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THE OMAHA SUNDAY UEE: OCTOBER 6, 1007.
A Real Farm
Paper
Is resd by farmers and stockmen. It
It i'cUii publication !t carries lire
stock adyertlstnf. And the rolume of
this advsrtlslnf indicates its circula
tion and standing among farmers.
This test is unfailing. The average
farmer Is conservative. He is not a
speculator and he la not easily stam
peded. When he spends his money to
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sheep, or swine, he demands results.
He selects a farm paper that Is read
by farmers.
There are many fake farm papers.
They may fool advertisers, but they
do not fool the farmers. They have
plenty of fake advertising, but no live
stock advertising placed by real
farmers.
By This Test
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
FARMER makes good. Nearly two
hundred farmers and stockmen are
advertising In each issue. Their busi
ness shows an Increase of more than
0 over last year.
In the months of October, Novem
ber, December, January February and
March the live stock" advertising In
this paper ran up to nearly 500 Inches
In each Issue. It filled nearly eight
pages of space. Moat of this farmers
advertising stays In the paper the year
'round.
This means something. It means
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class of farmers and stockmen In the
west. It means that THE TWEN
TIETH CENTURY FARMER la a real
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Letters From
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Von cover a verr desirable section
most thoroughly, and our clifnts are
universally satisfied with results; in
fact, we do not know of a single in
stance last year when your paper did
not "make good" for us. It is a pleas
ure to send yoar advertising, because
you make It a profitable Investment
for our clients.
White's Class Advert Mng Co,
. Chicago, 111., Jan. 23, 1907.
TO
THE FARMERS OF THE CENTRAL WEST
THROUGH THE ADVERTISING COLUMNS OF
Greater results have been ,obtained
from the advertising slven you than
from any other paper we have used.
ShIHuN-ltrgK Land Co.
Ft. Morgan, Colo., Nov. 2. 1906.
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Your paper has always paid me and
you will get as much of our advertis
ing as any western farm paper.
M. M. Johnson, Incubators.
Clay Center, Neb., Dec. 12, 1906.
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65.000 Paid
Subscribers
The subscription list of THE TWEN
TIETH CENTURY FARMER Is a paid
list, and (6,000 farmers are paying
one dollar a year each lor the paper.
There Is no free list except to adver
tisers. .Thirty subscription solicitors
are now at work In Nebraska, Iowa,
Missouri and Kansas. They work at
all the big fairs and live stock shows
In the central west, during the fall. At
other seasons they work through the
country, In small towns and at stock
yard points. Each new name added
to the list means a dollar paid for one
year, or 60 cents for six months. We
do not get subscribers through guess
ing contests, or fake schemes. The
list Is growing at such a rate that we
can safely guarantee from 70,000 to
,76.000 by January 1st, 1908, but there
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TOOT
It is today the greatest selling agent in the Trans-Mississippi country for the manufacturers of farm machinery, for real estate, for mail
order goods of any description, for anything, in fact, sold to farmers and stockmen, or to the women folks in the country home. There never was a
time in the history of the west when our farmers were so prosperous. They all have money in the bank and they are enjoying not only the comforts
but the luxuries of life. They buy pianos, automobiles and diamonds, to say nothing of the thousand-and-one necessities of life. And they are
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cities realize what a large volume of business is handled for farmers through the post offices and the express companies. Especial attention is
called to the demand for cheap land jln the west, southwest and in Canada. Thousands of farmers are selling high priced land in the Mississippi and
Missouri valleys and are buying cheaper land farther west.
REAL
STATE DEALERS
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OMAHA. NEBRASKA.
Your paper is certainly O. K. Our
copy appeared In over 200 agricultural
papers and inquiries averaged In cost
a trifle over S cents each.
St. Louis Heed Co.
St Louis, Mo., Oct. 24, 1906.
I consider your paper the greatest
selling agent I have ever tried. Or
ders are coming In as fast as I can fill
them.
A. J. Kennedy, Washing Machines. .
Omaha, Neb., Aug. 1. 19P6.
We are having very good business
this winter and have had many In
quiries from your paper.
A. B. Ilolbort, Hors Importer,
Oreeiey, la-
Please stop our ad and send us the
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sults and will send you more soon, un
doubtedly. '
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Enclosed you will find draft for ad
vertlsment. It is doing the business.
M. M. Johnson, Incubators,
Clay Center, Neb.
Here Is what the Monitor Drill Com
pany of Minneapolis, Minn., wrote us
last winter:
"We have -received nineteen replies
to our first advertisement of January
Sd, at a cost of 29 cents each, which
Is not bad."
Here is what the Lining r Imple
ment company of Omaha, one of the
largest wholesale implement dealers
in the west, said In a recent letter:
"After a thorough experience In ad
vertising to reach the trade In the vi
cinity of Omaha, we have come to the
conclusion that the best returns come
from The Twentieth Century Farmer.
We have decided to drop our outside
advertising and make a year's contract
with you for space. We have had big
sales In the vicinity of Omaha, but
also have inquiries from Maine to
Texas and recently sold quite a bill of
goods, through a Twentieth Century
ad. to a party in Kentucky."
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TRADE CONDITIONS IN OMAHA
Business for Week Larger Than Any
Week for Years.' ,
HUXD&EBS OF RETAILERS COKE
Carpets and Hon Are Mated (or Ad
vance Demand ' (or . Uotldera'
Hardware Is Heavr Through
at the Coontry.
' Business bo-iked last week by the Omaha
Jobbers was larger than that of any week
tor a number of years. This was largely
due to the Ak-Bar-Hen festivities, to attend
which many merchants came In from the
country, taking advantage of the oppor
tunity to give their families a pleasure
trip and buy goods at the same time. Sep
tember made an exceptional showing.
Corn is said to be now entirely out of the
reach of frost, in fact, a frost would dry
It out arid make It ready for shucking. The
first carload of the new crop la said to be
on Its way to the Omaha market from Pot
tawattamie county, la. It Is from a Held
of unusually early grain.,
leather Is featureless. . Prices remain
at about the same level and manufacturers
are buying cautiously. Hides are Un
changed In price arid the western packers
mrm uuiunm dick lor more money. The
market on crude rubber is strong, but Just
at present It Is hard to predict whether the
next lew weelui will see prices higher or
lower. Salesmen' for the Omaha snoe
houses report large and numerous orders.
Moth manufacturers and Jobbers say they
txpect a larger business this fall and win
ter than for any previous season.
. . Carpets Slated for Ad ranee.
Philadelphia and other carpet markets
ire announcing that prices on carpets and
ruga will be higher mis fall and winter.
Muls are busy on duplicate orders and
tome are scarcely able to supply the de
mand. Carpel wools are tirm and the con
dition Indicates that the manufacturers
will be compelled to raise prices.
In hardware there has been no quotable
Jhange in Hie price of staples in the last
Week. Not In many years have the fluc
Ualloae been so small In all hardware
anea. September business ot . the local
....uses shows a large increase of the busi
ness of Uie corresponding- month of lust
year, and the rtrsi week of October has
made an excellent showing, Building op
erations are active through all the western
country and the demand for builders' hard
ware is therefore heavy. Wire nails are In
duioarui; lu anticipation of higher prices
vrdvis have been liberal, ine retaiieis
have allowed many lines of hsrdwaie
stocks to ruu low and now they ar buyli a
liberally to replenish stocks.
Rellned augar remains at the old level
but Jobbers stilt make the prediction that
prices luo to loo higher may be expected
at any time. Haws have advanced to a
basis of $3.18. duty paid, based oa the
Slices of raws, rellned sugars are now
below the normal and the price can
go only upward.
Coflee la steady. Roaated nios and
Santos are on a basis of U to 14c. The
demand for high cluas Japan teas requires
mora than the stoca on hand
Price have advanced on all grades of
canned tomatoes, factory quotations on
Muryland stocks are now KTc for No ia
S?Sc for No. 2s and 12 86 for gallons!
Kancy Maine corn Is scarce, with no ofier
inga under tl.nu. The pea pack promises
to be less than normal and prices are
strong.
Ask Eateaelon aa Labels.
The committee on pure food and the
committee on manufacturers of the Na
tional Wholesale Grocers' association met
In New York Wednesday In conference, to
gether with the executive officers of the
' organisation, and discussed the recent de
cision of the Food and Drug Inspection
board, against an extensloa of the old-label
exemption. The committee feels very bit
terly the action of the board, especially aa
It applies only to technically Incorrect la
bels, and may deride to take an appeal to
the three secretaries In charge of the en
forcement of the law. The mattes will be
considered with W. C Breed, counsel of
lite organisation, upon his return from
Washington, and It U oaslble trial a re
hearing may be asked for, 8earetary Beck
matin Issued a special circular to the trade
n the subject
Tba ralata market Is showing weakness,
according to latest reports from the Pa
cific coast. Quotations on new crop prunes
are firmly maintained, though many con
cessions have been made on the old stock.
All kinds ot canned fruits are scarce and
firmly held.
World's Soa-ar Stocks.
According to Wlllett & Gray, the world's
partment commander, Major General
Weston.
While In Honolulu, returning Admiral
Dayton, commanding the Pacltic fleet, and
officers gave a dance at the Seaside hotel
in honor of Colonel Gardener and the of
ficers and ladies of the Sixteenth infantry.
This was a combination of the army and
The Sixteenth Infantry band played at the
Seaside hotel In honor of Admiral Dayton
and the officers of his fleet.
Lieutenant Colonel Wilson has been de
tailed as chief lire marshal of the post,
with Major W. F. Blauvelt as his assistant.
Captain William C. Bennett, adjutant.
visible ..y of .ugVr VTCi of the
week was as follows: Total siock . " , " 7'. , " --- --- .
Europe and America, 1,13Z,Z1 tons, against
l,2tf,til5 tons last year at the same uneven
dates. The decrease of stock Is 16.694 tons,
against a decrease of 176,324 tons last week.
Total stocks and afloats together show a
visible supply of 1,402,921 tons, against 1,628,
616 last year, or a decrease of 4J6,tiM tons.
Rnvra of domestic! sardines are notified
that dating from October 16 the quotations has been annotated adiutant of the rout
f . e. b. Kastport will be $3.26 for quarter vice Second Lieutenant U Solellac, relieved,
oils and S3 for" three-quarter mustards. captain C. L. Beckurts. commissary, has
which represents an advance of lie case detailed as commissary of the post,
on the former and of 6e on the lai e. . vtoe j,-jrMt Lieutenant Persons, Eleventy In-
t-lse is attributed to a shortage In the n- fantry, relieved.
due mainly to the scarcity of cans. While r.n,,in j v nohn nuartermaster has
waiting for a """"Utol UrtSl
decoration question under the pure food s,ructln- quartermaster of the post, vice
law, packers were deterred from making F) lieutenant Persons, Eleventh infan
thelr contracts for cans until such a late , reiived
date that they were unable to get anywhere, ' ,
near what they wanted from the manufao-L First Lieutenant C. H. W. Morrison, Si x
.Tra Vhl rieatrurtinn bv nra of nractl- I teenth Infantry, has been detailed es signal
iUoe."'.u -,.?eJlrU.l?.oSl5 ? S'nniJ I and engineer officer of the post, vice First
Cailjr Vila I""? I'""' 1 , T .laiilananl P.r.nna 1 on.. r, I h Infinl.I
e trade with key opening cans further f-''
re-
Lha
complicated their difficulties.
Dra and Chemicals.
There has been little Interest In the drug
and chemical market during the past week.
We find glycerine la going upward In price,
owing to a hardening of the foreign mar
ket for crudes and a largely Increased de
mand, which Is In excess of production.
Opium Is In quite demand at prices noted
last week. Quinine remains unchanged.
Gum arable has an upward tendency, with
the market stronger than In some time.
Essential oils of every class remain un
changed In price, and the market is only
In fair condition. -
l . , i 1 m. a,..i, lh.r. u' a aharn ad
vance In tumentlne. Drices ruling 2o a gal- October 1. 1907,
Ion higher than a week ago. This Is owing Leave of absence for on month to take
to reports from southern fields that the, effect October 1, has been granted Second
production Is not likely to equal oonsump- Lieutenant J. P. Bitbb, Sixteenth Infantry,
tion. Linseed oil Is up 2c above last week's Leave of absence for one month from
prices, and Indications are that there will , October I has been granted First IJeu
be further advances .before any decline, t tenant Sydney Smith. Sixteenth Infantry.
lleved
First Lieutenant L. L. Roach, battalion
adjutant, Sixteenth Infantry, has been de
tailed us ordnance officer of the post, vice
First Lieutenant Persons, Eleventh Infan
try, relieved.
Chaplain J. W. Hillman, Sixteenth in
fantry, has been detailed as post treasurer
and officer In charge of post library.
Second Lieutenant J. M. Chirchtll. Six
teenth infantry, has been detailed as prison
officer, vice First Lieutenant Persons,
Eleventh Infantry, relieved. .
Leave of absence for one month has
been granted Second Lieutenant N. W.
Kilev sixteenth Infantry, in lake effect
ley, Company M, Sixteenth Infantry, have
been detailed on extra 'duty as mechanics
In the quartermaster's department.
Private Elmer 'E. Guthrie, Company E,
and Jesse Klllngsworth, Company L, Six
teenth Infantry, have been detailed on ex
tra duty as laborers In the quartermaster's
department.
Private George Pumphrey, Company H,
Sixteenth Infantry, has been detailed on
special duty as assistant to the switchboard
operator.
Private Solomon Sheets, Company K. and
Walter McCall. Company M, Sixteenth In
fantry, have been detailed (temporarily) on
special duty In connection with repairing
'.he telephone system at this post.
Captain William F, Clark, paymaster,
gladdened the hearts of the boys of the
post by dropping In about 9:30 a. m. this
morning and paying them for the month of
August, and no doubt from the looks of the
pass list the people of Omaha will see
many new faces.
The glass market is active, with no change
In prices.
NEWS" FROM OMAHA SUBURBS
Fort Crook.
Leave of absence for two months, with
permission to apply for an extension of two
months has been granted First Lieutenant
C. R. W. Morlson, Sixteenth Infantry.
Leave of absence for three months, with
permission to apply for an extension of one
r.. aoivm.- rv.. rsnell WTha ' momnnas oeen aTsruco rnrai iieuienarii
m V. . .... .I,; i.;..nih Hayes. Sixteenth Infantry.
In an y Ma,' W,,,,-m F' PUuv,"t- B,xt"n,h
Fort Crook- I fantry, has been detailed as summary
The regiment left the Philippines August j court.
1. having completed Its second tour In the I OFFICERS DIRECTORY.
I inlands. The regiment nrst landed in uie Nrti igr0lonel and Mrs. Gsrdener.
J Islands In 19, and remained until the sum-, Ko m-Lieutenant Colonel and Mrs. W1I-
I mr ,.f lr'. narliclDatiiiK 'In thirty-three
Important engagements oi mo insurreciioii. No 14 Major and Mrs. Blsnvplt.
The members were scattered from ioloj No iChanla1n and Miss Hillman.
to Aparrl and were under nre almost con- No nOaptain Keckurts.
stanlly during their first tour In the islada. No ?? Captain Bock and Son.
no. n-t aptsm ana Mrs. i-nnsman.
No. 1 t Captain and Mrs. Pennett.
No. 11 Captain and Mrs. Gohn.
No. 9 Caotatn and Mrs., Dn'ton.
No. Is-Dr. and Mrs.' McMillan.
No. IS Curtain Bundel.
No. 10 Frst Lieutenant and Mrs. Ha,yes
No. 24 First Lieutenant Roach.
No. S- First Lleotenant and Mrs. White.
Nn. S F"'st Lleuteiant and Mrs. Morlson.
No. 4 First Lieutenant and Mrs. ghean.
No. M Second Lieutenant Snllllac.
No. S5 First Lieutenant Harvey.
No. IS Lieutenant Boawell.
No. 7 Second Lieutenant and Mrs
Churchill.
No. 13 Second Lieutenant James.
No. IS Peoond Lieutenant Bahen.
No. IS Pecond Lieutenant MoCune.
No. IS Pecond Lieutenant Brown.
the last tour, June Z6, lu6. to August 15.
197. has been served at rort William mc
Klnley (the largest army post garrisoned
by t'nlted States troops), but considerable
Held service was experienced In the Puljan
uprising In the island of Samar.
The history of the regiment from the
civil war to the present date has been
varied and full of Incident. During the
civil war, the reprtment covered itself with
glory and the gallant deeds of Us officers
and men have been inscribed In the an
nals of history.
The colontla of the regiment from 1S1 to
the present date are as follows: Andrew
Porter. Caleb C. Sibley, Samuel W. Craw,
ford. Galusha Pennypacker (termed the
"Father of the regiment"), Mathew M.
Blunt. Hamilton B. Hawkins, William H.
... llh A Tii.aker. Wilbaul b.
Worth. 'Clarence M. Bailey. Charles C. (
Private Arthur D. Ivey, Company L, and
Hood, Butler D. Price and Cornelius Oar-, jacoo ixihrman. Company M, Sixteenth In
decar. , . . fantry. have been detailed on extra duty
toionel Oardener. who is at present In bakers,
continued of the regiment ana t ort J rooa. William Steele. Company O. and
has seen considerable nr.a wT. urov-I Private Martin J. Salvlto. Company K. Six
Philippines as governor of Tayabay ; prov i MaMt h.y. b9rn dBlllutd on ex.
Ince and has been on duty in uusori auu j (n u ,ub,t,oc department.
MiTui in the Philippines, the regiment was Private George D. Boyd. Company F.
iron.derid Sixteenth infantry, haa been detailed on
Son. I inhe Sivtsion During the list da- spMlal duty a. telephone orderly,
partment athletic meet In Manila, Company s-reant Fueeno Sautter. Company H.
C aa a representative organisation of the Sixteenth Infantry, has been detailed on
regiment, under command of Captain C. K. extra duty ss overseer of military convicts.
Morton, rve an exhibition qf Infantry private Rudolph B. Armstrong, Company
drill and other self-inaugurated movements E Cll,,ter rnters. Company F; Ernest
which was a credit to the regiment, and for A guttalli Company O: Daniel B. Hanson,
I which Captain Morton and his company re-. Company H: John Burk. Company K; re
ceived special commendation from the de-j Ur Walsh, Company L, and Chaster What-
COOL HEADS ARE NEEDED
slightest Mistake In Arrasgemtai of
Great Railroad Schedules Mar
Canse Disaster.
"Give an Inexperienced person a large
railroad folder and you put moie trouble
In his hands than the 'pigs In the clover'
puxzle," said a prominent railroad official
the other day.
"You will And that the average person
hat not the slightest Idea how to de
cipher the arrival and departure of trains,
Imagine, then, the Immense amount of
work involved In arranging the schedules
of the trains of a vast railroad system so
they will dovetail smoothly and be got in
working order at an appointed hour. Just
for example: Each twenty-four hours
hundreds of trains arrive at and depart
from the Grand Central station, New York
City. The schedules have to be arranged
to make conflict Impossible.
"The adjustment of the time tables de
volves ultimately upon the chief operating
official of the road. He notifies the offi
cial of each division that a new train is to
reach a certain point at a certain hour,
and will depart after a change of engines
five minutes later, being due to arrive at
the other end of the division at a certain
hour.
"The trainmaster of the division must
then prepare a tentative schedule of trains
for his division, and this tentative sched
ule must be sent to the chief train dis
patcher before the new train la put on.
"Each additional train must Involve a
certain derangement- of the schedule al
ready In force. If the new train Is a
'flyer' the derangement amounts almost
to disorder. The local and accommoda
tion trains are most affected by these
changes. They must- get out of the way
of the limited trains In plenty of time, and
passengers on the local trains are very
likely to chafe under the delays that are
Inevitable. It la next to itniosslble to con
vince people that these delays really are
necessary and for their benefit.
"When all of the tentative schedules
providing for a new train are In hand the
chief train dispatcher Is In a position to
prepare a final schedule. He must regard,
especially In limited trains, the hours at
which trains are expected to leave and
arrive at Important points. He cannot
run a train along the line of least resist
ance, for at the hours when there are
fewest obstacles In the way of a 'flyer
there might be the greatest likelihood uf
no passenge.s being in waltlr.j at the
most Important station.
"When all the data are In hand the
schedule Is prepared and notifications are
sent out to all of the division superin
tendents. But the experimentation doos
not end here. There Is a great deal to be
done by way of adjusting experience to
operation so the strain on the rolling
stock may be least.
"In preparing a schedule for a long
distance run It is essential to establish
an average hourly mileage for the entire
distance. It is not possible to test thrf
running time between two neighboring
points and by ' adding these together to
arrive at the maximum speed possible to
attain between two distant points. The
theory of these averages is that the train
shall leave sufficient leeway to make up
time when necessary. It has been found,
however, that engineers will loaf along
over parts of their trip in order to make
faster time than their schedules call for
over other portions of the route. ,
"It can, therefore, be seen that all must
be ready as far as It can be figured out
by man, and the benefit of experience
adds greatly to the making of a schedule
In the rough that will work out to a
nicety when the train is actually under
way." New York Times.
CHINA'S ARMY OF OPIUM FIENDS
Over Oae Hasdrei and Fifty Millions
of Inhabitants Are Victims
of the Draa.
"The cultivation of ths poppy." so runs
the translation, "Is the greatest Iniquity
In agriculture, and the provinces rt
Szechuen. Shenst, Kansu, Yunnan, Kwel
chow, Shansl and Kanghuat abound in
this product, which, In fact, is found
everywhere. Now that it is decided to
ahandon on him smoklna- within ten years
, the limiting of this cultivation should I
taken as a fundamental step .
opium has been' In use so long by the
people that nearly three-tenths to four
tenths of them are smokers."
"Three-tenths ' to four-tenths" the es
tlmata seemed rather wild. From 100.
000,000 to 160,000,000 opium smokers In
China means three or four times the
population of Great Britain, a good mny
more than the population of the United
States! After all, I thought, statistics
are meaningless to the oriental mind; but
my eye fell on certain quoUtlons, already
familiar. In my notebook. I read this
from Mr. Holse, the commercial attaohe
to the British legation at Peking, an ex
perienced traveler and observer. He Is
reporting on conditions In Sxechuen prov
ince: "I am well within the mark when I
say that In the cities to per cent of the
males and 10 per cent of ' the females
smoke opium, and that In the country the
percentage Is not less than 26 for men
and 5 for women." There are about 45.
000,000 people In Sxechuen province, ant
they not only raise and consume an 'ap
palling quantity of opium, they also send
about 10,000 tons down the Yangtse river
every year for use In other provinces. I
was later to hear from other observer
that about all of the richest soil In
Siechuen Is given over to poppy cultiva
tion, and that the laboring classes show
a noticeable decline of late in phystqus
and capacity for work.
I heard little about the beautiful dreams
and visions which opium Is supposed to
bring; all the smokers with whom I talked
could be roughly divided Into two classes
those who smoked In order to relieve
pain or misery, and those miserable vic
tims who smoked to relieve the acute
physical distress brought on by the
opium Itself. Probably the majority of
the victims take It up as a temporary ie
lief; many begin In early childhood the
mother will give the baby a whiff to
stop Its crying. It Is a social vice only
among the upper classes. The most no
table outward effect of this Indulgence Is
the resulting physical weakness and las
situde. The opium smoker cannot work
hard; he finds It difficult to apply his mind
to a problem or his body to a task. As
the habit becomes firmly fastened cn
him, there Is a perceptible weakening of
his moral fiber; he shows himself unequal
to emergencies which make any sudd an
demand upon him. If opium Is denied
him, he will lie and steal In order to ob
tain It.
Opium smoking Is a costly vice. A
pipeful of a moderately good native prod
uct costs more than a laborer can earn
In a day; consequently .the poorer classes
smoke an unspeakable compound based
on pipe-scrapings and charcoal. Along
the highroads the coolies even scrape the
grime from the packsaddles to mix with
this dross. The clerk earning from twenty-five
to fifty Mexican dollars a month
will frequently spend from $10 to 120
a month on opium. The typical confirmed
smoker Is a man who spends a consider
able part of the night in smoking himself
to sleep, and all the next morning in
sleeping oft the effects. If he Is able to
work at all, It Is only during the after
noon, and even at that there will be many
days when ths. official or merchant is In
competent to conduct his affairs. Thou
sands of prominent men are ruined every
year. Samuel Merwln in Success Magazine.
Bee Want Ads do the business.
WHAT POLICE OWE THE 'PHONE
Telephony Considered the Best Doc
trine In the Baslnesa of
Ferreting? Crime.
i
Not long ago a visitor asked one of the
offioers at New York police headquarters
who was the star of the force. The officer
picked up the telephone on his desk snd
said: "There you are. That's the greatest
detective In the business."
American police have an advantage over
foreign police In that the system at their
disposal Is better. It Is a common practice
among the police of the big cities to tele
phone all the way from ten to a thousand
miles when on the trail of a suspect. In
deed, the police In this country were among
the first to make use of the device after Its
Invention In the middle '70s, whereas It ap
pears that the adoption of thi telephone as
an agent ot the London police 1 a com
paratively recent event. Today In this and
other big American cities the police stations
are within easy reach of everyone through
the telephones In residences, business
houses snd public booths.
There sre many Instances in which night
operators on call at central offices have
brought the police. In some cases burglars
hfcte out the wires before entering a build
ing, so much do they fear detection through
them.
A servant In a house In a fashionable'
quarter of New York, hearing suspicious
sounds In the dead of night, tiptoed down
stairs and woke up her mistress, the only
other person In the house. This woman
reached over In the dark, took her bedside
telephone from the table snd asked for po
lice headquarters.
The policeman on that beat "rang In" a
minute later, and before the rascal in the
dining room had got all the silverware Into
his kit he found himself looking Into the
barrel of a revolver. Not so many years
ago this would have been Impossible.
New uses of the telephone In connection
with the work of maintaining law and order
come Into notice almost every dsy. Ths
mayor in one of the cities In the Buckeye
state, while presiding at an Inquiry, called
for the testimony of one of the members of
the police forcel It was-found that
man was then patrolling; his beat
"Call hint tip," said the official. When the
man responded the mayor took his testi
mony In form ot an affidavit.
"Do you swear that this Is true 7" said
his honor, reading the statement to the
witness.
The policeman took oath that he had
spoken the truth, the whole truth and noth
ing but the truth.
"The affidavit Is admitted as testimony,"
said the mayor, and the Incident was over.
There are many esses on record where
witnesses have telephoned their testimony
to the courts. In some parts of the coun
try minor cases are frequently disposed of
by telephone. . This Is particularly true of
cases In which the defendant Is ready to
plead guilty and the Judge knows that the
fins Imposed will unquestionably be paid.
The wire has come to be a common Inter
mediary between the courts and the ac
cused in trials relating to overspeedlng on
the part of automobiles. New Yerk Post
A Bad Liver.
The only salvation for ths person with
a torpid liver la through a changed sys
tem of dietetics, combined with exerolse
In the outdoor air, calisthenics and deep
breathing. The person with a bad liver
should habitually practice deep and long
breathing, filling the lungs at each Inhala
tion. The curative dietary must consist prin
cipally of nerve and brain food. Includ
ing fish and a reasonable amount of beef,
with generous quantities of cereal foods
and the fruits that are rich In acids. In
warm weather It is best to abstain from
milk altogether. Butter and vegetable fats,
olive oil, boiled rice, baked apples, baked
potatoes, graham or whole wheat bread,
soft boiled eggs, all constitute a safe and
nourishing diet for the bilious person.
At the first symptoms of biliousness
squeeze the Juice of half a lemon In the
water you drink Just before breakfast and
before going to bed at night What to
Eat
Pointed Paraarrapha.
Ills satanlc majesty loves a grouchy
giver,
Men who always look before they leap
seldom lean.
It Is harder to beat a poor carpet than a
good one.
Being In love furnishes a girl with one
more excuse for crying.
Speaking of dogs, a pointer should havs'
more than one good point.
Some people find fault with a bad man be
cause he Isn't worse.
It's the easiest thing in the world for a
widower to marry a widow.
A woman will honor her husband as Ions;
as he is willing to love and obey her.
Which goes the faster after being broken
thoroughbred colt or a $10 bill?
He Is a wise man who don't let his busi
ness Interfere with his pleasure at all
times.
Feminine curiosity originated wtfi
Mother Eve when she took the first bite JV
that apple. 1
A woman has lost her chief attraction for
a man when he ceases to wonder what she
will do next.
Why does the average girl bestow more
affection on a pet dog when a young man
la present than at any other time? Cblcaao
News.
Test of Railroad Ties.
A short stretch of railroad belonging to
the Chicago at Northwestern Railroad com
pany la being laid in southern Wisconsin
on which various methods of presurvin
ties by chemical tiealment will be put t"
the teat of practical use, with the co
operation of the United States forest aerv
l -
Laid In the track of the main line where
all trains will pass over them, the Ilea
will be aubjected to the wear of traffic and
the attack of the fungi which rauae decay.
It le hoped that tlila teal will go fur
toward determining the beat preservatives
and Ilia moat practical way of applying
them. New York Tribune.
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