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The Washington times., 1902-07-09
Dominate in Smithfield
Market and Native Deal
erS DiSheartened.
BEEF TO REACH RECORD PRICE
Reopening of Argentine Supply, British
Traders Declare, the Only Means to
Prevent Rise-Smart and Relentless
Invasion of Market.

| LONDON, July 9.-Experts In the meat
trade, who have been questioned regard
ing the latest developments in the
American invasion OF that trade. say
that the Smithfield market is already
under the absolute control OF American
houses. The capture has been secret
and gradual. Chicago, through London
of beef in London, Liverpool and Man
chester.
Less than ten years ago there was no
American stall in Smithfield market.
The Americans then sold through Eng
lish statesmen. paying "a per cent COM
mission, which. It is estimated. amount
el to 100000 year.
Occupy Fourteen Leading Stalls.
Then came the American invasion.
Swift e. Co. came first and others fol-
lowe Now fourteen OF the lea1ing
stalls are occupied by American houses.
including Swift & Co. the Hammond
son Morris. Archer & Dawson. Schwarz-
schild G sulzberger. and the Cudahy
Company.
The Daily Mail" says that these COM
panies have not only eliminated the
former commission. but have succeeded
In raising the price OF beef. The Eng
lish representatives OF these concerns
meet daily and agree upon prices to
their mutual advantage.
AS regards refrigerated beef, which
comprises IS per cent of the beef con
sumed in England. within the past six
months prices have been raised 3 cents
a pound.
Conditions in the Provinces.
The conditions In the English prov
inces are similar. Buyers there no
longer come to Smithfeld Market. but
deal direct with the American depots
at Liverpool and Southampton.
The Americans have prevented the
English from importing live cattle by
taking practically all the available space
for six and twelve months time. They
will run this space unladen rather than
allow opposition firms to use 1t.
English Traders Disheartened.
So smart and relentless has been the
American competition that the game
is now practically left to them by the
disheartened English traders.
II is expected that beef viii reach n |
record price before winter. The British |
side OF the smithfeld Market declares |
that tho only thing which will prevent |
this will be the reopening OF the Ar
gentine supply now that Argentina is
said to be free from the foot and |
mouth diseases
The Washington times., 1902-07-09
Plans of President to
Fight the Great
Monopolies.
CHARACTER OF MEASURE
Maine Representative Will Probably
Draft a Stronger Measure Than the
One He introduced at the Beginning
of the Last Session Of Congress.

House bill No. 3, introduced on the
first day of the session that has just
closed, is the Littlefold bill for the
regulation of trusts. 1t was introduced
after a consultation with President
Roosevelt, and embodied the views on
this subject which the President sub
mitted TO Congress on the following day
in his message. 1t was never reported
from the committee.
The fact that Mr.. Lttlefeld has been
selected by the President to conduct his
antitrust fight next session on the lines
laid down in the Pittsburg speech makes
this measure of special interest at this
time. That speech shows that the Pres
ident's views have not changed since he
wrote his first message to Congress, and
it Is not likely that Mr.. Littlefelds po-
sition has altered. The bill that he in
troduccd on December of last year
may, therefore, be taken as practically
the Administration measure which Con-
gress is 20 be urged to adopt next win
ter.
The Washington times., 1902-07-09
Terms of the Bill.

It declares that every contract, COM
bination in the form OF trust or other
wise, or conspiracy in restraint of trade
or commerce in any part of the United
States" is Illegal, participators in which
shall be deemed guilty of crime" pun
ishable by fine of not less than $500
nor more than 5000, and by imprlson-
ment not less than six months nor more
than two years.
Every person who shall attempt to
monopolize. or combine, or conspire
with others 10 monopolize, any part of
tie trade or commerce among the
several States or with foreign nations
shall be deemed guilty Of a crime and
subject to the punishment specified
aboya
The Washington times., 1902-07-09
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Special course from now until sept. /, day or
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The Washington times., 1902-07-09
UNDERWRITERS.
MOT ICE.

On and after July Is 1902. we will occupy
our rev ana Coiumodious quarters located at
1929 18th ST. NV.
r. T. HARVEY'S SONS,
iya-Im Funeral Directors
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-11-25
Pdine'S Celery
Compound
CURES RHEUMATISM.
The Only Medicine That Prevents
a Return Of the Terrible
Disease. P

Rheumatism, which does its terrible
work in the muscles, joints and It's
sues, is caused by uric scid which ga
theirs in the blood. To get rid Of this
poisonous acid which produces the ir-
ritstions, pains, agonies, inflamma-
tions, and swellings peculiar to rheu.
matism, Paine's Celery Compound
should be used without delay. No
other medicine gives such prompt,
cheering, and happy results. II Is the
only medicine that prevents q return
Of the dreaded disease. Paine's Celery
Compound braces the nerves, the
blood is quickly cleared of all irri-
tating poisons, tissue and muscle are
built mp, and the digestive organs
perfectly toned. DO not treat with
indifference the slightest rheumatic
symptoms: the carly use Of Paine's
Celery Compound will save you weeks
and months of suffering. Mr.. s. ID.
Conway, st. Louis, Mo-, was perma-
nently cured by Paine's Celery Com
pound after repeated failures with
other medicines and physicians; he
says:
81 am 81 years Of age, and have
lived in st. Louis 81 years, and all
this time with the exception of three
yefrs, have served in the engineers
department as inspector. Last winter
/ contracted rheumatism and was laid
up tried all remedies and doctors,
but all failed until struck Paine's
Celery Compound, which has made a
permanent cure in my case. 1 have
recommended it to many, and they
have used it with the same result"
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-11-25

A Chicago paper says; "Greateet
sight ever saw" said L. B. Smell of
Paducah, KY, one day last week as
he paid his bill to CLERK shseffer of the
Great Northern hotel. "Now I'm 60
ing home to tell tine folks"
cart museum? Masonic Temple ?
New postoffice ?"
None of those" replied the Ken
tuckian, "but over here in rsstau-
rant window / saw three oysers as big
IS pumpkins. I'd have said they were
pink squashes if it hadn't been for the
sign"
CLERK shaefer couldn't understand.
lie called bell boy.
go with Mr.. Smell, rhe said, land
let HIM point out the giant oysters. 4
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-11-25
Observations
....at Random

Watch that old woman strike
something dead easy" remarked a
we'll known local Snowman yesterday
morning, as the AL Field minstrel
troupe stopped near Fourth and Broad
way for q concert.
The decrepit mendicant, with dingy
black dress that draggled in the mud,
and an empty basket hanging forlorn-
ly on her arm, espied the smuglook-
ing men in light coats and silk hats as
they stood around waiting for the
band TO finish, and shambling feebly
up to the first group, she peered out
Of her old sunbonnet at the nearest
with CLASSY, watery eyes, and in a
whining voice said; "Can you assist
me this morning."
Each one of the prosperous show
men looked at the pitiable object, and
each promptly put his hand in his
pocket and drew forth coin and hand
ed IL to her.
They'll do it every time, declared
the Snowman who for years was an
actor, to the reporter, "for it's bad
luck to refuse. Yes sir, they'd be
afraid to refuse. They think they
wouldn't get a oorporal's guard at the
theater tonight IL they'd refuse a
beggar. Most show people are super
stitious and they all know the belief
prevalent in the profession that it is
bad luck to refuse. You watch 'em
when she tackles them.
Encouraged by her success with the
first bunch, the old woman went to
them all, and it was remarkable how
spry she became when she realized
that they wouldn't be there all day
and she would have to hurry in order
to get around. And sure enough, ev-
cry blooming one of them gave her
piece OF money, ranging from a nickle
to quarter. Fortunately she didn't
know whether those in red coats were
so easy as the others and consequently
did not stop the band so she could
brace them for assistance, too.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-11-25

County Judge Lightfoot does not
know whether he has played joke on
a colored couple recently married by
him, or W hether the couple has played
a joke on him. officials more than
preachers have to contend with the
class of people who have marriage
ceremony performed and then inform
the official that they have no money.
The other day a colored couple en-
tered Judge Lightfoot's office and said
they wanted to be married, produc-
ing the license. The judge gave them
a good job, dwelling st some length
on the Importance Of living amicably
together, for good measure.
When he tini1hed the negro grinned
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-11-25

A man who has travelled for ~ years
all over the country is now in the
city, and was surprised at the differ
ence in the appearance Of Psducah as
compared with some of the cities of
the same size north Of the Ohio river.
~ can't see why it u.s." he said to
reporter. 81 see that the people
don't even take enough pride IN their
city TO keep the ows off the streets.
Why, you don't see anything like that
further north. And have found that
while there are many large cities south
Of the Ohio river, most of them are all
Of the same Kind of people Easy. 60
ing, unprogressive people, who want
TO live just as they bave been living
for the past forty years, and think
they are fortunate II they don't back
slide.
"And the taxesl Why find that
no town. not those even that have
every modern improvement, with the
finest streets, water and electric sys-
TENS, have any higher tax rate than
these towns that seem content to get
along with nothing.
II find that in Paduoah there is
hardly business, profession, or avoca-
tion that you do not have to pay a
heavy license for, and these things keep
people away. When a town seems
dead, and the people lack progress,
those who desire to move from the
east usually hear of It when they get
ready to emigrate, and furthermore,
usually stay away.
81 find that this lack of progress
predominat ties in most Of tho places l
have been south of the Ohio river to
a greater or less extent, and based, Of
course, always on comparison with
cities of about the same population in
the east or north. You people ought
to get move on yourselves"
What the man says is only too true
of Paducah. The town is not going
to grow itself, and improve itself. We
must make it grow and improve.
Corntv Judoa IdOhtfoot doaa not |
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-11-25

was paid to perform it. The negro
didn't seem to care II it was. He
left license, judge and all-all except
the s2-and hasn't been back since.
Judge Lightfoot does net know whe-
Their the man thinks the marriage was
not binding and left the license on
that account, or whether he simply
worked the judge for a free marriage
ceremony, and doesn't care whether
he has a certificate or not. He is
inclined to think it is the latter.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-11-25

Queen Liz was one of the ele-
plants with the Bostock carnival ag-
gregstion here last spring and doubt
less many Psducah people rode on
her. She was the altar on which q
couple was married at Pensacola,
Florida 8 day or two ago, and it was
rather unique wedding. Miss Rhoda
Hurd, 10 years, and Daniel Spence,
is years, were Joined in wedlook ON
the back of the big elephant of q
Midway" show. Over 10000 per.
sons witnessed the ceremony. The
big elephant was led out to the open
and there the boy and girl were as
sisted to the big saddle. followed by
the bridal party, eight in number.
After the ceremony the bridal party
took a ride around the festal grounds
on the back of Queen Lii.
Some two weeks ago the Pensaco-
la journal offered to pay the expense
of the marriage and start the young
couple in life with home provided
they became man and wife ON the
back of the big elephant at the fall
festivities. This offer was added to
by the merchants of the city, max
ing up a total of several hundred dol
lars. The offer was accepted by the
young couple.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-02-28
COVER FOR MILKING PAIL.

the conditions are simply disgusting,
while one can rarely find stable
where thoroughly painstaking effort
is made to keep every particle of for
cign matter and every foul odor out of
the milk. Even under the very best
conditions as regards cleanliness 1t Is
utterly impossible to keep all impuri-
ties out of the milk If the latter Is
drawn from the COW into an open pail.
for hairs and some dust particles will
be loosened from the COW by the action
of the hands in milking. However,
with pail like that shown in the cut
and two thicknesses of cotton cloth,
or, better still, a layer of surgeons
absorbent cotton, laid between two
sheets of cheesecloth and caught to-
gether here and there with thread and
needle, almost absolute cleanliness
can be secured. A large sheet of such
strainer can be made at once, and
circles cut from it for each milking.
The cotton mentioned is absolutely
pure, and is of nature to check the
passage of any impurities. By the use
of such a device the milk and cream
will not only be practically pure, if all
other precautions are taken to keep it
so, but it will keep much longer than
milk and cream secured under the or
binary conditions-a very decided adj
vantage, if one ships his cream away
or has milk or cream route, for there
is, perhaps, no more common com
| plant from customers Oh a milk route
than that the milk or cream does not
keep from one day to the next.-N. Y.
Tribune.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-02-28
lness opport uuities for All.

Locations in Iowa, Illinois, Mime.
sofa and Missouri on the Chicago
Great Western Railway; the very best
agricultural section of the United
States where farmers are prosperous
and business men successful. We
have a demand for competent men,
with the necessary capital, for ali
branches of business. Some special
opportunities for creamery men and
millers. Good locations General Mer.
chandise, hardware, harness, hotels
banks and stock buyers. Correspon.
dence solicited. Write for maps and
Maple Leaflets, W. Reed, Indust1 ial
Agent, 6O4 Endicott Bldg, st. Paul,
Mimi. mar 81
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-02-28

The married Druse women of Mount
Lebanon, in Asia Minor, labor under
distinct species of torture endured
under their peculiar head veil. 1t is
attached to long horn or tambour.
usually made of metal, which is fast
ened to the head by means of q cush-
ion. These habaras are of an infinite
variety of colors, embellished with
tassels, bands of embroidery and
fringes. Underneath this again is
worn face veil of coarse thick net SO
heavily embroidered that one can
scarcely see or breathe through it.
This is fastened close to the face and
the habara drawn tightly over it.
They are SO mufled in the folds of
these clumsy stuffs that the stranger
has to look twice before he can decide
whether they are advancing or re-
treating, and the poor wretches suffer
acutely under the weight of their
veils.-Detroit Free Press.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-02-28
How Emery Is auarried.

Emery comes from the island Of
Naxos, in the eastern Mediterranean,
whence it has been exported for the
last two centuries or more. The
beds are in the northeast of the is-
land. There are about 800 men en-
gagged in the trade, all of whom have
to be married before they are admit
ted to the fraternity. The material
is much too hard to be dug out or
even blasted. Great fires are lighted
round the blocks till the natural
cracks expand with the heat, and
levers are then inserted to pry them
apart. This system is continued I'M
til the blocks are reduced in size to
masses of cubic foot or less, and
they are then shipped as if they were
coal. There are said to be 10000, COO
tons yet available at Naxos. It is
one of the hardest substances known.
st. James Budget.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-02-28
WOMEN BU1TERMAKERS.
When They Fail to Produce . First
Glass Article the Fault Usually
Lies with the Men.

A great many farmers wives are
excellent buttermakers. We have
been called upon to judge hundreds
of samples of butter made by Wiscon-
sin ladies and have frequently found
that according to our judgment it
scored up about 90, often "a and 96.
In the same exhibit, however, would
be several packages that looked very
we'll, but that we were obliged to
score low because deficient in some of
the qualities of good butter. Just
little knowledge was lacking some
where, perhaps the one who had
charge of the feeding and milking
was to blame; the flavor might have
been ruined by bad feed or water, or
carelessness in milking in clearly
way. No matter how expert the wife
may be in the science of buttermak-
ing, it the husband or hired man
brings the milk to her contaminated
with stable odors, if hairs, pieces of
ensilage, straw, ETC., are floating on
the milk, her efforts will be in vain,
and her natural woman's ambition to
do things we'll meets with setback
when told that the butter is good
color. sailed just right, grain good,
packages neat, but poor flavor. She
has done her part well and according
to rule, and the butter should be per-
feet in favor. In our attempt to
help the woman whose butter we had
found low in flavor and who looked
the disappointment she no doubt felt,
we have sought out the husband and
learned from his methods that the
trouble was at the barn end Of the
business. Much has been said about
poor butter made upon the farm, and
there is truth in the statement, but
often it is not the fault of the hard
working and painstaking woman, but
can be traced directly to feed, care of
cows and method of milking. In other
words, the man is often to blame
/; for the reputation his wife gets as
a buttermaker. Usually, however, the
/ woman buttermaker becomes edu-
!, Gated in what constitutes good milk,
! and how it is produced, and demands
that right methods be adopted at that
! end of the business. While the farm
may not be the best place in the
world to make good butter, it has
been the source of much fine butter
in the past, and will continue to be a
factor in the future. Where your
/ wife has charge of such work she
would insist on having the best of fa
! cilities with which to work, among
which is good farm separator and {
/ good churn. She will not need but
ter worker, as with a little practice
butter can be sailed and worked il
the churn. If she has the right kind
Of husband the chances are tha-
she will make good butter-Wiscon
4 sin Agriculturist.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-02-28
5! j,j3AIIEE|4lzs.:
G- S-a,-
KEEPING MILK PURE.
Pail and Straining Apparatus
II Used.

Poor butter is very often the result
of impurities that get into the milk at
milking time. Cloth strainers will
help matters materially, but first of all
thoroughly rub the cows udders with
piece of burlap before milking. The
best pail for milking with cloth strain
ers can be made by the tinsmith after
the pattern shown in the cut. Lay the
cloth tightly over the top of the pail,
then press the top piece down inside
the rim of the pail. The milk can
not spatter out, and must pass through
the cloth into the pail. Probably not
one dairyman in hundred is as par
ticular as he should be in the matter
of getting the milk from the cows in
the cleanliest possible manner. After
visiting many dairy farms and noting
the filthy manner in which the COWS
are cared for and MIXED, l think my
statement of not one in hundred is
not wide of the mark. In many barns
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-02-28
Shane of the Earth.


The exact shape of the earth is a
question which cannot be settled
without fresh evidence from the ant
arctic. For this purpose two at least
of the expeditions have been pro-
vided with pendulum outfits; by not
ing the exact length of time occu-
pied by the swing of a pendulum the
distance of the place of observation
with the earth's center can be deter
mined. It is held that the south pole
regions project further from the
plane of the equator than does the
north pole region; according to one
estimate the south pole is slightly
more than one-hundredth further
from the earth's center than the
northpole.-Popular Science Monthly.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-02-28
Peanut Men Invade London.

The foury potato and baked chest-
nut stalls are just now at discount
in the East end. It,seems now that
a few weeks ago an enterprising
American firm, mindful of the great
success which has attended the street
sales of hot peanuts in the United
States, established a street oven for
the sale of this delicacy at the juno
ton of Bishopsgate with Shoreditch.
The youths of the locality soon
showed decided preference for the
crisp peanut, and the single oven
venture being a most successful one
the firm decided to start other stalls,
and in several parts of the East end
hot peanuts were dispensed in large
quantities.London Express.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-02-28
The Last Heard of II.

ssMy little boy took the Group one
night an room grew SO bad you could
hear him breath all over the house,
says F. d. Reynolds, Mansfield, Ohio.
"We feared he would die, but a few
doses of One Minute Cough Cure quick
ly relieved him and he went to sleep.
That's the last we heard of the Group.
Now ism u a cough cure like that valu.
able?" One Minute Cough Cure is alb.
solutely safe and acts Immediately.
For coughs, colds, Group, grip, bron-
chitts and all other throat and lung
troubles it is certain cure. Very
pleasant to take. The little ones like
it.-Shuttleworth Drug Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-02-28
OPINIONS AND POINTERS.

] Senator William E. Mason, in his
speech, declared that reciprocity sis
the legitimate child of the doctrine of
protection" An action against the
republican party to support the young
ster is now in order. - Philadelphia
Times.
There are times when such sub
ject as the tariff cannot be boxed and
put away. with orders to everybody
to keep hands off. The time is past
when that sort of policy is carried out
simply by issuing orders to that eff
fect-Boston Record (Rep.).
There's no real republican fear
that reduction of the tariff on Cuban
productswill violate the "most-favored-
nation" clause in our foreign treaties.
The real republican fear is that some
trust may lose dollar or SO if we
deal justly with Cuba.-St. Lopis Re-
public.
The republicans argue that we
ought to spend $780, 100000 on our navy
sn order to fit IT to guard our merchant
marine and that we ought to spend
some other millions in bounties for the
merchant marine SO as to build it UP
and give the navy something to do.
: How to get rid of surplus never wor-
pies the republicans.-sa Savannah News.
Senator Allison outlines the or
der Of business in congress as follows.
aFirst we propose to dispose of the
Philippine tariff question, then take ul
the problem of relief for Cuba, an6
then determine what is to be done il
regard to the proposed reduction Of
the war tax, after which we will be
in position to give consideration to
the canal question. This doesnot lool
as if it would he necessary to mel
snow and ice, and thaw out the ground
an order to begin digging the cana
next week.-Albany Argus.