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The Ordway new era., 1907-02-22
Natural Washing Preparation.

Near Ashcroft, in British Columbia,
are q number of small lakes. whose
shores and bottoms are covered with
a crust containing borax and soda in
such quantities and proportions that
when cut it serves as a washing com
pound. The crust is cut into blocks
and handled in the same manner a. ice.
and 1t is estimated that one Of IT,
lakes contains 10000 tons Of this -
terial.
The Ordway new era., 1907-02-22
pRE SHAFT.
ans Want to Re.
! Washington.

WaSUiU8toU'
~ for the resora-
of the first mon
1hington has been
bro, Md.
Monument. which
Dcond time. is on
South mountain.
3rom Boonsboro.
more than an ir-
pnry, with Just
8 6uggest the ruins
ne size. Persons
eanization of the
~ aim the restora-
Vent feel that the
n as we'll as the
a was erected. its
dposition. overlook
the then great ma
Me 1t to more than
as the distinction
haft. 1t is said.
nory of George
built by the citi-
- 1927. In course
\ to the elements,
j the marble slab
Non could be seen
ponsboro.
nent was inaugu-
|of Odd Fellows OF
"a the monument.
&re raised by sub
- effort and the
Bred to q height of
stairway leading
ication took place
y, with elaborate
bars after its re-
ared In the stone
[Df q few years the
Nm to its former
The Ordway new era., 1907-02-22
on l.Ate.

L.ivss { :. great msn ali remind ~,
X, A. ~ learn them dAy BY day,
p1f * ssishs and IA away. Z,
The Ordway new era., 1907-02-22
terial.
Starch, like everything else, ID b.

Starch. like everything else, ID be-
Ing constantly improved, the patent
starches put on the market 25 years
ago are very different and inferior to
those Of the present day. In the lat
est iscovery-Defiance Starch-all in-
furious chemicals are omitted, while
the addition Of another Ingredient, In
vented by US, gives to the Starch .
strength and smoothness never ap-
preached by other brands.
The Ordway new era., 1907-02-22
Its Teeth.

If
iss Jennie Augh.
primary room In
hools, looks after
a. the mental
md has extracted
Ifing the present
children have
ghen their teeth
~ q ~ 70 10
~ ~ could:
The Ordway new era., 1907-02-22
Gold coinage q the Werid.

United States IL coming annually
about $500 o,o0o. 900 In gold; Great Hrt
tain, nearly eeo. .ooo. 600; Australasia.
= little moro than Great ,HritnlAs
Francs, about eSb.ooe. .ooe: 0ermAAys
ahaut t3sseoo. 80. an1 japan, nseo
The Ordway new era., 1907-02-22
Jeeh or EGYPT DIS.
MO ~ rHEeEs.
~ eenturies Revealed
)o1y ineased In
r 0oo1 1-Prieeiess
y ~ Head.

D n. Davis. who
y OF the parents
j. Teie. has made
lscovery. that OF
nmmy OF Queen
Queen Teie was
man OF Egypt.
OF King Amen
Rho 1900 years
ITO a fanatical
ng a new form
k1c monothetan
spent Its force
- TeIe IL in
hat OF Rameses
ed with jewelry
y gold. which the
FWho. when the
been stamped
y on the tombs
Dle. had left un-
nvators walked
nents OF gold
h There was no
The independent., 1907-02-28
SUNDAY IN CANADA.

The new Canadian law regulating
the observance Of Sunday will go into
effect on March /. 1t is a sweeping
prohibition Of all labor and business,
with the exception Of certain works
Of necessity and mercy. These ex-
ceptions include the care of live stock
and perishable food, the transporta-
ton Of passengers, the supplying of
the ordinary necessaries Of life like
water, gas, electricity and milk. In
emergencies freight trains may be
made up and run. A part Of the act
that promises to improve the intellect
Of the dominion is the prohibition of
the importation and sale of Sunday
newspapers and the failure to place
the publication of such neWspa-
pers in the excepted list. In view
of the contents Of the average
Sunday newspaper at the present
time, especially the ones from New
York that naturally flow over the bor-
der into Canada, the prohibition seems
TO have genuine merit. The law pro-
hibits any editor, reporter printer or
other employe of u morning newspaper
from engaging in the work of pre-
pairing the Monday morning edition
before o'clock Sunday evening. Ex-
cursions and general entertainments
Of all kinds are in the prohibited list.
The only latitude found in the law
IS the possibility of multiplying ii
through the indifference of the pro-
vincial attorney general. who must
originate all prosecutions. This takes
the operation of the law largely out
of the hands OF the local authorities
The independent., 1907-02-28
CENTRAL AMERICA.

Good nature is essential III CROWD
and Central America is crowded Hon
duras and Nicaragua, the present bel
ligerents, both together, cover niue
more ground than Nebraska, and al
the five independent Central American
states together are hardly larger than
Iowa and Nebraska combined. There is
plenty of room for the people, but not
for so many governments. A Honduran
faction opposed to the administration
of President Bonlla had only short
tourney to make to the Nicaraguan
frontier. there to hatch the revolution
which South American honor seems TO
demand in such cases. President Ieiayh
seems not to have been at all diSsat-
isfied at this, for good nature breaks
under the strain of near neighbors iii
Central america, hence a war. Every
Central American nation is convinced
that all five states should join together
in one to obviate the evident Gisad-
yantages of division, and is ready to go
to war at any time where there is
prospect that this may be brought about
by a process of degultitiOn. All tnat
hinders this program is the objection
Of each several state to be being one
of the swallowed. These differences
they discuss in Central America by
cablegram and battles in which few or
none are hurt, instead of in our peace
full campaign style OF course we
think our way is better. but central
America has a right to be different
The independent., 1907-02-28

eager for the contract as passed by the
council. Dunno vetoed it and the coun-
Gil passed it over his veto. The follow
ers of Dunno then forced the submls-
sion of the matter TO popular REFER
endum. which will be taken at .he gen.
eral election. Dunno and his followers
opposing the settlement Meanwhile ef-
forts were made in his own party 10
defeat him for denomination. and \af-
ter Harrison, himself three times may
or, became a candidate. The primaries
showed Dunno to be easily master OF
the situation. In view of repeated large
majorities for municipal ownership in
Chicago it is extremely probable that
Dunno will be reelected. Nobody who
has suffered in the effort to travel on
the Chicago street cars will be sur
priSed at that
The independent., 1907-02-28

becomes the item of chief interest
Anybody can figure down to dollars
and cents the amount he will save
by a lower passenger fare or can es-
innate to mile the extra travel he
will be able to enjoy for the same ex-
penditure.
Freight rates on the other hand,
are to the great majority of people
a hidden tax The cost Of freight Is
concealed in their grocery and cloth
ing bill 1t is taken from the price
Of the corn and stock the farmer sells.
The value of every acre OF farm or
town land in the state is a rehectloh
Of the freight rates of the state. rev
people can have any idea what freight
charges cost them annually.
1t is easier to get people interested
in passenger than in freight rates pc
cause of this difference in effect OF
direct and indirect taxes. That mas
been the case in Nebraska, and yet
where the railroads of Nebraska in
given year collected thirteen miilion
dollars in passenger fares, they levied
freight charges of forty-seyen mil
lions Nebraska Indiana, llllnols,
Missouri, West Virginia, PENNSYLVANIA
Kansas. North Carolina, Minnesota,
Iowa and Mississippi have all passed
or are apparently ready to pass two
cent fare bills This is we'll enough
but in how many cases VIII the lesser
issue crowd out the greater!
The independent., 1907-02-28
wlsoA, THERE:

Whether through coincidence or by
design. or as sign of the times, wash
ington's birthday was the occasion Iof
chorus OF whoas from various prom
inent orators Ex-President Cleveland
travelled to Chicago to speak feelingly
of the ''wickedness OF destructive agi-
tat,ars ard the selfish depravity of DEM
agogues'' which have stirred up dis
content and strife where there should
he peace and harmony" Archbishop
Ireland deprecated our lawrnaking
habit. and pleaded with as 10 'despoil
ourselves of all throbbings of envy
jealousy, hatred In our clamoring for
industrial legislation. There Is IN the
land today" he said. the delusion that
mar may become rich through legisa-
tion in lieu of toll. talent and econ
omy" President Schureman Of Cornell
uniX rsltv Iourneyed TO, Olnaha to
plead. Let us not III our devotion to
Just reforms run into cxcesseS when
will eudanger those Ideals of liberty
aud lndlN dual rights which have heen
the glory ~ the American people"
Warnings ~ this kind are q good
shlng Ca hold in reserve. The people
need ever Ca hear In mina that resent
mont with evil never iusttfirs respond
ing with rvll.
ilul nothing that Mr. Cleveland.
Archbishop ireland or President
Schurman can say should convince ua
that now II the time Ia stop. MIR
Cleveland will have difficulty 10 prove
that the discomfort and strife ~
The present n anytlaA. elisa bul
The independent., 1907-02-28
GALyEsToN's DISCOVERY.

Nebraska cities will earnestly hope
that Des Moines may be permitted by
the Iowa Legislature to make the ex-
pertinent in city government on which
the city seems to have set its heart.
of the scheme proposed. but 1t in
wolves with some notifications the
commission system Of city govern
ment which has thus far worked sue
cessfully in Galveston. This system in
wolves placing the management of city
affairs in the hands of q small egecu-
tive board, and has the double merit
of simplicity and concentrated respOn-
sibility. It is the system by which
practically all great private corpora
tons are governed. a fact of decided
significance. The Des Moines scheme
proposes to establish safeguard
against the abuse of power by its gov
ernors through recall provision by
which a member may be suspended
on formal petition pending an ele"tion
which is to constitute his yria.. The
movement is part Of the general pres
ent tendency to take public affairs into
public control as directly as possible,
meanwhile abandoning the failed
method OF governing by diffase1 re
sponsibility IT is seen thai nothing
better conduces to competent manage
ment of public affairs than ease OF
fixing the responsibility for good or
bad work Marked success of such a
plan in Des Moines would furnish val
uable suggestions to other cities in this
part of the west,
The independent., 1907-02-28
WISCONSIN RATES.

1t Is reported that the two Wiscon-
sin railroads which control over half
the mileage of the state. the st. Paul
and the Northwestern will accept
without contest the order of the state
railroad commission TO put in effect a
two and a half cent fare. This means
that the findings of the commission
were SO conservative that there could
be no hope of success in the courts.
The commission had in fact, gone into
the matter with extreme care. The
policy followed was To make the pas
senger traffic of the roads stand by it
self, not attempting TO make passenger
rates unremuneratiye for freight rates
to offset and seemingly not counting
much on a gain through increased traf-
fic at the lower rates. Two and a half
cents a mile, the commission decided.
would permit the Northwestern to
make six and a half per cent net profit
on passenger business, whereas rate
of two cents would allow net earnings
of only three and a half per cent on
passenger traffic. Whatever may be the
fate in the courts of the two-cent fares
evidently to be provided by statute in
most other states of the middle swest,
there is to be a prompt test of the
commission made the two and half
cent fare in one western state.
The independent., 1907-02-28
Bad Symptoms.

Tho u,oman who has nar;od;cal haad.
-, hsaraana COOS ipon;narv dark
asnes, u"sSa s.as,1s a,..;n . ,,'a;, ' hesa..
spoes VI steuhs noas.s d;stns ~ ta ~ boaur
neI eyes na5rfHa"ii,s uise,eso ~ u01sy
full feeling N Stomach, ialnt spelis, drag
ging down. /teeling In lower abdominal or
pelvic region, easily startled or excited,
irrepukf or painful periods. with or with
ont rblvic cataerh. Is suffering from
weaknskses andAerangements that should
have eSnv attention, Not all of above
svmptoIks arz likely to be present In any
case al one xime.
NerioTteA or badly treated and such
ases %ftfn run into maladies which de-
mand IKE surgeons knife II they do not
res,ltfataIly.
No medicine extant- has such a long
and nnmcT0sis recard OF clirES In such
cases as Dr. Pierce's EaYorlfe -PreScTlp-
lion. No medicine has such strQpg
Drofessi6HaI l1i0Tle mem 0I each 0l ltS
Several fKcredl len ntS--w or u more Imam any
humber of nrdinary nnn- urol oless iopal feS:-
ffmonIals. The very best Ingredients
Known To medical science for the cure OF
woman's peculiar ailments enter into its
The independent., 1907-02-28

Fiction writers have always consid-
cred actual experiences OF life to bo
a lawful field for exploitation-in fact.
every historical novel Is a sample OF
fictional exploitation OF published mar
ratives OF fact.
Take an instance from the article
accusing me of plagiarism, now In your
hands-that of the dog that lay down
on it's back with it's paws in the air
and begged for m0ccasins. This nap
pened to one of Mr. Young's dogs and
] exploited it In my story. But sup
pose that I am in the KlOndike. Sup
pose this incident occurs with one of
my dogs. [ can utilize this material
in story, can / not? Agreed. Now
suppose it doesn't happen with my dog
but with some one else's dog, but that
/ happen to see the incident. May |
use it? Again agreed. Now, however,
/ do not see the incident, but the man
with whose dog 1t occurs tells me
about It, May / use it? Again agreed
A step further, instead of telling about
ii, a man writes the incident, not in a
story, but in a plain narrative of incl
dents. May / use it in my story? And
if not, why not?
This defense indicates that Mr.. Lon
don does not appreciate how much OF
the popularity Of his book is due to
the very features he 50 coohy abstract
ed from the earlier work A line Of
acknowledgement would have cost
nothing and would have forestalled the
present embarrassment which in
spite of his jaunty air Is bound 10 take
a little of the glamor off Mr. London 4
halo as an author
The independent., 1907-02-28
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT

discomfort with dirt and the strife that
should always exist between right and
wrong. IL Archbishop Ireland finds q
"delusion that man may become rich
through legislation let him ponder
whether this delusion does not arise
from the full knowledge that not a
few of our very rich men whose sue
cess he fears may excite our jealousy,
owe their success to nothing So much
as legislation. And President SEIZURE
man can rest assured that the only in
dividual right which is in any danger
from devotion to reform" is the
dextrous manipulation of the ma
chlnery Of justice, by which one indi
vidual right sometimes threatens
manv.
The independent., 1907-02-28
MAYOR DUNE.

Mayor Dunne's easy denomination for
MAYOR of Chicago in the face of bitter
opposition from party leaders shows
that the municipal ownership idea is
still strong in that city. The situation
in Chicago is a peculiar one. Dunno
was elected mayor two years ago on a
platform proposing immediate muni-
cipal ownership of the city traction
lines. During his term he has proceeded
actively in that direction, but ham,
pered as such movement is sure 10
be hampered, by the tremendous inter-
ests at stake in private ownership. A
decision of the federal supreme court
declaring the traction franchises to
nave expired left the traction coulpan-
les at the mercy of the city early IN
his administration, but details of an
adjustment remained to be arranged.
The matter was finally gotten by me
council into the form Of an agreement
with the traction companies under
which they were to operate the INES
for twenty years more. making certain
improvements and privileges OF pur-
chase to theeSity. TIN mayor strcye for
amendments which he deemed vital 10
the contract. but the council overruied
him. The traction companies were
The independent., 1907-02-28
WHAT is PLAGIARISM.

Some of the most telling features of
Jack London's powerful book, The
Call Of the Wild are shown by a
contributor to the Independent TO have
been appropriated without credit from
Il previous book by Edgerton r. Young
entitled My Dogs in the Northland. :
The ability of Buck" to scent COM
ing wind so accurately in advance that
he never was caught by a storm sleep
ing i'm an exposed place was long be-
fore described as a talent possessed by
Mr.. YOung's Rover" Likewise, the
preparations made by the dogs Cor
their beds in the snow. the different
methods of feeding and managing
them. and many Incidents showing the
intelligence. memory and gumption Of
the London dogs all have their coun-
terpart In the earlier book. The ease
~ so plain that when II Is brought to
the attention Of Jack London he
acknowledges his Indebtedness 70 Mr.
Young. He did secure this material
from his book But he insists that 1t
Il not case OF plagiarism inasmuch
a. his work Is fiction" a story while
MIR youngs book was a plain narra-
tive of fact
The independent., 1907-02-28
CHILD LABOR.

One of the advocates before the leg
islature of the child labor bill tells Of
Lincoln little girl who was asked
the other day the usual question about
what she intended to do when she
grew up. Get married. said she,
and have a lot Of children to work
for me in the beet fields" 1t Is a
common remark among the people
who spend their summers working in
the sugar beet districts that every
child In a family Is worth hundred
dollars year in tie beet felds. The
reverse side Of the picture Is seen in
the fact that the avelage school at
tendance Of these children is only a
small fraction of the number Of DAYS
per year which the law requires.
Some time ago a firm established IT.
self opposite the DooIitte school in
Chicago to sell cheap iewelry on COM
mission through child reddlers. In a
short time 800 OF the pupils played tru-
ant to go to selling jeWelry. Fortu-
nately there was q child labor law
forbidding the employment Of chill
dren under fourteen as peddlers, and
the ieWelry firm, after being fined
once preferred pulling up stakes to
suffering 299 prosecutions more. Ap-
parently it is choice between re-
stricting the commercial instincts
which the children seem to have alb
sorbed from their elders, and closing
the schools.
The independent., 1907-02-28
INCONSISTENCIES.

Some caustic criticism has been di-
rected at the inconsistency of the Chi
nese government In voting ten million
dollars toward starting a navy while
a million of its subjects are so near
starvation that the nations of the
earth are being called upon for re-
lief
But governments that are infatu-
ated with the world power fad must
needs be inconsistent now and then.
and China. under the inspiration OF
Japan, Is having It's ambition churned
from day TO day with the world power
dasher japan is urging its Chinese
neighbOrs Ia take up the yellow mans
burden and aid II in maintaining SUI
prcmacy IN the Orient 10 the exclu-
sion og the western world. Before
the glittering picture which such a
thought suggests. why should China
blush or stammer over such slight
disbursement az a passive lncon-
sistency?
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-12-24
KNOX ADDRESSES
NEW ENGLANDERS

Philadelphia, Pa. Dec. 2i.-Nearly 800
New England society in Pennsylvania
here last night The feature OF the affair
was the contribution OF Senator Knox of
Pennsylvania TO American history i'm re-
plying TO the toast PENNSYLVANIA New
England: their relation to the most ef-
fcctive principle of federation embodied
i'm the American constitution"
Senator Knox discussed the claims Of
two sons OF New England 10 the title
1.-The father of the constitution" One of
these was the famous BENJAMIN Franklin,
the other was the obscure Peatah Web
ster. Both were pioneers in the early
procession OF Pilgrims to ennsylvania.
The speaker argued that Benjamin
Franklin was the pioneer in announcing
the path h-breaking idea" (Which Alexis
de Tocqueville heralded as a novel theory
and a great discovery Of modern political
scicnce) OF "a federal government oper-
ating directly upon citizens, and not upon
the states as corpora tions"
The address was inspired by a recent
article by Or. Hannis Taylor. who gave
Webster. a native of Connecticut and an
adopted son Of Pennsylvania. priority I'm
inventing "the idea Of tho supreme fed
cral government strictly organized and
operating directly ON tho citizen and not
on the states composing the federation"
other speakers were Henry II. Esta-
brook and Darwin Il. Kingsley Of New
York and DR. T. r Luther. president OF
tho Trinity college Hartford, Conn.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-12-24
FIGHT IS ON
To GUST AHERh
ONCE AGAIN

New York. Dec. 24.--Proceedings to oust
John H. Ahearn as borough president will
be begun today. Members OF the Citizens
comforting were keeping quiet last night
about the precise steps to be taken. and
at a meeting held at the Manhattan Hotel
late yesterday afternoon TO which invita-
tions were sent to the members of both
organizations, only the bare announcement
that some action would be taken today
was made.
IL was intimated however, by one man
that there would be something doing to-
day at Albany and that the governor
would have hand I'm IL. Governor Hugh
es and Mayor Mcclellan have both been
consulted
A taxpayers suit has been considered
to be the most likely form OF action, but
il was not at all certain last night that
things had been decided upon. The other
suggestion has been quo warranto pro-
ceeding to be taken by the attorney gen.
eral
George A. McAneny. president OF the
City club, declined TO deny or affirm that
such a move had been decided upon.
Mr.. Cutting at the meeting yesterday
afternoon offered three resolutions, one
condcmnng the action OF the board OF
aldermen, another appointing the COM
nffttee TO cooperate i'm resisting the at
tempt TO nullify the governors action,
and a. third calling upon the committee 10
consider the advisability of recommending
to the legislature "the radical modifca-
ton of the constitution OF the board of
aldermen as proposed by the charter re-
vision commission, or the transfer of its
functions to a more competent and re-
sponsible body"
II think we all agree" said Mr.. CUT
ting. that this action is sort of chal-
lenge to tho forces that have been striv-
ing for years TO elevate the standards
OF city government with some success and
should be met as SUCH
The club adopted a resolution condemn
ing the action OF the majority OF the
board of aldermen o. the borough OF Man
haitian 'in voting TO re-elect John r.
Ahearn as borough president. whose re-
moyal by the governor was the richly de-
served penalty for his official miscon-
duct"
Martin w. Littleton, Ahearn's cotnsei,
was in the position of waiting Tor the
other side to fire first.
'The man who has tried hardest 10 get
rid of Mr.. Ahearn." he said, has by his
own act done the most to strengthen Mr..
Ahearn's position. refer to the mayor
who signed Mr.. Ahearn's certihcate
which he now holds