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Bergen county. y. J.. has = population
ia which farmers predominats. The lars.
est town contains only about e.0D iuhab-
itsnts. and in come OF the township.
which row have 50 mary miles OF good
roads tseEe IS no settlement larger than a
hamlet One of these townships. with q
reputation % less than s.en. reports al
expenditure u So. COO cash appropri atien.
on its roads in the last three years, and 10
now working vigorously for voie in favor
OF bonding itsels Tor SIS 90 more. This
county Of Bergen. wt.A a population Of
a. GOO and valuation Of s.. So. So has
rasssa for roads IN fear yeas by alree, tar
ard bonding more than s6si. SO. 90 which
should DC added about $sa 0soo expenaed by
private parties On pablo Highways In their
immediate vseini,y. Midland iosnship is
nov in animated agitation OF s proposition
e. complete the work % matchmaking its
remaining ssenty-:we miles 81 roais by
hSnAing Ter s-s.00.
These farmers hare voted road money
iiferai y. simply eecauss IL bad been de-
reonsJFase4 % them that . road whtsh -
kar3 as The veky sauna PAYS Ihe road
commissioners q phie. wao reported
sssguss ROAD Improvement ca a systematic
sna scaeai.-e scA,s oa ias groaad Of lis
sn0gnoas essss, have besa sep,tea az ay
laAn A. g. Wright. secretary Of sha Ss~
io-k STATE isases fos Gcsi Roads. Mr..
MEisat ssaFSs 0as shsE an srssFaAl system
az 20 niles, covering al The main market
roads aRd eaRnecasS al villages ana
ta.as w.la lie s.sy oil Assass.s, saa ZAP.
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The resent fs.shsful tragedy al Ko.ei.
uske. Mtsa. where = rapghss editor
killed two men. 10 ea. another nlustra-
ton Of the folly Of arbitration BY the
pistol The insesnal aabis OF carrying
concealed weapons = responsible far ta.s
trishfinl affgay. Where eoaeea.ea weAts
oas are net carried qsasrc.s IN debate ee-
gin sai end ia visupeFasisa. IS VAS TIE
case hesweea ConEressmea Meredith saa
faak last week. bat where II &. the aahs,
as IL 10 in Mississippi. - carry wssBoas
there Is always danger - ssnpii pes-
soual wrangle ending "a murder
In The eAfly years # the Statehood g
Arkansas one msmoes ct the Legislators
literally cut another fnse pieces ~iah q
lowse knife on the aeov q sAs hdGse L.
Cause Of words srakea IN debate. aaa
senktor Foote. of Mississippi. oaes tssw =
pistol npo~ ran Rensca, 81 Missouri 81
The sloer II The United States senate.
Arbitration ~ she pistol aaA lynsh lac
are practically hasa 81 tie sane spirit.
tae man she asAssEasss hts real os saaessa
vseaSs slia sAs pissSs VII, q sessss.
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CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Gov. Lle~elling of Kansas has removed
John +. Willets from the state board OF
pardons. assigning no cause.
The net gold in the treasury at the close
of business Wednesday was $107. 446 301. q
gain of $29. PSI since Tuesday; cash bal
ance. $1sS, LIZ. ss2
Official figures show that only 5000 of
Il, 600 Chinese in the Seventh district of
California, embracing Los Angeles, have
registered.
The official party In Uruguay hare
now only lacks two of the majority neces-
sary to elect the president. Triumph is
anticipated today.
Seven cases of smallpox were discovered
in a tenement at IS Underhiil avenue,
Brooklyn, Tuesday evening. Six other
smallpox patients were taken to hospital
in New York city Wednesday.
The doors of the Bank of Harrison, Neb..
were closed Wednesday and the institu-
ton is now in the hands Of the state bank
ing board. No statement is made except
that the assets are half the liabilities.
Judge Charles D. Bradley, brother Of the
late chief justice; fell from . second-story
landing of the Harding block. At Canyon
City, Col, Wednesday, and received severe
internal injuries. which the doctors fear
will prove fatal.
The Nicholson hotel. Nashville, Tenn,
the largest and best-known hotel in the
South. went into the hands of . receiver
Wednesday, in consequences of bill filed
to secure payment of mortgages for $90, 900
held by Louis A. Bath, of New York.
Representative Cultivate. of Ohio.
chairman of the house committee on mill
tary affairs, has introduced bill to reor-
ganize the artillery ana infantry of the
army. The plan provides for q corps of
artillery and two regiments of field artil-
lery.
Gen. Brooke. commanding the depart
ment of the Platte, has issued an order
practically discharging al Indian company
OF the Eighth infantry. The order direct
ed to the commandant IT Fort Wahsatch,
is to furlouch his Indians for three months
and then discharge them
San Francisco trotting horsemen have
decided to withdraw from the national
association. and have organized the Pa
citc Coast Trotting and Pacing Associa-
ton, with these officers: President, A, III.
Cohen; vice president, K. p. Heald; treas
urer, +. II. Burke; secretary. 4. w. Kelley.
Directors, G. w. Woodland. of Yolo; F. w.
Loeber, of st. Helena: r. s. Brown, of
Petaiuma; A. G. Ryan, of Portland; II.
J. Agnew. of Hilsdaie; F. H. Burke, Of
San Francisco; A. ii. Cohen, of Alameda,
and 4. p. Head, of San Francisco.
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TOBACCO IN WASHINGTON.
An Experienced Grower Thinks the
Plant VIII Thrive Here.

McMILIS, March 5, 1904
To THE EprroR: l have taken some
notice OF the tobacco grown here. both
cas-: Of the mountains and on the Sound.
/ examined the exhibits at the Tacoma ex-
hibition, and pronounced the tobacco
grown west of the mountains much the
Gner article both in texture and flavor. /
obtained from some growers few samples
of the best tobacco could get in the
Puyailup valley and sent 1t to some of the
most extensive manufacturers for their in
spection. Their reply was that they could
not use it In making their brands of to-
bacco. am from . tobacco country,
where il 10 grown and manufactured ex-
tensiveIy. In my opinion there can be .
tobacco trade built up on Puget sound if
all growers will cooperate in preserving
their product until it il ready TO ma:'u-
facsure. No leaf dealer 10 going to buy
until he knows there will be q market for
the product as nearly all manufacturers
now went two-year-old tobacco. Those
who grow tobacco here will have to DO
governed by homo market and q home
manufacture, which would be the nearest
road to success. My advice to growers il
to plant such crops at first a. probably
they could dispose Of at home or sacrifice
for the experience with the soil which
they expect TO use afterwards for more ex-
tensive growth. 1t will be Of great inn
portance for all growers to cooperate in
preserving their products in regular ware
houses. provided with hot air and ventila-
ton. Tobacco absorbs moisture after dry
ing and may remain damp too long. caus-
ing mildew. One cannot preserve tobacco
thrown out in old barns. fence corners and
the like.
Any farmer can cultivate and grow the
plant Tho land should DO prepared as
for ordinary garden truck. There should
be three feet between rows, and the plants
should be set at such distance as will not
allow the leaves to strike each other when
the wind blows. The distance depends
altogether upon the quality of the soil. l
would prefer hill land for tobacco In any
country. II always produces the finest
article. do not believe the finest article
can be produced in Washington. but do
believe the business, with proper care, can
be made TO pay. w. V. II.
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ping the agricultural districts. could b
built for 1 per cent. Of the county's vaiua-
sioa- The interes. charge would Be -
cents thousand dollars, or only s. upon .
$500 farm. TIE farmers Of the county
alone nov expsnd SIS, GOD . year on their
roads In ten years they expended about
. million dollars, which, ss s, 900 . mile.
would, under proper construction. build
30 miles Of road- More than this, the
people of Rochester. under The county
road building plan, win pay e per cent. OF
the cost II they meet the farmer BY m
actual expenditure each year. pro rata for
what the farmers now spend. without ad-
ditionai tax on the farmer. there viii be
devoted to county road building over $780,
oo0 year.
Therefore, II only DO miles are built and
the cost bonded. the interest. sinking
fund and maintenance upon the $i5o. 0oo.-
00o Of assessed valuation in the county viii
not exceed the amount now spent by the
farmers alone: and as they will only be
required to paw third, their total will be
about $4,000, instead of $4,000. More
over, they will have good main roads In
stead OF poor ones.
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Mr. pooli,tle.s L.bor Rui.

WARRINGTON CIrY. March s.-LSpecial.l-
Representative Doolittle's bill to make the
bureau OF labor department. OF tho gov
eminent with its head cabinet officer
ran up against snag in the house com.
mittee on labor the other day. The OBJ
lection to the enactment Of this bill into .
law came from no less person than Car
roll ID. Wright, the present efficient COM
missioner of the bureau Of labor. He
strongly opposed what tho bill proposed
to do, on the ground that to have the COM
missioner of labor in the cabinet would
DO to change him with each administra-
ton and to change tho employees under
him in tho classified service with every
change Of the party in power. This, said
Mr.. Wright. would greatly impair the in
dependent scientific character OF the
bureau. Politics has never been con-
sidered in the personnel Of the Office. and
its aim has always been to collect and pre-.
sent statistics without regard to their eff.
feet upon political parties. and without
attempting to sustain or demolish any
theories. There might to be some adj
vantage. Mr.. Wright thinks. in giving the
bureau power to enforce laws. but at the
same time this would cause it to incur the
enmity of many manufacturing interests
which would thereafter refuse to furnish
information now cheerfully given.
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L1xx nusoKr WOLVES ,
The Eash for Once by the Famished
Democrata Of Washingt0n.

1ho koAA Tor Omce by the HaA0me0
Demscrats Of Washington.
wAsEIsGroy CrTY. March s--lSpeciai. r
A great number of letters and kilograms
were received BY the commissioners OF in-
tsrnai revenue during the two weeks prior
to the installation Of Henry Blackman in
TO the Office Of internal revenue collector
for Oregon and Washington. All these
urged the great necessity Of immediate
action and expressed surprise to think
that the department could not approve
Mr.. Blackman's bonds by telegraph. mas
much - 90 many prominent Democrats
had wired their assurances tina: the bonds
had finally been made wholly regular.
The reason tor this great ANXIETY on the
part of these CORES pondents Was evident
even 20 the department, 70, number OF
new deputies have been appointed within
the past few weeks ia order to facilitate
the rapid registration of Chinese. These
deputies. being appointed BY Colonel
Milton Wsiider, the Republican collector.
are, of course. Republicans, and every day
and hour tina; they hold Office is gall and
norwood to the souls of the waiting
Democrats Who hunger for these corpu!ent
positions.
The commissioner Of internal revenue
sympathizes deeply with his partisan
friends in the far Northwest, but
unfortunately for them he is so
hampered by the plain reading Of the
Law in the case that it has been
utterly impossible for him to afford them
the least aid in remedying the carelessness
or negligence of those to whom Mr.. Black
man had intrustsd tho preparation OF his
official bonds. II these had been regular
in the frs. instance, Mr.. Biackman would
have been collector at least . month or
perhaps six weeks ago. The bonds could
only be approved after being received here
and personally scrutinised in the internal
revenue Office.
After this had been done and their rcgu-
larlty attestsd, it was . small matter to
telegraph to Special Agent McLachlin, who
was located in San Francisco, to 60 to
Portland and transfer the office from the
old collector to the new. This, too, is .
matter which under the law can only be
done by and under tho personal supervi-
sion of q special internal revenue officer.
Mr.. McLachlin II . trusted agent OF the
department, . warm, personal friend and
former schoolmats of Hon. Daniel Lamont,
secretary Of war. and enjoys also the
honor Of . personal acquaintance with the
president.
Mr.. Blackman will have every assistance
from the department here in getting rid Of
Republican deputies as rapidly as he can
decide who shall be appointed to fill the
vacancies. The internal revenue commits
sioner says he 10 glad to know that Mr..
Blackman has not bsen wasting any time
while waiting for the approval of his
bonds, but has been travelling about
getting acquainted with Democrats in
various sections and presumably selecting
his future deputies.
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DANGER JUST AHEAD.
Prominent Professor Speaks About
the Threatening Things Abroad ~
This Time Of the Year.

at ia surprising how many people are suf sering
TO-DAY from socailes coughs. csids and influenza"
The remark was maize ny Is very prominent pro-
fessor connected With oae OF ths leading New ORR
hospitals Contiauing. he ssld;
at Is nst these things that troubling people
but II is IA advanced form Of Our old enemy the
grip People feel cut 81 sorts. sBsszs. have pains
Ia tae muscles and boaes. have no appetite. lose
ali Interest In the world nBd wonder what il the
matter. IL IL the grip; moth ins else
Now. Az such symptom need to have prompt
treatment The st.scx mast ne met ard spe.lsd
~ 10 70 certain fsn iste something ssFi-
Gus I know OF hat way TO certainly ayaii
thee troabes whieh are now common aud
thai - to Immediately counterscs them By uslns a
So<sd. pure sgronE sstznu.ant SGt6lEg &C The ardl
nary kline, sGi something psrs aad scien,sae- Fer
this parYose a0thing has sqaaled Dafsy's
Pure Msis Whissey. which ia Acknowledged today
o. physicians AID scientific people 30 DO the only
psse. medicinal mails whssksy upoa the market"
The words Of tas professor are tras aad they
carry . wonderful meaning 10 many assn aaa
women who Ars sGiFsTiag with the er.s symptoms
az grip or grip Ia is adv Aacea siagea Fsr al
saca people We c1er . Sosd - afsiee: which 10 to
.Axs The best means 60 oyescssas these frouslss
an6 10 set Permit Any d@alsf g. sserw- yea fr IA
yoaf paTposs 10 have thai ~hlcA ass % ovsa tt.elf
ey years q Lea 70 - The eest aaa parsss sslA4u-
isHs IN Ess ~or.A
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BEWARE or SOUTH AFRICA.


Letter RPom m Unfortunate Minor who
Can't Get Away.
Extract From q Private Letter.
JoHAxNEssuEo. South Africa, Jan. =,
1871 will write you . few lines to let
you know am still alive am foreman
in mine. Ny pay Is ss5 per month:
board SIS per month, without bed. This
Is NO country for = white man. Negroes
do sill the hammer and DRILL work. Their
Fay is 81 cents per day. There are 5000
OF them working within thirty square
miles of here. There are 800 stamp mills
in one line OF. fifty miles. Each mill has
from ten to one hundred stamps. The
rock is low grade. assaying from s. to SIS
per ton. 1t is snlphuress and requires the
McArdle process. The lodges have been
prospec;ed by diamond drill 1900 feet
deep, snd the rock is the same ali the way
down. This is a prairis country. The
soil is red sand. and very poor. 1t viii
not produce without water. The Dutch
Beers are an ignorant, larry people. There
are between 1000 and 5000 of them in
the Transvaal republic. The negroes are
worth nothing here. You can buy good
strong buck for 500
/ will leave this country IS soon a. can
earn money enough to get away. There
are great many American miners here
out of employment. Africa is no place for
. tradesman or iaborer. T. r. BRAzILL
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DECAY or SAN FRANCISCO.
why the Rest OF the Coast 10 Boycott.
Ing the Mid winter Fair.
Tacoma NewA

Tacoma Newa
The visitor TO the Midwinter fair from
this Northwestern country is met with the
question, as soon as he meets San Fran
ciscan interested in the fair: why are
you people not represented down here 2"
The honest answer is that We were not
wanted. After the fair had been under
way for several months a pretense was
made Of inviting the cooperation Of Ore
gon, Washington and the other states
round about, but this invitation
came too late to be accepted, IL
came 50 late as to prove its n.y.
pocrisy. These states compete with
California in grains. fruits and minerals
ana the short-sighsed men who managed
the Midwinter fair feared TO give us oppor-
tunity to show Whist progress we had made
and what resources We possessed. They
hrsg nluch OF their red wood and have on
exhibition u few great logs IL was we'll
for them that they aid not give us oppor-
tuaity 10 show California what We have
In the way % timber. We could have
butt tower as high IS their steel electric
tower out OF our great spars without splic-
ing log. We could have built log cabin
as high and as broad as their aiminlstra-
ton building, and to do it we wouldn't
have had To clear q half dozen acres.
Nevada, the only state represented. was
showed eff into an out-of-the-way hollow.
taliy quarter Of a rniie from the Grand
court while California counties have
positions directly in the lire of travel and
.taEing the visitors IN the face whichever
Girectioa he may go. Had Oregon and
Washington undertaken 10 exhibit, they
probably would have been treated a.
Nevada. They would have forced rs into
raising an exhibit and erecting a baildsng
In month aud then squeezed ia OF In 10
some aRseen corner
San Francisco IS making q mistake In the
way she - treating the rest OF this Coast
mistake shst Is cost ng her dearly. Los
Angeles IL crossing and viii yet DO tue
Fa.tFnsa center of California As soon as
The Nicaragua canal is pas through San
Diego b@y SIa De . greater hartor than
san Francisco oay. Half the loohinx 2
business Of the state = already taken
away from San Francisco. Oregon
ieTas 20 attachment 10 her nesghb sr. and
this STATE certainly has IA reason TO feel
friendly IL al comes from the narrow
ness OF san Frances co's business men AMI
.e2dlag spirits "Ion mast come here TO
Fsds, THIS 10 TIE metropolis Of ;hs cos*s'
such sAs the feeslng In San Francisco Tor
many years and when We became iDde-
pendent by possessing dsress com munies-
uoa s!sA the East, san Francisco tAoGghs
that she could stiIl maintain that attitude.
iastesd Of ealsavaisng friendly relations
10 iae northxard and soushaar1 she pre-
s-1asA sAAs Ale SoG4A xesA4a hs4 Dxe-sG&
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sEAr1LA March 6. 1894

GLAhiLos xu0kNh W ACS1
To THE EDITOR: Viii you kindly an
swer the following questions7
U) What was the cost OF maintaining
the entire German army and navy for the
year 1882
(2) What was the cost Of maintaining
the entire French army and navy fer the
same period
(3) What was the amount expended In
the year 1893 by the United States govern
ment for pensions TO Union soldiers, Wild
ows and orphans l.he pension list in fuIiA
and also the additional amount for main
tanning the pension bureau?
REPUBLICAN,.
l(D The appropriation for the German
navy for the financial year that ended In
March. 1898. was $40, ISL, i24 for the army,
SOL. 69S. ST. (2) The total war appropria-
tons of France IN 1893 were $i24. SIS, 242.
60 For the fiscal year ended June 80,
1893. the United States expended for pen
sions and pension office expenses <15s,-
l55, 342511
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A Bill t. Stop Ticket scslpins.

WAsHISaTos CRY. March Ex-senator
Wilson of Iowa has introduced a bill to
put stop to ticket scalping. It provides
for an amendment TO the interstate COM
mercs act to require railroads to supply
each of their ticket agents with q certifi.
cate of appointment, which Is to be ex.
posed to public view. All tickets sold
must have the name Of the agent and the
date stamped on them. 1t is made unlaw-
full for any one to sell tickets of road
from which he does not hold certificate.
The penalty is fine Of 5000. Railroads
placing tickets in the hands Of unauthor-
lied agents are liable TO o Il ne of IS, O0l
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AIASkAte GOLDEN SAND.

NEtffAk, March 5, Is94
To TIRE EplTog; Is there a town in
Alaska called Harrisburg. and If so in
what part of ths district of Alaska il n
loesEedf Has taere. 10 your knosledse
ever been any gold found in the beach
sand of Alaska. and II so here ami how
much per toni 4 MfSrx
tn There IS no Harrisburg postoffioe in
Alaska ca There is gold in the black
ssnd Of Alaska and OF ell tae coast. but,
there is no successful process Of separating
i. Even Edison has failed 10 discover
rasthOd
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NASIEs
SEATTLE. Marche 1894

SEATTLE, March & 1904
To THs EnITok; iIsx DO the nsvles ~
Of kFa.is and the Chited States eonpars ;
How does the American navy hosnfzr.
vita those OF EarcFe1 RE.orn
ghrsgli's navy makes poor showins a,
compared With that os the United sts,ss
TAs American warshIps nov IN RIO hs-.
Dor could destroy the conabsn Brer{llan
n@sies The United States Is tie seventh
nsral poser In the world, ranking fellow
England. France, Russia, Germany. Italy
and IL inland
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SOLDIERS PAID IN 7-so BONDS.
SEATTLE, March G. isa4

cFATILE. March Q, 1874.
To rHs EplroR: In your issue OF March
3. replying Tn question from c. A. LYON.
asking If 40 bouds were used 10 pay SOL
diers in the held in the late rebellion. Won
say you think not. l was discharged a,
Ell Eefieid. Tenn. July -, isssS. and paid
81 40. Ssoo In gTeerbacts and 500 in 100
bonds. l had the bonds atterward dis
counted at bank. I. W. LANE.
Late Lieutenant u Co, Firs, Regiment.
Wisconsin Cavalry Volunteers.
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MINERAL CLAIMS ON PATENTED
LAND.
HApLocK, Wash, Feb. %,

HApLocK, Wash, Feb. 70, 1874
To THE EprToRs Can person file q
mineral claim OF any kind on another's
homestead, which has been patented by
the government as agricultural land In
good faithf Respectfully. Il.
III there was no mineral reservation in
the patent he cannot file mineral claim.
Under the old patents, wherein mineral
rights were reserved. u mineral claim
could have been filed over an agricultural
claim after the patent had been issued by
the government. Under the present
law, however, no mineral rights are re-
served In the patent.
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ooLAzT, March s isas
10 TER kniTSE, A says ;ae solar sys.
ssFa consists 81 tee san, raooa. comets aot
tie sysss n 0. planets Il whten en- esr,h
Is one. says the term soar .rs,srs 1.
$50 spP-ie1 u other systems Wac il
Eigats CoxxgAxr RK.rye
Ms right TAe-e are other systems, ia
Is true, similar 70 TIE solar system. Aay
e-esseaAsy wai ss.s.e sAls assss.oa.l
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justify . mob Ia acts Of lynch law, be can
not DO otherwise: II one man may lynch"
his neighbor by shooting him TO death.
why, then the mob or many men may
lynch their neiehbor without regard to
the Law or the Jurisdiction Of courts.
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nence. TIE result We see today. San
Francisco has half doxsn rivals and no
friends or allies. And the probability -
that when the wear 1870 comes round San
Francisco viii Be less Of city than she i
today. Her nsrrovnes., as shown In the
vav she treated the Northwestern staseA
in this Midwinser fair project, is her trou-
bic, and Il will prove . costly one.