Newspaper Page Text
8 THE BURLINGTON FREE PRESS: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1907. THE WT3EKLY FREE PRF.S9, S rents per copy, SO cents for six months, $1.00 a year, postage paid. Advertisements and subscriptions re reived at the ofllcc, 153 Coltego street. Full advertising rat?s sent on aprllcn tlon. Accounts cannot be opened for sub scriptions. Subscribers will please re mit with order. Names are not entered until payment Is received, and all papers arc stopped at tho end of the time paid for. Remittance, at the risk of the subscrib er unless made by registered letter, or by check or postal order payablo to the pub lishers Tho d.ite when the subscription ex pires Is on tho address-label of each paper, tho chance of which to a sub sequent date becomes a receipt for ro- ilttance. No other receipt Is sent unless ro-iuestod. The receipt of the paper Is a tufllclcnt receipt for the first subscription. When a change of address Is desired, both the old and new addresses should bo Riven. Terms 41.00 n Tear. In Advance. DAILY by mnlll4.00 u jonr In ndvanoe uvrn IX CANADA. DAILY. fS.OO n yenr In advance. WKI.KI.Y, $2.00 n year In Hdvnnre. 1'ltF.n I'HKSS ASSOCIATION, Publisher, Tlurllnglnn, VI. Bl'RLINOTON, THVRSDA Y, NOV. 14. WANTED. When you want anything, advertise in the new special column of this paper. Rome bargains are offered there this witek which It will pay you to read about. See page two. This paper has moro than 25,000 readers every week and one cent a word will reach them all. J1HATH lUTI! IX VATtlOl'S CITIHS. Tho death rato In other localities has Interest for people In gonornl and In particular for any community whose tsa.r!tary conditions may have boon called In question. It Is also Instructive for tho 3 vsicnlst The following mortality statistics for 1W of the principal British and other European cities, which have Just been Published by the snnltary authorities of 'werp, indicating tho number of i nths per 1,000 of population, will be 3 ad with profit: Antwerp, 13.7: Amsterdam, 13.7; Rottor d.im, 14.1, Edinburgh, 14.2: Liege, 14.3; Brussels, 14.6; Berlin. 15.1; The Hague, If,,,; Dresden, 1.1.4 ; Hamburg, 15.5; TOndnn, Jf, 7; Prague, lC.fi: Birmingham. lfi.1!; Gla ' -, 17.7: Vienna, 17.S; Purls. 17.!; Jtunlch, 18.1. Hudapcst. 18.2; Ghent, l'.fi; Rome, l5!; Manchester, 19.1; Cologne, !!.(!: Liverpool, &.; Moscow. 20.S: Odessa, 20.S, Belfast, 20.: Dublin, 23.3; Havre, 24.4; St. Petersburg, 25. 4; Trieste, 25.S; Madrid, 23.5. , It Is noteworthy that Rurlington's death rate Is almost exactly the same ns that of New York, this city's rate for IDOfi having been lS.r., while that of the metropolis was 1S.32. C'OUNTIIY IIAXKS IX fJOOD SHAP1'. One of the reassuring considerations for the neople of Vermont Is that while hanking institutions in New York ami other ritles were experienc ing trouble, the banks of our State wore showing tho excellent efforts of sound methods of banking and con servative management. So far as we know Vermont contains no wildcat banking institution and there Is there fore no reason why any bank In tills State should borrow trouble. Bur llngton Is particularly fortunate in the possession of so many stiong banks, in which Is reposed the utmost confidence, and deservedly so. It is also gratifying to note n rapid return of normal currency conditions among country banks all over the mid dle West forecasted as the result of an Informal canvass covering a wide area made by the Hamilton National l'.ank of Chicago. Returns from more than 350 letters sent out by olliclals of the bank to personal acquaintances showed that most of the outside banks nro able to take care of themselves find will not need to draw their re serve cash out of Chicago. Fear th'it this would bo done If present currency restrictions were removed has been a leading factor In tho care w-lth which local banks hoarded their currency, and men well Informed as to the fln nnclal situation have steadily affirmed lhat as soon as this factor Is gone the lltuatlon ivIII become normal. THE TARIFF SHOULD nil ItHVIS. ED AT OXI.'n. Tho action of tho representatives of the American Newspaper Publishers' association In asking President Roose velt to recommend to Congress the ab olition of tho tariff on press papor, wood pulp and wood that goes Into tho manufacture of papor and the promise of the Presldelt to comply with their request, sound tho death knell of protection for the products of trusts In the United States. No news paper which has asked for h reduction of the customs duties on the products In which It In directly Interested can consistently support protection for other commodities manufactured by trusts, and when tho list of American products Is canvassed wo may be sur prised to sec how far-reaching wns the step taken by theso representa tives of tho newspaper Interests when they burned their tariff bridges be hind thom. Whllo no one can tell just where the revision of tho tariff thus ask ed for will end, or whether it will mean tho removal of all tho customs uuties on materials entering Into tho manufacture of paper and other -ommodltles whoso manufacture and lalo aro monopolized by trusts or ontrolled by "gentlemen's agree ments," tho Republican party no Jirgely represented by the news papers of tho country, can now pur sue but one policy consistently, and that Is to revlso thn Olngloy tariff pcedulcs at tho earliest opuortiu'ltv. The only argument for procrastination In connection with tariff revision by republicans, has been swept away by tho financial events of tho past few weeks. The cry of tho conservatives, has been that we should "stand pat.'' Tho present appeal of tho business Interests of the whole country Is to restore public confidence. Manifestly general confidence can not be fully restored until business Interests know on what basis they are to operate, and the mioner tho uncertainty In that direction Is removed tho moro speedy will be the complete restoration of confidence. The only legrltlmato argument against revision of the tariff by tho republicans has been that such a course might tend to unsettle prosper ity. One of the leading candidates for the republican nomination for president of the 1'nlted States has taken a public stand In favor of In corporating In the republican nation al platform to be formulated the com ing summer a promise to revise tho tariff ns soon as possible after the next national edectlon. It is the uncertainty growing out of the unsettling of prices by tariff revision that tends to tny the wheels of industry anil commerce, and a pre sent promise to make another promise at some tiino In the future to revise the tariff later on, starts thn uncer tainty now and holds Its shadow over the country for an Indefinite period. Tho unsettling of Industry and trade which we u'orc guarding against, ha'j already come from causes, concern ing the sources of which the people are not agreed, and the prospect of revision of the tariff twenty-four months or so hence will Inevitably tend to prolong the uncertainty re garding future standards of value. I'nder these circumstances It would seem to be the part of wisdom for Congress to promptly take tip the matter of tariff revision at the coming session, and push the work to comple tion. The time has evidently come when tlv protectionism of republicanism must be that ndvocnted by Hlalne and later on by that chief apostle of pro tection to American Industries. the lamented McKlnlev It Is Idle now to Inquire whether tho party erred In not pushing into operation the policy enunciated by President MeKlnley in his fateful speech at the Buffalo ex posltlon, September 5. 1901. It may be profitable, however to uso his utter ance as a guide for the future. In th course of that noteworthy speech Mr. MeKlnley spoke prophetically as fol lows: "Wo have a vast and Intricate busi ness built up through years of toll and trouble, In which every part of the country has Its stake, which will not permit of either neglect or undue selfishness, No narrow, sordid policy will subserve it. Tho greatest skill and wisdom on the part of manufac turers and producers will be required to huld and Increase It. Our capacity to produce has developed so enor mously nnd our ptoduots linve so mul tiplied that the problem of more mar kets requires our urgent and immedi ate attention. By sensible trade arrangements, which will not Interrupt our home production, we shall extend the outlets for our in creasing surplus. A system which provides a mutual exchange of com modities Is manifestly essential to the continued and healthful growth of ou export trade. The ,,orn( cf excluslveness Is past. The expansion of our trade and commerce is the pressing problem Commercial wan! am unprofitable. If per chance some of our tariffs are no longer needed for revenue or to en courage nnd protect our Industries nt home, why should they not bo cm ployed to extend nnd promote our markets abroad?" In tho light of the developments of tho past few months, and especially the past few'-weeks, It is evident that the time has come to carry into effect the policies of those champions of pro tection and reciprocity, lilalne and MeKlnley, to use protective schedules to Increase our Industry and comrryroc. Combinations which haw secured a monopoly of production and sale of certain commodities In this country no longer need protection, for they are already able to defy the world In general ami the American consumer In particular. The sooner the Repuhll can party deprives tho trusts of the armor of protection the more speedy will be the puncturing of their vul nerable points, Uio more rapid thn re turn of general confidence and the morn coi tain the continued favor of the party with thn public. With tariff revision accomplished during tho coming session of Congress tho republicans will leave the dorno ornts no Issue of worth or foren dur ing the next notional campaign, and they can appeal o tho suffrage firm In the knowledge that they have again shown their party to ho the champion of the cause and Interests of the peo pie. 1 NHRDN'T ASK PA. He had been going to see her rnr long time, but never stated the object of nis visits, and sno was desirous of the future. Ho met her on night at the house of a mutual friend, and seemed to be quite sad. After several well develop, ed sighs ho said: "Life is full, very full, of bitterness Isn't It?" "Oh.I don't Itnow she responded, cheerily; "I haven't much cause to complain." "Possibly not now Mary; but the bitter cup has been placed to your lips." "yes, Henry, my parents urn dead." "And Is there no bitterness jn thut, Mary? Is It not very.very sad to be an orphan?" "Of course it Is Henry, but you see-and she blushed vividly "It relieves you of ti.o embarrassment of asking father." Henry's heart was touched, Philadelphia, Inaulres THE NEW CONGRESS Unusual Number of Changes in Tho Senate. The Xcnconicrs, nnd Those Who Hnve Died, or railed of Ite-electlnn Old Heads Mule Commit lees ''oniuoslllnn nf Hie House. One. sixth of the United Stales Senate Trill bn new when Congress moots next month. Including the two now senators who will come from Oklahoma after thi Legislature of tho new State meets in January, there will be 17 new faces, says the Washington coirespondent of liio Now York Post. This Is moro now- blood than Is generally Infused Into the Senate at one time. Strictly speaking, all tho faces of the new comers will not be new as William Alden Smith, who camo In from Michigan as tho successor of Rus sell A. Alger, and Charles C. Curtis of Kansas, who succeeded Alfred V. Hen son, took their scats toward the close of the last session of Congress. The senators nhoso faces will be mls Ing are; Rusoll A. Alger of Michigan, removed by death; J. Trunk Alice of Delaware, defeated for ro-electlon; Joseph C. S. Itlackburn of Kentucky, failed of re-election: Alfred W. Hensnn of Kansas, failed of re-election; IMward W. earmark of Tennessee, defeated for re-eeotlon; William A. Clark nf Mon tana, failed of re-election: John F. Ury don of New Jersey, failed of re-election: Fred T. DuIhiIs of Idaho, failed of to olectlon; John M. Ocann nf Oregon, fail ed of ro-eloctlon; Joseph M. Mlllnrd of Nebraska, fulled of re-elect ion: John T. Morgan of Alabama, removed bv death: Thomas M. Patterson of Colorado, failed of re-election: Rlmuml W. Pottus of Alabama, removed by death; John C. Spooner of Wisconsin, teslgnod. The now comers aro William Alden Smith of Michigan, H. A. Richardson of Ltelawaro, Jefferson C. TVtvls of Arkan sas. Thomas H. Paynter of Kentucky. Robert W. Taylor of Tennessee, Joseph M. Dixon of Montana, Charles C. Curtis of Kansas. Frank Brlgirs of Now Jersey, William i:. Borah of Idaho, Jonathan Bourne of Oregon. Norrls Urown of Nebraska, John H. Ranhoad of Alabama, Joseph r. Johnston of Alabama. Simon Guggenheim of Colorado, Isaac Stephen son of Wisconsin. Of the I,", men, who, for one reason or another, were rollreil. eight were demo, crats and seven republicans. Of the If, new-cornel's. 11 are republicans and four democrats. This gain In the republican strength in tho Senate Is significant, for It means that If. perchance, the demo crats should elect tho nevrt president, the party would not bo able to secure tiny leclslat on on demand. because, under no circumstances, w-fil it be possible for tho Democratic party to get possession of the Senate within tho next four years. OLD HUADS WILL CONTINUE TO RFLE. The old henri- In tho Soifltte will con tinue to run tho body. Men like Spooner, Blackburn, Carm.aek, Morgan, Pettus and Patterson will bo missed, but Al drlch, Crane, Hale, Frye, Allison and Txidge are as active, If not as vigorous, as ever. They will continue to bo the "bo"o of the Senate." T'nlcss history fails to repeat itself the new-comers among the republicans within a few months will bn taking their advice. Shake ups of one kind and another have loft the minority In the body with out a leader. One will have to bo chosen at tho opening "of tho coming session. There has really boon but little demo cratic leadersh'p In the lody since Sena tor Gorman died. Senator Rla. kburn was made chairman of tho minority caucus, and was recognized as the floor loader for the minority, but he never led. There was a time when Senator Bailey would have been hailed as thn leader of his paity in tho body, but his troubles over in Texas Standard oil have cast such a shallow over hhs political career that he Is no longer considered In connection with the leadership. Senator Augustus; O. Haeon of Georgia is prohibly the best fitted for the leader ship, but he and Tillman have not been oble to get along, and some of the other minority members do not like htm. Sen ator Culberson of Texas Is also qualified for leadership. Senator Hanlels of Vir ginia Is an oilier possibility. He Is a strong debater, but has never displayed a groat deal of ability .as .a loa.W. On the whole It looks as if the democrats In the Senate might bn weaker during the com ing Congress than for many years. An active eampwlgn Is being waged to obtain tho leadership for Senator Culber son. Senator Simmons of North Caro lina Is managing It. Mr. Culberson has not openly sanctioned the work that is going fiuwaril In his behalf, but he i quite receptive. Seijators Taliaferro and Mallory of Florida, Overman of North Carolina I.atlmer of South Carolina. Mcliurin of Mississippi, McBnery o' Louisiana, McCreary of Kentucky, Mar tin of Virginia and Whyto of Maryland an snld to bo pledged to the cause of Mr. Culberson. I'nless the Rhode Island Legislature should elect a successor to Mr. Wetmore between now and December, which Is most unlikely, the Senate will convene with CO republicans, opt vacancy, and 29 democrats. COMPOSITION OF THF, HOT'SK. The House will have 722 members of tho majority party, and 161 democrats. Inasmuch as Oklahoma assumes full powers of statehood upon tho Issuance of tho President's proclamation, there will bo four democratic ami one republi can member of tho Congress to take tho oath of office the moment they are legal ly eligible. All of them will be here nt the opening of tho next House. This will ni.iko the total membership of the House 391, of which 225 will bo re publicans and Ifis democrats, showing a republican majority of M. Asmimlng that Rhode Iel.and will send a republican to succeed Wetniorn, them will ho Gl repub licans and 31 democrats In thn Senate. The Oklahoma legislature will not meet until January next Messrs Gore and Owen have been nominated hy pilmary, and the democratic governor will ap point them Immediately upon assump tion of his gubernatorial duties following thn executive) proclamation until ths legislature can meet and elect, I'nder appointment, thero-foie, they will present themselves nt the bar of the Senate whea that lxidy convenes, and their legislative credentials will follow as soon as the State Legislature nets. RBNATK COMMITTFUS. Seven of tho ffenaln committee chair manships nro vacant.Thesn committees and their former chairmen are; Kngross ed bills; Berry of Arkansas: enrolled bills, Dryden of Now Jersey; Interocnanlo canals, Millard of Nebraska; public health nnd quarantine, Morgan of Ala bama; railroads, Alleo nf Delaware, rules, Spooner of Wisconsin; disposition of useless jupers in tho exccutlvo de partments, Pottus of Alabama, Two of theso vacancies wero caused by death and one by resignation from tho Senato, The vacancies on tho various commit tees of thn Sennto show that the com mittee on committees will have qulto a task before It. Committee assignments In the Senate aro filled by the senators thomselves, whereas thosn In tho llnusn rc filled by the dictum of the speaker. In the Senate tho vacancies on the Im portant committees are an follows! Ap propriations, one of each party; com merce, one each; District of Columbia, ono republican nnd three democrats; finance, one each; foreign relations, one republican nnd two democratic: lnter oceanlc canals, two each; Judiciary, one republican and three democratic; library, two republican and democratic; military affairs, one democratic; Pacific Islands, nnd Porto Hlco, one. republican and two democratic; Philippines, two democratic; public buildings and grounds, three re publican; audit and control of contingent expenses of the Senate, one eaoh; Cana dian relations, one each: census, one democratic; civil service ami retrench ment, ono democratic: claims, one each; coast nnd Insular survey, one republican and two democratic; const defence, one republican; fisheries, on' democratic; Immigration, one each: Indian affairs, four democratic: Interstate commerce, one democratic; irrigation, two demo cratic; Pacific railroads, ene each; pen sions, one republican snd three demo cratic: privileges and ele- lions, two dem ocratic; territories, one democratic. Mi.vnit snuvicF, ami a cummin OPPOllTlf.MTV. (From the NorthO 1 News.) The purchase of the cr service for tho battleship Vermont v the State Is ?tlll .a subject of discission. The ap propriation for tho ?oi 'i f w-as jr.,f"io. but the purchase was made for a con siderably less sum. Sue' in unexpected result would naturally 'ting a word of commendation to Cover ior Bell, who had the matter In charge In some quar ters bis economy has commented upon favorably, while " ers think that tho State, having nrTT'-prlated that nmount. expected that would be In vested In buying the best .'.isslble servl-c. for the money. The la'-er criticism l weak from thn fact, if V e News Is not mistaken, that tho aci passed by the Legislature appropriated i sum not to exceed jr'.iwi for the pure ae of a suit able service and loft th" 'natter In the hands nf the governor, 't was tho lat tor's judgment that a rv-'e which he could purchase for consirleiaAtly loss thin tho limit of tho appropriation was good enough In every way. That being the case he performed his '.' t and Is d" servlng of commendat: rather than criticism. No one has ' 'Ted the sug gestion that the service wis not ample and satisfactory. Anyh let ns make a not that there was o upon a t'me an appropriation from t' ' ite treasury which was not entirely nenriotl. Tho happening Is rare cm : to call for eominent. TO THF. POI.n BV BP tn-POWF.It. (From Coll s i Captain Roald Amum' a the explorer of the Northwest passi aspirant for tho honor ". North Pole. Captain new scheme, lie Is not chances with airships any other artificial ach ' . Is the latest Iscoverlng the imlsen has a g to take any tor sleds, or monts of mod ern Ingenuity. His inr"i is; "Rack to nature." He proposes t . use things that aro at home In Arc" .ondltlons. HJs motive power will be ,o!.ar bears. The normal polar bear a? he is found at largo Would have soni' disadvantages in the role of a domestic animal. His tem per ti not amiable ml It would be hard to keep him in a p'oper state of disci pline, oven with i iub. The only ef fective argument v. t i him is with a gun, preferably nt lnn range. Rut aptaln Amundsen propn" o employ bears that have never heaii! he call of the wild, lie Is having tin m trained as cubs. n that by the tin.- they grow up they otfght to bo as do -de as horses. When ho tskes them no-th a trip to the pol will bo a mere p. ensure jaunt for them. The colder and meaner th' weather, the bette they will l.k If they come to a break In the Ice -nch as one that -topped Peary, thev will enjov swimming across. With sea' flesh for their food they can live on "r country Accord ing to Captain An undsen a bear Is ten time- ns strong a horse ami can haul as much as a hi:- 'red dogs. With six benrs. therefore, i, will have sixty horse-power, or f j. hundred dog-power. Moreover, when tamed, polar bears Rre "tractable. telle.!'", and affectionate," Kvon If they sli i .1 oat tholr master In moment nf foi ui fulness, ro doubt they would regret It afterword. The Norwcgla . fxplorer Is prepared to give five or si ..cars to his experiment. He propose? t Uie Nansen's ship, the Frntn, If he can g. t It, or onn like It. Ho expects to tn'i" the Bering strait route and watch h ., chance as his ves sel drifts across th- polar basin to mnke his bear dnsh for the pole If Comman der Penry. Mr ci;, and the other ex plorers who are heided that way do not crowd In ahead . : him he may secure the unparalleled ' onor nf carrying off both of the two prent prizes of Arctic exploration. On e them, the Northwest parsnge. Is nlread- hl. and If he can add the pole to "-nt he will have a dis tinction that w'l! he altogether unique. somi: i.rciy FitmAvs. The popular ip-r-titlon which marks Friday as a dav of omen should re clve no attent',.,'1 m Amerlia. for In the history at the c , nent Friday has al ways been a hap;.v umi eventful day. It was on Friday that Columbus sailed on his voyage nf dltcnvery Fllday. ten neck, afterward, he dls covered Amerlcn Friday, Honrs v II or Kncland gave John Cabot his commission, which led to tho discovery of North America. Friday, St. Augustine, the oldest town In the eastern part of the I'nited States, wns founded. Friday, the I'ilnrlms landed at Ply mouth; and on Friday they signed the first compact Insuring self government In tho history of the nation. Friday was the birthday of Oeorgo Washington, Friday, Bunk, i nill was seized nnd fortified. Friday, the British Oenernl Burgoyne surrendered to Oeneral dates at Sara toga, Fililay, CornwalllR surrendered at Vor'town, Friday, the motion was made In the Continental Confess that the colonies were and nf right ought to be free and Independent. TO CI.BAN Mi.vrii T.ut.VISHII ItY nun. Rub a llttln Mn U)on tn apoon. The egg tins acted upon It to produce sulp. buret of silver. Tho sodium of the salt should make It disappcar.-Tho Delinea tor. iiow to nnMovi: oi,i paint One of the lost ways to remove paint from old chairs nr other furnlturo Is to eaturato the wood with ammonia, then lo tnke an old Ulfo and scrape the paint It will come off i a mass, leaving tho wood perfectly clean.-Tho Delineator. NEW PICTURES OF MARS, First Photographs of Double Can als Made by Prof. Todd. The Amherst Astronomer llnek from South America, Where He Has lleen Taking Pictures of Our "Neighbor Planet, (From tho New York Sun.) A young mnn with a straw hat, an tee cream suit of clothes and a pointed blond beard yesterday afternoon trotted up nnd down the long pier nt the foot of West Twenty-seventh street whero the Colon of the Panama Railroad Steamship lino had docked earlier In tho day after a trip up from tho canal zone on the lookout to sec that none of his tele scopes, his Oaertncr celestial cameras nnd his C,(VO or 7.M0 brand now photo graphs of the canals of Mars were not manhandled by unscientific truckmen. When you've been up In tho air, 15,000 feet up at that, all summer and have got the first photographs nf the parallel or double canals of Mars for the first time In history, you don't want them handled undecidedly. He was Prof: David Todd of Amherst, who siilled with his wife, Mabel Loomis Tndd, for the Andes on May 11. at tho head nf the Lowell astronomical ex pedition. He had things to tt tl about Mnrs that no one has told before, but he was too busy then saving negatives and things to go Into detail. "Rut If you'll go and see Mrs. Todd she'll toll you about It," he said. "As soon as wo came to earth to-day she started for n dinner party at 92 Park avenue. Catch her between courss and you'll got your Interview. SVre going right away from here. Hero, my man, handle that thing n-s If you owned It," "And so we started south, "began Mrs. Todd tip In Park avenue, "on May 11 to observe Mnrs at opposition. This year Mars was only .TUyiO.OM miles from the earth, whereas thn ordinary distance is about (W.nnn.Ono miles. When the planet Is at opposition two years hence It will he ."S.KA.fiOO miles away from us and then It will recede and recede after that and there will be no favorable opposition for lfi years. Also the atmospheric condi tions were particularly favorable this year for observation nnd altogether we could not hnve asked for betid- luck throughout the trip. "I snpposn the thing most Interesting aboil the expedition Is that for the first time the double or parallel canals have '"im- up on a photographic plate on return from tne exposition and report every plate made, In fact. Tho douhlo their dl-sat'sfartlnn with our fatateV canals have been seen bv Prof. lyiwell showing. Probably few of this class and others before this hut did not appear know that anybody's political future Is on photocraphlc negatives. Wo happen- Involved to any decree, and "Imply state ed to he whero the nlr was steadier and their honest conclusions. Lieut. -fiov. that Is why our Oaertner camera got hoth Prouty, as tho actual head of the com canals. When others declared before, this mission, Issued a defense of Its course that they saw canals running in parallel lines but failed to secure them on neg atives after repeated attempts there were many doubting Thomases who maintain ed that observers wore 'seeing double' that tho whole thing was an optical Il lusion. Now the two lines of canals are a certainty. "We stopped to look at the canal the Pannma one on our way down and saw tho splendid- system of woik that Col. Ooethsls of the 'army, who Is In charge, has established there. Then we shipped our Amherst College telescope, with an object glass 15 Inches in diameter, and other Instruments that Included a very fine celestial camera made especially for the telescope by Oaortner of Chicago. "O ir first stop was at Guayaquil, Kcua dnr, and then, after a week at Lima, we all went nwav up In the pampa of Iqul quo In northern Chile anil sot up our telescope In a part of tho desert of Tara paca. The Amherst telescope was the largest ever used In the southern hem isphere, by the way. Mr. Tood had been Invited to occupy as a station one of the irreat centres of the nltratn Industry and the telescope was mounted at the Ollclna Allanza. "In photographing that Mr. Todd made during thr next six weeks there he was delighted first of nil to secure always the '-ended. "All Sugaring Off by Big Syn double canals The negative showed, too. "ieato," and this syndicate expects to the conspicuous polar caps of snow onimnK" a" lnf f,,1I,r nM" '5 run Prooucen the planet, white and dazzling, and the large dark areas and tho line markings of the famous canals. "We dismounted the telescope on July HI because Mars was getting furtl'er away by that time, . nd we went hack to Callao nnd Lima. From there we made soveinl trips over the Oroya rail way, the highest In the world. Wo went up to Cerio do Pasco, H,0'i to loAO feet above the sea, nnd here an,i nt even higher places one point was lS.COO feet high Mr. Todd made tests to learn how favorable wero atmospheric conditions at so great a height for astronomical obser vation. "He first had a largo metal tank built In the railway shops and when It had been set In place It was filled with com pressed air to bring the air pressure up to that of the level pressure. Mr. Todd then continued his observations In tho tank under sea level atmospheric conditions anil found that ho obtained results as good as he would out In tho open. Ills purpose In making the test, of course, was to find out whether as tronomers who are subject to 'mountain sickness' and the headache and nausea that go with It at great altitudes, could nuv It" I Id the 'mountain sickness' by workinr the tank. Ho found his Idea worked out admirably." Mrs. Todd said that the members nf the expedition also made observations of the annular ecJIpsn of the sun on July 10, with excellent weather conditions on their side. They will proceed to Am herst perhaps to-day, where Prof. Tndd Immediately begin In elaborate his notes nnd print Ills great wads of plntes for the benefit of his students and astronom ical workers In general. THE OUTPUT OF HUMOR. Mas! Jokes, II Is nld Spring from n Few Hoots. Casting aside all question as to tho physiognomy of humorists, for tradition has long established that Jokemakcrs have a sad and sorry countenance, Inter est In the Bookman's article on tho funny man In literature must be confined to the confessions of tho humorists themselves as to their output, says the Chicago Trib une. One writer modestly admits that he has perpetrated 12,0h10 merry quips, An other claims that he has put forth no less than 75,000 Jokes, good, had and In different, and a third Is of opinion that a moderate estimate for his output would be n full 100,000. A humorist, not troubled with insom nia, contends that a fair day's work for him would bn Kfl Jokes, while a less fer tllo Jester confesses to no more than M. As to tho compensation for theso humor ous coruscations there s a wide dif ference or vlow. Whllo one writer boasts Hint he has received No for u single sp.irlot, others bcllcvo that 12 could he considered eood pay, and for a Joko of J. ordinary dimensions and avera;o Intel llgcncn 25 cents would be gratefully ro colved. All of which Is extremely dlvortlng It not luminously Instructive, A few months ngo a philosopher, writing of the expan sion of the Jest, made tho blunt state ment that all the so-called Jokes spring from not more than a dozen roots; that, In other words, there are not more than 12 original Jokes, and from these 12 have sprung thn multitudinous pleasant! les which have contributed bo genially to tho gaiety of nations. This point seems to have been neglected by the contributors to tho Bookman, Evidently the merry fellow who has dashed off lOn.OO") epi grams, witticisms and funny stories would bo reluctant to ndmlt that M,&8 of them are variants, and that he has merely repeated the pleasantries that were current In the Itameslde period or were the means of relieving the tedium In the ark during the prevailing deluge. Another point to be considered Is the exact stntus of a Joke Is a humorist Justified In pronounc'ng an emanation from his pen or typewriter a Joke be caue h chooses so to regard tt? If lie happens to be his own editor and pub lisher can he arrogate this to himself? If a Joke Is "something said or done for the sake of exciting laughter," then a Joke requires no special qualifications, hut If n Joke Is a "witty remark or net," who Is wholly privileged to say that he has writ ten K0 Jokes In a single day? Possibly we do not tnke our profes sional Jokers ser'ously enough. We do not remember that the Jest that may or mav not delight nnd enthrall us Is the earnest production of a business man Brownell. with whom Joking is an arduous nnd Burlington. Nov. fi, 1507. solemn profession. The man who admits report was accepter and 1 1" f that he ha- acquired n house and lot on pn 11,0 an' a resolution w.i nrloptec nn output of 2.",ojyi Jokes ha- claim of j authorizing settlement. recognition as an earnest and Industri-' A resolution to 1mpo.c a li - iy., fei ous citizen. One Is not surprised when hotnf nn for tho seaon of l iot ani treats ins occupation ns one of patient, and laudahle endeavor and speaks of It with pride and sentimental feeling. It Is t ell to forget the theory of the 12 ori ginal Jokes, nn give him due credit for tho Ingenious mind which enables him such small beglnnlnss. ti develop so ahundant a garden from I.ini'T.-fJOV. PrtOVTV AND THF. JAMHSTOW.V H.TPOSITIOX. Tho Randolph Herald and News prac tically sums up the whole ease with ref erence to the Jamestown exposition and the Vermont commissioner In the follow ing paragraph: Is Lieut. -Oov. Prouty correct in hi surmise that much of the criticism of the Vermont Jnmes-town commission has a polltlcil animus hack of It? This might apply to some of tho wicked news'papers, who of course are always ready to put a spike In the political coffin of a candidate they do not favor, but It would not read 11 v apply to non-politlo.il visitors wIid last week that should be read by all dis posed to bla.me someb-idy for the James town fiasco. It covers the case clearly, and prove the utter folly of trying to make a creditable showing with only 110, M0 and no co-operation from home. The commission has served without pay, and has done Its best, In the fsce of most discouraging conditions. The solemn truth Is that Vermont ought not to have been lured Into this trap to begin with, and the knocking should go to the Legis lature which was gulled, rather than the unpaid servants who have tried to do the Impossible. a urni. sirriiAitixn .iokh. (From the Tondonderry Sifter.) We are quite U'ed to the habit the city dailies have of poking fun at l'.om, real or imaginary, that appear in country papers; but occasionally they seriously undertake to educate the country people In improved methods of farming. Judg ing only from the articles published, the writers are easily detected as belonging to tho class that usually Inquire "Which cow gives the buttermilk?" and "On which trees do the pumpkins grow?" The latest is that In a recent Issue of a prominent Roston dally. The article Is In Vermont The article contains the following: "Tho promoters of the new combina tion aim to remedy the Instability nf the market and stop dilution. Kvapor.it Ing stations are to be placed all over Vermont to the number of probably 20 or 25. At these evaporating stations, thn farmer will deliver all the sap he cm bring to market In this way it Is hoped tho farmer liny be Induced to a greater extent than ever before A far greater Immediate advantage to the fanner Is that he will not tlnd it necessary to sugar his sap. The stations are to bo so numerous that any farmer in the State can drive to them with his sap before It spoils, nnd a newer, hlgger nnd better Industry will ho formed " Now those 20 or 25 evaporating sta tions placed all over the State would average less than two to each county, snd they talk about tho farmer's haul ing his 3,ap to those stations to ,nvn him the labor of sugsrlng his sap. Yes, we can almost see the fanners hauling their sap ten or fifteen miles at that time of the year over the mud laden roads. For showing tho writer's Ignorance of maple sugar making, the article Is a huge success. n.tnnvs pockf.ts. Plums from tho wonderful sugar plum tree, Apples and candles and things; Deddy brings homo In his pockets for me, Ships that can sail on a mako-beleve so.i, Little tin soldiers ns brave ns enn bo And toys that are worked upon strings. And I run to explore them at night, for I know Most wonderful things may bn hidden below, Sometimes it's choc'lnte and peppermint, too, Or maybe a dolly that speaks; But always find something shiny and new, A Jnck-ln-a-box that Jumps out with a "boo," A little tin horn, painted red, white and blue, Or a lull that Is rubber nnd squeaks. So I delve In his pockets at night Just to see What wonderful thing has been put there for me. The fairies have many strange places they say. To hide things for good little boys: Where they put nil their candles and sweetmeats away. Where they hide wnndcrous things at tho close of the day. Whore the glngrrbioad horses and sugai plums stay. And nlso the brightest of toys. And these wonderful places, so filled with delight. Aro Just daddy's pockets, I search every nlfht, Detroit free Itoss. WANT SERVICE CONTINUED. People on Xorlli Aenue mill Hlso liere Ask for Trolley Winter Curs, Routine matters of n miscellaneous nature worn considered at ihe special meeting of the boaid of aldermen Tuesday evening All of the m mbt rs wero pres ent except Alderman Clarke. The amended wiring ordinance was rend the third time nnd passed under suspension of rules. The follow r,g com mittees were appointed. Aldermen R e sell, Courtney nnd Bombard, to confer with the city attorney on ih.- plum ' x ordinance: Aldermen Clarlsr, Pease ami Murphy, to confer with the city attor ney on the milk ordinance K. V. BROWNKLL'S CLAIMS Regarding K. F. Brownell s rta.mt against the city. J.- H. Maronibt r, c:ts attorney, tcportcd as follows "To the Honorable Board of M rmen Last April i:. F. Browmll rough suit ngalnsi the city for eri"es a chief of police from August 1 to A ig isl 19, 1M1, nnd for services as a 1 centi commissioner for December 19K and January, February and March. W, Tt-i total amount which he' claims N KV ard he Is entitled to Interest on whatever sum Is found due him. A small amounl of costs have nlso been made. "Mr. Rrownell has agieed o seit this claim for !7.-. I would nsk i careful consideration of the propi tmn and would recommend that It be a -c p ed nnd a warrant he drawn fir ii i u,n abov named In favor of M , "n mo Mrong Theatr. nfferer" i,. i,i. .... ,i,..e, in, in i-me. was e, ) motion oi Alderman Murphy laid on the tab'e TRACTION COMPANY AGAIN Petitions wero received from largi numbers of residents on N .rth aenu nnd vicinity, anil from thi r-mplniPt of the Burlington Rendering . o.uia-iy .asking that tho 20-mlnuto .-a, sern , on North avenue continue In force n-r that all North avonu cars mike i a trip through to Fthan Allen Park In stend of to the Institute road T petitions state that thn dls. orHn l anco of through service, on NorM avenue during the winter mor hs is i great Inconvenience to the petitioners A committee consisting of Alder men Courtney. Pease nnd Murphy wai appointed to confer with the Tractlor company in an effort to have the petl tlons granted. Quite general complaint was re ported by different mombors .f thi board of alleged over-crowding of cars. Mayor Bigelow said ore r.rars of relief from at least thi overrr wd Ing of the cars might coin" t-ro gt an appeal t the Mute r.i Ureal com mlssloners. He taought the city at torney ought to be consulted and tha If In that official's opinion the actlor were deemed warrantable, a petltlor might be brought asking tho railroad commissioners to grant a hearing If was later suggested that the company be appealed to for relief from oxer crowded cars on the ground of jstiof to its patrons and that was the wa tho matter was left. HACKMEN CRITICIZED. The ears of local hackmen might hav burned while the members of the bo in. wero commenting with fire and freedom on the manner In which the provisions of tho new hack ordinance wtie lisrc garded. No definite action was taken n the matter. Various misdemeanors ,t the hackmen were reported and t w alleged that one man was driving a a k without any license. Mayor Blge'ow thought the hackmen could he best d s clplined hy the revocation of the II onses of the miscreants, rather than by a tnn In city court. LONO STANDING CASH DISCONTIN UFD. Steps were taken for the dlseontln nn of the long standing c.ise of Ru.s- " W Taft et al.. executors, vs. , !t f I ,r llngton. This Is an action bro igl b the late Judge Taft In 1S9.1 an 1 amcd - by his executors to recover monej a 1 to tho city of Burlington fcr sewei a i gutter assessment, the propertv ir q-jes tlou being that of tho Taft homeste 1 on Southl nlon street. It wa.s expla r last evening that the monev in q lestlon was paid with the stipulation that it would be returned should the assessm" f be found Invalid. The reeo'ivnen Hti n nf the city attorney that t ,c ,is discontinued without costs to e ther party was accepted and a re.-'dut n au thorlzlng such action was adupted The claim of Henry M-.ivo ror damages for the death of his horse on te .owe' road recently was referred ti the city attorney. rovhiimhi ih;;hi of xf.w vonu On Ivbor Iny I made a trip o Albany to see Governor Hughes. The weather was of the "raining cats and dogs" va riety, hut I sunn found my way to th Capitol, and rapped at an loner d or with a moist hand. Here Si -r "ar Ful ler, up to his eyes in work in tlie g v emor's private office, was Imb t-mg arge shocks of correspondence Now It happened that at the meeting, of the Rochester chamber of commerce banquet, some months ago. I von le a chance remntk which was taken in Senator Armstsnng, the toast-mn'ter ' tho occasion, who insisted hi Jf Cliappl said they were 'going m hi' h their hits' that night." 1 had f rgot'e-i this lneident, though I remembered th.T his iVitrnduetlon of Governor Hughes wan especlall) happy, and there was an nut pouring of enthusiastic applause when It was stated that wo had w.th is that night "the stuff of which presidents am made." Imagine mv surprise when Governor Hughes, in greeting me, referred to th a passing remark regarding "bunt l ing tb hits." It furnishes u glimpse of the governor's ability to tndlvldua' ze. and suggested that he certainly must have n royal memory. Ho has light brown hair and a beard of the same hue, an I Is not a tall man, but a powerful one yet m his dark eyes there Is a softness, a tenderness, which fairly glistened as he spoke of the "prize baby" at home Self-reliant, tho personification of con sclentlousness, no wonder that (.bsriei Rvaus Hughes represents a dlstlnctlve'ij new type that will abide. Without the usual apprenticeship as a political henchman, and without seeking It, he tins reached the office he holds and has unconsciously stepped Into thn swing of presidential possibilities In a way un known for decades past Ills early speeches left no uncertainty ns to his view , and It was evident that he Intend ed to servo thepeople with a whole souled conscience. Jon Mitchell Chappla In "Affairs at Washington," in National Magazine for November. nF.Fi.ncrioxs of a n ac iif.i.ou. A woman can forglvo a mini for ceas ing to love her If he will not stop mak ing love lo her There is scarcelv anithng that wl'l get a worn m Hiked .ih.'iit uinrt ti an for her neighbors not to he able lo dlscovei J what It U- New York Fre. f