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such Eastern States as New York.
Pennsylvania and Virginia were mar
rowing. The total settled area was
now 100000 square miles.
Michigan and Arkansas had made
their bow to the union ten years later
by 1S40-and the Indians. who had
delayed civilization in Georgia. Ala
bama and Mississippi. were pushed on
ward to the Indian Territory. leaving
those States open to settlement Sim.
ilarly the Sacs, and Foxes. and the Pot
tawatomies had been urged bv Uncla
Sans iron hand to seek camnlnc
grounds further to the west. This left
northern Illinois and the territory
tributary to Chicago free to the aeri.
culturist. Florida was invaded Inv y
new army of settlers. The settled areo
of the nation had increased in the dec.
ade 100000 square miles.
Texas and the region involved in tbo
Guadeloupe-Hidalgo treaty were 40.
CURED by the expansive government
before 1850 came around. More States
were admitted to the Union and now,
Territories We're organized. Along ths
northern Mississippi River settlements
sprung up rapidly. The discovery of
gold in California made II necesso,.,.
to draw the population circles around
that far western part of the natio,
The inhabited portion of the eountr,.
now comprised approximately mill
ion square miles. In 1850 the territor,oi
changes included the acquisition of no.
strip of Arizona and New Nrovt,,
south Of the ella River. New t.,
tories continued to be formed. now ha
ing nodded out of the unsettled norts 80
the Cordilleran region into Utob on5
Washington. This period witnossc1
for the first time IN the settlan,o,,+
Kansas and Nebraska a consiJeroti,
movement of population beyond Tho
Missouri River. Even in northern
Maine. with Its uninviting rocks thor
is noticeable progress Of civil,zotio,,
Along the gulf coast there is no chance
In spite of the war the succeedin,
decade ending In 1S7O-was ono Of
growth. Kansas, Nevada and NJ.
hraska were admitted as States ora
half n dozen Territories were orro,,
ized. West Virginia took on its sena
rate Identity. The State of NIlchiran
took notable "boom." The total oroa
OF population had reached ! ooo ooo
square miles. This was advanced ~
100000 by 1850, In the lapse nj on.,t'
er decade. In this later period that
part OF the country which made creat.
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Tishinr Interest I'm Fonr stntea-

The magnitude Of the fishing inter.
ests Of Maryland, Virginia, Delaware
and Pennsylvania appears in the facts
stated In bulletin recently issued by
the United States Commissioner OF
Fish and Fisheries. In Maryland the
Industry gives employment to 42S12
persons. exclusive Of those engaged In
cannerles, packing houses, transporta.
ton, boat building, making nets. and
other implements. The total amount
Invested In property used in taking fish
aud oysters in Maryland waters is So.
l,6l0. Virginia employs 2S,216 per.
sons and has S2,S9l .53G invested IN the
business. The value Of the product in
Maryland in 1897, including 1854 1874
bushels Of oysters was $3,6l7.30S, and
In Virginia $3.167.S6G In Maryland
17139,459 pounds of alewlves was
caught, 1.32l,2SO pounds of perch. s..
799.5G3 pounds of shad and $500 600
pounds OF crabs. The largest item in
the Virginia catch was 17S.G5G. 1902
pounds of menhaden. The Delaware
ana Pennsylvania fisheries are natur.
ally smaller In extent, but the invest.
ments Of the latter amount TO Sl,GOl,-
52S, ana Of the former S4O7, 469.-New
York Evening Post.
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est strides in population was the Kan
sas-Nebreska region.
In tracing this growth Of population
it is curious to note that within the
settled portions Of the country there
are several sections which have re.
NAMED practically virgin. About p.
900 square miles Of territory in the
northern part of Maine are almost
without habitatiOn. The Adirondack
region in northern New York Is anoth-
er section which offers serious obsta.
Giles to settlement. In northern Michi-
gan and Wisconsin, also sparsely set
tied, the situation is about the same.
Densely wooded lands and severe eli
mate have scared off the settler and in
vited only the logger, who enjoys prac-
tically a monopoly of the territory. In
all these sections where within terri
tory that is thickly populated there lie
distinct regions passed by the immi-
grant the same condition Of slow and
rapidly accelerating absorption pre-
walls. The encroachments year by
year are growing in pace, and with the
taking up Of the prairie land of the
West these cold and wooded sections
will come within the range of the ex.
plorer's vision.
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NOVEL BICYCLE PATH.
elevated Structure Nine Miles Long
to Connect Two Cities.

elevated Structure Nine Miles Long
to Connect Two Cities.
IN the mountainous region about Los
Angeles and Pasadena, in Southern
California, the lot of the wheelmen is
not an altogether happy one, for cycle
paths are unknown there, and beyond
city limits the way for riders is so
rough and rolling that the pleasures Of
cycling scarcely compensate for tho
pains. \ change is about to come over
the face Of these conditions. however,
oy the construction of the most novel
ana elaborate wheelway in this coun-
Try and probably the world. An elevat-
ca cycle path of framework nine miles
long has been designed to connect the
TWO places The path will be supported
oy two pillars of different heights, 10
equalizs the grade, and the floor will
oe OF boards. The width will be about
Ten feet and each side will be inclosed
oy lattice work rising to a height Of
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for upper Liberia. He takes a party OF
ten men with him. At that point-the
gateway to the Soudan-a mission sta
ton is to be planted. 1t is to be al
lowed $4,000 year for four years, and
after that 1t must not only pay It's own
way, but start n new mission further
Inland. Part Of the missionaries are to
be preachers. The rest are to be school
teachers, carpenters, physicians, farm
ers, blacksmths, etc. The industry is
to be that of raising coffee. 1t is said
general desire exists on the part Of
many colored young men and women In
our own South to go back to Liberia.
Efforts are making now to raise money
to buy two ships to sail between Saw
annah and Liberia and provide cheap
transportation.
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Donald Cot Ii.

In a small village on the west coast
of Scotland there was a natural called
Donald, who did odd jobs, especially
about the hotel One afternoon three
gentlemen We're standing in front Of
the hotel. and along with them a small
terrier, when Donald happened to pass.
Wishing to have joke at his expense,
one Of them, taking out a half crown.
said:
III you get this you may keep It,"
Then. calling to the dog TO fetch" he
flung 1t away. The dog got It first; but
Donald, not TO be done out Of his half.
crown, picked mp a stone, and calling
the dogs attention flung 1t a piece
away. The dog Immediately dropped
the half-crown and tore after the stone,
when Donald quietly lifted and pocket
cd the coin.
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1t Is somewhat surprising that IN this
age OF improvement nobody has made
an attempt TO reform the American
joker--the man who does scraps for the
comic woeklies and for the funny de-
partments Of the dailles, and who, for
the time, is the chief exponent Of the
humor Of the nation, says a writer I'm
the Saturday Evening Post. That this
joker Is exceedingly effective as a
mlrth-provokcr one has but to watch
the merry reader 10 understand; but.
after all, Is there not more TO n Joke
than mere laugh? Is not the effect
Of Joke upon the serious tendencies
Of the public matter for thoughtful
consideration? Should not the joker DO
governed by a sense Of moral RESPONSE
billy? The subjects Of the American
humorlst are few aud are mostly kept
In stock. II is scarcely necessary to
mention them seriatim. as they have
already been mentioned a large num-
Der of thousands Of times. with the
tramp joke one cannot quarrel serious
ly, although perhaps It is not calculated
to discourage vagrancy or to fortify the
general sense Of financial responsible
ty. The mothcr-n-law joke is showing
signs of decrepude, after n vitality of
fifteen or twenty years. and may be dis
missed with the grateful reflection that
IL has never been worse than an exhi-
billion of eXecrable taste. The Joke of
the delayed lover and the toe Of the
fathers boot is no doubt useful in its
sphere Of influence, and may be per
mltted without cavil to delight, for
generations TO come, those whom II il
capable Of dellghtlng. There are, how
ever, at least two Of the stock subjects
Of the American humorist which should
have been cOnfiscated long ago, name
ly: liquor intoXlcation and the insecu-
rity OF the marriage tie. Few funny
publications are considered complete
which do not picture a man Keeling
home from the CLUB" with n maudlin
excuse to his waiting Wife, or welded
pair commenting fllppantly upon the
passing Of love or the felicity and IA
cility Of divorce. The youngster who
is inclined to blame himself severely
for his first step in dissipation turns
TO the humorlst and is informed that
what he has done is not sin. but n
joke; why should he worry over some
thing about which the world is laugh
Ing? The young couple having their
first tiffs are grieyously worried until
they chance upon the sarcastic philoso-
ply Of the funny man; then they laugh
bitterly at each other and ask why so
absurd thing as love should be taken
seriously. Their efforts at self-control
aud self-abnegation diminish; II Is use
less, they conclude, for them to strug-
gle to maintain an Ideal relationship
in a society which finds opportunity for
mirth in proceedings for divorce. In
such subjects as these there can be no
real humor, and the man who tries to
joke about them is guilty of a moral
lese majestic which should not 20 I'M
punished.
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cations, like the painting Of Mrs. Hayes,
given by the Woman's Christian Tenn
perancc Union. The people, in visiting
tho White House, assume the right to
see these paintings, and the privilege,
under certain restrictions, is usually
granted. In the Blue Room the Presi.
dent receives foreign ministers and
other distinguished visitors Of state.
This destroys the privacy OF the par.
Tors for family use. There Is really
but one private room on this door-t the
family dining to which strangers
are rarely admitted. One-thlrd OF the
second floor is used for Offices. There
Is the Cabinet Room, the War Room,
with It's corps Of telegraphers, offices
for the President, his secretary. and
the half-dozen clerks who attend the
The remaining two.
thirds Of the floor are the apartments of
the President and his family. They are
relatively small and lnconyenient. The
kitchen, laundry and other workrooms
are In the capaclous basement.
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SLEEPING BAG LIKE A HOUSE.
Portable Shelter that Shields Hunters
from Storms and Cold.


Hunters, prospectors, and persons
compelled to move from day to day
have found the sleeping bag the most
convenient form of bed and these are
now in general use among this class Of
people. They are extremely comfort
able and at the same time offer abso-
lutte protection from the elements, as
they are generally lined with some soft
material and have an outer covering Of
leather or rubber to keep out the wet
Their form is generally well known,
but what seems to be a great improve
ment in these has been recently pat
ented in this country by Aberlard
Laplerre of Montreal. His invention
consists of n rigid frame, collapslble
when not in use. and covered with some
material adapted to withstand the
weather. The whole top is removable
on n hinge to admit of entrance, while
at the upper end Of this lid is a smaller
opening, also covered with a similar
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The working OF the old age pension
act I'm New Zealand is not altogether
satisfactory. L is alleged that the real
ly deserving aged poor shrink from the
ordeal Of the preliminary public exam
nation before a magistrate, who has
to satisfy himself and formally certify
to the bona tides of the applicant on
the other hand, "the hardened loafer
aud trained pauper cheerfully prepares
plausible evidence, confident that. with
his state pension as a stand by, his
loafing and begging propenslties will
enable him TO live on the fat Of the
land"
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corner Of the old Missouri Territory
and admitted as Il State. Settlement in
other quarters has continued to spread,
yet it is proper to state that as the
decade from 1910 to 1920 was one for
blocking out work, so the succeeding
ten years was period for filing in and
completing that work. The point
furthest west at this time was the pres
ent site of Kansas City, Mo-, and its
surrounding territory, where quite a
dense body of population appeared.
Meanwhile the unsettled parts of
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CONSUMPTION OF LIQUOR.

In France There Is One Saloon to
Every Thirty Adults.
Statistics presented at the recent
anti-alcoholic congress in Paris showed
that in France there is one saloon for
every thirty adults. Every man, won.
an and child in France consumes. OF
the average, the equivalent of sixteen
quarts of alcohol each year. The in.
habitants of Belgium and Germany
come next with a consumption OF
twelve quarts. In England the con.
sumption per inhabitant is 10.5 quarts
in Switzerland, 10 quarts; in Italy, IA,
in Holland, Il; in the United States, 4
in Sweden, .; in Norway, "a; and in
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-07-14

Some OF our foremost educators are
In favor OF saving time by shortening
the spelling Of certain words. The idea
ls not new, ana many newspapers have
long been accustomed to shorten such
words as programme" into program"
and prologue" into "prolog." Recent
" Superintendent Andrews has recon-
mended to teachers I'm the public
schools OF Chicago the following list OF
words for amended spelling: Program
programmed. tho (thougm. thoro thor
Dugh), thorofare thoroughbred, thru
Through, thruout throughout, cata-
log (cataloguel. prolog prologucD, deca-
log ldecaloguel, demagog (demagogue)
pedagog lpedagoguel OF course this
list Is simply a starter I'm the pathway
Of reform Just where the matter will
end II is difficult 10 say. John Billings
was a pioneer In this line OF endeavor.
and his "fonetlc" spelling, which used
90 cause great amusement, and which
was the foundation OF his fame as a
humorist, may become the scientific
method OF the future. Billings tried to
prove that he could be funny without
"fonetlcs," aud wrote a lot Of humor-
pus paragraphs for the old Scrlbners
Magazine, entitled "Uncle Eseck's wis
dome" but they failed to make a hit.
and Billings experiment was failure.
NO doubt the present spelling Of many
words Is cumbersome. but reformers
viii find their task little short OF the
lmuosslhle.
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An editorial commentator IN London,
In reviewing the recent Vanderbilt
Fair wedding IN New York, puts forth
the following reflections; "The we'd
ding presents are said to be worth
100000, and the description of them
reads, as one lady irreverently said.
like a chapter In Revelation, all big
pearls and gold. The incident would
not be worth mention but for three
facts of some social Importance. One
IS that the plutocracy IN America ex-
cites at least as much attention as the
arlstocracy In Europe; another is that
pluiocracy thinks 80 advisable to adver-
tlse It's splendor; and the third Is that
the democracy, instead of envying this
wealth, evidently enjoys the profuslon
Il produces as sort of highly colored
picture that breaks the deadly monot-
ony Of the scene around. The wedding
Is masque with continent for spec
tators."
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Connnered hv the Hnnt

Having eaten breakfast, the Amerl-
can IN Cuba goes about the affairs OF
the day. lie generally starts in with
a good American rush, perspires for
two hours, gets exhausted and irrltat.
ed and lands in a hammock or at the
American Club before o'clock. And
II there is any one 10 listen to him he
gives It as his best judgment that any
one who would live IN Cuba or even al
low himself to be born there Is a fool.
The trouble with many married peo-
pie Is that they married their first love,
and the trouble with the rest Of them
Is that they didn't
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ments on the Arkansas, White and
Washita Rivers in Arkansas.
After the lapse Of another decade,
reaching now into the historic Jackson
ian period, Florida had become a part
Of the Union and the tide Of empire
had pushed on resistlessly. Missouri
had been carved out of the southeastern
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Nav MISSION socIErY.
Formed by Baptists to Establish Eos
eigu Missions.

A new mission society has been or
ganized among Baptists. Rev. DR..
George G. Lorimer, Of fremont Tenn
pie, Boston. is one Of its organizers. 1t
aims to put into foreign mission effort
a new idea-that Of mission stations,
which, after having been given three
or four years TO get started, must be-
self-supporting thereafter. The field
secretary Of the new society. Rev.
Charles S. Morris, grandson-in-law
Of Frederick Douglass, starts shortly
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The changes OF a century have made
the White House poorly adapted 10 the
requirements Of a Presidential man
sion. The associations connected with
the historic edidce have caused heslta.
tiOn In making a decision 20 enlarge or
Temodel II. IL stands as the embodi-
ment OF simplicity that characterized
the spirit and conduct Of the govern
ment Of our great republic IA its ear
Hest days. The President and his fam
fly practically live IN what might be
called a Fat. The White House Is
swo-stOry building, and for strictly
Family purposes only about two-thirds
OF the second story can be used. Near
ly all Of the first floor Is devoted 10 half
public service. It's eastern third forms
the famous East Room, which IS open
daily 10 the public The Red Room.
fhe Blue Room and the Green Room
nOminany belong 10 the Presidents
family, but are IN reality Of little use
% them. On the walls Of these parlors
hang famous paintings, some Of which
have been presented by popular organi-
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hinged lid. This latter may be closed
entirely in cold weather, while in
mllder temperatures it may be fastened
ut any desired point. When the top is
closed a means Of ventilation is pro-
vided through holes under the protect
Ing edge of the larger flap.
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sweeps west again around n body Of
population In Louisiana, and ends on
the gulf coast in that state. The area
included by It has immensely increas-
ed, butmuchof this increase is balanced
by the great extent Of unsettled land
included within IT," outside of this
frontier line there was yet practically
no settlement excepting small settle
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A palmist says that he read Kipling's
palm before he became famous, and
that he knew, throughout the poets
illness last winter that he would get
well. II he had seen 1T TO announce
the fact It might have relieved very
widespread anxiety.
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Mlstah Mose-I tell yo, dat Pompey's
progressive! Jes' look at him putin
all his ground In flowah bedsl
Nistah smiff-Whats progressive
bout dat2
Aiistah Mose-Why, he won't hab tub
go aftah chickens nowl Deyu come
TO hlm.-Kansas City Independent
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A new telescope now being built for
the Paris exposition is warranted TO
bring the moon within fortyone miles
Of Us. At too short range there may be
some danger that we are all become
lunatics.
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"1Ou' -FOUR feet. The path will be light
Sc, 1y a double row of lights, placed SO
ign as TO alternate. and half way be-
tween the cities park and casino viii
NC established by the company that
mas undertaken to build the structure.
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An eminent singer has recently or
nered her tombstone. While possibly
no press agents story, It certainly has
positively last farewell look
about II
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canada, 2.25. In France and Belgium
the amount of alcohol consumed year
" Is increasing; in Holland, England
ana Italy it is stationary; in all the 9TH
er countries it is gradually diminish
fur
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The malaria microbe, as well as many
other disease germs, Is an animal, en-
dowed with probably all the attributes
Of higher brute life. TO Nature mere
size is nothing A mlcrobe therefore
may be, for all we poor clumsy beings
may know, more perfect being than
we ourselves are. Now the question is,
should not the Society for the Proven
tion Of Cruelty TO Animals, the anti
viyisectionists, etc, pounce on the men
who are using these poor little microbes
30 roughlyl We are all microbes.
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The latest idea is to build n wnrshlp
20 be called "The American Girl" 1t
seems natural to think OF a strong
BrmOr round It's waist
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No. The tile and the hat trust have
40 connection with each other.
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We are not inclined TO the opinion
that the man who wants to marry
Helen Gould ia insane.
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The laundry combine recently incor-
porated In New Jersey will put up the
emoothess front Of them all
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The rule against the wearing Of hats
In a place Of public amusement has
now become sufficiently n matter Of
course that the woman who keeps on
a hat-especially hat OF the present
season-throughout a concert or play
stamps herself as lacking In breeding.
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An things come to him who waits
bad luck Included.
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1 ne ants OF South America have been
NOV" to construct n tunnel three
miles in length.
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Z VIII the formation of the copper
trust be likely to affect the price OF
rents7
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STANDING ROOM ONLY
THAT WILL BE THE COUNTRY'S
CONDITION IN YEAR 1000

Increase In Population VIII Soon ABB
sorb All Territory in the United
States, Giving Only an Average of
an Acre to One Person.
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A parrots talk Is a good deal like q
baby's: only the owner can UNDERSTAND