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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-31

On appointment to consulship one In
required to take a course of instruction
for at least thirty
Must Take Course days. lie goes
.srA; through a sort OF
OF INSTRUCTION. consular school at
the State Department. listening to lee
lures and instructions from experienced
and competent men. He learns how to
certify invoices, protect the customs. look
after quarantine matters, what to do In
settling estates of Americans dying
abroad, what his duties are as to the
merchant marine. the relief Of seamen
and the like. One OF the officials who leo
lures to the consular classes is DIR. Hsr-
vey W. Wiley. chief of the bureau Of
chemistry of the Department of Asn-
culture. He sets forth the duties of con-
suls with respect to enforcing the pure
food and drug act.
The office of consul Is not bed OF
roses. If he expects to get ahead he must
keep his eyes open. He has keen competi-
ton from the consular Offices OF other
governments. Often his salary is meager
for the service performed and his quar-
tiers poor. There are American consul
ates i'm strange and remote places, prob
ably the most inaccessible OF all being
the American CONSULAR offices at Chung
king. far away in the interior OF China.
almost on the frontier Of Tibet. To reach
il requires six weeks travel from Shang-
raj by river. Much of the distance Us
traversed in a small river boat pulled by
ropes hauled nv ID Chinese coolies Who
get a cent day apiece. So deep Is part
of the water route in the gorges that at
times the ropes seem to stand straight
up in the air. II is q long and perilous
trip Albert Pontius OF Minnesota is now
consul there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-31

But, if some OF the consular agencies
are of small Importance. the consular
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-31

Consular assistants are just what their
name implies. Their number is limited
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Cleveland First
to Apply Merit System.

w xRPpAy 4A~AAS ~ ss~eS~' service. he
issued an order requiring applicants Tor
consularships to be examined. Mr.. Cleve-
lands plan was to designate candidate
to take the examination for particular
place II he passed the examination he
was appointed President Mckinley
STRENGTHENED the plan OF Mr.. Cleveland In
some particulars, but President Roosevelt
by executive orders in 1908 and 1907,
effected a sweeping reform. reorganizing
the consular system and providing for
comprehensive, competitive examinations.
It was the purpose OF these orders to
make merit govern both as to appoint
ments and promotion in the service. The
old fee system was abolished as to con-
sulships, and it was required that all
fees be turned into the Treasury. At the
same time. specified salaries were fixed
for all consular Officers, with the excep-
ton of consular agents, who are still
allowed one-half the fees they collect.
The agencies, however. are but minor
offices, and in few Of them are the col
lections greater than 500 a year. In
some Of them they are only few dollars.
The consulaF agent islgenerally some one In
business in the locality where the agency is
established The work he does for the gov
ernmetn IL limited He carries the agency
as q side line. The result Is the Stars and
Stripes sometimes float over strange
places. 1t has not been many years since
the consular agent OF our great repub-
lie in a South American city had his
Office in laundry.
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President Grover Cleveland was the
first to take active steps toward applying
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TH0s. J. OWEN { son. Auctioneers.

JOHN r. LARNER, Attorney for Holder {
Note Secured jail -dGdS. eSu
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mn WFSCHLER. AUCTIONEER.

DARR. PEYSER & TAYLOR.
Attorneys for Holder OF Notes secured.
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Emerson Institute. T To,n Box T.. I
OUT OF WASHINGTON.

MONTROsE-A SELECT. PRIVATE SCHOOL IN
the country for girls and small boys; terua
moderate; location delightful.
Miss HARDEY. Highland. Nd.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-31

FRENCH LANGUAGE SCHOOL.
Easy, progressive method to pronounce WELL
speak, read understand; classes private lessons
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-05-19

The world owes no man a living,
but every man owes the world An hon.
est EFFORT to get one" 1t Is hard to
drum this into the creditors instead
of the debtors of society, but 1t would
do them, AZ well a. their neighbors,
q vast amount OF good II they would
allow 1t to soak In Nothing contrib
utes quite SO much to collective pros
perity as individual industry, says the
Omaha Bee. What every fellow feels
the same need for persistent personal
effort on his part as he feels for his
friend. community of interest becomes
something more than mere phrase
ology. This is an end toward which
society has to work to realize It's best
ideals. 1t would help vitality If all of
our philanthropists and reformers
would make the most of this principle
Indeed. they do a poor work whenever
they fall to. No beneficence is worth
while that does not recognize the ne
cessity of helping others to help them
selves 1t is not simply charity that
is so much needed. Eleemosynary in
situations that accomplish most pro
coed on this self-help theory,
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-05-19
SANITATION IN PANAMA.

All the world IL aware. in a general
way, that sanitary conditions in the
Panama Canal Zone have been vast
" improved since American methods.
applied by Americana we're intro
luced In that region. Indeed. 1t Is
quite generally understood that the
former conditions down that way
could not properly be designated as
sanitary" at all, says the Manches-
ter Union. From time to time have
come reports, Official and otherwise.
of the advancement that has been
made, and the public has been kept
fairly well informed in that respect.
Many there are who have not forgot.
ten the waggish and rather unkind
intimation OF a few years ago that
the first health officers who went
from the United States to take up the
work Of sanitation In Panama an
chored their ship at very safe
distance from the shore andre
manned on board the ship. There is
no occasion for staying outside the
three-mile limit now for fear of en-
countering a pestilence. The mortal
ity rate among residents OF the Canal
Zone shows a definite reduction from
year to year. A correspondent Of the
Boston Medical and Surgical Journal
states that In 1904. when the popuia-
ton was small, there was death rate
per 1000 Of Is; the following year
somewhat higher rate. about 65 per
1000. and in 1908 1t had dropped to
~ per 1000; last year, % per 1000.
corresponding favorably with the NOR
tally In any of the large American
citiee.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-05-19
Forestaiied.

District Attorney ]. F. Clarke of
New York was talking about the re-
cent kidnapping cases.
"Kidnapers," he said, ARE apt to
disappear now. They have become
too unpopular. Why, kidnaper is as
unpopular as a widower.
Widows, now, are very attractive,
but about widower there is always
something uncanny, something almost
clammy-I mean, Of course, from the
matrimonial point of view.
Il know widower who is thinking
of marrying again. He thought he'd
breach the matter delicately the other
morning to his little daughter, so he
said:
"'Ah, my dear, how l did love your
mother!
But the little girl gave him sus-
picfous look and snapped:
Say do" not did" papa"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-05-19
REASONED 1T OUT
And Found a Change In Food Put
Him Right.

A man does not count as wasted the
time he spends in thinking over his
business, but he seems 10th to give
the same sort Of careful attention to
himself and to hts health. And yet
his business would be worth little
without good health to care for 1t. A
business man tells how he did him
self good by carefully thinking over
his physical condition, investigating to
find out what was needed, and then
changing to the right food.
For some years | had been bother
ed great deal after meals. My food
seemed to lay like lead In my stomach,
producing heaviness and dullness and
sometimes positive pain OF course
this rendered me more or less unfit
for business, and made up my mind
that something would have to be done.
Reflection led me to the conclusion
that over-eating, filling the stomach
with indigestible food. was responsible
for many OF the ills that human flesh
endures, and that was Furnishing
myself in that way-that was what
was making me so dull, heavy and I'M
comfortable. and unfit for business
after meals. | concluded to try Grape
Nuts food to see what it could do for
me.
81 have been using 1T for some
months now, and am glad to say that
| do not suffer any longer after meals;
my food seems to assimilate easily
and perfectly, and to do the work for
which 1t was intended
Il have regained my normal weight,
and find that business is a pleasure
once moroccan take more interest In
It. and my mind is clearer and more
alert"
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek, Mich.
Read 1.-THE Road to MELVILLE" In
pkgs. There's a Reason"
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine. true, and full 81 human
interest.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-05-19

am profound disbeliever in phys
iognomy. Features are false wit
nesses. Stupidity frequently wears a
mask of intelligence. know busi-
ness men who look like poets and
poets who look like business men.
Men OF genius invariably look like
idiots. and II you pick out the man
who looks most eminent In party
you are sure to find he is a nobody.
l always distrust men who look mag
nificent Nature is stingy creature
She seldom gives a man the double
gilt OF being great and looking great
She took care to lame Byron and de-
form Pope and disfigure Johnson. But
the GROWING example of her Jealous
parsimony is Shakespeare. have al
ways been disappointed with Shakes
peare's face. II does not live up to
his poetry. II is dull, heavy and COM
nonplace.-Adventures In London.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-05-19

Little Mrs. Bride had almost every
thing to learn about housekeeping, but
she was so enthusiastic in her interest
that every one was glad to help her.
i have some particularly fine as
phragus," the marketman told her one
day. and he displayed a bunch for her
admiration. Picked not three hours
ago" he added.
Mrs. Bride looked at It with unaf.
fected amazement
Does 1t grow like that," she asked
1 always supposed the cook braided
the ends OF it"-Youth's Companion
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-05-19

Some indication of the mass of bills
which are dumped into the hopper at
every legislative session throughout
the United States may be gained from
the experience of a steering commit
tee IN Western Assembly With
only a few days remaining before ad.
journment the committee looked up
the calendar and found 1t congested
with 1.700 bills, only about rs of
which 1t decided to be worth consid.
ering. Many OF these covered the
same subject, but out OF the multiple
ity OF measures most were worth
nothing more than waste paper.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-05-19

Persia is no exception to the rule
that progress toward a more liberal
political regime is attended by bitter
reactionary opposition. Sometimes
this hostility does not stop with pas
sive resistance but takes the form of
murderous action. Several years ago
a Premier was assassinated; more
recently attempts have been made on
the lives of other prominent ficials.
and the other day SAM ed Dowleh. the
minister of finance, was shot dead in
the street in Teheran by assassins
who also killed two policemen and
ned. The slain minister had been ac-
tive in recent reformatory efforts. and
there can be little doubt that he fell
a victim to those opposed to modern
methods in Persia.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-05-19

, NeOTR6 Is Ill 6XLcuSlOu
has now been supplied in deci
sion of Judge George Crow of East St
Louis unfolding grant of land in com
mon made 1876 years ago to the resi-
dents OF Kaskaskia, ILL.,, by his most
Christian majesty Louis XIV OF
France.
The decision also recalls the ancient
renown of Kaskaskia the oldest settle
ment of white men in the Mississippi
valley and the provincial, territorial
and state capital of Illinois. Kaskas-
kia's capture by Virginian troops under
Gen George Rogers Clark conveyed
Illinois from Great Britain to the Uni
ted States, and opened the way for the
conquest of the northwest
Judge Crows finding repeats a law
passed by the Illinois legislature au-
thorizing the village to sell its COM
mons Of about 5000 acres. The law was
enacted at the instance of tenants of
the common land, who claimed that
the century's experiment in community
ownership had proved a failure.
Kaskaskia now large island oppo-
site Fort Gage, H.. was a peninsula
when the settlement was founded in
100 by Jesuit priests, Fathers James
Gravier and Gabriel Marest. The Mis-
sissippi river dug deep channel
across the base of the peninsula 80
years ago, so that, in the opinion of
many lawyers. Kaskaskia, the first cap
ital of Illinois, Is now part of the
state of Missouri.
No record of the French kings grant
has been preserved 1t was confirmed,
however, by a patent issued in 1743 by
Gov. Pierre Vaudreuil of the province
of Louisiana, and by Edme Gatien Sal
mon, commissary general
From the first, 1t is believed, a
quasi-private ownership OF land existed
in that portion of the parish which was
under cultivation Hut almost half of
the parish was commons proper, part
in grazing land upon which the settlers
pastured their cattle. and part in tim
Der land, where they hunted.
The farm land. because of peril from
Indian marauders. was divided on the
French arpent system. Each settlers
tract consisted of a ribbon of land 1893
feet wide and three miles long.
BY this means, although the farmer
cultivated several acres of land. he was
not isolated from his neighbors. at
whose elbows he almost literally
worked. This system made possible a
common protection against savage at
tacks.
There is no record showing whether
the early settlers paid rent for their
farm land to the community. That
they we're merely tenants. however
was recognized when petition TO per-
nit the purchase Of the land was pre-
scented by them to the United States
government. soon after Illinois became
a territory.
The petition was granted and the
cultivated land passed from common
into individual ownership The le-
gali;y of the proceeding is doubted
by lawyers. but it has stood almost a
century, too long to be reversed
To differentiate the farm land from
the commons. the government sur
veyed line between them as a boun-
dairy. known today as the Grand Line.
The commons was regarded as of lit
tie value, because the expense of
clearing 1t OF timber to make farmin
possible was considered prohibitive.
But about the middle of the last
century the timber business became
profitable, and soor numbers OF saw
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-05-19

A Harvard professor of zoology has
guinea pig So far as we are able to
determine. however. this was not a
long-felt want
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-05-19

Certain Nebraska women have de
cided that baldheaded men are trust
Ing and coniding. That is amply
proved by the numerous hair tonics
they buy.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-05-19
Smile

Wipe it off your otherwise
good looking face-put on that
good health smile that CAS-
CARETS will give you-as
a result from the cure Of
Constipation-or a torpid liver.
It's SO eaSy-do it-you'll see.
- slS
CASCARETS Zoe q box for q weeks
treatment all druggists. Biggest seller
In the world Million boxes a month.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-05-19

Although his weekly salary was only
SIS, New York school teacher has
become bankrupt to the extent OF
$4,000. He 10 almost a genius.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-05-19
He Might Have Earned a Vote

Little Johnnie stood gazing solemn
ly on the decrepit form of an old
countryman. Noticing the boys atten-
ton the old man asked: We'll, what
is 1t, SOM"
Say" the inquisitive youngster
asked, did the politicians kiss you
when you was a ?'-Success
Magazine.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-05-19

1t is reported that farmers are not
buying as many automobiles as for
merry. Probably most of them are sup
piled by this time.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-05-19

We always like those who admire
US; we do not always like those whom
we admire.-Francis Due de Roche
faucauld.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-05-19
ChlIlsome.

Il once proposed to a girl in
conservatory"
With what result?"
"A lot Of expensive plants were nipt
oy frost. "-Washington Herald.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-05-19

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate
and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels.
Sugar-coated. tiny granules, easy to take
a. candy.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-05-19

A psychologist says dreams are mere
" photographs Of events Motion Pic
turss he means, perhaps
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-05-19

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces infiamma-
ton, Allays pain, cures wind collie, 25c bottle.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-05-19

Good breeding is benevolence in
trihes, or the preference Of others to
ourselves in the little daily occurrences
Of life.-Chatham.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-05-19

men agree-all men. that is, at the
same grade of intellect?
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-05-19
PHYSICAL WRECK RESTORED TO
HEALTH BY GREAT KID
MEY REMEDY

I feel it my duty to furnish you with
my testimonial as to what your remedy,
Swamp-Eoot, did for me when l was .
physical wreck from kidney and bladder
trouble.
Some years ago was not able to do any
work and could only Just creep around
and am satisfied that had 1t not been for
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root I would not
have lived. After using the preparation
for one month was able to work some
and when 1 had used $500 worth Of
Swamp-Root I could do 4 good days work.
used about $1,000 worth altogether and
would not take 1000 for the good that ID
did me. consider it God-send to suffer-
ing humanity for the disease for which you
recommend it, and have recommended IL
to many sufferers.
H. L. HUGGINS,
WEIGH, Ark.
Personally appeared before me this Goth
of September, 1909, H. L. Higgins, who
subscribed the above statement and made
oath that the same II true in substance
and in fact.
I,f.7so w. A. PAGE. Up.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-05-19

Garfield Tea assists overworked digestive
organs, corrects constipation, cleanses the
system and rids the blood Of impurities.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-05-19

The proper time to do a thing is
when 1t should be done
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-05-19
Letter to
Dr.. Kilmer \ CO.
Blnghsnton, N. 4.
Prove What Swamp Root Win Do For Yop

Send to DR.. Kilmer & Co., Bingham
ton, N. Y, for sample bottle. IL win
convince anyone. You will also receive
booklet of valuable information, telling
all about the kidneys and bladder. When
writing, be sure and mention this paper.
For sale at all drug stores. Price fifty
cents and one-dollar.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-05-19
Ind lie atm of Wjcdop-

Indication of Wisdom.
why do they call the owl the bird
Of wisdom?"
1T stays out all night and doesn't
tell what 1t sees or does. Judge
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-05-19

important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle Of
CASTORIA, safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-05-19

which cures simply because contains sarsap
but because combines the utmost remedial values of than twenty
ingredients There substitute for Hoods Saaparia
urged preparation said be good
Inferior less make and yields the dealer larger profit
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-05-19
Spring Debility

Felt by 90 many upon the return Of warm Weathor
10 due to the Impure, Impoverished, deNta''zed
condition Of the blood which causes that tired
feeling and loss Of appetite we'll as the pln'pes,
bols and other eruptlons common at this season.
lis cured by the great constitutional remedy
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-12-21
TO PRESENT SCHOOL REPORT
Interesting Table Showing Average
Expense Per Pupil in White and
Negro Schools of State.

Columbia. E. SweariDgen, the
state superintendent of education, will
present to the general assembly statis-
tics regarding the free public schools
of the state. No section of the forth
coming report CT the department OF
education will be more interesting or
instructive than the table showing the
average expenditure per pupil in each
county according to enrolment.
The school revenues run from a
maximum of $34.72 in Beaufort coun-
ty to $5.7S in Horny county, as shown
by the table of expenditures for white
pupils. Seven counties spent during
1901 less than 81 per capita upon
the negro pupils enrolled in their
schools. Mr.. Swearingen has been ex-
erting every energy to equalize school
revenues in the several counties, and
he will again bring this matter to the
attention OF the legislature in the hope
of securing an increased appropriation
for this purpose.
The following table shows the aver
age expense per pupil in the white and
negro schools:
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-12-21
PRESIDENT TAFT
TAKES FIRM STAND
THE TREATY MUST BE ARRoeAT
ED WITHOUT LEAST oFFENse
TO RUSSIA.
DIPLOMACY THE WATCAWoRD
The sulzer Resolution Will Be Vetoed
Iflt Passes-The Executive Message
viii Go To The Senate In Day ar
Two.
Two.

Washington Russian treaty
situation cleared materially and the
administration plans for the abroga
tion of the 1882 treaty with the ST
Petersburg government became more
definitely known. President Taft, 1t IL
said, has indicated emphatically thai
he would veto the Sulzer resolution in
stantly if.it should be forced through
the Senate without modification. Moth
ing that can be construed as an OF
tense to Russia will be permitted L
the President can help 1t.
According to plans announced MT
Taft will send two communications To
the Senate, one a message addressed
to the Senate to be considered in exc
cutive session and the other a lettei
directed to Chairman Cullom OF the
committee ON foreign relations. IL
these communications Mr.. Taft 1t Is
said, will outline his attitude plainly
and will call pointed attention to the
fact that international relations are
not lightly to be dealt with.
Despite tie advice OF certain OF the
Republican leaders Of the House that
the lower branch of Congress should
be considered in the matter, Presi'
dent Taft was said to be determined
to ignore the House entirely In his
further dealing with the Russian situa
tion.
Senate leaders expect to hear that
the President, through American Am
bassador Guild, at st. Petersburg, al
ready has notified Russia OF the i'm
pending abrogation Of the treaty. This
notice is believed to have been couch
ed in the politest terms Of diplomatic
language, and to have stated that the
American people had come to regard
the treaty as obsolete in many OF ita
provisions.