Plymouth Tribune, Volume 7, Number 13, Plymouth, Marshall County, 2 January 1908 — Page 1

PLYMOUTH

TRIBUNE

Recorders Office febOG PLYMOUTH, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1908. "VOLUME VII NO. 13

FARMERS' INSTITUTE.

La(SDot Attendance and Profitable LTy;ussions by Experienced Farmers.

7he Farmers' Institute convened T the court house Thursday forenoon " and was well attended by the best farmers of the county, but more than a thousand farmers who very much need the instruction given at these institutes, were not present; they never attend institutes. After the invocation by Rev. J. C. ..Smith, the regular work of the institute was taken up and E. C. Martindale of Hancock county, gave his opinion of "Good Pasture' and howto produce pasture that will pay the farmer. The subject was ably discussed by farmers present. The first subject in the afternoon was "Wheat Raishng" by R. L. Thompson f Lagrange county. He advocated early sowing, Thorough preparation of th-; soil, thought that wheal should be harrowed in the - spring and believed that barn yard fertilizers should be applied before sowing and plowed under. "Frank Sundown" otherwise known as "Jim Miller" of 'Walnut township opened the discussion in reply to Mr. Thompson and in his inimitable way presented many excellent ideas. Mr. Miller has been a school teacher, editor, newspaper reporter, roller drill salesman anl is now a practical farmer, and generally knows what he is talking about. He says wheat raising does not pay but it has to be raised for a rotation of crops and should be given i.roper care and attention. He agreed with mot of the statements made by Mr. Thompson and showed that by using good seed, good manures and proper culture wheat crops can be made reasonably profitable, but not so profitable as corn and some other crops. At the close of this discussion Mr.

Martindale presented the subject of Agricultural Education. He held that education ii farming was just as necessary as any other business

N and gave many reasons for his opin

ion. - E. G. Berg of Bremen, opened the discussion on this subject. It was followed by the discussion of Weels on the Farm, a subject ir. which every farmer is interested. C. W. Newman president of the farmers' institute rapped, for order at .9:31 .Friday forenoon and R. L. Thompson, of LaGrange county, began his talk on "Success and Failure in Hog Raising." Mr. Thompson is not an extensive farmer ani does not raise many hogs but tries to be practical and to present practical ideas in his institute talks, and he had as fine an audience of practical farmers Friday, morning as any man ever talked to. He said the farmer should choose t'.iat breed of hogs that he liked best and" give them the very best of care. He preferred Chester Whitesi crossed with the Essex, but he would never go further than one cross. He said he could get more pigs from Chester White sows than any others and at seven months old they would weigh from 223 to 250 pounds each. He said they were not as pretty as Poland China or Berkhsire hogs and that an admirer of those hogsi might get -as good results by crossing Chester Whites with Poland-Chinas or Berkshires. He thought sows should not be fed much corn for a few days previous and a few days after farrowing and the pigs must have good care if they made good heavy hogs in six or

f seven months. Pigs that come in

Manh or April do not need so much care as autumn pigs which must be properly housed and fed during the first cold days of winter if they are to It fed and sold at a profit in the spring. He said pigs should not be fed too much until they were three or four months old, because they would get too fat and not have bone enough to make good hogs. He explained the balanced ration of corn, milk, grass, sorghum and other things, but said every fanner should watch the growth and condition of his hogs and . feed them accordingly. He spoke of frog cholera and believed that it was easier to prevent it than to cure it. Coal and wood ashes, sulphut and some other articles were recom mended to mix with the feed occa sionally to keep off disease, but with öut cleanliness, none of these would prevent the swine plague. In the discussion that followed, A W. Dolph, Jacob Myers, Wm. O'Keefe, Myron Chase, .Warren Mc Farlin, J. A. Miller and many others made valuable suggestions. C. S. Southwick of Noble county, presented the subject of Commercial Fertilizers. It was an excellent talk. He contended that nitrogen, phos phoric acid and potash were taken from almost all soils by successive crops faster than they coul be sup plied by the manures and fertilizers produced on the farm, consequently it was best to use some commercial ft-rtilizers on almost all farms in northern Indiana to prevent their dt terioraion and a condition like thav found in some sections of southern Indiana and the eastern states. He explained the percentage of nitrogen, phosphorus and potash found in the various fertilizers-, the method of applying them and showed that it so.ne times required several years for some of them to assimilate themselves to the soil after they are applied, but good results follow in time.

He said that lime was a good fertili-J

zer for acid or sour soils, and salt was often beneficial to certain soils, but dried blood contains more of the essentials necessary to restore soils deficient in nitrogen and potash than anything, else.. A score of the farmers present seemed to be posted on this subject and there was a lively discussion, af ter which the institute adjourned for dinner. The discussion in the afternoon of the "Mixed Farmers and Specialists" seemed to resolve itself into the fact that both are necessary, but mixed farming is best for many farms and for a majority of farmers. The specialist, to be a success, must be an enthusiast in his line, must thoroughly understand what he is producing, and in this way he helps the mixed farmer, makes money for himself and helps the community in which he lives and the entire country. . I I, i t The Women's .auxiliary of the institute convened at the Methodist church Friday morning. There was music after which Rev. J. H. Palmer offered prayer and the real work of the day commenced. The .men had no music this year, but their wives and daughters are differently constituted and the music by Misses Hazel and Edna Adams, Miss Ferrel Shafer and others, were features-of 'the occasion, as well as were the man admirable readings and recitations. The first subject discussed was The Good Housekeeper, opened by Mrs. Weeks of Huntington. She had her subject well in hand and seemed to know pretty well what it means to be a good housekeeper, although as a lady remarked on the street it is always easier to tell others how to do such things just right than to do them yourself. Mrs. John Ritchey, Mrs. Shakes of Bourbon and many other ladies were ready to discuss the subject and made it interesting. Women's part on the Farm elicited a general discussion and there were a variety of opinions, but it was evident that few cf the farms- in Marshall county would amount to much if there were no women on them. In the afternoon the room was crowded and after the subject of the influence of home surroundings had been ably presented, Mrs. Weeks dis cussed it with great ability. She showed that cross, ilinatured hus bands have as much to do with mak. ng unpleasant homes as their wives have, and that no matter how humble the home, that if truth, justice, love, industry and a determination to do the very best possible for the whole family are dominant features of that home it will be a happy home and the children will almost invariably grow to useful manhood and woman hood and make good members of so ciety. We could not take in all the pro ceedings, but it was very evident that the women of Marshall county ha J an institute of which any county might be proud. On the program for recitations were Hazel Schlosser, Mrs. Zulu Laudeman, Miss Elva Free.se and all the recitations were good. Misses Carrie Annis, Eva Munn, Ella Davis and Betsy Macomber were on the program along with Mrs. Shakes, Mrs. Haag, Mrs". Ritchey, Mrs. Dill and others and the 1907 meeting of the ladies auxiliary will pass into history as one of the best ever held in the county. Women's Auxiliary Officers. The Women's Auxiliary of he Farmers Institut- re-elected Mr. George Schlosser president for the ensuing year, and chose Lorezena Stephenson secretary. As good a report as was possible at ithe tin,e was given in the Daily Tribune Friday evening, and will be found in the Weekly Tribune in connection with the institute proceedings. In aldition to what was said Friday we will add that Miss 'M? comber and Miss Munn both read well prepared papers on the influence of home surroundings. The paper of Miss Ella Divis on the; education of the farmer's d?ughter, to which reference was made in Friday's dairy, was one whioh every gfirl ought to have heard; it was an excellent paper. All the recitations spoken of in our report were highly applauded and it was evident that Misses Schlosser, Laudeman and Freese have the ability to interest any audience. The musSc by the Misses Adams, Carrie Annis and Ferrel Shafer pleased the audi ence. The attendance at the ladies' auxiliaty was fully as large as the at tendance of farmers at the court house, and the exercises were con densed and better arranged. The la dies seem to have had the best of the institute this year. The Sting of an Adder. The sharpest sting of the adder is in the conduct of Richard Noelck, the hicago youth who robbed his ben efactor, August Saehn of $30,000. Saehn took Noelck when he was a little child, educated him, made him Iis only heir and then gave him the management of the two Saehn banks Move Real Estate1 Office, Richard Bros., who have formerly conducted a real estate business in the Corbin ,block, have moved their office 'into the room formerly occu pied by John R. Jones, in the Kuhn I building.

Defines School Law. In an opinion submitted to State Superintendent Fassett A. Cotton and the State Board of Education, growing out of the division among the members of the board as to a proper construction of the law passed by the last Legislature classifying and regulating minimum wages of school teachers, Attorney General James Bingnam holds that the wage paid to teachers depends upon their general average received at the time of their examination and contract for license. The attorney general

holds, also that the Department of Education has not the power to fix the general average of graduates of the State Normal School for the purpose of arriving at a basis for the payment of wages The opinion was written by E. M. White, deputy attorney general. "Graduates of this institution," says the opinion, referring' to the State Normal School, "who have taught three years would necessarily belong to Class C under the law and are entitled to daily wages of 3 1-2 cents multiplied by the general average grade upon final test before graduation." It is held further that holders of state license who Jiave taught for three years belong to Class C also. "It is plain," says the opinion, "that a teacher of successful experience need not have attended either a highschool or a training school in order to be placed in, either of the classes, but a teacher of no experience is alone required to b. a graduate of a high school or its equivalent and must have at least twelvi weeks' training in a "school maintaining a course for the training of teachers. "A teacher's license necessarily is effective in the future and hence a license should not be issued to a teacher who will teach his first school after Aug. 1, 1903, unless he possesses the qualification? named in the second section of the act of 1907." The opinion says that the law requires all beginning teachers, whether they are to teach in the common schools or manual training or high schools to have the qualifications prescribed in Section 2. College graduates, according to the opinion, ere generally considered exempt from being ' graduates of h"gh schools, as their college training may be construed as "it equivalent." The' State Board of Education will meet Jan. 14 to consider the opinion. j Egyptian Women, of 2,000 Year Ago Ahead of Ours. A marriage contract over 2,000 years old, discovered in a tomb near Cairo, Egypt, and now in the collection of the Museum of Art of Toe do, Ohio, has, it nas announced Wednesday been deciphered by the Egyptologists at the University of Strassburg, Germany, anff found to be from a historic standpoint, one of the most important documents brought to light in recent years. Geo. W. Stevens, director of the Museum of Art, said: "The papyrus determines two matters of great importance. It establishes the period of an Egyptian Pharaoh whose time of reign has been hitherlo unknown and gives us docu mentary evidence of the exalted position accorded to married women in Egypt three centuries before Christ a position almost undreamed of ami unhoped1 for by Che most enthusiastic new woman of these modern days. The lost Pharaoh, whose period of reign is established, ruled in Khabbasha in the year 341 B. C. "From the translation it is established that in case the wife repudiated the husband she allowed him to take back half his dower. The Egyptian husband not only received nothing from the bride, but had to put up a bonus to make himself a matrimonial possibility. The document shows that in case of separation he was allowed by the wife to take but onethird of the money they had acquire 1 during the time they were married." Dutch Cabinet Resigns Following Army Dispute. The Dutch Cabinet or Council of Ministers, comprising itinc members, by whom the executive authoritiet of the Government is administered, Wednesday presented its resignation. It is thought that the resignation of the Parliament is likely to follow. The resignation of the Cabinet is due to Che defeat of the army estimates in the second chamber of Parliament. The opposition in the discussion of these estimates contended that the efficiency of the Dutch Army was not proportionate to its cost. , The Clericals, who are opposed to the Government's plan for universal suffrage, are pleased over the situation caused by the Cabinet's resignation as they prefer that the expected general election, which is to follow, shall be fought out on the military issue rather than on universal suffrage. Death of Mrs. Catherine! Crow. Mrs. Catherine Crow died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Grant Sausman, seven miles west of Plymouth, Wednesday at 12 M, at the age of 72 years, 1 month. and 20 days. The h'ome of deceased was at New London, Ohio. She had been visiting with her daughter since fall, and intended to remain until after the holidays. A week before her death she was stricken with paralysis from which she did not recover. The remain were taken to New London Thursday, where burial will take place. ' ;

Central America. By virtue of its control of the canal zone the United States has become a Central American power. It takes a more lively interest in the affairs of the five Central American republics, which have become its neigh bors, and is more desirous than ever that they should put an end to their bickerings and revolutions and begin to lead the industrial life in good earnest. That serves to explain why the American government put forth all its influence to bring about that

conference of representatives of the five republics whose harmonious sessions came to a close a few days ago. The delegates to the conference drafted a number of treaties containing various important provisions. They all breathe the spirit of peace and good will. They provide among other things for the amicable, judicial settlement of all controversies which may arise. If they shall be lived up to there will be an end of dictatorships, of the rule of military chieftains, and of revolutionary movements. An era of railroad building and industrial development will begin. If these treaties had been made a few years ago they would have been lived up to only as long as nobody had anything to gain by breaking them. The situation is more encouraging now. On one siJe is Mexico, which is illustrating the benefits f a settled government. On the other is the United States, doing likewise in the canal zone. The Central Americans have witnessed the prosperity of Panama since it got over the revolutionary habi and the example may prove contagions. It does not do to be over confident of tranquility where Latin-Americans are concerned think of Cuba, for instance but there is ground for hope that the benevolent efforts of the United States to put an end to the disorder which has prevailed in Central America for a century will be crowned with success. It may be that when the people of Central America come to nnierstand fully the kindly interest the United States takes in them they will make a serious effort o show themselves deserving of that interest. 5,730 Miles of Track Constructed in 1907. According to the statistics compiled by the Railway Age railroad constructor! jn the United States has been nearly as heavy in 1907 as in ll0f, which was the heaviest year since 1S88. The total number of miles of new track laid this year has been u,7"0, divided as follows: Four hundred and twenty-two miles in Louisiana, :HJ is Florida, 385 in South Dakota. 314 in Texas and 311 in Washington. In Canada during the same time VV.' miles were built and 349 in M'eMco. The greater part of the new track was lc:d tcfore' the financial stringency, only a small amount of mileage being constructed after September. 9 The orders for freight and passenger cars and locomotives in 1907, were smaller than at any time durjng the last seven years. The volume of orders for this part of railroad equipment was about 55 per cent of the total of 1905 and 1906. The year has been notable for the increase in the number of block signals put in, the increase having been 3,721 for the twelve mopths ending December 31, i King of Spain to See America, King Alfonso will probably visit Latin America next year. El Imparcial approves of the iJea and adds: 'If in the sixteenth century the Kings of Spain had visited their American colonies how different would the position of Spain be at present. "The king is to visit the American continent from Mexico to Argentina. His journey will dispel the recollections of historical errors which have cost us so much blood and so much money and will demonstrate the progress westward of the Latin race and the possibility that it will be able to maintain its supremacy in the world. "The voyage of his majesty is a real necessity politically, socially and internationally." Giver All to Child; Ends Life. A life of hardships and privations endured that her daughter might receive an education came to an end Thursday, when Mrs. Elizabeth A. Longenbach, a clairvoyant, burned herself to death in her scantily furnished room in Sioux City, Iowa. The daughter. Bertha C. Longenbach who is now in Boston taking a postgraduate course in medicine, had re ceived $3,000 from her mother to pay for her schooling, according to vouchers found in the deceased woman's room. After hanging up - over her head a stocking ironically filled with old rags, the clairvoyant took her life by pouring kerosene on her clothes and setting fire to herself. Boosts Hot Springs Prices. Announcement was made Thursday that Uncle Sam would double the price for hrs healing hot waters after the first of the year and that all bath house leases also would be doubled. A protest will be sent to Washington. The hot water now is dispensed by the government at $30 per annum for each tub supplied. The bath house owners state that, under the "1H" government now in force, they are unable to meet the raise.

Armed Mob Drives Blacks from

Town. There is a spirit of unrest at Henryetta, Ok., among the white as well as the negro population, becaus- of the lynching of James Garden, a negro Tuesday afternoon. The body of Garden was cut down Wednesday and turned over to friends. A negro known as "One-eyed Bill" Smith, who is held in connection with the murder of Albert Bates, a liveryman, on Tuesday with Wil'r liam Johnson, another negro, by the county authorities when the shadows of darkness came, to prevent a second lynching. On a promise by Sheriff Roberts of Okmulgee that the two prisoners would be taken out of the mining town, the second lynching was averted. .x Hundreds of persons, from the ruddy miner to the most prominent people in the tovn, followed the Bates funeral cortege to the cemetery. An eye-witness to the 1-nching said: "So quick was the work of the lynchers that they neglected to tie Garden's hands behind him, and when the mob of 300 pulled on the rope to string him up to the telegraph pole Garden climbed the rope. Fearing that he would escape, nearJy every member of the mob lrew a gun, and Garden was riddled with bullets before he was 100 feet in the Notices have been posted warning the negroes to leave Henryetta by Friday night. A business man, however, stated that negroes who have heretofore proven to be desirable citizens would not be molested. At sunset Tuesday night there were several shots fired and it is understood a number of negro families were run out of town. Reports have been received at Henryetta of armed blacks who are organizing at Wildcat and other negro settlements and are preparing to march on the town. Five Years on Trial. A vendetta that began five years ago in Lodz, Russia, ended in a lonely gully near. Bedford, Ohio, when Radivoje Rakich fell dying with a bullet through his abdomen. A posse consisting of farmers, led by the Bedford marshal, are in pursuit of the ihree men who didjthe shooting. . Rakich, just before the shooting, told a 'fellow workman 'that he had left Lodz because of a vendetta which had left himself as the only survivor of his family; that he had beep pursued to America and had fled from a number of cities' upon finding men on his trail. He thought himself hidden in the construction camp at Bedford, but two days ago discovered that he was again being shadowexl He drew his money out of the. Bedford bank preliminary to again fleeing and was on his way back to cam when shot down from ambush. When Rakich was found dying the money was still in his" packet. In his effects, was found a diary telling of his flight from city to city, with the dread of assassination hanging over h'nj Rakich was a man of education, evidently far above the station of life where he had sought seclqsion. Dewey Observes Birthday, Admiral Dewey was three score and ten Thursday. He bears the years allotted to man with ease and appears good for many more. Being permanently on the active list by special act of congress, he will serve in his present position, as admiral of the navy as long a? he lives. The hero of Manila made no particular fuss over hi birthday. He had a little celebration a few days ago with the president and other dignitaries, as his guests. He believes that a man ought to work on his birthday, so he was at work as usual Thursday. Admiral Dewey was born in Montpelier, Vt., Dec. 26, 1837. He entered the naval academy in 1 854 and four years later was graduated. Since then he has been constantly in the navy and 'from May. 1, 1898, he has been a particularly conspicuous figure in the navy. Greatest In Our History, Prediction is made by the Bureau of Statistics that the commerce of the United States in 1007, both in exports and imports, will be greatCT than for any preceding year in the country's history. This is based on figures for the first eleven months? of the year an dobservation of the continued increase thus far in December. It is stated that for the first time the monthly export crosses' the $200,000,000 line, the total for November having been $204,444,800. The bureau estimates that for the entire year exports will ecxeed 51,000,000,000 and imports will exceed $1,400,000,000. If to this is to be added trade to the "continental United States," the grand total of both imports and exports will probably reach $3,500,000,000. This growth in foreign commerce, it is stated is chiefly in manufactures and materials for manufacture. The Tippecanoe Bridge. The Rochester bridge company was awarded the contract Friday for putting a bridge over Tippecanoe river in Tippecanoe township. The abutments of this bridge have been built several months. Bids for a bridge with a wood floor also for cement floor were presented. William Everly's was the lowest bid for cement, but the commissioneers decided in favor of wood. The bid of the Rochester company was $3,349.

Uncle Joe's Standpat Hand. Speaker Cannon says: "If he had called me a liar I would have swatted himt too," in commenting on the WJlliäms-De Armond fight in the House. This can not be unparliamentary, for the reason tha't it is true4 unless! it be possible for a thing to be both true and unparliamentary, or unparliamentary because true. It grieves us that the speaker felt called to prove it true by the introduction of irrelevant and incompetent testimony. "Uncle Joe," writes our own correspondent at Washington, "drew up his right forearm and invited his listener to feel the remarkably hard muscular formation under the coat sleeve. 'You bet I would have swatted him,' reiterated the speaker. Then he lifted his leg, holding it out at right angles, and pirouetted around in a circle on the other leg; just as Seabrboke used to do in The Isle of Champagne." A man constantly under the burden of proof against a suspicion that he is a mollycoddle might do such things as these, and, very likely, do them all in vain. But why should Speaker Cannon do any one of them? Nobody has ever taken him for a mollycoddle.. From the snipe slashes of the Kankakee, where Northern lights still are shining on wet spring nights, down to where, at Blizzard's Ford, the Ambraiw goes bawling to the Wabash and the sea, they know Joe Cannon best. So well do they know him there that those who know their Illinois know that the men of that long strech of country would send no man to represent them in Congress who would not swat with a mighty swat a challenger of his word. They have never felt of Joe's muscles. They have never seen him dance on one leg. They do not even ask that he shall prove himself a better man than that one who insulted him, and with him rhe Eighteenth Illinois from the Kankake to the Ambraw. AH they ask is hat he shall do his best, and if he had ever failed in doing this he would long ago have failed in going to Washington as a representative of the pioneer Americans between the Kankakee slashes and the' barrens of Clark county. Globe-Democrat.

Throne of Foreigners Arrived Last Month, A 25 per cent increase over the same -period last year in thei immigration ' from. ajl countries to Jthd United States is shown in the monthly statement of the Bureau of Immigration, covering the month of November.. In that month 117,476 immigrants arrived at the various ports, against 94tC21 in November, 1906. In addition there were 1,304 who reached these shores, but who were turned back for various causes. Of the total immigration for November, 1907, Russia alone furnished 25,213, or an increase of 20 per" cent, over November, 1006. The total immigration from all countries for the six months ended November 30, 1907, was 678,374, an increase of 18 per cent. A noticeable feature of the statement is the fact that, but two more Japanese came to the United States in November, 1907, than in November, 1906, the figures being placed at 1,492 and 1,490, respectively. The Bourbon Advance Quits. Bro her Zimmerman announces the uspension of his paper, the Advance, after the 17th of Januar. This again demonstrates that the life of a newspaper man is not strewn with roses in a field too small for two papers. Bourbon does not support one as it should, let alone two papers that were both good. Mr. Zimmerman has laboured hard and many long hours in the day to make 'the Advance a paying propc'tionv . This could not be done, but t e made it a success in the new line. This does not propitiate an ambitious man, however, for such a task, so Mr. Zimmerman will hunt other territory for more chance of financial gain, along with success in a literary way, as applied to a country newspaper. The News-Mirror wishes him success and knows he will have it when he1 finally settles in a good place not overdone. He and his family will grace any community in which they may choo.-e to locate. Bourbon NewsMirror. Corey May Re-WecT First There are rumors that William Ellis Corey, the steel magnate, has tired of his actress wife, Mabelle Gilman, and may return to the woman he divorced and their 20-year old son. It is said the second wife will make a divorce easy, as New York society has not welcomed her as expected, and that Mrs. Corey No. 1 is agreeable to a reconciliation. Democrats Select Delegates. The Democrats of this county met in mass meeting in their respective townships Saturday afternoon to select delegates to the Democratic district convention to. be held in this city on January 2. Delegates chosen from Center tp., were John R. Jones; P. O. Jones, C. A. Bondurant, and L. G. Harley. County Printing. The bids for county printing were awarded by the commissioners a follows: First Class to Ft. .Wayne Journal Printing company, $431.05, also class 3 at $163.62. Metsker got class 2, at $88.15 and Hendricks class 4 at $86.00. , - ;

Tax on Stock Gambling. determined effort will be made secure the passage by the house of

to representatives of a bill taxing all future trades upon stock, grain, and cotton exchanges Representative Hepburn of Iowa, chairman of the interstate and foreign commerce committee, will introduce a bill providing for a heavy tax upon all trades, such tax to be returned when the secretary of the treasury shall be satisfied that an actual transfer of securities has been effected. Mr. Hepburn has been consulting with a number of members of the houst and has. "found a strong sentiment in favor or his proposition. The feeling in favor of legislation restricting gambling in stocks and grain is due to the belief, which exists f.mong the members of the house, that the October money stringency was largely 'precipitated by frenzied speculation. There is no question that the immediate incident which led to the trouble was the collapse of the corner in the stock of the United Copper company, which had been engineered by the firm of Otto Heinze & Co., composed! of the! brothers and associates of F. Augustus Heinze of Montana. This cast suspicion upon the Mercantile National bank, of which F. Augustus Heinze was elected president last spring. There is no way, of course, by which federal law can forbid stock gamblers to be elected to the head of state banks or trust companies, but if the way of stich gentry be made difficult their reckless plunging will be restricted and banking officials will be more careful about stock operations, especially if the gains be made hardly, worth the risk. In the present state of the public mind the house of representatives undoubtedly -would. pass a bill forbidding gambling in futures if it were constitutional The lawyers of the house say, however, that the Supreme court promptly, would puncture holes in a measure of this kind. It is manifestedly impossilbe to reach the trades by the interstate, commerce clause of the constitution, and the only recourse the federal government has irt the matter is through the taxing power conferred upon congress. Stop a Land Sellen ( After having made $16,000 according to his awn statements, from the old soldiers of the Civil war and their widows and orphans, A. W. Griffin, of Roll, Okla., has been deprived of the use of the mails. Griffin conducted a government land bureau and advertised himself as a "government land locator." His plan was to seek old soldiers and their families, with the proposition that they give him $40 as a fee and secure a rich grant of 160 acres of Oklahoma public !and from the interior department through his efforts. He claimed that clients had disposed of their holdings secured through his agency for sums varying from $500 to $1500. When debarred by a fraud order at Roll, Okla., it is alleged he transferred his business to Streeter and took the name of his son, Clyde D. Griffin. The interior department denied that he is a government agent of any sort Ridgely is Hopeful of Improved Conv cStions. William B.. Ridgely, controller of the currency, was in Washington on personal business Tuesday.. Before leaving for Washington he talked of the financial situation. Mr. Ridgely said: "I think the situation is improving gradually, and after the first of the year the general expectation seems 10 be that this improvement will proceed even more rapidly. The returns under the last call of the controller's office have come to hand so well that we know with considerable accuracy the situation as it is with the national banks. Upon the whole, it is very satisfactory. We hope to issue from Washington soon a rather more romj lete tabulation of conditions with the banks than is usually put out. It will be found that the bank in -i great many citicsy have done their duty by the public with surprising faithfulness." baggage Rules Change. According to orders just received by baggagemen there will be a change of an extensive nature made by the railroads Jan. lst in regard to the checking of baggage. Under the new regulations, a copy of which has been received, a person cannot recover damages for more than $100 from the loss by destruction of baggage, unless -an amount in excess of $100 is stipulated at the time the road takes charge of the parcel. The owner of the luggage must pay extra to have his property insured in an additional amount. Bicycles will only be checked on payment of 25 cents or more. Sunday School Class Takes Sleigh Ride. The Young Men's Bible Class of the Presbyterian church, and their lady friends to the number of twenty-four, enjoyed! themselves with a bob-ride to Argos Wednesday evening. The party filled two bobs. At Argos they attended the moving picture show in a body, and after taking in the many and various other amusements of that city, returned home at a late hour, having had an excellent time ;

The Beautiful. Deep in the heart of most people, if not all of themt is a love for the beautiful. Truet ideas differ as to what is beautifid. What is beautiful to one person may appear commonplace to another. Education and opportunity make for what the world calls culture. But even without this there are thousands who can see beauty in many things that are counted common. There are thousands of beautiful things in nature that all may admire. The true 'artistic soul may see beauty in the coloring of newly turned soil. Another gazes uopn the waving grain and to him it is a sea of molten gold. The green sward or forest trees both are filled with beauty to the mind attuned to the ideas of symmetry and a correct blending of color effects. It is the innate love of the beautiful that makes man the higher animal, not counting his, what one might call higher intellectual attainments. True, environment has much to do with the correct development of the love of the beautiful. But beauty is not all in sky and earth and the manifold beauties that bedeck the earth or the tints that makes a sunset a thing that enraptures, the. soul. There is beauty in song and poetry and in the lofty thoughts of prose. A magnificent painting, before which men stand enraptured, is bu; the beauty of some mind put upon canvas. Teach the children a love of the beautiful and you have educated them away from the things that are vile and morally wrong. . Art exhibits and art galleries are more than a fad of passing whim. Ugliness should be combatted wherever found, whether it be in unsighi'y surroundings or a bill board covered with hideous posters or the comic supplement. There is so much that is beautiful that there is no reason why there should be anything put before the child that does not have the redeeming beauty feature. The flower petal, the leaf drifting in the gutter

or the thistledown floating in the idle wind has beauty if one but hunts out the hidden secret. Muncie Press. Poor Trade With the Philippines. Secretary Taft brought us encouraging news regarding the industrial conditions in the Philippine archipelago. He had seen cvdence of reviving trade and increasing- comfort for the natives. But it cannot be said that the United States has contributed much to this revival. Neither can it be said that our present commerce with the islands is at all satisfactory, or even nearly so, whether we take a purely selfish or a benevolent point of view of the, matter. Official figures show that during the fiscal year 1907 we exported lo the archipelago $8t658,000 worth of merchandise of all kinds. This represented aboit one-fourth of its imports Central America, Canada, Cuba, Mexico, Hayti and Santo Domingo get from 50 to 70 per cent , of their imports in our markets. They are independent countries, and none of rhem, save Cuba, has any special tariff arrangement with us. The Philippines are American territory, yet we do less business with them than with any of the countries named. As to Philippine sales to America the figures are even less satisfactory or creditable. In the year under review we took from the islanders only i539,000 worth "of dutiable merchandise. We imported $442,00O worth of sugar and $8,400 worth of their tobacco, though their total sugar exports were valued at $4,000,000 and those of tobacco at $2,000,000. We take a great deal of their hemp, which is admitted free of duty. No wonder the natives took from us in the same year less than $9,000,000 worth of goods. These figures carry their own moral. Congress should at this session remove or lower the duty on Philippine sugar and tobacco. If we he'p the natives they will purchase mre from us. Neither the export nor the import side of the present trad with them- furnishes an argument for a policy of standpatism toward the rchepelago. ' New Suits for New Baptists. Adam Stewart's clothing store at Garrett, Ind., was storried Friday by 200 men who claimvd suits of clothes as recompense fcr accepting the Baptist faith. Mr. Stewart is a loyal Baptist and recently announced that he would present a suit to each man who came into the church. Rev. Dan Shannon, Baptist revivalist, has been holding meetings there during the last three weeks and quite lately has increased the number -of his converts at a surprising rate. Apparently every citizen in the place who needed a suit of clothes was coming to the front on the evangelist's call. Shannon and Stewart will decide who of the converts are actually converted. These will be given new wardrobes. . Fewer in Poor Asylums. The annual report of the board of state charities for the fiscal year 1907, will show that there has been for several years a steady slight decrease in the population of poor asylums in the state, despite the increase in the state's inhabitants. The reason for this are the greater difficulty of getting out-door relief, which causes the former beneficious to "hustle" harder for a living, rather than go to the poor asylum, and the work required of the ablehodicd who do go there,