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. Crop failures are things of the past
in the United States, according to
Secretary of Agriculture-Wilson, who
declares that science has triumphed
over nature to such an extent that all
nf -weather such as usually
are experienced can 'be set at' naught.
Michigan has won in the ( supreme
court a fight of years to compel rail
roads to pay taxes at the .'rateat
which other property is assessed. The
state -gets $2,000,000 back taxes and
the roads must now pay three times
their, former rates. : r
The reform - movement, . which is
sweeping the country, is a" crusade
against special privilege and the pirat
ical rich, and not against wealth, and
the people will overcome lawlessness
and corruption,' says Governor Folk
in a speech in Des ' Moines. 4
EGG CRAZE I N . E NGL AN D.
Success of Cambridge Crew in train
in on Albuminous Diet Starts
a Boom.
London. It is remarkable how
great has become the interest in the
forthcoming varsity-boat race since
the 'discovery that the memhers of
the Cambridge crew dieted - them
selves largely on eggs, to which is at
tributed their rapid progress inform
There is no denying the fact tnat
during the last fortnight the Cam-
d tranced by leaps
and bounds, and it is also as clear
that the Oxonians have not impruveu
to anything like the same extent.
Earnest - efforts made to induce the
Oxonians to follow the Cantabs lead
in the matter of diet have so far
"We don't want Cambridge to teach
us how to suck eggs,' said an old dark
blue "Let those who like eggs eat
them,' said another rather testily, and
so far as is known there is not likely
to be any alteration in the Oxonian
menu. . " ""
Starts Boom in Eggs.
During the first influenze scare oys
ters, and oranges were recommended
by prophylactics, and tradesmen could
scarcely pack them quickly enough to
satisfy the public. And now that the
Cambridge boat race crew has demon
strated that within the shell of an
egg lie all the essentials of the su
preme physical fitness, the egg boom
is a fair way to rivaling that which
once centered in the oyster and the or
ange. .
The effect is certainly being felt at
the restuarants, where the demand for
boiled and scrambled eggs
has gone up suprisingly; The Globe
says: "Public attention is now di
rected like a searchlight on the egg,
and it is not improbable that people
going into training will make it the
main plank of their platforms.
- "Perhaps we shall find that it is not
the roast beef of . old. England which
has made us what we are, but the
boiled eggs of old England."
IRISH ADVISED TO STAY AT HOME
Father O'Brien of Toledo Advises Peo
ple to Remain in Native Land.
Dublin The Rev. Father O'Brien
of Toledo, one of the most popular
Irish-American pastors, who is at
present in Ireland, advises the people
of this country to remain at home in
stead of emigrating to the new world.
There - has been considerable discus
sion in Ireland recently over the
marked emigration from England to
the colonies in general and to Can
ada in particular.
Father O'Brien warns the poorer
nonn1 of Ireland, felling them that
some of the American cities are over
crowded and that relatively and pro
portionately wages paid are no greater
in some sections of the United States
than in Ireland-itself. He cites the
cases of many of the larger cities
and says that it is to a life of this
kind that so many of the Irish emi
grants go.
Damage Suit in District Court
Grand Island, Neb, Judge Paul
and a jury in ; the district court are
engaged in listening to a good deal
of expert and other testimony in the
of Miss Alma Hansen against
the city 'for $5,000 damages alleged to
hnvB hppn - sustained bv reason of a
fall on a defective sidewalk. While
walking along an old, decayed woouen
walk in June. 1904. on a dark night,
accompanied by her father, Miss Han-
sen fell and sustained injuries, aa
niwad in the netition. which have not
yet been1 qutle overcome. Miss Han
sen is quite stout .and the defense is
trying to show that her physical con
riitinn AiA not come from the fall and
that the city was not responsible for
the condition of the waiK. since uie
beginning of the trial the family has
i.t. imfrirttmate in having a death oc
cur, the nephew of tne plaintiff. An-
other incident is tne suaaen mucoo
of Juror Filsihger, whom the coifrt
was compelled to excuse. Bu mutual
trial eoes on with eleven
jurors, no record being entered as to
nf the sick one. The
evidence of the plaintiff was about
completed when the court aajourneu
to Monday:
Remedy For Rattlesnake Bite
This paper notes with deep regret
that a number of persons , are dying
from the bite of rattlesnakes m amer
ent sections of Texas. Most all cases
are young children, and in a good
many instances they are oiuen uu me
hand or foot. . .
in such cases the following remedy
is said to be a splendid antedote for
the rattler's bite, provided it hT used
immediately after being, Wtten; Take
a pan or bowl and pour in . enough
kerosene oil to cover the wound. It
will draw the poison out immediately
and in the course of a lew minute turn
perfectly green. ..Then pour; out the
oil and refill the bowl, being careful
to put in enough oil to completely
cover the wound. "
Leave the foot or hand in the oil
as long as . the oil turns green. Then
put on a poultice of plain table salt
and saturate thorougnly with oil.
Keep this up for about an hour, and
there is scarcely any danger of fatal
results. Merkel Mail. .
Unresponsive Parents
An Ohio man tells of the sad case
of a young fellow, the son of a wealthy
Toledo manufacturer, who, against his
father's wishes, insisted upon going
to Chicasro to make his way, wnereas
the parent desired tnat me son train
himself in the Toledo Business house.
At first the lad cxd very well in
the larger city, but it was not very
long before he was making urgent ap
peals to . his father for financial as
sistance. To these tne bid gentle
man, who had himself been trained
in a hard school, turned a deaf ear.
Finally, the desperate boy wired the
father in these words: "You won't
see me starve, will you?" The old
man's reply came ih tne form of the
following telegram: "No, not at this
distance."
Then the boy decided to return to
Toledo and go to work for the old
man. Harper's WeeKiy.
FREEDOM OF.THE PRESS
Spain is. evidently not yet enjoying
all the pleasures and privileges of the
higher civilization. An editor there
has been sent to jail for insulting
the king. If this system of lese
majeste prevailed here about every
other newspaper would be edited from
a penitentiary. Baltimore American.
Excursion Rates Obtainable in Eng
land at Nearly all Times and
Places.
United States Consul Mabin of
Nottingham reports that the multi
plicity of special excursion and week
end rates makes it possible to travel
almost .anywhere in England, at al
most, any time, for a fraction of the
regular fare. These low rates usually
apply to only the third class, but some
times are extended-to the first, when
one may travel first class at less than
ordinary third class fare that is, for
less than 2 cents a mile in a compart
ment nearly equal to the American
Pullmen narlor car. The regular iare
from Nottingham to Skegness, a sea
side resort seventy-three miles distant,
ia ) 57 first Has and $1.50 third, one
way. Round trip week-end (from iri
ri.iv to Tnesdav) tickets cost $1.95
first class and $1.21 third, or 1 1-3 cents
a mile first class.
w.vorv week one. or more special at
tractions in London give occasion to
nffr low excursion rates, and, in aa
dition, every Saturday round trip re
duced rates are given on one-half day
up to six-day tickets. The regular
fare from Nottingham to London, 125
miles, is $2.49. The special .round
trip fares are $1.03 for half a day and
$3.40 for eight days. Only the half
iinv tMzetjt are limited to special ex
cursion trains. The others are good
on ordinary trains. Most local people
who can arrange to return within the
tirn limit urn to London on these tick
ets. As would naturally be expected,
people who do not intend to return
often buy day or half -day tickets be
cause they are cheaper than the reg
ular one-way fare, and sen or give
away the return coupon in London;
Kt in oi,ho nf this the railways evi
dently find advantage in continuing
such rates. ' .
The acme of cheap traveling in
this country was reached this summer.
Onde or twice each week ranroaas
gave excursion rates from London and
nrnvinriai towns to seaside resorts
hich range from five to nine miles
for a penny (2 cents). These are not
on slow way trains, made up or od
solete - cars, but on fast "expresses,"
some being no-stop and composed of
new corridor cars. Taking account of
all these reduced fares, it is probable
that English railway travel is the
cheapest in Europe, and, withal, the
EngHsh railways and their services
are inferior to none."
OUR TRADE WITH MEXICO.
Estimates Show That a Billion Dollars
United States Capital Invested
Trade of the United States with
Mexico in the fiscal year 1905 aggre
gated in value $29,000,000.' In 1895,
only a decade earlier, it was $31,000,
000. and in 1885 $18,000,000. thus prac
tically doubling in the decade ending
with 1895, and trebling in the decade
ending with 1905.
The exchange of merchandise be
tween the United States and Mexico
are more nearly equally divided as to
imports than is the case with most
countries. In pur trade with the coun
tries of Eurone. for example, our ex
ports thereto are twice as great as our
imnorts therefrom : in the case of Mex
ico, our exports are not greater than
our imports. Indeed, in the fiscal year
1905 exDorts to Mexico were about
$1,000,000, less than imports from that
country, though in 1904 the conditions
were reversed, exports to Mexico being
about $2,000,000 greater than imports
therefrom.
The United States narticlpates
more largely in the foreign trade of
Mexico than does any other country.
Figures compiled by the department
of commerce and labor, through its
bureau of statistics, show that of Mex
ico s total imports of merchandise,
53 ner cent is drawn from the United
States. Indeed, no other country, with
the single exception of Canada, draws
as larce a nercentace of its imnorts
from the United States as does Mex
ico; and no other country except Cuba
sends- as large a percentage of its
exports to the United States as does
Mexico. . In the case of Canada, 60 per
cent of the imports is drawn from the
United States, and in the case of Cuba.
83 per cent of the exports is sent to
the United States, r In Canada the
similarity of language, climate and
customs tends more strongly to close
commercial relations than in Mexico,
while in the case of Cuba the demand
in the United States for tropical pro
ducts given through the reciprocity
treaty suggests a cause for the high
percentage of Cuban exports to the
United States. Proximity and plenti
ful facilities for transportation 'of
merchandise, mails and people stimu
late exchanges and have resulted In a
very rapid growth of the trade rela
tions is doubtless found , in the large
investments of American capital . and
in the presence of large numbers of
citizens of the United States in the
countries named. Estimates made, by .
our consular . representatives and
others, and by persons in tne united
States familiar with the subject, in
dicate that fullv, a $1,000,000,000 of
capital from the United States is now
invested in Mexico, Canada and Cuba,
of which about one-half is in Mexico.
During the laat ten years trade be
tween the United States and . Cuba has
doubled; tht between the United States
and Canada has more than doubled ;
and that between the United" States
and Mexico has trebled. H
HOW TO LIVE TO BE 117.
"Plenty of Sleep and Don't Worry,"
is Mother Kelley's Advice
Mrs Margaret Kelley, the. remark
able old Irish woman who added to
the spirit of the occasion when she
attended the dinner and celebration of
i St. Patrick's day at the Irish club, 146
East Fiftq-eighth street, on Saturday
night, showed no bad effects from the
lively time when seen Sunday at her
home, 964 Third avenue. ,
Mrs. Kelley is credited with being
117 years old. She says she has lived
that long, and asserts that she has
kept tab on her years since she was
a little girl. She was up as chipper
as usual yesterday morning, but must
be recorded that she slep a little later
than has been her custom for years.
Mrs.' Kelley says she was born In
the little town French Park, 'County
of
Roscommon, Province of Con
naught. Ireland, early in March. 1789.
She isn't cjear as to the day of the
month, but says she is positive as
to the year. Her eldest child died
eleven years ago, at the age of 81. Mrs.
Kelley has given birth to fourteen
children. Her husband died some
years ago.
She looks not to be more than 85,
and talks with a firm voice. She says
she has never been sick in her life.
She has , three children still living.
Mrs. Kelley has but one affliction, she
is quite deaf. She couldn't understand
why a newspaper should be Interested
in her, and all attempts to get her to
talk at length about herself were in
vain. '
Mrs. Kelley ''has often been asked
as to her idea of the best way to live
in order to attain a ripe old age. To
such queries she has always replied:
"Have a good time, get plenty of
sleep, and. don't worry."
Many times Mrs. Kelley has bcfin
bothered ,with questions as how she
accounted for her deafness, and her
invariably reply has been that she
thought her ear drums were affected
when she was a young girl by the
blarney of young gallants In Rosconv
mon. From the New York Sun.
