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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-10-15

If you have anything to sell to farm
ers, try a little ad in our Special
Want Column. Doesn't cost much and
results are sure.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-10-15

Address all communications to THE
RANCH, Downs Building. Seattle. Wash.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-10-15

Issued the First and Fifteenth Each Month.
Newport daily independent., 1904-09-14
ONLY A. RIVER WHITEFISh.
Story of Man Who Knew Fish When He Saw Them, Also Rail-
 road "Ad."

William c. Harris, angling ed itor of Outing, and rightly called the Izaak Walton of America, is man who can come pretty near to telling exactly what fish you will find in Blank brook, in Blank township of Blank county, Idaho, Texas or Rhode Island. New fish es and new facts about them, he loves as a miser loves gold, only he does not hoard them, but gath CTS them to give out again.
 One day Harris chanced to be in St. Paul. He was talking with General Passenger Agent Charley Fee, who said Harris should go to Montana to catch grayling in a stream at that time much adver' tised.
 Harris said there were no gray ling in the stream. The railroad man laughed at him as a New Yorker who pretended to know more about a certain Montana river than a man who had flshed it.
 The dispute waxed warm. Har' ris was due in New York on a certain day, and by taking the first train west he could have six hours on the stream and still keep his en- gagement. In 36 hours he was on the stream with a local represen- tative of the railroad. He waded in, made one cast, and was fast to a silvery thing that tore about nightly like that ofa grayling. It came to the net, and the local representative of the railroad fairly shouted:
 'There, there; it's grayling"
 "Pack this carefully in moss," said Harris. "send it to your gen eral passenger agent" Then he walked to the telegraph office and wired that official:
 "Am sending one of your gray ling. It's an internal old river whitefsh."
 Then he took the train for New York and kept his engagement.
Newport daily independent., 1904-09-14
German Sunday Schools"

In England the term "Sunday schoop has a definite meaning, and is exclusively used to denote a place of religious teaching. 1n Germany, however, the race for commercial supremacy has led te the establishment of Sunday schools at which mechanics are given practical instruction in their trades. There is, for exam pie, school for masons, at which the students, many of them me- chanics who work during ths week. spend several hours on Sum- day morning in learning the high. CT branches of their craft. Sim ilarly there are Sunday schools for tailors, ironmongers, bookbind
 CTS, and followers of other trades
 even bsrbers and blacksmiths.
Newport daily independent., 1904-09-14
4 MAN AND HIS SHOES.
The Thicker the Soles He Wears thu Larger the City from Which
 He Halls.

"You can almost tell from what country a man comes by the weight of his shoes," said J. w.. Davy, of Chicago, who represents a shoe company, to Milwaukee Sentinel reporter. "You might not believe it," he continued, "but the thicker the soles of his shoes the larger the city from which he comes. In New York it is almost a fad, and the soles of the shoes there are exceedingly heavy. They are almost as heavy in Chica' go. Men there wear shoes to pro" tect their feet. They have not time enough, it seems, to bother with rubbers. So they make one pair of shoes do the work for all kinds of weather. Here in Mil. waukee and in other cities of this size, I notice, the men wear light shoes and rubbers. l suppose they have time enough to wear the overshoes. Up in the country l find that in many places leather
 boots are not worn at all for sav. eral of the winter months. They
 wear heavy socks and then put
 rubber overshoes over these"
Newport daily independent., 1904-09-14
THE COUNTRY PHYSICIAN.
Has to Cover an Immense Territory, and That When the Roads
 Are Worst

"Of all the men meat on my rounds of the state there is none for whom I have as great respect as l have for the country doctor," said the Southdown drummer the other day, according to the Chicago Inter Ocean. "The city physician is often a pretty hard working man if he has much of a practice, but he knows few of the trials that the country doctor faces the year round. The coun. try doctor is the modern mar. tyr, and take it all through he is the best read and most aggres- sive citizen of his community.
 "Ths country phsician who is we'll established usually has q practice that covers a territory of at least Q hundred square miles. There is hardly week in the year that he does not have patients at the extreme opposite boundary lines of his territory. I know one old doctor down the state who drives an average dis tance of 20 miles day every day in the year. Of course there are days when he does not drive five miles a day, but there are other times when he drives 30 or 40 miles a day.
 'The worst side of country practice, these doctors say, is that the greater part of the sick ness comes during the worst kind of weather. When the roads are good and the weather is fine peo- pie are not so apt to be sick, but when winter comes on and the roads are rough or muddy the country doctor is the man who has to be out and going.
 "The mud roads of Illinois have shipped ten years off the lives of the majority of the doc tors. One physician told me he was the first man of his family name to become gray, and he laid the blame to exposure.
 "The country doctor is not merely a physician. He is a sort of family counselor, nurse, spirit ual and legal adviser. l heard of a physician down in the southern part of the state who conducted a sort of vest-pocket bank and loaned money and discounted notes for nearly every farmer within the range of his practice.
 "Yes, sir, always take off my hat to the country doctor wher. ever I meet him."
Newport daily independent., 1904-09-14

The food value of the things con. sumed amounted to 6,491 calories. This made the average amount consumed 1,0S1.8 calories. Ac. cording to the textbook prepared by Mrs. Ellen H. Richards, of the Boston Science school, only 956.3 calories are necessary to sustain men and women working moder. Ately hard.
 Miss M. B. Vail, instructor in do mestic science at Teachers col lege, who had charge of the lunch con, says that p cents would be a fair average for all meals, so that persons who pay more than $240.9O a year are doing injustice to themselves and their pockt. books.
Newport daily independent., 1904-09-14
S- -. .-..-s.r,I- e.sy. ytsAxss6s
SCIENTIFIC BILL OF FARE.
4 Good, Wholesome Meal Need Cest No More Than 22 Cents-
 An Experiment.

To live luxuriously on 66 cepts a day has been made easy by the department of domestic science at Teachers college, Columbia uni versity. Meals at P cents apiece have been prepared, and, what is more to the point, eaten with ap- parent relish by unbiased per sons, says the New York Sun.
 Inaddition, the chemical constit. uents in the food have been care. fully weighed and measured, and it has been discovered that enough proteids, fats and carbo- hydrates exist in the 22-cent meal to support men working with the customary expenditure of force. At least, the textbooks say that the quantities are all right.
 The manner in which the discov. cry was made is somewhat as fol. lows: Dean Russell planned a lnncheon to some friends, and thought it would be clever idea to have the meal prepared by the department of domestic science. The teachers laid out the plan of battle and the students did the cooking.
 The luncheon was served to six persons. The total cost of materi. als was $2.02, from which was de. ducted the value of the food not actually consumed. This brough: the total cost down to SIPS for the six persons.
 This was the menu:
Newport daily independent., 1904-09-14
THE CAUSE OF LEPROSY.
Dr. Jonathan Hutchinson, of Eng land, Says It Is the Eating of
 Deoomposing Fish.

The conclusion of Dr. Jonathan Hutchinson, of England, after a study of leprosy as it appears in various parts of the world, is that the disease is caused wholly by eating decomposing or imperfect. ly cured fish. The London Times is inclined to accept Dr. Hutchin. sons idea. It is held that in all countries and in all ages leprosy has been and is still due to the consumption of Thigh" fish. The preference for fish in a tainted condition is an "acquired taste" and it is claimed that it prevails among a sufficient number of peo
 pie to account for the dreadful dis. ease wherever it exists. Leprosy was nearly general in England and on the continent in the six teenth century, and it is claimed still prevails in many fishing sta. tions, especially in Norway, Ice land and Tracadie. It is repre-. sented that at these places there is still a preference for fish in a tainted condition. It is noted, says the Cincinnati Enquirer, that in regions where leprosy was formerly common, it has disap. peared with the advancement of agriculture and the discarding of fish for food. In India vegetari. ans are free from it, but the fish. eaters are much troubled. Dr. Hansen, of Bergen, discovered that persons having leprosy carry in their tissue bacillus resem. bling that of tuberculosis, and the disease is thought to be a mod. ffcation of tuberculosis, caused by specific virus developed in de. caying fish. The scientists, espe. cially those whose direction is in the medical line, are always mak. ing it harder to get along in the world; but it is probably better to give heed to their theories. even if there may be nothing in them, for it may happen that a little care in the selection of the dried fish we eat may add few years to life; and it is the general agreement that life is none too long at best
Newport daily independent., 1904-09-14
THE COASTER SUBSIDED.
Drummer Dragged of Getting a Biz Order, Then Was cleverly E1-
 posed by Joker.

The habitues of a certain sub urban hostelry had long been weary of the boastful chatter of an intermittent guest of the com- mercial fraternity, and it wae with rare satisfaction that they recently saw him annihilated, so to speak, says the New York Times.
 "Had a splendid day." he opened up as usual; "spent an hour in old Simons' store over in Rye and came out with a $2,000 order"
 He produced a notebook in sub, stantiation, as Old Simons'" atti. tude toward gentlemen of his ilk was we'll known, and the incredul, ity of his audience was not masked. The notebook was hand ed around for inspection and halt. ed with a gray-haired stranger over in the corner.
 ooh, yet-the entry's all right enough" he said, mildly, "but- it's very strange"
 "What's strangew demanded the commercial man of might.
 "Why, how it got there. Ihave no recollection of giving any such order, and if you will kindly tell me which of my employees author. ized it you will be conferring a ia vor upon me. You evidently don't recognize me as MT. Simons, of the Rye firm, but"
 But the erstwhile boaster had wilted out of sight. His quondam victims roared with delight.
 q say, that's rich!" exclaimed one of them; "it's worth $50 to see you take him down like that, MT Simonsw
 "I didn't say I was MT. Simons, sir" returned the meek-looking stranger; "in fact, I don't know the gentleman-any more than the young man himself didw
Newport daily independent., 1904-09-14
TO THE FAIR.

Tickets on sale to St. Louis daily via the Iron Mountain route. $9.55 for the round trip; return limit fifteen days from date of sale. T. H. REAMEY, Agt.
Newport daily independent., 1904-09-14
Gold in New South Wales.

Preliminary returns issued by the department of mines, New South Wales, show big increase in the kold production of that state fot 1903, as compared with the outpAt for 1902. The yield for 1903 is vAlued at q, ,osO, 1929, which represent\ an increase of 395,O59 over the tdtal of the previous year.
Newport daily independent., 1904-09-14

WANTED-At once at our mill camp on the Batesville branch, four miles from Newport, 25 to 30 teams to haul cypress logs. Can easily make $4 per day with single teams. For furthur par ticulars call at office of Muirhead Shingle Co.,, Newport, Ark. 15btf
Newport daily independent., 1904-09-14
JOhnstOn'S
 TONIC Capsules

is the grand specific for this great American dis- sase because it goes straight to the source of the wsakness, building up health and strength by supplying rich, abundant food and pure blood ts the wornout tissues, rousing the liver to activity and regulating all tho organs of the body. "Ths Michigan Drug C.. ," Detroit, Mich.
Newport daily independent., 1904-09-14
Nervousness AN AMERICAN DISEASE

pr. 8. Weir Mitchell is authority for the state. nent that nervousness is the characteristic malady of the American nation, and statistics show that nerve deaths number ono fourth of all deathi recorded, the mortality being mainly among young people.
Newport daily independent., 1904-09-14
Che Adjutant.

The adju\ant, or marabout, is 4 tall bird d India, about six feet hgh. The Wings expanded meas are about 15teet from tip to tip. 1t readily swallows a cat or a haze
Newport daily independent., 1904-09-14
Wis. Men and Fools.

As the wise man knows he is . fool he is miserable; the fool imag' ines he is wise and is happy.
Newport daily independent., 1904-09-14
DIR. HARRY E. DOWELL, DENTIST,
 PRACTICING IN Tuckerman, Arkansas.
Notice for Bids.

Notice is hereby given that the contract for furnishing piling and driving the same to support the foot way Newport lake and to reoor the bridge and approach thereto will be let to the lowest responsible bidder, by the city council of the city of Newport, Jackson County, Arkansas Sealed bids for the furnishing piling and per- forming said work will be received at the office of the Recorder in the city of Newport until 12 o'clock of the 14th day of s. A. Plans and specifications for the performance of said work may be seen at the office of the City Recorder.
 The right to reject any or all bids is reserved. and the successful bidder will be required to give bond for the faithful performance of his contract
 J. R. NATHAN,
 Recorder.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-25
AN ARCHBISHOP COMING.

Tho Archbishop OF Canterbury Is on
his way 10 this country, to pay fra
ternal Visit 10 co-rellgionists here, and
especially 10 attend the conference Of
the Episcopal church IN Boston. The
Visit is said % be return FOR the visit
of American bishops TO the Lambeth
conference It Is. however an event
without precedent, and consequently
notable. II Is presumed that the object
may be to ascertain what the chances
are for more complete union Of the
Anglican and American churches.
There ls also a movement on foot TO
effect. n possible better understand
Ing between the Anglican and Greek, or
Russian church, 1t seeme that this pro-
position which was made by a bishop
OF Fond du Lac has been answered
by a Russian professor. The argument
turns chiefly on the doctrine Of transub-
sanitation. Tho Russian view is said
10 be that after the conservation Of the
bread ana wine there remains no more
the same bread and wine, but the
very body and blood Of our Lord under
the appearance Of bread and wine
The American bishop, however does
not accept the Russian professors de-
nultlon as authoritative, bat merely az
his personal opinion, and he believes
that the doctrine Of trdnsubstaniiation
does not present any insurmountable
difficulty TO closer fellowship.
The movement for union among
churches is ONE Of the signs of our
time. The desirability Of broader
application Of the Evangelical Alliance
idea is generally recognized The small
or groups Of religious bodies are get
ting together and the larger are more
o. less Influenced for greater unity. IT
seems very probable indeed, that the
time may come when there will be but
two churches, between which the lines
are sharply drawn.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-25
DAMNING BARBARIsM.
New York Sum.


Excuses for past lynchings Of negroes
have been made on the ground Of the
slowness OF prosecution and conviction
and Of the execution OF the sentences
under the process VI civilized law. They
cannot be put forward IN defense Of the
burning ~ the two negroes IN Georgia
on ~iHesday The crime for which
these negroes were lynched In fashion
50 savage was committed less than
three weeks before They were prompt
~ arrested, their trial was speedy, and
on Tuesday, shortly before the mob
seized and burned them. they were SEN
fenced TO be hanged on Sept 0, or only
six weeks after the commission OF their
crime, There was no fear IN any mind
that they would escape the gallows.
yet with no effort of any sort at dis
guise, men who represented the wealth
and worth OF the town Joined In the
work OF leading the mob" Fat light
wood knots, brushwood and spllnters
were piled waist high about the ne
groes;" probably twenty gallons OF
Kerosene were poured over them" "a
man stepped forward and applied q
match" "the flames rose over the
negroes and they uttered simultan-
eous groan." Cato seemed TO die
harder" finally one Of the mob leaned
over, and with a bludgeon smashed ca
to's head OPEN Remember the people,
who dld an this were not Comanche
Indians, but respectable white citizens
Of a nominally civilized and Christian
Georgia town.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-25

The BLACK Hand" society Is a regu-
lar nightmare to the New York police.
Yesterday there was sent out from
that city a terrible tale OF a most foul
murder by a member Of the society,
the man having been sent for from
Toronto, Canada, the victim being a
young Italian who had given away the
secrets Of the society, Now 1t turns
out that this terrible story was, so
far as the BLACK Hand" was concern
ed, all 'moonshine" The crime turned
out to be an ordinary one, and the
man from Toronto an uncle Of the
murdered boy who owed bill at the
restaurant Of the boys father. that
he was asked for the bill that he was
drunk and IN that condition shot the
boy. What imaglnations those New
York police havel
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-25
A WHITE PLAGUE.

From statistics published on the sub
tect, It appears that consumption Is one
Of the most deadly diseases with which
man is afflicted. According to the CEN
sus report. the total number OF deaths
from consumption In the registration
area Of the United states during 1900
was 5i.S9s The registration area, we
are told, embraces ton states and out
side Of these 1853 cities each having al
least 5000 inhabitants. for which the
registration OF deaths under local laws
and ordinances was found to be sur
fciently accurate for use by the CEN
sus office. The population Of the reg.
lstratlon area In 1900 was 29,O0O,OOO, or
about IS per cent Of the entire popula-
ton of continental United States
Hence. the conclusion that the rate Of
1905 In the 100000 may be taken as the
rate for the entire population OF the
country,
Sun, consumption is no longer con-
sldered necessarily fatal n attended to
In the earlier stages According to a
report Of the Free Hospital for Poor
ConWmptives, at White Haven, that
Institution had, during the last fiscal
year Ole patients, OF which only two
died. In So cases the disease was ar
rested, IN l3l cases the patients were
improved, and in 1913 cases much inn
proved. About 200 did not remain at
the hospital for the full course Of treat
ment six months, and left for various
reasons either considering themselves
quite well again or going 10 the hos
pital when the disease had reached
an advanced stage. MIX and eggs are
the chief article Of diet at this institu-
ton. while medicine plays a very subor-
dinate role.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-25
NEW WRINKLE IN PARTIES.
New York Press.


y 4 rich New York splnster Miss Emf
~ Van Wart gave garden party AT
her country home, Diton Park, IN Sur
rey, England which has gone ON rec
ord as most original affair, Miss
Van Wart lives I'm London. She enter
tains a strictly English set and does
not bother with Americans. The neigh
boring nobility was invited TO her gar
den party, and, after cup Of tea, she
announced she had concealed gold sou
venirs In the bushes and her guests
should go in search OF them, The guests
started out with enthusiasm. Gold
powder puffs, leweled lorgnette chains
and match safes We're found tied to
syringa bushes and under vines. Hang
Ing from tall chestnut tree was a
package wrapped In white tissue pa
per. ono young man climbed the tree,
TO the applause Of the assembly His
prize was a pair Of cut crystal sleeve
Inks
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-25

needs heavy blow and that radical
changes ought to be forced upon the
vast empire that holds millions OF hui
man beings In bondage repulsive to
every freeman. And It is hoped that
the little brown men who have exhibit
ed so much valor and skill IN the con-
Net with the great Northern Bear, viii
achieve so great a triumph that its
claws will be clipped, and It's crushing
force win be SO weakened that liberty
viii come out Of the struggle, for the
downiroddcn subjects Of the 'Autocrat
OF all the Russias, car OF Poland,
Grand Duke Of Finland, ctc.' who
throws TO them those sops Of clemency
under these titles, and announces them
as the win OF Almighty God"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-25
SUNDAY OPENING.

The Worlds Fair management is said
10 be planning now for sunday open
Ing Of the great show. The religious
sentiment Of the country is greatly OPP
posed to this. but against the religious
interests stand the financial considera-
tons. II Is now urged that the sue
cess Of the fair depends on throwing
open the gates on the remaining sun
days, A committee, appointed by the
Pike Concesslonaires, we are told has
been AZ work, and a definite agreement
has been reached, according to which
the exposition win he open on Sunday
from y. m, to 10 p. m The public
VIII be- admitted 10 an exhibit palaces
and places Of amusement. The proph-
cts that have predicted the Sunday
opening Of the Fair, in spite OF Con-
gressional enactments and very gem
eral sentiment. win be in a position TO
say, eve told you So" But the worst
feature is this, that the management
Of the Fair, by Sunday opening. breaks
the pledges given when appropriations
Of national funds We're asked for. II
Is stated that those who are engl-
neering the move say they have found
loophole in the congressional enact
ment which viii permit Sunday OPEN
ing. That is bad feature. IL the
management Of great institution can
look for 'loopholes' by which to evade
the sririt and the letter Of law. why
cannot others do the same, and why
prosecute rogues at all? The search for
a loophole by which to evade an obllga-
tIon is no better than the dissertation
of a day.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-25

A report from Berlin has II that the
Poles In the Prussian part OF the dis
membered kingdom are conspiring with
compatriots In Russia with view of
effecting revolution. 1t is claimed
that In many places Polish agitators
openly preach rebellion, In Austria,
too, the Poles are said to be restless.
1t is claimed that circulars have been
found which prove the existence Of a
strong revolutionary organization,
which has the intention Of striking an
other blow for Polish indep andence.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-25
RECENT PUBLICATIONS,

Madame, the official organ Of club
women is publishing official accounts
Of the Berlin international convention
by Miss Jessie Alderman. In the Sep
ttmher number she describes the work
OF the general congress which followed
the qulnquennlal conference. and her
story is embellished with pictures re-
presenting many Of the notable women
who were conspicuous figures at the
congress The Ford Publishing CO., In
dianapolis.