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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-05

inaw, two naval deserters, drop
down upon the isle Of Spice" from
collapsed balloon and keep the au.
dience in continuous mirth with
their funny pranks. The pretty
girls, delightful songs, costumes
and beautiful scenic effects are bet
ter than usually found In musical
comedies.
The spectacular extravaganza,
1.-THE Cat and the Fiddle" Is billed
FOR the Spokane Sept. 1913. 1t an
nounces Il gorgeous scenes,
strong company, chorus of % and
the best song hits. Some hits are
i"Lota From South Dakota" Rosy
Dreams" "Modesty Prevents Me
From Adding Any More" 81 Wish
Were a Sailor
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-20
do not believe that either Mr.. TAFT or
Mr.. Bryan is willing to sacrifice his
personal beauty to the goat-raisng
industry OF Texas
El,Esu AIR AT HOME.

At this season of the year even tho
most timid may with safety try the
benefit and advantage of fresh air. 1t
has been remarked by an early riser
whose business took him on theystreets
Of New York that In nearly every in
stance the bed room windows are kept
closed. This means that the slecpers.
so far from taking advantage OF the
absence from labor TO improve their
health and purify their blood by
breathing pure air, are stu further
depicting a body that is already too
often tired and overwronght by put
ting on the heart and lungs the strain
of fighting against the poison OF i'm
pure air. The Times Dispatch has re-
Gently called attention TO the marvel
Gus effects of fresh air in curing In
the best known specifics for tuberc,l-
loss and nearly all campers find that
their increase of health and vitality
has come more from purifying their
DlOOd by taking III ldTse .1uantltiSo
OF air that is highly charged with
oxygen than even from the exercise
and change OF occupation of their trip.
Now comes Samlovics, the great
tenor, who says that he owes his voice
and a large part Of his success as
singer to the fact that he sleeps out
of-doors every night. and gives him
self thereby a chance to make his
blood red and fresh by filling his
lungs with oxygen. These experiences
suggest that those who are unable
for any reason to take a long holiday
this summer can gain in a large meas
ure the chief benefits of summer va
cation by going to bed early and ad-
hitting all the air possible to their
bed rooms. Those who begin in the
warm days in June viii find them
selves so delighted with the expe-
riefce that they both can and will con-
tinue the practice when the colder
weather sets in.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-20
V,ft,s Double Front.

In the general roundup at Chicago
the politicians have an excellent OPP
portunity to exchange views concern
ing the outlook for the campaign
against Bryan There are already in
dicatlons that the Fasteners, are re,
ceiving series of mild shocks from
the Western Republicans they are
meeting. It has become the X tiSed ne pc :
nation Of Bryan means a Repub5lica n
walkover, for he has been told 50
countless times by those Democratlc
papers Of the Eastern cities which nave y 9
fought the Bryan supremacy. But. tn g
Republican from the A1lssissi.ppi V !, !.
ley appears in Chicago and informs ms s
Eastern friend that in the Middle West West
Mr. Bryan this year promises 70 2,, Pc = q
tough morsel William Allen ,Whlte,;;
the What's tho matter with e, 3
editor from Emporia, seems to take the
Nebraskan very seriously, all the more
so since Wall Street became recon !
ciled to MI, Taft, BRYAN loomsn IS
this is merely combining the impress.
sion received several weeks ago lnat
the Taft candidacy, In order TO rap.
pear fairly conservative In the East
and fairly radical in the West, Il J, " up
against knotty problem OF politlcal
scicnce.-Springheld Republican
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-20
NINE YEARS OF PLENTY.
,rbc United states the Most Blcst of
All Countries.

The seven years of great plenty In
Egypt, when Joseph was Prime Min
lister to King. Pharaoh. has been cut
done in the United States. Chlet sta
tistician Clark of the United states
ent of Agriculture. was quoted
Yesterday as saying that for eight
years the American farmer has en-,
ioyed unprecedented prosperity. and
now the ninth promising harvest Is
pra ctically assured.
The agricultural products for the
present year, exclusive OF horses, cat
tie sheep, swine and fowls, are esti-
mated at the Department of Agricul-
ture at SS,OO0,000,000.
Mr.. Clark further said that never in
the history of the United States have
there been nine such years--years of
big yields and big prices.
And there is not yet the slightest
sign that these nine plenteous years
are to be followed by even one year Of
dearth such as for seven years was in
all the land OF Egypt, following the
seven bountiful years.
In every respect our country is the
most blest in all the world. and II
we are not. we ought to be the most
vrtuous and the happiest people.
There can be no permanent hard
times in this country while our farms
are annually producing $S,000,000.000
worth of grain, hay. fruits. tubers
roots and other bles.-Harris-
burg Patriot
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-20
The Romance Of Alaska

upon the a,ib-irrigation from tie ics
beneath the surface. In this va,iev
during 'he months OF May June ini
July the s,It' shines practically all
the time, rising about 1880 In tha
m11o no e., &; end setting at 1910 mt right
during thai stncon and the crops ma.
lture very rapidly under the hot Summers
sun. This particular valley is perhapY
TOO far north for the grain grower but
alaska has millions OF acres waltInu
or course. the country docs not Of.
Tor advantages for large farming
population at this time. because Ul
me a. lack OF Transportation facilities
as as. the railroads come and the placer
per deposits. are opened up, the me-
cessary markets will be provided and
Alaska's permanent agricultural de-
vc 10 Will go forward.
mhe riches les. of the Alaskan coal and
wealth Of It's gold mines The quality
or coal found In some of the workings
- very high, but az yet the minea
t nave not been developed sufficiently
The value OF the Alaskan oil fields Is
still problematical, but they may also
add greatly to the mineral wealth OF
the territory.
The fisheries. the fur trade, and the
ducts of to-day. Within a few years
grain coal and copper Will be added
Then the American people will begin
to appreciate the value OF the bargain
made by Mr.. Seward when he bought
this great cxpanse Of territory for
Copyright. 1908. by Frederic j. las
kim
o-morrow-Frotecting Human Life.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-20
Virginia Debt.

Gradually the State press is begin
nlns TO discuss tho subject OF the suit
row pending. against West Virginia.
ana II. IS no longer considered treason
t1 say that this state has a dangerous
SITUATION u face, The. Gazette. warned
we people Of this situation over q year
so and th"n urged the pe6nle3to wake
Eelped Ms none to close ears, e. es and
mouth 10 plain facts, II is shane
.hat coW;Edicc prevented MS from get
,ing rid of the thing for a trife When
only know that il we ure defeated and
large Judgment goes against us, the
lawson Tan values will come IN handy
LQl the tax bill will look Ike meat
account This whole debt business has
bbeen handled from a standpoint Of pulls
Gcs rather than statesmanship.---
IGhar!eston (W. Xa,l Gazette.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-20
Death Trup for Blrd..

One OF the keepers who came ashore
from Boon Island recently tells the
story OF the strange death encountered
by thousands of the migrating birds
every spring.
Flying along tho coast at night they
are instantly attracted by the power
full light from the watch tower. as
moths are drawn to candle. Thou
sands Of these birds In their passage
north fly with fun force against TIL.
thick glass OF the brilliantly lighted
lantern. Stunned to death they fall
to the rocks below or scale away for
a little distance and futter helpless
into the water.
The light of morning sometimes re-
veals the rocks covered with the little
creatures whose journey to their sum
mer homes has met. this sudden and
fatal termination. Hundreds Of sps-
cies are found among the unfortun-
ate little tourists. Most OF them ara
easily recognized as belonging to the
various common classes of song birds.
But very often large birds of beautiful
plumage come to their final resting
place in this manner upon the bleak
rocks of Boon Island.
On one occasion severalV years ago
the thick glass of the lantern was
sh.vered to atoms by the impact OF
some strange bird OF powerful BILL
York Transcript.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-20
PERSONAL AND GESERA1

The average price OF the American potato
last year was eli cents a bushcl
There are 200 newspapers In China, while
ten years ago there was only one recognized
a. such.
Government experts are investigating sea-
weed with the object of determining its
economic value.
Nearly everybody in the United States
senate calls Senator Scott, Of West Virginia.
Scotty.
A big religious revival in New York CITY
this summer will be managed by Rev David
Z. Hughes, father of the Governor of New
York.
Marriage at an early age is frequent in
MEXICO. Recently boy of sixteen and a
Sir OF fourteen were married in the capital.
The Laplanders are the shortest peopl.
~ Europe. the men averaging four feet
eleven inches. the women four feet nine
inches.
DR.. Henry Nelson Snyder, president Of
Noford College. at Spartanburg S. c.. has
announced his decision TO decline the presi-
deney of the University OF South Carolina
James j. Hill has arrived in New York
fen Washington. and will remain there UNI
til the latter part OF The week. when no
starts on his annual fishing trip to Labra-
dor.
Cameron Forbes member OF the Philippine
Commission and grandson of Emerson, is
cemlns home on half-year leave With
MN comes Com missioner IuzariaSa sugar
grower and millionaire.
New England pulp-mill interests, in con-
Junction with Western railways. are taking
steps for the establishment of factories in
the Southwest for the manufacture OF null,
ioi paper from rice straw.
method OF bluing small steel goods oy
aippihg is to melt saltpeter in an iron not,
then immerse the previously polished and
cleaned articles until sufficiently blued. The
goods should then be removed and cooled
III petroleum and atterward dried out IN
sawdust. - -
remarkable bird found in Mexico is the
pee l martin. which has trick of ruffling up
the feathers on the top OF it's head into the
exact sembiance of a beautiful flower anc,
When bee comes aons to sip honey from
bird ~ ~ '''e
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-20
III n Wireless Tower.

TO the men in the tower the air
seemed full of noises Signals We're
PICKED up from Washington Cane
Henry, Fire Island and Glace Bay. Late
IN me morning the electrical school
IN the Brooklyn navy-yard added the
cnarm of music to the performances
Wireless telephone experiments were
pong conducted between two points
IN me yard, ana the senders We're us
ing the band records of u phonograph.
Once It was necessary to telephone to
me manager of a coast station to ask
coastwisc ships to cease sending mes
sases for few minutes.
Inc successful experiment., while
proving the efficacy Of the land wire
less Tor news service, was useful also
as indicating some OF the difficulties
which must be overcome by Improve,
ments n. the mechanical equipment of
' tne statiohs' IN course OF time. the
oanser Of delay by interference will be
mn!mized, The humorists In the wire
less service, too, will get tired after
| York TimCs
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-20
TArrs u,INN,NG-,rA,rr.

Tactical causes entitled" the State
OF New York to the Republican nomi-
nation for the presidency. "'rhe
Republican party may win without
New York" observed Mr.. j. Soat Fas-
sett, at the party caucus, but the
Democratic party must set New York
to win Governor Hughes had an
nounced that he would not take the
office as gift. Applicants were
scarce, though Seth Low appeared to
be III Barkis attitude. The caucus hit
upon James S. sherman because there
was no one else, and its choice was
decisive with the conventions
Jim Sherman is the weakest of
Joseph G. Cannon's three personal
henohmen on the floor OF the House.
There is nothing radical, independent
or advanced about Jim Sherman. He
1 is an old-line party man of the oldest
ton of his being, he stands every
sidea, tenet and policy that Democracy
is pledged TO fight lie is faith
1ul. Industrious. accommodating and
subservient wheelhorse. who has
worked long enough and hard enough
TO have a rich reward drop into his
facile palm.
Taking orders is Jim Sherman's long
suit. Joseph G. Cannon. a hard master,
has trained and graduated him. Again
in the apt phrase Of j. Sloat Fassett:
:sIe believes in party purposes and dis
oiplines" In the matter OF the tariff,
he warmly shares the views of his
master, Cannon. and his fellow -equer
ries, Messrs Payne and Dalzell. His
large canning factory in Utica has
doubtless stiffcned his views as to a,
schedule which viii guarantee "a rea-
sonable profit to American industries"
BY the platform adopted at Chicago,
the Republican party declares un-
couivocalIy for revision of the tariff
by special session of Congress i'm
mediately following the Inauguration
of the next President What part in
this "unequivocal' revision would be
played by Jim Sherman. the arch
standpatter, factory-ow owner ice-com-
bine head. pupil Of Serene Z. Payne
and willing executor of the instruc-
lions of Joseph G. Cannon?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-20
Advantages OF Dwarf Trees.

. On less than one-fourth of an acre I
have set 125 fruit trees, which I expect
will grow and thrive for a dozen years
or more before, It will be necessary to
remove them because Of crowding.
Standard apples are set thirty feet
apart. Standard pears, cherries and
peaches and apples on Doucin stock
are planted between these fifteen feet
each away. while between them in auin-
cunx fashion seven and one-half by
fifteen feer are set dwarf pears, peaches.
plums: cherries, ounces and apples on
Paradise stock, says a Hampden Scoun-
ty, Mass, contributor to the stocllman
and Farmer.
This close planting is made neces-
sary by q limited area and an unlim-
tied desire to grow n large variety OF
fruit. Summer pruning will make it an
easy matter to keep the trees within
bounds, while liberal fertillzing and
cultivation will insure ample plant food
and growth. Only with dwarf trees
could such, close planting be practiced
but with dwarfs only I could have set
them even closer, say ten feet each
way, and have had ample room for
growth and cultivation for quarter
or half 1entury.-Mancheste Union
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-20
Dnc OF the Worst Results of Itcp,h,-

Ono of the Worst Results of ncp,h,-
licnn Ruic.
IT is startling fact that the deficit
which the treasury faces for the fiscal
year soon.to end Is the largest, viii,
the exception of 1899, since the Civil
War closed In 1865.
The Wall Street Journal publishes z
table OF government Incomes and cx-
penditurcs for ten years, 1893 to 1905
The total receipts in that decade were
ss,s6a' Coz, 2o6, and the total eXpendi-
sure5 se,es2;,s - ,a "a leaving n gross
surplus of szi.o7a239 per year.
The years 1888. 1899, 1903 and 1895
siiow deicits. These amounted to near
deficits for these four years amounted
to over slol 100000. All The other
years show surplus amounting To
over s91,ooo.ooo in 1902. and To s25.-
bS9.323 In 1905, these being the eS-
surplus in all was nearly siI3,00oooo,
or =, over sSl.ooo.oo year.
!, The ne slump from a surplus. Of over
sSi.oOO,QoO last year to Il deficit OF
perhaps sI5t0oo,0oo this year. or nearly
Sf6o.op0,000 from the crest of the wave
in the fat year to the trough OF the
wave this year, is very Impressive in
deed.
The Congress which has Just ad-
lourned passed general appropriation
bill which viii keep expenditures at
q nigh record point.
Tariff 'sevision is not to be under
taken until after the next Congress is
organized. In March. 1909. BY that date
the treasury Will likely be on the
bedrock and at its wits end TO tind
funds to meet expenses. This con-
dition will influence greatly the views
of those who revise the tariff. After
the new schedules go into force UNI
less there Is acute business depression.
import business VIII be brisk and the
revenues large. II there should be
generally lower duties imposed. IL
would tend to increase imports and
aid the treasury. But this would be
at the expense of selling less home
made products. We cannot hire others
to do our work and keep the money
for family use.-Los Angeles Times.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-20
THE COOP OLD EARTH.
government Estimate of Crop vnlu
for This ycur

""Vcr nment Estimate of Crop Value,
Tor This Year.
The recent statement published hv
the Federal Agricultural Department.
Is the tasis of our expectations.
or winter wheat there is estimated
a yield of 440.6t0,0Oo bush,ls. an IN
crease of fi.00O,0O0 bushels over tho
estimate made at this time year
ago, and its present condition is placed
at st, fgnrc points in excess of the
average for ten years. OF spring wheat
the the crop In sight is put at 290Ooo0o0
bushels, the total fer the nation being
approximately 73t.U00,0Oo, an increase
OF about lOoO00000 bushels over 1907.
with an Improvement in growing con-
dltions over that year in every wheat
state in the Union.
OF corn our first "billion-b usher,
placed at 1,c5s.ooo,ooo bushels. the in
dicatlons on June LIST of last year be-
ing for but a24,0O0UO0. The condition
OF the oat crop, too, is excellent, ngur-
ing up 20 92.5, an increase of almost
ten points over 1907. Prospects for
Heavier yields In rye. barley and hay
also are held forth by the experts of
the agricultural department.
TIE estimate Of the government as
to the condition of other crops for June
l, 1908. ana June l. 1907. respectively
is as follows: Pasture. 97.7 and SOC.
clover, a6.7 and 1856; alfalfa. $50 and
SOL; apples, 66 ard SOL: peaches. 10
and 374: blackberries. 81 and S33;
rraspberries.a els and 1871; cantaloupes.
IA; cabbagcs. 904 and s4:3: onions.
o2.1 and SIS; sugar cane. ala and a1.4
sugar beets. $50 and SIS; hemp, Sc
and S6,7.-Fort Wayne Gazette.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-20
n WAS A u. o. G. CELEBRATION.
The Tooth Anniversary OF Jefferson
Dnvls's Birth Observed.

DNVlbS IIEtH OUScESCus
The Kansas City Chapter, United
Daughters OF the Confederacy, ccle-
bratcd last night the one hundredth
anniversary OF the birth OF Jefferson
Davis. About two hundred members
and guests assembled at "a picnic din
ner at the home of Harrison Davis, at
talk was made by General Carr, COM
mander OF the North Carolina Division
Of the Confederate Veterans Associa-
ton, and Numa T.. Heitman read the
Woodson, Mrs. Hugh Miller and Mrs.
j. NJ. Phillips, of the Kansas City
Chapter. Among the guests was M.
youngest recruit in the Confederate
Army ut the time of his enlistment.
Mr. Withers was fourteen years olti
when he Joined the army. The din-
ncr was presided over by Mrs. George
B. Longan, ST.
The Independence Chapter, Daughters
OF the Confectionery held !, ceremony at
the city cemetery yesterday afternoon
vocation was by the Rev. A. -, His,,
gason, and addresses were delivered
by j. G. Paxton. an attorney. ana me
Rev. Loyal w. Madden, pastor OF the
Liberty street Presbyterian Church or
that city. After the addresses about
fifty graves OF ex-Confederates were
decorated with flowers.
There was story and song there
was laughter and some tears among
the two hundred and fifty persons who
met last night under the auspices or
the Stonewall Jackson Chapter OF the
Daughters OF the Confederacy in mem
DRY Of Jefferson Davis on the one N, hun n !.
dredth anniversary of his birth. Their
meeting was held at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs David Meriwether, 113 West
Thirty ninth Street J., .,.o
lanterns, and the audience occupied
seats in front Of the house while 1 inc
speakers occupied the 'front.' po ,.e, IN
copal Church, paid tribute to Jeffer-
son Davis as a statesman Mrs. Il. ~;
Wilson gave some interesting personal
"reminiscences Of the Confederate lead
er. Or. r. G. Mcconnell; Of, Of Gaiwary,
Baptist Church, and Major,Generai
Carr. of the North Carolina Division
OF the Confederate Veterans. also
spoke Jesse Crump and Mrs. Thomas
Gillespie sang.-Kansas City Times OF
Iupn dth
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-20
windfnn for Austrian Exchcaucr.

Through the death of Baron Nathan-
lei Rothschild, the Austrian eXchequer
will receive the nice round sum of 20.-
100000 crowns, or $4,000 pounds ster-
ling. being duties and taxes at tho rate
of per cent. on the total value of the
estate, which is about ten and half
millions sterling.
Although the baron died nearly three
years ago the estate is only now be-
ing wound up. Under the will the tes-
child. is the :esiduary legatee and chief
beneficiary. Twenty million crowns is
hequeathed for the erection OF a sana-
other ten millions must be capitalized
to provide for the payment of numer-
Gus annuitics to employees Of the bank
and on the estate of the late baron:
as we'll as to household servants. All
of these have been most generously
remembered With annuities ranging
from 100 20 1.500 pounds sterllng.-
Vienna correspondence Pail Mall Ga
.Zette l5sl.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-20
BELIEF IN DEMOCRACY.
LIN Toilette on tho Regulation Of
RailrOnds.

1--WE are regulating the railroads OUT
in Wisconsin,; really; justly; to the
comfort and convenience OF me peoPie,
and. believe, to the advantage OF
the stockholders of the railroads, said
senator La Toilette. Let those who
control them fight. I believe in de-
mocracy. l see the people watching
tho struggle. They want TO be iair
we all want to be fair and-paueh''
too. And we may win. we may cor
for that is what regulation means. ~
means subiecting transportation 70 me
laws and the common good OF tie
State. -, ~
THE railroads may vim. , SAID nj, ,he
Senator. They may. But II they WILL
How so? What do you propose 70
do II regulation fails?
"Own" he said.
He realized ad What d It me1n he Vent so say on
and completed the thought:
when it comes to choice" ne
said intensely, "betwcen government
ownership by the trusts or-of them
then shall be for ownership OF the
: a < moment, and / put another qucs-
"And what If that doesn't solve all
our problems?'
"oh, WE'LL" he laughed. that's as f a;
sobered and his eyes glinted, with a
government that has made and SUI
vived that test, VIZ shall have thc
power and the intelligence ana .is
character to solve any problems l LHal
arise: and we will solve them all. GIVE
us what we are getting, the sense OF
the common good, and no special m
terest of any group or class can pre-,
vent the realization of the Ideals OF
the American peoplc."-Everyb ody's
magazine.