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would have passed forever. Further
more. this transfer would have taken
place directly under Ballinger. Given
the element Bsllinger we lose u o
Inject the element CLAWS and we save
it. Yet Ballinger is approved and
CLAWS dismissed. You cannot get
away from that.
But when the public has attempted
to 60 below the instructive feeling of
these broader ethics. it has found itself
involved in complicated detail of as
servation and denial and explanation.
Excuses are the easiest thing in the
world To make convincing. II for a
mOIen that statement does moi carry
conviction. reflect on your experience,
with the incompetent chauffeur. fac
tory man, house servant, the recalCi-
trant Office boy. You cannot refute or
deny: you simply fire him! Those
interested have gone over the records
line by line. Line by line the friends
of Ballinger. have explained. The
puzzled. unsatisfactory verdict at the
end is that nothing Illegal has been
done.
Very well. let US boldly admit that.
The insistence on the Importance of the
point has misled us into thinking it
means something. Ballinger has done
nothing illegal; CLAWS has been insub-
ordinate; Taft is right in saying that
against the secretary are only 'shreds
of suspicion'-from a legalist's stand
point. What of it,
That is beside the question. The
burden of proof is not to Us, the people.
We do not have TO prove a man a
criminal in order to make up our minds
that he is unfit for Office. As 70 what
legitimte surmise may he. hat Is a
matter for the great and solid common
sense of the people"
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Education has been the w~atchword
since the coming of the missionary.
Seven hundred American teachers are
engaged in teaching 10 different nation
alities. Our government has establish
ed several experiment stations for the
study of raising crops suited TO the eli
mate.
The nativesa are generous ard hospit-
able, free hearted and pleasure loving.
All secret organizations have a strong
foothold. There are operas, theatres
and dramas of high character.
The temperature varies but 10 de-
srees ut any yi.us Of the year. trOsts
are unheard of, except in the mountains
and there is bathing every day OF the
year. Her swimmers are the most skill
full i'm the world. There are beautiful
mountain drives, tine scenery is striking
and the mountains are impressive. pre-
cipitous and rugged. The only pests on
the island are those brought by white
men.
Yacht races are the general source Of
scientific amusement. The waters
TEEN with fish and the hunting is ex
cellent.
At Waikiki we went bathing in the
surf. Man eating sharks are kept at
bay by the coral reefs, thus protecting
the bathers.
The islands bear neither coal nor met
ais, therefore manufacturing can never
he developed.
We will leave for NokOhOma Fcbru,
airy 18th.
Yours truly,
Geo. II. Greenfield.
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A BIBLICAL PRECEDENT
TO FOLLOW

The investigation of the cold storage
question was made the subject of a spe-
cial charge to the grand jury in Hudson
county. N. j.. by Supreme Court Jus
tice Swayze. III which he said that that
disposition of foodstuffs may have an OBJ
ject consistent with public welfare. As
an example of this he quoted the accum-
ulation Of food as "a result of Joseph's
Interpretation of Pharaoh's dream.
When all the soothsayers had failed to
give a reasonable translation OF the
kings vision. Joseph was brought be-
fore him and told him what it meant.
The seven fat kline were seTen plente-
Gus years and the seven lean kline were
years of famine.
But the precautions which Joseph
suggested be taken do not indicate
hat he favored private cold storage OF
the food supply by private corporations
unrestricted as to the price which should
be charged the people. On the contra
~. his suggestions lay along the lines of
government control. His idea was
that officers should b. appointed.
And let them gather all the food OF
the good years that come, and lay up
corn under the hand Of Pharaoh, n
let them keep food in the cities.
And that food shall be for store to
the land against the seven years OF
famine, which shall be in the land OF
Egypt; that the land perish not through
the famine"
The opponents of the modern plan of
cold storage liken it to that of Bishop
Hatto, who, it will be remembered,
gathered the grain, but refused to give
it to the people when the lean years
came. And the rats ate him and the
grain, too. Joseph was undoubtedly
the original cold storage man, but he
did not contemplate holding overdue
chickens or eggs unfit for publication
aud then selling them as fresh food
Chicago Tribune.
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is BALLlNGER FIT OR UNFIT?

Steward Edward White has some.
thing to say in the March American
Magazine in regard to the Ballinger
affair. He raises "A very pertinent point
and question which will prove inter
esting to everyone. The following il
the way Mr.. White expresses it.:
"BallinHer's connection with certain
Alaska coal lands was strongly objected
to by CLAWS. CLAWS failed absolutely
to get satisfaction in his own depart.
ment that Of which Ballingor was the
hcad-so appealed outside 1t direct TO
the president. The president, ~invcsti.
eating the matter. finds that Ballinger
has done nothing illegal. Since that is
so. then CLAWS is guilty of n technical
characterization. On that ground he Is
summarily dismissed. AttOrney.Gen
erul Wickersham subsequently goes
the papers and makes the Same
report-that Ballingor has done nothing
Illegal, and therefore his recCrd ia
clear.
Now the public's blind instincts is
matters are likely to - correct.
IL has felt that the brytul results of
these mems activities has not justified
the outcome. The Z ~ remains that
had CLAWS not inter ned TO the extent
INSTRUMENTATION 10 to millions and
millions Of dollar, Forth Of public land
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pantry has beer anticipated. capitalized
and we are made to pay today n profit
on next Yeas crop. and a royalty on
unborn beef
In a word. II 10000. 900. 900. has
artifciaIy been added to the c~apitaliza-
ton of the nations industries, then to
earn 5per cent ON this fiction somebody
must pay s.. 800 900. 100000 per year
more than things are worth.
That's added to the cost of living.
isn't it,
That means about 81, zoos 900 q day to
start with.
So don't let them get you to cuSsing
the farmer, nor the butcher. nor the
housewife, o yourself.
Cuss congress. which permits watered
stocks and a Wall street to gamble
with them-that is, if you feel like
cussing.
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THE REASON FOR THE
HIGH COST OF LIVING

The chief reason why everybody is
from the standpoint of the American
Weekly, is shown in the following:
And now newspapers and legislatures
and congresses and councils and labor
unions and sociological societies and
settlement houses are going to find out
the cause of the high cost of living.
The farmer is n thief will be one
verdict; "he is robbing us ALL"
THE housewife is a fool will be
another verdict; she is wasting more
than she uses"
Tho American citizen is a glutton"
will be another verdict; ''he wastes on
luxury and kicks about -necessaries."
The butcher will be subpoenaed and
probed as to his conduct Of his shop.
Sundry eggs will DO immersed in time
to see If they have been kept in cold
storage or on the back porch,
Slippery green slime will b. scooped
out of the pleural and other cavities Of
refrigerated chickens.
Benzoate Of soda tests will he made
of our catsup. and our beef will be
searched for e%mbalming fluid, while the
apple butter is being tested for shreds
of rutabaga tunips.
Preachers will preach. and the godly
will pray, while tho ungodly cuss and
some lisp. Give MS this day
And what is the answer
Well, III friends down in Wall street
have simply mortgaged tomorrow, and
we are expected to pay interest on the
debt.
Morgan is q millionaire. but he didn't
earn his millions. He capitalized the
future earning power of railroads-and
we must pay freight based not on mile.
age but on capitalization.
Andy Carnegie has a stack Of bonds.
aud there are two score steel multi.
millionaires. But their securities are
not measured by their mills and mines,
bat by the monopoly OF the trade. And
when the farmer is made TO pay for his
wire fence, and some interest on
watered bonds and stocks, he naturally
has to charge more for his produce.
Similarly the beef and the leather.
and the wool, and sugar. and the -four
trusts must each earn dividends on
watered stock, and to do so must boost
prices.
And when materials 40 mp, and food
goes up, the men and factories not in
trusts must boost their prices.
so we are ali giging each other in
self. defense.
And It is all necessary, not because
labor and land, and machinery and
buildings, and rain and sunshine and
fuel ere scarce, but because Gods
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Complete Specifications.

a Rockland county. New York. pa.
per Of recent date contains this nd.
yertlsemcnt: "Wautcd-G,rl or woman
70 wash. iron. serve meals and do gen.
eral housowork for two persons: eight
rooms and bath to keep clean: wag
81 a week every Saturday night to one
that n give satisfaction. Work must
be done according TO specifications;
not n hard riace. don't apply unless
you are competent One afternoon "A
week or. besides every .unday after.
noon and evening: hut must return
and get supper every other Ginday.
Gentleman friend may be entertained.
but not fed. W. nights a 9cck from
1880 to II. no oft"ucr or later: this
gives II whole day-2iM hours a
week-for spoonlUg. which ought to-
suffice until after matrimOny: en-
youll be lucky to get ono day On a
month. n the restrictions seem I'm.
reasonable. do not consider IL
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a Costly Mill.

The now Washington street subway
Boston. which passes through tho
heart OF the shopping district. is con.
sidered 20 be the most costly mile n,
underground railway In the world rs
construction and equipment has zoe,
$40, 900. 900. or about $4,000 per IIncaI
foot. The first section OF noston's
modern system OF rapid transit. con,
sisting OF subway tunnels. was opened
about fourteen years ago. This was
followed by the erection a few yaars
later Of the elevated road: and .nh
scqucntiy TO that the system was a,
tended by the construction of tho ros,
Boston tunnel under the harbor TLa
opening OF the Washington d.,
tunnel marks tho latest, and ono =,
the most important extensions
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FAMED singing BOYS OF ,Is.
ousrowth Of Age Of ~6aeehante, O,
Wandering Students.

Hundreds OF years ago the street,
OF lena and other German towns used
to echo to the songs OF black robea
monks. who went from door to door
SINGING and begging aims. Their ex.
ample was followed by bands OF poor
students. known as Bacchantes. Thess
~BaCchantes wandered from one uni.
yersily 10 another I'm search OF better
instruction or better means OF sun.
port. Such a wandering life was "a.
yored By the customs OF times when
people thought II a virtue TO give free
~ 10 all persons seeking help. but
especially to monks and students.
The BaCchantes had with them
younger travelling scholars known as
skirmishers. who were TO receive In.
struction In return for certain services.
The younger skirmisher had TO wait
upon his Bacchante. beg. and even
steal for him. and for the most rart
he was very tyrannically used. But
as he was a waif without other protec-
ton he had To make the best Of mat.
ters.
After the reformation in many
places these orphan boys, or waits.
we're banded into organized Choirs.
who received pay from chui ches. but
also were assisted by private sub
sCriptiOns. II was their duty 10 sing
not only In the churches. but before
the houses OF their patrons "A we'll.
Thus they ceased 10 be beGsars Mar.
tin Luther himself as n boy had been
one OF these singers, and II YVES large.
Is due TO his influence that the old
custom OF begging entirely passed
away. There is n famous picture OF
Luther as a singing boy In Eis"nsch
where HIS song attracted The a't"ation
OF the god FRAU Gotta. who adopted
and educated bin.
Nowadays the old custom 81 the
choir boys singing FROM house 70
house Is fading away. Thee are only
five other towns besides lena IN the
whole German empire where this mu'
sic can be heard. once each year the
singing boys go TO EiscnaCh and sing
before the emperor In the grea, hall
OF the historic castle of the Wnr'burg
where ths Minncsingcrs held theii
music battles.
> There are just 20 OF the Ioua sing
! Ing boys. i've each OF the ages Of -
, IL. - ana II years. They a."
( rhans. and tho only qualification. il
. the Uviyilcr" Of four years boar gn.
$ schooling are good character. Q J.
To sing aud obedience to 'n" laE.a
l the organization. one OF which
: Quircs them 10 sing bcfor" the h.
Of their pairons.-St. Nicholas ,a
Iiuc
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Americans Prize Package

Alaska, which Secretary Ballingcr
has frequently said is Americas prize
package, may be n greater prize than
nan has ever dreamed. Recent in.
VcstigatiOns in the Innoko DISTRICT. the
Central Kuskokwim Valley and the
New Iditarod district, now partially
finished by the United States Geological
Survey, disclose new placer gold districts
which promise very heavy returns.
The little territory bought from Russia
in 1861 for s 1000, 900 has to the present
time paid $3.50, 600. 900 in gold alone
since 1880. when placer mining began
there, and what the resources of its cop.
per, coal and other minerals will bc is
beyond the imagination Of man.
The discovery by agents Of the survey
Of placcrs on the small streams in areas
which are drained into the Lower Yukon
or the Lower Kuskokwim proves that
the formations of the upper Yukon
belts extend much farther southwark
than has been generally supposed and
they bsar gold at mlny scattered
localities throughout their extent.
The InnOko district has attracted
some attention and other areas are now
being exploited with prospects Of large
results. Sufficient prospecting has been
done there to Indicate the presence OF a
pay streak from fifty to seventy feet
wide with gold uniformly distributed.
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CURED OF sWALLowINo
knife.EatIng Incident Calls to Mind
a Little Trick.

While seated in the dining.rOom Of
one OF our best hotels my attention
was attracted to n dignihed. well
Hroomed. prosperous. appearing man
who was deliberately eating with his
knife. He also had a sort Of strange
hold on his fork which he used back
wards and sideways" said a western
pennsylvania man. according to the
Ne" York Morning Telegraph.
Il cast my eyes about and nofed d
number doing the same thing. Foil
OF whom you would expect bc'ter man
ners. II from no other cause. from
pure instinct.
II recalled TO me the time when /
was a young fellow and my uncle-a
Juusc IN a country district Of Penn
syIvania-gave n reception TO many
OF the farmers thereabout. at which q
gigantic DID fashioned spread was
placed before them.
Il knew well how these sons OF the
SOIL would gobble up all they could
hoId, showing the food into heir faces
with their knives.
Il was fun Of mischief n, this time
so got hold OF all the knives on the
pulet' look them TO the ]grindstone
ana Sharpened them Ike razors. Then
slipped them back to the cupboard.
when the guests began their
sword.swallowing. one after the Other
cut their lips with the keen edged
weapons. while ! sat In a corner hub
ollng over with laughter nj the anal,
ana hoping the Lesson they were bn
ing taught might be Of advantage TO
them IN The future"
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An Overdose OF Laudanm

Geo. II. Greenfield

Cecil Word. an inmate of Crystal
died about q o'clock Monday evening
from an overdose Of Iaudanum. From
the evidence IT the c~JrUner's inquest
this forenoon, IL appeared that she had
been drinking heavily and had gone to
bed. Shortly afterward she called the
landlady and asked for some tOOthache
medicine, The landlady put some of
the medicine on the girls gums and she
said it burned 50 hat she could not
stand it. She then asked for some
audanum and there being none in the
house the landlady sent to the drug
store for it. When the laudanum
reached the house, the landlady was
busy and the party who got it gave it
10 the woman. Some time afterward
the landlady WA, called by the girl who
was sleeping with Miss Ward and III go
ing 10 the bed found her unconscious DR..
Ely was sent for and, when he reached
the bedside, Miss Ward was past human
help. He tried to rcsuscitatc her and
worked over her for three hours. but
the drug had done its work.
she was a native Of indianapolis,
Indiana, aged % or ~ years. Tele-
grams were sent t. her people at
indianapolis. but they could not h.
found. The remains have been EN-
balmcd and are now at the undertaking
parlors.
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POINTS OUT DANGER IN EGGS.
Should Be Cooked 10 Avoid Possibility
Of Infection by Them.

II has long been known that milk
mag be a vehicle for the diphtheria
germ. but eggs have not until recently
been sus reCtcd of having any part In
IN" communication OF this HO!sOme
m'laiy. 4 recent number OF the Lon.
don Lancet contains "A startling com
Hunicatiou from DR.. Sambon, one Of
IA" professors in the London School
OF Tropical Medicine, In which u Is
shown that fowls as well as birds are
subject TO diphtheria. and that egg
often contain virulcnt germs Of this
disease and may easily be the means
OF spreading the disease. The doctor
claims that h. has even found active
iIphtheria germs Ia an egg at his oTn
breakfast table.
In view OF these facts. says Good
Health. 1t is apparent that eggs must
b. Invariably cooked to AVOID the dan.
ger OF Infection. Raw Eggs are unques'
tionahly quite as dangerous as raw
milk, or possibly even more so. The
egg IL doubtless much more often q
source OF serious illness than Is gen.
orally supposed. A stale egg or a sIck
or infected egg may be the cause OF
sudden nausea. vomiting and p%urging,
the real cause OF which may not be
suspected. Certainly the egg is very
lar from being the safe and innocent
tood which IT has so long enjoyed the
reputation of being. Various species
OF germs have been found inside the
shells which were apparently fresh, 1t
Is known that germ may be picked up
ahd included In the & during It's
transit along the oyiduct OF the fowl
ana hat germs may penetrate the egg
after II is laid.
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Enough Said.

Not long ago a Toledo Clergyman was
called upon To conduct the services at
the funeral of "a man with whom h5 had
no acquaintance, so, thinking to CLEAN
a useful hint or two touching the
deceased's charactr, when he was shown
into the living room the divine called Il
little boy of $. evidently a member of
the family, and put to him the question
Can you tell me what were the last
words of your fathcrg"
He didn't have i.:iy," responded the
lad, with the utmost naivetc. Ma
was with him to the last. "-Lippincott's
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RhrlrX Cruel.

Mix three tcaspoonfuls Of barley
-four with cold water TO form a thin
paste. Add one cupful OF boiling wa
ter and boil 10 minutes: then add one.
half cupful Of milk; season. rcheut aud
strain.
a dainty and pretty way OF serving
an egg: Beat tho white Of the egg 10 q
stin froth. adding "A bit of salt while
beating, pile on TO "A piece Of buttcred
toast hat has been softened in boiling
water. make n depression In the center
OF the white 10 drop In the yolk, sprin'
kle with salt aud add bits Of butter.
Place In the oven 10 set the egg.
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NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT
Nevada Fairyicw Mining COMPANY

Location Of principal onlcc. Elko. Ncynda
General onicc outside Of Nevada. ~ Iudy.
mine, fnirNicw Mining District. Churrhil
County. Nevada.
Notice n hereby given that at a meeting of
the board OF directors held January IT,. IpIU AN
assessment. to bc known rs assessment Ma. a
OF nhc.lhird OF one cent tacD per share was Iry-
lci on inc outstanding capital stock eff the cor.
p~Oration, payable immediately to Gideon Sny.
IgI. secretary, ~ Judge Building. Salt Lake
hub STOCK upon which this Assessment r..
mains unpaid on March . 1910 viii 6n Jcl,r
Iuent ana advertised for sale nt public auction
anu Unless payment is made before, viii he sold
I, hpiti ~ n'IV ~ the company's onicc. ~
Judge building. Salt Lake CITY. Utah. "A, q a.
CLOCK =. NJ, TO pay the delinquent assessment
tpRotheT with the cost Of advertising ana OK.
pCnsc Of sale. ""' ~
GIDEON SNYDER Secretary.
w Judge Building salt AXE civ. Utah,
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Factor in Worlds Copper SUNNY
North America supplies moro than
three-hfths OF the worlds copper.
The Washington herald., 1910-05-24
TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
Introduction of the Hat-May "a.

A covering for the head was Gus
tom established from very early times.
but the hat. as we understand It to-day,
was invented by a Swiss manufacturer Of
Paris, and the first were worn in that
city on May q. 1904 The inhabitants Of
the northern climes many centuries ago
began wearing a head covering. In those
DAYS usually in the form Of a hood
made of fur It was not until the
Phrygians had conquered Asia Minor that
the people OF warmer ATTITUDES wore any
head covering. The Phrygians were the
first TO adopt the fashion, and they did
1t in order 20 distinguish themselves
from the conquered race with whom they
lived. Their head dress was a small,
closely fitting cap, which was also soon
adopted by the Roman free citizens
Hats were first manufactured in Eng
land about 1910. and superseded caps, or
soft headgear. IN the reign OF Queen
Elizabeth As the process Of Telling is
ascribed by tradition &c st. Clement, he
was early assumed as the patron saint Of
the craft and the annual festival OF the
trade was appointed for the 2Sd Of No
vember. Wool was the material first en-
ployed IN forming felt hats. but in time.
as European trade with America devel-
oped. the fur Of the beaver. being finer
and softer. came into use, hence the term
beaver was long Synonymous with hat.
The growing scarcity Of beaver fur led
10 attempts TO substitute cloth formed
OF silk plush, drawn over a pasteboard
frame. about 1910. These were not very
successful. and hats OF wool or beaver
felt were common until about 1910. The
high cost Of beaver at length brought out
the improvement Of silk hats 20 such an
extent that the beaver was antirely SUI
perseded and the fabrication Of silk hats
brought to great perfection.
With the course Of fashion hats have
undergone a great variety OF changes OF
shape. The Puritan adopted the steepls