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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-03-02

The Kaiser in his sports employs "all
the modern improvements"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-03-02

Mr.. Ng 10 the latest Chinaman to attacl
the exclusion law.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-03-02
HIGH CLASS DRUGGISTS
AND - OTHERS.


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formula
the
n
Figsan axaiv yan dha
many mii o annually the
=
on the front package
topidy habits
veeain n redy
of Syrup lie
immn
individual druggists to be found here maintain the dignity and
sometime o
full
be to
of
full the California
in one he wild
maon o
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a
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-03-02

A detailed description of some compilations
would make highly colored story.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-03-02
GOOD FOR 25c.

Send this coupon with your name
| and address and your druggists name
and lOc. in stamps or silver, and we
| will supply you sample free if you
have never used Mufps Anti-Belch
| Waters, and will also send you GER
| tifcate good for 25c. toward the pur-
chase of more Belch Waters. You will
find them invaluable for stomach trou-
| BILE; cures by absorption. Address
MULL's GRAPE Tonic Co., 1928 Sd
| Ave-, Rock Island, I'll.
Give Full Address and Write Plainly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-03-02

All druggists, Soc. per box, or by mail
upon receipt of price. Stamps accepted.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1906-09-05
stIte stisfeI-smnt ebreneeod@tmtb

Wenn man in China etnem befpn>
bers ebrli4sn, eetpiHenbaften unb
perbienitponen 8eamten feline Diners
fennurs beseuger min, 10 iiberrei4t
man ibm etnen gbrenfhirm. Sus
1T eetp0bnli9 Elm GROCER rpthsr
Sdirm aus Seibs, auf beFen lanseu
8Gnbern bic Narntn Der @eber pers
5ei6net finb. Dieter 8rau6 finbet
feline Grfldrung in benz &lima bes
2anees, in benz Der S9irm cine
srobe Rone fpielt.
Selt5amer 1T etne anbsre Site:
bab man fid BON benz Sdeibenben
elm paar alte Gtiefel erbittet, bic aum
Imbenten in benz Stabttborboeen
aufsebdnet perben. .Sn man9er dis
nsif9sn Stabt bdnsen unter benz
riefigen Stabttbprbpeen oft elm
Susenb paar ulte Stiefel, n~erftaubt.
ssrriHsn unb perf4rumpft. aum ans
bsnten IN trefflide 8eamte. @iel-
lei9t min Der 8rau9 befasen, bab
bic Na6folser zines tiidtigen Mans
mes bieielben Wese panbeln folen.
um fi9 bic Qiebe unb Mhtune bes
8plfes su ertperben, bamit ibre alien
@tiefel au4 gum etpisen 4naebenfen
unb gum leuhienben 8orbilb I'm
Stabttbprbosen a~ufgebdnst perben
fDnner.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1906-09-05

-yBieg SpIten ste effpd an mel,
men Worten 5peifeln. mein Serr9-
.@ott bepiite!!"
rQlfo = bin i4 freiq"
yWirben sic ii9 mod elm ipeniq
gebulben2"
v@ber i6 bab's eilig!"
Sd bin untroftli6, iebp9 49,"
rMsin 9srr!" ertIdrte @9ines, benz
bic Sale in's 8lut itisg. yMein Serr!
Sd erfu9s sic, mid freisuluFen, auf
Der Stene frsiauIafien. Sd babe CUTE
Sreunbe in Der Brefs, i9 min Sbnen
bas i'm 8oraus mittbeilen!"
Oie1e Wprte perpanoelten bic sSros
ME beg 5srrn SefretGrs IN beftigen
3prn.
r4b! 81. f.nnen SourndliIter! =
Sea f9Dn! Damn fasen sic bod biez
fen Sourndliiten, tie mD6tcn tOmmen
unb sic bon bier befreien! Rufen sic
tie bod CUR 9ilfe!l"
ISM Grnft, mein !Serr! sic beobz
iidtigen BOG ni4t etpa, mid bier gu
be6alten2"
rau.rbinss beabiidtise i'd bas!
sic tperben bier bleiben Biz CUR Ib>
l6iuns bes S9uBmanns 2ebru, Der
iiber 81. 4usfunft gu gsben bermag."
rSas lit ia cine f3Dne Sef8i9ts!~
rOas Irreitlotal itebt su Sbrer
@erfiisuns, fans sic ben @ufentbult
BARN m.iner @eIeqi6aft ppr5is6en."
M6ines goulain belt es fir seru>
then, ni6ts gu erpibern. Gr i9pi.g.
Gine Stunbe perflob, cine 5peite.
49iues fab mad Der nhr. sic sing
auf flint. Spnit tpar er um bieie
33eit f9pn Bel Isiner 6ruu. gr bo4te
baran, pel9 triiben, perapeifelten
@ebanten @b.Gaibe fi4 pbne 3peifel
binseben miifs.
@s i9lus 7 :1br. 9err &oulain.
ben Der 9unger gu qudlen bsganr+
tpaste cine Srase.
.46nnen sic mir pienei9t faeeu,
Db Serr Qebru balb fommen piro?"
rNein, bas tunn i9 Shnsn ntdt
fasen."
gine Weile fpGtsr Bat er bon
Neuem:
uSerr SefretGr, fDnnten sic nidt
mein. Sbentitdt f.ititellsn laHsng So
moline Rue bes petits : @hamps %
Sd mar breibis Sabre lang in Oisism
mferfeI 4
.Dasu babe ih feline 3eit. Wars
ten sic, Bis 2ebru beimfommt!"
I'm sebn l1br fam ein Sbeil Der
8eomten auriid. sic trugen bic
Spuren BON 9dmpfen on fi4 unb
bradt.n mebrere 4rretanten. Sic
melbetsn, Elm beftiser 3uiammenitOB
babe itattsefunben. Gtner bon linen,
3ebru, lei umseitoben, bon ben Ufas
nifeifanten nit Siiben g~etreten ppr'
ben, unb man bdtte i'm in febr bes
benflidem 3uitunbe in's Soipitul &c,
bro1t.
6err Rpulain purbe obnmG9tig ..
Gr blieb bic Nadt auf Der Poli5eis
made. Dim nGdtsn Morgen fam
Wabame R%oulain, gang IN Shrdnen
~aufgelDit, ibn bon bort u~b5rholen. @r
peronlaBte feline Yrebcumpasne, er
ftrengte feline 8lase an: Der 9err ST.
fr.tGr bate ibn poQitdnbis miirbe se'
ma4t.
Mber er befam bic @elbfu4t.
Die GutoritGt, bic er Biz babin in
i.insm Sauie senofen bate, lit pers
loren. Wsnl1 er ;sbt na9 benz Sriibs
tiid ben Wunfd bat, cine tlsine prOs
menabe gu MAIDEN. frdst er @oelaibe
um Hath:
r@laubH On, meine Sbeure, baB
i9 meinen Spa5iersans -.
Damn fiebt Nbelaibe na4 benz
Simm.l, mad benz Barometer. unb
ie nu9bem lie gutter ober i4ls9ter
2aune lit, ertbeilt ober pertpeisert tie
bic grlaubnib.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1906-09-05

8sre9nenD. prps (Sur
So9ter): nWas fdnt Dir elm, i4
tperb' Dir faufen d Bib for a9ts
taufenb Marf, tpenn i9 ba nod q
paar taufenb Wurt buau sebe. sa
iriesit f4on ben sanaen Muler iels
hs~i"
S9lasfertts. Qebrer
gum OberfDrfter): ~. Was tperben
sic aber fusen, 9err SberfDrffer,
penn sic zines Sases in Der 6Dne
aufpadeng1 Oberf6rfer: .Ha =
suten MOrse. e3err 2ebrer! tperb'
i9 buIt faaenJ@
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1906-09-05
ndbernb normal groBe Jtsur parrs.
Stein. nun derdbe rihti

Ho4SiitU hplHtui Ylpbc OtSul 9ulbC
Netn, nun gerabe ni9t!
gr febte feiasn Spaaiersans fort.
Nber bann fam Elm Wpment, pp
es ihm einfa9 unm0gli9 NOR, einen
S9rttt porpGrts su tbun. Gr ber<
fu6te umaufehren = ebenfo unrlDa=
li4. Wpbl ober libel muBte er uuT
Der Stele fteben bleiben. go per=
ftri6 cine babe Stunbe. 9err 49iqes
Rouldtn begann fi9 gu %lanspeilen
unb cine GENTLE Miibisfeit gu fpiz
rem. Wie LANCE fpiirbe er pohl mod
10 itehen miifen9
PlDbli9 nabte fi9 linn Der Retz
tungsensel in @eitalt zines 9Iters
Der Srbnung, Der bic Wenee 5iemli9
unIanft unb riidIidtslos tbeilte.
@dines rief i'm an unb fruste fe6r
hOfIi4:
vWirben sic pp6l bic 2iebens=
tpIrbigfeit baben unb mir babel be-
btlfli9 fein. nod benz seeeniiberlie=
gtnben Srottptr gu ~gelan9ens Cine
brinsli4e 4nselesenbeit ruff MIDI"
Der Munn bes @eieBes nidt.. Wez
MICE Sefunben fpGter bsfanb M9iles
fi9 auf benz 5abrbamm. gr hatte
= pbne iebsn triftisen @runb =
barauf ipetulirt, bab Die anbere Settle
bes 8oulebarbs tpeniger iibsrfiat fem
tpiirbe als bieie. Gr battle fi6 se<
tdufdt.
.Oas if aber pe6! MIein fomme
i9 tn biefem @etpiibl bod nidt FORT"
ertldrte er ieinem 2eibpG4ter. sd
tpdreSbnen fe6r p~erbunben, tpenn sic
mid Biz gu iener fleinen Iebenitrabs
bringen tpiirben."
rDas TT aud eerabe mein Wes,"
antpprtete Der 8eamk.
gr febte fdon einen SUP duf bas
geseniberliegenbe Srpttoir, oIs i'm
Elm Wadtmeiiter anrief:
r6e, 2ebrul"
n9err Wa9tmeifter! -. Sd mub
Sic leiber berlafen," panbte ii9 Der
8eamte gu Roulain. r4ber i9 perbe
f4on fir sic ....~
Gr ptntte einem g~onegen, einem
rotbbaarisen, unnatiirIi9 breiti9ult.=
rigen 3plpB.
.9eba! Salapinserbaus! sd
Dertraue Dir bteien GERM bier an.
Siibre ibn!"
@r ftiir5te bapon, gu feinem bereits
ltng~ebulbisen 8orsefebten, 70 bab
@Oultn nt9t 3eit fanb, ibm elm Wort
bes Santes gu fasen.
r&ommen Sie!" forberte G6lapins
serbaus uniern !9elben auf, nit sinem
Dialett, Der feinen StraBburser l1r>
fprung rur gu beutIi9 berrietb.
limb Ct babnte benz fleinen !9trrn
Rpulain cine breite paHase.
Sobalb Tie aus benz @eb-Gnse berz
aus paren, beaeiste 9err Hpulain
ibm in honisfiibem Zone feline Santz
bartlett.
Daniel" faste er gu S9lapinser>
baus, inbem er linn bic Sanb reidte.
Dante! = sic baben mir etnen
pirtliden Dienit eeleitet!"
nnb er po1te fi9 berabf9teben.
Mber bic Re9te S9lapinserbaus'
leste fia eetpi@tis auf feline S4uIter.
~@obing" fragte Der 9ebelmte.
nNa na4 9aufe, lieber Treuno!
= @ue bes petits : Champs"
sd CLAUDE pirflid, sic poIsn
fi4 in uner @emiitbsrube aus benz
Staube maden!"
rWie2~
.Ha, bprpGrts, bprtpGrts! Na4
Der Wa9e!"
rNa9 Der Wa9e2"
rSa."
rMarum2"
rOarum!"
uWorum aber2"
nMa4en sic hier feline HeDsnsar-
ten! Oas tpifen sic ia better aIs
i4!"
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1906-09-05

ten! Oas tpifen Sic ia better als
i9!"
.aGber i'd bite Sic! es it,"
v&eine Wiberrsbe! sic perf6Iim,
mern bamit nur SIRE Sadie"
rWas tbue i99"
sd fase, sic bsri9Iimmern nur
Sbre Sa9e."
Wiberftanb mare unniiB setpeisn.
!9err Npulain erJab ii9 alfo in iein
Sdidfal unb fOlste, iibrisens nur
mdbis beunrubist, benz 9iiter Der
Srbnung mad Der Wa4e.
Der Serr GommifGr mar bienfli4
abpefenb. On ieiner Stene nabm GER
SefretGr Serrf1 Houlain in gmpfang.
Diefer Setretdr mar beriibmt tpesen
feiner Grrosun5 unb feiner etplg
fdle4ten 2aune.
gr muiferte Germ @ouIain bon
oben Biz unten, mas Bel Der 9rDbe
besfelben ni6t LANCE bauerte, unb
fdrie, beppr Der Snboftirte au4 nur
Elm Wprt bate iasen fOnnen:
.S1meigen sic! 2afen sic ben
Beamten fprsden!"
S4lapinserbaus melbete:
,Oieier Mann tit mir BON 2ebru
~iberseben porben. 2ebru bat mir
sefast, i9 ion ibn fiihren."
rWas sat er berbrpAen2"
rDas pstB i9 ni4t. 4ber 2ebru
muB Is piHen, neil er mir sefast bat,
id ion i'm fiibren."
SUIT. Was buben sic 5u 81
rer @ertbibisuns pOr5ubrinseng"
fraste Der SefretGr in trodenem Some
9errn Moulatn.
2G1elnb t-pb biefes gmpfanses,
nit einem getpiHen sutmiithigen 9ms
NOR, eradblte 9err Roulain fetn Wib<
sddid.
Der Sefretdr bDrte ibn an, obne
cine Miene au peraieben. Mls Rou=
lair, seenbist bate, blinaelte Der 9err
SefretGr perf4mttt NIT ben @useu
unb fogte in irrnti4em Sone:
sd srdtuIire Sbnen, metn 9err!
Gh beifben ptel phantaiie!"
The Washington times., 1906-04-30
CLEVELAND CHAIRMAN
OF JAMESTOWN BOARD
Former President at Head of Exposi-
tion Advisory Committee of
One Hundred.

NORFOLK. Va, April 30-An-
nouncement is made that former Pres
ident Cleveland has accepted the posi-
uon as chairman OF the board Of ad-
vlsers OF the jamestown Exposition.
The advisory board consists Of 100
persons in the United States. promi-
neut in their respective professions
Among the army and navy advisers
are Admiral Dewey and General Chat
fee Nicholas Murray Butler and
Woodrow Wilson are those who repre-
sent education" Melville w. Fuller Is
one OF tho advisers representing law"
Well-known newspaper men are
among those selected as advisers on
literature They include Henry
WatteIson. Louisville Courier-JOurnal. {.
John Temple Graves. Evening
GeOrg an. Atlanta. Ga: J. 3. Shale
president Publishers Press; Frank 3.
Noyes, president Associated Press;
Whitelaw Reid and L. +. Holden.
Cleveland Plain Dealer. Capital and
labor are represented by Thomas F.
Ryan. Cyrus II. Mccormick. Samuel
Gompers. and John Mitchell.
The Washington times., 1906-04-30
What S in a Name?

1t is TO be noted with some con-
cern that the Carnegie Institute in
Pittsburg is exciting itself unduly
over the fact that a beer has been
named for it, has been put upon the
market and is being drunk-doubt-
less more extensively on account of
the free advertising il is getting
by Pittsburgers and others of both
sanity and sinful ives.
The beverage is called Tech" a
nickname, to be sure, but still sufi-
ciently explicit to reflect what the
powers that be of the institute be-
lieve to be discredit. upon the school.
Stern talk of reprisals is made. but
thus far the scholastic fulminations
have not hit anyone in particular.
After all, what does a name sig-
Nifty for evil, even if it be borrow
ed? New England's most venerable
college has had to stand as god
The Washington times., 1906-04-30
CURIOUS USES on TIMBER.

In the Telling Of the giant rcdwoOds
for timber tons upon tons of the foot
thick bark would accumulate as a re-
suit Of the cutting up Of the giants. II
was often found seriously in the way
interfering with the removal of the logs:
otherwise II would have been allowed to
remain OF the ground until IL rotted. So
there was nothing TO do but burn the
unsightly heaps
But one day a shrewd Connecticut
Yankee named Atkinson, a wood turner
by trade, began TO think about this
waste a bit and IN the course of time
had produced a whole variety OF useful
articles from the hitherto wasted bark,
dubbed il '.atkinsos' or vegetable as
beStOs, and made an honest living for
years tberef-om- The industry spread
and now redwood bark articles are-in
fact, always have been-common prop
erty for anybody TO make in the West
or East
Almost all Pacific State homes have
examples in their rooms of the useful
articles made from this bark Some Of
these redwood bark articles are pin
cushions, pen wipers, table mats, bath
room nonabsorbent mats. fishing floats,
temporary corks, life buoy filing, cork
Jackets, cold storage insulation, house
Sheathing., heat insulation, moisture.
proof match safes. bicycle handles, chair
seat mats. silk har brushes, sOund-dead-
ening insulation. mattress filings, cork
carpet substitute.
Curious natural brushes are produced
from one of the palmetto species on
our Southern coasts. The .'bristles'' o..
the brush and the solid wood portion
hereof are all one. The brushes are made
n two ways. These are cut off close
up to the trunk, which is sawed OF
about an inch up and the slab is cut
up into simple brushes for tbe bath.
toilet. ha1r. etc. Another couple of inch,
es viii be Sawn off the trunk. well soak
ed and the pithy wood Jagged ont fFom
between the dbers by a crude kind OF
steel or jagged comb.
These curious natural made brushes
are only locally known and are occa-
sionally sold 10 tourists. They are un-
known to commerce in the American
brush trade. They are possibly the
longest-lived brushes eXtant.-Scientific
American
The Washington times., 1906-04-30
ELoCUTIoN AGAIN IN VOGUE.

The business OF teaching elocution
which dwindled down 10 almost nothing
4 decade or 50 ago. is now having and
for some time has been having a sort
Of revival. which observers ascribe TO q.
curious cause
When the theater-at least that part
OF II which lies on the other side Of the
fO0tnghtS-WaS an unknown ground
and place Of mystery to the rank and
nle elOCuUiOn was considered a uecpS-
sary part Of the finishing education
OF most young women. and IL was an
unfortunate E1rl. indeed. who could not
reclte "Curfew Must Not Ring To-
night or some such thriller with all
the proper tones and infections care
fully placed Then the stage and the
intimate private life OF its people be
gan 70 be exploited by the newspaper,
assisted by the press agents. This re-
suited in the discovery Tnat eJ0cutiOn
though needed accomplishment of the
actress, was. compared with other
things. so small a help along her path
way 10 shining success that the hone
OF achieving fame that way was seen to
be nlusive and the teachers Of eiocu-
tion began to disappear.
Then came the women's clubs and
the national conventions Of women
workers in this or that field. and il i'm
mediately became apparent that even
IN the regular school course elOcutfou
had fallen into neglect No one now
wanted 10 'recite poetry or tear passion
10 tatterS. but women who desired 10
make speeches found they couldn't DO
It, their voices wouldn't reach or their
breath wouldn't last or their tongues
would persist in tripping and thew
sought the professional eiOcutionist
He was principally conspicuous by his
absence at first. but he specially an
peared in response TO this new demand
and is now numerous once more He
doesn't teach exactly the same things
in exactly the same way as he did be-
fore but he is more servfceable than
The Washington times., 1906-04-30
Business GrOwth ShOwn
By Call for Paper Money
Increase of Twenty Per Cent in United States
Notes of all Denominations Over
Number Issued Last Year.

remarkable illustration Of the
growth Of business in the United States.
as indicated by the demands for money.
is afforded In the executive document
recently sent TO Congress from the
Trea sury Department. bearing on the
estimates for engraving money for the
Government the coming year. The
Treasury Department finds that there
will be need for about 20 per cent more
new money the coming year than in 1905.
Paper money. II may be explained, is
engraved In sheets; each sheet contain
ing four bills. The last annual estimate
was for AZ, i2o. 900 OF these sheets. or over
1872 100000 separate bills Of all denomina-
tions, covering silver and gold certih-
Gates and United States notes; and
S6.500,0O0 sheets OF national bank notes.
or 26.ooO,000 individual notes. This time
Treasurer Treat demands facilities for
producing 5i120OJ0 sheets Of gold and
silver certificates and Treasury notes,
and S.J00o00 sheets OF national bank cur
rency; that is. about 204. 500. 900 notes OF
the one class and 34.OOO,OO0 Of the other
This is an extremely large annual in
The Washington times., 1906-04-30

Representative Pollard of Ne
braska is going to demand that the
money heretofore spent on free
seeds be used hereafter to promote
cooperation between the National
Department OF Agriculture and the
state experiment stations. The idea
IS good. This experiment station
work has proved, Beyond all doubt.
ITS practical usefulness. 1t returns
nlS dividends on the investment
The free seed business has done
NOBODY any good. If it is neces-
sary to spend this money for the
benefit of the farmer, let it be
spent so it will benefit him.
The Washington times., 1906-04-30

1t is reported that the House
standpatters have arranged for the
suppression of the proposal to ad-
init building materials free of duty
for the reconstruction or San Fran
cisco. Well, they can probably have
their way If they insist; but here's
guessing that if they do, the earth
quake shock will lead to more vio-
lent disruption of Dingley schedules
than 1t did of San Francisco streets.
and will shake down some tariff
walls that are higher than the tall
est skyscraper that overlooked the
Golden Gate.
The Washington times., 1906-04-30
NEEDN'T WORRY.

The birth rate gives impartial evi-
dence Of the social condition OF a coun-
try. and a declining birth rate marks
the growing well-being of its people.
says the Nineteenth Century The
birth rate does not indicate within even
approximate accuracy the growth of
population. The birth rate declines with
the death rate.
However great the bir-h rate Of an
old. settled country may be. the natural
increase of population-that is the diff
ference between births and Deaths
does not. on ten-year average, exceed
Is per 1000 of population.
IL is very remarkable that the birth
rate all over Europe eliminated in 1876.
and. except in Russia. has declined
Ip twelve of the fifteen countries OF
Europe (Russia not included the birth
rate eliminated in the year 1876, ana
also TO within fraction In the other
three.
In that year the birth rate varied
(per 1000 of the population from 26.2
in France to 46-3 in Hungary. while the
natural increase Of pOpUlatiOn-the diff
ference between the births and deaths
varied only from So in France to 15.4
in England. In Hungary, which had
the highest birth rate (46-3) the natural
increase was only S.3. showing how un-
safe IL is to estimate the growth of
population by the births alone.
The close interdependence OF the birth
rate and the death rate is very clearly
shown by comparing the births and
de Iths when the birth rate was highest
ard again when 1t was lowest. IN 1875
tn. birth rate in the fifteen European
countries averaged 353 per 1000. and
the death rate 23.7 per 1000 The aver
age natural increase was thus 11.6 per
1000.
In 1903 the average births had fallen
TO 29-S, and the deaths 10 1S.4, making
the average increase of population II 4
per 1.0o9 Thus. while the birth rate
fell 15l1 per cent, the natural increase
declined ia per cent.
The Washington times., 1906-04-30

father 10 beer and cigars. Our gen
tie poets and amiable philosophers
might, were they to return to earth,
behold their distorted and highly
countenances decorating the
covers of boxes of ''two-fers' or
cans of clam chowder. Yet their
fame is by no means dimmed among
the htterateurs, and their books
still sell in whole sets.
We urge our friends OF Carnegie
Institute to take heart of grace.
How much worse, had the alcoholic
refreshment been Scotch whisky.
The Washington times., 1906-04-30
ROYAL DIVORCE LOOMS
UP IN SPANISH COURT
Ferdinand of Bavaria Drinks to Excess
and Beats His Wife, King
Alfonso's Sister.

MADRID, April 3O.-From authorita-
tive sources IL is learned that there is
a strong probability OF q royal divorce
here in the near future.
The marriage of Prince Ferdinand of
Bavaria and Maria Theresa. King AL
fonso's sister, has turned out badly. it
is stated, and Prince Ferdinand is con-
stantly drinking TO excess. giving rise
&c scandals.
He also. it is alleged, insults and
strikes Maria Theresa
The Queen mother of Spain is greatly
upset over the state of affairs and has
asked Prince Ferdinands father TO
come to Spain for the purpose OF try
ing 10 induce his son to return. If he
is unsuccessful a divorce will likely
follow.
The Washington times., 1906-04-30
Public or Private?

No country in the world has such
possibilities of internal navigation
as the United States; first, in the
great lakes, whose possibilities are
developed; second, in the great
rivers, whose potentiaIItIes are yet
only partly developed. Hundreds of
millions have been substantially
wasted under pretense of improv-
ing unimportant rivers and creeks,
and at the very moment when plans
are making for another huge ex-
penditure of this sort, Congress is
giving away TO a private corpora
ton the franchise for building the
Lake Erie and Ohio river canal.
We venture that no other great
country would permit such a work
20 be done and owned by n private
company. 1t should by all means
be public property, the more so as
1T is expected TO influence trans
portation rates by rail. Canals gem
orally have fallen into control of
the railroads, and are suppressed
as competitive factors. This cne,
sooner or later, will have the same
experience if it is built and oper-
ated as a private enterprise.
The whole notion of spending mil
lions of public money on rivers, but
Of refusing anything for artificial
waterways TO connect these rivers,
is utterly wrong. The lakes carry
a stupendous trade. So does the
Ohio. Connecting these two sys-
TENS by an adequate canal would
be of immense Importance as a
means to regulating and develop
ing trade. But leaving this con-
Meeting link in private control is
most dangerous.
Why should Uncle Sam spend
hundreds of millions to build a
canal at Panama, for the benefit of
world trade, and MS tens of mil
lions for the impro cement of Squee-
dunk creek and Pcduni6 inlet, but
leave TO private capital the tre-
mendous power that viii go with
control of this canal from the Ohio
to the lakes? Why is the upper
Mississippi practically abandoned by
Congress. and falling INTO disuse as
factor in commerce?
This country must have cheap
transit for its low-class freights. or
it cannot compete with countries
/ that have. Germany builds govern
ment caLals, to parallel govern
ment railroads, because canals can
haul many things cheaper than rail
roads possibly can, Cost of trans
Portation enters into the price of
all products. The country that has
cheapest internal ,ransportatiou
will in time have great advantage in
world markets. England, France,
Germany, are working for this; the
United States is spending money
trying to get it. Why not make the
next river and harbor bill a begin
ming toward new policy of getting
the worth Of the money?