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The Valentine Democrat , VALENTINE. NET. . r. AL RICE , . . . - Publisher. LTJEB IN ASSET PLAN DIJAIIJMAN PLEADS F CYociid Authorize Cashier's Check as Permanent Substitute for Cash , Thus Adding Hnorinously to Vol- u : c of Currency in Times of Need. Tiutt pcrnianerit relief from the present monetary stringency can only be had through : i .system of credit : urreney adequate to meet the re quirements of trade and redeemable in sold coin wa-s the opinion express ed by Representative Charles Fowler , af New Jersey , chairman of the bank- nr and currency committee , which will , at the coming1 session of con- ifrcss , emea.vor to have a law passed providing1 for credit currency issued by- this national banks. Until such permanent reJief i.s made possible by legislative enactments Mr. Fowler as serted the situation must be met by Issuance of clearing1 house certificates , cashiers' cheeks and due bills of busi- -jiess houses and manufacturers. ' "The underlying business condi tions. " said Air. Fowler , "are essential ly sound , as evidenced by the increas ed earnings of railroads and the fact that tliu value of our agricultural products this yea.r are $ r > 00,000,000 .more than last year ( which was the highest year in our history ) and are 3)ringing to our people about $7,000- OOO.'OQO. but public confidence has heen greatly shaken and credit seriously - ously affected : therefore , every pa.tri- otic citizen , from the president down , should do all in his power to restore that confidence , which is essential to iiutiiinal prosperity. "The cause of the currency strin gency i.s that there is scattered broad cast throughout the country , in the mints , ifi the wheat , corn and cotton lields. and the pockets of the people , or locked up , about $1.300.000,000 of the reserve money of the United Elates , most of which , under proper conditions , would be in the banks serving : ts a reserve. TRAP OFFICER. -Lynching Follows Murder of Police man at Tttllanmdga , Ala. As a re.sult of the murder of Sam -Thompson , assistant chief of police at Tallamadga , Ala. , Saturday night. Fred Singleton , a negro , was riddled - -with bullets by a posse early Sunday. 3ii the shooting of Police Atwell , who was a member of the posse , was shot in the leg. Singleton's body was hrousht to Tallamadga Sunday mornIng - Ing , and there was the most Intense excitement. Two other negroes im plicated in the killing of Thompson were caught and placed in the jail at > "ylacauga for safe keeping. Thomp son V ; murder was peculiarly atrocious. -He had arrested three crap shooters , who told him they knew where a big crap game was in progress and direct ed the ollicer to the Chemical plant. "When the officer arrived there he was fired upon simultaneously from several - eral directions. It is feared that the intense feeling aroused mtiy result in -further trouble. MKN" lLO\VN TO 1MKCES. in Railroad Grading Camp in Washington. Seven men were blown to pieces Friday at a construction camp on the Portland and Seattle railway near Lyle. Wash. All were laborers on the North bank road. There is no living witness to the -accident. It is presumed that one -of the unfortunates drove his pick into a missed bole of a mine that had been planted there last summer by another construction gang. The accident was not discovered until oth er men were returning to camp Fri day evening. These searched for the bodies , but I'xcept the leg of one man -and the arm of another not a vestige -was found. The victims seem to have -been directly above the blast and were probably hurled into the Columbia 7'iver , which is near by. Stork to Kept Very Busy President Roosevelt has granted 3loebling. N. .1. , a postoilice on account - , count of the wonderful activity of the stork thereabouts. A delegation of jcitizens told him there had been births in nine-tenths of the 300 families - -ilies since the place was established two years ago. I'anatmi'.s Fourth of July. The independence of the republic f Panama was celebrated Sunday day with enthusiasm throughout the entire country , as well as in the canal -Bone. Acting President Obaldla in augurated a new school of arts and trades in Panama Sunday. Girl Tranins In Male Attire. After traveling around the country Attired in men's clothes for six weeks it girl giving her name as Rosa AToore. of Newark , O. , was arrested at Kan- kakec. III. .She said she wore male attire for convenience in getting tiround. Sioux City Live Sltx-k Market- Saturday's quotations on the Sioux rily live stock market follow : Beeves , $5.00@G.OO. Top hogs , $5.70. STARTLES J'UKITY COIIGIIJSSS. NCKTO Woman Savagely Assails South ern Homes. Mrs. Mary Church Terrell , presi dent of the National Association of 1 Colored Women , delivered a furiouo invectimo against the people of the south before the purity congress at | Deroit , llich. , Friday. "No servant girl is safe in the homo of the white people , " she said , "and no mother who considered her daugh ter's honor would allou her to become a servant without first requiring refer ences. " She declared that all of the states of the south had voted to shut out the children of th'e blacks from an education and that the courts had re fused to protect colored women. J.frs. Terrell was especially bitter in her condemnation of the women of the south , some of whom she quoted as saying the negro woman was devoid of honor. "Many of our rich men will gladly give thousands to help my race , " she said , "but refuse to give an honest , honorable , educated negro respectable employment. " John Roberts , delegate of the Alli- ance'of Honor , of London. Eng. , urged ! that young men and women about to marry pass not only a mental and in tellectual examination , but a physical examination before a license is isfeued to them. He urged the suppression of immoral literature and liquor. Al though once an actor himself Mr. Roberts declared that purity workers inustantagonize the theater. "Our young cannot touch the mod ern drama without being infected , " he declared. "Most of our modern plays deal with the so-called love of two men for one woman or two wom en for one man. The theater is a men ace to the home , and if we do not fight it it will engulf the Anglo-Saxon- in a sea of lust and infamy. " , j KAMSEY JJEATKX IN 1JIG SUIT. j i Verdict for $ o8D.)0 ) ) Against Former j Railroad Magnate. A verdict of $589,000 against Joseph - seph Ramsey , Jr. , former president of the Wabash railroad , in a suit brought ' i by John S. Jones , a financier and coal land operator , was handed down Fris day in the New York supreme court. Mr. Jones sued George J. Gould , William E. Guy , and Mr. Ramsey as individuals to recover $460,000 which he alleged to be due him from the three defendants for securing for them 30,000 acres of coal lands in southern Ohio. A part of the money sued for , according to Mr. Jones , represented sums advanced by him in payment for the land , and the rest included his commissions , expenses and interest. Justice Goff held that neither Gould j nor Mr. Guy were liable , and the ver- diet consequently was rendered only against Mr Ramsey. Tt represented j the full amount of the suit , plus costs j and interest , since the debts were made. i A 1'ARM ; TRUST VICTORY. Tobacco Crop of Five Kentucky Connj j . 1 ties Sold. : * i By a deal recently consummated at Henderson , Ky. , the Imperial Tobac- J co company purchased the -entire 1907 tobacco crop pledged- the American j . Society of Equity in Henderson. Union - } ion , "Webster , Hopkins , and Crittenden [ counties. The deal involves 1G.OOO- 000 pounds of tobacco and will bring ? 1.0,000 ! of English money to the farmers of this section. The price paid j H was that demanded by the farmers , and is the highest price ever paid since the Civil war. All equity factories and employes are taken over by the Imperial com pany and will be continued in service. Deliveries begin as soon , as the tobacco is in order. The gold will be shipped from England at once. ti NO All ) FOR SUFFKRKRS. ti tih llussian Jlovermnent Made no Move $ to Help People. if ifa The Russian government is taking a no steps to send the relief petitioned w by Karatagh. To do so would be contrary to the Russian custom of nonintervention in the internal af fairs of Bokhara , and it would a"lso 13 involve a journey of over 500 miles 13b. through the mountains from the nearest b. b.CJ est point. It is not known what steps CJV the Bokharian government is taking V to send relief , but it would appear to el be acting with the usual and char acteristic Asiatic fatalism and pro crastination. Newspaper corporations { at Samarkam. Tashkent , Bokhara and by Kokhand have not yet beer able to * > supply further details of the disaster. l > w Found Dead in Tfotel. . A man who on Thursday registered at the Waldorf Astoria in New YOTK as H. B. Potter. Jr. . of Philadelphia , is was found dead in his room Monday- 01h night. Coroner Harburger emphati h cally stated his belief that the man in had been murdered. of UiK Strike in England. The executive committe of the he Amalgamated Society of Rail Services heN. of Ixmdon Friday adopted a resolu ing tion to call a general strike. es 10 Per Cent Cut in Wages. The Xew York Airbrake company Friday issued notice that commenc R ing Nov. 1 the salaries of all employes sh from superintendent down would be til : reduced 10 per cent. tilw < re Hein/e to Quit Bntte Ban' : . M. S. Largey , president of thy Slate Savings bank at Butte , Mont , which closed its doors two weeks ago , stated Friday that F. Augustus Heinze will ro retire from the bank in a few days. Q MORI- ] CASH IN SIGHT. Hankers Assured of liig Increase u ? Supply. Indications that the available sup ply of cash would be materially in creased within a short time , both by imports of gold and the increase the bank note circulation , and that the movement of cotton and grain crops would be facilitated in every way possible , with the result of in creasing our credits abroad , were the salient features of Thursday's financial ' cial situation. It seemed to be recog nized everywhere that the acute stage of the crisis was over and that all that remained was sutlicient currency to resume currency payments upon a broad scale and thus to restore condi tions prevailing before the crisis. The engagements of gold made in New York , Chicago And elsewhere brought up the total import move ment within the past week to $23,70.- 000. As this amount of gold will af ford a basis of credit to four time.- * the amount , or about $95,000,000 , it will in itself afford much relief to the existing pressure. The action of the Bank of England in raising its dis count rate from 4 Vi to 5'/i per cent was in accordance with expectations in conservative circles. The fact that the increase was not made to fi per cent and that the English rate re mains 1 per cent below the German rate is accepted as an indication that the situation at London is not consid ered acute. A UTAH 1XJ > IAN OUTURKAlt. Several Persons Killed in Fiiiltith ; the Redskins. In a battle between United State. * troops and Indians , which occurred in southern Utah several days ago , three perspns were killed and another wounded. All are believed to have been Indians. The news of the occur rence was conveyed to the Indian bu reau in a telegram from Superintend ent Shelton , of the San Juan agency. The army command consisted of four ollicers , seventy-four men and three Indian scouts. The telegram to the Indian bureau , which was dated at Ship Rock , N. M. , is as follows : "The troops have returned from southern Utah. They arrested JJylillii ; and nine other Indians. Three other.- : were killed and one , , wounded while shooting at the Indians. The Indians are quiet and I do not anticipate fur ther trouble. " Ollicials of the Indian bureau as sume the killed and wounded were In dians. ; The Indians arrested are part of a band of Navajoes that has been making trouble on a reservation iif northwest New Mexico. A BIG FlllK IX CHICAGO. Blaze in a Shoe Factory Causes Loss of Half a Million. Seven firemen were overcome by smoke and a loss of $500,000 was caused in a fire in a five-story building - ing i at State and Quincy streets , Chicago cage , occupied by the Holden Shoe company , early Thursday. The fire broke out on the top floor in the repair department , and before the firemen arrived had spread to the next floor below. The burning leather filled the building with dense smoke , and the firemen were unable to enter and were compelled to light the flame * from the roofs of adjoining buildings. Seven firemen on a fire escape at onetime time were overcome. D. M. Mclntosh , manager of th ; concern , said the company carried a stock of $300.000 and that the entire stock was ruined. The cause of the fire is not known. l > ead 3sn an John Dongle , president of the Dollar lar Savings bank at Akron , O. . was appointed a receiver of that institution Thursday in consequence of the sui cide of Fred A. Baron , cashier and treasurer , last Sunday. An examina tion by the directors and the clearing house association found a shortage of $38,000 , against which stands a cash ier's bond of $20,000 and overdrafts . amounting to $ J 8,000. on which $ C.OOJ ( . was realized Wednesday. Killed in HI'H Sin. : R. E. Weber , a sergeant in the United StateB army barracks at th Columbus , O. , barracks , was killed by Edward Mitchell , a negro , who came home unexpectedly and found Weber ( in company with .Mrs. Mitch ell.1 Ci-oker Ueats Kinu's Horse. Richard Croker's Rhodora , ridden VT. Bullock , won the Dewhurst pls.16 , at Newmarket , Eng. , Thursday , beating ( Kfr.g : ? Jdward's I'errier , which was second. Railroad Land for Settlers. United States Commissioner Curran accepting homestead applications 216,000 acres of land heretofore held by the Santa Fe railroad , situated \ \ a body beginning four miles north Ac Clovis , N. M. Fire In Hover Hotel. Fire broke out in the American house , the principal hotel in Dover , c . H. , at 1:35 o'clock Thursday morning and a number of guests narrowly F 2scaped with their lives. Russian Cholera Statistics. The official cholera statistics of Russia : for the week ending Oct. 112 r how that with the approach of winter'C' ho epidemic is being checked. There . i --ere 1,099 new cases and 41G deaths 'cc reported. : i , Loch Retui < ns toVasnn t n. Secretary Loeb returned to Washi ngton and resumed his duties as sec- D otary to President Roosevelt Thurs- ! Ij' lay. - tt ' \ ' t' v ' ' * - t' ' t s > f , i INDIA- , * iAs"r > s ARIiiKixc : ; SOLD : Urn Ovrr Fci-ty Dollars. The t-yes of land buyers were turn ed toward the fertile reservation of the Winnebagoes in ans'wer f ) ihe ad vertisement of a sale of inherited In dian laiHl. Two thousand three bun- died and sixty acres were offered for t-a'o ' and out of that amount about l.H"0 acres wore .sold at an average price < ; f $41.25 per acre. The remain der b-Miisr below appraisement. According to an ant of congress , dated February S. 18S7. land inherited from' { he original allottee may be sold after due advertisement , by seal- oj bids. .Mary thousands of acres of this valuable land has been sold in the rast and 'much more will bo sold in the future on account of tin's increased facilities for marketing the produce -ivon hy the advent of the Burlington ' ailrnail into this territory. A more rrceri.t act of congress allows ; tny In dian t' < sell hi' ? own allotment under Hi" same conditions as the heirship I.i'd has been sold. There is no ouestion of 'title to lands sold under the lctl ° r act.hilf in some cases there aie heirship matters quite dil'.l- eiilt of settlement under the former. i Much information of Interest to prospective land buyers could be had by ! n < juiiy from the office of the su- oprinlondopt and special disbursing a/rent , arid this information would bo more authentic than that received frciin local land dealers and specula tors. wIiii are always anxious to have those who would buy for homos believe - liovo Pint no title can be obtained. This i.- ; their way of deceiving with the purpose of having no competition i'l the r in U or of bids on the land offered i for sale. There are some verv unseru- pulous speculators who -approach tin ; prospective land buyer with the. prop osition that if lie will make certain payments to them he uan assure the j purchaser that he will receive the piece of land on which he bids. Any one ean bid and all bids ar considered if the regulations are complied with. X ] iRASKA : i'OAL AJIOX WIN" . Commission OoHines to SVrmit Nexv Schedule. i The N'ebrask.t state railway com mission has declined to permit the railroads to adopt the schedule < f reeoiiKigntncnl of eharj-vs. The j roads \\anlcd to chaige ? n and $7 a I ear for each car reconsigned. The | lumber and eoal men fouirht the j > ref f changes. H. If. I0nbry , tralfie manager of the liock Island , filed an amended scale of prices , proposing $3. $4 and J $ . " > . However , the matter will not be j tnrco.n up until the Interstate commis- 1 si m has acted. i The Burlington accepted the revist } ed cereal rales and the sc-.hi'dule went into i effect on nio.st of ( he roads Fri day.- day.The The Burlington railway notified the j state railway commission that the new cream rates would be accepted \ and Ihe revised schedule equalizing j the charges of long and short hauls j goes into effect. Passenger Trafiic { Manager lOustis insisted that the inI I junction Judge. Kohlsaat issued in Chicago last August prevented Iho act eoptanco of the Nebraska schedule , Tlie clerk of Judge Kohlsaat's court } informed the. commission the decree ! lid not effort interstate business. ! IKRS * HOiMK. i Nebraska Ve.enu l > enl ! Admission Because < : f Pt-nsion. 1 The state board of institutions re- ' j'H-ted J ihe application filed by Bur- i detle X. Cleveland , of Fremont , for j admission to the soldiers' and sailors' j ' home at Grand island. Clovhuul is j a veteran of the civil war with nn j ' j honorable discharge , but inasmuch as j he draws a pension of $ : ? 0 a month he j t i.s not considered to be der-ftident on il ilr juililic or private charaliy. Secretary of .State Junkin , siienking for the ( board , said it was enjoined from enforcing - \ ' forcing the new rule which would por- nit < ; Clevelaiul's admission and con- .se < tuently it was obliged to fall back .111 the old rule which barred any veteran - ° eran from the home who drew over ( $1- a month. In recent years this rule ius been construed liberally and was . recently changed so as to admit any applicant , but providing that he SI contribute a part of his pension j money. The new rule was opposed j tl and enjoined in court. j ln \v Ferjruson Ilrinjrs Suit. \v I lev.V. . . P. Ferguson , deposed pas e tor of the First Methodist church of ITniversity Place , filed in the district j court suits for $ n.)00 ! ) each against j the firms of Atwood & Guile and C. R. j n Smith & Co. , of University Place. He tt alleges these firms attached his furni ttd ture to secure the payment of small iii bills while he was out of the city last iiifc summer. fcP' P' P'ol of Injurx' Man Jloidiiuv Ilis O\vn. ' John J > ingman. the brakeman who was so seriously injured on the North western railroad at Blair , by being crushed between two freight cars , i.s reported to be holding his own. ! ' . : ai aiO ( 'ore < l { Death by liul ! . O The county coroner ofVahoo was t'i called : to Moss IJluff to hold an in- lit on the body of a farmer named tii : Fialla. who was gored to death by a Pi savage bull. di laborer Killed by Train. Ernest Hazel , a laborer not long from the old country , was instantly H' killed ' at McCook by the enjfin" of pa : > _ in rfenger train No. 14. He was walking ft alongside the railroad track and fail in inw to give himself sufficient clear w ance. sa ; br Tries to Entl Two Lives. John Losey. a liveryman of Hubbell - bell , stabbed his wife and then cut iis own throat. He was intoxicated. Gi Giw Roth are expected to die. Hubbeil is w ; 2iiall to'.va in Tliayer county. Carries cut the 'Ilireat of Clcr-cd Sunday - day in Cniaiui. DoGlnnins Sunday , December 10th , Omaha is to be a closed town and the letter of trie law. as well as the spirit , is to be observed. .Mcyor D.ihlman issued his edict to that effect in the shape of a letter adc'ressied to Chief of Police Dona- luie instructing him to notice that the Sunday closing law must be strict- iy observed in the city of Omaha , and further instructing- him that if he finds his force of patrolmen too small to cany out his order , the chief shall invoke the section of law which provides that county officials may be called upon for assistance. The order is sweeping in the ex treme and will effect not only thea ter's and other places of amusement , but will close up every store and of fice that has formerly done business on the first day of the week. The action taken by the mayor is the result of a crusade begun by the anti-saloon league whose , represen tative , 1C. Thomas , served notice on the i mayor that he must cause to be removed i the screens from all saloons , and threatening the executive with court action if ho declined to do so. The mayor at once took stops to have the screens removed. To retaliate the liquor dealers , as sociation , through Justice of the Piece Charles < Fields , vhioh resulted in the order that the Sabbath .shall be ob served not < ry by the saloons , but by every other business place in Om aha. With five weeks in which to pre pare for the Sunday closing , business concerns will have an opportunity to prepare , for the enforcement of the order. The theater managers say they will carry the matter to the courts. iKAirx : < ; PLACE-IS AT O.MAITA. ( rrai : : Men Will He Heard on Switch ing Charge IlcqiieM. Whether the grain men of Omaha iec''ivii shipments over the Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific roads are to t be subjected to an additional switching1 charge will come up before the t railroad commission on Nov. S , at x hearing they have yet for Omaha. The present charge for handling air < -ir sent to the grain inspection tracks < f the ITnion Pacific in Omaha is $ . * > . Under i tlie proposed charge it will be possible ? to make an inerea.se. The Missouri ; Pacific has submitted a num ber of tariff sheets embodying changes it desires to make which amount to substantially the same thing. In the application of thi. road it i is set out that a careful examination is i necessary to determine just how the rate is changed and that it is hard Jo t say in a few words vrhat the differ ence i.s. The Union Pacific specifies the new ' hangft in the following- language : Grain in car lots from Union Pacific railroad grain inspection tracks , Oma ha , consigned to grain elevator on Union Pacific tracks , Omaha. 52 net- car. Also de.sire to establish switching c.imrcre \ of 5 per car on grain in car- lots I from Union Pacific grain inspec tion tracks * to transfer tracks with connecting line where grain is con signed to elevators. CHAXC.'KS IX MAIL SEtlVICE. Xew Plans of Northwestern in Kf- feet. Important changes affecting the railway mail service on the North western line we-'t of the Missouri river went into effect recently. Full cars heretofore operating out : f Missouri Valley will now go out of Omaha , and twenty-seven clerks employed on these lines between these points and Dead wood will report to the chief clerk at Omaha instead of at Sioux City. Clerks heretofore per forming i-ervice between Omaha and Gregory , S. D. , will be assigned to runs on Omaha and Lrong Pine trains X-os. 1 and 2. Service between Nor folk and Dallas will be by apartment car under the supervision of the chief clerk at Sioux City. Runs of mail clerks on the Lincoln and Fremont ailway posloffice will be extended to .start from Missouri Valley. This service also will be under the supervision of the Sioux City office. The change is made for the good o the service as the postoffice depart ment views it. for the reason that mail cars and the runs of the clerks will correspond with the manner in . vv which through train service is operat ed < by the Northwestern. No I'neasiness at Xcligh. The ; financial flurry has not scared the people of Neligh. On inquiry at the local banks they said that their deposits are not falling off. and that nothing has been withdrawn except V for the usual course of business. De positors ' are stisfied with the safety their money and feel hopeful as to 'he future. P s iSissourJ Pacific Reports. The Missouri Pacific railroad com pany has made its weekly report to he Railway commission showing the imoutit of work done on the line. To October 2Gth. ties had been spotted the number of IOC.188 : ties re- lewed , G7..S.14 : ties received. 68,764 : ies on hand. 910 : section men em- loyed , 256. This report was for one iivision. h Worker is Insane , ti Many Kiigore. aged 20. of Hastings. in , vlio has become involved in trouble Cleveland. O. . Barin , Wyo. . and " ither places during the last few _ nonths , through the negotiation of i- .vorthless cheeks , was adjudged inane - ane by the Adams county insanity j so < joard. f : " Grr.d Island llnnk Fails. The Commercial State Bank of to Jranri Island has failed. The failure li vas due to the failure of the First It sational Bank of Chariton. Iowa. i V H ' 5 - Q J 1 " * Kv * O , < -V > # : ? K : . 'v ? : ? * , Qty BVA - - . r .s- P je . vGL . Sinndnrtl Oil's affinity is Miss Div > . Chitti ? o Tribune. prevalent notion that There i.s Roi-kefeller ought to divide. Phi la del- * I" phiu Press. ' on the laud , , Lot's haul our navy up lest some other power should object. New York Mail. It makes the average man fed rather- cheerful to discover that last year's , overcoat is seed for another winter. Washington Post. When a good jockey can earn $50- 000 a year , it is strange that o niaiiy light-weights. try to get into Congress- Washington I'ost. A.s the chorus girl season is ct > min - on we may begin to look for the dis tribution of some swollen fortunes. Philadelphia Press. While the President was enjoying : dir meat in camp , the rest of usvero - growling about the dear meat at home. . - - Washington Post. Salesgirls in Piltsburg liave been for bidden tovear pompadours. Was not life in Pittslmrg hard enough before4 Philadelphia Inquirer. All kinds of food are getting so- hixh in price that corned beef and cab bage will soon ri.se to aristocratic rank , on tie : menu. Philadelphia Inquirer. After Miss Gladys Vandcrbilt be comes the Countess Sxechonyi she. wil * always remind her friends of an incur able case of hay fever. Washington- Post. While a Paris doctor may , as In : as serts , euro cancer in thirty minutes , so- important a process ought to lie worth , least an hour's time. Philadelphia .edger. With the price of pie up , the cost of indigestion is again advanced. Il" this continues it will soon be so that no one can afford to have it. New York Tribune. In Xew England the price of pie has- advanced 20 per cent. The manufac turers must have felt that they have- been mincing matters too long. Wash ington I'ost. The Norwegian explorer who pur poses to reach the North Pole with a. team of polar bears would draw a big- tor crowd if he drove up Broadway. Xe\v York World. It i.s reported that 20,000 pounds of prunes have been ordered for victual ing MK Pacific fleet. That ought to- m.ike the men feel like fighting. Washington Post. Pastor Aked , recently brought over from England to New York , says the story of Jonah is a fiction. Then the- nature faker is no modern creation. Philadelphia Ledger. The Russian opinion that war be tween the United States and Japan is- ifevitable arises , doubtless , from a not" unnatural desire to see Japan Hcked. Philadelphia Ledger. ; Women's hats , the experts tell us , . nre now the same as they were a hun dred years ago. That is doubtless ther reason why they seern to be looking- backward. New York Tribune. Now somebody else is going to glad den the hearts of mankind by "making- a dash for the North Pole. " Can't tbo- North Pole be abolished by internation al agreement ? New York Sun. A new opponent of rural free deliv ery has arisen. The postmaster at Afount Carmel , Conn. , has become tirerJ of distributing mail on a daily wage of 15 cents. New York Tribune. A large steel plant has been locatccE in China , and that country is destined to discover that for ways that are dark and tricks that are vain , a large steer plant is peculiar. Washington Post. Doctors who plead guilty to Prof Osier's charges that they smoke too much may allege .that they compound for their own indulgence by forbidding- , it in their patients. New York World. Hunting the North Pole seems to iiare become a popular game. Under the rules of 1906 and 1907 it seems to- be much safer than football , automo- foiling or aerial navigation. New York : Sun. Sun.The The Baltimore Sun says some vaude ville "artists" are paid $10 a minute We have seen some that made us fee ? that we were earning that much by watching their performance. Wash ington Post. If the reduction in steamship rates- goes much further the competing com panies will offer not only to carry pas sengers without charge , but even to- Kive them handsome bonuses. New- York Tribune. Uncle Sam is gathering crops worth * 7,000,000,000. That means about $ Sf > worth of farm produce for every in habitant. As a producer of real wealth , the farmer is still in a class by him self. Philadelphia Press. Captain Amundsen announces that lie is having six polar bear teams- trained for a dash to the North Pole- 1910. Matched against the Wellmar * airship , an Arctic race between the tor toise and the hare seems to be prom ised. New York Sun. Some of those people who arc doing- much kicking about the Irish girl's- face on the new gold coins probably wouldn't get hold of one often enough- , recognize the lady , and wouldn't have it long enough to'commit her looks to memory. Washington Post ,
