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The Springfield herald., 1905-12-15
Canal Appropriation.

Washington. = An appropriation OF
S11 100000 was voted in the House Sat
urday toward the construction of the
Panama canal. The amount was COM
promise between the s16,500,000 car
ried in the bill under consideration
and an estimate of something over s6,-
100000 commended by Mr.. Williams,
the Democratic leader, to carry on the
work until the middle of January.
The bill was amended in accordance
with suggestions by Mr.. Mann, direc-
ing the President to require annual re
ports from canal construction officers
covering all details of the work; re-
quiring. such employees to give Con
gress any information it may desire,
and restricting all expenditures TO
money appropriated by Congress and
to that received by the operation OF
the property pS the Panama railroad
The Springfield herald., 1905-12-15
MONEY STATISTICS.
Given in Annual Report Of Comptroller
of the Currency.

Washington.-W. B. Ridgely, comp
troller of the currency, in his annual
report, says:
The aggregate stock of gold, silver
and uncovered paper currency of the
world is reported as amounting to $12,-
510.000,O00, classified as follows: Cold
S5,9S7, 100000; silver, $5,130,400 900;
uncovered paper currency, 1892 ,5O0,-
900. The gold represents forty-eisht
per cent. of the stock, and the silver
and uncovered paper currency twenty
five and twentyseven per cent, re-
spectively.
THE leading countries with their
stock of silver are as follows: United
States, sGS5, 5,lOO.0 900; lndia, $G03 $780,
600; France, SAIL, 100000: China, $780,
000,000; United Kingdom, $113,40O,.
600; Russia, s1O1 100000.
THE greatest per capita stock of
money is held in France, namely
s37.13, followed by the United States
with s3l.41 Germany, s22.46; Spain,
s19.93; United Kingdom, s17.5S; Italy.
1926: AustriaHungary, s9.04, and Rus
sia. $500.
THE countries reported have an ag
gregate of population of 1.29S, 100000
and an average per capita holding of
money of s9.63''
The Springfield herald., 1905-12-15
Will Build Its Own Tunnel.

Denver.-The big tunnel through
James peak is to be built by the con
struction company for the Moffat road,
says the Republican. Contracts will
not be let to general contractor. ac-
cording TO David H. Moffat. In dis
cussing the matter, he said that he has
been advised that money can be saved
in this way, and better work secured,
and they propose 10 try it. The con-
tractors usually figure on numerous ac
cldents that may occur in the con-
struction work and credit themselves
with the profit if they do not occur.
The Moffat people will do the work
themselves and do it so that there
will not be such loss, if it can be
avoided.
The Springfield herald., 1905-12-15
DENVER sTockYARos.
Control Will Pass to Eastern Men
January list.

Denver.-The Republican asserts
that on January LIST the Denver Union
stock yards will pass to the control OF
the Chicago packing trust. popularly
known as the big Four" which re-
Gently secured the majority of the
stock OF the two big local packing
plants. The Chicago trust has bought
sixty per cent of the Denver Union
Stockyards Company. 1t is now in
complete authority in the beef indus
try here. Those now in charge and
some of the stockmen state that the
change will be advantageous to Den
ver that 1t means an enlargement of
the stockyards, the working of the two
packing plants to their limit and en-
couragement to the feeding of cattle,
hogs and sheep.
THE deal Is not quite closed yet and
| am not at liberty to be quoted" said
one of the local men interested in the
transaction. But 1t will be closed and
the actual transfer will be made be-
fore the first of the year. There is nat
urally feeling against a trust, but |
believe the transfer will be beneficial
to Denver in the long run. 1t will stop
this slashing of prices that has been
going on. Yes, the men who bought
into the packing plants have got more
than a majority of the stock of the
stockyards country and its operations
will be controlled by them. The first
thing will be to increase the facilities
of the yards. We have been making
good deal of improvements ourselves,
but the new men will need more room.
All the meat needed for the western
country will be killed in Denver after
this. Denver will be the center of the
sheep raising industry and you will
find that a great many more hogs will
be raised. The Chicago men who have
been out here several times looking
over the whole situation have decided
that the territory around Denver is 60
ing to be rich for the packing bust
ness"
The Springfield herald., 1905-12-15
They c-me From Missouri.

Last week there was at Nogales a
man from Missouri, with family con-
sisting of wife and six small chill
dren, who surely belle the well known
Idea that Missouri "have to be shown '
He had sold everything in his native
state and started for Sinaloa without
having ever seen or known anything
of the country. save that he had read
about cheap land and fertility of the
soil. He didn't know where it was, or
where he was going. or what to do
when he got somewhere; and. more
over, could not speak word of Span
ish. Here they were dissuaded from
going and went to California instead.
Before launching out with family
into foreign land -one would think it
the part of wisdom to send someone
ahead to view the country and report
-Nogales (Arizona) Oasis.
The Springfield herald., 1905-12-15
Girl Champion Corn Husker.

Miss Alice Iseminger of Webster
City has won the corn-husking cham
pionship of Iowa by husking 13O bush
els of corn in nine hours. She has also
won new piano and the promise of
an opportunity to go to Chicago and
obtain the complete education she has
SO long coveted. She is eighteen years
old.
She recently told her father she be-
lieved she could husk more corn than
her brothers. He said II she could he
would buy her new piano. She soon
beat her brothers, then told her father
she intended to win the Hawkeye
corn-husking championship. He said if
she were successful she might so to
school, She succeeded.
The Springfield herald., 1905-12-15
HOW TO PRoLoNe LIFE.
Testimony of Healthy oetosenarian
Vegetarian.

Our vegetarian friends are getting
fat, healthy and saucy. They eat nk
meat and wax strong, and in athletics
they win prizes. The other night the
London vegetarians met at Memorial
hall, and the bills announcing the
meeting bore the legend: Not too old
at Forty. Still Young at Eighty"
The chairman was Mr.. c. p. New
combe, aged eighty. and around him
were gathered seven other octogen-
arians. blooming with health and
wearing buttonholes of carnations
Mr.. Newcombe was wise and clipper.
He drew vivid contrast between veg
etarians and flesh eaters. The latter,
he said. were screwed up with gout
and bent down by rheumatism, While
their excited hearts gave them fiorid
compilations which an exasperated
liver turned yellow and green.
DR.. Mayor. professor of Latin at
Cambridge University, a sprightly lad
of eighty. said he never sat down at
the "groaning board" laden with meat
dishes but that he felt as if in pill
lory. He had not touched tobacco for
seventy-two years, some cigars which
he essayed at the tender age of eight
years effected permanent cure of the
tobacco habit for him. Th arose Mr.
II. A. Hanson, aged eignty-seven,
younger looking man, and related that
when seventy-two years he broke
leg 1t was the opinion of the doc
tors that his advanced age" would
prevent the bone from knitting. But 1t
did, and the injured leg is now the bet
ter of the two. When eightytwo he
broke two ribs, but they were right in
two weeks. He was sure his vege'
tartan life was to be credited with his
vitality.
Miss Warlow. aged eighty, had found
that when she became vegetarian all
desire for wine left her. She did not
miss it "the least in the world"
The Springfield herald., 1905-12-15
Work on Western Pacific.

New York.-Edward T. Jeffery. pres,
ident of the Western Pacific railway.
said to-day that there was no intention
at the present time of extending the
road to Seattle, nor We're the Gould
interests identified with the organiza-
tion of any of the new lines reported
to be projected to that point. We are
simply bending our energies said
Mr.. Jeffery. ito the building of road
from Salt Lake to Oakland. to the ex-
clusion of any other project. Work
has already begun on the most difficult
sections of the route
The Springfield herald., 1905-12-15
Patrick Gets Death Sentence.

New York.-After making final
personal plea to the court in his own
behalf, Albert T. Patrick, the lawyer
convicted of the murder of William
Marsh Rice, was sentenced to die in
the electric chair in the week begin
ming January 22e next. Sentence was
pronounced by Jastice Rogers of the
State Supreme Court. Notice was
given that an appeal to the Supreme
Court OF the United States on a writ
OF error Will be taken. The application
Tor the writ, it Is said, will act as n
stay OF execution. Patrick was taken
back to Sing Sing.
The Springfield herald., 1905-12-15
Opposes Prohibition Clause.

Washington.-Capt. Frank Frantz,
who recently was nominated by the
President to be governor of
Oklahoma Territory, has issued
a formal statement objecting to
the Incorporation of the meas
ure providing statehood for Oklahoma
and the Indian Territory of prohibit
tion clause. He says that majority
of the people of both territories are
opposed to any attempt by Congress
to settle the liquor question.
Many prominent people in both ter
ritories," said Capt. Frantz, ARE in
favor of prohibition, but they object
to Congress inserting a prohibition
clause in the organic act erecting a
state"
The Springfield herald., 1905-12-15
Healthy at Panama.

Washington.-Surgeon w. C. Gorgas
pervision of the health department OF
the Isthmian Canal Commission, talked
to the President to-day about health
conditions on the isthmus.
THE situation has improved wonder
fully in the past year" said Surgeon
Gorgas. There is as little loss from
sickness on the canal zone as II the
work were being done in New York or
Pennsylvania ..,
The Springfield herald., 1905-12-15
A BRAIN WORKER.
Must Have the Kind of Food That
Nourlshes Brain.

NOuFISneS Brain.
. Il am literary man whose nervous
energy is great part of my stock in
trade, and ordinarily have little pa
tience with breakfast foods and the
extravagant claims made of them.
But cannot withhold my acknowledge
ment of the debt that | owe to Grape.
Nuts food.
81 discovered long ago that the very
bulkiness of the ordinary diet was not
calculated to give one clear head the
power of sustained, accurate thinking.
| always felt heavy land sluggish in
mind as we'll as body after eating the
ordinary meal, which diverted the
blood from the brain to the digestive
apparatus.
Il tried foods easy of digestion, but
found them usually deficient in nutri.
ment 1 experimental with many
breakfast foods and they, too, proved
unsatisfactory, till l reached Grape
Nuts. And then the problem was
solved.
"Grape-Nuts agreed with me per-
fectly from the beginning, satisfying
my hunger and supplying the nutri-
ment that SO many other prepared
foods lack
Il had not been using it very long
before l found that was turning out
an unusual quantity and quality of
work. Continued use has demonstrate
ed to my entire satisfaction that
Grape-Nuts food contains all the ele-
ments needed by the brain and nerv-
Gus system of the hard working public
writer" Name given by Postum Co.,
Battle Creek, Mich.
There's a reason Read tae little
book. Tho Road to WellrYle," in pksa
The Springfield herald., 1905-12-15

Paris.-The Senate on Wednesday,
after long debate. adopted the bill for
the separation of church and state by
vote of ISL against 102. The vote was
announced amid enthusiastic scenes
and cries of Long live the Republic"
and Long live liberty" Former Pre-
mier Combes participated in the de-
bate. contending that the measure as
sured neutrality of religion. moral lib
Grafton and social pacification.
The fundamental principles of the
bill insure liberty of conscience re.
specting religion. with restrictions con-
corning the exercise of religion which
are intended"to preserve public order
The Springfield herald., 1905-12-15

A French misogynist calculates that
a woman 20 years old has spent
nearly year of her life before the
mirror. He might busy himself now
in calculating how many years OF his
life the average man spends before
a barroom mirror with a glass in his
hand
The Springfield herald., 1905-12-15
Deep Crack in the Earth.

Marathon, Texas.-The second Iarg-
est crack in the earth of the United
States has been discovered in a re-
mote part of the Terlinsua quicksilver
district. II is fourteen miles long. 700
feet wide and 1.S00 feet deep. In its
recesses are wild beasts, outlaws and
Mexican fugitives. 1t is thought to be
rich in minerals, more especially
quicksilver.
The Springfield herald., 1905-12-15

In providing herself with forty
horsepower automobile for her Ameri-
can tour Queen Margherita has assur-
ed herself warm welcome in soci-
etys most exclusive circles.
The Springfield herald., 1905-12-15
An Jrr.ne. rur+I.

"A giant leatherback turtle weighing
ZIG pounds has been sent to the Amer
lean Museum of Natural History. New
York, the other day. 1t was caught of
Block island, and is said to have been
the first taken along the Atlantic coast
in fifteen Years.
The Springfield herald., 1905-12-15

A Massachusetts widower kissed a
pretty woman on a trolley car and
was fined SO. After paying the fine
he remarked that the kiss was worth
the price. There's trim fellow. for
sooth! a philosopher with rare powers
of discernment!
The Springfield herald., 1905-12-15
For Filipino Education.

Washington.-Senator Cullom has
introduced joint resolution setting
aside one-half of the unappropriated
public lands in the Philippines belong
ing to the United States to create
permanent free public school fund
The Springfield herald., 1905-12-15

How many salaried men are there
who after a days figuring could an
swer the chief financial question that
Secretary Shaw put to the clerks of
his department: How much are you
worth above your debts?"
The Springfield herald., 1905-12-15

They are trying to find out over in
New York why one of the political
leaders drew $4,000 in 81 bills from
a bank the day before election. Any
how, he must have been one of the
most popular men in Manhattan the
next day.
The Springfield herald., 1905-12-15

1t is reported that the "elite" of
Jersey City are shocked by the dis
covery that society man is pro-
fessonal burglar. No wonder. In
Jersey it is safer and more profitable
to be trust.
The Springfield herald., 1905-12-15

Yale's share of the receipts for the
football games with Princeton and
Harvard will this year amount to
$4,000. Is it still difficult to guess
why some people are opposed to the
abolition of the game?
The Springfield herald., 1905-12-15

If Professor Lowell who is now lec-
ing on the canals of Mars can en-.
tighten President Roosevelt on as to
whether they are lock or sea level wa.
terways he will confer an inestimable
boon to the country.-Leadville Her.
eld- Democrat
The Springfield herald., 1905-12-15

We are giving medals for success in
art in life saving. in science. in phi
lsnthropy, but nobody seems to be of
fering any medals for millionaires II
you succeed in scraping a million to-
gether. you can buy your own medals.
The Springfield herald., 1905-12-15

The two most popular flowers this
fall are chrysanthemums and cauli
flowers. And they're about the same
price.
The Springfield herald., 1905-12-15

Another of the few remaining sur
rivors of the charge of the light bri
gade at Balaklava has Just died in
England, aged rs. According to our
records, he is No. l70S. Expansive
500.
The Springfield herald., 1905-12-15

One Chicago septuagenarian has
just been mulcted of $4,000 for
breach of promise and another has
married a young girl. Our climate is
certainly full OF electricity.
The Springfield herald., 1905-12-15

The Chicago woman who threw
$4,000 of her money into the fire,
and then sued her husband for sup
port, must have regarded her own
cash as tainted.
The Springfield herald., 1905-12-15

81 wonder" remarked Smith, ''if
there ever was a social function,
pulled of with something to eat, at
which the refreshments were not
eulogized as 'delicious?'"
The Springfield herald., 1905-12-15

Juliet" is to be brought out in Lon
don, with Edna May as Juliet. 1t
was Shakespeare himself who said:
ITO what base uses may we come"
The Springfield herald., 1905-12-15

Norway has the first Queen Maud
on record. Now why can't King AL
fonso go Norway one better by COM
ing over here and picking out a
Queen Daisie for Spain?
The Springfield herald., 1905-12-15

Jack Frost is the Russian govern
ment's faithful ally, now as in Napo-
Icons time. Even the most ardent
revolutionist's blood is chilled by 4
blizzard.
The Springfield herald., 1905-12-15

A rival claimant to the throne OF
Russia has started up in one of the
provinces. He must have an insati-
able appetite for trouble.
The Springfield herald., 1905-12-15

Mosquitoes do not spread yellow
fever in winter time, according to the
experts. They are too busy being
dead, we suppose.
The Springfield herald., 1905-12-15

A report from Seoul says the Ko'
rean emperor has agreed to Japan's
terms, Evidently there are humor-
lists in Seoul.
The Springfield herald., 1905-12-15

Final decision between the rival
claimants to be the first lady in
New York's 400 may be delayed until
King Edward visits Manhattan.
The Springfield herald., 1905-12-15

St. Petersburg now has Hoo
ligan quarter" so called in the Rus
sian papers. American is gradually
becoming the universal language.
The Springfield herald., 1905-12-15

We have observed that when man
begins making 100000 a year he
suddenly realizes that long ago he
chose an aim in life.
The Springfield herald., 1905-12-15

Every actor who is struggling half
way up the ladder of success must re-
joice to see the way Sarah Bernhard
orders her managers around.
The Springfield herald., 1905-12-15
THE HERALD

. The Russian eagle may be said tc
be suffering from two bad cases oi
headache.
The Springfield herald., 1905-12-15

A contemporary speaks Of the
ideal battleship." The ideal battle
ship consists largely of good guns
and a good man behind every gun.
The Springfield herald., 1905-12-15

No one who reads the letters in a
breach-of-promise case will have any
fear that the age of romance is dead
The Springfield herald., 1905-12-15

Bernard Shaw says he is proud of
his play, and 1t may even be that he
Is vain of those whiskers.
The Springfield herald., 1905-12-15

The Boston Globe INDUCES in q
Latin pert paragraph. That will go
all right in Boston.
The Springfield herald., 1905-12-15

Chicago glassworkers have gone on
strike, thus threatening the hotel
clerks diamond stud industry.
El Democrata fronterizo. [volume] (Laredo, Tex.) 1896-1920, 1905-04-15

res que esta LENA de plagios, de
pretensiones de gigantic siendo IL
liputiense.
No dijera yo una palabra, 81 "Al
ter Argos, al ocuparse de Domin
guez, 10 hiciera de una manera ad
misible, y sin decir que tengo in
saciable encono de zaherir;" por
que no es del case.
Yo no digo que zahiere ell que
quiere cortarle el paso q uno que
publica como suyo 10 que es dc
otro; en- esa labor alguien sale be-
nehciado, Y va vera ALTER Argos"
que hay gran diferencia EN- nues-
tras apreciaciones.
Ademas, mi pobre Juicio, he
dicho cue algunas composiciones de
Dominguez me han pareeilo bue
nj y es porque en- elias escribe 81
El Democrata fronterizo. [volume] (Laredo, Tex.) 1896-1920, 1905-04-15
No admsI0 m0iesis0S.
Es I'm NAL habito pedir al

Es un NAL habito pedir al
guna cosa; pero es peor admi
tir molestias. Cuando este
I'D. enfermo, pesado, delicado,
carsado y dado q las enferme
dades y venenos de la dispep-
cia, biliosidad, NAL de Bright 8
'parecidos desordenes intestina
les, no Sc siente I'D. a pensar
sobre su situaci6n, sino vuele
a buscar los Amargos Electrl-
cos. Con este remedio encon
trara un SECURE y pronto alivio
para sus Intermediates, y su
cuerpo no sera agoviado con
una carga de males. De veDta
en- t5das las boticas. Preoio:
25 centayos.
El Democrata fronterizo. [volume] (Laredo, Tex.) 1896-1920, 1905-04-15
La Usura en- Texas.

Es importante y del mayor inte
res ell estudio particularizado del
fen6meno de la usura, que obra SO
beranamente en- las ciudades del
Estado Imperio de Texas.
Que sepamos, nj los politicos, nj
los estudiosos Sc han ocupado ia
mas de esa podredumbre, verdade-
ra playa de las ciudades y pueblos
teXanOS.
Ciertamente su estudio no es Gle
los mas sencillos; la usura es una
de aauellas profesiones inmorales
de la vida social burgues; es como
la hydra de siete cabezas, devora-
dora y desangradora, que ataca un
sistema social entero, disimulando
su presencia entire la penumbra
que la rodea.
La ausencia aparente, no qulta
desgraciadamente que la hydra es-
ta mas viva que nunca, y haga nu-
merosisimas vlctimas, sembrando
en- toGa3 parties ell tenor y la mise
ria.
Differences y de Varias 1ndoles,
son las causas que concurren a ha-
Ger dificil escudrihar, indagar y
estudiar ell fen6meno de la usura.
Primero, la repugnancia lie los
que Sc vieron en- ell duro caso de
acudir al agiotista, de comunicar
q otro sus angustias financieras; la
repugnancia, propia de los indivi-
duos de la colectividad pobre, que
no saben confesar la miseria sub
seguida q perfodos, que no Sc olvi-
dan muy facilmente, de una larga
comodidad.
A este debese agregar un segun
do motive importante, para quien
desea mantener desnudos los miem
bros de la Diosa Verdad, y es que
en- un campo tan vasto como ell
agio, es cosa bien facil, para quien
discuta, ser vfctima de los esplen--
dores vagos de Is fantasia popu-
lar, siempre pronta 4 inclinarse
en- favor de ciertas fguras que
mueven sus pasos en- un semi mis-
terio, enturbiando mas las aguas
va turbias por su propia naturale-
"a, transformando, multiplicando,
la positiva y verdadera realidad
de las cosas y de los hombres.
En- este, ell usurero es parecido
al mito de Ia leyenda, al que todos
decian conocer, pero ninguno sa-
bia precisar la naturaleza de sus
formas; mas poderoso que Baron
feudal, no tiene castlllos nj solda-
dos; pero estd rodeado de murallas
mas s6lidas que 10 fueron los das-
tillos de la edad media, v de SOL
dados mas fieles que los mercena-
rios de aquellos tiempos.
Son sus defensores, sus penum-
bras mas 8 menos simbolicas, y
mas todavia, la necesidad y la mi
seria de los desgraciados que acu-
den q el y por el son tiranizados.
FL usurero, hasta la fecha, es
superior 4 las mismas leyes que 10
condenan, es ell hombre menos res
petable, y sin embargo, sera STEM
pre- ell mas respectable de todos; y q
su alrededor, la miseria de la ma
yoria construira baluartes inexpug
nables, formados por ell miedo y
las preocupaciones. Todo ell inge
nio diletsntismo legislative de am
hos hemisferios, pcdra dirigirle
sus rayos, amenazarlo, pero Sill
Geo dominara.
En- Texas, esta muralla ideolo-
gica existe desde hace tempo, por
que en- medic de un pueblo nueyo,
mas que liberal, y POGO acostum-
brado q la economic polftica, ell u
surero, con su corazon de bronco,
v su fe en- el dioa dinero, Sc abre
brechs rapidamente.
Lurs BRUNI.