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First American Post Route.
The first post route in the United
States was established in 1G72. It was
between New York anil Boston, and
the schedule was once a month. To
day the yearly cost of mail transpor
tation on our railroads alone is about
$4;>,000,000. The railway postoffice
lines cover 208,484 miles and employ
over in,ooo officers and clerks.
A Perfect Pup.
At the Peking palace dog associa
tion show, held in London, Mrs.
Cross's China dog Ciiu-Kar took Pier
pont Morgan's prize of 100 guiness.
Mrs. Cross refused a check for $25.-
000 down for the little Chink —about
S2OO an ounce. Plenty of dogs in
China, but this was a perfect palace
pup.
Butter from Denmark.
Denmark exports to Great Britain
over $48,600,000 worth of butter year
ly. Dairying in Denmark is mainly
co-operative. In 1907 the 1,085 asso
ciations had 138,170 members, bound
as a rule to the enterprise for ten
years. The creameries in 190S num
bered 1,345.
Coeducation in America.
In elementary schools 96 per cent,
of the children of the United States
are in coeducational schools; in sec
ondary schools the proportion for eo
educatiosa is 95 per cent.; of colleges
and universities attended by men 68
per cent, admit women.
Appendicitis Defined.
"Father," said little Rollo, "what is
appendicitis?"
"My son," answered the cynical
parent, "appendicitis is something that
enables a good doctor to open up a
man's anatomy and remove his entire
bank account." —Washington Star.
Foes of School Children.
More than 100,000 children of school
age are annually laid prostrate by the
three preventable diseases of diph
theria, tuberculosis and scarlet fever,
and 20,000 of these illnesses termin
ate fatally.
Not Being Exterminated.
In the Journal of the African So
ciety the opinion is expressed by Mr.
Selous that, contrary to the general
belief, giraffes and elephants are in
no danger of being exterminated in
Africa.
Eagles to Draw Balloons.
One of the most fantastic ballooning
projects of the past was that of an
Austrian who suggested, nearly a cen
tury ago, that balloons might be guided
in any desired direction with the aid
of trained eagles.
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Revenue Stamps in Mexico.
All notes or legal papers executed
in Mexico must bear revenue stamps,
and all papers executed in the United
States or other countries must bear
those stamps before legal action can
be commenced in Mexico.
When Bogota Is Dark.
There are times when, because of
insufficient water power, it is not pos
sible to supply electric light for both
the houses and the streets iri Bogota,
Colombia, so the streets remain dark.
Boston to Have World's Fair.
Boston has launched a project for a
great world's fair in 1920, to com
memorate the three hundredth an
niversary of the landing of the Pil
grims and the founding of New Kng
land.
Those Big Hats.
The hats worn by the women dur
ing the first half of the year have
been enough to frighten Satan, but
you will note that the marriages have
not fallen off any.—Galveston News.
Foundation of Chop Suey.
Chinese pork is one of the delicacies
of the ages; has been brought up for
centuries to taste better than turkey.
Peculiarity About Money.
The strange thing about money is
what it looks as if it could do for you
until you have it.
Camphor Trees in Florida.
More than 3,000 camphor trees have
been set out in Florida.
Railrcads Using Telephone.
During the year 190S the telephone
wan adopted on 2,357 miles of railroad.
HAS GOOD POINTS
SOME ARGUMENTS IN FAVOR OF
SHIP SUBSIDY.
New Features of the Bill Seem to In
a Measure Remove Objections
Which Have Hitherto Been
Made.
An impression that congress will
pass a ship subsidy bill at the winter's
session is almost universal, and it is
instructive to learn from the Balti
more Sun's Washington correspond
ence just about what lines the mea
sure is likely to follow. These were
approximately disclosed in the Ivll
completed just before the adjourn
ment of congress, and introduced in
one house at least, perhaps in both.
Two new features of the bill are
free ships and a new system of ton
nage taxes. At present Americans
owning foreign-buiit ships are not per
mitted to fly the American flag over
them or have them admitted to Amer
ican registry unless they are more
than half rebuilt in American ship
yards. The bill proposes to admit to
American registry foreign-built steam
ers of 5.000 gross tons or more, wholly
owned by Americans. These ships
are to be restricted to foreign trade,
or trade with the Philippine and
Hawaiian islands, and are to be barred
from the coastwise trade and from
mail competition under the act of
1891 or the Humphrey act.
Revision of the tonnage taxes seems
to be radical and ■sweeping. The ton
nage taxes in waters of this hemi
sphere are to be reduced, while ton
nage taxes in the transatlantic trade
and in the eastern trade are to be
materially increased. The reciprocal
law relating to tonnage taxes is re
pealed by this bill. This will mean
an increase estimated at $1,000,000 in
tonnage taxes to be paid by foreign
ship owners, and it is expected to de
crease the tonnage taxes now paid
by American ships which trade chief
ly in local waters. Further than this
a rebate of 80 per cent, of all tonnage
taxes will be allowed American ships
which carry American boys or ap
prentices to be trained in seamanship.
The bill also seeks to establish new
mail lines to South and Central
America, Japan, Chiua, the Philippines
and Australasia.
Recognition of the principle of free
ships will go a long way toward abat
ing hostile sentiment toward the sub
sidy. The ready answer to all subsidy
proposals lias always been that if we
really wanted a merchant marine we
would permit our citizens to buy ships
abroad and give them American reg
istry. There is probably not much in
this objection, but 011 the other hand
there is no good reason why free
ships should be denied. If any tre
mendous rush of foreign-built ships
to American register should ensue,
which is not likely, the boom in ship
ping could hardly fail to do our ship
yards more good than harm through
contagion of the activity.
It must be admitted that the natural
impulse against subsidies springs
from a sound instinct. 011 the other
hand the subsidy problem finds us in
some such situation as the tariff does.
If all nations would adopt the ideal
regime of free trade, we could stand
it as well as the rest, but with hostile
duties against our commodities in for
eign ports, we drop into the universal
habit of retaliatory legislation. The
tariff reform movement in Great
Britain is not really protective in prin
ciple, but merely proposes to get up a
system of duties that may be used to
jockey with in the game of interna
tional trade. In the old days of re
bates it was possible to demonstrate
their iniquity, but it would have been
very hard to induce any large shipper
to abandon his rebates while compet
itors all around him were getting
theirs.
Purposes of Party Platforms.
It is only in recent years that at
temps have been made to limit party
membership to restricted circles or to
narrow platforms. In fact, most of
the political progress that we have
nade in more than a century was
•nheralded by platforms or resolu
.lons. No platform called for the
Louisiana purchase, or for the inde
pendent treasury, or for the annexa
tion of Texas or for the opening of
the Japanese ports, or for the emanci
pation proclamation, or for the pur
chase of Alaska, or for the annexation
of the Philippines. When the plat
form writers began to indorse these
things they were dealing with accom
plished facts.
Platforms serve a purpose, but it is
incidental. Parties cannot be subor
dinated to them. In popular govern
ments political stagnation is certain to
follow the disappearance of an alert op
position. Some of the ills of Democ
racy are due to the fact that in vari
ous respects it has ceased to oppose
Republicanism and has sought to as
aist it. Otiiers are traceable to the
platform habit, which has led it into
many strange and contradictory
declarations. In the main, however,
the spirit of faction has grown be
cause in the search by would-be load
ers for novelty the real principles of
the party, always applicable, have
been neglected.—New York World.
A Natural Inquiry.
David Dennett ITIII and Alton B.
Parker promise to "revive the Demo
cratic party." Well! Well! Who re
vived Hill and Parker? —St. Paul Pio
neer Press.
Still There's Hcpc.
Col. Wntterson says the "tariff will
yet split the Republican party," But
not so badly that it cannot be patched
up about election time, we fancy.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1909.
TARIFF LAW ON PROBATION.
Whether Success or Failure, the Re
publican Party Has Done Its
Duty to the Country.
The president accepts the new tariff
law as a compromise—as, in the cir
cumstances, the best redemption pos
sible of the party's promises. It is the
correct appraisement of the measure.
Everybody understood at the start
that a compromise, or nothing, would
be the result. The tariff plank of the
Chicago platform itself was a compro
mise, worded with great care, so as
to meet a difficult situation. One has
only to recall the complexion and de
liberations of the platform committee
of the Chicago convention to under
stand the task the Republicans had
then in hand.
Will the compromise work? Will
the new law accomplish what has
been promised and vowed in its name?
That is the point now. The proof of
the pudding is in the eating. If the
law proves to be a revenue producer
and business thrives under it all the
denunciation of it indulged in by
Democrats and Republican insurgents
at the special session which framed
and passed it will speedily be forgot
ten. The country wants good results
and, as a rule, rewards the party
which brings them about.
On the other hand, if the law fails;
if the deficit in the treasury grows;
if business does not meet the predic
tions and expectations of business
men, and large industries show timdi
ty and an unsettled condition, then,
necessarily, the tariff question will be
come very much alive again, and cam
paigning on the subject occupy atten
tion.
But, in that case, will the country
charge the Republicans with the duty
of revising their own work, or turn
to the Democrats? What could the
Democrats do in the way of early ac
tion? The senate will remain Repub
lican in any event for some years to
come, and, while Republican, may not
be expected to accept a tariff bill
drawn by a Democratic house. With
the senate controlled by the one party
and the house by the other, a dead
lock would be inevitable.
And what sort of bill would a Demo
cratic house pass? Who may say,
guiding by the Democratic record just
made? The Denver platform was re
pudiated, and open bids were made
for protective duties on the products
democratic constituencies. Several
Democcrats in the house and one in
the senate voted for the bill, in grati
tude for favors received and in con
fession of a belief in the principle of
protection. But Mr. Bryan denounces
protection and all its works, and
would insist on having a voice in
whatever a Democratic house might
propose.
The immediate future will be
watched earnestly by both sides for
signs, and all signs will be read with
extreme care.—Washington Star.
GROWTH OF BANKING IN WEST
Unparalleled Prosperity That Has
Come Under Guidance of Re
publican Party.
The statistics which Mr. Dawes
presents in the current number of The
World To-day showing the develop
ment of banking interests in Chicago
and its contributing territory within
a radius of 500 miles, are hopeful.
They reveal a steady growth in the
wealth of this part of the country.
The gain in the banking power of
the middle west since 1900 waß at the
rate of 118.96 per cent., while the gain
in the banking power of the United
States as a whole was at the rate of
65.11 per cent. The volume of clear
ings of banks in the middle west in
IS9O was nearly $9,000,000,000. In
1900 it was over $14,000,000,000. In
190 Sit had swelled to more than
$25,000,000,000. The percentage of
gain in the clearings of 1900 over
those of IS9O was 60.5. Comparing
190S with 1890, the percentage of gain
was 181.12. For the earlier ligures
there is an element of estimate, owing
to the lack of complete data. For those
of the years since 1900 the reports are
fairly exact.
New York is likely to remain the
financial center of the country, as it
has been for so long. But the evi
dence is plentiful that the middle west
is growing in wealth rapidly, much of
this being due to the tremendous
crops which are being harvested year
after year. The west is more inde
pendent of the east than ever before
when its needs for removing tlie crops
or other purposes are considered. How
Chicago is gaining as a banking cen
ter is indicated in the table showing
the banking power of the states in
IS9O, 1900 and 1908. In (he first year
the Ohio ligures were larger than
those of Illinois. In 1900 the former
state was passed, although its ligures
had nearly doubled, while in 1908,
while the Ohio figures had more than
doubled, those of Illinois had gone
far ahead, showing that state in un
questioned primacy. There is i>o rea
son lor thinking that this primacy of
Illinois and of Chicago will ever be
threatened, ,so far ns middle western
banking is concerned.
Monetary Commission Can't Wait.
Senator Aldricli thinks that the
postal savings bank plan can wait un
til after the monetary commission re
port." and its report i 3 acted upon. Of
course it can. But the monetary coin
mission itself can't, wait too long.
Tsft's Swing Around the Circle.
And now President Taft is on his
swing around the circle, making oc
casional stops at points along the per
iphery to utter a few cheerful re
marks, indulge in banquets, and havt
a good time.
OPENS BIG TUNNEL
PRESIDENT TAFT SWINGS GATES
OF GUNNISON RIVER BORE.
MIGHTY WORK IS FINISHED
Waters of Mountain Torrent Are
Brought Six Miles Under a Granite
Ridge to Revive Beautiful But
Semi-Arid Uncompahgre Valley.
Montrose, Col., Sept. 23.—As many
thousand people cheered themselves
hoarse and cannon boomed this after
noon, President William H. Taft
opened the gates of the Gunnison river
tunnel and admitted to the Uncompah
gre valley the waters of a mountain
torrent brought from its rocky bed
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Concrete Drop on the South Canal.
six miles underneath a great granite
ridge. As the flood that henceforth
will make incomparably fertile this
lovely valley came pouring through
the canal that conducts it to the Un
compahgre river, men and women fair
ly wept for joy, and the president him
self was visibly affected. The open
ing of the gates was preceded by
prayer and followed by national airs
played by a band.
Mighty Project Completed.
Thus was littingly signalized the
completion of the Gunnison river tun
nel, the first project undertaken by
the United States government re
clamation service. Work on the pro
ject was begun four and a half years
ago and had progressed steadily ever
since. Together with its main and
distributing canals, the tunnel will ir
rigate 150,000 acres of land in a val
ley naturally one of the most fertile
in Colorado, but which has been semi
arid because of the annual summer
droughts and the inadequacy of the
Uncompahgre river.
This day of the opening of the tun
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Along the South Canal.
nel was made the chief day of the
Western Slope fair, now being held
here. All the morning special trains
kept coming in, from various parts
of the state, and at 10:30 there was a
parade of the visitors. Early in the
afternoon the explosion of a bomb
told the people that the special train
bearing President Taft and other gov
ernment officials had entered the city
limits. A second bomb announced his
debarkation at the station, and a third
was sent up as the distinguished
guest, escorted by a great procession,
started for Elks' park.
President Taft Welcomed.
At the park, after Introductory re
marks by F. D. Catlin, chairman of
the Gunnison tunnel opening commit
tee. Mayor J. Q. Allen turned the
key of the city over to the guests.
Then John C. Bell delivered the formal
address of welcome, to which Presi
dent Taft responded briefly and
happily. The , exercises here con
clu4«rt with remarks by Senator
Charles J. Hughes and Gov. John
Shafroth. At four o'clock trains start
ed for the west portal of the tunnel,
where President Taft opened the
gates, and speeches were made by I.
W. McConnell, consulting engineer of
the reclamation service, and Senator
Horace T. DeLong of Grand Junction.
After i-* return to Montrose there
was a reception to President Taft and
olhci», and this evening seeches were
delivered by a number of wc-::-known
('oioradoans, the celebration winding
up with an Illuminated parade and py
rotechnic display.
Story of the Great Tunnel.
Firot of the big government recla
mation projects to be undertaken, the
Gunnison river tunnel has been one of
the most difficult to carry through.
The ample waters of the Gunnison
flow through narrow valleys unsuit
ed to agriculture or through deep,
rocky canyons, while only a few
miles to the west the lovely Uncom
pahgre valley has been suffering ioi
water. The Gunnison, descending in
ever deepening gorges, finally plunges
into the Black canyon, one of the most
magnificent mountain gorges in the
world. This unpromising spot was se
lected as the starting point of the
tunnel. Brave engineers lowered
themselves into the Black canyon at
points where the granite walls rise
almost perpendicularly hundreds of
feet, and after their surveys were com
pleted active work was started on the
immense propect.
At great expense and under enor-
mous difficulties, a wagon road was
built to the east portal of the tun
nel. It is 15 miles long, and, climb
ing the granite ridge between the
canyon and the Uncompahgre valley,
descends the rocky wall on shelf
work.
Bore Buiit for All Time.
Simultaneously work was begun at
each end of the tunnel and at a point
several thousand feet from the west
end, where a shaft was sunk. As fast
as the tunnel was driven through the
shale and solid rock, it was timbered,
and then the heavy timbers were
covered with impervious cement. This
gives a tunnel of solid concrete built,
to withstand the wear of ages. All
the flumes, culverts, division gates,
drops and other work along the lines
of the main canals are built of steel
and concrete.
There is no dam across th»« Black
canyon at the point where t\je river is
turned into the tunnel. Instead of
this the tunnel itself taps the river
from beenath its granite bert. By
this plan neither floods nor slick wa-
ter can prevent the tunnel taking
from the river all the water needed.
Has Immense Capacity.
A few statistics of this tremendous
project are worth setting forth. The
tunnel is 30,600 feet long, and 11 by
13 feet inside measurement. The main
canal is 30 feet wide at the bottom
and 83 feet wide at the top, and the
average depth of the water is ten
feeU The capacity is 1,300 cubic feet
of water a second. After the water
leaves the west portal of the tunnel
it is conducted through 12 miles of
canal to the Uncompahgre. There is
a drop of 214 feet in this distance, and
this great fall will be utilized for cre
ating power. A series of concrete
drops has been constructed and the
immense body of water rushing over
them is capable of generating at least
10,000 horse power, which will be util
ized in lighting the entire Uncompah
gre valley by electricity.
The cost of the tunnel and distrib
uting canals is over $5,000,000, and
perpetual water rights will bo sold to
actual settlers at about $35 an acre.
Boer War Cost Many Horses.
Tremendous was the drain on the
horseflesh of the world caused by the
Boer war. in that war England sent
horses and 103,000 mules to
South Africa, four limes as lv.i'.ny ani
mals as the Germans took to Frano;
in August, IS7O. Tamerlane led 03,00(1
horses over the Hindoo Kor-3' *<i the
conquest of Delhi.
NEW STRENGTH FOR WOMEN'S
BACKB.
How to Make a Bad Back Better.
Women who suffer with backache,
bearing down pains, dizzy spells and
■ that constant feeling
mSInF I of dullness and tired
ness, will find hope
IMffin the advice of Mrs.
Mary Ilinson of 21
Strother St., Mt.
sterlin S. Ky. "Had
/ i M 1 not used Doan's
I . > I Kidney Pills, I be
lieve I would not be living today," says
Mrs. Ilinson. "My eyesight was poor.
I suffered with nervous, splitting head
aches, spots would dance before my
eyes and at times I would be so dizzy
I would have to grasp something for
support. My back was so weak and
painful I could hardly bend over to but
ton my shoes and could not get around
without suffering severely. Doan's Kid
ney Pills helped me from the first, and
I continued until practically well
again."
Remember the name—Doan's. Sold
by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
CHAUTAUQUA WISDOM.
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One of the Chautauqua talkers says:
"Husbands, let your wives have an
extra dollar now and then." He might
have rendered a greater service to
mankind by saying: "Wives, let youl
husbands have an extra dime occai
eionally without asking them to ex<
plain why they want the money."
A New One About Napoleon.
A "new" story about Napoleon Is
necessarily doubtful; the probability
is that it is simply so old that it lias
been forgotten. However, here is on*
that Arthur M. Chuquet prints la
L'Opinion as never before published.
It relates to Napoleon aud Bluecher.
The emperor received the general at
the castle of Finkenstein, while ho waa
preparing for the siege of Danzig. He
drew him to a window in an upjier
story and paid him compliments on his
military gifts, and Bluecher, going
away delighted, described the inter
view to his aide-de-camp. "What a
chance you missed!" exclaimed the
latter.
"You might have changed the whole
course of history."
"How?"
"Why, you might have thrown him
out of the window!"
"Confound it!" replied Bluecher. "So
I might! If only I had thought of it."
—New York Evening Post.
Its Troubles.
The family skeleton complained.
"I wouldn't mind being exhibited
once in a while," said the skeleton, ar
ticulating with difficulty through its
set teeth, "but they air me so fre
quently in the courtroom, where the
air is always notoriously bad."
But who ever thinks of looking at
such exhibitions from the family sket
eton's point of view?
Standard Oil Wails.
The Standard Oil Company's real
estate holdings In Bayonne, N. J.,
where its largest oil refining plant in
the east is situated, have been ii»
creased from $7,360,000, the v;ilti»
fixed upon them in 1908 for taxation,
to $13,000,000. The company is ap»
pealing against the increases fixed
upon the realty by the Hudson county
board of equalization.
THE DOCTOR'S WIFE
Agrees with Him About Food.
A trained nurse says:"ln the
practice of my profession I have
found so many points in favor of
Grape-Nuts food that I unhesitatingly
recommond it to ail my patients.
*lt is delicate and pleasing to the
palate (an essential in food for the
sick), and can be adapted to all ages,
being softened with milk or cream
for babies or the aged when deficiency
of teeth renders mastication il\|pos
sible. For fever patients or those on
liquid diet I find 'Grape-Nuts find nlbtt*
men water very nourishing finc ( r( y
freshing."
"This recipe is my own idea and is
made as follows: Soak a teaspoonlul
of Grape-Nuts in a glass of water for
an hour, strain and serve with the
beaten white of an egg and a spoonful
of fruit Juice for flavouring. This af
fords a great deal of nourishment that
even the weakest stomach can assim
ilate without any distress.
"My husband is a physician and he
uses Grape-Nuts himself and orders It
many times for h.'s patients.
"Personally I regard a dish of Grape-
Nuts with fresh or stewed fruit as the
ideal breakfast for anyone—well or
sick."
In any case of stomach trouble, nerv
ous prostration or brain fag, a 10 day
trial of Grape-Nuts will work wonders
toward nourishing and rebuilding and
in tlj4s way ending the trouble.
a Reason," and trial proves.
L/ook in pkgs. for the famctis little
bjjok, "The Road to Wellville."
ISver rend tlie nbove letter? A WW
line npikenrn from time to time. Thej
:ire eeniilae, true, uuU fall of liuuiMl
Uiterent.