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courage the Japanese from attempting
TO secure extensive holdings in tbs
South. Not nearly 30 many laborers
are needed as in the small fruit sec
lions, and the labor question is not
SO acute. The citrus growers, how
ever, for the most part agree that the
Japanese Is unsatisfactory because lie
is unreliable, has no regard for the
obligation OF contract. and is quick
to take advantage of his employer The
Southern Caltfornlans, as the people III
other parts OF the State. are loud in
and Spanish laborers. They alao con-
slider the Italian more desirable than
Japanese, although the vendetta ami
Its deeds OF violence cause strong
dislike of the Southern Italians.
a curious feature OF the labor qpes
ton and its accompanying racial issue
In California Is the changed attitude
toward the Chinese. The employers III
California always did like the Chinese.
but the influx was SO great that all
California, practically. Joined in the de-
Inand for exclusion. Now that the CHI
nese Immigration has been stopped for
twenty years and the Chinese here are
becoming fewer, California seems al
most to regret It. Certain IL IS that
whenever a Japanese Is seen or heard,
the Californian instantly makes
which Is infinitely to the
OF the Chinese. The sober
=" of any hS5T TEsgsr, fears
pie and IT looks to Europe to supply
It's demands for labor. and TO the
rest OF the United States for settlers
and farmers. The Asiatic is not want
led.
In rnrai caafornia the opposition to
japanese IS based more on racial than
borer is the best the California farm
|er can IND IN that he is reasonably
!etflcient ana reasonably cheap. But
i i, al OF my even under conditions
that permit M white man to abso-I
a fear and distrSst which e l hnrn
innate racial !. a an The pK
enee OF the 1a dsrne in any conskesi,
mot even large neroo eettlement
shows as great racial sfYerences, for
the the negro has he Same me- OF iena
asu the ,la people among whonislnne ives Yes.
A California village ten ears ago I
welcomed Japanese labor. was AZ
Typical village inhabited by Amerif
cans. with its. school it's churchss an
Its stores There was the usuai diI
Isensfons between the Methodi,ts ~
the Eaptists and the usual debaes
tween the Republicans and the pspa
Gratis. The'Japanese laborers conSNea
10 come in. One of them beca1
merchant. Others leased land. ler.
they bought land round about tnfr "a
EIage The invasion was silent no
gradual. But now. what schangnas
come over that village! Methodistn.d
Baptist stand together. their doEtuc
differences forgotten. in wondlns
contemplation of a Buddhist miton.
\ Republican and Democrat bury thp 02.
!litical hatchet and declare that ms
shall he a white mans country."Ihis
japanese village In California, is alv-
ling prophecy Of the actual dang to
American civilization on the P,mic c
leyclmsion laws. California comfins
That the East does not understand ~
4 lis always the same with race queAons
they cannot be understood at ons
range.
q Haskin.) u
To.morrow--The City Of the AEels.
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THE HOME Or LINEN.
Flax Industry Might Cure the Ills of
Ireland,


There is nothing prettier than field
OF Irish flax in full bloom. The
stems are about thirty inches high.
They are very slender and of a pale
green.
On each stem is a flower in an OK
auisite tone of blue: something be-
tween corn flower and forget-me-
not The little flower is not OF a
very robust constitution. The petals
soon fall and then a seed pod forms,
which, when given time to do so. pro-
duces quantities of what we call lin
flaN). But when the flax is grown for
the manufacture of linen tits pulled
up before the seed has had time to
mature.
After having been exposed to the air
for few days. the flax is laid in wat
R MSs ii 7his The HE of 2diHHsS smells y1fa
remarkably, powerful character ..e,,ro
it's just the flax fermentin; It's q
powerful smell entirely. but there's nc
danger init. glory be to Cod
The soaking makes tt easy to sep
arate the straw from the fibre by
then susbending It through an open
ing in the top OF a machine in which
a horizontal shaft with wooden blades
revolves at the rats~'of $50 times q
minute. Parted forever are the fibre
flax and straw. now tow
Next comes the spinning into yarn
done in immense mills, and after tha'
the yarn is woven into the fibre itself
Finally comes the bleaching. when the
linen is faid out on the green field te
be whitened by rain and sun and wind
These long strips Of snowy white
ness on the green turf surprise tht
stranger. He thinks it some sort Q
top dressing spread upon the land t
fertilize it. Belfast Is the centre
the linen trade.-London Truth.
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IF FLEET WE'RE SOLD.
Think What n Lot Of Thing. the Cash
Would Buy.

NOulu buy.
The $50, 100000 invested in the war
ships now in San Francisco harhor
would irrigate 100000 acres of arid
land. and provide homes fol-. 10000
families giving to each family fifty
acres of land That amount OF money
would build railroad from the At
lantic to tho Pacific, and such road
owned by the people and run for the
benefit of the people would squeeze
every drop OF water out Of the rail-
roads of the country
That amount of money would bl.tld
and equip 4 national telegraph and telr
ephone system. which, conducted for
the people, would squeeze every drop
Of water out of the privately owned
telegraph and telephone systems
That amount of money, properly
spent would so far toward relieving
the people OF the tremendous monopoly
burden now resting on their backs.
That amount of money would build
from GO TO 100 great electric power
plants for the people, and free them
from a monopoly that Is now sk1nnVH
them.
Instead of building more warships
isn't it time TO call Il halt? With tens
of thousands of our citizens beggine
for an opportunity to earn living
isn't it slmn to call a halt on this
wicked waste of money and energy
! Ii we are going more and more into
| the warship business, let, us be non
est and pun down our churches,
| we are to glorify war, let US Quit glori
flying the Prince of Peace. Let ustaW
being hypocrites.-san Francisco star
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IDLE HANDS.
Even Satan Taxed to Find Them Mis-
chlcf Enough.

cnlcI EnOuSN.
The lot of young people who have
nothing to do and nothing to think OF
except their pleasures and whims is
truly tragic and pitlful. There is
little Joy in life for the very poor, the
submerged and the dependent, but
there is just as little JOY for those
fort, struggle, personal achievement,
success based on merit and useful ser
Nice. The wages of idleness, of aim
lessness, of lack of honorable ,ambl-
ton are mental and moral hollowness,
ennui, unhappiness. Domestic squads
bles, infidelty, separation, divorce,
consecutive polygamy"---may very
we'll be among the fruits OF such in
sipid. emnty, futile existence.
But no amount of inherited riches
necessarily dooms any young couple
or individual to so miserable a life,
There is plenty of work to do in this
of all care and all necessity for activ-
| ity. Not to mention science, art, let
tiers. there are many social move
ments which would gladly employ the
leisure and the talents Of the rich
| young couples. There are the social
| settlements, there Is the playground
| league, there are the charitable or
| ganzations. the societies for the re-
demption of the Juvenile delinquents
There abideth much JOY in such ser,
vice, and any rich young couple ii
Grating noble vocations should BIZ
! earnestly advised to address them
] selves to women like Miss Jane Adr
dams. Mrs. Humphrey Ward and Mrs
| Darlington Booth.-Chicago Record
i Herald. 81
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THE MENTAL, nonpEnLASp.
Far Away Echo of Recent virginian
Address


l.. G. Pedgo, Nj. D., of Roanoke, Va
recently delivered the presidents adj
dress before the Southwest Virginia
Medical Society. his topic being
Pathological, AsrectsS of Geni"e..' p-e
Pedigo took up the well-known and
generally accepted suggestion that
there is close affinity between in
sanity and genius. / was Dryden who
wrote, Great wit TO madness nearly
is Allied
DR.. Pedigo discussed the Hudson
theory of the conscious and subcon-
conscious work is always and every
where superior in all essential respects
to that accomplished under the normal
volition. He says:
Viewed in this light, then, we have
to consider in every man dual per-
strong subconscious mind and with a
temperament that easily lapses into
the subconscious state. If the will is
strong enough to hold tlis powerful
machine on the track--and| herein con-
sists its real importanceT-the life is
one Of creative genius. II by dis
sipation, by overworx, by emotional
strain, by unwholesome living. or BY
whatever pernicious environment OF
influence the powers OF self-contro1
are weakened beyond certain point
then the organism drifts into tho In
coherency Of insanity"
DR.. Pedieo even includes Plato and
Shakespeare among those who, whils
+, not crazy in the ordinary sense of the
word, were still affected BY the neu.
rotlc faint that is common both t.
Insanity and to genius.
The world would miss its men Of
genius, as it would miss the heautifu
flowers that adorn OR gardens i
they were all to be changed to a neu
trail tint. AT the same time 1t is no
the men of genius. but the sane plod
ders, who do the work Of this work-a
day world. An exception may be mad
| where genius takes a mechanical trend
as in the case of Edison, but then sucl
men are not so crazy as the grea
artist, or actor. or poet, whose eye
| roll with fine frenzy" There i
method in their madness.
The subject IS an interesting one
It is field that 50 far, has bee
comparatively little trodden by inves
i tigators.-Los Angeles Times.
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UNDESIRABLE CITIZENS.
Canada Finds TOO Much Room Better
Than Dud Company.

The Canadian government spent So
100000 between 1896 and 1907 adverts.
ing the advantages of living and work.
ing in Canada, and inviting immigrants
to the Dominion. Canada has immense
territory, but she has had not enough
population, and this has been a source
OF regret For the present however,
Splace there is a loud complaint from
Canada that she is getting more 1mml-
grants than she wants
About 10000 Immigrants Went to
Canada. from Great Britain during 1907,
sent by Immigration nocleties, but for
various reasons these have been not at
all the kind of Immigrants for which
Canada has yearned With an unen-
ployed problem. due to the recent de-
preston, the Canadian government is
casting about for means TO stop the
present flow of Immigration, and to
provide q system that will have bot
ter results.
The measures adop,eG py the Unit
ed States are being studied, and Cana
da, which has been paying bonus FOR
immigrants, established some months
ago the rule that no immigrant could
land there who did not have at least
$25 in cash or work awaiting him, 81
friends who would care for. him until
employment should be proyided.--Bos'
| ton GlObo
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Still Need The Horse.

G. X. Holmes, CHEZ Of The OMISSION
of foreign markets of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, has found that
the automobile has replaced about 6o,-
600 horses in this county up TO- the
present time, and farm horses have
never been in such great demand as
nt the present moment In fact! the
demand for horses for farm and other
business uses has become stronger and
stronger during the rastatwo or three
years; the farm horses alone ~ use on
january /. 1908, number no less than
1899, 900 in round UNDERSTANDINGS
|,apolis Newg.
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PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

The average woman carries fifty miles
OF hair on her head.
The wife in AbyssInia always owns the
house and contents.
A mans hair turns gray about five years
earlier than AD#omans.
Living expenses in New York have in
creased IL per cent. In one year.
The only woman in the world who bears
the impressive title dean of deans is
Miss Laura C. CARMEL. who is leader in
| the executive and educational work of Tenn
pie University, In Philadelphia.
Muai Hand the usurpins sultan Of Mo-
rocco Is quoted by the correspondent OF the
Paris Matin saying that he would. II
necessary. z have several German subjects
killed In order to secure the intervention OF
Frances rival in Morocco.
| An International congress on polar ex-
ploration will be held at Brussels May 90
| 1t is proposed to establish an international
polar bureau to centralize all available in
| formation on the polar regions
| Women of the ivory coast In Africa
| lengthen their necks by wearing iron rings
| Every year they put new ring round tbs
neck, which they can stretch so far that II
is nothing unusual to find it as long as thu
| lace
In this country the death rate among tht
miners is "a to every thousand employed
! In Belgium in 1906 the number was 0.9i
in Great Britain 1t was l.29. in France !
was o.sl in 1895. andein Prussia It was IL
| in 1904,
The pig iron production in The Unite,
states in 1907 was a5.7s1,s61 gross tons. &c
| coidlns to the American Iron and Stee
| Association. This amount was 10 per cent
greater than that OF 1906 Canada pro
duccd 5Sl,lt6 tons In 1907.
Foremost among the minerals, etc, whici
! Russians regard as the source Of Siberia
future wealth, are gold. iron, scoklng Goa
PAGES, asbestos, Glauber's salt, rock salt
and. in all probability, naphthn.
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No nnranln Conntcr Matter,

'Fighting Bob Evans thinks we
ought to have AT least forty-eight
There's nothing cffcml-
nate about bob" hence we can't un-
derstand why he didn't make it an
even Nifty Chicago Record Herald. !.
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One advantage OF bAhic insignificant
and poVertt'-strcken is that in that
case very few ladies will try to SUI
big money out of YOU Mt Zines when
you are seventy and upwards.
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Only the Texans cannot understand
why Mr.. Jerome ever threw dice for
drinks In that unnanpy state, the,
Sunny and tishtwad mhabitants al
ways Dutch treat at the bar. each one
rearing to take spnHtins chance lest
he be stung for the total score
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OF course, even the faithfal might he
allowed a transient ana innocent won.
der as TO how Mr.. Bryan would have
passed the time if America mad been
started as a hereditary monarchy.
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Rhymes for To-Day
.GREETINGs no A WICKER LID.
TAs Adycrtiscd.1
\ TRAw HAT, wicker lid. | greet

CTRAW HAT, wicker lid greet
you!
~ Timely is your coming now
Glad, ali, glad am I to meet you:
Fly and settle on this brow!
Cool are you and white and graceful
Swceter than an icy skate
Better than noble ace-full
Matched against well-baeked
straight!
with you sitting on my coco,
Lightly riding on my top,
90 in the shades n joke, o.
Summer heat need never stop!
Seldom was baby's slumber
Calmer, sweeter, hat, than we.
Never was a green cucumber
Which, for GOODNESS, outdid Me.
Dearest straw hat, lid OF wicker,
Dainty block of crlspest touch,
should be a peevish kicker
IL did not love you much!
Thing OF whiteness, dream of beauty
What horrld think to think
That next week your sense of duty
III lave you looking blacker'n Ink!
III. S. II.
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Count Boni de Casteiianc sriIl owes.
s2,40o,o0o, but why shor;,il Thar bo,her
him? All the heiress4s OF rit,sburs,
and New York aren't married, are
thew
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Under any unprecedented. and fair-
minded Interpretation. the "all the
news that's tit to print" policy would
effectuaily bar out all jeff Daviss re-
marks concerning Honest Wealth.
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In taking to writing poetry, Mr., An
drew Carnegie has happily not sought
to st!pulate that an equal amount must
be written by everybody else.
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Smith may beat Brown in Georgia or
Brown may beat Smith. but the Jones
family stands to lose anyway YOU
look al it.
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"Cbeapress is king says the Wash
ington Post Where's the Kingdom?
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Tom Plat say. that he is an old fool
His colleague. however. will not admit a.
much for himself. refusing 70 be regarded
as old.-Philadelpha Ledger.
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The recently spread report to the effect
that Mr. Bryan doesn't like baseball was Il
d., underhand trick Of the enemy
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Per Head,
Just. rs Good.
SHOUTS FROM THE snoRrLlNERs.

n EOPLE who refer to the new hats a.
the M. W." should not forget tina,
those letters also stand for Mae Wood
May weather and more misunderstanding.
ton Post.
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It's mighty hard for a girl to get scnti-
mental with man who has just lost his
job.-Atlanta Journal
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The Missouri River is once more a, it!
playful spring stunt OF substituting cur
rents for Notwithstanding Leader.
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Governors don't amount to much, says
Senator Tillman. And yet they the
stuff of which Senators are most frequently
made. Tillman was one himself once
Boston Herald.
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; MERELY JOKING.

Correct.
Redd: what is the FIRST step in automo.
biling?"
Greene: Getting used to the smellr9-
Yonkcrs Statesman.
| Good Ncigl,bors.
Nodd you live next to burying.
ground don't you? How do you like it?'
Todd: Very much. Good neighbors
Quiet and peaceable; never running In un-
Western Courtesy.
oompcs me to say that think you are ar
we'll able to stand as am"
"Politeness compels me to say Thank YOU
sir "--Chicago Tribune.
Per Head.
You officeholders" sneored the man who
was vainly trying to be one, don't die very
often, do your?
mo" replied tho man who was one. a.
no smiled benignly; only once."-Tit- Bits
"Just rs Good
DOCS this car so to Twen,y-fourtl
street," inquired the elderly lady.
NO. ma'am. but have something jus,
as good" replied the conductor, who wa.
| formerly a drug clerk. II can let you of
twice at Twelfth street."--Bohemian.
Tile Connoisse,r.
Little Willie: "say. pa what is con.
noisseur?"
PA "A connoisscur my son. is an emf.
rent authority who admits that anything
you treat him to is the best ever"-Chica.
o
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Haywood calls Gompers a fraud. burst
of candor from Gompers is in order.-Mil-
waukee Sentinel
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An octopus ought TO be just suited for
work at desk near an open window on a
windy day. 1t could hold down something
with seven tentaces while 1t did the heavy
work With one.--St. Louis Globe-Democ:at
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All this talk about idle money is non
sense. a dollar runs away faster to-day
than ever before, ana is harder to catch,
OF cou-se.-Portsmou Star.
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There is nothing prettier than field
OF Irisl, flax in full bloom. The
stems are about thirty inches high
They are very slender and of a pale
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a Good Man.
Play Ball!

Mr.. Bryan appears to have the Demo-
cratic pennant cinched now, and Is getting
ready for the interleasue championship
series with the TAFT team.-Danviile Bee.
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TO- morrow--The City Of The AEe1s'
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-09-02
SUMMER HAPPENINGS.

Mr.. and Mrs. Homontree have return
ed from near Mecosta where they at
ended the funeral of their eldest daugh-
ter. she was a sister of Mrs. ID. Null
ford
Primary election was we'll attended
in Sumner today.
Mr.. and Mrs. McKinstry and famil
Mr.. and Mrs Standish and Ruth Ora
ham have gone to Hersey to'attend the
McKirstry reunion.
Mr.. Forquer has gone to Toledo.
A few people of Sumner attended the
Ithaca fair and took in the play THE
Holy City"
A number of our townspeople are at
tending the State Fair in Detroit this
week
Mrs. Church of Ferris whose arm was
badly mangled by dog is on the gain.
Mrs Schlappi is in Toledo attending
the Soldiers reunion.
Mrs Lizzie Leet is visiting her moth
er, Mrs. Hunt.
Mr. 70 sson's family have nearly all
been at their home visiting.
Gusta Flanders, wife and baby of
Ionia are visiting at Mrs. Seaman's. - :.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-09-02
WEST ARCADIA.

Mrs. A. ]. Weston, of Bannister,
spent a few days last week with her
friend. Mrs r O Allis
Mr. and Mrs Henry Fuller spent
last Sunday at the Alls home
The Farmers Club picnic, held at
John Murphy's on the 27th, was a very
pleasant affair and a goodly number
were present
Mabel Murphy has been visiting in
Lansing. She will teach the coming
year in Akron. on the west side OF the
Thumb
Mrs Lena Kashmieler will teach in
the Eckert district this fall
Efford Beverly intends to go to
Alma to school this fall
Mrs. Clara Omuns, nee Courier, is
the proud mother OF baby boy, born
last week. She is at her fathers being
cared for
Mrs. Lottie Potter returned last
Wednesday from her visit to Cleve-
land
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-09-02
BEBOWS CORNER

Gus. Bebon and wife called on the
latter's parents, Fred Mattick, Sunday
evening.
The Misses Clara and Grace Mon
roe and Lulu Almstead. of St. Louis.
were guests of Mrs J. E. Gilbert the
last Of the week
Quite a few from this vicinity are
making arrangements 10 attend the
state fair at Detroit
F. NJ Wagner, wife and daughter,
Tina. were callers at their farm, Sun
day.
T. ]. Wagner and Jesse Gilbert at
tended the fair at Ithaca last Friday.
c. w. Fee and wife, of Brecken-
ridge, were guests OF J Gilbert, Sun
day.
Don Luxton has been busy the past
few days repairing and painting his
house.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-09-02
Ship Lost in Typhoon.

The British steamer Dunearn was
sunk and all but two OF the fifty-three
members OF her crew were lost I'm the
typhoon which ragged on August 20 off
the port of Goto. on the island of
Kiuhui.
The two survivors were picked up
by the Japanese steamer Sakyo Maru,
and are prostrated from exposure and
hardship.
The Duncan was bound from Niko-
laiesk, Asiatic Russia. to Singapore.
She was steel screw steamer Of
1920 tons, commanded by Captain j..
Graham. She sailed from Hamburg
for Nikolaiesk on ay p and arrived
at the latter port August 81.