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tourage of the wealthy is rapidly disappearing. Referring
P particularly to its own city , the St. Louis Globe-Democrat says
, that as a reliable means of transportation in commercial lines
he is holding his own for the moment. But the application
of analysis to the statistics at hand shows that with the
growth of the city in population the horse is not keeping pace
with municipal increase. At present , it is true , the demand for good ani
mals is active , and they are readily salable , but tracing them down it is
found that they go to the field in which the automobile has not yet proved
its entire practicability-that of hauling and delivery. Why this is so both
automobile men and livery men agree. The initial cost , the expense of
upkeep , and , most of all , the high rate of depreciation , aided by the woeful
lack of experienced and economical drivers , are responsible. The ed-
ucation of drivers , the standardization of machines , the improvement
if t the general reliability of the heavier class of mechanically driven
vehicles will bring about a different state of affairs , and when
that time comes the present figures indicate that the horse will be more
F rapidly driven from the field , retaining his hold only on the sentimental
lovers of the animal and in the localities where natural conditions do not
make for the practical use of the automobile.
The automobile manufacturer and dealer naturally are optimistic from
their side of the question , because of the extensive and rapidly increasing
sales of machines in St. Louis. From the beginning St. Louis has been slow f
to take ] to the horseless vehicle , remaining loyal to the famed Missouri : prod-
uct , whether it be blooded horse or powerful mule. Going hack the half
decade , chosen for comparative statistics , the records show but 779 machines
licensed in the entire city. The growth of the machine in use since then
ihas been steady , though slow. The following year the increase was a scant
200 ; the next year less than 200 more were added to the total. Then began
a more rapid increase , for the following year the total jumped more than
400 , to an aggregate of 1,529. For 1908 the licensed vehicles numbered 1,920 ,
another increase of about . .400 , while for the first half of 1909 the increase
was in excess of 400. These increases are taken from the growth in the
number of licenses , and do not , of courDs , include the new machines repre
sented by the disposal of old machines , that new ones may be purchased.
if tELEGRAPH POLES ARE
DAMAGED BY WOODPECKERS
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Considerable damage is being done I
JO ; telephone , telegraph and electric
Alight { poies by members ; of the wood-
becker family. These birds originally
built their homes in dead or dying
trunks or limbs of trees , but for some
reason best known to themselves have
come to the conclusion that the peeled
polo offers better conditions for a
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They have become so ravenous of
late that their depredations are at-
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h-pjtjng considerable attention among
tltose : who are compelled to use quan-
tities of wooden poles. Their activ-
, itie spread over a wide portion of the
J Uriilcd States notably in the south ,
southwest and central west. Cedar
poles seem to be the ones most fre-
juei.tly attacked. The birds bore into
3hem at any height from the ground ,
? .nd the holes which they make are
F 3ften two or three inches in diameter
and four or five inches deep. Such an
amount of wood drilled from a stick
of timber which is carrying a load
of wires naturally weakens the
strength of the line.
It would , of course , not be a diffi
cult matter to exterminate these birds.
However , this is not desirable , as they
tre among the most beneficial forms
of bird life native 'to this country , be-
cause they destroy large numbers of
Inserts which seriously damage forest
.nd food crops. It seems , therefore ,
} hat methods should be undertaken
3o compel the birds to revert to their
! ormer habit of boring rather than to
Exterminate them.
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John Warrick , of Hartford , N. J. ,
may die from a pitchfork wound. Just
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Reliable estimates of automobile authoritisa place : this at about 50 per cent
of the total sales represented in the new licenses , calculations are that
the sales represent an aggregate of nearly $1,500,000 which has gone into
the horseless vehicle to the exclusion of "old Dobbin. " This makes it easy
to see that the increase of 15 per cent in population , as compared with the
increase of 1 % per cent in horseflesh , is interwoven with the immense total
investment in automobiles. It is not strictly true that all of this money
would have gone to horses had not the automobile been on the market , for ,
in the automobile as in more than one other luxury of the twentieth cen-
tury , there has been frequent evidence of the "fool and his money. "
The auto livery feature of the development of the automobile is not
yet an element of fixed calculation , for the expensiveness of auto hire keeps
aloof all but the wealthy and the spendthrift element , though efforts are
making for an economical adjustment : of this feature of the business. The
cost of an automobile for a few hours' use , which means also the services
of a competent chauffeur , is still such as to withdraw this method of pleas-
ure taking from the very sharp competition with the liveryman , whose
horses require no newly-developed expert to urge them over the city streets
and country roads.
, The liveryman of to-day , reduced though his numbers may be , as shown
by statistics , is satisfied with his volume of business and confident that in
his time at least he wilf suffer but little : from the inroads of the automobile.
There will always be a satisfaction in holding the lines over a good horse
which no amount of rapid traveling in a whizzing machine will satisfy.
There is the feeling of companionship which a good horse gives , and which
will be forever lacking in an automobile.
CHICAGO BOAED OF TRAD E BUILDING TO BE : RAZED.
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PRESENT CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE BUILDING'
A new eighteen-story Board of Trade building , costing at least $3,000-
000 , will replace the present home of the Chicago board at La Salle street and
Jackson boulevard within a few months , if nothing goes awry with the wishes
and plans of the members of that body. At a meeting of the Board of
Trade the members voted almost unanimously in favor of a resolution cre-
ating a committee of five to take up the building propositions. This means
that plans for the new building will be pushed forward with vigor. It is
said that the members of the board stand four to one in favor of razing
the old structure and building a new one. . The present building does not
pay. The ground upon which the building stands is valued at about $2,500-
000. The old Board of Trade building was erected in 1884 and there is still
outstanding against the building a bond issue of $1,200,000. If a new build-
ing is erected many of the large banks will have branch offices in it and
five big railroads have already asked for space. The building will be at
least eighteen' stories in height and will cost in the neighborhood of
$3,000,000.
ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS.
How women pick a wedding to
pieces !
It doesn't take much to make a fool
of anyone.
We could never see much point to
eating pears.
Being busy has kept many a man
out of mischief.
An old lawyer , like an old doctor ,
makes few guarantees.
When a man does tell the truth , he
decorates it a good deal.
The best missionary work a girl
can do is to help her mother.
Never say to an employe , in his em-
ployer's presence , "You need a vaca
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"This , " we often hear : people say.
"is a very critical time. "
The under dog doesn't care much
for sympathy ; he wants assistance.
A man will fall in love with any
clever woman who will treat him as
though he were abused.
v An Atchison man has greatly dis
tinguished himself ; he did up a sweet
lieutenant in a love affair.
When a woman gets too fat to be
Decomiiig , she tells of how bloated she
is as a result of poor health.
A woman with freckles is said to be
as sensitive as a man with a bald
head.
Unless you slap some men on the
back , they think you are cool toward
. them.
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FIFTY MILES OF STRING-
SAVED BY THIS WOMAN
Mrs. Amos B. Cleaver , of Reading ,
Pa. , has been eighteen years getting
together an object lesson that can't
be beaten and which is like nothing
else ever seen or heard of. She did
it , too , for the sake of teaching chil-
dren to save. Eighteen years ago
Mrs. Cleaver took a tiny empty medi-
cine bottle and began to wind around
it all the odd little strings that she
came across , until now , if she were
to unwind her ball of string and
stretch it out it would run over fifty
miles of ground.
Year in and year out , day after day ,
and week after week , Mrs. Cleaver
has kept accumulating string and
winding it on to her ball. The idea
pleased the children in the neighbor-
hood , who are anxious to see the ball
grow , and who bring or send every bit
of string they ttyink will be worth
winding on to the rest. Indeed , strings
have been sent to Mrs. Cleaver from
the States of California , Missouri ,
Ohio , Illinois and Massachusetts.
Coming through the mails , and hand-
ed to her in other ways , the ball now
weighs twenty-six pounds and has a
circumference of forty-nine inches.
Mrs. Cleaver wills that at her death
the ball shall be sent to the Home for
Friendless Children , at Reading ,
where it is to be used as an object' les
son in saving.
RATTLER IN A MAIL BAG.
When John C. Greenwood , a South
Norwalk , Conn. , postman , put his
hand in his mail bag the other morn
ing , he drew it out again in a hurry
and dropped the bag , for , coiled up in
the bottom , was a rattlesnake , alive
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wood killed the reptile as it sprang
from the mail bag. It was found to
have ten rattles.
PROVERBS AND PHRASES.
Early waster-long knave.-Dutch.
Two captains sink the ship.-Turk-
ish.
Every man has his besetting sin.-
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MOONSHINERS ARE ACTIVE.
"Dry ntv" In South Revives ' Bnsl-
nc : M - Blp : RinlcM ; : " , but Blj Money.
Ability to convert $16 worth of raw
material into $120 worth of liquor is
making a powerful appeal to the
moonshiner in the South and a great
revival is being witnessed in this law-
less industry. According to Knox
Booth , one of the most widely known
internal revenue officers in the South-
ern States , the illicit manufacture of
liquors in Alabama has Increased fully
50 per cent since the prohibition law
went into effect , and a like condition
is said to obtain in Georgia , Tennes-
see and other states where the legiti-
mate sale . of intoxicants is prohibited
by law.
Under the old conditions , with sa
loons running on all sides and many
grocery stores in the rural sections
handling liquors , there was compara
tively little profit in the manufacture
of "moonshine" whisky. At that time
the stuff was sold as low as $1 and
$1.50 per gallon. This price was not
sufficient to encourage the industry in
the face of vigorous work on the part
of Uncle Sam's revenue scouts , and
the moonshiners became few and far
between.
Now , however , the rewards of suc
cessfully evading the law are much
greater and the old-timers are taking
' bigger risks than they did under for-
mer conditions. Mr. Booth quotes
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one man as saying that six bushels
of meal and 200 pounds of sugar gave
him thirty gallons of whisky , which he
could readily sell at $4 per gallon.
A small still can turn out thirty gal
Ions per day easily , affording the en-
terprising 'shiner a profit -of ,100 , for
the day's work-and the day's risk.
The bait held out to the moon-
shiner is more tempting than at any
time since the war and it looks as if
the internal revenue agents will have
to do the work of almost a generation
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CHINA AND JAPAN ARE
WILLIi TO NEGOTIATE
Disputed Points Over Railway te
Be Settled on Lines of Recent
Agreement.
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MANY LINES ARE BUILDING :
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Era of Development Opens in Botlj
Northern and Southern Parts
of the Empire. .
The Chinese government , in a for-
mal communication to Japan , has
agreed to negotiate at Mukden the
various points in the Antuug-Mukden
Railroad controversy not yet settled.
The position taken by Japan in this
matter is accepted in principle by
China. Baron Ijuin , the Japanese
Minister to China , is of the opinion
that the trouble is at an end , so far
as the legation is concerned.
Further particulars of China's awak-
ening to the importance of railway
building , as shown in the memorial to
the Throne presented by the Ministry
of Posts and Communications , made
public in Washington , are given in re-
ports from United States consular of
ficers just received by the State De-
partment.
"The real , practical development in
China to-day is in the building and
extension of the railways , " reports
James C. McNally , Consul at Nankin
"Besides those already surveyed for
construction , numerous other railway ,
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over again. In the old days when I
the moonshiner flourished all over the
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South , it was a desperate conflict that
waged between the revenue agents and I
the moonshiners , and many an un- ;
marked grave bears witness to the
terrors of the struggle. But the reve
nue agents , backed by a powerful gov-
ernment , finally won.
In those days , when the mist and
mystery of the mountains filled the
timid with terror , the moonshiner
fought for a principle as well as for
the profit found in the perilous busi-
ness. He cherished the conviction
that when he raised grain and fruits
upon his little farm he had an inher-
ent right to convert them into any
product he saw fit and he looked
upon the revenue officer as one who
sought not only to rob him of a liveli-
hood but to take from him a right , a
liberty , that was as dear to him as
life itself.
It was this spirit that made every
path leading to an illicit still one
fraught with deadly peril to any
stranger ; it was this spirit that led to
many a deadly battle in the moun-
tains of Kentucky , Tennessee , Ala-
bama and Georgia , as well as in other
states where the moonshiner made
his home.
The moonshiner gradually learned
that there was "somewhere in the
distance" a government that had to
be supported ami that the tax upon
whisky had behind it something more
than a desire to intrude upon the lib -
erties of mankind. He also learned
that this government maintained an
alarming number of penitentiaries
and had an inexhaustible supply of
men who were apparently ready and
willing to kill or be killed in the ef
fort to fill these institutions with
moonshiners. Then too , saloons be-
came more and more numerous , and ;
there wasn't the profit in the business
that characterized it in the good old
days. So the moonshiner in a large
measure passed on to other and less
perilous callings.
The moonshiner of to-day does not
cherish any delusions about individ-
ual liberty. He is not In the busi-
ness to vindicate a principle. He
simply sees in thething a chance to
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turn a goodly sum at the risk of tem-
porarily losing his liberty , and he is
willing to assume this risk for the
money there is in it. As a rule he
does not go armed to kill , as did his
forefathers , and he relies upon his
heels rather than upon the accuracy
of his fire when the revenue men put
w in their appearance.
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lines are contemplated throughout the
Empire , connecting the interior with ,
the ports or with other lines. "
Work ] on the Imperial Tientsin-Pu-
kow Railway ( southern section ) is
progressing favorably , about 10,000
coolies being employed. On this con-
struction five American engineers ire
employed. Two American engineers :
are employed. Two American locomo
tives and quantities of railway sup-
plies have been ordered from the Uni-
ted States. A thriving passenger busi-
ness is done by the Nankin City RaIl-
way , which is of standard gauge , con-
necting the Shanghai-Nankin Railway
and the port of Hsai Kuan. This road
is to be extended to Wuhn , a distance
of sixty miles. This extension will
tap the second greatest rice district of
China. The Shankhai-Nankin Rail-
way - is a first-class line.
Regarding railway extensions pro-
posed or in progress in Northern Chi-
na , Consul General Williams , of TienP
sin , declares that the Board of Com-
munications has announced that Chi-
nese merchants have subscribed the
capital needed for the extension of the
Kai-Feng-Lo-Cang Railway , 134 miles
further westward from Honan Fu , to
Tung Kuan , which is situated in the
great bend of the Yellow River , near
the mouth of the Wei. The extension
will be completed in three years , at
an estimated cost of $6,500,000. Con-
sul General Williams emphasizes the
importance of having American manu-
facturers represented in China t > j ;
American agents.
LITTLE ABOUT IT7EB.YTHINQ. :
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The German army numbers 5,000,001
men. '
men.A
A watch is composed of ninety-eight
pieces.
The first bicycle with pedals was
made about 1840.
Sicily lost sixty thousand inhabi-
tants by earthquake in 1693.
The average weight of the heart ii _
from nine to eleven ounces.
There is one public house in Londoa
for each 730 inhabitants.
The spectroscope has revealed thl
presence of water on Mars.
It is a misdemeanor to tamper wltl
electric light wires in Colorado.
The Chinese have astronomical reo
ords which go back to 2356 B. C.
Venice has 6,000 persons employed
in the manufacture of glass beads.
The Chinese pupil reciting his les
. son turns his back to the teacher
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