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New-York tribune., 1909-01-02
AItERLcAN ArT0nORLLES.

IL was a remarkable story Of industrial de
velopment which The Tribune printed yester-
day with lis account Of the opening of the ninth
annual automobile show in the Grand Central
Palace. Within period Of Ten years the CAPT
tai invested in the manufacture of motor cars
IL the United STATES has increased from 81
oDeOO0 10 S19S.g0oo0. The annual output OF
the factories has grown in like proportion. being
somewhat more than two hundred times aS
large in 1905 as in fSsts. Furthermore the
makers say that the number Of vehicles sold Ia
year Was as great as in 1907. in spite of tle
depression IN other lines of business fact
thar may safely he interpreted ss . sign that
TIE automobile has not yet reached the cIiIna !
Of its popularity. To TIE steady Gror III in the
sales of motor cars IN this country several infiu-
eBces have contributed Machines msde in the
United states nov equal those Of fcreign pro
duction il workmanship. strength, comfort aud
New-York tribune., 1909-01-02

elegance. Indeed. such an apt pupil mas thl>
country proved that there is said to ne pros
pect that il VIII invade the markets of iS
teacher.
Aside from any promised increase IN the mum
her of automobiles. there Is need N gIediFr
uniformity in the laws relating to their use Il
would certainly he 10 the advantage Of the own
prs of such machines and Of the general public
70 have the rules in one state es nearly Ike
those in another as possible Offences due to Il
lapse Of memory would then he less frequent
than they are now. As The Tribune announcer
4 few days ago. the Massachusetts Highway
Commission will submit the draft OF a OH 70
the IeciSla lures uf the New England States
for enactment al their next sessions " hetheT
or not its adoption without change is advisable.
the attempt 10 promote harmony is 4 wise one
and how far the main object Of the measure
can be promoted in other parts Of The countr!
is q question deserving careful consideration
New-York tribune., 1909-01-02
The c4rsE OF c0RRrPTIOy.

The epigram Of Mr.. Francis !. Heney. a po
Etical boss is an effect, not cause" deserves
To he remembered by every one dealing Win
public corruption i summarizes the experience
Of a man who has had q wider and deeper e1-
perience in dealing with graft than any other
man IN the country to-day. It means that when
the state Furnishes the corrupt boss and the brlbe
taking politician it is not getting the cause OF
the disease 4 don't think" says Mr.. Hene|
Abe Ruefs conviction is of much Importance
What good does il do to punish the effect when
the cause Is ar laTge?'
Mr. Heney has hold of profound truth when
he says that furnishing Ruef and his kind is not
enough 10 stop grating. Whether the bribe-
giving business man is worse than the bribe-
taking politician or not. honesty il public life
viii be impossible until the people give up find
ing excuses for the corporation or the individual
that buys city councils or state legislatures. So
long as the public says in extenuation that there
Is no other way for them hut 10 brihe they viii
continue 10 bribe. But the conviction Of the
bribe giyers in Pittsburg and San Francisco viii
help 10 clarity the popular mind Public tel
erance Of the cheating Of cities and the corrupt
ing Of their officials as business is the cause OF
beth the bribe gver and the bribe taker.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-02

II any one wishes % see the growth OF Gov
ernor Hughes as a political philosopher during
his term Of Office. he should read and compare
his two inaugural addresses. In the first he had
got only so far as 70 assume this rather con-
ventional and obvious position:
II in admnistrs ton 10 make the standard eff
cjerrv ara NOT partisan advantage II ~ executing
tho laws re deal impar1jallv. II n making the
lsrrs there Is fair md intelligent scian Win ref
erenca each eNics0c--. shall dtssr-1 reckless
ard selfish agitaterz and t=lSe from the enemies
Of our peace their vantage ground - st-s-E.
Nov. the Governor is concerned with the deen-r
New-York tribune., 1909-01-02
COMMERCIAL PROGRESS IN THE ORIENT
From Daily Consular Renorts.


J. Z. Suttor, trade commissioner in the Far East
OF New south Wales reports the CONNER
cai progress being made IN that p0pulouS quarter:
vast changes are gradually overtalinS the ORR
ent largely Influenced by the object lessons set by
Western civilization, which all Orcntals are adopt-
Ing slowly but surely. In this respect Japan has
SCI a marked example. which is already being fol-
loved by China. IN short, II in truth be "a ID
mat the V1st population of the Orient-inore than
tWo-thirds of the human family on earth-ig to-day
enjoying improved conditions Of life with crea Ter
security To rhe person and property than wa
dreamed Of ten or twenty years ago.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-02
The LAST CIVIL WAR SURVIVOR.

from TIE Chicago Tribune.
The last surviving soldier Of the civil VA" vas
Capirtei by George z. EaSSett At tn. r!optir. az
Oh Glory Post. 7aS in the Masonic Tempt Mr.
BFssert who is past commander n Wayuan Post
e. based his 1rophetir vision on insurance acrr-
aries ana presented , word painting of the last
ITrg veteran of the Norrhor1 ARM and the st.en-
tion tnat WOULD Re accorded hrl in The year IasA
According 10 insU~suce artuarieS-'' said Pas
$50. there will 347 veterans living i'm ia20 in
there viii be -. 1859 there viii De
New-York tribune., 1909-01-02
A PHILADELPHIA NEW YEARS GIFT

From The Philadelphia Record.
a New Years gift unique in the history Of gang
ruled Philadelphia made yesterday by County
Commissioner Rudolph Blankenburg, the war
horse Of reform, who presented his entire salary
for the three years he has been in office $1,000.
in equal parts the Police Pension Fund. the
Firemens Pension Fund and the Teachers Annu-
ity Fund. To the Board of City Trusts he for
waTded a certified check for the amount and re-
QUested that the interest each year he turned over
the benefciaries named, each worthy OF full
measure Of public support.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-02
:Tnsozl)oorIJIsS 1ailn SIil'rn1-.
SATURDAY. JANUARY :. 1909,

This rcarspGper - o1rHcd aud published bg
Tie Tribune Il ESQ carigfi. c Heir York corpora
fiDs- oH7cr Gpd pTfa"tpGl place ~ business
Irfbuuc BUILDING. " - lGSSa" street. NfT
7orE: ogdcn iffl7a. president: James Il BaT-
rcff. secretary Gnd frcgstrcr. ThC G6f-css o7
tire oaf,-rg IS the once of this newspaper
New-York tribune., 1909-01-02

questions Of how permanently 70 secure admin
istrations that make the standard efHclencz.
not partisan advantage. and that execute me
laws and legislatures that seT"e the people not
the selfish interests. To settle these questions
requires him 70 go TO the roots Of popular gov
eminent, to inquire how far = has falleo an"
why to re-examine the old grounds for falth III
the peoples capacity for self government ana
10 -e-establish in the light OF the present day
the doctrine that the cure FOR the defects of
democracy is more democracy. We may doubt
less expect some Illuminating addresses from
him this winter on the subject Of the popular
control Of the nominating machinery
New-York tribune., 1909-01-02

of the victims Of the domestic tragedy IN ti.ls
city which was reported yesterday 1t Is 10 o.
said with a peculiarly pathetic significance mat
they were lovely and pleasant in their lives
and IN their death they were not divided II
would have been impossible to :ind househo.o
more completely controlled by eongeniaNty, al
lection and devotion than that Of DT- ana NlrS
cordy. That from those very cfcu1'lslai' NC
should proceed the impulse Of THURSDAY avn"
deed is a fact which psychologists ano PniioS'
-, -. ,,,erl -ondeT This community and
t,o orTd Of scholarship will lament the tragical
er4ire q, a career Of exceptional utility and
--or,ise and q host Of friends will mourn the
io.s or three lives of singular sweetness and at
New-York tribune., 1909-01-02

Philosophers have long discussed. without de-
Gliding. the question whether beauty exists where
there is no eye 20 see it. and music where there
js no ear 10 hear II. A concrete Application OF
the problem may be found in the case OF the
chimes of Trinity Church on New Years I've
Are there really any Nobody hears them Ihe
bells are known to be there and the nelrlnger
manipulates the levers which should cause tneIn
70 send forth sweet sounds But win Ten tnou-
sand raucous voices below raised IN oruls
c1arnor for the express purpose of preventing
-bAfr being heard, the question is pertinent
whether there are really any chimes why not
make the experiment Of leaving the bells un-
-ung and see If any OF the mob detect the clf-
instance
New-York tribune., 1909-01-02

Father Knickerbocker proves MS Tlsil' ~ ''9
title The birth rate Of the city was higher tIah
60 1.s+ wear and has been increasing for ten
oars Il this I,eeps or. the emphasis Will be on
the first part OF the title.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-04-02

before he had sought her; and how.
through these later years, her love had
been rs deep as his own, while it was ever
utterly hopeless. 1he words lowered on
her lips, He could have read them IN
her eyes. if he had only family guessed
utlat such a truth could have been there
TO tell.
Then 1t is good-by?' he questioned
ia a low, husky voice "nnd this is ny
last kiss. my very last, for my lips shall
touch no others after yours till-tlll they
could not waken into warmth again even
by such a kiss a. this. GOod-by! lf we
could only die as we are, before the
word was said. All! how panied you
look even at seeing my misery. Then
think what il is to bear 1t always. My
drlr. dear love, good-by! u.
The fire was dying in the CRATE, the
room seemed full of a vague, silent gloom
which made her shudder; yet it was
broad snnny daylight still.
"Rourke will nave reached home now,
she said to herself. unconsciously seeking
to bring light and happiness about her.
II will go to papa. This room is so soil
tary.".
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-04-02

Una had sen rceIy ever uttered, "Father,
7 WISH" But there the words she
meant TO say faltered and failed, and the
tears rose in her eyes-they were so ter
ribly near to-day, While that namelesa
fear and foreboding lowered about her.
Seeing her struggling with these tears,
he softly laid her head upon his shout
der, for the sight panied him more than
he had thought that any emotion of hers
could pain him so seldom since her child
hood had any one seen tears in her beaut'-
full, brave eyes. This new sympathy
made his caress almost sad in its ra.|
tenderness.
Father. can this be? Are you sorr.
to lose me? DO you love me a little a.
last?"
In one moment before the fatherL
sha med eyes stretched the years through
which his daughters love had been an Ir'
acknowledged and a wasted blessing. I1t
could sec how she had hunGered for the
affection which he had Withheld, and nov
he felt it rushing into his heart lik" T.
torrent-now that he knew she was goint
from him, never to be his homc-child any
more.
Love you" he said. the words coming
st IA lDll lIbIIl Ms 'dIl li''S'
in his keen remorse. dearly, dearly, my
child"
Then it has not been dislike through
all these years, father? l shall be 50
glad 10 remember that. not dislike, even
though l seemed born only TO give you a
terrible pain"
Hush my child. these unconscious re-
Dukes are more than l can bear. ! have
been hard and unjust to you always. |
have said to myself again and again-ay.
as if to harden myself against you-that
Won caused your mother death. | never
hought-nevcr till now, God help me =
how lie might have given You TO me to
make the dcsolation less; for you were
left to me when all were taken. My
child. my only love, how dr"ary it is to
have found this out too late.
""IIayc you been happier, father We
two togeth, than You will be when |
am gone:'
II shall know it better and uore hope
lcssly when you are gone" be ahid.
Lorraine looked up, startled, into her
fathers face. Something r7adc her fancy
he had read her sorrow--and Rourke's.
1T has been a long misunderstanding"
he said, but nothing need come between
us now, Lorraine.'
"Nothins," she echoed. with a quiet
content.
And as he kissed her then there flashed
across her memory the time when III her
childhood she had said she would be will
ing to give up all else if she might only
win his love. All else was not taken now,
and this was given.
ITO be contipued.)
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-04-02
MI&9$0&zf

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime
$500 to $7.35; hogs, prime heavy $3.50
to $7.1O; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $3.50; wheat, No. ?, $1,24 to $1.26;
corn, No. 2, 64c to &C; oats, standard,
sic to SIC; rye, No. 2, 79c to Soc, hay,
timothy, $500 to $3.50; prairie, $500
to S11.5O; butter, choice creamery, 25c
to 29c; eggs, fresh, loo to zoe; potatoes,
per bushel, SIC to 2
Indianapolis-Cattle, shipping, $500
to $3.50; hogs, good to choice heavy,
$500 to $7.25; sheep, good to choice,
$3.50 to 500; wheat, No. 2. $1.22 to
S1.24; corn, No. 2 white, CSC to Csc;
oats, No. 2 white, sic to 52c.
St. ~Louis-Cattle, $500 to $40; hogs,
81 90 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2, $1.33 to $1.37; corn, No. 2,
65c to CSC; oats, No. =, sic to 53c; rye,
No. 2, roc to soc. -s# %
Cincinnati-Cattle, $500 to $3.50;
hogs, $500 to $50; sheep, $500 to
1915; wheat, No. 2, $1.29 to $1.3O; corn,
No. 2 mixed, &c to CSC; oats, No. 2
mixed, sac to 55c; rye, Nc. 2, SIC to SIC.
Detroit-Cattle, $500 to $3.50; hogs,
$500 to $685.; sheep. $3.50 to $3.50;
wheat. No. 2, $1.25 to 1927; corn, No. 8
yellow, &C to use; oats, No. 3 whiteI
54c to soc; rye, No. 2, Sic to S3c.
Bufalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
s4.OO to $7.35; hogs, fair to choice, $500
to S7.2O; sheep, common TO good mixed,
$500 to $475; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to 1886.
New York-Cattle. $500 to $685.;
hogs. $3.50 to $7.O5; sheep. $500 to
S4.75; wheat, No. 2 red, .,1.25 to s1.26!
corn. No. 2. 74c to 75c; oats. natural
white. SIC to 59c: butter. creamery, 25c
70 29c: eggs. western. lie to dc.
Toledo-Wheat. No. 2 mixed, S1.26 to
s1.2S: corn, No. , mixed, &c to CSC;
oats. No. 9 mixed. 54c to DOC: rye, No.
., SIC to Soc; clover seed, $5.42.
Observation-Disclosures, No. = northern.
S1.15 to SILT: corn. No. 8, 6:Jc to &c:
oats. standard. 53c TO soc: rye. No. 1.
79c to soc; barley, No. L, fi5c to &C:
pork. mess, S16.50.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-04-02
NEW YORK,

Weather, crop and industrial reports
are still irregular, with more than or
binary quiet noted in most lines.
Wholesale trade feels the effect Of tar
if discussion Il uncertainties, and
while a fair business is doing Gin eX-
cess of last year in nearly all lines
disappointment is expressed at the TO-
tai volume Of trade in the first quar-
ter. Buying from jobbers is conser-
yative and orders are numerous rath-
err than large and Of a b~ctween-sea-
sons character at best.
Retail trade has been hampered by
stormy weather, but the approach OF
Easter is reflected in some improve
mert in demand, largely in womens
wear fabrics and materials. Western
trade is relatively better than that of
the East in this line, but cool weather
arrests expansion the country over. In
industrial lines generally operations
are quiet to dull, with the iron and
steel trade, where prices are a
one of the apparently least favorably
situated lines.
The coal trade is quiet East and
West. One Of the best situated indus
tries in the country is building, which
is reported active at nearly all points,
with some improvement in demand for
lumber and materials. Tariff uncer-
tainty. however. affects lumber as well
as other lines.
Business failures in the United
States for the week ending with March
% were 226, against 224 last week,
2S6 In the like week Of 1908, 166 in
1907, 1859 in 1906 and 227 in 1905
Bradstreet's.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-04-02
INTERROGATION FROM FLOWERS.

Svveet-scenteL Blossoms Have IL
Strange Effect on Some People
1T is an indisputable fact" says
Gen. Stephen Weld, president of the
Boston horticultural Society, that, I'M
der favorable conditions, the odors of
some ~well-known flowers are as danger
Gus to sensitively organized people as
many drugs and stimulants.'
Georgiana Ashton, an English singer
Of note. who was recently arrested in
London on a charge of intOXication, de-
clared that the house in which she had
been singing was so lavishly decorated
with flowers that she had been COM
pletely overcome by the heavy scents,
and thus thrown into a condition re-
,sembling 4intoxication.
4 parallel instance is cited from the
history of the world-renOwned Jenny
Lind, who, appearing upon II occasion
to respond to an cOr buried her face
during the prelude in a huge bunch of
violets which she had just received.
When she raised her head she was I'M
able to utter a note. A moment before
she had been easily bowling and smiling
to her enthusiastic audience, but in that
brief instant the fragrance had so
Cverpowered her that she had to be al
most carried from the stage.
The story of the two Italian lovers
who persisted some months ago when
locked in a conservatory by a jealous
stepmother bears out the theory.
1t is said that there is a growing
prevalence among nervously organized
wOmen Of what might be called q FLOW
er habit which has in many cases
to be justly compared with the drug
habits.
One nervous wreck confessed to her
physician that she couldn't live with
out the odor Of lavender.
Another society woman says that she
never dimes out without carrying with
her a huge bouquet of roses, because
she found that, under the stimulus Of
their scent, she talked easily and bril-
liantly, while without them h was in
variably dull and speechless.
The perfumes of some flowers affect
the breathing or digestion, or cause dir
ziness and fainting. Among these are
the vanilla, pitisporum, japanese privet,
tuberose, jasmine and lilac, and some
lilies are actually dangerous.
The flower Of the oleander exercises
a remarkable narcotic effect.
VIolets are forbidden to singers, as
their odor induces contraction and
eventually congestion of the vocal cords.
Among ali eastern peoples scented
flowers and the shade Of perfumed trees
are Indispensable to the enJoyments of
the higher classes Of society. Upon
festal occa sions the hilarity is much In
creased by amounting the guests with es-
sences Of saffron, cinnamon, s%pfkenard
and lilies.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-04-02
BREvITIES

Three men were killed in an explosion
at the plant of the Occur d'Alene powder
works in Wallace. Idaho.
Count Leo Tolstoy again is suffering
from Inflammation of the veins in his leg,
but his condition is not serious. accord
ing to st. Petersburg reports.
DR.. Elmer S. Lee. addressing the Medi-
co-Legal Society in New York. declared
that Americans take too many baths and
said there was a respected man in the
audience who had not bathed in twelve
years.
The factory occupied Jointly by the In
ternational Button Company Ind the NJ.
B. Shantz Button Company at Roches-
ter, n. Y, was damag ed by fire, the loss
being about $4,000.
Writs of habeas corpus having been
denied, Dominador Gomez. sentenced to
four months Imprisonment for melting
q strike in the Philippines, has been taken
to the prison at Bilibid.
b. Enrise, stenographer, took NOR
phine in a Salt Lake City hovl, repent
ed the act and telephoned for a doctor,
but died four hours later in a hospital.
w. %. Econ swallowed carbolic acid in
another room Of the hotel and died.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-04-02
SISTERS TRICK,
But 1t All Came Out Right.

But 1t All Came Out Right.
How a sister played a trick that
brought rosy health to a coffee fend is
an interesting tale:
Il was a coffee fend-a trembling,
nervous, physical wreck. yet clinging to
the poison that stole away my strength.
none Of It.
"One day my sister substituted a
cup Of piping hot Postum for my morn
ing cup of coffee but did not tell me
what it was. l noticed the richness o.
it and remarked that the coffee tasted
fine, but my sister did not tell me I
was drinking Postum for fear 1 might
not take any more.
"She kept the secret and kept giving
me Postum instead OF coffee until I
grew stronger, more tireless, got a bet
ter color in my sallow cheeks and a
clearneSs to my ye. then she told me
of the health-giving. nerve-strengthen-
ing l~ife-saver b had given me in place
of my morning coffee. From that time
I became a disciple OF Postum and no
words can do justice in telling the good
thiS cereal. dflnk dld me. l Will not
try to tell it, for only after having
used it can one be convinced Of its
merits
Ten days trial shows Postum's
power to rebuild what coffee has de-
stroyed. There's n reason
Look in pkgs. for the famous little
book, THE Road to MELVILLE
Ever read the above letter. A
new one appears from time to time.
They m genuine, true, and full Of
human interest.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-04-02

To wedding rings there has been
often attached a value ever unto death.
One of the smallest wedding rings
of which there is record was that fitted
to the finger Of Mary, daughter Of
Henry VIII, who at the age of two
years, was solemnly welded amid much
pomp and splendor to Francis 1. OF
France, who had just attained the dig
nifty of six months. Attending the little
bride were her father and mother, Hen
~ and Catherine Of Aragon, and Marie
Of France, mother of the bridegroom.
The bridegroom himself was not pres
ent at the cermony, but his place was
taken by Admiral Bonnivet, who acted
as proxy and placed upon the finger of
the little princess a tiny wedding ring,
set with q magnificent diamond. Car
dinal Wolsey performed the ceremony,
at which the whole court was present.
Though gold is the metal generally
accepted for wedding rings. various
other materials have done service in
it's stead. There is one story of an
clipping bride, for whom a ring was i'm
proyised from her own leather glove.
the church key has frequently done
similar duty, and brass curtain rings
have been many times substituted for
a circlet of more valuable material.
BY giving his wife a ring, a husband
Is supposed to TAX her fully into his
confidence. The fact that the left hand
has been chosen to wear it, signifies
that as the left is weaker than the
right, so is a wife subject to her hus-
band, while the third finger has been
selected because of ar old superstition
that from the third finger Of the left
hand runs a vein directly to the heart.
Just how the plain gold band came
to be chosen as proper for wedding
rings is not absolutely known. It has
descended to US from early Anglo-Saxon
times and probably was adopted be-
cause its simplicity made it most avail
able az a uniform symbol.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-04-02
Wonders Of Science,

an this compartment. ladies ana
GENTS" said the dime museum lecturer,
'is a fine specimen of the wonderful ami
NAL known as the armadillo. l call o
attention particularly to its hard, horny
epidermis, or more properly its shell.
which is invulnerable. The armadillo.
when pursued by an enemy, Immediately
doubles itself Up into the form Of a per-
feet sphere, every square inch OF which
is protected by it's armor, in which shape.
ladies and gents, it was used by the cave
man, or prehistoric progenitor of u
race, in playing the game of baseball.
Pass on now to the next cage, which
contains the celebrated ornithorhynchus,
the missing link between the bird and the
beast"