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Evening journal., 1905-04-12
PROMINENT ODD FELLOW DEAD.

Baltimore. Nd, April 12.-J. Frank
Grant grand secretary Of the Sovereign
Grand Lodge OF odd Fellows in the United
state. died today at the Union Protest.
ant lnhrmary. where he was operated on
about four weeks ago for a serious inter-
nal affection
Evening journal., 1905-04-12
LOST. FOUND. REWARD.

lLOsT-watch charm with two photo
graphs IN back. Reward OF $500
n returned to Chas. S. Hurlock. eth and
Poplar. April lift
Evening journal., 1905-04-12
Orphans' Court.

Judge William C. Spruance went to
Sussex county to-day TO hid Orphan s
Court.
Evening journal., 1905-04-12

Distance may lend enchantment, but
you don't see a pretty young gir back
ing away from mirror.
Evening journal., 1905-04-12
THE WEATHER.

Tomorrow promises TO be
fair, slowly rising tempera-
ture, light Winds. Friday, fair
to partly cloudy.
Evening journal., 1905-04-12

"Only the Mint
c an m a X c
money without
advertising.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1905-09-07

There have been but four secretaries
since the foundation OF the depart
ment as it is now nstituted-Norman
7. Coleman of Missouri. Jeremiah
NJ. Rusk Of Wisconsin,, J. Sterling
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 a month, but he had
been commissioner and had obtained
an excellent record in that capacity. No
other department has shown 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 its monthly crop
bulletins are awaited is an evidence Of
its standing among the farming com
munity, and the very fact that ques-
tlonable methods of obtaining them in
advance have been resorted to show )
their commercial value Ever since
their first issue attempts have been
made to manipulate them dishonesty.
and it Is quite likely that occasional
leaks will continue in spite of the in
creased vigilance.
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COLLECT CROP STATISTICS.
@O@~

Every precaution is taken to prevent
leaks. The sheets sent in by the coun-
~ and township correspondents are
distributed to the Office force by the
chief Of the division. In the apportion-
ment Of the work great care is taken
to keep the section reports separated
widely, so that no clerk is permitted to
deal with figures for a single crop COW
ering wide area. Extra precaution is
taken TO detect collision, and every
night before work is over the records
are all collected and locked in "A great
safe. The reports of the State agents
and the field men are put in this safe
also and kept there under unbroken
seals until a stated time.
The issuing Of n completed report is
quite ceremonial affair. On the event
full morning of the day on which it is
to appear the Secretary of Agriculture
or his assistant goes over to the Office
of the chief statlstician to witness the
opening of the envelopes. The door Of
the office Is locked, and no one IS per-
mtted to enter until the compilation
Is completed. The clerks keep TO their
tasks until the final results are reach.
ed. After repeated verlflcation a trust
ed employee is called into the room and
set at work running off the reports on
a mimeoSra phic machine. Meanwhile
the reporters and messengers from the
brokers and telegraph offices are wait
ing impatiently in the corridor for the
door to open, and when it does the mad
scampering begins.
OF course it Is inevitable that there
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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
hacicndaS 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 weather 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 reward for the skins Of the
animals.
Tho tigers have become SO bold that
they will enter houses ON the planta-
tons and help themselves to whatever
comes in their path Several deaths
are reported in different parts Of the
territory. In many sections of the
Statc Il is necessary IL 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 proyis-
ions that are necessary for the shelter
of stock it leaves them I'm most cases
without any protection at all from the
beasts. Even the presence Of numer-
GUS guards around bunch Of cattle
is oftentirAes 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 arc
securing the country for them. Tho
number Of the skins that have been
turned in thus far is large ana it is
hoped that j. Will not be long before
the animals are driven back to the Sc
cluSon of the mountains.
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should be much preliminary gucsSworll
Of the expected report. 1t is equally in.
cvitable that these Guesscs should oC-
caslonally prove to be correct When
ever it happens thus, there Is an i'm
mediate charge of crookednoss 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 Crookedness has been
practiced. They insist, however, that
it has not been the rule.
When the Department of Agriculture
was created, in 1862. ana put in charge
OF an official termed the Commissioner
OF Agriculture there was faint promise
that it would ever arrive at its present
consequence, having for its head a
member of the Presidents cabinet In
1850, during the administration of
Grover Cleveland, the Commissioner OF
Agriculture. Norman j. Coleman, of
Missouri, was given Il seat in the cahi-
net and agriculture was raised to the
dignity Of an actual department OF the
government. The wisdom OF the ac-
tion was doubted by many persons at
the time, and there were many who
saw III it Il mere political eXpedent. IA
sop to the farmer" and who were Of
the opinion that little actual good
would come from transforming the
former commissioner into a cabinet
dignltary, charging his powers and
increasing the bureaus under his SUI
peryison.
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 OK
cept one to be created, is one of the
most important among the nine great
divisions of the general government.
1t has been Il fortunate thing for the
department that its heads thus far
have been men of good practical sense.
men who We're willing to devote all Of
their time and attention to the work
Of promoting the agricultural interests
Of the nation.
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Inc government system of crop re-
porting is really q wonderful scheme.
and the reporting force is a peculiar
organization. 1t Is composed of about
-ooU0o agents scattered all over the
iand and is probably the least expen-
slYe organization, in view of its size,
In existence. The total appropriation
Tor the support OF the bureau of stats
ties Is only 100000 year. Out of
ullS sum must be paid the salaries of
the chief statlstician, large corps Of
associate statisticians ANA assistants
ana many agricultural experts, all To-
Gated at Washington; then come the
ned men, sAe State agents, the county
correspondents and the township re-
porters' as5rcgating, all told 25O,0
men 1t Is an enormous agency, and 1t
Is Kept going at small expense from n
tllly u 10y 10 Office In an annex Of the
agricultural department building.
VI course the entire force is not
called on in the compilation Of the or
lihary monthly crop reports. Twice a
year Tie chief calls on all of his force
lor information. The reports refer es-
peeIolly TO the cereals then in season.
IN June, for example, the report gives
a statement Of the condition 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
entire force OF 100000 forecasters, and
at harvest time another similar report
IS issued
1t is a fact that the foundation of
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I57G1zf POPULAR
|i@1\ PULPIT

much about it, but what little he
writes is highly significant; Her light
was like unto stone most precious,
clear as a crystal"
The passion OF the present day sci
enlist may be described as n search
for new light. Faraday led the way
by his discovery of the electric light
Roentgcn followed in the detection of
the very penuetratlvc * rays. Re
Gently, several bodies have been found
which will emit light in dark places
after exposure to the sun. But here
Is Il crystal, dug out of the darkness,
and, though kept away from exposure
to the sun, radiates its searching, burn
ing, and shining light in every direc-
ton. 1t, moreover. lmparts To other
objects around it something OF its
light, SO that they. too. shine in the
darkness
The palm for making radum known
to the world must be given TO wom-
an Madame Curie, a native of War
saw went to Paris University in 1891.
Intent on obtaining her DoCtOrate of
Science. she took for her thesis the
subject of radio activity. and SO sue
cesSfully did she pursue the matter,
that the Austrian government placed
at her disposal many tons OF residue
Of the ore from certain mines. Eight
tons of ore would yield but fifteen
vru ms of this mutpriOL II Is there
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consists Of the county correspondents.
There are 2,G00 of these each of whom
has three assistants making total
force of county correspondents OF
$50. The department has list of
over 100000 other farmers, who are
called upon twice a year for specific
facts which enter into the general fore
cast of crops just prior to harvesting
time.
The paid force, those who receive
some portion of the $l90.00O set aside
by the government for the purpose Of
maintaining the bureau is small, hut
capable. 1t embraces the state agents
and the field men The State StatSt-
cal agents. one for every State, accord
ing to the plan. are paid from $500 TO
$500 year for about a weeks work in
each month They are kept posted by
the county correspondents. but they
are not dependent entirely on their re-
ports They are allowed the greatest
possible latitude in the exercise Of
their own judgment ana are men of
standing and character in their various
communities. The field men receive 81
day and expenses Literally con
strued, their duties consist in moving
about in their own districts during the
growing season and gathering infor-
nation from any source accessible 10
them. They interview not only farm
ers and planters, but get information
from implement dealers, merchants,
bankers. stock growers, etc. They are
given the fullest possible opportunity
to form their judgment from the COM
ments Of men on both sides Of the crop
question
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the crop reports furnished by Uncle
Sam Is built of the agricultural opin-
ions of a great number of unpaid men.
There are at least 10000 township cor
respondents, all of them farmers OF
sufficient intelligence TO fiji out blank
forms provided by the government
These forms ask for Information con
corning the area of land under cult
walton IN different crops, amount Of
rainfall, etc. The men and women who
send in these reports are satisfied to
receive as a reward for their labor
few packages of seed in the spring
and some of the publications Of the
department for winter reading. The
next body Of official news gatherers
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1905-09-07
TIGERS a PUBLIC MENACE.
Savage Beasts Kill People and Stock
in Mexico. sasn

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 munich
pal authorities have offered a reward
of $40 for every tigers skin.
For several months great numbers
Of the animals have swarmed through
the marshes of the lowlands along the
coast and in the valleys of the terri
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1905-09-07
Eggs Raw Cause Death.

Article Viii. the Bostock slotb. which
swallowed 2l3 raw eggs at the egg din
ucr" gwen by William G. Frick ne the
Deal Beach Country club. New York
city. II dead from congestion Of the heart
caused nv acute Indigestion Ms result
Il tile ga-trnnomic feat. Mr.. Frick
who - relative Of tie steel rnanufac.
tnrer entertained tie members Of tie
Water Wagon Brigade. which will par.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1905-09-07
Mutilates Washer on Street.

Mrs. Frank Gilbert, prominent in So
cirty ut Cleveland, O.. and noted for her
in that city on recent night. rendering
Ills muucolsciors with the twelfth blow
Annoyed for some time by bis attentions
sell suddenly arose ana dealt the fellow
several blows in tie race. lie Wns
knocked down, but got NJ only 70 he
sent sprawliu- 81 the floor, where ~ lay
helpless fer three minutes Friends
picked him up and took lin away While
tfe passengers applaudcd Mrs Gilbert
Mrs. Gilbert is - years old and az fine
figure = learned 10 boz Wien | va
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1905-09-07
THE VISION or DRY BONES.

~ Rct. J0hH u. hhifOFd.
"Comc from the four winds, .
breath, and breathe upon these slain
+ that they may live Ezekiel NNXyii;
4 ..
Visions played an important part IN
I the drama of prophetic life. pom
/ this exalted plane tho prophets Of Is
4 racl moved like immortals. Ezekiel,
/ the prophet and priest of the Capty-
! lily, saw many strange ana startling
1 things Along the Chcbar and the
4 Euphratcs were Jewish Colonies. bur
/ Ing the reign of Nehuchadnc22ar, thou
sands of Jews were dcportcd to Baby
lonia Among them were Daniel and
Ezekiel
Severe were the circumstances IN
der which the cNilcs liyca They had
lest their national existence. The
! beautiful city of their fathers was dis
/ uantled The last Of their Kings was
in prison ANA his palace the haunt Of
the jarhaL The throne 81 David hal
I ceased to be, they said one to an
other "Uur bones atc dried and our
hopa is lost This is the language If
despair.
"uh We dry bones hear the word Of
the Lord, said Ezekiel But how can
bones without flesh. MUSCLES or nerves
hear: Tho prophet no sooner dnlIv
erred his message, thau Il noise, on
sued, like storm in the mountains or
/ 1
a rafting ANA coming together Of
bones, each one falling into itS own
place In the organism of the body
( Then cam" TIA" shows, the flesh and
skin But great rs was the achieve
mcut there was no life That valley
had changed from mass Of bones to
host Of bodies The prophet saw
tlat they lacked BREATH The vision
decprns in mystery and hoightcns in
wonder He uttcrs Will great earnest
uc-- the PRAYER. 80 breath and
breathe upon thp,r Slain, that thc5
may live" The prayer il NJ sooner
offered thau thvr IS seen ile uprising
81 an exceedingly grt0 army
1 nv NiNl'll ~ W. hiltt'''+ ~ Hi7 lll
the color peculiar to the orient IT
was given to a people fond Of pictures
What could - HyI1N represent their
condition ~ the valley II dry h.uc-
What could give th"u so graphic an
idea Of their return TO Iiou u, this
resurrection from the dead:
The text IS q prayer AMI BE- always
appropriate whom the church Ian
cuisines. # has had it4 periods 90
growth ana decay progression anl
rctrogrcssIon. one pgc >ces IT stiff
ana hard buried uudeJ piles Of super
stition and Of dead letter; another.
secs II disrneumbgrcd and towering
forth into the beauty OF holiness re-
ycaling all the browning virtue, uud
graccs Of the perfect NE
How dcbascd the church during the
Dark Ages? Martin Luther Ike an
other Ezekiel, saw the sIrkening sight
aid invoked the Divine Breath AMI
There was a great uprising MA So II
was IN the days Of Wesley What
waves or power passed over England
in the eighteenth century? Men Of
hlthy habits aud filthy lives came out
Of their kennels and stood up washed.
Transformed and crowned with glory
ANA honor out Of this revival came
the full swing of religious conquest
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ticipate in the amateur circus to be
given at Deal beach FOR the benefit Of
the Episcopalan and Roman Catholic
churches. and tie sloth egg eating ex-
hibitiun was ono Of the features Of the
dinner. Mr. l'rick Lad just mailed an
offer If $500 for the animal 10 Frank
G. Bo,tock when lie heard Of tie fa-
tality
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1905-09-07
VARTCOCELE.
Varicoceie Impairs Vitality

| want every man afflicted with Var.
cocele Blood Poison, Ncrvo-Nual De.
bility, or allied troubles 10 come To my
Office, whore ] VIII explain to him my
method Of curing these diseases. i'm.
yite in particular all men who have be.
come dissatisfied with treatment else
where | viii explain to YOU why you
have not been cured, and will demon.
strate to your entire satisfaction why
can cure you safely, quickly, and per.
manently MY COUNSEL WILL
COST YOU NOTHING, But NJ
CHARGES FOR A PERFECT CURE
WILL BE REASONABLE AND NOT
MORE THAN YOU WILL BE WILL.
ING To PAY FOR THE BENEFITS
CONFERRED. | WILL 30 81 YOU
As WOULD WANT YOU To DO
By ME IF OUR CASES WE'RE
REVERSED.
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Then you refuse me simply because
am poorE' he bitterly cried
"You hatter yourself" said the gen
tie maidon.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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" ISIlOlf.

4HS NAN hubNtlu Ilpl iLAN i''NN
thereof; neither is ii found in the land
Of the living job xviii: u. l3.
Why is wisdom SO far harder to
find than anything else? Why can
man read every riddle of nature cN-
cept the one riddle that fasclnates
him? In action he can lay his hand
SO powerfully upon Nature and open
out all her hidden stores. Nothing
Lere can escape his scrutiny; nothing
can bar his advance. Look at him,
the chapter says, As he digs ana
mines and searches and Sits and
purgos the dross with fire and gath
ers in the assorted wealth. Look at
the track where he unearths his silver
and at the furnace where he reiincs
his gold Or, here, again, he IS dig
cling the iron out of the ground, and
here he Is melting stone into copper
He sinks n shaft far down whore the
workers hang, as it were, forgotten,
away from the feet of paSsrr~ by
There he gathers in sapphire stones
ana amasscs the precious ore of gold.
He can cut canals through the rocks
and bind the waters within canals
anu "l''"'' mum ~ =!
No'Il'"E '"H ne "'' nom Us
And vet III spite Of all this practical
supremacy, this maSterful intimacy
over nature, is I'M AT all nearer to th'
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young, she said. Perhaps | was too
hasty. but if more women were able to
protect themselves that way our sex
would be open to fewer indignities
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Straw hats we're first heard IF in
England III tie reign If Queen Eliza
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| Cure Nervous Debility. BLOOD
Poison, Rheumatism, Enlarged
Veins, FistuIa, Piles and Utner
Rectal Diseases, Kidney, Blad.
der and Lingering Ailments.
| MAKE NO CHARGE FOR CONSULTA,
TON, whether you take treatment or not
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Good Year for Swoldli H.

~u-'oo cmoatr.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-12-20
Topics Of the Times

Long before Lafe Young is governor
of Iowa there will be lovely skating in
Honduras Lafe's candidacy is bound
in skiver.
The riots and bloodshed in Shanghai
reminds us that within six days there
is certain to be terrible butchery
among the turks.
Poor old Mr.. Depew. There will be
a dad egg" in his stockings Christ
mas.
From the stones thrown at the pro-
position the Quay monument begins to
look like a cairn.
Representative Lamar's reference to
John Sharpe Williams as a "withered
ape" was equivalent to warning that
there must be no more "monkeying."
Brazil should think twice before
sending an ultimatum to Germany.
Brazils long suits are coffee and col
ored people, not ultimatums.
Mr.. Blashfield explains that the Off
side oxdrtver of his was "a compost
tional necessity" Oh, we'll, if it was
as bad as that let it go, let it go. When
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-12-20
NEs. ...-o0n TARGET.
Maine oslsciaTs Simple Device For
Rife Practice.

Maine Officials Simple Device For
RiKc Practice.
Major john j. Dooley of Portland,
Me-, assistant inspector general of rifle
practice, has perfected target for
rife practice in arnories by organiza-
tons of the national guard, says q
Portland special to the New York
World.
The target is composed Of two thick
nesses of plank, supported by a frame
resting on base which holds the tar
get upright and allows Of its being
moved to any part Of the armory.
There is a small space between the
front and rear sections of the target,
and while on the front section is placed
the target itself there is on the rear
section steel plate to prevent the bull
lets penetrating both sections. The
space between the sections allows the
bullets to drop to the floor after they
have struck the steel plate. The front
section is so arranged that the pieces
against which the target will rest and
which will Of necessity become badly
perforated after continued use can be
removed by sliding them from the
n.,-, '.,',stitrted.