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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-10-28
GOING SOUTH.
CIRCUIT COURT DIRECTORY.

TRIee.-First Monday in February-term
hree weeks third Monday in May-term two
weeks first Mondayin September-teAm three
weeks.
HRIsTIA N Fourth Mon day in February
ERIN six weeks: First Monday in June-tern
ERIN six weeks
CALLowAY.-SeoondM Monday in April-term
three weeks First Monday in August-term
term three weeks.
LYoN.-First Monday in May-term Of
WeeKs; first Monday in August. term
weeks first Monday in December term
weeks.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-10-28

Ex-United States Senator Stephen w.
Dorsey, Of Arkansas, has bought a
handsome residence in Los Angeles,
Cal, and will make that city his home.
His art collection is expected to be the
most noteworthy in southern Califor-
mia.
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L. & N. Time Table.
GOING NORTH.

GOING NORTH.
No. 52-St. Louis Express $50 a. NJ
No. b4-St. Louis Fast Mail $50 p. N
No. 92-Chi. & St. Lou. Linn. $40 a. N
No. 56-Hopkinsville Ac. S:45 p. m
GOING SOUTH.
No. 51-St. Louis Express 5:22 p. m
No. 53-St. Lou. Fast Mail $40 a. m
No. 91-Chi. & st. Lou. Linn. IL :58 p. n
No. 55-Hopkinsville Ac. 6:l5 a. m
No. 81 and "a connect at St. Louis FOR ali
points west.
No. 81 connects at Guthrie for Memphis Line
points as far south as Erin and for Louisville,
Cincinnati and the East.
No. SO and IS make direct connection at Guth-
RE for Louisville, Cincinnati and all points
north and east thereof. No. 50 and S. also con-
J. c. HOOE, Agt.
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DoSgraCia en- Cayey.
In C2bO muertO de IN tirO.

Hacienda ejercicio en- Csyey Ia
compaf11s G.. al destacada, y tiran-
d al blanco en- los terrsnos llama
dos &Los Feros1 On soldado llama
DO Julio Gu8sch'cuya CArabins IS
taba argAda, se le dispar6 dicha
erma = I'll prbyectil hir;6 al caoo
que estaba Immediate, d. nomb~e
Delucca, dei&ndolo muer5o en- el
acto
FL suceso hs 81 10 una desgracia
muy gcande pues ambos ersn ami
g0s y Sc cuentan escelas de dol0r
muy tiernas p)r parte del casual
matador al yer muerto & su ami
go.
E entierro foe uDa mantle sta
ci6n muy grAnde de dnelo, asistieu-
do unos 2OO companeros del cab3,
de me liza gala, Crquesta Y ell cada-
YER envuelto en- Ia bauierA america
n3.
Guasch ell soldado es natural d.
Mayagt7z y el Cabo Delucca de Pc
nuelas. Ambos muy acreditados por
So buena cOnducta.
En- esta imprenta Sc veuda pa
pei ds pari6dicos { 50. 40 ell quint&l.
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Ponce.
Noticids directds.

va esta cast terminado Ell edit -
clio del tranvfA e143trico.
Ha regresado de. su viajs q San
Juan nuestro distingaido amigo ell
ingeniero don Rafael Gel Vale zs-
no.
Auoche estall6 un petardo, hi
ri6udole una mano al joven Juan
SerranO.
FL bale ce!ebrado en- Ia casa de
los sef1ores Felici qued6 muy lucido
ssliendo Ia concurrencia altamente
compIacida de las atenciones de di-
cha famiIia.
Juicios orales para Febrero:
Dia II. FL de Jose Font y Mar
telo 8 hijo.
Dia 18. Cootra Maximino VII
dal per rapt0 de Clsudia Lopez
Dla 10, 81 de joe Mar1a Su-
bsskoff.
Dia "a, Contra Carlos Diaz vi
D'a25. Contra Saturno Her
nandez Borrero, por dispsro y le-
stones.
Febrero 12, 1902.
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EdifiCiO eSCu0la
para Gu6DiCa.

Fl nuevo comi>iopa1o ds Edu'
caci6o, que ha DIDO de personas de
valer, las condolences climatol6gicas
del poblado de Gaanica. tiene el
proposito de que So es5a blezsa en- 81
un edit1cio escuels, que sera de gran
ventaia para aque los pobladores
En- Guauics ha aumentado ma
chO Ia poolaci6n con motive del
establecimiento slIf de la &Gaanica
C3ntral0 que es una companfa azu-
carera de colossal. importancia.
Mantieue un >contir gante de
obreros y opersrios de 800 indivi-
duos y sa capital es de ssis millones
de dollars.
Jasto es que Sc piense en- Ia edu
caci6a de los pobladores de an terri
t0riO en- que SO desSrrolla.uua fuen-
to de riqueza de aquelIa naturale-
"a.
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LOS PRESUPUEST0S
-. DEL PROXIM0 AN0 EC0NOMIc0.

Secci6n So Cspitulo 40 Nego-
cIado de R9nJas iuternss inclusAs
lGApecc;6l y VAIoracloa, Eu Ell
presupuestO vigenJe tigura ell persO-
nAl ds este NegociadO dlvldldo en-
0Os secslonee, sgregadas tambien &
las Odcia&s del TesOrerO; uuA cJm-
ptenslv@ de trece empleAdos y IN
nens ajsrJ con sus respscti vas dota-
clones pr valor de 5 %. 440 dollars y
Utra Con- lituida pOf un Jefa y IA
Agentes Generates de R9uJas inter
Las, mas tres dependencies, con
sueldOs ascendenGes q $23 900 do
liars, fernando en- junto ambAs par
4i1as Ia de $39.44O d-l.ars. E el
Hr0yecto para 1902 1903, suben eos
s1eIdLs q $43680 dollars &rrojando
os1 un aUmento de $4240, cugO orr
gen Sc vera p0r el deGAIIe siguien-
Ge:
Los trece emplead0s hoy exis-
tentes en- las Of ;inas prlnclpales Sc
han reducidO a ochO; perO al Depen-
dlenJe principal 8 C1eef C.egk Ie
han adiclona1o a les dos mil dollars
de su sae,dO, una graUidcacion de
5000 para d rigir las val0raciones;
oil tercer dependlente que tiene hoy
| $l40O Sc le anaden olrOs 5000 eIe-
vando sn-salario a $1,000; otros dos
dependencies de los gus tienen hoy
$1,000 So hSn ascendidO & Sl40O cada
uno; otros dCs de q $1,000 q $1,000,
uno de 5000 a $1,000; en- lugar de los
ounce agentes generates inc.uso Ell
Jsfe, sc prOpone Ia creaclon de vein
to y dos plazas de Agentes Genera
les; dos con mil seiscIeatOs dollars
cAo& una, en- lugar de $500 que tie
oen hoy los princi pales; Ocho con
S14O0 en- vez de los $1,000 que perci-
ben hoy los dOce reslant5s; y diez
| mas con Ia Teferida dotAcl0p de
| Sl2OO. Al Mensajero que tieoe hoy
| S42O Sc le asiguan $3.50 y el go De-
! pendiente conserve sin &4terAcio1
los $1,000 que tiene hoy ssigoa1cs
Capftulo SO Gastos eyentuales
ia las Oicicas del Tesorero. Tam
oi6n estos ga8tos fguran digididos
en- dos 6ecclOnes en- Ell presupuestO
corriente, incluid&s ambas en- los
| extraordiaariUs de lss Odcinas deI
Tesorero. Una d. $4,000 dollars per
gastos de viaje, Typewriters, Mobi-
| llarlO lnpreV s1OS y ObC@ SnSA" d
los Aqentas Go Rantas internae, as
eendente & Sl4. 480 dollars, por di-
vetsos conceptos; fernando ambss
jaotas Ia dc $l7.48O dollars. Ea el
! proyectJ de presupuestO para el a6o
vonidero, esos gastl s So ddpiican y
sIgo mas, pues 50 elevan a S36 440
dollars, 10 que arroia un aument0
en- los gastcs de $18960 dollars.
SC6mo SO ha opel ado ese au-
memo? Muy sencillamente. A los
tres mil dollars de los gast0s pro-
pios de 10 Ofcins del Tesorero, SO
hsn egregado en- lugar de los $1,000
que 6guran para libros, impresos y
4ueuI S de les ageutes, otros $4,000
| para impression de lblos, facturss
nuevos imprevistos y alquiler de si.
ti0s para Slmacenar tempOralmente
los efectos introducidos de contra
osndO, los gast0s de visje inclpidOs
tam6ien en- Ia pr6xima partida, = en-
lugar de los siete mil OChoclentos
dollars cslculAdos asf mismo este
af1o para les gastos de esa clase de
los Agentes de Rentss internas, So
presuponen para ell af1o pr6ximo GER
ca del triple, sean $l9.95 dollars
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d'stribuidos ssi: $25O0 para gAstos
de visje de los EuspsctOres del Ne
gociaaO de C3ntabindad; otros $25O0
para visj9s de los examlnadores 0el
Negociado de Hacienda Municipal,
y $I4 $50 para las excursiOnes cAm-
pestces de los agentes. En- veg de
los $500 aprOplados este af10 para
culaU ue cabaAOs, pesebres, &, Sc
ssIgoan $8280 (mas del triple) con ell
prOpiO Ibj 5bO para el~aflO pr6ximo,
y OTTO taEGo suce1e con la partida
de cOmprA de csbAlios, sllias de moa-
tar, brldas, &, que 6garando hoy
por $3.50, en- ell prUyec6O Sc elevau a
S22lU. La partida acGusl de S250O
para la impression de sell0s de rentas
1nternas ha desaparecido en- el men
ciOnado proyecto.
CAp1tulo 50 Sueldos de los Co.
lectores y Su ocol 4ctores de Rentas
interlas. El el presupuesto vlgan-
to importa este cApf5uIo 64.7O0 do
liars, mientras que en- eI actual sLlO
asciende q SO. 100 dollars, resultando
asi una baja para Ell. a1o pr6xlmO de
$l1.540. La raz0n de esa baia Sc
exp!1ca asf Hoy tenemos 8 C-lec.
torres con 1900 dollars cada uno y Sc
rsducen q tres; q Otros tres Sc les
rebajs e1 sueldu $500 y q los.otros
tres q $1,000.
En- lugar de los q Sub-colecto.
res actuaIes con Ia referida dotac!on
de $4,000, se prOpone 81 nombramien.
to de 81 asf: cinco con 900 dollars;
seis con $72O; ounce con $500; vein
te cuatro con $3.50, y uno con 1920.
En- lugar de 25 dependencies 8 escri-
bientes (clerks) diez y seis con $500
2 nueve con $500, Sc reduce su nj
nero trec4; dos con 5000; dos con
S720; dos con $500 y seis $430; y los
nueve mensajeros actuales con $500
cada uno, Sc limitan dos con $240
dollars y otros dos con $l2O.
CApitulo 70 Gastos evantuales
de los Coiectores y ,colectores.
Los presupuestos para Ell a1o pr6xi
mo suben & 1860 dollars. En- ell
sc5usl solo sseienden q $4320, au-
mentaIdose por consiguiente en- el
proyecbo Z, ,740 dollars. Motives del
aumento. Hoy solo SO page el al
quiler de ofclnas para 8 cOIe3tCras
a $3.50 una, imporGandO en- junto
Sl44O mientras en- el proyec5o ss~cal-
culsn 4080 dollars para 5 ofcinas q
$3.50 dollar; dos q 1920 y cuare ia y
nueve $50. Hey solo hay asigua-
do para material de ofcinas moollia-
rio imprevistos para nuevs CJlec-
torres, 6 trescientos veinte dollar .
para cade uno la cantidad de $3.50
mientrss para ell pr6ximo a21o SO cal
culan 1900 dollars con ell mismo ob-
jeto en- esta forma; $3.50 para uaa
ofcina; para otra 1920 para cnatro
oficinaa Sl20 & GAIA una, y para Gin
cuenta y cuatro $50 cada uE& F..
nalmeute Sc presuponen 2780 do
liars para la compra dc caJas para
guardian valores de que car9cen hoy
los @ )lectores y Suboolectores
Cap1Julo 50 Gobierno de Ia ca
Zebra. Asc'ende este cap1tulo que
no figura en- e! actual presupues5o
dentro d. esta Seocj0n So Il suma
de nil dollars distribuid0s asf: Suel-
do dol Delegado $500. Iiem del PfAc-
ticante $24O, Para gsstos imprsvis-
tos 100.
Continuaremos en- el pr6ximo
artfcuIo.
! Julian e. B2anco.
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QQomadOS en- Ell fQogO
de la Marina.

Como )nsecu9ncia de- faego
O: urrido en- la Marina la ro2h9 Gel
Microbes. resu tarOn con quemadu-
ras don Salvador GIL con una De
primer grade lbs dedos fnd;ce y
medic y parte palmar de ls mRno
der cha. = II
Dan Msnue Trxid& sufri6 tam
bien quema 1uras de primer grAdu
al a7tebraz0 y mano derschA y .Euse'
bio Catala de- ligerss qusmaduras al
sr3o plantal derecho todas levas.
La socie lad sangarmens g. pra-
para para asi stir 81 tradlcional bal q
de <p: nsta1 qua dara el eCicculo do
Recrso0, el domingo pt6xim3.
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COnatO de fuGgO
en- PQerta de TERRA.

S:gun parte producido por' don
Manuel Jur rquera, hoy p or la3mans-
ma se' declare fuego spor la parta
tr@sera de la casa, denOminAda la
Gtapja, cuyo conato de fueg1 fa6 SO.
focado por los Sres. Pedro Torres y
Andres Montanez.
Al tener conocimiento ell Guar
dis Jose Qainonez encargado del
puesto, se constituy6 en- Ia ci5sda ca
sa y observe que las puertas de lE
parte de detras de la referida casa
Sc b | b impregoadas de
aguarrAs y como ahumada una es-
Quina de Is casa.
La policia prActioa diligencias
para dar con Ell autor 6 aut, res del
hecho.
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El carnaval de Ia Cirdad del
Oast9 termir6 con dcs magrficos
bail6s en- el c. sino y ca ell Cantro.
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SON ESTCS SuS SINTOMAS ?

s'redileccl6n al onanlsmo, ernisiones dc dia de
MOChe, deTrames al oetar en- pTcSencla dc una
lhsciVas; CranOa COntraCCiones do los muaCiiIn5
(que son preCur6Ores de l& EptepsIa; pobsa'
nlentOa Y suenOs vOuptuoSOsi GOtncaCI0Dea
tcndeuCiaS & dOrmitar d0rmir, scnsaci0n dc EN-
bUuteCimiOntO, p6rdid3 de Ia Voluntad, fa!ta 80
enorg1a imposibilidad de conCentlAr las ldeas,
dolores en- las pioInaa Oh los mt*Cul"s, sEn5aC1"h
dc tTisteza Y de saltent"s inqulStud, tAila ue
memorial indeCision, melancoha, CansanciO drA.
puGS deCuAlqu1er 6StueIEO ptQutno, ulalHlH3 ~
tautea ante Ia Viata, debitdad drSpUea del act" q
do una p6rdida invOluntatia; dcGrRme al hH3"r
sfue z0s On In Rilla, TuidO RilDidO en- los OIdoa,
tlmid6z manOs v pies pcgaiOsOs fTluS, trm0rNe
tlEdn pegrO inminent0 de mu0l to intOriunl",
impnteDca paTcal6 total, deIr0me premature
cnimientO do In senhibilidad, oTgaLos c%idus y
do0llrs, dispepsia3 etc, +tc AiEnnos DO 13 es"5
homDro que drh0 recuperar sUs enVryadas fUcrzH9
whales, o vendEa ser presa de alguna fatal
NosotrSs solicitamos De todos los que sufrcn
de algunO de los e1ntOmas arr1bh enUWclad0s,
QUE OBSER VEN BIE2N ESTE A VISO,
GOmunicAndnse con nuestla Companla dc ncdic"3
esptCialstaS quo han trntdO Vclute amos de CN
peTienca, LraIuudO enfeImedades &c los ncIvirs
drl stotemA seNuAl y qutCnts puCuen galau lzar
una curaci0n radical permanente.
EnViVnOS una rclaCOn COmpIeta de All case
d&nfouOS tudO su nOmDTO y dil CcCi0n, dad, UCu.
paCdn. ri Cs Casad0 : eOltcrO, CUalc9 de los sin.
tomas nOpDradOS le han mantle tado 4 / IT,,
81 Ia, hb u~ado algUn tTatamieutO paIa R"nUrl "a,
e4trCllrZ sihl5 algunI Otla enfermrdad vcHcI ca.
NueatlA junta de medcus diaguosticma cnsc.
gutdh CnldadOsampnte Su case (.grutts) inform.
treiut3l tllAS, en- el quo cfrCtUaT& CuaCi0n
radical 80 lorostabloCcra Va. su Cmp!ea salud,y
Temito CiucO rso4 bUlrt"s de sU pals giro
postal como Rarant1a de buoua fe, lC envIarotr0s
ensrEuiha las methCiuaS rrqucrid1S p"r G. rfro
corutcado, tan prontb com" nutstra JUntN de
m6dCnS haya deCididO Cl complete tratamN > a
quo UO. dUU0 sOmeteIso.
C0MPANIA ESPECIALISTA del II JRTE
l61 Vincent Bldg Broadway & Duane St.,
- New York; L. U, d. A.
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Gallart, es el nombre de! Poll
cia Iosula1, hcrido con motive del
faego de Cabo Roj0!
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EN- ESTA IMPRENTA SO dara
CO ocacion & dos chicOs appendices
Qna aepAn CompOHer y diNtGibuir,
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HOMBRES DEBILES
KEGUBRAU VUESIRU VIGUR
la DEMORA ES PELlGROSA.

Parece one el Croador ha ordenodo que despues
de la sangro el fuidO vital seminal sea ia sun"
Stancia mas pIeciOAa en- el cuerpO del hombre,
Glg,lnn perdfdn contrana1ural de Gl produciIa
sitmpro TcsuIiatOs GCsastrOsOs ,,
Nluchos hOmbrCS han muert0 de enfermeNaIes
Coruentes. tales como las del COraZon, del hlgado
do los rnUnCs, Intermediates pumonarGs etc,
Yur habtr pcTmitldO su vitalidad faStaIse eA-
pOni&udOse asi ser faces victimas do cSlaS
Intermediates, CuandO algunas cajaS dc nuesI'as
mediCnaA, tOmadas tempo. haOI1an 1mpodldo
estas dohlitantes p6rdidas, ast perseverance, eu
Nituitdad para ToststiT d los ataques dc csas peA
tIOsUS Intermediates.
Muchoa homDres han llegado Ienta, pero segura~
mente, M cathdO dc domCncia inCurable q causa
de cstas lGrdldas. sin SAILOR La VerdadeIa Cauaa
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savage, with ugly countenaucCs and
extremely long, coarse hair. Some time
ago pup was caught and tanned, de-
ve,opiug into n due Watchdog, but
though every cirort was made to
secure mate for him II has not been
possible,
1t is not generally realized that the
mountain lions OF Mexico will attack
a man, but several recent encounters
show them to be rs dangerous for men
as for beasts, One Of tho mozos in
recent hunting party had but one
hand. the stump Of his left arm bear
ing Witness to Il terrible struggle with
u lion he had shot and then ap-
preached, thinking the brute was dead
\ gentleman who has hunted In the
State Of Sonora tells of certain
spring whore two men have been Killed
by lions while camping there for the
night These hrutcS follow man for
miles, like the panther. Mrcd ON by
the human scent and hopes of finding
an opportunity TO spring ON the trav.
clcr A mountain lion was recently
killed. in MiChoaCan that measured
three metres from tip to tip.
Mexico possesses many intrepid
hunters especially among military
men, hut their deeds OF prowcss are
rarely related, this being rather for
cign to the Mexican character. which
does not lend itsolf to anything mp
preaching hoastfuness. The writer
knows of an ardent sportsman, a gen
Cral, who had one room entirely
adorned with firearms and furnished
with trophies OF the chase. The
furniture was covered with skins, the
feet of the chairs being deers' horns.
The arms, dating from the conquest
Ia the present time, were valued at
over 5000. So far did this general
carry his fad for shooting implements
that he had u cigarette case made In
the shape of n pistol, and In offering
his guests 'cigarros" pulled a real
trigger and shot the tobacco missiles
in their direction
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one of the scientists at the Agri.
cultural college at Toldo has been in
ycstigatIng the subject of the differ.
oncc in the color Of ten leaves, and no
offers the following explanation: In
making green tea the leaves are
steamed as soon as they are gathered.
in the case Of black tea tho leaves are
allowed to Torment before drying
The result * that the finished black
tea contains much less tannIn than the
green, The original tea leaf possesses
nm oNidi2Ing engine, which IB de.
stroyod in the green tea by stoaming
In the black tea during fermentation
the engine oxidlges the tannin and
gives rise to brownish product De
troit Free Press
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-05-29

hearers to the bad This was eSpe-
cially the case when he told of sub,
SiStiug on rattlcSnake meat for day $
1T a time as a regular diet, Il was
while he was out on a prospecting
trip that he found that rattlers were
good eating The party ran out of
food and when the papgs Of hunger
became uuhoarahle they went after
snakes, the only animal food to b.
found in that vicinity.
They saved our lives, said Man,
lin, and | want to tell You right here
that rattlcSuakc is all right, I've
hoep eating ii ever since and consider
it a table doNcacy They taste best
fried and the flavor is q good deal like
oysters, The meat is a clear white
and wholesome, aud have discovered
il is a great muscle developer, Itll
mako you ms strong as Sampson or
Sandow ON Il steady diet That's what
it's done for me"
The belt he wears is made from
the skin of hig RATHER which killed
Maulm's "sidoktck," man named
philhrook, in the Sierra Nevada noun
tains, Some of the party had located
a bis nugget OF sold aud Srcyctcd Il
in a hole in the ground philhrook
was wise" To the cache and during
the night he decided 10 take leave
with the treasure, The RATHER had
taken refuge alongside the nugget, and
when philhrok reached his hand into
the hole the snake bit him His yell
aroused the rest of the party ana they
killed the snake, Tho unfortunate
man died the next day,
Pete and his dad" made ten,
strike recently while prospecting near
his home, 12b miles up the Carson
river from Garden Well Nevada
When he struck Il rich he was seized
with a wild impulse to travel and see
life in the cffctC east Tho only big
cities he has yet visited are chicago
milwaukee, and Minneapolis lie
saw his first railroad train few
months ago,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-05-29
GuTTA PERcAA IN NEW GUINEA.
The Germans Say They Have Found
Large Quantity Of u

Now York sun Tho German col.
onial society, two wears ago, offered a
reward of 5000 marks for the finding
of plant In any Of the German col.
onies which would supply gutta pcrcha
suitable for cable purposes A dis
match from German Now Guinea, re-
cotvcd few weeks ago says that
gutta pcrcha has been found thcrc in
large quantities,
This is good news, indeed, for
scarcely any tropical product is more
needed In writing on Rutta porCha n
while ago Major ]. O Kcrhoy saId that
Che demand for this substance was
now Goo times greater than the supply,
The reason for this is that Eutta
pcrcha is getting scarce, and II Ia the
only substance used for covering
ocean cables that Is not soon destroy cd
10y tho effect ot salt water
1t IA known that the gutta porcha
troc thrivcs in the Philippines. though
It does not abound there in great qunn-
titles ono of the reports OF the
Philippine commission encouraged the
belief that the industry there may he
largely developed This should he
done, Il possible. as Eutta pcrcha Is a
very paying product aud would add
great deal to the wealth Of the Is,
lands
UntiI recently Great Britain and
Holland were supposed to own all the
gutta pcrcha lands outside of the Phil
ippincs, II now looks as though the
United states and Germany would be
added TO the lands having large In.
tercst In this product Franco also il
selling gutta perChn Seeding to all her
tropical possessions, and great atten-
tiOn viii hereafter be paid 10 several
countries 10 the cultivation of this
product
A discovery was recently made that
may have great effect upon increasing
the supply II has always been sup
posed that It was necessary to cut
down the tree I'm order 10 secure the
milky juice II Is said that at least
80 100000 trees have thus been dc.
stroyed In the past century. II Is now
asserted that method ct tapping may
be employed which win preserve the
tree so that il viii produce for many
years.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-05-29

Richard Mansfield is not celebrated
for his lively sense of humor, but
his serious cast of mind does not pre-
vent him from occasionally indulging
in a BIZ of humor Recently, In con.
Quoting a dress rehearsal of a play In
which occurs rain scene, Mr. Mans
field and his entire company began
coughing violently from shower Of
dust which suddenly filled the wings
Stage rain" is generally made by the
dropping of split peas in a drum
cylinder, and in this case there was
an instant suspicion that the rain
box" had not recently been cleaned.
But none Of the stage hands volun.
teered the information until Mr. Mans.
field fercely exclaimed Il demand TO
know where this abominable dust
comes from. Finally one Of the men
more courteous than his associates.
vcnturcd the explanation: Il think It
comes from the rain box, sir" And
ca-a.nt you wash the RAIN" inquired
Mr. Mansfield in all seriousness.