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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-15

The disturbance that was central .in Nebraska yesterday morning has moved slowly noTtheastvsrd and is now central near St Paul Mfnn- It i- produring cloudy snd rainy Weafh- e- from the upper Mississippi vaIisy eastward to the coast
 The tenlperMturp cnnfinues low iu the northern sertfonS Light frost was reported from NoFfh6eld. IT.
 Cnmsiificns favor fer this vicinity clnudy and uns<tfied weatkEF wf.A IIrht showers and sEshfly hEzaer tszn- P<rzture
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-15

The apruing chapter~ ~ -'suphy of krrxomia- appearrd im the Druo- era8 Saturday. May q A hmaitrd uumhrr of roptr~ ~ fhnf date can hr hnf nf this o8re.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-15
WEATHER FORECAST.

Forecast for Connecticut: Rain to- night and Saturday. warmer except fn eastern portion. fresh variable winds becoming south easteriy.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-06-11
SOMEWHAT
 OiSGRuNTIED.

It appears from the tone of the eastern papers that there are a good many republicans, who do not take kindly to the selection of 8 southern democrat to take Mir. Tafts place in the cabinet after the Chicago conven- tion. and the fear is expressed in many quarters that such a course op the part of the president will do the republican cause much harm in ths campaign. says the Washington Post In its report of the spirit in which the announcement was received in Washington. the Post says:
 Many republicans were dissaris- lied with the suggestion of Governor wright's promotion to the cabinet. Of course. there is precedent for what some republicans called this pro posed exhibition of mugwumpery,' in the selection of Walter c. Gresham by President Cleveland to Ue sec retary of state. Mir. Gresham had been just as pronounced a republican as Governor Wright is a democrat. But that appointment did not endear MT Cleveland to his party. In the present case some republicans ex- pressed today the regret that there were not enough republicans avail able as cabinet timber without going into the democratic forest reserves. A more serious objection urged by other republicans was that the ap- pointmeRt of Governor Wright to a cabinet position prior to the elections would be another slap in the face of the negro voters in the northern states. Governor Wright has all of the race prejudice of men of his school It is said that the negroes would Immediately take it for granted that, under the next administration there would be no change in the status of the Brownsville affair so far as the executive branch is con. cerRed. and that they could look for nc hope from the head of the war department. Republicans who talk, ed this way expressed the fear that the president was going out or his way to further alienate the negro vote, which is a factor in the border states. and was chasing rainbow 1n 1 hoping to gain the electoral vote et | any southern state by this action"
Bisbee daily review., 1908-06-11

utes there would be little left as an inducement for capital to invest in the development of the resources of the country or in the enterprises which must be successful if our couD- try would prosper. Roosevelt would have all power centered in the white house and would leave the states shorn of the rights guaranteed by the constitution. written by the forefath- CTS, under which the country has con. tinued peaceful and prosperous for 1S2 years and under which every ef fort to disturb or divide the govern. ment has failed
 With Taft standing on a platform asking for the very reforms which the democratic party has been contend ing during all the long years of re publican extravaganza and favorit ism it ought to be easy to see the triumph of Bryan in November, which will mean the return of the govern, ment to the principles upon which il was founded and an end to fayoritism at so much per favor.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-06-11

have been determined; all that is needed is to construct mechanisms adapted to those principles
 The achievements of the wrights alone prove that this country is miles ahead of any other nation ih the world in producing aeroplanes that will actually fly. If the United States. through any cause, should become in- volved in war with any other nation. it certainly should be matter of great satisfaction to our people to know that we would be better equip ped with practical flying mechanisms than any other country in the world. And the flying machine will be as es- sential to warfare in the future as is the battleship to conflict on the seas today"
Bisbee daily review., 1908-06-11
NAVIGATING THE AIR.

The New York Herald. few days ago. gave several pages to a descrip- tion o. the flying machine deviseI by the Wright brothers of ohio, which is said to be one of the very few flying machines that will really fly. The article was accompanied by numerous Illustrations. showing the plan upon which the air craft vas built And now we find in-the same paper a long and equally interesting account of another airship. designed and built by 4 M. Herring, and which. it Is said, has some points of superiority over the aerOplane built by the Wrights. The Herald says:
 ~h deyoting this consistent atten- ton to this problem the Herald has dealt with a live and host vital ques- ton of the present. fOr-aeriai naviga- ton is present fact. not a future possibility. The principles of success
Bisbee daily review., 1908-06-11
TAFT WILL WIN AT CHICAGO.

It begins to lock like the effort to eefeat the nomination of Secretary Taft in Chicago is no longer within the range of hope. The representa- tives of the opposing forces are still making claims, but they are based on the very slimest possibilities The work of the national committee in deciding the preliminary makeup of the convention has been all one way. the seating of every Taft delegate so far as the contests have been reached. This will give the friends of Taft the control of the preliminary work of the convention and this will insure his nomination
 Taft has had the united support of every element of the national admin istration from the day he announced his candidacy up to the present time; every federal officer in every state has been boosting Taft. just as they did fin Arizona He may be said, in truth, to be the Roosevelt candidate and according to expectation in the white house he may be depended up- on to carry out my policies" to the letter, provided he is elected. But, there is probability that while Mir Roosevelt was able to force the nomi- nation by the aid of his admlnistra- ton, he will not find it so easy to bring the electorate of the country to his support
 Taft, as 2 presidential candidate, win find that where the federal off ciaIs have been able to carry things with a high hand for him there will be few electoral votes for him in the electoral college; this will be the case, notieeabiy in the west and in the south. The personality of Sec retary Taft will not be considered to any great extent during the campaign which is to follow his nomination at Chicago. The people will he infiu- enced more by the results of republi can government than by any virtues which Mr. Taft may possess as a man.
 The very conditions which Roose- welt has been seeking to correct with out success during the past two years would never have existed in the coun- try had not the republican party pur- sued the policies under which they grew up. Trusts were unknown un- der the long years of democratic gov ernment prior to 1860 and such large accumulations of capital could not | HdNb bCtHftt0 udu bne deUlDtTdAlC pDt- icies of preserving equal rights to all and special privileges to none" been pursued by the republicans. The protective tariff system which has been followed has allowed enormous fortunes to be filched from the people 
 of this country Under the pretense of protecting labor and now. on the eve of another election. we find the repub- licans only giving promises that this hurtful system shall be modified at a special session of congress after the votes have again been east
 If the assurance be complete that Taft is to carry out the policies of Roosevelt the result of the Novem Der election should not be in doubt 1.-the laws recommended and urged by Roosevelt were placed or the stat
Bisbee daily review., 1908-06-11

Says the Lordsbnrg Lib eral: There was 10 appointment made of a postmaster at Clifton before con gress adjourned. Postmaster Watson deserted the office more than a year ago sending in his resignation, and since that time the office has been run by deputies who did not know that their job would last until the next month, and consequently the of flee has not had the attention to which it is entitled. There are sever aLapplicants for the position, and one of them has the backing of the politi-
 powers that be in Arizona, but still no appointment has been made. A postoffice inspector was recently in Clifton and saw that the office was being run without a responsible head, and telegraphed to the department, urging an early appointment, but it has not been made
Bisbee daily review., 1908-06-11
THE NATIONS DRINK BILL


 For a number of years past the sta tistician of the American Grocer has been doing for the United States what the Rev. Dr. Dawson Burns has habitally done for British socioligists computing the national drink bill This presentmen which has just been completed for the year 1907 shows that the consumption oi spirituous liquors in this country is on a con tinuously upward course. Last year the consumption of spirits, wine and beer reached the hignes. point on record. being 23.5S gallons per capita an advance over the previous year of 1.27 gallons, and the greatest increase was in the item of distilled spirits from 1.5S to 1.63 gallons per capita.
 The consumption of coffee and CO., coa showed the same upward ten dency, and it is reasonable to con clude that the marked prosperity of the year under observation was one primary cause of the increased use Jf stimulants. But the real reason for this exhibit remains uncertain, ir .Ae light of the progressive decline in the consumption of spirituous liquors shown by recent Britash sta tistics.
 Taking the average retail prices for the beverages in common use in this country. it is estimated that the national drink bill amounted last year to s1,6sS, ,Os5,444, of which s1,466. .5S4,- 327 went for alcoholic drinks. s161.- 59S 4S7 for coffee, s41, 1,902, ,6S0 for- tea and s1O,OOO,OO0 for cocoa, or s21S,- 501, IF in all for non-alcholic drinks. This represents a per capita expendi- ture of s19.74 or nearly twice as much as is spent for the maintenance of public schools. and is nearly equal to the per capita exports of merchan- disc.
 Taking the figures from which  these per capita estimates are calcu- lated, it will be seen that the con sumption of beer was 1.6S6.s67 .659 gallons. coffee 1.s15,9S4,S7O gallons, tea 55S, ,5OO,OO0 gallons. and spirits and wines 156.O29,S1s gallons. The direct C. as of these beverage is double the national debt; t is mo-e than the farm value of the corn caon. three times the value of the whea. grown and more than double the worth Oi of the cotton crop.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-06-11

The Phenix Gazette. the newspaper tool of the republican territorial ad-
 ninistration. continues to bleed free ly because it's bosses were unable to secure an instruction in this territory for Secretary Taft a the presidential candidate. The Gazette and the fed eraI officials undertook to deliver an instructed delegation from Arizona for Taft. but failed to deliver the goods. The Kibbey boiling eonven- ton refused to Instruct its delegates.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-06-11

The following from the Arizona Re uuh,icau. ue subr1it, is sufficient to throw the editor of the Arizona Ga zette into another corporation iit: - SC trrst that the national coraanit' ,ee WI not act hastily on ths Arizona contest but will give due considera' ,,ou to the recommendations of the ,errstoriaI committee, as well as to the sndings of Arizona Boot Blacks ruson. No. 3. with respect to that controversy. In case the national committee should disregard the pro eeedings Of these two territorial bodies. we should fssOr taking the matter directly before fbs eonven- dor,"
Bisbee daily review., 1908-06-11
APPARENT CHANGE
 iss NATIONAL CONVENTIONS.

Apparently a distinct change has come over the American political sys- tenn That is to say that the national convention is becoming less and less a nominating gathering for president. The development of the transporta- tioa system. the increased use of tele- graph and telephone. tie frequency of mails and the habit of visiting backward and forward from one sec tion to another ali have combined to Tsake it easy to register the will of the people without actually gathering their representatives together.
 The time was when the electoral college was of the nature of deIib- erative body. The theory of its crea- ton was that specially designated representatives of the states should meet together and east the ballot for the man they thought to be best for the presidency. The second in rank received the second place. Gradually, as the means for communication i'm proved, the electoral college became nothing at all but mere registra- ton office Except in the rare event of the failure to make a choice. the formal reading of the names in joint session of congress, held in the house of representatives months after the election. possesses no news interest whatsoever.
 The newspapers have done away with all that The morning after an election the result is known just as accurately as when the formal votes afe soIemnIy opened in the presence Of the two houses of congress.
 la the same way the electoral col Iege has degenerated into a mere off cial voting machine. the national con yenti0ss of the two great parties seems to be destined to lose their functEsn
 Looking back over the conventions of tke last decade or two, it is easy to sec that the fight has been in the districts and in the states. Where the degegates have not been absolute Iy instructed for a particular candi- date. they have generally been com pelIed to make their individual cam paigsx sa a well defined platform witch aInaost always involved par ucsssxr candidate. It thus Is happen ing sssre and more that the delegate eiectiazs themselves settle the nomi- natioz fer the presidency, exactly as the eazxFlexion of the new congress is sesnrznised long in advance by the resHlszs of tke November election.
 Txe ane may come when the na- tiouaz conventions will be as perfume tory in their character as the joint sesssra of congress to read the re turns from the presidential electors. There probably always will remain the asestion of a platform to be de cidea in the national bodies of the great parties. but every one knows by experience that when the ,presiden- tiai nonInation Is concluded the pro oeedings of the convention become .,extreneiY tame and unihteresting.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-06-11

A Chicago dispatch says that as surances have been received in that city from Washington that neither President Roosevelt or Secretary Taft will attempt to control the action of the national republican convention ex- cept as to who shall be the nominee for president and what shall be writ in the platform After all the cream Is carefully extracted from the con vention the skinned milk will be generously turned over to the "al- IieS"
Bisbee daily review., 1908-06-11

Representatives Fowler, of New York, and Hill of Connecticut. both of whom are experts on the cur pency question, after congress ad- journed. told President Roosevelt that they had not changed their, views; that the currency law was political and economic mistake
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-05
PROSPEROUS IN AUGUST.
So States Iron Trade Review in It's
Monthly Resume.

CLEVELAND. Ohio, September 1.-The
Iron Trade Review says:
Manufacturers of all kinds of iron
and steel unite in the opinion that August
proved the best month in the way of new
tonnage and specifications since the panic
Of last fall. Every one is guardedly OPP
timistic as to the future, but all are of
one mind In that the tide Of depression
appears to have permanently turned In
wire and nails the leading interest is re-
ceiving specifications at the rate of LOCO
tons a day. which is considerably in ex-
cess of the volume of business In the
palmy days Of 1907. In modified degree
the condition Is also true Of STEEL bars
and agricultural shapes. and all the mills
in the west manufac uring these products
are operating TO their full capacity. TIL
demand for bar iron. sheets. pipe and
tubes is also steadily improving, and
trat low stocks Of these materials are
held by 1obbers and consumers is borne out
by the frequency with which immedia e
shipment Is specified. Track supplies are
again being ordered In lots Of 1000 and
1900 kegs, something which has not been
experienced in the last eighteen months.
With the settlement of the price question
So q ton be.ow the previous schedule
orders for light rails are more numerous
and Of larger tonnage than formerly. and
more orders for this product were taken
In the month just closed than the entire
three months preceding. Heavy cages of
sheets and light plates are suffering from
price cutting, the shading ranging from
81 to So ton on both products"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-05
Many-Eyed Insects.
From Harper's Magazine.

from harper q hdgazlnF
We can see the single eyes of some
insects without a lens, as in the locust.
In viewing the house ny we need lens.
The big visible bullying eyes we see are
composed Of thousands of unit cone
shaped eyes bound into one compound
eye each, of more or less spherical shape.
Under a lens they look lie glass-eyed
pavement bent to convexity Their fac
eted corneae are variously set in square
hexagonal or prismatic frames Each
glistening facet is the cornea lens of &
distinct self-working eye. Their number
in each compound eye is enormous. There
are fifty such eyelets in each in the ant
400 are allowed the drone bee and $500
the workers Our pet kitchen fly has
5000 chances Of seeing food crumbs the
beetle over 5000, while more than 1900
aid the dragon fly in his eleemosynary
pursuit of the mosquito. offset somewhat
by several thousand awarded the latte,
for sporting chance. The hawk moth
gets pictures compounded by 20 600 con-
tributors. over 25.O6O window the brar
of the Mordella (beetle). and 60,OOO--so l,
Is c!aimed-contribute to the happy lives
Of some butterflies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-05
HOW FOREST FIRES START.
Responsibility Of Timbermen.
Strange Freaks of Flames.

Prom the Milwaukee Sentinel.
these forest fires are more often start
ed by some one throwing down a match
carelessly or spilling out the live ashes
from his pipe" said D. Whitaker. when
we were building the extension from
Champion to L'Anse years ago some OF
the boys thought they would go down to
Champion for q time. Coming back one
Of them lit his pipe and threw the match
into the dry grass.
Before that Are burned itself out it had
traversed a strip of territory sixty miles
long and Eve or six miles wide. We lost
hundreds OF thousands of ties by the fire.
to say nothing of the timber that was
burned over all because a man was not
careful where he threw lighted match.
When such fires once get started they
burn themselves out-you can't stop them.
And they play some queer freaks. |
Alone aaxs In little Clearing one hundred
yards or more from anything, and sud
denly the fire would jump out and few
minutes later nothing would be left of the
tree but the trunk and SCARED and burned
limbs. / remember one case of the kind
where handsome big pine stood out
alone. Suddenly the flames seemed to
burst over the top of the tree like a shell
enveloping il in fire. 1t burned as though
it had been kiln dried.
Somehow the fire seems to take all the
pletely destroyed in a short time, the fire
sweeping on and leaving 1t a grotesque
and blackened trunk where before was a
beautiful picture.
I'm the old days the Indians were very
careful of fire. When they broke camp in
the morning after going short distance
one of the band would go back to see that
| there was no spark unextinguished. If
| there was he would be sure to put 1t out.
| II he did not return to the waiting band
soon two or three others would go back.
M thov yUOIlld balr,
him extinguish it.
lin that way forest fires were prevent
| ed. Nowadays with white CAMPERS and
| picnickers going into the woods and leav-
| ing without care whether they leave
| spa rks which may cause a blaze or not 1t
| is hard to preserve the forests. I pre-
| sumo it was something or that kind which
started the fires in that country up In
British Columbia. I know the country. 1t
Is densely timbered. and a fire there will
| mean the loss of hundreds of thousands
| of dollars in standing timber. to say
nothing of the lives said to have been
| lost"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-05
CONNECTICUT
MUCH BUILDING IN VIRGINIA
STEADY INCREASE IN IMPROVE
MENTS NEAR CLARENDON.
Scores Of New Houses in Territory
Opened by Old Dominion
Railroad.

Jacob Bernstein of Washington, d. c.,
has purchased a corner building lot on
the Moore addition at Clarendon station.
and at an early day he will erect brick
store building. The store will front on
Clarendon avenue
Edward McReady has just moved into
his neat cement block house on the
Rucker addition.
Z. Woods new home will be ready for
it's owner in few weeks. 1t is built of
handsome cement blocks, and is on the
Rucker addition.
j. a. Kinsolver of Washington has
moved his family from the city into a
new frame dwelling leased from Jacob
Bernstein, near Clarendon railway sta
ton.
Peter Laterner of Washington has pur-
chased the Goodhart estate Of thirty
| templates erecting number Of dwellings
On tnis property at once.
]. c. Porter has just completed a stable
and large warehouse on his property
| ner, Carl e. Swinson, is building another
stable near the Clarendon station.
| Albert Eli of Georgetown. D. c., has
entered into a contract with Columbus
Wilson for comfortable residence or
| the lot he purchased recently on the
Lyon addition at Clarendon. Mr.. Wilson
| has begun the building.
Suburban Homes for Washingtoniant
| Darius Varcoe and Henry Croker have
| surveyed the tract of land owned by MT
Varcoe at Boliver station, near Ballston
and Mr.. Varcoe will begkQ at once the
| erection of a dwelling on his property
! He has sold all three OF his houses al
! Bolivar and Will place the fourth on the
| market as soon as he finishes 1t.
! William Goodrich has the contract 70,
a neat frame dwelling for G. A. Schaffel
of Washington. D. c., on his lot on the
Lyon addition at Clerandon. This home
will be ready for occupancy about up
| TENDER Is.
Mr.. Goodrich is building three new
| houses at Park lane on the Old Dominion
for Mr.. Wardell of Washington. D. c.
| S. I. Young moved his family into hi:
new home on the Porter addition at Clar
endon a few days ago.
The country along the Great Falls lint
| has made great strides during the pas
| two years and because Of it's many nat
ural advantages is becoming one of thu
| most popular suburban sections arount
the city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-05

and in a way running through. with an
altitude as high and higher than Washing
ton Heights. with a car service ranking
with the best and desirable restrictions as
TO building on Connecticut avenue, max
ing 310.GCO the minimum cost OF any dwell
ing to be erected. the future OF that part
OF the city is assured.
TIE effect of the opening of the bridge is
seen also i'm the heavy development In
Cleveland Park, Chevy Chase and other
suburbs out that way.
1t is no idle surmlse to state that but a
few years hence will see this trans-bridge
territory as we'll populated as the older
sections of Columbia and Washington
Heights