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The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-10-20
SAW INTO FUTURE
SAMUEL TlLDENs PREDICTION
THAT HAS COME TRUE.
In 1877 the Statesman Declared That
a Crop of 100000, 900 to 4,ooo,-
100000 Bushels Of Corn Would
Be Years Harvest.

About week after the return from
Europe of Samuel j. Tilden, In Septem-
Der, 1877, he delivered an address from
the steps of his house at Grameroy
Park, the Philadelphia Ledger SAYS.
An impromptu, spontaneous gathering
OF many of those who had voted for
him for president the year before was
the occasion.
Governor Tilden did not refer to pol
tiles. His theme was the opportunity
OF the United States for increasing its
foreign markets. He had discovered
In Europe, he said, that 1t would be
possible to make great market for
Indian corn, provided the American
farmers would only cultivate that
market. He excepted Ireland, stating
that In Ireland 1t would be impossible
for many years, probably. to overcome
the prejudice against American corn,
because the people of Ireland attribute
the scourge of cholera In 1S4S to the
use of cornmeal sent from the United
States to relieve those who we're sui,
fering from famine Governor Tilden
said that he would not live to see the
day when the American farmers would
be found to have raised as many as
2,O00,000,000 buslpls of corn. but he
thought that American farming should
be so developed In the course of gen
Grafton that from 3,000,000,000 to A.,
000,000,000 bushels of corn would be
harvested In a single year.
Some of those who heard Governor
Tilden's impromptu speech were dis
appointed, because they hoped that he
would make politics his theme, alluding
to the disappointment Of his party that
1t had been unable to seat in the
White House the president the party
was convinced 1t had elected. Others
thought that the governor was talking
wildly, not having given due consid
Grafton to what he was saying. But II
1t should prove to be the fact that the
American farmers this year have har
vested 3,OO0,OO0OO0 bushels of Indian
corn, then the prediction made by
Governor Tilden that this would be
done in generations time will have
ben almost exactly fulfilled
In the offices of some of the railway
companies, particularly those in the
vicinity of Forty-second street, much
qualification is expressed over the
probability Of the corn harvest. So fal
as the railroads are concerned. tina
will go far to make good any falling
off in the harvest of wheat. Prepare
tons are now we'll under way for Sc
curing and placing at convenient
points all the cars that may be needed
for the transportation Of the harvests
particularly In corn. Some of the rail
way officers are confident that no mat
ter how large the demand for transpor
tation may be, 1t will be we'll met b!
the railway managers, so that there
will be no congestion of traffic.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-10-20
Peculiar Land Law.

Corfu, where a magnificent marble
palace belonging to the German en-
peror has just been purchased by an
American millionaire, can boast of the
most peculiar land laws in the world.
The landlords are nearly all absentees,
and their tenants hold the land on a
perpetual lease in return for a rent
payable in kind and fixed at certain
proportion of the produce.
Such a tenant is considered a CO.
owner of the soil, and he cannot be
expelled, except for nonpayment OF
rent, bad culture, or the transfer OF
his lease without the landlords con
sent. neither can his rent be raised
without his permission. Attempts
have been made to alter the law, but
both landlord and tenants are appar
emily satisfied with a system that
dates back to the time of Homer
Wide World.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-10-20
Only One Tie at a Time.

A gilded youth in Helena, Mont,
one evening ran against Senator Tom
Carter of that state, In hotel lobby
and stopped to talk to him. The youth
wore necktie that had imprisoned
in its meshes all the hues of rain
bow, not to mention the splendid iri
descence of the dawn.
Carter leaned forward and touched
the ornate piece Of apparel.
my friend" he said, that's very
pretty tie, very pretty tie, indeed"
His slow, deliberate tone encour
aged the young man, who replied:
"Oh, Pve got lots of those, senator.
Are they as pretty as that one?"
"Oh, yes, sir
"And you have lots of them?'
Eyes"
well, my friend" said the senator
who is worth millions, Il never haC
but one tie at time in my life.
wear this black string tie, and, wheI
II wears out, | go get another
Popular Magazine.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-10-20
IN TROPICAL LAND
DELIGHT OF TRAVEL THROUGH
BOLIVIAN FORESTS.
Deadly Reptiles and Fierce Wild
Beasts In Profuslon-Myrlads Of
Insects That Cause the Most
Intense Suffering.

There are big snakes In the tremen-
dous tropical forests of eastern Bolivia
and concerning one of them Mai. p.
H. Fawcett writes In the Geographical
journal: 1T was In this river (the
Abuna) that we killed huge anacon-
da, whose dimensions have, observe,
aroused skepticism In some quarters.
IL was coiled around trunk and part
iy out OF the water. The Indians were
most anxious that we should not shoot.
as these reptiles are said to attack
small boats If irritated. 1t measured
approximately as feet out of the wa
ter, and we estimated another II feet
in-far too colossal reptil to skin
even could we have carried or pre-
served such thing, or the Indians
mad been willing to operate. That 1t
was an uncommon size is probable
that 1t is exceptional, doubt: for the
tracks of these reptiles from the
swamps, whence they emerge by night,
suggest a prodigious size The Bra
lillian boundary commission In Corum-
ba told me of one killed near that
sO"h lu6 90 lctt.
There are other creatures than ana
| condas In those forests, however, the
major writes again: THE jaguar is
common enough, particularly in cattle
districts. He is usually cowardly, but
In places Is man-eater. There are
two varieties, one the size of big
leopard, the other somewhat larger
than Bengal tiger. In the cattle dis
tricts of Mojos and the Paraguay, 1t is
a common sport among the gauchos to
lasso these beasts. The black panther
is, however, universally dreaded He
Is rare and have seen only one skin.
The anaconda is ubiquitous and haunts
rivers, swamps and lagoons. 1t moves
by night and has a weird cry. The
rattlesnake, or cascabella, and other
species of poisonous snakes are about
as abundant as such reptiles are In In
dia, but are rarely met with in the
dry season. Insects are legion. Mos
quitoes, of course; roca-roca, mi
croscopic fly which at times makes OBJ.
servation work by night almost impos
sible; marigwis, or the Portuguese
plum. which In the dry season attacks
In thousands; wasps and bees.
Bees do not suggest any serious dis,
comfort. Yet In places one Is covered
from head to foot by them, inside ones
clothes and outside; in ones ears
nose, eyes, hair and mouth If 1t Is
opened, pungent odored and seeking
salt perspiration. Feeding by day un
der such circumstances Is out of the
question. If could describe the mis-
cry born sometimes of these flying and
crawling pests it would be thought q
travellers tale. There are jiggers fol-
the toes; ticks in myriads; guanacos
a small white insect, something like 6
tick, only with an infinitely more irri
tating bite; microscopic ticks, which
burrow and die under the skin; venom
GUS giant spiders, vampire bats ant
ants"
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Extra session Costs 100000.

Denver-The extra session of the
seventeenth general assembly ended
Tuesday night. The extra session
lasted seventy-one day and is esti'
mated to have cost approximately
81 400 a day, or total of $99,4OO. An
initiative and referendum bill, a reg
istration bill and a railroad commits
sion bill were passed. Legislation on
the subjects of bank guaranty and
the headless ballot. included in Gov
ernor Shaffroth's call for the session
did not get out of committee.
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For His country's Sake.

"Father" she said as she laid her
soft cheek upon the stern old mans
breast, the count refuses to have me
unless you will add 100000 to my
dowry."
81 refuse to give another cent"
"But father If he doesn't marry me
he will take some chorus girl"
Good heavensl In that case I'll
Weld. There's a chorus girl famine In
this country now, and no man shall
ever have the right to say that I'm not
a patriot. Chicago Record'Herald.
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crippen on Trial for His Life.

London.-Dr. Hawley II. Crippen
vas on Tuesday put on trial for his
life, charged with the murder or Cora
Belle Crippen, the American actress,
Known in the profession as Belle Ell
more. The jury, typical body of
middle class tradesmen and clerks
was secured with but little trouble,
objection having been made in but
three instances. Crippen pleaded not
guilty. The trial, which is being held
in the New Bailey, promises to be one
Of the most historic in the annals OF
that famous court.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-10-20
STORM ON THE GULF.
Orange Crop and Vast Trucking In
dustries Probably Ruined.

jacksonville, Fla.-Storms Monday
and Tuesday nights swept the entire
Florida peninsula, doing damage esti-
mated at several million dollars.
Forty thousand square miles of ter.
rItory south of Jacksonville has been
In the storm belt. The orange crop
10 that territory and vast trucking in.
iustrles probably are ruined. Along
The eastern coast many lives are be.
Heved to have been lost and the prop
erty damage is believed great.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-10-20
Southern Pacific Cutoff Completed.

Lone Pine, Cal-The silver spike of
the last rail of the Nevada & Cali
fornia railroad, running $50 miles
from Mojave. Cal, on the Southern
Pacific to Lone Pine, Cal, in Inyo
county, was driven by General Super
intendent II. " Plat, of the Southern
Pacific railroad at noon Tuesday.
The new road has been built in the
last three years by the Southern Pa
cific and is designed, 1t is said, to be
a connecting link for a short cut FROM
southern California to Salt Lake City
for the Hartman road.
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Her elrthmark.

Il hear" said the count, that you
are going to marry an American girl
who has a blrthmark."
Yes" replied the marquis, "the re
port is true.'
81 hope she is not badly disfigured.
mot Il bit, my dear fellow Fol
your enlightenment will make {
drawing of her birthmark 1t is like
this, s."
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To Prevent Monopoly of office.

Santa Fe, N. M.-Re-election of
executive officers will be prohibited
in the new state of New Mexico. If
the recommendation submitted Tues
day to the constitutional convention
Is Incorporated in the final draft of
the new states charter
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-10-20
Steamer Foundered.

Hamburg.-The small steamer Va.
leria, from Reval, Russia for this
port, foundered in the Baltic sea.
-FOUR bodies have been washed ashore
and 1t is supposed that the whole
crew of sixteen was lost
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-10-20
Battle Between officers and Bandits

Mexico City.-In bloody battle be-
tween a company of rurales and a
band of robbers near Huazuntlan,
state of Vera Cruz, a sergeant and a
corporal OF the rurales and eight
bandits were killed Among the dead
outlaws was the notorious Santanon.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-10-20
Steamers May Be Lost.

New Orleans.-Apprehenslon is felt
IS to the safety of several steamers,
among them the Mercator, Crib,
mount Vernon and Bluefields in the
central American trade, which are
nom two to three days overdue.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-10-20
Noted Indian Dies.

euthrie, Okla. Black Dog, ex-chiet
VI the Usage Indians and a member
" the Osage allotting committee,
ueu a. Pawhuska Tuesday. He was
sAopa.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-10-06
HOPE FOR NARCOTIC VICTIMS
Actual Thirst or Craving for Alcohol
Is Not NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Sc
lective Action.

The causes and effects of alcoholism
form vast subject about which much
truth and many falsehoods have been
written. The falsehoods have done
more tha ma passing harm, for they
have caused in the minds of the igno.
rant a disbelief in the truth, and the
strict truth displays a terrible pic.
ture. writes Alexander Lambert, M.
d., In Success Magazine. The use Of
alcohol is the most common and wide.
spread of all the narcotics, and I'm.
ike morphine and cocaine 1t may be
lndulged IN modestly without ever be.
ing taken TO excess; but, also, unlike
morphine and cocaine, when used
even in moderation. it may cause
pathologic changes in the body. and
when taken in excess invariably pro.
duces degenerative changes in the va.
rious viscera.
Alcohol has a curious selectiye ac.
ton, and as individuals reach differ.
emily to equal doses, so, too, do indi.
Vlduals show different patholicic
changes from equal indulgence. The
brain and central nervous system, or
the heart and arteries, or the liver and
Kidneys, may each separately bear the
brunt of the alcoholic poison. Thus
the brain and nervous system may en-.
trely escape the poison, and the in.
dividual die of cardic or other visceral
degenerations; or the brain and nerv.
Gus system may become early degene.
rated and the viscera escape, and the
chronic alcoholic live long years, a
nuisance and a curse to his commu.
nifty Unfortunately, when alcoholic
eXcesses are committed in the youth
ful, formative period of life, the brain
and nervous system are the more
prone to be affected. The man who
INDUCES in alcoholic excesses is like
man who recklessly signs drafts
which he never expects to be cashed
in, but when overtaken with acute dis
ease or accident these drafts are
cashed in with pitiless insistence. The
effects of alcohol do not always re.
main confined to the generation which
commits the overineulgence, since
idiocy, epilepsy, moral degeneracy
and weakness, unstable mentality are
more often found in the children of
alcoholic parents than in those of
non-alcoholic parentage. The actual
thirst or craving is not inherited, but
the weaker moral character which is
bequeathed easily gives way to any
temptation and quickly forms habits
OF excessive indulgence.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-10-06
For a Rride-Elect-

So many of my letters are from Just
the dearest girls I'm the world who
count themselves among the bread
winners; and every once and a while
some one OF them is married, and
then all her good friends want to do
ali they can in way of showers and
wedding gifts. When such an ocCa-
sion comes / have many queries as to
now and what should be done. Now
this Is the way ten girls in an Office
did when one OF their number was to
marry a young doctor with very little
Snoney but a splendid fellow for all
That. They called meeting and de-
cided that at the most three dollars
apiece was all they could spare for
both wedding gift and a shower, so II
resolved itself into this admirable
plan. They invited the bride.to-be to
spend a Saturday afternoon with them
at the home of one of the girls and,
when the tea was served. they pre-.
sented the honored guest with a half
dozen teaspoons, a half dozen forks
and a half dozen pearl-handled knives
and told her this was her wedding
present from the ten. They selected
a stock pattern, so that at any time
more silver could be added, and they
left the marking to be done as the
bride wished. think this was a most
sensible and satisfactory thing all
around and the combination of funds
made fine showing. much more prac.
tical than if each girl had tried to put
her three dollars into a separate gift.
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Short Cut to Beauty.

Although have wall eye, a snut
nose. a mole on my ear, an over-plus
OF freckles and a well defined mus
tache on my lip" confesses the per
turbed damsel, II want to be called
beautiful. How shall l attain my am
bition?"
Well" suggests the answers-to-the
anxious editor, to whose sanctum she
has found the way, you might either
elope with coachman, shoot some
body, forge a check, or flag train
that is about to be wrecked. Then all
the newspapers will arise and call yor
beautiful"
fastening to department store
she purchases a revolver. fountain
pen, and a red lantern, as her folks
do not keep a coachman.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-10-06
NATIONS LARGE DRINK BILL
Decrease in Amount Of Alcohol Con.
sumed in United States Shown
by Estimate.

That the people of America are be.
ginning to grow more sober in their
habits again is the apparent lesson OF
the American Grocer's estimate of the
nations drink bill for 1909.
In spite of ten years of prohibition
agitation 1907 was the banner year
for the liquor trade. Consumption
reached then its maximum. In two
years the population increased by
2,749,966, but the money spent upon
alcoholic drinks fell off $11O,185, 800.
This was not an economic after effect
of the panic; that would have been
more apparent in 1908; besides, tea,
coffee and cocoa established in 1909 a
record.
The per capita use of spirits In 1909
was the smallest since 1900; of beer
since 1905. OF both there was a de.
cline in 1908 and again in 1909. The
consumption of wine alone increased,
out by trife.
The treasury In 1909 derived from
spirits sl09,S6S,Sl7; from fermented
liquors, $75,550,754; from imported al.
coholics. $15,65O.l13, and from tobac.
co, $50 9.3550S4. The average tax per
capita from all these sources was
1898
Taking the estimated retail price OF
alcoholics and adding coffee, tea and
cocoa, the 1909 drink bill of the ma.
tion was:
Malt liquors ...........$ 904.212.837
Spurious liquors ... 539,A69.744
Wines ............... 1881 .657
Coffee, tea, etc tc..... 216.440.98S
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lOldi .s'.'.'.'''.- vi tioG,UUO,Z1O
This is $9715 for each family Of five
persons-enough in all consciencei
But the alcoholic part of the expen
diture shows now for two successive
years a decided tendency to slacken.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-10-06
Why He Wouldn't Hurry.

They were riding to church and
were late. Several of the party we're
worried and one remarked: "The au.
dience will be waiting" WELL" OBJ
served the old pastor (who was to
preach that forenoon), don't let's fret
over 1t If we are little late. 1t re-
minds me of the man who was being
taken to execution. His guards were
greatly exercised over the fact that
they could not possibly get there on
time. Never mind said the poor fel.
low, philosophically. Don't fuss oyer
1t. The people can wait. There3l be
nothing doing till l get there -
Christian Herald.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-10-06
A Whittier Contest.

For those who are keen after liter.
airy games this Whittier stunt may be
acceptable. 1t may be used in connec.
ton with school work, especially when
studying our American classics:
/. Guess the name Of the poem shut I'm
by the storm. Snow bound
~. The poem whore volumes abound.
The Library.
3. The poem devoid both Of shoes and
stockings. The Barefoot Boy.
Z. The poem that flows from the
ground. The Fountain.
D. The poem whose mother I'm Salem
was hanged. The Witch's Daughter.
6. The poem of sunshine and rain.
April.
I. The poem which gathered the hay in
the field Maud Muller.
8. The poem that's hard to explain A
Mystery.
g. The poem which shared in the games
OF my youth. My Playmate.
10. The poem when lessons were learn
ed. In School Days.
II. The poem which guarded the flag
from disgrace Barbara Frietchie
u. The poem In fire places burned.
Burning Drlftwood.
MADAME MERRI.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-10-06
A Dutch Chocolate

Now that the cooler days have come
hot drinks are very acceptable at aft.
ernoon affairs. On quaint Dutch post
rards the hostess asked twenty guests
to spend the afternoon with her from
three TO five" The first stunt af.
lorded great amusement, the girls sat
four at a table and the hostess passed
2 square OF Delft blue card board to
each with a tube of library paste and
an envelope containing a Dutch figure
cut into a puzzle, the bits were to be
pasted upon the blue background
when the picture was completed. The
one who first accomplished this was
presented with a Dutch brand of
chocolate for prize.
Then the hostess showed us a fine
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-10-06
STATE RECORDS BROKEN.

Business at the States financial
departments broke all records dur.
Ing September, no less than $12,OOO,-
900 passing through the offices of the
Auditor General and State Treasurer.
The receipts in Auditor General
Sisson's department for the month
'ouched the high-water mark of $5,-
S58,9S0.90, materially aided by pay
ments OF 100000 by the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad, and 100000 by the
Northern Central Railway today.
This breaks the record made by Rob-
ert K. Young in August, 1909, when
S5,526, 6,593.03 was the total receipts.
During September State Treasurer
Wright paid out $6,299,245.5S, the
largest sum ever paid In a month, of
which $2,260,721 was for school pur-
poses. This establishes a record for
such payments.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-10-06
And IL Worries Him.

Il wonder what brings that haunted
expression into the eyes Of Mr.. Gee
bibb. Is there some unknown shadow
over his past?" asks the man with the
high collar and) the low adams apple.
Nothing like that" explains the
man with the excessive ears. Gee,
bibb has six daughters-one Is study.
ing elocution, one is doing this fancy
brass work. one is parlor socialist,
one wants to have home for stray
kittens in the back yard, one has
taken up aesthetic dancing and the
sixth Is a dress reformer."
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who stencil. and it will be seen at a
glance that they can be carried out In
one color or In two. The rose Itself
may be dull pink. with the stem re
produced in dull leaf green. All OF
the tree is green except the central
portion OF the upper head.
More suggestive of embroidery are
the cattail and iris. both of which are
Intended for quick work in long fiat
stitches after the japanese. Very fire
quently, when the outlines have been
done In black TO produce an effect
quickly, just such stitches as are here
shown are hastily placed within leaves
and petals; just few to produce the
color, for instance. or the purple iris
or the rich brown of the cattail. as is
desired.
All OF these designs will serve also
as models from which to paint upon
Japanese burlap paper for lampshades.
or upon parchment. and their outlines
will suggest the similar treatment OF
other flowers.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-10-06

collection of postcards all represent.
Ing Holland scenes. The refreshments
consisted of nut bread sandwiches
with porcelain mugs of piping hot
chocolate topped with whipped cream.
and delicious creamed finnan haddie
in ramakins. There were charming
place cards in shape of wind mills and
the table centerpiece was a large
wooden shoe flied with golden glow.
The doilies were of blue denim, firing.
ed all around with the hostess mono.
gram done in white in the center Of
each