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The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-08-31

and an average temperature Of about
SO degrees Fahrenheit. being particu.
larly suited 10 rubber cultivation.
The districts which most nearly full.
fl these conditions are Ratrapura, the
Reliant valley and Kalatura. all In the
southwestern part of the island. In
these districts the trees for the first
three or four years grow about six 10
ten feet every year. and will in all
probability reach height OF 70 to 80
feet within 80 years.
In circumference. when planted
alone, the trees increase from fol.. 10
hTe inches every year during the first
few. and after this the growth Is
more rapid.
Exceptional Yields have in several
cases been recorded. As a general
rule, however. yield OF about pc and
and half tree may be expected aft
er six years growth up to about ten
years, and after that higher yield.
Improved methods OF tapping may
increase this figure considerably.
The fact that the largest estate in
Ceylon with an acreage of 3.57s. is en-
tirely under rubber is strikingly sig
nifcant OF the increasing importance
attached TO its production. The es.
tate. the Niviigala group, is divided
into four smaller ones. all. however.
worked as one. It is in the Ratnapura
district with elevations ranging be-
tween 100 and 1000 feet. with an aver
age annual rainfall of ISL inches and
an average temperature OF 26.l de-
grees Cendgrade t79 degrees Fahren-
heip. 1t was opened in 1906. and tap
ping operations have not yet com
menced. but the rubber is showing ex-
cellent growth.
A reliable estimate gives the yield
OF the whole estate in Ceyion for
1910 as 200 tons for 1900 acres IN
bearing. out OF $4,000 planted trees.
These estimates of yields are. OF
course. conditional on freedom from
disease. climatic accident and labor
trouble. Coffee. which at one dime
was the chief product of Ceylon, was
entirely ruined by a blight which at.
tackled the plants. and It is not incon-
ceiVable that the same thing may hap
pen 10 rubber. Progress has been
made. however. in tie study Of its cul.
tvadon. and especially the part which
refers to the combating OF diseases
and pests 10 which It is subject.
The climatic conditions are. in Ger.
tain parts OF the island. everything
that could be desired. and there is a
plentiful supply OF cheap labor. The
demand for rubber will apparently ex.
coed the supply for years to come. and
altogether everything points TO Ceylon
having in the near future a period OF
almost unexampled prosperity. thanks
to one product. rubber.
JAMES ,TApE-
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-08-31
Treasury Profits.

The government profits slightly by
the destruction of stamps which have
been paid fer, and the treasury gets
the benefit Of bills which are lost and
never found.
A larger source OF irregular profit
lies In the failure OF bondholders to
present their bonds for redemption
Unclaimed money in the treasury due
TO bondholders amounted to nearly a
million dollars In 1861. and the sum is
much greater now. OF a loan which
fell due in 1900 sum in excess OF
$4,000 remains unclaimed. over a
hundred thousand dollars are still IN.
paid OF the fve-per-cent. bonds which
were due in 1904. In 1907 over a hun.
bred million thirty-year four.per-cent
bonds came due on July l. Special
inducements were offered to secure
early redemption. yet at the end Of
that month thirteen million dollars
still stood IN the treasury on that ac-
count although interest had ceased
Harper's Weekly.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-08-31

Ennobling sorrow never sears
Our lives. Loves sun the darkness clears.
n we but look for It somewhere:
The storm-clouds fade away in air.
And ours the fault IL there appears
a decadence.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-08-31
Loves Eutun-

A decade hence, what have the years
In store for US? What hopes and fears
Sweetheart? VIII you be then as fair
AS now. and aS debonair?
Or has the future store OF tears?
And yet, cen grant some grief appear
Each TRIAL when rightly met endears.
And well Btill be happy pair
A decade hence.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-22

fully that he inherited his political
back into the middle ages and then
some beyond that. During all that
time we have been democrats" said he
Il had luck in boosting the canii-
dates that were elected, too. That
helped me with my constituents and as
a reward I was nominated in 1905
and elected to the assembly from the
eighth district. In spite of what
everybody says to the contrary, a poll
tician may be honest if he wants to-
and so ] always looked back to vaude-
vile as a place to get living. At the
end of 1905 I was offered the s100 a
week that I had asked year before,
but this time it was my time to turn
up my nose. I said 1 wouldn't go on
the stage again for less than $3.50
week, but that I'd stick to statesman-
ship and keep on saving the country
every election time until / was a can
accept 500 and abandon my country
TO its enemies. the republicans By
1906 vaudeville was willing and by
that time, the country seeming safe, I
left the halls of the solons and became
player again. In 1908 I struck for
more money because there was a SEN
atorial bee in my bonnet. l waited
around from May until December for
the raise to be given. and it finally
came through, so l sold my country
again and repeated the treason last
year, when 1 was offered the nomina-
ton for state senatorship from the
fifth senatorial district of New York.
On my declining it Bart Cronin, an
other good patriot, accepted and was
elected easily.
IF there was only more money in
serving the country sighed Fogarty,
I'D go after a toga quick, for this
rowing life isn't what's good for an
Irishman born in Tipperary. want
q home and f1reside and something
besides a dog and couple of cats
A"AihIHS oiOuhu tie muse. OH, m
Irish in my tendencies, all right. But
the vaudeville business doesn't leave
much room for the development of
domestic virtues and all have to call
a home is the knowledge that back in
Brooklyn is a mother who is comfort
able under a roof that vaudeville has
put over her head and that some day
I will go there, too, and live. Per-
haps it may be sooner than you
imagine" said Fogarty, who was
thinking of a play he is getting ready
to appear in.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-22

sion I will now say over again. "Fo-
garty's humor is not based on A. P. A.
illusions nor on an APE resemblance =
I've always held" said Fogarty.
that an Irish comedian does not have
to resort to low and vicions stuff to
get a laugh. have never had a COM
plant placed against any of my yarns
on the Irish or against any OF my i'm
presentations. In fact | was honored by
a HeJrew rabbi in the east. Rabbi Mar
golies. his name was, who. objecting to
the vulgar, belittling and debasing
caricatures which represent the stage
type OF his race, pointed to my work
as an example of good burlesque and
inoffensive fun
So this play of Fogarty's will show
his Irishman in alternating experiences
of the race.
Love of country, deepened by it's suf-
.ferinsss love Of kindred. bred in all
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-22
tTHIs drama said he is going

kcTHIS drama said he, lis going
to be produced soon. 1t is all
finished, and there is a chance
that 1t will have it's premiere here in
San Francisco. In any event it is go-
ing to see the light of day or the
electric bulbs of night in New York at
no far distant time"
1t is story of an Irish home wherein
Fogarty will have ample opportunity
to exploit the human Irishman as con-
trasted with the apish figure that
comedians of other days saw fit to
make him to the scandal of the race
and disgrace of good comedy 1t was
written by Waldemar Young. well
known in the west as reviewer of
city He has been travelling with Fo-
garty for several months fitting the
play to his personality as a tailor fits
a suit of clothes. Judging from what t
Fogarty told me of the plot of the play
should say that the fit is perfect
Fogarty and Young have collaborated
in the preparation of the play and now
II is ready TO put on.
"Oh," said Fogarty keenly. and with
smile, ''the money is in sight for it's
production, and it's going TO be a real
play or none at all 1t doesn't open
with an Irish lad singing off stage and
wandering casually back to his Erin
home. 1t hasn't any mortgage tied to
it and no landlords nor red coats nor
pixies nor Fenian fights. 1t will be
played in the best theaters or it won't
be played at all, for it is serious
study of an irish American, and it is a
real human being that is shown in its
scenes"
And" I thought to myself, "a real
human being to present him.
The trouble with Irish comedies until
Fogarty improved the make was that
every comedian put on red whiskers.
assumed a brogue SO thick that it
couldn't be cracked with a brick, put
vulgarities into the creatures mouth, if
not downright obscenities, made him as
ignorant as base, as stupid as vulgar,
and was pleased to call the result an
Irishman. No wonder the souls that
were kin to Thomas Moore's formed a
society to protect their regulations at
the hands of such traducers, and no
wonder that the Irish character as de-
picted on the stage gradually sunk out
of sight or found his level in the dive.
The caricatures were not human. wit
and humor, bubbling spirits. or gentle
sadness or any other of the characteris-
tics which grace the Irish personality
were not present in the product. Fo-
garty came forth with his real Irish
man and was an instant hit. In his
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-22

oppressed peoples; and short lived nler-
riment inspired by the dances Of asxoIa-
tile and inherently optimistic nation
are all suggestive of ireland II any
man can. out of his own inner conscious
ness, make these traits live for two
hours on the stage. Fogarty is the man.
He is not lacking in the tender melan-
choly that lies in the melody "Gra-
machree." the setting in which Thomas
Moore placed his jewel:
The harp that once through Tara'S halls
The soul Of music she'd;
Now hangs mute Taras walls
As if that soul were fed
There is a scene in, Fogarty's play
that he enacted for me. which pre-
dict will be as compelling an attack on
the tear ducts as is the music mas
ter's appeal for his daughter
You're an old fashioned Irishman,'
said 1 as the interview closed.
Thank God I am" said Fogartys
There's no other kind
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-22

portrayal of the foibles Of his race he
was as tender of feeling as Barrie is
of the Scotch, and If the truth were un-
pleasant it was not harsh. He showed
his race to be what it is. the saddest
fand gayest of people. So the Irishman
| became possibility on the stage once
more.
The Orpheum this week has an ex-
cellent illustration of the old and the
new methods of Irish portraiture. Fo-
garty supplies the new. and somebody
else in pitiful sketch shows the old.
The choice between the two is easily
made.
1 tried to say something of this in
my criticism of the Orpheum perform
ance which was printed last Monday
morning. Part of it was changed in
the hurry of getting paper to press
and in the over-zeal of some operator
who corrected" what with his permis-
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-22

~ the adventitious circumstance
TX Of travel Frank Fogarty be-
came q native OF ireland. His
fate had ordained that he
should be Celt in all the agree
ments Of parentage and nativity,
though he might easily have been q
Brooklynite. Think of it. The Dub
lin Minstrel" born in Brooklyn, the
truest irish comedian in vaudeville a
native OF New York. It nearly hap
pened Franks nine brothers and sis
ters, AL Of whom are older than he.
were born in the land of the free and
raised in "Darby's Patch" which was
that section OF Brooklyn where mem
ories Of ireland were kept greenest.
However. in Difference to what must
have been prophetic divination on
1heir part, his parents. one day, made
up their minds TO visit, once more.
The home Of their youth. SO they
crossed the waters and Travelled to in
gsnd Tipperary, where. with IN early
Nerhibition Of Celtic contrairiness, the
Dublin minstrel soon sfterward Joined
The party and sang his first lays. Be
5ns born in ShalIee, County Tipperary,' .
SAWS Fogartv. may not seem to your
mind 2 good reason for becoming the
Dublin minstrel but shaliee is nearer
10 Dublin than New York is. anyhow
For TWO years thereafter Fogarty
saws he ioduztriously acquired the ira
dirions %. lis great little Ireland, and
ABSORBED H.e spirit of the Emerald
Isle w5sao1t interruption. He gave
up hIs whole time to the task and
covered the history of Irish music and
poetry from the time Of Hecataeus, the
Egyptian historian, TO the suppression
of the bsrds. At the age OF he left
his nssive land-with his parents. he
told me-and returned to America TO
develop his interpretative gifts. Irish
songs and folk stories Fogarty as
sured me. are said TO be 'drenched in
sorrow.' From descriptions Of my early
efforts faithfully presented by my
mother. have no doubt that my music
was quite characteristic Of the race,
soaked in sadness. so TO speak. How
ever that may be. I had two impres-
Wsoaable years in Shaliee as founda-
tion for my career as well as the ad-
vantage of birth in that agricultural To-
oalfty where the birth rate keeps high
but the population decreases. ]. too,
became an Irish enigrant and left the
land that once echoed to o'Carron's
sounding harp"
A mere reproduction OF Fogarty's
statements by no means conveys their
effect. As with a Fogarty stage told
story. it is not so much what he says
as the way he says it that counts.
and that way is all his own. 1t ac-
counts for the Fogarty personality,
which is unique among all the players
I have ever met. 1t may be described
as being the boiled down essence Of
Celtic geniaIity and buoyancy. He is
typical Of his race in its happier char
acterisucs. The unction which carried
his conversation about his birthplace,
its. good humor and gentle raillery, be-
come apparent 10 the writer. if not TO
the reader, in the setting down Of the
words. because so much Of the charm
= SAen found 10 have vanished like
the mists over the low lying lakes of
Tippehary.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-22

AWHILE we are discussing racial
NV characteristics as found in their
highest power, in Fogarty the
Irish gift Of getting on" may be re-
marked
The Fogarty family worked for a Iiv-
ing. Most Irish families do. The tend
ency to industry has been encouraged
BY thousand years of toll, while it
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-22

!. Y the adventitious circumstance
Of travel Frank Fogarty be-
came z native OF ireland. His
fate had ordained that he
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-12-09
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK SHOW
BREAKS WORLDS RECORD.
More Than $4,000 Animals Shown to
100000 Visitors.

The 1910 international live stock ex
position. held at Chicago. broke the
worlds records for the number Of ami
mails shown There were 1885 en-
tries housed under the exposition roofs
consisting Of l.191 finely bred horses
l.l4 bred cattle, 1,1G3 sheep and SO7
hogs.
Twenty different buildings we're re-
Quired to house these exhibits and In
addition there were more than 5000
fat cattle, sheep and swine exhibited
In carload lots in the stockyard pens.
1t is estimated that 25O,0OO persons at
tended the show.
More than ordinary prominence was
given the agricultural college exhibits,
and students Judging competitions
began almost with the opening Of the
show. The intercollegiate phase Of
judging. which ut the shows held sew
eral years ago was looked upon by the
practical farmer and stock breeder as
a "newfangled experiment" is now
generally approved.
The majority Of the breeders whose
animals carried Off the ribbons have
their sons ut agricultural colleges or
are patrons of those institutions.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-12-09
GUMDRoPs OUT OF DATE.
Eskimos Prefer Everlasting Chewing
Gum, Skipper Reports.

Eskimos Prefer Everlasting Chewing
Gum, Skipper Reports.
Dr. Cook, whose claim to having dis
covered the north pole rutfied the tenn
per Of Lieutenant Peary, said he took
barrel of gumdrops with him to the
arctic because the Eskimos would do
anything for three or four Of the con-
fections. There is now evidence that
chewing gum has gumdrops beaten to
a FRAGILE.
Such is the opinion of Captain John
Backlund Of the trading schooner Vo-
lante, which arrived at Seattle from a
trip to the extreme north Of the CONT
nent with 100000 worth of arctic
furs.
Captain Backlund took north 300
tons of general merchandise to trade
with the natives, including everything
from sewing machines to delicatessen.
The sticks of chewing gum were the
most valuable asset Of all for filing
the hold with ermine, sable, fox and
bear skins.
"What appealed to the Eskimos," ex-
planned the captain, twas that, while a
gumdrop was consumed in a few mo-
ments, a wad Of chewing gum lasts
practically forever and can be used
turn and turn about by the whole fam
ily." The gum brought more than its
weight in gold.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-12-09
TO FLY ACROSS THE SAHARA
AeropIane Mail Service Over Desert to
Be Tried,

AeropIane Mail Service Over Desert to
Be Tried.
The French war department is about
to put the aeroplane to the severest
test yet asked of 1t and has decided
that the Sahara desert shall be cross
ed as soon as possible from north to
south, from Colomb-Bechar, at the
mouth Of Oran, to Timbuktu, by mill
tary aeroplanes. The matter has been
under the consideration of the intel
ligence staff for some time.
The total distance Is approximately
1000 miles, and at present dispatches
take four months crossing from Co.
lomb-Bechar to Timbuktu. An aero
plane service, effectually arranged.
would reduce this time to less than
a day.
With the object Of testing the FEAST
bility of such service General Brun
has given orders for the initial part Of
the program to be begun. A military
aviation center will be established on
the northern limits Of the Sahara, in
southern Algeria, and there a number
of officers who have knowledge Of the
desert will be trained to pilot flying
machines.
When sufficient number Of pilots
have received their certificates two
groups will be formed, one of them be-
ing dispatched to Timbuktu. The op-
erations will then begin on both sides
of the desert
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-12-09
YOU TAKE NO RISK.
Our Reputation and Money Are Back
Of This Offer.

Our Reputation and Money Are BaoI.
Of This Offer
We pay for all the medicine used
during the trial, if our remedy fails to
completely relieve you of constipation.
We take all the risk. You are not OBJ
ligated to us in any way whatever, If
you accept our offer. Could anything
be more fair for you? Is there any
reason why you should hesitate to put
our claims to practical test?
The most scientific, common sense
treatment is Rexall Orderlies, which
are eaten like candy. They are very
pronounced, gentle and pleasant in
action, and particularly agreeable in
every way. They do not cause diar-
rhoea. nausea, flatulence, gripping or
any Inconvenience whatever. Rexall
Orderlies are particularly good for chill
dren, aged and delicate persons.
We urge you to try Rexall Order
lies at our risk. Two sizes, 1Oc.
and 25c. Remember, you can get
Rexall Remedies in this community
only at our store-The Rexall Store.
Lanhart Drug Store, Main St.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-12-09
MACHINE SELLS STAMPS.
Clergyman's Invention Knows Enough
to Refuse Bogus Coins.

CIergyman's Invention Knows Enough
to Refuse Bogus Coins.
Some months ago a Trinidad clergy
man designed a postage stamp ma
chine, which has recently been i'm
proved in London and installed in a
postotfice in that clay.
BY automatic action when a proper
coin is placed in the slot and the ham
die pulled it separates penny stamp
from n roll inside the machine and Sc
curely fixes it upon the envelope held
in an aperture Of the machine. The
machine is about the size Of an ordi-
nary typewriter and stamps envelopes,
newspapers or circulars at the rate Of
1000 an hour with seemingly absolute
accuracy. The machine will hold co.
600 stamps, and as used each stamp Is
automatically registered.
The coin to be received by this piece
Of mechanism must be genuine, Of per-
feet size and shape. 1t is claimed that
it will return the silver piece inserted
in the slot by error, but keeps without
any recompense the fraudulent metal
disk. It is reported that the machine
is to be placed in every underground
railway station and at all pillar boxes.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-12-09
GIRL A GOOD CAMPAIGNER.
Auto, Big Hat and Cigars Aid In Mis-.
souri, Victory,

souri, Victory.
In Jasper county, Mo-, Miss Della
Sharp was chosen clerk Of the circuit
court Of the Twenty-fifth judicial dis
trict. Her success was largely due to
her ability us a campaigner and her
record in the office, where she served
twelve years as deputy.
Miss Sharp toured the county by au-
tomobilc, and every morning she was
to be seen emerging from her boarding
house, clad in Il black skirt. a dainty
white shirt waist and as big a hat as
was likely to keep within the bounds
of approval. She distributed cards
on which was printed. Della Sharp
needs your vote on Nov. for circuit
clerk" She carried with her a box Of
cigars. She talked to every man in the
mining districts, in many cases going
down shafts for q hearing.
She presented lead pencils to Demo-
Gratis. with the injunction: II brought
this for you to scratch your own ticket
on Nov. s. I am sure that you would
rather have an old maid in the Office
than an old bachelor"
Almost every fencepost, telegraph
pole and bridge in the county bore
placards, "Vote For the Girl" under
which many wrote, you bet l will"