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A Duty of the state.

AuEltin StN eSlpan.
There are two things which viii make
Texas as great in wealth as in empire.
These are deep water outlets to the
markets Of the old world and the new,
and manufactures which win convert ma
Give riw material into the finished pro-
duct
The first is secured and will be per-
fseted in the near future. The second
Win come when local capital shall grow
less timid and seek investment in the
development of domestic resources.
Already The manufacturing spirit is
abroad in uhe State, bringing confidence
to idle dollars and filllng the CONNER
cial heart with substantial hope.
There are Two essentials to the sue
cessful Inauguration OF an era OF man
ufacituring industry which we have
omitted They are transportation facili-
ties ana cheap fuel. All these Texas has
to adequate degree except the last. This
last has been brought to our hands by
the oil discovery ait BEAUMONT II what
appears 10 be expert opinion on the
iusl quality OF the OIL can be relied upon.
Verify is nstare in her every mani
festI;lon OF grandness generous unto
Texas But for' this generosity and the
courage OF our business element Texas
would have dragged along without ma
seral development--a langulshing prey
o the demagogue and the calamity
shmeker AS 1t Is. chance. rather than
scientific exploration has discovered coal
Ignite oil anil other vsluables THAI foi
years have been hid from the ere OF com-
merce beneath the bounteous bosom Of
THAI part OF mother earth which Is held
within the metes and hounds that define
the empire Of Texas. Even rice, which
is marked TO hotd an Important place IN
eur cereal wealth. was introduced II not
by chance, Then by individual experiment
in neEther instance has the STATE made
demonserta tlons or discoveries. Why II
view OF thelse facts, should the state
delay provision for a sensible geologi-
cal department. ana Cor THE maintenance
Of an eNperln, entail FARM
This question is addressed TO Texas leg.
islators, WIN they heed 81?
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An Invention of the Enemy.

bSaN4hNut JOuTutls
The legislature. during It's present ses-
sion, Will make recast OF congressional
Districts That may be taken for grant
ed, and the journal has assaggestion to
make. The legislature may not OF course
adapt the Journals suggestion. Yet
there's wisdom I'm IT, Galveston and Har-
rls counties, including the cities OF Gal.
weston and Houston, are contiguous. and,
OF themselves, would make an elesans,
compact, homogeneous and harmonious
district With an ablRiance OF congress
slonal material. But they are sllgAtly
deficient 10 populaSinn, and 10 supply that
dsBalenoy Braxorla and Fort Bend co,m
ties may De put with them. Let those
four counties- Font Bend. Brazoria, Gal
weston and Harris--be put together. and
the district will have all the qualities be-
fore named, contiguous, compactness, hos
nogentty, harmony and requisite popula
ton, and " will be safely democratic. In
desd. reference TO the vote for gov
ernor ait the iast election SHOWS tina,
each Of these four counties Is soiidIy
denlocratic. The vote was; Brazoria. for
Ssyers i2a4. tor HannAy s74. Sort Bend
for Savers 1882, for Hannay IS: Calves.
ton. for Sayxrs SIN, for Hannay 1870
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Suited EXACTLY.
Memphis scimitar.

"eHphis scimitar
I'm searching for new kind Of litera.
lure said respondent looking man 10
Main street bookseller the other dsv
don't quite understand. If YOU mean
ne" books in science history or fiction.
me nave : liberal assortment fresh from
me publ shers." S'H I'm
- 40 no. you don't catch nv meaning :,
Ne Srsnge customer INTERRUPTED .,I
t I've oepght books galore of thai desorin.
VA lor my wife. but the effect of that
wo,,,s ,eaalng has not been practical I
49,, IKE 10 get hold Of somethlnr tbst
,r oSiu make her economical. Her eS-
dsn sanee In conducting the commissary
e ~, men OF my home is running me
49, nnt that's got nothing 10 do With +,
n,s a a'nd Of literature" reiolned the CON
used bookseller '"e oVn
or,.sllt 70 be plain with Won want
ons eing that will teach NV 40, ~
s,mn' snsPdlng her how we NAV live '. on
~ bsy l see said the dealer In hooks
What Is itg'' wv you'
10, s l, Il book entitled Dainty pIahes
w eozen.9 was the glad reply
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soMn posrsrRIprs.

Nanches'er England, has decided to estah.
Nsn mounted police force tor the city. con.
8 sting ct twenty-five men
TIE farms in the nelghborhood OF Prstorin
paye been proved rich IN coal, copper, gold
aRd diamonds
me sai' production in Miohgsn last year
hl'd iS2e,s6a barrels. gain over the prS
secng year Of 5ils barrels.
the assessment for personal and real prop
cry in the county In watch louisville il
situated Is valued at sissi74.5oi.
The Argentine Republic has offered large
'rae' Of fertile laud 70 Japan il st viii send
her sa,ooo Immigrants
Ladnceslon ia Tasmania has is electric
'tsatsng system derived from river that
iorms one OF the city boundaries.
Winter tourist travel Is very heavy q
South California ever all the rcsss, ana tss
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PRACTICAL USE OF LIQUID I
III Will Soon Be Delivered at Your d.,
Cans.

We are barely upon the threshold OF a
great empire. II second Daniel could
have arisen behind Alesandro Volta in
the French institute when he exhibited
his famous pile just 100 years ago
and said Gentlemen. 100 years from
today with this same mysterious power
future generations viii pc running
coaches over land, ships through and I'M
der the sea and communicating from con-
tinent to continent he would have been
laughed 10 scorn Yet such has come
to pass.
Only a few years have elapsed since the
discovery of means by which liquid air
could be made in quantities available for
practical uses, and what is the result?
| IL is proved beyond the shadow OF
doubt that liquid air is
/. An energy as great as electricity
or steam. and capable OF being ehectual-
/ ly harnessed to serve practical ends.
| 2. 1t has refrlgerating power exceeding
aDythng known 10 science.
3. 1t is capable ST producing the in
tensest heat. and hence the most perfect
combustion
| 4. While harmless in its unrestrained
state, ana while it may be transported
and handled wi h entire safety, under
certain conditions 1t becomes one of the
/ ). BY It's aid the absolute publication
OF chemicals is assured.
6, In medical science liquid air is prov
| ing one of the most valuable aids TO the
prevention of disease and for the alleyia
ton of suffering.
And this is jus the beginning. In any
one of these branches there is ample
scope for a lifetime of experiment and
discovery Already scores Of the most
L.. tt,n rNr11 ha
! abandoned all other research and are
/ given up n devotion to some one branch
| OF the advance Of liquid air as great
factor In the worlds progress. The first
great obstacle has already been removed.
The first ounce of liquid air that was
ever made cost $4,000, Today WITH a 500
/ horse power plant it can be manufactured
in quantities for 1 and l-5 cents per
gallon.
AS energy, one cubic foot of liquid air
is proven to possess somewhat over TO-
600 foot pounds of power 1t is al
ready running engines, automobiles and
! other machinery with success satisflo"
tory both in the matter OF power and
economy. especially when liquid air has
been utilized first for refrigeration. In
the ma ter OF refrigeration with a tenn
peratWe Of 3l2 degrees below zero. It
can not only manufacture ice in what
ever quantities desired but also refrig-
crate meats and fruits for transportation
by land and sea, a supply of the air in
receptacle being now available for q
period of fourteen days with any degree
OF cold at the viii Of the operator. at It
cost not to exceed ice and with the added
advantage OF the dry cold which is the
greater preservative Of all perishable
commodities.
As a producer Of heat 1T is enough TO
to
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EXCHANGE INTERVIEWS.

The Cane Belt en- X aud III has an
bounced It's purpose 20 build toward We
iaseo &C the rate o. four mlies per month
This ia about the rate q already has made
irom Sealy 10 It's terminus, seven miles be
row wharton, distance approximations ffty-
three miles and period OF thirteen months
40 the rate the road Is nov making II VIII
DC IN Nelasco sometime along about neNt
November Developments along this line
are marvellous, Netting like It has ever been
Ing opened ahead Of the line. and as fas.
as built honls trafie Tor a contiguous coua
ry IN the highest state 81 DEVELOPMENT. j.
Velasco World.
Railroads are great developers Their Pm.
noters usually know good thing When
they see II. too and that accounts ior them
moving 30 LIVELY these days along tho coss,
county People who now I've and othsrs
who may settle, along THIS new road san NOW
nave a market for their fruit and vegetables
and other ihings a, az hours notice. The
soil Is rich, the climate almost perfect and
there is no reason why South Texas should
not outstrp the world in progress within
the next ten years. II VIII be surprising II i
doesn't.
Bryan took his vacation hrst before start.
INK to pnblish his paper, and Il he nublishes
real newspaper, that's about thr iasf he
VIZ gel until he quits newspapering to nv
some OF his other professions II Is told
q iiorace Greeley that be tried IN yain Tor
tnirty years 70 Get day on 10 go Rshlng.-
III PAso Herald,
In addition to being past master in
sdiicrlsl work Of certain segt, Mr.. orsslsy
Was su!lsHuy seesntrlc. So was Charles A.
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hanks are in a had way, also the iron
trade and electrical industries, while the
wool spinning industry has been almost
ruined The accounts from Russia say
that Il is not an ordinary, temporary, or
passing financial and Industrial crisis
which faces the ears empire. Deprecia-
tion OF British enterprise and British
commercial and lsboring methods has
become a hobby with the speakers and
newspapers
Everywhere there is unrest, uncertain
ty, depression and alarm. and these but
serve to hasten panicky conditions which
may result and spread ruin broadcast.
This is a gloomy prospect, but it is
only what might have been expected.
The growth OF the United States as a
producing and manufacturing Nation has
been phenomenal and our competition
with the European countries has been
steadily becoming keener and more dis
astrous to them. Our exhaustless re-
sources and our superiority in machinery
and in the character OF labor have en-
abled US 10 produce food crops and turn
out manufactures which can be sold for
less In European markets than can the
home products The large BALANCES Of
trade in our favor have hocn draining the
European money centers Of their surplus
money. until now the Old World stands
almost helpless at our feet.
But added TO all this is a burden OF
their own crsatlon-the vast military
and naval establishments which they
have persisted in maintaining at enorm
GUS cost to ne respective stl,es. in she
face Of depressing industrial condition.
and the developing menace from he Nev
World. The upper classes have been liy
i ing in luxury and the soldiers 1aye baer
rampered at the cost Of the laborlng PEG
pie and commercial circles. Tho popula
back has become weak under this heav!
load aud It is only mater for surpris
that crisis has not arisen long er,
this
In this growing gloom in Europe how
ever there is cause for alarm here also
Much Of cur recent prosperity and oust
ueks dNtNty mas o1eh pl notnueat ue
scriptlon. Speculation has been ruunin
Wild Great risks have been taken Ia
Will ouly pay in the event Of long con
tinuanee Of our now phenomenal foreg
trade II Europe becomes panic strlake
and money scareer a great volume of on
trade will be cut of This VIII mea
surplus stocks. falling prices and stagna
tlon in the United states. The nation
are too close together now Tor any On
to fgil TO feel shock communicated {
another
We will be forum te, indeed, IL we d
not too soon di'cover that the brig
prospects with which The world turnc
into the Twentieth century wero "a
largely the creations Of hope and III
Imagination
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state that liquid air in II.
IA known pressure of i, IN eVnlns,
square inch II conwerte, pvaaz
ordinary temperature ana lsa
lrme, and in combination ~, s1ass
carbon 1t produces an axr, r'a Il
safety and efficiency wftbs,'''i /
fast superseding nitroglyrs,ss r.
explosives in mining ana o.h. NJ y
where safe explosives ara y y
In the publication OF cha,ri'sas w
proach one Of the newest ara Nay ~.
able uses to which liuubi III i. ~ =
made available. The aeld " Y
bly, vast. In all liquids ~ IN
ingredients can be entIrely y
liquid air and the impure ~ s' 31Y
matter eliminated. -4 ~
For instance. take a vss..,
whisky of doubtful purity 4 y
the temperature down n % z 4
we separate the alcohol a..
gradients from the water. Wa
at that point. Conhinuinv =,
between $50 and 1870 below ,.as 4
and other deleterlous irprssIs.s.
leaving pure alcohol, which ~,
at ZOE below zero. Thus y
stages of freezing the eomo,, \.
OF any liquid compound NAV 4 i
one from the other, thJ i,r.,,'
mated and the pure recombIpts y
teal use.
This is a question Of ,p,r.,.
when we consider that imnrs,
into almost all drugs. ofies (.
opposite effect upon the NM,
from the one intended M T.
of ether. for instance. accourl II
per cent of the deaths dl,ra,
operations, when by the M !
air tine impurity may be e1lir.,I
mated.
In medical and surgical seIrs
air Is destined to be come sh'h,
valuable. Already in surgery 4
come a factor as a substit,y. y
thetics. Slow freezing mean.
the Tissues, whereas quick fre,gs
ems the parts temporamIy s,'s
operation to take place wItbaul
recovery without evil efferts i
is slowly frozen and then ,S,r.i
will wither and collapse; Il IN,
liquid air and frozen instant,
thaw out and be as fresh i !.
But in the separation Of Ia ~
parts OF the compound-nl;rOlr
parts ana oxygen twenty SIM
greatest use in Therapeutics Al
the publication Of chemieat /,
toned before. The problem 4
cheap liquid oxygen is one Il
concern.
Moreover highly oxygsnatei 4
invalids and children are alrns
study with great success, and h
cation OF milk. cream and X
liquid air is already unisRss
large scale. The desiruction Il
and other sanitary measures b.
yention of disease is another n
where liquid air enters larsel
But the householder naturaly
what practical use is liquid ii
today aside from benefits Il
induJtrial and medical? TNf 4
here already in a miniature rt,a
for the use OF hotels. apatnss
and private homes. Let Us ~
First of all there is the tsla 4
the liquid air, This may b d
boiler of the future From tbs \
the liquid air passes into . o.
resenting cellar, around d
which are coils of pipe, whsn
perature may be brought a y
sired.
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There Is a Good Chanes'
Velasco World.

The Houston Post says y
appearances there 10 uiu,a 4,
the present Legislative ~. 4.
strongly expresses the w. "A
make a recorll that Touia !,
phasize the legislative beglss, 4
CT a grand new era N - ~
We are glad 10 hear tf's "A
and especially so since :. y
CT the ST, Louis ReplDl's, 20
very vicious Legislation ~
sembled body.
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An object Lesson in 81

New York Worlu.
Forty years of experlena !
ment is worth a century ~
ing" said Thomas JeffefsoA
France has been paying ~
steadily for twenty-five ysai 4.
now paying s7,600.OoO a yeA
Norway pays no subsiales
and never has done So,
Here, then, is Jeffersons N
perience," and what does y
that while France, paying
larger in proportion % DC *, B
and wealth than those MI u
the United States TO pay
creased her total shipplg
per cent since 1875. WE n
quarter century period ll'h i
increased hers by alntos !"
twice as fast.
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hotels In Los Angeles and other resorts are
crowded
The other day naval Victoria Cross, to-
setber with Muiiny medal with a bar for
Lucknow. was sold in London for ei05.
Prot. g. e. Bessey, who has been countlns
the rings OF growth OF the California bis
trees. doubts II any of them approach the
age Of 1000 years
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DEPRESSING CONDITIONS.

MOT the Least OF the troubles of the
Old World L. ths financial cloud which
Is slowly but surely settling over England
and the coninent OF Europe. The re-
port that came from a.ondon Saturday
as 10 the growing ADVERTISEMENTS over
there 10 the monetary centers aud circles
y lusubreus 10 the extreme.
II 0srmsry the cIsiss are said TO DO
fuil Of the unsnasIoysd, the mortgage
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10 PAGES TODAY
SPECIAL NOTICE.

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whether intended for the business
or editorial department.. should be
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Texas Leads aga
San Antonio Express.

San Antonio Express. :.
A gentleman Of an ne s.
CT mind who has been rs 70
census returns finds nv
the States of THE UNA q
of gain in population sas M
products, having glined TX ~
lation in the last len \
cant, Illinoi. icoming ~
cent. The value Of the a
Texas for 1899 is piaeel -
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. oeesee . seo eseesssstssl


tain portions of the West, IN
ing irrigating reservoirs sia
why should it not as well dsIs
to the construction Of the loasl
Picket Line" railroad ipn
the mouth of the Rio Grant
claiming vast territory thE z
the Nile in productNeness' Z
was recommended by the WI
John G. Bourke of the Third os
more than once wrote aaict
favorable to the constructlsl \
line by the government, and ~
nent men have also spoken e.
of III. Why should it not @
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Exemntea IN mi
81 Paso News.

n Paso News. -
Come to think q y, v
member a recent case "A
bank or public ottiee (
train or bank being nr' n \
in the past few years. IN
OF these sorts OF cflu s}.,|
daily from some sfa's
empt, .-------
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The "Biack Eagle /.

As Hon Joseph d. Sayers has inc,
s .. On ais secend suherratorial tsrr,
mere is as yet very little aisenx.,o. !, =
rssard to bic successor" remarked c.a =
sial 4. p woxenersft. one OF ths 80.
49, OF Dallas, al Chamberlgi,,s 'uins
4. me quiet talk. however h 80.
- poiucal circles, ara the ra.. On
huin'er q available men have hear 2. a
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Berng. Chas Lott and Burt Hull are the su-
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ng and subscriptorl and no money should be
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rroubre on NJ

Chicago Tribune. N,
SAY" exclaimed Wv
cerplanetary long ~ ~
chap on Mercury, qus go,
I'm ealking TO = gen.~<|
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Get. There Just

Sherman Democrat u
Grayson county mas ~
she has Inc soil saS
thouaands Of people
man or a cOrporaE'0n
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OFFICE or PUBLICATION,
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cling Agents.
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One small Texas town sold $4,000 worth
Of chickens last year. That was at the rate
of about $40 n day. But any Texas town
can do as much, IL t. VII only raise tho
chickens When tho people OF even our
small Texas cities 70 oui daily and pay from
20 10 20 cents Cor chlcke no bigger than
your nst there's something wrong with tac
suppy-and it's NOT the hens that are to
blame.
wales Is probably thinking just now tha
"all things come to him who watts"
Tho naval appropriation bill reported al
this session OF congress Is a hls one but thD
country would not kick much Il the army
bill was not also record breaker. We neet
a large and efficient navy, but We DO no
need large army, and the bigger the navy
the less need for the army A navy. too, u
not menace 10 the liberties Of the country
supporting IT,
Houston continues to get her quota Of nov
busness--damage suits aggregaung ss2S0
in claims were Med here Saturday.
There is no disposition 70 rush John But
IN that canal matter The idea is to civ,
nm plenty Of time to see what a m,s,ake b,
would make Il he should attempt to thwar
tho National purposes and aspirations Of tht
United States,
At does not We, appear that the senate ha
set aside day for ouloges On New namp
shire's now detunct statesman, the Hon. W
Il. Chandler
-----------~---
Add'cks power in Delaware seems to ex
y IA, IA. az t1,
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Rrsmrsville nm I'm the Rio Grande.
u,l,,a ans fsasral government can expeud
% reclaim the aria lands Of csr-
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n 81 P5LmbR 49, President
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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-08

o'clock yesterday morning for cincin-
natl.
The marks on the wharf at midnight
recorded a stage OF Is feet and falling.
The H. K. Bedford will sun Mon
day in the MISUNDERSTANDING
trade.
The City of Wheeling left at two
o'clock yesterday afternoon for Par
kersburg.
Clate Agnew, formerly of the Vir-
ginia, has been appointed second clerk
IN the Urania-
Capt. John F. Klein's new towboat
was inspected yesterday by the govern
meIf inspector.
The Kanawha is expected to pass
this city Sunday on her regular trip
to Fittsburg. The boat is now tied up
at PIT. Pleasant.