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corn crop condition averages S44. as
against SIS
All the subsidiary lines Of the Missouri
Railway Company lost their separate
identity on August 6. when the stockhold-
ers at a special meeting in St. Louis
voted TO consolidate them in the new
company. which 1t is intended to capital
izo at $24O.OO0.0OO. This stock issue was
authorized. and mortgage for $50. 100
OF this amount 50. 100000 is 10 be used
in funding outstanding loans The
lines thus merged are located in the
States OF Missouri and Kansas. The new
company is 20 exchange its stock on an
equal footing for that Of the old COM
pany and it's subsidiaries.
At the Baltimore headquarters OF the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
on Wednesday 1t was announced that
contracts had been closed for new equip
ment OF highest standard TO the total
value OF S6,OO0,OOO, and that others to be
made soon would run the total expendi-
tUre up TO 100000.
The Western Electric Company, with
headquarters at New York. has received
from the Chinese government a contract
for the installation Of a modern system
OF telephones IN the city of Pekin against
the bids OF European concerns. The
Western Electric is the organization
which makes the Bell Companys equip
ment.
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Miscellaneous.

The forty-third annual encampment OF
the Grand Army Of tho Republic has been
held at Salt Lake City during the week.
About 5000 marched in the parade de-
spite the excessive heat of Wednesday.
Former Gov Van SAINT. Of Minnesota,
was elected commander-in-chief or the
Grand Ar ", The report OF his predeces-
sor Shove that there were now 225. l57
members o. army.
The Duke OF ne Abruzzi has returned
from his ascent OF Mount Godwin-Austen,
in India. with q new worlds record, hav-
ing climbed 70 a height OF 24.600 feet.
This mountain is the next highest to
Mount Everest.
Col Albert A. Pope. the weu-known
pioneer manufacturer in the bicycle and
automobile industry OF this country. died
at his summer home at Cohasset. Mass,
August 10. He had been III ever since
the panic put his business in the hands
OF a receiver.
Richard Golden. the actor who was
known ove- the country IN long career
and chiefly In the role Of "Old Jed
Prouty." died In New York August 10 at
the age OF fifty-three
The business section Of the sumner
resort town Of Monticello. y. Y, was de-
stroyed by FIRE August 10. with a loss OF
$500 COO
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Legal and Criminal.

Judge Mills, Of the Supreme Court At
White Plains, n Y, who has heard the
appeal Of Harry Thaw for liberty on the
plea OF mental sanity filed his decision
on Thursday 90 the effect that the slayer
Of Stanford White must remain in the
Matteawan Asylum for the Criminal In
sane, inasmuch as the wealthy young
man was held by the court 10 be az
hicted still with the form Of insanity
known as paranoia, or exaggerated ego.
Both Thaw and his mother declared that
the fight for his liberty would be re-
newed. During the interval between the
decision and the conclusion OF the hear
ing Thaw's counsel had asserted that
Yrs. Evelyn Thaw had demanded that
the Thaw family settle large sum upon
her on threat OF divorce proceedings. In
his summing up District Attorney Jerome
had stated his belief that Thaw had told
what he believed 20 be the truth about
White, but that Evelyn's tale OF wrong
az the hands Of White had been essen
TALLY a fabrication Jer0me's belief in
the unsoundness of Thsw's mind rested.
he said, on the theory OF heredlty, or Of
physical handicap from birth.
The arrest Of Donald l.. Persch. a young
stock operator. at New York. Monday,
on the charge Of grand larceny, for hay
Ing ordered the sale OF $4,000 Of copper
stocks owned by +. Augustus HeinZe,
and which had been put gp with the
Windsor Trust Company on a loan. has
led 20 the discovery Of a secret conspiracy
20 fleece Heinze Of large sums II was
believed that Persch was merely the tool
Of powerful and INSCRIPTIONS hnauciers.
Similar transactions were unearthed at
Boston involving $4,000.
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ANALYSIS OF THE WORLDS LATEST NEWS

hold Of the natives. rising 10 a height Of
1900 feet above the sea
In open defiance OF the protest OF the
Chinese government. Japanese workmen
began work on the Antung- Mukden rail-
road on August Z under orders from
Tokyo, the object being to change the
narrow gauge Of the line 20 the wide
guage OF the main lines in Manchuria
and COrea. Following this decisive ac-
ton. the Chinese government withdrew
objections 81 Japan would waive her right
70 guard the railway and her claim to
certain mineral deposits. The open sup
port OF Great Britain brought China to
her knees, apparently. Japan replied
that she was willing 10 discuss the other
points at issue.
Owing 20 the protests Of Turkey. the
flag of Greece, which had been raised at
Canea. Crete. when the powers evacuated
the island on July p. was hauled down
on August 3. and on the same day the
Greek government handed 70 the Turkish
government a note disappearing Of the
annexation agitation and resting the fu-
ture IN the hands Of the powers. This
averted any immediate outbreak OF his
Titles between the two countries.
The highest French courts having re-
jected the claim Of the postal employees
Of the government to the right 20 form
labor union. the minister OF public
works has reinstated eighty Of the en-
plOyes who were dismissed during the
strike OF May last. The court has or
dered the dissolution of the postal en-
plOyes union.
The scientific and hunting expedition Of
Col. Roosevelt and his son left Naivasha
British East Africa. Monday for Nyeri
a government station in the northwest
part OF Kenia province This trading CEN
ter is in the heart Of the territory occu-
pied by the warlike tribe of Masais.
The Congress Of Venezuela on Thursday
formally elected as president of the re-
public acting president Vicente Gomez
without a dissenting vote The Buchanan
protocol for the settling OF all American
claims was adopted.
The Chinese government has recalled
Or. WI Ting-fang. the popular Minister
20 the United States. for reasons not at
the moment known, and II Is understood
that his successor is To be Chang YIN
tang. a Cantonese diplomat Of largo
experience.
During the street fight between the
striking dock laborers Of Fort William,
Ontario, and the Canadian police Inn
ported from Winnepeg, Thursday, more
than score OF the participants were
shot, several fatally. The strikers had
the police surrounded In their bunk house.
The policemen attacked were special Off
GERS sworn In TO break the strike
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Foreign.

The second week OF the general strike
in Sweden began with the addition of
thousands OF men IN various trades to
the ones already idle, while both steadily
had refused TO consider the plan OF arbl-
tratiOn urged by King Gustave and his
cabinet. The strikers were receiving
financial aid from their comrades in other
countries Of Europe, thus showing the
international character Of the labor forces
under Socialist leadership. The printers
Joined the movement, and the daily
papers were able to get out only small
bulletins on hand presses, except the
Answer, organ Of the unions, which was
published as usual. All vehicles We're or
dered 20 stop running. and the railroad
and telegraph employees were called upon
to shoT their sympathy. Still calm pre-
valley throughout the country, and the
employers began TO strengthen their lines
by the importation Of strike-breakers
from England
With the Catalonia rebels cowed into
submission by wholesale slaughter and
Imprisonment by the troops who still
patrol the streets OF Barcelona and other
centers Of agitation, the Spanish govern-
ment has again turned its attention TO
its unfinished campaign against the
Kabyle tribes Of the Rim coast Of Africa
surrounding the Spanish territory of Ne
lila. Gen Marina having received largo
re-enforcements, was ordered to take the
aggressive against the Moors Wednes-
day. and the fighting was resumed in the
direction Of Mount Guruga the strong
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Commercial and Industrial.

Incomplete reports Of the receipts Of
the Treasury under the new tariff law
on the first day Of its operation showed
about 40 per cent in excess Of the re-
ceipts for the same day last year As
q sign Of general business activity. IT
IS pointed out that the receipts since
July amount TO about S39, 0OO.O OO as com
pared with S27.OOO,O0O for the same period
Of last year.
The first Of a feet Of freighters from
Cuba laden with sugar arrived at New
York Monday The big crop Of Cuban
sugar had been held back, pending the
outcome Of the new tariff law. and now
II is to be rushed in under the lower
rate
All records for the importation OF man
ufacturers' materials were broken during
the last fiscal year, says the Bureau of
Statistics-that is, as 20 quantity In
value, these imports were $4,000 900 less
than the year before The fall in value
is ascribed 10 the lower prices prevailing
The government crop repor: for August
l, and issued last Monday. shows AN ap-
gregate better condition in the nations
crops than at the same time last wear
and the acreage is about I6 Der cent
greater. The winter wheat Yield is indi-
Gated to be 4S2920.0O0 bushels. or about
100000 less than it was last year The
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Scientific.

The worlds record for length OF fight
In an aeroplane was taken from Wilbur
Wright on August Z. in France. when
Roger Sommer in his Farman biplane
stayed in the air 2 hours q minutes and
10 seconds. Wrights previous record was
2 hours 20 minutes and 81 seconds. made
at lie Mans last December.
Accompanied by his sister, OrviIIe
Wright sailed from New York for Ger
many Tuesday, there % conduct flight
trials in HIS aeroplane for Emperor VIII
lam. In an interview, Wright said that
his machine could carry enough fuel 70
keep IL aloft for twenty-five hours. but
he did not assert that he could fly in It
a distance of 1000 miles. the theoretical
maximum distance which the power
would allow, He thought that aeroplanes
would be used in carrying mails before
many years.
Starting from Mineola. Long Island,
Friday morning In his Curtiss aeroplane.
Red Bug. c. +. Willard sailed away over
the surrounding country at an elevation
Of about 80 feet. passing over three
towns railways, highways, hills. and
streams and back to his starting point. a.
distance Of twelve miles I'm nineteen min
utes. The feat was better I'm some re-
spects than that Of Orville Wright re-
Gently at Fort Myer.
The balloon Sirius. navigated by Capt.
Spelterini, succeeded in sailing directly
over Mount Blanc last Sunday and Mon
day, reaching an altitude Of 1880 feet.
Lieut.. Nina, OF the Italian army with
Mario Placenzo as his companion. claims
to have assembled in his spherical bal
loon, Albauoss, last Tuesday. August 10.
to a height of 1850 meters. or 4a4
feet The aeronauts took along a supply
of oxygen to aid their breathing and. ex
perienced a temperature Of twenty-four
degrees below zero. The previous worlds
record was $1,000 feet. made by Coxwel
and Glaisher In 1862
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Through the soft-pedaled mid-August
symphony Of universal life runs the in
sistent reverie OF human hope and Won
derment expressed in one word-whither?
Pleasant and reassuring are the an
swers in the weeks news 20 the question
as put by the American business and IN
dustrial community. what with Farmer
Wilson's bumper crop estimate and the
putting into operation Of the new tariff
law so as 10 settle trade conditions at
least for another turn Of industrys wheel.
on its economic side indications We're
that the law was increasing the govern
ment's receipts
That the workers in a number Of in
dustries are striking for better pay
appears but the inevitable incident TO she
returning fiood-tide OF prosperity and 20
the higher cost of living. These strikes
spell adjustment
But there is a new note in the struggle
OF the pressed steel men at McKees
Rocks, namely. that of the American and
foreign elements making common cause
for what they regard as a decent system
Of work and pay and in which demand
they appear to have the general sym
pathy Of the public.
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the Interior Department. under Secretary
Ballinger, by asserting that a great ma
tion-wide water power trust was IN prog
ress Of formation. and that something
must be done at once 10 head It of and
to defend the Roosevelt policies. Pinchot
takes the ground that many Of the power
sites in the Northwest which were put
into the government reserve under the
former administration have been taken
out and sold to private parties. whereas
Roosevelt intended that they should be
leased. At Wednesdays session Of the
congress former Gov. Pardee. of Ca +
fornia, attacked the land policy Of BID
lnger, who was In attendance.
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POST-OFFICE GROWTH.
Rural Free Delivery One of the
New Features.

hurai Free Delivery One of the
New Features.
From the Kansas CITY Journal
The Post-oface Department has Just
issued a statistical statement which is
unusually interesting. an attribute not
shared by all fluctuations OF a largely
mathematical nature. Hardly any depart
ment Of the government is able TO present
such a record OF expansion as that pre-
sided over by Frank H. Hitchcock. Il
has been 120 years since the first Post
master General. the illUsuious Benjamin
Franklin. assumed Office In 17S9 there
were but seventy-fve post-oHlces In the
entire United States, and the volume Of
business done that year amounted 10 but
S51,935-about the weekly revenue Of the
Kansas City office-at an expense OF SO. o.
40. Franklin. however. was able TO point
with pride 10 a surplus. something that
few Postmaster Generals have been able
"a do during the dozen decades which
have interviewed.
From S3l, 935 the revenues have increased
GO Slsl, 47S,66S last year. and the expendl-
lures OF S321D involving a surplus OF
s. 7S5. have grown to s20S351 SS6. involving
deficit OF Sll.s7S.23. but il was a deficit
we'll expended. for the annual extension
OF the postal service challenges the aston
ishment Of the postal officials OF the
world Il Is interesting 20 note that IL
has been forty-fve years since city free
delivery was established. with sixty-six
free delivery cities and 6S5 carriers. Last
year there We're twice as many free de-
livery cities as there were carriers when
the service was installed and the 6S5 car
riers had grown 10 2G52 the expense
having increased from 81, 900 70 SIC, go, 900,
emitting odd hundreds
But the growth Of the rural delivery is
even more remarkable. the record show
ing eighty-three routes. covering 1.Si3
miles and costing Sl4.4S0 twelve years ago.
when the service was instituted. TO IS. I43
routes, covering sol, 432 miles and costing
S54,500000 II cost Uncle Sam last year a
little more than $35,5O0O00 10 pay the sal
aries or pOsJmasters alone: he sold nearly
S9,500000 postal cards and registered q
few more than 4l150,00O letters. There
were 1S.145,172 letters sent TO the dead let
ter Office and almost 500. 100000 was trans
mitted through money orders at home,
while SS&972. 600 was sent abroad. More
than 13 O0A000.000 pieces OF mail matter
were handled last year and 1851 10000
stamps were issued. besides 1,256. COO, 900
stamped envelopes and wrappers.
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DEER LIKES BEER.
That and Breakfast Food Attracts
Animal to Camp.

Newton. N. j.. Aug. 1.-THE workmen
on the Stanhope-Newton road contract
have adopted a fawn as a pet to replace
the dog which strayed away from their
camp near Cranberry Lake. Their new
pet lives in the mountains through which
the road runs. but every morning It
makes a trip TO camp and is fed by the
men When the young deer first appeared
in the camp IL was timid. but as 1t came
and went day by day il grew tame, and
now eats from the hands Of the men. II
a shot is heard in the neighborhood it
Immediately leaps to cover.
Not long ago the men gave It for
breakfast a shredded wheat biscuit and
bottle Of beer. which It took with
with apparent relish and then darted into
the hills. SO fond are the laborers Of
their new pet that the contractor declares
they are better satisfied with their work,
and fewer men leave now than ever be-
fore.
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From the Kansas City Journal
The new and very strange prohibitory
law which goes into effect in Kansas haa
revived an old story on the subject. A
stranger went into Kansas drug store
and asked for some whisky.
7 can't sell any whisky" said thu
druggist
But I'm sick" persisted the stranger.
That won't help any" replied the drug'-
gist. 1T don't make any difference. 7
can't sell you any whisky for being sick"
We'll, what can you sell it 20 me for?''
asked the stranger
The only thing we can sell whisky for
in this town." said the druggist. is FOR
snake bites. Hold up now, Don't ask
me where 10 get bitten. No use There
is only one snake in town, and ne Is en-
gagged for three weeks ahead
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CONVICTS HAVE MINE.
Guards Can't Discover Where Pris-
Oners Find Gold Nuggets.


Paris, Aug. i4-Convicts In French
Guiana seem 20 be IN luck. They are re-
ported TO be working a gold mine on their
own account. Their warders have appar-
emily so far failed 10 discover where they
have successfully. pegged their claim.
The cOnvicts, in turn, escape from the
settlement by twos or threes and remain
hidden for a day or two. They then re-
turn with their pockets full Of nuggets
and have a great time.
Others get away IN their turn. but come
back eventually also with gold The mine
IS thus kept regularly working by shifts
Of convicts. The latter, when they return
to the settlement, are regularly sentenced
to a few days Imprisonment for absence
without leave, but this is a low price
TO pay for a share in a gold mine. Where
the latter is the authorities have never
yet been able to discover.
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slow to Anger.


From Pele Mele
Hotel Keeper-Has the American gem
tleman made any remarks about his bin
YETI
waiter-Not yet. He is looking for some
in his dictionary.
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TWIN SISTER ELOPES.
second of Pair Follows Example Of
First n Year Later.

First n Year Later.
Los Angeles, Aug. 1A-One year 10 thet
day after her twin sister eloped with
Samuel Wood, Miss Helen Roush was
married secretly 10 Robert I. Tatum. a
real estate man and partner Of Mr.. Wood.
J. II. Peters, a prominent broker, acted as.
master Of ceremonies in arranging each
OF the Opponents, and acted as best man
for both couples. As in the first mar.
riage, the other sister was not even in
formed OF the plans. Mr.. Peters quietly
obtained the license yesterday morning,
vanished from sight later appearing mys-
terioGsly at the Alexandra Hotel. where
the ceremony was performed. The two
sisters are wealthy and beautiful and
popular in the younger set here.
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Care of &c Wardrobe.
From tho Baltimore Sun.

from INC baitlnore sun.
Girls going OF in small boats run by
gents who 40 not know how to swim
must be careful not to get drowned. as it
will ruin their clothes.
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On His Account.
From rtBits

From l1t-lltS.
The Man-Yes, it's a pretty hat
The Lady, bought It on your account
The Man-Yes; you generally do.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-05-07
WISE WORDS.

No man can buy peace by selling
principle.
None come on happiness by hunting
II alone.
The way to kill love is to count on
It's profits.
Repentance is always lame without
restitution and reformation.
The man who brags Of his humility
Is equally proud Of his consistency.
Citizenship in heaven win not ex-
empt you from either taxes or service
here.
It's the habit OF our minds never
to think OF thorns until we are pay
ing for the roses.
A plate OF soup may wegh as much
In the universe as many d song or
sermon on brotherhood.
When sou get after the proflts Of
oppression you will hear lot about
the principles of liberty
The blgot Is the man who thinks
that all souls 20 10 heaven only
through his private knothole.
The fool has two extremely difficult
tasks, 10 know himself and to keep
others from doing the same.
The reformer who blows a trumpet
is more anxious to astonish the ma
tfyes than to surpise the enemy
We can do nothing better than to
anaIyze the problem Of poverty and
nothing worse than to stop with
analysis From Sentence Sermons, =
III the Chicago Tribune
The Democratic advocate., 1909-05-07

Charles Nevers Holmes, OF Boston.
writes as follows In the Baltimore
American about Mars:
Mars Tevolves nj mean distance
OF about lf1 10000 miles from the sun.
being the fourth planet The distance
Of Mars from our earth varies from a
mean at apposition Of some 1880 900
miles 20 mean at conjunction Of
some 234,400.000 miles. Mars APP
proaches the nearest. with the excep-
ton OF Venus. TO our earth. and comes
within 3b.600.000 miles. Mars 10 a
small planet. his volume or size equal
ing only about l6-I00 that OF our
world and his mean diameter being
4.220 miles TO our earth's 7,9i2h
miles His density or solidity is about
72-i00 that of our planet and his grnv-
ity what objects would weigh al his
surfaced is about 3s-l00 that OF our
earth Mars revolyes around the sun
In 6S7 days at a velocity OF rs miles
per second and he rotates on his axis
Ia about "a hours and 37Ik minutes.
He Is attended by two small moons or
atellites--PhobuB and Deimos, the
former OF which Is perhaps 81 miles
In diameter. Mars Is known as the
red planet" his surface being gem
orally OF a ruddy color, and he ex-
hibits patches OF blulsh-green hue
and white caps at the poles. The
canals" appear ~ network OF lines
upon his surface, being observed aud
named By Schiaparelli. az Milan, In
1877. Mars possesses an atmosphere,
water, Ice or snow, and receives less
than one-half the sunlight and sunheat
that our earth receives. His climate
seems to be milder than one would
suppose and his temperature has been
estimated 70 be 25 degrees c. below
that of our earth. That both Vege-
table and animal life exists upon
Mars Is more than probable, but that
highly intellectual animal life exists
seems, from our present astronomical
knowledge. more improbable than
probable.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-05-07
Froeks to Pasten in Front.

All the women who rightly protest
ed against frocks that fastened in the
back should be happy this season, as
the majority OF models hook or but
ton in front. according to the Phila-
delphia Ledger.
Even the most dressy ball gowns
close at the left or right side In front,
and this fashion spreads down 10 the
simplest shirtwaist
Only few of the French blouses
and the shirtwaists left over from
other seasons now fasten down the
back
1t Is no longer dressmaking dis
grace to let the buttons show through.
They are nov frankly revealed
Therefore. there Is not much OF a
problem about fastening a frock. One
just has to put buttons aud button
holes
Even smart gowns will button
through from neck to hem in a
straight or bias line. This idea Is
cf rried out on most attractive affairs
OF old blue or Egyptian red messaline
With the buttons covered with the ma
frial end slipped through buftonholes
bound with yids strap OF satin.
II now rests slowly with the women
/; nd her dressmakcr as to where her
frocks shall fasten. II she is sensible
nd has the fastening In front she win
be relieved Of much care and trouble
snis season.