The Washington herald., 1907-04-26
AT THE HOTELS.

tlfHt experience on fdtAH44dEe SuHcH,
said afr- ~. R. Burson. Of st. Louis, at
the Raleigh
The sensation is sickening, and one
wifi do for lifetime. This shock 7 ex-
perienced was in the city Of Mexico. and
did very slight damage, bat to the amer
icaR visitors there, who were unused 10
seismic disturbances. & was terrifying
in the extreme had gone 10 bed early
ami had hardly got u sleep when the
thing happened It's hard to describe
that peculiar sWaying, rocking motion.
A man ia the next rom who was from
Kansas rushed out "a the ball 10 his
pajamas. and in excitei tones yelled our
that cyclone had BIZ us Women
rushed out into the cort in their night
robes, and a general panic ensued. but
the shock WAS soon oVei and fnaliy the
guests made up their minds 10 90 back
TO their rooms.
About this time the crowds began
coming out of the theatqs. and most OF
these seemed to treat tie occurrence as
though it were only common Incident.
did not get a very good Heep that night,
and woke up several times with the feel
ing that another shock was on taat
would bring about the destruction Of the
city. AT these moments made up my
the United States would haze me for one
OF its passengers.
a year OF tive ago the Stle Of Kansas
passed some stringent Legislation against
the STANDARD Oil Company. hoping 10
break it's grasp on the peoDl, said Sir.
c. J. Alden. Of Kansas City. q the Shore
ham.
But the octopus is stHI doI.g business
in our state. and viii be. I 4ppose as
long as any OIL remains ia IL ground.
The prime cause of the anti-trlst legisia-
ton was 70 make oil produciionprohtabls
20 individuals, but no such resuithas been
attained OF the many compauie and in
dividuals who owned oil interest in the
Kansas helds. hardly any hiss mao a dol
lar Of late, and many IF them. ratAr than
continue a losing game, nave Wond up
their affairs and gone ont OF bldness.
When oil dropped 20 50 cents ariel.
scarcely enough 10 pay for pumpins the
speculative era closed. The slriugenlaws
caused no raise in price. and ever size 10
has been at or below 80 cents
Besides. there has been a treulenDus
decline ia production. When the 90 fFer
was AT its height three years ago ~ /
sas was credited with a daily 0utplH 0E
/ 48,o09 barrels. To-day II is only aisus
li0.o09 barrels, most Of which is handled -
the pipe line companies. The small Hfl-
Queer cant make enough TO get his pTi.-
uct 10 the Pipe line. and has quit Tie
ten-barrel well is too small Tor profitable
handling; the drilling outfits have been re-
moved, and towns that dreamed cf beA
coming great cities have since realizes y
/ they were cheTishing a deiusion.
Z ar. --....-.-as- 50 ia q r Arra
as At the Raleigh tile authoTluts are
considering the matter Of placingf cap
erons in the public parks for the ipretec-
ton Of young girls and women 3Filaout
escorts. Most Of eur citizens IL AK this
would BE- advisable because thetR nave
been many recent cases of nc ssta ton
+ Of unprotected women Ia the pa KS The
cost would not be large, and il Vbuid be
1 a great satisfaction TO know tFt girls
/ without male protection could fnble ID
the parks with absolute securing
Il found more things to inteFes NE I'd
/ rural France. which I toured y long
ago, than in the gay capital Of 9 lat ma
ton" said Mr.. Z F. Burnham. 81 San
Francisco. Al the New willard "Vhne ia
many parts Of the republic agricultEre has
Z
/ ton. in some Of the departments II Is stl
/ in a very primitive condition
In Ia Vendee. Tor instance there feenls
/ 20 have been no progress. no hnof ledge
! OF modern. scientific farming, ami the
/ people follow the same fashion OF sToTk
! as their ancestors did centuries tago.
There / saw women spinning with bose
old instruments. the distan and spk dle.
which were in use 400 years Ego.
Throughout that locality sheep were kePt
for their milk cows we're worked tsthe
pillow and harrow. the wheat was gres nd
by Wfnd-mills. and the women Ten7 IL
market in little carts drawn by donk4 IS.
Another odd sight was the portable Is
which went from farm 10 farm maxi ag
brandy OF which the district produced q
/ considerable quantity
Another department in which J Il
/ great interest had for its chief indus Sc
the production Of white pine. On farE
Of from . to . acres ali the land eXceF
a small ploI for garden was given up 1
the raising of this species of timber.
r never saw more thorough cultivation an
where. The trees which come from sci
, sown seed, grow rapidly, but are conr 3
, ually being thinned out They are neFes
! chopped down as in the United Statei
but are grubbed out so as 10 save eyerl
D
! nreWood Nothing is wasted by thes
! frugal Frenchmen. The pine needles an
raked up and given 10 the cows Tor bed
5 ding. and the green cones are sold for s
cents a ton.
1T is a curious thing how some Of oui
p contemporary millionaires have deveiopes
certain artistic tastes until they havi
come to be. OF at least think themselves
connoisseurs." said Mr g. +. Montgom
cry, Of New York at the New Willard.
There Is Senator Clark. OF Montana
whose fad for pictures is well known. H.
has a large collection. including not fep
bad ones. and will talk by the hour Il
any one who viii listen 10 him discourse
about his hobby. Mr.. J. J. HIS weak
ness is FOR diamonds. one Of the higges
I New York dealers I'm precious stones toll
me recently that the railroad mans judg
meat on diamonds was better than ina
of any amateur in the United States. II
said that IL was mystery to him hos
a man like Mr. HiH, who had been al
his life engaged in other lines, coul'
cone 70 have an almost unerring opinion
as to the quality Of diamonds and thei
value
! Nobody can tell as yet, said Col
I Harry 5, New. at the Shoreham, 'wher
e the next Republican National convention
q viii be held
a AS chairman of the national commit
I tee. I have received one or two forma
: applications t-om cities that desire tn
convention ST. Louis, Kansas City. am
Seattle have given notice, and, informal
ly, Chicago. There will, no doubt be
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