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Our weary earth has bowled through
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!And fifty thousand miles, r.o less.
iUe pallia moon lias re;a :?er liicc.
The careful clock has ticked awav,
Full eighty thousand moments drear;
So long has been the lagging day
Since last I saw you. Nora, dear!
?Woman's Home Companion.
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"Speaking of mysteries, supernatural
happenings, and that sort of
k thing," said the Major, pulling a very
long face, and not observing that his
cigar had gone out, "I had an experience
last night which convinces me
that we stand vtery close to the unknown,
and that the vaunted modern
science has no more completed its la.
bors than had Hercules when he went
out and sized up the Numean lion,
and asked a bystanding farmer if he
thought the critter would bite."
"You had been sampling that
Louisville man's peach-blow cobbler,
eh?" returned the Colonel, suspiciously.
"I had- not," replied the Major,
stiffly. "That it was after dinner I
do not deny?make the most of it!
I had had wine with the meat, as
becomes a gentleman in my position
?do your worst with this fact also!
^ I had accomplished my dinner in company
with two or three old college
\ friends, and we had revived past
memories, and given Good Cheer a
chance to spread her wings?gloat
over this also if you will! I am prepared
to defend the statement that
I was not intoxicated. What I am
about to relate is plain fact, and tomorrow
I shall lay it before the Society
for Psychological Research."
"Oh, dear me," said the Doctor,
soothingly; "we didn't know the
thing was so serious. Of course you
were sober. Take your facts out of
cold storage and blaze away with
'em!"
"Thank you," returned the Major,
completely mollified. "You will think
it a serious matter when you hear
about it. As I said, I had dined with
some old college chums. The door
was opened to Conviviality, but rigidly
barred on Excess. I left the table
without assistance. True, an officious
waiter hovered near, out wnen i od-i
served the superfluous scoundrel, I
Bpoke to him in a rolling voice, and
bid him begone about his business,
if he had any. Judge Doty and I
passed out on the sidewalk. Two
cabs drove up. We were at first
puzzled which to take, but at my
suggestion we took the one that we
could feel. Something already told
me that it was a night of phenomenon,
but I knew that the sense of
touch is never to be deceived?as you
; shall again see later on in my narrative.
We accordingly rode away in
the tangible cab. I blush to say it
of a friend of mine, but the plain
fact is that the Judge was not master
| of himself. He sang, and sang exej
crably. He looped his feet up in. the
arm-rests. He also called for some
i annamed lost love of his youth in a
tearful tone.
"But we arrived safely at the
! Judge's house, and set him down. I
was both shocked and relieved to see
chat his butler had deemed it necessary
to await his master in the vestibule.
As you know, I live at the
Empress of India, the large uptown
Tamily hotel. There are several entrances;
the cabman drove me to one
at the side. As I alighted I noticed
that the street was deserted; the
hour, I- confess, was late.. It was
a cold, clear, frosty night. I dismissed
the cab and turned to enter
the hostelry. Now, gentlemen, the
matter for the attention of the Society
for Pyschological Research begins
here. As I went up the. steps,
I saw distinctly through the glass
door, and down the long corridor
within which leads to the office off
at the left. The corridor was also
aeserted. I placed ray nand upon tne
brass rod across the middle of the
door, and started to push my way
in. The door yielded in a perfect
natural manner, and I saw nothing
out of the ordinary. I pushed on,
but to ray utter surprise I did not
gain the corridor. The door continued
to swing back before me as
I pressed against the rod, but though
I was constantly advancing, I remained
continually on the outside?
a very peri at the gate of Paradise.
I soon observed that the corridor was
appearing and disappearing in a
most extraordinary manner, but when
, in Bight its aspect was perfectly nor?ma1
on/? if oAAm a/1 lvii f O nf V? r\ f A r? rw
iLi<3.i, auu li accrncu uui a oicp uciuir
me. It was as if I were pushing
door and corridor ahead of me, or as
if I were on a treadmill instead of
the firm tiles, which I distinctly felt
beneath my feet. Gentlemen, I am
not without perseverance?call it
stubbornness, if you will. I determined
to push on into that hotel or
die at my post. I set my jaws firmly
and struck a regular gait of what I
suspect was about two und a half
miles an hour. Refusing utterly to
recognize that I was, so to say, up
against a power beyond the ken of
mm, I continued to forge ahead, the j
door, the corridor and I know not
what else before me. Gentlemen, for
how many weary hours I thus stood
up aft-3 battled with the unknown ana
the unknowable I have no idea. This
much I do know, however, the darkness
of night had given place to the
*arly gray of morning, and a porter
had come to extinguish the lights in
the corridor, before I escaped the
clutches of the awful mystery and
found myself within, the porter apparently
grasping my arm. He was
real, for I heard his ghastly, insolent
laugh, and rebuked him for it. I
then went to bed. Now, gentlemen,
I am no student of the occult; before
the hidden I stand a bowed figure.
But so much I know?that this all
happened as I have related it. Proof,
too, is not wanting; I found my shoes
in the morning witli the soles quite '
worn through, though I had bought
them new before going to the din- |
ner. I hope the Society for Psychological
Research can do something ]
with mv experience."
"Come, come." said the Doctor, i
softly; "throw away that cold cigar I
and have a fresh one. Don't go and J
take up the valuable time of the Psy- !
chological Society with your story; j
you simply got caught in one of these (
revolving storm-doors, and circulated '
all night like a merry-go-round. At I
the dinner you may have barred the '
door on Excess, but I'm afraid she ,
got in at th9 window."?Harper's !
Magazine.
COMMERCE- <VND PEACE.
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The Victories of Peace Outlast the
Victories of War.
International peace is best preserved
by satisfactory trade relationships.
War means disaster even with
victory. Large fleets of battleships
and great standing armies may have
their value in preserving harmony
among nations. But the increase of
commercial relationships with a foreign
country and the weaving of an
intricate net of international interests
is a much better way to keep the
peace.
These are the sentiments expressed
to his American countrymen by the
Italian Ambassador at the close of a
busy week in Chicago. They are
words of truth and soberness. They
are supported by many illustrations
in the history of the United States.
Thev nrf? snlendid sue^estions in con- |
nection with the work of the newly j
formed Italian Chamber of Com- i
merce. The clash of arms plays havoc '
with commercial interests. The men
who will lose most usually are slowest
in their' advocacy of resort to
war. That this feeling can be made
a powerful factor in international
peace was declared in striking sentences
by the Ambassador from Italy.
Where solidarity of interests exists
between representatives of the commerce
of different nations the chances
for arbitration of disturbing questions
are far greater than those for
war. The conclusion follows that
the more general and involved the
lines of trade become, the less danger
there will be of armed conflict.
From this point of view the consular
agents of the United States are
doing a splendid work in the interests
of peace. The great manufacturing
concerns of America which are reaching
out to all parts of the world may
prove more effective forces than the
steadily developing fleet. Such agencies
are friendly. They leave no bitterness
for years to overcome. They
work quietly, and every contract or
new business connection is just one
more element against war.?Chicago
Tribune.
Note on the Black Snake.
I have never seen a black snake
over seven feet long, and much doubt
if they grow to a greater length.
They are not hard to catch, though
in an open field they can run about as
fast as a man can. When caught they
struggle desperately until they find
there is no opportunity to escape,
when they win give up ngnung ami
may be handled with impunity.
Last spring, when I was walking
over the Brandywine hills, a black
snake stuck his head out of a hole in
an old apple tree about six feet from
the ground. He dodged back out of
sight when he saw me. Then 1
lighted a piece of newspaper and
dropped it into the hole. In just
about a second the snake started out
again, and just as he poked his head
through the hole my companion
grabbed him around the neck.
I took hold of the tall as it appeared
and we stretched him out to
full length and measured him?five
and a half feet. He did not fight
much, but this may have been caused
by his just having shed his skin. He
was turned loose, and went wriggling
off into the swamp. Farmers in that
part of the country do not like to
have the black snakes killed.
One day a few weeks later I was
walking through a laurel thicket and
heard a great commotion in the
leaves. A black snake had been disturbed
by the noise I made.
He rushed toward me until he saw
me fix my feet to stop him, when he
turned and ran off in the other direction
into a clump of chestnut sprouts.
Up these he climbed for about
twenty feet, gliding from one branch,
to another, but not at any time encircling
the trunk or a limb.
As I went toward him he would go
off from the top of one tree to anoth
er, stopping now and then to look
back at me. I brought his skin home
and it measured just six feet.
I have never found these snakes to
be vicious; they can be handled easily,
and their bite is harmless. They
can squeeze pretty hard if they get a
turn around your wrist, but not hard
enough to break a bone.?Forest and
Stream.
Meeting Hard Times.
Times are hard. We cannot change
that fact; but we can change our
mental attitude towards it, and hope
to find peace in the adjustment, if
we will. We can make up our minds
to do without the accustomed luxuries,
just as our mothers did of the
generation before, ana nna peace in
that sacrifice. We can resolve that
a pleasant house is better than a
show at the club, and the decent children
in the Sunday-school better
than the extravagant hat in the congregation.
We can hope that decent
men will curb minor expenditures,
that are large in the aggregate, and
bring home the economies for the
comfort of wife and children. In
other words, if we wil. we can accomplish,
measurably, t degree of
contentment that is not conspicuous
in the present day inanifestatiou.?
Meridian Star.
Not a Nature Faker.
The class was discussing animals?
how they walked, got up, etc., etc.
After she explained the cow's method
of rising to her feet, the teacher
asked: "Do you know any other animal
that gets up like a cow?" Silence
reigned for a moment, then one little
girl timidly raised her hand. "What
is it?" asked the teacher. "A calf,"
was the whispered reply.
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A USEFUL AND DISTINGUISHED
Since 1904 she has been the char
January she gave 2954 lbs. of milk in
duced 34.32 ids. or Duuer.
Life-Preserving Chair.
One of the principal causes of great
,! loss of life in accidents or disasters
i occurring on the water by reason of
j the collisions of vessels or from simi|
lar circumstances results from the
fact 11)uL the life-preservers provided
for the use of the passenger^ are usually
placed in some inaccessible po
j sltion where they cannot be obtained
quickly by the exdited persons. This
is especially true on the usually
crowded excursion steamers that ply
between coast resorts. Instances are
known where many lives would have
undoubtedly been saved if each passenger
had had at hand a life-preserver
at the time of the accident. It is
manifestly inconvenient for each passenger
to carry a life-preserver. Realizing
the above conditions, a New
York man has designed and patented
a combined steamer chair and lifepreserver,
shown here. The steamer
chair is in all practical respects similar
to the ordinary camp stool, but it
is constructed to serve as a life-preserver
as well. The party using the
chair will have always at hand a
buoyant support in the event that it
is necessary to thrust himself in the
water. The chair is light and can be
foMed and readily carried from place
to place, while as a life-preserver it
CHANGED 1
The Coquette?"Really, Mr. Bagg
simply had to yawn; twit, of course, I t
Mr. Bagg?"No! You don't mean tc
little hand could hide such a?er?sue!
weath-er, isn't it?"?Sketch.
Coffee-Making Device.
Heretofore in coffee-making devices
nsorl in pnnnortinn xi/ifh an ordinary I
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coffee pot an open-mouthed bag, in
which, the coffee has been placed, has
tatter Cow.
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apion butter cow of the world. Last
30 days. Once, in 7 days, she pro?From
Collier's Weekly.
is always at hand for use whenever
the emergency requires.?Washington
Star.
Novel Garment Holder.
A New York inventor thinks it
would be advisable for every man to
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carry a coat ana nac nuu& m mo
pocket. If thus equipped he need
never worry whether or not he will
find all the available hooks in the restaurant
occupied when he goes to
dine. This novel folding pocket coat
and hat hook is shown in the accompanying
illustration. When not in
use it can be quickly folded up and
carried in the pocket, without inconvenience
to the owner. When emergency
demands it can be as readily
brought into commission and attached
to the molding or wall or any other
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convenient object close to the owner.
In addition, being a private hook,
the owner is saved the nuisance of
having half a dozen other patrons of
the establishment piling their hats
and coats on top of his.?Washington
Star.
Electric haulage has supplanted
animal power in the Comstock lode
and twelve of the mules which were
brought to the surface had not seen
daylight for twenty years.
?HE TOPIC.
, I was so dreadfully bored that I
lid my mouth with my hand." '
) say that such a dear, sweet, tiny
1 a great?that is, of course?lovely
been necessary. These bags, being i
made in the fcu-m of a pocket, are
hard to clean ana vY^iaot be kept in a !
3anitary condition. An Arkansas man |
overcomes these objections :n a j
cofFee-making device which he recently
designed. This coffee-maker '
is made of sheet metal, as shown in i
the illustration. It is dropped into |
the coffee pot. It has openings in the
sides, allowing free passage and circulation
of the water in the coffee pot.
!r. the centre is a wire handle for inserting
and removing the device from :
the coffee pot. On one side of the .
casing is a resilient plate to which i
i? Vilnrrnr^ o finer tllli lalt.Or Slif?htlV 1
larger than the easing. The ground
coffee is then poured on the lower
cloth and the ring holding the remaining
cloth lowered until it springs
down over the rib of the casing. The
ring grips both cloths firmly, it being
impossible to displace the ground
coffee and cause it to be mixed with
the liquid.
Brazil is using an immense amount
of ccment, but none of it is from the
United States.
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Married men of Belgium have two
votes, and the single ones but one.
Priests and some other privileged
persons have three.
Kingfield, Me., hasn't had a town
pauper in fifteen years.
Contrary to the prevailing opinion,
there are more persons injured in
boarding the street cars in New York
ffty than in alighting from them. The
monthly average during the last year
has been about eighteen per cent,
more. , ? .
A potato gr.own near Santa Maria,
Cal., weighs twelve pounds.
The haddock has a superstition attached
to it. On each side of the
ahoulders, near the gills, it has a
dark spot, raoiea to De tne impression
made by the finger and thumb of St.
Peter when he took it up and found
the penny in its mouth to pay tribute
to Caesar with.
According to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer,
the Bellingham (Wash.)
mills have "cut lumber enough to
make a twelve-inch boardwalk around
the world."
A railroad in Nigeria, Africa, will
be constructed by the British Colonial
Government to develop .the resources
of the country, and in particular
to stimulate the cotton-growing
industry. The road will be about
400 miles long.
Among flowers the chrysanthemum
Is said to live the longest after being
cut.
A pair of sandals for use in Masonic
ritualistic work, costing $4500,
has been made at Lynn, Mass. The
sandals are made entirely of gold
leaf, and weighs less than three
ounces.
The Ohio yearly meeting is the
only organization of Friends that
does not claim membership in the
Five Years' Meeting, it not having
accepted the discipline adopted by
twelve yearly meetings.
New specimens of grass and white
orchids never before known to exist
in this country have been discovered
in Cape May County, N. J>
Mrs. U. S. Kistler, of Salina, Kan.,
is a sort of syndicate woman. Over
1700 pieces of flesh were grafted on
her body when she was burned in an
explosion.
Francis Bacon was plain in his habits
of eating. While providing elaborate
and splendid banquets for his
guests he himself ate only one or two
simple dishes.
A jade mine in Siskiyou County,
Ca!., is said to be the only one of its
kind in this country.
Six months ago the Tendring
Guardians decided to keep pigs and
to feed them on the waste froC\ the
workhouse. At a meeting recently
It was announced that the profit from
the sale of the pigs amounted to ?65.
The World Drying Up.
We are to die of thirst. Comparatively
few persons know the suffer
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ings involved in. a tmrst ior w uiuu
there is no help at hand. The- consuming
thirst, more than the pain of
any wound, makes the battlefield a
hel!. Yet death by thirst is the doom
forecast for the race by grim scientists.
Geologists find that the fresh
water supply of the globe Is failing.
They have data which point to the
gradual withdrawal of the streams
and other bodies of water from the
surface. Both in Africa and Central
Asia, and, indeed, in all the great
levels, the water beds are drying up.
A great number of lakes, well known
in the historical age, have entirely
dl?fnpeared.
For example, Lake Chiroua, In
Africa, has vanished within the past
twenty years, as has also Lake
Ngamj. discovered by Livingstone.
Lake Tchad is more than half dried
up. For centuries bodies of water in
Central Asia have been evaporating
and the deserts extending. Where
2000 years ago great cities stood in
East Turkestan, there are found only
vast and depressing stretches of sand.
The River Tarim, once a principal
Asiatic route, is almost .gone, and
Lob-Nor, formerly four times the
area of Lake Geneva, Is now but a
shallow marsh. The same sad conditions
are noted in European Russia.
Novgorod, the most pushing city
in the Czar's distracted realm, was
surrounded by water in the Middle
Ages.
While we may be sure that the
fate which the geologists suggest for
humanity is very far away, the facts
recited to show the drying-up process
are convincing proofs of the need
of preserving our forests with more
tare.?St. Paul Pioneer Press.
A Patriarchal Gnll.
It would he interesting to know
how long a herring gull will live in
captivity. In the year 1S86, twentytwo
years ago, I brought, from Cornwall
a young herring gull to London.
This bird is now iu excellent health
and plumage. He is very fond of
mico and small birds, the latter he
catches for himself. I have never
known him to eat a worm or snail.
Ciieose is another food he never reiuscs
and oal.r.hes vary cleverly, when
to him.?Loudon Field.
Fads and Frills.
An admiring friend was question
."it; the sm.'VII Ooy as 10 nis prusiea& au
*?:iinoI. ami asked:
"Fifth grade nc::t year, Johnny?"
"Yes, sir.''
"Ah, you'll be in fractions or decimals
then, no doubt?"
"No, sir; I'll be in bead work and
oerforatod saunres."
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' - ThP. HOUSE /uxf HOME I
Roly Poly Pudding.
Take a half pound of shredded j
suet and mix it with three cupfuls j
lour, sifted with a teaspoonful baking
powder and a saltspoonful salt.
Mix with water to a stiff paste, roll
jut, then sprinkle with a pound of
seeded raisins. Roll, folding in the
ends neatly. Tie in a scalded and
well floured cloth, plunge into boiling
water and cook steadily for two
and a half hours. Serve with a plain,
tweet sauce or cream.
Baked Rhubarb Padding.
Make a suet crust with three-quarters
of a pound of flour, six ounces
of suet, half a teaspoonful of salt
and a little cold water. Roll it out
thin. Wash and cut up in small
pieces two large bimdles of rhubarb.
Line a buttered mold with the cnist,
ail it up with the rhubarb, sprinkling
sugar through it or sweeten nicely,
and cover with a layer of the crust.
Pinch the edges well together, perforate
the top in a neat pattern witb a
Cork, and bake in a hot oven for one
hnnr. Turn out and serve hot with
cream and sugar.?The Housekeeper, j
Almond Wafers.
Beat to a cream a quarter cup of |
butter, then rub in one-half cupful
powdered sugar. Add, drop by drop,
a. quarter cupful of milk, then, gradually,
seven - eighths cup of sifted
flour- Flavor with a half teaspoonful
of vanilla or pistache, and Bpread
very thinly over the bottom of an
Inverted dripping pan and cut in
three-inch squares. Sprinkle with
chopped "blanched' almonds and
brown delicately in a very slow oven.
Take from the oven, turn the squares
over one by one with a knife and
roll loosely. Take up and spread on
a waxed paper to cool and dry. If
the squares harden before you get
them all rolled place over the fire
a moment to soften. Serve with
cocoa, afternoon tea, ice cream or
preserves.?New York Tribune.
Baked Potatoes.
Select oval potatoes having a
smooth, unmarked skin, and of uniform
size. Scrub until perfectly
clean, then rinse and drain. Put In
an old baking tin, kept for this purpose,
or on the clean oven grata
and bake in a hot oven. Forty minutes
is about the time required for
the baking! Serve as soon as done.
Sweet potatoes should be boiled until
almost tender, before baking, then
put in the oven to finish. To test
whether potatoes are done, press
with a cloth. Cold baked potatoes
may be warmed up so as to be almost
as fresh ones, if they are dipped in
hot water, then put into the oven
and allowed to remain just long
enough to get perfectly hot but not
long enough to harden. Contrary to
general opinion, cold baked potatoes
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ma/ uc uuauicu v/i liicu i^uuo uu d?v- i
isfactorily as the boiled ones.?New
York Telegram.
Creole Danube.
A recipe prized by the Creole cooks
of New Orleans and seldom divulged
by them is for a dish called danube.
The materials required are four
pounds best cut of round of beef, onehalf
can of tomatoes or three small
ones, cut fine; one onion, minced;
one small red pepper, three cloves,
three peppercorns, one tablespoonful
lard. Score the meat top and bottom
and dredge with flour. Melt the
' lard in pot in which meat is to be
cooked and brown the meat to it.
Cover the top of meat with tomatoes I
and onions. Add the spices, cover |
slosely and cook slowly on back of
range four hours, turning meat at
2nd of two hours. Strain the liquor,
thicken with browned flour and serve
the danube with gravy poured over
it. This makes a delicious dish of a
iheap cut of meat.?New York
World.
jHints for,, the
1 Housekeeper,!
A rug that twists can be flattened
by damping the edge and pressing it
,>n the floor with a hot iron.
Men's worn linen collars, cut into
narrow strips, furnish convenient
substitutes for the wax tapers used
(n gas lighters.
A bit of raw onion will remove fly
specks from gilding. White spots
on a varnished surface will disappear
If a hot flatiron is held over the place
for a minute.
The globe on gas fixtures and
lamps should not be screwed on too
tightly, as the heat, when the light
is burning, will ecpand the glass, for
which sufficient allowance shc#ld be
made.
To save continual stooping to turn
down rug corners sew a piece of stiff
:anvas, buckram or haircloth to the
under side. These pieces may go
just across the corners or can be
sewed entirely across the end.
It is well to have hanging close be- |
side the refrigerator a long, slender
rod, on which i3 fastened a spoiP.e
.)r rag. This can be run down the
drain pipe every two or three days,
and is of great assistance ia keeping
it clean.
According to a dealer most of the .
fashionable country houses have the
J majority of sleeping rooms clone in ;
nretonnes, nnd the leaning this sea- j
! son is toward gav colors, the walls
i corresponding iu tills respec: wun me |
I furniture.
To clean brass pans, rub them with
' powdered bath brick moistened with I
I vinegar. Afterward wash them, and j
| when dry polish with a little whiting I
I in a leather or soft cloth.
Parsley can be kept for winter use
in soups and sauces by plunging
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boiling water and boiling for three
minutes. At the end of that time it
should be removed and dried quickly
ay the fire.
FREIGHT RATES IIP,' UP," OP
New York Central Gives Notice
of General Increase.
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Southern Roa&i Also Join in an Increase
on Sugar and Coffee?To
Take Effect Augnst 1. '
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New York City.?As a forerunner "'y{:
of the general increase of about 10
per cent, in freight rates to be made
by the Eastern trunk lines in the near
future, the ,New York Central Railroad
has filed with the Interstate,
Commerce Commission a new rate on
sugar and coffee between New York
and Chicago. This means an 11 per
cent, increase in the present freight
rate on coffee botween the two cities,
and a 7 2-3 increase in the present
rate on sugar.
The railroads which haul the two
commodities from Southern ports
northward have also published a sim- .... j.;
ilar increase. The new rates will go
into effect on August 1, instead of
October 1, as at first intended. The
present rate on sugar between New
York and Chicago i3 26 cents per 100 \ I
pounds. The new rate will be 28
cents per 100. The present rate on
coffee between the two cities is 27 i
cents per 100. The new rate will be
30 cents.
Officials of tho New York Central
say that these two commodities are
the only ones on which any definite
action has been taken relative to an
Increase of rates. They say that,
while a general increase all along
the line of bulk freight may com?
later, the average increase will hardly
be 10 per cent., and may not be more
than 7 or 8 per cent.
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INSINCERITY OF CLAIM ABOUT
GENERAL AND CONSTANT REDUCTIONS
New York City.-?An inquiry Into
the history of changes in railroad '
rates in recent years has disclosed the
fact that accuracy is disregarded by
those railway men vho are telling of
general and constant reductions. The
truth is that in hundreds of cases
rates are much higher than they were
a few years ag?.
There have been instances of reductions,
of course, and the railway,
men have put these forward with . : "j'i
painful care, omitting to mention the ?
increases. " ./.& '!
The Manufacturers' Association, in'
Its recently publisl^ correspondence
with Vice-President Brown, of the
New York Central Railroad, showed a
suspicion of tho truth by saying::
"We feel that the claim of the railroads,
viz., that rates have been constantly
reduced, is insincere." \
It is a fact that since the Hepburn
rate law was passed, only two years
ago, making it necessary for the railroads
to be mowt careful in publishing
changes in freight rates, hundreds of
cases of increases may be found in!
the . records. The transportation
charges on such commodities as groceries,
canned goods, drugs, lumber . f.
and building materials, condensed'
milk, machinery, flour, coffee, sugar
and practically all other commodities
are to be increased in the near future.
WASHINGTON FAVORS INCREASE IN RATES
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Old Methods Toward the Railroads Apparently
Abandoned. ^
Wns'hlnp'tnn T) f!. ? Tt can be
stated on the very highest authority.
that under existing conditions the
Government does not contemplate offering
any opposition to a just and
harmonious increase in railroad
freight rates. It Is recognized that
the cost of railroad operation has in-.
creased to a point where some suchf'
action by the roads is necessary. Especially
is it necessary if capital
is to be found to extend the present
railroad mileage, and this extension
is regarded as of the greatest /
importance in this era of increasing
commerce.
There is a remarkable disposition
shown in Administration circles not
to question the right of the railroads ,
to raise freight charges on certain
commodities. This change of attitude
is due in large measure to the
gradual dying out of the popular In
dignation against the railroads -which
was aroused during the Rate bill
hearing, which naturally was reflected
here. It is also due to the recog- ,
nition of the fact that the railroads
are arteries of commerce, and if they 1
are stricken the entire country must
suffer.
PARAGUAY REBELS WIN.
After Days of Fighting in Asuncion
Ministers Fly to Foreign Legations.
Buenos Ayres, Argentina.?The
rebels have won in Paraguay and have
set up a new government, with Dr.
Emiliano Gonzales Navelro, who was
Vice-President, as President.
Fighting had been going on In the
streets of Asuncion, the capital, for
days, and many of the public buildings
have been seriously damaged.
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JT1 CV1UUD COllUiabCO VI. buv nftMVMp
and wounded, running as high as
2000, have been exaggerated. It is
now believed that the number will
not exceed 500.
Dr. Zeballos, the Minister of Foreign
Affairs here, has received a dispatch
from tho Argentine legation at
Asuncion, officially notifying him that
the revolutionary party has overthrown
the old government and that
several Paraguayan ministers of Stats
have taken refuge in the legation.
All the old ministers fled to foreign
legations for safety.
POLES PLOT TO KILL THE CZAR.
More Than 100 Men and Women Arrested
at Sosnowice.
Berlin.?A dispatch from Sosnowice,
Poland, states that more than
100 men and women have been ar
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restt?u lur cunipiivjitj iu piui iu
the Czar. Other arrests are impending.
It is stated that the conspiracy,
which centred in Sosnowice, is widespread
in Poland. Sosnowice is now
overrun with. trocp:->.
CATHOLIC PRIESTS DROWNED.
Were Fleeing From the Mission at
Chippewyan, Which Was Burning.
Winnipeg. Manitoba.?The Romaa
Catholic mission at Chippewyan.
Lake Athabasca, northwest of here,
was totally destroyed by fire, with all
the supplies and twenty dog teams.
Whiip in flight from the burning!
building two priests, Father Poitras,
iri charge, and his assistant, were
drowned at Smith's Landing, on the
Athabasca River.
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