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The Washington times., 1904-09-04

THE garbage has not been collected
from my house during the last six days.
I want to know if you think that IS
right in such weather as this"
Most certainly not. L"
Send a Man Now.
Now. what I want you to 90 is to
send a man up there this morning 20
take away that-that mountain Of refuse
that has been allowed to accumulate
there for the last week or ten days. It's
unhealthy, It's against the law IN al
low such stuff to lie around IN hot
weather"
"Of course, 1t is; and I shall see to It
that such a neglect will never occur
again. I VIII make a note"
mo notes. please" Here the newt
able umbrella begins TO hover. What
I want Is something done immediate
"
But you know we don't manage the
garbage service directly. The garbage
Is hauled away by a company which
holds the contract for the work. We
only supervise the operations Of The
system. and point out where improve
ments are needed. We"
Which means. I suppose, that II will
be another week before the garbage IS
collected. listen now am getting
tired Of this nuisance. It has come to
be
The Assistant "Sneaks"
AT this point the Assistant Superin-
tendent has an idea his chief wants 70
SEQ him at once. He arises. extricating
himself with difficulty from the circles
Of the still lowering umbrella, and
a cd a.
that the complaint will be looked after
at once. at once, 7 assure you,
madam"
Scarcely has he regained his seat when
a heavy, thick-set man bursts into the
room Ts,is visitor arouses unusual IN
terest on the part of the assistant-the
cause of interest being a black cat IN
der the mans right arm.
Il have come
What is it?" interrupts the complaint
receiver.
a cat: n dead cat" After this an
nourcement. conveyed by means Of n
low growl, the visitor stands viewing
the other man with scornfuI anger.
Hundreds in the Files.
Indeed" He remembers that there
are in the office files hundreds of com
plants against dead cats being LETT TOO
long wherever their demise may have
occurred. This is the first case he can
recall Of any having been brought TO
the office for burial.
Yes. sir; it died last night in my
back yard. The last one that died there
was left lying near my fence for two
weeks. It was cold weather then, and
we didn't mind. but it's different now.
I removed it myself. Here 1t is. 1 don't
trust your department again in the mat
ter of moving dead cats. You can put
this one where you ike. I'm done
with it
The next visitor is enraged because
The Washington times., 1904-09-04
Many Written Complaints.

barked himself TO death at the pesky
candidates.
This vote chaser concluded that the
region was not very fertile in the way
OF ballot producing. ana soon rode off"
The Washington times., 1904-09-04

He was Impressed by the coincidence.
and went back to the correspondence de-
partment where he inquired the name
Of the bank that had teiegraphed. He
was still more impressed when he dis
covered that 1t was the same bank en-
which the U.aft he was Crediting was
Drawn.
The matter was referred 10 the cashier.
who deemed it sufficiently significant TO
Y arrant an examination Of the account
The mans deposit slips and Cancelled
checks were carefully gone over. and it
was soon clear that he was "kiting" be-
tween ten banks. Without further loss
OF time the Southern bank was wired
that the check referred 70 in their tele-
gram had been drawn against a draft
upon them for a like amount and they
were advised TO enter it for collection
and not place it TO the credit Of the min
ing company's account
kilograms Of warning were sent TO
the eight other banks concerned and in
a very short time the incident was
closed with a loss Of less than a thou
sand dollars. pretty well divided between
the ten banks.
To Build Up Balances.
1t was evidently the intention Of the
"kiter" To build up large baIances in
the various banks and then travel rap
idly from one to the other, drawing out
large sums in cash wherewith 10 support
his declining years in some new cOun-
try.
But fer the lucky catch Of the New
York bank they would soon. in common
with tn Fir associated victims, have been
compel d to charge large numbers Of
Il 2
and los. Besides the time and gray
brain natter that this man spent, IL was
estimated that his numerous specially
prepared check books must have cost
him several hundreds Of dollars
Another venture that was undertaken
by a Philadelphia Napoleon of finance
was completely successful He discov-
cred a vulnerable point in the defenscs
which banks set about their acceptance
Of notes AID hit swiftly and effectively.
The wa which he blazed mas been fol-
lowed oy a number of lesser lights. but
the amount OF money he secured and
the thoroughness Of his methods have
not been eqUaled.
Proved Himself Good.
As a necessary preliminary he built up
accounts with several banking houses
in as muHy towns and cities. He even
went to tma extent Of establishing him
self in business in Philadelphia. where
IL is worthy Of notice that he showed
himself entirely competent and appears
TO have made not n little money in
legitimate business way.
He likewise employed several confed-
crates. which was necessary in his un-
dertaking All of this was done on an
absurdly small capital, but at the end of
six months Dy means Of his COnsummate
skill in -'kiting' ne established a good
standing at the banks where he dealt
and was regarded as a man of sound
business integrity and sJiclder for the
niCetieS Of commercial honor.
Having reached the desired point he
prepared TO introduce his speciality. To
have gone TO the bank and asked for
loans Of money on his personal and un-
secured notes might have aroused their
cautious Instincts
He adopted roundabout but more ef-
fective method. During his early career
as a depositor Of the bank he had
placed large number of small notes
made TO his order over various sigma
lures IN the collection department OF the
bank,
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Of woe and arranges automatically
for the instantaneous abatement Of any
thing til INDY be complained of. on
him falls the bulk Of the work-the
labor-of hearing this chorus in its loud
mOnotOny.
Many Written Complaints.
There are many written complaints TO
be disposed OF, but they do not count as
compared with those lodged with the
assistant superintendent by those people
who consider themselves so badly abused
as 10 be obliged TO make a pilgrima ge
20 the District Building for the sake Of
laying bare the Outrage by spoken
word and emphatic gesticulation. The
The Washington times., 1904-09-04
Ingenious Schemes THAT Are Sometimes Used
To EUade or OufzUf Banks Peqmations

IN keeping with the advance toward
thoroughly up TO date banking
i methods that are being literally
forced upon the financial institutions Of
the country by the aggressiveness OF
certain New York houses and their
connections at the vasious money cen
tiers. there is an alarming activity upon
the part of the numerous chevaliers
d'industrie of the present day whose
aim In life is 10 divert 70 their own
uses a percentage of the money in
trusted to the custody Of banks
Many Schemes Devised.
The thousand and one schemes that
have been devised during the past TWEEN
" years 70 defraud banks would re-
quire a good sized volume 70 elaborate.
The proportion Of them that has been
successful is a constant occasion Of
anxiety TO bank officials. who fear a
recurrence Of them under new and
elaborate DISCUSSES.
BY far the greatest menace in the way
of fraud which prevails today IS the
scientific securing of loans from two or
more banks without their knowledge
and by means Of the exchange OF checks
This is technically known as 'hting.
In its elementary stage and when prac-
ticed by novices not aware OF the pos
sibiitIcs. # is soon detected. and gen
ecaIIy withou: loss - the banks whose
money has been used. But with the
aid OF capital to start legitiU1 te ac-
count. sufficient patience TO bu.-i up "A
stanGirg and credit and the originality
and inventiveness requisite for the pres
crvation Of appearances, a system can Dc
] INN
10 the designer and proporuonate losses
TO his victims.
There are many sO-CalIed commercial
failures shat are neither more nor less
than the breaking down of "A "htinS
game" when the man behind the checks
decides that the supreme moment has
arrived.
An Elaborate Scheme.
one Of the largest of the New York
banks recently discovered an elaborate
scheme for Exiting" quite by chance
An account had been opened by a man
who presented a letter Of introduction
from one c. their country correspond
Cntz.
His balance during the first few
months was not very large, but gradu-
ally grew until ne was carrying from
count was in every way satisfactory.
and the man was classed as a valued
depositor He was supposed 70 have
! large mining interests in the West and
South. from the fact that specially en-
Erayed checks, bearing the names Of
mining and industrial companies. were
almost daily passed TO his credit,
These checks were duly honoreG by
the banks on which they were drawn.
land in view OF the fact that their in
dhidual amount never equaled the bal
ancc in favor Of the depositOr. they we're
not subjected to a close scrutiny by the
tclleIs-
Good for the Amount.
One morning there came a telegram
srom a Southern bank asking If this de
positor's check on the New York bank
was good for S25. 900 As a matter of form
il was referred 10 the boOkkeeDer, who
answered that il was, and the inQuiring
| bank was so informed by wire.
A few minutes later the bOOkkeeper
Ircc,iv.d a credit for the account, which
I had come 10y mail and consisted of a
draft for SIS, 900, drawn by phosphate
The Washington times., 1904-09-04

Yes is all he says. his voice already
weary-sad.
The garbage has not been collected
from my house during the last six days.
I want to know il you think that IS
right in such weather as this"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-01-30

done before the rack is put together.
Strips might we'll be used In place Of
the wires and would give additional
strength If wire is used, 1t will prove
most satisfactory If kept tight.
The nest boxes are made of one-half
inch lumber. They are liz inches
wide II inches long and FIVE inches
deep. The bottom Is made to project
SIX inches, providing a step for the
hens to alight on. The space above
As boxes would depend partly on
he breed of poultry, but with boxes
fro inches high a 14-inch space be-
tween wires will be sufficient The
improved nest boxes have the advant-
age Of being light, easily made and
readily cleaned
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-01-30
Fine Potatoes In Maine.

ST doubt If any of you people down
here in Washington ever saw any
thing like the sort of Irish potatoes
that we raised in Maine this past sea
son." said Mr.. A. @. Gardiner, Of the
Pine Tree State.
1--WE have one county-Aroostock-
that is the banner potato county Of
the Union, and this year 1t broke all
its previous records in the production
OF he Murphys. Don't set me down
as retailer of romance when l tell
you that l saw among a number Of
giants grown there one specimen that
weighed four and half pounds. Plen-
ty OF three-pounders were in evidence,
and the big ones were Just as palata-
bic and luscious as those Of smaller
size. Post.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-01-30
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE2
You are going to do great things, you

You are going to do great things, you
say
But what have you done?
You are going to win in a splendid way,
AS others have won;
You have plans that when they are put
in force
Will make you sublime;
You have mapped out a glorious upward
course
But why don't you climb7
you're not quite ready to start, you say;
If you hope to win
The time to be starting is now-to-day-
Don't daily, begin!
No man has ever been ready as yet,
Nor ever will be;
You may fall ere you reach where yolr
hopes are SGT
But try it and see.
You are going to do great things, yor say,
You have splendid plans:
Your dreams are Of heights that a'e far
away;
They're a hopeful mani
But the world, when it judges tie case
for you,
At the end, my son,
Will think not of what you were going
TO do,
But of what you've done.
S. e. Kiser.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-01-30
New Sugar Plant.

The Agricultural Department Is In
quiring into the statement of Consul
General Guenther that new plant has
been discovered In South America that
promises to supplant the sugar cane
and the sugar beet. The plant contains
large amount Of saccharine matter
and a high percentage of natural sugar
properties which are easy to extract.
1t is said to be easily cultivated in
climates like those of the southern por-
ton of the United States. According
to experiments made by the discoverer,
the director Of the agricultural insti-
tute of Asuncion. this plant is said to
yield a sugar which Is from twenty to
thirty times as sweet as ordinary cane
or beet sugar.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-01-30

There, don't talk any more, Mol
lie. You've had a bad day. You
mustn't feel that way. I'll hurry the
supper and gallop over and see the
Doctor"
NO, Zeb, don't; you can't afford it,
anl it'll be of no use"
+ Don't, Molly, don't - that's what
hTts. You mustn't give up. The doe
tor will pull you through ell right,
yet"
He leaned over and kissed the pale
GROW.
] There, now, see If you can't get
some 81 ep while me and the children
cook a bite
He took the children into the shed
room and closed the door. A fire kin
died and supper placed on the stove,
he took down the milk pail and went
and feed the COW, the children follow
ing at his heels.
DR.. Gaines and the village preacher
Fora PERTH, were engaged in CONVEX
sation when Fulton reached the doc
tors Office that night. So it happened
that the Rev. PERTH learned of Fulton's
sick wife. The next morning he drove
out. 1t was late in the day when he
reached the cabin, and Fulton had al
ready gone to the field.
The minister didn't remain long. AZ
ter speaking a few words to the sick
woman and the children, he prayed
and took his departure. He saw at
glance that other things than prayers
and words of sympathy were needed.
He spent the morning visiting neigh.
boring farms. When he returned home,
late that evening, tired with the days
work, he felt that it had not been in
vain.
At noon, when Fulton was told Of
the preachers visit, he said nothing,
but a queer expression came on his
face. Whether Of approval or resent
ment 1t was hard to tell.
The next morning he was clearing
away the breakfast dishes and trying
to quiet a fretful child when he
CHANGED to glance out of the door. He
was almost startled. A dozen men were
hoeing industriously in the cotton
patch He stood for some minutes re-
garding them, dazed. He was not a
hard man, and, touched by the unex
pected show r kindness, tear came
Hnto his ey oiled down his cheek,
',shed 'o+N = was drying.
~ the
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-01-30

suuction Of LOO rabbit traps. For
'0ur orchards they have 1900 traps.
lnese traps consist of box %
hcles long, made of ordinary 6-inch
.ulOer. inch thick, closed at one
eau and with an inward swinging
'Ee gate, a, in the other end, which
. smut by contact Of the rabbit with
. Trigger, b, after he has fairly en-
@rsd and taken the bait at c. About
,oe' OF lumber and 4 feet of No. IL
- sa''anized iron wire are consumed in
.le making of each trap, which costs
.Onpiete from 1911 to Is cents. This
sap' as now constructed, Is consid-
1 ~ "ell-nigh perfect, cost and Ell
s,ency considered, and Is the result
= twenty years of experimentation
= : making traps, and studying the ma
.ufe and habits of the rabbit.-Farm
and Home "
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-01-30
Water for Horses.

Horses require considerable
amount OF water daily. the quantity
varying with different seasons Of the
year, the amount of work performed
etc. The time OF watering, whether
before or after feeding, is matter OF
little Importance and. generally speak
ing, may be regulated to suit the con
venience OF the feeder. Horses be.
come used to either method OF water.
ing, and irregularity should be avoid
ed, as sudden changes are apt to prove
disturbing.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-01-30
Tho Farm Snrn1na

The farm surplus should never be
sold in its original condition If it can
be changed to something else with
profit. Hay, when fed to dairy cows,
and only the butter IL sold, leaves a
portion OF the profit on the farm, as
the butter Is derived mostly from the
air. and 1t IL to this fact that cream
cries which return the skim milk and
whey to their patrons have done much
to increase the fertility of some farms
by rendering the manure Of the farms
more valuable.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-01-30

-. accompanying drawing repro
,.aad from Orange Judd Farmer, Illus
a W.. very well the improved nests de-
ar and successfully used by VIII
So proctor Of Essex County, Mass.
me ~Ssy are very easily made and the
IAN Of construction Is as follows:
T W. three boards, one inch thick by
% inches wide, and Of any convenient
,.,gtb, The boards are placed far
ana,qh apart to admit OF two nests
side by side.
strjns two inches wide and one inch
.hlck represented in the diagram as
n are nailed across both top and
s.ttom to hold the uprights In place
nd make the frame firm. Supports
~ the nest boxes are wires, desig-
rated by in the diagram, and to
nut them In place holes are augered
tbrough all the boards, which Is best
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-01-30
Wide and Narrow Tires.

At an experiment station 1t has been
demonst1 ated that it requires 40 per
cent more power to draw load OH a
wagon with 1h-inch tires than one
with a 3-inch tire. With Baldwin
dynamometer careful tests were made
with a loaded wagon drawn over blue
grass sward. In a wagon weighing
1000 pounds 1t was found that load
weighing 1922 pounds could be drawn
on wide tires with the same force re-
quired to move 1000 pounds on mar
row tires. Moreover, the wide tires
did aot injure the turf, while the mar
row ones cut through It.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-01-30
PIN Eat Charcoal.

1t is said that charcoal is q very
valuable hygienic agent for pigs. 1t
is a corrective, and acts as prevent
i've against various diseases arising
from disordered digestive organs. If
some charcoal, or even ashes, are put
In the pigsty, the pigs will soon show
they like 1t.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-01-30

absence. When he entered the cabin
1t presented the appearance of having
undergone a general renovating. There
was snowy linen on the bed, and il was
wheeled to where his wife, dressed in
a clean wrapper, could look through
the sunshine across the valley. A faint
color had crept into her cheeks and
brightness into her eyes. The chill
dren, with clean dresses and faces,
looked tidier than for many day. The
baby sat on quilt on the floor playing
with new rag doll.
Some of the women were in the
kitchen getting dinner that they had
brought, and behind the shed he could
hear the sound of scrup-boards as 9TH
ers busily washed the soiled clothes
that had a"e"n''llated in the house for
weeks.
Fulton glanced about him obviously,
not knowing just how to adjust himself
to the situation.
Now, jest sit down by yore wife an
rest to-day" said one of the women,
stepping in from the kitchen. We're
shore ashamed for bein so onneigh-
bOrly. Guess you think we're a hard
set bout here, an not without cause
We amt maxim no excuse, but
springs been so late, an been so much
rain, an the men folks so benin with
Their crops, we jest amt had no time
to think o. anybody but ourselves. The
parson come over yesterday an tole us
we ought to be ashamed, an we air
You'll not hold it gin us, will you, Mr.
Fulton?"
'Tm shore | preciate yore kind
ness" said Fulton, awkwardly pushing
a chair to the side of the bed
yes, do set down an rest You
shorely must be petered out with all
the work you've had to do"
The door closed and Fulton was left
alone with his wife. The baby still
cooed over the rag doll. He sat In 81
ence, holding his wife's hand, his eyes
rested on the men in the field and the
baby on the floor.
The next Sunday morning, Fulton,
the baby on his knee, sat on the door
he housetops and spire of the village
church had glistened in the sun. He
lad been gazing some time through the
air that lay over the fields,
when he turned and spoke to his wife.
molly, would you mind if | leave
you couple OF hours with the chill
1ren"
why, no, Zeb; but where are you
ding to-day?'
II thought 1 w91ld go over and hear
'e parson."
Again the sun was sinking behind
e fringe Of woods along the ridge
ne trees made long black shadows
ross the cotton patch, now white as
field of snow, with it's millions of
sting bolls
fulton and his wife stood by the
nee viewing the promising prospect.
rle baby played about its mothers
suee, and the children gazed out over
hi fields toward the golden sunset.
Fulton put his arm about his wife
and drew her closer to him. AS he
kissed the upturned brow the sun gid
ed for a moment their barred heads.
molly, when the crops sold," he
was saying, "we'l buy back the little
lear Creek farm"
The baby clapped its hands and
.ughed.-New Orleans Times-Demo-
rat
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-01-30
English Tobacco.

~ = - not generally known that tobac-
grown somewhat extensively In
/. I Ia districts In England. So also
ea. .uaian earn. The great bar to sue
anr,n = 'he culture of the tobacco plant
.r. s recent years Is the want of the
smo. Jul II Is a fact that many cigars
ta,a aeu In London are formed of ma
ulIaa srown within radius of forty
NisS from BowbeIls.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-01-30
Rabbit. In Apple Orchards.

One Of the Incidents and expenses
OF orcharding on large scale is the
constant warfare necessary to wage
on rabbits so likely to work great
destruction to young apple trees
Wellhouse & Son, Of Topeka, Kan,
Tor their orchard In Usage County,
USED carload OF lumber on the con-
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-01-30
Minnesota Dairy Fivrr..

and report issued OF the State dairy
ss1 a sO0u departments shows that the
ha,a a"erles of Minnesota which
ave ave been inspected during the mast
Donna. consume every day 6,4O0, 600
Year :. OF milk. The figures for the
but,.. snow that 100000 pounds Of
L. -. are Produced by these creamer-
slasooe os sold for s17,5Oo, 900. of which
Ed :, y went directly into the peck.
TAs 40, e patrons OF the creameries.
MIX !. seameries are furnished with
- ~. $4,000 cows eat Of the 9lS.-
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-01-30
"YE HAVE DONE It Unto NE,



60 HE sun was slipping behind the
fringe Of trees across the field
when Zeb Fulton reached the
end of the rows. With an effort he
Strengthened himself. The hoe fell to
the ground. He unwound a red hand
kerchief from about his neck, wiped
over his face, and, turning, let his eyes
wander over the patch of cotton. Some
thing like a groan escaped him. 1t
looked hopeless task excepting for a
few dozen rows that ne had hoed, cot
ton could scarcely be seen in the rank
weeds.
Zeb Fulton had moved into the Glib
town neighborhoCd, in the early winter,
from the Clear Greek country. There
he had owned small farm; but, his
wife falling sick, he ] ged it
that he might pay n.
crop failure forced
the farm to his cree
valid wife and fol-
1t had been Difficult
farm. Land-owne'
had a good for
cabin and little /
best he could do
cumstances 1t
hampered as b
hopeless.
He walked
AS he climbed
the field the
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-01-30
The Farm Area.

The farms OF the United States GOV.
/ s41.OoO,O0O acres and employ 10.
1000 persons.
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