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Notes From Abroad.

Work on the northern Nigeria railway Is now
IN active progress Rails from England have been
landed and 1000 mon are al work laying tracks.
Extensive deposits OF pig iron have been dis
covered along the line Of the Grand Trunk Pacific
Railway. near Fort william, Canada.
immigration into Canada via ocean ports from
April 90 September t0talled lSs ses as compa red
with iOe,777 In the same period Of last year From
the United States the arrivals decreased from
% os3 70 96.Oo2.
The area planted 70 indigo in Madras Presidency
British India this year Is the smallest for ave years
the total number OF acres being 800 or 10 Der
cent. less than the acreage OF 1909. The crop is
reported In fair condition.
The acreage in sugar cane in Madras Presidency
Is ~. 700. ~ per cent. less than last year
The Government OF British india Is having much
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The Perplexing situation in Portugal.

We printed last Sunday a despatch
from London based on a letter from
THE Suns correspondent at Lisbon, Civ
ing what may be termed the official ac-
count of the state Of things in Portugal
Reports entirely irreconcilable with that
statement were transmitted simultane-
OusIy through Madrid and assert that
the Portuguese are on the verge OF
revolution. Let us mark first the ad-
Initteddacts and then apply the tests Of
analogy and probability.
There il no doubt that in the last COrtes,
, which was dissolved in May. various Gov
crnmept bills were defeated in the Cham
Der of Deputies by a combination of par
ties headed by ex-Premier RIBEIRO, the
organizer of the Party of Regeneration
IL is equally incOntrOvertible that some
Of the bills thrown out were calculated
10 improve the cOuntry's economic con-
dition and that Premier BRANCO has
managed to reduce the deficit for the
current year from 3O,OOO,OOO to 10000
900 francs without increasing taxation,
chiefly by abOlishinG sin.cures. Was his
method of accomplishing this retrench-
ment constitutional?
That question must, it seems, be an
swered in the negative. King CARLOS,
acting on the advice of his Prime Minis
ter, had a. right to dissolve the COrtes
but the Portuguese Constitution pre-
scribes that such a dissolution must be
. followed within six months by the con-
vocation of a new Parliament and a new
general election. The half year expired
yesterday, and no new COrtes has been
summoned. Thus the organic law Ol
Portugal has been defied by the sovereign
and Premier BRAECO transformed into a
dictator. II may be that the support oi
King CARLOS, the approval Of POrtugals
French creditors and the acquiescence Oi
the great mass of the Portuguese peas
Antry may safeguard Premier BRANCO
from punishment for his violation of his
nations constitution.
Much will depend, however, on the
attitude of the Portuguese army azd navy
toward the Premier who is now ruling
with usuTped authority. According Il
the official account the army is loyal Il
the sovereign and his chosen minister
except such members of it a. are
affected by the reduction in expenditure
and the military families connected viii
the old administration. According tC
tho reports transmitted simultaneously
The sun., 1907-11-30
Revised Harvard Cheer.


From hs Boston Record
The Harvard cheer with the nine long Harvards
at the end has always been considered one Of tho
most inspiring Of all the college cheers. The lnnO-
walton ~ thrilling eresoendo the last four Har-
wards, 50 that the cheer goes a. fOilOgs:
Harvard, Harvard. Harvard.
Rah, rah, rah, rah. rah. rah. rah. rah. rah,
Harvard, Harvard. Harvard.
Harvard. Harvard. Harvard,
(warm up hcrel
aouderl Harvard tstill louder, Harvard
(Cheer leaders arms wave frantically here. vocal
organs hursu HARVARD.
The sun., 1907-11-30
Decay Of Population m France.

The annual statistics OF population in
France, published this month In the JOaTnOL l
OGictet. show that the decrease in the birth
rate is steadily maintained. The number OF
births In 1908 was sOs.SA7; in the period IsOs-
1905 IL averaged $50. .s49; In the period imme-
diately after the German war IL averaged
$4,000. The absolute increase Of population
in 1903 (excess Of births over deRthsI was
26.SSi; In the period Is08-tOO| It averaged
56.5OO In Germany In 1905 the absolute in
crease was 7s2 $50: in Austria Hungary It
was close on half a million. and In the United
Kingdom 499, SIS.
DIR. BertiIlon. head OF the Paris statistical
department, makes some very gloomy re-
marks on the new figures. IF the birth rate
does not pick up" he cries. "Our country is
lost. lie denies that other nations show the
same tendency to proportionate shrinkaEe.
Other civilized nations. he asserts. have never
Increased In higher proportion than at pres
ent. "Germany's present rate OF increase 10
fourteen a thousand: thirty years ago IL was
only twelve thousand: the other civilized
countries show similar figures" He ascribes
the shrinkage entirely TO the low birth rate,
the death rate comparing favorably with that
found elsewhere. we are short OF 100000
births a year to put us on q level with the
proportiOnate increase Of other countries.
At present we have three births to a family:
what we need 10 four This view IN borne
out by the fact that while the birth rate In
1905 fell 1000 below that Of the preceding
period. the marriage rate rose by more than
10000. The divorce factor appears TO be
comparatively unimpOrtsnt. the number Of
divorces In 1908 being only $500 in excess OF
the average Of the preceding decade.
In these circumstances the existence Of an
influential national league for the increase
OF the French population" In evidently justi-
fed. The main object 0f the league Is summed
up in its programme an being TO impress on
our countrymen's minds that family OF more
than three children is extremely respectable
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six Rocks for the Young.

Sir Percy Fitzpatrick's Jock Of the Bush
void" (Longmans. Green q Co. is just the
book for boys. Jock was q bull terrier. n
dog Of high courage and exceptional under
standing, and he needed all his gifts in the
South African wilderness, where his many
and exceedingly interesting adventures
came to pass. This iS large book. contain
ing an abundance Of stories Of hunting and
wild life. The narrative 10 admirable.
There are full page pictures and a great
number Of excellent marginal Illustrations
by Mr.. Z. Caldwell.
Mary De Morgan's book The Wind
fairies and Other Tales" az. r. Dutton &
CO.. is 90 good that it 10 not surprising to
see u in q new edition. We know the danger
of enthusiastic admissions how likely they
are to prove embarrassing, but now and
again in reading these tales we caught our
sSlves thinking that fairy stories were as
good as realistic fiction. At any rate We
found Il amusing and charming to read hero
about Kesta. the vain dairymaid. and about
Naninas sheep and the Gypsys cup and
the Rain Maiden and the magic oat and the
youth whose gift Of marvellous song was
lost because a girl kissed him. These are
well written stories. ingenious and beaun-
ful. Olive Cockerell has supplied them with
some very agreeable woodcut illustrations.
We never were diviners. and We were sur
priSed accordingly 10 find In Prof. Harry
ThurstOn Psck's -Hilda and the Wishes
DOdd, Mead a Coz q very readable and
amusing fairy story. Hilda had a fairy
godmother. and she met further with an elf
and n witch, both Of whom were OF service
20 her. Her father was a gentleman with
humor, and her Aunt Maria lady devoid ~
this quality. Both OF these will entertain
the reader, a. will the several experiences
and adventures Of HIlda end the concluding
account Of her six dresses and her marriage
to the Priros. We thought that the young
medical character. DIR. Sniren, was treated
somewhat TOO severely by the story, out
perhaps not. The professor may know
him, and there may be reasons why he
should he thoroughly crushed. The tale
IL plea sanity illustrated by Melanie Norton
Leonard.
Margaret Sidney's Five Little Peppers
in tho Little Brown House. Uothrop, Lee
q shepard Company, Boston, is the latest
and the eleventh volume treating Of the
Pepper family. Il may be read here how
the Peppers thought they were going to
have chicken pie for Thanksgiving, but
how they were disappointed in this and had
10 use goose Of advanced pears and Maa-
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apartments must ail b open, as they are
not in such weather az that OF Thursday
II is most unspOrtsmanlike, too. for
the roof holders TO take the police on
their guard. A winter race riot IL not
looked for by the authorities and they
cannot be expected 20 enter one with
the same spirit they show when il is in
season Indeed. the police would be
justified in showing considerable peev-
ishnees over the recent infraction Of
the unwritton laws OF the sport, and
II another incident OF the kind happens
those who participate in the attack on
the peace officers need not be surprised
IL they are rebuked with violence Tor
their conduct.
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SALE OF THE FIRE HORSES.
SIX VETERANS Psns FROM THB SERVICE INTO IRE
MnRCIK6 or PEDLRRs.

10 is then told how the city disposed Of
six OF its faithful servants. who according
to the brief announcements IN the CIty Record
were mo longer nc for service
These six faithful servants were turned
over at an average price Of $50 to the tender
mercies Of pedlers. These faithful servants
OF the city had performed valiant services
for our citizens; a thousand times were they
Of more value and entitled tOmOre considera-
ton than a thousand pOtheaded politicians.
These six faithful servants had been accus-
toned to gentle treatment: they we're amenRble
TO the exactins yet glorious discipline OF our
great Fire Department. and now they have
been ignobly put M at auction. and like
rickety slaves knocked down to owners who
cannot In the nature OF things treat them as
their services to this city demand.
Shame upon a city that would permit such
a salel shame upon q Fire Commissioner
who would be party to such q salel Shame
upon every one connected with such a salel
NEW YoHK. November 2S- 5. L. G.
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RepubIIcan victory In ksnt.cky.

Green htn correspondence Beya C1i.sD.
Hurrahi For the Republican party has gained
the victory over the meanest machine on earth.
There has not been wedding in our community
for more than year until after the election. Now
several have got married and others wanting TO-
Samuel Evans, who has been a lifelong Democrat,
gave his daughter TO Andy Spence and they were
married At tho brides home. Mnt Farley and
Rhoda HOskins were married a few days ago. Ham
ton Minter. our county superintendent, and Miss
Emma MInter. daughter OF Bud Mnter. were mar
red yesterday at the brides home. william Ander-
son OfiiGiatlng. Mr. Mnter Is perfect gentleman
and has a host OF friends.
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The circle OF the scores: Carlisle beat
Penusylvania. Princeton beat Carlisle. Cor
nell beat Princeton. and Pennsylvania beat
Cornell. Logic on the football field is q
serpent swallowing its tail. Proof for the
victors, consolation for the vanqlishedi
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To raR EDITOR OF THE SUN--.Sir: Speaking OF
scrappie: I've had mine. / am not telling where
live, for the remaining two pounds and a hall
hangs with the turkey In a basket al the window.
NEW YORK. November ~. G. r. n.
The sun., 1907-11-30

Paris once. ~ Rue Louis lie Grand. The daily and
sunday editions are on sale at Mosque IL, near the
Grand Hotel; KIosaue ~ Boulevard dss cApucinSs.
CORNER PiSce de ropera and KlOsque 10. Boulevard
des Italiens. corner Rue Louis le Grand.
The sun., 1907-11-30

Moses smiled dark,

Moses smiled dArkly
NOBODY will know where am buried" he re-
marked, 80 Roosevelt can't visit my tomb"
Herewith the predecessor Of the Discpvsrer Of the
Ten Commandments chuckled.
The sun., 1907-11-30
From the EIl.aorrhro,pn Ncrs.

Mr.. John Quincy Adams Lusby Is considerably
broken up over the election. and In consequence
has turned out beard all his face and declares
that he will not shave until Democratic Governor
Is elected.
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swiss mountsin Delivery,

The swiss postal department. Is making arrange
mentS for the distribution of malls In many noun
talnous districts hitherto inaccessible during the
winter months. Tnls Is ~ be done by means OF
skis. and q whole corps OF postmen have been In
training for the service.
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Now Work. Veteran F,re Horses.

To THE EDITOR Of TIVE SUN-Sir: In all
it's long years of usefulness and honor THR
SUN has had no more pathetic story. to my
mind. than that Of this morning with this
headline:
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H our rrEnds rAO raVOr Us Wth mdnuseriDts for
DsOIeatog IRISH TO haVs rs,sced articles returned 'V
must IN oil cases send stamps for that purpose.
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And have you music at the churchi"
asked the rufal squire.
Wall, no." said he: cant say We hev.
Jest slngln' BY tns choir
49, u Morr.
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Knlcker-Is he POPULAR
Bocssx-Yes, he has as many friends 90 Q shauf
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st.lls-whs. are YOU trying 70 IatrOducsr
Belia-Sockef shopping.
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Publishers Notice!

I In presenting this weeks issue of
 the ArcUs as Wheetley EditionI Y beg to say that it was done be 1
 cause of the fact that the wonderful advantages Of that beautiful prairie|
 bounty has never been told Of be
 lore,
 II Two years ago when the writer
 lreturned from an extended trip to |jCalifornia and thro the West, he |Ithen expressed himself as bei'9g better pleased with this country; Hits climate its most wonder possi Abilities and last but no means least, |Iour people.
 II Everything considered, this eli |Irnate is grander. more delightful Ilandiar more enjoyable than any in l|CaAiprnia. We have four distinc- lltive each beautiful, bright Hand cheery. We have absolutely ||NoNE of the disadvantages of a lICalifornia climate and yet we have lALL of its advantages.
 Il II Right here in our very midst llwithin 5 miles of us, at Wheetley H has developed one of the great.
 Hest and most renumerative agricul-
 I|tural industries that has ever made
 Ilany section of America famous
 lIT IS RICE GROWING.
 |lI Neither California $ fruits, Colo ||Irado's cantalcpes and sugar bects |ilnor Kansas wheat. have been : iIlgrander success than our OWN rict |jlgrowing experiences right here a Illour door, at progressive Wheatley HI The man who has done so mucl ||ia ihs tevelopement of this wonder ||Iul industry which bids fair t H ,ause this very section of Arkansa' llto outs.rip any other in America i |llthe yield of this money nakinI m,crop is Mir. A. Boysen. whose like Illness is reproduced. that our peopl |Ilwno have heard so much of thi |||busy man of progress, may knc' I|Ihim better.
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profitable farming The man more
 than all others, who has shown what can be done with rice cn this prairie
 is Mir. A. Boysen, who came nefe
 from the north few years ago and
 purchased six thousand acres of land,
 mostly prairie, near Wheatley MT.
 Rovssn has a most beautiful place about half a mile east of the town,
 with two large comfortable barns. stock-shsds. machine sheds. granarles for rice, and other outbuildings, and 2 very pretty farm, house which is his home. Here one night recently the representative Of the ARGUS was most hospitably and kindly entertained by MT. Boyssn, who pictured goldsr dreams of copious wealth coming from rice farming; and the best part of these dreams is, that they can be made real, and have actually been made real by Mir. Boysen himself, So that when he speaks. it is not the idle vspcrings of a visionary dream, but the utterances of a man who knows what he is talking about, because ne has tested his theories and proven then, true in the field of experience What he says. therefore. ought to have weight. and does have weigh1
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the rice until such time as it is thought best 10 market it.
 This year the yield of rice is averaging 75 bushels per acre, and the price received is 85 cents per bushel A very conservative esti- mate based upon what has already been threshed, will make the entire crop weld 75 bushels per acre. and at this rate it will be seen that the 400 acres will produce 30 .C00 bushels. At 85 cents per bushel this will bring S25.5OO. A very liberal allowance for the cost Of producing the crop is S15.CO per acre. and this covers also the cost of harvesting, threshing and marketing the crop, thus leaving. il will be seen. a net profit of $48.o5 per acre.
 Remember that this is not mere theory but has actually been done this year. and in some respects, if was all unfavorable year for rice, too. But will this average be maintain eda Unquestionably we may answer yes. Last year the crap was equally | good and even better making in some instances as high as hundred bushel | per acre. And with better know ledge of conditions and requirements with more experience, and constantly Improved methods, it is possible to dc even better.
 Il So it will be seeu that rice culture
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THE NEw RAILROAD.

Just now the material thing which mostly interests every Wheatleyite is the new railroad, known as the Mo. & North Arkansas road, which is at present under process of construction. When completed twill extend from Helena to Springfield, Mo. It is al- ready finished from the north as far as Searcy.- and grading and bridge work is being carried on practically all the way from Searcy to Helena. When this road is finished Wheatley will have two trunk lines of railroads. one from east to west. and the other from north 10 south This Is most important consideration for shippers. merchants. farmers ard all patrons of railways in fact.
 Mir Henry K. Smith has the con- tract for grading SIX miles of the new road. beginning at the Rock Island and extending south He has already done considerable work with force of fifty teams and men, but desires the help Of fifty more thams and men. c. F. Hemenway has alargs con | N-- tract beginning at the Rock Island R. R. and extending northwasd He has quite force cfmen and teams, in charge Of Geo. c. Smith.
 Grading is proceeding at a rapid
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man has only or 4 head of horses or mules. he can handle from 50 to 80 acres with but very little hired help. so that there are far greater possibilities in 1t for the renter than raising cotton or corn.
 MT. Boysen also has about four thousand acres of land which he is of- ferlng for sale to those desiring to pur- chase. either in small or large tracts. He expects to reserve for himself two thousand acres. Anyone inter- ested either in renting or buying rice land should write to him at Wheatley, Ark.
 It might be said here also that Mir. Boysen declares rice can be grown as successfully on the timber land as up- on the prairie.
 Thus the outlook for this industry is most promising. The possibilities of rice- growing make 1t absolutely cer- tain that this section has great fu- lure before it. No one can predict the possible outcome of the new en- terprise. but suffice it, to say that great things are in store for the people who engage in it. and for all connect ed with it.
 Next year it is proposed to build 2 rice mill at Wheatley. Al present. the nearest mill is at Stuttgart where the rice grown about Wheatley is shipped.
 The rice mill takes the hull off the
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high. Then water must be kept 4 from that time forth until ths grain is nearly mature. Water is all import ant and without bountiful supply the result will be a disappointment
 It should be said in explanation of the .Ievies mentioned above, that they are ridges, five CT six feet wide, a few inches higher than the rest of tae seed bed. with shallow dItches at each side. These levies guide the water in is disnbfslon over tAe field and are cuits important f t'e water is to be evenly distributed
 For watering these 400 acres, MT. Boysen has three pumping stations lo- cated in the most convenient places having reference to the slope of the land. Each of these stations has two wells sunk to a depth of l5O feet, With |large pumps having a capacity or more than a thousand gallons each her nlinu'e. Two of the stations are provided wIta steam engines of 75 horse power each. and the third Win one of 50 hovse power 1.-the fullest capacity Of the 75 horse power en- pines were used they are capable of running four wells each, thus pumping more than 4ooo gallons of water per
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with people who have seen his rice plantation.
 We will proceed. accordingly, e. tell, not what can be done. but what actually has been done by one man in the production of rice on the Wheatley prairie, giving as far as possible the substance of the facts as related to US by MT. Boysen.
 To begin with, rice should be sown in the Spring as early as possible, after danger of frost is over, and not later than May.
 On Mir. Boysen's plantation this year-loc7-there was sown about 400 acres. The ground was broken up with the ordinary turning p,ov
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is a money making industry, that far surpasses in its results almost any other line of farming. But some may raise the objection that the capital required to prepare for the business practically prohibits the man of small means from engaging in it. In reply let it be said that one need not begin on so large or extensive a scale as MT. Boysen has done.
 From 40 to 50 acres can be water ed by plant costing not more than a thousand dollars, and one man can easily put in, water and harvest 60 acres. The prairie land can be bought at prices ranging from Sis to S3O per acre, so that with two or three thousand dollars, man can enter the business in way 10 insure success. provided q he gives attention to it. Suppose, though, that a man does not care to own the land, yet would like to rent land for rice grow ing9 What are the opportunities in that directionp
 Mir. Boysen will rant lani to the
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l as and Hustle. Much \. for the Prairie City 2, Yields of Rice. The New
 ..d Now Building, Makes
 - Times at Wheetley

organizations h WheatIey. viz. The Masons. Odd-fcllows. Woodmen ol the World and Knights and Ladies of Honor.
 Belle Baxter Lodge of Masons. No 228, meets on Friday night on or be fore the full moon each month, and has thirty-five members. The of ficers are as follows: H.C. Smith. Worshipful Master; O. B. Harris, Senior Warden. John B. Hall. Secre- tary. Ike Slager, Treasurer.
 Wheatley Lodge 1. o. o. E. No. 4oo meets every Monday night and has sixty-one members. Its officers are: M. A. Richey. Noble and; E. H. Harrison. Vice Grand; D. T. Mc- Phaul, Secretary; w. s. Hemenway. Treasurer.
 The Woodmen Of the World meets once month, and has a membership Of twenty-fout. Its officers are as fol- lows: E. N. Harrod. Council Com mander; F. T.. Whitted. Advisory Lieutenant; M. Williams. Banker; w. J. Thompson Clerk.
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right parties, at a rental Of two-hfths, sor not more than one hail the crop. and will let the rsn erusc his water plants free of charge, even assisting him tc some extent in getting the water on the land Shsuld the renter give hall Of tlts crop. l's will have a net profit for himself at ths end of the season of from twenty to twenty. five dollars per acre. and the work is all completed. too. before cold, bad
 weather comes on. In this way f a
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using two, three, or more horses, and after blowing, was thoroughly pulver- ized, 50 as to leave no clods. .Levies, !" as they are called, were then thrown up, and this is done, usually with special machine made for that purpose, though this is not in dlspensable.
 Then the rice is drilled in with a two horse arill-a bushel and half t3 :. ,e acre. sdsothing more is required
 StiI the rice Is up four or five inches
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A CASH OFFER.

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