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THE DAWSON TRAIL.
.Get down to your work, yon dog of a
slave dog!
Oft down to your work, I say!
|It*« a tough, hard trail we've come, dog,
(And the camp is far away.
|Pull for the life of us both, dog,
jPor dark is the end of day!
.Get down to your work, you dog of a
dog!
(Get down to your work, I say!
&6«lB the sun in the southern sky
jRoO ts the trail behind the sleigh
Bed Is the foot of the sled-dog gray)
iOold Is the end of day.
Get down to your work! Shall a man
for a dog
Throw a man's life away?
He trail grows dim, and the tree trunks
Stray
In tho northern sky the maidens play
The goblins dance in the Milky Way
Black is the" end of day!
—Harper's Magazine.
PRIVATE LANGFIELD
Wtary
HEN the men of the service
Jeft Vaidez to build the mili
lines through the interior
ot Alaska, Langfield went with tliein.
He was undeniably plain, undersized
and over sensitive, and that was why
be felt certain that Dolly could never
love him. To be sure, he had had no
Intention of loving her, but when six
[feet two of well-developed manhood,
Jin the person of Tom Perry, came down
ifrom Circle City prospecting, Lnngticia
[found'Intentions and love had nothiug
do with each other.
Tom and Dolly had known each other,
tin the States, and Langfield watched
(With hopeless pain the renewal of their
[friendship. She had'^rown shy wltli
film since Perry caqte, and there could
but one.reason, £e a.'gued. Ho did
lot blame*:h^r Uifre was nothing In
Im to insplfl) '*5 woman's love, and
•m—^ So he packed his flute and
ils knapsack and left with scarcely a
Ifkrewell.
The men we're not fond of Lungfleld.
iHe bad a way of shrinking. Into bim
Belf that only Shivers, the camp mas
cot, a lank, mongrel Slwnsh with tho
stump of a tall, understood.
Langfield seldom joined the camp
fires, but when the fever broke out
^angfleld was the first to offer bis ser
vices. He was not afraid of contagion,
he told the sergeant, and anyway there
was no one at home who needed him.
-After that he and Shivers took up their
Quarters in the hospital tent
I The fever had its run, but only one,
thanks to the nursing, was borne up
the trail and laid away under the snow.
Mngfleld planed a pltfce of spruce
scantling and drove it in by the mound,
but his hand was unsteady, and his
eyes were heavy and dull.
The top sergeant, on his rounds tho
next morning, found him sitting up In
his blankets. His face was swollen
and discolored, and ho was talking ex
citedly to Shivers.
"You mustn't let Dolly get the fever,"
he said, "she's so little. Nor Tom—
promise me you won't let Tom." Shiv
ers whined and thrust lils muzzle Into
his master's palm. "She couldn't help
loving him," Langfield continued de
fensively. "You know she couldn't
yourself!" He fell back on the pillow
and tossed restlessly for. a moment.
"It'll be cool up there under tho snow,"
he began again, "and I won't be heavy
to pack. And say—He sat up, pull
ing the dog close to him, "maybe she'll
forget—that my hair was—red."
The men wero very tender to Lang
Held after that, and Shivers seldom left
his bedside.
When, some weeks later, he became
convalescent, he seemed smnller and
slighter than ever, and his hair
morevlvldly red against the pinched,
.white face. They carried him out Into
the sunshine, but his eyes wandered
regretfully up to the Bnow.
In a month he was at Ills post again,
doing the work of two men, with
scarcely the strength of one.
He went down the mountain one
night an hour behind time. The trail
yras slushy, and the enrly gray twi
light lent a soft Indistinctness every
where. Suddenly he paused. From
somewhere there came a faint cry,
weak and indistinct, but undeniably
human.
Langfield made a trumpet ot his
hands. "Hel-lo!" he shouted, and
strained his ears for tho reply.
Some ten feet down the trail a gln
cler stream had gullied out the bank,
tts ley, slate-colored waters fell almost
perpendicularly over the rocks. Creep
•ui% slippery edge, he peered over
id called again. A faint voice an-'
Bwered.
A steep, shelving path was Just vis
ible, and he clambered down to It,
Scratched and torn by the brambles at
every step. A little farther on a roll
of blankets Impeded his way, and he
knew that somewhere In the ravine be
low he would find a prospector.
The man proved to be a big fellow,
but the light was too dim to see Ills
face. The force of his fall.had wedged
one leg between the crevices of rock,
«nd It took Langfield's entire strength
to extricate him. He pressed his can
teen tQ he stranger's lips, and rubbed
him vigorously.
"It's no use," said the man at last,
"I can't make ItI" and he sank limply
on the bank.
The night wore on. Slowly tho gray
skirts of dawn swept across tho east
em sky. The prospector could not sec
'Langfield's face* but the slight, droop
ing slioqjders seemed familiar. The
pain was growing unbearable, and he
groaned.
Langfield started. "Yes, yes," he an
swered absently. "I'd forgotten," and
Jumped to his feet
The morning light was flooding ev
erything, and It fell upon the two men,
its they, looked Into each other's eyes.
Langfield drew in his breath with sud
den sharpness. The other muttered
an oath and leaned weakly back to
ward him. "You I"
The man nodded.
The lines on Langfield's face were
tense and drawn, and he steadied hlin
self with an effort. "Well," he said at
last, "It's three miles to caipp, and we'd
better be moving."
There were a few drops left in his
canteen. He offered them to his coni
lon, converted himself into a prop
tho wounded side, and the 'slow,
-ney down the trail begau.
fhem
talked much. The
•v on the mountain,
"ted from It the
i-the ledge be
yas astir,
path paused,
eased the sick
himself beside
since the day
'nd giddy. For
helplessness
vuld this man
j- -l-'l- 4- ^jl..j. I
WONDERFUL BRAIN WORK
RAILWAY POSTAL CI.EItKS UNDElt EXAMINATION OF SCHEMES.
n^HINGS that a railway postal
l| clerk must remember hove In
creased In such volume that one
would think every cell of his brain
would be filled with the name of a
postotficc or railway connection, and
the wonder Is that the clerk's mind
does not falter under tho pressure. De
spite these facts, cases of Insanity
among tills class of public servants are
rare. One Chicago postal clerk main
tained for several years a record of
21,000 cards (whlcli take the place of
letters In examinations) with nn aver
age per cent of correct distribution of
a fraction over 00 per cent. He knew
how to reach that mauy offices In sev
eral States by tho shortest, quickest
route, and he knew the correct location
of cach: office in its State.
A elerlc on the New YoVk and Chicago
railway postolfice must know the cor
rect location of every postolfice in a
group of States made up of Illinois,
Iowa, Wisconsin, Indiana, Minnesota,
South Dakota'and Nebraska. In these
seven States thero are 12,317 postof
fices. Not only Is the clerk required
to be "up" on tho general scheme,
which means the correct location of the
postolfices In each State, but he must
know how to reach the whole 12,000
postofllces from one or more stations.
A clerk running between Chicago and
Minneapolis underwent 110 fewer than
seventy-eight examinations In fifteen
years, learning 13,300 offices In. fifteen
different sections of the United States.
In some of these examinations lio was
required to make a Chicago city distri
bution, which means that while run
ning over the country at the rate of a
mile a minute lie must distribute letters
to the carriers of the Chicago delivery.
He must know not only where every
public building and leading mercantile
house is located, but also how to divide
the numbers on particular street so
that ho can "tie out" ills letters to the
correct carrier, according to tho route
of the latter. This same clerk made
thirteen examinations in ten months,
with an average correct distribution of
00.88 per cent. In twenty examinations
he came out of nlue of them with a
clear 100 per cent each.
Think of such a task, taking Into con
sideration the puzzling similarity of
names that are used to designate post
offices. Then, too, must be considered
the fact that there are hundreds of
cases where in each State Is a postoflice
of the same name. For Instance, in the
States named above there are five post
offices named Hamilton, six Grants,
four Gnrflelds, four Genevas, four
Smlthvilles, four Spnrtas and five Jef-
Blione
have everything which he had been de
nied?
Lnnglield mechanically slipped his
hand to the sheath 111 Ills belt, stole a
glance at ills companion, and saw that
his eyes were closed. Ho drew out the
knife and held It behind him.
Just then Perry gave a stifled moan.
The sound brought Langfield to Ills
senses. What was this he had intend
ed to do? A fit of trembling seized
him. He rose to his feet, though he
reelod as he did so. There was a swift
movement of his right arm, and some
thing glanced In the light and fell far
below them in the brush.
"No ono needs me," he thought, "and
Tom
"Come," he said aloud,"'we must get
sou down for—your.wife's sake."
The man did not reply at first. When
he did his voice was a trifle husky.
"I have none," he said.
Langfield stared at him. "Why—Dol
ly ho blurted out. "She—" He
began and stopped again, but Perry uu
derstood.
"N—o," he replied, with an effort,
"she didn't want mo." He turned his
bead aud looked unsecingly across the
valley. "There was someone else," lie
said.
"Someone else?" Lnngflcld stupidly
repeated.
"Yes," answered the other, "and It
seems, the fool couldn't understand!"
There was a moment's silence. "She's
waiting till the company's ordered
back," lie added.
Langfield drew his hand across his
forehead. The snow, high up on the
mountains, seemed a swimming sea of
white tho little stream beside them
roared like a cataract In his'ears.
Perry made an effort to rise, but fell
back In a spasm of pain.
"She loves—my God, man!" he cried
vehemently, "are you an Idiot? She
loves—you!"—Ladles' World.
A FIGHTING GOVERNOR.
Minneiota Executive Would Suiaah a
Railroad Combine.
Few_ fights against combines have
aroused more Interest In this country
than the one In the Northwestern States
In opposition to the
on so lldatlon of
the Northern Pa
cific aud the Great
Northern and Bur
lington Railroads.
Gov. Samuel It.
Van Sant of Min
nesota, who has led
the battle against
the roads, has had
the support of a
number of other
Governors. fc,
Gov. Van Sap
has an lntcr stl
GOV. VAN BAKT. Cfll'oer.
He (nil
ed under President Lincoln's first c.
for 75,000 men, but was rejected on a
count of bis age, being not quite 17.
Again he tried and was rejected, but
finally was accepted as a member of
company A, Ninth Illinois. Before he
wps allowed to go to war, However, he
Mail Clerks' riemorteB
•'%Heavily Taxed.
fersons, and so on. In some Instances
there is a postoflice of tho same namo
In each of tho seven States. As one may
Imagine, this only tends to confuse the
average mind.
Periodically the clerks are examined
at railway mall headquarters. Packs of
cards, each card bearing the nflm* of
postofflco, are furnished a candidate
for examination. He takes a position
in front of a case of pigeon holes»label
ed with the names of different railway
postoffices throughout the country. Ho
"throws1' the enrds, distributing them
to proper routes, just as lie would pack
ages in a postal car. After he finishes
the examiner goes over the cards and
charges up the errors the clerk has
made and gives him his percentage ot
correct distribution. The clerk also Is
examined on general and "standpoint"
or station schemes at different times.
There are some features about the
work that one would think would ren
der it impossible for a clerk "to main
tain his "lay" of tho States, -which he
is expected to work. He may have a
run which lands him in Chicago to con
nect three lending railway postoffices
running between Chicago and New
York. With but little notice he may be
taken off the .run and be brought to
Chicago In the afternoon instead of
2:20 a. m. Notwithstanding this inter
ruption, lie goes on with Sis work with
but few errors.
It Is asserted nt railway mall service
headquarters tlint there are clerks who
have reached the capacity of their
minds In the matter of remembering
names. They now remember so many
that it would be absolutely impossible
to learn another State or' part of a
State. It would seem that of the mill
ions of cells In their brain machinery
none are left to fill, all having been
taken up In the prosecution of the ex
acting duties Imposed by their occupa
tion.
Another queer plinse of the work Is
that not always do the' clerks who
stand the best examinations nnd make
the best averages show the best rec
ords In the car. A man may have a
State In the most exact manner, but
lack ability In remembering railway
connections or something else which he
is required to remember.
The evidence of wonderfully reten
tive memories Is found In the general
run of examinations made at headquar
ters. In one year nt tho offices of the
sixth division of tlip railway mall ser
vice in Chicago 2,427 examinations
were made. Cards to the number of
nearly 3,300,000 were "thrown" and the
average per cent of correct distribution
reached 98.4S—Chicago I'ecord-Herald.
had to have a written permit from his
father.
The Governor was a great favorite
not only in his own company, but
throughout tho regiment, and was In
the thick of many famous battles. Aft
er the war he studied In New York city
for some time and then went' to Gnlcs
burg and graduated from Knox Col
lege. Soon after his graduation he
•went Into business with his father at
Leelalre, Iowa, and tlicy built one of
the first raft steamers on the Missis
sippi.
For a number of years Gov. Van Sant
was general manager of tho Van Sant
& Musser line of steamboats. He went
to Winona, Minn., In 1883 nnd was
losely identified wltii the city's best In
terests and actively assisted in all pub
lic enterprises. For two years he was
Ifl"the council as alderman and was the
unanimous nominee of the Republicans
for the office as Mayor of Winona In
1888. Later he was sent to the State
Legislature and In 1805 was Speaker
of tho lower house. Tills is his first
term as Governor.
RECENT CAPTURE MADE
OF A RARE WILD BIRD.
The Ianimergeycr Is a species of the
vulture of which little lias been written,
or, Indeed, known, but one of which
was recently cap
tured. It Is found
chiefly In Southern
Europe and Asia, In
mount nlnous re
gions.
Neither fitted nor
Inclined to'lead a
life of sanguinary
a a re It a
quets on carrion. Its
powers ore adapted to Its instincts. Its
beak Is feeble compared with that of
the eagle. Tho toes are longer, feebler,
with huge hooked claws, and Incapable
of graspiug a heavy weight during
flight.
Where he finds ills food, there he ban
quets, never attempting to enrry It to
his haunts. Of a powerful *ud robust
build, he has neither the bill nor tho
talons of the eagle, tho former being
elongated aud hooked only at the top
and the latter comparatively small and
feeble. Nor has he en exclusive appe
tite for blood, carrion and putrid ani
mals being greedily devoured by it.
This rare bird attacks lambs, kids and
the weak aud sickly of the flock. The
strong limbed chamois Is not secure,
nor, when rendered desperate by hun
ger, will the ravenous bird forebear an
attack on man. Children are said to
have often fallen a sacrifice to Its ra
pacity.
Our Coal-Producing Lungs.
—-hmiic acid exhaled
Destructive Cabbaae Worm.
The common- white butterfly seen
In cabbage fields is an imported
Insect and very destructive, says
tho Orange Judd Former. The
adult female insect is shown in the il
lustration. The eggs are laid upon
cabbage and allied plants, producing
the well-known green cabboge worm.
After feeding for a time the worm
leaves"~tlie plant changes to a chry
salis, from which the adult emerges
shortly afterward. There are several
broods each season.
Attempts have been made to destroy
these pests by the cultivation of
contagious disease, which hns been
found to attack the worms. This rem
edy, however, has not been successful
and other means nlust be followed tor
its destruction. Hand picking the
worms, although tedious, Is an effec
tive remedy on small areas. Insect
powder, known nlso as pyrethrum, or
buhacb, may be mixed with six or
eight times Its bulk of flour and dusted
on the plants. It should be applied
CABBAGE PEST IN VARIOUS STAGES.
about once a week. It is not injurious
to humin beings.
In some places hot water has been
.used to good advantage. It can be
applied at a temperature of about 130
degrees without Injuring the plant, and
Is sure death to the worms where It
reaches them. Paris green Is perhaps
the simplest and best
remedy.:-vv~ TV*
Money in Potatoes. 1
In. some localities, notably in sections
of tho East, considerable money has
been made from potatoes this season,
one man marketing 2,000 barrels from a
little over twenty-two acres at an aver
age of ?2 a barrel. Such cases are, of
coursc, unusual, and due to the high
prices Incident to a short crop. The
yield, too, Is out of tho common and'
secured by the following treatment of
the
Roll:
As a foundation far the big
crop of potatoes a field in sod is select
ed, heavily manured, plowed under and
planted to corn, which Is faithfully cul
tivated until waist high. The following
spring the ground Is plowed deeply,
which brings up the retted sod, which
is fined by the use of a cutting harrow
and drag harrows until It Is In shape
for the seed potatoes. Potato planters
are used, the seed being dropped four
teen inches apart In the row with the
rows three feet apart. After planting
the plot 1s harrowed, and then cultiva
tion begins and Is kept up thoroughly
until the plants meet across the row,
the cultivation being done as close to
the row as possible at each operation.
Thorough soil preparation aud constant
and thorough summer cultivation are
tho secrets of success In potato grow
ing.—Indianapolis News.
For Winter Hgsi.
It is not nn easy matter for ono not
having had some years of experience in
poultry rnlslng^to feed the laying hens
during the winter profitably. Corn cuts
too large a figure in the winter food of
poultry. It is a valuable food'beyond all
question, but It Is fed too liberally when
eggs are wanted. An almost perfect
food for laying hens Is clover hay, but
of course they can not eat enough of
this to give them tho food quantity
needed. The best way to feed clover
hay is to have it chopped fine and then
scattered on the floor In small quanti
ties for the hens to eat of It as they
will. This is better than mixing It with
the grain or the soft foods. Of grains
If one has a supply of corn, wheat and
oats with which to alternate, these
with the clover hoy, bone meal aud ani
mal food once a week will keep the
hens In good laying condition. Quanti
ties aud times aud methods of using
the several grains are best worked out
by the feeder according to the needs
of his flock and his location. In cold
sections more corn will be neeessnry
than In warmer locations.-
Keeplne App'es In Winter.
If largo quantities of fruit are to be
kept there Is no way equal to the mod
ern cold storage process, but this Is ex
pensive. Oftentimes, however, one lias
a few barrels of fine fruit designed for
home use or to keep tor a select trade,
aud these may be kept in good shape
by cither of the following methods.
Only the finest and most perfect speci
mens are used In either case: Take
good barrels, and in the bottom of each
place oats an inch deep. Then wrap
ench apple. In newspaper and pack a
layer on the oats, not permitting the
apples to touch. Then put In another
layer of oats, and on this a layer of
apples, as before. Continue this until
the barrel is full. The other method
is simply to omit the oats and pack the
apples In the same way, after wrapping
cach specimen In oiled or waxed pa
per. In either case the barrels must be
kept In an even temperature, where it is
cool but above the freezing point
Americnn Poultry.
Mr. Lewis Wright, of England, who
lias been, If he is not now, called one of
the highest authorities oil poultry breed
ing nnd growing that ever put pen to
paper, says that the American breeds
are better than the much-praised Eng
'Jsh Orpington breeds, originated a few
years ago by Mr. Cook, of England. He
also pronounces the American breeds
as bred here better than the same
breeds when bred In England. Thero
they Incline to the Cochin type In all
the American breeds, more cushion,
fluff imd feathers than American-bred
birds, which detracts from their utility,
though the English think it adds to
hpauty.—Exchange. *v
Blight pull of the horse will bring over
tnc shock. With a boy to lead the
Wso nnd a handy hitch to tho rope
you can average a shock a minute nnd
have it in much better shape for husk
ing than when torn down by hand.
Yoti can In this way pull over a day's
husking while the dew Is on, and tho
fodder will be damper for husking than
if left standing till wanted. It will be
another advantage to you if you are
careful to pull over your shocks so that
you can face the wind while husking,
letting the wind blow the fodder to you
and not away.—Ohio Farmer.
Winter Poultry Ynr l*.
When poultry arc conflned during the
winter they should have yard ill
which to run on pleasant days, If no
scratching shed can be provided. A
good plan is to protect the yard on the
windy side by piling cornstalks liigli
against the fence. Then have a heap
of coarse, strawy manure In the yard,
sufficiently large to keep the soil from
freezing hard. Cover as large a space
as possible with this heap, or, better
still, have several such heaps, and pro
tect them wjjh boards, so that the
fowls cannot get at them and scratch.
Uncover one of these heaps at a time,
and pile tho material In another spot,
then spade up the soli where it lay. If
the pile was high enough the soil can
be easily loosened, and, exccpt in very
cold sections, will not freeze hard again
In several days. A little grain thrown
on this spaded space will keep the
fowls busy and happy. An hour each
day when the sun Is shining brightly In
a spot like this will keep tho fowls ir
good shape, and they will turn out eggs
regularly.
A
Ration for Sheep.
Where there is a fair supply of mixed
clover and timothy hay on hand, It Is
comparatively easy to carry a flock of
sheep through the winter at light ex
pense, provided they are In good shape
when they are put into winter quar
ters. With all the clover and timothy
they desire grain ration of a pound
a day, made up of two parts of wheat,
one part bran and one part, oats, with
a handful of oil meal, will keep them
in splendid shape, even the breeding
owes. Enough roots should be obtain
ed to give them an occasional "feeding
of them. If the supply of hay is short
corn stover may be substituted for
roughage, but if this Is done it may be
necessary, with some sliecp, to Increase
the grain ration slightly. Tho ration
as given will be found very satisfac
tory by feeders whose crop of corn Is
limited, but who have a fair supply of
hay and corn stover, and can buy the
gralus mentioned at a fairly low price.
—Exchange.
Home-Made Grain Bins.
Where comparatively small quanti
ties of grain are to be kept, barrels
may be utilized to good advantage.
Select two well-made sugar barrels and
set them on a platform raised a few
Inches from the floor, building a rack
about them to hold them in position
and having the back strip of this rack
the same height as the barrels. If this
is done the cover may be hinged to this
strip and will come down closely over
the barrels. Tills plan is an improve
ment over the usual way of covering
the barrels with a blanket or old bags.
By having the covcr the horses- or
cows can not get Into the barrels
should they get loose. These bins
need not be confined to two barrels,
for as many may be used as desired,
but it Is best to-arrange the covers to
cover every two barrels, so that they
may be more easily raised.
BnfT Breed. of Pcwis.
The buff fowls of various breeds
seem to bo one of the poultry fashions
of the present. Buff Plymouth Rocks
area couiparatlve
& ly new variety,
jy,' but one which has
come rapidly to
the front on Its
i,.». own merits. Bcnu-
X--"-' ty and utility com-
I ''A bine to make these
a fine general
purpose fowl for
'farmers. Weights nnd points are the
satae as for Barred Plymouth Rocks,
but the plumage should be an even
shade of golden buff. Golden YVynu
dottes nro newcomers and very popu
lar. The buffs are probably the most
numerous and best liked of the Co
chin family. Buff Leghorns, a com
paratively new but very popular varie
ty, have taken a foremost position
solely on their merits.—Exchange.
BUF1' FOWI*
Ginseng Culture.
Under the most careful culture gin
seug gives promise of sometime
amounting to something, but it is
doubtful if it will bring In any more
money than a good crop of any of the
stundnrd things we grow. Growers In
all sections of the country agree that
under the most favorable conditions
and with the best care, better care
than could be given if areas were larg
er, the plant Is an exceedingly slow
grower. Some of the experiment sta
tions will make lests of ginseng, while
the directors of other stations refuse
flatly to have anything to do with the
plant. Its slow growth would Indicate
that yearly crops are not likely, evep
after the plants become well estab
lished. vVj
Draft Horses Popular.
The draft horse now enjoys' the high
est prosperity and greatest popularity
of any breed of horses among the
American farmers. The prejudice
against the draft horse being too big
hus given place to the universal desire
to raise them as large as possible and
farmers generally want to raise draft
horses for the morket, nnd they have
learned that tho big draft mares and
young geldings make the best farm
teams, and as fast as tliey mature the
markets take them at good prices.—
Live Stock Journal.
The Economical Pic. 'f
Pigs are able to make much more ef
fective use of the foods with which
they are supplied than any other class
of farm animals. Experiments have
shown that, while tho pig is capable of
laying on flesh at the rate of one pound
for every five pounds to seven pounds
of dry food which it consumes, cattle
require to cat from ten pounds to
twelve pounds nnd sometimes from
fourteen pounds to fifteen pounds ot
dry food for every one pound of in
crease in weight that they show.
Hardening Horses.
Subjecting colts aud horses to hard
ships and exposure for the purpose of
hardening tbeui and giving theiu a re*
sistuit constitution, says Farm and
Uailk, Is wisdom of the same kind as
thallpyitbited by the idiot who would
leav ne piece of machinery exposed
to nent8 so that it may be en
able -3? under adverse conditions.
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No Hope for Tariff Reform.
President ftoosevelt's first annual mes
sage has been read by all thinking men,
regardless of party affiliation, with
probably more interest than has any
Presidential message in recent years.
There has been a general expectancy
that this man's first declarations of
public policy would be strenuous, at
least In spots, and that he would tackle
some hew ideas and hahdle them in an
original way. The message is a well
Written document, which everybody
who knows the Rooseveltlan literary
style expected, and which all will com
mend. Otherwise it is merely interest
ing as a tale that has been told In the
regular daily history of our times by
the up-to-date newspapers of the coun
try. The President takes strong ground
in the matter of anarchy in the United
States, but suggests 110 more effective
remedy thau the suppression of an
archistic meetings and the deportation
of anarchists to the country from
whence they sailed to Amcrica.
Indeed it would puzzle anybody to
suggest anything further that would be
practical along that line.
Under most heads the message tocats
questions fairly from a Republican
standpoint, but there is a notable ex
ception in the case of the trust subject.
The President will be accused of dis
honesty in the way he haudles the
trusts and their causes. He makes the
assertion that "The creation of these
great corporate fortunes has not been
due to the tariff nor to any other govern
mental action, but to natural causes in
the business world, operating in other
countries as they operate in our own."
Will the President have the—well, we
will call it "strenuosity," to maintain
before any American audience that he
Is honest in this assertion? If the tar
iff has not created these corporate for
tunes, such as the steel trust, what was
the tariff placed on steel products for?
If the tariff on steel was not for the ex
press purpose of giving the American
steel manufacturers an advantage over
the foreign manufacturers, what was
the tariff made for? Will the operation
of the American tariff on steel help tho
English and German, steel manufac
turer the same as It helps the American
steel manufacturer?
Great Scottt President Roosevelt, can
you expect us to believe this? Do you
expect us to believe that you actually
think that the tariff has not assisted
the American Knit Goods Trust in pil
ing up its millions of wealth?
It is a pltjr that President Roosevelt
would mar an otherwise fairly con
sistent Republican document by toady
ing so unreasonably to the extreme tar
iff faction of his party. The thought
ful, independent men of both parties
have up to this time looked to Roose
velt for,frank and honest expression on
the issues that are now occupying pub
lic attention, and we have looked for
ward to his first message to see a fair
discussion of the tariff, in which he
would at least ta.ke a position abreast
of the advanced statesmen of his own
party who have begun to see glimmer
ings of the new dawn of industrial nnd
commercial freedom. If a man like
Roosevelt must fawn before the tariff
barons of America with the obviously
false and foolish assertion that the
creation of the great corporate fortuues
of the tariff protected industries "has
not been due to the tariff," then what
may we expect of other men, who are
ordinary and common, and who make
no pretence of independence or "strenu
osity?" Alack and alas!
Poor Roosevelt! Wichita. Kan
Democrat.
Must Face the Issue.
There Is little.reason to doubt that the
protected Interests of this country will
favor such action by Congress on the
reciprocity question as shall seem to
contain a promise of tariff reduction
without offering a genuine menace to
the great monopolies, says the St. Louis
Republic.
The trick would be well worth turn
ing if the American people could be
kept In ignorance of the bunko nature
of such action. Following Congres
sional legislation as thus directed by
the trusts the Republican party would
doubtless proclaim to the voters of this
country that the Republicans them
selves were removing the tariff burden
from the shoulders of taxpayers.
In this rnannor, the shrewd represent
atives of monopoly interests believe the
issue of tariff revision can be kept out
of the next national campaign. There
Is no longer a possibility of entirely
ignoring this issue and refusing point
blank to abandon the priuclple of the
high protective tariff. The people are
too fully aroused to the iniquities of
the present tariff to be longer fooled by
tho argument that protection benefits
the consumer. They know that protect
ed interests which sell their manufac
tured product cheaper in Europe than
at home constitute a heavy burden upon
the home consumer and are unfairly en
riched at his expense. The only ex
pedient now left to avert tariff revision
Is found in the crafty movement for
reciprocity treaties with certain for
eign nations.
Luckily, however, there is little
doubt that the American people already
see through the flimsy game being at
tempted by the Republican party. The
Congressional debates on the question
of reciprocity and tariff revision prom
ise .to be of peculiar significance. One
of the certainties of the situation is
that they will make the Issue tff the
tariff revision the most vital issue of
tho Presidential campaign of 1004. On
that issue the Democratic party can
appeal to the country with confident
hope of victory based on the party's
faithfulness to the people in opposing
the evil principle of the trust-creating
tariff.
Our Expanding Notional Expsndlture
The estimates submitted to Congress
yesterday by Secretary Gage call foe
appropriations aggregating $010,827,
088 to cover all departments of tho
government for the fiscal year 1902
1003. This is only $4,000,000 more than
the total appropriations made for the
current fiscal year, ending June 30,
1003.
It is when we compare it with the
total appropriations of but a few years
further back that a budget of $010,000,
000 seems huge. It Is twice the sum
total of appropriations for 1808—ouly
three years ago. \And it Is $153,000,000
In excess of the' total appropriations
for 1601.
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It would be uureasonably pessimistic,
however, to overlook the fact that the
country is growing also by* leaps and
bounds, and that our annual expendi
tures and per capita tax burden are
still the smallest of all the nations that
compare with us in numbers, wealth
and productlvp power.—New Tork
World,
Clash In Cuba.
While in his arguments for reciprocity
President Roosevelt has taken a posi
tion not altogether In accord with the
views of aggressive high tariff mem
bers of his party, the Cuban paragraph
of his message is a bold defiance aud
challenge to immediate combat. The
general reciprocity suggestions are cau
tious, the conclusions of the discussion
being that "the natural line of develop
ment for a policy of reciprocity will be
in connection with those of our pro
ductions which no longer require all of
the support once needed to establish
them upon a souud basis, and with
those others where either because of
natural or of economic causes we are
beyond the reach of successful compe
tition." That might be construed as an
Indorsement of the Babcock bill and the
principle underlying it, but it is not in
consistent with the proposition now
finding favor with the party managers
of postponing action by the device of a
commission, to investigate and report
what productions no longer require the
support of high tariff duties.
But there is no ambiguity in the Cu
ban paragraph. Rcmiuding Congress of
his precediug arguments In favor of re
ciprocity as a general policy the Presi
dent says that in the case of Cuba
there are weighty reasons of morality
and natural interest why the policy
should be held to have a peculiar appli
cation," and he "most earnestly" asks
the attention of Congress to "the wis
dom, Indeed to the vital need, of pro
viding for a substantial reduction in the
tariff duties on Cuban imports into the
United States. Cuba has, he
says, "In her constitution af
firmed what we desired, that
she should stand, in International mat
ters, in closer and more friendly rela
tions with us than with any other
power and we are bound by every con
sideration of honor and expediency to
pass commercial measures In the inter
est of her material well being."
That is plain and unmistakable lan
guage. A "substantial reduction in the
tariff duties" on its sugar and tobacco
imports into the United States Is what
Cuba asks. A powerful interest in the
President's party in Congress has de
termined there shall be no reduction nt
all. The President says that "weighty
reasons of morality and national Inter
est" require a "substantial reduction'
and that It is a "vital need." The posi
tion already taken inside his own party
is that it may be a "vital need" for
Cuba,. but it Is a "vital need" of our
own sugar and tobacco interests that as
much of the Cuban product as possible
shall be kept out, and Cuba may die of
a surfeit of its own sugar for all they
care.
Here is a clash at the very beginning.
But what can the President do should
Congress not heed his urgent plea? If
Congress were to* pass a bill obnoxious
to his sense of "morality and national
Interests" he might veto it, but when
Congress simply refuses to pass the
measure he desires, the President is
powerless in the case.—Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
New States.
Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma
are all getting ready to apply for ad
mission as States, but Oklahoma seems
the only one which has much chance
of success. Oklahoma, at the last cen
sus, had a population of 398,331 and
has since made a large addition. If
admitted it would at once be entitled
to two members of the lower house of
Congress beside the two Senators.
While the money question was upper
most, and Western States showed a
tendency to go Populist, no State could
hope to get In, but uow it is believed
Oklahoma could be "trusted." The
Republicans
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have a natural desire
to make a friend of the new State by
being sponsor for its introduction into
the sisterhood. The only thing now
in the way of Oklahoma is the argu
ment that as soon as the necessary
treaties are consummated with the re
maining Indian tribes that the whole
territory of Indian Territory will be
added to it, and that this can be more
easily and simply done while the terri
torial status is maintained. As to New
Mexico, there is no likelihood of ad
mission. New Mexico lias the popu
lation of a Congressional district, but
its inhabitants are essentially foreign.
Arizoua has a population of but 122,
000 nnd does not promise to have much
more.—Des Moines Leader.
Expects Roosevelt to "Make Break.*'
Senator Fairbanks believes that be
fore the end of his term President
Roosevelt will make some bad polit
ical break that will forever kill his
chances for the nomination in 1904.
Acting on that belief, the Senator will
introduce and push the Chinese ex
clusion bill nnd such others as will
beuefit him in different sections of the
country in the hope of getting that
nomination after Mr. Roosevelt has
been eliminated from the list of candi
dates.
Both Mr. Mondell nnd Senator Fair?
banks hope to ha^ve one of their bills
enacted Into law before the Christ
mas holidays. Labor organizations all
over the country have adopted resolu
tions favoring the re-enactment of the
preseut exclusion law and the people
of the Pacific coast and Rocky moun
tain States Insist that the Mongolian
shall be kept out of the country.—Sault
Ste. Made, Mich., News-Record.
The Poor Sheep.
When your Republican friend at
tempts to twit you about Republican
high prices for stock ask him why the
rule that makes hogs and cattle higher
does not apply to sheep as well. The
poor sheep, so amply protected by the
Republican tariff, seems to be In a bad
way. The man who doesn't know that
supply and demand controls the price
of a commodity should be made to go
away back and sit down.—Black Hills,
S. Dak., Press.
We are taxed too much by our nation
al government, and these excessive
ta^es are said to have brought in $130,
,000 more of revenue thau the nation
[edod during the past year. And yet
most oppressive taxes will not be
iitced. because If duties ou imports
jjYttftf^tfut'down the combines coujdu't
^»ake such Wg prolits,
Home Cleansing
Gasoline Is the best thin*
cleaning your coat. Haves
clean cloths aud pour only a 1
fluid into a vessel at one ti
evaporates rapidly when expo
Go over the coat very careful
bing a small portion at a tir.
well-soaked cloth and then
it with one dry, and when the
come soiled take fresh ones, as.
taking plenty of time to the'
the secrets of successful cleaul
sure to select a room without
or lamp light for the cleaniug
as gasoline is highly inflammab.o au
dangerous when used near a blaze. Th
professional cleaners will make the coa
look like new for a trifling sum, if it 18
not badly staiued. rf^-wL
Cream Datesi'1"5'--7''-'"
Tako the white of one egg and anfy
equal amount of cold water. Beat
gethcr until well mixed. Purchase two^i
pounds of confectioners' sugar, and stir
In a little at a time until the egg is so^.
thickened that it may bo rolled. Fla-^V
vor with vanilla or any flavor that is^i
preferred. Put on a board and knead^
for a few moments. Remove tho^i1
stones from half a pound of dates, tako^J
apiece of the sugar the size of a hick-'
ory nu% roll itju the hands until tlief £,ft*
length of the date. Prepare two ptaccs
in this way, aud stick'one on each sido&to:
of the date. Pinch them closely to-':
gether so they will adhere. Sta'nd
away until slightly hardened.
Tobacco Is the J3est ImecticidCi
Most of the insects common to houso
plants dislike tobacco ns mucluas does
the cleanly housewife. The Ast way
to use It as an Insecticide u%m win
dow plants is to secure good/handful
of tobacco stems, place them la an old
basin, pour boiling* water upin .the'm,
and let them stand for seyeitfbJmours.
Then drain off the liquV) Into
or tub deep enough for Immerslnfi^
tops of your plauts in, nnd
with warm water until it sho
a faint tint of brown. Then tak
plants one at a time, and hoi
tops down, in the water, washii.
clean.—Ladies' Home Journal.
Tonffh Steaks Mads Tender.
Bread Board. Revived.
Recently a very economical and at
tractive custom is being revived amoi
the dainty housewives in the use ot tSb
bread board on the table. These boards
are made attractive by the ladles /with.
poker decorations ot wheat heads, oat
sprays and rye tops. These decorations^
are only put upon the beveled edge, the:'si
top being left clear nnd white for use.
It requires some practice to cut the
bread neatly, thus offering a new ac
complishment to the lady presiding fit
the table. O'*"'
Ojitcr Sandw clie3.
Half a dozen large oysters fried and
perfectly cold, lay a crisp lettucc leaf
(lipped in French dressing on them,
buttered slices of white bread, or
spread a little innyonmilsc
0
You can make a beeksteak of the !n-^
ferlor quality such as rump or lound,
as tender as the most expensive cuts if
treated to an oil bath twenty-four hours
long. A tablespoonful of the finest oliver
oil is sufficient. Tour it over the steak,*
then rub it with the fingers luto every'
part thoroughly. Put It In a cold place,
the coolest corner of the refrigerator in -J
summer or a well-chilled pantry in win- jj
ter. Sometimes In a large hotel the 3
steaks are cut a week before thdy, are
wanted, well oiled and put In cold#to- I
rage.
011
each
leaf. Cut the oysters Into nice Utile
slices, crosswise, rejecting the hard
part, and lay the slices, overlapping
ono another, between the lcttuco
leave*. ''V:
Scalloped Apples.
Pare, core a»l cut'in slices some
good, tart cooking apples, put a layer
in a bakiug dish witli sugar, cinna
mon and a grating ot lemon rind, dot
with tiny lumps of butter, then anoth
er layer of apples, sugar, etc., and so
on until the dish is full. Add a very
little water and the juice of a lemon,
and use a little more sugar nnd btittpr
on top than 011 tho other layers. Bake
until the apples, are thoroughly cooked.
Cover until nearly done, when the
cover should be removed to allow them
to brown. Serve hot with cream or
hard sauce! 4
Medicinal Vegetables.
Does someone in the family uecd tho
purifyiug touch of sulphur in the
blood? Give them turnips, onions, cab
bage, cauliflower, watercress and horse
radish. Surely a varied enough list
If the liver ueeds stimulating, serve
tomatoes. For kidney troubles, aspara
gus will be beneficial. Celery Is of tre
mendous benefit to those suffering from
rheumatism and neuralgia. It is also
good for nervous disorders. Carrots
form blood aud help to give a pretty^-.,
complexion. Beets and turnips arc also th#
beneficial to the blood.
Chocolate
Pudding. Vw
Beat one-quarter of a pound of but
ter to a cream and stir iu six yolks,
one at a time, then add a quarter of a
pound of flue, sweet chocolate grated,
cup of almond? blanched and:
chopped fine, six tablespoonfuls of
grauulated sugar, aud one tablespoon
ful of citron cut very fine, beat the
whites of eggs to a stiff froth and stir,
in at the last Pour into a mould aud££^
boil three-quarters of an hour and send'
to the table hot with whipped cream
poured around it, or any fine sauce,
served in a sauceboat
An Artistic Breadboar.1.
Cut the meat from the breast of an
uncooked chicken. Mince, pound and
puss it through a sieve, then mix Jn
halt a pint of very stithy whipped^-
cream, salt to taste, pepper add
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An ordinary wooden bread-cutting
board may be rendered decidedly artis
tiec by the application of poker work.
Select a circular board aud sketch a
design in wheat sprays or wild roses
around the edge, scattering a few petv*1
als on the board hg if blown off. Burn
the design iu, p'oligjf*"*"*'1 tone down
with oil. Tako choose a board
of fine grain.
Souffle of Chicken. ...
BO
111
t).'-'•'
mincctl mushroouis or-—-truflles. Put
is ix re In to a a a
steam for twenty mlnutil
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out and serve with supreme
poured over It
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When his present term ex
1903, Mr. Allison, of Iowa,
beeu a United States Soimtor
consecutive years,