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if ^ SUCCESS. ord unbVeathqd. whose temper true From the heart's tire was sent. he goal I never reached, whereto My spirit's strength was bent. 11 *11 T 1 A f?;i? 1 ,1., I Is full accomplishment. nd somewhere in the fields w'aereon The ungarnered harvests be. y sheaves lie ripening in the sun That warms eternity, nd filled with food myself hath sown This famished soul shall be. Grace Ellery Channing. in Youth's Companion. A Letter-Writer's Blunder. By JAMES C. KILLWELL. "DolJy, dear, there is a gentleman In tne suung-room wno wisnes 10 see rou. What shall you do? Of course, ! know that you are not presentable; low could you be, while engaged in cashing windows? But he seems so inxious to see you, I could not say 10. There! I've dropped his card tomewhere. Well, no matter. But f you will, Dolly?just step in and peak to him." . Aunt Jane paused to take breath. Chere was a timid quaver, a half defecatory tone in her voice, too, as hough she knew that she was asking t *great deal, but had still resolved o do her duty courageously. The room at whose open door she pas standing?the best in the oldashloned farmhouse nestling among he Pontiac Hills?looked at present o thnntrh nn nnwi>r rrmlri spt it Iitraight again. It was so provoking! 3er pretty niece, Dolly Thorpe, from ."he metropolis, had come to spend the summer with Aunt Jane; and lardly was she comfortably settled ivhen a telegram had arrived from Dolly's father requesting Aunt Jane ;o receive, for a few weeks, a paricular friend of his own, who wished :o try the effect of the fresh air lpon a somewhat delicate constituion. The telegram had been received the lay previous, and, just at that par- J icular juncture, Aunt Jane's one serrant had given notice, and taken her leparture. There was no help for t. The work must be done somehow, ind the best room put in readiness 'or the expected guest. Dolly Thorpe was standing upon a tepladder in thfe cheery apartment mown aa "the snare room." busilv Itngaged in cleaning tbe windows, (he was a pretty girl, with roguish irown eyes, and a mass of curly lack hair. She had been interruptd in her work several times already hat morning, and this last summons eemed the one drop too much for ler overflowing cup of vexations. Each demand upon her time and latience Dolly had met and faced iravely, for Aunt Jane was just reovering from a serious illness, and ras hardly able to get about the louse. To-morrow the new servant rould come, and Dolly would be reed from her arduous duties. In the meantime the expected ;uest, whose name her father had lot taken the trouble to mention, >eing simply referred to in Mr. Phrtrnp'c talotrrnm nc "a friend r?f Itnine"?they knew not whether the expected guest was male or female? ^?as liable at any moment to drop In upon them. All this time Dolly had been standing upon the stepladder, gaping down Into Aunt Jane's appealing face, with intense dismay upon her own, and a piece of chamois in her hand. She .wore a blue calico gown, tied up ?bove a pair of little feet in not altogether irreproachable slippers; a pink cap surmounted her curly head. Yet she was simply charming, thought Aunt Jane. \ "Just step down a minute, dear," pleaded that individual, meekly. Stifling an inward groan, Dolly turned round, but catching the skirt of her gown upon the ladder as she did so, she was left for a brief space suspended like JUahomet's coffin. The bucket of soapsuds upon the top of the stepladder grew uneasy, and came down to see what was the matter; and the scene that followed can be better imagined than described. In the midst of the excitement, . while Dolly was struggling with the refractory stepladder, which had suddenly collapsed, converting the bare floor into a miniature lake, in which, to use her own expression, she was "getting along swimmingly," a tall form appeared in the open doorway, a pair M merry gray eyes took in the scene, and a musical voice, straggling bard to stifle a burst of laughter, asked sweetly: "Can I be of any assistance? .Why!" in mock astonishment, "if it isn't Dolly Thorpe!" "Jack!" with 'a shrill little shriek of dismay. "Yes, it is I. How do you like my get-up? Aunt Jane's servant has taken French leave; somebody had to do this." was 11 reaiiy necessary tnat an this should be done?" asked Jack Bentley, with lurking mischief in his t voice. Dolly flared up in an instant. How dare he laugh at her? "You know what I mean. Just lift that side of the stepladder, Jack, and be quiet. There! Thanks awfully. I shall get out of it somehow. I feel like the immortal youth who 'stood on the burning deck.' Jack!" suddenly emerging from tfie general confusion, and hdlding out two white hands in greeting, her bright eyes ohlnlnp' lilrp stars "T'm so srlad to see M you.- Did you drop down from the Kg skies? What brought you here?" "Well, that is good!" suppressing M a whistle. "I was so sure you would be glad to see me that I didn't stop H to invent any excuse for coming. But S| I refuse to have anything to say to ^-<you until you have made yourself (presentable. Go and put on a dry tfreBs!" "But," she inquired, ruefully, "who fs to finish the room? It is a point of honor with me to carry out an undertaking, and then?I've promised Aunt Jane." "All right. I'll help you. Whai rto be done next? ' "You don't mean it?" ! For Jack was pulling off his coat, and looking quite fierce, as though 1 longing to .set to work in real earnest. "Well." pursued Dolly, "if you really want to"?Jack made a wry face?"I will not stand in tha way? not for the world. Go to work if you like. No doubt work will do you good, and prove a novel experience. The greater part is done, anyhow. We have only to mop up the-floor, loir + V? i?n<* r?nf in fnmif 11 T*0 hang the curtains, and " "Stay! Enough! enough! And for whom are all these preparations intended, for some one is expected? I feel it in the air." Dolly laughed. "Quite a swell, no doubt. You see, we don't really know, but suspect that it is one of the sterner sex. Papa just telegraphed to Aunt Jane to expect a friend of his to-day.". Jack Bentley turned the empty pail upside down, and coolly proceeded to seat himself upon the inverted edge. "Dolly, how long have you had the pleasure of my acquaintance?" was the apparently irrelevant question. She laughed gayly. "Exactly three ye?.rs and six months," she announced, demurely, "and I must confess I don't know anything good of you." But the tender light in the merry brown eyes belied her saucy words. . ^ Jack continued loftily: 0 "I pass your insinuations by with C( the contempt they merit. Rose of a the world, did you ever promise to marry me?circumstances permitting ?or?did you not?" She crept a little closer to his side. "I?I am afraid I did," she said, softly. "But. oh, Jack! papa would be furious if he knew. He will j never consent?because " cc "Because I am as poor as the proverbial church mouse, and he intends j that you shall marry Horace Dilling- Q] ham, the rich merchant." t "Jack!" tt "It is true, dear?quite true. Now, ,, listen to my tale of woe. I am here " ?here to stay! I am your Aunt z.' Jane's expected guest. Are you willing, sweetheart?" ^ Willing? Oh, Jack!" A g Not another word; but somehow ^ he seemed quite content. "Please explain," she ventured, timidly, after a pause of golden si- q lence. Jack drew from his pocket an open letter, addressed to himself, and placed it in Dolly's hand. .j It began "My Dear Friend," and ended "Yours as ever" ("Quite ten- T der," Jack declared, in parenthesis), "RUFUS THORPE." In this letter Mr. Thorpe, Dolly's g father proceeded to advise his "dear friend" to make a trip at once to Millside, in the Pontiac Hills, to his ^ sister-in-law's house ? Miss Jane . Dean?slyly insinuating that his ^ daughter, Miss Dolly, would warmly j welcome him there. Dolly's face assumed a look of bewilderment as she read her father's . letter. What did it all mean?" "Why, Jack, what has changed ^ papa so? He used to be so violently ^ opposed to you, you know, I cannot understand it at all!" "I can," Jack answered, grimly. "He wrote this letter to Dillingham, w and one to me at the same time, only mine was of an entirely different na- ( ture, I imagine. In his haste he {( made a common mistake; he inclosed my letter in the envelope addressed to Dillingham, and vice versa. The ^ invitation to Mr. Dillingham, in which no name was mentioned, was received by me. What could I do but ac- " cept?" "What, indeed?" laughed Dolly. "And now that you are here, we will just have a splendid time." Taken into their confidence, Aunt Jane could not find it in her heart to object, for Jack was in every way unobjectionable, save that he was not wealthy. Yet he held a good position in a prosperous firm, and his advancement was only a question of time, after all. Mr. Rufus Thorpe was overwhelmed with consternation one day, while sitting in his office, by the apparition of the two young culprits, with the astounding announcement that they had been quietly married that morning. 4 ' T -n*r\n V> n ri rl or fnlco rtrofon CDC * X nuu UWX UUUVI vvvuwvw, but she's mine, all the same," the young rascal unblushingly added. But when Mr. Thorpe had learned that a distant relative of Jack Bentley's had just shuffled off this mortal coil, leaving him sole heir to a neat little fortune, he thought better of the marriage, and in time expressed' unqualified approval.?New York Weekly. Mrs. Roarer's Household Hints. Never allow the cook to wear her diamond ring while kneading bread. The stone will spoil the flavor of the most carefully prepared bread. 0 A little Portland cement added to p oatmeal while it is boiling will give c it body. r Cut glass snouia always De poi- n ished with sandpaper. Do not fail to clean the inside of ^ the incandescent lamp bulb. 0 The odor of cabbage, onions and v many other vegetables, while'being ^ cooked, is offensive to most persons, 7 but it can be destroyed by coating t the stove with rubber.?New Eng- t land Grocer. a Comforts on the Farm. t In the past few years the farmers 1 of Brown County have fitted up their c country homes with nearly every * convenience, such as bath and toilet ' rooms, telephones and furnaces. With : 1 -1 - 1 : ? 1 A*.nm> ilntf n r\ A OAnfl t man ueuvt'icu cvci* auu e,vu? roads they are even more comfortably c situated than their city brethren- 1 John Leidy, a farmer living near J Robinson, has gone them all one bet* ter by installing a complete electric light plant on his place, which light? j , his house, barns, cow sheds, corn- 3 1 cribs and granaries. A gasoline en- t gine runs the dynamo for the plant, v ?Kansas City Journal. J' 0 ; The first Farmers' Alliance Con1 vention in Liberia, Africa, was re cently held at Monrovia, the capital. t As a result, the African Agricul* ~e : tural World, published in that city, 'i says that Liberia's agricultural re- g sources are to be developed. f * A NEW BRITISH Mil The entire equipment, invented 'ith "Kitchener's Scouts," can be put < f pouches to hold 120 or 240 rounds oat and water bottle, boots, leggings ny rank or branch of the service.?Lo COOKING WITHOUT FIRE. BY GEORGE J. JONES, The fireless cookstove is not exact' a new thing, for its economies and mveniences have been known to the ' 2ople of an out-of-the-way portion ! the German Empire. Only a year two ago some ladies of that ccun- ' y had their attention attracted to * ie fireless cookstove, and they be- ; ime so interested in it that an or- ' inization was effected for the purjse of making the women of the ' >untry generally familiar with it. ] 1 this manner one of the United ' tates representatives in Germany eard of the scheme, and reported on . This attracted general attention l this country, and the supply of overnment pamphlets was soon exlusted. The system is' based on the fact lat a perfectly insulated vessel conlat the hay box be experimented ith by the Commisary Department, his was done at Fort Riley, Kansas, nder the direction of Captain M. S. Murray with theassistance of Latrobe romwell, instructor of the school of rmy cooks at that place. These exuriments were very successful, and ie scheme was heartily lhdorsed. A dx suitable for army use has been esigned, and it is likely some great langes in the conduct of the comany kitchen are about to be made. This method of food preparation as been recently made available for Dmestic use by the introduction of ie cooking cabinet. In the main lis is nothing more or less than a ell-constructed box of oak, thorughly insulated to keep in the heat. . is thirty-six inches long, fifteen ide and seventeen deep. It is luipped with three enamel vessels E a construction especially designed )r this character of work, having )vers which are clamped on to irther facilitate the retention of le heat. The lids of these vessels re held on by a revolving bar-lock lining meat or vegetables and a roper supply of water will continue LATEST FORM OF TH a cook for a long while after having nee been brought to the boiling oint. The operation of cooking proeeds just the same as if it were diectly over the fire, except that it is aucn slower. This apparatus was known as the .ay box in Germany, and consisted f a crudely constructed box, which /as insulated in that it was lined i'lth some cloth or other material /hich happened to be convenient and hen filled with hay. The article to >e cooked was placed over a fire for . short time, a minute or two, and hen quickly transferred to the hay >?x, where it was placed in a sort of >ocket made in the hay. Here the :ooking continued slowly without any urther application of heat or any atention. The subject was called to the attenion of the President, and he directed levice. which not only makes a her- | netically tight joint, but also acts as j i handle. Onn M thesp vessels i= of foreign income Taxes. The income tax of Prussia totals' >4,680,000. paid on an income of !2,60S, 444,000. In Great Britain here are twenty-four individuals /hose income exceeds S250.000 a ear. The total income tax paid was , n an income of $2.047,70S,940. i| Finish St. John's in 2007. The trustees estimate that it will ake 100 years to complete the Cathdral of St. John the Divine, i > New rnrt Pitv nt tho nrocont rate rtf nrn. ;ress. They hope to prepare the way or finishing it before 2007. ITARY EQUIPMENT. I by Captain Henderson, who served an in less than a minute. It consists of ammunition, bayonet, haversack, i and spurs, and can be adjusted to ndon Black and White. eight quarts capacity, and the other two four quarts each. After tha viands in the kettle have been exposed to the heat of the stove until boiling has taken place for a minute or so, the lid is clamped into place, and the whole pot transferred to one of the pockets of the cooker. The actual'-time consumed in the preparation of food by this process is ibout double that ordinarily required, but the food may be left in very long and will not be overdone. The sav Ing of fuel resulting from the use of the cooker Is considerable, and the burdens of the housewife are about halved.?Scientific American. Novel Laundry Record. I j ^^s[| Im i= s! 1^=11== H\1 * - M KW Metal to Replace Nickel. A new metal called momel, which is expected -to cause something of a stir in the industrial world, is being produced at the works of the Canadian Copper Company at Sudbury. It consists of a compound of copper, nickel, iron and one or two other minerals which are found in the district, and its importance lies iu the fact that it is much less costly than nickel, is less liable to rust and will ' E FIRELESS COOKER. serve all the purpose that is served by that metal In the industrial world. The new metal is said to be ot equal ductile strength with nickel and to possess all its other essential qualities, but it is not claimed that it would serve the purpose of nickel steel used as armor plate.?American Metal Market. Individual Cup. The % latest design of individual communion cup sets include a chalice provided at its bottom with a multiplicity of spouts by which it is possible to fill several dozen cups in one operation by simply placing them in a tray which contains a separate ring or holder for each cup. Some scientists believe that North America was in contact, during prehistoric ages, with Africa and with Europe, the former connection comins first. Russia's Fat Reverse. The Russian budget shows that the revenue, ordinary and extraordinary, for 1906 was $1,676,000,000 and the expenditure, ordinary and extraordinary, $1,569,500,000.* After the payment of $75,000,000 deficit for 1905 there remains a net credit of over 820,000,000. It is noted that of all the Treasury bonds issued and payohlo in 1 nr>7 nnlv thnsp issued in Germany to the amount of $2S,oOO,000 are still outstanding. Life very seldom uses a pretty face as a bulwark for brains. MFUL LOSS OF LIFE IS \ SOUND STEAMED SINKS t f ioy Liner Larchmont Goes Down s I V Off Watch Hill, HI. ji I' DISASTER CAUSED BY COLLISION c ij Schooner Harry Knowiton Flinched f a Hole in the Steamship?Scores c Drowned or Frozen?Only 20 * Out of 170 Saved. jf Block Island, R. I.?Crashing to- ? gether in the teeth of an icy gale, t which had lashed the sea to a fury, the 3teamboat Larchmfont, of the Joy 1 Line, and the Harry Knowlton, a * three-masted schooner, coal laden, a sank soon after midnight off Watch <i Hill, fifteen miles from this place, s The latest estimates place the num- c 1 -1 J ~ i. -io-i 1 uer ueuu at ioi, ? Of an approximate total of 150 i passengers on the Joy liner all but nine plunged to their death beneath -1 the icy waters or died from exposure J" in a desperate struggle to row ashore, e Of the crew of fifty, ten, including t Captain George McVey, reached a shore in a long boat, after one of the a most' thrilling battles against zero c cold and a raging sea ever told along c the Eastern coast. * Captain Frank T. Haley, of the <] schooner, with his crew of six men, t left his ship at a point three miles from here and rowed in safety to the 1 life-saving station at Weekapaug. I Several had frozen feet and hands t and three were unconscious when the t small boat was cast far upon the i shore by a huge roller. a Scenes and suffering of an inde- 1 scribable character marked the colli- f slon and the attempts at rescue. Men c and women, driven frantic by the I bitter winds, which, spray laden, ? swept over the frail boats, gave s up the struggle and leaped into t the sea. Men had to give up the oars t because of the cold, and dozens fell prostrate in the bottom of the little ? craft and lay there until swept into 1 the towering seas or the boats were 1 washed ashore. ? Of the nine boats and rafts which ? left the Larchmont, each laden to its < capacity with frantic passengers, and \ crew members, only two had men at i the oars. The others had drifted ^ hopelessly in the racing waves ana, i ice coated and awash, piled up on the beach, where men awaited them. J Some contained a dozen bodies. Oth- c ers contained men, women and chil- i dren, with legs, hands and faces fro- 1 zen. , t One of the boats which was rowed '< ashore reached Block Island at 6 t o'clock. It contained Captain Mc- 1 Vey. Five men lay unconscious, in i the bottom of the craft. One had cut r his throat on the way ashore. He stood up in his delirium and laughed c as he drew a razor across his throat. ? No one in the boat had the strength 1 to restrain him. y Two versions of the cause of the a collision which resulted in the sink- t Ing of the steamer and also of the i schooner are given by the masters of < the two vessels. Captain McVey, of 1 the Larchmont, says thjt it was due to t^he schooner suddenly luffing' and < that she appeared to be unmanage- f able. Those on the schooner say that ? the Larchmont tried to cross the i bows of their ship, which had the 1 right of way, and that it was clearly 1 an error of judgment on the part of 1 the men at the Larchmont's wheel. 1 The pounding sea soon separated the interlocked vessels, and as they * backed away, the water rushed into j the gaping hole in the steamer's side ' with a velocity that could only mean 1 her doom. ? There were no water-tight com- ? partments to be closed,.and therefore the inrushing flood couid not be con- 1 - - .. f fined to the damaged section, it poured in over the cargo and down ] into the hole. As the water struck 1 the boiler room, great clouds of steam arose, and the panic-stricken passengers, many of whom had been thrown from their bunks and berths j when the collision occurred, thought at first that the vessel was on fire. Unfortunately, the point of col- ^ iision was in that part of the steamer ( where was located the signalling apparatus connecting the engine room with the pilot house. Captain McVey, standing in the pilot house, could not communicate with his ' subordinate officers below decks, and therefore was unable to determine the extent of the damage. The quar- { lermaster was hurried below to make ; in investigation. ^ The passengers meanwhile thronged ( onto the decks. Few of them had ( waited to clothe themselves. Their fear was so great that the first pene- t trating blast of the zero tempera- 1 ? ? ? Arl Knf 4- qn f- , lure w cib uiaicaaiucu, uuu tutu outfering soon became intense. Those who had not stopped to dress now found it impossible to return below and do so. Their rooms were flooded soon after they had been deserted, and the wounded steamer, floundering around in the gale and strong 2bb tide, was fast sinking. The hearts of the officers and crew were filled with terror, but they were prompt in answer to Captain McVey's call to quarters. While some of the seamen forced back the frantic, freezing passengers, others were preparing to lower the lifeboats and rafts. Men and women cried in terror, while the children, of whom there were a few, were the calmest. Many of the elders fell on their knees in Chicago Clerks Organized. Chicago retail clerks, in a big meeting recently, voted to demand a | nine-hour day, with double pay for overtime. Clerks in th,e smaller stores say they are working now * from seventy to seventy-five hours | i weekly. '< l New Prohibition State. j Tennessee passed the bill extending i the Adams law to the entire State, ( ind placing Tennessee in the list of t prohibition States. i Tuskegee School Investigated. ? The Governor of Alabama has ^ signed the joint resolution calling 1 for an investigation of the Booker ? Washington school at Tuskegee. New York City's Valuation. The Tax Board announced that this year's increase in New York City's pstate valuation over 1900 is T $400,5 04.542. t Consul Van tiuren Dead. A dispatch from Nice, Italy, announces the death of Harold S. Van Buren, United States Consul, in that ( city. j < rayer, while others seized those I boilt them, shouting vainly for aid I n their delirium of fear. Others ushed for the lifeboats, shelved high n the hurricane deck of the steamer, ,nd the rush of those attempting to ind a way to the upper deck was rant.ic. Many were so hurt in t.he t truggle that they were unable to I ielp themselves and rolled off into he water. <2r?mo Jn aHpmnls to launch he lifeboats. They were frozen to leath as they struggled vainly on the | leeks of the flounderirg steamer. )thers were drowned, pushed overboard in the mad panic *:o escape beore the steamer went down. Still 1 ithers, hopeless and unable to steel hemselves for the ordeal of waiting or the steamer to sink, flung themelve3 overboard into the water, inane with fear. Many were so injured n the collision that they were unable o even escape from their staterooms. ' The great hurricane deck was i iroken into fragment? by the up- 1 ush of water as the Larchmont sank.' i iappily for seven of the passengers ind crew, a large portion of the after 1 leclc floated free, and sixteen persons, i everal of them women, found a pre- j :arious foothold upon it. Almost j nstantly three o4 the party, two men md a woman, were washed over- ' ioa.rd. ! First, the women were placed in- ( ife'ooats, tlie men passengers and aembers of the crew selecting the j inprotected rafts as their vehicle of | scape. Captain McVey remained on he upper deck, directing his officers md crew, until every one on board . ipneared to have been cared for. He rdered all of the lifeboats and rafts ut away, and before he stepped into lis own boat he stood on the upper ieqk a moment to see that his order pas executed. Then he ordered that his boat', the argest on board, be cleared away. ' Jefore the men had an opportunity 0 loosen the tackles the bottom of he boat rested on top of the sea ragng over the hurricane deck, and for 1 moment it seemed as though the ifeboat. would be dragged down beore she could be freed from the loomed steamer. Every hand in the >oat was too cold to handle a knife ind cut the ropes, which, however, ilipped through the tackles and set he lifeboat adrift just as the vessel lecame submerged. The pitiable condition of tha paslengers and crew was increased a lundred-fold the moment they had aunched their boats. Every wave lent its dash of spray over the boats, md soon a thin coating of ice envel>ped every one. Those who were i ully clothed suffered from frozen aces and numbed feet, but there vere many who had on only their light clothes. One man in the captain's boat, a nember of the crew, was suddenly Iriven insane by his intense sufferng. He pulled a big clasp knife :rom his pocket and gashed his hroat. No one stayed his hand, and igain he plunged his knife into his hroat. The man's body fell to the >ottom of the * boat, where it renained until Block Island was eached. Fisher's Point is the nearest point >f land to the westward of where the iteamer went down, and every boat leaded for that place. But the boats vere heavy and the men at the oars vere weak. A fifty-mile gale blew on heir backs as they strained at the ce-covered oars in their hopeless enieavor. The boats and rafts soon jecame separated. The wind was too strong to be jvercome, and there was nothing left or the seamen to do but turn about ind head for Block Island, fifteen niles away. It was just after 11 p. 11. when the captain cut away from ;he sinking steamer, and it was not mtil 8.30 o'clock in the mornis^that lis boat arrived at Block Island. When Captain McVey's boat, which lad four passengers and six of the :rew, came ashore, not a man on ' loard wa3 able to walk. Their feet vere frozen so badly that the lifesavers carried them to the life-saving itation. The fishing scnooner uiara m. miu anded, just before at Block Island, ifter picking up a life raft. There 1 vere upon it seven persons, barely ilive, and one man frozen stiff. All i ;he living ones were far gone from ;xposure. The hands of nearly every one imong the saved were frozen and ;heir clothing was frozen stiff. The northwest gale, in the midst >f which the disaster occurred, con? ;inued during the morning, with zero ;emperature. EX-GOVERNOR HIGGINS DEAD. 5c Had Been III Since Retiring From Office. Olean, N. Y.?Frank Wayland Higjins died after his long fight against i complication of organic troubles ,vhich all bu;t prostrated him in the ilosint; months of his term as Gov ;rnor. Frank Wayland Higgins was the .hirty-eighth Governor under the New ifork State Constitution. He was )orn in Rushiord, Allegany County, August IS, 1856. His father was Or in T. 'Higgins, and his grandfather ,vas Dr. Timothy Higgins, a pioneer )f Allegany County. He was educated in the Rushford Academy and n the Riverview Academy, Poughceepsie, from which he was graduited in 1873. Then he took a commercial course in a business college. :-Ie traveled over the country for several months and when nineteen years )ld began his business career in Stanion, Mich. In 1S97 the former Governor re:urned to New York State and made lis home in Olean, taking over the nanagement of a wholesale and re;ail grocery business under the firm * " o TI? lame of Higgins, uioageit <c no ivas elected Governor in 1904. HISSING BAXTER $300,000 SHY. IValker Looted New Britain Bank and Church Funds. Hartford, Conn.?It was discovered that William F. Walker, treasurer of the Savings Bank of New Britlin, who disappeared, is a heavy defaulter. r The shortage in the savings bank s at least $300,000 and perhaps uore. Besides, the permanent fund )f the Connecticut Baptist Convenion, of which Mr. Walker is treasurer. has at least in part disappeared. The trustees of the bank include ;ouie of the wealthiest men in New 3ritain, and they have given public issurance that no depositor shall lose i cent, no matter what may be the imount of Treasurer Walker's defal:ation. Jamaicans Thank Americans. Resolutions were adopted by the * 'ortland Parochial Board, in Jamaica, fnr thnir .1 i H in .Liauatu^ auivtivu<ug tw*. ? - ? ? lie late disaster. Japan's Huge War Budget. Japan's new budget provides $55,300,000 for army and $40,000,000 ;or navy expenditure during ttie yean V V -V. r y . * ' ' .i/vV Ion should come 1HE pygue LMDS Resident Declares Government ClimiM Pnnti-ftl Cull Dacniirr?ae> OJ1UUIU LfUIIUUl I Ull IIWOUU^C^ / SITES ERRORS 0i: THE PAST 111 Laws Which Merely Prohibit Trusts Futile?What is Needed is Not Prohibition of Combinations, But Federal Supervision. Washington, D. C.?"I cannot too emphatically say that all laws which nerely seek to prevent monopoly or :he mishandling of the public by forjidding combination are certain to tail of their purposes. Our experience with the interstate commerce \ . ind anti-trust laws shows that what 13 needed is not prohibition of all combinations, but such supervision and control over combinations, and / over corporations entering into them, as will prevent the evils while giving to the public the advantages of combination." This fs a paragraph from President Roosevelt's message to Congress calling attention to the "urgent need of legislation affecting the different phases of the public land situation in the United States." The President says that henceforth the nation should retain its title to its fuel resources, urgQ Government control of the Western public land pastures, with a system of small grazing fees, etc., and ask for an extra appropriation of $500,000" to aid in detecting and preventing land frauds. He contends for a system of Government leasing of its mineral lands and for treating these fuel lands as public utilties. He points out that it would have oeeu Dener ix aoine ui me casieru coal lands had been left under Government control, and suggests provi-' slon in the West "against recurrence of the conditions we deplore in the East." Citing 2300 cases of public land entries in four districts mentioned, he says that non-compliance with the law was found in over half of t&em and deliberate fraud in very many cases. ', "Mineral fuels, like the forests and ' , navigable streams," the message says, "should be treated as public utilities. This is generally recognized abroad. In some foreign coun- , tries practical control of a large por-' tion of the fuel resources was .allowed yfars ago to pass into private hands, but the existing Governments are endeavoring to regain this control. This Government should not now repeat this mistakes of the past. Let us not d'j what the next generation cannot undo. We have a right to the proper use of both the forests and the fuel during our lifetime, but we should not dispose of the birthright of our children." Concerning the claim that reservation oi! the fuel supplies still belonging to the Government would raise the price of coal in the West, the President contends that the leasing system "will enable the Government to protect the public against unreal onable and discriminating charges." Then follows the paragraph with' which this dispatch begins. The message had not yet reached the Capitol when the House Committee on. Public Lands decided to re- :i port a bill diametrically opposed to the President's recommendations. Under the present; laws ooly 640 acres can be acquired by one person; the committee think that by increasing the amount land frauds will be decreased, and the bill permits one individual to take up as much ae 4880 acres of land. DOG BITES KILL WOMAN. Beaten For Disobedience Animal Tears Assailant's Arm Into Shreds. Philadelphia, Pa. ? Mrs. Lena Smith, of this city, who was terribly torn and bitten by a vicious bulldog at her home, died in a hospital. The dog was whipped by Mrs. Smith and showed resentment all day. She went into the kitchen of her home with a plate of meat for the dog and was attacked by the animal. She was thrown to the floor and, despite her struggles, was terribly bitten. Her arm was torn into shreds and was af-. terward amputated. Attracted by her screams, her husband went to her* assistance and killed the dog with a poker. Before she became unconscious Mrs. Smith said: "I beat the dog for disobeying me, and it was sullen all day. I felt sorry and was taking it a good supper when it attacked me." BACHELORS SAVED AGAIN. Bachelor Speaker of House Rules Oat Resolution Taxing Them. Hartford, Conn.?In the House, Representative Higgins offered a res? olution providing for a. tax of $5 on all unmartied men between the ages of twenty and twenty-five years; an additional $5 for each five years up to and including the age of forty.. After forty they are to be chloroformed. Mr. Higgins said he put the. chloroform clause in at forty-one yfears because the Speaker of the House was just forty years old. Speaker Tilson thanked Mr. Higgins and ruled that the resolution was new business and therefore out bf order. Aggressive Women Suffragists. More than sixty women suffragists were arrested in two determined ef? forts to break into the British House 3f Commons. British Battleships Injured. The British battleships Albemarle and Commonwealth were damaged in a collision off Lagos and went to Gib* raltar for repairs. Unusual Demand For Potatoes. An unusual demand for potatoes was reported. The Field of Labor. John Horn has been connected with the Mount Washington Railway for thirty-two years, and the last twelve as its superintendent. Journeymen Horseshoers' International Unlos has raised the per capita tax to twenty-five cents a month and adopted tire, stamp system for the payment of dues. Union glass chimney workers are asking the manufacturers to withdraw the sliding scale adopted a year ago, according to which they are working under a twenty-five per cent, reduction. It -