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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-03-05
THE JEFFERsON1AN.

SeLHeI, not ny IOICe VI CHCi Sy, AhouoIAy
and superior ability, but by reason OF the
special privileges and exemptions created
by law.
For instance we do not question the
right of any man to own as much money
as he can honestly get, but we declare
it to be wrong to allow the holder of
the money to pass laws in his own favor
which exempt his money from taxation,
give him a. lien upon the property of
every other citizen, and exact from other
citizens a tax to pay the interest on the
money of this specially favored citizen.
In other words, we oppose national bonds
just as Thomas Jefferson did, and in do
ing SO we represent principle which
will struggle for recognition as long as
the government lives.
We stand for the doctrine that the
government should directly do whatever
it is charged with the power and the duty
of doing. We apply this principle par
tict1lar1y to the making and distributing
of money.
The sovereign power in every state is
clothed with two functions which give to
the government terrific advantages over
the governed. The power to levy taxes,
and the power to create money, are the
most tremendous concessions which the
people can make to their rulers.
Both these concessions are necessary to
good government, but an abuse of either
ruins the people. They can be taxed to
death, and their money system can be SO
manipulated that favored few Of the
Capitalists reap all the fruits of the labor
of the unfavored millions.
We enter our protest against the griev
Gus burden of taxation which has been
laid upon the people by wickedly corrupt
rulers; and we say that these taxes are
unequally distributed, and prodigally
spent
We stand for the principle that the
government should create the money and
distribute it, We say that there is no
more business necessity for delegating to
the National Bankers, the sovereign pow
er to make and distribute the money, than
there would be in delegating to them the
power to levy, collect and disburse our
taxes.
The right to create and destroy money,
to regulate it's value, it's volume, and its
circulation, is as much function of gov
eminent as the right to levy and collect
taxes.
Yet here we see in the United States
a hateful and oppressive system, by which
the governmental power of bossing the
money system is exercised by handful
Alaska sentinel., 1908-04-02
the placing of tracks one above another

the placing of tracks one above another to accommodate the dirt trains.
 During the month of July, 1904, 31,- GOO cubic yards of dirt were excavated at Culebra cut; one year later the monthly excavation was upward of S0, 900 cubic yards, and during the month of July, 1906, 157,OOO cubic yards were removed from the nine-mile strips.
 It Is worthy of notice that on March 14, 1907. the daily excavation was greater than the amount shoveled out during the first month of July cited The present monthly excavation varies between 6OO,OOO and sOO,0OO cubic yards; and with the passing of the rainy season 100000 cubic yards a month will be the assured excavation record of the Culebra army.
 But back of this record of monthly excavation and as preliminary condi- tion essential to the present efficiency of the Culebra army is the story of the
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AN OFFICIAL ACT.

Margaret Brown came one day into the office of a government official in Chicago. She was from Massachusetts, says a writer in the Chicago Tribune Her son had come to Chicago some time before to seek his fortune.
 But fortune had not favored Mar garet's son, and he soon wrote home for fifty dollars. It was cent him. Then followed another hard-iuck story. and another fifty was sent him. A third time Ed asked for fifty dollars. This was more than the mother could en- dure, and full of misgiyings and fears, she picked up a suit case and started for the West to make investigations
 But where In Chicago was Ed? She had but one address-general delivery and countless people get their mall there. How could she find the elusive son among the thousands who daily cross the great rotunda?
 She would stand there and watch for him. He might come in the morning, be might came in the evening; he might come the first day or the third, but stand there she would till she stood face to face with the prodigal.
 But even for the tedious privilege of standing there permission had to be secured hence her call on the official.
 The official realized how unpleasant to a refined woman such an experi- ence would be. He pondered moment as to how he might keep from break ing laws and regulations, and yet ac- complish the mothers desire in a man. her at least comfortable.
 "Where are you staying?" he inquir- ed, after a moments reflection.
 At the Great Northern"
 "Tu tell you what I'll do. I'll write your son a note"
 And he sent this letter:
 "Mr. Brown. You are requested to call at the Great Northern, room -, Thursday, between and p. m.
 A Friend of the Family"
 He sealed 1t and addressed 1t to the general delivery.
 The next step In the story was deli cately written note from Boston, an- nouncing the safe arrival home of Ed and his mother. Ed had called at the general delivery, to his astonlshment had found his mother In room - at the Great Northern, had gone home, and the mother was happy.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-04-02

introduction to a study of the Nectaro- phora solanifolii Ashmead which Is set forth in a bulletin of the Maine agri- cultural experiment station. The N. S. A. Is not itself a green pea louse, Its familiar name being the potato plant louse, but 1t helps all Its relatives among the aphids to add to the millions charged against the country every year for their keep. And here we have only one family. Look at the bugs in the report of the Secretary of Agriculture, think of the extent of country they GOV. CT and then consider how much more that green pea experience means than appears at first sight. The contraction of the circulating medium Is nothing to the expansion of buSA and how that goes on this bulletin explains The N. s. A. and other aphids winter in the egg state and from the egg wingiess form called the stem mother comes In the spring. This stem mother produces living young. which begin at once to feed upon the sap of the plant, and after eight or ten days the young have offspring. Then some of these children or the chiIdren's children are endowed with wings which enable them to take 6 trip abroad. They now start colon- les on fresh plants, and the tribe null tiplies enormously through many gen erations. The insects may now desert what Is called the host plant and take to another kind. perhaps for varietys sake. For example. "the plant louse destructive to hops passes part of It's life cycle upon the plum tree.' and, says the bulletin, ''this alteration of hosts Is 6 point in the life history Of aphididae of great economic signin- canoe, for It sometimes happens that species can be controlled on one plant and thus Its attack upon the alternate host be prevented" After the change, however, the insects return to the or
 iginal host in the fall. males and egg bearing females appear, the eggs are depoeited In the plant and a new cycle begins. We present this summary as an interesting illustration of the rapid increase of pests which continually
 threaten our food supply. But fortu- nately there is defensive army. not maintained for some possible emer- gency. but fighting dangerous foes the year through. It Is marshaled under the Department of Agriculture and the State boards, and the more It fights the better. This certainly Is a kind of mllitarism that no one will complain of
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conquest of the istbmian jungle. The canal cut proper has been a constant source of trouble to the health divi- sion. In many instances outlets for drainage are impractlcable. and the wa ter supply can only be ditched in one pool. The progress of each steam shoy- el leaves in It's train new and varied drainage problems.
 This has necessitated constructing pools by filling in, deepening ditches, conflning the water by rough stone walls, and ditching the large side pools, thus turning all the water into the main ditch, where 1t forms a swift running stream unfavorable to mosqui- to breeding. Drip barrels of oil have been placed at points where the cur rent slowed down, and this, combined with the rapidity of the current, has reduced mosquito breeding in the ca nal cut to a minimum.
 The malarial reports of the district physicians being tabulated, the number of cases in the different camps is com pared with that of the previous three weeks. If there Is a decided increase of malaria at any camp the inspector of that district IS telephoned to look for the point of infection.
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1t Is another problem, says a writer in Out West, so to place the excavation that 1t will be out of the way for all time or so to place 1t that 1t will pro tect the canal channel on the lowlands of the eastern portion of the water way.
 The investigator at Culebra. as on other portions of the ditch, Is impress ed at the outset with the fact that the railroad Is the key to the situation both from an engineering and sani- tary standpoint. This canal cannot be constructed upon trunk sewer plan. All of us have intelligent friends who seem to think 1t is only necessary to ex- cayate and throw the dirt along the banks of the waterway. But as the tourist obtains his first view of the cut at Empire he observes that the ra- pidity with which the dirt trains are enabled to move out Is the measure of the days achievement.
 Through this region, In order to as- sure a prism of definite width, 1t has been found necessary to increase the proposed width from time to time as one landslide followed another, and while that increases the total amount of the excavation 1t renders possible
Alaska sentinel., 1908-04-02
EFFECTUAL

It Is not the severity of 6 punish ment, but Its fitness. which tells. The little middy who. by the pen of MT. Montague, gives the following incidents in his "Recollections," might have sui fered sterner correction for his misde meanor which would not have been one-half as successful iE itB outcome as the method adopted by the captain. That wise ruler of men fitted the pun ishment to the deed, and the small boy never forgot It:
 It was bitterly cold day. and th, wretched middy of the watch bad to walk on the lee side of the deck. I was perished with cold. and thrust my poor little fingers in my pockets to keep them warm.
 The captain, seeing my hands iu my pockets on the sacred precincts of her Eiajestys quarter-deck, called out in a stentorian voice:
 Pray, sir, who allowed you to put your hands In your pockets on the quar- ter-deck? Go down immediately to the tailor and tell him to sew you up."
 fed, feeling that I was disgraced for life, and that my character was gore forever. The tailor was busy, but he twigged the situation, dropped every thing. and sewed up my pockets In no time.
 Then I went back to the desk to re port with fear and trembling. Instead of being roared at in angry voice, ] wss accosted by fatherly tones
 "Now. my boy" said the captain. there's a lesson for you. Do not do 1t again. Go below to the tailor and tell him to unsew your pockets."
 If had been denied leave for month, the lesson would not have been % effectual.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-04-02
The Desert Sands.

T shall winter in the Sahara" salo travelling man. with a caravan I shall traverse under blinding sun and an endless plain of snow white sand. but none of my Mohammedan attend ants will wear any kind of shade over his eyeA
 Against that dazzling glare the backs of their necks will be swathed In white linen, and even their ears will be protected. Nothing, though. will keep the sun out of their faces.
 "wonderins about tkis, I said one day to the kald of an Algerian village |:
 "'Why don't you Arabs wear cap of some sort? You live in the worlds worst sun glare, but neither fez nor turban under any circumstances has a peak
 ~Ths Koran the kaid answered. forblds all true believers to shade their eyes. Obeying the Koran implicitly, we dwellers in the desert avoid like poison brims to our headgear. In con sequence tkere is more blindness among us than among any other people in the world .'"-Los Angeles Times.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-04-02

Two LowerLapand Lapland Express Most North Railway in the Worldj Reindeer Horn Seller world Laplande
  residents his 2O0 scattered
  Nowegans Those Sweden allied the Finn They height However hardy possessed of endurance lived climate of the north
  they do not thrive at all in a less rigorous climate. The reindeer made world Santa Claus tales
  milk flesh supply him with food and from Its hide and clothing shaped will swiftly the sled load exceeding POO
  necessarily throughout will budened speed of from miles estimated reindeers Lapland these wild shift reindeer found elsewhere
Alaska sentinel., 1908-04-02
Fearless Swimmers,

In the water the Hawaiians are ab- solutely fearless. As soon as they can walk, little babies are taken to bathe In the sea, and in a very short time they are able to swim like porpoises The author of Hawaiian Yesterdays" gives a reminiscenee of the courage of the natives:
 Our party had arrived In Hilo Bay. and We were all seated upon the plat form of big double canoe, padding ashore from the schooner which lay out In the harbor. A throng of natives lined the beach, waiting to welcome their returning teachers.
 Just as we were entering the surf that rolled upon the sandy shore through some accident the canoes sud denly filled and sank, leaving us all sitting half-submerged ii the shallow water. With loud roar of "Auwew (Oh, and Alas!) the assembled crowd rushed as one man into the waves and bore us safely to land.
 On one occasion, about the same date, coasting vessel was upset in . violent squall between the islands of Hawaii and MauL Although the near est land was twenty miles distant, the native crew and passengers boldly struck out to swim ashore; and sev. eral of them did come safe to land after a night and day in the deep.
 Among the survivors of the wreck was a poor woman who for several hours swam with her husband upon her back; but the poor man died of cold and fatigue. and had to be aban. doned at last before the coast was reached
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paratiyely worthless tree, but It works up well in veneering, and finds many uses h the manufacture of furniture. It can be stained In imitation of cherry and other hard woods.
 There are two kinds of reneerins- sawed and sllced-but 1t takes an e1. pert to tell the difference. The process Of manufacture Is simple and interest. ing. The logs, delivered at the factory In the rough, about thirteen feet in length, are first cooked in hot water vats to make them soft and workable.
 Tt does not matter how green they are. After being thoroughly cooked they are placed on machines designed for the purpose, and either sliced by a powerful knife the length of the log or cut by circular saw into slabs about onetwentieth of an inch thick. These slabs are the full length of the log, and when first cut are 30 pllable that they can be bent double without break. ing. The uniform thickness or thin ness of the slabs Is preserved by the action of the machinery, and does not vary 50 much as hairs breadth in the entire length of the slab.
 After the slabs are sliced or sawed they are seasoned by steaming. This requires only about twenty-four hours, and then they are ready for the mar. ket. Some of the huge oak logs that come to the factory show by the rings In them that the trees were from 25o to 400 years old"-Washingto Herald.
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FINE FURNITURE vENEERRD.

How Oak Is Used-Imitation Cherry
 Hard Wood.
 There ls a great deal of so-called oak furniture sold nowadays" said Flu gene J. HIckA "A large part of this furniture is veneered. This is particu- larly true of parlor and ornamental furniture. Coarse and common furni- ture may be made of solid oak, but fine furniture is almost invariably veneered.
 This is because . much finer finish can be got from quartered oak veneer than from the solid wood. The grain comes out better, and It takes a higher polish. Where strength and durability are required, the solid wood is used. but for surfaces veneering is prefer able. Indianapolis Is the largest veneer manufacturing center in the world. The ycamore used to be regarded as . com
Alaska sentinel., 1908-04-02
QUEER THIRST sATIsFIERs.
Value of the Cactus to tho Thirsty
 Desert Traveller.

uiuc or the tn6
 Desert Traveller.
 All devices for allaying the discom- fort arising from the dryness of the mucous membranes such as carrying bullets or pebbles in the mouth, chew ing grass, or a piece of rubber, are wholly futile In meeting the serious thirst problem. The relative humidity often falls to per cent In the south western deserts, and in a temperature of over a hundred degrees, the evapora- the open may be as much as an inch in day. The amount thrown of by the skin is correspondlngly great, and if the loss is not made good, thirst en- sues, and ten hours lack of water may thicken the tongue so that speech Is impossible.
 The Indian and the desert traveller often seek relief In the juices of plants when water fails. The fruits of some of the prickly pears are slightly juicy; great trunks of the saguaro contain much sap, but for the most part It Is bitter and while 1t would save life In extremity, yet 1t is very unpleasant to use. The barrel cactus, or bisnaga (echinocactus), however, contains within it's spiny cylinders, fair sub- stltute for good water. To get at th!s juice, one must be armed with stout knife, or an ax with which to decapi- tate the plant, which Is done by cutting away section from the top. Next a green stake Is obtained from some shrub or tree that is free from bitter substances, and with this or with the ax, the white plth of the interior is pounded to a pulp and cavity tint would hold two gallons is formed. Squeezing the pulp between the hands into this cavity will give from threa to SIX pints of drinkable liquid that Is far from unpleasant, and Is generally few degrees cooler than air. Scout ing Indians have long used the blsnaga to save carrying heavy supply of water, and a drink may be obtained in this manner by skilled operator in five to ten mlnutes.-Outing Magazine
Alaska sentinel., 1908-04-02

The mosquito inspector takes the list and goes over the whole ground In or der of greatest increase, locating or confirming the point of infection. and reports upon the measures best adapt cd for the removal of the same. All the laborers of the district who can be spared from the daily routine work arc at once concentrated at that point to make a swift and effective end to the mosquito breeding places.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-04-02
AT CULEBRA CUT.
Great Battle Between Man and Na-
 ture Being Fought to . Finish.

ture Being Fought to . Finish. r There are those who have wonder ed whether. apart from the tropical weather, the difficulties or overcoming the engineering obstacles of Culebra cut were not overestlmated.
 But when 1t Is remembered that this nine-mile strip, varying from 250 feet to the top of Gold hill, west of Gu lebra. is composed of rock, slime, gray el and tropical dirt; when 1t is borne In mind that the existing prism of this canal Is subject to frequent landslides. and when it Is considered that this re- glon Is washed by a torrential rainfall which exceeds twelve feet yearly, some realization of the difficulties presented will be possible.
 It is one thing to blast and shovel a million cubic yards out of Culebra, but
Alaska sentinel., 1908-04-02

Toy dealers declare the teddy bear craze Is dying out When the stores closed late Christmas eve, most of the toy departments were pretty we'll cleared out except for teddy bears Dur ing the holiday rush thousands of dogs. elephants. monkeys and rabbits. made of furry cloth and stuffed as are the teddy bears. were sold, but few of the great numbers of bears that went into the toy shops early in the season left the shelves.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-04-02

In addition to the wireless telegraph, theaters, barbers, elevators, cafes and newspapers. transatlantic liners are to be equipped with tailor and dressmak- ing shops The world Is beginning to realize ttat they were truly wise men" who put to sea In plain bowl.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-04-02

The Conservative party h England is now trying a political novelty which, in Ingenuity and completeness, may well delight the heart of an American campaign manager. Eighteen specially constructed horse-drawn vans are en- gagged in a political tour of England and Wales Each van Is equipped with q stereopticon and a gramophone The vans are so designed that the rear end may be used for a screen, upon which cartoons and party war-cries can be thrown by the lantern. British Work for British Hands," Socialism Offers No Reward to Thrift" '"The Policy of the Radicals Is to Promise Everything. The Policy of the Unionists Is to do Something''-thesea are some of the sen tments displayed The gramophones repeat short speeches and e1hortations delivered into them by the leaders Of the party before the tour began. With each van Is a driver, a lantern opera. tor and a worklngman speaker, who stands on 6 platform which, when not in use, folds against the side of the van. In cases where the lantern h not to be used, the speaker stands on the billboard The whole plan is interest ing because of its simplicity, directness, and the large number of persons which 1t can reach in an effective way. The use of a gramophone enables the party leaders to condense a speech into q few sledgehammer sentences, and deliver them again and again without the fa- dgue of travel.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-04-02

There is a scarcity of school teach CTS and army recruits, but this fact does not seem to bring much comfort to the thousands of actresses and ac- tors who are parad!ng up and down the Great White Way and eagerly hoping Cor something to happen.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-04-02

Dean Wright, of Yale, reports that the boys who live luIuriously do not make 6 good showing in scholarship During a period of three years three times as many disciplinary warnings have been sent to young men who live In expensive private dormitorles as to the students living h the rooms on tLe campus The old tradition that fru- gal habits make good thinking has never been unsettled by facts. Still rich boy need not be discouraged from going to college. It is possible to study at a $3O0 mahogany desk.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-04-02

A cablegram from Paris says that thirty people broke through the ice in the Bois, but ''only two were drowned. Only two. Very careless of the other twenty-elght
Alaska sentinel., 1908-04-02

''The destructive green pea louss alone is estimated to have caused loss of $7.0O0.OOO during the two seasons of 1899 and 1900 just along the Atlantic coast" That statement appears In the
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Didn't Overlook That.

Hove is certainly blind"
 Another instance cropped up?"
 "Yes. Gladys Svelte marrying old Skads; he's ugly as a rhinoceros." e But he has a splendid figure"
 "Ratsl He's a cross between an ele- phant and a mud turtle"
 Don't interrupt! As was about to gay, he has a splendid figure to his credit at the banks. Houston Post.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-04-02

A restaurant man has failed with as- sets of some s2.0O0 and liabilities of about s2o0,oOo. Probably his creditors are in 6 stew.
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Tha nm who married his dead wife's mU...er does not go so far as to hint that In case he Is again left a widower he will shine up" to his first loves grandmother.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-04-02

A Baltimore doctor advises young people to quit kissing because of the danger of spreading disease germs. Nobody has as yet advised the wind to quit blowing because of the same dan ger
Alaska sentinel., 1908-04-02

The discussion as to the propriety of women smoking in public is growing warm. but 1t will be a long time be- fore we find them joining tie men on the rear platforms of the street cars with a cigarette between their teeth.