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ceipts ana expenditures OF the Aov-
eminent, wealth ald public finance.
army and navy pensions; the CON-
merce OF the United States and of its
no1eontiguous territories it's I'M
ports and exports by principal A..
ticles and It's trade with the princi-
pal countries OF the world, also a
brief statement Of commercial ana
financial statistics OF the principal
countries OF the world. closing with
series Of tables presenting a sta
tistical record of the progress OF the
United tSates in area populatio1 a.,
wealth, industries, production and
commerce from the year 1900 to
1908.
This mass Of information presents
picture OF conditions In the UniteJ
States, pas and present, extremely
interesting not merely to the econ
mist and student, but to those inter
ested in the conditions in and
growth OF the country and its in
dustries.
1t is interesting to observe, for ex-
ample from the figures of the areas
Of the various state and territories
with which the volume opens, that
the total amount of continental area
including Alaska, Is about equal to
that Of all Europe; that while the
area conceded to the thirteen origi-
nal states by the peace treaty OF
Id7S3 was $4,000 square miles their
present area is but $4,000 square
miles, the other $4,000 square
miles forming in whole or n part
thirteen other states, while the re-
naming "a states and territories
were created from territory added
by purchase or annexation. OF the
So millions Of population occupying
this area practically one-third, speak
Ing in round terms, a7o son1d in the
thirteen original states, auotger
third IA the states created from The
territory coded TO the common IN
ion by those states, and the remaia
ing third in the area added by pur-
chase of annexation.
The figures OF the population Of
the United States at the dscenn,aI
censuses as supplied by the census
bureau show the total number OF
negroes in the year 1900 as one mill
ion, speaking In round terms. anu
in 1909. 8,841,00O. The negroes
formed IN 1900, 1888 per cent O..
OF the population; in 1910, 1908 per
cent; in 1850, 1858 per cent; in
1850, 14.12 per cent; in 1880, 1911
per cent; in 1890, 11.92 per cent.
and in 1900, 11.59 per cent.
While a large share Of the terri
tory OF the United States has come
under cultivation or individual own
ership. the figures quoted in this yo..
ume show the amount of land areaq
stili unappropriated and unreseryed
In 1908 at 754,S95,OOO acres. Of
which S6S,O22y0OO acres were 10
Alaska, e1,177OOO in Nevada, 49,.
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$4,000 In Montana, 44,77S,000 n
New Mexico, and 42,769,OOO in Art
iona. Swamp and overflow lands
are shown to aggregate in rouu1
terms rs million acres, OF which Is
LIZ millions ara in Florida, 9 Ia
million In Louisiana, million IN
Mississippi, and 5 "a million IN
Arkansas.
The developed water power or the
United States reported at 5,357, OOG
horsepower and the number OF
wheels which II turns at 52,S2?.
The estimated coal supply OF the
United States is put down, from
statements made before the conse :,
walton commission and included n
this volume at 3,135,708, 900, 900
tons, while the output from The
mines OF the United States In 1907.
the year OF the largest production
was 492,000,0O0 tons, as shown ~
another table in the same volume.
The available iron-ors supply OF the
United States is estimated at a..
7S5,000,000 long tons, and the pro-
ductioh Of iron ore from the min es
OF the United States in the year
1907, was 100000. tons, the larg-
est total ever produced in a single
year. The pig iron produced In -, f,
country in the same year of 1907
~ shown to have been $25,7S1,O 900
long tons, while the worlds produc.
ton OF pig iron in that year is Civ
en- by accepted authorities at 60 4.
100000 long tons.
Turning from the population AMI
resources OF the country to other
subjects, the volume shows from o..
fetal figures OF state authorities.
filed with the department of state
and compiled by the bureau OF sta
tistics, that the popular vote for
presidential electors in 1888, the
'hrst year in which these reports
we're required by law, was 1881
4O8; In 1892, 12.043,603; In 1895.
ls'Sl3,243; In 1900, 1886, 518; IN
100, 13,523,519; and in 1908. IA =
SS7133, or about one vote for every
six persons
The business activities OF the busy
people OF tho United States are H.
Illustrated by the figures OF the DOS.
office department, which show
growth in receipts chiefly OF course
from the sale OF postage stamps.
from practically million dollare n
1920, and 1-2 millions in 1850 to
20 millions in 1870, SO millions in,
1850, 61 millions in 1890, 1O2 mill
ions in 1900, and 191 IL millions ir
1908. The number OF letters and
post cards sent through the postal
system Of the United States is Civ.
en- as 6,466 millions in 1907. a.
against 3,263 millions handled BIZ
the postal service OF the Germao
empire. 9,359 millions by the postal
service of the United Kingdom. l.
119 millions in France, AMI 1861
millions in Austria-Hungary. TIL,
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Interesting Data, Covering
700 Pages, Will Shortly be
Brought out by Commerce
and Labor Department.
EXPANSION IN THIRTY YEARS
Information OF Great Varie
ty of Subjects Regarding
United States.

Washington, May 10.-Seven hun
dred pages OF solid figures, with
scarcely a line of reading matter"
accompanying, make very dry an /
to many people, unattractive look
Ing volume. Yet the Statistical
abstract OF the United states, Goa
tanning this number Of pages Of sol.
i'd figures, to be issued from tds
bureau of statistics OF the depart
ment of commerce and labor within
a few days. offers to the observing
reader and student much interested
as we as instructive information.
The Statistical Abstract, which
originated in the buereau of Stats
tics thirty years ago under the iii
rection OF Hon John Sherman, thea
secretary Of the treasury, and whi,1
in its first issue was a thin PAM
phlet of but little over one hundred
pages, has been issued annually by
that bureau since that Jaye, increas-
ing from year TO year the scope cf
its operations, until 1t now includes
within its more than 700 pages ia
formation regarding a great variety
of subjects concerning conditions Ia
the United States; area, population
occupations, labor and. wages; g l.
ucational facilities, agriculture, for
estry and fisheries, mining and man-
ufacturilg industries; internal com.
munication, transportation AMI
freight rates; merchant marine aud
shipping, prices Of various commod-
tiles In various markets Of the coup
try, consumption OF the principal
articles produced and imported
money, banking and insurance; r.
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partment OF agriculture, was In 1897
81. $50, 200, 1000, and in 1907 $7,412 p
100000. Among the valuable att
cles produced on farm are Included
wheat, OF which the farm value IL
1908 was set down at 617 mill on
dollars, a larger sum than In any
previous year in the history OF OF"
production; cotton Of which the val
ne in 1906 the year OF largest va II
alton, was 1872 millions; hay, in 1907
744 millions; and corn, in 1908,
1,616 millions--these being in all
cases volues on the farm.
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telegraph messages sent In the Unit
ed States numbered millions in
1870, 20 millions in 1880, 63 mill
ions in 1890, so millions in 1900.
and SO millions in 1908.
The figures with reference to tn +,
school system of the country, as SAP
piled by the bureau of education.
show some remarkable and intere 81
ing facts. The salaries paid to "
perintendents and teachers In the
public schools. for instance, whirn
amounted to 80 million dollars In
1870, Sc millions in 1880 and %
millions in 1890, aggregated 1875
millions in 1907. The number OF ps
pills enrolled in the public schoo s
In 1907 was 1920, 900, and the ~
erage daily attendance 11,S18,OOO.
while the students in colleges, uni
versities and schools of technology =,
who numbered 80 thousand I'm 1880.
So thousand in 1890, a1d 90 thous.
and in 1900, aggregated 1870 thou
sand In 1907.
The wealth OF the United state 3
In 1850, according to the figures or
the census office, was z billions OF
do'lare, speaking in round terms,
which had in 1904, 1O7 billions; the
average wealth per capita being az
cording to the same authority, In
1850, s30S; and in 1904 1910
The wealth production Of farms, ac-
cOrdinR TO the estimate Of tho d.,
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CONCESSIONS

Ice Cream, Soft Drinks,
Restaurant, Fruits, Nuts,
Candies, Cigars, Tobaccos
and Dancing Pavilion Con
cessiOns to let. Union Park.
Address u. o. Box No. 683,
or call at Park.
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No operator or contractor employ
ing men can afford to be without
liability insurance. Buy the best
r.. II. Easley. 5-4-.i
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1t will pay you TO live II your
life Is insured by Il. II. Easley. 5-4-lf
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-10-09

W HE new chicken and pigeon ordin
I ance recently promulgated al
Washinton will be rigidly enforced by
the health department of that city.
In squares with more than rs per cent.
of the property improved permits will
be necessary.
While it will be necessary to have
permit to keep chickens, it will re-
quire the special consideration and
approval of neighbors to keep a chan
ticleer. Before he is allowed to be-
stir the neighborhood in the morning
with his vocal serenades, his owner
must have the consent of the house
holders in the neighborhood. especial
Ay those who object to his being used
sas rising alarm.
Persons desiring to- keep fowls with
an the fire limits of the district must
nile an application with the health
office. setting forth the lot number
square number, and the street number
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Ban on BOOSTERS Crow at Capital

| Of the premises where it is desired to
keep the chickens or pigeons. No pro.
visions are made for ducks or geese.
In case the applicant has one or
more boosters in his flock, there must
be filed with the chicken application
list Of householders in the same
square who consent to the keeping
of the early morning riser-in fact,
a majority Of the householders must
consent.
Chandeliers will have full sway out
side the fire limits, according to the
regulations. The same will be the
case within the fire limits where the
property improved is less than rs per
cent. The regulations, in substance,
are as follows:
No chickens are to be kept within
the fire limits without a permit from
the health department, and then not
within rs feet of any structure owned
by any person other than the appli.
cant, and used for human habitation,
occupation or assembly. Outside the
fire limits. fowls or pigeons cannot
be kept within so feet of any structure
aforesaid. subject however, to the ex-
ceptions set forth in paragraph four.
No fowls shall be permitted to run,
fly or stray within so feet OF any such
structure"
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Naval Experts Awaiting Monster Gun

way which will fire a shell of about
1 400 pounds.
Other nations have built 16-inch
muzzie-loading guns, but not of very
high power.
Plans are being worked out at the
navy department for the four sub.
marines authorized by congress. Pro
posals will be asked for construction
soon
These and the feet collier, also au.
thorized by congress. comprise the
ship work still remaining to be con.
tracted for by the naval establish
ment under increases in the navy al
ready provided for.
There are many features of sub
marine construction which the experts
are closely studying and the delay in
contracting for these vessels is due
to the effort to obtain the very latest
improvements.
Congress appropriated $4,000. 0Ot
for the building of thess ships ano
$780, 600 for the collier.
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Ames viii Probably Want an Airship

around town on the low gear, and
finally started up the Conduit road to-
ward Cabin John bridge. .darshal
Collins being temporarily discon-
nected from the sweet little suburb of
Glen Echo, the Massachusetts con-
gresham, who was acting as his own
chauffeur, kept throwing in little
more gasoline and little more spark
and speeding little faster every min
ute. Finally the newspaper man got
scared to death and hung on with
hands and feet. He nearly dropped
dead when Mr.. Ames turned around
and yelled at him, above the noise of
the car: II wish we had a good
straight stretch of road, so we could
go little bit fast. We are not going
much more than so miles an hour, and
this car is guaranteed for S."
They do say that when the pair of
them landed back in town the newspa-
per man was in a near-faint and had
to be revived with three drinks, all in
a row.
So those members of the house whe
know Mr.. Ames' propensities say that
he is just waiting for the chance to
buy the first Wright areoplane put on
the market In order that he may
make an intellectual effort to break
his cultured neck.
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TRAGEDY ON A BANK NOTE
Bitter Words Found Written on a Dol.
lar Bill by the Receiving
Teller.

yes, | collect queer bank notes"
said the receiving teller. I've been
doing it for years. You know there
are some very odd things written on
bank notes sometimes" He pointed
to one-dollar bill hung in a frame
of black oak on the wall. Read
that" he said. And I've got queer
er ones than that even in my col
lection
On the bank note in red ink was
written in a feminine hand: You
have robbed me of all the rest, and of
my soul also. May this burn your
hand when you touch it. May all
you buy with it be accursed. You
have the last. Are you now satisfied?
Murderer"
The collector sighed sentimentally.
Think OF the tragedy" he said, that
may lie hid behind those simple lit
tie phrases, eh?"
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Distillery Operated by Uncle Sam

theory. and conduct of fermentation,
including proper temperature, density,
principle, and products formed-the
denaturing of alcohol and denaturants,
and the use of denatured alcohol for
manufacture and medicines-was dis
cussed by officials of the bureau Of
chemistry. The object in view, di-
rectly. has been to determine by prac-
tical demonstration the value of the
various farm products as alcohol pro-
ducers-to determine the feasibility Of
the farmers utilizing by-products and
unmarketable fruits and vegetables in
the production of denatured alcohol.
All material used at the distillery was
bought in the open market by DR..
Wiley personally in order that he
might observe it's condition and there
fore be the better informed in sum-
ming up the results. He also person
ally superintended the operation Of
the plant. At the present time he
and his assistants are engaged in sum-
ming up the results of the experiment
tation. The exact proportion of alco-
hol produced by various vegetables
will be discussed at length in re-
port; as also will be the primary or
necessary cost of production. While
it is impossible to learn at this time
the conclusions of the officials, it may
be said in a general way that the al
cohol can be distilled from refuse and
unmarketable vegetables and farm
products at a cost of from 25 to 80
cents a gallon.
A feature of the report of Dr. Wiley
will be discussion of the practicable
ty of individual farmers distilling
their own products at a profit; like
wise the feasibility of cooperative
distillation plants In thickly settled
communities.
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1T is predicted at Washington that
= the first man to buy Wright aero
plane after they are put on the mar
ket, as undoubtedly will be the case
before very long. will be Representa-
tive Butler Ames of Massachusetts.
Mr.. Ames Is an enthusiastic automo-
hijist and has always had the speed
nugfi He is wealthy. can crafty every
inclination and desire along that line
and is generally supposed by his col
leagues to buy about two cars week.
One automobile man says it is only
necessary to assure Mr.. Ames that
there is q new automobile out that
VIII beat everything else that ever
Burned gasoline and he will buy it.
0ne day last spring, when there
wasn't much doing around the capitol,
Mr.. Ames took newspaper man out
for little run in big-bonneted, over
sengined whale of car he had bought
a month or so before. They scooted
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III ASHINGTON.-Wi gunshot OF
" the White House and the Capitol
the federal government has itself been
operating a distillery. The distilla
lion plant was not conceived with a
view of evading the internal revenue
laws. yet there was no special tax is
sued for its operation. The output
has not been of the regulation moon
shine" character, and there was no eff.
fort at concealnfent, though the ap-
proach to the plant located in the rear
of 1858 B Street Southwest would in
dictate such. The undertaking has not
been one for profit, but for scientific
research. DR.. Harvey w. Wiley, chief
of the bureau Of chemistry, depart
ment Of agriculture, has been the
chief distiller. and he is going to pub
aish to the world the results of his ex-
perience; a demonstration of the
methods OF making, the sources, and
1.-The uses of denatured alcohol.
During the operation Of the distilla-
'tion plant course of lectures was
given to representatives from all agri-
cultural colleges of the country and
from the various state experiment sta
lions. In this course every matter con-
uected with the practical operation of
"A distillery; the growth of the banana
and its uses; the use Of molasses; the
possibilities of the cactus; the produc-
ton and chemistry of malt, and the
technique of making-the principles,
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N AVAIL experts at Washington are
AV awaiting with Impotence the COM
ipletion OF the 14-inch gun now under
construction by the Midyale Steel
Works. The gun viii be shipped to
the Washington navy yard where the
finishing touches are to be added and
will be proof-fired at Indian Head
about the middle Of October.
1t will be the first high-power gun
~ this caliber ever constructed for
practical purposes and will fire shell
weighing 1000 pounds.
The navy will beat out the army in
chs respect. as the latter also has
three IL tach modern guns row uuder
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True Thrift.

When visiting a certain town in the
MidlandsP says medical man, Il was
told of an extraordinary incident
wherein the main figure, an econom-
ical housewife, exhibited, under trying
circumstances, a trait quite character
istic of her. 1t seems that she had by
mistake taken quantity of poison
mercurial poison-the antidote for
which, as all should know, comprises
the whites of eggs. When this anti
dote was being administered, the order
for which the unfortunate lady had
overheard. she managed to murmur, al
though almost unconscious. Mary,
Mary! Save the yoIks fos the pud.
dings. '-Tit-Bits
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New Voting Machine.

factory has this machine proved that
it had been adopted by both the
Italian and the French governments.
The psephograph is little over a
yard in height and is provided with as
many openings as there are candi-
dates in the field The voter presents
MS card to an official who has charge
OF the voting booth and receives a
small metal chip about the size of an
American dime. He is then given
permission to enter the booth and
steps behind two screens which rem
der him invisible to both the public
and the oyerseers alike. There he
finds the voting machine facing him.
After carefully scanning the differ
ent slots, above which is a space con-
tanning the names of the candidates,
he selects the one he wishes to vote
for and drops his chip in the Slot cor
responding to it. The fall of the chip
causes an interior lever to rise, this
movement making the number of per-
sons voting appear on a little tablet
on the outside, which is always yisi.
bic, and in the interior registering
the vote. for the chosen candidate.
When the voting is over the officer in
charge lifts aside the metal covering
on which is registered the number of
persons voting and the number of
votes obtained by each candidate is
revealed. BY this system $1,000 votes
were cast in two hours at a recent
election at Turin.
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CUTIcURA CURED HIM.
Eczema Came on Legs and Ankles
Could Not Wear Shoes Because
OF Bad Scaling and Itching.

II have been successfully cured of
dry eczema. was inspecting the re.
moval OF noxious weeds from the edge
OF river and was constantly in the
dust from the weeds. At night I
cleansed my limbs but felt a prickly
sensation. ! paid no attention to it
for two years but l noticed a scum
on my legs like fish scales. did not
attend to it until it came to be too
itchy and sore and began getting two
running sores. My ankles were all
sore and scabby and l could not wear
shoes. / had to use carpet and felt
slippers for weeks. / got a cake of
the Cuticura Soap and some Cuticura
Ointment. In less than ten days l
could put on my boots and in less than
three weeks 1 was free from the con-
founded itching. Capt. George P. Bliss,
Chief OF Police. Morris, Manitoba, Mar.
20, 1907, and Sept. "a, 1905"
Potter Drug Chem. Corp. Sole Props. Boston.
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STOPS CROOKED VOTING
Italian Civil Engineer Invents the
"Psephograph" to Foil Ballot
Box Suffers.

Rome.-European ballot box stuff
fers. who are as expert as any of Boss
Tweed's henchmen ever were in the
palmiest days of corruption in New
York politics. soon win find their &C.
cupation gone. An Italian civil en-
gineer, Signor Gogiano. has invented
a voting machine which, it is claimed,
is absolutely "ungetatable" and incor-
ruptible. He calls this invention the
psephograph. So complete and salts
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the American Red Cross society to
the victims of the recent Italian earth
quake.
The crown, reproduction of the
ancient Roman civic crown. is COM
posed of oak leaves and aeorns. made
OF solid gold It is inclosed in a typi-
cal Roman box of leather, which is
adorned by the royal coat of-arms in
gold. On the crown is engraved:
ITO Miss Mabel Boardman of the
Red Cross. from the Italian Govern
ment, as Token of Gratitude, 1908
1909"
Miss Boardman, as the executive
head of the Red Cross society, recent
ly announced her intention to devote
her life entirely to its interests. She
is the sister-in-law of Senator Crane
and was a member of the famous Taft
Philippine party. While visiting Japan
she saw the evidence of the work of
the Red Cross in the Russo-Japanese
war. and was impressed with the
boundless possibilities of the move
ment. She is ar intimate friend of
both President and Mrs. Taft.
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They Should

my honest conviction, based upon
my own experience and that of my
friends, is that Hunts Cure viii cure
larger per cent of skin troubles, cspe-
cially of an itching variety, than any
other remedy. Certainly those afflict-
ed with any form of itch should try it,"
J. o. Moore,
eVc per box. Atchison, Kas.
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GETS A GOLDEN CROWN
Miss Mabel Boardman Honored by
Italy for Aiding Victims Of
the Earthquake.

Boston.-The Marquis de Montag-
hari, Italian charge d'affairs at Wash
ington. has RENTED to Miss Mabel
BoArdman of Manchester, Mass, and
Washington, a golden crown, the gift
OF the Italian government in 'recogni-
ton of her services as a member of