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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD; DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
WE 1ST OPEN UP
. GATEOF TRADE
All Important Problem Which
Now Confronts Congress,
Says President.
SHIPS OUR GREATEST NEED
America Fears No Nation and Is Am
ply Able to Defend Itself Great
Task Ahead In Helping to
Restore Peace Economy
Is Strongly Urged.
Washington, Doc. 8. President Wll
non today dollvered his annual address
to congress. Problems brought out by
tho great conflict In Europe engaged
the greater part of his attention. Tho
message follows:
Gentlemen of tho Congress:
Tho session upon which you oro now
entering will be tho closing session of
tho Sixty-third congress, a congress, I
venture to say, which will long bo ro
xnembered for tho great body of
thoughtful and constructive work
which it boa done, In loyal responso
to the thought and needs of tho coun
try. I should like In this address to re
low tho notablo record and try to
make adequate assessment of It; but
no doubt wo stand too near tho work
that has been dono and are ourselves
too much part of it to play tho part of
historians toward It. Moreover, our
thoughts aro now more of tho future
than of the past.
Whllo wo have worked at our tasks
of pcaco tho circumstances of tho
Tvholo ago have been altered by war.
What wo have dono for our own land
nd our own peoplo wo did with the
lest that was in us, whether of char
deter or of intelligence, with sober
vnthuslasm and a confidence in tho
principles upon which wo were acting
which sustained us at overy step of
tho difficult undertaking; but It is
done. It has passed from our hands.
It is now an established part of tho
legislation of the country. Its useful
ness, its effects, will dlscloso them
selves in experience. What chiefly
strikes us now, as wo look about us
during these closing days of a year
' which will be forover memorable in
the history of the world, Is that wo
face new tasks, have been facing them
these- six months, must face them in
tho months to come face them with
out partisan feeling, like mon who
bave forgotten everything but a com
mon duty and tho fact that wo are
representatives of a great people
whose thought Is not of us but of what
America owes to herself and to all
mankind in such circumstances as
these upon which wo look amazed and
anxious.
Europe Wll Need Our Help.
War has Interrupted tho means of
trade not only but also the processes
ef production. In Europe it is destroy
ing men and resources wholesale and
wpon a scalo unprecedented and ap
palling. There is reason to fear that
the time Is near, if it be not already
at hand, when several of tho coun
tries of Europo will find it difficult to
do for tbotr people what they have
hitherto been always oaslly ablo to do,
many essential and fundamental
'things. At any rate they will need our
kelp and our manifold services as they
have never needed them before; and
yto should bo ready, more fit and
ready than we have ever been.
t Qt Is of equal consequence that tho
matlons whom Europe has usually sup
plied with innumerable articles of
Manufacture and commerce of which
jthoy are in constant need and without
which their economic development
faaJts and stands still can now get only
small part of what they formerly Im
ported and eagerly look to da to supply
ttbelr all but empty markets. This la
-particularly true of our own neighbors,
the states, great and small, of Central
and South America. Their lines of
trade have hitherto run chlofly athwart
the seas, not to our ports, but to tho
jsorts of Great Britain and of the older
continent of Europe, I do not Btop to
Inquire why, or to make any comment
on probable causes. What Interests us
Just now is not tho explanation, but
the fact, and our duty and opportunity
la tho presence of It. Hero are mar
feets which wo must supply, and we
mast find the moans of, action. The
United States, this great people for
whom we speak and act, should be
ready, aB never before, to servo itself
end to sorvo Mankind; roady with its
resources, its energies, Its forces of
production, and Its means of distribution.
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We Need Ships.
It Is a ve'fy practical matter, a mat
ter ot ways and means. We havo tho
resources, but are wo fully ready to
BO them? And it we can roako ready
.what we have, have we tho means at
band to distribute it? Wo aro not fully
ready; neither have wo the moans of
distribution. We are willing, but we
re not fully able. We havo tho wish
Ito servo and to servo greatly, gener
ously; hut we are not prepared as wo
should be. Wo aro not ready to mo
bilize our resources at once. Wo aro
l not prepared to use them immediately
-A nd at tholr best, without delay and
Without waste.
To speak plainly wo havo grossly
err'd in tho way in which wo havo
sudu'ed and hindered tho development
at 6J merchant marine. And now,,
when 'e need ships, wo havo not got
them. Vye havo year after year de
bated, -without end or conclusion, the
Uiest .policy o pursue with regard to
the use ot the ores and forests ana
water powers of our national domain
in the rich states of tho West, when
wo should havo acted; and they are
still locked up. Tho key is still
turned upon them, tho door shut fast
at which thousands ot vigorous men,
full ot Initiative, knock clamorously
for admittance, Tho water poor of
our navigable streams outside' the na
tional domain, also, oven in the east
ern states, whero wo havo worked and
planned for generations, Is still not
used as It might ho, becauso wo will
and wo won't; because tho laws wo
havo mado do not Intelligently balance
encouragement against restraint. Wo
withhold by regulation.
I have come to ask you to remedy
and correct theso mlstakos and omis
sions, even at this short session of a.
congress which would certainly scorn
to havo dono all tho work that could
reasonably bo expected of it, Tho tlmo
and tho circumstances uro extraor
dinary, and so "must our efforts bo
also.
Use and Conservation.
Fortunately, two great measures,
finely conceived, tho ono to unlock,
with proper safeguards, tho resources
ot tho national domain, tho other to
encourage tho uso of tho navigable
waters outside that domain for tho
generation of power, have already
passed tho houso ot representatives
and aro ready for lmmcdlato consider
ation and action by the eonato. With
tho deepest earnestness I urgo their
prompt passage. In thorn both
wo turn our backs upon hesita
tion and makeshift and formulate
a genuine policy ot uso and con
servation, in the best sense
of those words. Wo owe tho ono
measure not only to tho peoplo of that
great western country for whoso free
and systematic dovclopmont, as It
seems to me, our legislation has dono
so little, but also to the peoplo of tho
nation as a whole; and wo as clear
ly owo tho other in fulfillment of our
repeated promlsos that tho water pow
er of tho country should in fact as
well as in nnmo bo put at tho disposal
of great Industries whch can make
economical and profitable uso ot It,
tho rights of tho public being ade
quately guardod tho whllo, and mo
nopoly in the uso prevented. To have
begun such measures and not com
pleted them would indeed mar tho
rocord of this great congress vory
seriously, I hopo and confidently be
Hovo that they will bo completed.
And there Is anothcrvgrcat piece of
legislation which awaits and should
recelvo the sanction of tho sennto:
I mean tho bill which gives a Iargor
measuro of self-governmont to tho peo
plo of tho Philippines. How bettor,
in this time ot anxious questioning
and perplexing policy, could wo Bhow
our confidence Jn tho principles of
liberty, as tho sourco as well as tho
expression of lifo, how better could wo
demonstrate our own self-possession
and steadfastness in tho courses of
Justice nnd disinterestedness than by
thus going calmly forward to fulfill
our promises to a dopondont peoplo,
who will now look moro' anxiously
than over to see whether wo havo In
deed the liberality, the unselfishness,
tho courage, tho faith wo havo boast
ed and professed. I cannot bellovo
that the senate will let this great
measure of constructive justice await
tho action of another congresB. Its
passage would nobly crown the rocord
of theso two years of memorable la
bor. An Important Duty.
Dut I think that you will agreo
with mo that this does not complete
ho toll of our duty. How aro wo to
carry our goous to tno empty marKcts
of which I havo spoken if wo have
not tho cortaln and constant means
of transportation upon which all profit
able and useful commorco depends?
And how are wo to got tho ships If
wo wait for the trade to develop with
out them? To correct tho many mis
takes by which we have discouraged
and all but destroyed jtho morchant
marine of tho country, to rotraco tho
Bteps by which wo have, It seems al
most deliberately, withdrawn our flag
from tho seas, except whore hero and
there, a ship of war is bidden carry
it, or some wandering yacht displays
it, would take a long tlmo nnd in
volves many detailed Horns ot legisla
tion, nnd the trade which wo ought
Immediately to handle would disap
pear or find othor channels whllo we
debated tho items.
Tho case Is not unlike that which
confronted us when our own conti
nent was to ho opened up to aottlo
mont and Industry, and wo nooded
long linos of railway, extended means
of transportation preparod beforehand,
if development was not to lag lntolor
ably and wait interminably. Wo lav
ishly subsidized the building of trans
continental railroads. Wo look back
unon that with regret now, becauso
tho subsidies led to many scandals
of which wo aro anhained; but we
know that tho railroads had to bo
built, and if wo had it to do over again
we should of course build them, but
in another way. Thoroforo I propose
another way of .providing the moans
of transportation which must procodo,
not tardily follow, the development
of our trade with our neighbor Btates
of America, It may seem a rovorsal
ot the natural order of things, but It
is true, that the routes of trado must
bo actually opened by many ships
nnd regular sailings and moderate
charges bofore streams of merchan
dise will flow freely nnd profitably
through them.
Must Open Gates of Trade.
Honco tho ponding shipping bill,
discussed at tho last sosslon, but as
yet passed by neither houso. In my
Judgment such legislation Is tmpora
'tlvoly needed nnd can not wisely bo
postponed. Tho government must
open these gates ot trado, and open
tuom wide; open them beforo it is
altogether profitable to open them, or
altogether reasonable to ask private
capital to open them at a venture.
It is not a question of the government
monopolizing the field. It should take
action to make It certain that trans
portation at reasonable rates will be
promptly provided, even whero tho
carriage Is not at first profitable; and
then, when the carriage has become
sufficiently profitable to attract and
engage private capital, and engage it
In nbundanco, tho government ought
to withdraw. I very earnestly hopo
that tho congress will be of this opin
ion, and that both houses will adopt
this exceedingly Important bill.
Tho great subject of rural credits
still remains to bo dealt with, and
It is a matter of deep regret that tho
difficulties of the subject have seemed
to render it impossible to complete
a bill for passngo at this session. Dut
It can not bo perfected yet, nnd there
fore thero aro no other constructive
measures tho necessity for which I
will at this time call your attention
to; but I would bo negligent of a
very manifest duty were I not to call
the attention of tho sennto to tho fact
that tho proposed convention for safe
ty at sea awaits It confirmation and
that tho limit fixed In tho convention
itself for its acceptanco Ib tho last
day of tho present month. Tho con
ference In which this convention or
iginated was called by tho United
States; the representatives of the
United States played a very influen
tial part indeed in framing tho provi
sions of the proposed convention; nnd
thoso provisions are in themselves
for tho most part admirable. It would
hardly bo consistent with tho part
wo havo played In the 'wh'olo matter
to lot it drop and go by tho board
as if forgotten and neglected, It was
ratified In May last by tho Oerman
government and In August by the
parliament of Great Hrltaln. It marks
a most hopeful and decided advance
In international civilization. We
should show our earnest good faith
In a great matter by adding our own
acceptanco of It.
Charting of Our Coasts.
There is another matter of which
I must make special mention, if I am
to discharge my conscience, lest It
should escape your attention. It may
seem a very small thing. It nffect
only a single item of appropriation.
But many human lives and many
great enterprises hang upon it.
It is tho matter of making adequate
provision for tho survey and charting
of our coasts.
It is immediately pressing and cxl
gont In connection with tho immense
coast lino ot Alaska. A coast line
greater than that of tho United States
themselves, though It Is also very
Important Indeed with regard to the
oldor coasts of tho continent. We
cannot use our great Alaskan domain,
ships will not ply thither, It thoso
consts and their many hidden dangerB
are not thoroughly surveyed and
charted.
Tho work is Incomplete nt almost
ovory point. Ships and lives have
been lost in threading what wero sup
posed to bo well-known main chan
nels. Wo have not provided adequate
vessels or adequato machinery for tho
survey and charting. Wo havo used
old vessels that were not big enough
or strong enough nnd which wore so
nearly unBenworthy that our inspec
tors would not havo allowed private
owners to send them to sea. This Is
a matter which, as I havo said, seema
small, but is in reality very great. Its
lmportanco has only to bo looked into
to bo appreciated.
Economy Is Urged.
Boforo I close, may I say a few
words upon two topics, much dis
cussed out ot doors, upon which it is
highly Important that our Judgments
should be clear, dollnlto and steadfast.
One of thqso Is economy In govern
ment expenditures. The duty ot econ
omy is not debatable. It is manifest
and Imperative. In tho appropriations
wo pass we aro spending the money
of tho great peoplo whose sorvants
we are not our own. Wo aro trus
tees and responsible stewards In the
spending. Tho only thing debatable
and upon which wo should be careful
to moko our thought and purpose
clear Is tho kind of economy demand
ed ot us. I assort with the greatest
confidence that the people of tho
United StnteB are not Jealous of tho
amount their government costs If
they aro suro that they got what they
need and doslro for tho outlay, that
tho monoy Is being spent for obJoctB
of which they approve, and that It 1h
Veins applied with good business
Benso and management.
GovornmentB grow, plccomeal, both
In their tasks and In the moans by
which thoso tasks aro to bo per
formed, and vory few governments nre
organized. I venture to Bay, as wIbc
and experienced business mon would
organize them It they had a clean
sheet of paper to write upon. Certain
ly the government of tho United
States Is not. I think that it la gen
erally agreed that there should be
a systematic reorganization and reas
sembling of Its parts bo aB to secure
greater ofllclency and effect consider
able savings in expense. But tho
amount of monoy saved In that way
would, I bellovo, though no doubt
considerable in Itself, running, it may
be, into tho millions, bo relatively
small email, I mean, in proportion to
tho total necessary outlays of the
government. It would bo thoroughly
worth effecting, aB every navlng would,
great or Bmnll.
Our duty is not altered by tho scale
of tho savings. But my point Is thnt
tho people of tho United States do
not wish to curtail tho activities of
this government; they wish, rather,
to enlargo them; and with every en
largement, with the mere growth, In
deed, ot tho country Itself, there must
the Inevitable in
come, of course,
crease of expense.
The sort of economy wo ought to
practice may be effected, and ought to
be effected, by n careful Btudy and
assessment of the tasks to bo per
formed; and the money spent ought
to bo made to yield the best possible
returns in efficiency and achievement
And, like good stewards, we should
bo account for every dollar of our ap
propriations as to make it perfectly
evident what It was spent for and in
what way It wns spent.
It is not oxpendl'uro hut extrnva
ganco that wo should fear bolng criti
cized for; not paying for tho legiti
mate enterprises and undertakings of
a great government whoso peoplo
command what It Rhouldvdo, but add
ing what will benefit only n few or
pouring money out for what need not
havo been undertaken at all or might
havo been postponed or better ind
more economically conceived and car
ried out. The nation Is not niggardly;
it Is very generous. It will chldo us
only If wo forget for whom wo pay
monoy out and whose money It la wo
pay.
Theso nro large and general stand
ards, but they are not vory difficult of
application to particular cases.
The National Defense.
Tho other topic I shall tako Icavo to
mention goes doepor Into tho princi
ples of our national life and policy.
It Is the subject of national defense.
It cannot be discussed without first
answering some very searching ques
tions. It is eald in some quarters that wo
aro not prepared for war. What is
meant by being prepared? Is it meant
that wo aro not ready upon brief no
tlco to put a nation In tho field, a na
tion of men trained to arms? Ot
course wo are not ready to do that;
and wo shall never bo in time of
peaco so long as wo retain our pres
ent political principles, and institu
tions. And what Is It that it is sug
gested we should bo prepared to do?
To dofend ourselves against attack?
Wo have always found means to do
that, and shall find them whenever It
Is necessary without calling our peo
plo away from their necessary tasks
to rendor compulsory military service
in times of penco.
Allow mo to speak with great plain
ness nnd directness upon this great
matter and to avow my convictions'
with deep earnestness. I have tried
to know what America is, what her
peoplo think, what they are, what
they most cherish, and hold dear, I
hopo that some of their finer passions
aro in my own heart, some of the
great conceptions and desires which
gave, birth to this government and
which havo mado the volco of UiIb
people a voice of peaco and hopo nnd
liberty among tho peoples of tho
world, and that, speaking my own
thoughts, I shall, at least In part,
speak tholra also, however, faintly and
inadequately, upon this vital matter
Fear No Nation.
We aro at peace with all tho world.
No one who speaks counsol based
on fuct or drawn from a Just and
candid Interpretation of realities
can Bay that thero is reason for fear
that from any quarter our indepen
dence or tho integrity of our territory
is threatened. Dread of tho power
of any other nation we are incapable
of. Wo are not Jealous of rivalry In
tho floldB of commerce or of any other
peaceful achievement. Wo mean to
llvo our lives as we will; bufwo mean
also to let live. We aro, indeed, a
true friend to all the nations of the
world, because we threaten none,
covet the possessions of nono, desire
the overthrow of none. Our friend
ship can be accepted and Is accepted
without reservation, because It Is of
fered in a spirit and for a purpose
which no ono need ever question or
suspect. Therein lies our greatness.
Wo are the champions ot peaco and
of concord. And wo should bo very
jealous of this distinction which we
havo sought to earn. Just now we
should be particularly Jealous ot it,
because It is our dearest present hope
that thlB character and reputation
may presently, in God's providence,
bring ub an opportunity to counsel
and obtain pcaco in the world and
reconciliation and a healing settle
ment of many a matter that has cooled
and Interrupted the friendship of
nations. This is the time above all
othors when wo should wish nnd re
snlvo to keep our strength by solf pos
session, our influence by preserving
our ancient principles of action.
Ready for Defense.
From the first wo have had a clear
and sottled policy with regard to
military establishments. Wo never
havo had, and while wo retain our
present principles and ideals wo never
shall have, a large standing army.
It asked, are you ready to defend
yourselves? We reply, most assured
ly, to tho utmost; and yet wo Bhall
not turn Amorlca Into a military
camp. We will not ask our young
men to spend tho best years ot their
lives making soldiers of themselves.
There Ib another sort of energy In us.
It will know how to declaro itself and
make Itself effective should occasion
arise. And especially when half the
world is on lire we shall bo careful
to mako our moral Insurance against
tho spread of the conflagration very
dollnlto and certain and adequate In
deed, Let us remind ourselves, therefore,
of tho only thing wo can do or will
do. Wo must depond in ovory time
ot national peril, In tho future as In
tho past, not upon a standing array,
nor yet upon a reserve army, but upon
a citizenry trained nnd accustomed
to arms. It will bo right enough, right
American policy, based upon our ac
customed principles and practlcoB, to
provide a syBtem by which overy
citizen who will volunteer for
the training may be made familiar
with the use of modern nnna, the rudl
monta of drill and manoutor, and the
mnintenanco and sanitation of campa.
Wo should encourage such training
and make it a means of discipline
which our young men will loam to
value. It is right that we should pro
vide it not only, but that wo should
mako It as attractive as posslblo, and
bo induce our young men to undergo
it at such times as they can command
a little freedom and can seek tho
physical development thoy need, for
mere health's sake, if for nothing
more. Every means by which such
things can be stimulated Is legitimate
and such n method smacks of truo
American ideas. It is a right, too,
that tho National Guard of tho states
should bo developed and strengthened
by every means which is not incon
sistent with qur 'obligations to our
own peoplo or with the established
policy of our government. And this,
also, not because the tlmo or occasion
specially calls for such measures, but
becauso It should bo our constant pol
icy to mako thoso provisions for our
national peaco and safety.
Moro than this carries with It a re
versal of tho wholo history and char
acter of our polity. Moro than this,
proposed at this time, penult me to
say, would mean merely that we had
lost our self-possession, that we had
boon thrown off our balance By n war
with which wo havo nothing to do,
whoso causes cannot touch us, whoso
vory exlstenco affords us opportun
ities of friendship and disinterested
service which bhould make us
ashamed of any thought of hostility
or fearful preparation for troublo.
This Is assuredly tho opportunity for
which a peoplo and a government llko
ours wore raised up, tho opportunity
not only to speak but actually to em
body and exemplify tho counsels of
poaco and amity and the lasting con
cord which Is based on justice and fair
and generous dealing.
Ships Our Natural Bulwarks.
A powerful navy we have always
regarded as our proper and natural
means of defense; nnd It has always
been of defenso that wo have thought,
nover of aggression or of conquest
But who shall tell us now what sort
of navy to build? Wo shall tako leave
to be strong upon the seas, In the
future as In tho past; and there will
bo no thought of offense or of provo
cation in that. Our ships are our
natural bulwarks. When will tho ex
perts tell ub Just what kind we should
construct and when will they bo
right for ten years together, if tho
relative efficiency of craft of differ
ent kinds and uses continues to
change as wo havo seen It change
under over very eyes In these lost
few months?
But I turn away from tho subject.
It Is not new. There Is no new need
to discuss It. We shall not alter our
attitude toward It because some
amongst us are nervous and excited.
We shall easily and sensibly agreo
upon a policy of defenso. Tho ques
tion has not changed its aspects be
causo the times aro not normal. Our
policy will not bo for an occasion.
It will be conceived as a permanent
and settled thing, which wo will pur
sue at all seasons, without haste and
after a fashion perfectly consistent
with tho peace of tho world, tho abid
ing friendship of Btates, and the un
hampered freedom of all with whom
we deal. Lot there be no misconcep
tion. Tho country has been misin
formed. We havo not been negligent
of national defense. We aro not, un
mindful ot the great responsibility
resting upon ub. We shall learn and
profit by tho lesson of every exper
ience and every now circumstance;
and what Is needed will be adequately
done.
Great Duties of Peace.
I close, as I bogan, by reminding
you of the great tasks and duties of
peace which challenge our best powers
and invito us to build what will last,
the tasks to which wo can address
ourselves now and at all times 'the
free-hearted zest and with all the fin
est gifts of constructive wisdom we
possess. To develop our llfo and our
resources; to supply our own pepple,
and the people of the world as their
need arises, from the abundant plenty
ot our fields and our marts ot trado;
to enrich tho commerce of our own
states and of the world with the prod
ucts of our mines, our farms, and our
factories, with tho creatlonB of our
thought and tho fruits of our charac
ter this is what will hold our atteu
tlon and our enthusiasm steadily, non
nnd In the years to come, us we strlvs
to show In our llfo ns a nation what
liberty and tho Inspirations ot an
emancipated spirit may do for men
and for societies, for Individuals, for
states, and for mankind.
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The skunk brings annually to the
trappers of the United States about
three million dollars. It stands sec
ond In Importance only to tho musk
rat among our fur-bearing animals.
The value ot a skunk In the raw
for market averaged from about twenty-five
cents to $3.50 In December,
1913, and usually runs higher.
In 1911 2,000,000 skins were export
ed to London alone. Although this
fur Is not vory popular In America,
Europeans favor It, because it wears
well and has a luster which makes it
rival the Russian sable In appearance.
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With Advanolng Aoe, Men and Women
Do Literally "Dry Up," 8ay
an Authority,
According to the luteBt discoveries,
Lke term "dried up," oo often appllod
te old men and women, la scientifical
ly correct. "Drying up" Is what ac
tually does happen to our bodies as
tkey advance In age, and tboro la at
SMt J much truth aa poetry In tho
comparison of youth to a Juicy yodng
bough and old ago to a dry, wlthored
limb on tho treo of life.
Prof. Q. Marlnesco of tho Univer
sity of DucharoBt has recently dis
covered that our flosh Is mado up
mostly of chemical compounds of Uie
colloid typo, consisting of Jollyllko
or glucllke substances that do not
cryBtalllro. This typo of aubotanco,
whethor tbey form a part of a living 1
body or not
G roving old, then, is a process from
which thero la no escape, becauso the
chemicals In our bodies are so consti
tuted that they muBt lnovltably un
dergo It Old age Is fatally written
in our tissues from tho moment thoy
come Into bolng. Tho drying up which
marks It begins when wo stop grow
ing and becomos mora and moro rapid
tho nearer we approach death.
Until ProfoBBor Marlnosco attacked
tho problem, the study of tho prob
lems of old age has neglected its
chemical side almost completely and
has totally ignored tho Important
changes which take place In the col
loidal cells'. Thankjj to his Investiga
tions, we now know that theso col
loids, whothor organic or Inorganic,
have a vital curve and must conse
quently follow In tholr ovolutlon a
ilxed courso moro or less similar to
that of tho living olomonts.
Woman Explorer In Arabia.
A daring exploit carried out early
this year was MIsh MIbs Unttrude
Lowthlan Boll's Journey from Damas
cus to Hall, the Bhammar caultal In
The Mexican States.
Mexico consists of 32 states and ter
ritories and Is politically a federated
republic, Its constitution bolng pat
torned after that of the United States
of America. Tho population of the
country in 1900 was 13.C97.000. On
account of tho strenuous life of Mexico
for several years past it Is likely that
Its present population Is not much In
excess of that of 14 years ago.
the heart of Arabia, a place which
had not been previously visited by
any European since Dnron Nolde was
there In 1893. Prom Hall, Miss Hell
traveled north to Hagdad, nnd thence
across tho Syrian doscrt back to Dn
mascus, nftor a Journey of four and
ono-half months. The principal In
vestigations carried on during the
Journey wero nrchpologifal Mist
Hell will dcicrlbi her experiences r-e-foro
the Royal Oeognrhlcal society,
In London, December 7 Sclentlflo
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