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RESENT statistics show that the horse as a part of the en
tourage of the wealthy is rapidly disappearing. Referring
particularly to Its own city, the St. Louis Globe-Democrat nays
that as a reliable means of transportation In commercial lines
he is holding his own for the moment. But the application
of analysis to the statistics at hand shows that with the
' growth of the city in population the horse Is not keeping pace
with municipal Increase. At present, it Is true, the demand for good ani
mals is active, and they are readily salable, but tracing them down it is
found that they go to the field in which the automobile has not yet proved
Its entire practicability that of hauling and delivery. Why this is so both
automobile men and livery men agree. The initial cost, the expense of
upkeep, and, most of all, the high rate of depreciation, aided by the woeful
lack of experienced and economical drivers, are responsible. The ed
ucation of drivers, the standardization of machines, the Improvement
f the general reliability of the heavier class of mechanically driven
vehicles will bring about a different state of affairs, and when
that time comes the present figures Indicate that the horse will be more
rapidly driven from the field, retaining his hold only oh the sentimental
lovers of the animal and in the localities where natural conditions do not
make for the practical use of the automobile.
The automobile manufacturer and dealer naturally are optimistic from
(heir side of the question, because of the extensive and rapidly increasing
ales of machines In St. Louis. From the beginning St. Louis has been slow
to take to the horseless vehicle, remaining loyal to the famed MIhsoiitI prod
uct, whether It be blooded horse or powerful mule. Going back the half
decade chosen for comparative statistics, the records show but 779 machines
licensed in the entire city. The growth of the machine In use since then
lias been steady, though slow. The following year the Increase was a scant
100; the next year less than 200 more were udded to the total. Then began
a more rapid Increase, for the following year the total Jumped more than
400, to an aggregate of 1,529. For 1908 the licensed vehicles numbered 1.920.
another increase of about 400, while for the first half of 1909 the Increase
vu In excess of 400. These increases are taken from the growth in the
number of licenses, and do not, of course, include the new machines repre
sented by the disposal of old machines, that new ones may be purchased.
TELEGRAPH POLES ABE
DAMAGED BY WOODPECKERS
Considerable damage Is being done
ti telephone, telegraph and electric
ght poles by members of the wood
pecker family. These birds originally
built their homes in dead or dying
trunks or limbs of trees, but for some
reason best known to themselves have
come to the conclusion that the peeled
Cole offers better conditions for a
home.
They have become so ravenous of
late that their depredations are at
tracting considerable attention among
those who are compelled to use quan
tities of wooden poles. Their activ
ities spread'over a wide portion of the
United States, notably in the south,
southwest and central west. Cedar
poles seem to be the ones most fre
tjueitly attacked. The birds bore into
them at any height from the ground,
and the hc;i which they make are
often two or three inches in diameter
ind four or five Inches deep. Such an
amount of wood drilled from a stick
of timber which is carrying a load
of wires naturally weakens the
strength of the line.
It would, of course, not be a diffi
cult matter to exterminate these birds.
However, this is not desirable, as they
ire among the most beneficial forms
Of bird life native to this country, be
cause they destroy large numbers of
Inserts which seriously damage forest
Uid food crops. It Beems, therefore,
thdt methods should be undertaken
to compel the birds to revert to their
former habit of boring rather than to
txtermlnate them.
PITCHFORK PENETRATES LUNGS.
John B. Warrick, of Hartford, N. J.,
may die from a pitchfork wound. Just
before starting to come down from the
hayloft, a farm hand threw his pitch
fork to the floor below, not knowing
bis employer was underneath. The
sharp tines of the fork struck Warrick
a the breast and penetrated his lung.
If tbs number of people dally en
tering London were to be dispatched
from any given station by rail, 1,977
trains, each conveying 600 persons,
would be required. If all these trains
were arranged In a straight 11ns they
would cover 221 miles of railway.
Ksw York Stats has taken a practl
cal way of encouraging forestry. Dur
lag the pat planting season mora
than 1,000,000 seedlings were distrib
uted at cost throughout the Ststs for
pleating.
5tl "ST 4 .A '!
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRAD E
rindSIPli
PRESENT CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE BUILDING.
A new eighteen-story Board of Trade building, costing at least $3,000,-
000, will replace the present home of t he Chicago board at La Salle street and
Jackson boulevard within a few months, If nothing goes awry with the wishes
and plans of the members of that body. At a meeting of the Board of
Trade the members voted almost unanimously In favor of a resolution cre
ating a committee of Ave to take up
that plans for the new building will
said that the members of the board
the old structure and building a new
pay. The ground upon which the building stands Is valued at about $2,500,-
000. The old Board of Trade building was erected in 1884 and there Is still
outstanding against the building a bond issue of $1,200,000. If a new build
ing is erected many of the large bunks will have brunch offices In it and
five big railroads have already asked for space. The building will be at
least eighteen stories In height and will cost in the neighborhood of
$3,000,000.
ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS.
How women pick a wedding to
pieces;
It doesn't take much to make a fool
of anyone.
Ws could never see niiu'-h point to
eating pears.
Being busy has kept many a maa
out of mischief.
An old lawyer, like an old doctor,
makes few guarantees.
When a man does tell the truth, he
decorates It a good deal.
The best missionary work a girl
ran do is to help her mother.
Never say to an employe, In his em
ployer's presence, "You need a vaca
tion."
Nearly every business man says: "1
have .very dirty competition. "
When a man fails at everything else,
he is very apt to try sniveling.
Whoever wears a white apron
should wear a claan one.
Women don't object much to cook
ing; it's the dishwashing.
When a poor man's wife wears dia
monds, there Is always talk.
Glvt any woman a fair chance, and
ho will Nss any man on earth.
No wonder women haveu't any
money; they spend It all for purses.
(Dut prse?
Reliable estimates of automobile au'ioritlts place this at about 50 per cent
of the total sales represented in the new licenses, calculations are that
the sales represent an aggregate of nearly $1,500,000 which has gone into
the horseless vehicle to the exclusion of "old Dobbin." This makes it easy
to see that the Increase of 15 per cent in population, as compared with the
Increase of 1 Per cent in horseflesh, is interwoven with the immense total
investment Id automobiles. It Is not, strictly true that all of this money
would have gone to horses had not the automobile been on the market, for,
in the automobile as In more than one other luxury of the twentieth cen
tury, there has been frequent evidence of the "fool and his money."
The auto livery feature of the development of the automobile is not
yet an element of fixed calculation, for the expensiveness of auto hire keeps
aloof all but the wealthy and the spendthrift element, though efforts are
making for an economical adjustment of this feature of the business. The
cost of an automobile for a few hours' use, which means also the services
of a competent chauffeur, Is still such as to withdraw this method of pleas
ure taking from the very sharp competition with the liveryman, whose
horses require no newly-developed expert to urge them over the city streets
and country roads.
The liveryman of to-day, reduced though his numbers may be, as shown
by statistics. Is satisfied with his volume of business and confident that in
his time at least he will suffer but little from the Inroads of the automobile.
There will always be a satisfaction in holding the Hues over a good horse
which no amount of rapid traveling in a whizzing machine will satisfy.
There Is the feeling of companionship which a good horse gives, and which
will be forever lacking in an automobile.
BUILDING TO BE RAZED.
the building propositions. Thla means
be pushed forward with vigor. It is
stand four to one In favor of razing
one. The present building does not
"This," we often hear people say
"Is a very critical time."
The under dog doesn't care much
for sympathy; he wants assistance.
A man will fall in love with any
clever woman who will treat hltn as
though he were abused.
An Atchison man has greatly dis
tlngulslied himself; he did up a sweet
lieutenant In a love affair.
When a woman gets too fat to be
btcomliig, she tells of how bloated she
Is as a result of poor health.
A woman with freckles is said to be
as sensitive as a man with a bald
bead.
Unless you slap wine men oa the
buck, they think you are cool toward
them.
A man's llfs is so short, and his
years are so many before he geta any
sense.
The older a man gets, the lees sure
he Is that everybody in the worUt
loves hlui.
Was there ever a maa who didn't
accuse his women folks of shopping
too mucbf
1'ay a girl a compliment and she
looks at it as critically as at the new
bonoets In a millinery store.
When a girl reaches her loveliest
ae, everything is so friendly that
even her feet seem to grow smaller,
FIFTY MILES OF STRING
SAVED BY THIS WOMAN
Mrs. Amos B. Cleaver, of Reading,
'a., has been eighteen years getting
ogether an object lesson that can't
be beaten and which is like nothing
else ever seen or heard of. She did
it, too, for the sake of teaching chil
dren to save. Eighteen years ago
Mrs. Cleaver took a tiny empty medi
cine bottle and began to wiud around
it all the odd little strings that she
came across, until now, If she were
to unwind her ball of string and
stretch it out it would run over fifty
miles of ground.
Year in and year out, day after day,
and week 'after week, Mrs. Cleaver
has kept accumulating string and
winding it on to her ball. The Idea
pleased the children in the neighbor
hood, who are anxious to see the ball
grow, and who bring or send every bit
of string they think will be worth
winding on to the rest. Indeed, strings
have been 3ent to Mrs. Cleaver from
the States of California, .Missouri,
Ohio, Illinois and Massachusetts,
Coming through the mails, and hand-
ed to her in other ways, the ball now
weighs twenty-six pounds and has
circumference of forty-nine inches.
Mrs. Cleaver wills that at her death
the ball shall be sent to the Home for
Friendless Children, at Reading
where it is to ba used as an object les
son in saving.
RATTLER IN A MAIL BAG.
When John C. Greenwood, a South
Norwalk. Conn., postman, put his
hand in his mall bag the other morn
lug, he drew it out again In a hurry
and dropped the bag, for, coiled up in
the bottom, was a rattlesnake, alive
and In good worklug order. Green
wood killed the reptile as It sprang
from the mall bag. It was found to
have ten rattles.
PROVERBS AND PHRASES.
Early waster long knave. Dutch
Two captains sink the ship. Turk
Ish.
Every man has his besetting sln.
Clcero. No maa is wise at all times. Plln
the Elder.
He that rebuketh the wicked getteth
a blot. Bible.
The aelghbor's hen Lays the largest
eggs. German.
A silver hammer breaks an Iron
door. French.
Weight and measure save a man
toll. Spaalsh.
No man became a villain all at
once. Juvenal.
Never ask pardon before you are
accused. Italian
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MOONSHINERS ARE ACTIVE.
"II rr la tooth HfvltM Bnl-
nn-ni Rlaka, bat Rial Money.
Abilltyto convert $16 worth of raw
material into $120 worth of liquor is
makine- a powerful appeal to the
moonafilner In the South and a great
revival Is being witnessed in this law
less Industry. According to Knox
Booth, one of the most widely known
Internal revenue officers In the South
ern States, the Illicit manufacture of
liquors in Alabama has Increased fully
50 per cent since the prohibition law
went into effect, and a like condition
la said to obtain in Georgia, Tennes
see and other states where the legiti
mate sale of Intoxicants Is prohibited
by law.
Under the old conditions, with sa
loons running on all sides and many
grocery stores In the rural sections
handling liquors, there was compara
tively little profit In the manufacture
of "moonshine" whisky. At that time
the stuff was sold as low as $1 and
$1.50 per gallon. This price was not
sufficient to encourage the industry in
the face of vigorous work on the part
of uncle Sam's revenue scouts, and
the moonshiners became few and far
between.
Now, however, the rewards of suc
cessfully evading the law are much
greater and the old-timers are taking
bigger risks than they did under for
mer conditions. Mr. Booth quotes
one man as saying that six bushels
of meal and 200 pounds of sugar gave
him thirty gallons of whisky, which he
could readily sell at $4 per gallon.
A small still can turn out thirty gal
lons per day easily, affording the en
terprising 'shiner a profit of $100 for
the day's work and the day's risk.
The bait held out to the moon
shiner Is more tempting than at any
time since the war and it looks as if
the internal revenue agents will have
to do the work of almost a generation
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MAP SHOWING ROUTE OK PROPOSED RAILWAYS IN CHINA.
over again. In the old days when
the moonshiner flourished all over the
South, it was a desperate conflict that
waged between the revenue agents and
the moonshiners, and many an un
marked grave bears witness to the
terrors of the struggle. But the reve
nue agents, backed by a powerf-:! gov
ernment, finally won.
In those days, when the mist and
mystery of the mountains filled the
timid '!dn terror, the moonshiner
fought for a principle as well as for
the profit found in the perilous busi
ness. He cherished the conviction
that when be raised grain and fruits
upon his little farm he had an inher
ent right to convert them into any
product he saw fit and he looked
upon the revenue officer as one who
sought not only to rob him of a liveli
hood but to take from him a right, a
liberty, that was as dear to him as
life itself.
It was this spirit that made every
path leading to an illicit still one
fraught with deadly peril to any
stranger; it was this spirit that led to
many a dendly battle in the moun
tains of Kentucky, Tennessee, Ala
bama and Georgia, as well as In other
states where the moonshiner made
his home.
The moonshiner gradually learned
that there was "somewhere In the
distance" a government that had to
be supported and that the tax upon
whisky had behind It something more
than a desire to intrude upon the lib
erties of mankind. He also learned
that this government maintained an
alarming number of penitentiaries
and had an Inexhaustible supply of
men who were apparently ready and
willing to kill or be killed in the ef
fort to fill these institutions with
moonshiners. Then, too, saloons be
came more and more numerous, and
there wasn't the profit In the business
that characterized It In the good old
days. So the moonshiner in a large
measure passed on to other and less
perilous callings.
The moonshiner of to-day does not
cherish any delusions about individ
ual liberty. He Is not in the busi
ness to vindicate a principle. He
simply sees in the thing a chance to
turn a goodly sum at the risk of tem
porarily losing his liberty, and he Is
willing to assume this risk for the
money there is In It. As a rule he
does not go armed to kill, as did his
forefathers, and he relies upon his
heels rather than upon the accuracy
of his fire when the revenue men put
In their appearance.
Many raids have recently been con
ducted and a dozen stills have been
seized. It was from one of the moon
shiners arrested that It was learned
bow great Is the profit, at present
prices for meal and sugar, In the busi
ness. Japan Is granting subsidies to all
fishing boats using lnteraal combus
tion engines for auxiliary power.
The government of Germany has
spent more money to further aviation
than any other nation
WILLING TO NEGOTIATE
Disputed Points Over Railway ta
Be Settled on Lines of Recent
Agreement.
MANY LINES ARE BUILDING.
Era of Development Opens In Both
Northern and Southern Parts
of the Empire.
The Chinese government, In a for
mal communication to Japan, has
agreed to negotiate at Mukden the
various points In the Antung-Mukden
Railroad controversy not yet settled.
The position taken by Japan in this
matter Is accepted in principle by
China. Baron IJuin, the Japanese
Minister to China, is of the opinion
that the trouble Is at an end, so far
as the legation la concerned.
Further particulars of China's awak
ening to the Importance of railway
building, as shown in the memorial to
the Throne presented by the Ministry
of Posts and Communications, made
public In Washington, are given in re
ports fronf United States consular of
frers just received by the State De
partment. "The real, practical development in
Ch'na to-day Is In the building and
extension of the railways," reports
James C. McNally. Consul at Nankin,
"Besides those already surveyed for
construction, numerous other railway
lines are contemplated throughout the
Empire, connecting the interior with
the ports or with other lines."
Work on the Imperial Tientsln-Pu-kow
Railway i southern section) is
progressing favorably, about 10,000
Coolies being employed. On this con
struction five American engineers ire
employed. Two American engineers
are employed. Two American locomo
tives and quantities of railway sup
plies have been ordered from the Uni
ted States. A thriving passenger busi
ness is done by the Nankin City Rail
way, which is of standard gauge, con
necting the Shanghai-Nankin Railway
and the port of Hsai Kuan. This road
is to be extended to Wuhn, a distance
of sixty miles. This oxtenslon will
tap the second greatest rice district of
China. The Sliankhai-Nankin Rail
way is a first-class line.
Kegaraing railway extensions pro
posed or In progress In Northern Chi
na, Consul General Williams, of Tient
sin, declares that the Board of Com'
munications has announced that Chi
nese merchants have subscribed th
capital needed for the extension of ths
Kai-Feng-Lo-Cang Railway, 134 miles
further westward from Honan Fu, to
Tung Kuan, which is situated in the
great bend of the Yellow River, near
the mouth of the Wei. The extensloa
will be completed in three years, at
an estimated cost of $6,500,000. Coa
sul General Williams emphasizes the
importance of having American manu
facturers represented in China by
American agents.
LITTLE ABOUT EVERYTHING.
The German army numbers 5,000,001
men.
A watch is composed ot ninety-eight
pieces.
The first bicycle with pedals wa
made about 1840.
Sicily lost sixty thousand inhabi
tants by earthquake In 1693.
The average weight of the hear' is
from nine to eleven ounces.
There is one public house In London
for each 730 Inhabitants.
The spectroscope has revealed the
presence of water on Mars.
It Is a misdemeanor to tamper with
electric light w ires In Colorado.
The Chinese have astronomical rec
ords which go back to 2356 B. C.
Venice has 6,000 persons employed
in the manufacture of glass beads.
The Chinese pupil reciting his lea
ton turns his back to the teacher.
The world's postal business Is in
creasing at the rate of 7 per cent per
annum.
Plans are being made for the elec
trification ot the more Important state
railways ot Sweden.
In twelve months tigers In India
were responsible for the death ot 698
human beings and 28,714 head of cat
tle. In Austria, prizes are offered to
farmers to encourage them to Tecover
waste lands, and lay them out as pas-turage.
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EXTRA SESSION COST $500,000.
Cncle Sam Pays Out Large Sum t
Pass Tariff Bill.
Further Investigation of the cost ot
passing the tariff law shows that be
fore Uncle Samuel gets through foot
ing the bills of the lawmakers ?n
rurred during the special session ha
will have to pay out close to $500,000.
The principal Item of expense Is the
mileage, because every member ot
both houses is allowed milenge at the
rate of 20 cents n mile from his homa
to Washington for every session which
he attends. By the time the Sena
tors and Representatives from the Pa
cific coast put in their bills this ac
count Is pretty big. Members of the
House get Just $154,000. while Sena
tors took sway from the Treasury $47,
000 for traveling expenses. Extra pay
for the employes of the Senate
amounted to something mora thaa
$73,000, and as there are many more
clerks, messengers and other workers
on the House side, it is estimated that
the pay for extra services of the em
ployes was about $100,000. The urg
ent deficiency bill carried an item at
$25,000 for ' general expenses, and It
is said that most of this was used
for expediting the passage of the tariff
bill. The official reporters of both
houses got about $10,000 to pay extra
clerk hire and other expenses.
MEN IN MINORITY IN CHURCH.
Onana Report Showa Women Itat
More HrllaTlona Sex.
Standing out as a conspicuous fea
ture of a bulletin Issued by the census
bureau entitled "Census of religious
bodies," Is the fact that out of a
church membership In the United
States In 1906, of nearly 33,000,000 men
formed considerably less than half of
the total. Of the total church mem
bership reported by the various relig
ious bodies and classified by sex, 43.1
per cent were men and 56.9 per cent
were women. Among the Protestants
the difference was greater.only 39.3 per
cent being men, while in the Roman
Catholic Church the men formed 49.3
per cent of the total membership. Few
er men than women were found among
the Latter Day Saints, the Lutherans,
Disciples, Methodists, Baptists, Presby
terians and Protestant Episcopalians
the percentage of men members de
creasing in the order shown, and tere
being only 35.5 per cent men among
the Episcopalians. Among the Chris
tian Scientists, only 27.6 per cent were
men, and of the Shakers, only 21.3 per
cent, but In the Greek Orthodox
church, 93.9 per cent were men.
HUSBANDS MAY "CUSS" WIVES.
J n dice Haym They Can Get Drank,
Too, bat Maaln't Dent Matea.
Can a wife cause the arrest of her
husband if he uses profane language
to her? Can she have him arrested If
1 .1 . a , i. i n 1
lie mreuiens 10 aesen ueri i,uu sue
have him arrested it he returns home
intoxicated?
Municipal Judge Gemmlll, of Chi
cago, Bays no, and emphasized his po
sition by refusing to issue a warrant
to Mrs. Giuseppe Tolino.- She said her
husband came home Intoxicated and
swore at her. "No wife has a right to
cause the arrest of her husband unless
he beats her," said the court. "The
statutes read that a wife cannot tes
tify against her husband, except in
personal violence and desertion cases,
and 1 won't issue any warrants for
husbands unless one of these are tht
grounds. If husbands swear at their
wives, the latter cannot have them ar
rested." FOIL BIG COUNTERFEIT PLOT.
Police anil Kecret Service Men lu
er.-fh Fraud In Kentucky,
Because of the manufacturers' dela
in shipping a perforating and number
ing machine, $1,000,000 in counterfeit
Mexican money was seized at Louis
ville and the counterfeiters arrested.
So far as is known, only three men
were concerned In the bad money plot,
which Is one 'of the most extensive
ever unearthed by the secret service
department. They are John C. Roberts
and Marlon Roberts, brothers, and a
printer. The $1,000,000, all In 100
peso notes, was contained In a heavy,
brass-bound trunk. John Roberts de
clared that had his numbering and
perforating machine arrived when he
expected It, he would have been safe
in Mexico a week ago, with most of
the moneydlsposed of. The 100-peso
noteB are excellent imitations. They
are said to have been made in Louis
ville. TRADE AND INDUSTRY.
The Bell Telephone Company has
purchased the controlling interest In
the Chippewa Valley Telephone Com
pany. The line extends from Barron,
Wis., to Prentice, Wis., along the Soo
line.
even this season and the average yield
will not be heavy. Rye is better.
Wheat will be a very heavy crop and
corn was never better than it is at .
present.
The small grain of the Dakotas and
Minnesota is maturing rapidly. Barley
claimed the attention of harvesters ear
ly and the work was pushed strenuous
ly in anticipation of the ripening of
other small grain.
The corn crop of South Dakota is
expected to be the largest ever raised
In that State. The corn made rapid
strides during the hot weather. Farm
ers in the vicinity of Sioux Falls re
port that their corn has reached a
growth of six feet.
The New York Aerial Manufacturing
and Navigation Company, of Brooklyn,
has been Incorporated to carry on the
transportation of freight and of pas
sengers by airships. The capital is
$26,000. It is the first company of Its
kind to incorporate In New York State.
Reports from all parts of Mexico In
dicate that the sentiment in favor of a
strike in sympathy with that of the
train dispatchers, by the engineer and
conductors of the merged railroads of
Mexico, Is rapidly crystallising.
In Missouri thers are about 4,000.000
hogs, worth, at market prices, nearly.
45,000,000. Hog cholera costs tha
growers of that Stat alone more than
a million dollars every year, and the
loss is sometimes mors than $6,000,000.
A contract has been let to th New
York Foundation Company for th
sinking or a new mining shaft on th
Koranton mine, one-half mil south
weal ef Hlbbing