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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-11
LoNDON's STOKE.
HOW 1T MAY BE LessEnED.
Legal Restrictions Likely to Fall
Must Rely on Gas and Electricity
Use Of Gas for Cooking Helps
Development of Electrical Power
VIII Lead to Fewer ChimneYs.

Legislation. unless of very drastic
and revolutionary character cannot
be looked upon as providing II possible
solution of the smoke problem in Lon
don. Signs are not wanting that IT
will not be by legal methods, whether
carried into effect by local authorities
or in consequence of Individual effort,
that an increasing and permanent i'm
provement in the atmosphere of Lon
don may be brought about. Two
things most distinctly point to future
developments which will all be in the
right direction. These are the use
of gaseous fuel and the more general
adoption of electrical methods.
The gas which is used for lighting
purposes is now being largely employ
ed for purposes of cooking, and also,
though in smaller degree, for the
fires in the living rooms of houses.
The more this use of gas will con
tinue to grow the less Will be the
domestic smoke. But apart from the
inborn repugnace which many people
feel to II gas fire in place of Y coal
fire, the cost of illuminating gas is
too great to permit its general adop-
ton. If only the gas companies would
provide second supply of gas, suit
able for heating purposes alone, then
the greatly reduced price of this would
give an impetus to the use
of gaseous fuel, and one way
would be opened toward the
lessening of the smoke. y gaseous
fuel suitable for heating alone. and
having no Illuminating qualities can
be made very cheaply, and could be
used in place of coal for many in
dustrial purposes.
But 1t is possible to look even a little
further ahead, to the time when illum-
mating gas will no longer be used,
and its place be entirely taken up by
electricity. When this comes to pass,
London viii still be intersected by
countless empty and useless gas pipes,
and would be more natural than replac-
ing by the gas companies of their
present plant with modified form
suitable for the generation of II heat
ing gas to he distributed in the old
pipes instead of abandoning them as
so much scrap iron. This would mean
that the domestic smoke. and that
from the smaller industrial fires would
be done away with.
This idea may appear to be rather Uto-
plan. but it may be asked. who would
have dared to predict thirty years ago
that in 1901 electric light would have
replaced Illuminating gas to the extent
to which it has?
Another possibility. which amounts
almost to IA probability, is that IN the
course of II few years the development
of power will become much more cen
tralized and will be distributed elec-
trically. The further this is carried
the fewer will be the industrial chin
neys. and another stage Will have
been reached towards complete pur-
ification of the London atmospheric
Casters Magazine.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-11
A Church q, III of One Tree.

Think of an entire church being con
structed of the wood from "A single
tree! Santa Clara. California. has such
a house of worship. In 1853 the first
Baptist service held in that region was
conducted under an oak tree. When
the same Baptist society decided TO
build church the site on which the
tree stood was selected. This monster
of the forest. which cast an acre of
shade was then cut down nj a height
of twenty-five feet and the timber was
cut into lumber. The big stump was
partially followed and allowed to
stand as the church tower. a high
steeple was erected on it. and the
church was built from the lumber
made from that giant oak. When the
church was completed loo feet of
lumber remained unused. The build
ing is thirty feet wide by seventy feet
deep. 1t is n strong and handsome
structure and is one of the show
places" of Santa Clara.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-11
Tn. Empires. of japan.

In the matter OF the emancipation of
Japanese women It Is not generally
known that the lady who has done
more than anybody else for her sex in
the land of the chrysanthemum is the
present Japanese Empress. Her infiu-
ence has been exerted in small things
as in large. She has entirely revolu-
tionized the education of girls. and
the corno5- s.one viii be put on the sys-
tenn early next year by the opening of
a university for women in Toxic. 1t
was she who, in the early seventies,
by her example, put an end to the old
custom of married women blackening
their teeth From the western point
of view the most commendable inno-
vation for which her majesty has
been responsible is the introduction of
European dress in place OF the fault
less costume of Japan. Still, there is
even a reason for this, the contention
being that a Japanese lady is treated
more respectfully by her husband
when she is in European dress than
when retaining her national costume.
South Africa has ostrich farms con-
70 nvar 900 0pp binds
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-11
Cannon. Defiance Answerea.

Uncle joe Cannon, who fell heir
to the title of Watch Dog of the
Treasury after the demise of the ven
cradle Holman of Indiana, was in the
midst of a heated discussion on the
Nicaragua canal bill when suddenly.
after making positive assertion, he
shouted at the top of his voice:
IF 1 am wrong, who will correct
me?"
'Ah. 1 would not undertake such an
arduous task" replied the versatile
Mr.. Hepburn. as he arose in his place
and sank back again before Mr.. Can
non could return the fire
The house roared.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-11
New Use for Petroleum

Scientific investigation has proven that
petroleum is far superior to coal for fuel.
so that we need not worry should the
coal supply give out. In nearly all of
Natures products we find that as soon
as one material becomes scarce another
is discovered to take its place. There is
one exception, however. and that is Hos
letters Stomach Bitters. 1t is Natures
own remedy for dyspepsia, indigestion.
constipation and malaria, fever and ague.
Don't fail to try 1t.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-11
Red RuGs DOOMED.

OF all the worries of the housekeeper the bed
bug is the worst All will be thankful u remedy
which absolutely rids u house of all bugs has
been found. Mrs Bertha Fremont. al Fourth.
Des Moines, Ia, is the discoverer. She will send
a large sample. enough for three beds. for l5c.
actual cost of postage, packing. etc. Her regular
size is Soc Every reader ought to send at once.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-11

Brooklyn, Now York.
four months, when my husband became
impatient because grew worse instead
of better, and in speaking to the drug
gist he advised him to get Lydia f.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
and Sanativc Wash. How / wish L
had taken that at first; it would have
saved me weeks of suffering. 1t took
three long months to restore me, but
it is a happy relief, and we are both
most grateful to you. Your Compound
has brought joy to our home and
health to me. y Mrs. PAULINE JupsoN,
A. Hoyt Street, Brooklyn, N. Y
$4,000 forfeit II aboos tsstin1oniai 10 NOT genuins.
1t would seem by this state
ment that women would save
time and much sickness If they
would get Lydia f. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound at once,
and also write to Mrs. Pinkham
at Lynn, Mass, for special adj
vice. IC is free and always helps.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-11

why. didn't know you had weak
eyes Mortimer" exclaimed his very best
girl. 81 haven't" returned Mortimer.
earnestly. Il have come to ask your
father for your hand tonight. and It is
"A states prison offense to strike a person
wearing glasses in the eye"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-11

Lancewood is the strongest in the
world Its tensile strength is 23.OOO
pounds. That is to say, IL piece of
lancewood an inch square will stand
that strain before breaking.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-11

Johnny Henpec-Pa. you an mas one
cause ye're married. amt yer? Mr.. Hen
pec-Yes, my son. Johnny-Wal. which
one are your Mr. Henpec Cautiously
l rather suspect we're your mother.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-11

Poor Mrs, Brown, I am so sorry your
son is in such dreadful state James
told me he was. What is the matter?'
| don't know why he should say that
when ] only told him my son had gone
to Texas"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-11
$25 to California.

Daify during March and April. the San
ia Fe will sell colonist tickets from Den
yer. Colorado Springs or Pueblo to Cali
fornia points at rate of S25. Full paruc-
ulars by calling on or addressing j. p.
Hall. General Agent Santa Fe. Denver.
Colorado.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-11
WHERE DOCTORS FAIL
TO Cure Woman's Ills, Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound Succeeds. Mrs. Pauline
JudsOn Writes:

"DEAR MRS. PINKHAM soon after
my marriage two years ago / found
myself in constant pain. Tho doctor
said my womb was turned, and this
caused the pain with considerable in
Aammation. He prescribed for me for
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-11

"I have the honor to offer the hand of
my daughter" said the American million
aire to the foreign count. DO you think
you can support me in the manner to
which ! have been accustomed asked
the count languidly.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-11
rARLIEsr RUSSIAN MILLrr.

EARbfEST RUSSIAN MILLET.
Will you be short of hay II 80, plant q
plenty OF this prodigally prolific millet.
to Ton. of Rich Hay Per Acre.
John A. Salzer Seed Co, La Crosse, Wis. W
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-11

who was Diogenes. anyhow" He
was the first hobo. and he lived in a
tub" well, 1t would have made n lot
OF difference in the genus II he had set
the example of living in bathtub.'
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-11

FITS Cured. 30 iits s:te;
FIRST DAY OF DIR. klines Great Nerve Restorer.
send for FREE $500 trial potile and treHtlse-
Or r. Ii. kLIN Ltd. 81 Arch Sc. Phiadelphla. Pa
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-11
LATE WASHINGTON NEWS AND
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS

Prominent among the list of pos
sibilities to fill the vacancy caused by
Secretary Longs retirement from the
cabinet is the name of William Henry
Moody, a Republican representative
from the Sixth district of Massachus-
etts, and said to be connected by mar
riage with Senator Lodge. Mr.. Moody
Is forty y-nine years of age, n graduate
of Harvard, a lawyer by profession
and has served three consecutive terms
in Congress, where he has attained
some of the most influential committe
assignments.
The House committee on foreign re-
lations is hearing the advocates of the
bill providing for the construction of
the international dam at Ell Paso, Tex
as. This measure is being pushed by
Representative Stevens of Texas in the
House and by Senator Culberson in
the Senate. 1t provides for the build
ing of n $5.c0O,OOO dam on the Rio
Grande Mt FL Paso, Texas, for the COM
pensation of Old Mexico, which coun-
try several years ego claimed damages
to the amount of $40.0OO,OOO sustained
to her crops by the loss of the waters
of the Rio Grande. which We're taken
out for irrigation purposes by the farm
ers of Colorado and New Mexico. Mex
leo agrees to relinquish the claim If the
dam is built.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-11

A days developments have given the
measure providing for the reclamat ton
of arid lands prestige that was beyond
the most sanguine hopes of its imme-
diate supporters two days ago. With
out n dissenting vote the Hansbrough
bill passed the Senate Saturday.
The whole rosy color of the irriga-
ton situation was heightened by the
news that the House committee on ir-
rigation to-day voted to report the
Newlands bill favorably, with the
amendments giving each state and ter
ritory the major portion of the irrign-
ton fund derived from its public land
sales This amendment was opposed
by Mr. Newlands himself. but he did 1t
with n view to keeping the bill similar
to the Hansbrough bill in the Senate
and thus avoid endangering both bills
by n controversy over small points. The
western senators, especially those from
Colorado. express themselves as favor
able to this amendment.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-11

Many ailments. particularly throat and
lung troubles. are attributable to unsan-
itary wall coverings. Alabastine has in
dorsement of physicians and sanitarians. |
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-11

PUTNAM FADELESS DYES are as
easy to use AS soap No muss or failures.
1Oc per package. Sold by druggists.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-11

WIDOWER, Ma.Sa..TiwosTs syo'Soo. .nd s.os,,Is,
home, wa.ld ma,Iy .nectionats, home-lcying lady.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-11

Alabastine can be used over paint or
paper. paint or paper can be used over
Alabastine A Buy only in five pound pack
ages. properly labeled; take no subst.:tt->
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-11

Pisos Cure cannot be too highly spoken O. a
. cough cure.--J. w. O'BRIEN. 81 Third Ave,
N, Minneapolis, MIMI. Jan. 6. 1900
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-11

In dicussing the rural delivery bill
Mr.. Loud, chairman of postOffices and
post roads committee said the ques-
ton involved whether the rural free
delivery service would cost ultimately
sec, 100000 or S20.0OO,000 per annum.
The service was the moss extravagant
in the public service, he said. At the
inception the carriers received $500 per
arnum. They now received 5000. If
the salary system was continued they
would eventually receive $500 or $500
AT the present time SSJO.OOO was being
spent for the supervisory force. The
bill was carefully drawn. Mr.. Loud
said, to provide against the possibility
of recurrence of the star route scan
dals. Only one contract could be Civ
en- to one man. who must live in the
district where the route was located,
and who must perform the service
himself.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-11

Alabastine PACKAGES have full direc-
tions. Anyone can brush It on. Ask paint
dealer for tint card. "Alabastine Era
free. Alabastine Co.. Grand Rapids. Mich.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-11

South Africa has ostrich farms con-
tanning over 100000 birds.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-11

Henry T. Oxnard. who is at the head
of the beet sugar industry in this coun-
try. had talk with President Roose-
welt Saturday in regard to the pro-
posed Cuban reduction, In which he
urged the view that II rebate such as
was proposed by Representative Taw-
ney would give the relief desired and
have the additional advantage over Il
tariff commission of going directly 80
the Cuban planters. Mr.. Oxnard also
called the attention of the President to
the report from Europe that the Brus-
sells International Sugar Conference
had agreed upon the abolition of all
sugar bounties, direct and indirect.
and told the President that such action
would settle the whole problem by rails
ing the price of sugar throughout the
world. For this reason he contended
that there was no occasion for hasty
action The President listened attent-
lively to what Mr. Oxnard had to say.
but said little himself beyond reiterat-
ing his position in favor of relieving
the situation in Cuba.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-11

The attitude of the Civil Service
Commission towards the political ac-
tivity of government employees has been
defined in letters Commissioner Foulke
has sent to Postmaster McMichael and
Il. Francis Wood, both of Philadelphia.
In his letter to Mr.. Wood. the sub
stance of which also is stated in the let
ter to the postmaster. Mr.. Foulke says:
1--WE object to certain solicitations for
contributions, made by those in authori-
ty because they are, in effect. cOercing
the political action of employees; but
would it not also be coercing their po-
litical action to tell them that they
should not contribute and that they
must take no part whatever in "A cam
paign? For myself l have in years
past always given a modest contribu-
ton for political purposes and l shall
not cease to do so in the future because
l hold office; but | do not intend to
give any more or less on that account,
and l do not want my example to be
construed as an intimation to any en-
ploye of this office that he is to give or
not to give or that he is not as free to
give to the Democratic fund as he is
to the Republican fund.- or that he may
not as freely give to the faction oppos-
ed to me in my own party as to the fac
ton snot opposed to me, If he so de-
sires. AS to the campaign contribu-
tons. it seems to me that the purpose
of the law is to see that they are real
ly voluntary and not actually or i'm
pliedly coerced. and as to political ac-
ton and activity, 1t seems to me the
purpose of the law is that man should
be free to do what he likes in office as
well as out of it. with the limitation
that it must not interfere with his Off
cial duties nor in any other way bring
scandal or impair the efficiency of the
branch of the service to which he be-
longs. In the latter particular. any at
tack made upon that service or upon
the administration. of which it would
be Il part, would necessarily be in der.
ogation of sound discipline. We who
are strong believers in the merit sys-
TEN should not take so extreme a view
that 1t could not be sustained in princ-
pie and would not be justified by public
opinion"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-30
ARABIAN NIGHTS IN THE PHILIPPINES.

Happily, after ali, we are not yet so far from the
spirit which animated the world in the splendidly
marvellous times Of the Arabian Nights Entertain
ment but that a news story has cropped out which
might we'll have been told by the charming Schehe-
rezade to her relenting lord and master.
This is the strange tale of The White Sultan OF
Mindoro and the Twins Who Were Stolen Because 4
Hunter Missed a Bird. You've doubtless come across
it, dear reader, in the news columns of the American
press of these very days in the Twentieth Century. If
you read it without a proud swelling of the heart at
thought of living in such times Of wonder, then you
are hopelessly old and the days of your glorious youth
have been forgotten.
Twenty-Five years ago. briefly, a Spanish hunter,
lost in the forest wilds of Mindoro in the Philippines,
fired his gun at a bird on 4 bough. He missed, but
two strange white people of an unknown race sprang
out of a primitive hut, gazed at him in alright and
then fed. The hunter abducted the twin boys whom
they left behind. One of these boys is now a great
physician in Madrid. The other has returned and be-
come the Sultan of the strange white tribe of Min
doro to which he belonged by birth.
So there you are, as pretty a wondertale as the
heart could desire. Why, If this is the sort of thing
we are going to get from the Philippines, we ought to
celebrate Dewey's victory anew. We are in for a
second living of the Arabian Nights-the rejuvenation
of this weary old world.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-30

1t is not difficult to imagine that this ratio OF de-
crease in the number of English immigrants may cor
tinue. With the increase in the advantages offered
by some of the British colonies, 1t would be only nat
ural that emigration from that country should be d.
yerted to them.
OF course it is argued that the foundation OF the
American people is built upon English parentage.
True, the cOlonists and most of the earlier settlers
were English. They made the English language the
tongue Of the people. They established Commercial
relations with the mother country which have not
been seriously broken at any time.
Yet the older families Of English descent are small.
Usually the parents are satisfied with one or two
children. On the other hand, the foreigners usually
have a great number of offspring. That they assim-
ilate with the native population is the handspring OF
the American nationality.
And If this continues, who shall say that English
sympathies will be uppermost in the mind of the ma
ton? Perhaps. as in the past, the English prediction
will be the most prominent world-attachment, but it
is hardly probable that even now the blood of the ma
ton is anything like half English.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-30
WORLD'S-te04-FAIR

WORD TO FIRST REGIMENT OFFICERS.
For the good Of the First Regiment, the st. Louis
infantry contingent of the National Guard Of Mis-
sour, the quarrel now in progress among its officers
should be settled and the line and staff established in
relations better calculated to promote and maintain
the efficiency Of that command.
Nothing more unfortunate could have occurred than
this clashing of First Regiment officers, inasmuch as
depborable results are certain to follow. The spirit
an;madng the regiment as a military body is bound
to suffer If the holders of commissions continue TO
quarrel among themselves. The injury will be felt
throughout the entire organization every company de-
teriorating and losing heart under conditions so dis
couraging.
The First Regiment has before this experienced the
costly folly of such dissension. The rivalries and jeal-
ouses which caused so unhappy a situation following
the close of the war with Spain should have taught a
lasting lesson. The ST. Louis command looks not only
TO the State but to the merchants Of this city for its
support In return, it is under obligation to maintain
discipline and to keep itself at the highest point of
militia efficiency. This cannot be done with the Of
fcers divided among themselves.
The Republic does not attempt to pass upon the
merits OF the existing controversy. But 1t earnestly
urges the First Regiment officers to get together"
If changes in the command are necessary, make them.
II not, the present Colonel commanding should be
Loyalty supported. The officers duty to the regiment,
to the city and to the State calls for a prompt settle
ment of the quarrel now under way.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-30

So beneficial has been their work that in some
States, notably Indiana, the stock in the associations
was free from taxation. That condition has been
changed, however, as investors took advantage of the
immunity from taxation and used the associations as
tax-dodging devices.
In Missouri the laws have been so amended that
the wage-earner can feel comparatively secure from
risk of loss. The system of State inspection has
strengthened the faith of the people in the associations
"a faith which was rudely shaken by the unsafe
speculative schemes of a few promoters who took ad.
vantage of the peoples desire for the assistance af-
forded by such an institution.
The system of cooperation upheld by the associa-
tons is Of the sort commended by good business
sense. 1t has permitted the establishment of COM
Portable homes. To the associations is due much of
the present-day contentment of the American people