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The Washington times., 1907-02-11
The Milking Machine,

Certain thoughtless people who
seem to imagine themselves moved
| by sentiment, but who in fact are
animated by Grass, gross, lament
able ignorance, are assuming TO be
grieved that the Department of Ag-
riculture has found a mechanical
mixer which II is able to approve.
They bewail the passage of the
mill1maid, for whom they explain
/ that ciOck-work device is TO be
substituted that will not be half so
pretty and nice.
These people never saw a milk
maid outside IA pastel or a wash
drawing. They don't know that a
milkmaid is n boy of twelve years or
more, who was yanked out of bed
by his dad at about $3.50 a. M,
dressed in a room where the water
in the pitcher was frozen, grumbIed
his way out 10 the barn, took a
kick or two at bossy's Stats, and
then got busy to tease the milk out
of her, the while making plans 70
run away from home and become a
brakeman or pirate or a captain Of
industry.
These folks who don't believe in
the mechanical mixer should know
that milking by hand, with chill
blamed fingers, has been responsible
for more crime, more wrecked
homes, more treason and strata
gems, more deep-seated, ineradic-
able rrisanthropy, more dissatisfac-
tion with our institutions, more de-
sertion of the farm and overcrowd-
ing of the cities, more strain on
popular government, more incite-
ment to anarchy and sedition, than
any other one cause. Milking by
hand has meant the difference be-
tween an idyll and a nightmare TO
the boy who lived in the country.
1t has made him hate his father.
desPise all living things, throw the
teacher out of the school house, and
ultimately desert the simple, hon
est, honorable life of the farm to
become a corporation lawyer, or a
Senator, OF something else equally
discreditable.
Knowing some of these things
from frost-bitten experience, we are
firmly and frankly for the mechan-
ical mixer. We hail it as one Of
the greatest social benefactiOns Of
the generation. We know what it
is going to do for this great coun-
try. and for the annual output Of
butter and cheese. The languishing
condition of these industries has
long been occasion for concern. The
cow product of the country is now
only few billions, and really ought
to be several more. The mechan-
ical mixer means that il will be-
The mechanical mixer means more
TO the real Son of the Soil than
would the realization of the rOsiest
promises of all the party platforms
in a close election.
The Washington times., 1907-02-11
Anti-Saloon Workers in Mass
Meeting Indorse the Web
Der Bill.

Representative A. r Weber OF Ohio.
author OF the prohibition bill now be
fore Congress to abolish the saloons in
the District OF Columbia. was the pTin-
cipal speaker yesterday at the rally
held in the Belasco Theater by the
allied and associated churches and tenn
perance organizations OF the city
The Rev Carl Doney, pastor of Ham
line Methodist Episcopal Church, pre-
sided He introduced Representative
Weber as the LOchinvar who has
come out Of the West 20 save our city
from its iniquity." When the champion
OF prohibition advanced TO the front OF
the stage he was greeted with a storm
Of applause.
In the course OF his address he said
that the present liquor law Of the Dis
trict OF Columbia was an abOmination
and farce, and that by IT'S operation the
people are being robbed. He read re-
ports from jail, wOrkhOuse. and asylum
OFFICIALS OF that District that went 10
show that nine-tenths Of the crime and
insanity Of Washington is due % the
saloon
I will show you" said Mr. Weber.
how much more IL costs TO support
these institutions than yOu receive ia
revenue from the salOOnEeepers. Your
jail cost you $1,000 last year, your work
house over $4,000. your asylum over
$50, 900. your police force over $500. 90.
and your courts nearly So, 600 Against
this you received last year less than
SJO0OOO in liquor revenue With this the
citizens OF the District pay annually to
saloons over $1,000 Your drink BIZ!
therefore, Is approximately S3.300,O00 a
wear
"Never will you have a clean CITY %
ne continued, until every saloon in the
District IS brushed out as II by a
broom"
The other speakers were the Rev. T.
ID. Power. Chaplain COuden. OF the
House; DR.. Shinn. Of New Orleans. and
the Rev c. +. Winbigler
The Washington times., 1907-02-11
LEAVES PROPERTY
TO PAIR Of Pigs

LAKE AINSLIE. Cape Breton. Feb.
u--Just 10 get even with his relatives.
who, he declared. had fawned or him
for years and derided him behind his
back while waiting for him 10 die that
they might inherit his life savings. Roo
ert Macdonald bequeathed everything
ne owned 10 his two pigs. The estate
amounts 20 about SS.0oo. and every cent
is 10 go 90 the porkers ana their keepers
Macdonald had no near kin, but a
dozen distant relatives kept close trace
Of him. and. he declared shortly before
his death. that their only interest was
ia his money.
While Macdonald had never been
known to keep swine. he no sooner
learned from his doctor that he must
prepare 70 die than ne sent TO a ncigh-
boring farmer ana bought two young
pigs, "A male and a female These ne
caused 10 bee placed and led In pen
al the rear OF the house. He then sent
for his solicitor and dictated his will,
saying thai II he gave his fortune Of
$500 10 his cousins II would he In the
hands Of piss who denied their identi-
ties" and tat he might as well give
il 10 porkcrs which made no prete1ses"
BY the terri of this unique document
the house is II he sold at auction
The funds accgUing from the sale are
t4-tu 10 LE bdLhCu anu the interest.
together with the income from all other
funds possessed by Ar Macdonald at
the time OF his death, is 10 be used 10
feed and care for the two pigs.
As the interest on 5000 at 1 per cent
amounts 10 but $50 per annum and a.
the attendants fees and feeding will
exhaust this amount the first year the
will provides that drafts may be made
on the principal Immediately after tie
nrSI inter OF pigs Is born Thereafter
the principal shall be used as needed
until no cash remains in the bank At
this time the hogs and pigs are 10 sold
and the moryy devoted TO such local
charities as the executor may elect.
The Washington times., 1907-02-11

tory drained by Galveston is richer and
more prolific than the port OF the En-
pire City
But it is not alone in the export trade
that Texas is rich. her agrlCultu-
raj lands are today the best investment
to be had in the country In many in
stances land in Texas has increased in
value 400 per cent within a decade. And
IL Is not alone farm land that has in
creased in value. but the city lots have
trrhled in the last five or six years
Texas IS enjoying 9 marked degree OF
prosperity and much Of the prosperity
has come from the liberal advertising OF
the railroad in the state and the liberal
rates 10 immigrants. But Texas has not
one-hah the railroads demanded by her
population and growing business.
Everything in Texas.
1t is no exaggeration TO say that YOU
might build a Trojan wall around the
Lone Star State and we could. and do.
produce TIE raw material for anything
from pair Of breeches to a battleship.
And we can also produce the finished
product We have every shade and de-
gree Of climate 10 be found in the United
States. If the capitalists OF the East
only knew IL they would invest their
surplus money in Texas land and in "A
few years they would be as land rich as
the AstOrs OF New York
President FeatherstOne has been here
for several weeks looking after some
matters OF interest 10 Texas before Con
gresS. He is interested in the river and
harbOr bill He SAYS the money expeud-
ed BY the Government on the improve
ment of the cOuntry's waterways IS re-
turned TO Uncle Sam fOur-fOld and is
the most profitable investment made by
Congress.
The Washington times., 1907-02-11
NOT CONTROLLED BY A TRUST.

In connection with The slight furry of
feeling reused by the Swettenham letter
70 Admiral Davis a remark made by the
late Lord Charles Beresford is recalled.
The popular British admiral was adj
dressing the New York Chamber Of
Commerce at o time when "jingoes"
were in evidence on both sides of the
Atlantic. HIS lordship dismissed the
matter with a sentence or two. saying
pithily; No nation has a monopoly
OF fools"
The Washington times., 1907-02-11

primary problem viii leave the con-
ventions-State, county, district, and
city-hut limit their functions to
carrying out the mandate of the
people, as expressed by vote at pri-
mary elections.
The Washington times., 1907-02-11
GERMAN ART DISPLAY
FOR NEW YORK CITY

BERLIN, Feb. 11.-Ar exposition for
the display OF German art IN New York
is being projected by German artists
and supporters OF art, and from present
indications the plans viii be carried out
October is the time agreed upon for
holding the exposition. and Kaiser VIII
helm will be the chief patron. Leading
German painters and Sculp1Ors have
promised 10 exhibit their works
The Washington times., 1907-02-11
TEXAS A LAND OF PROMISE
WITH ALL KINDS OF WEALTH
Enthusiastic Arkansan Says Young Men Can Easily Out
AstOr AstOr If They Figure Out the Com
binaton Right

There is no excuse for a young man
20 remain poor when ne can come TO
Texas and get rich by the application
Of a little energy and industry said
l. p. Featherstone, OF Galveston, today.
Mr.. Featherstone was formerly from
Arkansas. and was a member Of the
House in the Fifty-first Congress. After
serving one term he removed TO Texas.
settling in Galveston, where he became
interested in railroading. and built the
Gulf anc Interstate railroad. Of which
he is now president
Texas is not only the richest state
in natural resources in the Union, but
Galveston. IN a few short years, viii
be the greatest export city in the coun-
try" said President Featherstone. AT
this moment" he continued. she is the
second export city in the United States.
Just Oppc site Galveston is Bolivia Port
which. in a way, is a town OF export
that materially adds to the advantages
OF Galveston. AS a city Of export Gal
weston IS 100 miles, by the Panama
canal. nearer the Orient. True. the
canal is not yet built. but when the
work once gets fairly started the dirt
will fly, especially IL the suggestion Of
Seantor Curtis Of Kansas comes TO pass
and President Roosevelt takes personal
charge Of the undertaking when his
term Of office expires.
Weeks Exports, SIo,ooO,ooo.
To-day we are exporting more than
three million bales Of cotton. One week
last fall the value Of exports from Gal
weston exceeded 100000. The terri
The Washington times., 1907-02-11
FEWER LEMONS BEING HANDED

II seems to be q solemn fact that a
certain popular expression is hurting
the lemon trade. Whereas there was
formerly no more hesitation about ask
Ing for a lemon than for any other kind
or fruit, people acquainted with the
Vernacular now pass on and buy some
other variety. At least so say some Of the
dealers. Something ought 10 be done 10
reheve the lemon business and coinci-
IDENTIFY furnish us with something fresh
in slang.-Boston Herald
The Washington times., 1907-02-11
FOOTBALL AT GOVERNMENT Elk.
PENSE.

In the latest list of supplementary es-
SiInalss presented 10 the parliament Of
New zealand there is an item Of a kind
tnat mas probably never before been
submitted TO a legislative body. II runs
mus; Expenses of the New Zealand
1 l,Sl team in England 1865 CS9, sl5l.
~ mus tne sending of the highly success
ful team across the waters vas q sort
OF socialisuG- enterprise,
The Washington times., 1907-02-11
FORMER SENATOR GROSSCUP
JAMESTOWN LOAN DISBURSER

Former State Senator J. Fred Gross
cup. of West Virginia. will disbIrse the
81. 100000 loan of the Government to the
jamestown Exposition Company, having
been selected by the Treasury DEPART
ment as its disbursing officer at the ex-
position.
The Washington times., 1907-02-11

Lots Of time is being wasted on in
Guiries as to what the country shall do
with Mr.. Roosevelt after the end OF his
term. and meanwhile the much more
important question Of what Mr.. Roose-
welt will do to the country is being
ineXcusably neglected
The Washington times., 1907-02-11

Iowa has been so busy making reform
laws this winter that its justly celebrat-
ed Idea has been kidnapped by some
folks down in Masss chusetts, and there
Is reason to believe they may succeed
in demonstrating IT,
The Washington times., 1907-02-11
NOT EXACTLY UNION WAGES.

In 1856 Miss Phelps, a phiIanthropic
EnglishwOman. introduced embroidery
among the women Of Madeira. as an en-
plOynent which does not conflict with
domestic duties Today about 50 OO0
women are regularly employed in this
day.
The Washington times., 1907-02-11

The twelve luckiest men in the country
probably don't even realize their good
fortune. They are the jurors who are
not permitted 10 read what the papers
say about II.
The Washington times., 1907-02-11

There is some reason to believe that II
Harry Thaw hadn't been ruined by
being too well provided for, he might
have been a very credltable sort OF
member OF society
The Washington times., 1907-02-11

The United States now makes more
autos than any other country. which
explains why we are getting to be such
an almighty spry lot on our feet
The Washington times., 1907-02-11

Jersey City has a blind pOetess, eighty
Sin years old. Living IN Jersey City. ii
is quite likely that her blindness made
possible the development OF the poetic
gift
The Washington times., 1907-02-11

Stories Of trouble for the Fairbanks
movement may be set down, for the
present at least, as entirely erroneous.
The January thaw was rather debili-
tating, but February has thus far been
cool, bracing and altogether satisfactory.
The Washington times., 1907-02-11

The difference between Governor Dur
bin and the other folks who drop in
from Indiana now and then is merely
that Durbin said il right out loud.
The Washington times., 1907-02-11
ARTIFICIAL EAR DRUMs.

Ear drums made OF thin leaves of sill
yer are being used in the Russian mill
tary HOSPITALS for diseases or the ear.
to replace defective organs.
The Washington times., 1907-02-11

The public is now asked 10 place its
trust In the new antitrust coal trust,
which Will not trust
New-York tribune., 1907-07-07

who loses his sight and has money the
only alternatives the almshOuse the street
aud a tin cup. But II there Is some one 10
hold a helping hand he may prove this feel
ing the mistake IL Is. There is a living
in upper Broadway who has done that most thor
oughly
This man was foreman Of an excavating gang.
sightless. After he out OF the hospital he was
sitting at home, helplessly. hopelessly, when the
superintendent OF the Batavia School for the Blind
sought him out.
IL want YOU" said the visitor. TO come 10
school and learn To make brooms.'.
But can't See.'' the man objected.
That's why came said the other.
brooms. He obtained a broom machine. ana set Up
for himself home. Starting with nothing lie
worked Sc hard and marketed his goods : we'll
that he supported himself and his wife and saved 4
little money. He saved enough TO buy three horses
and, hiring u drive them. brGnched out into
the trucking business. Eventually he bought more
horses and he has six drivers employed. He
has given up broom making, and devotes himself
20 his growing business.
Sitting under tree IN his yard one day he told
Tribune reporter how he orders his time lie
rises at 4:S0 o'clock in the morning feeds the
horses kindles the kitchen fire and fills the kettle
and grinds the coffee for his wife. While the men
cat breakfast he bitches up the horses. and then
he has his own breakfast After that ne lies down
awhile and then he smokes his pipe. while his wife
OF the neghbors reads the newspaper 10
him At p. the men begin 10 come I'm. and
then he washes the wagons and feeds the horses
and curries them and beds them for the night. The
whole thing is in his hands. and he does all the
planning and managing
Sure, don't often think about being blind" he
remarked. I've much
New-York tribune., 1907-07-07
A PICTURESQUE START.

To hold out the helping hand in cases like this IS
one OF the objects of the New York Association
for tho Blind Incorporated in New York in I9t5
Tho story OF the birth OF this organization Is
pretty one Sitting in a concert hall. some years
ago, Miss Wlnfred Holt and her sister Miss Edith
Holt. observed two blind boys who taking a
great and obvious pleasure in the music There
were some empty seats in the hall Putting the
empty seats and the happiness OF the blind boys
together. the sisters had idea. Would not con-
cert managers be willing 10 give unsod tickets for
the use OF blind music lovers who could afford
10 buy them? Certain managers were approached
and agreed TO cooperate and the Committee for
Tickets for the Blind was formed. But the men
and women who exerted themselves for this saw
more and moro how many things ought 20 DO done
for the blind-things which have been done for
years in some European countries. but in which the
United States is strangely backward.
In France there are in connection with the great
National Institution for the Blind workshops and
employment bureaus for the adult blind exchanges
where their work is sold. Braile libraries with
shipping departments for sending BrailIe books to
the blind all through Franco and 20 other coun-
tries. In Germany there is the Saxon system by
which the directors of schools for the blind help
the graduates to get established in business or a
trade and keep track of them and stand ready TO
help them wherever they are. The United States
has fine schools for the blind. but the blind need
something beyond an education; at least. OF
them do. Besides. three-quarters OF them become
blind after school age. Perceiving that for such
as these absolutely nothing being done beyond
the erection of few charitable homes for the
penniless the officers OF the Committee for Tickets
for the Blind determined to step into the breach.
Consequently the New York Association for the
Blnu came into Delng, ana proposes, II IL can
got tho money needs. TO stand the friend OF all
New York blind who want its help.
So far II stands alone in the work II is doing
for the adult blind II the association did nothing
else It deserves support for the light that Is being
carried into darkened lives by It's home teachers.
In London there fourteen Instructors. who go
about cheering and teaching the home-bOund blind
New York has the associations six-one who de-
votes all her time 10 the work and five supplo-
mentary teachers. Six would not be too
many. The original home teacher OF the associa-
tion is totally blind. yet she lives alone takes care
of her fiat and OF her two canaries, finds time TO
knit exquisite lace, and In the course OF the week
travels the entire city. teaching blind people
typewrttng. sewing. basketry and various other
things. Mondays she covers the district from Rut-
New-York tribune., 1907-07-07

as 1t was taken out. Compressed afr forced
into the shaft, and IN this the tunnel level
was finally reached, the flooding being prevented
by false bottom. which made the shaft practi-
caily hollow caisson box resting upon mass of
shifting soil.
When the hugo fifteen and a half feet shields
were started on their boring process toward the
bed of the river difficulties began to multiply Not
only did the weight OF the shield II to dip
downward in the soft soil it pushed for
ward but the weight OF the cast iron tube 500
tlons which were placed In the bore hole the
shield proceeded caused further saggDg below
the true level The unevennesses In the tube levels
there were heavy leakages through these cracks
and faulty Joints of soil and water into the in
terror OF the tube. This steady accumulation Of
SOIL from under and around the tubes was pumped
out instead of being kept out OF the tubes by
sufficient pressure OF air. This caused not only
further DETECTION of the tubes from their true
levels but It removed large quantities of soil
process OF the street level This sagging process
not noticeable at first, but long after the two
tubes were completed under the street IT went on,
gradually producing the results described upon the
buildings In Joralemon street. After great deal
of faulty work II found necessary to sink an
other shaft the foot OF the hill close TO the bulk
head line the river front. and work from that
point upward toward the first shaft borings. When
the two tubes were finally finished and calked so
that there more leaksges the true tunnel
level had been sadly departed from. At one point
there was @ downward DETECTION of much as
twenty-eight inches. and hundreds of tons Of soil
had been removed more than necessary 10
carry the tubes Tho alignment OF both tubes was
crooked that plates had to be removed IN order
to level UP the bottom. It in this shore sac
ton that most Of the broken plates occurred. and
they had also to be replaced
New-York tribune., 1907-07-07

conditions in India amid which missionaries work.
and against which they must strive is hindered oy
the simple fact that were to write plainly what
saw the prominent feature OF Hindu worship In
Benares this paper would not be permitted trans
mission through the mails. The conknonest object
OF worship may not even be limited at; WHILE so far
from writing description of the sculptures on the
walls of one temple. they may not even be recalled
without disgust. 1t is distinct ascent to contem-
plate the sacred monkeys that fill temple-rnorc
than two hundred Of them scampering about the
trees and the courts-or the sacred cows and bulls
that abound throughout the city. When wealthy
Brahman dies bull is turned loose In the city 20
wander through the narrow streets and to plege
undisturbed, from the bazaars The molten calf
which the backslidden Israelites worahpped Is also
here. to be purchased a household god
At the famous Cow Temple and heard
row that would have attracted mob anywhere in
Christendom. woman worshipper wanted 70 SO
into the inner shrine but the priest contended that
she had not paid enough money. She shr1ly in
sisted that she had and tried to force hor past
the priest. The latter thereupon struck her a re-
sounding blow in the face, but even this could not
deter the intending worshipper and when left.
after watching the muss for ten minutes the noise
or the wrangc still filed the temple, although the
other Worshppers seemed to mind It little di
the Well fed that filed temple
New-York tribune., 1907-07-07
WASH DAY IN THE GANGES.

If ever modern science takes hold Of India the
popularity Of BenRres is gone for this worship of
the Ganges is thing 10 give believer in germs
the shudders. People battle IN and drink the water
right from the spot where sewage is seeping
through the CHATS. They arc not troubled by the
proximity OF bathers IN all stages of disease The
fact that corpses soaking IN >the stream just
above them does not disturb the worshippers a
particle
The practice Of burning the dead at Benares is
famous. After the body. wrapped in thin cover
ing, has lain for time in the Ganges, a rough
funeral pyrc, three four fest high, is built OF
logs and sticks bought for the purpose. and II is
consumed with more less thoroughness The
pariah dogs thrive by the fact that the job is not
always well done; gne1Ving a burnt
fragment OF @ human body.
to Benares prepared TO find much to ad-
nire IN Hinduism but somehow cannot get post
the dirt and 4lthiness OF It all. There for another
example IS one well, the most sacred bit OF water
in India This is pool the size of the swimming
tank IN an ordinary gymnasium, without inlet or
outlet ailed from the Gsnges. and cleaned out only
once a year To battle in IL one must nav a. high
fee. well as buy flowers, milk confectionery
sandslwood and other yotve offerings that are put
into the pool by the bathers. AS a result OF ali
these accumulatons. the contents instead of being
merely dirty water, are vscous MAS, nauseating
even TO look upon or 10 smell. Yet totterng old
women, strong men and blooming youth ducked In
this place. was impressed by a touch OF human
sentiment here; man and woman went into tho
pool tied together. thus hoping 20 insure that when
they should be born again they would moro
become man and wife.
The endeaYor to give fair representation OF tbs