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, 1905-02-24

From present indications, there will
be no attempt made to lower the tar
if. The business conditions in the
United States, all matters considered,
we're never better and there is no de
mand on the part of the people at
large to reduce the tariff in any partic.
ular. Governor Douglas of Massachu.
sets would like a reduction on hides
because he is a shoe manufacturer and
there are some New England wooden
mill owners that would like to have
wool placed upon the free list, but
they in turn insist that there shall be
no reduction upon wooden goods or
shoes. Again there are a few people
in the south who would like to see a
reduction in the duty upon northern
manufactures. but who also insist up
on a high tariff upon everything which
they produce and which comes in COM
petition with foreign productions.
There is no general demand and no
one has produced an argument of
weight in favor of disturbing all the
business conditions of the country for
the sake of pleasing a few grumblers.
, 1905-02-24

Never in the history of the Overland
route has there been such a volume of
business as during the past year. Not
only has the volume of business been
great, but it has beer steady. This
business will surely be augmented by
the opening of the Clark line from Salt
Lake to Los Angeles, which will bring
the orange business of southern Cali
fornia this way. The Clark line places
southern California fully seven hun
bred miles nearer Chicago thar the old
route.
, 1905-02-24
snread of Miners. Ph.his,s.

The Council o. the Institution of
Mining and Metallurgy has issued. a
memorandum to the members of th ,
institution calling attention to the
serious nature of the statistics of min
er's phthisis. urging the immediate
adoption Of effective methods of pre-
vention and requesting the collection
Of further information as to the preva
lence of the disease and the conditions
which give rise to it. The opinion is
hat the main cause of the disease Is
the breathing of air containing dust.
, 1905-02-24

A Meeteetse sport who takes con-
siderable interest in pugilistlc matters,
keeping close watch On events within
the ring. picked up a copy Of Wednes-
days News, and. observing the glar-
ing head line which read. "Shoshone
ELL Defeated turned to a bystander
and q%ueried: "Whothehells Shoshone
Bill? Who licked i'm. where did he
do it, and what did he git fer it,"
The hearty laugh hat followed this
assault Of questions gave him the no.
ton hat he was on The wrong track.
so he switched and flew"
, 1905-02-24

Wyoming people will not take ser.
iously the attempt of a peltry few polit-
ical opponents and avowed enemies to
)lacken the fair name of Senator Fran
els E. Warren. His official conduct is
above reproach and he manfully in
'ites investigation into his every Of
icial act. We're there any grounds
or censure or just complaint, the
trustworthy republican party of Wyo-
ming would not hesitate to institute
Investigation OF any occasion. Fully
understanding in this instance the ami.
nus prompting the dastardly deed, they
'ose as a righteous body to Indignantly
and emphatically resent an insult and
an act Of base ingratitude. Senator
Francis E. Warren has accomplished
worlds of good for Wyoming-measur-
ed in dollars by hundreds of thousands.
II he has had or now has one or two
holding government positions
secured through his influence, it should
not nor will not cast the remotest shad-
ow on the lustre Of his well earned
News.
, 1905-02-24
CANADA. Advance In FARMING.

A few years ago such a thing ~ a
thrashing machine was unknown in
Canada, ard even a farming mill was
considered a luxury. Those were the
days Of fails, reapdng hooks, home
made pitchforks, three-cornered har-
rows and plows with wooden mold
boards. Thrashing machines have
now been brought to great perfection.
and many Of the most modern of .hem
are t. use.
, 1905-02-24
LITTLE TROUBLE TO LEARN.
sandy's First Attempt at Feat ar I'm.
qualified Success,

qualified Success.
A Scottish gillie was invited by the
laird to take a pull at his flask after
gazing the first fish of the day.
81 canra trink DOT of a bottle" pro-
tested the gillie. with a frown Of dis
approval.
"Aweel, try, Sandy" said the laird
encouragingly. And Sandy tried-tried
so thoroughly that the laird gazed =
mingled awe and. admiration as the
whisky gurgled and gurgled out Of the
flask down the swarthy throat, until.
with scarce a heel tap left in it, the
pocket pistol was handed back to
the wner
"Hoot, Sandy, maybe We were RIGHT
maybe We Gamma trink DOT of a bot
tle." gasped the laird. with a mighty
sigh. but, Ell, mon, ye'd O leearn!"
-Bailey's Magazine.
, 1905-02-24
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY "a, 1905.

There now appears to be no hope
hal the Esch-Townsend rate bill, or
any other like measure. will pass the
senate at this session of congress-. In
consequence the president will doubt
less call a special session of congress
to meet some time in October. At
least, this is the general impression
given out by Washington correspond.
entS.
, 1905-02-24
Belgium. Diamond Anniversary.

Belgium is making preparations to
celebrate next year its diamond jubi.
Ice. the seventy-ifth anniversary of
its independence from the Neither.
lands. Local committees are being
organized everywhere and the govern
ment is expected to make an apyro
priatiop Of 100000.
, 1905-02-24

To Cure a Cold In one Day,
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
lets. All druggists refund the money
II 1t fails to cure. e. W. Groves sigma
ture Is on each boz. 25c.
, 1905-02-24

The Republican is the best advertis
ug medium in the city. for It eacnea
I'll the paOnle
, 1905-02-24

Old papers, rs cents a hundred. al
rhe Republican Office.
, 1905-02-24

Daily Republican so cents q month.
, 1905-02-24
HURRY NPZ

Everywhere n hears that expression
hurry up!" 1t is a genuine Americanism
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-16
SETTLING SMALL FARMERS.

CRYING has been
the subdivision on the large landed
Sacramento Valley especially has suffered large
estates that held together by the pride OF possession
long the tendency OF large holdings rather
than diminish small holder would acquire joining of
prinpes go improving place and rear
neighbo and thai there school for his children
main which had isolated him. and his holding
estate already large for the good of the
h that the rural population Of the Sacramento Valley
uay decreased for There diminuon
IN the number Of country homes and families
OF farms While this the
IN the San Joaquin Notwithstanding
the large holdings OF the Kern County Land Company
Ter Lux the small holdings that valley rapidly increased This
done by of buying large what
might be called wholesale price cutting small
holdings that sold readily retail price which, while high
handsome profit This f1e
Sacramento Valley with which studied be-
they disclose the value of California and.
The Cone ranch Tehama County, 100000 acres
has been taken by syndicate wholesale price is being
rapidly sold small tracts minimum of $50 maximum
of 500 These prices while that the sales
rapid significant California land
These lands about $50 miles are
from other large population known that
concentrated populations agr
cultural lands IT, therefore, these readily bring that
price, what the conclusion fertility nearer
the large city populations The deduction that
the large gradually becoming be held
together and their subdivision will by
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-16

In the spring the mind of man turns
to novels and to poetry, as the heart of
man turns instinctively to love. When
April softness fills the air and May
fragrance turns the pastures and
orchards of the world into a garden,
we are eager to sip the honey from the
literary bloom of sentimental fancy.
In the spring we are hungry and
thirsty for love lore, just as little
later in the year we are hungry for
ice cream and thirsty for soda water
Not satisfied to partake of natures
largess. which she spreads before US
with generous hands-not as il she
were giving coins to beggars, but as
If she were Sc ttering crumbs t. birds
we seek TO gain yet more delight
by swinging on loves pendulum of
romance between the lovers heaven OF
hope and the black abyss of lovers
fears
Are we young? Then we turn to
love stories from the same impulse
that moves one when he gets to the
end of the road he is used to- and
realizes as he goes onward that really
he is just starting out
Do we feel that we are getting old?
Then spring feels to US rift of sun
light IN an opaque sky With the re-
newal of the youth that fills with re-
joicing the old earth as it dances on
it's way once more beneath the indul-
gence of a smiling sun, we feel that
our own youth is renewed, and we are
eager to share again in all young inn
pulses. and to ind some shadow of the
dear lost glory and the dream, to
cnicy love-. il only vicariousyl. IN tho
happiness of storied lovers.
Whit a man reads, so a man is. is an
apothegm as true as that which de-
c1ares a man to be what he eats.
But love literature. which means a
rejuvenatfon for adults. is not always
equally good for the young. who are
likely TO swallow it whole. and suffer
from a kind of sentimental indiges-
ton
The tendency of youth to model it's
conduct upon admired characters in
the books 1t reads makes some books
dangerous which would otherwise sbe
innocuous. And young people have.
unluckily. an ostrich appetite for fic
ton, without an ostrich's power of
assimilation.
But there are love stories enough
to suit everybody. love stories which
are an inspiration to high ideals. which
refine ones love thoughts, which give
the reader new powers of emotional
expression. In prose and in poetry
there are stories innumerable which
Dre4tn0- Win 4LnAt n06 1eelfnE W0lcn
is the breath of noble love.
And surely if there is any season Of
the year when 1T is appropriate to read
of love, and to gain through vicarious
experience new knowledge of its depth
and bren6th and height and its in
huence upon human destiny. the spring
Is the season of all seasons. for then
the pulses OF the world are beating
to loves rapturous rhythm. and mans
spirit Is attnned IN natures deeper har-.
monies.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-16
Don QUIXOTE"
TYPICAL NOVEL

IN May 1905, Miguel de ccrvantes pub
lished the first part of Don Quixote,
and this month Spain is holding num-
Der of festivals in commemoration OF this
great achievement of a great Spaniard
To the May number of the North Aneri-
can Review Havelock Ellis contributes an
extremely interesting article, entitled
The Tercentenary of Don Quixote, on
Cervantes and his career. Mr.. Ellis ac-
cords TO Don Quixote" the supreme
place among works of fiction Judged by
the standards of the critics, he admits
that there may be others-such as the
novels of F1aubert, +Tristram Shandy,
Robinson Crusoe," Tom Jones'. etc
which are finer works of art, more ex-
quisite in style and of more perfect plan
But they are not equally amusing,
equally profound, to the men of all ma
tons and all ages and all degrees of
mental capacity as Don Quixote" is
Mr.. Ellis says:
- Don Qui5ote' remains the one great
typical novel II is a genuine invention.
for it combined for the first time the old
chivalrous stories OF heroic achievement
with the new picturesque stories of vulgar
adventure, creating in the combination
something that was altogether new, an
instrument that was capable of touching
life al every point 1t leads us into an
atmosphere in which the ideal and the
real are equally at home Il blends to-
gether the greatest and the gayest things
in the world. 1t penetrates to the har-
mony that underlies the violent contrasts
OF life, the only harmony which in our
moments of finest insight we feel TO be
possible. in the same manner and, in
deed, at the same moment-for Lear ap-
peared in the same year as Don Quixote'
that Shakespeare brought together in
the madman and the fool on the heath
in concord of divine humor. 1t is
story book that a child may enjoy,
tragicomedy that only the wisest can
fully understand 1t has inspired many
of the masterpieces of literature; it has
entered into the lives OF the people of
every civilized land; it has become part
of our human civilization"
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-16
RESFITE.

Come, kindly sleep. from thy far home Of
peace,
And help me steal little time from life
For happiness The storm encroaches not
Where thou art-nor the ugliness OF
strife.
They war till death-these two strange
souls of mine;
Their hate hath blackened yesterday
to-day
Give m, good Lethe's cup, thrice blessed
sleep;
viii forget tomorrow while may.
Century
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-16
DISTRIBUTION OF IMMIGRANTS.

large the East there
Of people The number may be exaggerated but the
every year appecabe increment to the
number OF permanent ndgens this country 1t stated also
that large majority Of these ndigents foreign
migrants When these land they join the colonies OF their coun
ymen already located cities, there fixed problem
increasing congestion suns adding
The problem their IS be-
coming too large Private benevoence public charity
undertake the OF of ndignts To do SO
would break the treasury OF empire 1t mass OF ignorance
and that administration OF charity can 90
much make sensible of its misery.
grave by problem Of distri
button While this OF dlenes and want like great
in the flesh OF cities there in the country unatled
demand Tor labor But the stream OF immigration that pouTS INTO
ports OF the Atlantic eaboard stops where It lands Recruited
originally from the ranks of and squalor IN the
gladly it. this alien adds the hard
problem upon proposed
public expense that
landing IN increasing numbers lhe proposition I'M
sound Immigrants landing at the rate OF 10000 day. some
To distribute them will head than the price
OF their passage ie most OF them do not want 10 De o
buted The power OF the Government ship them anywhere
against their viii than doubtful What do Of
immigrants who do not follow the line o. least resistance In DIS
ributing themselves?
Nothing plainly illustrates difference between the
They They definite plans when they
own motion the place where could be bes done These
lacking OF foresight hence this
call upon up their that quality
expense 1t idle look about for in the Govern
distribute these people after they land 1t has such
than has the to distribute native
The suggestion however indicates the gravity OF the situation
goans OF OF nigents, which the
receiving alien Immigrants, OF them
refugees permanent ndigence country Public
private staggered OF feeding clothing
sheerng and caring for OF paupeTs- How such
burden be lifted?
Obviously there adding
OF Exclude European just rgidy
Aac That have OF people idle and paupezed
evidence that the demand ion labor and the supply donted
Under such add while
stationary than r II philanthropy be involved
the exclusion OF ask,
people
their advantage good
people The only beneficiary the country from which
immigrants Ii IS draining population Ii getting
OF the weakest eguaas labor supply
the demand 1t that reduce
dgenc minimum Ii transferring hard conditions and
humanaans go about referring the results inherent
system of government and social conditions
As of fact there
and social conditions The trouble
twenty years dumping
ground of all Europe proved by taking
heTded
berninded and incogble grnbstaked
grants the United States
No scapegoat the whole world
day when invited people come from
every way because Uncle enough
and asking passed
romantic youth and called
the OF distant millions, and offer them asylum
We need yearn divide liberty
from distance who does what If
grown old enough enough indgen
dealing with the awful problem they present
Let II be understood that solve that
and the take year refugees
same problem IN Europe
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-16
cO-EDS At
A CHICAGO
D0PEPARTY
Sample Stuff
and 4" See
Things.
RoFE S S o r
FR 4 ID z r :

HROFE S S o r
FIR Z ID E r =
lex STARR,
the versatile an
thropologist o Z
the University of
Chic a & o. h1 5
a C h i 2 v ed [ h e
dope party" He
gave one [ n e
other evening for
students and CO.
eds, and the prin-
cipal attractions
W e re cigarettes
compounded from
dope" used by
the ancients. the
wonderful Mexico
jag-producer. a
sort of clay that
one smokes and
Immediately has
vari c o or e d
dreams; the skull
of a micro-ce-
phalic idiot, a
freak with extra
fl n g G r 5 q n d
thumbs on all
hands and feet.
and u n l i'm i I e d
quantities of ice
cream.
In addition to
all the attractions
enumerated, the
professor pro-
duced his 1000
plaster skulls, but
as they had seen
service at former
banquets Z n e y
were not includ-
ed in the new fea-
lures Of the dope
party" Fully half
of the fifty stu
dents pr e 5 e n [
S a m p ! { d I h e
dope" weed from
South America.
Some OF the girls
declared that, ac-
cording to their
belief. the mari
humana was no
better than the
ordinary dope"
in cigarettes. and
declined TO ''hft IL
up" Those who
did smoke saw
double or quad
ruple and thought
John D. Rookie
felIer looked like
wooden money.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-16
" GJOA,' EXPEDITION.

The Geographical Society of the Pacific
has Just published a bulletin containing
the paper read by Henry Lund, Consul of
Sweden and Norway, before the society
ON February Is. Consul Lund's paper
treats OF the Norwegian "Gjoa'' expedi-
ton TO the magnetic north pole, and is
highly interesting The bulletin also con-
tains map showing the route of the ex-
petition.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-16
;. ODD BITS CuLLED FROM THE NEWS 4
cHURcHMAN
BECOMES A
BARTENDER
Mixes Drinks
Like Vet
eran.

n ISHOP POT
. TER and the
Subway Tav-
ern have been dis
counted in the
village of Hunt
ersto W n. Pa,
where a Sunday
school S u y e ri n
I e n d e n [ a nd
Methodist Episco-
pal church deacon
now stands be-
hind the bar of
the local tavern.
mixing cocktails
and drawing beer
like a veteran. AT
the present time
the tavern is the
show place of the
town.
For a long time
the saloon had
been conducted in
a manner unsat-
isIactory to the
churchmen OF the
town. Finally the
landlord. Franklin
Thomas, told his
critics they had
better supply him
with a bartender
who could run
things on an ap-
proved Potter ba-
sis.
The offer was
acc e p I e d a n d
George Little, the
most prominent
church worker in
town, was select
ed. Deacon Little
demurred, put at
length his duty
was made clear
to him, and he
donned a white
apron and went to
work
One effect of the
reform" is said
to be the pres
ence in the bar
room as patrons,
of some very good
churchmen who
hitherto gave the
tavern a w4de
berth.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-16
MAMA CASTS
POSIES At
DAUGHTERS
Doting Parent
Says They're
Wonders

- B. HANNA
X Of Fort
Wayne. Ind.
who has just been
recommended for
Postmaster there
by Congressman
elect [ -lbert OF
the Twelfth dis
trict. is a hand
some man. and
among the per
Sons noticing his
likeness in the
newspapers in
connection with
his appointment
was a woman at
Shi p S h e w a n a,
north of Goshen,
who is the mother
of three daugh-
ters, all OF them
unmarried. The
woman wrote a
Fort Wayne paper
as follows:
Dear Mr.. Edi-
tor-Having seen
in your valuable
paper the a n
nouncement OF R.
B. Hanna for the
next Postmaster,
and noticing by
his picture that
he must be a
good-looking young
man and above
the average, /
write TO ask if he
is single or mar
ried- II single 1
will send him
photographs OF
my three daugh-
ters, who are, II
i, as a doting
mother, do say it,
not to be beat in
the country for
good looks. They
can cook anything
fro m spareribs
and sauerkraGt to
roast turkey and
plum pudding l
have trained them
to keep a house
neat and tidy, and
themselves like
wise. All of which
would be most
valuable to a
Postmaster or any
one looking for a
life companion.
MOTHER"
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-16

ton
the
the little
as
supposed
of
Of
the fnsiest
elacet edged
meath a
the yoke and extra fri to the of
the bodice
above hem
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-16

other woman automobilist is rarely
seen on her car without her pet pen
guin, Aristides. which she frequently
takes with her into shops, the intelli-
gent creature carrying her handbag In
his bill. Another delights in horned
toads as tonneau pets"
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-16
EhcHTFEET
TALL; STILL
cR0kIHe
Giant Applies
for Life In
surance.

- EoRGE AU-
~ GER Is a
New ork
youth, % years
old. 5 feet 1 inch
tall. and weighs
about 800 pounds.
He applied for a
$40, 900 life insur-
ance policy sew
e-al days ago.
Insurance men,
as a rule. fight
shy of giants. If
they fl n d t h e
slightest defect in
them the insur-
ance people have
no hesitation in
declining to in
sure them. A
man taller than 6
feet 3 or 4 inches
is in their opin-
ion, afflicted with
a rare disease
termed "gigan-
tum. 1t usually
means that, after
a protracted pc
riod of growth.
the giant dies.
The full medi-
cal board at the
Equitable offices
on lower Broad
way sat on" Au-
ger. They found
h i m physically
perfect. His hab-
its of life were
examined / n t o
and were pro-
nounced & o o d.
Anger is not
weak in t h e
knees, as most
giants are, and
his digestion is all
right.
81 served for a
time on the Lon
don police force"
said the giant: "I
kept growing and
now I'm in the
show business. /
was born in Car
diff, Wales. I
have to take good
care of my health
because I'm still
a growing boy"
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-16
WINS TITLE
or IDEAL
SERVANT
Girl % Years
in Chicago
Family.

- HE problem
of the serv-
ant girl is
solved by Miss
K a t e Winston,
who has been
awarded a medal
by the School of
Domestic Arts
and Sciences of
Chicago for con-
tinuous faithful
service for TWEEN
ty-three years.
During t h a I
time she has been
in the employ of
Mrs. William /.
Reedy. 1873 Ros-
coe street.
Her watchword
is. do every
thing right.
IF a girl does
everything right"
she says, "she
will always be
sure of a position
and of being re-
spected and trust
ed. One should
remember, too, to
look on the bright
side Of every
thing.
IAN even tenn
per and a DISPOSE
ton to give those
you work for the
weight they think
their OPT n 10 n S
should T e C Ell V g
will enable a girl
to continue with
one family, and
then if we re-
member that we
must follow the
example of the
postage $ t a m p
and stick to one
thing IL we want
to get there, we
will soon find our
selves worthy of
employment and
appreciated ac-
cordingly."
In submitting
the name of her
housekeeper as a
contestant for the
long service prize,
Mrs. Reedy Ia
conically stated:
"She has been
faithful for TWEEN
ty-three years"
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-16

ADJOINING PROPERTY-S.. Penns
Grove, Cal II you own a piece
~ ploperty in city and wish TO know
who owns the land adjoining send some
one to the office of the Tax Collector
and there ascertain against whom the
property is assessed; generally against
the owner, but some times people own
property and pay the taxes in the name
of the former owner.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-16
MIRAGE SHIP
rs SEEN ON
ATLANTIC
Strange Craft
Reported by
Liner.

q ONE people
- think { h a t
p h q n I o m
ships are things
OF the past, but
the officers and
crew Of the big
Philadelphia liner
LAST Point think
differently, having
b e e n overtaken
and outsaiIed by
a magic craft off
tn e Nantucket
Shoals on her re-
cent trip from
London to Phila-
delphia. Looking
aft in the early
morning a bark
rigged sail craft
was seen ap-
preaching, and all
day long the ves-
sci c o n ( in u e d
abeam. 4he East
oint was hur-
ried along by her
big engines, while
In the fair breeze
the magic ship
was sent just as
fast. The forms
of all h a n d S
aboard could be
seen as they stood
by and made and
shortened S all.
Other sailors we're
seen repairing a
damaged topmast.
There is no doubt
that it was a
mirage reflected
hundreds of miles
by peculiar at
mospheric condi-
tions, but the pic
ture was perfect.
1T was that of
p r o b a bly, a
French fl S h i n g
vessel on t h e
Grand Banks of
Newfoun d | a n d.
When the sun dis
appeared below
the waters of the
North Atlantic
Ocean, night hav-
ing come on, the
s [ T a n g e craft
melted away and
was seen no more
except n ( h e
minds of those on
the East Point.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-16

Roumania Is now the fourth largest
petroleum-producing country in the
world. The list is headed by the United
States: then comes Russia. while the
third place is held by Austria Hungary.