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AN EXPERT PlckPockEr.
He P,sde in a Brousham and ATTENDED
Fashionable -

London News h old man James
Read, whom Detectives Collins and
Waters of the l. division succeeded in
sending to six months hard labor. was
Neputed to be one of the most EXPERT
and, in his heydey, the most successful
plckpocket in London. On the proceeds
of his profession he used to drive in q
brougham.
Read is in his 10th year. Tall, ele-
gantly dressed always. with venerable
white beard and glossy silk hat, he was
sometimes mistaken for a peer of the
realm. When he spoke the deception
was the greater, for his voice was clear
and cultivated.
He was once a master tailor in the
West End, but for many years he has
netted large sums in consequence of his
mania for collecting other peoples
purses. He was an earnest patron of
fashionable haZars. weddings and 9th
er ceremonies end functions attended
by crowds of wealthy women. AS the
detectives said, another of his schemes
was TO follow bishops at confirmation
services.
To all these affairs it was his GUS
toni to drive up In his brougham. Then.
In the rare cases when suspicion fell
upon him, he possibly escaped on such
strong evidence Of r~espectability aa the
possession of a private carriage. 1t is
oeiieNed that to that end he has all
ways made his W. clothes, and they
We're perfectly provided for his needs.
His covert coat could be apparently
hanging over his wrist. yet so arranged
was it With Sits that his hand would
be gliding through the center of it all
the time in and out of other peoples
pockets.
The departure of the continental
boats in the holiday season also OF.
tracted hfm. He was a man of con.
siderable education. and so great was
his gift of assumed dignity hat often
even when caught almost %ed-handed
he would C the ~nsequen BIZ
the aid of his plausible tongue. It
was in a large measure due to him that
the backs OF outside seats on London
omnibuses had to be altered.
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The Cause of Leprosx.

From the Cincinnati ENQUIRER: The.
conclusion OF DR.. jonathan Hutchin-
son OF England, after a study of ler,rsasy
as 1t appears in various parts OF rhe
world, is that the disease is caused.
wholly by eating decomposing Or ana-
perfectly cured fish. The London Times
is inclined to accept DR.. Hutchi,1sesgs..
idea. 1t is held that in ALI co,,v1tsaes
and in all ages leprosy has been sxsAa IS
still due to the consumption of high"
fish. The preference for fish in q
TAINTED condition is an acquired
taste and 1t is claimed that it prevails
lnong n sufficient u1nhe of people 10
account for the readfui disease w1fe r,A-
ever 1t exists. Leprosy was nearly GER.
eral in England and on the con1in.eur
IN the sixteenth century, and il ia.
claimed still prevails at many fishing
stations, especially in Norway. fceg.sFasg
and Tracadie. 1t is represented thai at.
these places there is still a preference
for fish in a tainted condition. Ii sH
noted mat III regions Where ieprosN
peared with the Advancement OF sE7f--
culture and the discarding of FISH for
food. In India vegetarians are trse
from 1t, but the fish eaters are mark
troubled. DR.. Hansen of Bergen dis
covered that persons having iepre~y
carry In their tissues a bacillus re
semblfng that Of tuberculosis, and s,an,
disease is thought to be a lpeS,iflcaaieag,
of tuberculosis. caused by "a s.seektss.
virus developed in d%ecaying fish. Tspe
scientists. especially those who's. ,3ire.-
ton is in the medical line. arc nlwags.
making 1t harder to get along iii Tia
world; but it is probably better ~ giss
heed to their theories, ever ff sIl..rY.
may be nothing in them. fos ~ may
happen that a little care in tha. geleee-
ton of the dried fish we eat 1ras .asd
a few years to life; and 1t is 1Hr gese-
eral agreement that life is noysc tea
long at best.
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Shad and Their Ronss.

A genius h Invented a rnachine for
removing the bones from shad is ne.-
noting a company with u capital as
$1,000,00 to rush the apparatus or, ID.
market before the end of the shaa asua-
son. He says: Il have counted In. "a
single shad of five pounds 5000 hex,exs
and $4,000 ggs I nave eaten soeDa,h
eggs at a meal. l nave eaten. EED4
bones at a meal. for bones do not hnrs.,
me, but they are a menace to the vnor,Ss,
at large. My machine is simply BOW
erful magnet which is passed vSowSrx
over the fish from end to end - nnns:fs
bones leap right out Of the fesh. In
handfulls: You can use the i~nvensiom.
either before or after cooking. / preres~.
1t after, because the fish Is sweetes-.
il cooked with the bones In"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-05-13
The Missionaries niIernna

New York Tribune: A capital story
has been told DS am American mission
airy Who has Just arrived in London
from Korea. This difficulty of learning
the language of that country is ~increas-
ed enormously owing to the large mum
Der of words which, With a slight in
Election of the voice, are used over and
oVer again with an entirely different
meaning. The missionary in question.
was preaching to some natives, and as
surlng them that miles they repenterl
they would go 10 8 place ,nf punish
ment. Amusement rather THAI terror
was written on the faces of his orien-
tai listeners. Why OH earth, if they re-
1ected his advice and refused to repent.
should they be di~spatched-to the local
postofiicel On another occasion a lee
lure was being delivered, in the course
OF which a beautiful moral was being
drawn from the gay career of the tiny
butterfly. which was suddenly cut short
IN the clutches of the spider. The smile.
'aoWever, fell somewhat short of its in
Tended meaning, and it was not untfl
the laughter had subsidized that the lee
.Nlrer became aware that the victim
which had been G%oundering amid the
dainty silkal threads of the web was a
donkey which in the Korean language.
:~ts3rpears. h synonymous with butter
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WHERE DUTCH HAVE MONOPOLY.
Bulb Raising With Them a Large and
Distinct Industry.

Kansas City Journal: The raising of
hyacinth, tulip and daffodil bulbs is
practically a Dutch monopoly, and
nearly all of those bulbs sold by Amer
lean seed houses are importations.
John Nandermeij, representative In the
United States of a bulb house at Lisse,
Holland, who arrived here yesterday,
has for his only samples q few dozen
bulbs, but he says that in every green
house in the country he can point to
the blossom product of the bulbs which
he sells. Mr.. Nandermeij talks inter
estingly about The business OF raising
hyacinth bulbs.
They will not TOW in every coun-
try he declared. I'm fact, Holland
is the only land in which bulb raising
has become q large and distinct indus
try. A dry. sandy soil and even eli
matte conditions are essential to the
fun development of the hyacinth. tulip
and datfodil. 1 believe, however, that
daffodils are grown with some degree
OF success in the southern part of Eir-
ginia. But as ar exclusive business the
United States cannot lay claim to daft
foail farming.
I'm this country llae change. of eli
mate do not agree with these plants.
The bulbs must be set in the fall, COW
cred so as to maintain an ever tenn
p%erature throughout the winter, and in
lle spring, when the blossoming time
is at hand, rainfall, sunshine and mild
ness must occur with absolute regu-
larity. Otherwise no bulbs will fill
out. OF course, the blossoms will un-
fold as beautifully here as in Holland,
but the developing process ends with
the fall of the petals.
II believe that few lovers of flowers
know that the tulip n hyacinth. so
common in the American home. are nor
natives. | have. even heard ignorance
ON his point attain 10 such proportions
as TO inspire pseudo flower fanciers in
the United States to suggest the tulip
as a national emblem. Even if 1T We're
physically possible to raise good tulip
bulbs here. I 80 not believe thu an in
dustry could be built up in the face of
Dutch competition. Labor is cheap
with us, Ii We car export bulbs and
place. them upon the market at a lower
figure than could be fixed by American
ErOWerS'
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N4eD HKA.KMX3M.

six th~ousand-that I cam tell you,
but the asu of the damages will be
in proportion to the loss, SO thai I
don't think much Of Miss Hardwicke'a
fortune will be enjoyed by her present
intended husband"
"Ah." he said, his ayes turned quickly
toward the closed door.
And, BESIDES" l went on. with a sud-
den flash Of inspiration, "there is your
present wife. What are you going to
do about her
His face grew deadly pale and his
hands trembled.
My present wife," he calculated.
Yes" 1 returned, "the lady whom I
saw cav the room"
He came UP close TO me, his eyes
starting out OF his head.
You knew 1t all the while, and YOU
have only been playing with me-"
I laughed, not knowing what else to
do.
Now. Mr.. Ridway," 1 said, 81 will
drop this matter IL you will write a let
ter that l Shall dictate you to Miss
Hardwicke. telling her that you are al
ready married and have a wife living"
He hesitated.
Cant I do it any other way"
l shook my head.
He sighed In a beaten kind of way,
and taking a pen and paper, he wrote
as l dictated while 1 looked over his
shoulder. Then he put the letter In an
envelope n sailed 1t.
II have no stamp" he muttered, when
l held out my hand for the letter.
Never mind" answered, II will sec
that it is posted. Good day."
l drove to h nearest postof1ce and
registered the letter to Miss Hard
wicke. Then I returned to my cham
bers feeling triumphant. and not a lit
tie ashamed. at the part which L had
played. -1asss ~ sssss4ssss es+ss.~s
For some months afterward I heard
nothing from Stephen Burchell, but, at
last. one morning I found a letter in his
familiar handwriting on my table.
My dear old boy" 1t ran. ITS all
right again between Milly and me. She
hates that singing fellows name now
so much that she can't bear to hear 1t
mentioned. l expect she found out at
last what we all knew-that he wasn't
a gentleman. We're to be married be-
fore the hunting season begins, and we
both want You to be best man"
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a. family; for everybody knew years
$50, that. with the certain war, in
creased revenue would be necessary.
Heavy taxation was the thing to be
expected as much as heat IN summer
and cold in winter. The secret of the
universal sacrifice is .he emperor hitl-
self.
Scratch your man of position deep
and you will find that with the humber
classes he feels the paternity OF the
empire as the subject of no other ma
ton can and does. Instead of thanking
fortune for luck or prosperity, or the
daily bread you earn by the sweat of
your brow, this people thank the EN-
peror.
When Admiral Togo. in response to
an imperial message. says: We are
grateful hat almost all the officers
and men who undertook the task re-
turned safely by the unseen power of
protection of your illustrious majesty"
the phrasing means the same as our
thanks to God tor success.
Mikado Gets all Praise.
The emperor gave them the land and
national life. so that all heroism is
merely paying a deb of love and graft
tude. The Japanese idea of the joys
of eternal life limited to the joy of
dying for his land. Beyond the grave
he expects none of the rewards which
excite lHe courage OF tne TURKS.
In one respect. this war is carrying
us back to the days when unconquered
new worlds We're plentiful, and Eng
land. France, Spain and Holland fought
battles over distant provinces which
were no sooner occupied han they
changed owners
The taking of either enemy's capital
is as much out of the question as in
the war of the English and the French
for supremacy in North America.
Russia throughout her great domain
may go on with her home affairs with
out feeling that any possible defeat
will bring the war to her doors.
From her w she, too, can
feed and clothe her army in the field,
and she, too, can borrow of herself.
But TO her M%anchuria is distant in the
material self-tnterests which make Ko-
1'ea very near to Japan.
These considerations, which are
borne in upon US with renewed force Il
month after the war has begun, when
mot even a skirmish on lane has &C.
Cured. may max the weeks tina we
have waited here in Toxic for passes
to join the advancing columns only the
two-line prologue of Il great drama.
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Awarkwardness and Diplomacy.

New York Weekly: Miss Jinks-I nave
tried my best to get my father to ex-
change our square piano for an upright.
put he won't. l told hint the uprights were
the best and most stylish and most fash
a and all the society folks had them,
but he only got mad"
Miss Binks-My father consented the
moment I spoke to him.
HING
II told him the uprights made les.
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Up to the AVERAGE.

New York Weekly: ~Jimson-Any STRIFE.
while I was out OF town.
Bilson-Yes. tbs trolley cars made 8
IeW.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-05-13

British India now employees over L.
600, 600 people In its cotton industries.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-05-13

Franc6 and England each own in
an area as large as the United
.tatsS
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-05-13

The treasury plans for a two or
three years campaign with the same
tnclusiveness of all possibilities as the
general staff. Heavy shipments of gold
nay affect the confidence of foreigners,
o. course; it was foreign exchange that
sent the gold abroad. Sluare-jawed
japanese eomposure in this. as in its
naval strategy, knows it's work and the
Wherewithal for doing It.
me proposition to raise the taxes
nrlngs no more sign of opposition than
me emergency expenses of sickness to
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-05-13

The correspondent who complains
must recall that Stonewall jackson
never took his own staff into his con
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-05-13

had only been a short time called to
the bar. and, us yet, briefs We're like
angels visits.
One afternoon, about three weeks be-
fore Christmas, i was seated in cham
bers reading the Life of Lord Eldon."
when my clerk announced Mr.. Stehpen
Burchell. l threw the zoo aside and
sprang up to greet my old chum, for
Stephen and 1 lad been at Oxford to-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-24
ALLIANCE OF REPUBLICS.

While it is not at all prabable that
anybody will sit up nights to worry
over the alliance of Brazil Ecuador,
Chile and Bolivia against the United
States. yet it is worth serious thought.
1t shows that the revolution in Panama
has filled the South American coun-
ming of an American scheme for the
absorption of either a whole or a part
Of other republics.
The fear is foolish. No matter that
the president might desire to annex a
few republics. 1t isn't at all likely
that he could get support for the
scheme. Certainly the people would
oppose any such project. Bat the
alliance shows that the United States
cannot depend on the South American
countries Tor aid in the event it ever
becomes necessary TO defend the Mon
roe doctrine. or for any other present
purpose. Their alarm is unnecessary.
bull We cannot aIlege that it is without
excuse.
The alliance Of the republics also
shows that our trade with them is
likely to suffer as a result Of the
gniversa! distrust. The Germans and
British are making great commercial
threads in the whole of -S>0utb Ar,7a,.ifa
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-24

Senator Ankeny frees himself from the
unholv bonds that make him the crea-
ture and the tool of the lobby the bet
ter it will be for his political future.
The sensible people of this county
will not go on forever paying extor-
tionate freight rates and more than
their share of taxes in order to help
Senator Ankeny. to keep his bargain
with the railroads. In 1889, 1901 and
1903 they acquieSced in the defeat OF
bills intended to give them relief from
excessive freight rates because they
were aware that the home candidate
for the senate had made an agreement
with the lobby to aid in defeating all
such legislation in return for railroad
support for the honor he was seeking
That bargain has cost the shippers Of
this county many thousands of dollars
in the last five years. They feel that
they have contributed their full share
in higher freight rates and higher
taxes to gratifying the ambition of
Senator Ankeny and that when it
comes to asking them to continue pay
ing this tribute indefinitely in order to
protect the political interests of the
senator it is a case of riding a willing
horse to death. They think it is high
time for Senator Ankeny to break with
the railroad lobby and stake his po-
ltical future on the record he shall
make as senator in promoting the
welfare of the people of his state and
in increasing the power and prestige
of the nation. He should build up for
himself a support founded on the re-
spect, confidence and gratitude Of his
people so that he may kick from under
him the props by which he climbed to
his present high position. On the
wreck of his dead self and the remains
of the railroad lobby let him climb to
higher and nobler things.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-24
THERE IS A GOOD FLOW.
Well Proves to Be a Success
in klickitat.

w. F. Grove, who returned yester-
day from his claim in Klickitat cOun-
ty, is very enthusiastic over the arte-
sian water that was struck on a piece
of land located near his claim. A
splendid flow of water was obtained
and the pressure was very strong.
Jesse Ferney accompanied Mr.. Grove
on the trip and he speaks in glowing
terms of the prospects Of that section.
He states that a large number Of resi-
dents of The Dalles are filing on land
in Oregon directly opposite the Wash
ington claims and have large sur
veying party in the field locating the
lines of the different claims. There
are good indications that artesian wa
ter will be struck in that locality and
there is a big scheme on foot to irri-
gate the immense table lands along
the Columbia on both sides of that
river.
Mr.. Ferney was so favOrably i'm
pressed with the prospects that he filed
on a claim near the river in Klickitat
county.
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sons between the charges for service
made by the railways of the two re-
giOns usually refer to freight rates. In
these the United States has a great
advantage. According to Emory John
son, the average receipts per pas
senger per mile in England are less
than cents. In Prussia these re-
seipts are Los cents; in France, u;
in Russia three fourths Of a cent In
the United States the rate was slight
ly over 2 cents a mile in 1901 and is
probably somewhat higher now
The cause of the difference in pas
senger rates between the United
States and Europe is to be found
largely in the different character OF
the people and the differences in their
economic condition and in the density
of the population. In the United
States the demand is for quick SER
vice and luxurious equipment. We
pay well for our passenger service and
insist that it shall be good. In Eu
rope the gerat majority of the pas
sengers-abOut 80 per confuse the
cheaper class of coaches and the slow
er trains. They get a poor service
and pay for it. 1t is a service that
suits countries where the average per-
son is poor and wages are low. Time
is not considered money there to the
extent that it is here. Our passengers
will save time and spend money; the
Europeans will spend time and save
money. The population being dense
railways have found it profitable to
stimulate passenger traffic by reduc-
ing fares. Passenger fares have de-
clined much more rapidly in Europe
than hare and the volume of the
traffic has increased very rapidly.
On the other hand freight rates in
the United States will not average
more than half as much as those of
Europe, being only three fourtns Of a
cent per ton per mile, and the tend
ency has been for thirty years stead
lily to reduce them. The large ton
mage and the long haul explain Why
freight rates in the United States are
and must be lower than in Europe. The
average distance for a haul of ton
of freight in the United States is 252
miles, in Germany GA, in France So in
Austria so. in Italy 20. The rates
here simply must be low, else bust
ness would languish and the railways
would suffer. Business could hardly
be conducted in this country with
the freight rates as high as in Eu-
rope with the average haul more than
three times as great. Hence our rail-
way captains have been forced to con-
centrate their brains and energy in
reducing freight rates to the lowest
possible basis consistent with profit.
This has resulted in the introduction
of economies and management meth
DDS unknown in Europe. The pas
senger service has not yet received
such attention. The time will doubt
less come, though, when passenger
fares in the United States will be much
lower than they are at present.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-24
GOOD LORD AND GOOD DEVIL
POLICY.

Henry Clews, the we'll known Wall
street broker, says in his last weekly
circular that the merger decision opens
the way for further litigation, but
which for the present is not likely to
follow. The Administered ton has been
successful in this suit and seems wisely
disposed to leave the railroads alone.
= The present antitrust
law Will probably be amended later on
SO as to give the courts liberty in de-
Gliding what restraints are reasonable
and what are not. Five of the judges
the Sherman law forbds reasonable as
we'll as unreasonable restraints. but as
Justice Brewer evidently considered
the Northern Securities Company as
an unreasonable restraint, he cast his
vote adversely, showing that the YER
dict of the highest tribunal on a most
vital point is dependent upon the dur
alton of a single life
This shows that Wall street has re-
ceived some sort of promise from the
administration that there will be no
further prosecution of the trusts and
that the Foraker bill allowing combi-
nations for reasonable restraint of
rade' will become law after the next
presidential election if the republicans
remain in power. Recently the Rookie
fellers, Havemeyers, j. Perpont Nor
gan and their attorneys have been en-
tertained at luncheon by President
Roosevelt at various times and it is
evident that the changed attitude Of
Wall street toward the administration
is due to an understanding reached at
those conferences.
There is no reason to doubt that
Foraker, who is very close to the presi-
dent knew just what he was about
when he introduced his bill for the
virtual repeal of the Sherman anti
trust law. Representative Grosvenor,
another spokesman for the administra-
ton, introduced the same bill in the
house. This bill has been introduced
as proof of good faith 10 the trusts
and it is understood that no attempt
viii he made to pass it until the admin
istration has been given a four-year
! e. e. Of