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Possessing Eenefcence.

An old Lowlander had been persis-
tently asked by his son, who was
doing very well in London, to pay
him visit. Having at length decided
to comply, he spent fortnight in
the metropolis and duly returned
north to tell the tale. A pompous
person invited him to his house soon
after the old mans return, with a
view to having some amusement at
the latter's expense.
And what was it that most i'm
pressed you in the great city," asked
the pompous gentleman.
"Weel. sir" quoth the old fellow.
"the thing abune a that impressed
me maist was my ain insigneeficance.
Deed, sir, I wad strongly advise ye
to gang-it wad dae ye vast deal
o guild, sir!"-Tit-Bits.
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A PROBLEM FOR THE INVENTOR.
Something Must Be Found and Found
at Once as a Paper Substitute.

One of those things for whose pres
ent rise in price there is a real rea-
son is the wood pulp paper from
which newspapers are made, declares
the New Haven Register. The pro-
ducers of this sort of paper tell a
discouraging tale and spread out an
alarming prospect. AS most persons
know, practically all newspapers to-
day use this pulp paper, made en-
tirely frofm the spruce of our Nor
thern forests. For every week day
of the year 1,765,000 feet of timber
is used in paper, and as all the news
papers which print Sunday editions
use more paper than on other days,
the aggregate amount used OF Sun
day alone consumes all the timber
that can be cut from thousands of
acres.
Under the conditions, it is no Won
der that the price of news paper is
steadily rising. Where year ago
it could be contracted for at two
cents i. pound, the mills are now
loath 10 set any contract price for
as lang a time as year. While in
very large quantities it may now be
obtained at slightly over that price,
its lowest quotation is two and one
half cents, and the price ranges up
to three cents a pound, with talk of
four or even six cents as not dis
:ant price.
In such case it is easy to see
what is soon to become of the one
cent newspaper. There are scores
Of newspapers in the country which,
e7en at the former prices of paper,
have daily put out editions whose
paper alone cost them considerably
more than they received out of the
one cent charged. With paper in
creased even fifty per cent. in price,
this will simply be impossible.
But this is ont the worst. Unless
the situation is ,exaggerated-and
the ordinary observer knows that
there is too much truth in the grow
ing dearth of timber-there is pros
pect in the not distant future Of wood
pulp becoming so scarce as to pro-
hibit its use for news paper. Some
thing must be found to take it's
place, and found at once. The prob
lem for the inventor is an imperative
and immediate one.-New Haven
Register.
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Highway Building.

In the great Mississippi Valley
there is practically no good road
making material at hand, and what
ever is used Il must be transported
great distancesf at. considerable ex-;
pense. In Illinois; Alabama, Kansas,
Iowa and other Central Middle States
the road problem is, acute to-day.
Occasionally gravel bets are found
which yield fair road-making ma
terial, and in the hands Of the en-
gineef good stretches ! Of highways
have been made. .at no great cost.
The drainage on these rich farming
sections is almost as bad as it could
be- and 5this increases the cost and
trouble of the work. Travelling,
through these States in an automo;
bile makes one conscious of the great.
road problems facing our richest ag-
'ricultural regions. In vain have local
and national engineers sought to de-
wise some means Of making roads in ]
these States without importing
stones, gravel and other building ma-t
terial. But apparently the roads
must be built at great II expense
through the employment OF materials
transported from more favored sec7}
tions. Transportation thus becomes
the most vital factor in road making
If the Mississippi Valley and 6f many
of the Southern States. If good roads
are to be had there, the materials;
must be, brought by the railroads.
and cooperation between the steam
lines and local highway: commissions
must be secured. sMa {ty.s r. 5tf;.t. az.
No hard and fast rules Of highway
building could be laid down for this
eat central region, although the;
pest granite or gravel would pay the
best in the end, for it costs no more
= to transport Hit than = the cheaper
shales and softer limestones. The
question of durability and cost sof
maintenance would have to be seri-s
onsly considered. In the experiments
maGe by the Government and local,
commissions, good roads of broken
stones, such as granite, flint and silis;;
Gates, prove more economical than
cheaper materials, and many of the
Middle Western towns and cities have
miles of excellent highways built at
only thirty to forty per cent. more
than the cost Of similar roads in the
East, which, with proper care, Will
last for many, decades. ,s5i
Good roads in the Mississippi Val
ley pay better than almost anywhere
else in the country, owing to the vivid
contrast between them and the nat
ural poor roads. The increase In
valuation Of property along the line
Of macadam roads in this section has
been. all the way from fifty to sixty
per cent, and many new, thriving
towns, are to-day making strenuous,
efforts to attract settlers and inves-
tors through improving roads. 1t has
proved an economical success to in
crease road taxation in order to Sc
cure higher real estate values. Road
construction across the middle Of our
continent at the present rate of de-
avelopment should within another
decade completely revolutionize con-,
ditions; and a trip across from ocean
to ocean by automobile should prove
a popular pleasure instead of a tire!
some struggle with muddy, dusty and
heavy stretches of roads Scientific
American. - S
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Legal Tender.

The Willamette Heights citizen
handed the conductor of the car a
SIS clearing house certificate.
whats that?" asked the man be-
hind the bell cord
That's clearing house certifi-
cate, the new kind of Portland
money" said the w. II. citizen.
'Is it good?" ascked the lord Of
tee punch.
Sure it's good. Paper money
goes these days"
"All right, old man." and the con-
ductor Immediately handed the pas
senger S4.95 worth of transfers.
Portland Oresonian.
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The explanation has been given that
the water has a "radio-activity," the
water giving of various currents and
some of these pass through the soil
with undiminished force and cause
the air above to become negatively
electrical" and act on the operator
so that the handle of the fork bends.
This explanation, says the author Of
the article, is probably correct, as
there is a great difference between
various persons susceptibility. The
electrical resistance Of the skin may
vary from 1900 to $4,000 ohm, and
the force REQUIRED to produce mus
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PRINCESS. FIRE.

The gray fog folds the houses round,
- The rain falls from the sky;
And in the house. all snug and warm,
Are Princess Fire and l;
She wears gown of changing red,
And while she sings to me
She dances gaily to and fro
With laughing witchery.
o weary, weary, weary wheels,
Slow turning in the street,
O lamps that burn so bravely there
Through all the mist and sleet;
o great bleak wind from northern lands
That beats against the pane
To your cold realms I Danish you,
To darkness and the rain.
Upon the hearthstone here within
The ruddy comfort CLEANS;
And Princess Fire her province rules
The while her subject dreams;
And here is warmth and cheer and light
And here no need to sigh;
A lover and his lady bright
Good Princess Fire and I.
M. S. Clark, in Youths Companion.
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Fig.

Gle ..o4t may vary from one
third to f1fty-f1ve volts. This indi-
Gates that certain perso<s are espe-
cially adapted as seekers Of water
by this device, provided that this
electrical" explanation is correct.
The question should be given a
thoroughly scientific investigation,
because a confirmation Of the above
hypothesis would enable us to substi-
tute a scientific electrical indicator"
for the crude divining rod, be it will
low wood or wire.-J. H. Monrad. OF
Denmark, in the Country Gentleman.
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Catching Him.

During the recent stay in camp OF
the National Guard of the District
of Columbia, one of the captains
called a sergeant one day, saying:
Sergeant, note down Private
Mooney-one day on bread and water
for slovenly turnout on parade"
Beg pardon, captain" responded
the sergeant, but that won't make
any difference to Mooney-he's a
vegetarian"
Then" said the captain, "give
him one day on meat and soup. -
Harper's Weekly.
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A Common-Sense Musician.

Moscheles, the most distinguished
teacher Of the pianofortc of his time,
was particularly proud OF his STAG.
cato playing. One day, when the
hand Of an American pupil had teen
unusually heavy, the musician
turned upon him.
"If the keys of the piano were
red-hot pokers," lie said, you would
never think of allowing your fingers
to rest on them!"
II guess" the American replied,
dryly, eff they were red-hot pokers
l shouldn't touch them at all. -
Youths Comran:on.
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Professional Fools.
BY IDA A. TAYLOR.

According to Garzoni, the lord was
never without the fool, the fool never
without lord; while he adds that
so necessary was the one to the other
that if the master were compelled to
forego temporarily his toy he
straightway fell i'll from melancholy.
The statement is corroborated by
the evidence supplied by history of
the extraordinary affection borne by
kings to their jesters-an affection
perhaps the result in part of IL
censed familiarity permitted to the
fool alone. Traces of it are every
where apparent. Here and there a
magnificent tomb, such as that erect
ed in the Church of st. Maurice de
Senlis to the memory of Thevenin de
Saint Ligier, @fool of the King our
Lord" testifes to the gratitude of
the master toward the man who had
made him laugh. Or again the proof
Of it is to be found in gifts such as the
rich chapelle of ermine covered with
a rose bush, with stem of gold of
cypress and leaves of wrought gold
presented by John the Good, the
prisoner of Poictiers, to his fool,
Jehan Arcemalle. So dear was Call
lette, his official jester, to Francis +.
that when death had removed him
from his post the King paid to his
memory the unwelcsme compliment
of insisting that his son, made afte.
quite another pattern and regarding
the calling with adherence, should
carry on the family tradition by as.
suming the cap and bells. OF Charles
v. of France it is recorded that he
maintained at his court number Of
the craft, with whom, his morning
devotions concluded, he' was accus-
toned to exchange paroles joyeuses
ct honnestes" before proceeding to
the more serious occupations of the
day. Poor mad Charles vi. sur.
rounded himself with testers, hoping
thus to find a means OF distraction
from his melancholy; and, to come
to prince of the Church, so close
and intimate was the tie uniting
Pope Leo x. and his fayorite buffoon
that the latter assisted at his death.
bed, and has been asserted-one
would hope erroneously-to have
been the sole watcher there.
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ment with the map previously pre-
pared. In the only place where Mr..
Bulow and his wire fork disagreed
with the map. it turned out that he
was right! This made convert Of
Mr.. Franzius, who found that even
he could locate water, although not
with the exactness of Mr.. Bulow.
The tests are described and the
wire fcrk illustrated. The operator
grasps The wire fork Gig. Al with
both haids and bends the fork in the
manner shown in Fig. B and carries
it II such a manner that the free
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Due and Legal Form.

"Since it is all over between US,
Miss Berkenhead," said the young
man, pale but calm, Il am compelled
to ask for the return Of the numerous
and costly presents have given you
from time to time during the last six
months, under the mistaken idea that
was your. accepted lover and you
were my affianced wife"
mo, Henry" she answered., "ycn
can't claim them now. All you can
do is to give me the necessary sixty
days notice. BY that time-er-
perhaps confidence will be restored. y
Chicago Tribune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-08
A HOMEMADE AIRSHIP.

Inspired by the aeronautic eXhibi-
ton at the St. Louis Exposition,
Cromwell Dixon, a fifteen-year-old
lad Of Columbus, Ohio, resolved TO
make some experiments along this
line himself. With his mothers aid
alone, he designed and built two air
ships, the last a slight Improvement
over the first. The boys mother be-
lieved him too young to attempt to
fly with a powerful motor, and he
began on the idea of foot-power ma
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Sellin' q Sheep.

Two Highland farmers met on
their way to church. Man." said
Donald, "I was wonderin' what you
will be askin' for yon bit sheep over
at your steadin'?" .
Man." replied Dougal, "I wass
thinkin' I wad be wantin' fifty shul.
Inns for that sheep" -,
II will TAX it at that" said Don.
aid; "but, och, man, Dougal,. I am
awful surprised at you doin' business
on the Sawbath."
Business" exclaimed Dougal.
Man, sellin' a sheep like. that for
fifty shullin's is not business at all;
it's just charity! !"-Scottish ATeri-
can,
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The Cattle Of the King.

There is much English history in
the fact that the chief exhibitor at
the Norwich cattle show was the
King, to whom, even more if possible
than to English kings of the four
teenth century. English stock owes
its putation.-London Outlook.
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The Peruvian Government Is dis
tributing free cotton seeds to plant
ers, and in other ways is encourag-
ing the cotton industry.
It is generally agreed that amber
girls is secreted by the sperm whale
as the result of a disease. 1t is
chiefly bought by scent-makers, but
is also valuable as constituent of
certain medicines.
The second of it's kind in the coun-
try is the picturesque temple of wor-
ship which 1000 Greeks at Lowell.
Mass, have built, it being a $780,
= 900 structure, with brilliant golden
dome and two golden turrets.
It Is reported that a gold coinage
law is being drafted for Siam, and
that the measure may become a law
within the year. It Is under this
law that it is proposed to reintroduce
the stang-a copper coin this time,
not nickel, as before.
Some farmers make a nice thing
by constantly looking about for some
new crop, of which the supply is
short. A Missouri farmer had in
twenty acres of popcorn this season,
and it has turned him in about
$500. ... ......
Alfalfa is a wonderful plant for pro-
ducing wealth. 1T not only yields
several cuttings of most nutritious
hay during season, but actually en-
riches the ground on which it grows
by taking nitrogen from the air. The
total crop of alfalfa hay in 1907 is
estimated to be worth 500, 100000.
Cocoanut pearls are rarely seen in
this country. They are found only
in the cocoanut trees grown in the
Philippines, and, like the oyster
pearls, are the result of the trees be-
ing out of health. They are never
larger than a pea, but a cocoanut
pearl of that size is worth from 5000
to s400. ~.
A French detective has hit upon
novel idea for the capture Of pick
pockets. He attaches to his purse a
length of thin cord, and when the
thief has taken the purse he hauls
him in hand over hand and arrests
him. Sometimes the thief cuts the
cord or drops the purse, and then he
gets away But one can't think of
everything.-London Globe,
The game birds of the United
States are constantly decreasing in
number, and the practice of intro
ducing foreign birds as substitutes is,
growing. During the year more than
1000 European partridges, about
1000 English pheasants and a num-
ber of capercailzie and black game Of
Europe were imported for liberation,
while 5000 eggs were imported for
propagation.
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Stung.

A little girl was being put to bed
one summer night, and after she had
said her prayers her mother kisseo
her goodnight, and said:
Now, go to sleep, dear. Don't pe
afraid, for Gods angels are watching
over YOU"
In a short time, while the mother
and father were at tea, small voice
from upstairs was heard.
Mammal"
eyes, little one; what is it,"
Goods angels are buzzing around.
and ones bitten me- .''-Harper's
Weekly.
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Toilet Device.

An exceedingly neat device which
should appeal to members Of the fair
sex is the holder for tooth powder
and brush shown here. 1t Is so con-
structed that by simply operating a
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Rev. DR.. Curtis Lee Laws, of Balti-
more, has completed a tour Of the
United States, covering about 1000
miles.
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Japan has 2237 banks, with $685.
244,334 capital. Five new banks
have opened since February.
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Frequently Do.

Don't find too much pleasure in
your charities; they may become the
ep1tome Of your selflshness.-John A.
HoWland.
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A Big Advantage.

The man who is always on tima
has a big advantage in the struggle
for uccess.-Chicago Record-Heraldl
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The herring catch off the shores Of
England represents s15,00Q,Q00 an
pn2iT.
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Beira, little town in Africa, Is
built almost entirely of galvanized
sheet metal.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1908-02-27
SPEAKER CANNON.

The people OF this country have
again had positive proof that there
is one man In public life who never
fliuches, who never trims, who never
squirms. There never was more
coura geous, more honest and out
spoken man In American political life
than Uncle Joe" Cannon, the popu-
lar speaker OF the house Of represent
tatives. He believes in his country
and is not afraid to say so. He be-
lieyes that certain legislation would
be against the best interests Of the
laboring man and is not afraid tc
ray 30. He believes in a protective
tariff and is not afraid to say 90. He
is opposed to tariff commission end
is not afraid to say so. He does not
think tariff revision IL necessary at
present and Is not afraid to say so.
He does not believe in wasting the
peoples money or the congressmen's
time. He is not afraid OF losing deie-
gates and he would not gain one at
the expense Of compromising his
honest beliefs.
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When these are taken into consid-
Grafton the assumed balance of trade
shrinks very materially; still 1t has
been large enough during recent years
to put us in better shape to draw upon
foreigners than we were during the
years of Cleveland's last administra-
ton. Mr.. Shriver evidently does not
believe that this is the case. He
thinks that the United States could
have remained a debtor country, In
creasing the volume of its indebted
ness year by year by buying more
from foreigners than we sell to
them, and still be able, like England,
creditor nation of long standing,
to draw on them for gold whenever
it was needed.
According to Governor johnson OF
Minnesota, the trust question is un-
solved and the tariff is the para
mount issue. Possibly he would like
to be boss OF the job for four years.
There are such indications.
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LAUNDERING BRYAN.

| Representing what might be term
ed the safe and sane" element Of the
democracy, the New York World con-
tinues to pour shot, hot and heavy,
into the Bryan camp.
The World openly asserts that
Bryan cannot win. It Is for anybody
but Bryan, with apparently strong
leaning toward Governor Johnson
of Minnesota.
The World fires the following
pointed questions at Mr.. Bryan:
What states did you lose in 1896
that you could carry In 1908?
what electoral votes did you lose
in 1900 that you could win in 1908?
What elements of dissatisfaction
and discomfort did you fail to arouse
then which you could successfully
appeal tosnow?
Wherein are you better demo-
crat than Governor Johnson OF
Minnesota?
Can you give the democratic
party a fighting chance in Illinois
and Wisconsin? Republican leaders
freely admit that Johnson could.
"Can you come within 100000 of
polling as many votes In New York
and New Jersey as Governor Johnson
would poll? You will find few per-
sons who believe it,"
1t Is noticeable that the World does
not promise the, election Of johnson
or any other democrat. 1t will be able
to say after November that 1t knew
Bryan could not win, without expos
ing the indefensible position OF the
democratic party in general
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1908-02-27

Among those who attended the
meeting were:
G. Scott Anderson. B. F. O'Neil,
A. C. Cogswell. P. F. Smith. Thomas
McCabe, w. H. Hanson, NJ. A. Cor
ner. F. F. Johnson. q. 8. Wyman,
F. NJ. Rose, s. P. Fairweather. G.
w. Beale, George T. Edmiston. w.
w. Smith. J. H. Munson, l.. l.. Brain
ard, ]. H. Boomer. J. A. Reeves, F. 8.
Rowe. H. e. Howes. A. Sutherland.
George F. Charleston, C. w. Gibbs,
Irving Anderson, G. c. Burke. Judge
l.. E. Worstell.
The purpose Of the formation OF
this club was not to get in ahead
Of the Hughes undercurrent, as re-
presented by the daily fictioner is
sued in the morning but was simply
for the purpose Of forming an organ
ization to crystalline public senti-
ment with regard to the Taft candi-
dacy.
There is no question whatever Of
division in the party in connection
with the Taft and Hughes booms as
misrepresented by The Times and
even II there were it is dead cinch
that either of them Is good enough
to beat Bryan at this or any other
election.
I'm fact, says The Times, there
is no more harmony within the re-
publican ranks in Wallace than there
is throughout the otner ps rts of the
state" More harmony would be
practically impossible.
So far there has been no William
Jennings Bryan clubs and no Harry
L. Day clubs formed either in this
or any other county in Idaho for the
simple .eason that there are hardly
enough democrats in this section of
the community to form decent sized
committee.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1908-02-27
FREE-TRADE LAUNDERING.

Edward ]. Shriver, in the Free
Trade Broadside," makes the blund-
Ter OF asserting "that within the past
eight or ten years we have exported
as much as five billions more than
we have imported, and that for a
period OF SO years there has been
substantial favorable balance on
our foreign trade" His error con-
sists OF failing to note what some Of
his school Of thinkers have agreed to
designate as invisible imports and ex-
ports. because they d. not appear in
custom house reports Of foreign trade.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1908-02-27
TAFT CLUB FORMED.

The Wallace Taft Republican club
was organized Tuesday evening at a
meeting Of republicans held in the
offices Of Walter H. Hanson.
G.. Scott Anderson was elected
president and M. A. Corner secretary.
The following committee was ap-
pointed to draw up resolutions and
report at the next meeting Monday
night: Walter H. Hanson. NJ. A,
Corner and a. G. Cogswell.