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INCREASING THE SIZE OF FRUIT.
Good sized and large fruit brings a
better price and sells more readily in
market than small sized fruit. In
fact , small sized fruit is most always
sold at far below its real value. There
are three chiefs things , says Farmers'
Review , that the orchardist can do to
help his trees produce large fruit.
One of these things is to give good
cultivation. The system of cultivation
should be thorough and should be con
tinued year after year and as often
each season as it is necessary to keep
the weeds down. It Is surprising how
quickly the weeds will take possession
of a young orchard after tha cultiva
tor lias stopped its work. In an old
orchard the weeds do not bother so
much , as the shade of the trees does
not encourage their growth.
The best method Is to plow the
Innd in the spring , if the orchard is
young. Then put in the cultivator and
later the harrow , keeping up the cul
tivation till tho middle of the summer
at least During this time the fruit is
Increasing in size and so are the buds
for the fruit crop next year. The land
being kept free from weeds will be in
shapd to receive the air and the mois
ture , and the roots will get the bene
fit ofboth. . The fruit on the tree will
therefore have supplied to it the plant
food ir. the soil to the extent that the
roots can take it up , with the assist
ance of the water. Later in the sea
son. cow peas or even field peas or
soy beans should be planted. If
vetches can be grown so much the
better , but the seed of the vetch is
expensive. In the spring this winter
covering should be plowed under and
the old regime recommended. Unless
the land is very rich stable manure
should be used , as this will help keep
up the supply of plant food in the soil ,
which must go into the fruit.
The second good means of increas
ing the size of the fruit is pruning.
This is a matter that is too much neg
lected. Nearly all orchardists prune ,
but a good deal of the work is done in
a very unscientific manner. The work
can be done in the winter or at any
time when the tree Is dormant. ' A
mild dav Jn the late fall is a very good
time. Cold days in winter are hardly
sultable in which to climb about
amocT the limbs of trees. Our prun
ing is generally too mild. In the care
of apple trees about one-half of the
last year's growth should be removed
and the terminal shoots should be cut
back. In "the case of peach trees the
pruning will have to be even more se
vere. The tops of the trees should ba
thinned , so that the sun can get in to
lolor each individual fruit and to add
lavor to it
The third great means of improving
the fruit is thinning. This is coming
extensively into use with our tree
fruits where it is desired to produce
fruit of good size and appearance.
The thinning of plums and apples has
been practiced to some extent by the
horticulturists at our agricultural col
leges , and has given good results.
The practice has not , however , be
come common with the peonle. It is
otherwise with peaches. They have
other fruit and with greater returns.
The peach is largely water anyway
and the taking away of half the crop
on a tree results in the very pro
nounced development of the remain1 1
Ing part.
SHEEP BETTER THAN CATTLE.
I think if we take a series of ten
years together it will commonly be
found that there is not much differ
ence between the market prire of fat
sheep and fat cattle , if we compare all
classes , wethers , fat ewes , yearlings
and Iambs , with steers , fat cows , heif- ,
'
ers and calves. The fat cattle are
now about $1 per hundred less than
a year ago , still choice fat steers are
now considerably higher than fat
wethers and yearlings , but fat cows
are about the same as fat ewes.
It has been proved at our experi-
mrJnt stations that , as a general rule ,
it requires about the same amount and
quality of feed to grow and fatten a
given number of pounds of sheep or
mutton as of cattle or beef. According
to this rale , ten sheep at two or two
and a half years old , weighing 130
pounds each , have eaten the same
amount of feed as a steer or heifer
of the same age and weight , 1,300
pounds.
"While the general rule holds that
It takes about the same amount of |
feed to produce a thousand pounds of
6eef as a thousand pounds of mutton ,
It often happens that sheep can be
kept on cheaper feed. Sheep eat a
larger variety of plants or weeds than
cattle , and readily convert even nox
ious weeds into wool and mutton.
Sheep can be well fattened in less
time than cattle. The one hundred-
day fed steer is not finished ; but sheep
in very moderate condition can be well
fattened in one hundred days.
Another element of profit with sheep '
is the increased fertility which they
five to the soil. No other stock equals
them in this respect. Increased fer
tility means better crops. A. J. Blake-
Jy In the Massachusetts Ploughman.
POULTRY NOTES.
Are you meaning to dispose of the
mixed chicks arfy obtain a pure bred
flock for j nothpr | year ? Now is the
time to obtain' the breeding stock ,
whether it be an entire flock , or only .
I
cockerels. I would urge all to obtain
pure bred males anyhow ; the differ
ence in another season's chicks will
convince you of the good of it ; pro
vided , of course , the cockerel is a good
specimen , as to whether it is of the
large or small breeds depends upon
individual choice.
Large size chickens pay the best
as a rule , where the surplus poultry is
sold on the market. Many of the
large size breeds are r-oort layers at
the time when eggs are at their best
prices. Of course , they eat more , but
the difference is not as much as the
uninitiated would believe. The large
breeds seem to withstand the cold
winter better than the smaller breeds.
Gather quite an amount of forest
leaves for scratching material , gather
at least twice as much as you think
will be used. When spring comes
there will be few , if any , leaves left
E. C. in Indiana Farmer.
ROOT CROPS FOR PIGS.
It has been demonstrated that seven
or eignt pounds of mangels have as
great feeding value as one pound of
grain , when given to pigs or hogs , and
that sugar beets have even greater
value , so it is hard to understand why
pig raisers are so careless about
growing root crops for their animals.
Not only have the root crops a high
feeding value , but they do .more for
the good health of the hogs than one
can estimate. In regard to their feed
ing value it has been demonstrated
time and again that when mangel or
sugar beets , or both , are fed in con
nection with light rations of grains , us
ing middlings instead of bran , pork
of high quality can be produced cheap
er than in any other way , with the
possible exception of the substitution
of ensilage for the root crops. If root
crops can be bought at reasonable
prices , better have some for feeding
this fall and winter , and next season
grow your own supply. Indianapolis
News.
HORSE "SLOBBERS. "
The excessive secretions of saliva ,
or "slobbers , " as it is frequently call
ed , in horses , has a variety of causes.
It may be a symutom of some othei
affections of the mouth , teeth , throat ,
or stomach , or due to direct irritants
in the food , such as lobelia , pilocar-
pin , muscarlin. tobacco , wild mustard ,
colchicum , garlic and ginger. 'Jrown
or second crop clover hay seems also
to induce an excessive salivary secre
tion. The treatment consist in the
removal of the cause. If further treat
ment seems to be necessary , simple < '
astringent washes for the mouth may
be used , such as vinegar and water ,
boric acid , sulphate or tincture of
chloride of iron. Two drams of any of
the above in a quart of water. Dr.
Farrington.
DESTROYING THE WEEVIL.
Bisulphate of carbon is used for de
stroying weevil in wheat bins. Force
a tube to the bottom of the bin. pour
in about a pint of the liquid , and
cover the bin. The gas is heavy and
finds its way to every portion of the
bin. It is a dangerous substances to
use unless care is exercised , as a
lighted pipe or cigar will cause it to
explode , even when there is no flame.
It is destructive of all insect life , but
does not injure the grain.
CLEAN THE MUD OFF.
Take time to clean the mud off the
horse's legs after they are done with
their day's work. You would not like
to go to bed with your old muddy
boots on. If vou did , there would be
a rumpus before morning when your
wife found it out. And that surely
would not be comfortable.
RAISE YOUR OWN STOCK.
The majoritv of farmers should de
pend upon raising their own dairy
stock. This should be clone more
cheaply than cows could be bought ,
esTeciallv at thp present time. And
the advnnfajxe is that the heifers can
be raised in a proper manner and i
adapted to the farm , whicn will not
come from frequent changes in owner
ship.
Going Bad.
No man living knows all about ani
mals , or more than a very little about
them. Some who are dead thought
they knew. That is the reason they
are dead. Only those who realize
their ignorance and supplement It
with untiring watchfulness last long at
this queer business that I'm in.
Sooner or later most animals of the
cat kind become uttetrly intractable
and remain so. "Going bad" is the pro
fessional term for this. Rarely do
they return to their old , amenable
ways. Henceforth they are of no use
as performers , and are relegated to
the exhibition cages , for any man en
tering the cage of a lion or tiger that
has gone bad is instantly attacked.
This is one of the terrors of the trade.
Symptoms of the change of heart are
apparent enough sometimes , particu
larly in animals which are growing
old. Occasionally , however , some
young beast , formerly as obedient as
you could wish , will turn murderous
without cause or warning. If her
trainer gets out alive he is lucky. If
he ever enters her cage again ho'a a
.fooL Chrtsmas McClure'a.
PLOT TO KILL THE CZAR.
Russian Secret Service Men Claim to
Have Discovered Such.
Russian secret service agents claim to
have discovered a new and" alarmingly
formidable plot to assassinate the Czar.
The discovery , coming at the same time
with the frantic anti-war demonstration
in front of the Governor's palace at
Moscow , has caused great excitement.
The secret service has discovered that
the plot to assassinate the Czar and
other Russian leaders was laid in Eng
land , and hurried requests were sent to
the police of London , Manchester and
Liverpool to seize the plotters. It is now
known that' many , perhaps all , of the
plotters fled England before the warn
ing reached the secret police there , and
they are believed to have reached Rus
sia on their errand of murder.
The wild unrest , following the stu-
icuts' riots and anti-war riots in Moscow ,
St. Petersburg and other Russian cities
will , it is feared , serve to hide the plot
ters until they can make their attempt
on the lifo of the Czar and his minis
ters.
ters.The
The plot , it is declared , was discovered
through the seizure of incriminating cor
respondence between plotters in Moscow
and in Manchester , England , and the
two men wanted at Manchester had fled
bqfore they could be apprehended.
Four persons were killed and sixty
wounded during the bottles between the
troops and the 3,000 students assembled
in front of the Governor's palace in Mos
cow. Three hundred have been arrest
ed. More than 3,000 students participat
ed in the riots and they were not dis
persed until after the police hrfd made
savage attacks with drawn sabers and
Lad tired several volleys into the crowd.
The authorities knew in advance that
trouble was impending , and several
squadrons of mounted gendarmerie were
concealed in the court yards of houses ,
ready for an emergency.
RELIGIOUS SECTS GROWING.
Episcopal Churcli Leads , but Nearly
All Show Gains.
Nearly all religious sects , as their fig-
nrcs of growth for last year are announc
ed , show a larger percentage of increase
than in previous years , says the New
York Herald. In several denominations
the ratio of growth cxx-eeds the usual
ratio of increase in thy population. This
is notably the case in the Episcopal
church , which last year gained 3 per
cent on its membership of the previous
year , while the population growth is es
timated at about 2 per cent. The Epis
copal church has added 25,915 to its 807-
351.
351.In
In the Presbyterian church the in
crease in membership last year was at
the. rate of 2 % per cent , the gain in
members being 27,431 and the total num
ber 1,094,008. Last year's gain was
21-5 per cent. The Southern Presbyte
rian church , a smaller body than tho
Northern , having but 239,588 members ,
gained 2 per cent last year.
The ratio of gain by the Methodist
membership is not so large as in the oth
er bodies named , but was 1 4-5 per cent ,
or almost as much as the estimated ratio
of population growth. For the previous
year the Methodist ratio was only 1 per
cent. The body has now 3,004,735 mem
bers , of whom : about 200.000 are connect
ed with foreign conferences and missions.
It is stated in the Presbyterian hand
book for 1905 that the religions of the
world have 1,430,000.000 adherents , di
vided as follows : Christianity , 477,080-
158 ; Confucianism. 256,000,000 ; Hindu
ism. 190,000.000 ; Mohammedanism , 176-
834,372 ; Buddhism. 147.900,000 ; Taoism
and Shintoism. 57.0 0.000 ; Judaism , 7-
050,000 , and various heathen faiths , 118-
12'j,479.
DR. ABBOTT DISCARDS BIBLE.
Ilia IJclijrton Founded on Science and
Needs of Himan Heart.
Dr. Lyman Abbott , in a sermon to
Harvard students , has announced his be
lief in a religion , founded not on the Bible
but on science and the outreachings of
the human heart , says a World dispatch
from Cambridge , Mass.
"I wonder , " he said , "if you will under
stand me when I say that I no longer
believe in a great first cause. My God
is a great and ever-present fore , which is
manifest in all the activities of man and
all the workings of nature.
"I believe in a God who is in and
through and of everything not an ab
sentee God , whom we have to reach
through a Bible or some other outside
aid , but a God Avho is closer to us than
hands or feet. Science , literature and
history tell us that there is one eternal
energy , that the Bible no longer can be
accepted as ultimate , that many of its
laws were copied from other religions ,
that the ten commandments did not
spring spontanoousy from Moses , but
were , like all laws , a gradual growth , and
that man is an evolution , not a creation.
"No thinking man will say there are
many energies. The days of polytheism
are past. There is only one energy.
That energy has always been working.
It is an intelligent energy. No scientist
can deny it. It was working before
Christ's time , even as it is now. "
James W. A. MacDonald , New York's
aged sculptor , has been an artist inoro
than sixty years.
Stovan Zikitsch , 117 years old , living
nt Nish , Servia , was well acquainted
with Lord Byron.
Although 85 years old , Mrs. Sarah Mc-
Laughlin of Lynn , Mass. , does a good
day's work binding shoes.
Pierre Barlow Cornwall , the last sur-
Tiying member of the Girst Legislature
of California , is dead.
Capt. J. R. Eggleston , sole surviving
officer of the Merrimac , is a cotton j
planter near Jackson , Miss.
Mr. Gully , speaker of the English I
House of Commons , probably will retire
befor * his next birthday , tie is now 70. [
Charles Taylor of Waterbury , Vt. , is }
99 years old and yet he drove a horse in
a trotting race recently. He did not win.
P. H. Leslie of Helena , Mont. , has
entered the sixty-fourth year of the prac
tice of law. He once was Governor of
Kentucky , and later President Cleveland
appointed bim territorial Governor of
Moctun * .
One Hundred Years Ago.
A Paris paper published u statement
of the expenses of the coronation oi
Napoleon , making them $930,000.
The British consul at Honduras or
dered that mahogany should not be ex
ported in any American or foreign ves
sel.
sel.A
A new quarantine order in Holland
required all American vessels to eute ;
the port of Helvoetsluis.
Thomas Jefferson and George Clintoif
were unanimously chosen President
and Vice President of the United
States.
Congress appointed a committee 01
five to consider the project of erecting
a permanent bridge across the Poto
mac river at Washington.
Seventy-five Years Ago.
A treaty of peace and alliance was
ratified between Buenos Ayres and
Santa Fe.
Gold and silver were discovered near
Devonshire , England.
France , Russia and England could
not come to an agreement as to what
title the new ruler of Greece was to
assume.
Prince Frederick of the Netherlands
was appointed by the King admiral of
the navy and colonel general of the
laud forces.
Fifty Years Ago.
Kamehameha III. , King of the Sand
wich Islands , died , and was succeeded
by Prince Alexander Liholiho.
The St. Lawrence river was opened
to American vessels.
Rufus Choate joined the political
part } ' called the "Know Nothings" and
became a candidate for the Senate.
The steamboat Westmoreland was
sunk in Lake Michigan and seventeen
lives were lost.
Kansas was being settled by New
England emigrants , who were resolved
to fight against slavery in the new ter
ritory.
Forty Years Ago.
Communication south of Cairo , Ill-
was shut off by the freezing of the
river.
Several steamboats were sunk and
many others injured at St. Louis by the
breaking up of the ice in the river.
Major Gen. Thomas attacked and
routed Hood and his Confederate forces
before Nashville. Tem.
A Union expedition along the Roan-
oke river was reported to have de
stroyed $1,000,000 worth of Confeder
ate commissary stores.
President Lincoln ordered a draft of
300,000 men to make up credit deficien
cies in the previous call for troops.
Hood's Confederate army , routed at
Nashville , retreated beyond Franklin ,
with Thomas in pursuit.
Several Chicago policemen were ar
rested by federal authorities on charges
of assisting enlisted men to desert.
Thirty Years Ago.
Persistent rumors were afloat in Ger
many that Bismarck was about to re
sign through pique at the Reichstag.
Boston was visited by a serie of
fires , causing a loss of $1,000,000 worth
of property.
The Italian Chamber of Deputies at
Rome voted an annuity to Garibaldi.
Efforts to introduce the mixed school
system at New Orleans resulted in a
strike of the while children at the
schools.
King Kalakaua of the Sandwich Isl
ands was presented to Congress. He
was welcomed by Speaker James G.
Blalne in the House.
Twenty Years Ago.
England was stirred up over a re
ported plot to dynamite Windsor Cas
tle and kill the Queen.
Stories of trouble between the Grand
Duke Servius of Russia and his wife.
Elizabeth of Hesse , were sent out from
London.
The text of tlie Nicaraguan canal
and the San Dominican treaties was
made public by Congress.
Thirteen bodies were recovered from
a burned orphan asylum in Brooklyn
and over 100 children had not been ac
counted for.
The world's fair at New Orleans
opened.
Ten Years Ago.
Capt. Schmittberger described to the
Lexow committee the system of police
and official graft in New York.
Word reached America of the death
In Samoa of Robert Louis Stevenson ,
the novelist.
Dispatches from Tokio announced
that the war between China and Japan
was practically at an end.
In the United States Circuit Conn
at Boston the Berliner telephone pat
nt was declared void
n't
EIGHT ARE KILLED IN BEDS.
"Wall in Fire Ruins at Minneapolis
Falls on Hotel.
In Minneapolis , eight persons were
killed about 1 o'clock Tuesday morning
when the wall of the ( ) . II. Peek build
ing on Fifth street south , which was left
standing by the tire of last week , top
pled over in a high gale and struck the
Crocker hotel , a three-story structure on
Fifth street. Tons of brick and mortar
crashttl down through the fiimsily con
structed building , throwing the floors into
u mass of debris in the basement. There
was no warning of the disaster , and the
fourteen persons who were sleeping in
the hotel were caught and eight killed.
A passer-by who hoard tho crash turned
in a fire alarm ami tho department ar
rived in time to check flames in the
wreck.
Responsibility for the accident will be
the subject of a thorough investigation.
.T. G. Iloughton. tho building inspector ,
had made an inspection of the standing
walls , but had given no orders concerning
them. He had ordered the demolition of
other walls that seemed to threaten to
fall. Guests at the hotels had been
afraid because of the proximity of the
wall and had moved elsewhere , but as
nearly a week had passed ami the wall
stood apparently firm they had come
back. The terrific northwest gale was
the cause of the fall and it exerted a
greater pressure than the building in
spects expected.
C. L. Smith , a hack driver , one of the
roomers , had a curious premonition that
saved his life. He was nervous and
could not sleep. Twice he arose , dressed
and went outside to see what the wind
was doing. The second time he told a
policeman he thought die wall was un
safe. The officer laughed at the idea and
the words had scarcely left his lips when
the wall fell.
POTATO CROP TOO BIG.
Colorado Fanners Struggling with
Great Yield of Tubers.
Colorado's potato crop this year is
enormous and the problem of marketing
it presents so complicated a situation that
some of the trans-continental railroads
may be tangled up in a rate war before
it is over. All the railroads in Denver
have received an appeal from the United
Produce Company , which is the Potato
Growers' Association in northern Colo
rado , asking that a proportional rate of
25 cents a hundred be 'made on potatoes
from Denver to the Mississippi river.
The present rate on potatoes from
Colorado common points to the Missis
sippi is 40 cents a hundred. This the
growers do not want changed on pota- j
toes routed within their present terri
tory ; what they want is a reduction of
15 cents between Denver and the Mis
sissippi river on freight destined to go
beyond , so that Colorado can extent ! her
territory on potato sales in Kentucky , {
Illinois , Indiana , Ohio , Tennessee , Penn
sylvania and even New York. j
Unless some solution of the matter is
soon found it is predicted that more than
one-third of the crop in the northern
part of the State will rot in the field.
Farmers are now selling them at 35
cents per 100 pounds , sacked , and there
is threatened a further drop of 10 cents
in the price , which barely covers cost of
production at the present rate.
MANY IMPURE DRUGS SOLD.
Chicago Association Approves War on
Adulterated Products.
Adulterated drugs for five years have
been sold to retail druggists in unlimited
quantities , according to a report by Chas.
H. Avery , president of the Chicago Re
tail Druggists' Association , and Thomas
V. Wooten , secretary of the national as
sociation , to United States Commissioner
Mason. Of 40,000 druggists in the Unit
ed States , it is said 8.000 are known to
have bought and sold impure drugs.
Disclosures wero made following an in
vestigation of charges that a combine of
wholesale dealers was trying to "put the
mail-order drug houses out of business. "
The report asserts : ' 'We came away
burdened with humiliation that such a
condition of affairs could be possible in
a city where so many competent pharm
acists are employed in dispensing medi
cine , because tne fraudulent character of
the article dispensed could have been
proved by the simplest test.
"It is our desire publicly to commend
the investigation that is being made of
the frauds to which druggists have fallen
victims , because these investigations can
not result otherwise than advantageous *
Ito honest pharmacists. "
The official returns in Vermont show a
Republican plurality of 30,052.
The official canvass in South Dakota
shows : Roosevelt , 72.0S3 : Parker , 22,002 ;
Debs , 3,188 ; Watson , 1,248 ; Swallow ,
2,005.
The total vote for President in Texas
gives Parker 107.220 and Roosevelt 50.-
308 ; Watson , 8,002 ; Swallow , 4,244 ;
Debs , 2,287.
The Colorado Supreme Court took un
der consideration a motion made by Re
publican attorneys to throw out the vote
of four Denver precincts in which fraud
has been shown. This would give the
Republican three additional Senators and
make the vote in the State Senate a tie ,
with the Republican Lieutenant Gov
ernor holding the deciding vote.
The official canvass of the returns in
Colorado shows the following vote : Re
publican , 134.687 ; Democratic , 100.105 ;
Prohibition , 3,438 ; Socialist , 4,304 ; Popu
list , 824.
The official vote of Massachusetts
gives William L. Douglas ( Democrat ) for
Governor 35,989 plurality. The vote for
President was : Roosevelt , 257,822 ; Par
ker , 165,746.
The ofBcial convass of tho Pennsylva
nia vote gives : Roosevelt , 840.949 ; Par
ker , 335.430 ; Swallow ( Prohibition ) , 33- ,
717 ; Debs ( Social-Democrat ) , 21,863 ; Oor-r
rcgan ( Socialist ) , 2,211.
\
How badly off the navy Is for offi
cers and how seriously this condition
may affect the navy and the nation Is
plainly told in the annual report of
Rear Admiral George A. Converse ,
chief of the Bureau of Navigation , ap
proved by Secretary Norton. Experi
ence , especially in gunfire , lie says , has
shown that it is necessarj' to increase
the number of olliccrs assigned to ships
so that the estimate made in 1902 of
the number of ollicers needed for ships
in commission is inadequate. It pro
vided for only about one-half as many
officers as ships of the same class car
ry in the British , French and Ger
man navies. Admiral Converse recom
mends that the number of lieutenants
be increased from o50 to GOO , and that y *
the number of lieutenant commanders
be increased from 200 to 300.
Twenty American colleges arc af
fected by a decision of the Supreme
Court of the United States in the fa
mous Fayerweather will case , which
has been the subject of litigation for
fourteen years. The question immedi
ately involved was the legality of tha
act of the executors of the will of Dan
iel B. Fayerweather , of New York , in
dividing among the twenty jolle es
designated in the will the residue of
his estate. This action was contested
by the heirs at law. but was sustained
by the New York Court oil Appeals.
The United States Circuit Court up
held the contention of the heirs , but
its action was reversed by the Circuit
Court of Appeals. The heirs appealed
to the United States Supreme Court ,
but-that tribunal has decided against
them.
What would the builders of tha
great temples and palaces of the an
cient and medieval world have thought
of the proposal now seriously consider
ed , to execute in staff , at full size and
with exact coloring , the projected en
largement of the Capitol at Washing
ton , so that the country may sea
whether the change is wholly desirable ,
before striking hammer into the pres
ent east front of that noble edifice ?
World's fair buildings have shown
how beautiful temporary structures in
that soft material may be made. There
need be no further mistakes in the
great undertakings of architecture so
long as any important plan can in. this
way be tested , at a cost which is tri
fling in proportion to that of chiseling
the actual marble.
As a result of the revelations , in he
Chadwick case , the Treasury Depart
ment will start an inquiry to ascer
tain if possible why it is that national
bank examiners do not detect such
frauds as were perpetrated on the
bank at Oberlin. The Comptroller of
the Currency declines to discuss th
subject , but there is every reason
believe that by direction of the Pres-
'ident he is preparing to make it plain
to the examiners in the field that they
must use greater caution. Within the
last year a large number of national
banks have gone to the wall , and in
nearly every instance , it is asserted ,
the examiners ought to have had some
knowledge of the condition of the
banks long before they closed their
doors.
Influx of immigration and not dras
tic legislation by Congress will solve
the negro question in the Sonth. This
is substantially the decision of the
House committee having charge of the
bills proposing reduction of the South's
representation in Congress. While a
resolution may be adopted directing an
investigation , no hill will be passed
to punish the Southern States for 'Jis-
franchising the negroes , as leaders in
Congress believe that not only the de
velopment of the South , but the wel
fare of the negro , would be injured
by a legislative attempt to correct the
evil.
Because of their activity during the
recent political campaign. Warren F * .
Tuniber , a rural mail carrier at Lock-
port , N. y. , and H. W. Aldrich , a rural
carrier of Concord , N. H. , were re
moved from the government service
by Postmaster General Wynne. Tum-
ber is secretary of the National Asso
ciation of the carriers , and he and
Aldrich are members of its executive
board. They were charged with send
ing out circulars seeking to influence
the result in Congressional districts in
the interest of legislation for carriers.
Now let Congress pass the pure food
bill. Opinions may differ as to
amount of protection which should pre-j
vail at the custom houses , or
much internal revenue should be
lected , but there can be no questk/
of the desirability of "adequate
tection" at the portals of Iife&
the need of a wholesome incomt
the "inner man. "
The final agreement between
United States and Panama gives tl
latter control of the imports , leavhj
those for the canal free to come
by the canal ports only. Panama
to reduce her tariff , and the TJnitei
States controls the sanitation aij <
quarantine In the parts of Colon and
Panama.8 Panama controls postal af
fairs.
Three things to govern tamper
tongue and condnet r" "