Nebraska Newspapers

    THE NEWS IN NEBRASKA,
OVER THT STATE.
Ira Matthews of Rulo, was bitten by
a dog, supposed to be mad.
Farmers around Hoag have started
an independent elevator project.
The new hotel at tong Pine has
thrown open its doors to the public.
The postmaster at Ogallalla recently
died from inflammatory rheumatism.
York is making a healthy growth,
building having gone forward all win
ter.
The Cuming County Farmer’s In
stitute has been permanently organ
ized and oflicers elected.
There are still some cases of scarlet
fever at Harvard, though it was be-1
lieved the disease had been stamped
out.
Captain Lewis M. Koehler, who was !
one of the leaders in the battle with I
the Moros on Jolo island, is a brother
of Chris. Koehler, Hastings.
Two mules owned by J. L. Clouse,
living near Ashland, recently sold for
J635, the highest price in the local
mule market for many months.
The Geneva Ice Cream Manufactur
ing company of Geneva, Fillmore
county, has filed articles of incorpora
tion with the secretary of state.
All the men mixed up in the recent
Omaha street car robbery, wherein
Conductor Flury was fatally shot, are
under arrest and have confessed.
The Young Men's Christian associa- (
tion of Fremont, is making a canvass
for money for a new building. They
have started out to raise $30,000
.lames lveitn, jr.. t-at iving. iom
King, John Keith and William Under
food rode into Bayard, and created
,a street fight, beating Marshal Gaumer
severely
Two women of Wahoo, under the
direction of the W. C. T. U.. are mak
ing efforts to enforce the statute for
bidding hunting, baseball playing and
other sports on Sunday.
There is a movement o.i foot among
the citizens of Ashland to cele
brate the fiftieth anniversary of the
first settlement in Saunders county
and the immediate Salt creek valley.
The legal voters of David City met
in mass convention and unanimously
decided by resolution, only to nomi
nate one ticket this spring and submit
the question of license or no license
to a vote.
Joseph Trook, a farmer, residing in
the western part of Cass county, ap
peared before Justice Archer at Platts
mouth. and swore out a "complaint for
the arrest of his brother, Robert
Trook. on the charge of adultery.
Governor Mickey and other mem
bers of the State Board of Assessment
are busy upon the railroad assessment
of 1905, so as to be prepared when
they are called as witnesses in the
case this week.
The state banking board has ap
proved the articles of incorporation of
the Enterprise Loan and Building as
sociation of Cambridge and has grant
ed the company authorization to do
business in Nebraska.
At Pender. Judge Guy T. Graves
sentenced William Poherts, aged 17
years, to two years in the peniten
tiary, and Ernest Sheppard, aged 19
years, to live years. They pleaded
guilty to stealing a team of horses.
At the home of Albert Carlson in
Aurora, a lamp exploded and the
flames burned Mrs. Carlson so se
verely that she died. Mr. Carlson
was also badly burned, but will re
cover. Mr. Carlson is a fanner living
about three miles southwest of Mar
quette.
A number of Ashland business men
and others are “holding the sack’’ for
the Patton brothers, George and Ed.,
who left there with quite a number of
unpaid accounts. They hauled their
household effects to Alvo, Cass county,
from whence they were shipped to
White City, Kas.
The affairs of Tabitha home. Lin
coln, which have been in an uncertain
state since the board of trustees was
reorganized in November, have
reached such a 3taee that at the meet
ing of those in charge it was agreed
virtually to place the institution in
the hands of its creditors.
Abe Gallentine is in trouble again.
He had his preliminary trial before
Judge Byrne at Greeley, for an al
leged fondness for fresh pork and ap
propriating it to his own use without
the consent of the actual owner. The
court thought the evidence strong
enough to warrant binding him over
to district, court in the sum of $1,009.
Through the advertisement given
land in Hooker county, by means of
the trial and conviction of George G.
Ware, president of the U. B. I Cattle
company, homeseekers have been
flocking there, but are given a chilly
reception. Although it is known that
patents on several thousand acres of
land have been recommended for can
cellation. cattlemen living near Mul
len are taking an active part to dis
suade homesteaders from taking
claims.
From now on claims filed for boun
ties will be recorded by the state au
ditor and presented to the next legis
lature for payment in the deficiency
claims bill. The bounty appropria
tion of $15,000 made by tbe last leg
islature has been exhausted.
A scarcity of teachers' will exist
throughout the state beginning with
September, 1907. On that date the
new law will go into effect and quali
fications for high school teachers will
be higher. The certification law is
having a like edfect on the rural
scholos, and educators predict a gen
eral advance in wages.
The largest single shipment of
sheep made from Schuyler this winter
was made last weekt when Adolph and
William Dworak shipped fifteen sheep
cars to San Francisco, Cal. The
sheep had been fed in Colfax county
,all winter.
Two young men, giving' the names
of Pickering and Graham, were ar
ested at Grand Island and taken to
Ravenna on the charge of forgery.
!The accused seem to have conducted
their operations by wholesale. At
least half a dozen merchants and oth
ers of Grand Island were successfully
worked.
TREE PLANTING IN NEBRASKA.
Will Be Especially Heavy in Sand
Hills This Spring.
LINCOLN.—Prof. F. G. Miller of the
state university declares that more
tree planting will be done in Nebras
kt this spring than for years, espec
ially in t he sand hill region. In regard
to the subject, Mr. Miller said:
“Experiments in growing pine trees
in the sand hills have been attended
with sufficient success to warrant the
belief that they may be widely plant
ed in this region with safety. West
ern yellow pine and jack pine are
the most promising species and they
are being extensively planted on the
Dismal River forest reserve, the seed
lings beirg grown in a forest nursery
near Halsey. For the earlier plant
ing wild seedlings of jack pine were
collected in the woods of northern
Minnesota. In the spring of 1904,
some ten or a dozen ranchmen in
widely scattered localities in the sand
bill country planted a small number
of jack pine seedlings as an experi
ment and authentic reports regarding
nearly all these trials show the
greater majority of them have b§en
successful. Only two failures have
been reported and it seems very prob
able that these were due to unfavora
ble local conditions.
! ACCIDENTALLY KILLS FRIEND.
' Mrs. Effie Jelly Shoots Mrs. Jotter at
Fort Niobrara.
FORT NIOBRARA—Miss Effie
Randall and Andrew Jelly were mar
ried Saturday and returned Sunday to
the post. A few friends went to chari
vari them, one of the party being Mrs.
Jotter. At 9 o'clock Mrs. Jelly took
a revolver from under the pillow of
the bed of Mr. Randall, her father,
and nulled the trigger. The gun
snapped three times and on the fourth
time the shell exploded, passing Into
the back and through the heart of
Mrs. Jotter and through the coat of
Mr. Randall.
Mrs. Jotter died immediately, ex
claiming “I’m shot!” The women
have been close friends. The revolver
formerly belonged to Mrs. Jotter’s
husband, who took carbolic acid by
accident in 1.903. At the inquest to
day a verdict of accidental shooting
was returned.
j Teachers Must Register Certificates.
State Superintendent McBrien sent
. out circular letters instructing the
! teachers to file their state certificates
for registration with the various coun
ty superintendents of the state. This
| action is in conformity with the law
j enacted by the last legislature, pro
viding unless such certificates were
registered prior to June 1 they should
become void. Under the old law it
was provided that only certain certifi
cates should be registered, while oth
; ers were exempt: while the new law
provides all state certificates should
I be registered. The registration fee is
. $1. Mr. McBrien followed his instruc
tions to the teachers by sending his
j own state certificate to the county su
, perintendent of Fillmore county for
rt gistration.
Union Pacific Appeals.
The Union Pacific Railroad com
pany is in the supreme court to have
reversed one of the largest personal
damage verdicts ever rendered against
a railroad in Nebraska, $27,500. The
plaintiff in the lower court was John
T. Connolly and in his first suit,
which was filed in 1902 in the Doug
las county district court, named as de
fendants the Union Pacific and Elmer
E. Fair, an engineer employed by the
railroad. Connolly, who was a stock
man in the western part of the state,
i had brought some cattle to South
| Omaha aDd while walking in the yards
was run down by a freight train and
both legs were cut oft below the
knees.
Forgers Busy at Ravenna.
RAVENNA.—Two forgers worked
Ravenna to the amount of $80 and
Jas. Hotsick, L. P. Southworth and the
Citizens’ bank contributed the money.
They plied their trade by getting un
suspecting parties to cash checks for
them.
Twenty Years in the Pen.
OMAHA.—Leslie Allen, the colored
man convicted of the murder of Lee
Jarrett last December, was sentenced
to twenty' years in the penitentiary
Saturday morning by Judge Sutton of
the district court.
Lamp Explosion May eB Fatal.
CLAY CENTER.—A. M. Jeffreys, a
restaurant keeper, was burned here
and now lies in a very critical condi
tion. He was filling a gasoline pres
sure lamp with air and it exploded,
the gasoline igniting from a stove.
Burns Cause Death.
CLAY CENTER.—A. M. Jeffreys.
th% young man burned by the explo
sion of a gasoline lamp. died. The
deceased leaves a widow and no in
surance.
Farmers Ship More Cream.
RULO.—The farmers here are Dre
paring to ship their cream this year
more extensively than last year. They
derive more from the fresh cream
than they formerly got for the butter
and they get cash instead of trade,
which enables them to buy where
they wish and at as many places us
they choose. They are also enable 1
to pay cash let what they need, which
also enables them to buy cheaper than
they could for ti&de. Many of the
faro:p'S ship their cream twice or
three times a week.
Glee Club Going West.
LINCOLN.—On the morning of
April 8 or 9, over the Northwestern,
the University of Nebraska glee and
mandolin clubs will start west. Some
of the chief stops hooked are Denver,
Boulder. Colorado Springs, Salt Lake
City, Los Angeles, San Francisco,
Portland and Seattle.
Omaha Man Killed in Mexico.
Henry Wiggenjost received a letter
stating that D. M. Watts of Omaha
had been killed in Old Mexico while
working on a construction train.
In Franz Josef1’s Troubled Land
till Slav
El German
E&ffagyar
WUtaJian
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MAP OF AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.
Distribution of the different races Is shown by the lines and dots. Four lan
guages are spoken in the territory covered by the dual government, and the key
illustrates where each preponderates.
Susan B. Anthony and Her
Work for Equal Suffrage
Susan B. Anthony was one of
America's famous women. She was
known in every state in the Union, and
her fame reached to all the great
capitals of Europe as the most able
leader in the woman suffrage move
ment in the world. She was known
for her earnestness, her singleness of
purpose, her courage, and her cheer
fulness under defeat. She gave wom
an a place in the United States that
woman did not occupy in 1853, when
she scandalized a whole community
by daring to speak in public of the
wrongs of her sex.
To-day American women are envied
by those of all other nations, and
stand comparatively free individuals,
with the exception of political disa
bilities. During the fifty years which
have wrought this revolution, just one
woman in all the world (Susan B.
Anthony) gave every day of her time,
every dollar of her money, every pow
er of her being to secure this result.
She was impelled to this work by no
personal grievance, but solely through
a deep sense of the injustice which,
on every side, she saw perpetuated
against her sex, and which she de
termined to combat. Never for one
short hour was the cause of woman
forgotten or put aside for any other
object. Never a single tie was form
ed, either of affection or business,
which would interfere with this su-'
preme purpose. Never a speech was
given, a trip taken, a visit made, a
letter written in all this half cen
tury but that was done directly in
the interest of this one object. There
was no thought of personal comfort,
advancement, or glory; the self
abnegation, the self-sacrifice, was ab
solute and unparalleled.
Many Chances to Wed.
Next to woman’s suffrage, if there
was one live question in the world
upon which Miss Anthony had decid
ed opinions it was upon matrimony.
She had so many chances to wed that
she didn’t remember all who asked
her.
Miss Anthony had one beau who
wore a -green waistcoat, but that is
about all she does remember of him.
Once, in telling of other chances to
marry, she said:
“Oh, they’d come shining around.
It was the thing to go to meeting wi-h
them, and to all the socials and spell
ing bees, and sleigh riding and buggy
riding, and the girls counted how
many horses and buggies were hitched
in front of another girl's house at one
time. What do you call them now?
Oh, yes—scalps. In those days men
in general were afraid of a woman
who wrote a book, and one who
taught school was only a little better
off. If a woman got the reputation of
having brains it w-as bad for her mat
rimonial chances. The men were
afraid of petticoat government, and
it took a good many smiles and bright
colors and curls to overcome this.
“Still, I had my share. I’ll tell you.
I've always been busy, and men were
always secondary.
“They are all dead now, so none of
them can feel hurt. I would have
been a widow-,- no matter which I had
married.”
Her First Convention.
Miss Atfthony attended her first
woman’s rights convention in Syra
cuse, N. Y„ in 1852. At that meeting
she displayed the tendency to speak
out her exact thoughts, which have
Kaiser’s Daughter a Favorite.
The only daughter of the German
emperor is the youngest of seven chil
dren. She is 13 years of age and is
“tall, angular and pale.” This young
lady is called affectionately Princess
schen by the people, and is said to
be the only one of the kais
er's children who ever dares to
take any liberties with the august
head of the family. It is said that on
one occasion the emperor said: “My
daughter often forgets that I am Ger
man emperor, but she never forgets
that she is princess, royal.”
Only Wanted a Catalogue.
An English firm received this let
ter from some one on the Gold Coast:
“Dear Sir—I am with much affection
ate to Write you this letter to say
that I have seen your name in Maga
zine, so try your best and send me
your catalogue and so therefore you
must hope me, and send me the cata
logue. When you receive this letter
send me as quickly, don't forget me.
and I also too. I have nothing to
say again. I with best compliment
to yours. I am yours faithfully, &c.”
' furnished entertaining stories for fif
! ty years.
Mrs. Oakes Smith, a fashionable
Boston woman of the day, was named
; for president. Mrs. Smith appeared
, at the convention in a low-necked,
short-sleeved white dress with a fancy
j sacque of pink delaine.
Quaker James Mott nominated her
; for the office, and this was more than
■ Quaker Susan B. Anthony could stand.
She rose in her place and said bold
ly that no woman dressed in the friv
olous fashion of Mrs. Smith could
represent the earnest, hard-working
; women of the country, who, Miss An
thony believed, were asking the bal
; lot. She carried the day, and Mrs.
Lucretia Mott was elected president
of the association.
Not long after that Miss Anthony
! attended a second woman's meeting,
at which the speakers had such weak,
| piping voices that they did not reach
■ beyond a few front seats. Miss An
' thony got up and said: “Mrs. Presi
dent, I move that hereafter the pa
pers shall be given t(j someone to read
who can be heard.”
Squelches Horace Greeley.
From the beginning of her work
Miss Anthony had the friendship and
support of Horace Greeley. He en
joyed, however, an occasional contro
versial tilt with her, and in one nota
j bie instance she had much the best
I of it. “Miss Anthony,” said Greeley,
; in his drawling monotone, "you know
i the ballot and the bullet go together.
! If you vote, are you ready to fight?”
"Yes, Mr. Greeley,” Miss Anthony
retorted instantly. “Just as you
fought in the late war at the point of
a goose quill.”
At the Empress Reception.
When Miss Anthony was in Berlin
! several years ago she attended a re
! eeption given by the empress of Ger
\ many. Miss Anthony insisted on
; standing. The empress was stand
ing. Why shouldn't she stand? Every
body else sat down, but she stood up
j under her 84 years and said she in
tended standing until the empress
took her seat. A moment later a court
functionary, splashed from head to
foot with brass and gold braid, came
up to the suffragist and said:
"Her majesty requests that you will
be seated.”
Miss Anthony sat down, but pres
ently bobbed up again, and explained
to the others present that maybe it
wasn't respectful to sit in the pres
ence of royalty.
But no sooner had the kind old
"Aunt Susan” arisen than the “major
domo,” as she called him, came bow
ing back, and in the choicest German,
said:
“Her majesty says she will be much
distressed if you do not sit.”
Miss Anthony sat down and re
mained sitting until the empress
came up to her, and bidding her good
by, wished her a pleasant stay in Ber
lin. After Miss Anthony had
“escaped” from the place and had re
turned to her friends at the hotel,
they, having never seen an empress
outside a picture cook, began asking
what she looked like. One said, "Did
you kiss her hand?”
“Kiss her hand?” asked Miss An
thony. “No. Should I have done it?
I just bowed my head and told her I
was a Quaker, and didn't know much
; about court etiquette, and she gently
told me to follow my own customs.”
Two Clever Retorts.
Archbishop Temple had a ready wit.
A fussy curate once asked him if an
accident which prevented the curate's
aunt from taking a ship, which after
ward sank, was an instance of provi
dential interference. Here's the re
tort “Can’t tell; didn’t know your
aunt.” More unkind is the reply
which Talleyrand is reported to have
made to a friend who was lying on a
sick bed. “I am suffering the tortures
of the damned.” said the afflicted man.
: “What, already?" said Talleyrand,
with polite incredulity.
No More Sons Wanted.
Algy—Do you think, my love, that
your father will consent to our mar
riage?
Angely—Of course, papa will be
very sorry to lose me, darling.
Algy—But I will say to him that, in
stead of losing a daughter, he will gain
j a son!
Angely—I wouldn’t do that, love, if
i you really want me. Papa has three
| such sons living at home now, and he's j
; a little bit touchy on the point—Stray ;
| Stories. j
AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN DISPUTE.
Something About the Causp of the
Parliamentary Trouble.
The cause of dispute between Aus
tria and Hungary is of long standing
and must be settled by complete sur
render on one side or the other, says
the New Orleans Times-Democrat. It
was brought about by opportunists,
who, after the manner of that school
of politicians, in reaching the compact
in 1868, left disputes which they had
not the courage to settle to the set
tlement of posterity. When the com
pact was formed in 1868 there were
several points of disagreement, the
chief of which referred to the military
prerogatives of the crown. In the
drawing up of that compact, from
which was born the dual monarchy,
Koloman Tisza, father of the present
Count Tisza, one of the Hungarian
leaders, insisted on the introduction
of the Hungarian language of com
mand in the army and the develop
ment of a separate Hungarian army.
But the king was unalterably opposed
to this and Deak and Andrassv the
elder, great men of Hungary at that
time, saw that the compact was about
to be wrecked, and they mq.dp a
bridge of the word “constitutional,”
which was meant to be ambiguous.
Ambiguity has always been the
mother of strife and it has proved to
be so in this case. Hungarians were
to understand that the royal preroga
tives in respect of the army were to
be exercised under “constitutional”
that is to say, parliamentary’ control,
while the king was expected to be
lieve that these military prerogatives
in respect of the Hungarian part of
the army were constitutional in the
sense of being recognized by Hungar
ian constitutional law, but not essen
tially different from the military pre
rogatives of the emperor of Austria.
This is a statement of the case re
cently made by M. Kossuth, according
to the London Times. The Hungar
ian leader admits that the phrase was
intentionally made ambiguous, and
lie added that Hungary had since
been living in a constitutional fool’s
paradise and now she saw the consti
tution tumbling about her ears.
It seems a small thing to demand
that the words of command in an
army shall be in one’s own language,
but it is to be remembered that the
Magyar language is not the language
of Hungary, though it is the dominant
one, as the Magyar is the dominant
race. There are Czech. Polak and
other races who constitute about one
half of the population to whom the
Magyar language is anathema, and
who would much prefer that the Ger
man words of command should be
used in the army. The Magyars and
the Jews of Hungary are in close com
bination and stand firmly together on
all political questions. Together they
elect a majority of the members of
the diet, because they possess more
generally the privilege of the fran
chise. When the parliament meets
its temper will be such that it will
probably be dissolved by royal com
mand, or at least by order of Premier
Fejervary, who has already received
authority from the emperor-king to
that end. Then is expected to come
a revolution.
This is one of the sticks of dvna- I
ftiite which have been lying around
loose in Europe for a long time, await
ing the spark which is to set it off.
The aged emperor, while naturally
conciliatory, has fully made up his
mind on this subject, and it appears
that the Magyars have as fully made
up theirs. Should revolution result,
the trouble would not be confined to the
limits of the dual kingdom in all
probability, for the neighboring na
tions have long since had an eye on
the prospective carcass of the empire,
upon the death of aged Franz Josef,
and Russia, Germany, Italy and per
haps other states wopld demand a
hand in whatever settlement is to be
reached.
Saved Life by Strategy.
Sir Harry Johnston, the famous ex
plorer, once escaped from a very tight
corner in Africa by a queer stratagem.
A score or two of murderous natives
had surrounded his tent, into which,
before rushing it, they sent an envoy.
The envoy was told the smallpox was
in the camp and a wretched Albino
was sent out as the awful example.
In five minutes the scared tribesmen
had vanished. As Sir Harry well
knew, they feared the “white disease”
more than all the inventions of Max
im.
Match the Brains.
A West Philadelphia small boy
saved up money enough to build a
wooden water wheel and then asked
his father to help him in its construc
tion. “All right,” said the father,
“we’ll form a partnership. You fur
nish the capital and I’ll supply the
brains.” The youngster fished 28
cents out of his pocket and counted
out 20. "I guess 20 cents will be
enough for that.” he said, and he was
entirely innocent of any attempt to
get off a joke.—Philadelphia Record.
American Boat the Best
Two views of American submarine, boat which in recent test ran from
Kronstadt to Libau, 560 miles.
Upper Picture Shows the Lake Submarine Boat, with Conning Tower Awash.
In Sectional Diagram AA Indicates Bron ze Conning Tower. B. Sighting Hood.
CC. Hatches. EE. Torpedo Tubes. FF, Gasoline Tanks. H. Galle'v Compart
ment. II. Crew Space. J. Air Lock. K. Diving Door. MM. Storage Bstteriea.
NN, Drop Keel. OO. Wheels. PP, An-chor Weights. R, Horizontal Rudder.
AMERICAN SUBMARINE VICTOR.
Verdiet for Lake Boat in 560-Mile
Test from Kronstadt to Libau.
A report on the tests of seven
types of submarines submitted to the
Russian admiralty says that in the
deciding test run of SCO miles from
Kronstadt to Libau, in which four
boats participated, the verdict favor
ed the Lake boat, which is an Ameri
can invention.
RETAIN THE HUES OF YOUTH.
Gray-Haired Chinaman Is Almost a
Thing Unknown.
“Did you ever see a gray-headed
Chinaman?” asked one of Commis
sioner Bingham’s downtown men. “I ;
never did, and I have seen a whole
lot of Chinks in my time. Men who,
according to every other indication,
are long past the gray-headed stage
still sport pigtails as black and glossy
as any youth in Chinatown. Whether
gray hairs have been denied the
Chinese by nature of whether they
have been fought off by means of
some secret oriental formula I cannot
find out. If they owe their immunity
from gray hair to artifice they would
do themselves and the public a good
turn by putting their tonic on the
market, for these is many a frosty
headed Caucasian who would pay a
good round sum to keep his locks as
free from marks of age.”—New York
Sun.
Spent Time Usefully.
William Frew, Jr., college graduate
and son of Andrew Carnegie’s trust
ed agent, was locked up at Pittsburg
recently on the jury which tried Nor
man H. Geyser for the murder of Mrs.
Martha S. Kirkpatrick and which
brought in a verdict of murder in the
second degree. During the eleven
days the jurymen lived together young
Frew taught the jurymen how to
wrestle and he flopped the biggest of
them until they, began to learn his
tricks. He found one farmer who
could not read nor write. He bus'.jd
himself between ballots in teaching
the fellow his alphabet, also how to
write his name. He had the whole
eleven jurymen before him doing
gymnastics in order to keep their
health. In return one juryman shaved
young Frew and gave him a haircut.
Notables Who Are Little Known.
The true wealth of a country is in its
people, its upright, faithful, intelligent
citizens, who face their daily toil
cheerfully, love their homes and
families, are kind and hospitable to
friends and neighbors and ready to
lend a hand to the weak and helpless
everywhere. And the pride of such a
people is in its men and women who
are eminent for usefulness, for abili
ty, for leadership in intellect and
beneficence, In exploration and dis
covery and invention. There are many
such men who give up their lives to
quiet, patient wo^rk for the benefit of
mankind, who never exploit them
selves and whose achievement is lit
tle known outside a comparatively :
narrow circle.—Cincinnati Enquirer.
Reporter Helped Himself.
District Attorney Jerome of New
York pleads guilty to three weakj
nesses—candy eating, cooking strange
dishes and making furniture. During
his examination of witnesses in the
Patrick murder case the district at
torney had a bag of butter scotch on
the table beside him and dipped into
it every little while. Once in the
midst of an argument he felt for the
bag mechanically and, not locating it,
stopped abruptly, looked around and
found it had disappeared. A reporter
was calmly munching its contents.
Mr. Jerome joined in the laughter and
continued his argument.
Tea Tablets a Boon to Travelers.
Traveless are likely to look upon
the Secretary of Agriculture as a
blessed benefactor when they realize !
what he has done for their comfort. :
Mr. Wilson has introduced the tea tab
lets. Several hundred small boxes of
the tablets were sent by him to
friends in lieu of Christmas cards. The
tablet is about the size of a pea. When
boiling water is poured on it the prod
uct is a cup of fragrant tea. A travel- i
er can carry enough tea for a long
journey in a box smaller than a stamp
box.
, Auaustinian Order.
The Augustinlan Order was estab
lished in the tenth century. It has
many houses in England and Scotland.
In the United States there are over
150 members of the order, having
charge of thirty-seven community
houses and churches, one novitiate
and three colleges. It is to this order
that Cardinal Martinelli, former papal
delegate to the United States, belongs,
also Cardinal Rampolla, who is the
cardinal protector of the order at
Rome.
FAST TIME IN A NAVY YARD.
British Shipbuilders Have Established
a New Record. •
Apart from the many novel features
embodied in the design of the British
battleship Dreadnaught the celerity
with which she will be built is sure
to establish a new record in con
struction. Hitherto no battleship of
any type has been turned out in less
than twenty-two months and even the
standard vessel displaced only 15,000
tons, compared with the 18,000 tons
of the newest ship. The strain of this
high-pressure construction has of
course been very great, but so far
none of the officers or civilians en
gaged has broken down under it, and
so it may be their good fortune to see
the great vessel, which they laid down
in October and launched on Feb. 11,
finished by February, 1907—that is, in
sixteen months from the date the first
keel plate was laid.—New York Her
ald.
Looking Forward With Hope.
There is more trouble ahead for the
automobilists. In five years or there
abouts the question of fuel may be
come for them a very serious one.
Gasoline, for which there has been
such a remarkable demand in the last
ten years, is much higher in price
than it was when the demand began/
but fhat isn’t the worst feature- of the
case. In a few years there may be
no gasoline or there will be so little
of it in proportion to the amount
wanted that the price will be prohib
itive. Alcohol, it is suggested, may
come to the rescue, but in order to
get it at as low a figure as we now
get gasoline it will be necessary for
many persons to change their minds.
The internal revenue tax on spirits
must be taken off if alcohol is to be
put on the list of automobile fuels.
And that will come, to pass—ever?—
Boston Transqrjpt.
Big Guns and Big Ships.
The war between Russia and Japan
gave modern navies the first extend
ed chance to show what was best in
them. It was Togo’s great guns
mounted on his most powerful vessels
that pounded to pieces Rojestvensky’s
ill-fated armada. Anything that came
within their range met destruction.
Europe has quickly learned the les
son taught by the Japanese. England
first started to build the Dreadnaught
of 18,000 tons, which was expected to
be the premier battleship of the »
world. Immediately Japan followed
with one of equal tonnage. Now"
comes France with an avowed inten
tion of constructing three monsters of
this biggest class, while Germany is
reported to have changed the designs
of two battleships already ordered so
as to bring them up to the Dread
naught type in every respect.—Phila
delphia Press.
Leader Among Lumber Ports.
Portland Is the greatest lumber port *'
in the world and if there was never
another bushel of wheat shipped from
the city our shipping trade within the
next three years would reach a maxi
mum never approached in the palm
iest days of the wheat trade. There
are now in port loading or under
charter to load for China. Japan, Aus
tralia. South America and Europe
steam and sail vessels with a capacity
of more than 20,000,000 feet, and for
coast ports there is loading a fleet
with a capacity of 19,000,000 feet. Fol
lowing these vessels, under charter to
arrive from foreign ports, is a fleet
with a capacity of 19,000,000 feet, and
a coasting fleet of C,000,000 feet ca
pacity. No other port in the known
world can make such a showing as
this in the lumber business.—Portland
Oregonian.
Chivalry in Boston.
F. Hopkinson Smith, painter, au
thor. engineer and professfonal op
timist, tells a story showing that Bos-'
ton boys of the street are like all oth
ers. He overheard a conversation be
tween two j’oungsters selling newspa
pers. “Say, Harry, w’at’s de best
way to teach a girl how to swim?-’
asked the younger one. “Dat’s a cinch.
First off you puts your left arm un
der her waist and you gently takes
her left hand-” "Come off; she’s
me sister.” “Aw, push her off de
dock.”
Yew Where Highwaymen Were Hung.
The little village of Aldworth, which
is close to Streatley-on-Thames, pos
sesses one of the largest yew trees in
England, and one which has a grew
some history.
The yew tree is nine yards in cir
cumference, and hanging from one oi
the lower branches is an ancient
rusty chain, in which the lifeless bod-'
ies of daring highwaymen of the Berk
shire downs have swung to and fro
as a warning to their fellows.—Lon
don Dally Graphic.