THE NORFOLK NVELKi , } NEYVS-Jl'UIlNAl MUlRi NOVEMllfiR 12 ! ( )
DURAND PLANS
FARM CENSUS
WILL DE MOST COMPLETE AND
ACCURATE IN HISTORY.
WORK WILL START APRIL 15
By Clacslfylng Ages of Farmers , It
Will Be Possible to Figure Out Farm
Operations by Age Periods Number
of Owners Is Increasing.
Washington , Nov. G. E. Dana Du-
rand , director of the census , Is deter
mined that the farm census of next
year shall be the most complete and
accurate In the history of the govern
ment , and ho Is making comprehensive
plans for getting the Information ho
thlnkH necessary to carry out his pur-
IKIHO.
IKIHO.Whon
When It Is taken : nto account that
the vnluo of all farm property In
1900 was nearly $20,500,000.000 , and
that the number of farms operated In
the United States In 1008 reached the
enormous total of G.100.000 , with a to
tal acreage of 1,000.000,000 , It will he
soon roadlly that the task of getting
statlaticH on practically every detail
agricultural llfo Is not nn easy ono.
The agricultural census of 1850 riv
ported 1,44,073 ! ) farms , and that ol
1900 , G.739.GG7 , an addition of nearly
three tlraos as many as had been os
tabllshod In the previous 250 years ol
HottiomonL In 1850 there was ono farm
for every sixteen persons in the
United States , wliljo in 1900 there wac
ono for every 13.3 persons. In pro
portion to population , therefore , then
voro six farms In 1900 where then
were only five , in 1850 , representing
tui addition of one farm for every 12. '
persons added to < the national popu
Utlon.
Work Begins In April.
Census enumerators will begin thcli
work April 15 of next year , and thoj
are appealing to the 7,000,000 farmen
throughout the country to prepare ac
curate data bctwoon now and then concerning
corning their respective farms. Undo ;
the head of ' 'personal Information1
farmers will bo asked to glvo thel
nnmo , postofllco address , color or race
ago , nation in which liorn , tenure
length of rcsldonco on farm , and , if i
tenant , the name and address of thi
person from whom the land Is leased
By obtaining the ago of farmers UK
census office will be able to classif ;
farm property by ago periods of tin
operators , and thus show what propoi
Uon of farm wealth is controlled b ;
farmers under 25 years of age , he
tween 4C and 50 years of ago , or an ;
ether ago period. The rate of gain ii
wealth ns the farmers increase in net *
will bo a general index to the profitableness
ablonoss of farming as an occupatloi
in different sections of the country.
The question of tenure , from man ;
atandpolnts , is ono of the most Intci
eating. The three principal tenure
are owner , cash tenant and share tor
anL In 1880 , for the country ns ;
whole , 74.5 per cent of all farms wor
operated by their owners ; 8 per con
by cash tenants , and 17.5 per cent b
share tenants. In 1900 the proportlo
of owners had fallen to G4.7 per cenl
while cash tenants Increased to 13.
per cent and share tenants to 22.2 pc
Farm Owners Increasing.
Formerly the decrease In number c
owners and the Increase In number c
tenants was taken as an Indication b
many persons that farm lands wer
| iasstng into the hands of capitalist
and that tenants had corresponding !
less opportunity of becoming farr
owners.
Careful study and hotter census flf
uros , however , tend to disprove thl
theory , and the constant relative ii
crease In the number of tenants I
taken to Indicate that a steadily li
creasing number of farm laborers ar
rising through farm tenancy to farr
ownership , and that a growing iiumbc
of farm owners become Independen
In later lifo and retire from actlv
management. Their lands thus b <
como available for tenant farmers c
farm laborers of the better class.
Under the head of "general info
niatlon regarding farm acreage , value
and expenses , " each farm operate
will bo required to state the total nun
her of acres in his farm and also th
number of acres of improved land.
The census office defines a farm a
all the land under the control or pe :
sonal direction of a single Indlvldur
or firm , upon which animals , fowls an
agricultural products are raised c
produced. By Improved land Is moan
all land regularly tilled or mowed , Ian
temporarily pastured , land lying fa
low. land In gardens , orchards , vim
yards and nurseries , and land occi
plod by buildings. The number c
acres of timbered land will also b
called for.
Farms Worth $20,439,901,164.
Statements will also bo called fc
of all land In the farm , Including built
Ings and Improvements , the value c
all buildings and that of all Impli
monts and machinery belonging t
the farm. At the last census In 190i
the total value of farm land , wit
Improvements and implements wn
$20.439,901.164. divided into $16,614
047,491 for farm lands with improvt
monts , Including buildings ; $749,775
970 for implements and nmchinory
and $3,075,477,703 for livestock.
The census bureau will also nsk fc
a statement of the total amount o :
ponded for farm labor In 1909 , oxcli
alvo .of the expenditures for housi
work. In view of the marked rale
In farm wages in the past ten year
It will bo interesting to ascortal
whether the average farmer Is o :
pending more for help than he wa
at the time of the last census.
4 third Question calls ( or tb
amount paid In 1909 for fertilizers.
In 1899 thu average 'for the United
States was only $10 a farm. A now
question for the coming census calls
for the amount paid In 1909 for hay ,
grain mid ether articles not raised
on the farm , but purchased for food
of domestic animals mid poultry ,
Four facts are required regarding
each principal crop grown on the farm
In 1909 , namely , the number of acres
harvested , the quantity produced , the
value of the product and the number
of acres sown or planted , or to be
sown or planted , for harvest In 1910.
Corn Crop Worth $1,610,145,000.
The statistics of the last census
(1900) ( ) show that the acreage of corn
In 1899 was 101,788,000 , the produc
tion 2GG8fiO 1,000 bushels and the
value of the crop $1.010,115.000. The
wheat acicago was 47,577,000 , the pro
duction , 6(51,002,000 ( bushels and the
value of the crop $010,820,000. The
acreage of oats was 32,1114,000 , the
production 8U7.13ii,000 and the value
$381,171,000.
The livestock statistics of the same
year show that In the United States
there were 20,040,000 horses , valued
nt $1.974,052.000 ; 4.053.000 mules ,
valued at $437,082,000 ; 21.720,000 milch
cows , valued at $702,945,000 ; f9.370.000
oxen and other cattle , valued nt $803-
751,000 ; 50,084,000 sheep , valued at
$192,032,000 , and 51,147,000 swine ,
valued at $354,794,000.
HILL'S WARNING.
Appeal for Stopping Agricultural
Waste Echoed In New York City.
Now York , Nov. C. Concerning
James J. Hill's article In the current
World's Work , the New York Tribune
says :
"Mr. James J. Hill's appeal In the
World's Work for the stopping ol
agricultural waste Is one of the most
timely and pertinent utterances whlcli
have been made on the whole subject
of the conversation of our natural
(
resources. Not long ago there wore
published statistics showing that the
soils of the old countries of the world
or of some of them , were not wearing
out. * but wore actually Increasing Ir
productiveness. That was reassurlnt
and encouraging. But nothing would
bo easier than to misinterpret It , 01
to misapply its teaching. Instead o
giving a charter for carelessness nnt
profligate expenditure of the resources
of fertility , it presents what shoult
bo n convincing and constraining object
joct lesson In the urgent need o
cnro and economy.
"Tho fact that some European landi
are far more productive than oun
and that some lands In our New Eng
land and middle states are mucl
more productive than the plains an <
prairies of the west , is no proof tha
long cultivated lands are necessarll ;
or are Invariably more fertile thai
the now. Mr. Hill cites the Instruc
tlvo contrast between Franco am
Spain. Both countries have been cul
tlvated for a very long time. One o
them is exceedingly fertile and 1 :
rich and prosperous. The other li
chiefly sterile and Is poor and un
prosperous. It Is quite true that Nev
England produces far more wheat b ;
the aero than any western state , ye
it contains many so-called nbandonei
farms which produce little or nothing
The lesson , written largo on over ;
field , Is this : That It is not the lengtl
of time during which land has beei
cultivated , but rather the manner ii
which it has been and is cultivated
which determines its productiveness
"Franco Is more fertile than Spall
because the French people are commensurately
mensuratoly more thrifty and carefu
f' than the Spanish. England , Franc
f and Germany arc more productlvi
than America , because the land ther
i Is cultivated more carefully and thoi
i oughly and scientifically , and becaus
r there is far less waste of fertllizln
i material. All the sewage of Paris an
Berlin is returned to the soil for It
enrichment , while all that of Ne\
i York and Chicago is poured into th
. rivers and the sea for their deflk
i inonL
. I "The cultivated lands of Vermon
i are more productive than those o
i Illinois because their cultivation i
r more thorough and intense. Dougla
t Jerrold said that in Australia th
5 soil was so fertile that if you tickle
. It with a hoc It laughed with a hai
vest , and that flight of fancy may b
figuratively true concerning some vii
gin soils ; but such conditions do nc
3 endure. The richest virgin soil Is nc
r. so productive as the carefully tille
. I mid fertilized soil of old-settled places
. and a few seasons' cultivation suflle
to exhaust it If its richness is not re
plcnishcd.
"That Is why , ns Mr. Hill remind
I us , thousands of men are desertin
1 our great grain states of the nortl
r west for the newer soil of Canadi
L They have exhausted the virgin sol
1 upon which they settled a few year
. ago , and now , Instead of replonlsl
. ing its fertility beyond what It wa
. in Its virgin state , they seek othe
t virgin soils elsewhere. It Is a shor
3 sighted and profligate process , agalns
which It Is well for so authoritativ
a voice as Mr. Hill's to utter a prc
test and a warning. It Is a splendl
r thing to reclaim by irrigation o
* otherwise lands which wo found des
r erts ; but It would bo a still wise
" thing to prevent the deterioration u
lands which we found fertile. "
Ruth Bryan Now Lecturing.
Mrs. Huth Bryan Leavitt Is aval !
able for lecture engagements In Nc
braska from November 15 to Dncom
bcr 17 at $25 and expenses , includ
ing railroad faro , meals onroute , am
local entertainment. This is just hnl
the price she receives for her lectur
work outside of the state. A te\
days ago she received a tolegran
from Kansas asking for the last eigh
days in October for lecture wor !
there. Ono of the lending private let
turo bureaus has offered her $1,00
per week for lecture work next ycai
but she has declined this very tempi
Ing offer aa she wishes to devote nex
to ttudy and trayol abroad.
NORFOLK BOYS
WIN THE GAME
HIGH SCHOOL SECOND TEAM
BEATS COLUMBUS , 6 TO 0.
BIO GAME HERE NEXT SATURDAY
The Columbus High School First Team
Will Come to Norfolk for a Return
Game With Coach Hunters First
Eleven Yesterday's Game Fast.
Noifolk high Bcliuol second team
won n fast game of football from the
Columbus second team yesterday nf-
tornoon on tbu local gildlion by n
scoio of G to 0. 'Iho first half of the
game was about evenly matched ,
sit night football being played , liotli
sides foatuied In linu bucking but nc
Hcoros were made on either side. In
the second half the ball came back
and foith on the field for a while when
Parlbh , Norfolk's quaiterback , made n
line end run for a touchdown. Tlu
other score was made by Denton , Nor
folk's fullback , who kicked goal.
The teams were evenly matched ant ]
lionors wore about even when Nor
folk's team work phowcd a little bet
Lcr than Columbus. Carl Rhode ant
Danock for Columbus featured In line
jacking and runs. Parish , Lynde ant
Denton , who played his first game a :
fullback , featured for Norfolk.
This game will be about the onlj
one the second team of Norfolk wll
play this season unless a game cm
be had after Thanksgiving.
The Columbus team comes hero foi
a game next Saturday. The line-up
Norfolk. Position. Columbus.
More Grandstand Room Is Required It
the Big Parks Each Year.
While the bleacherlte will nevei
let us hope , be eliminated from base
ball , he Is being crowded back fror
his old position along the foul line
to small stands erected back of th
outfield says the Philadelphia Ever
Ing Telegraph. The tendency of th
club owners is to find more room fo
grandstands , and the old style of hai
ing bleachers that will accomodat
twice as many fans as can gathe
in the grandstand is being reversed.
The Chicago National League clu
was probably the first to extend th
grandstand down the foul lines furthc
than first and third base. This wa
done merely by putting a cover ovc
the bleachers and connecting th
structure with the grandstand. Who
Shibo park In Philadelphia was bul !
the proportion of grandstand seat
to bleacher space became larger tha
it was at Columbia park , although th
structures were built on the old pla
of making the former extend only a
far as the base bags.
The New York National Leagu
club , instead of building new stru
tures , took up the Chicago Idea of roe
ing the bleachers and erecting ope
stands around the entire field. Forbc
Field at Plttsburg , Is what might b
termed a "rich man's park. " Th
grandstand there starts at the rlgl
field corner , sweeps up the foul lim
around the home plate and down th
left field foul line to well beyond thlr
base. The bleacher at this point 1
only about one half as big as th
left He'd "etin gallery" at Shibe parl
In addition there Is a small bleache
back of center field and a few row
of seats extending at an angle froi
the grandstand to the center flel
bleacher.
In Plttsburg the capacity of th
grandstand , which Is upwards (
eighteen thousand , takes up sixty pe
cent of all those that can be acconn
dated inside the park when a gam
Is" played under National commlsslo
rules.
Three new stands will ho coi
structed at major league parks befor
next season opens Chicago , Clevclan
and Detroit. The Chicago America
league club is building an linmens
concrete and steel structure , whlcl
it is claimed , will seat thirty thou
and persons. The Forbes park pla
Is followed , except that where Pitt
has a bleacher in left field , at Ch
cage this structure will bo covere
and will be called a "pavilion. " Ever
bleacher seat will be hack of the ou
Holds.
Holds.While
While the magnates have no desire t
discriminate against the bleacher boyi
I they have undoubtedly been forced t
. encroach upon the space of these bos
. of all patrons by the demand froi
. the class that can pay more for tlcl
cts. During the past five years th
porceifyage of people who are wlllln
to pay the highest price asked fc
a Beat , has grown Immensely , and 1
baseball , as well as in football ,
la getting to bo a case of where !
requires a pull as well as the col
to get the host tickets on big 01
caslons.
There was a time when Phllado
phla park , with Its cantilever , capabl
of seating about six thousand pe
eons , led all ball parks. By next BO )
son the list of major league ground
that will surpass the once famou
structure at Philadelphia park wl
include Shibo park , ' Forbes Field , th
two Chicago parks and the Pol
grounds in New York. With the Phi
Uoi aa well aa the Doaton Atnor
eana and the New Tocfc Amorlcani
It Is a certainty that the blub will
ho pushed for room if a pennant win
ning team is gotten together under the
present conditions as regards stand
equipments.
EDGREN'S OPINION COUNTS.
N'ew York Writer a Good Judge of
Fighters' Condition.
"Jeffries Is ready to light on a day's
notice , " says Hobort Edgron. Com
ing from an ordinary citizen or even
from a great many so-called "exports"
this statement wouldn't amount to
so much , hut the fact that Robert Ed-
gien places the "good condition"
stamp on the broad shoulders of the
white champion and says that Jeffries
Is as good now as when . , e first won
the chamj-lonshlp , leads one to bo-
llovo that Jack Johnson Is In for nn
Interesting session when he tangles
w'th ' the mighty man from Los An-
teles. As a judge of fighting con
dition , Robert lidgren probably has no
I cor. The Now York sporting writer
has witnessed all the big fights in
the last fifteen years , and then ho
Is something of an atheletc himself.
In 100G Edgren made the Olympic
team which tore up things In Athens ,
and last year ho was a member of
tl'o board of strategy that handled
the American athletes In London.
"All the old time vitality is there.
Ho is fairly bursting with It. He Is
as fast as a light weight kittenish ,
rlayful yet massive and as powerful
as a Hercules , " says Edgren.
Sounds good doesn't it. Think of
it ! The Jeffries of four years ago ,
who tipped the beam at nearly three
hundred pounds , as playful as a kitten -
ton as fast as a light weight ! A
few months have certainly worked
wonders with the Los Angeles man'u
physical make-up. Three years ago
the writer saw him in San Francisco
and he looked as though ho weighed
I a ton ; when ho was here a few months
' ago his "kitchen" had disappeared , and
he looked fit to enter the training
' camp on a day's notice. Jeffries will
undoubtedly go into the ring with
' the negro In first class condition
the Jeffries who conquered the world
and then retired because there wat
nothing left for him to pummel.
J. JOHNSON KNOWS HIS PLACE
Swell Hotels Never Have Chance tc
Turn the Fighter Away.
Fight fans who take keen delight ir
reading of Jack Johnson's "joy rides'
and frequent arrests for breaklnj
| speed limits , often wonder how li
' j Is that he , the negro pugilist , Is novel
barred from swell hotels , as has beer
1 the fate of Battling Nelson and Jacl
J O'Brien , white fighters , says the Chicago
cage Journal.
The answer is this : Johnson knowi
his place. He knows the prejudlci
that exists In many quarters concern
the black man. Oustldo of that hi
knows that many exclusive hostelrlei
do not care for the patronage o
prize fighters. Therefore , he neve
puts himself In the way of trouble
He never seeks the nccomodatlons a
those hotels and Is , therefore
never turned down. When hi
[ travels ho makes It a point to rldi
on the best and fastest of trains , bu
J seldom shows himself to the passcti
gers. Reservations are usually madi
through his manager , and ho take
J a stateroom or drawing room to him
self. There ho Is served with hi
meals and It goes without saying tha
he receives every attention posslbl <
from the beaming and admiring poi
tors and colored waiters. At station
whore stops of five or ten minute
are made the black fighter quletl ;
1 steps out to the platforms to strctcl
his elongated limbs , and Just as ur
ostentatiously goes back to his aparl
ment.
ment.When
When staying in Chicago the fighte
seeks quarters in the home of som
j well-to-do blark brother In the "blacl
* belt. " He seldom Invades the dowr
* town district , and can only be foum
J in places whore be is assured of i
I welcome. Ho never makes himsol
r , conspicuous , and when in the pros
3 ence of white men he conducts him
self In a mo t unassuming manner.
Prize fighting , like politics , make
queer bedfellows at times , and b ;
"staying In his place" Johnson i
warmly welcomed by all with whor
ho comes In contact. He prides hire
self upon "being a gentleman. " am
boasts that he has always acted li
a manner to which no one might tak
exception.
FIVE BIDS ARE IN NOW.
Spokane Is the Latest to Offer Jeffrie
and Johnson $75.000.
New York , Nov. G. Five bids ar
now in shape to bo submitted on DC
i J comber 1 for the Jeffries-Johnson fighl
I Coffroth and GleaFon are hero wit !
their offers to produce the fight li
1 the suburbs of San Francisco ; Ml !
ler Bros , have sent in a bid namlni
their ranch In Oklahoma , and no\
comes Tom McCarey of Los Angele
who wants the fight there , and a del
egation of sporting men from Spc
knno , Wash. , declare that they wll
L give $75,000 If the match Is producei
i In their vicinity. Only ono of th
active bidders has mentioned actun
figures to the extent of presentlni
a forfeit , but the general talk Is o
a $75,000 purse. Gleason Insists thn
If the fight Is given to his club a
Alameda. Calif. , ho Is certain ther
will bo a $200,000 house , and ho I
willing to give the two pugilists sev
onty-llvo per cent to divide botweoi
themselves.
BASKET BALL TO BE SLOWER.
One 'Result of Changes In Rules , Say
Dr. James Nalsmlth.
Lawrence , Kan. , Nov. c. Th
changes in the basket ball rules fo
the present season will work soren
Important changes In the general styl
of the game , according to Dr. Jame
. Nalamlth , the Inventor of the game
( "What I regard aa the moat Import
int change is the modification of Sue-
ton 1 , Rule 8 , defining running with
ho ball , " said Doctor NalHinlth nftor
ooktng ever an advance copy of the
low rules. "By the change In that
ule 1 think long goal shooting will
be practically eliminated , and the
hort 'drlbblo' wll bo emphasized more
1 an It has ever been before. An
other thing that will bo impossible
a the practice of taking the long side
top to avoid the man who Is guard
ng before shooting for a goal. "
The rule and the explanatory note
ollow : "Ruk > 8 , Section 1 If i
layer shall , while having the ball It
ils posseslon , advance In any tllnsi
Ion , ho shall bo considered as run
ilng with the ball. " ( Constituting i
oul as formerly. ) The note reads
'It Is understood that a man ma'
ulvance one foot In any direction , bin
ho remaining foot miibt bo kept li
lositlon until the ball has loft hi
latuK In throwing for a goal , a mm
nay Jump from both feet , but the bat
mist leave his hands before one 01
) oth foot nunln touch the door.
In construing this rule some coache. '
mvo thought that It was the Inten
.Ion lo prevent a man from leaping
nto the air for a throw after niovlni ;
one foot as stated In the first part
) f the note. The effect of this con
struction would bo to seriously hinder
my goal 4 shooting , but Doctor Nal-
smith , who was a member of the
committee , is of the opinion that no
such construction will bo attempted.
'The only Intention was to prevent
a man from leaping aside to avoid
ils guard and then shooting for the
goal after his feet had touched the
floor"said ho.
There are several other rather im-
lortant changes , one of them , Rule
25. providing that the referee may
call a foul on any man on the team
nstead of the man with the ball and
ils opponent , as formerly , and makes
i the duty of the referee to watch
for fouls on all of the men if the
umpire seems careless or unfair. The
umpire may call fouls on all but the
man with the ball and his opponent
Section 1 of Rnlo 9 provides that In
'dribbling" the dribble Is not consider
ed at an end so long as the ball Is ir
motion. Under the old rule the "drib
blc" was considered at nn end wher
the player stopped , and It was a verj
hard matter to determine what shoult
constitute a continuance of motlor
on the part of Hie man with tht
ball.
ball.Thoro
There are two changes in the rule *
affecting n ball out of bounds. B )
Section 9 of Rule 1C : "If the ball re
turns to the court from out of bound ;
without being touched by a player
It shall be dead. " This prevents "car
omlng" the ball , and eliminates tin
element of luck In such a play. Sec
tlons 1 and 2 of Rule C provide tha
the player or the ball shall be out
side If they touch the boundary line
instead of the floor outside as form
crly. Other less Important change ;
allow the use of plate glass back
grounds for the goals , and allow i
variation of three ounces In tin
weight of the ball instead of two a
formerly.
"Most of the changes wore made ii
the interests of the officials , and wen
aimed to lighten the work of tin
referee especially , " said Doctor Nai
smith , "and I hellevo all the change
are good ones. The modification o
.Rule 8 will , I believe , make the shor
dribble much more prominent thai
It has been. The result will be i
little slower game. "
A HOT JOLT FROM MURPHY.
He Wouldn't Trade Johnny Kllng fo
George Wlltse and Polo Grounds.
New York , Nov. , G. Preslden
Charles W. Murphy of the Chlcag
National League Baseball club is her
and , although ho declares that h
would not trade Kllng and Ueulbac !
to the New York team for any nmounl
he has had a conference with Pros
dent John T. Bush and Manager Join
McGraw and Intends to meet then
again. McGraw insists that a trad
Is pending and intimates that he 1
trying to give George Wlltse am
Mike Donlln , with an added cash cor
slderatlon , to Murphy for Kling am
Reulbach.
"I wouldn't trade Johnny Kllng t
Brush for George Wlltse and th
Polo grounds. " Murphy said to th
newspaper men. "I wouldn't trad
Reulbach for the whole Giant clul
with this year's gate receipts throw ;
In to boot. I'm not building up :
team for John McGraw and New Yorl
I'm in business in Chicago and whll
I have anything to say about 11
Kllng and Reulbach will piny wit :
the Cubs or not nt all. "
A SUBSTITUTE FOR SPIKES ?
Ban Johnson Says This Matter Will b
Taken up at A. S. Meeting.
Chicago , Nov. G. The America
league at its annual mooting nex
month , the exact date of which ha
not been decided , will take up ser
ously the matter of abolishing spike
from the paraphernalia of the die
mond.
President Johnson made that state
ment In discussing the probable prol
loms which will bo considered by th
league magnates this winter. Ho sal
It was hoped a subtle substitute fo
the spikes now in use on the shoe
of the players would bo dlscovore <
and agreed upon , for the purpose c
eliminating at least a portion of th
accidents which have marred the spor
during the last season.
GOTCH MAY TRAIN WITH JEFF
The Fighter Would Have the Wresl
ler'o Assistance When He Trains.
Chicago , Nov. G. The Inter Ocea :
says :
"With the hope of being good an <
strong when ho moots Jack Johnso :
In their battle for the heavy weigh
championship of the world , Jeffrie
baa decided to engage Frank Gotcl
the champion heavy weight wrestle
of the world , to work with him for
a few months when ho begins train
ing for the fight. Jeffries Intends to
work twlco a day with Goti-h seas
as to bo In line condition when the
toll clangs. Gotch probably will ne-
u | > t JolTiloH1 offer to assist him In
.Is training stunt. "
Half Hour With Dickens.
How an unnatural environment
Iwarfs and thwarts nature. Chariot
Hckens.
Is the master vice that rules n
an BO Inexorably an unnatural char
etorlBtle ? It might bo worth whlli
omotlnios to Inqulio what nature Is
nd how men work to rluuiKo It. and
vhothor In the enforced distortion :
o produced. It Is not natural to be
Minatural. Coop any son or daughter
> f our mighty mother , within a nar
ow range , and bind the prisoner tc
no Idon mid fn ti r It by servile wor
hip of H by it few timid or deslgnlnr
orso'ns and what Is nature to tin
Billing captive who has never riser
mi HIP ivitier- of i ) froi mind
Irooplng and useless soon to see her
n her comprehensive truth !
Alas ! there are so few things In
ho world about us , most unnatural
uul yet natural in being so ! Hear
ho magistrate or judge admonish the
innatural outcasts of society ; un-
mtural In brutal habits , In want of
leccncy , In losing and confounding
ill distinctions between good end evil ,
n Ignorance , In vice , In recklessness ,
n contumacy , in mind , In looks , in
everything. But follow the good cler
gyman or doctor , who , with his life
mperlled with every breath ho draws ,
; oes down Into their dons , lying with-
n the echoes of our carriage wheels
ind dally tread upon the pavement
stones. Look around the world of
odious sights millions of Immortal
creatures have no other world on
earth at the slightest mention ol
which humanity revolts , and dainty
ilellcacy living In the next street stops
nor ears , and lisps , "I don't believe
It ! " Breathe the polluted air , foul
with every Impurity that is poisonous
to health and life , and every othoi
sense conferred upon our race for HE
delight and happiness offended , sick
cned and disgusted , and make a chan
ncl whereby misery and death alont
can enter. Vainly attempt to thlnli
of any simple plant or flower , 01
wholesome weed that set in this fetii
bed could have Its natural growth , 01
put its little loaves out to the sun as
God- designed It. And then , calling ui
some ghastly child , with stunted fern
and wicked face , hold forth on Iti
unnatural slnfulness and lament It ;
being so early far away from heaven-
btit think n little of Its having beet
conceived and born and bred in boll !
Those who study the physlca
sciences , and bring them to bear up
on the health of man , tell us that 1
the noxious particles that rise fron
vitiated air were palpable to the sight
wo should see them hovering in i
dense black cloud above such haunts
and rolling slowly on to corrupt tin
better portions of a town. But i
the moral pestilence that rises will
them , and in the eternal laws of out
raged nature Is Inseperable from them
then should we see depravity , Impletj
drunkenness , theft , murder and a loni
train of nameless sins against th
natural affections and repulsions o
mankind 'overhanging the devote
spots and creeping on to blight th
innocent and spread contagion nmon
the pure. Then should we see ho\
the same poisoned fountains that fie
Into our hospitals and lazar- houses
Inundate the Jails , and make the cor
vlct ships swim deep and roll ncros
the ueas and overrun vast continent
with crime. Then should wo stan
appalled to know that where we get
orate disease to strike our chlldre
down , and entail Itself on unborn ger
orations , there , also we breed , by th
same certain process , Infancy tha
knows no Innocence , youth wlthou
modesty or shame , maturity that I
mature In nothing but in suffering an
guilt , blasted old ago that is a scand.i
on the form wo bear. Unnatural In
inanity ! When wo shall gather grape
from thorns and figs from thistles
when fields of grain shall spring u
from the offal in the by-ways of ou
wicked cities , and roses bloom In fa
church yards that they cherish , the
we may look for natural humanlt
and find It growing from such seed.
Oh ! for a good spirit who woul
take the house tops off with a mor
potent and benignant hand than th
lame demon In the tale , and show
Christian people what dark shapes li
sue from their homes to swell th
retinue of the destroying angel as h
moves forth among them ! For enl
one night's view of the pale phantom
rising from the scenes of our too Ion
neglect , and from the thick and sii
len air where vice and fever prop ;
gate together , raining the tromondou
social retributions which are ovc
pouring down and ever comin
thicker ! Bright and blest the mon
ing that should rise on such a nigh
for men , delayed no more by stumblln
blocks of their own making , which ar
but specks of dust upon the path hi
tween them and eternity , would the
apply themselves llko creatures c
one common origin , owing one dut
to the father of one family and tent
Ing to ono common end to make th
world a better place !
Not the less bright and blest woul
that day bo for rousing some wh
have never looked out upon the worl
of human llfo around thorn , to n knov
ledge of their own relation to It , an
for making them acquainted with
perversion of nature in their own coi
tracted sympathies and estimates , a
great and yet as natural in its d <
volopmont when once begun , as th
lowest degradation known.
J. H. MACKAY.
Burkett and Lemons.
Gothenburg Independent : Senate
Burkett evidently know his buslnes
when ho fought the tariff on lemons 1
the extra session of congress. Ho wu
defeated , and Aldrlch auccoodpd i
netting a tariff put on lemons li fnT tr
of the liimon producers of Callfornhv
Senator iluikott declared that the ron
sinner would hnvo to pay the tnrltr
nnil that thuproducer would not bt
KUK'lltcd. As soon as the tariff law
vent Into effect the Southern Pacific
nllwny company raised the freight ore
onions , making It enough hlglwr tin
over the amount of the extra com
ciumtlnn that should hnvo boon r v
olvetl by the producer , so that ho revolves
elves tlu > same prlco when ho nollit-
ils teutons , while the rallioad company *
s benefited by the tariff. The Pacinrc
lontbly and the Sunset Magasflm *
hotild take a hand In helping out thn
'allfornla ' producer.
DINED THE FIGHTERS , TOO.
And After It All , Mrs. Ladenburglc
Guests Slept In Her Home.
Now York. Nov. ti.- Not lor n lonjt
line have the Now York society folk ,
ound such a sweet morsel to eck
bom talking breathlessly , as that
urnlHhed by Mrs. Adolph LadonbiirKlt
itortalnment of six professional ?
irlzo fighters at a Halloween part *
ast Satin day night.
At first those on the outside sup-
loaed the boxers were there to moriv
y entertain the guests much as mi
hose cases whore ttocluty folk havn
mn-ldod "cute" monkeys or formic *
[ \blo gorillas to adorn their drawing
rooms on festive occasions. Now ,
lowover , It Is known that the fightoru.-
nit down to dinner In the Ladonburr :
lome , and when dawn had came , mnlr-
ng lights , brilliant through the night ,
ook sad , and all merriment was over ,
hat they slept In the richly Iinmncu
ate Ladenburg bedrooms.
The six boxers , members of thw
lamllton Athletic club , following their
exhibition of the manly art of Rolf-div
OIIBO in Mrs. Ladenbnrg's ham.
hough wearing sweaters and ordl-
lary clothes , and with bruised facoa <
wore made welcome at a foant in thm
dining hall of the Ladonhurg homo.
They sat down to a repast the Ilk-
of which they had never seen before ,
mil , coached by Joe Humphreys , whro
roforecd the bouts , and Brinton Huck
waiter , a young society man , who neb *
as secretary to "Big Bill" Edwardu.
street cleaning commissioner , they dlA1
their mightiest to remember the tnbln-
manners aa laid down by Uiuiir
sponsors.
As to the fight , two bantam weight * , ,
clever boys , who have fought in pro-
llmlnarles before the big clubs or
Manhattan and Brooklyn , wont on it *
the first bout , and for six fast round
mixed It up ns lively as If their au
dience was composed of East SItf
fight fans. Joe Humphreys , woarlnjt
n Tuxedo suit , did the announcing nn *
refereed the contests , and to spam
the women guests any "shocklnc * "
sights repeatedly warned the lioxera
to go easy and not ship.
The women In the audience , nttlrwtf
In evening dress and wearing furs ;
thrown over their shoulders , cheered !
the fighters as they ripped in body
blows-sent over right and loft drive * ,
swings and landed upporciits.
Humphreys attempted to explainr
the blows as they were exchanged
but the women were keyed up to u.
high pitch 'of excitement from th f
moment the gong sounded and seemcill
to appreciate every move made bj-
the fighters. The first bout , whlcta
Humphreys explained was an ensjr
draw , was loudly cheered by the wo > -
mon , who crowded to the ringsldar
and shook the boys' hands.
Several of the women were un
nerved by the encounter , but aB !
stayed for the final bout , which wn
an even affair from start to finlflli.
After the bout the boxers , who
dressed in the saddle rooms of th
barn , were escorted to the honsov
where they wore feasted until the 'vw
hours. When the festivities were
ended , It was found that there Was
no automobile to transport the pngf-
llsts and their seconds back to the
city , and thereupon , Mrs. LadonburK'
Invited them to stay over until the
forenoon.
The boxers accepted the invitation
and long nftor daybreak they werw
escorted to tliolr rooms by llverlcrf
servant1 ? . Sunday morning they wort ?
bre-ikfasted. after which they rambleifl
about the beautiful grounds , and in the
afternoon they wore driven to the-
Wostbury station In the poclety mat
ron's carriage.
Norfolk Boys Win the Game.
"What will prevent the telegraph
companies from installing telephone *
and doing telephone business ? " said !
J. C. Nelson of Omaha , superintendent
of the Western Union Telegraph com
pany , when asked In Norfolk what of
. feet commercial telegraphing by in
1 dependent telephone companies woulol
| have on the Western Union and Postal
companies.
"We have the wires , and all we havir
to do Is to install telephones , whlcla
would be but little expoiiFe , " continued
Mr. Nelson. "The Boll people , of
course , are leasing wires to packing
companies mid newspapers , but they
are not doing any commercial tel -
graph work. "
Some time ago the Continental Tel
ephone and Telegraph company of
New York purchased additional Hnow
and It was reported they would start
doing commercial business on all their
i lines. W. J. Stadolman of the local
Independent company bollovcd it
would affect the Norfolk office nnd
telegraph work would bo done here.
Mr. Nelson does not believe tills will
bo done. From the fact that the Post
al and Western Union have the wlro
and all that Is necessary Is to Install
telephones , Mr. Nelson believes it
would bo nn easy matter for the bijc
telegraph concerns to handle nil the
long distance telephone business In
the United States. This , according ta
Mr. Nelson , is n question that Is before
fore the telegraph and telephone world
today.
If its a reasonable want , want
vertlslng will supply It.