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Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-10-28
NEW YORK
NEWS LET TER

Now York. Oct. 2i.--Tho propriotors
OF TIE four hotels that we're raldel BY
Captain Gallagher, having aoiicned
their anger somewhat BY rounding ap
their imaginatiOns to q good round
sum a. 90 the damages they expect 20
recover from Captain Gallagher and
the municipality. which employs the
gallant Gallagher, aFo having a great
deal of fun over n suit for $4,000 dam
ages that has been started by a man,
Who. with hls wife. vas refused lodg.
ings because the hotel clerk wouldnt
register them. They couldn't produce
n marriage certificate when called az
ON go DO 80. having left home without
purposlng TO stay Ia the city al night
The raided hotel heepcra want 90 know
what they are 10 DO II they are sued
for not taking people IN, and then
raidcd for extending the privileges Of
their hOsteiiics % people 81 at least
seeming rcsportability. Meanwhile.
the hotels have suffered severely for
the Hatimcly intrusion % the police on
theif privacy How respectable these
hotels are may be judged from the
fact that Mrs. Jefferson Davis 10 q
patron OF one % them. and other ladies
aud gentlemen Of equal standing are
guests OF the others.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-19
An Aid to- HEARING

Hurry them along, please" said the
woman customer as she left pair of
opera glasses for repairs at a Chest
nut street store. 81 can't hear well at
the theater without them"
Another customer who was waiting
smiled when the women left at her ap
parent mistake. 'She meant she could
not see," he observed.
NO" rejoined the optician; "she
meant just what she said. Opera
glasses are an aid to hearing as well
as to sight. You can prove it any time
you are seated well toward the rear in
theater by training the glasses on a
singer. AS long as you keep the singer
under scrutiny with the glasses YOU
will be able to follow the words of the
song with ease. Drop the glasses and
you will notice a difference. It viii
require more or less of strain to
catch the enunciation distinctly.
by the use of opera glasses a the
alter patron is enabled to note distinct.
ly every movement of a singers Inns
and the unconscious lip reading great.
ly aids the sense of hearing. If you
ever attend a public meeting where ii
is impossible to get close to the speak.
ers provide yourself with opera glass
es, and you will be surprised how
greatly they will aid you in hearing. -
Philadelphia Record
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-19
Changing the Subject.

The late Hon. Charles w. Slack told
the following of the Hon. Peter Har-
vey, the friend and biographer of Dan
iel Debster:
Mr. Harvey was large man with a
small voice and that pomposity of
manner that many very diffident men
possess. Above everything he valued
and prided himself upon his friendship
with the great expounder."
The first year of the War OF the Re
belIion he went through to Washing
ton. and on his return was asked how
he liked President Lincoln.
We'll" he said, Mr.. Lincoln is
very singular man. / went on to see
him, and told him that l had been an
intimate personal friend of Daniel
Webster; that | had talked with him
so much on the affairs of the country
that felt perfectly confident l could
tell him exactly what Mr.. Webster
would advise in the present crisis, and
thereupon | talked TO Lincoln for two
solid hours. telling him just what he
should do and what he should not do,
and. will you believe it, sir when l got
through all Mr.. Lincoln said was, as he
clapped his hand on my leg, Mr.. Har-
vey, what a tremendous great calf you
have got. Boston Herald.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-19

the time, and there were many who
saw in it mere political expedient, "a
sop to the farmer" and who were of
the opinion that little actual good
would come from transforming the
former commissioner into a cabinet
dignitary, enlarging his powers and
increasing the bureaus under his su
pervision.
Nowadays, however, every person
who has given any attention to the
subject or has taken the trouble to
sound popular opinion on the matter
knows that this department, last ex-
cept one to be created, is one Of the
most important among the nine great
divisions of the general government
1t has been a fortunate thing for the
department that it's heads thus far
have been men of good practical sense,
men who were willing to devote all Of
their time and attention to the work
Of promoting the agricultural interests
of the nation.
There have been but four secretaries
since the foundation Of the depart
ment as it is now constituted Norman
j. Coleman Of Missouri, jeremiah
NJ. Rusk of Wisconsin. J. Sterling
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-19

set at work running off the reports on
a mimeographic machine Meanwhile
the reporters and messengers from the
brokers and telegraph offices are wait
ing impatiently in the corridcr for the
door to open, and when it does the mad
scampering begins.
OF course it is Inevitable that there
should BE much preliminary guesswork
in Interested quarters as to the tenor
of the expected report. 1t is equally in
evitable that these guesses should oc-
casionally prove to be correct When
ever it happens thus, there is an i'm
mediate charge of crookedness against
the bureau. 1t has been so since its
organization, and it has been threaten
ed repeatedly with investigation. In
spite of the effort that has been made
to prevent it, the department officials
do not deny that crook edness has been
Dracticed. They insist however, that
it has not been the rule.
When the Department of Agriculture
was created, in 1862, and put in charge
Of an official termed the Commissioner
of Agriculture there was faint promise
that it would ever arrive at it's present
consequence, having for its head a
member IF the Presidents cabinet In
1889, during the administration of
Grover Cleveland, the Commissioner Of
Agriculture, Norman j. Coleman, of
Missouri, was given a seat in the cabi-
net, and agriculture was raised to the
dignity of an actual department of the
government. The wisdom Of the ac-
ton was doubted by many persons at
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-19
COLLECT CROP STA TISTICS.
o=~

The government system of crop re-
porting is really won lerful scheme,
and the reporting force is a peculiar
organization. 1t is composed of about
100000 agents scattered all over the
land and is probably the least expen-
sive organization, in view of its size
in existence. The total appropriation
for the support of the bureau of stats
tics is only $4,000 a year. Out Of
this sum must be paid the salaries of
the chief statistician. large corps Of
associate statisticians and assistants
and many agricultural experts, all To-
Gated at Washington; then come the
field men, the State agents the county
correspondents and the township re
porters, aggregating, all told, 100000
men. 1t is an enormous agency, and it
is kept going at small expense from a
tiny 6 by 10 office in an annex Of the
agricultural department building
OF course the entire force is not
called on in the compilation Of the or
binary monthly crop reports Twice a
year the chief calls on all of his force
Tor information. The reports refer es-
pectally to the cereals then in season
In June, for example, the report gives
statement OF the condit'u of the
wheat, oat and barley crop. In July
corn is included with the other crops
In midsummer a mammoth report is
sent out embOdying the opinions of the
Sntire force of 100000 forecasters, and
Of harvest time another similar report
is issued.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-19
IMPORTANCE OF CARBON.
Without II or Its Equivalent We
Could Have No Erc-Lieht.


The electric arc-lignt as now so
commonly used is produced by the
passage of a powerful electric cur
rent between the slightly separated
ends of a pair of carbon rods, or car
bonds" about twelve inches long and
from three-eighths to one-half inch
in diameter, placed vertically end to
end in the lamp. The lamp mechan-
Ism is so constructed that when no
current is passing, the upper carbon,
which is always made the positive
one, rests upon the lower by the ac-
ton of gravity; but as soon as the
electric current is established the car
bons are automatically separated
about an eighth of an inch, thus form
ing a gap of high resistance in the
electric circuit, across which the cur
rent is forced, resulting in the pro-
duction of intense heat. The ends
of the carbons are quickly heated to
brilliant incandescence, and by the
burning action of the air are main
tanned in the form of blunt points.
AS the carbons burn away, the lamp
mechanism feeds the upper one down
ward just fast enough to maintain
the proper separation.
The Cartoons are not heated equal
". the upper or positive one being
much the hotter A small cup-shap-
ed cavit, or crater" ordinarily less
than an eighth of an inch in diane
ter. is formed in it's end, the glowing
concave surface of which emits the
greater part of the total light In
lights of the usual size, something
like half a horse power of energy is
concentrated in this little crater, and
it's temperature is limited only by the
vaporization of the carbon. Carbon
being the most refractory substance
known. the temperature of the crater
is the highest yet produced artificial
w. and ranks next to that of the sun.
IT is fortunate that nature has provid-
ed us with such a substance as car
bon. combining, as it does, the high
est resistance to heat with the neces-
sarv electrical conductivity. Without
carbon. or an equivalent-an none
is known-we could have no arc-light.
From Charles F. Brush's 'The Arc
Light" in the Century.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-19
LUXURIOUS ENGLISH TRAINS.

Wallets, Maids and Numbered Seats
Among Other Conveniences.
The Great Western Railway Com
pany the other day ran a trial trip
with the "Cornishman limited" express.
which commences to run between Lon
don and Penzance, says the London
Mail. AS was the case last season,
this train will achieve the worlds rec
ord long-distance nonstop run between
London and Plymouth, 246 miles In
265 minutes-a speed of 55.7 miles an
hour.
Three entirely new trains have been
built for the service, composed of the
largest and most palatial vehicles ever
yet seen in the country. Each coach
is seventy feet long and nine and one
half feet wide. A train is made up
of six coaches, with a total seating ca
pacity for 268 passengers, divided be-
tween thirty-six first-class and 232
third-class. Second-class passengers
will no longer be carried by this par
ticular train in either direction
Every seat in the train is numbered
and the passenger will require a per-
forated ticket, half OF which will be
torn off by the guard and slipped. so
that it cannot be removed, into a little
clot at the back Of the seat just above
the head.
The fittings of the train are of the
most sumptuous description. Electric
light and electric fans are found every
where. The chief feature of the train,
however, is the fact that for the first
time in the history of British railways
Wallets and ladies' maids are carried, in
addition to the guards md dining car
attendants.
The ladies' maids are neatly attired
in a black alpaca dress with white lin
ell collar and cuffs, a nurses bonnet,
fancy apron and a badge in silver
thread inscribed sc. w. r. Ladys
Attendant" The Wallets wear a smart
serge uniform. The maids will con-
stantly patrol the train to render seF-
vices to ladies and children and they
will specially watch over ladies trav-
cling without an escort The Wallets
will do everything for male passcn-
gers comfort and at a pinch are pre-
pared to clean his boots.
The new French De Glehn four-cyl-
inder compound locomotives, the larg-
est and most powerful engines yet
seen in this country, have arrived at
Swindon, and will be employed on the
service when it starts.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-19


Department at Washington is law
yer, keen and round, who looks after
that particular kind of business. 1t
is a very large business, for in the
twelve months of the last fiscal year
Assistant Attorney General r. p. Good
win was instrumental in excluding
from the mails the letters of almost
$50 different men and concerns. This
fiscal year, beginning with July, the
offenders are more numerous than
ever. The files in Mr.. Goodwin's we'll
conducted Office are bullying with pa
pers in these cases.
There are recruits, of course, in this
peculiar class of wrongdoers, whose
days and nights are devoted to
schemes for deceiving the unsophisti-
Gated public, and who would use the
Postoffice Department to help their en-
terprises along But there are very
many confirmed ones, who, driven out
Of business under one name, soon be-
gin under another.
It is amazing how persistent some
of the offenders are and equally re-
markable to what extent people will
put their money into questionable ven
lures, says Mr.. Goodwin. Lewis. the
man who started the United States
Bank at ST. Louis, secured about ST.
100000 before a fraud order was IS
sued against him. That was one of
the big cases. But there are many lit
tie cases. For instance. those old ad-
vertisements for writing letters at
home are still running, till we catch
the persons practicing deception. You
will find cases on our docket showing
that we are constantly issuing fraud
orders against such concerns.
The medicines that cure everything
under the sun likewise figure in the
scores of fraud orders signed by the
Postmaster General. We are now con-
STRUNG the law against such concerns
more strictly than it has ever before
been construed in this Office. with the
result that fraud is declared practiced
in some cases where heretofore the
perpetrators would have escaped.
A few years ago fraud order was
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-19

Morton of Nebraska and James Will
son of Iowa, the present incumbent.
All of them have proved to be admir-
able selections. Mr.. Coleman was Sec
rotary less than q month. but he had
been commissioner and had obtained
an excellent record in that capacity. No
other department has shown a quicker
growth or has intrenched itself more
securely in the affections of the people.
1t has become an indispensable part of
the governmental machinery, and vast
interests are bound up in it. The
eagerness with which it's monthly crop
bulletins are awaited is an evidence of
its standing among the farming com
munity, and the very fact that ques-
tionable methods of obtaining them in
advance have been resorted to shows
their commercial value. Ever since
their first issue attempts have beer
made to manipulate them dishonesty.
and it is quite likely that occasional
leaks will continue in spite of the in
creased vigilance.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-19
salntes With Dynamite.

Sir Harry Rawson, the popular ad-
miral, was welcomed as governor of
New South Wales with the greatest
enthusiasm. One port greeted him
IN a novel and interesting way. There
we're no guns big enough to salute
him with, so an enterprising loyal
list hit on the happy idea of utilizing
kerosene tins. With the assistance
of plugs of dynamite and fuse the
salute was duly given, resulting in a
round dozen of loud bangs, the same
number of flying kerosene tins, and
distracted natives fleeing for their
lives in all directions.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-19

porn III france
90 years ago and was a member of
one of the most aristocratic families
of that country. His health had been
undermined by his arduous duties as
apostolic delegates TO the Philippines.
Cuba and Porto Rico, yet despite that
he threw himself heart and soul into
the work of combining the epidemic to
a small section of New Orleans and
sacrificed his life in his efforts to aid
the stricken city.
Archbishop Chapelle leaves a record
of faithful and enduring work, not
only for his church, but for the nation.
When he was rector of ST. Matthews
Church in Washington he was brought
into constant touch with foreign din
lomats accredited to our government.
Through his acquaintance he became
profoundly versed In worlds affairs.
He was true statesman and took an
intense interest in the progress of tre
United States. 1t was his broad-mind-
ed craftsmanship and true catholicity
of feeling that led to his selection as
VI re- Nt" MEXICO.
Later he was transferred to New Or
leans, and his great ability and knowl-
edge made him the natural selection as
apostolic delegate to Cuba and Porto
Rico. The archbishop's work there
was not only in the interest OF the
Catholic Church, but of vital import
ance to the United States, for he did
much to overcome the hostile feeling
held against this country by the Cath
olics of Cuba and Porto Rico He was
also the Pope's representative in the
negotiations for the purchase Of the
lands of the Friars in the Philippines.
Archbishop Chapelle, as a friend and
companion, was without a superior.
He was full of "reminiscences was a
charming story-teller, had a very
healthy love of humor and a keenly
humorous eye. Moreover he had much
tact He was deeply beloved, not only
by members of his church, but by all
who came under his kindly influence
In his death the Catholic Church suf
fers an almost irreparable loss and the
nation loses a man who was great and
good.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-19
Hard on Norah.

Scene: The Wilson's dining room.
Norah, the slovenly cook, puts her
head in at the door.
Norah-PlaZe, ma'am, will We be
afther tellin' me whin I'm to know
whether tn puddin's baked or not?
Mrs Wilson-Stick a knife into the
middle of it. and if the knife comes out
clean the pudding is ready to send to
the table.
Mr. Wilson, And. Norah, If it does
come out clean stick all the rest of the
knives in the house into the pudding
Woman's Home Companion.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-19

Ions that are necessary for the shelter
OF stock it leaves them In most cases
without any protection at all from the
beasts. Even the presence Of numer.
Gus guards around a bunch OF cattle
is oftentimes insufficient to keep the
tigers from getting away with an ami
NAL or two from along the edges Of
the herd.
Hunting for the animals has been
greatly stimulated by the offer of the
government and scores Of hunters are
securing the country for them. The
number of the skins that have been
turned in thus far is large and it is
hoped that it will not be long before
the animals are driven back to the Sc
clusion of the mountains.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-19
no lse For cemeterv Lot.

Speaker Cannon, at a dinner he at
tended in Washington some time ago,
talked about mean rich men.
THE meanest rich man in Illinois, F"
he said. elves in Vermillion County.
He is a bachelor and Wen call him
Crust
"One day the Superintendent of the
local cemetery told his salesman to
call on Crust and see if he couldn't
work off cemetery lot on him.
THE salesman set out with a hope
less air, and in half hour he was
back again.
mo CO. he said.
Couldn't get him, eh?' said the
Superintendent.
"'No,' said the salesman. He ad-
mitted that 1 reasoned well and that
the lots were fine ones, but he said
that if he bought one he might not
get the value of his money in the
end
Why said the Superintendent,
there's no fear of that. The man
will die some day, won't hep
YES, said the salesman, but he
SAYS he might be lost at sea- Phil
adelphia Public Ledger.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-19
TIGERS A PUBLIC MENACE.
Savage Beasts Kill People and Stock
in Mexico.

Tigers, driven from their mountain
lairs in the territory of Topic by the
scarcity Of food, continue to ravage
the haciendas Of the valleys, says the
Mexican Herald They are becoming
such a general danger that the munici-
pal authorities have offered reward
of $40 for every tigers skin.
For several months great numb ers
OF the animals have swarmed through
the marshes Of the lowlands along the
coast and in the valleys of the terri
tory of Topic, having been driven out
of the States of Sinalos and Sonora
by the floods and the extremely cold
weather The damage caused to the
haciendas and the danger incurred by
the presence of the animals was such
that many Of them offered rewards for
the skins of the animals some time
ago.
The tigers, however, seem to like
the warm ather and the good food
that they are getting in Topic and in
stead of decreasing their numbers
have greatly increased within the last
few weeks. Now the municipal au-
thorities of the territory have also Of
fered a reward for the skins of the
animals
The tigers have become so bold thai
they will enter houses on the planta-
lions and help themselves to whatever
comes in their path. Several deaths
are reported in different parts of the
territory. In many sections Of the
State it Is necessary to have armed
guards stationed at night. to insure
the safety of the other people in the
settlements.
Live stock is suffering more than
anything else. With the slight provis-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-19

issued against one Rowan in Milwau-
kee because he had been advertising
pills that were a sure cure for deaf
ness. Furthermore, he promised to re-
fund the money if consumers of the
pills were not cured after following his
instructions. When the money had
been sent and the purchaser had Row
ans pills. he found one OF the condi-
tons to be the taking of 1000 pills at
the rate Of one a day. Rowan was
refused the privilege Of the mails, and
he was found to be a very old offender.
He was very prolific in new schemes
for defrauding the gullible public, and
also quick in securing a new address
as soon as he had hit upon a particular
ly ingenious scheme.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-19
Dciayer.

He was a laggard at wooing and the
dear girl had quite lost her patience.
One evening he said in a casual
way, I'm a firm believer in the old
proverb, Marry in haste and repent
at leisure"
She looked up at him and smiled
YEARLY.
But, of course she said, that
couldn't really interest you"
"And why not?' he asked.
Because you wouldn't have any
time left to repent in"
He thought this over for some time
and finally saw the point When he
left an hour later they were engaged.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-19

The &rship which f.
structng Alexandra
The results fairly
Ike the bows ordinary ship
The propeng supplied
motor drove pair twobade
snip driven by
vded with banks aeropanes
eter 600 carbos of vO and fifty of borng
manufacture of the hydrogen
under and
The
accomplished
of
stern of the ship suddenly Mr.
the balloon open The rushed with the
to pieces
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-19
rnhaooo and Governments.

Tobacco has great deal to DO
with government affsirs of the world
The French treasury report of the
tobacco monopoly for 1904 shows a
clear profit of s71.oOO,000 The gov
eminent receipts from tobacco tax in
Great Britain last year were s60,000,-
600. In the United States the gov
eminent collects s45.0o0,O00 from to-
bacco in internal revenue taxes. In
Italy tobacco selling is a government
monopoly, and will yield a net profit
this year of s45,0O0,OO0.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-19
In a Dangerous Locality.

George, why did you make Willie
cryP
HE hurried his finger"
He says you hurt him. How did 1t
happenp
HE was trytn' to get my candy
away from me-"
And where was your candyT
I'm my mouf"-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-19
Waiting for the sunreme Test

$50 you are really in society?" said
the lend of earlier years.
Il wouldn't say for sure" answered
Mr.. CumroX. Nobody has ever APP
preached me with any proposition to
write up my past unless paiS 20 stop
'em. Washington Star.