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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27
East Buffalo Live Stock Market.

CATTLE---Choicee export steers, $5.75
@GO0; good to choice butcher steers,
$475@5.25; medium half-fat steers,
$4O0@425; fair to good heifers,
S4.25m450; good to choice heifers,
$475m5.25; good butcher bulls, $3.50
63.75; choice to prime veals, $G.500
6.75; fair to good, s6OO@G.25.
SHEEP AND LAMBS - Choice
spring lambs, $S.OO@9.OO; choice year.
lings, $1OO075O; mixed sheep, $5.5O0
5.75.
HOGS-Best Workers, SG.S0@6S2;
medium and heavy hogs, $6S0@6.S2;
pigs, light, $6.SO6GS2.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27
Two Men Crushed Under a House.

Two men were crushed to death
at Charlotte, near Rochester, Sunday
morning under a house which they
were trying to move. The house be,
longed to George Baist, 81 years old
and had been set up on jackscrews
preparatory to moving 1t on a new
foundation. Baist and his father-in.
law, William Steingraber, were under
the house when two of the jackscrews
toppled and the house careened to one
side, falling on the men and killing
them instantly. Baist leaves wife
and five small children.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27
Regular Terms Of Court.
Churcb nnd snbbnth school.

Presbyterian Sabbath School at $40 a.
m: M. Il. Sabbath School at 1000 a. m.
Preaching in M. Il. Church every Sab
bath evening by Rev. W. o. Calhoun.
Preaching in the i. M. Church every
Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev.
X. A. Zahniser, Pastor.
Services in the Presbyterian Church
every Sabbath morning and evening,
Rev, DIR, Paul j. Slonaker, Pastor.
The regular meetings of the w. q. II.
u. are held at the headquarters on the
second and fourth Tuesdays of each
month.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27
Little Falls Cheese Market.

Utica, June 25.-Sales of cheese on
the Little Falls market today were:
Large colored, lots Of 2S9 boxes at
1Ol5c: large white, / lot of 75 boxes
at lOl5c; small colored, 20 lots of L..
$50 boxes at 1Olac; small colored, 4
lots of $50 boxes at 10Ac; small col
ored / lot Of l25 boxes at lOc; small
white. 1S lots of 1854 boxes at lOhc;
small white, lots of 2G0 boxes at
10hc; twins colored, 10 lots OF 1.O5l
boxes at 1Ol5c; twins white, is lots OF
1924 boxes at l01sc.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
e. -.~-a-.- 49, ss.z----ss
Summary of the Weeks News
of the World.
Cream Of The News culled From Long
Dispatches and Put In Proper Shape
For the Hurried Reader Who Is Too
Busy to Read the Longer Reports
and Desires to Keep Posted.

Through Speaker Cannon the pres
ident and the house committee on ag-
riculture settled their differences as
to the proposed meat inspection law.
King Haakon of Norway journeyed
from Molde to Christiansund on his
coronation tour and was greeted every
where with increasing signs Of affec-
tion.
Announcement of another expedl-
tion in search of the North pole was
made by the Due d'Orleans, who has
started from London for Greenland, ac-
cording to cable dispatches.
Governor John NJ Pattison of Ohio
dies at his home, near Cincinnati, after
a long illness and the administration
of the state passes again into the
hands of the Republicans.
John ]. Kean, the kidnaper of the
boy Freddie Muth, in Philadelphia,
was tried and convicted, and in less
than "a hours after his arrest was un-
der sentence of 20 years in prison.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27
West Newton Records Mlssinq.

West Newton, Pa, June 26. - Al
though complete survey of West
Newton was made a few years ago
and charts were made showing the
grades of all streets, Borough Engl-
neers White and Weimer are making
another survey in consequence of the
original records having mysteriously
disappeared The cost of the first sur
vey was about 81 900
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27
Eleven Men Buried In Excavation.

Eleven men of gang of Is digging
In an excavation in the Milliken Broth.
ers' iron works at Mariners Harbor,
Staten Island, were buried when one
side of the hole caved In on them.
Three were dead before they could
be gotten out Three more were bad.
ly hurt, but the others, although TAX.
en- out unconscious from suffocation,
were able to go to their homes after
they had been restored by artificial
respiration The excavation was 80
feet deep and was being made to locate
moulding pits.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27
Araument In the prexfus Case.

Paris, June 2G. - In the supreme
court Procurator General Baudouin
began his argument in the Dreyfus
case. He declared he was convinced
that Dreyfus was innocent and that
Major Count Esterhazy was guilty.
He therefore urged the quashing Of
the entire proceedings without a re.
trial
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27
Died on Train on Way Home.

Dunkirk, N. Y, June &c. - p e.
Wade, secretary of the Dunkirk fire
department, died suddenly on a Lake
Shore train Sunday night while on his
way home from Mt. Clemens, where
he had been for the last six weeks on
account of ill-health. He was 35 years
Of age and was widely known among
the firemen throughout the state.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27
Senate Votes For Lock Canal.

The president regards the vote OF
the senate Thursday confirming his
recommendation for lock canal on the
isthmus as a vote of confidence. Orders
will be issued in a few days to press
the work as rapidly as possible and 1t
is announced that before summer Is
far advanced as many men and ma
chinery as proftably can be employed
will be engaged in making the dirt fly
on the canal route.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27
Issues Of Preserved Meats Withheld.

London June 26.-In behalf of War
Secretary Haldane, Mr.. Buchanan,
financial secretary to the war office,
announced in the house of commons
that orders had been issued to with.
hold all issue to the army of American
brands of preserved meat until Lieu
tenant Colonel Hobbs, the officer dis.
patched to the United States to inquire
into their character, has reported.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27
Railroad Assessments Too Small.

The New York state board of tax
commissioners on their annual visit
to Elmira, N. Y, lectured the city and
town assessors for the smallness of the
assessments against the railroads and
corporations and instructed them to
make considerable increases. Per
sonal property if their orders are fol
lowed out, will also be assessed heav-
ier than in the past,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27
Buffalo Provision Market.

Buffalo, June %.
WHEAT-No. 1 northern, carloads
in store. S5%c; No, 2 red, 91c.
CORN-No 2 corn, 55h f. o. b.
anoat; No. 2 yellow, 56Ac.
OATS -- No. 2 white 431sc t. o. b.
afoat: No. 8 white, 421ac.
FLOUR 49, Fancy blended patent
per bb!, S50005.75; winter family,
patent. s440@515.
BUTTER - Creamery western. ex
ira tubs, 21@21hc; state and Pennsyl
vania creamery, 2Oc; dairy, choice to
fancy, 1Sc,
CHEESE - Fancy full cream, lie;
good to choice, 10@10hc.
EGGS-Selected white, 21c.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27
Utica Dairy Market.

Utica, June 25. - Sales on Utica
dairy market today We're:
Large white, lot of 60 hoXes at
1Olac; large white, lots of 800 boxes
at 1O3sc, large colored lots of 2O7
boxes at lOHc: large colored, 90 lots
OF ! $50 boxes at lose; small white, 4
lots of 329 boxes at 103sc; small col
ored, 80 lots of 1906 boxes at 1O3sc;
small colorcd, 12 lots of 1859 boxes
at l0iac.
BUTTER-Creamery, 40 packages
at 20hc and IS crates of prints at
2l1ac.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27
BOROUGH OFFICERS.

Burgess. Il. Carson.
Justices (tho Peace-S. s. Garfield, s.
j. Setley.
C0u,cltmen.-J. b. Muse, ]. w. Ian
ders, G. A. Lanson, Geo. Holeman, G.. II.
Anderson, VIM. Smearbaugh, Il. w.
Bowman.
COnstable-W. ii. Hood.
CoLectOr-W. ii. Hood.
School DirectorS-J. O. Scowden, T.
+. Ritchey, A. G. Brown, DIR. j. G. Dunn,
@. Jameson, j. j. Landers.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27
Investigator Died of sleeping Sickness

Lieutenant Tulloch, who accom-
panied the Royal Society's commits
sion to Uganda to investigate the
sleeping Sickness which disease ne
contracted while dissecting an inocu-
lated rat died last week in London oil
the sickness.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.

Member of CongreSS-Joseph G. Sibley.
Member of Se,tdte-J. X. 7. Hall.
ASSembly-J. Il II. Robertson.
President Judge-W. M. Lindsey.
Associate Judges-F. X. Kreitler, Z.
@. Hill.
P,'othonotary, Register q Recorder, &c.
j. @. Geist.
ISheriG.-A. w. Stroup.
Ireasurer-W. ii. Harrison.
,ssionerS-Leonard Agnew, An
drew Wolf, Philip Emert.
District AtOrney-S. d. Irwin.
Jury Commits fsSionerS-J. Is. Eden, D.
u. Castner.
Coroner
County AudttorS-W. ii. Stiles, Chas.
T.. Klinestiver, s. Il. Carson.
County Sivveyor-D. W. Clark.
County Sitperintendent-O. w. Morri-
son.
Regular Terms Of Court.
Fourth Monday of February.
Third Monday of May.
Fourth Monday of September.
Third Monday of November.
Regular Meetings of County Commits
sioners lst aud Sd Tuesdays OF month.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27

Harrisburg-Services were held for
the first time in ST. Patricks Catholic
cathedral, which will be formally con-
secrated next October. Bishop Shan
ahan assisted at the services.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27
A. F. Allen Nominated.

jamestown, N. Y, June 26.-The Re.
publicans of the First Chautauqua dis.
trict yesterday nominated A. f. Allen
for member of the assembly to sue.
ceed A. c. Wade.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27
To Inquire Into Minister'S Sanity.

The court at Waterloo, N Y,
has appointed d. X. NJ. Elliott of
Willard. DR.. r. H. Howard of Roches-
ter and DR.. Fred Seton of Auburn as
a committee to inquire into the sanity
of Rev. C. Stuart Balm, the Baptist
minister who is accused of burning
his church.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27

ELM STREET, TIoNEsTA, PA.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27
Buffalo Hay Market.

Choice timothy On track, $1,000.
No. /, $145O@15.O0; No. ?, S12.50Q
1850; No. / rye straw, $500.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27

General Lopez, who invaded Guate-
mala with 1000 men from Salvador,
was defeated by the government
forces, and a similar disaster befell
the rebel expedition from Mexico.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27
IIOTEL WEAVER,

ii r. A. WEAVER, Proprietor.
This hotel, formerly the Lawrence
House, has undergone complete change,
and is now furnished with ali the mod,
ern improvements. Heated and lighted
throughout with natural gas, bathrooms, ),
hot and cold water, etc. The comforts OF
onests never neglected.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

'HIG N ESTA LODGE, No. 1863, |. o. 0. F;
i NJ eets every Tuesday evening, in odd
Fellows Hall, Partridge building.
GAPT. GEORGE STOW POST, No. 274
Y q. A, II. Meets 1st and 3D. Monday
evening in each month.
CAPT. GEORGE STOW CORPS, No;
" 1877, w. II. c., meets first and third
wednesday evening of each month.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27

II w. BOLTON, NJ, d.
u. Practice limited to diseases oil the
Ewes. Ears, Nose and Throat. Special
attention given to the fitting OF glasses
Office hours 9-l2 q. m., 1-5 p. M, rs p. m.
OIL CITY, PA. M. ll6 CENTER 81
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27
HOUSE,

OENTRAL HOUSE,
" GEROW IL GEROW Proprietor
Tionseta, Pa. This is the most centrally
located hotel in the place, and has all the
modern improvements. No pains VIII
be spared to make it a pleasant stopping
place for the travelling public. FIRST
class Livery in connection.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27
DILL. EN- ERT

FANCY BOOT Il SHOEMAKER.
Shop in Walters building, Cor. Etni
and Walnut streets, Is prepared to do all
kinds of custom work from the finest 10 10
she coarsest and guarantees his work 10
give perfect satisfaction. Prompt a'ten-
ton given to mending, and prices rea'
sOnable.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27

- ]. SETLEY,
Keeps a complete line of Justices blanks
TOR sale. Also Blank deeds, mortgages,
etc. TiOnesta, Pa.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27

IT l.. KIRSCHNER, M. D.
IL. Practice limited to diseases OF the
Lungs and Chest. Office hours by ap-
pointment only. >,,rr,,, ON,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27

HARL Il. WENK,
N DENTIST,
TIONESTA, PA.
All work guaranteed. Rooms over
Forest County National Bank.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27

DR. ROSS PORTER,
IL DENTIST.
Formerly of Marienville.
"A Seneca Street, OIL CITY, PA.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-27

A G BROWN,
"A ATTORNEY-AT.LAW
Office in Arner Building, Cor. Elm
and Bridge Sts., Tionesta, Pa.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-06-24
nird., Names.

There are some odd names for game
birds on the Chesapeake. A small shy
snipe that flies With twittering noise
Is called the horsefoot snIpe because OF
Its fondness for the horsefoot or horse
shoe crab. 1t Is called also the turn
stone from Its habit Of overturlng peb.
bles In search OF food. The telltale
snipe bears thnt name because IT nj.
ways sounds note of alhrrn ut the
sight OF a gunner. Chesapeake gunners
believe that n single telltale can clenr
whole region OF game birds. The
wtdgeon ls locally called the bald pate,
and the willet Is so called because of
It's cry--will- will willet.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-06-24
confld.d to the press.

This notice appeared exactly as fol
lows in an English newspaper pub.
lished in town not far from Lon
don:
will the girl who helped lady
with a leg down a coal hole on Sun
day Afternoon between 8 and 4
O'Clock please call at No. -
street"
The mere American reader, unused
to English ways. will wonder what
The lady wanted down the coal hole,
and where her other leg was; or did
the latter belong to the other party?
The notice is ambiguous, Harper's
Weekly.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-06-24
Telling TImc by Flowers.

with little time md lnbor ii would
be possible to construct a garden whose
flowers would combine to make first
rate clock" said the botanist. at is 3
n. M. when the sow thistle opens,'' he
continued. ut is 5:30 when the dnnde-
lion opens. 1t Is when the white lily
opens. 1t is 8 when the hnwkwced
opens. At 11:12 n. nj. tile SOW thistle
closes. At noon precisely the yellow
goats beard closes. At p. IN. the
hnwkweed closes. At the white lily
closes. The dandelion closes Mt sharp.
Since Pliny's time forty-six flowers
have been known to open and shut
with great punctuality at certain hours
OF the day and night"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-06-24
A FISH HOOK.
The One You Should Buy and the
Test You Should Try.

The One You Should Buy and the
Test You Should Try.
The most common flaw is the temper
of the hook Some hooks are brittle
and break cnsily. There are other
hooks still that bend. and bend so east
~ TINT they 'stralgnten' OH every big
fish, and yet other hooks that bend, but
bend SO hard that big fish never
fcSes them. and they only stralghten
and come away when the full tension
Of the line Is laid upon them IL caught
OH II tough SING or tree bouSh. These
last are the hooks TO buy-If you can
find tliem-nnd the hard breaking
hooks classincs next In merit. Tests Ivy
tho eye are quite useless. as SO many
hooks carry exactly the same tints in
blue or black. Test The hook instead
by the hand. catching the point In Il
firm hit Of wood md trying It out both
by the hard, firm pull and by the jerk
Watch particularly in this trial for
weakness mt the foot of the barb, where
tue wire Is apt to he attenunted over
much and the whole point give way
OH n strong fish, especially IL hooked in
bone or very hard grlstlc. What Vastly
depths of angling profanity, in spirit
IL hot In word, have been stirred In
boat md OH bank when the polntless
hook comes away from the hard played
fish must be left to memory-Outing
Magazine
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-06-24
! BLAZING sMETEoRs. ~
The short Lived spIendor OF shoot
frs.t Ing Gtnr. l

The Short Lived SpIendor of a ghoofs
G Ing stnr.
A small body as large as a paving
etonc or not as large as Il marble is
moving round the sun. just as d
mighty planet revoives In nm ellipse, 80
this small object will move round and
round in an ellipse, with the sun in the
focus. There are Mt the present mo
ment Uncomfortable myrinds Of such
meteors moving III this manner. They
are too small aud too distant for our
telescopes, and We Gun never see them
except under extraordinary circum-
stances.
At the time we see the meteor It
trnverses n distance Of more than
twenty miles second. Sucl, velocity
Is almost impossible near the carth's
surface. The resistance Of the mir would
prevent il. Aloft In the emptiness Of
space there is no air to resist II.
In the course OF It's wnnderlngs the
body may come near the earth and
within II few hundred miles of Its sur
facc. of course. begins to encounter the
upper surface OF the atmosphere with
which the eartl, is lnclosed. TO body
moving with the appalling velocity OF
T, meteor. q plunge Into the atmosphere
Ia usually fatal. Even though the up
per layers of mir are excessively at
tenuated, yet they suddenly check the
velocity. almost rs a rife bullet would
be checked when fred into water. as
meteor rushes through the atmos-
pherc the friction of the mir warns its
surface; gradually It becomes red hot,
then white hot and is finally driven off
into the vapor with n brilliant light,
While we on the earth. one or two hum
dred miles below. eyclaim:
"Oh. look! There Is a shooting star"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-06-24
Bills of DiTerent birds.

The bill of the canary is built for
crushing seeds-has strength. but in
many of the doves the bill is slender
and weak. Many Of the pigeons and
doves that feed on seeds have gizzards
that are targe and muscular crushing
and grinding. being accomplished In
that way.
1t Is difficult to say how much birds
experience taste, probably in small
degree. Ducks and parrots have soft,
fleshy tongues. but in most birds much
Of the tongue is sheathed in horn
Food may be selected by intuition ns
to what is wholesome, more than by
taste.-St. Nicholas.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-06-24
HOW THE INDIANS GIG FISH.
spurn Use Of Rod and Reel, Eut Land
',{ Big Fish.

TAHLEQUAH. /. r.. June 23.-The
mountain streams of Indian Territory.
which abound In game fish principal
iys black bass, have heal as clear a,
crystal for the last ten days, and the
Indians have been having kteat snort
singing them,
In mol'i,d,n stream III The Terri
tory when the water is clear the bot.
tom can BIZ 'soen through ax feet OF
water and this makes gi,,ging great
sport for she Indians they are ex.
perts with the came art. The gig, and
spurn the finest fishing tackle In the
way Of rod ail reel. as IL Is too slow
sport for them,
1t Is interesting to watch a couple,
OF Indians gig fish, With the long.
slender reed, tipped and barbed with
steel one Indian leaps over the prov
OF the canoe while the other with his
paddle gently and noiselessly lets the
canoe slid up to the big rocks and
around logs in deep water. where the
bass and catfish lie. The indian car
ries his gig uplifted and ready to
strike at any time.
With his face not six inches above
the water. his keen eyes scan the bot
tom, and he will locate bass or cat
fish lying partly under rock or log
that'would never be seen by the aver
age fisherman. The stroke of the
dexterous arm Is like lightning. and
in a flash the fish is speared through
and lifted into the boat.
There is no struggling to land him,
no excitement of winding i'll the line.
for the Indian hunts for game, and
not for sport
An Indian seldom misses his fish
when he throws the gig And his mo-
ton is SO perfect and his balance so
even that there Is scarcely tremor
in the boat. while the amateur Is more
likely to not only miss his fish two
feet. but stand on his head in the wat.
er besides.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-06-24
AuRpbacked Animals from Inc Land
Of The HIRd00s 10 RsjUv|.
nate Stock IN West.
BEASTS CHANGE SH|PsAT HAMBURG
Landed In New York by tho Pretoria
After Long Trip-Now a. quar-.
antine acknowledgements. Gather.
ed Them together After Great
Trouble in India.

q NEW YORK, June 23.-Browsing
Or doing the best substitute for it, In
the cattle pens OF the government
animal quarantine station, near Car
teret. ~ j., are forty sacred bulls
from India They arrived at this mort
last Saturday on the Pretoria. OF the
iHamburg-Amerlcan line. and their
mission is to elevate the American
branch Of the genus Bowls" to such
stage that Packingtown horrors ami
government inquiries Will be relc.
gated to the limbo OF the past
Down In Texas there is tradition
that twenty-five years ago solitary
male specimen of Inda's sacred ami.
NAL was brought to this country and
shipped South. and that the strain of
breeding in cattle in the Loan Star
state has been better ever since.
The newcomers are destined for
breeding purposes In Texas.
Alt took six months to gather the
lot together, the work being done I'M
der the supervision of DR.. Thompson,
OF the Agricultural Department i'm
Washington, who accompanied the an.
FINALS to this country. The bulls IRE
immune from the disease caused by
the fly pest, and are remarkably
clean In appearance, with their short
hair and the humps on their backs.
They came by sea from Bombay di.
rect to Hamburg. whence they were
tranb-shipped.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-06-24
A Gho,, s,ory.

Under the date OF March 9. 1906. the
Annual Register tells how butcher Of
Stretford, In Lancashire. had disap-
peared during then recent food and
how rumors spread that an apparition
had been seen near n certain local pool
Of water. Some gave 1t the form OF an
nncanny dog. others that OF an equally
mysterious man who uttered blood cur
ding yells. and 1t was told that, even
when nothing was seen. cattle refused
to drink ut the pond. and horses trem-
bled as they passed It. At last town
meeting decided to pump the pool dry.
1t wns done. and there. sure enough,
was the butcher.-London Chronicle.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-06-24
I PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.
Money. Wisely Expended Is Safely
and Probably Expended.

and Probably Expended.
BcautIiied utility Is never too costly.
Over and over again the cost benefits
Of public improvements have been
proved. defined. established. 1t is true
of public betterments OF a sanitary
character; 1t Is true Of public better
ments TINT look to commercial ad-
vancement: 1t Ia true Of public better
mcnts that have primarily an art val
ue. The practical and the ornamental
betterment nre alike In this-tliat mon
ey wisely expended, for good purposes
is safely and probably invested
The limitations OF expenditures for
civic betterment are of course very Oh.
vlous. The work undertaken must be
good in Itself and serve some good
purpose. Money expended for a worth
less filtration plant for example, Is
money worse than wasted. Money
spent for bad art is not always consid-
cred az go completely lost as money
that might be wasted for worthless
sanitary apparatus. Tho statue causes
no Ill health and may be avoided by
passing down the next street. while an
impure water supply brings death and
destruction to many helpless PERSONS
Homes and Garden.