've one condition, sir," said she. ""But one that is not hard; If youi would lay good claim to - Just shaw your union card." "Before I sentence you today." , . Said judge, with solemn fate, "Pray ts there aught you have to sny That bears upon this case?" : ; "Why, yes," the- man returned -. "a I though i , Of course, t bear no grudge, ' Befor I yield, -I'd like to know f you re a union judgeT' i , - Ifjthis keeps up. 'twill .come to pass All things must union.''be , Well have a- label on the grass. :', . t We fla-stamp (Drie on the tree, f- . Oa child - and house and book and j knife. , , , - ) ' On "jdcture and on chair; . On cook and housemaid, sweetheart. wife. .: .- . :- j . The label -must be there! i j . , J -BtookJy'n Eagle. ; i , . I GAS IT WAS. . Once a man with a thinker erratic Had a zoo -full of bats in his attic, ' , ' And , he took a balloon ; 'J., 'i ., . ' For a trip to the. moon. -f-But his finish was swift and emphatic i"V . ? , -';''' Baltimore News. ". ;CIiiII?Tomc : - tAOOL VJOOX Ltver Pgg, AROUND THE WORLD .." ' : I " ' ' f tn, J - - , u jpepr tent ff IM, 1,700.000 population of London are regis- ! iered voters. recently .'.tfci nditions were r reported Ih Aibania. European JTur TofkeW The seaport of Avlona is said W I IS ;kl bv a force of rebels, and .!'. r-.. - world. entirely cut off front, tne -'-r Twenty-six Albanian toMis have re, solved to demonstrate their indepen dence of the rule of the . Sultan ; of Turkey and have refused to P? The boundary dispute beeen and the Argentine Republic, ot Jong (.ravated almost to the poift of Ll been1 amicably settled. A eat- Ufactory agreement was. brought ahout w y the concessions of the Argeu..., 5Goveriment In the matter of ppUce Iregulatlons in he disputes! territory 1 Sir Philip Uurne-Jones, the rUUn krtist, who Is also a cousin of Rud . . viniinP t in this country, i He ...- i e rt A'amDire. Itne IS lUCl L&$. 1LXT( Vfc -. 1 I u.,..! kh attracted wide attention k few years ago. especially through the verses which Kipling wrote concern- 'ing -it. ' Th rimnertv near Hodgenville, Ky, Where Abraham Lincoln was bom has ikAAH Ilatttsa.l St hfritTs sale for jurrn nutvuis-v With the exception of i.reat urn Jiin, the United States shipyards are U..i..'n,.t m.ini ohlna th:in those OI inv other countrv .Most ot tnera wiu She sailed under foreign flaga . Sum etrhteen months after in trw,.A-ri-tia;:in! war the Bank of ipranco. had in Its vaultsk,no less than a$(000.00.000 francs t$6.0!)0.CM0) In golJ, Ithe biggest amount of gold the world has ever seen. France : had paid tP Germany about a year or so previous W 5.000.000.000 frails t $1,000,000) as a War Indemnity. The wa' increased hhe natiohiil debt about 7.000.000.000 ffrancs. The Commune destroy e brdoerty worth 800,000,000,000 francs In April and .May. 1871. - 1 In. Japan amateur photograpl." have to be most careful; for In many places 4he photographer Will be 1m TRICKS OF The " development of realism on the stage has reached such, height of perfection-that the average theatre-goers are prepared to believe all that they see. If not all that they hear; It Is taken for granted that jewels are more often real than paste thanks toe th press agents and that all lsj not tinsel that glitters. There are,, howev er, a few subterfuges left, 'and perhaps these are practised more frequently in diig scenes thao anywhere elae. -j The gay Lotharios of the ; French farce seldom fall to take some other man'g wife to supper, wriere they: are servd with Tip-to-dat rpasts. and fur nish theitnen.in thie audience with ex cellent ideas for the real l post-theatre ruppera t ; j ' - The tail, end of the breakfast scene ls! not an "uncommon commencement for a play, while afternoon tea is be coming' rfuite as necessary to the mod em drama as the climax Itself, and is often much more successful. ! iThe ea tabes and drinkable used tri such scenes are not always what they seem. Jewels may be. Jewels, but lob ster isn't always lobster -.Inside the Shell. . The genuine menu of a stage meal U something like this: , For the first din ner course, of oysters or. little necks, thin slices of bananas on the half shell Is what the actor really gets. Soup, ; stearrting hot, is made of hot water and gelatle cubes. If partridge, chicken, birds or'a, fillet of beef Is sup posed to follow, .the audience sees in stead, of the .actual order its semblance done In bread baked and browned to the proper color. In the case of birds the wings and legs are separate and stuck on with toothpicks. : If there Is anything else that has to be eaten. It is actually the real article. The other ; things which are simply shown 'and not partaken of are made of papier mache and cloth. Celery, bon ' bons. fruits, are Invari ably artificial. Cherries and grapes come from the milliner instead of the fruiterer! - . , The joyous wedding cake is j realis tically not -aten and Is made out of a LIMIT TO SIZE OF ENGINES, Firemen Will Be UrJaWe to Feed the Larger Locomotive. :: . ' ' - According to the opinion of a Chicago railread official who especially fitted to discuss matters relating to locomotive construction ;there Is a limit to the de velopment of railway engines along the line which has been follewed for : the last few years The limitation to the size and steam making power of the lo comotivis 1s not to be In the ability of the engineers and construction depart ments to build them, but In the inabil ity of the human accessories, the fire men, to feed the Immense furnaces. , The American engine, with its big, wide, firebox, as shown In the Atlantic and similar types. Is the culmination of this development. The' wide firebox gives "more perfect combustion and con sequently, more heat from the same quantity of fuel.- This economical in several ways. It saves the cost of the fuel and It enables the, engineer to run his machine a greater distance without stopping for coaling; ' steps are costly on railroads which run fast trains, and in this one item, alone the wide firebox has been considered well worth Its cost. To feed one of those large engines. however, has proved to be a task that every man cannot stand.- Not only Is It difficult to find in some regions of the dearth where railroads have gone Individuals who are sufficiently devel oped physically to do the work of the firemen, but It has been Droved that the American wide firebox Is utterly out of the question. . No owe can be found who can stand the strain. This . Is true on the Assan railway, where the English type of small fire box -has been adopted. The American engine Is admitted to be the "best In the particulars of economy, power gener ated and .wearing qualities, as well as In the perfection of the working parts. The locomotives are simply out of the reach of the managers because the na tives who have been depended upon to do th work of the firemen cannot stanfc the manual la bo if necessary" to .feed them. , , V poisoned and (camera t.iKen away f pk ures are taken. i Aivordittg to the latest Inquiries by he Formosan Covernmenl. the total- number ofoplum stnokers Is put at 160,60.. Dui Ing four years to lto ia. elusive) theWu'rriber of Jeat?M of op- . lum Smokers In ,the Island totaled 15, 02C.whrie there .were, 2.3;9 .''islanders who stopped smoking during the Si.m period, i . .' ". '..... Japan Importel 1.082 ton Wf Jaf bacc In --19O0, all ejreept 22 pounds of which cslme-fiTirii the I'nltc 1 .states... Iiportatlonf of both le:jf 'tobacco an ! ' cigarettes have dee -f eased, steadily and rapidly slnce 1S9. , The LIted States has.siij.jilied over 14.000 tons or pnosj, nanc manure to Japan, this UJos nearly one-half of the entire amount brought lato the country.; ' Japan Imported 2.230. tons of Vu'rd bo.rd, nearly. tvo-thirils of Which -wis'-sh!pied"from-the United Start cs';t whleh" -country received for this item $114.- ? Holland has 10.100 wlndmlUv each of which drnins 310 acpn of land, at an average cost of one shilling an acre a year. " . . . ' . Nearly every Chinaman can read, but 90 per: cent of the women are un educated. London liquor, aealers h,ave Just ' rolved the troublesome? '.problem - pre sented to them by -a law designed to prevent .the consumption oi ier , py children, the widespread practice in England of sending children after leer and ale making It a serious danKer. The new law permits the practice to fcntinue. but provies 'fir a "seal" to be fixed over the, mouths of the bot tles so as to prevent liquor being car ried. In transit, 3 to the- Hps of the youngsters. ., 9 , - - Some idei cf the vast wealth of londcn may e gathered from the fact that the fire Insurance carried by the metropolis Is now $4.iriO,000,tK)0.- Can ada's fire insurance amounts to $7Cr.-2.-7.0?S. ' , Ii The Einperor of China, and the Vicc Voy of India between .them govern more than half the" Hernial ion of the 'world.-'" , -: . ' STA GEL A ND cheese box covered with 'white paper and frosting put on. with paint. , IceT cream and, charlotte russe are concoc ted out of cotton colored with dyes. Soda water Is plain soda. . Chain pag(fr Is usually a light, elder, some tlmel being, heavily, charged with sod, water., r , : , , : ' .'-Burnt " sugar Is an Imiortant factor in almost all stage drinks. It Is a pow erful coloring liquid, harmless,.and for tunately . taslelyess. Imager; beer Is made ,of soda water and burnt sugar. Whiskies' which have to be drunk are made of watfej and colored lightly of darkly for 8tWtch and rye with' burnt sugar. Liquors In bottles just for show are colored, With -aniline' dye. -- Claret is generally real, tea is -real, and" coffee is made-of tea. . : - : In a recent comedy ' which ' failed to pa ssmustcr tripe, an onions constitute ed' one- dish; -this- was made of thin toat. . Scrambled eRgs for the stage breakfast are bread chopped In. milk, : Bacon is made -of sliees of thirt toast.- There ary a number of reasons why these subterfuges are: practical and necessary. In the first. placer It would not do for a player, to "fill up" on a, good meal If It W-ere' really there, for these supersensitive people are obliged to dine 'about three hours before the performance In .order to be in gcnd form.-- good voike and;spoiitaneous. -jegenul ser.cfin cmf cmf wyp'cmf wy? f It does not do for them, to eat heart ily and sucoumb to that("loggy" feeling which follows a good dinner. . Then, if all the stager foxl was reaj the dangef of choking wouM be ercep tibly Increased and many dish wouli result Irtn very awkward performance . Actors say they feel more-wdf-ton-J scions in the restaurant. scenes than Iri the most risiue scenes yet "Invented. More than all, probably, the baked bread arrangement for stage food . Is a good deal cheaper than the "butcher's bill would be if red-headed ducks had hundred-night' runs,, and while the nwdern manager Is. lavish to a degree In his productions, he Is by noumean adverse ifo evefy imsslblo means 'of economy.' ''. - . i I 4 There does .not appear? to b jnuch roomfor further development on the AnK-rlcan engine la the line of widen ing the fireboxes without altering the standard of '.the "track gauge, ' but If there Is to be any further improvements iri the hauling power at the expense? of the lalor placed on the firemen even the American's limit for, the capacity for labor yet may be reached. - The locomotive In use on the railroads pf the United States ban been Increased In size. 40 per cent la the hist JO years. From figures showing the weUht. of en gines turned out now and 10 yearago at -one of the largest locomotive works In the country. It Is shown that the av erage weight then ; was J2,4O0 pounds, and that the averafge weight of the 4 n gines. I-lng turned out now H H'3,000 pounds . ; - . DEATH OP MILS. DOCKERY7 t JEFFERSON CITY Mo.. Jan., 1 Mrs. Mary mizabeth Dockery, wife of Governor Iockery, ' who- "for several week had been suffering from an affection of the heart, died at S:t.1 a. m, ,1She passed away quiellx after diys of suffering. ; . .. Mrs.' Dockery Was born In 1850. ""She ws. a native Missourjjn and aillneal descendant of - ComniodWe" Perry' Eight children of Governor and: Mrs. Dockery.died In Infancy. ' WISHES AND ERRANDS. DruggIst'WelV; Uttie girl, what do you want? - Little Girl I want a box. of caramels sir;- b-but I came to buy ",a potae stamp. Kansas City Journal. Every Bolt! of Cnsmberlain's- Cough 1 Remedy Warranted. . JWe guarantee every bottle of Cham berlain's Cough Remedy and will re fund -the money to anyone who Is -not satisfied after using two-thirds of the contents. This is the best remedy in. the world fOr la grippe, troughs, colds " croup and whooping cough , and Is pleasant and safe to fake. It prevents any tendency of a cold to result i In' ptieumonla. Stone's Drug Store. .