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The leader., 1905-11-01

RUINS OF OLD SPANISH CHURCH.
tions long held and regretfully let go
of, are that this sunny land of the
border is the land of manama, of to-
morrow; that its day of awakening Is
not yet come. Well, wake up! Life
is just as zeal, just as earnest and as
strenuous in Ell Paso as in New York
or Chicago, and when you rub up in
business against the El Pasoan you
need all your shrewdness and business
acumen.
The Old and The New.
FL Paso is old-very old, and El
Paso is new, too-very new. This de-
Gghtful paradox is full of surprises
and charms. Right up against the old
Spanish dwelling of adobe with long,
low windows, heavily barred, and it's
patio in the center, you are likely to
find modern Office building with ele-
Nators and electric lights.
Something of a feeling Of living in
the past comes over you when you en-
ter one of the old churches, down here
churches erected more than 300 years
ago. The solemn silence of these
shadowy halls has been broken by the
prisons of countless thousands and
softly intoned aves were echoing here
long before the eyes Of the Anglo I
The leader., 1905-11-01
saxon had looked upon Plymouth which we cannot

Saxon had looked upon Plymouth
Rock.
In the first half of the Sixteenth
Century the Spanish Conquistadores
seeking new fields of conquest for the
glory of Spain, swept up the Rio
Grande Valley. They found pastoral
settlements Of Pueblo Indians prac-
kicing agriculture through the aid of
Irrigation, carrying the precious waters
of the Rio Grande out upon the desert
and reaping harvests from fields which
mad been in cultivation beyond the
traditions Of the Oldest members Of the
eeribe. Spanish settlements followed
,Rhe conquerers. With the ready adap-
liability of the early explorers they
utilized the old irrigation systems.
Thresh by TramplKng Of Goats.
Tle unprogressiveness Of the Span-
lard is no where more strikingly re-
svealed than in the Rio Grande VAL
NAey, where the descendants Of the early
Spanish explorers are to-day engaged
IN agriculture In just the same man
ner as their forefathers practiced Il,
and indeed with methods strangely like
those in the days of Abraham. You
can see them reap with the sickle and
9hreeh by the trampling Of goats.
Progressive Americans settling in the
upper reaches of the Rio Grande ii
later years, showed small regard for
the settlers in tho lower valley Soon
their long lines of broad canals began
20 make sad inroads IN the water SUPP
ply which was needed for the Old
The leader., 1905-11-01
Weakness Of EngIish Colonies.

The new commonwealth Of Aus
tralia does not seem to be getting on
very well. The population In the ten
years ending with 1901 was S,771, ,715,
the increase being 597, 1852. The whole
island continent has less population
than the city Of Greater New York.
Long dependent upon England, it
has not developed internally. Were
Australian ports, says the Sydney
Bulletin, "shut by hostile warships
tomorrow, the commonwealth would
be without gums OF cartridges for its
troops, without ships or the means Of
making them. without fabrics for
clothing, without machinery for mine
or railway, without even paper on
which to print IT'S journals. Australia
would have to beseech the grace Of
some master. crawl to the hand Of
whatever power was for the time most
strong, OF lapse into eavagery.s
The leader., 1905-11-01

less sounds which we cannot hear, and
col0rs as different as red from green,
Of which we have no conception. These
and a thousand other questions re-
main for solution. The familiar world
which surrounds us may be totally
different place to other animals To
them 1t may be full of music which we
cannot hear, of sensations we cannot
conceive. To place stuffed birds and
beasts in glass cases, to arrange in
sects in cabinets, and dried plants in
drawers, is merely the drudgery and
preliminary of study; to watch their
habits, to understand their relations to
one another, to study their instincts
and intelligence, to ascertain their
adaptations and their relations to the
forces Of nature, to realize what the
world appears to them these con-
stftute, as 1t seems to me, at least, the
true interests of natural history, and
may even give us the clue to senses
and perceptions of which at present
we have no conception
The leader., 1905-11-01
IN BNcL1SHMAv W1TH HUMOR.
How He Held His First Job and More
over Got q Raise In Wages

Herbert Kelcey, one OF the leading
actors Of the present time, Is an
Englishman, but, unlike the usual type
from the Island has deep sense OF
humor. IN speaking Of his first visit 70.
this country, he describes his e1per-
ience something like this:
eyes, was bit green when came
over to this country, and 'ad to IKE
hanythink In the wy of job. l got
started in a department store on 6tnl
avenue, and the fioorWalker s'ys to me,
s'ys 'e:
e Now, AIRY, wen give you three
trials, and If you let three people get
away without selling them, wen ave
to bounce YOU
4Well, I came down jolly early on
Monday, took my pliee tbe'ind the
counter and w'ited for customers.
Pretty soon Idly walked up ana
asked me where she should tike the
tram for New Rochelle. I didn't know
and she went aw'y. / looked at the
fioorwalker and the foorwalker e
looked at me. That mide one" hold
ing up lean forefnger. then man
came along and stopped to arsk me
where e could buy at. told i'm
where the at counter was, and e Went
aw'y. That mide two. jolly poor
luck, wasn't it now? I looked at the
fioorWalker, and that ioorwalker
looked at me like ell. but what could
do? Then another Idly came along
as 'ad a large piece of goods to match,
and she wanted another yard of the
same I took it and pulled out hevery-
think on the shelves, but there was no
more of it left. / was in bit of a
funk then, for If I let 'er go without
mixing a sale would lose my job, so !
sez:
"sWite bit, Idly; I'll see IL we ave
any upstairs went up, and seeing
there was no more there, either, just
cut a yard off her own goods and
brought the two pieces down, rolled
them up, took the money, and she
went aw'y. / ,ad plenty of customers
after that, but I didn't feel just COM
Portable, don't you know.
1.-THE same afternoon she came back
and asked for the fioorwalker.
"'Ere,' sez she, Il brought five
yards of goods 'ere to match this
morning and bought a yard more, but
when I got home found only four
yards in my own piece. Can you ex-
pin that, please?"
-''I 'emmed an 'awed and tried to
measure the goods and nattempted TO
tell the lidy that-she must be mistaken
about FER own piece, but she-only
giared at me, and in a jiffy she was
hup to the floorwalker expPnin' the
conditi n of affairs. 'Er tone hindu
Gated that she was mad and ] said to
meself, AIRY, you're dead 'un."
''The fOorwalker called me hout,
and 'ad to tell i'm all about it, low
the first party wanted a tram-car, and
the next 'at, and this one wanted
more goods when we 'adn't any. I
'ad to sell 'er some'ow, or lose my job,
so /, give 'er a bit from 'er own piece.
The foorwalker looked so bloomin'
mad for bit that thought my time
was come for sure, but then e
started to .larf, and e larfed till l
thought ED bust. Then e sez, AIRY
sez e. I guess wen ave to keep you.
and raise your wages And e did"
The leader., 1905-11-01
COMMERCIAL DISHONESTY.
An ACKNOWLEDGED TRAIT OF
JAPANESE MERCHANTS.
They Have No Regard For a Con.
tract - Striking Contrast with
Chinese Traders.

With the treaty of peace, Japan has
seen the accomplishment of a task
that has been the ambition of the en-
pire-to hold front rank in the fam
lily of nations. This has been brought
about through such military achieve
ments as have evoked the admiration
of the civilized powers, but now it
seems that Japan has still before her
a problem which means harder work
and greater task than that which
she had before the commencement of
the Russian-Japanese war.
That task, is to redeem the CONNER
cial reputation Of her traders. q repu-
Htation which is not enviable. Joseph
Walton, member Of the English par
lament, man who has spent much
time in travel and knows the people OF
the East thoroughly, says in his book
on the Orient:
Japanese traders are not special
ly distinguished for honesty, particu-
larly in their business relations with
foreigners. We have in this a most
striking proof that the character of
the people is largely formed by the
nature of their surroundings. For hun
dreds OF years the trading class in
In the social scale. In the last thirty
years. since the feudal system has
Deen abolished, the position of the
traders has greatly changed, and now
some of those who were mobiles are en-
gagged in trade; and am told there
is reason to hope that shortly busi-
ness affairs in Japan will be conducted
on more honest lines"
=
Peculiar Business Dishonesty.
The progress which the Japanese
have made in the past fifty years
shows them to be people self
reliant and determined to keep on adj
vancing towards the highest plane at
tainable, yet travellers in the East
have been surprised that the traders
or the Occident are SO notoriously dis
honest, for while the Japanese are far
superior to the Chinese as regards
achievement of national strength and
perseverance, yet the reverse is true
In the matter of commercial honesty.
1t appears that the Japanese mer-
chants have no regard for a contract.
1t is said that the most prosperous
commercial houses of japan are man
aged not by japanese but by Chinese.
The average Chinese merchant is high
" esteemed the world over for his hon.
esty; in fact president of one of the
largest corporations of the United
States once said that he would not be
afraid to ship barrel of gold coin to
a Chinese merchant with instructions
to make use of it in trade, but at the
end of the year he would receive de-
tail statement of where every coin
went, but If this were done to a Jap
anese merchant, he would consider
himself lucky to get back the empty
barrel.
It is believed that the hard task
accomplished by the japanese in the
war just happily brought to an end
will be a beginning to bring out the
genius for which the Japanese have
been noted in war to utilization of
peace and commercialism.
The leader., 1905-11-01
PENSIONS.

Over one Million Dollars
allowed our clients during the last
six years.
Over one II h Ousand
c1aimsa11owed through us dur
ing the last six months. Dis
ability Age and In.
Gre a s. e pensions obtained
in the shortest possible time.
Wid0wss claims a speciality.
Usually granted within 90
days if placed with us immedi-
ate1y on soldiers death. Fees
fixed by law and payable out Of
allowed pension. A successful
experience of IS years and benefit
of daily calls at Pension Bureau
are at your service. Highest ref
erences furnished. Local Magis-
trates pe ca niari1y
benefited by sending US
claims.
The leader., 1905-11-01
THE INTELLIGENCEOF ANIMALS.
An English Naturalist Believes That
Kt May be Far Greater
Than IMAGINED

Sir John Lubbock has brought more
popular attention to the subject of the
mental capacity of animals than any
other writer. He has conducted many
careful investigations on the senses, in
stincts and intelligence of animals and
insects. An interesting query pro-
pounded by the English scientist re-
lates to the existence Of other organs
of sense than ours.
1--WE find," he says, ''in animals COM
plex organs of sense, richly supplied
with nerves, but the function of which
we are as yet powerless to explain.
There may be fifty other senses as diff
ferent from ours as sound is from
sight, and even within the boundaries
of our own senses there may be end
The leader., 1905-11-01
CheerfirI During TroubIe.

Mamma had told Dorothy that she
could not go out again. The. little
90 on the grass.
No, you cannot, Dorothy, said
mamma. smiling at the little ones per
sIstency.
ssWell, anyway, mamma, it seems to
me that you're very cheerful about
Ii.
The leader., 1905-11-01
BARTHoLD1 FOUNTAIN m WINTER
GARB,

designer and sculptor was the man who
made the Statue OF Liberty. which
France presented to the United States
and which stands in New York harbor.
The Bartholdi Fountain performed it's
first service in this country at the Phil
adelphia exposition, at the close of
which it was brought to Washington.
The leader., 1905-11-01
Close Cooperation.

Now, Harold, this is your fifth birth
day party. Whom do you love best,
your father or me?
Father, sure.
But. Harold. you said yesterday that
you loved me best.
Yes; but I've slept over it, and I
realize that we men must stick to-
gether.
The leader., 1905-11-01
The BarthoIdi Fountain.

Among art work displayed in
one of the public reservations in the
Immediate shadow of the Capitol, is
the Bartholdi Fountain. which plays
in the National Botanical Garden. Its
The leader., 1905-11-01
Celebrating BELGIAN IndeDendene,

Among the festivities organized FOR
the celebration OF the seventy-fifth an
Iniversary Of Belgium's independence
is the faithful reproduction OF one OF
the fitting jousts given by Philip the
Good Of burgundy in 1852. IN which
Philips son broke the lances Of sir.
teen opposing knights ia the presence
Of Isabella Of Portugal, Duchess 81
burgundy,
The leader., 1905-11-01
Wonder Wor.k of the Ancients.

Modern quarry machinery can handle
single stones larger than any of the
monoliths of ancient Egypt. The really
surprising thing, however, is how did
the ancients handle their monoliths
with only their crude machines.
The leader., 1905-11-01

canals. Mexico, Texas and New Mex
leo were arrayed against Colorado
which robbed them Of their priceless
heritage and threatened to transform
thousands of acres Of fruitage and
bloom into its original state-that Of
the desert. AS the water grew scarce
there sprang up hostilities between the
citizens Of the whole Rio Grande VAL
ley. Neighbor began to be arrayed
against neighbor; there were even FAM
lily rows over the water. For years
these conditions prevailed. Mexico
made respectful protest against the use
Fof the waters of the Rio Grande in
Colorado which deprived the ancient
canals Of the Republic Of their rights
long established. The Comfy Of Ma
tons was threatened.
To Build Huge Dam.
1t was the passage of the National
irrigation act which wrought a won
drous change in the conditions and
knit together in one brotherhood all the
citizens of the lower valley, imbuing
them with a spirit of cooperation and
enthusiasm. The Reclamation Service
took hold of the project and worked
out plan to store the vast Rio Grande
foods which were annually source
of much loss to the valley and which
were wholly unutilized. This plan the
people have accepted as a salvation.
One hundred miles above Ell Paso the
Rio Grande flows through deep mar
row canyon. A dam 255 feet high
across its lower end will create the
largest artificial reservoir in this coun-
try. 1t will make lake 40 miles long,
IA miles wide and from 100 to 175
feet deep. It will contain water enough
to cover 100000 acres a foot deep.
Into this vast reservoir the greatest
flood the Rio Grande has ever known
will quickly disappear and later when
needed by 100000 thirsty acres in the
valley below will be released and led
through net work of canals and
bitches through New Mexico into Tex
as, clear down into Old Mexico.
The Settlers Pay tile Cost.
It will cost millions to do this work,
81 100000 is the figure, but what of
that? The settlers will gladly pay for
it. Under the magic of irrigation Me-
silla, La Palomas and Ell Paso val
leys, now only dotted here and there
with green Verdure, will spring into
full fruitage, producing harvests unri-
vailed in quality and quantity. Ten
thousand new homes will cover the
desert plain, and Ell Paso, the central
point for transportation and the great
est market in the valley, will wax into
a city of 100000 souls. Twenty thou
sand acres of irrigated land support a
splendid city now. What shall it be
when 100000 acres are added to the
crop producing area of FL Paso terri
tory?
The leader., 1905-11-01
OLD DESERT JOURNEYS.
MODERN CIVILIZATION, THRIFT
AND ABUNDANCE IN SAGE
BRUSH COUNTRY.

Where Sunshine and Fertile Soil
Await the Coming of CanaI-Borne|
Water to Laugh Abundant Har.
vests.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-09
NOT PERJURER, HE SAYS.
DR.. GLADDEN. Declares Dir. Roche
teller Hid Truth, HozoeUer.

The Bev DR.. Washington GLADDEN., of Columbus
Ohio questions the trustworthlness oil tiie 80,
n,onv of John D. Rockefeller IN MI. Hocheteri- @ :
as a Truth Teller" in the current NUMBER Oh Inc
Ys..o,aon, The article in question is a reply
"a tba second answer of Mr.. Murphy on the SUD
iect of Rockefeller testimony Dr. Glaoden nrst
takes up the subject of the charters srah,eu "
,ba Southern Improvement Company and the
cou,b Ironrovement Company by the legislature OF
pennsvIvania He admits making a mistake In
questioning the existence of the second Of the
documents.
II was this charter of the South Improvement
Counanv which Mr. Rockefeller purchased, ana
under which the organization of the Standard OIL
Comnsnv was effected in 1872. Mr. Rockefeller.
therefore did commit perjury, he says, wheh
he testified that he not a member of the South
ern Improvement Company. DR.. GLADDEN. goes on
10 say however, that the two companies were the
same in all but name. and that. While Mr.. Rookie
feler did not break the letter of the law, he did
eyade the spirit. DR.. GLADDEN. says:
Mr.. Murphy says that it is puerile to expect man
to answer question, under oath IN the sense IN
if wishes to conceal the truths but If he means
to tor tell the uf5 ana @ er the bs ncto
illustrates Mr. Rockefellers veracity, we may say
upon the witness stand in such 4 way to convey
false Impression without exposing himself to the
our consideration OF this statement we snail be
misled
Referring to the Standard Oil Companys arragn-
ment before the investigation committee in Wash
ington, Dr. GLADDEN. says:
Before this investigation the Ohio Supreme Court
had denounced in following language ar
rangement made between the Lake Shore Railroad
and the Standard Oil Company:
The understanding keep the price down for
the favored customer, but up for all others and the
inevitable tendency ana effect of this contract
to enable the Standard Oil Company to esta bl1sh
and maintain an overshadow1ng monopoly, TO ruin
all other operators and drive business
in all the region supplied by the defendants road
its branches and connecting lines. (Oho State he
ports, Is, pages 571-6lS).
The article concludes:
I have given these citations at some length be-
cause l not wish have IL appear that the
credibility of Mr.. Rockefeller witness has been
lightly questioned. The methods by which he has
built up the largest fortune known to human his
tory are investigation, and those who de-
fend or apologize those rely largely on
his own statements. The question concerning the
value of his testimony is therefore pertinent.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-09
At THE STATE CAMP.
athletic Contests the Feature of the
Dag.

Peekskin State Camp. n. Y, June (SpeciaD.-
There few regrets when reveille resounded
through camp this morning, for the night had been
bitterly cold The feature of the day for the reg-
ment the athletic games on the parade ground
this afternoon There had been many entries and
there strong rivalry between the different COM
panfes. Each had its rooters the field and the
fortunate victors were borne away the shoulders
of their comrades amid great cheering. AS orig
inally scheduled, there to have been ten con-
tests. but owing to the lateness of the hour when
they were called and the delays in getting con-
testants the field it was decided to split them
even and have another matinee tomorrow. when
the prizes bestowed all winners and hold
ers of second and third places. The contests and
winners to-day follow:
one-hundred-yard dash-wOn by W. T. S. Kline.
Company F. third. Time Oil.
belt picking up rife and baySnst fixing bayonet halt
bv T F. sheehan Company A; G. D. Osterhout Com
pany B. second: Corporal a. NJ Thompson. Company
ne-mile ,Tun-won by T. s Young. Company G; P.
pany l. third Time. 500 - "a ie'' 0''-
inches: penham compapS I third 30 feet - inches
Relay 1 race 1onehait Tniie}Won by ist Battalion
kline Company Il Denham, Company Il Wieht Com
The officers of the were: Judges. Major
John Treanor Major John L Pruyn. Major H. U.
Mcmillan and Major Frank A McNeely; referee.
Colonel George A. Wingate: starter Colonel N
B. Thurston; scorer. Lieutenant Hammond. Com
Company A; timers Lieutenant Richard g. Mccoy.
Company I: Lieutenant J. H. Reagan and Lieuten-
ant Christopher Gresham. Company c.
The signal corps companies hsd part in the
games. While enthusiasm rife upon the parade
ground, two details. in camp and the other
the opposite side of Annsvie Creek. flashing
messages over the heads OF the contestants with
heliographs. Another detail of twelve men. in
mand of Lieutenant Harry Godet. its way
to a signal station be established several miles
grcn he of
under direction of Captain Erlandsen finish
ing their signal tower 1t completed
as the games were, and carried by the men
to the bluff of the east parade ground, where it
was up for service. 1t is twentyfour feet high
to the top of the railing and twenty feet to the
platform, where. for the next twenty-four hours
unless otherwise ordered continuous conmunica-
ton will be maintained with the station established
by the party that left camp early this afternoon
Lieutenant Thomas ". Baldwin will be in charge
of the home station.
The school of the trooper in which all the off,
GERS of the regiment have received instruction III
riding is about finished. Evolutions this morning
were in troop formation. and ended in a grand
charge across the parade ground, in which horses
and riders behaved admirably.
General Roe and his staff under the supervision
of Colonel N B. Thurston. inspector of small
arms practice have qualified the camp pistol
| range this week. Their scores were as follows: