Plymouth Tribune, Volume 8, Number 24, Plymouth, Marshall County, 18 March 1909 — Page 6

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tma Caui on Lrc and Ankln Canadian Chief of Police Could Kot Wear Short Ilrrause of Bad Scallnjc itud Itrkins. "I have been successfully cured of dry eczema. I was Inspecting the removal of noxious weeds from the edjre of a river and was constantly in the c'ust from the weeds. At night I cieansod wy limbs, but felt a prickly sensation. I paid no attention to it for two years, but I noticed a scv.m on iny legs like fish scales. I did not attend to it l iitil it came to be too Itchy and sore and bean getting two running sores. My ankles were all sore and scabby and I could not wear shos. I lud to use carpet and felt slippers for weeks. I got a cake of the Cuticura Soap and some Cuticura Ointment. In less than ten days J could put on my boots and in less thur fhr-e weks I was free from the cjp M Itching. Capt. George I Ii! o. of Police, Morris, Manitoba, -"0, 11)07. and Sept 24, 1908." Totter Drug & Chem Corp., Solo rro:3. of Cuticura Re.ne".iesfc Boston. loathful Impudence. Philander (.'. Knox, the prospective Secretary of State, talked, at a reception at Valley Forge, of an Impudent politician. The impudence with which he demands his f Ivors," said Mr. Knox, "reminds me of the Impudence of young John Gaines, a Brownsville boy. One winter day In Brownsville the skating was good, and a game of hockey van proposed., John Ciaiaes, his skates over Lift arm, rang the bell of one of our oldest Inhabitants, an 1S12 veteran vclih a wooden leg. 'Excuse nie, sir,' he said, 'but are you going out t-day?' "o, I believe not replied the reteran kindly. 'Why do you ask, my sour ' 4Becauc, If you are not. said John Gaines, 'I'd like to borrow your wooden lez to play hockey with." A 2.10,000 Daahel Elevator. The John A. Salzer Seed Co, Box C Ia Crosse, Wis., by all odds the largest farm, grass, clover, potato and vgdahle Seed Growers in America, If not the world, have just broken ground for a unique seed elevator with storage and cleaning capacity of more than a quarter of a million bushels. This gTv-at firm is sending out Clover Seed testing 09.55 per cent pure, a record justly to be proud of. If you haven't Salzens Catalog, look up their advertisement and write for it to-day. Decided Improvement. Scribbles I understand young Rhymer Is doing much better than formerly in the poetry line. Dribbles Why, he told me he hadn't written a line for six months. Scrlbtlcs Yes, he told me the same thing. Don't Spoil Your Clothe. Cue Red Cross Ball Blue and keep tbem white fis mow. All grocers. 3 cenu a pickaxe. One Sided Obligation. The fat passDger accidentally stepied on the street car conductor's foot. "I beg your pardon, sir," said the conductor. "Not at all; I beg yours." "But you don't have to do that, yoa know. Passengers are not expected to be polite to conductors. Besides, the unexpected apolojy flustered the conductor, and he rang" up tw 'fares. Chicago Tribune. Onlr On "DROMll QCIXIXE" rbat la LAXATIVE BROMO QCIXINS. Look tor the ilcoature of . V. GROVE. Uaed th World OTtr to Cur a Cold In Ona Day. 25c DIGNITY OF OWNERSHIP. Th Feeling of Pride That la Dora of Pari Taxea. "Many a time," said a policeman la the southern part of the city, "when arresting men, especially Intoxicated men, I have been told by my prisoner that he was a taxpayer and that he helped pay my wages. 'I always regarded this sort of back talk as merely drunken insolence and never paid much attention to It until about a year ago, when I bought a house and lot and became myself a taxpayer. I had always rented before j and never gave a thought to taxes, but as soon as I moved Into my own house I began to appreciate the feelings of men who resented arrest because they paid taxes. "There Is certainly a considerable addition to the dignity of the man who helps support the government. He feels a degree of responsibility that a renter or roomer never understands, nd my Idea Is that every man In the country ought to become a taxpayer :as soon as he can. And the mere fact that he does help support the government and bears his share of the exjpente makes him a better citizen. .Habitual criminals are rarely taxpay3. They know th?y may have to run any day and perhaps never come back, so they do not buy real estate, but are roomers and lodgers all their lives." St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Wlllloff to Obllft-e. Cook Lady (at Intelligence office) P.efore I engage with you I'd like to ask a few questions. How many servants do you keep? The Woman Two. Cook Lady Where do you live? The Woman, (meekly) Ol, that doesn't matter." We are wil'mg to move anywhere you want to go. 'oT The poet raved and tor-; bis hair. And bowled in accepts of despair: "Is there no rhjme fjr 'grocery'?" Ilia mockinj? muse . id : "No. iree! DIDN'T EEALIZE How Iajartoaa Coffee Really Wa. Many persons go on drinking coffee year after year without realizing that It Is the cause of many obscure but persistent ailments. The drug caffeine in coffee and tea Is very like uric acid and is often the cause of rheumatic attacks which, when coffee Is used habitually, become chronic. A Washington lady said recently: "I am sixty-live and have had a good deal of experience with coffee. I consider It very injurious and the cause of many disefipes. I am sure it causes decay of teeth in children. "When I drink coffee I had sick Kpeils HTid still did not -ealize that cnVe could be so harmful, till alxut year ago I h:;d rheumatism in my arms ;nd fingers, ,rot so nervous I could not sleep sind was all run down. "At hist, after fii ding that ni?diHies did me no good. I decided to quit coff o entirely and try I'osfnm. After 'x it si r'oifüm I fully recovered my heilth beyon l all expeditions, e.-in sleep squill ?r.d my rheumatism Is all five." "There's a Pen.n." X.i me pi von by Post urn Co.. Pat tie Crr.-k. Mich. Kerd the famous little b.?o. "The Ro:id t Wellvüle." in pkg. liver reaJ the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true and full of human interest.

Storle ol the IMcket Line. Tlu UappnhaniKK'k Uiver is narrow and deep for some distance below Fredericksburg. Va. Pickets could visit with ease, so f;:r as conversation went, while standing or sitting on their respective posts when once they had made a bargain to do no firing; and such a bargain became a common thing a year after the War began and the men had learned that in the main the two armies were made up of human beings and not hyenas or something equally ferocious. Put talking at long range soon became tiresome. It has always been so, whether in war or peace, in the city or on the prairie. Farmers may talk for a time at long range, but they soon come together and rest their elbows on the top rail end a foot on the second rail. Women may legin conversation standing in their respective doorways, but they are not long in getting their heads close together. Haven't you noticed hat? That was the way with the pickets on the Kapnahannoek. After they had talked for n time with the deep, narrow, black, sluggish Rappahannock dividing them they sought an easier, a more convenient, a more sociable way. The pickets of General Cutler's Union brigade managed with the men in gray on the opposite side of the river after this fashion; "I say, Yank!" "What is it, Johnny?" "We uns like the smell of yon alls real coffee mighty well." "Do you want somoof it, Johnny?" "Just homesick for some real coffee. "How's your tobacco supply?" "Plenty of it." They were nearly always long 011 plug tohacco, but short on coffee, real coffee, and our boys were often short on tobacco, but seldom so on coffee. "Let's dicker, Johnny." "That's us, honey; how shall we deliver the goods?" "Make a raft from boards on yon barn and come over." "Mean it, Yank? Won't sneak us?" "On honor, Johnny; on honor. Come orer." Within an hour a Confederate craft, laden with one unarmed Johnny and a liberal supply of Virginia plug and long Tom, ran Its jagged nose against the northern bank of the river. "No shenanigan, Yanks." "Not a bit. You'll go back as soon's the goods are exchanged and you get ready." That completed the treaty, with a reciprocity attachment, and the goodnatured Virginian did not need a second invitatioa to partake of coffee, fried pork aud hardtack. When the ship sailed hairs to the Confederacy and the captain displayed his stock of coffee and told of the banquet tendered him by the enemy, one of his brethren called over: "I'uIIy for you, Yanks! The war Is over uutll they change pickets!" And it was. There wus not an hour in the day when the raft was not engaged In bringing th pickets together foi social and commercial Intercourse. They swapi)od goods, played cards, discussed battles and had as good a time as the same men would have to-day were they to eoine together, for with such as they the war had been over ever since Grant and Lee came together and shook hands at Appomattox. It made no difference what officer was In charge of the picket. One day the lieutenant who had winked at or turned his back upon these society and commercial enterprises was suddenly prostrated, returned to camp and a new lieutenant took his place. And he was new, brand new. He was a political pull officer. He had been commissioned by the governor at the request of his father, who had the pull, and assigned to a regiment of New Yorkers who had seen hard service and had plenty of good material of Its own for officers. Of course the whole regiment felt Insulted, but what could it do? Papa had drawn on the governor for a pair of shoulder straps for his son before he had eari:ed them. Py honoring the draft he had pleased one man and another temporarily. The young lieutenant was pleased until he ran upon the Ice and, sowls of the veteran New Yorkers. Then he was sad. I dislike to think, even now, that there was much of that kind of work done, not alone by the Governor of New York, but by all of the Governors, and In both armies. It seldom worked well. There were exceptions, to be sure. This young fellow, who wanted to fight for his country if he could begin as an otlicer the third year of the war, was 6ent to take the place of the prostrated officer. He reached the picket line Just In time to see a Virginian land and shake hands with our men. That was the first rebel he had seen. What was he there for but to kill and cajture relels? "You are a prisoner. Ser geant, take this man to General Cutler with my compliments, and tell him he was taken at Fitzhugh Crossing." It mattered not that our boys and the Confederates protested, the lieutenant knew his business and did not want private soldiers to Interfere. The prisoner was sharply questioned by the gruff old general. When Cutler ascertained the facts In the case that j his boys had entered into an arrange raent to exchange courtesies he storm ed like an enraged alderman. "Sergeant, return with this soldier to tlie lieutenant and tell him to let him go back to his frlemLs across the river and then report to me at once." When the lieutenant reported tlie general said to him: "Young man, you have been guilty of a mean act. I d not say that the men did right to make the bargain they did, but after It was made it was infamous to violate it by making a prisoner of that soldier. You niny go back to your regiment. I will ask the adjutant to send mo a soldier to take barge of th picket." The next day both lines of pickets were drawn in and the two armies started on that long, hard march to Gettysburg. Among the prisoners taken by Cutler's brigade of New Yorkers. Peiitisylviini.ins and Iiidl.üM.ins the firs' day nt Gettysburg was the husky Virginian Cet.cral Cutler st: b.t.l: to his friends :it Fitzhugh Cn s When he c;n:!it sight of "Pa;" fuller, us his old regiment called him. that evening, the Virginian shambled out of the ranks, saluted him and saiJ: "I

don't reckon, general, tha you will send me back to my friends this time, but I want to thank you for doing so that other time. In my joy at point back I forgot to thank you." Some of the Union pickets who had visited and dealt with the Virginian recognized him. He didn't go to sleep hungry that night, and the next morning, when the prisoners started North, his haversack was filled with rations selected from a dozen different Yankee haversacks. J. A. Watrous in Chicago Herald. Lincoln' Foater Mother. Abraham Lincoln was 7 or 8 years old when his father, Thomas Lincoln, removed from Kentucky to Indiana, where, in a year or two, his wife died. The year following her death, says a writer in the Christian Union, Mr. Lincoln returned to Elizabethtown to search out, if possible, a former neighbor and friend, '.Mrs. Sally Johnston, whom, upon Inquiry, he found still a widow, and to whom he at once made a proposal of marriage. On entering Mrs. Johnston's humble dwelling. Mr. Lincoln asked if she remembered him. "Yes," replied she, "I remember you very well. Tommy Lincoln. What has brought you back to Old Kentucky?" "Well," said he, "my wife Nancy ia dead." "Why, you don't say so!" "Yes," said Mr. Lincoln, "she died more than a year ago, and I have come back to Kentucky to look for another wife. Do you like me, Mrs. Johnston?" "Yes," replied Mrs. Johnston, "I like you. Tommy Lincoln." "Do you like me well enough tc marry me?" "Yes," she answered, "I like you, Tommy Lincoln, and I like you well enough to marry you, but I can't marry you now." "Why not." said he. 'Because I am in debt, and I could never think of burdening the man I warry with dett; it would Dot be right." "What are those debts?" said he. She told him of the sums, "which, said she, "I have all down here in my account-book." On looking it over, he saw that hi debts ranged from 50 cents to a dollar and a quarter, and amounted in the gross to something less than twelve dollars not a very startling sum even in those days of small things. He succeeded in putting the little book In his coat pocket without attracting her attention, and went out, looked up the various parties, and paid off all the suras according to the memorandum, and returned in the afternoon with the acknowledgements of payments In full. On his returning the account-book to her, she exclaimed, "Why, Tommy Lincoln, have you gone and paid off all my debts?" "Yes," he said; "and will you marry me now?" "Yes," said she, and they were married the next morning at 1) o'clock. Mr. Haycraft, the narrator of the story,

was present at the ceremony. The Little Irl at Gettrbnraj. Twas Gettysburg's last day, The dead and wounded lay ' On trampled fields aud ridges battle-torn Among the outer posts, Around the guarded hosts. Kode Hancock, watchful, on the fateful morn. And lo! a hero-child. With eyes and tresses wild. Close to the lines had strayed, and met him there. And tightly to her breast A heavy load she prest A musket! all her slender strength could bear. "My brave and pretty dear, Tell me, how come you here Upon the field, before the fight is done?" Then, at her lisped reply. Tears dimmed the general's eye: "My papa's dead, but here's my papa'i gun. Turkish Hotel Haiti. An interesting study of the habits and morals of a nation might be made, basing the researches wholly on hotel regulations. In "The Balkan Trail" Frederick Moore gives a eopy of some rules which hang In gilded frames on the walls of each bedroom In the Grand Hotel d'Angleterre at Salouica. Here Is a literal translation from the French version there was also a Turkish and a Greek set: (Messieurs the voyagers who descend upon the hotel are requested to hand over to the management any money or articles of value they may have. 2. Those who have no baggage must nay every day, whereas those who have it may do so only once a week musical Instruments are forbidden, also all noisy conversations. 4. It is permitted neither to play at cards nor at any other game of hazard. Ö. Children of families and their servants should not walk about the rooms. . It Is prohibited to present one self outside one's room in a dressing gown or other negligent costume. 9. Coffee, tea :;nd other culinary preparations may rot be prepared In the rooms or procured from outside, as the hotel furnishes everything one wants. 10. Voyagers to take their ropast descend to the dining-room, with the ex"eption of Invalids who may do so in their rooms. 11. A doubie-boudeu room pays double for ltsel", save in tlie case where the voyager declares that one bed may be let to another person. It Is. however, forbidden to sleep on tin Uoor. Worth Heading. Three hundred , thousand concrete cross ties have been ordered for the Italian railways. The largest pin factory in the world Is at Birmingha?n. England. It turns out 37.000,000 pins every day. It is likely that a monorail system will !e experimented with in the upie: part of New York city. A machine that cleans old bricks ol their mortar automatically Is a recent invention in the line of labor savin; devices. A healthy adult breathes from four teei: to twenty-four times a minute The rate of the pulse is four time tliit of the respiration. It is quite likely that an American bank will be established -0011 in Pekin. 'Ih.it city has lud r.rithh. German, French and Jiipanese banks for some time. Let water run fnni fa wots for a few minutes in the morning before using it for cook ins:.. After staiulins hi the lead pipes all night it is not wholesome.

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Saloon Abolished in Two-Thirds

"WET" AND DHY" MAP OF THE UNITED STATES. Black Signifies Wet" Territory; White, "Dry" Territory; Shaded, Local Option Territory.

The prohibition crusade has swept forward to such an' extent that in more than two-thirds of the territory of the United States the saloon has been abolished. Idaho, one of the few States which had withstood the movement, has now fallen into line. In Tennessee a drastic act was enacted, and under it the manufacture or sale of liquor In any form will be a misdemeanor. In the State of Washington a Governor and a majority of tlie members of. the Legislature pledged to local option were recently elected. An overwhelming majority of the Legislature in Texas on a platform declaring for the submission of a prohibitory amendment means, according to the Prohibitionists, that Texas will soon probably Invome "dry." Under the provisions of a recently enacted local option law thirteen counties In Oregon closed out the saloons. There are now 21 counties In Oregon in which liquor is prohibited. The elections since a year ago in Colorado have been bad for the saloon interests. Forty-two municipalities have ousted the saloons. There are now ISO cities and towns In California where the saloon is not allowed to exist In Ohio r7 out of G(J counties have voted the salon out of business. Under the provisions of the Moore remonstrance law of Indiana 720 saloons have been abolished within the last year. Prohibitionists also hope to soon turn Arkansas into an absolute prohibition area. In Iowa 4GI saloons have leen put out of business recently, leaving only 1,119 in the entire State. Twenty-two of South Carolina's 42 countries have voted for prohibition since November under the county option law. During the last year 30." saloons and 2 breweries have been forced to go out of business in MichIBEST TARGET IS" THE TRIANGLE IIa Dwn Adopted by tbe Ilrltlah Amy Council for Indoor Practice. A new design for target practice, termed the Solano target, has been formally adopted by the British army council for use in Indoor ranges. It Is declared by enthusiasts that more beneöt will be derived from shooting at these objects than by range practice In the open, under many conditions. A striking Innovation Is substitution .s. I

WROQ KIND OF TARGET. AX INFANTRY TARGET.

of a triangle-shaped target 'for the standard circular kind. It is asserted that the triangle has a direct relation to tlie human figure which the circular sort his not. One device used in connection with the new indoor practice is a miniature landscape across which tiny replicas of ImxIIcs of marching men can be moved. Trees, rocks, houses and hills are all simulated and the marksman is presented with nearly as many obstacles as if he were firing In tlu open air. REASON WHY PARIS LEADS. French Capital t enter of Fashions t and I) mm at lu Art for Ouliirle. "Why has Paris always reigned supreme in the domain of fashion?" This is a question which many people must have often asked themselves. For centuries the women of Paris have been a dominant factor ia this supremacy. Encouraged by them, the fashion artists have flourished in the peculiar atmosphere of that -city. Constant contact jvith and contemplation of the wealth rf beautiful treasures displayed In the shops, museums, streets and theaters have constituted for the Parisian woman a liberal education in everything that appertains to fashion. The reason for the supremacy of Paris is not far to seek. Is not the history of France one long record of royal passions, beautiful favorites and e.rtravagaut adventuresses whose caprices cost countless millions? For several centuries women reigned supreme at court. In the drawing-rooms, 011 the stage, everywhere. AH men did her homage; her slightest whims equaled commands. Affairs of state, family honor, riht, wrong everything was ignored to gratify her maddest caprices. Her dress, jewelry and other iersoufll adornments became vital questions. To-day even there are women who can sjrf-nd ?.".() K) ou a set of furs, $1,000 on a mantle. $l.'J."tt on a gown and pay equally hi?h prices for other articles Of toilet. This extravaganee h:is always attracted t Paris the smartest talent in Europe. France lm:g led the world in the production of silks, satins, laces. velvets and all those fabrics essential to feminine attire, dressmakers, jewfcrs, perfumers, were veritable artists

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Land Area of the United States Divided According: to State Liquor Legislation. , gan. Since a j'ear ago 100 municipalities in Wisconsin have voted against saloon license, thus closing out more than 400 saloons. Minnesota lies been arraying itself against the saloon. The Prohibitionists assert that there are now only 100 saloons left In Minnesota. A year ago 00 counties In Kentucky had already voted out the saloon. In Connecticut the "no-llcense" voters voted out liOO more saloons in the last few months, while in Massachusetts 10 more municipalities have abolished the saloon. In a single day 1.033 townships In Illinois voted for prohibition, and as a consequence 1,500 saloonkepers Lave had to retire from business. Maryland, in the last year, has increased Its prohibition area. A great change has been effected in Mississippi since a year ago. The adoption of prohibition for the entire State drove the saloon from the seven remaining "wet" counties. In Alabama, the State prohibition law went Into effect on January of this year. Geor who gloried in their work. For a long time Paris lived mainly on the creation and distribution of articles of luxury. Probably her dressmakers stand alone In having made a profound study of historical costumes for reproductive purpose.i. They found precious inspiration at the Ixuvre. Luxembourg and other famous picture galleries. M. Worth wrote a big book on his profession. M. Felix often "created" at a sacrifice, for the pure love of art. Paris has always been the principal creative center of dramatic art; the success of a new piece is often dependRIGHT KIND OF TARGET. ent on the elegant costumes of the star actresses. Wherever the latter have toured they have left in their trail the latest conceptions of fashion, exciting the envy and desires of their foreign sisters. Again, French novelists never tire of praising the beauty, elegance mil perfect taste in dress of the women of Paris. Imperceptibly cosmopolitan women have imbibed the notion that outside of Paris there is no salvation for tlie smart woman who yearns to Incarnate the latest idoal of the mode. A chemh-al element, lelleved to 1 previously unknown, has been found by Mr. Ogawa, a Japanese chemist, ii thorlanlte, leinite and molylKlenite. The name tilpponium, with the symbol Np., lias lK'en proposed for it. It is a metal apparently allied to alumi:ni. It has an equivalent weight of uouV oO, and Mr. Ogawa thinks that in the periodic system it probably lies between molyMenum and ruthenium. On July i!i a storm, passing across the valleys near tin? mountain called the Luberou, In France, developed hall along a line conveying electric energy by a trlphase current of 45.000 volts. Monsieur Violle, iu a note addressed to the French Academy of Sciences, states reasons for believing that the electric line served as a conductor for the storm. The hnil was developed only near the line; elsewhere nothirg 1 -it rain fell. That wonderful star, Nova Persel, which sv.ddenly blazed- out in the heavens in February, pxil, attracting all eyes by its brilliancy, and then, hi a few months, faded to invisibility, except with telescopes, has recently had a critical date in its history fixed by Prof. E. E. Parnard. When it :t,M it changed llrst into a nebula -at least, its liht was the li?ht of a nebula. Afterward, as shown by its spectrum, it changed back into a star of a peculiar class, called the Wolf-Itayet star, which seem to be a sort of cross

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of the Nation

gia. Maine. Kansas, Oklahoma ant North Dakota are absolutely prohibit ive States. In Florida there are a' present only 230 saloons left in the eo tire State, while prohibition prevail? iu a great part of Louisiana. The antl salouists have been active In Virginia In recent months they have closed ou more than 400 saloons. Of the 1(X counties In Virginia 71 do not now grant any form of license. In Nebraska already 430 niunlcitall ties have voted out the saloon. In Mis sourl 30 counties now refuse licenses Since 100S the voters of Rhode Island have abolished 429 saloons, and bott Vermont and New Hampshire have In creased their no-license communities. The only distinctively 'vet" States and Territories at present are Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Wyoming, Ne vada, Utah, Arizona New Mexico and the State of Washington' which later however, Is likely to enact a local option law before long. About 313 town ships in New York State are 'dry'; and 200 others are under iiartial II cense. These facts show the steady and phenomenal progress made by the antisaloon organizations within the last year. Up to the beginning of 190S they had succeded In transforming a great part of the United States Into arid territory. Since then they have gon forward in almost every State in the Union. In South Carolina and one ot two other places they have been cheeked, but' not very seriously. Statistics compiled by the United States Bureau of Lalor were consulted. Bulletin No. 77 shows that the average workingman's Income, as recently Investigated, amounted to $7CS.34 a year. Of this sum his total exienditures for intoxlcatlug liquors were $12.44 a year. He spent almost as much for tobacco. New York Times. between a tru- stai; and a nebula. Irofessor Barnard shows that this last change began in November, 1002, and seems to have been completed In February, 1903. Among the earliest suggestions for making balloons was that of a floating vacuum. It was thought of in the seventeenth century but nobody has been able to construct a successful balloon on this principle, because the walls surrounding the vacuum must be so strong that the air pressure will not crush them, and the requisite strength Is inconsistent with the equally requisite lightness. Lately the idea has leen taken up again iu Ger many, and submitted to calculation Herr l)erb estimates that six spherl cal vacuum balloons, each ten meters In radius, formed of aluminum one iln in radius, each ten meters in radius. formed of aliminum one millimeter thick, and ha messed In a row, would possess ?i buoyancy of about 35,000 pounds. But the difficulty is that the balloons would have to be so strongly stayed within that the carrying capac ity might be practically nothing. Lyman J. Brlgg of the Bureau of Plant Industry has invented a meth.Ml or Testing tue moisture content of grain by its electrical resistance. The, inqMrtance of the Invention depends r.j n in the desirability of knowing :ic-' curately the condition of grain In storage or in transit. An electric cur rent is passed through the grain from one metallic electrode to another, and i form of the apparatus has Ihvu de vised suitable for employment in cars and elevators. Thus far the experi ments have been confined to wheat. Heat plays an Important irnrt. since the resistance rapidly decreases as the tenqieratiire increases, and so the tern I erat lire lias to le taken into account The moisture content can be deter mine! by tills method with a probable error not exceeding three per cent The electrical resistance of wheat con taining 13 ier cent of moisture Is M times that of wheat containing 1.1 per cent of moisture. National Aaaets. A great portion of the public domalu U poor land, worthless for farming puriHses, but, on the other hand, there are large deposits of coal, oil and other minerals of Immense value and vast forests that will furnish timber for generations to come. Naturally, such states as Montana, Idaho aud Nevada look upon the public lands in their bor ders as the possession of their citizens. They are anxious to have the tracts divided and given to settlers, so that the population may be Increased and the resources of tlie states developed But the public lands are peculiarly the possession of the nation and must be safeguarded as an Imjortant national asset. 4 The time Is past when they may be given to settlors by the thousand acres, fenced in by cattle kings and appropriate by railroads. Stricter land laws and strict enforcement of them are evidences of the government's intention to protiit its lands and hold them in the Interest of all the people. Ynluex i;ifc- i:ailillj. Ileal estate values in Now York city, according to the assessment figures, ire increasing $lfM,070 each day. I . Mio cici & n;is at ie;;i iwu trou 4 . . 1 . 1 . .. I 1 . . . - . . t , . . Am. bles: f iling; a woman a shoe that Is big enough, and selling a man a shoe that Is small enough.

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There Are- Enonicli Bureau. The only question Is as to the prac tical utility of such a Government comuisshm. It Is conceded by these weilneanlng manufacturers that the tarih 3Uglt to be revised 'downward," and that it is going to Ie so revise! In the Mining extra session of Congress. When ibis work Is accomplished, if with a reasonable degree of success, there will be no desire for agitation of the ques tion or for revising tariff schedules for years to come. All parties will unite in d?mand for rest from agitation. What would this permanent commlsion Ie doing in the meautime? Gath ering statistics of trade and investl;utlng conditions of labor, .wages andproduction, with a view to further re visions of the tariff to which Congress and the country will give no heed In the desire for rest? There are quite enough bureaus In the government now collecting this Information. For what else was . the Department of Commerce and Labor erected, with Its Immense official paraphernalia? It is urged, however, that this per manent commission would perform a most useful service in the passage of .1 maximum and minimum tariff In deciding which of the two rates should be imposed on the trade of a particular country. That would never do. Congress cannot abdicate its legislative functions to confer them uixm such a commission. To determine whether this or that duty shall be Imposed on tlie Imports from any country is to legislate; and this power belongs only to tlie Congress. For the rest, the maximum and minimum device was adopted for the purposes of commercial war fare. This country above all wants commercial jeace, and for this reason will net put an Instrument of commer cial war In the hands of any commis sion. Philadelphia Itecord. The Dest 1VIh for Mr. Taft. "William II. Taft," remarks the New York Sun, "has the friendly re gard of everybody. Never did sny man coma into the Presidency before with such universal good will of the people." When we come to think about it that is sflctly true. Even Mr. Mc Kinley did not have such good will nt the beginning of 'his first term. Only the feell'ig toward Mr. McKinley at the beginning of his second term is comparable to the feeling toward Mr. Taft. Everybody wishes Mr. Taft well. Being human, Mr. Taft must desire this feeling to continue. And there are signs that Mr. Taft understands what Is the way to have It continue and to bring it to pass that his going out of office shall be like his coaiing in. and like what William McKinley "s going would have been had Ills life been spared to March 4. 1905. Mr. Taft Impresses the public as being content to sink his personality In his great task to devote himself to making the machinery of government run smoothly and quietly and as rapIdly as may be necessary. The best wish that his friends and his country can have for Mr. Taft Is that he may persist in this attitudethat he may always be content to have his place In history fixed not by what William Taft did. but by what the President of the United States did when his name was William II. Taft. That his going out may be like his coming in that he may bo resolute to make It so is the best wish that can be given to the new President. Chica go Inter Ocean. The Limbr Tariff. If the American duty on lumber Is removed, Canada will impose an exIort duty. She will do this for two reasons. First, she wants to preserve her lumber for herself ; and In the sec ond place, a vast amount of Canadian timber is owned by Americans, and the Canadian government will gladly add to the receipts of its treasury out of the pockets of Americans. Any one can see that If Canada does this, no change In the price of lumber would result from the lowering of the tariff so far as the American consumer Is concerned. The only difference would be that the duty would go Into Cana dian coffers instead of Into the United States treasury. In the matter of the lumber tariff as on many other phases of this great question, the average man declaiming vociferously about what ought to be done does not know as much as the A, B. C's of the tariff question. Cedar Rapids Bepubllcan. Tariff revision Is something that has Invariably weakened the party that un dertook It, and it will probably be so in this case. The party has this advan tage it will do Its work at the beginning of the new administration; and if Congress shall give us a well balanced. scientific protective measure, It will vin dicate Itself before the next Presidential election, so that the worst evil that can befall the party will be a loss of Congressional control in 1910; but it is scarcely iosslble for the law to have proven itself in time to dissipate the prejudices that will no doubt be en gendered while It Is leing framed up and Immediately after it shall have been passed. Cedar Itaplds Republi can. 'o More Such Treaties. There must be no more treaties whereby our customers administration Is deflected from Its proper purpose and tlie foreign producer Is enabled to determine the price at which his goods shall !e appraised. This is little less than placing a premium on fraud. It is In effect Inviting the foreign manu facturer to fix the amount of duty he shall pay to suit himself for the amount follows the appraisement, so that the systematic reduction of the ap praisement Is equivalent to the adop tion of a lower duty. Our people have learned by painful experience h w this expedient works and don't want any more of It. Philadelphia Inquirer. Probably Manured. A writer in the Argonaut tolls of tho sister of Lonl Houghton, who was fre quently ntinoyil nt the jniosta whom Iht brother hroujrht to the hot sc. "Io you remeniWr, my ,lei.r," he nsked her at linner one lay, "whether that famous scoundrel X. was handed or acquitted?' "He must have Inn ha,.sl," she replied, "or you would have had him to dinner Ion- a" Must He. She (on tl.e Atlantic Urer) Did you observe the preat iinetite ef that Btout man at dirtier? He Yes; lie nrait be what they call a stowaway. Sacred Heart Review.

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