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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-22

companied by couple of Others No ,ass
strikingly attired, on board a Market street
car. few days ago. The car had crossed
"a street when the. woman got up and
started for the rear door
Want to go to the ferry?'' asked the con-
ductor. ~oA'
No" said the first one, I'VE want to go
beyond the ferry"
And everybody. of course. expected to see
a swimming match.-Phiiadelphia Press.
did you show that account to Ardup
again today?'
Yes, sir.
Did you tell him it had been on the slate
Yes, SIR
What did he sayg
'.He said it looked as If you were irving
to rub 1t in.''-Chicago Tribune.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-22
The Population of the World.

From the Bulletin Of the American Geographical
Society.
In "Die Bevolkerung der Erde'' DR.. Supan
gives the results of the latest censuses and
estimates concerning the population of
America, Africa and the polar lands. the
changes of figures in parts of Europe that
have affected the European total, together
with the latest results in Asia, Australia
and New Zealand. He then sums up his
estimates of the population of the world in
the following table:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-22

Mr.. Skinf1int-"The paper says skirts are
to be worn longer than evei!'
Mrs. Skinfiint-"Well. you needn't be hg-
germ on ms woarin' mine tlny longer. I've
worn 1t five years this comm faur'-Har-
Eer's Bazaar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-22


The Igorrotes have come in larger num-
bers than any of the others and are quite
as interesting. as the Negritos. These
brethren of ours are not quite ready for
self-government, although they are picking
up ideas rapidly. and since their appearance
in st. Louis have learned the value of
money. The highest ambition of an Igor
rote is to receive from the chief of his tribe
a decoration in the form of bamboo
crown adorned with feathers. He Is en-
titled to this coronet when he has brought
In from the warpath twenty human heads
These fellow-citizens are not satisfied with
taking scalps like our North American In
dams. but as an evidence of good faith and
of their bravery In battle they behead those
whom they have killed or wounded and
bring home their trophies hanging from a
bamboo pole.
The Igorrotes have been the subject Of
considerable anxiety on the part of the
Humane Society of st. Louis because they
eat dogs instead of lambs and steers. and
the Ethical Society of this city has serious
~ discussed the propriety of allowing them
to wander about the grounds in the cos
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-15

horse on his feet longer and bring him home
nearer the first flight than most of his con-
tenporaries. Mr.. Kerr is Il of DIR. John
Kerr, one of the best known surgeons in the
country. His father has recently turned over
to his son plantation near Wayrenton, Va.
and h has gone i'll for breeding stceplechasers
and hunters.
Probably there is no jockey in the country,
amateur or professional, who has been thrown,
rolled stamped upon, and has ren.odCteJ
and finished more frequently than Ambrose
Clark. He positively refuses to I've counted
out and he has demonstrated that h. cannot
he eliminated factor in = race until the
time limit has expired
Mr. Clark is stepson of Bishop Potter. but
SO far the head of the Protestant Episcopal Do
cese OF NewYork has not prevailed upon him
to accept his wen known views horseracins,
and he maintains C the foremost steeple-
chasing stables ia the country.
On his haIfbred horse Self-Protcction Henry
5. Page looks more like copy of an old fash
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-15
Oy1R PANAMA POSSESSION.
Canal. Railroad and Zone of Land
Fire Niles Hide on Each Side.

A few DAYS ago n short slender man with a
grayish mustache boarded a train TOT new
York at Washington. In his pocket ne had
Emitted States Treasury warrant for S4O,OVVVrV.
several times as large as any warrant ever IS
sued by the United States before Inc man Was
Secretary Shaw Of the United States Treasury
Department The warrant was the check OF the
Tinted States in payment for the property of the
French Panama Canal Company. He was
bringing the warrant to New-York to deposit II
with J. p Morgan & Co, through whom the
money was to be transferred to the canal COM
pany.
The Panama Canal and the railroad when
runs along its bank now the properly OF
the people of the United States. With the pay
ment to the Republic of Panama OF SiOOOO,OVV
the United States obtains political control over
a zone or strip of land beginning in the Carlb-
bean Sea, three marine miles from mean low
water mark and extending fifty miles across the
Isthmus Of Panama, ten miles wide, I'VE on
each side of the C;tns into the Pacific Ocean,
three marine miles frcIl mean low water mark
and including all I'll islands contained within
the strip and the islands of PericO, Macs,
Culebra and Flamenco in the Bay of Panama
This control. however. is limited TO that OF
sanitation in such portions Of the cities of Pana-
ma and Colon come within the zone
The first problem which the United States will
have to solve in the construction of the canal
win be that of making the scene of the con-
structive work more healthfuI. The cities of
Panama and Colon have no sewerage or water
systems. The sanitary conditions in Panama
the old section of which is surrounded by wall
that crowds the business and residence portions
closely together and causes great overcrowdInS,
are about as bad could imagine them
Sixty per cent of the population of this city is
made up OF native and jamaican negroes. Many
of them get along with minimum Of clothing,
the youngsters often wearing only straw hat
and a smile. Laundry work is performed by the
most primitive methods. Hogs not always
confined to the real estate of their owners.
1t is asserted by physicians who have studied
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-15

the question OF the health of the isthmus for
the United States government that so per cent
of the cases of disease which are known to pre-
vail at the isthmus can be prevented. 1t is pro-
posed to construct adequate sewers in Colon and
Panama and provide system for furnishing
these cities and the workmen along the canal
with wholesome water. At present water is
brought into the towns in barreIs-adnirable
breeding places for mosquitoes Other precau-
tons which will have to be taken will be the es-
tablishment of an adequate hospital service and
the enforcement of rigid rules of personal con-
duct 1t is possible that the recent discoveries
OF the Department of Agriculture of the efficacy
OF copper sulphate as an exterminator OF
typhoid, cholera and related bacteria and a de-
stroyer of mosquito Larvae may be of value in
Panama 1t is declared that it is possible to
make the isthmus habitable place for non-fm-
munes within the period of a year
Notwithstanding the millions of dollars worth
Oh IDLE machinery lying along the sides of the
canal excavated by the French company it will
De necessary to provide a new plant for the
work OF completing the canal Large quantities
of the present apparatus are not onIy ont of
date, but so ruined by rust as TO be fit only for
the junk heap. Steel rails, cars. locomotives
dredges and other appliances have been dam
aged so seriously that they cannot be used
again. The sum wasted in this way, it has been
estimated is just the amount the United States
is paying to the Panama Canal Company plus
the amount being paid to the Republic of PAN
ama-Soo,OOoooo. A part of the original ex-
cavation is to be abandoned also by reason OF
improved plans made by the engineers.
John 3. Wallace, general manager of the III
nois Central Railroad, is the engineer who will be
IN charge OF the actual work OF canal construc-
uor Rus salary VIII be $4,000 year
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-15
MENT'LEMEN JOCK IS.
Men Who Ride Races Just for the
Sport They Find an 1t.

1t in the old days of Saratoga, before
Ms fail and its subsequent restoration, and a
steeplechase with gentlemen riders up had
1nst been The soft green of the inheld
Nhere the elms and the NAPLES still cast their
pleasant shadows. was dotted here and there
curiousy tragic intervals with the flaming
silken jacket of some PROSTATE rider, and the
notes of the paddock bugle had given way to the
clang Of the ambulance gong. The lamented
William r. Travers stood the clubhouse
lawn, viewing the with composure born
of much experience and unbounded faith in
the recuperative powers of the fallen riders.
so far as ocean m-m-make out" he began,
n his famous stammerng drawl. "t-t-the di-
Ii difference between a pro-pro-fessional jockey
and a g-g-gentleman jockey is that one ge-gets
paid $4,000 a year for r-r-risking his l-l-Iife
snd the other gives $25, 900 for tn th-the pleas
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-15

NJ Taylor Of baltimore; F. Ambrose Clark, Of
New-York and Virginia; Henry S. Page, of West
bury, Long Island: FoXhall p keene also Of
Westbury when he is not hunting at Melton
Mowhray, in England; Dion Kerr, of Washing
ton; Victor Mather, of Philadelphia; Harry
Smith, OF Worcester, Mass; sydney HalloWay.
of New orh; Murray HendIie. of Toronto Can
ada, and Percy and Lee Evans, Of Warre1,cn,
Va, are probably the best known amateurs of
to-day.
OF these ten or Il dozen amateur jockeys none
look less like hors5 maIi-aHG is more Of one
than young Mr.. Kerr, Of Washington. Even
the very English monocle which Harry Page
wears right up to the blowing Of the saddlin@
hu8le fails to disguise that lean, Gaunt cNpr"s-
sion which long and intimate association with
horses Invariably brings CffeC tualIy as tn"
studious spectacles which Dion Kerr wears both
on foot and q nhorseback disguise his sporting
proclivitieS. But Mr.. KcTrs looks belle him,
and his method Of riding a thoroughbred is
quite distinct from that which the average
specialized student of the classics would assume.
He is one of the best judges of pace among
most of the amateurs, and lie can keep tired
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-15

toned sporting print than is often seen IN these
days. He rides with the long stirrup WHICH pre-
vailed before Tod" Sloan revo'utIonized race
riding. and his critics say that he weighs ITO
pounds and rides at 300 pounds However TINS
NAV be he has succeeded in winning some OA
the richest ste plechases- Mr.. PAGE comes from
the Nev--Jersey family Of Pages, and Tor uIhe
hunted with the Monmouth and the Essex Couh-
" hounds lie moved ove- to Long Island now
ever a number of years ago, and is now d
member Of the Meadow Brook set Last year
he established the pre- edert Of having his own
trainer fined by the stewards for not sending
his mount 10 tho post in condition 10 race
Apparently Bob" Taylor. OF Baltimore is not
only ignorant Of physical fear himself but as
sures that every else in a race must be.
The chances Cf his being set Gown for rough
riding Nvcre he 4 professionally are always ex-
cel!ent, and his OppoHen's are inclined TO give
him all the loom he asks for He is finished
horsemau. however ADD has Cutridden num-
her of professionals. Harry v. Smith at pres
ent confines his racing 10 hunt club meets. He
is the only amateur. with the exception OF Ny
Page, who has won the Champion Stakes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-15

IRE of doing the SESAME thing. II t-t-think
I'd r-r-rather be a pro-pro-fessionaL"
All OF the men who are riding in amateur
aces to-day may not be spending $4,000 an
Iually for the pleasure and the privilege of
fisking their lives in such diversions. but there
are few of them who could not do so or VINO
would not if it were necessary. AS a matter
Of fact the stables maintained by f. Ambrose
Clark by Henry s. Page and by Foxhan p.
koene must each cost close upon $4,000
year.
II must be admitted that the racing pubc-in
this country at least-is still inclined to look
upon the gentleman rider with a certain levity.
and when he appears with cOlors UP facetious
comments are likely to be passed between
''pil,er' and regular; bat that the Jockey
Club and the various racing associations under
its Jurisdiction believe in him and wish to en-
courage him is shown not only in the number OF
fiat and steeplechase races which framed for
his especial benefit, but in the value of the plate
which is annually offered. The Westchester
Racing Association at its spring and fall meet
ings numbers among its fixtures the Meadow
Brook Hunters Trial Steeplechase the Amateur
Cup and the Meadow Brook Hunters Steeple-
chase, each of which is open to amateur jockeys
only; and in addition it has made the Grand
National and the Champion, the two greatest
stcepechases of the year distinctly sporting "f-
fairs by the weight off it comedies to horses rid
den by gentlemen.
At Sheepshead Bay there are the Rockaway
Cup and the Inaugural Handicap, and at Sara
toG:l almost all OF the steeplechase contests
monopolzed by the jockeys with the Mr."
before their names.
Morris Park and the Washington Jockey Clubs
Enclosure at Benniugs have come to be looked
upon as exclusively the stamping ground Of the
"geutlernen jocks" AT the latter course the old
"befo' de wah" spirit of the sporting Virginia
gentleman asserts itself twice year-onca in
the spring and again in the fall-and all that tha
management needs to do to fill its grands;and
and its clubhouse to overlooking is 10 advertise
a steepechase with gentlemen up. The running
OF the Chevy Chase Hunt Handicap
known as the pink coat" race-attracts dele
cations from every hunting colony in the coun-
try.
In spite of the specializing public's attitude
toward the amateurs, it keeps a very definite
line their individual form, and it knows to a
nicely the various qualities OF horsemanship in
which each excels
OF the men whose performances through the
field" or the fiat entitle them to ~ classed
among the present day gentlemen riders the
names of eight or ten stand out prominently, and
almost as wen known to the racetrack pa
irons are those Of the professionals. Robert
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-15
4 GREiT DIFFERENCE.

At dinner given by Governor J. X Varda-
man Of Mississippi the subject Of toasts came up.
~ very good toast said Governor Varda-
nan. and one that comes home forcibIy to all
men in office was once proposed by the learned
Ashley Stockton, of Montpelier
THE occasion was a farewell banquet to the
Governor of Vermont. whose term OF office was
expiring.
Here said Ashley Stockton at this banquet
is the health of all Governors. They come In
with a great deal of opposition but they go out
with none at all
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-15
PREPARING FOR EMERGENCY.

Perhaps. the following anecdote would seem
to indicate, not all authors belong to the mutual
admiration society said by recent writer to
exist among the members of the craft.
At dinner given some time ago in honor of
Hall Game. Thomas Nelson Page was invited to
introduce the English novelist. one of the
guests next To Mr.. Page. just before the toasts
began passed his menu card around the table
with the request that Mr.. Caine put his sig
nature it.
That's good idea" said Page; Il must do
that. tco. I've got. to introduce Game in a few
minute, ana | want TO be able to say that /
nave read something he has written"
The Imperial press., 1904-04-30

tN Aiit kNNNlnNltliN Altfl AW tFiNAle ki'"R and uuintormcd people that the desert could l-r made to blossom as the rusc' these cxIvrtstTl reported that their test oi the soils showed that it was "so heavily imprgna,ci with alkali as io unfit the most part of it for growing crops" ln all my ride l did noi see any alkali land, nor one t"ot that would no, grow crops it watercl and planted. Indeed have not sccn any fertile scc. ton ot land in California so entirely free from alkali So much for government experts
 Calcxico on the boundary line is on the sca level From that point the Inn rcrial plain has uniform dip to the north of about four feet to the mile, until at Salion, seventy miles north, it is 2,iS icc, below sea level So it will bc seen that the surface conditions are perfectly fitted for irrigation, and that irrigating diiches can follow straight lines.
 The water Is taken out of the Colo rado river at point iL this county only few hundred yards from the Mexican boundary line, and runs south through the old channel oi the Alamo river im Lower California, some eight to ten miles below the line, for forty miles, and there k turned north through three main canals into the United States.
 There are over one hundred and fifty miles of main canals, from fifty to eighty feet wide, with the water run ming in them from two to four feet deep. There are over four hundred miles of lateral ditches, from eight to twelve feet wide, many of them carrying as much waiel as the main Riverside ditch. We drove for ten miles along the side of one oi the laterals, which for that dis tauce, and know for miles farther, was as straight as gunbarrel, the wa ter being taken out of 1t on either side, through ditches running east and west.
 The map ot this irrigating system shows that all of these main laterals which run from south to north-nearly all on a straight line-furnish water for the farms on both sides. Indeed the map greatly rescmb bles the plat of town site, the ditches SD generally running at right angles like streets and alleys.
 saw thousands of acres being irri- gated on both sides of the lateral beside W hich we were driving. The fields flooded, from three to six inches deep, the surface of a hundred acre lot SO even that the water covered every foot of it. Train loads of cattle were being brought in to Imperial every day from Arizona and California for feeding. It was estimated that about 5000 head were being fed in the valley at the time of my visit There was feed for as many more. In two years from this writing Imperial country can carry 50,- GO head. IL is destined to become one of the greatest cattle feeding sections of the southwest, and one of the safest. The Texas fever Is unknown there, and the water comes from the everlasting x..u.x.ntK uf sba Unckv mountains and
The Imperial press., 1904-04-30
IMPERIAL IMPRESSIONS
Development and Accomplishments
 of the One Time Dreaded Desert

ing thc iaSi thfct or iOuF NTAtr ftAu mote or less about the reclamation ot that yari oi ihc Colorado desert, lying in the eastern Iart of this county. and about the new towns sptingiug up in that dc~cri, rcad-as believe nearly every one who las not seen with his own eyes with many grains ot allow ancc for the fancy, and imagination of Scltcnicrs and promoters, and lo, sell CTS. having in mind always the pictures oi great vacant buildings 1 have seen tn southern California standing neigh horlcss on hare plains. or barr hills, un- picturesque monuments. marking the graves uf real estate "booms.' Resides l had crossed the burning sands ot that desert several times on the Southern Pacific railroad and had the photo oi it's desolaiion literally burned upon my memory.
 Therefore 1t was without anticipation oi any sort, other than a mild curiosity to see VI hat had really been done there, that started on business trip through what Is known as the Imperial country, on my way tn Calcxico, on the Mexican boundary line. found that the con diiions were so entirely different from the impressions tad iormel from read ing. and from the hitle talk had had with those who he'd been there, at once realized that the half had not been  told, or, if told. had not heard or under stood. Not :hai l can give others, who have not seen, any clearer picture than other writers gave me. but as re- gards some oi them believe can.
 left San Diego on the morning train, about II r. III. We reached lm- Ierial-this new city oi the plain which l. regularly laid out with wide streets, and these were being wet down by process new io me. \ ridge of dust w2~ thrown up along the center oi the street, and the water turned in on one sids--a real flood the result is that for several days one side of the street, a long pond of water. and for several days following soft mud. and the other side all dust, but once wet down and packed by travel, II makes fine road bed, a. l found on my drive to Calexico, where ever breaks in the diiches had flowed along the road. So among other good things the Imperial country is sure to have in the near future l. good roads.
 My ride from Imperial io Calexico. sixteen miles, was a revelation. had travelled over large part of every county in Southern California, az well a. many of the counties in of San Joa- quin valley, and thought l had seen large irrigating systems. But the mag nitude oi the irrigating system of this plain, that for countless centuries had lain a soorching desert, dwaried all that ] had ever seen. It is impossible io fix a limit 10 its development.
 The land under this system l. vast plain, averaging, say forty miles wide, and extending north fifty miles from the Mexican boundary liue, between the coast range of mountains on the west,
 sG.a
Mower County transcript., 1904-10-12
LANSING

r. H. Padgett and his sister, Mrs. H.
r. Soule and her son Herbert returned
Tuesday from a months visit with rel
atives at Salem, S. D.
George Maxheld and family have
moved again to their farm west of
town.
The Ladies Aid will meet with Mrs.
O.C. LaBar Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. George Wood of Minneapolis
| haslbeen visiting at O. G. LaBarss, re-
turning home Tuesday.
Dan H. johnson of Waltham spent
Sunday here. He and his children will
move here occupying part of the s.
Sunny house.
r. II. Padgett has been visiting rel
atlves at Austin for the past few days.
M. E. Hesler has been transacting
business in Moscow and vicinity for
the past few days.
II. R. Soule shipped carload of
stock to Chicago Saturday evening.
Mrs. Fannie Morrill, of MINNEAPOLIS
has been spending the past week with
her sister, Mrs. Freeman CARL,
Thomas Salzgaber, the new hardware
merchant here, has moved his family
from Spring ValleyIand occupies one of
the H. B. Roe houses.
Joseph CARL and family have moved
into the house recently occupied by
George Maxfeld.
Mr.. Kelsey has rented his farm and
will take trip to Seattle and from
there to California where he will spend
the winter.
M. A. Case was here one evening
last week.
G. V, Hoffman spent Sunday at West
Concord.
A. M. Enney has discontinued work
ing at the hardware store.
Miss Hattie Mcintyre spent Sunday
at home.
Showers again Sunday afternoon.
H. B. Roe was down to Austin Tues
day on business.
Miss Charlotte Snyder of Austin was
here Monday looking up a music class.
Mower County transcript., 1904-10-12

length of the hall and were loaded with
a menu of good things that lacked for
nothing. The guests of honor were Mr..
and Mrs. Richard O. Hunt and Charles
c. Hunt and daughter, Miss Jennie of
Santa Barbara, Cal who have been
spending week or two with old time
friends here. The four Hunt brothers
came here in 1856 and Richard and
Charles went from here to California in
1870 and 1872. The ovation Of Friday
afternoon must indeed have been very
gratifying.
After the banquet had been enjoyed
a post -prandial program Was given, G..
D. Beiden acting as master of cere-
monies. An address of welcome was
given by Mayor Charles F. Cook. It is
interesting to note that Hon. John F.
Cook, father OF our present mayor, was
mayor Of Austin in 1870 when the
Hunts moved from Austin. Mayor
Cook dwelt on some of the changes
which the past generation had wrought
and assured the visitors that Austin
had glad welcome for all her former
citizens. Richard o. Hunt made a
brief response. Mrs. F. b. Crane gave
an interesting and detailed account of
Early SOcial Life in Austin going back
to 1886 When ,6 cuup.e aAu the unmar