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away Americans II he can help II. al
though he sometimes abuses this Coun-
try
II is because of the conflicting tales
Of his visitors. perhaps, that some one
has said the stories told about his life
have almost assumed the proportions OF
a myth" Willingness TO be photograph
ed m his favorite PEASANTS dress and in
all sorts OF theatric attitudes, with or
without his guests. Is one Of his weak
nesses. Despite the great fame brought
to him by his novels. he Is now said 20
look with extreme disfavor upon all works
Of fiction.
Minister. Novelist, Historian.
At elghty-ive, six years older than
Tolstoy, and Of an entirely different sort.
Edward Everett Hale chaplain Of the
United States Senate, writer. editor. and
Unitarian minister. is as striking a fig
ure in his way as TOlstoy I'm his or Fran
els Joseph in his
Unlike most Of this country's brightest
literary lights, he was not A country
boy, his birthplace being Boston. which,
in 1922. was perhaps the most citifed
city in the United States, although moth
ing Of lie type can now be found.
Hale's boyhood differed from the boy
hood Of the average well-born youngster
about as the Boston Of that day differ
ed from the Boston Of 1907 He prepared
for Harvard at the Boston Latin School.
learned to set type how to make up" a
form. and how to run a hand press in
his fathers printing office at twelve, en-
tered college at fourteen, and was grad
uated at seventeen. He was a regularly
ordained minister at twenty-five, which
is about the average age OF the college
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Praise for Mr. Bryre

From the Nc~foik virsiuisu Pilot
II would augur well for the future of
the United States II every citizen thereof
possessed as clear an understanding Of
the basic principles OF this government
and as intelligent a view Of its legitimate
functions as were displayed by the Brit.
ish ambassador in his speech at James
town. There are few living men who
read the records Of history so under
standingly, and apply their lessons with
such dispassionate accuracy as Mr.
Bryce. His sentiment does not disturb
his judgment. but II always tempers It to
generous expression.
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though retired from business, and often
apears in public. lie is a tail. rather
gaunt man, talks pleasingly and wears
white ducks in the warm weather when at
his country place up the Hudson.
Poultney Bigelow, who used TO be En-
peror Williams friend. and who wrote
up the Panama Canal after a visit ~
thirty hours. is John Bigelows son.
Another son. John Bigelow. jr.. is a West
Point man, and served In the Spanish
war, but retired from active military ser
vice in 1904, owing to a wound He is now
professor of French at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.
Copyright, 1907. by Dexter Marshall)
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To-morro,H-"Nusic In America .
THE PUZZLE POLITICAL.
Nhttersonian Method of Locating
Candidate Is at Least Novel

From the New YORK sun
The Wattersonian method of locating A
candidate at least has the merit Of nov
city. II Dir. Bryan would really care 10
see one. II he is genuinely interested Mr..
Wat,erson viii gladly show him a guar
anteed Democratic eligible for 1905 No
names are mentioned All is fascinating
mystery. Geographically. Mr.. Watterson
stakes his man out IN the true fashion Of
the ancient parchment key TO buried
treasure.
He docs not live east of the Aneghauies nrr south
Of the Potomac and the Ohio
Mr. Bryan has but 20 say the word and
In experienced guide in coonskin cap A
Democratic Daniel Boone. awaits him az
Louisville. We suspect, however. that
M Bryan will answer in kind. and since
riddles are getting popular. speak thus:
Nv first is in Bull but not in calf:
Ny seconds IN Roar but not in laugh;
Nv third Is In lap but not IN chump:
Ny fourth Is i'm Ache. but not In bump:
Ny ftths in Noodle, but not In pate.
Ny whole is the name Cf ny candidate
Should this prove too difficult Of solu-
tion Mr. Bryan will simplify matters-and
still preserve the delightful pleasantly Of
the puzzle department-by proclaiming
the presence of a true and tried candidate
who is bounded on the north By South
Dakota and the initiative, on the east by
Iowa and the referendum. on the south by
Missouri and anti-lnjunction. and on the
west by Wyoming and government own
erShip Of railroads.
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Tricks of the Tariff.

From the New York Wcrld.
Ex-SecretaTy Shaw tells the Canadians
that it would be improper for the United
States to make a special tariff treaty with
Germany giving her better terms than
Great Britain. But of course il is per-
fectly proper in standpatter's eyes to
make such a deal for a single year, so
long as YOU call II an agreement and
not treaty.
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Probably Not.

From the DAYTON News.
The Baltimore man who claims that
Americans have too much nerve for their
own good probably never tired 10 screw
his courage M to tell the cook that she
was a miserable failure
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Cause for Relief.

From the Baltimore American.
Now that another sensational plot has
been discovered TO assassinate the Gar.
one can breathe more easily. The long
absence Of the usual plot naturally gave
rise to suspicion that something really
was doing
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New Holiday Suggested.

From the Houston Post.
The Washington ball team won a game
on the day Of Gen. Kurokis arrival at
the Capital. Surely, hereafter May Will
be a general holiday in the District Of Co.
lumhIa.
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No Chance for the Umpire.

From the New York Tribune.
IT is reported that Justice Harlan in
recent baseball game Of the Washington
Bar Association made a home run. This
IS 10 be expected Of a judge Of the high
est court. No umpire can overrule him.
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His Performance EcIIpsed.

From the Louisville C1uricr-Iour1lal
4 tramp who has travelled 1900 miles
without paying his fare describes himself
as A No l." He is evidently ignorant
of the fact that prior 10 the enactment
of the Hepburn bill many an American
statesman had made his record look Ike
Z sit.le journey over to the drug store.
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EDWARD Everett Hale Chaplain of the Senate Eghyve Has Been the
Minister of the South Congregational Church in Boston for Fifty
YearsGOdwin Smith, "Canadas Grand Old Man EghtyfOu Still
Writing the Higher Crsm-John Bigow Minister France
CV War Days at Ninety Still Greatly Interested Affairs
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Not on Paper.

From the Columbia STATE.
Gen. KurOki is one Of the few OF this
day whose military fame is not chiefly
en GEOGRAPHICALLY newspaper a
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or mountain reservoirs. They look TO that
day when the young men OF the nation
will have earned and adopted their new
er plan. and see IN the days Of golden
future 35, 10000 people comfortably housed
on the now vacant lands Of the far West
II has been proved that forty acres Of
this land will support in modern comfort
a family of from three TO five.
II has been only few years that the
Department OF Agriculture has made prac-
teal experiments in dry farming. fol-
lowing on the heels Of private enterprise
and setting the seal Of public approval on
plan for great internal development.
Men were sent TO Russia to study the
wheat fields near the sea Of Azov. where
rain IS scarce and where the general con-
ditions are not unlike those Of the arid
West Il was decided to experiment with
durum. the wheat from which macaroni
-four is made. The United States i'm
ports each year 2500019 pounds OF the
manufactured product and many prounds
Of the durum wheat -four. so the plaa
had a commercial significance. In 1901 the
hrst crop Of durum was harvested on the
dry lands. 10000 bushels in all. Last year
the harvest was well up toward the %
WVVW mark. Fl Paso County Colo.
on its dry lands, grew forty-sevan hush.
els 10 the acre. II is claimed that manu-
tacturers have opposed the raising OF
durum wheat. a. II is a harder grain and
requires stronger machinery than other
grains.
IL IS difficult 90 interest the older farm
ers OF the West in the newer processes
Of agriculture. and the ones who come
fresh from the East are also nard 10
convince. 1t is on the young man Of the
West that the hopes oe the scientists
rest for the development Of their new
idea. The members Of the YOUNG Mems
Cub, Of Cheyenne. opened an experiment
farm near that citv, and proved the theory
10 their own satisfaction The Pomerov
Model Farm, at Hill City. in Western Kan
sas, got glorious returns from its par-
sStent and careful work The Eastern
colorado Fair Association OF 1905 had
one OF the most interesting State agrf-
cultural exhibits that this country has
known, and the giants Of the vegetable
Kingdom that appeared there I'm an their
! luIIness and pride were grown without ir-
rigation.
The Fort HAYS agricultural station
substation Of the Kansas State Arricul-
tural College. has proved that four cuts
Of alfalfa per year are possible on dry.
farm lands. while the experiment sta
tions in Sedgwick County. Colo. have
proved it possible to get a yield Of thirty
i've bushels Of wheat 10 the acre. fifty
Of corn, go Of potatoes. thirty Of rye. six
ty-hve Of oats. two tons OF millet. and
i've tons OF cane for forage. The Camp
bell Dry Farming Association. Of Denver
the Scientific Farming Association. OF
Bennett. Colo. the Business Mems Asso-
eiauon, Of Limon and Julesberg. are al
lied With the State agricultural colleges
and the United States Department Of
Agriculture In perfecting schemes for the
further spread Of dry-farming interests.
This would mean the redemption Of sec
ton Of country equal in extent 10 the
whole Turkish empire. and a stretch in
Texas alone that is equal to the area OF
the German empire.
Tom
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The pioneer dry farmer OF America, and
Of the world, for that matter. was H. ".
Campbell. Of Lincoln, Neb. Over twenty
years ago he evolved this theory. and
having the courage Of his convictions, put
it into practice. From the James to the
Arkansas River he has tried It on all
the former waste places. and has made
good. Others have followed. In the wake
Of his disciples the Spanish bayonet, the
yuca, greasewOOd. and sage brush are
disappearing, and wheat corn. alfalfa,
barley. grasses. fruits. and vegetables are
springing up in a most satisfactory and
lavish fashion. The secret Of the success
lies in the dry farmer never stop
ping work In the older fields Of the East
and the South there are periods Of in
dolence that follow the laying by-time.
or harvest, and the farmer may turn his
thoughts to barbeCues, fishing excursions,
or simply 60 lie out under the trees and
follow Riley's plan Of seeing ''jes' how
lazy he kin be
Not so with that sturdy man who goes
to conquer the lands Of the West Even
as eternal vigilance IS the acknowledged
price Of peace. so is tireless industry the
price Of his prosperity The minute few
drops OF rain fall he Is out in his prairie
field with disk harrow 10 stir the soil and
powder II so fine the moisture may not
rise again. He stirs Il this way for a
year before he plants his seeds. He stirs
il while the seeds are sprOuting until he
is in danger OF inturing the terminating
plant, and ceases only when the plants
are large enough 10 make a protecting
shade for the soil The minute the crop
is harvested he does not sit idle and think
of mis- profits on that crop. Instead. he
follows the harvester that same day with
his subsoil plows. and has his land all
ready for the next planting, letting 1t lie
fallow until then
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Modern invention has come to the aid
of the dry farmer. Giant machines mini
mize time and labor for him. Across the
unbroken. virgin soil Of the prairie pass
es a thirty-two horsepower engine. draw
ing in its wake an aggregation Of agricul-
tural machinery that includes twelve IA
inch plows, two iron rollers, two clod
crushers. two seed drills, and other neces-
sary things. Il leaves behind Il a great
stretch Of brown. pulverized soil, in which
the seeds lie hidden for the coming crop.
This giant prepares and seeds thirty-five
acres of land in a working day Of ten
hours, at a cost Of about 90 cents an acre.
BY the old method the time would have
been many days. and with horses as mo-
tive power would have cost s. an acre.
The ordinary farmer on the plains plants
forty quarts OF wheat to the acre, and
has return Of anywhere from nothing
to twenty bushels. The dry farmer plants
twelve quarts Of wheat. practices care.
Intelligence, and endless cultivation. and
has a return Of from thirty-five 10 fftv-
six bushels sn acre. II Is claimed by ad-
vocates Of dry farming that their methods
III holoaS "Nuiu hdNS IdJScu HeI 1910 yleiQ
Of twelve and three-quarters bushels an
acre to thirty-seven. They also claim
that II per cent of the money spent on
irrigation were expended in the teaching
Of dry farming, 5OO.0O00OO acres Of desert
land could be scientifically reclaimed.
The dry farmers do not disapprove Of
irrigation. They find In all the big West
plenty Of room and need for both. They
only see that after many billion dollars
have been spent in dams and bitches for
diverting the rivers that there will still
remain many millions OF acres untouched
by The irrigation plan. inaccessible for
this York far out of tha ranza of rf,.ars
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or mountain reservoirs. They look 10 that
day when the young men Of the nation
VIII have earned and adopted their new
er plan. and see in the days Of a golden
future S5o0oQ0 people comfortably housed
on the now vacant lands Of the far West
II has been proved that forty acres Of
this land will support I'm modern comfort
family of from three TO five.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-06-28
BLAMED POOR PUSS
INDIGNANT DINER JUMPED AT
CONCLUSIONS.
Crlmalkin, Victim of Facetious Wait
e.'s Joke Gave Acrobatic Display
For Amusement of Patrons
Of Restaurant.

A little German restaurant run in
connection with a bar in East THen-
tieth street has a frolicsome waiter
who habitually provides much amuse-
ment for the patrons, says the New
York Press. A few nights ago the
Maltese cat belonging to the house
was sitting on the knee of a man who
was eating his dinner, with his face
buried behind a newspaper. 1t was
too peaceful a scene for the waiter to
let continue.
rubber band, and winked at the
patrons at nearby tables. All paused
to watch what would follow for the
walters prowess as a marksman with
rubber bands was well known. One
evening he had won a bet that he
could put out a gas jet across the
room at his first shot with a rubber
band.
Directly opposite where the man sat
with the cat on his knee was door
leading into the room reserved for
the restaurants women patrons.
Emile-that's the walters name-took
up a position in the other room that
would enable him to dodge out OF
sight as soon as he let drive. The
eagerly eXpectant neighbors of the UNI
suspecting victim of the coming
Joke" could not see him shoot, but
they observed the results.
The thick rubber band suddenly
caught poor puss square in the jowl,
and with a fearsome howl of fright
and pain she leaped into the air and
came down Kissing, splitting, clawing
ball OF animated fur plump upon the
newspaper the quiet diner was hold
! ing before his face. In its abrupt
agility his leap fully equaled the cats
! His chair went over behind him, and
the little round table all but wena
over in front of him, his glass Of beeS
upsetting and rolling to the floor.
From his breast the cat ricochetted,
so to speak, to the top of the table,
and knocked off a dish or two in her
frenzied scramble to get to the floor
-II escape. The commotion caused
all the patrons at the far ends of the
room to stand up, and the proprieto-
came hurrying over from behind the
-. - Was then that Emile walkeL
out from the kitchen as innocently ar
you please.
What's the matter, Mr. thinner
man." he asked with an air of great
surprise.
Matter" exclaimed the indignant
diner. why the plaguey cat had q
fit"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-06-28
Ex-MAYoR OF NEW YORK TOWN
is EVlCTED.
jeremiah Casey, of Edsewater, N. ",
Loses Fortune in igation-Rise
and Fall Due to His lnven-
tive Genius.

New York.-At one time anluent,
Jeremiah Casey, formerly mayor of
Edgewater, on the Palisades, the 9TH
er day was elected from the home he
had bought three years ago and all
the possessions he had left in the
world were set out in the street. His
wife was so shocked by this latest bit
ter experience that she collapsed and
had to be placed in a doctors care.
Casey's later years have been full of
hard luck and litigation. About all
the money he once possessed has been
spent in lawsuits.
His prosperity and adversely are
due almost entirely to his inventive
genius. Several years ago he invented
a mailing machine. The device could
take the requisite amount of timber
after it had been sawed TO the proper
length, and make a box of it as good
If not better, than one made by car
penter. A company was organized to
build the machines and put them in
operation. Casey asserts he was not
treated properly by the concern. Al
any rate he lost his interest in the
patent and in the company as well
That started long line of legal pro
ceedings which dragged through many
courts and took much money. Casey
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-06-28
The Woods in Old Victims.

The old masters used such care in
the selection of the woods for their
instruments that, having found piece
of wood of proper fiber and vibration.
al powers, they treasured every frag-
ment, no matter how small; and. rath-
err than waste even a particle Of such
a strip, they frequently constructed
the backs and bellies of patches so
delicately put together that 1.-The
seams are only discoverable by micro.
scope, so perfect is the cabinet work"
It was ever the aim Of the old mas.
tiers TO marry" the back of hard syca-
more which produces the quick vibra-
lions, and the below of soft wood,
producing the slower sound waves, in
such a manner as to give the mellow
but reedy timbre of the perfect in
strument, says writer in The Circle.
Anatomically, violin made by an old
master is a miracle of construction;
it can be taken to pieces, patched to-
gether, repaired indefinitely, and is al
most indestructible. Repairing has
been the means Of exposing many
clever forgeries. The inside of vio-
lin made by Stradivari, Guarnerius, or
other old masters, is as perfectly fin
shed inside as outside, and the
clumsy interior work OF forgery be-
trays an imitation at once.
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explosive composition from burning
the hand then a charge of gunpow-
der, and on top of this are placed the
colored stars in the proper sequence
of color. On top of this comes a COM
position called fuse, which makes the
intervals between the discharge of the
stars. After the fuse hammers are
brought down to pack the material,
the operation being repeated as often
as required The candles contain from
two to 80 stars. The finishing con-
sists of covering the candle and pro-
viding a quick match for easy igni-
ton.
Quick match, one of the important
features of fireworks manufacture, is
made from specially prepared wick
soaked in a solution of gunpowder. At
the proper time It is wound off on
frames and just before 1t is dried it is
sifted over with very fine powder in
order to make it extra quick in action.
1t is then cut in lengths of about six
feet and worked into what is known
as match paper, after which it is
placed in manila paper cases and
joined together Fire at one end of
quick match leaps to the other and al
most as quickly as would electricity.
The quick match is fitted out on what
are known as lances, or rods of bam-
boo. For set pieces the design is
sketched by an artist and then scaled
so it can be enlarged to any size. The
regulation set piece frame is 1Ox5
feet and is divided into squares a foot
large. The design is outlined in rat
tan, pegs are driven into the rattan
and on these pegs are fastened the
quick match lances referred to.
Sulphur saltpeter and charcoal en-
ter largely into the manufacture of
fireworks and for particularly brilliant
effects steel and iron filings are added.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-06-28
Practlelna on Ministers.

81 counted seven girls taking down
my sermon in shorthand this morn
ing said a suburban minister. Il
am getting tired of this business OF
turning church into school. 1t is a
Gesecration of the Sabbath and of the
sanctuary, and it gets worse year by
year.
when the thing first began, adj
nit that / was flattered. | thought
the solitary shorthand writer in my
trent pew was a reporter. | took I'M
usual pains that morning. and
searched all the newspapers the next
day. In vain, of course. The short
hand writer was merely student Of
stenography, using me to practice on.
students of stenography should
practice on actors and on lecturers,
but po-that would cost money. Moth
ing suits them but ministers, and
every Sunday, all over our land,
young men and women. with their
pads and fountain pens, go co church
solely to improve their shorthand"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-06-28
sLooP GOES TO JUNK PILE.
Historic War Vessel Condemned and
Sold for $4,21O.

Philadelphia.-Aft having wealth.
cred storms for nearly thres-quarters
of century the old sloop-of-war ST.
Louis has been sold by tho governor
to junk dealer of this city for $4.2i0'
The vessel was condemned by a board
of surveyors at League Island navy
yard, and IL was decided by the navy
department that 1t should be sold, the
upset price being Fixed at 50. 800. The
great amount OF copper in the old
hulk made it more than usualy val.
liable.
The ST. Louis was built at Washing.
ton in 1928. and was the vessel with
which Capt lngraham overawed an
Austrian squadron In the harbor OF
Smyrna and lsecured the Felease of an
American citizen who was held a
prisoner on the Austrian flagship
Capt. Ingrabam cleared for action and
served notice that he would open fire
on the squadron II the man was not
surrendered by a certain hour. Be
fore the time limit expired the mar
was sent on board the ST. Louis
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-06-28
ONCE RICH; is NOW HOMELESS.

collected the records of these trials
and several hundred pages of scrap
books were needed to hold them.
Back in the days when he was pros
porous he bought the old Bayard Cut
ting homestead on the Palisades, op-
posite One Hundred and Tenth street,
and went there to live with his family
Instead of being haven of rest, the
place proved to be another source of
legal difficulties. He said he had good
reason to believe he had paid for
more land than he found specified in
the deed More lawsuits were started
Then his taxes, to his mind, were too
high for the property, and he refused
to pay the assessment. Threat of a
sale of the land for taxes brought an
adjustment, but the property had only
just begun to give trouble. There was
a mortgage on it. This, in the course
OF time, was foreclosed and the prop
erty was sold at auction. DR.. M. S.
Ayres became the owner of the Casey
home. The doctor took no steps to
GUST Casey, and it seemed as if I'M
kind fate had decided to give a short
respite to the former mayor.
A short time ago, however, DIR.
Ayers sold the homestead to a manu-
featuring concern. DESTROYS of build
ing a new plant, the company asked
Casey to get out. He refused, assert
ing he had a right paramount to
theirs. They did not think 80. and
constables elected Casey.
Nellie Casey, daughter of the one
time mayor, was a scheolmate of
Grace George, and is now g member
of Miss Georges company.