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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-10-13
FROM POLE TO EQUATOR.
Arctic Explorer Now Penetrating
the Heart of Africa.

the Heart of Africa.
Whether in the frigid grip Of the
north polar country or the burning
sands of tropical Africa, the Duke OF
Abruzzi seems equally at home. rms
Italian scientist, who made such a high
reputation by his recent arctic explora-
lions. has started for unknown regions
of Central Africa with fully equipped
expedition, proposing to explore the
Ruwenzori Mountains and climb their
highest peaks. This range crosses the
EQUATOR in the vicinity of the Lakes
Nyanza, whence flow the waters of the
Nile. 1t is some eighty miles long, a
vast pile of blac-. rock hurled upward
in some ancient CONFUSION of Nature.
The English explorer, Stanley, found
Euwenzori twenty years ago. 1t was
pointed out to him as a big salt noun
tain. As the sun assembled, it assumed
shape before his view-a great noun
tain clothed in snow-and it took him
weeks Of travel to find out that 1t be-
longed to a range. Stanley believed
that the Ruwenzori range and the
Mountains of the Moon, which can be
found on old maps, are identical. Ac-
cording to the old Biographies, the
waters of the Nile rise in the Noun
tains of the Moon.
The Duke of Abruzzi has a difficult
task before him to conquer the Noun
tains of the Moon, even though their
SUBMITS fall somewhat short of that
orb. A large quantity of supplies must
be carried on the backs of natives, and
though the start will be made in the.
most torrid of tropical climes, the party
will soon ascend into temperate regions
and then trudge for months in a truly
polar climate.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-10-13

The Department Of Agriculture is
just issuing an attractive illustrated
bulletin on school gardens. In his in
troductory, DR.. Galloway, Chief of the
Bureau Of Plant Industry, says, that
as agriculture in its broadcast sense is
the primary basis Of wealth in the
United States, it seems essential that
efforts should be made in our general
educational system to bring early to the
mind of the child facts which will he
OF value as emphasizing the Importance
and necessity of agricultural work.
There is no better way to do this, he
says, than through well-managed and
well conducted system of school garden
training which early awakens interest
in an industry which means much to
the future prosperity OF the country.
When the work Of handling Congress
sional free seed distribution WIS turned
over to the Bureau of Plant Industry
several years ago efforts were made to
arouse interest on the part of members
of Congress with large city constituent
cies. who might be able to encourage
the school garden movement through
the distribution OF, specially prepared
seed packages. Since then millions Of
packages Of seeds have been distributed
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-10-13
MIX In Your Tea.l

1.-THE use of plenty of milk with tea,
says The Lancet (London), sis wise
precaution and must be regarded as a
sound physiological proceeding, since
the proteids of milk destroy astrin-
gency and probably prevent the other
wise injurious action of tanntn on the
mucous membrane of the stomach. In
the intestinal juice the proteids are
separated and the tannin probably COM
bines with the sodium salts. The i'm
moderate drinking of tea is an un-
questionable evil, but, on the whole,
we are inclined to think that the evils
of tea-drinking have been exaggerated.
The real difficulty is to convince people
that lightly drawn infusion gives
them their moneys worth"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-10-13
GROWTH OF RAILROADS.
INTERSTATE COMMERCE CON-
MISSION PLACES PAR EALUE
AT IS MILLIONS.

More than Three Quarters of a Billion
Dollars Paid Out Annually by the
companies in Salaries TO Over a
Million Regular Employees.
The annual report Of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, giving rail-
road statistics at the end of 1904,
shows the enormous total of 29EOT3
miles of railroad In the United
States. More recent railroad consruc-
ton has brought this figure up to
more than 100000 miles. The num-
Der of railroad corporations included
in the report was 2,104. That the
railroads are prosperous is shown by
the fact that only 1898 miles of road
were in the hands Of receivers.
The total number of locomotives in
use was 46,743 and of cars, exclusive
Of those owned by private companies,
1,79S000. OF these, $4,000 were In
the passenger service and 100000
engaged in hauling freight. Prac-
tically all the passenger locomotives
and cars were equipped with air
brakes and automatic couplers, and
the same was true of freight locomo-
tives and large majority of freight
cars.
The number of persons on the pay
rolls of railroads in the United
States was 100000, with annual
wages and salaries amounting to
$S17 $4,000.
The par value of the amount OF
railway capital was $13, 213,1 1900, or
capitalization of $64,265 per mile.
Six Per Cent. Dividends.
OF the total capital stock out
standing, AZ per cent. paid no
dividends. The amount Of dividends
declared during the year was
1921 ,941 900, or a little over 6 per
cent. on dividend-paying stock. The
number of passengers reported as car
ried by the railways in the year was
715,419,000. The number of tons
of freight carried was 1909 $780, 900, an
increase over the previous year of over
five and one-half million tons.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-10-13

The country has realized for some
time that it has in its Secretary OF
Agriculture a real farmer; its new
Assistant Secretary is likewise q
farmer, and unless all records and ap-
pearances are false, good one. He
has the valuable faculty of knowing
how to do things, and at the same time
to be able to tell others how. This
Assistant Secretary is Willett M. Hays.
Professor Hays was Secretary Wilson's
choice for Assistant Secretary, after
Colonel Brigham's death, and it APP
pears as though Professor Hays APP
pointment was anything but a political
one. There is a fine entente cordial
between these two broad-gauge men
and the work Of the Department has
taken a distinct forward sweep since
Mr.. Hays appointment. He put his
shoulder to the wheel at once and
seemed able to dispense with the usual
two or three months of breaking II"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-10-13
HYBRIDIzING WHEAT IN THE FIELD.

they were taking sort of high school
agricultural course, many of them for
one or two years, and were not fgur-
ing on getting a diploma and then
leaving the farm and striking out for
some city, as is unfortunately the his
tory of so many of the graduates Of the
agricultural colleges.
Working through the Boys.
do your new methods stick with the
boys when they get back on the old
farm?" / asked. How do the boys
fathers take it?"
ooh, they think at first when the
boys go home and want to make
changes that we are teaching them q
lot Of new-fangled notions. After the
first year perhaps they let the boy take
a try on small scale Then with the
good results shown by the trial they
are more than likely to come around
by the second or third year and there
is apt to be quite a shaking up of
methods in the work on the old place.
You can't expect to make much head
way teaching the older farmers, but
you can get at them through the boys"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-10-13
WHEAT ROOT SYSTEM.

horse. ard he thus showed that plants
were capable of the same development
by breeding as are animals.
If you are interested in learning
something about plant breeding you
might write to your Congressman fer
a copy of Bulletin 20 of the Department
Of Agriculture, or probably Professor
Hays himself has few extra copies.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-10-13

by breeding. And Professor Hays
drew u parallel, step by step, between
the improvement of the Wealthy apple.
tracing its history and improvement
from the tree developed by Peter M.
Gidden Of Minnesota, and Messenger,
an imported English racing horse,
which became the leading prcgenitor
Of the American racing or trotting
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-10-13

A seventy-page bulletin which Pro
fessor Hays wrote for the Department
Of Agriculture some four years ago on
the subject Of plant breeding brought
his work into great prominence. In it
he outlined numerous possibilities Of
increased production of all crops
through plant breeding. Every man
knows that the American trotting
horse has been wonderfully improved
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-10-13

forward way of taking people at their
word and believing just what they say.
/ asked him for a photograph to &C
company this letter, remarking that /
would like to have one of him as he
looked as / last saw him "down on the
farm" Che would be arrested if he went
around Washington looking as he was
them, and he gravely responded that
he had no photograph such as wanted,
but that he would send me one taken
at later date.
Breeding up Plants.
The work which has made Professor
Hays most famous is his plant-breeding
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-10-13

experiments. He is the wizard of farm
plant life as Luther Burbank is of hor-
ticulture. He has taken wheat and
bred it up, by selection and hybridiza
tion covering periods of five and ten
years, so that the improved strain
Yields probably rs to 80 per cent
heavier. He has done the same with
fax and with timothyAand with corn
and other farm crops This has en-
tailed the most painstalzing work. con-
tinued year after year, but always with
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-10-13

WILLET M. HAYS, ASSISTANT SEChE-
TARY OF AGRICULTURE.
which an Assistant Secretary for big
department usually undergoes. He fits
his environment we'll wherever he hap
pens to be. Instructing his classes in
the field at the University of Mime
sofa, located just between the Twin
Cities, you would have suspected that
Professor Hays seldom visited st. Paul
or Minneapolis; on the other hand,
when you see him walking along the
streets in Washington you would
scarcely expect him to be able to drop
a straight furrow. But in coming city
ward and wearing a crease in his
trousers he has not lost his straight
The daily tribune., 1905-03-29
WILL OF LATE
SENATOR WOLCOTT
When Opened Found to Con-
tain No Public Bequests.
0S.T 1t 1;oors |"5:ss sSss SsnHy IL Ms% Rsrs
tents of Woolhurst Goes
Vaile's Daughters.

Denver. March 29--The will Of the
late Senator Edward o. Wolcott liss
been opened and 10 found to contain
no public beQuests. 1t disposes Of
$3.50. 600 in specific bequests. $40. 900 to
O. A. Chisholm and tI40. 600 to mem
bers of the family in sums Of go, 900
each. The furniture. books and pict.
ures are left to various relatives. the
conte nts of the bouse at Wolhurst be-
ing given to the daughters Of Fred
erick o. Vaills. The residue Of the
estate, both renl ana personal, Is left
to the senator's brother, Henry r.
Wolcott The executors are william
e. woloutt and O. A. Chisholm.
The will is dated Dec. ., 1901. and 10
entirely in the handwriting OF Mr..
Woloott. the witnesses being Charles
W. Waterman and Eiroy N. CLARK.
The document will be presented for
probate within few days.
The daily tribune., 1905-03-29
Aofat's Road Assured.

Denver. March 3D.. H. Mof1at ar.
rived home this afternoon from New
York and announces that be has
financed his road tho Dsnver and
English capital will complete the line.
There arc no further entAnglements
in the way.
The daily tribune., 1905-03-29
HOTEL ARRIVALS.
FREMONT.

J. NJ. Campbell. city: G Waly.
New York: r. Whitelsp, ST.
Louis; E. s. Fithian. Grove City
o. L Gittle, Denver; f. O. Brady
Detroit; f. A. Julien. Florrissant; /;
@. J. Richmond. Pueblo: r. e. Pad.
field. Kansaf City G. E. Crouch.
city Frank DOLLS, city J. A. Nc
Singan, Denver o A. Nelson, Den
yer: H. g. Ourist, Chicago; ]. T..
Hennisy, Victor.
The daily tribune., 1905-03-29
Hay at Gibraltar.

Gibraltar. March 29-Secretary Of
State Hay arrived this morning much
benefited by his ocean voyage. 1t
was the secretary's desire that no pub.
lie reception bs rendered him. He
,trolled about town until noon when
he sailed for Tangier.
The daily tribune., 1905-03-29
National Has Good Well.

Pumping on the new we'll or the
National Oil company was begun yes.
terday and the indications are the. 1t
will be . good producer. Tt3 flow
has steadily increased since pumpiug
WIS started. 1t will MT be less than
. 60 barrel we'll and the probability
is that it will increase to nearer 100
barrels. It has good depth. a straight
hole and IL pumping nicely.
The daily tribune., 1905-03-29
Loan is Over-subscribed.

London, March 29-The entire issue
OF the Japanese war loan was sub.
scribed hers today. Great crowds
we're ct the bank when the loan was
authorized. New York reports that
the same condition existed there the
Ameri San loan being over. subscribed.
The daily tribune., 1905-03-29
PEACE RUMOR
FINDS BELIEVERS
Japanese Think Russia Ready
to Quit.
Russian States that His Gov.
ernment Will Give Japan no
Cash Indemnity-Will Con-
tinue the Fight First.

London, March 20-The secretary
of the Japanese embassy today stated
that he had heard nothing officially
about peace. That personally he was
satisfied that Russia was getting
enough Of the war and was ready to
quit. He added: Japan 10 willing
for peAoe II our terms will be accepted.
But before We start negotiations we
must be assured that Russia hns had
enough. Our terms will include in
demnity. and probably this will be
the most difficult thing TO settle "
Routkofsky. . Russian financial
agent said: ''You can announce
positively that Rus ia will never CON
sent to paying japan one cent of in
demnfty and will fight until the end
OF the world before giving Japan any
cash."
The daily tribune., 1905-03-29
On Sad Mission.

Pensaools, Fla. March 29-The
cruiser Columbia which Is carrying
homo the remains of the Mexican am
bassador sailed today for New York.
The daily tribune., 1905-03-29
No Arrests Made.

Tho statement published in the
Citizen last night and the Post that
two boys had been arrested on account
OF the Big Store Burglary is not true
no arrests have been made.
The daily tribune., 1905-03-29

st. Petersburg. March 29-Russia
has outlined the conditions on wh ich
she will accept peace. The matter Is
now In the hands of France and the
United States.
The daily tribune., 1905-03-29

Big supper by the men Thursday
p. m.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-10-21
COUNTING UNCLE SANS CASH.
Occurs Every Time a New Treasures
is Appointed.

Owing 10 the recent change In the
ofice OF Treasurer Of the Unites
states, a task OF no small magnitude Is
going on I'm the Treasury Building
Every time one Treasurer gives way 10
another the cash must be counted ans
verified before the new official becomes
responsible FOR the money under his
care.
As soon as n change is made the
Secretary OF the Treasury appoints
COMMITTEES OF Three TO select force 10
count the cash. This committee picks
ont number of clerks i'm the various
offices of the Department and they are
set at work 60 count the millions. Per
haps there may be forty men selected
to perform this huge count; maybe
\ fifty or eighty. 1t is always considered
an honor To be one Of these counters
The total sum counted hy these men
is somewhere in the neighborhood Of
five hundred and thirty millions IN
money. bonds. notes and everything
else. one vault alone contains over a
hundred millions in silver dollars An
other has 4 heavy amount OF silver
fractional currency. and many tons or
nickel five-cent pieces and pennies.
The working cash Is handled nrSt,
mud in order TO give il chance 10 do
regular duty il is counted at night
Most OF the money is counted in bulk
and stored away I'm paCS. each contain
ing a certain sum. These are weighed
and If there Us even one dollar short
there is instant detection Of the wrong
5 count. As each bag is filled by clerk
, who attaches his name by tag. any
discrepancy I'm the number OF coins o.
, any coin missing from the sack Il
b charged 90 him. This is done, not ONLY
S 10 check any tendency toward dis
[ honesty. but also 10 cause each countel
p TO exercise tho greatest care. The new
o Treasurer is Charles IT. Treat OF New
? York. who takes the place OF Ellis Il
p Roberts
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-10-21

the tsrriers dspafchinr parties of
braves after the numerous Cayuse-
American Innmigr alton v on the Day
The surviving settlers were not slow
o. seeking rereu-e and they ml.le tne
name .paieflcr- a fearful word iu fle
ratSkin murl-rers Of the nortnWe~-
forests War 90 rhe leafh MAS carrie j
on against The Indians Tor eight years
Government troops were iu TIE c0un-
try. and q stream OF immi grafton had
~ In. The headers ~ the Cayuse
who attacked the Whitman mission
were captured bv tLe See ierces ou
the upper Jcln Bay river and five 81
them were hanged an oregon city
The graves ~ Or. Whitman and his
VIE are pointed out near where they
fel az Wahuln on that bloody NoYem
l.er morning 1-41.
u tile light ~ this dos II not seen
dat the government might have beei
= little considerlSe ia It's treatment OF
the late chief Joseph and his Ne.
Pe-ces band3
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-10-21
fHE SAYING OF OREGON.
HoW DR.. WHITMAN BRxTED
BlrZzARDS AND DEATH.
Determined TO Save Country From
British - Daniel Webster Opposed
Co Retaining Territory

A bloody trophy IN possession Of the
rovesnment at Washington Is an In
dian hatchet- The tornahawk reeks
with red snd hOr1d association. Il is
the weapon with which Or. Marcus
Whitman. the Indian missionary and
his wife were slain in 1877 and with
which the first blow OF the tearsorne
whitman massacre WAS eegun-an en-
crmeus crime which Dearly obliterated
the white American settlers in the Ore
con country, sent thrill % horror
and Indignation throughout the Amer
lean republic and saved 70 the Amer
lean people the great northwest coun-
try out OF which Oregon. Washington
and other states were created II l.
one of the very crsnel chapters In his
fory-a chapter embracing eight years
% war between settlers and Savagcs
the result Of which WIS that the Hud-
sons Bay Company snd the British
crown were compelled % relinguish
their claim 10 the territory Another
result was the virtual annihilation OF
the CayuSe tribe Of Indians 80 much
tragic history ccnters about this rtiSty
hatchet that IL is one Of the rarcst rel
ics Of the government A government
ofiicial familiar with the period says
The Whitman massacre was the N
snl< OF the machinatioIls 81 England
10 secure by treaty or otherwise Al
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-10-21

1t seems from consular reports that
There are none. Colonies for the So
called unemployed" take them out OF
this class Immediately and make pau
nerism unknown Zach city supports
large Offices where hunters for work
go and register. Thcy get "a bath. have
their clothing disinlectcd. and IL the
unions which support these institutions
have no work Tor them in cities, they
are sent 20 the farm colonies IN the
country. where they can work az farm
irc. land reclamation. and In other pro
ductive capacities. The system OF
these unions is said 60 Zoe very com.
prehensive. they are open 60 all, and
besides providing opportunities Tor
workers. have systems OF old age pen
sions. insurance against accidents, and
other benefits.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-10-21

abstainer. the finest vintage wines are
always offered 10 such guests as dine
at the palace.
The recent visit Of the shah OF Persia
to England recalls a former call OF his
upon Queen Victoria. when London
was startled at the Oriental methods
employed by this picturesque Eastern
potentate. Thousands Of dollars worth
Of damage was done In the famous
buckingham Palace by the nocha.ant
orders Of the Shah The sheep which
provided his mutton were orought into
the palace rooms. which had been
placed az his royal disposal. and
slaughtered upon the magnificent and
costly rugs and other such eNtravagant
practices were the order OF the day.
While the meat which the Shah eats is
always supposed 20 be slaughtered be-
fore his ewes. 40 was believed az the time
that these performances were simply
the CARRYING out of an Eastern REGAL
fancy. 70 show Western barbarians
what the Orient was accustomed 20.
The Queens maids Of honor have
very little TO do. They live az home
and when the Queen is in London the.
are conveyed 20 Buckingham Palac,
after luncheon in royal carriages. ans
remain In a suite OF charming salons
until required 20 accompany the Queer
and her unmarried daughter on
driving. They must dress very wei
and not appear In the same clothes TO-
| often. and. above all. study the wlshe
OF Her Majesty i'm regard 90 colors am
modes. The millinery embargo. that Is
not 10 wear a picture hat. must be FOL
lowed 10 the letter. With a salary o.
81 500 and the attachment Of Honor
able" 10 their names. the fair maids-oi
honor manage 10 worry along unit
= they marry
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-10-21

How the thought Of the world passes
from one thing 10 another, and then
forgets. Attention FOR months was
centered upon Pert Arthur, and tnen
IL was transferred 10 the movements
q Tie naval fleets. The meetlnE u
which was ~ disastrous 10 RUSSIAN
bCpes. II VIII be remembered that
yvbep RoJestvensky entered the china
- he wired 10 the Car. II ! an
victorious / ehau inform you. il an
rsnouished. Togo VIII inform you
TO the public Port Arthur is no nor,
than one Of the countless tx
gplotcbes that disdgure history, an,
tie naval battle Of AL history
already relegafed 10 dry discussions
F 10 what branch q service was mos
{ disastrous 70 ship and lives
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-10-21
Enforcing the laws.

Prora tbe WafElDgto1 star.
There was nothing original IL Gov.
Folks address az ChautauQua, y l.
receufly. but the well-known truth De
euunelated took on greater weight Tor
LIS intorseEoent He = 10 closet phil
osorher. giving 20 the public the re-
suit1 q reading and speculation, hat
4 mar OF Affairs who has done things
and noted the consequence he was
eie~ted District Attorney In n1- Louis
ir ne expectation that be would ignore
the laws and Let those who We're YiO-
iatinx them continue 20 flourish on
their snlQuifies. Instead Of that ne
e,foread the laws and saw conditions
an around him rapidly improve. Nhen
\ therefore. such 3 man tells Us th1t
cure for many Of the Ills We are eno'r'
Ing a. q people s. the simple execution
q The laws. he has the strongest pos
4 slbIe claim upon our attention. and hi'
advice l. worth following. Laws ar
81 ntfie zee unless their enforceu1en
= demanded and backed Up By puDii
/ sentiment
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-10-21
20 VIeN3 of~
y .STXTlsM~

King Alfonso recently had curious
adventure al Madrid He had lett
Granda one morning incognito. He
guarded his identity SO strictly that
no one suspected his presence and
when he presented himself az the royal
palace the sentry refused him admit
lance. The King inspected the apart
ments being prepared for President
I.oubet OF France. who was preparing
20 visit the youthful Spanish monarch,
and then sent a summons 10 the aston
ished ministers TO come and hold a
council.
The Empress-DoxaSer Of China Il
thouehffui OF her Eubordinates. Here
| Is an edict OF hers issued recently
| which viii bear out the idea. "Nons
Wen Shao, the grand secretary, ha'
eerved under us many years. and IA
hes shown great diligence and faith
fulnezs. lie II now over 40 years o
are, aud in the daily audiences HI
obelssnco 10 now very difficult. and on
eympafhy must be shown him. Le
him be relieved from the grand coul