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The Dolores star., 1905-12-15
RIVAL FOR YANKEE FARMERS
Enlightened Russian Peasant New
Factor In World.

Enlightened Russian Peasant New
Factor In World.
Illustrations of the worlds economic
solidarity are the recent Russian in
fiuences on the security markets
everywhere. Russian enlightenment
and freedom promise to make mark
ed Impressions on future American
farming. Henry d. Baker says that
agriculture now gives employment to
S7h per cent of Russia's population,
but Russian agriculture is now in a
terrible condition. The Russian peas
ant enlightened will prove powerful
rival to the Yankee farmer. The
average return per hectare Of land
in Russia is said to he 1872 kilos.
Russia has to use 25 per cent OF her
harvest as seed for future sowing.
which is about Gouble what other ma
tions use. Curiously. even in the
direst times. like during the recent
war and late chaotic conditions, Rus
sia still makes heavy exports Of
wheat. This doubtless is because
wheat is one of the chief quick assets
of the country. The Russian peasant
ry have wheat to export to England
when they scarcely can afford to buy
rye bread for their own hamlets. Their
exports of wheat will help pay the
interest on their nations enormous
foreign obligations. but individually
they yield trifiing cash returns.
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bacco, estimated at $4,000. 900; sugar
cane and sugar beets. worth $4,000
600, and rice, which is expected to ex-
ceed in value last years crop. which
was worth s13,ss2.OOO.
OF the total production. Secretary
Wilson remarks that the wealth
production on farms in 1905 reached
the highest amount ever attained by
the farmer of this or any other coun-
try. stupendous aggregate Of results
Of brain and muscle and machine.
amounting in value to $6.415. .0O0, 900" +"
which is $256, ,00O, 900 greater than the
figures for 1904.
Besides this enormous value Of
crops, the secretary states that the
value of farm lands has increased
Sc, 1879, 10000 since the census of
1900, which means that every sunset
during the last five years has register
ed an increase of S3,400.000 in the
value of the farms of this country"
Secretary Wilson gravely asserts
that "the results accomplished by the
Weather eBureau for the beneht Of
the farmer, the mariner. the shipper,
the manufacturer and the seeker after
health or pleasure prove that there is
no weather service anywhere In the
world comparable with It,"
The Dolores star., 1905-12-15

burned down and the present struc-
ture erected about fifty years ago.
So. though there has been a 'castle"
on Castle Point for nearly 200 years.
including the Bayard building. yet
the present structure is third in the
line of descent.
At the present the park surrounding
the castle consists of triangular
piece of ground containing about ten
acres. II is inclosed by wall and
the entrance to the grounds is through
q. picturesque lodge gate, really castel-
lated in character. A broad and we'll
kept drive sweeps in curve up the
hill to the front of the house. One
enters the spacious building through
a vestibuie from which high arched
door, guarded on either side by two
great bronze statues of knights in ar
NOR, opens into the central rotunda
of the castle. This rotunda, or en-
trance hall, is filed with many fine
old pieces of heavy furniture. and on
the walls are family portraits Of the
Stevenses and their allied families.
There are eight rooms on the ground
floor besides the great entrance hall.
Three great drawing rooms. one fur
nished in yellow, one in red and one
The Dolores star., 1905-12-15
PICTURES SENT BY TELEGRAPH
"Photoarams" the invention of Prof.
korn Of Munich.

Photograms are photographs tele-
graphically transmitted. Prof. Korn
of Munich uses as dispatcher se-
lenium tube revolving on small
shaft and surrounded by glass cy-
Under, on which is wrapped the trans
parency, negative or positive, which
is to be telegraphed. Light from an
electric arc lamp is thrown through
the transparency and falls upon the
selenium tube in small patch or
spot. Every part of the tube and
every part of the photograph passes
in turn under the spot of light. The
receiver is a cylinder carrying sen.
sitive film, revolving, and also tray.
cling along the line of it's axis at the
same speed as the transmitting cy-
Under. Near it is a vacuum tube light
shielded by inactive material, except
for tiny window whence a raw of
light falls upon the revolving sensitive
film. The strength of this light con-
stantly varies. as it is controlled by
the electric current, which in turn
is controlled by the light PLAYING
through the transmitter's transparency
upon the selenium coil. Every mart
of the receiving sensitive cylinder ia
exposed in turn and only requires de-
velopment to give a negative or posi.
tive.
The Dolores star., 1905-12-15

Secretary Wilson's comments upon
the wonderful prosperity Of the farm
err of the country have attracted gen.
eral attention to the fact that never
before have crops been harvested at
such q general high level Of produc-
tion and price.
CON. Mr.. Wilson says. has reached
it, highest production. 2.70s.000.00O
bushels. and its highest value, which
may be S1,216,000. No other crop Is
worth half as much.
The nearest crop in value to corn
is that of hay the figures being $685.
100000. For the preceding two years
cotton held second place. but it drops
to third rank this year. when its
value. including seed, is expected to
be nearly or quite S575. 100000.
Wheat, according to the report, is
the second in size OF that grain the
country has ever produced. $4,000. 900
bushels. while its. value, 3525 900. 900.
is I'll. .000. 900 more than ever before
reached.
Mr.. Wilson places oats fifth in order
of value Of the years crops, the yield
being 939, 100000 bushels. worth $751;
100000. Then in order come potatoes.
s13s. .0O0.0 900; barley. @5s.0o0.O0o: to-
The Dolores star., 1905-12-15
SEES IRON A PRECIOUS METAL.
Exhaustion Of Present Ore Fields Pre-
dicted by Scientist.

dtcted by Sctentlet.
Iron as precious metal is pos
sibility indicated by Prof. Tornebaum
Of the Swedish geological survey. He
predicts that the ore fields Of the
present large producing countries
namely: North America. Great Brit
ain, and Germany-will be exhausted
within one or two centuries and the
high grade ores much earlier. The
future center. of the iron industry will
as now, be located where natural fuel
abounds, since the ore travels to the
coal, and not vice versa. AS a con-
sequence Great Britain, where the coal
supply, it is estimated, will be ex-
hausted in $50 years, will thereupon
cease to be an iron producing country.
while in the United States and Ger
many, with their much larger coal
areas, the iron industry will continue.
although being dependent upon i'm
ported ores. For the same reason
north China, where coal and iron are
found associated, Is regarded as a
promising iron center. Prof. Stogren
of the same survey declares that a
great iron industry depends on other
factors as important as the fuel ques-
tion. OF these factors are the ex-
tent, richness. and purity of the ores.
freight charges for ores, coal, and iron
products, trafic regulations. etc.
The Dolores star., 1905-12-15
THE FIRST MOUNTAIN RAILROAD.
American Transeontinental Lines
Were Not the Pioneers.

American TrAnoconttnentai IHeS
Were Not the Pioneers.
Uncle Sam perhaps thinks that the
construction of mountain railroads in
their greatest and most comprehen-
sive sense was practically pioneered
by the construction of his own great
transcontinental lines, the Union Pa
cific leading the way. But one Amer
ican engineer notes that he rode over
the railroad from Vienna to Venice.
two-thirds of the distance between
New York and Chicago. passing over
several ranges OF the Alps. and par
ticnlarly the Semmering pass. over
a mountain railroad constructed be-
tween the years 1S48 and 1854, or
within fifteen or twenty years OF the
introduction of the railway into civil
ization, and twenty years before
Americas first transcontinental rail-
way. Thirty-five miles over that pass
the Semmering, southwest Of Vienna,
was constructed during those years.
having in its length fifteen tunnels
and sixteen viaducts, with maximum
grade of 2h per cent. The cost of
the thirty-five miles was 100000 per
mile. 1t was built, as was the en-
tire line, from Vienna to Venice. GOO
or more miles owned owned and op.
Grated by the Austrian government
since at that time Venice and that
portion of Italy was under the do
minion of the Austrian and Italian
governments jointly.
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csteees ant ptNnesss Light, oivee "
Jlx6Sdtsps jstliik vliiksI css,,dS. osr.
sssss essnsses ~ ssnrsses.
While dust contains many Of our
mortal enemies. It 10 one OF our very
best friends. says the Sunday School
Times. and the hner 1t il the more We
owe to It. II there were NO dust tbs
sky would not be blue. there would be
NO raindrops. no snowfakes, no hail
storms. no clouds. no gorgeous sun
sets. NO beautiful sunrises.
The instant the sun passed out of
sight we should be in darkness. The
instant It rose 1t would be sharp cir.
Gle Of light in black sky. There would
be no evening glow to chat or think
in, no lovely dawn with bird song and
cattle low at natures awakening. The
dome OF the sky would be as dark as
it is on bright moonlight night. The
moon and the stars would shine by day
in all their brightness. The whole
earth would be in deep. dark shadow
excepting where the SUMS rays fell d.
rectly upon it in one great blincing
circle.
Rays OF sunlight or any other kind
of light go straight through all kinds
Of gases, no matter of what they are
made. In passing through them, IL
they contain no dust the rays cannot
be seen-they are invisible. You
have often seen the sunlight enter a
darkened room through partly opened
shutters OF crack or knothole. You
have noticed that the rays were full
Of dust moving about in every direc-
ton. The air is made of gases mixed
You did not see the rays of light; you
saw the light in the sun reflected by
the particles of dust. Millions OF these
PARTICLES were too small for you to see,
but not too small for such a searching
thing as light to miss.
Each cubic inch OF air contains an
enormous number of dust particles.
The number is beyond our con-
ception. John Aitkin of Falkirk, Scot.
land, was the first to count these dust
PARTICLES. He counted them by a lit.
tie machine he carried in his pocket
and in a very simple way. He has
been able to count 7.50O,O dust par
ticles in a cubic inch of the ordinary
air of Glasgow.
The Dolores star., 1905-12-15

low lie lie great and teeming cities
The dining room has an especially
fine outlook, and facing the river is
a great window composed of one
enormous sheet of plate glass, through
be seen as If one were out of doors,
and through which when at night the
family sit at dinner the myriad lights
of New York appear floating, as it
were, on the tide, with the lights OF
passing vessels weaving changing
pattern on the rivers breast
The island-an island no longer
which Col. John Stevens of Revolu.
tionary days bought, is now built over
solidly with houses-all except the
castle park, and this park makes the
Stevens home veritable rus in urbe.
The park was originally larger, but
Edwin A. Stevens. father of the pres
ent colonel of the same name, when
he founded the Stevens Institute OF
Technology, gave large slice of his
grounds 10 that institution, and some
portions of it have since been sold
off. There used to be great graperies
on the place. but the land where they
formerly stood is now owned by the
institute. Also the great greenhouses.
which We're formerly in the park for
the raising of flowers, were torn down
not long ago, having become decrepit
from age.
The Stevens Institute of Technology
is one of the many benefacters of the
family. The late Edwin A. Stevens
established it in 1867, giving block
of land, building fund and an en-
dowment of half million dollars to
set 1t going. In the days of the civil
war Commodore John c. Stevens built
an ingenious floating fertilization
known as the Stevens battery 1t
was never used, and though he spent
great sums on it the family received
little or no return.
The Dolores star., 1905-12-15
Rich Man's odd Fancy.

Most extraordinary was the little
luxury Of Mr.. Skidmore. who ac-
cumulated . goodly pile in the pro
vision trade. He engaged two Wallets,
one to tickle the crown of his head
and the other the soles Of his feet.
He said he liked the sensation i'm
mensely, and when demonstrated with
by his doctor declared It to be lever
20 much better than massage" The
case was recorded In the medical
Journals Of the time as N example Of
! strange development q well rec
ognized physical liking.
The Dolores star., 1905-12-15
Great Prize

Robinson Crusoe stood on the cliff
and gazed in depressed loneliness at
the vast waters that surrounded his
prisonlike island. Its pretty tough. .
he sighed. ito be marooned afar from
civilization
Just then he observed faithfully
Friday preparing turtle stew.
But there is one consolation" he
continued. Frightening up. II have a
cook who cannot leave on short notice
IKE the cooks do in civilization"
And Robinson felt SO exuberant he
went out and jested with the parrot.
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Like a Feudal Castle
The Home Of the Stevens Family. At
Hobolpen, N. J., Has Stood for Century

For two or three generations the
Stevens family has heen Interested In
snipbuilding and steam engineering,
and preserved In the library are mod
els and other souvenirs OF early ex-
periments in those lines. Naturally
there are yachting memorials for
John c., Stevens. known as "the Old
Commodore" to distinguish him from
Commodore Edwin A. Stevens. father
Of the present lord of the castle. THE
Did Commodore" was one of the
founders Of the New York Yacht club
and its. first commodore. Edwin A.
was the clubs third commodore. THE
Old Commodore" was one of the OWL
ers of the yacht America and went
over to England when she sailed her
celebrated race against the feet OF
the Royal Yacht Squadron.
In the drawing rooms and in the
rotunda are SOME handsome cabinets
in which are mementoes of the WASH
ington and Stockton families, with
whom the Steveneses have intermar-
ried. The Washington relics came
through the marriage Of the present
Col. Stevenss half-sister with Col.
Parke Custis Lewis. descendant of
Washington's step-daughter. Nellie
Custis. Among these Washington rel
les are dolls and trinkets given by
George and Martha Washington 10
Nellie Custis and one of Lady
Washing. .on's visiting cards, said TO
be written by the hand of the immor-
tai George himself. In the sleeping
rooms are great four-post bedsteads.
many of them richly carved. One OF
them once belonged to an ancestress.
Susan Stockton. sister of the Singer
On the walls of some of the rooms are
| old pictures and tapestries of interest
and value The amount of really OLD
| and ancestral furniture in the castle
| shows that when the second building
was burned the family succeeded in
saving the greater part of its price
| less heirlooms.
Superb View From Castle.
The view from the castle is superb.
| One looks far up the Hudson and fap
down the bay. and all around and be-
The Dolores star., 1905-12-15
UNCLE GEORGE.

II you can't help-don't butt In.
Only . burned fool runs when he's
on the wrong road.
Tho music Of . hog is sweeter in
the pan than in the pen.
The feller that starts q gossiping
generally ends up by lying.
A feller win always find the best
side Of saloon 10 the outside.
The hen that does the most cackling
don't always lay the most eggs.
The feller that's idle has always got
his mouth chock full Of excuses.
II you got occasion to hit the mule
do 1t when you're a-going up hill.
Money IL the root of all evil, but
we're gil after the root jes' the same.
The feller that drinks the health Of
others always ends up by losing his
own.
Whiskey don't say much in a bottle.
but 1t talks powerful lot when 1t gets
outside.
It's I heap sight less trouble to do
= thing than to squat aroun' an wish
1t was done for you.
The dog that's SO burned lazy he has
ter lean agin the wall to bark. is al
ways the dog that's busiest aroun'
meal times.-Exchange.
The Dolores star., 1905-12-15
Identification for warships.

The German admiralty has resolv--
ed upon furnishing ships of war with
means for recognizing each others
Identity at distances too great for
reading the name of the vessel. This
is to be effected by the use of rings OF
bands on the chimneystack, differing
in number and color. The colors used
will be black, white, red and yellow.
According to several Liberal German
journals, the ships of the opposing
squadrons frequently mistook friend
for an enemy during the recent ma
neuvers. owing to the absence OF any
means for recognizing each others
The Dolores star., 1905-12-15
Especial Correspondence.)

Especial COrrespondence.D
Towering on its hill above the
broad and busy waters Of the North
River and surrounded by a ten-acre
| park in the midst Of city-the most
densely populated for its size OF any
in this country II not in the world
Stevens Castle at H0bOken, New Jer-
sey, Is a veritabIe ancestral castle ris-
ing from = sea of modern dwellings.
Landmark, OF stability amid change.
The farms of the old New York
families have been changed into city
blocks and their dwellings either torn
down or become tenement houses. But
through all the changes of more than
century the "Stevenses Of Castle
Point" have kept their ancestral
home and, to a large extent, their
wealth.
Hoboken was an island lying under
the Jersey heights when Col. John
Stevens bought it at the close Of the
Revolutionary war. 1t had formerly
belonged to the New York Bayards.
from whom Bayard street is named.
but the Bayards being Tories, their
estates were confscated. and John
Stevens bought the Hoboken property
from the state. On the only hill on
his new possessions. the present
Castle Point, he built his house in
the form of stone castle. construct
ed of bluestone and plastered on the
outside. He laid out a large park
around 1t and lived in almost feudal
style, while the settlement which is
now Ho5oken grew up below his
| castle walls. The John Stevens OF
those days was a relative of the Bay
ards who had previously owned the
property. and he built his new castle
on the site of one which the previous
owners had erected and which had
been burned down by party OF
Wings from Hackensack in the irOu-
blous days of the Revolution.
Original Castle Burned Down.
For the Hoboken property John
Stevens paid the sum of $4,000,
which was considered an enormous
amount in those days. The castle re-
A,,nk t,,- -.y u.~l,,
The Dolores star., 1905-12-15
Reflections oE a BACHELOR

The joyous seasons of life are
mighty short.
There is no use knowing SO much
that nobody can app, eclate it.
The incest compliment to a woman
3 is to tell her there isn't one left that
fits her.
It il a great comfort not to have
your wife always trying to make you
comfortable.
After a man has doctored up the
bright things his smart boy says they
are almost bright.
You can always be popular with
women BY making them believe you
think they are with men.
Most Of the men that girls say
they have rejected never asked 'em.
The best way to leach your wife
not 10 take- your change out Of your
pocksts ii never to have any.
The Dolores star., 1905-12-15
seNfENcG seRWoMs.

sssrsscs sssMoss.
He Who serves self is paid by satsa.
A silsst saint is an eloquent serno..
Paralysis and piety are not the
came.
L..ines. i. the costlie.t thing !. the
world.
Helping men is the best way Of hon
orins God.
No mans religion ever got worn out
BY working 1t.
III: better to smile with = man than
The rough world makes short work
OF all veneer virtues.
Folks who are too anxious to save
their bacon lose their beef.
An ounce OF the oil Of good humor
may save many g ton Of pull.
There il always a blessing to be
found in the other mans burden.
The preacher who works for hire is
seldom invited to come up higher.
A man Of mixed honesty is about as
good as an egg Of mixed antiquity.
Richest harvests come from the
seeds that lay uncer the SHOWS Of sor-
row.
You do not take the sin out of your
hatred Of q man by calling him honey.
Some people think that a weakness
for rest gives them right to wear
wings--Chicago Tribune.
The Dolores star., 1905-12-15

New York State has authorizes, an
expenditure of s5o.oo0.0oO for Ysod
rosss.
The Dolores star., 1905-12-15
COLLEGE ealMINALs.

earbarous Practices In Fraternal So.
eiety Initiations.-student Tied to
the Track and Killed by Train
Lives Of Railway Passengers I'm
periied.
Some clew to the real cause of foot
ball casualties may be found in recent
news items quite removed from the
field Of college sports. In an Ohio col
lege there Is a grave suspicion that a
student was bound and tied upon a
railroad track where he was killed by
a train. The supposition is that this
was done as a part of an Initiation
ceremony by a college fraternity, or
secret society, and conclusive evil
dence has already been supplied OF
other acts Of torture and violence re-
sulting from this absurd and savage
practice.
In a New York college town, an elec-
tric railway company has offered a
large reward for the person. supposed
to be a college student, who soaped
the tracks at dangerous curve and
grade. and who imperiled the lives OF
a number of passengers that were only
saved by the prompt and skillful act
Of an expert motorman.
In Chicago the guests of large
hotel were disturbed by the entrance
Of a riotous party of college stu
dents, who conducted two blindfolded
youths that were set to fighting while
on their hands and knees upon the
floor. This act is also supposed to be
an example, of college frat" initia-
tions.
These three news items, taken from
a single days press report, show
clearly the need for instruction to
some American college students OF
what constitutes crime.
Murder, theft, arson. assault with
intent to do bodily harm, malicious
destruction of property, public in.
decency and other crimes, cannot be
excused upon the pretense of sport" :"
or the exuberance of youthful spirits.
Every housekeeper should know
that IL they will buy Defiance Cold
Water Starch for laundry use they
will save not only time, because it
never sticks to the iron, but because
each package contains sixteen ounces
-one full pound-while all other Cold
Water Starches are put up in three
quarter-pound packages. and the price
is the same, 10 cents. Then again be-
cause Defiance Starch is free from all
injurious chemicals. II your grocer
tries to sell you a twelve-ounce pack
age it is because he has stock on
hand which he wishes to dispose of be-
fore he puts in Defiance. He knows
that Defiance Starch has printed on
every package in large letters and fig
ures "16 ounces" Demand Defiance
and save much time and money and
the annoyance Of the iron sticking. De-
f1ance never sticks.
Opportunity is the milk. action the
cream.
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in blue, open from the rotunda. Then
there is the great dining room, spac-
ious library. billiard room, bedroom
and bath and housekeeper's room.
On the floor above are twelve bed
rooms and number Of bathrooms. In
all. the house contains twenty rooms
exclusive of kitchen. servants rooms
and bathrooms. with. of course, pan.
tries, storerooms and Clothes
presses" in abundance.
The Dolores star., 1905-12-15

San Antonio is an ideal place to
spend the winter. Half foreign, wholly
unique, 1t is altogether one of the in
teresting places. Its perfect climate.
plazas, adobes and missions make 1t
more like an old Spanish city than any
American town.
The round-trip rate to San Antonio
via Colorado & Southern is $41.10. Com
plete information may be had from Mr..
+. A. Cooper. c. p. A., 18th and Curtis
SITS.