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DOMESTIC.

President Roosevelt, at Oyster Bay,
received forty members of the Inter-
national Geological Congress; which
was in session at Cold Spring, j. /.
Walter Donisthorpe, alias Wilson,
who died in prison at Milwaukee, was
nee valet to King Edward of Eng
land. q.
"Lord" Seymour Darlington, the
notorious murderer, whose death sem
tence was recently communicate life
imprisonment by Governor Folk, was
removed from Clayton Mo.oSjail to
the Missouri ,p%enitentiary, and, for
the first time in his life, was forced
to wear handouts.
Prince Wilhelm of Sweden was en-
tertained by the Governors Of Massa-
chusetts and Rhode Island and Mayor
Fitzgerald, of Boston, prior toshis de-
parture for Oyster Bay TO become the
guest of the President.
The one hundredth anniversary Of
the ab%olitionSo the slave. trade was
observed at Boston by representative
negroes Of the country. An address
was adopted calling upon negro 7ot-
ers to oppose any candidate for Presi.
dent Endorsed by Roosevelt.
%Stuyvesant Fish and James T. Har-
ahan had a dispute at a nesting In
New York City of Illinois Central di-
rectors, during which Fish hit Hara-
han twice, it is said. &
When a resolution censuring the
President for his criticism Of the trial
Of the beef packers was offered at a
meeting Of the American BarA.ssocia-
ton at Portland, Me-, it was promptly
laid on the table.
At the races at the Washington
County Fair, Glens Falls, ny, Ned
Hudson, a horse, caught its loot In a
quarter boot and turned two somer.
saults. Nelson Percy, the driver,
was thrown, his neck broken and his
head crushed.
Nelson Morris, the Chicago packer,
left an estate valued at more than
SEC, 900, 600, according to the state
ment Of C. E. Davis, n OF his conf
Dental advisers. The chief part OF
this will go to the family. &,
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WORDS d WISDOM.

It is better to prefer honorable de-
feat to a mean victory, ttot lowering
the level of our aim that we maymore
certainly enjoy the complacency Of
success.-John Ruskin.
Tell me q mans use OF money and
This method Of acquiring money and
I'll tell 'yot.what kind of a man he
is. Gold is tried with the tombstone,
but men are tried with gold.-Rev.
W. D. Bradfeld. y
There is nothing SC. great as to. be
capable of happiness, to pluck It out
Of every moment and whatever hap
pens.-Anna Gilchrist.
" There is the pious hypocrite, the
hypocrlte who has a conscience for
other people, the hypocrite who is a
downright falsider of the truth. And
there is the philanthropic hypocrite,
who hires a brass band whenever he
makes a gift to charity, to let people
know that Mr.. Simon Somebody has
been giving away some money. All
these hypocrites are among the re-
spectacle classes
It is while you are patiently toll
ing at the little tasks Of life that the
meaning and shape of the great whole
Of life dawns upon you. 1t is while
you are. resisting little temptations
that you are growing stronger
phi1lins Rrooks
You needn't pick up any worries.
You can get them anywhere as you
go along.-Mrs. A. DIT. Whitney. x
Self-forgetfulness in love for 9th;
ers has a foremost place in our ideal
Of character and our deep homage
as representing the true end Of our
humanity.-Andrew Pr Peabody.
Every hardship, every JOY. every
temptation, is a challenge Of the
spirit, that the human soul may prove
itself. The great chain of necessity
wherewith we are bound has divine
significance, and nothing happens
which has not some service to per.
form in working out the sublime des.
tiny Of the human soul.-Elts A:
Ford. "a.
IT'S greatly wise to talk with our
past4hours and ask them what re-
portsthey bore to Heaven.-Young.
All the beauty of the sky and the
earth Is like the smile of God, and a
smile shows US the disposition of the
person just as certainly as any words
he can use. One cannot sit down in
the midst of this loneliness without
being conscious that it is a Divine
Presence that makes it lovely
Henry Ware, Jr.
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with the results of her work she
forthwith purchased the largest, most
luxurious automobile she could find,
and ordered it delivered at the ear
Hest possible moment. Then she
calmly waited for her husband.
Hal" he exclaimed. "Glad you're
home. It's late, but let's go out for
a spin. Who cares? We've been
foolish about our dinky little motor
cal. Come, dear, I'll tune her up"
"All right" she said, I'll do it.
I don't care, either. Only listen. I've
been to town to-day, got all my
money together and bought a big one.
1 just couldn't stand being humil-
lated any longer"
Her Mortified husband sprang back.
You did, did your" he exclaimed.
why, in heavens name, couldn't you
wait until tomorrow"
"Why should I wait"
Because, my dear, I went off to-
day and did exactly the same thing"
Philadelphia Ledger.
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The Machine Age.

A Saline man claims to have turned
out a wonderful invention in the
shape of a fish pole and tackle. 1t is
so arranged that the instant a fish as
much as nibbles at the bait the patent
hook closes over the animal. The
faintest struggles of the fish will snap
a spring and this will cause a wheel
to revolve rapidly, winding up the
spring and sliding the fish along the
pole to the bank. In this way, once a
pole is set, it does noS have to be re-
moved. A man can read as he sits
on the bank, as the automatic pole
will take ARE of the fish.-kansas
City Journal
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A STATE IN PAWN.
Nevada Said to Have Been in That
Condition Five Years Ago.

Five years ago Nevada was a State
in pawn. She had been stolen, says
Successful American. The entire
population was not sufficient to con-
stitute a third rate Western town and
it was decreasing. 1t might well have
been asked then, whats the matter
with Nevada?"
The trouble grew out OF Nevada's
public land grant, amounting to g.
100000 acres, which Congress had
carelessly authorized the State to Sc
Iect as desired. The Nevada Legis-
lature practically put the land up at
auction, and the result vas that a few
stockmen bought land enough to
shoestring and surround and abso-
lutely control every river, lake and
water hole in the State.
BY doing so they became virtual
possessors of the rest Of the State.
No one else could use the public land
or make settlement because of their
control of all the water, and in Ne
vada water is the lifeblood of the
land. Sixty million acres were con-
trolled and in effect owned by about a
million acres, and not an opportunity
for a single 160 acre homestead.
Five years ago this was the situa-
tion-a hopeless one. Public spirited
men had attempted to induce immi-
grafton and to encourage the develop
ment of their State, but their work
had come to naught and they had
quit. There was no chance.
Yet all the time there was still a
great water supply running to waste
annually. The perennial flow of the
rivers and streams was entirely util-
lied, but the floods from the melting
of the mountain SHOWS swept away
uselessly to the sea.
Viewing the situation as it was
then, who would have dared to pre-
dict that with the passage Of the ma
tional irrigation act could have oc-
Cured the great Transformation and
development in Nevada, and if it had
been predicted, who would have be-
lieved it? Of the thirty-seven million
dollar Government reclamation fund
Nevada has thus far received her fair
share, and the completion of the great
project upon which the Federal en-
gineers are now working will more
than quadruple the already increased
population of the State.
The first section of the Truckee-
Carson project has been completed
and the settlers are now farming the
fertile land in eighty acre home
steads. BY mex. year 10000 acres
of this project will be under irriga-
ton.
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BITS u Ne WIS
WASHINGTON.

Work Of preparing the battleshil
feet for the cruise to the Pacific has
been taken up with vigor by the Navy,
Department.
Chairman Tawney, Of the House
Committee on Appropriations, wrote
to the War Department that If the
Panama Canal Commission lacked
sufficient funds for the present fiscal
year 1t was not the fault of Congress.
The joint board representing the
army and navy and the revenue cut
ter service made public a bill provid-
ing for a graded increase IN pay,
ranging from ten per cent. In the
highest grades up to twenty-five per
cent. in the lower.
Incident to a crusade against gam
bling indictments we're found against
five proprietors of alleged bucket
shops.
The State Department decided to
allow fishing smacks to go to New
foundland. ss
The President approved Colonel
Cocktails plan to exceed the pro rata
monthly allowance for expenditures
on the Panama Canal during the pres
ent fiscal year.
Joseph G.. Cannon warned Congress
that it would be a crime to do any
thing to upset the present prosperity
of the United States.
It is said the Atlantic battleship
fleet is in such excellent condition that
scarcely any repairs will be needed
before starting on the trip to the Pa
cifc. Ii
The Washington Evening Star de-
clared that the big majority&o the
people of America are in favor Of SELL
Ing the Philippines.
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FOREIGN.

An English company has purchased
the Paracas coal mines, in Peru, for
$1,500,000. -
The peers forced the British House
of Commons to accept the amend.
ments to the Irish evicted tenants
bill, which was passed in an emascu-
lated form.
Colonel Ivanhof, governor Of the
political prison at Wtborg, Russia,
was assassinated while walking in st.
Petersburg.
While Kaiser Wilhelm was review
ing veterans at Hanover his. horse
slipped and fell, throwing His Males
ty, who arose uninjured and at once
mounted another horse.
It is officially announced that the
French Cabinet is in complete accord
On the policy Of France as affecting
Morocco.
Thousands of Japanese in the cen
trail districts r reported to be starV-
ing, owing to the recent floods.
The Governor of British Guiana
has apologized to President castro
for the recent seizure OF Daiata on
Venezuelan territory.
The military dirigible balloon and
the Parseval airship assembled from
legal, Germany, six miles from Ber-
lin, and sailed some distance APART
toward Spandau.
The lockout Of dock laborers at
Antwerp, Belgium, ended, the men
voting to go back to work at the old
wa pea 81 a day.
The London Times says the Brazil
ian Government has placed orders In
ENGLAND for three new battleships at
an approximate cost of 100000
each, and for two cruisers costing
$~1,650,000 each.
The Russian spy scare at Yokoha'
ma continues to be the rage in the
irresponsible section OF the Japanese
press.
War Secretary Haldane, at London,
confirms the report that an order Tor
100000 sets of h~orseshoes has been
placed in the United States.
The British Parliament was pro-
rogued with the customary. ceremon..
ial.
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~ useless for cleaning nursing an
medicine bottles. This failure seems
to have been overcome in the bottle
washing brush shown in the accom-
panying illustration, the invention Of
a Chicago man. In this cleaner two
brushes are used, one to reach the
bottom of the bottle and the other to
remove particles adhering to the side.
All the brushes are connected to a
spiral handle. the operation Of which
is we'll known. When the handle is
pulled, a whirling motion is impaired
to the brushes, any substance adher-
ing to the inside OF the bottle being
thus cleaned off.
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By c. NJ. EWING.

"Hello, old man. Heard you were
head bookkeeper over at the New
House"
eyes"
WELL, how did it happen? Last
time we met you said you had been
chasing s14 jobs like a whilom poes."
well, it was this way; I was run
ming my albright intelligent young
man wants, etc.-in the want col
umn and getting no replies. One day
when the paper came I glanced at the
want column ads as usual. They ran
this way:
VERY highly educated young lady
wishes;
capt and intelligent young maj
wants;
"'Brainy and scholarly man would
like;
intellectual, energetic and pro-
gressive young mar wants;
Upright and intelligent young mai
wants;
Upright and intelligent young man
wants;
repeated six times with mine. An
idea struck jme-there might be some
Bill Nye fool in a superintendent
chair somewhere.
STRENGTHENING out my coattall af-
ter the passing a I fastened down
to the news Office. had my ad
changed to read:
Every dull, uni1telligent and lazy
man wants position as "bookkeeper.
1.-The next day 1 was deluged with
mail. A magazine editor called on
me in person and offered me the edi-
torship of the Quips page at a thou
sand. I had jobs thrown at me like
kisses at a muscle dancer. The let
ter from the boss over at the New
House ran:
"'You're it. Leave your references
at home. Walk right in Monday
morning, spit on the floor, knock your
ashes from your cigar all over the
desk, flop open the ledger and go tc
work, $25.00,''"-From Puck. 9.
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q OF THE G E
A Rather S~ocialistic Notion Springs
Up in Missouri. 49, r. z

"A ItaCQer SOClallStIC NOClOu Springs
Up in Missouri. go y Z
What DR.. Osler said in a. jest has
been taken seriously by many people,
who agree that there is ne place in
the scheme of things for one past the
meridian of. life. Within the past
week a man Of fifty and a woman of
fifty-tive have written to the press
complaining that they could not Sc
cure employment because too DID,"
though both aver that mentally and
physically they are in their prime. IT
I this be so there is evidently some
sthing wrong In the organization OF
society, and society and not the indi-
vidual should atone for the wrong.
1t is for those past middle life, and
who can not secure paying work, to
least their burden on Martha's sons
and boldly claim the right to live.
What becomes of such an one? So
ciety will not permit him to starve,
but will proceed, for its own credit,
to find for him, if not employment, at
least s~ustenance.
Let once our eleemosynary institu-
tons become glutted with these reb-
els and society will awaken to a sense
Of its responsibilities and look about
to discover a means of making them
productive instead Of a tax. Then
will come the sensible reform. 1t will
be discovered that the twenty-year
period of labor is as ,~eXpedient and as
necessary as the eight-hour day, and
that there is no need for any n to
practice hard labor after the age OF
forty, for between twenty and forty
he can produce enough wealth to sus-
tain him for the balance Of his days
in ease and even luxury.
1t is not in the production Of wealth
that the world fails, but in its distri-
button. Paupers exist because their
shares are taken by multi-million-
aires. When we learn to justly dis
tribute wealth the problem Will be
solved.
And the veterans Of twenty years
toll should not be required to toll
more, but permitted to advise and to
enjoy. We now make the mistake of
looking upon labor as a privilege,
whereas it is in reality a time-servins.
Mans later and better years should
be devoted to the improvement of his
mind and to study that would benefit
the race, not to- productive toll"
His early labors should provide for
his later leisure.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
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Senator and Page,

Senator Tillman sees more with his
one eye than many men see with two,
but nevertheless those who see the
fiery Southerner cannot avoid MOTTO
ing his misfortune. The other day
he clapped his hands for a page from
the cloak room door. A new page
who had not yet mastered the Sena-
torial names, responded. =
Tell Senator Clay" he said, that
I want to see him in the cloak room"
The page ran on the errand, on his
way stopping to ask the head usher
where Senator Clay sat. Then he
asked: Who's this that has only
one eye?"
The usher, thinking it a question
in mythology, replied: why, Cy-
clops, of course"
The page delivered his errand in
this astounding way:
Senator Cyclops wants to see you
in the cloak room."-Lippincott's.
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OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

At San Juan, Porto Rico. Governor
Post made known a plan to COLOMBO
the poorer classes Of the population
in small settlements throughout the
island. The colonists will be en-
ployed on roadways.
The officers and men Of the United
States cruiser Raleigh complain OF
having had no shore leave at Honolu-
lu, Hawaii, for the past two months,
and as a result there has almost been
a mutiny on board and the coaling of
the cruiser has been delayed.
The appearance Of five new fever
cases. in Cuba frightened the officials.
1t cost 50, 554,97O, in addition to
regular expenses, to keep the United
States army Of pacifcation IN Cuba
for the fiscal year 1907. q
An electric laboratory for the teach
ing of electric science has been estab-
1ished in Manila by the Jesuitfathers.
Two earth shocks were felt IN Porto
Rico, but no damage was reported
from any part Of the island.
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CHANGING Habits.

The developments Of modern social
life are detrimental to the prosperity
of some ,fossilized clubs. When a
young man finds that he can get all
that a club offers, and more, outside
the club he doubts whether it is
worth while to pay high fees to OBJ
tain such a small result. london
Observer.
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Outsiders Can't Helm.

The very biggest mistake that mar
ried persons make is to think that
their friends will help them in their
troubles with each other. The man
or woman who goes away from home
for sympathy finds sorrow and brings
back regret.-Ladies' World.
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ASeIMlSE

Gulls are recommended in place of
carrier pigeons in consequence of ex-
periments made in France (which
showed them to have superior intelli-
gence and to be able to brave stormy
weather much better than pigeons.
The Leyland liner Darien recently
ran ashore off Ba~rranQuilla, Colon
bia, and was refoated. The beach on
which she lay has been moving at
the rate of a mile a week, and the
vessel, although anchored, moved a
considerable distance from the point
at which she originally stranded.
Several of the chief Swiss glaciers
are reported to be shrinking.
The metric system has lately had a
trial in an American shop. The Bald
win Locomotives Works have COM
pleted twenty engines for the Paris
Orleans Railway, all of which were
Z built entirely from drawings made on
the metric system. The foremen and
operatives are reported as much
pleased at the simplicity of the sys-
tenn and the ease with which it is
handled.
The experts at the Bureau of Eth
nology, in Washington, do not believe
that men are growing larger physical
ly, as indicated in the account of the
meeting of the British Association.
They insist that this theory was ex-
.ploded long ago. An official of the
bureau, discussing the result Of the
British experiment, said: There is,
of course, more or less of change and
variation, but not enough to bring
about a radical alteration in the size
of mems brains within a period of
ten, or even a thousand, years. Mel
are Of practically the same stature
and with the same size Of brain to-
! day ashley were before the dawn Of
history"
To test the qualities Of a submarine
electric light, a diver at Aberdeen,
Scotland, descended twenty. feet in
muddy water, taking a newspaper and
the light down with him. While seat
ed on an anchor at the bottom of the
harbor he read aloud for ten minutes
to the men above, the words being
conveyed through the telephone in
his helmet. The paper was held eigh-
teen inches from the lamp.
The German War Department has
taken muchgpains to select a.color for
uniforms to be used in active service
which will prove as inconspicuous as
possible in the field. AS a means Of
%concealing operations in battle. in
these days Of long-range guns, an
invisible" uniform for infantry
ranks. with smokeless powder. The
German experiments have demon
strated that the color which comes
nearest to making soldiers invisible
in an ordinary landscape is gray
green. Simple gray, on the contrary,
makes a very conspicuous uniform
amid the same surroundings. Addi-
tional tests are to be made to deter
mine the best color for winter wear,
and especially amid snow-covered
landscapes.-Youth's Companion.
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Tin For SuburbanitcS.

A man in Americas is so econona-
ical he is training his sweet potato
vines to grow straight up, on a stick,
SO that the ground around them can
be used for other vegetables.-kan-
sas City Star.
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Woman's Way.

The most v%irtuous woman expert
ence a thrill of pleasure when she
discovers that she is the cause Of
some other woman's jealousy.-Chi-
cago Record-Herald.
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FRAn SUPPORT FOR ST. PAULs CATHEDRAL.

ra entire weight of London's famous landmark rests upon a saXtoot
shb ~ not-aartb and this is now crumbNng, allowing Sir Christopher
Wrens masterpiece to crack badly n severa! places o'ner snS
of ,ngoron Observation-Disclosures London News
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Printed musical notes were first
used in 1873.
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c. c. Hoyer Mllar has pointed out in a letter TIC the Times = at Ie
subsdence of St, Pauls Cathedral has most likely been caused y ~ lach
of moisture in the subsoi of the foundation. The building We tne area
surrounding ST. Paul's has robbed the soil of the support 1t receive
h annual rainfall. and the thin six-foot slab of pot-earth upon Whlcht n
whole building rests has consequently shrunk. In the las thirty years
81 500 900 cubic feet Of ater,which should under norma onuHlon Lave
found its way into the foundations has been diverted by drains II 81"
es. Mr.. Hoyer Mnlar proposes to replace the loss y slnklns IN .e
soil # a denth of forty feet around the building and at Intervals o 1ory
feet sxinch pipes, pierced with many apertures. THIS ne heVe " QUIZ
bring about a steady expansion oft III suDsoH, WHICH, "'uiu uNin""'e' N'
the Cathedral back to its proper position.
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The Leyland liner Darien recently
ran ashore, off ;Barranquilla, Colon
bia, and was relocated. The beach on
which she lay has been moving at
the rate of a mile a week. and the
vessel, although anchored, moved a
considerable distance from the point
at which she originally stranded.
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"Hello, old man. Heard you were
head bookkeeper over at the New
House."
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-01-09
GOLDEN SEBRIGHT BANTAMS

We find an interesting account of
this species of chickens in Poultry.
Their value is we'll set forth and we
have no doubt that some of our read
ers might find them desirable.
GAS long as the world lasts there
always will be men who aside from
the commercial part, raise poultry
for the sheer delight of the thing.
To these men the larger varieties of
our standard poultry do not appeal
Some turn to pheasants, others to
game birds and water wild fowls.
But all are SO placed as to be able to
indulge their fancies in the fore nam
ed birds and for them the Bantams
are pre-eminently suited. Unlimited
space and special environment are not
necessary for the welfare of these
hardy counterparts of Our larger
fowls. They live we'll and happily in
even an ordinary city lot, and as they
are naturally healthy their care and
housing is a comparatively simple
task.