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Saxton was walking beside Raridan
q , - In the lower hall. He felt an impulse to
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! express gratitude for his rescue from the
! loneliness of the twilight ; but Raridan ,
! : - talking incessantly , and with hands
, thrust easily into his trousers' pockets ,
led the way into the reading room.
; ( "Hello , Wheaton , I ddn't know you
, were at home , " he called to a man who
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'i ' , . rose on seeing a stranger with Raridan.
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i i "Oh , yes , " said the man .introduced as
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, ' shouldn't see you ' here.1r. . Porter told
me you had come. " .
1 , : ! i Wheaton seemed very serious , and had
I not much to say. He had just come
' ; i homo , from a terious trip to the western
I part of the State , he said , on an errand
for his bank. He was tall , slim and
dark. There was a suggestion of sleepy
. indifference in his ciack eyes ; , though he
\ bad a well-established reputation for en-
. ergy and in l1strr.
I i "Mr. Porter told me you : were quar
'I tered here. I hope they can make you I
II com r ortaUlc. I'm personally relieved that
,1 , I you have come. Your Boston friends I
were getting very impatient with us. WjJ. !
! _ shall do all in our power to aid you ; but I
I II t of course Mr. : Porter has said all that to i
, tj you. " His smile was by a movement of' '
P ' : the lips , and his eyes did not seem to
, participate in it. He did not refer again
I to possible business relations with Sax-
I ! , - - ton , but turned the conversation into
: I . . general channels. They sat together for
an hour , Raridan , as was his way in
: any company : , doing most of the talking.
I They seemed to have the club house to
I themselves. Now and then one of the
negro servants came and looked in upon
: them sleepily. A clerk at the desk in
I " , , " , the hall read in peace. A party of young
, people could be heard entering by the
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fled echoes of their gaiety reached the
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" trio in the reading room.
"That's back in the incurables' ward , "
said Raridan , in explanation to Saxton.
i "It isn't nice of you ; to speak of the
gentler . sex in that way , " admonished
Wheaton.
"Oh , there are girls and girls , " said
Uaridan , wearily. "It does seem to me
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that . Mabel : Margrave : is always hungry.
"Why can't she do her eating at home ? "
i "lie's simply jealous , " Wheaton re
marked to Saxton. "He always acts that
way when he hears a girl in the ladies'
dining room , and doesn't dare go back
and break in on some other fellow's par-
ty. "
- "When you show signs of mental decay ,
it's time for us to go home , Wheaton. "
Raridan held out his hand to Saxton.
"I'm glad you're here , and you may be
sure we'll try to make you like us. Whea
ton and I live in a barracks around the
- corner , with a few other homeless wan-
derers. I hope to see you there. Don't
: be afraid of the Chinaman at the door.
-My cell is up one flight and to the right. "
JtAnd don't overlook me there , " Whea
ton interposed. "I suppose we shall see
you down town very often. Mr. : Raridan
- is the only man in Clarkson who has no
visible : means of support. The rest of us
rare pretty busy ; but that doesn't mean
that we shan't be glad to see you at the
tCIarkson ! National. "
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- "William Porter lived well , as became
a 'first citizen of Clarkson. His house
stood at the summit of a hill near the
end of Varney street , and the gradual : :
slope leaping up to it was a pretty park ,
whose lawn and shrubbery showed -the
Intelligent care of a good gardener. The
3ry air was still hot as John Saxton
climbed the cement walk which wound
' ver the slope at the proper degree to
bring the greatest comfort to pedestrians.
: : ' The green of the lawn was grateful to
' : Saxton's eyes , whicu dwelt with relief on
- ithe fine spray of the rotary sprinklers
that hissed coolly at the end of long
lines of hose. Interspersed among the
indigenous scrub-oaks were elms , maples
and cedars , and the mottled bark of white
birches showed here and there. The lawn
was broken by beds of cannas , and it was
. evident that the owner of the place had
. a taste for landscape gardening and
- spent his money generously in cultivating
it. 'The house itself was of red brick
dating from those years in which a Man :
sard roof and a tower were thought in-
dispensable : in serious domestic architec-
ture. There was a broad : veranda on the
. river side , accessible throughFrench
. windows of the same architectural period.
A maid admitted Saxton and left him
to find his own way into the drawing-
room , through which a breeze was blow-
. . . ing pleasantly } from across the valley.
S Saxton sat in a deep wicker chair , mop-
- - . ' - ' . ; jjins his forehead. He heard a light step
k . crossing the hall , and a girl , still singing
- - - softie- to herself , passed " b'ack of him to
: ; a little str.nd which stood by one of the
5- drawing ; rccm windows. The back of the
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unconscious that any . one was there. The
- . ' - breath of the sweet peas which she was
: _ : distributing suddenly sweetened the cool
, " . . air of the room. Seeing that the girl
_ ' - did not know of his presence iu the house ,
, ; _ and that she would certainly discover him
; . . . when she turned to go , he rose and faced
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. : ' "Oh . 1' The sweet peas fell to the floor ,
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; and the I girl looked anxiously
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. * * I beg your pardon , " Saxton repeated.
. - ' " I thiak - I fear-I wasn't announced.
K - . But I beli \ 'eIr. . Porter . is expecting
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tion seriously , and was sincerely sorry
for having startled her. "Father will be
here very soon , I think. " She moved to-
ward the door with dignity , ignoring the
fallen flowers ( , and Saxton stepped for-
ward and picked them up.
"Allow me. " . The girl took them from
him , a little uncertainly and guardedly ,
then returned to the vase and placed the
flowers in it.
"Thank you very much , ' she said. : "I
think I hear ml father now. " She went
to the outer door and opened , inclining
her head slightly as she passed John ,
who also heard Mr. Porter's voice out-
side. lIe was remonstrating with the
gardener about the position of the sprink-
lers , winch he wished reset in keeping
with ideas of his own.
"W ell , Evelyn ? " he said , as he came
up the , steps. Saxton could hear the
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young woman making an :
low tones to her father. Mr. : Porter
stood suddenly in the . door. - -
"Well , this beats me , " he-l > egaTTr - effu
sively , coming forward and wringing
Saxton's hand. "I'm not goilng to try
to explain. I simply forgot , that's all.
lie took Saxton's arm and turned him
toward the door where the girl still stood ,
smiling.
"Evelyn ! , this is Mr. Saxton. lie's
come to dine with ' us. but I forgot all
about it. See here , Evelyn , you've got
to square this tor me , " he concluded ,
and she came forward : and shook . hands
with Saxton.
" ' how it be ' . '
"I don't know can 'squared.
This is only one of father's lapses , Mr.
Saxton. You may be sure he didn't mean
to do it. "
"No. indeed " declared Porter , "but
I'm ashamed of myself. " He waved the
young people to seats and vanished into
the hall.
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tistics as to the number of t/ees that had
been planted in the State by school chil-
dren during the past year. The maid
came to announce a.nner , and Porter
talked on as he led the way to the din ,
ing room. As they were taking their
seats a boy of 12 took the place opposite
Saxtou.
"This is my brother Grant , " said Miss :
Porter. The boy was shy and silent and
looked frail. The efforts of his sister to
bring him into the talk were fruitless.
When his father or sister spoke to him
it was with an accented kindness. II "
would not talk before a stranger but his
faco brightened at the humor of the oth-
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"You'd better get Mr. Saxton to tell
you how much fun ranching is , " said
Porter , turning to the boy , who at once
became interested in i Saxton.
"I'm going to be a ranchman , " the lad
declared. "leather's ! going to buy me the
Poindexter ranch some day. "
"That's one of Mr. Saxton's properties.
Mayhe : he'd trade it to you for a tin whis-
tle. "
"Is it as bad as that ? " asked Saxton.
"Just wait until you see it. It's pretty
bad. "
"The house must have been charming , "
said Miss : Porter.
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"And that's .about all it was , " replied
her father.
It was warmer outside than in , but
Porter pretended that it was pleasanter
of doors and'msisted that there
out , was
always a breeze on the hill at night.
Raridan : appeared at the step presently.
They all rose as he came up , and he said
to Saxton as he shook hands with him :
"I see you've found the way to headquar-
ters. All roads lead up to this Alpine
h'ight-alld I fear-I fear-that all
roads lead down again , " he added , with
a doleful sigh , and laughed. He began
making himself greatly at home. He as-
sured Mr. Porter , with amiable insolence ,
that his veranda chairs were the most un
comfortable ones he knew , and went to
fetch himself a better seat from the hall
" : \11' . Raridau likes to be comfortable . "
said Miss : Porter in his absence.
"But he finds pleasure in making oth-
ers comfortable , too , " Saxton ventured.
"Oh , he's the very kindest of men , "
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Miss Porter affirmed.
"What a nuisance -you are , Warry , "
said Porter , as the young man fussed
about to find a place for his chair. "We
were all very easy here till you . came.
Even the breeze has died out. "
Saxton got up to go presently and
Raridon rose with him. lIe and Saxtou
went down the walk together.
"They seem to have struck up an ac-
quaintance , " observed : \1 r. Porter.
"Mr. : Saxton is very nice , " said Evelyn.
"Oh , he's all right , " said her father ,
easily.
- CHAPTER : IV.
John Saxton trotted his pony through
a broken gat into a great yard that had
once been sown in blue grass , and at the
center of which lay the crumbled ruins
of a fountain. Before he could make his
presence known , a frowsy man in cor-
duroy emerged from the great front door
and came toward him. . J .
"My name's Saxton , and you must be
Sh ; der. " . . -
"Cori ct" said the man , and they
shook hands. "Walk in and help your-
self. " lIe led the pony toward the out-
buildings , while Saxton viewed the pile i
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making a careful inspection of all the
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properties that had fallen to his care
This had necessitate ! a good deal of
traveling. He had begun in. Coloradc
and worked eastward , going slowly , and
getting the best advice obtainable as to
the value : of his ! principals' holdings
Much of their -property was practicallj
worthless. Title had been gained undei
foreclosure to vast areas which had nc :
value. A waterworks plant stood in tht
prairie where there had once been e '
Kansas town. The place gas depopu
lated and "the smokestack stood as a mon
ument to blighted hopes. Ranch house
were inhabited by squatters , who had not
been on his books at all and who paid
no tribute to Boston. He was viewed
with suspicion by these tenants , and on
inquiry at the county seats , he found
that they were lawless men , and that it
would be better for aim to let them alone.
It was patent that they would not pay
rent , and to eject them merely in the
maintenance of a principle involved use-
less expense and violence.
"This certainly beats them all , " Sax-
ton muttered aloud.
He had reached in his itinerary jvhal :
his papers called the Poindexter proper
ty. He had found that the place was
famous throughout this part of the coun
try for the idiosynchasies i ; of its some
time owners , three young men who had
come out of the East to show how the
cattle business should be managed. Thej
had secured an immense acreage and
built a stone ranch house whose curious
architecture imparted : to the Platte Val
ley a touch of medievalism that was lit.
tle appreciated by the neighboring cattle
men. One of the owners , a Philadelphiau
named Poindexter , .who had a weakness
for architecture , contributed the "build
ings and his two associates : bought the
cattle. : There were one thousand acre ,
of rolling pasture here , much of it lying
along the river , and a practical man
could hardly have failed to succeed ; but
theft , disease in the herd and inexperiencE
in buying and selling , had wrought th
ranchmen's destruction. Before then
money was exhausted , Poindexter and his
associates lived l in considerable state , and
entertained the friends who came to set
them according to the best usages ol
Eastern country life ! within , and theii
own mild approximation of Western life ( !
without. Tom Poindexter's preceptor in
architecture , an elderly gentleman with
a sense of humor , had found a pleasure
which he hardly dared to express in the
medieval tone of the house and buildings
"There's a remnant of the Poindextei
herd out there somewhere , " Wheaton had
said to Sexton. "The fellow Snyder , that
I put in as a caretaker , ought to havE
gathered up the loose cattle by this time ;
that's what I'told him to do when I pul .
him there. "
Saxton turned and looked out over the
rolling plain. A few rods away lay the
river , and where it curved nearest the
house stood a group of cottonwoods , lik
sentinels drawn together for colloquy :
Scattered here and there over the plair :
were straggling herds.
There was much in the place to appeal
to Saxton's quiet humor. The hous <
was two stories high aud there was t
great hall , with an immense fireplace aj
one end. The sleeping rooms opened on t
gallery above the hall. An effort had < * !
been made to give the house the appear
ance of Western wildness by introducing
a great abundance of skins of wild beast ?
- n highly dishonest bit of decorating
for they had been bought in Chicago
Under one wing of the stairway , whicj )
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the hall , was the dining room ; under thf i
other was the ranch office.- - ' I
"Those fellows thought a good deal ol
their stomachs. " said Snyder , a's Saxton I
opened and shut the empty drawers ol
the t sideboard.
"I suppose our mortgage covers thi
sunset , too , " Saxton said. Nearly everj
portable thing of value had ! been removed
and evidently in haste ; but the heav
oak chairs and the table remained. Sny
der did his' own modest cooking in the
kitchen , which was in great disorder
The floor of the office was littered witl
scraps of paper. ' -ihe ? original tenanti !
had evidently made a quick settlement o |
their business affairs before leaving. Sny
der did his own modest cooking in th <
on the long bench that was built into on <
side of the room , and a battered valis <
otherwise marked it as his lodging place
Saxton viewed the room with disgust ; il
was more like a kennel than a bedroom
"My ranching wasn't so bad after all , '
he muttered. "If you have a pony weT ! '
take a ride around the fences. "
( To be continued. )
No arorc "Wliife Bread ? "
"White bread is abolished in thi
United States , " it is stated in tele-
graphic dispatches , referring to the
ruling of the Secretary of Agriculture
that [ millers must not bleach flour. The
ruling went into effect this week , but
millers have until June 3 to dispose
of the bleached flour still in stock.- It
is ! declared that there will be as much
difference between bread made from
unbleached flour as there is between I
angel cake and sponge cake. " The flour
will be of a creamy color instead of
white , and the bread will be light
golden in color. But there will-be no
difference in flavor , and the bread will
lave an additional quality to commend
itself to the consumer , because it will
be just like that "mother used to
make. " in the good old days before thi
craze for bleached flour came into
\'ogue.-TIochester Democrat.
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Unquestionably. -
"Don't you think this dealing in fu
Lures is awful ? ' ' asked t'e young worn-
in who would like to reform the
world.
"I don't know much about it , " con-
fessed the woman with suspiciously
jlonde hair "but Tin sure it must be
much nicer than dealing in pasts.-
Kansas City Times.
Wise.
"I accepted him because he's so sen/
sible and practical. "
"How did you find it out ? "
"He waited till after Christmas tfl
) ropose. " - Cleveland Leader.
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Big Mills Go Down Before the On-
Rush of Destructive Flames.
Word has beau received at Winni
peg that hundreds of thousands of
dollars worth of property was de
troyed : and scores of ranchers were
forced to flee for their lives , as the re
sult of disasters from bush fires that
swept the country from Notch Hill ,
as far east as Three Valley , and south
from Sycamore as far as Vernon in
the Kootenays. Among the losses are _
two large saw mills , both of which
were totally consumed in the wall of
flame that swept overland. The Car-
lin mill , located between Tappem Sid-
ing and Notch Hill , was wiped out ,
with a loss of $75,000 , ? s was also the
C&rrigan mill on Sa'mou river , valued
at 35000. Several mill hands had to
flee for their lives. Three large bush
fires have been burning for several
days , and a terrific gaie soon brought
them into contact with each other.
Barns and houses fell prey to the
fire , and many head of cattle were lost
while scores of settlers left every-
thing : and hastened to save their
lives. The total losses , it is known ,
will reach half a million dollars. The
Canadian Pacific Railroad fences and
telegraph lines were destroyed for
nearly twenty miles , and telegraph
communication between Revelstoke
and Kamloops was cut off for hours.
West of Kamloops the wires were
blown down by high winds. _
MOTHER'S TOIL IS IN VAIN.
Because She Cannot Pay Hospital
Fee She Must Be Deported.
For ten months a baby girl has been
in the hospital at the Ellis Island im
migration station , while her mother ,
Mrs. Hode Chanin , a Russian , has
toiled , with three other children , to
pay the hospital fee of $23 each
month. The child is suffering with a
malignant ringworm that so far has
not succumbed to the usual treat-
ment. As the board bill , which is pay-
able'in advance , is not now forthcom-
ing , there is nothing for the authori-
ties to do but to send the child back
to the port whence she came.
The steamship line that brought
mother and child here last July will
have to take the baby back without
charge , but the question arises what
will become of the baby ? Joseph Mur
ray , acting commissioner of immigra
tion , said the case was not unusual ,
but that in most cases the parent re
turns with the child.
Decision for Tobacco Trust.
Chief Justice Cullen , of the New
York Court of Appeals , has rendered
an important decision bearing on the
right of a corporation or an individ-
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ual to" control a staple article of
trade. The complaint was that of
John A. Locker against the Ameri-
can Tobacco Company or the tobacco
trust and its agents. It was held
that the latter owned or controlled so
large a part of the staple tobacco ar-
ticles that no dealer or jobber could
do business without handling the
good's of the trust , and that the trust
had appointed an exclusive selling
agent in New York , refusing to sell
any goods to the complainant. The
judge held that unless it could be
shown that several persons or com-
panies had combined or conspired in
this particular case to refuse to sell"
to or deal with the complainant it
could not be maintained in law that
the refusal was illegal. He did not
think that "the extent of the business
can affect the rights of the parties. "
In conclusion , however , he says"If :
the aggregation of enormous indus-
tries under a single control is eco-
. nomic evil , as to which I express no
opinion , the evil can be easily cured
by the Legislature. "
Socialist Editor Convicted. .
Fred C. Warren , managing editor
of the Appeal to Reason , was found
guilty at Fort Scott , Kan. , on the
charge of having misused the mails
connection with his offer of a re
ward of $1,000 to any person who
would kidnap former Governor Tay-
lor of Kentucky , and return him to
that State. This offer , which was
circulated two years ago , was de
signed to draw attention to the al
leged kidnaping of the accused min-
ers' leaders from Colorado by the of-
ficials of Idaho. Former Gov. Taylor
was present at the trial as a witness
for the State , but was questioned only
briefly by the State _ ! ! nd noj. at all by
the : defense. Warren's defense was
that he has as much right as a pri-
vate citizen as any official had to of-
fer a reward for the capture of any
fugitive. He charges that the jury
was composed of men openly hostile
to : him and to his party. The case
will be appealed to a higher court.
Observation Mothers' Day.
The 9th of May was more widely
and generally observed as mothers'
day than ever before , the wearing of
the ; white carnation being the symbol
of reverence , which originated in the
suggestion of Miss : \ Anna Jarvis of
Philadelphia two years ago. Many
ministers made the observance the
theme ; of their sermons.
City Planning Exhibition.
In the great drill hall of the
Twenty-second Regiment at New York :
the Conference and Exhibit on City
Planning has been open to the public
free for two weeks : and it will next
be taken Washington. . Every de-
partment of civic improvement was
represented in models designs pic-
tures ; and maps , while lecturers were
on hand to explain the proposed im-
provements. Thirty American cities
are represented in the exhibition
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Onion Man Urges Churches to Sup-
. port Cause of Unions.
"Moses : \ called the first strike in the
brick yards of Egypt and Aaron was
the first business agent. It was a suc-
cess. We deplore the necessity of
strikes and boycotts , but you must re
member that the blacklist preceded
the strike , and that nine times out of
ten strikes are justifiable. "
This was part of the argument ad-
duced in an address in Chicago by
James W. Kline , general president of
International Brotherhood of Black
smiths and Helpers , in the Western
Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church ,
to prove that churches should support
labor unions. He praised the Metho
dist church for its recognition of the
trade unions , andcriticised it for up-
holding the man who desired to re
main outside of the union.
"The church must get off the fence , "
he said. "If unions are good for some
wage-earners , they are good for all.
It is the unions which have mad3
wages good , and the non-union men
have shared in this benefit witho t
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MUCH MARRIED PAIR WED.
Bride's Latest Venture Her Tenth-
The Groom Only One Behind.
Mrs. Polly Weed Baker , aged 67 , re-
siding at Newburg , Ind. , and Simon
Shippertt , aged GO , of Burlington ,
Iowa , were married at Evansville. This
is the tenth marriage of the bride and
her ninth husband. She was married
twice to one of her husbands. Mrs.
Shippertt says she is happy in her I
last marriage , and that she thinks
more of her new husband than' anyoj
the others. Several of her husbands
were divorced from her. Two of them
died. One committed suicide. Mrs.
Shippertt met her present husband two
years ago , or shortly after she obtain
ed a divorce from her last husband , a
man named Baker. The woman is a
native of Indiana , and says if her new
husband should die she would proba-
bly marry again in case she could get
any one to have her.
BIG STORES SNARES FOR YOUNG
Drug- Stores as Trysting Places Also
Censured by Juvenile Court.
The influence of department store
waiting rooms , drug store trysting
places , and sensational trials were de-
plored and censured at the semi-annual
gathering of the members , friends and
guests of the juvenile court committee
in Chicago. Department store , accord-
ing to the various reports of members
of the organization , and especially that
ot Supt. Harry E. Smoot , are particu-
larly baneful for young girls who are
out of work unless they are chaper-
oned. Drug stores , where girls go to
meet young men or telephone , were de-
clared to be equally dangerous. Ef-
- 'orts to remedy these conditions , Mr.
Smoot said in his report , are now bo
ing made .by two officers , also depart
ment store owners , whose attention
has been called to the evils by the
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$12 MAN A $75,000 HEIR.
Poor Manager of I'ool "Parlor" _
Profits Under Uncle's Will.
After a winter of struggle on a sal
ary of $12 a week , on which he sup-
ported himself and his wife , Walter
T. Pyles , manager of a little billiard
room at Atlantic City , has just learned
he is heir to $75,000 left by his uncle ,
Dr. M. D. Pyles , of Louisville , Ky. The
executors have been searching for
Pyles since last November. The elated
young man has started to claim his be-
quest. Pyles left Louisville several
years ago and since that time has been
a wanderer. When the uncle died , rela-
tives knew nothing of young Pyles'
whereabouts. He was found a few
days ago through a letter written
home by his young wife. He won't
run that pool "parlor" any more.
WOULD TAX IMMIGRANTS.
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Senator Overman Projmxes to Raise
trillions by Entrance Charge.
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Senator Lee S. Overman , of North
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Carolina , offered an amendment to theI
tariff bill in the Senate by which he
proposes to place a head tax of $12 on
each immigrant coming into the Uni-
i ted States. "It means not only reven-
I ue for the treasury , " he said , "but also
a select class of immigrants and there-
fore it protects labor. " Mr. Overman
estimated that the head tax on aliejis
which he proposed would bring to the
government six to ten .millions of dol-
lars ' of revenue.
Will This Choir Disband
Never again .will the inmates of the
Mercer County Poor Farni , Pennsyl-
vania , be entertained with the anthems
rendered by a choir. One of the lead-
ing choirs of Sharon was transported
to the poor farm to sing at religious
services. During the rendition of- the
first number one of the inmates fell to
the floor and died within two minutes.
-During the second number one of the
inmates had an epileptic fit.
Timber Getting Scarce.
Within ten or fifteen years : , accord
ing to J. H. Finney , secretary and
treasurer of the Appalachian Forestry
Association , there will not be a stick
of timber standing east of the Rockies
and within fifty years the entire coun
try will be as barren of timber as the
American desert unless something is . .
done to avert the disaster. Regarding
-the coal situation Mr. Finney declares I
the country consumes an average of
five tons per capita and wastes thrva. I
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The Interstate Commerce
the third in-
sion has sent to Congress
stallment of its report on railroad dis-
criminations in the coal and oil traf-
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fic , this one relating to coal only.
tells of the merging of various Ohio
and West Virginia coal companies and
of their control by the Trunk Line
syndicate. The commission found that
the syndicate tended to discourage the
development of other mines not con-
nected with its companies , thus re-
taining so far as possible a monopoly
of the field.
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Charles M. Pepper , special agent ot
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the Department of Commerce
bor , who has been studying the fiscal
systems of Europe , reports that Great
Britain raised $165,000,000 in revenue
from the income tax law during the
last fiscal year , that being the largest - . , , _ - < < : -
single source of revenue. Mr. Pepper
analyzes the various sources of the
income tax and shows that the prin-
cipal one is the corporations and large
business and professional interests , the
next being the owners of houses and
lands.
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The new Philippine tariff hill as
amended by the ways and means com-
mittee , has been presented to the
House , has been shrdluoial-hfpifeah
House. As amended petroleum and its
products are placed on the free list , to
which hides are also added. Light
steel rails for tramways are provided
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with a lower duty than was -contahrea . - -
in the original bill , and a lower rate
is placed on sugar-making machinery ,
which was assessed a duty equal to
that on other machinery. :
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The Treasury Department has de
cided to ' do away with the present sys-
tem of customs weighers , in view of
the fraudulent practices of the sugar
trust weighers , as disclosed in the re
cent trial at New York , and to install ,
as soon as possible , electrical weigh-
ing machines which register weights
automatically. This will throw out of
the service a large number of men em-
ployed ] as weighers.
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Secretary Bollinger , opposed to for- , .
i ! st conservation , and Secretary Wilson , >
in favor of it , have argued their dif- c. . .
ferences. before the President , and the '
entire cabinet. The President expects
to ask Attorney General Wickersham
and the other legal lights of the cabi-
net to file written opinions on the
merits of the controversy before he
Saally decides it.
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Mrs. Matthew T. Scott , recently
elected president general of the Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution , has
written to President Taft tendering
the government for certain research
and lecture work the use of the hand-
some marble home of the Daughters ,
now about completed.
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A delegation women operatives ! ,
from Pennsylvania who 'went to Wash /
ington to urge higher rates of duty on
hosiery called upon the President and
were cordially received , although the . : : : :
President did not in any way commit
himself to their side of the question.
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Speaker Cannon recently celebrated
his 73d' birthday. The Republican
members from North Carolina , where
the speaker was born in 1836 , pre
sented him with an unusually large
dipper made of a gourd from the Tar
heel state. 1
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The President has ' declared ' that he
favors an income tax only as a last
resort ; that recourse in case of a de-
ficiency under the new tariff act should
first be had to an inheritance and next
to a corporation tax. '
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Consular representatives will investi-
gate and report to the state depart-
I
ment on the story that the crew of the
whaling ship Carrie K. Knowles , sup- ;
posed to have been lost at sea five . . . L' '
years a-o , are prisoners in Venezuela. ,
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Secretary Dickinson of the war de't "
partment will visit St. Paul sometime
during the summer to make an in
spection of the military-post at Fort
Snelling. - _ 1a
A Sisrn of Prosperity.
A sign of the return
of ' 1
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prosperous : con-
ditions is seen in the 'recent heavy
impor-
tations of precious stones. The total i
value of the stones imported during the 'l t
month of March by diamond dealers in ' l
New York _ .ty , who handle 530 ! per cent : I '
of all diamonds coming ; into the country ,
amounted to § ; 3,333,407.97 : ; , an increase )
of 800 per cent over the value of the im- f.
portations in . March : .
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months following the panic of 1)07 ! I , x I-
scarcely any precious stones
were import-
ed. Depreciation in business of all kinds tf :
reflected on the diamond market , but dur rl
ing the holiday season of last year the de- r , f
mand for stones practically : exhausted G ! I'
the supply on hand ] , and buyers : were h"i , '
tened to Europe to obtain diamonds and . I : I' . ,
restock the large dealers. ±
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Slejit in a Concrete Bed. :
_ Anything that was soft seemed good { f I -
enough for a bed to John Murray : of I
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Philadelphia , as he tried to wend his I <
way homeward at 2 o'clock in the ' ' '
morning , and when he stumbled into \
a bed of cement mortar in front of a
new building he felt 1\
that he need go , . .
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no further. . He slipped gently down " . , .
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into the cement and slept. When hR 1
awoke he couldn't . move. A policeman ' ; 1 a
heard his cries , and pried him out with. . A
a crowbar. f. .
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