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his band of Shoshone Indians. Rockyboy and his
reds needed the nation's help badly, and between
the humorously inclined newspaper correspondent,
the Hoosier senator and half a dozen of his col
leagues it came to them at a time when years of
disappointment had rendered them pretty nearly,
hopeless.
If Rockyboy hadn't been so poverty stricken he
doubtless would have sent the leggings, the bead
ed moccasin, the antelope shirt and the eagle feather
war bonnet of chieftainship to newspaper man and
Senator as a mark of thankfulness for services ren
dered.
Rockyboy and his following of warriors and
women and children had been wandering through
Montana for years and never had been able to get
a home. For some reason which history declareth
not, Rockyboy and his people were spurned alike by
reds and whites. When the hunting and fishing
(Were poor Rockyboy's bands came to the edge of
starvation.
Bill after bill had been introduced into congress
to give relief to these roving reds, but no bill ever
came within sight of the passing stage. Finally the
name, Rockyboy, struck a newspaper man's fancy.
Possibly he had had the feeling himself. In an idle
moment he drew up a mock legislative measure and
in it Senator Beveridge figured as Chief Rockyboy,
while a dozen or so other senators appeared under
.various names as members of Rockyboy's band of
(warriors. The names either fitted admirably
misfitted just as admirably.
Senator Allison of Iowa, who In no conceivable
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circumstances would commit himself by word of
mouth, appeared as Chief Talks-Too-Much. Sen
ator Aldrich of Rhode Island, who, for reasons
which may be perfectly apparent to everybody
that knows anything about him, was called in the
newspaper man's Rockyboy relief measure Chief
Smooth-Medicine.
A copy of the skit fell under Senator Bever
ldge's eye. It amused him Immensely. He hung
It on the wall of his room and showed it to call
ers. Finally one day it occurred to him that
Rockyboy and his band had done him a service
of amusement and he concluded that turn about
,was only fair play, and so he thought he would
look into Rockyboy's case and find out how it
was that for years congress had refused to go to
the aid of some of its wards who were at the
point of starvation at least six months of the
year. The senator apparently thought that it
wouldn't hurt the members of the Rockyboy band
to have a few square meals, even though they
were not the most deserving reds in the land.
The senator did look into the case, and found
that Rockyboy and his wandering Montana band
were worthy of consideration. He made Rocky
boy's cause his own from that hour, and it was
not long before a bill "For the relief of the wan
dering American-born Indians of Rockyboy's
band in Montana," was passed by the senate of
the United States
A few years ago Robert Baker of Brooklyn
represented the Sixth New York district in con
gress. Mr. Baker's career was somewhat stormy.
He was known as a Socialist, but he was elected
on the Democratic ticket. Mr. Baker's fellow
members said of him that he was "erratic, effer
vescent, somewhat noisy, but always sincere."
There were scores of men who sat in the
lower house of congress during Mr. Baker's term
who hoped, perhaps for sheer curiosity's sake,
that he would be sent to congress again in order
that he might finish a speech which he once be
gan but was not allowed to bring to an end.
The blocking of the ending of the Brooklyn
member's address fell In this wise: Mr. Baker
had spoken on the single tax system and on the
iniquities of all other kinds of taxation. He had
been given 20 minutes to unburden himself on a
bill "To amend the law relating to taxation in
the District of Columbia." When the 20 minutes
were up the chairman's gavel hit the desk with
a thump that shivered one of Baker's best sen
tences.
The Brooklynite begged.for ten minutes more,
but the member who was in charge of the de
bate on behalf of the Democratic minority cru
elly cut him off, but, relenting, allowed him one
minute in which to continue. This gratuity
made Baker look as if he felt Insulted, but for
the good of his cause he grasped the fleeting mo
ment and did what he could with it.
He told Mr. Babcack, chairman of the District
IN AN AWKWARD POSITION
Fire Brigade Rescues Man From Per
ilous Situation on a Chim
ney Top.
Around the midnight hour one even
ing recently belated pedestrians hur
rying homewards along a street known
as Old Moabit, in Berlin, Germany,
were arrested in their course by loud
shouts for help that seemed to come
from the skies. They looked up in
curipus astonishment, and presently
saw the fljgurfo^a^man silhoutted
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WHIMSICAL bit of humor for which
a Washington correspondent once
was responsible had the result of
setting some of the senators talking
and had the further result of secur
ing legislative action In the interest
of humanity.
It was Senator Beveridge of Indi
ana who took the Initiative in the
matter of the passing of a bill which
brought Joy to Chief Rockyboy and
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of Columbia committee, that
when he proposed to tax a
man for the privilege of do
ing business he made a
criminal of every man who
thought he had a right to
work at his trade without
being taxed for the work-
ing, and who for conscience sake kept at his
work and refused to pay the government levy.
This view that Baker took of the inherent
right of a man to work at peddling or anything
else without paying for the privilege was not
new. It had been advanced occasionally in con
gress, and frequently elsewhere, by men of a cer
tain bent of mind. Mr. Baker, however, took the
last 30 seconds of the'mlnute allotted to him to
spring something novel and it was for the finish
ing of that half-minute speech that certain of the
congressmen whose curiosity was piqued are
anxious.
The Brooklyn member told his fellow mem
bers pointblank and without any explanatory
reasons that they were guilty of causing the
deaths of 460 out of every 1,000 babies that were
born. Naturally, after being arraigned for whole
sale murder in this way, the members were anx
ious to know along what lines their guilt lay.
Baker, however, paused after he had accused his
fellows of being modern Herods in the matter of
the slaughter of the innocents, and before he
had a chance to show a willingness to let the
members know whether they ware sending in
fants to the grave by fire, steel or the rope, his
time was up and he was shut off by the chairman
of the committee of the whole, and as a result
a great murder mystery still hangs over the
house of representatives.
When the Grand Duke Serglus was killed Mr.
Baker made a speech in the house which indi
rectly attempted to justify the throwing of the
bomb the explosion of which brought death to the
duke. There is a good deal of conservatism in
the south. The southern members didn't like Mr.
Baker's remarks on the assassination of Serglus.
Representative John W. Maddox of Georgia
when given a chance to think even momentarily,
is something of a purist in the matter or lan
guage. He became so angry at Baker's remarks,
however, that he forgot there was such a thing
as grammar on the face of the earth. Before
Mr. Baker was half-way down into his seat, Mad
dox was on his feet shouting in trumpet tones:
"The Democratic party don't stand for this
assassination business, now nor never," a noble
if enigmatic utterance which brought forth rap
turous applause alike from Democrats and Re
publicans.
To Robert Baker is due a large part of the
credit for the legislation which prevents mem
bers of congress from accepting passes from
railroad companies. Baker was known in con
gress as Anti-pass Baker, and while the name
was given him as a Joke he carried it proudly and
unquestionably he made campaign material out
of it. He attacked the pass accepting propensi
ties of his fellows, constantly asking the pointed
question how they could be consistent advocates
of the people's rights as against the railroads
while holding out their hands to the railroads
for favors.
agatost the moonlit sir/ at the top of
a factory chimney, 150 feet high. He
continued his cries for assistance, and,
amid the gesticulations, pointed at
some object lying at his feet. The
crowd, which rapidly collected, realiz
ed that something untoward had hap
pened, aad rang up the fire brigade—
the invariable succor in ail novel
predicaments.
When the firemen succeeded in
making their way to the summit of
the chimney, they found that the man
who had been appealing so pitifully
for help was indeed in an awkward
fix. With a fellow workman he had
been ordered to remove the weather
cock which crowned the structure,
and had recently shown signs of fail
ing. As the chimney was in use dur
ing the day, they had been obliged tc
undertake the task late at night, aft
er the furnaces had been extinguished
and fuse'had had time to cool down
a little. They had reached the top by
a series of steps provided in the in
terior of the structure. But the chim
ney wao still hot, and the stifling
The Brooklyn man received a
pass from a railroad company. Ha
sent it back by the next mail and
the letter he sent with it was of the
kind called vitriolic. If Baker
didn't stir the conscience of congress in the mat
ter of taking railroad passes he did stir the feel
ings of the public. The pass matter as a result
of Representative Baker's agitation was dis
cussed in the public press more than it ever had
been discussed before, and the way was paved
for the anti-pass provision in the railroad rate
bill.
Robert Baker was not re-elected. He was giv
en a position, however, which paid him $4,600 a
year. He deliberately resigned from this well
paying position because he believed that while
holding it he could not consistently preach cer
tain of his beliefs. concerning the methods of
government.
Henry M. Goldfogle, representative in con
gress from New*York city, in a speech In the
house gave those of his colleagues whose knowl
edge of history does not extend to details an
interesting chapter concerning a Jewish patriot
of the revolutionary period who gave up his
money to help the government out of financial
straits. Mr, Goldfogle, like the generous one of
a past generation, is a Jew, and he took a proper
pride in the deed of the man of his faith.
In some respects this story'of the giving of
money to the government by Hyman Salomon,
the Jewish citizen, is one of the most remark
able which ever has been called to the attention
of congress. The country does not know much
about it. It ought to know all about it and it
ought to appreciate not only the generosity of the
patriot but the action of the patriot's descend
ants who gave congress one of the biggest sur
prises it has ever received.
Hyman Salomon, like Robert Morris, helped
the government out liberally when it was in finan
cial straits and when there seemed little likelt
hood that any of his money would be returned
Robert Morris has a place in every school his
tory, and the boy who doesn't know about the
friend of liberty who impoverished himself for
the government stands below the foot of his his
tory class.
Neither the school books nor the encyclope
dias seem to have given much attention to Hy
man Salomon, who parted with his shekels for
the benefit of Uncle Sam. In his speech in con
gress Mr. Goldfogle did something for the mem
ory of the financier and even more for the fame
of the financier's descendants. The house
learned that in the years that had gone four dif
ferent congresses expressed a willingness to pay
to the heirs of Mr. Salomon the money which
he advanced to the government without secur
ity. The part of the New York representative's
statement that fairly astounded his colleagues
was his declaration that every time that congress
had expressed its desire to give Hyman Salo
mons heirs the money their ancestor had ad
vanced they refused to take one cent of the cash,
saying that tf their forerunner's loan was in
spired by patriotism they desired to show that
his descendants held his patriotism as a heri
tage.
It is said that the records of congress show
practically no cases which may run as parallel to
this refusal to take money to the ownership of
which there was every legal and moral right
temperature, combined with soot and
dust, was too much for one of them,
and as he emerged on the narrow cop*
ing he collapsed in an unconscloul
heap.
It was no easy task even for the.
fire brigade, to rescue the sick man
from his perilous situation. An in*
mense rope was painfully hauled uf
the huge shaft and run round a pu»
ley attached to the scaffolding thai
supported the weather-cock. T# thj|
rope he was fastened, and ay ift
means carefully lowered dovs
Principal Happening? of the Week
in the Scandinavian Countries.
DENMARK.
Prince John of Denmark, uncle of
King Frederick of Denmark and of the
queen mother, Alexandra, of England,
died from pneumonia. He was bora
in 1825.
Copenhagen, May 29.—The navy de
partment yesterday entertained 400
petty officers of the American squad
ron on motor trips and at luncheon
at the Tivoll Garden. Each of the
guests was presented with a cigar case
emblazoned wth the Danish and Amer
ican arms. The officers of the squad
ron attended a race meeting and
dined at the American legation. The
American warships were open to the
public and 60,000 persons inspected
the vessels. The king has*ordered
that no festivities be cancelled on ac
count of the death of his uncle. Prince
John.
King Fredrick paid a visit to the
ships of the American squadron. His
majesty accompanied by Crown
Prince Christian, Prince Waldemar
and Prince George of Greece, encircled
the Louisiana, Kansas, Now Hamp
shire and South Carolina and then
boarded the flagship of Rear Admiral
Badger. The warships and excursion
steamers were dressed with flags from
stem to stern in honor of the occasion.
The shore was black with cheering
crowds of humanity. King Fredrick
and the prince spent two hours among
the fleet visiting all vessels. The king
especially asked to see the seamen of
Danish birth, with whom he conversed
for some time.
A Copenhagen cable says: Copen
hagen turned out to greet the second
division of the United States Atlantic
fleet under command of Rear Admiral
Badger, which arrived for a week's
visit. A gun salute was exchanged by
the American squadron and the land
batteries. Thousands of excursionists
cheered as the Kansas, New Hamp
shire and South Carolina, headed by
the flagship Louisiana, moved up the
sound to Helsingfor. American and
Danish flags are lavishly displayed in
the capital where the Danes have pre
pared to give the American sailors a
warm reception, During the visit
Kind Fredrick will receive in audience
Admiral Badger and the captains of
the American warships and will give
a grand official dinner where the fleet
officers will meet the most prominent
people of Copenhagen. A naval ball
will be given by the minister of the
navy for the officers and midshipmen
to meet Danish officers.
This is the.way a great American
daily sized up the performances of
the Danish male chorus, visiting some
of the larger American cities: They
are a sturdy, stalwart group conspic
uous among other things for their so
lidity and gravity. If the atmosphere
of dignity robbed the chorus work of
something of grateful boyishness, it
added an unusual poise and sympathy
with the director's lightest wish. There
was no overtaxing of voices, no pre
dominance of one section over another,
but a well constructed whole made up
of excellent material. The Danish stu
dents are admirable' on attacks and ev
en more to be admired for their artful
releases. Not through the whole pro
gram was there any intimation of
slothfulness. They sang, actually, as a
many-voiced entity, and some of their
attacks were like blows, so sharp they
were, so sudden, so remarkably defi
nite, the visitors managed, to do one
thing that Is rare—sing their fortes
and fortissimos with the same good
quality that characterized the softer
passages.
SWEDEN.
Several cases of infantile paralysis
have occurred in Stockholm, and two
children died from that disease in the
same house.
A new commercial treaty has been
concluded between Sweden and Ger
many. The Germans claim that the
Swedes got the best of the bargain.
The Swedish tariff on manufactured
goods Is Increased from 25 to 30 per
cent But the German manufacturers
are glad that the treaty does not in
clude the proposed export duty on
Swedish iron ore. Germany imports
Swedish ore for about $12,000,000 a
year.
It will be remembered that after
the great boxing match between Jim
Jeffries and Jack Johnson, at Reno,
Nevada, many state governments in
America prohibited the presentation
of the match by means of moving pic
tures on the ground that it was im
moral. Now a company in Sweden
has procured a set of films and is
giving performances without any inter
ference by the authorities. It was
claimed by many people in this coun
try at the time that the immoral
ity" of the thing lay in the fact that
a Yankee was licked by a nigger.
The Swedish laws are lenient with
regard to foreign tramps. Many Fin
nish tramps are taking advantage of
this. When they become a real nui
sance they are picked up by the police
authorities of Sweden and transported
across the border. But they may re
turn and repeat the procesr indefinite
ly, for there is no law providing for
•harsher treatment in case of a repeti
tion of the offense. Not long ago a
Finnish tramp said to a Swedish offi
cial: "Well, you may send me back to
Finland but I will come to Sweden
again, and so you will have to keep
on sending me home as long as I live."
From Budapest comes word that the
Swedish members of the Olympic
games committee are anxious that win
ter sports should be Included in the
curriculum of the games of 1912 at
Stockholm. The other members of the
committee are kicking on this.
A company in Torhamn ordered a
passenger steamer at the Motala iron
works in January, and the vessel was
built and completed for use in sev
enty-six days. This record compares
•cry favorably with work of the same
kind performed in other countries
whose resources are far greater than
abase Swedes*
No person has applied for the follow
ing positions, which are vacant: As
sistant instructor in mathematics,
physics, and chemistry, at the high
school in Stromstad teacher in Ger
man and English at the Vlmmerby
high school and assistant instructor
in mathematics, biology and chemistry,
at the Lulea high school.
President Taft is already picked by
guessers, as the man who will be se
lected by the Norwegian Storthing to
receive the Nobel Peace Prize this
year. The selection will bo made in
December, and the only question is
whether his name was presented in
time under the rules laid down for
the awarding of the prize, which
amounts to about forty thousand dol
lars a year.
Prof. Johan Thyren, of the univer
sity of Lund, is not a candidate for ie
election to the second chamber of the
riksdag. His reason for retiring is,
that the king has instructed him to re
vise the criminal code, besides giving
his regular lectures at the university.
It is generally agreed that Prof. Thy
ren was a power in the riksdag. Even
those who were opposed to some of
his theories had to admit the earnest
ness and the intense patriotism of the
man.
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NORWAY.
Tryve Gran accompanies Scott's
South Pole expedition as instructor in
skiing.
In the parish of Aremark more than
one-fourth of the deaths are due to
tuberculosis.
The city council of Stavanger has
voted $100 for the erection of a monu
ment of Alexander Kjelland, the au
thor.
The Stavanger canners foresee the
day when they will have to compete
with the Japanese on the American
market
At Gjelteskjar, Strand, near Stavan
ger, is a ninety-eight year old women
who took a cow and some eggs to
town to sell.
A Scandinavian syndicate has bought
the Ranfjorden iron ranges, which are
located about 20 mites from Tromso.
Operations will be staited in June.
Johan Alnes, of Gryten, Franen,
Romsdal, shot and killed three grown
bears in the course of half a minute.
The distance was only fifty feet. The
biggest bear weighed 200* pounds.
"Ov*r the Lofty Mountains," one of
Bjornson's most fascinating poems, is
blamed by many for the increase of
tuberculosis in Norway1 Now, how
can there be any connection between
those two things? The sentiment run
ning through the whole poem is a sort
of sickly longing for something far
away, something indefinite In the blue
distance. When young people absorb
the sentimentality of this poem their
minds lose their natural buoyancy,
which often, leads to consumption. A
physician who knows his business
changes the heading. "Over the Lofty
Mountains," to "The Norwegian Tub
erculosis Ballad."
The language confusion is becoming
almost unbearable in many of the rural
schools of Norway. In some districts
the vote is shifting from one party
to another every few years. This often
means that the language is changed at
the same time. But what is still
worse is, that in many cases the two
languages are used side by side in one
and the same school. Some language
purists are so strongly opposed to the
Norwegian-Danish that they do not
let-their children sing the great na
tional hymn, "Ja vi elkser dette landet,"
because it Is written in a language
against which they have started a
holy crusade of extermination.
"Rigsmaalsforeningen" is a society
whose aim is to perpetuate the use of
the present Norwegian-Danish book
language, as opposed to the propagan
da of bringing a fusion of the Nor
wegian dialects to the front as the
exclusive language of the country.
Rigsmaalsforeningen has had uphill
work largely because it is a negative
power. The leaders realized this
handicap, and so they resolutely
wheeled around and started an aggres
sive movement The official language
used in Norway is a most cunningly
and curiously constructed contrivance
you can Imagine. This style was im
posed upon Norway during the four
hundred and odd years during which
she was united with Denmark, and
Denmark had borrowed some of the
German syntax for her own official use.
Hence the official language used In
Norway today is really laboring under
the Influence of the syntax of the Ger
man language. It is against this anom
aly that the Rigsmaalsforeningen has
deelared war, and as to the popularity
of this war, suffice it to say that out
side of the madhouses there is hardly
a grown person in the whole country
but is glad to get rid of the old "chan
cel style."
The capital stock of Tidens Tegn,
a new daily in Kristiania, is $67,500,
all of which is said to have been paid
up. There are only 10 shares, of $6,
750 each. Shares can be transferred
only by a vote of three-fifths of the
stockholders. Mr. Thommesen, for
mer editor of the Verdens Gang, is the
leading man in the new concern.
The Norway-Mexico steamship line,
which has been in operation for three
years, is doing a good business. Seven
steamers are running "regularly, and
they carry full cargoes both ways.
This augurs well for the new Nor
wegian-American line.
Two Lapps kept about 300 relndeei
on Ribbenas island, near Tromso, last
winter. Part of the time the weather
was so rough that the deer were not
tended to. When the owners went to
round them up they found that half
of them had been killed by snowslides.
The loss was about K800.
The average age of the mmisters ol
Tromso Stilt, the northernmost diocest
of Norway, is 44.5, in the city of Kris,
tianla 61 years, and the average for the
whole country is 63.S3 years. It it
pointed out that the oldest men an
kept in Kristiania, the toughest flefcf
In the whole eountsjr.
PJckr/tf C&cao/tods
ALTHOUGHaSanto
the cultivation of
cacao was introduced into the
island of Domingo from
Venezuel by Spanish settlers
more than tw hundred years
ago, and the crop now produced and
exported is of such magnitude as to
give the Dominican Republic one of
the leading positions in the cacao
world, yet the cultivation continues to
be largely a matter of chance, no
systematic attention being paid to the
several details so necessary to insure
the.best returns. Soil and climate
are not met halfway, and .the result is
only nature's unaided contribution to
the world's supply of an important
article of diet. The contrast in this
respect with other cacao countries
must be noticeable. As a rule cacao
is grown by the small planter. There
are a few large plantations, but even
on them the requisite care is not
taken. Trees are allowed to grow with
but little attention to the proper dis
tance that should be between them, so
that there is often the aspect of un
dergrowth Instead of an orderly or
chard selection of the best soil is
not made to give the greatest yield,
nor are the trees pruned in order to
avoid that waste in substance that
should be retained for the develop
ment of the fruit itself. Ah apprecia
tion of the foregoing statements will
convey an idea Of what the future may
be for cacao in the Dominican Repub
lic when the essential efforts are put
forth in its cultivation. Unquestion
ably, cacao is destined to be the main
stay of the country, and the income
from the sale of this natural product
creates wealth more widely distribu
ted among the people than is true of
the.other principal product, sugar.
A great advantage enjoyed by
Dominican cacao is that Santo Domin
go occupies a geographical position
nearest to New York of any of the
leading producing countries, and New
York is the metropolis of the country
of greatest cacao consumption. This
geographical feature should exert an
influence on freight rates, and espe
cially, so when with the completion of
the Panama canal all of the West In
dies will reap commercial benefits pro
portionally greater than other sec
tions.
Cacao cultivation is confined prin
cipally to the Cibao section, in the
northern part of the island. Here
there is an abundant rainfall, so nec
essary for the growth and maturing of
the cacao bean. The best quality
cacao comes from the Province of
Seibo, in th vicinity of Higuey, and
from around Sabana de la Mar on the
south coast of Samana bay. The
plantations in the two sections par
ticularly named are controlled by for
eigners, Swiss and French, who ate
doing and have already accomplished
something definite toward improving
the quality of Domfnican cacao, with
the very natural commercial conse
quence that the cacao marketed by
them commands a much better price
than obtained in the other district,
from whence comes the bulk of the
product These efforts of the indi
viduals mentioned, with the tangible
reward accrued, will do much, toward
encouraging the native—growers to
adopt similar methods if they would
increase their income.
On either side of the Yuna rrver,
which flows into Samana bay close to
the port of Sanchez, there is available
land open to settlement by purchase.
The soil is said to be splendidly
adapted to cacao and the annual rain
fall meets the requirement in that re
respect. There are cacao trees still
bearing in Santo Domingo claimed to
be all of 100 years old, and an average
tree will continue to yield until It is
60 years old.
The average Dominican cacao bears
favorable comparison with that pro
duced on the Island of Sao Thome,
Africa and the best quality—that
which is given special care at time of
fermentation—is to be classed with
the best Bahia product Dominican
labor is inexpensive, and perhaps can
be employed to better advantage on a
cacao plantation than where heavier
work is the rule.
To start a cacao plantation the
initial and principal Investment would
be confined to the land itself. Then
would be the item for fencing. No
expensive machinery is required nor
is any elaborate plant necessary: Of
course there will come off years, as in
all pursuits, hut if they do the loss
will not be heavy, as would be the
east If it were necessary to maintain
Mineral Waters.
Nearly seven millions of
1.312,845 gallons. The value of the
Imports of mineral water In 1909
11,085,177. with an average of 8
cents a gallon.
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a costly establishment during a
astrous year.
The world's consumption of cacao
is increasing at a greater rate than
the recorded gain in production. It i»
unlikely that the latter will overtake)
the former. The demand for choeoi
late, cocoa, and the many confection*
In which cacao is used expands yetV
by year. Sections of the world's arefjj
where cacao can successfully be?
grown are necessarily limited, owina.
to climatic requirements. The com-j
parative faciUty with which this crop
can be produced, harvested and trans-j
ported gives it advantages not en-j
joyed by other tropical products.
The principal markets for Doming
can cacao are the United States, Ger-j
many and France, in the order,
named. During the current year the
prevailing price obtained in the Re-,
public has been around eight dollars'
per quintal of 50 kilos.
W. E. PULLIAM.
ENTERED I
N LONG CONTEST
Farmer's Explanation of Matters.
Proved That He Had a Strong
Sense of Humor.
A farmer was chasing an escaped!
pig along the highroad. The animal
was putting him far to the rear. _A
neighbor, passing in a buggy, earner—
to a stop, turned to watch the pur*
suit, roaring with laughter. "Don't
you want to borrow my horse and bug^
gy?" he cried.
The farmer seemed Incensed by this
pleasantry and drew himself up as if
to make an angry reply. But hot
thought better of it Over bis faoe»
crept a look of stolid good nature. He
perched on the fence and kicked the)
dust from his boots.
"It's a powerful tiring race," he be
gan in a tone that invited friendly}
conversation.
"Well, I guess it is. You'd better
wait and take a train and head him offi
at some way station during the night**
"He's still falling farther behind
me," drawled the farmer.' "But I*n*
afraid he's begun to get his second!
wind. Still I don't think he can catch,
me, do you?" ,»'
"Behind you! Catch you* Wei]!
hardly, going that way."
"That's what I think. You see, thisi
is one of them round-the-world races!
that automobiles talk about. He's sv
whole lap behind me, except for the]
few rods that he seems to be ahead!
of me. All that surprises me is the
way he can keep up the trail, being so
far behind. lt
"Oh, there, I see he's losing it now
—going through that gap into a pota
to patch. I want to be fair, so if,
you'll excuse me, I'll run down and'
lap him, and steer him right"—
Youth's Companion.
:Ttt
I
i'l
dollars,
$6,894,134, for sales of mineral waters!
in the United States In 1909, says'
the United States Geological Survey^ I
a slight increase over the figures of
1908. The quantity sold was 64,67 lr\fc'
486 gallons, at an average retail price'~P
of 11 cents a gallon. In addition*
over 6,000,000 gallons was estimated^
to have been used in the manufacture^"
of soft drinks. There has been a
ateady Increase in the production of't
mineral waters for the last twenty
?I!ZearB'
be flgures for
!885 betas J&^
i'i
.'
7
Seas Pound 8t. Helena.
If the sea were to break
shores of Coney Island in time
calm weather with the same force im$W
it does on the shores of St Helena.!^
sections of South Brooklyn would be$$£v'
uninhabitable in all likelihood. They'fi^:'
have at St. Helena what are known a S S
calemmas, or heavy rollers. Thosefep
011
•^•iSpc**$fo
rollers are particularly bad in timeUSf^!&
of calm weather. They strike
island[with such tremendous foreeiff
that the spray is sent over SStRm
Pound ridge, which 1. sever* 8 &
above sea level. Scientists a
the calemmas are caused byj
rfi«fm.h« beneath"
f,+*&