REFORM HIRREHCY
MacVeagh Wants World's Na
tions to Adopt Uniform System.
SAME COLOR FOR SAME VALUE
Smaller Paper Bills. Alike In Tint and
Design, to Be Tried In United States.
Secretary of Treasury Wants an In- j
ternational Conference to Take Up j
the Project.
Secretary of the Treasury Franklin j
MacVeagh, now at his summer home
in Dublin, N. 11., has a big scheme for j
reformation of the currency, partlcu- 1
larly paper money. When he returns i
to Washington he will make an effort
to have the representative financiers
and statesmen of other nations meet
and discuss for the first time a plan
for the uniform size, color and denom
ination of the currency.
"Money goes everywhere," said Sec
retary MacVeagh, as he sat at his
work in his study. "A nation is j
known first by its currency. The j
German, the Frenchman, the English- i
man, the Spaniard, even the poor sav- j
age. may know little of the United J
States, but he may often see and han- j
die its money. And ho will judge by j
its money to a great extent. Any one j
merely looking at a French note would j
immediately conclude that the French I
are a highly artistic and civilized na
tion. Glancing at a five pound note,
again, the observer may easily see
that the British nation is not in the i
van of the artistic countries, for the j
commonplace design gives her away
immediately.
"I want America to follow the mod
el of France and give her best work i
to her paper money, that the world |
may know that we have artists, that
we know art. that we appreciate it
and that we value it.
Big Success In Philippines.
"Some time ago we got out some
new paper money for use in the Phil
ippine Islands. The size was. as an
experiment a new one. It took about
three-quarters of an inch off the long
•3dge and about an inch and three
quarters off the short edge of the pres
ent bills. The success of the bills
was amazing. The natives were great
ly pleased, and the treasury depart
ment was unanimously complimented
by Americans, who found the bills su
perior in a vast degree to those in
present use in the mother country.
"Reducing the size of the paper cur
rency means a saving for the United j
States treasury. The present admiuis- j
tration is making an effort at judicious j
and justified economy. Economy is the ;
watchword in Washington, and I am
determined to sec that there is no
waste in the department with which I j
have been intrusted. In my new
scheme I shall recommend new de- !
signs—that is, the designs at present j
on our bills are, of course, too large |
and unwieldy for the more graceful
small bills. That means new designs.
Uniform Bill Portraits.
"Then I want the portraits to be uni
form. Every note of a certain denomi
nation shall have a certain portrait on j
it, no matter whether tho note is na- j
tional or bank currency. Thus when !
the portrait of Grover Cleveland—a j
beautiful innovation of Mr. Cortelyou
—ls seen every one wUI instantly know
that the note is a ten dollar one. noth- j
ing else.
"A certain color should also indicate
the denomination of a note. Thus
green might always indicate to a per
son unable to read that the note is a
dollar note; red. a two dollar; blue, a
five dollar, and so on. whatever the
color might be. Another scheme we j
are now using at Washington is to
launder the old bills that come in in- j
stead of destroying them, as hitherto.
The 'laundry' system will enable the
government to keep infinitely more
new bills in circulation and will make
"the green rag' a thing of the past.
This is an advantage which scientists,
physicians, hygienists and thinking
people everywhere will recognize.
Uniform Currency.
"Abovo all, these changes and irn- |
provements 1 am dreaming—and it will '
not be long a dream—of having the !
big men of the countries of the earth I
meet in an international congress to j
adopt for the benefit of humanity in i
general a new and uniform system of \
money. This must at present extend j
only to the size and color of the mon- [
ey. The various standards of money 1
make anything more seem merely chi- j
merical.
"At present we will begin with our
own country. Having shown the oth-1
«rs what we can do with uuiform cur- j
rency, they will perhaps see the wis- 1
dom of our plan atid gladly consent to j
an international conference."
Lemons Without Trees.
Vegetable lemons are the latest thing
in the fruit (or should it be the vegeta- j
ble?) line. 1,. J. ScUlorff of 1327 Mon-1
roe avenue, Kansas City, bought some!
seeds last spring at a Kansas City j
seed si ore. lie was told that they j
would produce vegetable lemons, good j
for making lemonade or for preserves, j
Mr. Schlorff planted the seeds, and \
two vines which bear nine of the freak j
vegetables are the result. The vines !
resemble those of the cantaloupe, and i
the vegetables also look like canta
loupes. They are a little larger than
the ordinary lemon. They have the
flavor of that fruit.
Well Rehearsed.
Stage Manager— Remember, Bangs,
we are depending on your baby to cry
lustily In the third scene. Do you
think he'll do his part? Actor Father
—lie ought to, sir. lie's been rehears
ing night and day. Boston Transcript.
Like One of the Family.
Wigwag— Bjoues says that when ho
ts at your house he acts just like one
of the family. Henpeckke—Yes; he
seems to be just as much afraid of my
mother-in-law us I am.—Philadelphia
Record.
When death baa com* it la never our
tenderness we repent of, but our sever
ity.—Eliot.
On Time.
"Does he ever do anything on time?"
"Oh, yes. lie quits work."—Detroit
Free Fress.
THE COUNTRY'S NEEDS
More Farms, Fewer Fighting Ma
chines, Says B. F. Yoakum.
TELLS OF MONEY SQUANDERED
Chairman of Rock Island-Frisco Rail
road System Declares Money Wast
ed by Government Would Reclaim
Much Land and Build Many Homes.
Expressing the opinion that the Unit
ed states government would do better
to encourage the development of more
farms instead of more battleships. B.
F. Yoakum, chairman of the executive
committee of the Hock Island-Frisco
railroad system, recently delivered at
Shawnee, Ok la., before the Farmers
union of Oklahoma a notable address
on the partnership between the rail
roads and the farmers. He said tu
part:
•'The farmers and the railroads are
natural partners. The tlrst thing in
quired about by an investor in new
railroad securities is the character of
the country which the road will serve
If it can be shown that the territory 10
be served by the new railroad is a good
farming country the greatest trouble
in finding the money to build has been
overcome. On the other hand, the lirst
questiou a farmer seeking a location
in a new country asks is. "What are
its railroad facilities?'
"The things most needed by the
farmer and the railroad, but which are
neglected, to the detriment of both, are
a better acquaintance and closer work
ing relations. These mutual benefits
can be attained through the officers of
the Farmers' union, representing the
producers, and the officers of the rail
roads, representing the carriers, deal
ing directly with each other.
"This country now needs what our
forefathers used In laying Its founda
tion—a lot of old fashioned common
sense.
Farmer Has Good Judgment.
"Good judgment and fair dealing are
found more generally among farmers
than in persons In other occupations,
and when they earnestly take hold of
public questions they will occupy a
place in our political stfncture that will
make their good judgment and fsn
conclusions felt more and more in sou
ing the relations of the government
and its institutions.
"The United States government nine
teen years ago commenced the con
struction of the Illinois and Mississippi
canal. Its length is seventy-five miles
and it has cost to date, with ioteresi
at 3 per cent, over $9,000,000. or $l2O
000 per mile. To maintain this eana
in its present useless condition costs
the country's taxpayers $90,000 a yeai
exclusive of interest on the investment
A freight boat has never passed
through it.
"I mention this to illustrate one un
dertaking of the many which, through
the lack of system or intelligent plan
ning in advance of the construction of
our inland waterways, make up the
$50,000,000 which is referred to t>;.
Commissioner Herbert Knox Sruifh a<
wasted.
"The government has expended ap
proximately $225,000,000 ou the Itn
provement of the Mississippi river and
its tributaries. The tonnage handled
over the waters of the Mississippi lasi
year was one-third less than it was
twenty years ago.
Should Make More Farms.
"The story of government extrava
gance of this kind is being told so
broadly through the newspapers thai
the masses are beginning to realize
that something is wrong.
"The same disregard of the value o'
money would send the strongest pri
vate business in this country into bank
ruptcy. A proper use of the pruuiii
knife in a downward revision of ex
penses would bring surprising results
"It is not practicable to itemize where
reductions should be made, but thei
muat come. The deficit should in
cared for by reducing expenditures and
not by raising taxes to increase rei
enues.
"The European nations are teaching
us a lesson. The controversies In Eng
land, the recent troubles in Spain, the
unrest in Russia, the quarreling over
military taxes In Germany and the
struggle against new taxes in France
should strengthen our faith in the
proposition that It Is better to grow
more farm products and make pros
perous the man who sows and bar
vests than to build more battleships
and new guns.
"Secretary of Agriculture Wilson re
cently said that the most pressing
needs of the United States are a great
er proportion of farmers and more
farming land in cultivation
"We would better spend more of the
money we burn up in powder in mak
ing new farms.
Gun's Price Would Make 196 Homes.
"A forty acre farm of irrigated land
will comfortably support a family or
five. It costs $55,000 to make a twelve
inch gun. The money that goes to pay
for this gun would reclaim 1.5T1 acres
of land, providing homes for 190 poo
pie. When all the guns on all the bat
tleships are shot one time the govern
ment blows off in noise and smoke
$150,000. This would reclaim more
than 4,000 acres of land, giving homes
to more than 500 farmers and their
families. The money consumed in pow
uer is lost to all the future. The farmer
who buys the reclaimed land must pay
the government back in ten years, so
it does not cost the government any
thing to build up the country by help
ing the farmer. We should make more
homes and not so many fighting ma
chines."
Generous.
"What's your fare?" asked old Flint
skin of his cabby the other day and
was met with the stereotyped reply:
"Well, sir, I will leave that to you."
"Thank you; you're very kind," said
old F., buttoning up his pockets and
walking off. "l'ou're the first person
who ever left me anything yet."—Lon
don Fun.
The mean things done by those we
dislike never surprise us.—St. I.otiis
Republic.
The fool wanders; the wise travel.—
French Proverb.
TIDES AND FISHING.
Fish Are More Active In Search For
Food on the Flood Tide.
I The most essential thing in sea flsh- >
Ing, next to tackle and bait, is a tide }
table, because all marine fishes ex
cept the flatfish—flounder and fluke—
lire captured more readily at a certain
tide. The main cause for such is that j
' flsh are more active in their search j
j for food generally on the flood tide.
: Vast schools of little flshcs move ;
close into shore on the incoming tide, i
i working their way into the smaller j
bays and inlets, especially near the
edge of banks, where they feed on
i the small crustaceans, shrimps and lit
j tie minnows that can effectually hide
| from their larger enemies when the
| tide is low and the large flsh are un
j able to get at them in very shoal wa
iters.
j It Is a common and interesting sight
| to see a school of weakfish slowly !
j moving in near the surface with the i
i early tide. Suddenly one sees the j
| smooth surface all in commotion. Sll
j very minnows leap frantically in all I
directions, looking like flashes of dia
monds. then instantly disappear to cer- j
I tain death. At such times anglers !
should be ready with their boat
trimmed snug, lines out floating forty
feet away, baited with live shrimps.
Tide affects bottom feeders, though
not to such a large extent. Fishing
1 from piers and docks an hour before
and after flood is most likely to give
; good results. On wrecks much de
pends on the kind of flsh. The last of I
the ebb and at low tide is considered
the worst condition for general fish- I
t ing. In the open sea, on the banks, :
| tidal influence counts for little or noth- ;
ing. Any tide is as good as another.— 1
Outing Magazine.
CONTEST OF WOHLD ANGLERS|
Tournament to Be Held at Van Cort- j
. landt Park, New York, In August.
! The Anglers' Club of New York, un
j der whose auspices the third iuterna
[ tional tournament of the National As
] sociation of Scientific Angling Clubs for
fly and bait casters will be held, has
perfected all the details for the event.
I which will be held at Van Cortlaudt
| park. New York, on Aug. l'J, 20 and 21.
I The headquarters fur the contestants
| during the tournament will be at the
Grand Union hotel. On the evening of
I Aug. 18 a meeting of the executive
i committee of the National association
I will be held, and on Aug. 21 there will
I be the annual business meeting of the
| association. The schedule of the tour
j nament has been arranged as follow - |
j First Ray—9 a. in., accuracy. i|iiar'i>>
j ounce; 1 p. m., distance, fly. with fi
ounce rods; 4 p. m„ distance, quarter
; ounce, average of five casts.
I Second Day—9 a. m., dry fly. accural-v.
iII a. m., accuracy, fly; Ip. m.. distant J
| half ounce, average of five casts: 4 ]> m
■ distance, lly, weight of rods unlimited I
Third Pay 9 a. m., accuracy, i: ilf |
j ounce: 1 p. m., salmon fly; 2 p. m., urf '
j casting with two and one-half oiirr • }
| weight, average of five casts.
I A special medal will be awarded for
I the longest cast made in each of the
j following events: Distance, quarter
i ounce and half ounce and surf casting.
! Airship With Rowing Attachment.
j An airship covered with waterproof
j canvas and fitted with propellers at '
] Its bow and stern, which will work
| like oars in water. Is being built by an
airship company in Cleveland. O. I
| These strange appliances have been i
I added in order to prevent It from |
j sinking in case it should fall Into wa
tor. The builder. Carl 808 tel. says ]
he expects to be able to carry from j
six to twenty passengers In the air :
ship and will provide a compartment !
j for baggage.
Not to His Taste.
! Proud Mother (to admiring visitor)—
| Yes. we think that little Harry has
j prettier hair than any of the other
I children. Five-year-old Bobby (con
| temptUQUsly)—l'mphl They showed
\ me that color, and I wouldn't take it.—
I Exchange.
Gave the Snap Away.
The Dominie—How is It, my young I
friend, tltit your mother always does I
the carving when you have company j
to dinner? Freddie —'Cause dad al-1
ways say:> things while he's doing It. I
—Puck.
How Prof. Anderson Invented
Foods Shot from Guns
Fie was seeking a way to break up Each kernel, by the explosion, is
starch granules, so the digestive juices puffed to eight times size. It is made
could get to them. four times as porous as bread.
Cooking or baking only begins to It is made nut-like and crisp, ready
do that. No old-time method breaks to melt in the mouth,
up all of the granules. They are made so enticing that
So he conceived the idea of blasting children delight in them. Grown
those granules to pieces by an explo- folks, too.
sion of steam. They are so irresistible that seven-
And these foods resulted—the most teen million dishes were consumed
delicious, most digestible cereal foods ' ast month.
ever created. When will you find them out?
Puffed Wheat—loc Puffed Rice—lsc
These are the foods invented by Prof. An- Then the guns are unsealed, and the steam
derson, and this is his curious process: explodes. Instantly every starch granule is
-r, , , . ... . blasted into a myriad particles.
1 he whole wheat or rice kernels are put into
sealed guns. Then the guns are revolved for . lhc !\ erne , ls of S rain are expanded eight
sixty minutes in a heat of 55 o degrees. timCS " , Vct ™ at * are u » b ™ ke ». th *
are unaltered. \\ e have simply the magnified
That fierce heat turns the moisture in the grain.
grain to steam, and the pressure becomes tre- One package will tell you why people de
mendous. light in them. Order it now.
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Made only by The Quaker Oats Company
TENNYSON CENTENARY.
Notable Events In the Career of the
Great English Poet.
Lord Alfred Tenuysou, England's
famous poet laureate, wbo was born
100 years ago, told his son Hallain that
at eight he had written "Thomsonian
blank verse in praise of flowers and
at ten and eleven, under the spell of;
Pope* 8 'Homer,' hundreds and hun-1
dreds of Hues in the regular Pompeian !
meter" and a little later an epic of \
0,000 lines after the pattern of Seott. j
Tennyson's Life.
1809— (Aug. 6) Born, the fourth of twelve
children, to the Rev. George Tennyson,
rector, of Somersby, Lincolnshire.
181&—To school at Louth (for four years—
"How 1 hated it!").
1820—Studying with his father, "enjoying
the run of a library more various and
stimulating than the average country
rectory could boost."
1828— (February) Matriculated at Trinity,
Cambridge, where ho made many fa
mous friends, showed much interest in
questions of the day, though leaving
a reputation as a poor scholar and
without a degree (February. 1831).
1830—in this and the two following years
traveled considerably with Arthur j
Henry Hallam. who died suddenly at.
Vienna. .Sept. 15. 1533.
1833—For nine years "lay fallow," writing;
little and publishing nothing, living at l
Somersby. in Kpping forest, at Tun- j
bridge Wells and Maidstone.
1842 "Arrived With his third collection of j
poems; elected to the Anonymous
club, welcomed at Hath House and one
of the Holland House circle.
1845 (September) I'enstoned by Peel with
£2OO a year.
1850—Succeeded Wordsworth as poet laure
ate, twenty-first in the line of Chaucer
and Spenser, Jonson and Dryden. Tho
po.st was first offered Samuel Rogers,
but he declined on the score of his
age. eighty-seven.
1850—(June 13) Married at Shiplake church
to Emily Sellwood after a courtship of
nearly a score of years.
ISss—(June) Honored with an Oxford D.
C. L.
ISGO From this year almost to the close
of his life the poet spent from one to
live of every twelve months in travel, j
1862—(April) His first interview with Queen :
Victoria. (Her journal carries this I
characteristic record: "After luncheon
saw the great poet Tennyson In dear
est Albert's room for nearly an hour,
and most Interesting it was. Asked
him to sit down.")
1868—(April 23. Shakespeare's birthday)
Laid the foundation stone for "Aid
worth." near Haslemere, Surrey.
18C9—Made honorary fellow of Trinity col
lege, Cambridge.
1884—(January) Made "Baron Tennyson"
by Gladstone, having twice earlier ('73
and '74) refused the honor.
18S(>— (April) Death of Lionel Tennyson.
1889—In this year, after the news of j
Browning's death, the laureate seemed
to lose much of his keen Interest in
life and till his death lived more quiet
ly than ever, walking much, visiting a
few friends, dabbling with water col-'
ors and reading Jane Austen.
1892—(Oct. ti) Died.
1892—(Oct. 12) Burled In the abbey beside'
Browning and before the tomb of I
Chaucer, with "Cymbeline" laid in his
dead hands. Westminster's nave was l
lined by men from the Balaklaval
Light brigade, and the pallbearers j
were the Duke of Argyll, Lords Duf-I
ferin. Selborne, Salisbury, Rosebery
and Kelvin. Sir James Paget. Dr. But
ler of Trinity. Dr. Jowett. the histori
ans Froude and Lecky and the United
States minister. Robert T. Lincoln.
GODDESS TO BE SCARECROW.
Stone Representation of Justice Pur
chased by Nebraski Farmer.
For twenty-five years a stone God
dess of Justice, twelve feet high, lias
surmounted the dome of the Douglas
county courthouse in Omaha, Neb. In
a short time the goddess is going to
be out off lie job she now holds, for a
new courthouse is being erected. The
goddess will be taken out into the
cornfields to engage iu the humble oe-!
cupation of posing as a scarecrow to'
frighten the birds away from the
grain of the farmer who has pur-1
chased her.
The county commissioners tried to
sell her for lawn decoration purposes, j
but there were no buyers. She is too!
big for a house ornament. The ques- ■
tion of her disposition was solved i
when George H. Giles, a farmer resid
ing a few miles northwest of Omaha,!
appeared before the board and offered'
$lO for a bit of property that original- 1
ly cost SSOO
Before and After.
"A woman is as old as she looks," j
quoted the wise guy.
"Before or after she is dressed to j
go out?" queried the simple mug.— !
Philadelphia Record.
Made Him Sick.
"What's the matter? You look aw
fully white. Seasick?"
"Naw. There's a girl down below
reading a '.ove letter aloud to another
girl."—Cleveland I'lain Dealer.
RISEN FROM THE TOMB.
The Romance of Benedello Marcello
the Venetian Composer.
Benedello Marcello, one of the most ]
famous Venetian composers, fell in
love with a beautiful girl named
Ijconora Manfrotti, who married Paolo i
Seranzo, a Venetian noble. She died
a short time after her marriage, a vic
tim to the harsh and jealous treatment
of her husband.
Her body was laid out Instate in
the church of Wei Frari, and her lover
actually succeeded In stealing the
corpse and conveying it to a ruined
crypt in one\of the islands, and here
he sat day and night by his lost love,
singing and playing to her, as though
by the force of his art he could recall
her to life.
Leonora had a twin sister, Eliade.
who was so like her that her closest
friends could scarcely distinguish
them. One day Eliade heard a singer
In a gondola singing so exquisitely
that she traced the gondola to the de
serted island, and there she learned
later the fate of her sister's corpse and
the identity of Marcello. Aided by a
servant, Eliade substituted herself for
her sister's body, and when Marcello
returned and called I.eonora to awake
he did riot ask in vain, for apparently
she rose alive from the coffin. Marcel
lo when he found out the delusion was
quite satisfied and married Eliade, but
his happiness was short lived, as be
died a few years afterward.—London
Telegraph.
Whoever Loves Is Never Old.
When life has been well spent age is
a loss of what it can well spare—mus
cular strength, organic instincts, gross
bulk and works that belong to these.
But the central wisdom which was
old in infancy was young in fourscore
years and, dropping off obstructions,
leaves in happy subjects the mind pu
rified and wise. I have heard that
whoever loves is in no condition old.
1 have heard that whenever the name
of man is spoken the doctrine of im
mortality is announced. It cleaves to
his constitution. The mode of it baf
fles our wit, and no whisper comes to
us from the other side. But the in
ference from the working of intellect,
haviug knowledge, having skill—at the
end of life just ready to be born—af
firms the inspiration of affection and
of the moral sentiment.—Ralph Waldo
Emerson.
A Mother's Troubles.
Tho mother of a large family fell ill
and died, and the attending physician
reported that she died of starvation.
It was incredible, but he proved it.
The woman had to get the dinner and
then spend the next two hours in wait
ing on the family and getting tho chil
dren to the table. It was never on
record that she got all of them there
at the same time, and they came strag
gling in all the way from potatoes to
pie. By the time she had wiped the
last face her own hunger had left her
and she had no'desire to eat. Chick
ens. the doctor said, come running at
feed time, but children don't. A hen
has a better chance to eat than a
mot her.—A tc li ison G lobe.
A Trying Time.
"Colonel," asked the beautiful girl,
"when was the most trying moment ot
your life?"
"It was wheu 1 went to my wife's
father for the purpose of asking him
to let me have her. He was very deaf,
and I had to explain the matter be
fore twenty clerks."—Chicago Record
llerald.
Particular.
Patience—Peggy is terribly afraid of
microbes.
Patrice —Funny she'll allow any of
the young men to kiss her.
"Oh, she'll only kiss by telephone!"—
Tonkers Statesman.
Tactful Tactics.
Miss Saphron—Do you sell anything
to restore the complexion? Chemist-
Restore! You mean preserve, miss.
(Deal to the amount of l"s. Cd. imme
diately executed.)— London Taller.
Strictly Business.
Theorist—You believe in giving cred
it to whom credit is due, don't you?
Practical Man—Y-yes, but 1 make ev
er> body else pay cash.—Chicago Trib
une.
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• •
I Uncle Sam's I
! Victory j
In China j
• • \
" rrjSJJIOST now the i
door of the far i
fHL ' H east, by reasou I
of American i
pr 1 ' participation in
I tll ° Hankow
-
to the
- trade
in
i fluence of this
country,
participation
the United
r States in the
t Chinese loan
MM| is on an equal
basis with the
Ilrltish, Ger
SB fBB in an an <1
Mg
fjm ests. The a:
jgj- rangement is a
' -Mtvmvf* Its* »■? — distinct victory
f(>| . the Taf .
administration
p. c. knox. . . _
and for Secre
tary of State Knox. On the face of
the affair the first impression is that
it is a brilliant diplomatic move, and
the impression grows as the Whole
question develops. In a word, this
move will prevent Europe from seiz
ing the empire.
The initial act, or the entering
wedge, as it is called, of American
predominance takes the form of an
allotment to bankers in New York
city of one-quarter participation in a
loan negotiated by the Chinese gov
ernment for the construction of the
Hankow-Szechuen railroad. The total
amount of the loan is $30,000,000, <■■■
which $7,500,000 is to be taken by an
American syndicate composed of the
National City bank, the First National
bank, J. P. Morgan & Co. and Kuhn
Loeb & Co. The sum, so small for
Wall street, is truly a mere wedge,
but the principle involved is consid
ered of worldwide importance and
opens the door for things far greater
Americans are to have equal oppor
tunity to supply material for both the
Szechuen and the Canton lines and the
branches. They will nppoint subordl
nate engineers, and they will have also
one-half of all future loans of the Sze
JHk. if*-- Jmmitfeiii
I BUM
HHM
WTLLARD D. STRAIGHT.
'chuen railroad and its branches, with
the corresponding advantages. WU
lard D. Straight, our consul general at
Mukden, will represent the American
financiers interested iu the affair ami
arrange all the details in Pekin.
The novel and unusual feature of the
transaction is that the United States
government for tile first time in Its
history officially backed a syndicate of
private bankers and helped them in a
profitable transaction. Some weeks ago
the American ambassadors at Loudon.
Paris and Berlin were instructed by
the state department to convey to the
governments of England. France ami
Germany the Intention of the Ameri
can bankers to participate in the Chi
nese railway loan, then pending excln
slvely in Europe, basing the claim on
an understanding arranged in Pekin
several years ago by diplomats re
garding the parceling out of future
loans.
The state department has fought stu
eessfully the European group which
sought to exclude American partici
pation. The victory, the state depart
ment officials say, augurs well foi
the future.
State department officials do not hes
itate to declare it was not the mere
amount of money involved in the pro
posed loan that was at stake. It was
a matter of principle. The question i<
a broad one. and the settlement ni
rived at in Pekin Aug. 17 indicates
that the products of American Indus
tries will be used in the construction
of the road, and American engineers
will assist in its supervision.
This relatively insignificant railway
loan proved to be the critical incident
to bring to a focus the international
diplomatic game that powerful na
tions have been playing, with the
vast, unknown Flowery Kingdom as
the most magnificent spoils at stake
since the days that Rome was annex
lng practically all the world to pay li
tribute.
Egotistical.
Blobbs—What au egotistical fellow
Tatkalot is! When you are with him
he expects you to be all oars. Slobbs—
Yes; and you find him to be all "I's."
—Philadelphia Record.
Judgment.
Never judge a town by the size of
the type with which its name is print
ed on the map of a railroad that doesn't
pass through it —Chicago Record-Her
ald.
Assist yourself and heaven will as
sist you.—Lntiti Proverb.
SELLING OSAGE LANDS
Oklahoma's Last Indian Reserva
tion Opened to Settlers.
GREAT NATIVE WILDERNESS.
Picturesque Hills and Prairies of the
Osage Country Allotted In Severalty
and Thereby Opened to the Influx of
the White Man —How the Land May
Be Sold.
If there are persons who love the
Osage Indian reservation for Us
Btrearas, its hills. Its forests and its
broad prairies and feel the charm of
its history and traditions and look
upon it as almost the last remaining
expanse of native wilderness, they
should hasten to look upon It, as the
old things and the old ways are soon
to Vanish forever. The lands, to which
the Osages have fee simple title, have
finally been allotted in severalty and
each Osage citizen has been given title
to his allotment.
Old Villages Still In Use.
This does not mean that the Osages
have abandoned their village camp life
and are living on their individual lands.
As a matter of fact the Osage 'and;-:
generally are lying wild as they have
since the beginning of time. Allot
ment, however, means the incoming of
the white farmer with his industry
and the turning of the grass grown,
flower strewn acres into productive
fields. Such lands as the Osage citizen
cannot sell he will rent, and to that
extent the entire reservation will bo
placed within reach of the white man
There are 2.230 certified allottees in
the Osage tribe, of which any one who
failed to get his share of lands will tie
paid an equivalent in money. Each
Osage has 65" acres of land. At first
he was allowed to make three sepa
rate selections of 100 acres, any one of
which he was permitted to designate
as his homestead, to be inalienable for
twenty-five years. Then he took a
fourth selection of 100 acres ,or a total
of 640.
After the bestowal of all these riches
it was found that there still remained
untaken land of which the allotment
commission made a per capita distri
bution amounting to seventeen acres.
Already white men ore gathering on
the horizon of the Osage country to
spy out its resources and possibilities
and real estate agents are opening of
fices in the different towns to engage
in land traffic. It will be possible for
an "Osage citizen to sell all his land
save his 100 acre homestead under
'ertain conditions. lie may rent all
s land for grazing or agricultural
purposes. The sale of his surplus land
or that in excess of his homestead and
amounting to 497 acres will be per
mitted in two ways.
Ways of Selling the Land.
One is that he may receive from the
secretary of the interior a certificate
of competency to manage his own af
fairs. For this certificate 175 Osage
citizens have made application, of
which twenty-eight have been submit
ted to the secretary of tho interior,
who approved twenty-five. The filing
of applications will move more rapidly
in a month or two. the secretary hav
ing as.ked that further applications be
withheld until he has finished Issuing
the deeds to the surplus lands. All the
homestead deeds are ready for deliv
ery.
The surplus lands of the full bloods
and the incompetents may be sold
upon application if the secretary of
the interior is convinced that the sale
would be for the benefit of the owner.
The latter would be permitted to
spend the money from the sale of his
surplus lands only in such manner as
would be approved by the commlsslon
' er of Indian affairs.—Pawimska (Oklu .
Cor. Kansas Citv Star.
(Mew Mail Catching Device.
Albert Ilupp of Kansas Citj, Mo.,
has invented a device for catching mail
pouches and delivering them from
fast mail trains. The postotlice de
partment has been experimenting wjth
various devices for many years iu the
hope of finding an improvement over
the old system of the iron arm extend
ing from the door of the mall car to
catch the pouches hung on a crane at
the stations. Mr. llupp has invented a
collapsible tube device for the mail
cars which, he says, has a capacity to
conduct several pouches at a tim»
from the station to the mail car. It
delivers pouches into a receptacle
without stopping the trains. He Is
trying to Interest the railroads and the
postoffice department in the new In
vention.
Good and Simple.
I.et it uot be in any man's power to
say truly of thee that thou art not
simple or that thou art not good. but.
/et him lie a liar whoever shall think
anything of this kind about thee, and
this is altogether in thy power, for
who is he that shall hinder thee from
being good and simple?— Marcus An
tonlus
Wit should be used as a shield for
defense rather than as a sword to
wound others.—Fuller.
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