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Mower County transcript., 1903-09-16
A Valuable Book.

Oliver Wendell Homes once entered
the private office of Mr.. James T.
Fields, the publisher, en- an errand. He
had book done up in paper under his
arm. AS lie was going' out he suddenly
turned and said: saG G$$ s. ,ftts
II have here most wonderful bsak.
1t is worth in money value any other
book in Boston. In fact. it is worth a
whole library. If it coaid be properly
edited and illustrated. as would do
it, it would be worth the whole public
library put together" 20 a. & sI.s&-.
Nodding authoritatively, he shut the
i.cor, leaving those in the Office looking
TT ole another. too bewildered for con-
lecture. Presently the door opened
Ggain quietly, and Dr. Holmes put in
ids head, Lis face b:lbhling over with
amusement, and SAID: IL. :. r.
"Ch, forgot to tell you what book
this is. 1t is Nat Thayer's checkbook.' y
Then he shut the door. Mr.. Thayer
was understood at that time to be the
richest man Il Dcs.on = ~
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sRiT!st All COtlklci
Newspaper ccounts of Proceeli limos
c Differ id Z IN

Iondon, Il Sept he rl nist Al,
Eept secret the discussions sof sye star.
days cabine et8 council 80 effectivelv
that the speculation as to the yaarlts
almost nugatory and the government
press organs this morning offer he
most scOnfi citing ccounts of what tonk
place at the meeting
The Daily telegraph which is prpb-
ably the best informed asserts that
the cabinet crisis was postponed until
this evening and that the discussion
kcf the fiscal question Will be continued
at the resumed eeting today Dtlt
that whatever may be the; lpsIiet.
Premier 4Balfour will neither resian.
dissolve e; parliament nor summon nm
autumn session.
The Dany Telegraph also scouts the
idea of "a royal commission being ar,-
pointed to consider the whole fiscal
question q
Fiscal Inquiry Finished.
The Standard, on the other nand AS.
sserts with equal positiveness that the
fiscal inquiry was finished and mat
the adjourned meeting will deal With
foreign policy. It & Understands that
the question Of imposing prefential,
tariffs, or ct any innovation ii Great
Brit aims fiscal policy, has been.
she'ved until an appeal can sbe made
to the country and that d uring the
e~1sterce OF the present parliament
the action ofsthe ministers WILDE con
.finei to discussion and inquiry. 81.
Amidst these conflicting reports An
agreement is found in the most au-
zthoriative quarters n on one 81 pofr.t.
namely, that .Premier Ralfour3 ga s;
q again ;'' ]. succeeded n inducing his col
leagues to agree to- some sort s@of
compromise which will keep the pres-
5ent ministry in office, though it Will
probably be slightly reorganized, A1ld
that this compromise is most likely. a
continuance of the policy OF & inquiry. z
Any action on the fiscal question will
thus be shelved, and for the detailsaof
the compromise it will probably 3sbe
necessary TO- wait for. Mr.: Balfour' S
promised speech on Oct. i. ..s3s,..HSSz# 4
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A Singular Forest. .

The most singular forest growth in
the world is encountered in the Falk-
land islands, dismal region constantly
swept by a strong polar wind. What
appears to be weather worn and moss
covered powders are scattered about,
and when one Of these curious objects
Is seized in an attempt to overturn it
strong roots are found to hold 1t down,
these "bowlders'' being, in fact, native
trees which the wind has forced to as
sumo this shape. The wood appears to
be twisted mass of fibers, almost i'm
possible to cut up into fuel @E I
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-. -, .5NtE "a ~
Size of the Oceans. .

p. j. . , =.
Most men seem to be las ignorant
about the size Of the sea as they, are Of
the distance between the heavenly
planets. Invention y gives q few inter
esting facts: The Pacific covers 68,OOO,-
600 miles, the Atlantic So,ooo,O0O and
the Indian, Arctic and Antarctic oceans
100000. *sTo stow away the contents
Of the Pacific: it would be necessary to
fill a tank a mile long, a mile wide and
a mile deep every day for 40 years:
Put ~ in. i. figures, the Pafiif holds. IN
weight 94s, 600, ,ooo, 900, 900, ,poo, 900 tons.
The q Atlantic It averages ai depth Of not
quite three miles. It's water weighs
325, 100000, 600 900 900 tons, and a tank
to contain it would have each OF its
sides 430 miles long and deep. t.af
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Mower County transcript., 1903-09-16
HILLS SPECIAL IN "a WRECK.
Railroad Magnate Receives "a Bad
3g Ess .z#f2!3 :$ Shaking Up. N

So La Crosse, Wis, Sept. 4 55.=:-A special
train consisting of an engine and two
coaches, containing President III.
Hill of the Northern Securities com
spany, President Harris; the. first and
second vice presid dents, Chief Engineer
Breckenridge and other officials 81 the
Burlingt on, ran into two large boulders
which had been washed onto the track
by q severe rain storm near Alma and
the engine was bad d1y damaged Out
side Of AZ bad shaking up and few
bruises none of the officials on the
train we're injured
"a fierce storm was Ia progress when
the. ofhcial train EFT this city bound
for st. Paul and the engineer was run run
ming sc q very oderate rate Of speed
when the engine crashed into the
frocks. couple Of ftrackwalke had
been over the track blt a few minutes
before the special came along and at
that time the roadbed was In good
scondi 6n.
Mower County transcript., 1903-09-16
Melinda Went,


4 One of the old governors of#the Caro-
Nnas was a man who had lived a farm
ers life most Of the time until he was
elected. and his wife. having never
seen a ste:tmboat or 4 railroad anG
having no wish to test either. one, re-.
fused to accompany her husband to thel
capital. % ..s \ rs. \. =
When the governor reached his desti-
nation he found that almost all the
other officials were accompanied by
their wives, and he; sent an imperativ
message to his brother to fetch Me-
linda along $. : d. H. ,s@ ,s@$ - e:3st. t.sf@ "
1 The brother telegraphed, IN .she,s
afraid II q de even to look at the engine" ,@,,s
IL 3 The, governor read the message and
pondered over it for few moments.
AT the end Of that time he sent of the
following command: - a :. ~ =
81 Bill, you blindfold Melinda and back
her on to the train.'' + vrs,s 't11s
Melinda arrived at the capital with
the victorious Bill twenty four hours
later. ~ }'+. -. -
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Fresh Air and Sound Health.

There are many persons who seem
afraid of the fresh air. A little rain, "a
little wind, little fog, little chill in
the air will keep them within doors.
Going out, they bundle up in clothes so
thickly that one would think they were
tender shrubs transplanted from some
more genial cline. The healthy. people:
however, are not the health 'cranks, not
the people who run to the doctor every
time they feel an ache. They are the
people who walk great deal il the
fresh air, who live in the open as much
as they can and who take a, vacation in
the country every year. San Francisco
Bulletin. - :: >s.s. Asre. q
Mower County transcript., 1903-09-16
Great OMEN oftThe Bible

Rev. j.. y. Anderson, pastor, an
nounces the following series Of sunday
evening sermons toibe given at the
Baptist church. sl8s 3sS:s & s
September 20, Deborah, a Woman: Of
Brains" i, l5s5 B &
September p, lydia, the New w q
man.
October Abigail, The Digap
pointed"
October II, The Shulamite Of idelity,
to The Marriage VOW X, 3
October l8, MARY Of Bethany, q
Study in Ideal Won manhood. " sz51.
Time of services, 1880 O'clock. You
are invited. - gS5s5 ,@T .I 5SF
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BULGARIA oRAs s EN- & or.
~ ~ MAssAcREs 81 CHRISTIANS &
IS IN MACEDONIA.
FLEADS FOR IN
primo cIPALlTY WILL Be oRcED
70 INTERVENE UNLESS n ]L.l= e. s. 3
ROPE ACTS SOON. VI

Sofia, Bulgaria, Sept. Is. The Bull Sui
garian government, through It's foreign
representatives, has addressed note a'1
to the great powers declaring that hat: the
porte \ Is systematic ically devastating lt 3.
.Maced donia and massacreing the Chris. rs
.tian population. Further, 1T says, Tur- lll.;
kevah has nobilized her whole army,
which cannot possibly be for the sole
purpose of suppressing the revolution. 9: !.
Therefore, the Bulgarian government 1l. q n
appeals to the humane sentiment u OF
Europe to prevent the continuance OF
the massacres and devastation and to
stop the mobilization of the Turkish 50
arp,v. The memorandum concludes
with the plain statement that unless
the powers intervene Bulgaria VIII pc
forced to take such measures as she
may deem necessary. III: I. "a. it4
E while It is possible that asTurko-.
Bulgarian war may even yet be avert
ed, the probabilities of such an en-
counter were never greater than at the
.nresent moment. The recent note to
the powers. the most decided step yet
taken by the principality, was d1ctat-
ed not only by the alarming reports
of wholesale massacres~ and devasta-
tion daily arriving, but even more by
the = indifference of the powers to-
wards the severity of Turkish repres-.
sive measures s'&3 NV = "A. ;
Accusations Against Ambassadors.
People here think that the anxiety
of the powers seems, to be manifested
chiefly in repeated admonitions to the
porte to suppress the revolution with
all speed and energy possible. Tele-;
grams from Constantinople appear in.
Monday evenings papers asserting
that the ambassadors had urged the
sultan's government to suppress the
insurrectio without any cOnsidera-
ton of mercy and not to hesitate to
burn and destroy the villages or take
deemed necessary. .5 .5sss si5rs 4. s.sz II. -
Warned by previous disastrous ex-
perience, the revolutionary leaders
have decided to adopt only guerrilla
tactics In Eastern Macedonia. The
policy of occupying towns and villages:
has proved q mistake, as it has usual
ly resulted in Turkeys reoccupyfng
the villages. DESTROYING everything
and killing. the Inhabitants. the fnsur-
gents being hampered in their opera.
items by the women and children. A
guerrilla warfare Is expected to- ex-
haust the Turks much sooner, while
the unhampered band can move more
easily and more rapi lyssax IS hoped
that the new tao les will result In the
women and children being. spared
unnecessary dangers. ..,
Mower County transcript., 1903-09-16
Murdering shakespeare.

u never hesitate to cut and slash
and change any play until it suits me-
said Stuart Robson to his legal ad-
wiser on one occa sion. 4 s$i% 3':,s sf,s ;ss,.s
II suppose you edit Shakespeare with
blue pencil?' replied the Lawyers.
You can just bet I do. y i 4 s s}s S5S b
& Then, I imagine, you would plead
guilty to an Indictment for numbering
the Bard Of Avon NJ RI. ss I. 5s. .;ssz t53
mo; 7 would not, but I would admit
dissecting his corpse z.t. #s 55 5s.. 5..: =3
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CareIe..,., p ;. ? s., J. n. -, . - I, q

- - thes 9ss5
b IT was ls sheer carelessness on some
body's part that caused Charley to lose
2 money tDrg on that |; race, 8 said young Mrs
Torkins sympa etically Il
How do you know
s5S II saw It iii the paper. The horse was
left at the post The idea ofS put ttingsa q
horse iin q race and then neglecting toi
unhitch him !!,-- -'N ash hing ton Star.
Mower County transcript., 1903-09-16
The .sBest Grip i Ha btt. ), h. u.

why: asked her anxious and excit-
ed mother, do you think he is coming
to the point at last r. r. 5$5s
well, the maiden replied, looking
dem@urely @ down at the rug, when he
took me in his arms and kissed me last
night he said he'd got SO used to me he
didn't believe he could ever break him
self Of the habit :. !" Chicago Record
Herald.
Mower County transcript., 1903-09-16
.,.,-
English al She III Smoke

Think of Not three days and,
three nights that quartet sat about q
table, shtluf1in tll dealing and scashing 81.
Jackpot g nd when the game was
finally broken up every man had ex-3
iactly the amount he had begun with
Humph! Odd the way they came
ont even, ism it q, q,
Mower County transcript., 1903-09-16
A Barnum' story.

A story is told of the meeting Of Mat
thew Arnold with Mr.. F. r. Barnum,
the great Snowman, in America. Mr.
Arnold when introduced said how
proud he felt at making the acquaint-
ance Of a man with a worldwide repu-
tation. "Ah, Mr.. Arnold, :" said Bar
mum, I'VE are both public men, but the
difference between you, and me is that
you are notabillty, while 1 am only a
notoriety." 8 1I. y5ssa II,
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Tobacco Vvarelr 4 peatrov,,,e.,ds :, =, ,,,.,s

Stoukhton., is., Sept. q s. liz az.
sstroyed Kit tiIser' D ironclad rs.
Ehacco var rehonseE tqgether with ia
contents snta tailine q loss of $75. .OoO 81
Mower County transcript., 1903-09-16
PRELUDE. TO MOBILIZATION. !
Bulgarian Note F6reshadows Conflict
:. '>' With Turkey. ,EGIs&

London, Sept. 15.-The important
note sent by Bulgaria to the powers,
declaring that unless the latter inter
vene in Macedonia. Bulgaria will be
forced to take such measures as she
may deem necessary, is held to be a
prelude to the mobilization of the Bull
garian army, unless Europe exerts
herself in some way to prevent a. con-
f1ict. There Is probably some connec-
tion between this eventuality and the
decision of the reyolutionists to re-
vert to guerrilla tactics, which may
be in order to reserve their resources
for cooperation with Bulgaria .y> y.
1t is announced in Sofia that Prince
Ferdinand will return to lie Bulgarian
capital from Euxinograd In a few days,
when the government will take some
decisive steps. 1 I.@ ...- s%s.g5' $%.*E
& The Daily Mail understands that the
British cabinet yesterday resolved on
naval cooperation with the powers in
near Eastern: waters and that British
warsh1ps will shortly appear at Sa-
lonica. ,. J. asl. s (. II. 5. VI s@7
4s.,.. .Warns British Public. s&:. &@.
The Turkish embassy in London has
the public against the "unfounded re-
ports and slanderss of Bulgarian source
daily appearing In the London pa
pers" and denying seriatim the re
ports OF Turkish atrocities and that
Turkish troops have been ordered to
cross into Eastern Roumelia, in order
to cut of the insurgent bands. .als
y "A dispatch from e MonastirSS to the
Daily Mail denies that the insurgents
have been terrorized or dispersed by
the Turkish troops. They are merely
biding their time, It says.
The correspondent. !. gives an au
thenticated case OF the massacre near
Monastir Of thirty inhabitants who
Yielded on the strength Of Hilmi
Pasha's oclamatio @ guarante eeing
their safety sssf5 ii Il
d. b /. An Athens dispatch annouiin1c ces that
Premier Rail- has formulated IL de.
mand for the punishment Of the Turk.
f1sh leaders responsible for the pil1age
d, the Greek villages In Macedonia
and the murder OF the inhabitants,
35.s. IL, The Sofia \ #corresponde ! of the
Times telegraph is 4; that the Sit tuatiou
has changed distinctly for the worse
he says the powers appear to be pur.
( suing the same tactics Whi ich preceded
4 the lhe Graeco-T Turkish ii war and the result
Wit proEba bly, u be similar .=s
REYo i Ll j ION { isTsi I DEFEAT ii ]: :.
One Hundred 81 Them K <ilied I'LL Mon.
astir District.
s Cons stanIino pie. i. Sept. IS. Ofacial
5 Sdlspat tehes report that 100 Insurgents
have been killed III the district b ~
I Mona sttr,. ere d the rev volufionary
banfls are scompl letely demor allied. At
<lirehevo ninety insur gents have been
killed md the kish troops ca ptured
two wood den q annon: Fortty insurgents
have been lied at OF and tiie same
4 hum Ter "a f3orfza Ssss
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-08-01

ADMIRAL Terry, the new commandant
OF the local Naval Station, did not ar
rive yesterday in the Alameda.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-08-01
oslifornia After Tourists.

WASHINGTON. July Nv. H
Murray, representing the California
Promotion. Committee of San Fran
cisco, has come East to tell the peo-
pie that California is suffering for
want OF unskilled labor, and to induce
immigrants coming to the United
States to proceed to California rather
than stop in the big Eastern cities
Murray had a talk today with the i'm
migration officials in the Department
of Commerce, and got some figures
about the number of immigrants COM
ing into the United States. From here
he will go to New York, and see what
can be done about getting men to go
to California direct and help gather
the crops. He says that there are not a
sufficient number of laborers to gather
CALIFORNIA; fruit this year, and that
there will be tremendous loss unless
something is done about it immedi-
ately.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-08-01
FITZsIMMONS's
NEW SECOND

San Francisco papers of recent date
tell of the marriage of pugilist Bob"
Fitzsimmons in that city to Miss Julia
May Clifford, an actress who has been
playing in the East in the musical
comedy. when Johnny Comes March
ing Home"
Fitzsimmons's first wife died not
very long ago, and to explain the sec
ond marriage, coming so soon after her
death, he says that his new wife is SO
charming that he feels sure that his
first wife would be more than glad
to see him made so happy, and fur
thermore he feels the need of the love
of a good woman. Whether the first
wife would second these remarks of
course will never be known, but she
was known to be strenuous mate to
the fighter, attending him at all his
fights and shouting words of encour-
agement during the rounds.
When the last engagement was an
nounced both parties said that the
wedding would not take place for at
least a year, but they soon became
impatient and at last Miss Clifford
came West and the happy couple were
married at the Palace Hotel in San
Francisco on July 25, Judge Daniels
tying the knot.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-08-01
Hawaiian Finances.

The Territory of Hawaii is in the
enjoyment of high degree of self
government. 1t comes high, but the
people must have it. The appropri-
atoms for carrying on the government
amount TO SIS per head of population.
For the government of 10000 people
the cost is S,424, S59.49 for two years.
The income to meet this is only S4,-
100000 for the same period. To meet
the budget borrowing against future
taxes is proposed, but that is simply
getting income and outgo still farther
apart. n tax of S2S per capita is prob
ably the highest levied by any Gov
eminent in the world. When local and
municipal taxes are added, annexation
appears as the greatest luxury on
earth If measured by its cost. Neither
under the monarchy nor the mission
airy oligarchy of Dole did taxation
come anywhere near the present figure.
The government purchased at so
high a price does not seem to justify
its cost by its quality, for it is not a
very good government. If affairs go
on at the present pace the islands are
bound to go heavily in debt. VIII III
a career of extravaganza is once begun
it is difficult to arrest the pace. In
as elsewhere, there are large
numbers of voters who are not mate
rally touched by taxation, but who
touch the results of taxation benefi-
cially to themselves. These are ap-
pealed to by a lavish policy of expen-
diture, and their votes can be counted
on to continue in power any legisla-
tors who have excessively liberal views
On public expenditure. By and by there
will be an insolvent dependency on orr
hands. and Uncle Sam will have TO cut
his hand in his pocket to pay the bills
Of his youngest daughter-The Call.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-08-01
THE CUBAN REBELLION.

Trouble in Cuba was to have been
expected. Two distinct races and a
mongrel race occupy the soil and all
enjoy equal rights of suffrage. There
is the white element composed of
Castilians, Americans and Englishmen;
a negro element in an electoral major
ity over the whites and a mixed class,
half Spaniard and half negro. which
combines all the vices and few of the
virtues of their ancestors and is in
an electoral majority over all. The
whites own seven-eighths of the prop
erty. do all the business. run the plan
tatfons, build the railroad lines, carry
on the commerce and conduct the gov
eminent and they are not satisfied to
put their great concerns, even locally,
into the hands OF the rabble to be mis-
managed and plundered. So they have
run things without giving the negroes
and half-whites much of a chance to
steal; and this has melted the blacks,
as a last resort. to begin revolu-
ton.
II ItRdAdN0 oS VI NeAAA NA-NNN 49,
Cuban government will put the upris-
ing down as it has Gomez and the other
guerrilla leaders on its side, it controls
the arms and supplies of ammunition,
and has the means to equip a fair-sized
army. And as a last resort it has the
right to call upon the United States for
help in keeping order. The insurgents.
on their side, cannot expect any help
from American hlibusters who. backed
by public sentiment in the United
States and well paid for their work.
made It possible for the Cuban revo-
Iutionists Of 1896 to hold their ground
against Spain.
The Cuban trouble, however, like the |
troubles in every Spanish-American re-
public save Mexico-which is a military |
empire in disguise-shows the criminal !
folly of entrusting the suffrage to peo-
pie who are not prepared to exercise
its privileges wisely. The art of self \
government is not a natural possession |
of man. An individual needs disci-
pline and culture before he can govern
himself and a race, before il is fit for so
high n duty. must have a long expert
ence in civilization. The Latin-Ameri-
cans. when they freed themselves from
Spain. made the mistake of adopting
an Anglo-SaxOn charter of organic law
which was the development of a char
aeter and experience which the Anglo
Saxons had been forming and acquiring
FOR thousand years. 1t expressed the
natural beliefs and convictions of An 7
glo-Saxons, impelled rather than COM
PEELED their respect and fitted their
state of life. An ideal government for
men Of English speech and habit. bred
upon British laws and literature. II was
foreign to every instinct of the ignor-
ant and lawless and irresponsible half (
breeds Of Latin-America. These were |
people who, in the language of joseph
Chamberlain, could only be kept in or
der through a benevolent despotism ,,
Mexico soon found this out and for