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carried on with great shrewdness, and
tho trust has also exhibited the most
amazing generalship. Castro began by
granting series of infringing conces-
siOns. He issued hostile DEGREES almost
daily ana gave official Endorsement to
attempts to hlackmail the trust. All
these attuCES We're met firmly, and
some of the most vicious thrusts were
parted The battle with the wilderness
went braNely on. Two hundred labor
ers We're employed by the trust TO build
a road in a climate in which wood rots
almost overnight. About 10000 cocoa
trees We're planted, warehouses and
dwellings, We're built, and communica-
ton with the adjoining towns was es-
tablished. in fact. the trust actually
made the region habitable Castro kept
NJ the fight. Four years ago it became
violent. The iiutc little president is
sued proclamation to the effect that
the trust had forfeited all its rights in
Venezuela on account of its failure 10
fulall its obligations to the state With
out further notice to the company the
asphalt beds We're seized and a receiver
was placed in charge Of them
" 81
Ever since then the trust has boon
trylng to recover ta property 1 has
tried To- fore" Castro To arbitrato the
issues in dispute before an iuternutlon-
NJ tribunals Castro has no fpnGness for
international arbitration. Owing to his
dilator% tactics ian the matter of paw
ing his debts he Is on bad terms with
severed European powers, some If
which have threatened 10 collect their
dues by force. Two years ago prcsi-
dent Rooscvclt sent Judge Calhoun TO
Venezuela TO 80 over ;hn matter in do
tail and TO find out wheihor or not iho
trust had been mia'"outcd After lhc
learned iurist's report hud boon sub
mittcd the business seemed to be more
complicated than ever
Finally the quarrel has become y
matter Of national interest in he Unit
ed states. Congress is hopelessIy di-
vided in opinion ~ 10 the equity fca-
turo If the discussion. ana IT has as
eumea an aHport decidedly political
The administration Is anNious To eturd
the rights of ils citizens abroad but Is
quite aus Jealous Of its Old time requta
zion as respecter of the Fights of It's
ncighbors
Meanwhile tho matter Is being dis
CURSED emIrab,y IN an quarters, Both
sld3 of the controversy hqyo found
able apoiogists. aud tho semitic commit
tec on for"i.n rrlationN hag been pre-
scented with numerous brlcfs In the in
t"rests OF an pgriles co1cei~ 3D. ono Of
of the ablest Of these ana one that
must carry considerable weight Oh ac-
count of The prominence Of its author
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PANAMA

"a day. If fifteen days could be saved
by using the canal instead of going by
the longer route. it would mean q say
ing of S2,625. At 81 per ton the cost of
using the canal would amount TO $1,000
That would seem to be an actual say
ing of only S125. but closer inspection
makes IL apparent that far greater
economy would result In the event
that the cargo carried by the steamer
was perishabe one. which is so fire.
quently the case. the saving in time
would be of great Importance. 1t is
the opinion of the commission that this
one item Of the saving of time viii be
sufficient to defect most of the enor-
nous traffic to the new route.
Influence on Commerce.
The canal commission has been max
ing an exhaustive study of the trade
routes which win he affected by the
opening of the Panama waterway.
Many conflicting opinions have been
advanced as to the effect which is like
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ing of thc Spaniards who had neV
lntcrmarTied with Moors
Upon the opening day of the wrel'
lelography service from Great brIla
TO Caundu n rs computed that abo
1900 words were Transmitted aero
the Atlantic,
The total number Of volumes IN I
imporlal library of Japan when {
count WIS last made. on March 81. ~
was 2i1ASs. Of which ls4,5OO We're J
nanfse aud Chinese books
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trees and make them grow IN the
thaper OF fowls and strange animuls.
Ia balloon uecents, strange u relate,
mo- giddinoys 81 eyer experienced by
the occupants OF the airship Scien-
tlstr cannot account for iEi8
A. many as 2l75l iackals-one of
tho greatest pests 90 farmers were
deFtroyed la Cape Colony, Africa. last
year,
blue blood Is an expression OF
Spanish origin. II wac ured Ia speak 5
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HERE AND THERE.

OF these animals may live for seventeen
days without food, having lost in the
meantime two thirds of it's initial
weight, whereas birds and small mann
mails die in nine days, when their loss
Of weight is only from one-hfth TO two
ffths.
A young Greek lady. Mile, Uranlc.
twenty years old, is perploNing the
French sayants by a phenomenal mem
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a system OF wireless telephony has
been successfully tested between
Rome ana Monte Mario, a distance Of
nearly three miles. The voices Of the
speakers We're distinctly heard and
recognized,
The Countess Won Linden rs publish
Ing the results OF her researches re-
garding the endurance OF hunger
among butterflies. She finds that one
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MP only once in 400 days are now
manufactured Ia Munich.
Tho English national anthem was
first sung in public in l740.
The strength Of a horse rs equal 10
mat OF seven and a hair men
Ten days per annum rs the average
amount of glollness IN human ne
one-half OF the wealth of Britain lis
Ia the possession OF 1000 individuals
Artial gardeners aro humorous ln
Japan. they can twist and control
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ory for figures names ana letters,
which Is supported by her fixing them
an In her mind by means of dmcront
eolors. one rs black, two Is luminous
yellow, three Is old gold four Is chest
nut, hve blue six dark yellow, seven
marine blue eight pearl gray. nine
hiFtcr and zero white Names come 10
her mind as the dominating tint Ia a
complex color
II Is reported that after demon
stralion OF It's practical utility the Ca
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THE RARE BUFFALO.

Tho bison ~ becoming rare the voi
over ana is really only kept In cNi
oncc by protective melns Russia pc
'cssoa two species Of bison, one iou
In the northwest and the other alo
he oHtreme southarn limits OF the p
ropean domains az the caar This u
ter Is the celebrated bison "a the ca
casua, and to one OF the grand dun
belongs al present the right 20 hunt
a privilege which he may extend 10
chosen friends. Bu. instead of klll'
ne animnls the grand duke carel'
guards them
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An Able Apologist For President Cipriano Castro;
Denies That the Asphalt Trust l. Good Trust

asphalt trust realized that things had
taken turn"
There is every reason to believe that
Castro had made up his mind to quar-
rel with the trust some time before he
arrived at the fulfllment of his polt-
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thing that has saved him from over
throw. His conduct has been so erratic
and SO inconsistent that no one seems
to be able TO form a correct opinion as
to what his actual intention may be.
Once domiciled in the presidents pal
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state that 1t could well afford to disre-
gard the charges made by unfriendly
political agitators to the effect that it
had made the government it's own crea-
ture by the use Of money
About that time q revolution was
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TROUBLE IN A ROYAL FAMILY

TROUBLE IN A ROYAL FAMILY
The differences between King Leo
pold of Belgium and his daughters to
Countess Lonyay and Princess I-ouh
of Coburg have been enough TO max
that royal family unpleasantly consplr
uous, but the family of his heir. Ii
Count of Flanders, seemed luckily
have escaped these domestic wfau
glings. and 1t comes as rather a shoe
to learn that Prince and Princess a
bert of Flanders. who have hitheri
been looked upon as quite model COZ
pie, have also followed the example
their more august relatives and above
the little rift within the Lutte" To spc
the harmony of their private life,
The reason for It ia rather curlol
one. AS everybody knows. Prince Al
bert has since the death. in 1905. of ii
father. the late Duke Of Flanders
younger brother of King Leopold, bcci
heir preSumptivc to the throne Of Bel
GUM.
Albcrts Wife, nee Princess Eliza
beth Of Bavaria is the second daughte
of the celebrated royal ocuiist and PIN
lanthropist, Duke Karl Theodore Of Ba
varia.
Father and daughter are eXtremel
devoted to each other and have man
tastes in common. and ever since h
marriage siN years AGO il has been u
iuvarable custom Of the princess
pay frequent and lengthy visits 10 ~
parents ia Bavaria During these vlsl
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zeal expectations. His enemies declare
that his ayowed determination to
make II hot for the American COM
pany contributed largely Ia his success
and that his continued aggrossyeness
against the trust has been the one
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try would never have discovered the
rich treasure which lay all uncovered
at their very feet. 1t was Horatio r.
Hamilton soldier of fortune. who
had been stranded in the republic, that
was first to realize the magnitude of
the matter.
Without making too great stir over
his discovery Hamilton persuaded Gem
eral Blanco, who was then dictator of
the republic, to grant him concession
to explore the natural resources of the
state of Bermudcz which has an area
of $1,000 miles Hamilton did not mem
tion the asphalt find. He even tried to
make 1t appear that he was interested
in matters of a very different nature,
the export of woods, minerals, etc.
Blanco, however. who was one of the
shrewdest Latin Americans of his day,
suspected that Hamilton was after big
game and took the precaution to make
the concession conditional. Royalties
were TO be paid on all exports without
! exception.
Hamilton was not long in finding out
| that he would not be able to make his
concession profitable. lie had no capt.
| tai to put into the development Of the
| asphalt industry. and he could obtain
no financial aid in Venezuela, lie real
! lied that the job was too big for him
| TO handle alone and he resolved to dis
| pose of his concession, Weary of watt
! ing for the royalties which did not
/ come Blanco gave "A willing assent to
the proposition and the privilege was
| sold to the Now York and Beimudez
company This was IN 1855. and the
( company has owned and tried to work
the asphalt deposit ever since that
| time.
1t was not long before Venezuela
/ awoke to the fact that she had thrown
away the one golden opportunity which
might have been turned to her great
| advantage, She saw others reaping the
benefit OF an enterprise which she had
neglected TO further. and the sight was
mnddening. The large sums OF money
spent by the allen company In building
| a railroad to the coast and IN many
other improvements lessened the sting
for awhile but with the growth OF the
asphalt industry il began To dawn on
the republic that IN the dismal morass
which she had hartered away Tor little
or nothing others had found yelitable
gold mine.
y y
by 1897 the asphalt company was In
excellent working order The asphalt
paving had become very popular IN the
United states. and there was a ready
market fur all the crude material that
could be taken from Bemudoz lake
and shipped, The company's plant was
In fine working order and flood OF
golden dollars was pouring into It's
treasury AZ this time also Il had se-
cured for itself hrm hold in political
affairs and was safely influential al
government headquarters. II was 20
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a MONG all the objections which
EN have been urged against the
~ building OF the Panama canal
ever since the project was
proposed it has never been asserted
that, once completed. 1t would turn out
to be an Improbable investment Not
to speak of the treasure sunk by DE
Lesseps in his disastrous aud decidedly
pathetic attempt to secure the glory of
the undertaking for France. It is now
regarded as n conservative estimate 10
put the cost OF digging the long coveted
ditch at $3OO,OOO0 900. That enormous
sum represents the amount that Uncle
Sam must have spent before his little
strip of the Central American isthmus
known as the canal zone VIII become
the greatest artery of trade in the
world
Three hundred millions! That is
sum the mere mention OF which IS suf-
flcient to obstruct the breathing appa
ratus. Were Mr.. John y. Rockefeller
deprived of that amount of property
suddenly he would experience sense
of loneliness which 1t is not pleasant
to contemplate, and IL Mr.. Andrew
Carnegie were obliged 60 raise such
sum offhand the free library business
would languish painfully II is tre-
mendous amount of money even for so
rich capitalist as Uncle sam
Viewed as an investment, however II
becomes quite another matter, espe-
cally since Uncle Sam and the Ameri-
can people are to proht from IT, II Is
only in the light of an Investment that
IL is to be considered, and 1T is fortu-
nate that It happens TO be an exceed
ingly promising way of looking at 1t.
There is every reason To believe that
Uncle Sam viii realize largely from his
Investment
A Conservative Estimate.
Now that the completion Of the canal
Is assured--t must be admitted that
sometimes it has seemed doubtful-all
the experts in this country and else
where are beginning to figure out the
probable income from the great water
way for the first ten years of its oper-
alton Thus far no one has put the to-
tai amount for the first decade at less
than 100000 900, Most persons who
have looked deeply into the matter
would be disposed to regard that esti-
mate as too low. Many men OF excel
lent business Judgment put the income
at $4,000. 900 per annum for the first !
ten years and predict a constantly in
creasing amount thereafter. Speaking |
safely and in round numbers, IL is not |
TO look for 8 per cent in
terest on the Investment of $500, 900 600
1t is now believed that the first ship
will pass from sea to sea through the
new waterway on Jan. /. 1915. There Is
nothing absolute about that date, but
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ace. Castro began his remarkable con-
test with the trust That conflict rs
still in progress, and It must be con-
feased mat both sides have shown
wonderful ability o. prolonsing the
struggle The opposing game has been
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A knotty Problem.

A knotty Problem.
one of the knottiest problems en-
counterod by the canal commission
thus FAR has been the fixing of - salts
factory toll. OF course 1t will be some
time before a rate is actually needed
but 1t is going TO be an exceedingly
delicate business to establish one which
viii be popular in all quarters. If it
should chance TO be regarded as too
high it might be difficult to defect
trade from its present sources. and if
Il should happen TO be too low Uncle
sam would not be getting fair inter
est on his Investment.
It has been agreed by the commission
that 1t WIN not be eXpedient TO make
the rate as high as that which now oh
tains on the Suez canal. The toll now
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from the consequences of his own acts
He claims that the asphalt trust aide
an armed rebellion against the govern
ment of Venezuela and that on that az
count ii has los. it's right to und
SANS protection,
w. Il. HARRINGTON,
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due and II came according to the
schedule. This WAS me famous moye-
ment engineered and conducted by O.
priano Castro. the present head off the
Venezuelan state, and when hf seuled
himself IA the presidential chair the
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til 1888 the value of this great freak of
nature was unsupported. Left to their
own resources. the natives of the coun-
try would never have discovered the
rich treasure which lay all uncovered
at their very feet. 1t was Horatio r..
Hamilton soldier of fortune. who
had been stranded in the republic, that
was first to realize the magnitude of
the matter.
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pandlng markets Of the new world All
attempt to use this indefinite factor as
an argument must be purely specula-
tive but it is matter Of tremendous
possibilities.
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VI VI YHY all this perennial poth-
VI "a er over Venezuela. Castro
w w and the asphalt trust?
WHY this standing threat
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No Doubt That the New
Waterway Will Prove to
Be a Profitable Invest
ment For Uncle Sam.

A MoNG all the objections which I
N have been urged against the |
EnIk building OF the Panama canal |
eyer since the project was
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BUENA VISTA.

Buena Vista, Texas, March At
is useless to mention the great sue
cess of the all day singing Sunday,
as everybody was there from all
parts of the county and even from
other counties. R. L. Ferguson was
there bright and early, and notwith-
standing his cold he was compliment
ted as doing his best Several leaders
were present and responded to calls.
Rev. Williams preached an excel
lent sermon on the heavenly home.
All are cordially invited back. Our
announcements are as follows: Sun
day school at 10 a. m. Preaching
first Sunday at II a. m. by Rev.
Williams. Preaching fourth Sunday
at p. m by Rev. w. II. Harris.
Singing first and third Sundays at
8 p. m
The people of this community are
preparing 20 put telephone line
through from Waxahachie.
Health is better at this writing.
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STERRETT NEWS.

Sterrett, Texas, March 4.-The
weather has been very unsettled for
the past day or two.
Still a great deal of sickness.
Mrs O. H. Satin died at her home
near this place Thursday morning,
Feb. 81, of pneumonia. The inter-
ment took place at Red Oak Friday
afternoon.
Mrs. A. A. North is very sick
again but it is The hope of many that
ste will soon be up again.
Rev. Whctlock, the Christian
prea cher, filed his regular appoint
ment Sunday, also at Mr.. Smithson' s
at Red Oak Sunday afternoon at 3
0 clock.
School is progressing nicely.
Quite a number of people from
Red Oak attended preaching at
Sterrett Sunday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. North and Mr..
and Mrs. T, L. Allen visited the
home of their wives parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Shaw, Saturday,
where an elaborate dinner was serv-
ed, being the 6Sth birthday of Mr.
Shaw and the seventeenth wedding
anniversary of Mrs. North
Mrs. L. c. Faulkner is on the sick
list again.
Mrs. S. A. Thomas visited relatives
in Dallas Friday and Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Odom visited
at Rocket Sunday.
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MIDDLETON'S CHAPEL.

Middleton's Chapel, March A.
The farmers in this community are
about done breaking land and some
are planting corn.
Health in this vicinity is very
good at present.
The littIe son of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
c. Harris was very i'll last Thursday.
Several of the young people Of
this neighporhood attended the par
ty at the home of Mr.. John Nor
row last Saturday night. All re-
port a most enjoyable time.
Mrs. Morrow and daughters, the
Misses Allie and Rosa, spent Thurs
day evening at the home of Mrs. A..
C. Harris
A new preacher preached at this
place last Sunday.
Mr.. W. S. Stamford attended SER
wees at Mountain Peak Sunday.
Miss Heulah Harris spent very
pleasant evening with Miss Allie
Morrow Wednesday.
Mrs. John Harder and wife visit
ed Mr.. and Mrs. Harris Friday at
ternoon.
IT. Will Free of Mountain Peak
ard Mr. Virgil Davis attended
church at this place Sunday.
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RANKIN NEW S.

Rankin, Texas, March 4-Mr
Jesse German, who has been attend
ing school at Milford, is now at
home and has entered Rankin school.
Mr. Lee Parr, who is attending
school at Milford, was visiting his
friends at Rankin Saturday and
Sunday.
Mr.. Canta Goodwin has been
hauling Out great amount of gro
ceries this past week.
Measles and lagrippe are raging in
our community. The measles has
decreased the attendance at school
considerably.
Miss Algie May Henry of Corsi-
cana, visited her sister, Miss Cora
Henry, Saturday and Sunday.
Prof Nolan was shaking the
hands of his friends here Sunday.
There is some talk of Rankin
school boys matching ball game
with a neighboring school,
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ANNOUNCEMENT.

To the Voters of Ellis County:
We wish to announce that we are
not out for Office but to state that
on Friday March 9Th, we are going
to begin one of the biggest BAR
GAIN sales of HIGH GRADE pianos
that was ever offered in Waxahachie
We have a solid CAR LOAD of
strictly HIGH GRADE pianos, some
of which are world famous that are
going to be offered in this sale at
less than half of the price you would
way. We have been in the piano
business for a number of years and
in this time have bought and sold
hundreds of them and wish to state
frankly that we have never had
finer selection of pianos on our floor
in Dallas than is in this CAR. A par
tial list mentioned here will give
you an idea of the quality of the
goods: Grown, Fisher Pack
ard, Concord, Hobart" IN.
Gable, 'kingsbury," land several
others that are going to be offered
at less than half of their regular
price in this sale. Remember this
sale is for TEN DAYS ONLY and to
get advantage of these low prices
pianos must be bought within this
time. The Grown" and Concord"
factories have agreed to furnish
their Southwestern representative
Mr.. Chas. T. Phelan, without expense
to us, to conduct this sale and he
will have charge.
Every piano fully guaranteed. We
have them in all case designs, some
of the most beautiful you have ever
seen. Don't miss it. Don't allow any
| thing to keep you away You may
regret it after it is too late. Come
and see and be convinced
BROOK, MAYS & CO
Gibson Bldg, Waxahachie. dS6w6
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Canadian Mining Institute.

Ottawa Ont, Mar. with a
brief address of welcome by his ex-
cellency, the governor general, the
tenth annual general convention
of the Canadian Mining Institute
was opened this morning in the Rus
sell house. Today's session was lar
gely devoted to the transaction of the
business affairs of the institute
Leading engineers and mining
authorities will read papers tomor-
row and Friday, mad the meeting
will close Friday evening with the
annual dinner. Delegates report a
great development of the metal
and mineral wealth of the dominion
during the last year