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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-01-26
Timber wolf Caught in Indiana.

indianapolis hunters, armed with
bird shot intended for the elusive
quail, came across three wolves on
the farm of John Oursley,. about
thirty miles from Indianapolis, yes
terday. BY strategy they captured
one of the animals, a timber wolf
as large as a setter dog.
]. c. Clark and Jack Abrams sight
ed the wolves on the Oursley farm
and they went after them, thinking
they were large foxes. Two of the
animals were some distance away
and they scampered over the hills
and escaped. The third wolf was
chased by Clark's setter dog, and
the wolf, after mile run, took refuge
in a hollow log. 1t held the setter
at bay until the hunters came up.
It was desired to capture the ami
NAL alive and, still thinking it fox
one of the men went after Oursley,
a blanket and an axe. A hole was
chopped in the top of the log and
a small stick was used in prodding
out the wolf 1t finally ran out of the
end of the log and Abrams fell on 1t
with the blanket. A lively fight fol-
lowed, and the three men finally over
powered the animal by choking it.
They then tied and muzzled it Sc
curely.
During the fight the men realized
for the first time that they were
struggling with a strong wolf and not
a fox. The wolf was placed in
wagon and brought to the city. Clark
said he would attempt to save the
animals life and keep it as a pet
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-01-26
! TWENTIETH CENTURY SER
MON

MON
Don't hurry 80. There's time, my
friend,
To get the work all done;
Before the world comes to its end
Just take some time for fun.
What's all our living worth, unless
We've time enough for happiness?
Don't furry so. Just wait keep cool!
Your plans are all upset?
All, well the world whir'- on by rule
And things will straighten yet,
Your furry and your fret and fuss
Just make things hard for all of us.
Don't worry so. It's sad, of course,
But you and l and all
Must with the better take the worse,
And jump up when we fall
oh, never mind what's going to be,
To-day's enough for you and me.
New York Times.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-01-26
MoNoToNY OF BRITISH COOKING.


Course Ends Only in Disaster.
Those who have eaten a great many
English things will fully appreciate
the American girls structures on the
British table. After her observations
on tea, she remarks:
AS to the other details of English
diet, the American girl felt, after
eight weeks experience, that mono
tony was it's chief characteristic. Be-
ing adaptable, she had not minded
personally, but she fully appreciated
the grumbling of her fellow-Ameri-
cans. English food is more than sub
stantial, it is solid, and It never
varies. It must be infinitely easier
to run an English house than an AM
erican one, since it seems necessary
only to supply a sufficient quantity OF
food and the man of the house will
not complain that he had this or that
dish yesterday or the day before, or
the day before that From his youth
up he expects to have repetition, and
probably would be resentful if he did
not have it.
Any attempt of the American to
break up the established course only
results in disaster, and it is the part
of wisdom in England to begin the
day with marmalade and end it with
cheese, as all good English folk DO.
Even in lodgings, when complaisant
lady inquiries, What will you have
for breakfast" the invariable ans
wer should be Fish," or Ham and
eggs" Marmalade and toast or rolls
will appear as matter of course. TO
be sure, one may substitute cofee
for tea, but one is more fortunate
who takes tea, for the English coffee
is a poor thing even in the best
places, and in others it is an abomina-
ton.
The eating of fresh fruit for break
fast is an American practice that is
not favored in England. 1t is PCS
sibae to get it, but it is not easy,
and it is expensive. After week
or two Of insistence, one will usual
ly fall back upon marmalade or jam,
much as she may detest Sweets for
breakfast"
There seems to be little dtscrimina-
ton made in England between ham
and bacon. To order one seems quite
likely to result in getting the other.
In fact, the American girl saw very
little of what is in her country call
ed ham served for breakfast. Eggs
almost always meet expectation,
hn
for them in the American boarding
house.
To be served with fish at am Am
erican breakfast table more than once
a week is a rarity. 1t seems a staple
in England The absence of hot
breads is, perhaps, the most difficult
thing for an American to endure. Al
ways at home he has hot rolls, muf-
fins, gems, biscuit, or some such
thing, often with the addition of
special course of batter cakes, serv-
ed with butter and maple syrup. The
English seem to eat even their toast
cold, or nearly so, and to get on with
out any ether pretence to hot bread.
Luncheons, likely to be poor in all
parts of the world, are only shade
worse in England than in America.
An Englishman cam take his cold cut
every noon; an American demands
variety and housekeepers have to ex-
ercise great ingenuity in Disgusting
the remnants of the previous days
dinner, and in inventing new dishes
that are not too expensive.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-01-26

Nothing pleased Frederick the Great
of Prussia more than the present
of giant or two to add to his req
ment of tall men,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-01-26

King Philip vi of Spain a
dwarfs, and many dimin9
ments of humanity were
his birthdays
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-01-26

We observe a general concensus of
opinion that Mark Twain's message
was much more entertaining than the
Presidents, observes the Boston
Globe
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-01-26

Certainly, hazing should be rooted
up at Annapolis, if all four of the
classes there have to be kicked out
and brand new start made. Better
so than tnat young ruffians should
defy the authority of the United
States, avows the Boston Journal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-01-26

Since one of the fraternity has won
the hand of the Presidents daughter,
the baldheaded men may take heart,
cheerfully remarks the Baltimore
Sun.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-01-26

Madrid is at last to have large
and first-class hotel.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-01-26

The United States now buys more
diamonds yearly than any other ma
ton, states the Boston Transcript.
This is interesting, and possibly due
to the fact, that larger proportion OF
our youthful male population feels
the necessity of becoming engaged
with a real diamond engagement ring
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-01-26

It is hard to understand now any
tradesman could nave been taken in.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-01-26

A feature of our iron and steel
trade during recent weeks has been
the temperance of the United States
as buyer, on scale sufficiently
large to be noticeable. These orders
are the outcome of the extraordinary
activity of the American trade, says
Engineering, the demand being SO
great that the country's own mills are
unequal to it.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-01-26

The only way in which to reform
football is to stop playing it, and then
play another game with the same sort
of ball, declares the World today.
Just what that can be which ought to
replace the present melee we call a
game, we leave to the experts to de-
eide. But of one thing we can be rea-
sonably assured, the new sport should
be one which will not require the
services of doctors, the maintenance
of hospitals and the celebration of fu-
nerals.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-01-26


in value. After he had possessed him
self of about 5000 he found that the
country was as we'll supplied with
them as ever. While he had been
busy collecting them modern Maria
Theresa dollars made in Germany
were being imported by the thousand.
The result was that the coin fell in
value, and the too astute chief lost
nalf his wealth.
The Russian Government corners
its own coins. Every year it minis
a limited number of bronze coins of
the nominal value of one-quarter 20
peck, in English value one-six-
teenth of a penny AS these coins
are practically not in circulation only
a few are issued. The remainder are
sold by the mint authorities at about
double their value for use as card
counters.
Birmingham boasts the only man
who corners bad coins. This gentle
man has a unique collection of false
money. Some years ago he issued a
notice to various trades people that
he would give one-quarter of the NOM
inal value for certain specimens of
counterfeit coins which might have
Oeen passed upon them. He now pos
sesses several thousand, some so like
good money that the fraud is not per-
ceptible; some SO clumsily made that
Bisbee daily review., 1906-08-12
COPPER.

We think the article appearing in the market letter of Messrs. A. l.. Baker & Company, a prominent New York Stock Exchange house in Chi cago, is of particular interest to all copper share investors. The article Is entitled "The New Business Ba- rometer," and is as foliows:--
 Copper, like iron, has become in respects an indicator of prosperity. This is so by reason of the growth of the electrical industries. Gauged by this barometer, the industrial situa- ton is regarded as safe for at least six months. The capacity of the fac tories producing copper wire, rods and nickel alloys are being driven to the limit by their customers; the demand for brass fittings used in building is , unprecedented. The chief selling agent of a big copper, brass and pickel concern informs us that the consump- tion of these products is now on a scale never before approached. Custo1 mers who bought rods in 2000-pound lots last year buy 25,000 pounds at a time, The demand is so strong and immediate delivery so urgently re- quired that the business is being cone on practically spot-cash basis.
 During the eleven months ending
Bisbee daily review., 1906-08-12

parently be able to make its copper at cost of cents per pound.
 There is now good prospect that the $1 assessment on Helvetia stock. which is due the 10 ih inst. will be followed as soon as needed by a call of s4 or S5 per share additional, and that the railroad. smeiter and other required will be provided within a very brief period. This should enable the company to earn and pay dividends that will give its stock an investment value of S25 to $50 per share. I firmly believe that this result will be accomplished with in little more than a year, and thertfore urgently advise the pur~ chase of Helvetia stock at present prices. It impresses me as one of the most attractive mining speculatious that has ever come to my attention.
 The low quotations made on the stock this week undoubtedly repre- sents the last of the selling by those who do not wish to either pay the coming assessments or give an option on their stock to Paine. Webber & Co. After this selling Is over the floating supply of the stock will be very small. The fact thai negotia- tions are underway to sell a large block of the cc>>pany's stock to some leading copper interest should make strong demand for the little that Is now available at low prices.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-08-12

slender steel towers in sight in every direction. There are over 400 wind mills in the city of Merida alone When first commenced my windmill cru sade every windmill in the entire coun-
 try was a wooden affair from Belgium or France. On every side and at all
 times rose creaking cries from wooden sheaves. badly working shafts, and rat ting wings. Now not a single wooden
 windmill can be seen-all are steel
 n'ills. Three companies afs strongly competing. and as they are all Ameri- can 1 am content
 On certain other iron products, not
 ably that of portable rails, am not
 so well pleased with the results of our efforts. Yucatan consumes annually a very large amount of these portable
 rails, and ought 10 be able to buy
 them of the Unittd States, as she does
 almost all of her standard and narrow guage rails. Despite all my efforts for several years and scores of per scnal letters. I have not yet been able 10 record single case where a United
 States mill has successfully competed
 with the Decauvilies of France and
 Germany. The Yucatan exports for 1905 con sisted of 597, ,2S9 bales of sisal fiber,
 valued at $29, 9,625.430 Mexican, S117,- | 300 worth of skins, and SlS,200 cf
 chicle. During the last ten years the single product of sisal has produced
 the enormous sum of s297 900 Mexican | silver, as income to the State and peo- pie. New cattle ranches are ppripg- | ing into existence and the exportation
 of hides and hair will become of more 1 importance. Chicle is the milky sap
 of the sapote tree and is used for
 ed more from the adjacent territories than from Yucatan.
 The State is progressing in educa- 1 tion and modern things of life Out of
 a State budget of little over s2.77G, GOO the public school appropriation vas nearly s300,000. The State hos pital and the State penitentiary are
 newly built public institutions, on which no expense has been spared to | make them model institutions uf the kind for this climate. The latest ap- | rliances and adequate facilities have been secured. Private bequests have
 also built other semi-public hospitals. The wealthier class of Yucatan are great travellers, and make many trips | to New York, London, Paris, Vienna, | and other centers. From thi, familiar i ity with the world there comes great
 gCod to the general progress, ani hen l cfits even these who have remained at ! home.
 1 Mir. Thomrson's report is replete in
 historical, geographical. sociological, and climatic information concerning Yucatan. revealing his intimate knowl-
 edge and years of research along these
 lines. The report can be consulted at
 the Bureau of Manufactures. He be- lieves that in time the ancient ruins
 of great stone structures, pyramids.
 massive palaces, etc, will attract the
 interest of the tourist as much as these of Italy or Egypt.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-08-12
MINER KILLED.
Accidentally Shot by Mexican ccwooy
 at Arivaes in Pima County.

News reached Tucson f q ki',irc at Arivaca. seventy miles 5oIth Cf that city, in the southern part of the cour- tv. Bill Spivey, miner, was killed by Manuel Rodrigues. a vaouero.
 The report stated that the killing was a murder. but a letter received by Constable Birkenfeld from Justice Farrell. at Arivaca. gave the informa- tion that the killing was accidental. .- Spiyey is a brother-in-law of Con- stable Birkenfeld. He was 24 years cid. and leaves a wife and four small children
 According to the letter, Spivey 8o- drisuez. and another man went out target shooting with p caliber rifles at Asizava. Spivey shot first and Rodriguez last.
 Just as RodregueZ was shooting. Spivey ran forward to see how close let struck. him just behind the left ear and shattered bone.
 He WIS picked up unconscious, and carried into a store. Dr. Ball, who lives on 8 ranch about fifteen miles from Ariyaca. was summoned. He advised taking Spivey to Tucson in the hope of saving his life. A wagon was fitted up as an ambulance. and the start was made with the injured man. He died while the party were halting at the Cerro Colorado mine en route. without having regained consciousness
Bisbee daily review., 1906-08-12

May l, the United States exported
 nearly 425, 5000 GOO pounds of manufac-
 tured copper, about 15.o00.oo0 pounds
 of brass, and nearly 100. .000,0 900 pounds
 of copper ores and matte for smelting,
 making a total value of more than S0.0o0.000. We imported about $31, ,000,-
 GOO worth of unmanufactured copI CT and brass. In addition, we exported electrical apparatus and machinery amounting to 100000. It appears, therefore, that copper and its products constituted considerably more than
 , 1-2 per cent of the total value Of our
 merchandise exports for the year ended June 30. Iron and steel products exported for the same period make
 total of about $147 300, 900, or about 1-2 per cent of the pears total; thus
 copper is well entitled to share with iron the distinction of being true barometer of prosperity"
Bisbee daily review., 1906-08-12
CATCH-SUNDAY
 MODERN YucATAN.
"A Country of Wealth, Improvements,
 and Great Commerce


 Consul Edward H. Thompson. of Pro- greso, writes that probably not one In a thousand of the general public know of the existence of the Mexican State of Yucatan. Even American merchants and manufacturers only know it as a region whence comes almost all the sisal fiber, and that it is a point to which much merchandise is sent But the consul shows Yucatan to be land of modern civic and commercial life and of expanding trade with the world. as some of the points from his excel lent report will exhibit:
 Ycatan, fifty years ago one of the DC crest of the Mexican States. has become one of the richest. Merida, the capital. has well paved streets. well lighted and well cared for by a corps of white wings" Well built homes. some of them actual palaces, and all clean and newly painted. line the streets far into the country A well built system of mule cars extends all oN CT the city and Is an important fac tor. in the growth, of the city. On the north and west. where the city is growing most rapidly, are the pictur- esque and prosperous colonies of It. zimma and San Cosme, where some of the wealthy families have their sum- mer villas. Merida has three prosper. ous banks. high standard male and fe- male colleges, 35 public schools. night schools, complete State law school, and a successful State school of medi- cine, which for years was presided over by Dr. J. NJ. Tappan, Harvard graduate.
 Merida commercially drains the pro- ducts of and furnishes supplies to an area of 50,000 miles of territory. with 100000 inhabitants. The natives are becoming large factor in the con- sumption of imported articles. The families have sewing machines. furni- trre. and portraits, the latter enlarged in the United States, and these peo- pie are well worth catering to. Extensive Imports-Severe Strain on Packages.
 Progresc. the port of entry. is a sea town. with wharves and warehouses, the former being well built structures of wood and iron extending 500 to 1500 feet into the Gulf Owing to open road stead and the shelving sea floor. the regular steamers and larger merchant men lie at anchor some distance out, cften miles. requiring a large number of lighters for transport of merchan- disc to the wharves and in return to carry out the bales of hemp.
 Transference of goods from a ships hold and tackle to a lighter bottom, from wharf to railway station. and thence irto cars tends to breakage Hence it is we'll to pack too strong rather than to pack too light, and pack well" As railroads now extend in Yucatan to nearly all places where goods are called for, there is no further need to pack in small sizes. The packing end casing, however. must be extra strong to cope with the unload ing in heavy sea into a swaying,
Bisbee daily review., 1906-08-12
heaving lighter. which is often tn,

heaving lighter. which is often the case.
 Progreso is really a city of agents whose principals reside and do busi- ress in Merida. Through three firms
 (names of which can be secured from the Bureau of Manufactured pass all the imports and exports of Yucatan. The principal imports for the calendar year 1905 were machinery and hard ware, including railway supplies. corr. -four, and hay. lumber, groceries. in cluding ribbons, thread, and the finer cloths, felt and straw hats, wines and liquors. During the calender year 1904 the total value of exportation from Iucatan reached the sum of s32.000- 900 Mexican. Of this considerable sum about 75 per cent, or $24.000.000, filters cut of the country again. of which four-fifths is in payment of i'm ported materials. one-tenth is used in impost duties and payments of inter est. and one-tenth. or over s2,000,00O. is spent by the people of Yucatan in , travel abroad.
 Inasmuch as the United States con snmes 95 per cent of the total output of Yucatan It would seem that our
 country should supply 95 per cent of the imports. but domestic claims and competition here steps in. The other States of Mexico supply cotton cloth from the Puebla and Vera Cruz looms, cattle from Tabasco and Tampico, corn from Guauajuato. bottled beer Of good quality from the great breweries of orizaba. Toluca. and Monterey
 Shoes. sugar. rum and tobacco. both iu leaf and manufactured, come from Vera Cruz and other States. Twenty years ago most of these articles were imported from the United States and the foreign countries. Each year finds the national competition keen and able on new articles-an index of Mexico's progress.
 But the United States looms up big in the commercial horizon with her 45 Der cent share of Yucatan's entire imports. Other foreign countries are prominent in specialties. as France with her wines. Belgium with her rails. etc. Great Britian with engines and general merchandise, with Spain next in rank. To keep Up our commerce with Yucatan We must devote decided attention to :he most vulnerable points. As Yucatan produces but fit
 t!c else than sisal, she uses much pre- served meat, vegetables, fruits. and other canned goods, and the market is capable of great expansion. Gamer
 ies are now at work at various points ! in Mexico, but as vet do not seem to
 make much impression on the Yuca- tan market. American canned goods should be able TO hold their own here for many years. The demand is in creasing: where enc can of preserved fruit or meat was eaten ten years ago, ten are now consumed
 In machinery the United States has
 a great purchaser in Yucatan. Twenty years ago English machinery, engines, and biolers were seen nearly as often as were those of American make. Row
 the American foundry and factory pro ducts are more in evidence. In the mater of windmills also a good show i ing has been made. That Yucatan is a windmill country is evident by lookiD g from a housetop, with the graceful,