Plymouth Tribune, Volume 7, Number 6, Plymouth, Marshall County, 14 November 1907 — Page 6

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EAISE THE PAY OF SOLDIERS.

DISCUSSION of what

I army is proceeding in New York newspaI pcrs- Many defects are pointed out, but

tue most important or tnem is tue wretchedly small pay that is given private soldiers. In these days of prosperity $13 a month,

board ami clothes is very small pay for an able-bodied man. With all allowances counted In, the soldier at most receives not more than S3 cents a day for his services, and in return for that has to endure discomforts and indignities that make his work trebly hard. The average man can do much better outside of the army, and knowledge of this fact has made desertion a common offense. It is no wonder that the army finds it dsmcclt to maintain Its strength. The marvel Is that there are any soldiers at all. If, as in Europe, every citizen had to serv? In the army, the matter of pay would be of llttlp consequence. But the army is in the labor market In competition with other occupations, and that competition ought to be met. The soldier should be paid waes equal to what he could cam outside the army. Out of his $13 a month he has to pay for his laundry, and barber bills, pay for altering the clothing the government gives him. buy materials for cleaning and keeping In good condition his arms, equipment and clothing, and even buy foap, towels, comb, toothbrush, etc. These expens. s do not leave him with much money to spend or save. Congress should take up this matter and gee If It Is not possible to Increase the soldier's rate of pay. That Is the only way to make military service attractive, prevent desertion and maintain the strength of the army. Chicago Journal.

POSTAL "sAVrrTGS-UAXKS.

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nounced his Intention to recommend to Congress the passage of a law to permit the post offices to receive the small savings of the people. Ills plan provides for paying 2 per cent Interest on deposits, lending the

money to national banks at 2'2 per cent, nd limiting to $230 the amount received from any IndiTiduaL The purpose of the proposed postal savings banks will be to provide a safe place for nioney that Is now hoarded at home, and to get that money into circulation. Mr. Meyer believes that many foreigners who now use the post office as a safe deposit vault by Investing their savings in money orders will be attracted by the plan, and that Ic districts where there, ire no savings banks It will appeal to all the people. Tostal saving banks exist in all the great countries of Europe save Germany. In Groat Britain there are 10,000.000 depositors, with an average deposit of about $80. In England more than one-half of the depositors are wmu and children, and In Austria a" similar proportion are undei 21 years old. In the United States the postal savings bank Is not a new idea. President Grant twice recommende! Its establishment, and Presidents Hayes and Arthur urged Its consideration upon Congress; and

"She couldn't work me," said the younj man with the unusually long heac boastfully. There ain't none of m can, as fur as that goes," he added. "When I was a young chap like you they could all work me for all I was Trorth. and as long's they'd a mind to," observed the old man with the clean, pink face and white chin beard. "I enjoyed It." They can't work me," repeated the youxg man with the long head. "I don't fall for It. What is there la It tor me?" "Fascinatln society," suggested the eld man. "I can visit with myself an not get lonesome," said the young man. "I've always found myself pretty good company without blowln myself for outalders. If I blow any money. It's going to be on something that'll do me good. I'm a good feller, an' there ain't no good reason why I shouldn't treat myself welL Why would I take her to the how cuce when I can take myself twice for the same morey?" "If you put It that way, maybe you're right," said the old man. "Sure I'tq tight I've been woiklng for my-elf, an there ain't no reason why I shouldn't let myself have a little fun now and then. She ain't done nothJn for me es I know of, an' what's more, she ain't likely to." "I supp"se säe ain't," admitted the old man. "Still," he said, "a good, husky-built wou.an who wasn't particular what she took to you, so It was heavy and handy, might do a whole lot Xor jou I she was married to you." "I'm too foxy for that" "And too fond of yourself?" "Sure, Why wouldn't I bo? 'SI aay, I'm good to myself." "I ain't dlsputln' that, my son," said the old man. "Anybody can see that with half an eye. The question Is, .why should you be?" "I don't know any better friend I've jot," said the young man. -I do," said the old one. "You're flolng yourself hurt with everybody, and that ain't the part of a friend. What Is there about yourself that fou're so stuck on? You ain't handsome. I never saw a worse knockkneed specimen than you are. I don't aee how any girl would want to go to t ihow with a face like you've get If fenx ask me I believe you were lying When you said she was trying to work you." "I wouldn't take that kind o talk from you If you wasn't an old mai" "Yes, you would. You mean, 'f I flldn't hare this good hickory cane between my knees. I heard you take worse not so long ago, and not bat an 7. But I'm Just talkln friendly to you. I'm tryln to show you that you don't deserve all the warm feelln's you're entertalnln for yourself. You may bo honest but ' you're so darn atingy mean it ain't no better than atealln. Yoa ain't smart, or you wouldn't brag the way you do and give yourself away. You ain't even got a good Job, because nobody likes you well nonga to give yoa one or boost you la any way, shape or mauner. It beats Cie to see people like you goin' around all the time an huggin tnelrselves when there's such a many better things they might hug. nnd the end of It's the same every time. They all wind up fry hating themselves mlekty nigh as tad as they do everybody else. You Just go away by yourself somewheres.

Great Papers on Important Subjects.

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the State Department last winter. In response to a resolution of the House of Representatives, supplied the Congressmen with a report on the operation of the system in Euroe. The deposits are treated as a loan to the government, which, indeed, they are. In England a higher rate of Interest is paid than on the rest of the national debt. That is, the banks are conducted at a loss. They also drain the rural districts of ready money, for all the delosits go to London, to the Hank of England! The development of a country community depends on ready money. A local bank lends it3 deposits to the people of the town, thereby supplying capital to those who need It, or It Invests In town and county bonds, keeping the money at home. The postal bank, as It exists abroad, diverts the local savings from local Investments. - The Tostmaster General wishes to attract the savings of those who now use no banks, and thus to encourage thrift. Youth's Companion.

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In the same old way, but the Sun writer has one variation which Is not borne out by the facts. He s:iys: "Will the young man of village or rural residence never awake to the fact that he has very little show in competition with the lad who has been reared among and up to city ways? Fully 00 per cent of the country ty3 going Into cities to work live lives of drudgery and disappointmentthey all wish they had never left home. Their risk Is greater than the gain." So the country or village boy has little show In competition with the lad who has been reared In city ways? This would be decidedly interesting if true. The Blade does not believe It to be true. If the Sun editor will circulate among the successful business nnd professional men of Columbus there Is little doubt he will find that a large per cent of them came from farm and village. They entered Into competition with city boys ami carried off their full share of the honors. Other boys from the rural districts are doing the same to-day. It Is true of Toledo, and it will hold good in almost all cities. As a rule the country boy Is not afraid of work, and long hours do not worry him. He is accustomed to working early and late, and this counts in city as well as in village or on farm. Persistency is a great factor in bringing success, and as a rule the country boy Is more persistent than his city cousin. After all, everything depends on the boy. If he has the right stuff In him he will be successful whether his birthplace happens to be on a farm or in a crowded city. If he has a healthy body and mind, good habit?, the right kind of associates and the determination to win, coupled with intelligent effort, he is certain to succeed. Far more depends on the characteristics or the boy than on the place of his birth. Toledo Blade.

MEYER has an son, an ask yourself the question, 'What am I that I should try to give myself the best end of it all the time?' Then look around you an' see if 30U can't like some one else better." "Shall I start In on you?" asked the long-headed young man, with a grin. "Start In on a yellow pup and work up," suggested the old man. "I'll tell 30U, son, and It's for your good: the warmest feelin' most of us can afford to have for ourselves la respect" Chicago Daily News. Readers who live where good watermelons grow will sympathize with those whose emotions Mr. Wilbur D. Nesbit has so eloquently expressed in the Chicago Post In the old days, when the world wr.s much better than it la now, there vtere gcotl watermelons. As we remember them, the watermelons of twenty-five, or thirty, or thirty-five years ago were huge affairs. They were none of your overgrown cucumber effects of to-day, b;it were great b!g round fellows, and the outside was a dark green. It was the same shade of green as the reflection of the trees in a swimming-hole. And when you sunk the knife Into it the rind ripped and cracked for to inches ahead of the blade and the melon Just laughed Itself out! Hold on! You didn't use a knife. You lifted the melon above your head and dropped It to the ground, nnd It burst open, as red as a rose and a hundred times as sweet. And you ate nothing but the heart Just the chunky crisp red heart Nowadays the marketman shows you nn oblong affair done in pale green and greenery-yaliery Ftrlpes, with a white l lotch on the under side, that he call3 n watermelon. And you cut It Into slices like bologna sausage, and eat it with a fork, like pie. And you have forgotten whether a watermelon goes pllnk-plink or plunkplunk when it Is ripe, because It doesn't make any difference now. Too Hasty. Gov. Harris, of Ohio, said In an afterdinner speech In Columbus: "This matter Is a serious matter, and It must be taken seriously. Haste Is a bad thing. It neirly always causes error. I used to know a manufacturer, fie was a good, honest man, but rather strict rather close. Furthermore, he was Inclined to be a little hasty. He had Instituted In his mill a system of Pues fines for lateness, fines for mlstzk?s, fines for spoiled work, and so on. "Well, In the rush season, happening to awake one morning very early, he went to the mill a little after starting time. As he got out of his automobile he saw a pale, haggard, hollow-eyed man walk wearily through the gate. "'Aha, Joe Harris!' he shouted, angrily, 'ten minutes late, eh? Well, you're fined 15 cents. Not a word, nW. That's the rule "'Take yer time, boss Harris answered. 'I ain't knocked off from yesterday yet " The days when nothing seems worth while are probably less to blame than your digestion.

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COUNTRY BOYS IN CITIES. HE COLUMP.US SUN Is preaching the usual

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eines, ami mat iney are rar oeirer oil in rural communities than by tempting fortune in the more congested centers of imputation. It Is the same old sermon, preached

SELMA'S PREFERENCE. She Liked the Kngllah That Sounded the llliclir. The 'first day Selma came , she made gingerbread, and put eleven teaspoonfuls of soda In It. "You ask me 'levcn," she explained to her disappointed mistress as they survej'ed together the sickly colored result. "No, Selma, I said one. Oh, I must have said 'a level teaspoonfuL " "That's so Selma agreed, triumph antly. "She looks so sweet nnd bright," Mrs Vankurau confided to her husband that night, "that I can't help giving her credit for uioro Intelligence than she has' "Oil, I Imagine the Intelligence Is there," he answered. "It takes patience, of course, to teach them, but she comprehended perfectly when I spoke to her'"Yes: and what did you say? 'Good evening?' You'd have a merry time, though, teaching her to cook with your vocabulary. Your mother told me herself that even your baby talk was In words of three syllables." "Nonsense!" But he laughed as he said It A month had passed when Mrs. Vankuran came smiling into her husband's study. "I've Just had one of my ridiculous encounters with SelmgC" she said. "I noticed the three layers of her cake spread out In the pantry, and said, 'O Selma. you burned one, didn't you? That's too bad ! To my -surprise, she straightened up and answered, 'No 'Why, yes I told h?r. 'Don't you see this black edge? 'Yes,' she said, 'I see burned, but not too bad I thought she was being saucy, so I rebuked her, and she got solemn, and I don't know where It might have led If she hadn't happened to say, almost with tears, 'Not two bad one bad" 'There's a Itsson for you, though," Mr. Vaukurah rejoined, after the laugh. "I'd suggest that you avoid Idiomatic expressions." At that Instant Selma appeared In the doorway to say that the Chinese laundryman was there, and wanted to know how soon be must bring back Mr. Vankuran's linen. "Tell him there's no Immediate exigency," the master of the house replied, carelessly, and bent to his writing, while Selma stared. "No hurry, Selma," Mrs. Vankuran supplemented, but before the door had fairly closed behind the girl she turned on her husband. "Of all messages to send to a Chinaman by Selma! 'No Immediate exigency" she quoted, merrily. "When you've studied AngloSaxon simplicity as long as I have, sir, I'll csk your advice about Idioms and things." - It was undeniably her hour of triumph, but her hunibled husband would have given much to hear a little dialogue which took place between mistress and maid the next day. "Mr. Vankuran talk nice English more idea as Mrs. Vankuran," the gir announced, calmly. "What makes you think so?" "Oh, his words 6ound so high! I like ver' much learn his English." Youth's Companion. A Good Sljf". Young Lawyer Is It a creditor or a client who Is waiting to see me? Clerk It must be a client, sir, I think, as he was Just putting your sil ver Ink-stand In his pocket as I came In. Simpllcclsslmus. III Fl rut Inference. "What are those dun clouds going to do?" "Guess they are trying to collect rain." Baltlmoie American. You can't realize how little money there Is In a $5 bill until you break It

LITTLE KNOWN LAND.

A RECORD JOURNEY THROUGH ASIA. An EnulUh Journalist Crosse the Hoof of the World" nni Penetrate the Most Obscure and Inhospitable Ileelon on the Globe. An adventurous Englishman, David Fräser, who represented the London Times In Manchuria during the IlussoJapanese war, has Just finished one of the most remarkable Journeys ever undertaken In Asia, and has brought back some most alluring photographs and an entertaining tale of his experiences. After the close of the war Mr'. Fräser decided to make a survey of the Interior of Asia, In the little known regions of Chinese Turkestan, Tibet, China, India, Russian Turkestan and Persia. Of these, perhaps, Chinese Turkestan is the least known to the outer world, although Persia, beyond the chief cities. Is almost an unknown quantity to the average person, even If the latter aff?cts to be experienced. Tibet has been entered by several travelers during the last decade, notalJy by Sven Hedin. The Tibetan war. If the conflict may be so dignified. 1 I

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brought that hidden country, to the front, and many of its peculiarities have become familiar, although Mr. Fräser found there was still something to loam there. Russian Turkestan has been visited, along the line of the Russian railway advance, and, consequently, is not altogether an unknown country. In the course of hW wanderings through this high region, where for months at a time the traveler was at an altitude of n mile or more, Mr. Fraser crossed the Hamalayas three times, and also made Journeys across the Karakonim, Kuen Len, and the Alal, the names of some of which are unfamiliar to most readers. He used some of the most remarkable modes of conveyance. Through Chinese- Turkestan he had to rely on camels; In Tibet the homely but entirely efficient yak was used, and In parts of his tour he made use of a donkey caravan. In '' ''v - '.if-.---- -

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addition to these means of transportation he also covered 800 miles on foot. Some of the ground covered by Mr. Frnser has been traversed by one or two other travelers during the last few years, but the part of Tibet In which he wandered may be said to have been never trod by Europeans. He was much impressed by the hill country of Slkklm, a small State north of India, which nestles at the foot of the Himalayas like a pass through the great mountains. At one side lies Nepal and on the other Is Bhotan. Reyond lies the weird and mysterious country of Tibet. The Slhk country, he relates, ls probably one of the most marvelous regions In the world, presenting, as It does, in close proximity the rich luxuriance of tropical vegetation and the wintry solitudes of everlasting snow. Marching along the slopes of one of Its exquisite valleys at a height of 8.500 feet above sea levei we came to one point where we were able to loqfc over a precipice Jhat sank straight down for 2,000 feet to the bed of the Teesta river itself, here no more than 1,500 feet above the sea. "On the opposite side of the valley was a deep rift In the tree-clad hills, and looking p this gorge the eye surmounted ridge after ridge In quick succession, until It finally rested on the top of Klnchlnjunga, 28,100 feet, the third highest mountain In the world. No more than thirty miles separated the Teesta from the ton of Its lordly neighbor, and In the clear air It was

almost impossible to believe tie distance was so grtat" The panorama spread before the traveler 'at this point did not fall to mal.e a conquest of Mr. Fräser. "It looked," he said, "as It the very foot of Klnchlnjunga was set in a tiny thread of silver that gleamed far below us, and that his mighty flanks rose sheer until they ended In the twin white peaks, 2G.G50 feet above. The dark hillside and rushing waterfall, of serrated ridge-: and gloomy gorges, of blue glacier and lofty snow fields afforded by this scene Is surely one of the wonders of the world." Heights of mountains in the Himalaya region, where they are the greatest In the world, are difficult to comprehend by those who have never been so fortunate as to climb, or attempt to climb, these Immense elevations. Chinese Turkestan, says the traveler, Is a desert Indeed, but his route lay through a succession of the most delightful and refreshing oases, where "milk, cream and honey, vegetables and the finest fruit In the world, are obtained almost for the asking." At a height of only 4,000 feet, according to Mr. Fräser, travel is easy and pleasant compared with the toll and hardship of the mountainous regions passed. The travelers rested at Ka3hgar, and then plunged Into the mountains once more, crossing the Alal range by the Terek Pass. 12,000 feet,

JW' and then finding themselves In Russian territory. There were still 200 miles of catavan traveling before the travelers reached the Ttanseasplan railroad at AhdiJan, whence they, were sped to Askabad, a town on the Persian border. Meshed, the famous city of pilgrlmagps, was reached after crossing mountain passes of th3 comparatively low level of 7.000 feet. While crossing a Persian pass at an elevation of 10,000 feet the explorers were caught In a blizzard, but they escaped without even a frostbite, and continued to the tomb of Omar at Nalsbapur. Finally the route took them to Baku, where the adventurous part of the Journey ended. In the course of the tour across unknown Asia they traveled about 2,500 miles on various primitive modes of transport and about S00 miles on foot, to say nothing of the countless miles covered by railroad and hy cordages. A Golden " Dall. Probably no game of ball, by professional or college team, was -jver wntched with such inner Interest but with such outward Indifference as one escribed In Gertrude Yanderbllt's "Social History of Fiatbush." It happened In Revolutionary times, when the P.ritlsh soldiers were stationed on Long Island. The Inhabitants had hidden 'heir valuables In all possible place. One Indy concealed some gold coins in 1 hall-shaped pincushion of the kind worn by the Dutch housewife, suspended at her side. She was sitting sewing one day when a party of Rritlsh soldiers entered the room. A young ofllcer, spying what to him was a novelty, cut with his swotd the ribbon by which the cushion was hung, and began a game of ball. Soon the rest of the company Joined the sport. Roisterously, from hand to hand, the ball was batted to and fro. It was roughly snatched and tossed, and sometimes It fell into the ashes of the fireplace, and barely escaped conHagration. Now and again a soldier would catch It on the tip of his sword and send it spinning on with a rent hi its side. Every moment threatened to reveal the precious contents. To show the least anxiety was to betray the secret, and the owner was forced to sit unmoved, apparently Intent on her work, and to see her fortune flying through the air, at the mercy of the enemy. At last the cushion, torn and battered but still guarding Its treasure, as returned to Its mistress, and the In truders, tired of their play, left the house. Responsibility. "Has he a proper sense of responsibility?' asked the earnest patriot. "I don't know," answered Senator Sorghum. "I sometimes fear he Is one of those people who are so anxious to be financially responsible that they forget to be morally responsible." Washington Star. Horse on Them. Tho Wooden Horse was standing before the beleaguered city. "That seems a heavy beast," remarked Paris to Hector, surveying It critically. "Of what weight would you say It was?" "Troy weight, of course," answered Hector. Whereat envy turned Paris green. Harper's Weekly. Many a man has been forced to ask for a hand-out because he was unable to get his hand In.

LINING UP FOR 1908.

DUTLOOK FOR NEXT YEAR'S PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION. Prcxlrfent Iloosevelt'a Attitude on the Tariff Question Likely to Exercise n Strong Influence Upon the JVatlonal Republican Convention. The practical instructing of the two lelegatcs from one of the Michigan districts to the next Republican National Convention admonishes us that from aow on we may expect a gradual lining ap of the forces that will contend for supremacy, first In tlte convention and afterward in the National campaign 5f IOCS. The reports from the National capital are at present conflicting but Interesting. It Is Bald that tfce oien who conducted the last campaign will endeavor to control and dominate the next campaign, while opposed will Je found the Congressional Committee and the so-called antl-admlnlstratlon Senators. But these lines cannot be distinctly Irawn, for Chairman Sherman has anaounced himself as unequivocally for the President's renomlnatlon, and Mr. Cortelyou Is giving no ostensible comfort to the supporters of Mr. Taft. It seems more likely, then, that the two contending forces at the National convention will be divided on the Issue of tariff revision. There is no doubt where Mr. Taft stands, nor Is there uny doubt where Mr. Cannon, Mr TalrLanks or Mr. Knox stands. We may go further and say there Is no doubt, or should be none, as to where the President stands. To be sure he has not said much about the tariff during the last few years, but his utterances of three or four years ago are as true to-day as when spoken. At Logansport. Ind., In September, 1902, the President said: "At all hazards, and no matter what ?lse is sought for or accomplished by changes of - the tariff, the American workingman must be protected In his standard of wages that Is, In his standard of living and must be secured the fullest opportunity of employment." Two months later, at tfie Union League Club banquet, Philadelphia, Nov. 22, 10C2, he said : 4No nation has ever prospered as we are prospering now, and we must see to it that by our folly we do not mar this prosperity." In his famous speech at Minneapolis, April 4, 1003, the President gave much attention to the tariff. We qaote several paragraphs, as follows: "We have prospered marvelously at home. As a nation we stand in the very forefront of the giant International competition of the day. We cannot afford, by any freak or folly, to forfeit the position to which we have thus triumphantly attained. "The fact that a change of a given rate of duty may be thought desirable Iocs not settle the Question whether it is advisable to make the change immediately. t "If a tariff law has on the whole worked well, and If business has prospered under It and is prospering. It may be better to endure some Inconvenience and Inequalities for a time than by inakiDg changes to risk causing disturbances and perhaps paralysis in the Industries and business of the country. ' "The present phenomenal prosperity has been won under a tarifl which was made to protect the Interests of :he American producer, business man, wage worker and farmer alike. . "If necessary for our welfare, then, of course. Congress must consider the question of changing the laws as a whole or changing any given rates of duty, but we must remember that whenever even a single schedule is considered some Interests will appear to demand a change In almost every schedule In the law; and when-It comes to upsetting the schedules generally the effect upon the business Interests of the country would be ruln3U3." For three years the President stood pat on these sentiments, giving forth no other opinion or suggestion. In either message or speech; but last year, during the Congressional campaign, he again fearlessly gave to the country his tariff views In a letter to Kepresentatlve Watson, from which ve quote as follows: "We stand unequivocally for a protective tariff, and we feel that the ohenomenal Industrial prosperity which we are now enjoying is not lightly to be Jeopardized; for it would be to the last degree foolish to secure here and there a small benefit at the st of general business depression. But whenever a given rate or schedule becomes evidently disadvantageous to the nation, because of the changes which go on from year to year In our conditions, and where It Is feasible to change this rate or schedule without .oo much dislocation of the system. It, will be done; while a general revision of the rates and schedules will be undertaken whenever It shall appear to the sober business sense of our people that, on the whole, the benefits to be derived from making such charges will outweigh the disadvantages; that Is when the revision will, do more good than harm. "Let me add one word of caution, lowever. The question of revising the tariff stands wholly apart from the question of dealing with the so-called trusts' that Is, with the control of monopolies and with the supervision of great wealth In business, especially in corporate form. The only way In which It is possible to deal with those trusts and monopolies and this great corporate wealth Is by action along the line of the laws enacted by the present Congress and Its Immediate predecessors. The cry that the problem can be met by any changes In the tariff represents, whether consciously or unconsciously, an effort to divert the public attention from the only method of taking effective action." Any candidate with such sentiments as are quoted above should be acceptable to every producer and wage-earner. American Economist. Disappointed. "Ma," said little Hobby, "when I get to be a great big man I am going to look for the north pole. Are there any bears up there?" "Lots of them, my son," replied his mother. "What kind of bears, ma?" "Polar bears." "Oh, pshaw! I thought they were Teddy bears. I don't believe IH go

PnOSPEHITY OX TUB FARMS. Deposit of Farmers Keep Country Ilanki Supplied with Money. The country banks, the number of which is much greater than in former years, are well supplied with money, and the deposits of farmers are heavier In the aggregate than was ever known before. Though the crops in general are not as abundant as in 1000, which was one of the banner years of great yields, they bring high prices, and the products of the soil were never more remunerative. More than In any former period the government takes a practical Interest in agriculture, and many of the most Important Issues of the day, like Irrigation and water transportation, touch directly the Interests of farming. At Syracuse, N. Y., last week was held a convention to Inquire Into the agricultural conditions of the State. One of the speakers was Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, and a letter of some length was sent by President Roosevelt Secretary Wilson referred to the education of farmers' sons and stated that the Southern States are ahead of the Northern in this respect. In Georgia and Alabama schools of agriculture have been opened In every Congressional district, to serve as feeders to the agricultural colleges. The secretary spoke of the necessity of rotation In crops, and said that the department

had found on the seventieth parallel I or latitude, In Siberia, the plants that will enable the wheat growers of tho far north to keep up the fertility of their land. Abuse of the soil, In Secretary Wilson's opinion, Is the commonest drawback to American agriculture, and It exists In every State. The soil is drawn upon for more than is returned to It, and progressive Impoverishment Is the certain result Few pastures are maintained In what can be called first-class order. Within a few years, the secretary believes, the farmer will furnish material for making paper, such as com stalks, cotton stalks, flax, straw, hemp, ramie, and perhaps some grasses found abroad, while plants will be grown to furnish heat, light 'and power. Fuel from alcohol derived from potatoes or beets is quite practicable. The United States Is trying to save 100,000,000 acres of forests for present and future use, but the prospect would be better if th policy had been adopted years ago. Imports of wood cost $20,000,000 more in 1000 than In 1905, and the price of lumber shows the drain upon the remaining sources of supply. An up-to-date farmer rotates crops, tile drains his lands, keeps up good fences, pastures and garden, breels draft horses, with mares and growing colts for farm work, keeps dairy cows or mutton sheep, or both, reads good literature and maintains a comfortable home. Neglected landsl can be brought back to full fruitfulness. The letter from President Roosevelt said that for the future welfare of the people all available agricultural land will be needed, and that any decline In agricultural Interests would be ominous. In New York there has been a falling off in the value of farm property, but a remedy exists in the scientific study of soil adaptation, an extension of animal husbandry, proper fertilization, the teaching of practical agriculture and the strengthening of farmers organizations. The United States Department of Agriculture, In connection with the Department of Commerce and Labor, the President remarked, should be In close contact with the farmers and their representative organizations. As the country is aware, the1 Agricultural Department Is carrying on a work greatly broadened, and In a vigorous, effective manner. Its duties have been multiplied with the gratifying result that It counts for more In all directions. St Louis Globe Democrat No Selfish Poller. The tariff poJicy of the party In power Is nearly as old as the party Itself. The party has constantly supported the great policy from the days of Abraham Lincoln. It gave to It Its allegiance. It adheres to It not from any sentimental consideration, but because In its Judgment it lays the foundation of confidence and prosperity; because it tends to build up American Industry, diversify the employments of the people, enlarges the opportunity for capital and labor, and Improves the markets for the products of the farm. It Is neither a selfish nor a restrictive policy, for, Its benefits are generally diffused throughout the country. Shelbyville (Ind.) Republican. Will Not Go Behind the Returns. Although the surrender which has been made Is attended by some reservations, designed, at least ostensibly, to circumscribe Its scope, these are likely to be found wholly Illusory, and hereafter It will be the rule to admit German imports at the exporters' valuation. Only In the event of some gross and glaring Inconsistency will the appraisers, under the system now established, feel called upon to go behind the returns for the purpose of arriving at a valuation of their own. Trenton Gazette. When and Where. The Norwalk "Reflector" discusses the question of tariff revision and raises the question as to where It will begin and where It will end. It will begin when a Republican Congress Is convinced by testimony other than that of free-trade Democrats that It la necessary and end short of that point where It would In any way Impair the principle of protection to American Industries and American labor. Tiffin (Ohio) Tribune. One on the Architect. "Everything seems to be all right," said the man who was looking at the plans of his new house, "with the exception of the spinal staircase." Ha ! ha I ha !" roared the architect "Spinal staircase ! That's pretry good." "Well, I don't see anything funny about It," growled' the other. "I merely wished to call your attention to the fact that I don't like the way you have planned the back stairs. Of Uncertain Aee. "I wonder why the feminine Is used In speaking of the moon," said the fair maid. "Is It because she Is so beautiful?" "No, I think not," replied the mere man. "It's probably because there, is no finding out how old she Is." The Maid. "There goes a girl," sail Biggs, pointing to a passing heiress, "who Is made of money' "Perhaps she Is," rejoined Diggs, "but she looks to be a maid of 0

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A day or so later the Englishwoman, happening to meet the wife of the man in question, observed that she was so sorry to hear that Mr. Blank was in. ' "But he Isn't!" cried the wife. "Us was never better In his life." "Is that so?" said the Englishwoman. "Why, what could Mrs. Dash have meant the other day when she said ha was suffering from a swelled heady TIED TO A CHAEO. Unable to Mot Abont on Account of Kidney Troubles. Mrs. Anna Becbe, River and Monroe streets, Anoka, Minn., s,ays: "I had to sit in a chair day after day unalle to move about on account of rheumatic pains In ny back, hlp3 and legs. I was short of breath and mr honrf wrtiilrt W&'-ftääVI Iea?t exertion. I had "OyV dizzv Fi-lla nnd oear:ng aown pains and the kidney secretions were much disordered. I thought I would not live long, but since using Doan's Kidney Pills 1 am a different woman, can do my own work and have no fear of those troubles returning." Sold by all dealers. TO cents a bot. Fcster-MIlburn Co.. Buffalo. 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InL Refinement of Luxury. "Mildred, why did you lie abed till 0 o'clock? I called you at 7, as yoa told me to do. "I know It, mamma. I only wanted the pleasure of knowing that I was goiof to sleep two hours longer.' $100 Reward. $100. The readers of this rapr will be plated in learn that there Is at lea.ot one tr-iMl disease that science has been sble to core la H;'f. and th.it in Thi irrh ial!' Catarrh Cure li the only positive care noir tiiottii to tbe metiu-al fraternity. Catarrh lein a cjuatltntloiial discs e. requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure In taken Internally, acting directly upon the tlxxl and raucous surfaces of tbe jsteni, thereby deRtrojInsr the foundation ff the disease, and rlvlnc the nntlcnt treneth by building up the Constitution and aaslKtln nature In dolus; Its work. The proprietors have so tnuth fat:h In Irs enratire powers that they offer One Hundred Iolars for aoy case that It falls to cure. Send for llt of testimonial. Address K. J. C1IKNEY & CO.. Toledo. O. Bold bT DrurrlKt. 7.c. Take Hall's Family Tills for constipation. London theaters, music hulls and concert halls provide statin; accoaimoilatioa for 327.000 people. RED cnoSS DALL BLUG Should be Id every home. Ask ypur Rrocer for It Larje 2 uz. package only 5 cents. The mole is perhaps the greediest of all animals. If deprived of food for a single day it dies. Sirs. Wlnslow's Sooth i no Svrcp for Children teething: ofu-n the gums, roducee inflammation, allays pain, cures wind idle L'5 cent a bottle. An Open Policy. ,he death of Mr. Coi:-er, former American minister at I'ekiiJS, brought to mind the services rendered by that gentleman at the terrible time of the Boxer uprising. A word of praise and appreciation is spoken by an Eullshtnan in his book entitled, The Siege of the Peking Legations." Shut up together as the various foreigners were, and living dally in the face of death, it wis interesting to observe the different policies adopted by the beads of the several legations. Says the Hev. Roland Allen: I The American minister was always very ready to communicate news, and told his people everything which went on. In this his policy differed from that of the British authorities, who often suppressed news of public Interest, and posted notices of letters received several days after the event, and when Its general tenor was widely known by rumor. This caused great discontent, and kept the people In constant suspense. No doubt there was some reason for suspicion that news of affairs of state might leak out to Chinese ears, but there was no reason for delaying Items which were Intended to be published at all. Such a policy of secrecy Irritated mlndi and kept up a condition of anxiety, a state of affairs successfully avoided by the American minister. Seventeen countries in Europe have 17.000,000 goats. PLEASANT sumheii. J r.lfiht Food tha Caute. A Wis. woman says: "I was run down and weak, troubled with nervousness nnd headache for the last six years. Tbe least excitement would make me nervous aud cause severe headache. "This 6timmer I hive been eating Grape-Nuts regularly nnd feel better than for the six years past 'I am not troubled with headache and nervousness, and weigh more than I ever have before In my life. I gained 5 lbs. In one week." Name given by Tostum Co., Battle Creek. Mich. Read the book, Tbe Road to Wellvllle, In pkgs. Thert't a Reason." ,

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