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over 60 per cent III excess OF that of
the Kaiser Wilhelm. For the past nine
years Germany has held the Blue
Riband of the Atlantic, but It is conf
IDENTITY expected that In few months
time that coveted and laudable dlstlnc-
ton will revert to the British mercan-
tile marine.
AS an illustration of the immense
size Of the new steamer, it may be men
toned that down each of her four huge
tunnels two passenger locomotives
could run abreast. Excluding the hold
OF course, she has eight decks, and has
accommodation for $50 first, 800 see
ond, and 1900 Storage passengers. while
her crew Will number S0O-a total Of
8.15O persons. The vessel has four pro
pellers driven by turbines. The boilers
are twenty -tiye in number, with 10.
furnaces. She Will be lit by 1900 elec-
trio lights.
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PACKING LAWS LACKING.
Secretary Wilson Says Those Not Doing
Interstate Commerce Business Are
Still Bane to Public,

WASHINGTON, ID. c.. July 2i.-
Secretary Wilson will issue the new
packing house rules in a few days lie
says these rules will restore information.
al confidence in the American packing
industry.
IF the people of this country" added
IN" secretary, want to be assured that
the meat that goes into the homes from
establishments doing a purely state and
local business is clean and wholesome,
they should enter upon crusade. ! am
poWcrlcss 10 act. Quite recently | went
through some of these houses and found
them in a nasty, filthy condition, and in
some cases using diseased animals. It
IS my one regret that the federal law
does not reach them"
LONDON, july 21.-Ncwspapcr3 hc.e
report that number Of Chicago meat
packers contemplate opening packing
houses and warehouses in this country.
They add that sites in Lancashire aud
London are being inspected, but 10
names are mentioned.
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DREYFUS GETS CROSS.
Impressive Ceremony of Restoration
Takes Place Where He Was Dis
graCed Twelve Years Ago.

PARIS, July 2l.-ln the presence of
a distinguished military asscmblagc Mai.
Alfred Drcyfus, wearing the full uni
form of his rank, today received the
cross of Chcvalicr Of the Legion of
Honor
The ceremony, which occurred IN the
court yard of the military school was
rendered doubly impressive by being held
on the very spot where the buttons and
gold lace We're stripped off his uniform
and his sword broken twelve years ago.
The public was vigorously excluded.
tol. large, who made the recent discoy-
trleS at the war office leading To the re-
hearing of the case against Dreyfus and
his acquittal was in charge
Gen. Gillian, accompanied by mum.
Der Of army officials, entered the circle
with trumpets and drums sounding. The
general attached the decoration to Mai.
lpreyluS' breast and feliCitatCd him on
his we'll earned honor The major re-
pIed briefly, expressing his acknowledge
mtnts. The ceremony was over in five
minutes, the general, Mai. Drcyfus and
the army officials retiring amid the dip
ping of flags and a roll of drums
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THE ROMANCE OF RICE.
Makes Land Ten Times as Valuable-A
Get Rich Nmck Crnn

Here is another Of Uncle Sans ro-
manccs. At least it reads like romance,
though il is true tale
Il is about rice; also about A. l.. Bor-
dem who in 1900 was manager of a big
cattle ranch in southern Texas. There
were thousands of acres of it which, as
pasture land, were worth only about 81
an acre.
Mr.. Borden had heard that over in
Louisiana, on just such land, they were
raising rice so he took day off aud
went over to Lake Charles to see Or.
Knapp, president of the Nice association.
When he came home says the Review
of Reviews, he had government bulletins
several sacks of fat Japanese seed and
had ordered his machinery That spring
he put 100 acres into rice.
In October Borden found that TIA" quar-
ter section had cost him only about SO
an acre To work, aud his crop averaged
seventeen barrels of rice m acre. which
he sold for - barrel So au acre,
He was soon rich man.
The next fall he sold 100000 acres OF
land to embryo rice planters ut from -
to 500 an acre and rented lot more.
Sy 1904 DO 800 acres along the const
rivers Of Texas had been planted. The
boom was ON,
The moral is not merely sectional.
West of Texas the air is too arId Tor
such "A moisture loving crop, north of
the ohio river it is too cold; but in level
river lowiauds from Illinois 10 Louls-
ANA: from New York state to FLORIDA,
there are 9lnDO,uOU acres possessing
clay bottumcd soil AMI fresh water
flooding incutics which make them bet
ter suited to rice than To any other crop,
The Gulf coast prairie strip alone,
running about 80 miles frum -.
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and washed the vegetables and berries,
laying the peas and beets aside to be
cooked for dinner. The radishes, lettuce.
berries. together with a pitcher of milk
and plate of crackers or bread. 20 on
the table Breakfast is ready. There has
been no banging of stove lids. No fran
tic stirring of the hot fire on hot sum
mcr morning. No greasy odor of bacon
or heefsteak peryading the house. No
toilsome and lengthy preparation on the
part of a flushed faced hired girl to get
ready coffee. steak and hot biscuit for
reluctant stomachs of people who are go
ing to leave half the breakfast on their
plates to be wasted or served M again
in hash.
The time this man uses to get tits
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CENTRAL AMERICA AT PEACE.
Armies to Be Withdrawn at Once Under
Terms of the New Treaty

WASHINGTON, ID. c., July Oh
American Ministers Merry and Combs
today advised the state department that
Honduras, Guatemala and Salvador Fri
day signed the following six articles of
peace:
Peace established, Withdrawal Of armies
within three days; disarmament In eight
days
Exchange of prisoners, the release of po-
litical prisoners, gencrai amnesty recon-
mended
Vigilance of cmigrados in order to pre-
vent abuse OF asylum.
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Mental Relaxation for Stewards.

Since 4 100. sol 900 bnrleycorns reach
around the world. and the average egg is
seven barleycuruS long, and since ac-
curding To Uncle Sam, there were pro-
duced last year in the United States eggs
sufficient when placed end to end to
reach around the world fourteen times
and still have 32S, 39t,SOo eggs To spare;
now, suppose that the entire number Of
eggs were made into an omelette Soutile.
proportiouate 10 an omelette of six eggs
made ia the shape of fruStum of
cone size before baking. height, five
inches, diameter Of lower base. seven
inches aud one inch At upper base top
of chimney. What would be the height
of such an omclette before hakju.l and
what would be the diameter of its base?
stewards Bulletin.
Farmers down in Richmond county.
on Dry creek, \. G., are blowing up
coins ON tile south side OF the creek
copper pieces Nearing tile name Of
George Washington are being found. and
on the north side the coins unearthed
bear the name of kings of England
OF al the letters Which pass through
the postntipes Of the world two-ttirds are
written BY and sent to people who speak
English
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to the dire results pophesled by the sdragiss Do
nestle life has been disturbed The married
people who quarrel politics those who bound
to quarrel something Where the two agreed or
where the husbands influence predominates they vote
alike Where the wife thinks and decides for herself
she generally is strong enough to have her judgment
spected by her husband Homes have been neglected
The time spent in recording every three years is
negligible quantity. Political certainly spend
considerable share of tEer time in public work.
But with them it is not nearly absorbing and
destructive of home life the of social
gayees, Politics is regarded by many of them as
efectual means Of philanthropy than charity has
yet proved.
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practical devlce-from capitallstic and
labor monopolies, secret rebates and
majority owners. swindling monopoly
owners, down to authorizations and
crooked scales-was familiar to our an.
cestors Of the plateau OF Iran Before
the migrations. Vice Is the old inhablt
ant: virtue Is the newcomer. the immi.
grant, received with reluctance and
compelled to fight for every inch Of
ground he gains.-Dayid Graham Phil
lips In The Render Mnpazinn
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may useless to disagree with the majority but 1t
Is well enough put yourself record in view of the
time when people will to their and see the
evil
We have yet to learn what evil IS; it IS much easier to
understand good The great trouble. however is in our
not pausng to consider We allow other people to set
the pace and put the labels things We let them tell
what Is good and what IS bad, and try to accept
their judgment. often think that is reason why
women dress ridlcuously Each waits for somebody
else to lead te opposition and the result Is nobody does
It, and all meeky subside into Il sort Of fashionable
slavery.
There is very fine Of distinction in moral ques
lions, and most people lacking in IT, Hence the 81
gantic amount of immortality among u.s. The immoral
publications and the decidedly immoral tendencies Of
modern entertainments. The nudity Of women in pie
and the stage the decline of the stage into what
once the abhorred variety show the lack Of appre
citation of the really good the prostitution of religion the
dlsintegraon of the family, and the lack Of domestic
qualities in modern All of these immortal
ties though haven't mind enough to real
lie 1t.
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FRENCH GUNBOAT LOST.
During Maneuvers the Lance Goes on
Rocks-Two Torpedo Boats Are
More Fortunate.

L'ORIENTE, France, July 2l-In
tie naval maneuyers here today the
gunboat Lance, steamine ut fourteen
knots in a thick fog, ran On n ridge of
rocks near here. Tie efforts made TO
reHoat her have proved unsuccessful
Two torpedo boats which were accom-.
panying the Lance Also ran on the same
ridge, but were rehoatcd Ill high water.
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FEAR A WAR IN MEXICO.
ANTI-FOREIGN MOVEMENT IS AS
SUMING MOST SERIOUS PRO-
PORTIONS IN SOUTH.
u. S. MAY SEND TROOPS.
Central American Nations Which Have
Been Scrapping Sign Peace Treaty
with U. S. and Mexicos Aid.

NEW ORLEANS, La, July 2l.-"It
will probably be necessary for the Unit
ed States to throw an army across the
Mexican border in order to protect Amer
lean citizens. The anti-fOrrigu Scnti-
ment has grown to such an extent that
| don't believe the Mexican government
can cope with it successfully
The above statement was made by L.
j. Mathcs, one OF a party Of titty-two
American men, women, and children who
left Mexico because ot threats and
passed through New Orleans last night
en- route to Cincinnati.
Servants Join Movement.
Mr.. Mathes added: "One of the most
alarming features of the situation is the
fact that the Mexican servants have
joined in the anti-foreign movement and
the wives of the foreigners are in NOR
tai terror of their families being poi
soned.
Il was reluctant to leave the country,
but | simply could not resist the plead
ings of my family. | am now taking
them TO our former home in Ohio.
Uprising in September.
"The anti-foreign movement is strong
est IN the hoItHeii anu ctllNlAl portions
of Mexico. where the natives have been
wrought up to Il high pitch Of excite
ment by agitators and agents Of rcvolu-
tionary societies. Along the Rio Grande
border the movement is not SO strong
because the MeXicanS fear the Texans
who know how to shoot.
THE educated class of McXiCans is
not in sympathy with the anti-forcign
movement, bu. is in hopeless minority.
The army is recruited from the lower
classes and cannot be relied upon. The
uprising is scheduled to occur in Sep
TENDER"
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GREAT PASSENGER SHIP

The Lusltania. now ION the stocks
on the Tyne, is the most wonderful ere
alton Of the shipbuilder and marine en-
gineer ever yet evolved, and will pres
emily be plying regularly between Liy-
erpool and New York. The total cost
OF the vessel is S6,5000O0. The Lusl-
tania is expected to reduce the Queens
town to Sandy Hook voyage to four
ana n half days.
Here are some comparative figures:
FIT Fl. Knots
Great Eastern .. $50 So $4,000 Is
Kaiser Wilhelm II. 706 724 10000 % =.
Lusitania ........7S5 So $4,000 %
II the Lustania was placed on end
she would be more than twice as high
as st. Pauls Cathedral, which has a
height of 365 feet
The horse power of the Lustania is
something stupendous, being GS0OO-
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MILWAUKEE IS SPEEDY,
Cruiser Makes 22H Knots an Hour Easily
on Spurts Under Conditions None
Too Favorable.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, July III
In n rough sea outside Golden cate Fri
day, the new cruiser milwaukee, made a
speed Of 22l4 knots an hour in occasion
al half hourly spurts and showed itself
II worthy successor of the Oregon aud
the Olympia, built by the luion Iron
works capt. George Harvey was in
command.
The Milwaukee, was forced ahead on II
Wcstcrnly course about ten miles beyond
the Farolorcs and then sent back again.
This course was covered three times in
rough seas.
The Milwaukee will probably leave
Monday for Santa barbara channel TO
make the first government trial. 1t IL
expected TO average - kuots on a four
hours endurance run.
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Matutinal Vegetarian Idyl.

There was n man once who. when the
dew was on his strawberry vines, and
the wren that had her nest in the box
elder near his bedroom window had
begun her morning thanks. arose and
dressed him leisurely and strobe out into
his little garden at the back Of his lot.
and without losing any of the wrcns
melody plucked him n bunch of radishes.
cut liberal supply of heads of tender
lettuce. picked pan of Strawberries. and
while in the garden took out of the soil
several handfuls of young beets with
their tops and also picked dish Of green
Ipeas
Going back to the house he picked over
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ELKS OUT ALL NIGHT.
Excursion Trains Stalled in Rocky Noun
tains Is Their Excuse This Time,
and 1t Stands.

DENVER, Colo July u Special |
Three Elks' excursion trains, carrying
many from Wisconsin. were detained all
night in the mountains near Tuliaud on
the Denver and North Western railway
by the breaking 81 n drive wheel on L
locomotive. Great hon fires we're built
on the mountain sides and the jolly exs
cursionists spent the night 10 singing mud
dancing They reached Denver tuluy.
Twenty hcnosha Ellis we're III tic party.
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PAN-AMERICANS ARE READY.
Big Conference at Rio Janciro Brazil,
Opens Monday.

RIO JANEIRO, July 2l.-The Amor.
lean delegates to the International Amer.
lean conference, with the exception of
Van Leer Polk have arrived here. Sec.
rotary Root is at permumbuco on board
the United States cruiser Charleston
will reach Rio Janciro July 2G. The
session opens Monday, Prof. Paul
Reinsch of Wisconsin university is n
delegate from the United States.
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VARICOCELE.
Varicoceie lmpars Vitality

want every man afflicted with Yari.
cocele, Blood Poison, Nervo-Vual De.
bility, or allied troubles 10 come to my
office, where will explain to him my
method Of curing these diseases. in
wife IN particular all men who have be-
come dissatisfied with treatment else.
where. | will explain to you why you
have not been cured, and will demon.
strate TO your entire satisfaction why
can cure you safely, quickly, and per.
manently, MY COUNSEL WILL
COST YOU NOTHING, But MY
CHARGES FOR A PERFECT CURE
WILL BE REASONABLE AND Not
MORE THAN YOU WILL RE WILL,
ING TO PAY lCR THE BENEFITS
CONFERRED. WILL DO By YOU
As ! WOULD WANT YOU TO DO
BY ME- If OUR CASES WERE
REVERSED.
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unavoidable DELAY.

The enemy IS in great confusion and
this is tbs instant to attack, sir" the
dusty and breathless aide reported.
Il can't help it, the great general
replied. Il have just received a mes
sage from the reporters and moving
picture men stating that they had been
delayed and wouldn't arrive for two
hours yet.-Smart Set.
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graph and hang up where must look at It when
rise IN the morning This would be reminder of what
expecting ourselves to do all day. Whenever
backsde into the bad ways of doing things suppose we
go look at the photograph just as reminder that
want to look best when folks gaze upon the mani
mate conference.-the then, perhaps We'll experience
mental twlnge OF truth that animate countenance
puts up It's appearance when forget to live up
to photograph.
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Commerce to Be Advanced.

To negotiate treaty of friendship, COM
mcrce and navigation within two months
Any difficulties over treaty and all future
concrete complaints between the three
countries shall be submitted 10 arbitration
by the President of the United states and
the President OF Mexico.
This treaty made with the moral sane
ton of the medlating nations ana others
assisting at the conference, namely Costa
Rira and \icararua.
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! Cure Nervous Debility, Blood
Poison. Rheumatism, Enlarged
Veins, Fistula, Piles and Other
Rectal Diseases, Kidney, Bad.
der and Lingering Ailments.
| MAKE NO CHARGE FOR CONSULTA.
TON. whether you take treatment or not
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LADIES

I ADlE( II you are suffering from persistent
LHD'LS Headache, Painful Menstruatlon,
Uterine DlSplacements, Pains In Back. and feel
as II 1t were impossible for you to endure Your
troubles and still bc obliged to attend to your
household and social obligations, give the
Doctor n call He viii cure you IL you trust your
self TO his care. A great many have taken treat
mcnt OF this Specialist, end he can refe- ~ 10
those who has feen cu.ed by him.
Thousands cured at home by correspc Aae zee
ate secrecy in all professional dealings Ajdress
ID 2-cent stamp for list of Questions and pamphlet
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The recently published the showing
grafton laws and the huge balance against the people this the
the
annually Europe
figuring what all
attention the situation and in
realized The total number of immigrants
the leav the again country
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A Hard Sian.

All exclaimed Miss Patience
Come, whom Mr.. Staylate had been
boring with silly cOnundrums. that re-
minds me Of the best thing going"
Whats that he asked.
A man who has stayed too long
Catholic STANDARD and Times.
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seemed outside their sphere
The agitation already had given birth to some womens
political societies. These increased until there one
in every Of Importance. Some of these societies
united send members the womens national council
sort Of unrecognIzed and selfeected parliament
ing annually of the chief centerS and discussing in
detail extensive program of reform The subjects
discussed may show what direction political
women are likely take Many concerned with their
sexreguatons about shop girls labor the economic
independence Of women and equality Of wages when
both doing equal work Other subjects deal
with especially their education and the
Of poor and destitute children. They have proclaimed
thens Yves peace society.
The increased political activity OF women has not led
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given by France through Benjamin
Franklin to the American cause in the
War OF the Revolution. The medal was
designed by Augustus and Louis st.
Gaudens, ana the diverse shows a pro
file bust Of Franklin. with branch Of
palm on either side and the inscriptiC !,
"Benjamin Franklin-Printer, Philoso-
pher. Scientist, omatlst-l1OG-1190 =
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False weights were found in the
ruins or the oldest city that has yet
been eXhumed And false weights will
probably be consumed when the earth
drops into the sun and the heavens
are rolled together like Il scroll. An.
Client records ANA ~ innt ,tatCtc books
are full OF p,r'"'s ..''t ovriY new
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LIVE UP TO YOUR POSE.
BY William Wesley.

If every person would try to live up to his
or her photograph things would go better by
much more than half. There would be vastly
less reason for bitterness In social rivalry, and
resentment in professional ambition; vastly
less reason for matrimonial revolt and domestic
vastly less reason for the breaking
Of friendships and recurrcnt acrd results.
Suppose we frame our "Deasantest" photo
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ana u ! Z II ! | Il / les
from all over the
world. 1t culmin-
ated on the closing
day in the presen-
tation to the repub-
lie of France OF a
gold medal struck
by co m IN a Il d of
Congress as Il token
of American graft
tude for the aid
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WISCONSIN GETS SOME.
Panama Canal Bonds Are Awarded to
Highest Bidders by Authorities
at Washington.

WASHINGTON. ID. C.. July 2l.-
Especial. Panama canal bonds were
awarded to bidders today The First
National Bank Of Amigo, Wis, receives
$4,000 worth at 1Oi.
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-The contract system of snnply. Ana

IV CVTIIrHVV =! ste1II OF supply, IHt
London Mail remarks, is being extend
ed to every branch of tie publics neces-
stiles. \ London firm, for 500 n year
received in nstalments. if desired. will
supply one dress suit one lounge suit
one morning suit. one flannel suit, one
lrock coat snit. two overcoats one win
ter. one SKINNER. A Manchester firm
supplies nther clothing, hosiery. shirts,
gloves, etc, for fixed quarterly sum.
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literature thousand years before their Russian conquer
an indpstructibe Poland buried in the
eighteenth century Germany, Russia and Austria were
constituted keepers of the tomb But already the sent-
nes exceedingly do fear and quake for there is omn
stirring within the sepucher, and knows but
the Russian revolution be the angel Of the
ton
Out Of the weller Of blind and bloody anarchy into
which Russia Is drifting, peace and order may come.
After uneXamped slaughter of human beings by fam
Inc and sword Russia will emerge In more less
recognizable shape, and slowly begin to find her
place in the community Of nations If the Russia
should orswear miltarsm, abandon the fond dream OF
reconstructn her navy and abolish the monsrous pro-
ectve tariff which has choked the life out of her peas
anry then the world may witness of ecuperation
and of development such may parallel the industrial
progress of the United States after the Civil War.
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DRIFTING TOWARD EVIL.
BY juliet V. Strauss.

People think comparatively little
OF morality. 1t is thus that abuses
grow. Things are done that one dis
approves of, but he sees that Other
people are not Criticising, that they
seem to be commended by the ma
jority, so he quietly goes ahead,
neither praising nor condemninS.
The truth is, each is waiting for the
other to denounce the evil. and so it
wakes strong and tourishes. | think
it IS our duty to speak out clearly
~. hon xva thilll. tlinns ere MrnNN II
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Lots OF men who think they would
run like wolves If nominated, are beat
en- in the convention.