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: i t. .1 7"' v 1 I J. '1 'i t ; 1 : 1 .1 :.i;t : i i . : . ...ate interests, v..h in a tar.olo. The . have the property ..rust the real owners . .i.'.t taxes could be clear- : rrJllar with' the custom lf :ure. First, he expected to 3. j; i lition -to the city council forth the facts. This, of would be referred to a com , The members would need to i individually. then would e efforts to get them.together. 1 influences would be brought a favorable report would be 1, and finally, after weeks of he adjustment might b se- iwver jvhom he consulted impressed by the-magnitude undertaking. He merely re .'that they might as well go the fcviyc-r'a office and settle Ice.-.' . -r. . ::' c:: i on," the agent replied. In I. v , "Before we see ' anybody, t we to , get some influential Is men here to go with us, bo ustment will be made on a is? There's sometimes preju- alnst : an, outside corpora te ' - '-' " ' :- don't know what sort of a lenf we've got in Houston," iwyer Interrupted. ?"Pull .doubting man from Mllwau- it to the mayor s office, me made his explanations, the was called In, figures were i showing the assessments on '? property, and . in an hour icate matter was practicauy ' of. . The agreement I was mally ratified by the council, ded U. ' The business was labjy. as it could have "been i any well-managed corpora- inoeed, It was a corporation nsacted it the ' corporation ton, managed by a board of a chairman and four dl- mayor and aldermen, : nous i them. : In Galveston, the t first tried the experiment. called frankly a mayor-pres- id commissioners. The old aldermen Is retained In apparently only out of de- 10 the past - two towns are . trying to t a solution of the problem jpal government along lines ( practically' new in America. If qund the old form of gov bv municipal legislature a jhey have not. sought to abol- teouncu or even primarily io t They have merely re to such a size that its mem- ly oe neia accouniaDie, ana e given them the power es i efficiency. In Galveston the y frbm the great hurricane sunplted the motive for the n. ' -unera . was . no sucn y fa Houston. "But the Gal- Vstem, worked so efficiently sister city went to the Leg- two years ago for a charter b It to repeat the Galveston suite conceivable, , of course, crisis In storm-swept Gal- ight have resulted in putting jnen In office who would have hed as much under the old government as has been ac id under: the new. But in results aulte comparable to Galveston have followed the ft the centralized scheme, ouston, as has been said, no Is called men to serve their p tect la that the more one the way municipal business ted In Houston, - the more it becomes that the city Is he truth of Lord Salisbury's hat three men around a ta settle any question in : this l the question of municipal n in office now, with one were seasoned politicians. ' Jield office before,; without ny great mark. Mr. H. B. mayor, had served in the icity In the old regime. - Mr. on, in charge of finance, and Thompson, at the head of tments of sewerage, water h, were both members of the of aldermen when the new fecame effective. Mr. J. B. In charge of the street and 'partment, had , been city Only. Mr.. James Appleby, he . police and fire depart- . fin, known in nolitlcs. and 'iJef is an ex-alderman and lcian, while his chief of ad that position under the Istratlon. reased efficiency to-day may directly to the simplicity allzation of the new plan ment, in which the mayor aldermen elected at large practically untrammeled to the city s salvation, ich a small matter as the ns given, by the city to Sometimes they had cost indred ; dollars , a month, diey been less than $75. men in charge of the partment. undelr , the teew pointed a druggist as the Us department and bought h of drugs. Since then the lled Its own prescriptions if five cents each. The ae- Uth officer fitted up a sur- where many patients are Iho formerly- were sent to The saving from these inies amounts to from $100 msnth. ':;;;;,'."', ? Ot a laren Hem tn htt aur. Amounts to something in a size of Houston. The sig ing is that , a, - competent vas able to institute these wlihout tedious, delays and e necessity of making con- "pull."; Under the old ttters ; of ' this character e ibeen-discussed at great ne city council and T fortunate in havinir a , :e instead of t wo-r-alder-1 have been hauled about its looking for city patron Very likely nothing would i done, ' : jyiother instance. . Rever- I;o. the city erected a . cre an expense of U2.000, to its garbago and rubbish, required a good -.deal of e ffrvlcet4 of three or four ofjnorit !y rt out of ni-.lr. t.) t; 3 s:- ; : : . w. , i ciy. At a co.n cf $?: J I . r!. 1 i;; a sir.i f 13 device fvr I Ah.:.-: i ? aa- jicent to V.J..1 tUr.t. lie connected il.a furnace with the stack c a rump- I Ing plant, thus sccurirj sur.icient draft to burn the garbage -without' additional fuel. The men at the pumping Etaition wcj-e egla to do the extra work necessary, b! the bill for fuel and running expenses wa3 practically eliminated. Observe, again, that this saving was well-conducted big business enterpris, and not after the fashion of city govern ments. Observe, further, that "well con ducted" is not a superfluous qualifi cation. The city has had the op portunity to make, a direct compari son of Its efficiency with that of ;a corporation in handling Its water plant Under a former administra tion the city defeated by a vote of three to one a proposal that it own an doperate its water-works. Confi dent of the business possibilities of the new charter, it reversed Itself by a vote of four to one last year, and took charge of the plant In Oc Itober. The old company's service had not been satisfactory - Since it was cheaper to pump from the Ba you than from the artesian wells that were supposed to furnish the supply, a considerable percentage of Bayou water was mixed with the pure water from the , wells. - Moreover, the fire pressure wa$ often inadequate. The city at once cut off the Bayou water, and , began the installation of itUcate machinery. The fevtrag water pressure was Increased .about nine pounds, an dadequate fire press ure was obtained. While wages of employes were increased slightly about $3,600 a year the salaries of the company's officials were dis pensed with to the amount of $9,000 annually. , The city is burning less coal than the old company, and the total expense of operating the more efficient plant is about $400 a month less than it was under private man agement . ' . . : .- ;' . (tVifcbJ specific Instances as these are more signflcant, perhaps, than the dry facts that under the : new charter the city, In less than two years, has reduced taxation from $2 on the hundred to $1.80, and that tt has canceled the floating debt of nearly, $300,000, while it has paid off nearly $200,000 more of lndebt ness in the form of street-paving cer tificates, debts to the old water com pany, and the like. ;. . Galveston has had a similar ex perience, In the last five years of commission government , it has de creased its running expenses a third, has cleaned its streets, done much paving, put in sewers, improved Its water plant, and become a well-ordered, prosperous town. These like results In both cities are to be traced, as had been pointed out, to the abolition of the checks and balances which American munici palities copied from the Federal gov ernment, which in turn had Inherited them from parliamentary : England, and to tye centralization of authori ty ana responsibility, : ' ; : Formerly Houston was divided into six wards ani dthere were two alder- men from each ward. There was a pultipliclty of other elective officers half , a dozen or , more besides 9 the aldermen. It was impossible to hold so many accountable for , the : con duct of their offices. Now th ward lines are abolished the four aldermen are elected at large, and the. other city officers appointed by the mayor and may be removed by him at will except the comptroller, who Is elected by the council and to that body alone Is responsible. If things go 'wrong, it Is easy to fix the blame on the mayor or one of Jnltt four as- BiBiams. l - , , t "If we should grow careless," a Houston man said, "and allow in competent or dishonest men to be elected to the council, we would at least have this advantage It's eas ier ; to t watch five thieves than flf teen.' :, - But the thieves aren't likely to be elected. The new charter makes office-holding, attractive to the : com petent man. By removing hamper ing restrictions that usually surround city officials, it enables him . to get results. This, is' the direct testimony of such men as Mr.' I. H. Kcmpner, president of the Texas Bank and Trust Company of Galveston, who is serving his city as commissioner of finance and revenue. It is common sense, too. This freedom from: restriction is carried so far that the Houston char ter, for-instance, is more remarkable for the things it omits than for those it contains. Tou win search in vain m tnis pampniet with the brick-col ored covers for the scheme of govern ment that is in actual oneratlnn. Tou may know that the mayor su pervises tne city engineering: and le gal ' departments; that one alderman is in charge of finance, another of public health, another of streets, and a fourth of police and fire service. nut you woif nna none of this infor mation m tne charter, it merely says that "the administration of the Dusmess arrairs or Houston shall; be conducted by a mayor and four al dermen," and that the aldermen nhail perform "such administrative duties as may be allotted by the mavor in practice this plan has worked out on a business basis. The mayor assigns tne amermen to their depart menta at the beginning of Jiis admin istratlon. In the conduct of the city arrairs mayor ana amermen ret to gether, talk things over, agree upon wnat snouia oe oone, and then rati ry their agreements in formal and brief council meetings." Theoretical ly ; the councllls always in session Here Is practically the British cabi net system, in which executive and legislative authority are combined Readers of 'Bagehot who recall his comment on the effect' of the responsi bility of cabinet ministers in sober ing their speeches and reducing promises to a basis of performance win oe interested to note that an analogous result is produced under tne centralized form o fcity Rovern- ment The council cannot afford to inauige in xne customary buncombe This is admirably illustrated In the experience or Houston, ; where the city engineer, says that the rpt of running hi . sofllce is about half as much as under the old order, for this reason: Underder the old-regime every alderman, , in order to make a snowing xor nis own contitunt woU( get -thTn!h "the" 'cnundl oral- nances requhinar the -nglneerinsr 1 r-' rtmft tT f rTf ro plan and r;-- on the part of a 'ioving for alacr-their . ! ces-ire r.;en to rr.ke l.onie wart',3 la a familiar and sinis ter phenomenon in American cities. As a rule, the ward alderman is much more interested in "getting things" for his constituents street paving, lights, . patronage, and what not than he is in doing things for the city at large. So, too, he Is apt to be unduly influenced by the aggres sive "wide open" element in his ward, which, by clever manipulation is often able to exercise a power out of all proportion to its real strength. Galveston got rid of ward alder men in 1895, and elected Its alder men at large. This brought better But it was onlv after the commission form had gone into ef fect and responsibility had been definitely and publicly located, that the worst dives were closed and the saloons and the disreputable element were brought under the control of the law. In Houston gambling houses were allowed to operate almost unmolest ed until tne new system of eovern- ment was ; introduced. Now thse places have, been practically ' sup pressed. Formerly tha saloon -were open all day Sunday, Now they are open only after one . o'clock In the afternoon. Although the council has been criticised for failure to enforce ine btate law to the letter, many well-informed persons feel that It has gone as far as public sentiment sanc tions.': ' ; That it commands tha sunnort of the public is indicated by the fact mai more man a thousand persons recenuy petitioned the mayor and! the four aldermen to become candl-! dates for re-election. This is . nearly a quarter of the voting; population, for Houston, incidentally, disfranchises what It considers' the "irresponsible voter by requiring a receipt for a poll tax of $2.50 as a. condition for casting the ballot. And only about 4.500 of a voting population of per haps 12,000 go to the polls on election day. - j:' V :A':-' r--iAj;;xe:,:. . with the experience of the average American municipality In mind, it might 'possibly be taken for granted that the majority of persons would agree that the centralization piam would generally result ,ln Increased efficiency, but that one Insurmount able objection would occur to them That's all very well, they would say, but what about franchise grabs? our present system, with its interminable debates and committee references, is cumbersome enough in the transac tion of ordinary business; but at least it prevents or makes less easy the theft of valuable rights by pub lic service corporations. Houston, too, realized this difficul ty, and this la the way It met It . The charter provides, in the fir;- place, for the publication once a week for three weeks of the franchise .- ordi nance. The publication is at the ex pense of the applicant In the sec ond place, it provides that the ordi nance cannot become effective untij SO days after it shall have been signed by the mayor. . Lastly, on the petition of 500 . voters the council Is required ; - to call ' a special election at which the franchise must be submitted to a popular ' vote. A majority vote Is necessary to con firm the council's grant In this way the rights of the city are as carefully safeguarded as they possibly could be evan in municipali ties where franchise ordinances , are threshed over in two houses of. the council before they go to the mayor. The City of St Louis, it may be re called, has a bicameral council un der a requirement of the Missouri constitution which thus sought to save the cities from themselvt) ana yet so remote was tne city gov ernment from the people, so divided the responsibility, - that both houses. were regularly bought and sold un til ' an alert and upright prosecutor, Joseph WV Folk, began sending the boodlers to he penitentiary. Galveston and Houston do not In sist that they have, devised a perfect scheme of government, or one that could be advantageously adopted by otner : cities without modification. In deed, there are striking, though mi nor, divergences between the char ters of the two cities. Thus the mayor-president', and commissioners of Galveston are paid small salaries (the mayor-president : $2,000 and the commlsloners $1,200 each), and they are not expected to give their entire time - to the work. Their functions are like those of directors in a dH vate corporation, They meet at nigni, discus the city's affairs, and agree on a policy. The appointive neaas or departments are held, re sponsible for ; results, In Houston, on the other hand, the officials are paid larger salaries (the mayor 14.000 and the aldermen $2,400 each), and the charter requires them to give all meir ume to tne work. it has been urged that the men whom the city needs for Aldermen cannot give up their entire time to the work for the Balary offered, and that the Galves ton plan in this respect Is better for a city of, say, less than one hundred thousand t inhabitants.: ;, Again, it has been suggested that it would be better that the city elect five aldermen. Instead of four, and that the aldermen elect the mayor. A popular man with small business ability might be elected mayor, as often happens in American cities. Whereas it is felt that the responsi ble board of managers of the city would be more apt to select Its most capable member as its executive head. These, of course, are minor details which must be worked "out in the light of fuller experience. Meanwhile it is Interesting to ob serve that the - movement toward centralization Is being widely dis cussed; that the officials of Galves ton have been fairly: swamped with letters of inquiry; that San Antonio and Fort Worth are considering the advisability of ; following the exam- nlV?! t.h!t:two,1?rgt Texas 0,. and that the officials of Topeka and of Kansas . City, Kansas, have ap- r.....,u v Buumii tne commission sYf iiunent to. a popular t i . . : t'iX1 . ; in paio t; : I - c.:., -r t; and black. i.j vita biacK markir. -s, ar-i ii .-'Jv, some darkened with vtlvtty Lrown streaks, others orna me.:t :i with blue and carmine spots. On the Inner side of the folded wings of the invitation cards appeared this limerick:' Miss Brown will give "A Butterfly Fetd" Thursday evening at half after etc Each lass with her lad And none will be sad, And she hopes that not one will be lete. True to the wishes of the hostess, not one was "lete." The hostess was gowned In yellow with a border ' of black butterflies with glowing yellow spots; small butterflies caught up her short sleeves, and a very gauzy one adorned her hair. The chief feature of the evening : . j . i Cu,;:.r. : t Cv:7- :V3 1 1 I'te if;ort t:-.-t Ixa prolixly cur :L.fc.;i i - Z 3 to thU government on the subject cf securing foreija mark ets for American cotton products was recently filed with the Department of Commerce and Labor by speolU agents sent abroad to study the ques tion. Among them were W. A. Gra ham Clark, of Jonesboro. N. C. and William G. Whittam, Jr. of Charlotta, both of whom were specially deputiz ed for the purpose. The United States produces about two-thlrd3 of the cotton grown in the world but it supplies only a little over ! 6 per cent, of the total expartsof to a manufactures of cotton by the various nations. This shows the great need of paying closer attention than has been done in the past to the cultiva tion of foreign markets for cotto t goods. ' Preceedlng 1898 the United was a "Butterfly Race," the steeds in States , never exported $15,000,000 this "race" were butterflies of tissue paper and they were driven with a fan from point to point around the room toward the goal the top of the piano. worth of cotton manufactures in any one year. In the calendar year 190 the exports reached $56,500,000 in value, falling to $42,961,431 in 190G, A little time was allowed for practice But 6.49 per cent, of the $815,212,402 n J mam. V a irAia a Vila n Vaam m a m i a. . worm oi cotton manuiaciures export ed by the principal ; nations In the fiscal year of 1906 makes a lament able showing. for the United Statos. To overcome that adverse kittiatlc-n Congress provided for sendiag special agents abroad to report as to what and soon they were able to keep up the butterflies almost indefinitely and to guide them in any .direction. After the race had really begun, if anyone let his butterfly fall to, the floor or rest except- at the chosen and numbered spots, he had to go back to the start- V.a t? u Zr hT rtonniniifc necessary to be done to increase the had rested, at all of the Btopplngl . D.. .v.i places and alighted first upon the!exp""a V r.VnlVft iJ , ZnX7 LSI "j Tj u. i purpose two experts In the manuiac- EiL 25; tli8 3 2 rUl tureP of that class of good,. Clark and special agents of : the Depir tmant of Commerce and labor, and their reports, together ;, with those of other agents who made spec ial incidental ; ; Investigations In the same field, are now available', , - The cotton exported in the calendar year 1906, Including raw and manu ; zt a v-ry r ; ; 1 rat, ar. 1 i - . : 1 WhlltaM r that i: : : -r. I v-: J-ave close to 60,003,030 radios at t:. j eni of this year. Germany ap pears to bo next to Great Britain in the rapidity with which she is increas ing the number of her spindles. Special Agent Burrill calh attention to the fact that from 90 to 95 per cent of the piece goods Imported Into Aus tralia are of English manufacture. American prints are of a different finish from thos of Great Britain, and are not ofthe right width for the Aus tralian market. Mr. Lincoln Hutch inson says that textile good3 In Central and South America are of the most valuable part of the Import trade, ex cepting Iron and steel. 'South Ameri cais now purchasing $80,000,000 worth of cotton manufactures, and will soon pass the $100,000,000 mark, but the United States is supplying- only a small fraction of these Imports. What needs to be done in the way of greater care in packing goods for export and other necessary .particulars are pointed out by the various special agents In their reports recent rendered. Allen s "Butterflies - was given as a "consolation" to the "Jockey" whose steed . had proyed most refractory. Another game that caused much merriment was a "butterfly edition" of that old favorite, pillow-Dex; a tis sue ' paper butterfly . takes the place of the balloon and instead of striking with - tha hand th fun uuri In hA race are retained jinrt th hiittArflv iaifactured. and the products of cotton fanned back and forth, the object of; in various forms, aggregated in .value the game being to keep the butterfly i 8,bo,bsi, wnicn was as per cent, from falling on your side of the line A dlnlng-table with a string down thej centre Is the best place for playing this game,", but the string may be stretched across the room and the chairs placed in a line on either side, so that players will sit about 25 Inches from the string. The butterfly must not be touched with the hand, but be wafted back and forth with the fan. If it falls on one side of the line, the other side scores a point, ten points being a game. v i, f After this game two little' girls en tered, both dressed as butterflies with accordion-plaited ,' yellow organdy skirts end tight - brown velveteen bodices and yellow gauze wings, streaked and spotted with brown. On their skirts were scattered crepe pa per butterflies and their slippers were fastened with butterfly-bows. Each carried a large lily, whose chalice was filled with small hand-painted butter flies, no two alike and each having an exact counterpart in the other lllv. This was the device Of the hostess for assigning partners for supper.. The dining-room looked like a picture of "Butterfly Town." The . table niece was a chariot of flowers with butterfly .teeas;- rrom the chandelier tend ed an airy group' of "yellow winM" and festoons of flutterera In all colors of crepe paper with spots In contrast ing colors extended to the four cor ners of the table. The olace souve- nfrs were bon-bon boxes in the snm snape.v The dndwltches and eako were butterfly-shaped and the cream wasjn individual flower molds, But- voiu.es oi spun sugar, the transparent wings dotted with different colored fondant, were served as a last course. AJ'Cocoon Hunt" was a fitting close to this charming fete. These cocoons oLaI .V gIy paper and feach concealed a tiny favor. soo.-engi:.: ' It eovera waste, neglects ! And tempts the bee witii Its lender twlii, in beso.r; May brush the hearth, t .room. Anl on fr Syria's plains, t When Mosltr and rji It still was foremoirt In t The badge of the Plantar It is the weapon Dolly wk' Dear Dolly Day, not Dolly , To show the cows their proj Or chase the chickens from I me her charpe the waver! ; I note her gestures fina sr And wonder, 'Were sweet I is mat tne way she'd, mana form of Vote. YouOl j ba buying a vtonic soonrobably need cno noV. Brace up your eystcnt vath -VITAL' vilV " x&o "... TABLE-TALK. '' Cornelia C, Bedford. AtAs rults begin to come ; Into murkof the possibilities of various shortcakes re cur to us. Fruit of some sort it Tilwavs beeded while the cake which forms the bUi may be one of two kindsA sllght 1?a ?1 ke ?f h?L 8Pngy variety or the o d-fashioned shortened dotigh like a verv rich biscuit. A good cake of tht first sort can be made by seDaratina the whites and yolks of three Peri"ngBeat the yolkB with one cupful of flnel sugar until very light. Add one-quarter of a cupful of cold water, a pinch of salt, a few drops of vanilla and one heap nx cupful of sifted pastry flour. Stir in lightly the stiffly whipped whites of the eggs and a half teaspoon ful of baking powder and bake in two sheets. An old fashlend shortcake calls for one pint of sifted flour mixed with a half teaspoonful of salt, two tablespoonfuls of sugar and two scant teaspoonfuls of bak ing powder. Into this work one-half of a cupful of shortening, either butter or but ter and lard mixed. Add sufficient sweet milk to make a soft dough, turn out on i a floured board, divide In two and roll I each in a sheet which will fit in a Jelly! pan. - Bake In a quick oven. When less ciust is -desired put one sheet In a pan, i brush the top with melted butter, cover It with the second sheet and bake, Bep- j arating when taken from the oven. As rilling for such a cake the fruit par ! excellence row is the strawberry. From the fruit used reserve about one-qmirtcr Of the finest hulled berries. Rinse, drain and crush the remainder, adding suffi cient powdered sugar to sweeten. Spread this between the cakes end top all with the whole fruit. With this serve either cream and sugar or a thin egg custard. - When berries are scarce rhuJbard can be utilized in their placo. Peel and cut In inch piece, then stew in a very iittlo water until Just tender, ; but unbroken. Sweeten and chill before using. Of vegetables asparagus heads the list for June. There are two kinds in market, the green stalks and the white. The lat ter is the more tender, the former-the best flavored. In selecting make sure that the cut ends of the stalks have no unpleasant odor. A thin section should be removed from this cut nd and the stalks scraped then, after tying In sntall burdles, they are ready for cooking. Boll In salted water until .tender; this will take from 20 to 40 minutes according to Gge and tenderness. After draining they are ready to be served li a variety of ways. Among the daintiest of asparagus dlehes Is tips In -boxes. , i - , To make this dish trim all the crust from a stale loaf of bread and cut the white crumb In four-Inch cubes. On the upper side of each take out a threMnch square and scrape out the interior. Brush inside and out of each box with melted butter, lay on a flat pan and color gold en brown in a quick oven. From th cooked stalks cut Iho tips, measure and for each cupful make a thick sauce with a tablespoonful each of butter and flour. 8 half cunful of milk and a neasonlng of pelt and pepper. When thickened sllr In the' tips-'and ' stand' over hot water for five minutes thfn fill Into the boxev - With the stalks which, remain a de lightful soup can be mna.: Cut thorn lit Inch plpcen.tsnd stew in n rHnt of wtcr or stock until pulpy. thrt pn-m throittfli a niyA. Xfk thin with nt pin': of milk, a tftdlPKpoonfnl of butter n.i ii' p- stnt t:ili!i rnonfufls ' f Hour. Kt!r of the total value of all exports of the country; but only $42,961,048 of that total represented manufactures of cot ton. The United Kingdom, which produces no raw cotton, purchasing most ef its supply In the United Stares, exported In 1906 $484,068,320 worth of t " manufactured cottons, nearly equalizing the aggregate In value ot raw cotton, manufactured cotton, cot-J ton seed oil, and other cotton products exported from the United States. Germany exports over twice as much cotton goods as does the United States, although she produces no raw Cotton. The united Kingdom exports over ' $110,000,000 worth of cotton goods to India, while the United States sent to that country in 1906 only $586,428 worth of such goods. But to Aden $1,634,184, worth were ex ported by the United States, and the trade to that point has been main talned for years, showing what can be done. No effort has been made In the United : States to manufacture dhooties and other cotton cloths large ly Imported by India. To China $29, 814,075 worth of cotton goods were exported In 1906, and 'the exports to that country have doubled since 1900. The United States has no advantage In China any more than in India, ex cepting direct steamship communica tion. There appears to be no good reason why the exports of cotton goods to India can not be increased in proportion with those sent to China. While, proportionately the United States has made a better showing in Japan than in India, yet' England supplied 82 per cent, of the cotton cloths Imported by Japan in 1905, while the United States supplied only 12 per cent. The United States does not hold a much more fortunate position In the matter of supplying cotton manufac tures on : the American continent. Brazil, for Instance, purchases com paratively little from the United States, although It Bells to this country the greater part of Its exports In one year recently the United States purchased nearly $100,000,000 worth of goods from Brazil and sold to that country less than $11,000,000 worth. Of cotton goods we sold less than $1, 000,000 worth to Brazil, although that country imported in that year about $18,000,000 worth of such manufac tures! In the same way we supply Mexico with 2 per cent, of the yarn and thread Imported and about 10 per cent of its other cotton manufac tutes although It Is a contiguous coun try, adjoining the cotton fields of the United States. To Canada some 20 per , cent, of Its cotton manufactures are supplied by the United Ktt al though Great Britain ha' 83 1-3 per cent. , preferential tariff in her ', ' ; favor, which demonstrates that the United States can sell cotton goods, even in compe- wuon wun ureat Britain, when the proper effort Is made. Special Agent Claric gives many in teresting particulars as to the Chinese market for cotton goods. In Man churia seven-eighths of .the cotton piece goods Imported -are from the United States. But Japan Is it!n great, effort tor extend her trade In that province nd i making good pro gress In that direction. - The rapid V" yelopment of the province Indicates a large growth in the Immediate future In the sale of cottol g oda. - But Manchuria' does not at present afford a market for textile products other than the piece- goods It now Imports. Special Agent Clark reports, a, do the agents sent to other countries, that much Jsjost to the United States by lack of direct steamship shipments. American (banking facilities are also needed abroad. The financial situation In Manchuria Is disturbing, owing to the fact that China has 16 distinct taels. all of dif ferent value, snd yet no coin of that description. . There are several other financial values ' quoted ' in China, which are not represented by any coin. ' Wbile the United States sup piles sheeting to China,4 the United Kingdom furnishes the gray shirtings, which are the next largest item In tbe cloths Imported Into China. Spec ial Agent Clark thinks that the United States should share In this shirting trade, and he furnishes good reasons for that belief, r- With banking facili ties and satisfactory communications by water and American manufactur ers represented ' by competent repre sentatives , and. willing - to tttart -with mail orders, a large Increase In the (American trade might -easily follow. And what 1 true of Chlm l true of ELECTRICAL NOTES Signor Marconi is new at work In his laboratory trying to produce a typewriter that will simultaneously operate any number of typewriters by electricity. ' A flock of SOO.OOO sheep, yielding 2.000.000 pounds of'wool was recently sheared In the Yakima district near Spokane. The shearing was all- done by electricity. By this process 2,000 sheep can be handled In one day at a camp. ; ...v i V' The new buildings erecbsd by the General Electric Company for the manufacture of elecrtlcal apparatus are built of solid reinforced conorete. The building are as though hewn out of solid rook. 201.BEFORB TEA. 1. If before tea you find a res! know what rich pastry is to he It berors tea you meet an m show what vegetable Is on th If before tea you see a nun cl order, it will remind yo i pleasant drink on the table. 4 tea you listen, you will know Is to be served. , S. If before t a legal process, it will name i puaaing. 6. ir Derore tea you n It will remind you to be caret eat 7. If before tea you nots body of water, it will rest you meal. 8. If before tea you fin it will explain why one of the a failure. 9. ir before tea you s' feature of the dining room, yo what you often take before t before tea you see a distant i will know what the tea was br After serving for nearly thirty years in the capacity! of organ "pumper" In the First Presbyterian Church, of Schenectady, Trumbull Backusen has been succeeded by an electrlo motor. The organ ,was "pumped" by electricity for the time a' week ago Sunday. The velocity with which electricity travels Is even greater than the velocity of light. Recent experiments demonstrated that electricity travels at the rate of 188,185 miles per second and light at a. speed of 185, 427 miles a second. Thus electricity could travel to the sun and back In less than 20 minutes. , The cost of coal for steam locomotives is approximately 15 per cent' of the total operating expenses of steam railroads. The annual coal consumption, Is on the average. 2,500 tons for each locomotive. It has been .figured that a saving or 17 per cent in the cost of operating expenses would be saved if the railroads were all electrified. I The little fire-fly Is baffling all the electrical scientists and Inventors In the world. The greatest problem of this electrical age is how to produce light without heat by electricity. The firefly idoes it but no ' one knows hpw. This will, : however, be the ul tlmate goal of electrlo lighting and when it does come the streets at night will be as light as they are by day. The : self-winding electric clock, giving absolutely the correct time. Is now furnished by telephone companies to their patrons. The clocks can be placed anywhere in the house and are connected to the telephone wires. The telephone clocks never stop, never run down and once a day they are auto matically set from the 'central office. The system Is cheap and safe. ; 202.-CHABA.D13. The maiden stood 'neath the i 'twas TOTAL. Yuletlde th And her beauty touched the h the ONK and gallant men. One, more daring than the rest- . scarcely one and twenty Leaped forward as she, tempt? and snatched ot kisses pie A rosy pink suffused, her ci came a rosier rea: "TWO day, you'll be punished theft," the maiden coyly s Still In loving mood, but thr. TWO rotent spirit of jest. The dashing youth made answc - her hands ho gently srew "Punishment Is welcome, den; CAPITAL, like the crime; Why, I'd hug the puniahmen breast, almost any time. But such a penalty, indeed, I'v paid," he said; , '1 long ago lost my heart, yon I ' now I've LOST MY HEAD'' There is a story . from space and going"the rounds to the effect that a rock has been discovered In the vicin ity of Monterey, Mexico, which by simple rubbing emits electric Bparks and produces a blue light of remark able clarity. Samples of the stone have been sent to the geological In stitute at Washington, D. C, and also t? Thomas A. Edison, for analysts. A new electric furnace of ! great power has heen completed In Hanua, Germany, for determining the fusion points of refractory substances. Its essential part Is, a tube of Iridium, four-fifths of an Inch thick and an Inch and three-quarters In diameter. In this temperatures between 1,5000 and 2,000 degrees C. can be main tained for any desired length of time. In the development of darkest Africa wireless telegraphy will play no inslgnlflciant part Cecil Rhodes' chrlshed dream of i telegraphic connections between the north and south ot Africa Is about to be realized. It was . fifteen years ago when that great financial potentate declared that he intended to stretch a telegraph wire from the Cape of Good Hope to the Mediterranean?. The work was pushed rapidly until the line reached the barbarous regions beyond the Zambesi. At fas as, the tribes e came friendly the line was advanced in UJijl. In the meantime the line from the north has been completed as far south as Port Victor's on the shore of the great lakes. This left ft gap of 450 miles through a mountain ous wilderness to complete the trans-1 continental line. Preparations are being made to establish wireless telegraphic 'communications across this gap. The Importance of electricity In Mexico Is beyond comprehension. For hundreds of years the great wealth of that country as well as its commercial and industrial development, were handicapped by lack of fuel. There a no natural coal and very little wood and power wa consequently costly. The tourros and Indiana did, all the work. Recently the great water powers of the mountains have been developed and turned into electrical energy to drive the ore mills, car lines and the machinery. The results have been as tonishing and the growth of the country since then wonderful. ..Th Increase ln" natural 'products' and manufacture amounts to millions of dollars. The General Electrlo C -was anions; the first t rAt "' t' " 203. ALL. ABOUT KAT: 1. Kate Is a arood pleader. 2. I to appease. 3. Kate is apt to i people's money wrongfully. 4 very frail. 6. Kate sometimes k Joint 6. Kate makes everythin 7. Kate loves to teach. 8. Kate t ink spots. 9. Kate neips peop: difficulties. 10. Kate gives a i security. 1L Kate becomes a d Kate sometimes invokes evil, l::. perplexing; hard to understand, often prays earnestly. 13. Kat wheels run easily. "18. Kate uses ! 17. Kate is not always truthful, can foretell events. 19. Kate ftc1 tred. 20. Kate points out clearly, makes business combinations, goes into the country. 28. Kat move out. j- 204. ANAGRAMS. Who are SO TIRED when t chime ' . Warns them to work with Who are SO TIRED at break r To see the typea misplaced t il -V'''" Zeus may Invite to loftiest 1 And Dls to realms of woe. And Palas lead to fields of 1', But TOTAL DIPS ONE, Q! V-'-'' "IIL They dressed their savage war " In spring styes, "just too ev "O. HIDE US," cried this nr ,."These things are most Co. 205.-DROPPED FIGUT A teacher, fond of mathemat; had taken pains to show his a little practice makes it pos the relation of numbers at Finding his listeners much int gave them a problem in mui and asked them to determine i few figures what the complot. should be. What do you suppo: result of the search? ' . 4 0 8 , 5 SCie J9014 . Am 206.-INITIAL CHANG. Robert to hi acquaintance kne Excelled In eating green corn ; , - ' "'' V1'"' His mouth, shaped like a raz M Held often, like a watch with? Of gum or taff a prodigious RouKh Joking he enjoyed, ar 1 At the menagerie he had a To tend the antelopes, the gnu t Oic. when this loutish, but s Was tangled tn a noisy crow I A thieving fellow hit him o And searched his pockets "He got ten cents," says Eo! ' 2. RIDDLES IN "PAK Cnra on A time t rassed bv ry A room where, as I stoprei t" At thcli pursuits, causiu uii . The oiicunants were grouped i 1.' While one "pair" worked v. might At mending everything In s' ' t. Another "pair, without ro. Tried hard to weaken and nr S. One "?air" revealed in rot t The .sad decay that's wroiu ' t ; 4. And one "pair" sat In dry-. Bereft of hope; past all re.u ANSWERS. lU-Greenfield. Whiten.'' 1. RedtleH. Broomfleld. field, Mayfield. Hayfield, Va field. Tytteld, Drtleld. Ui Eaatflel'l. WesttieM. sotr, feld, RIchfieM. M HliUMJ. SummeriiehV. Wlnter8el,t. i. IH t'D-resding. 2. : ; rantins. 4. A-munin. 5. ( P-lvtng. 7. T-allOWing. f. H-HiUn t. lf. S-havins lfli Jiv)-lonK. glon, ; l:-l. Fryan. I'.rysnt. 3 Jioe row 4. K'ley. 1 rnlkn.- 6. O. f ' V 7- ' l'( , pnt. 9. Fee, Vc-; l-?.-rji'-f.ri- -. i- ..- i. r " ). t, i
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