Study of Suicide Causes FPUS LOTTERY .

. :ENDS ITS CAREER

Honduras Company's PromotersPlead Guilty in Alabama.

give a distinct-Impressio- n of notwanting advice or aid from a chari-table society after leaving the. hos-pital. -

"The attempts at suicide reportedfrom. Bellevue seem largely due tomental derangement, temporary orpermanent, in which alcohol plays aprominent part. When there are rel-

atives or friends in the city they seemready to aidHhe patient on leavingthe hospital. The causes leading upto attempted suicide jjio not seem suchthat a charitable society can generallybecome cognizant of them.

Mr. Lewis suggests that there maybe another way of trying to reachpeople who want to do away withthemselves In addition to the plannow being tried by the SalvationArmy's anti-suici- de bureau. His sug-gestion is that there may be, in addi-tion to treatment by a special bureaubefore the attempt and treatmentafter the attempt, still anotherkind of treatment by societies; name-ly, that of visiting all persons who

--notify such societies that they needcounsel, sympathy and advice.

"Charity," says Cne article, "may,in a speedy response to such requests,aid in7 preventing not only povertybut self-destructio- n." ,

Superintendent Armstrong, of Bel-levue, in commenting on the factsdisclosed, says that while the conclu-- v

sion that poverty plays but little partseemed to be justified, he was notprepared to say that attempts at self-destructi- on

were largely due to men-tal derangement.

"I think that you are correct," hesays, "that the causes that lead to at-tempts at suicide are not such gener-ally that a charitable society is likelyto be cognizant of thpm. Still, I cansee, in the case?? given, that certainsuicides should be reached beforethey come to that frame of mindthat makes them believe that thereis nothing further in life." NewYork Sun. , .

gSSUSif K3T THE LEADING REASON FORv

firm fcy a Charity Orzanlzatioi Aftar 1b--- Ferty-thr-ti Casas af Attempted

Suicide Meetal DwaitzanaatJ the Cblaf Caasa.

That poverty plays a small part in, leading persons to attempt suicide,aad that mental derangement, eitherICexaporary or permanent, is the. .chief

-- jreasoB, is the opinion "advanced byOrlando F. Lewis, of the Joint Appl-ication Bureau of the Charity Organ- -'

Izatioa Society, which recently madespecial study of forty-thre- e such

cases as reported at Bellevue Hos-Yut- al.

Mr. Lewis suggests that therexaay lie a wide field 'for - charitablework in visiting persons who reportthemselves in need of counsel andadvice.

The result of th investigation isSirea by Mr. Lewis in the currentSsszze cf Charities. The arrangement

, : znade with the Eellevue authoritieswas that the bureau should be no;ifiei when a person who had iea

suicide was brought to thearison ward. ': he observations wereconducted between April 21 and Sep-Aemi- eT

IV last. As to how it waseSsnie Mr. - Lewis; says: ,

""Tie physician in charge of therard Tras first consulted by the vis-

itor,, the : -- ethod of self-destructi- on

Ceamnd, with such other data as the2itisp!tal authorities had secured. Ifhe physical cordition of the patient

permitted an interview was held, thepatient being approached from thestandpoint of a , friendly visitor.Wliile assistance J.-or- a the bureau

--was always offered, no probing intofee patients life was done and few

details were asked, on account of thejjatienfs general physical and mental

osdstior- - Emphasis was laid upon"ihe fact that the visitor was there as

friasnd an a time of need. As a rulevthe .patients expressed gratitude forHMs ' interes: and often said theytskobM be gad to call at the bureaujafter their discharge. In practicallyrsoa cases the :iame and address of the;fcnreaa --were left with the patient or.She- - kerpEr of tr j ward. The visitorifjecaTne well known to the authorities'fa charge of the prison wards; the

. noises and. keepers showed a personalinterest in th cases, assuring the vis-- .,

ator that npon the patient's dismissal. Cay would advise iiinTor her to call

--aithe bureau."injspite of this invitation, Mr.

F&ewis says, not cne of the forty-thre- erpexscois applied at the bureau after

1A reasonable explanation," saysSlr.IjEwis, "seems to be that the ma-jjaai- iy

of the patients were from ther self-supportin-g cla-:s- . Almost never,

far as the visitor could ascertain,-- were ?tj pctients from the classI fcxiowa as "down and out.' "

rIt was impossible to learn whether--.all the .forty -- three persons had

feieads or relatives who could helpvUheza. but In fourteen or fifteen in--Stan- ees

where friends or relatives. were visited, it as stated, these per-.so-ns

said, they could care for the'. patient. As to the causes discovered,

SIr. Lewis sayr:. Jasiitntion seemed to play a very

part Sa leading persons to at-tempt suicide. In only two cases .7as4hte attempt directly traced to pov-srf- y;

in four cases the patient had- feea oat of work or employment, but

. jMs --Teas .not of itself a direct causeattempt. Melancholia, tem-ipora- ry

aberration, hysteria, more ori Ibss Ticlent insanity and alcoholism

seemed to ca - - the attempts in thir-vfgigi- Ti

--cages; excessive jealousy ineases! In five cases the patients

--. ardalmea, that the t attempt was acci-Ieni- al;

in one case somnambulismwas given as cause; one woman was'driven to attempt self-destructi- on by32zer husband's loose life; illnesscaused two attempts; four womenconfessed that their immoral life hadIreeome too shameful and difficult to2ear.

seemed to be the favoriteTaeVhod, perhaps because easily ob-fiaaa- ed

and supposedly quick in its: acOon. Thirteen persons sought to

end their liyes in this manner. Tenpersons were reported to have triedsa poisoning, but in several in--,

, csZaaces It was claimed that the causel "3aa3 been accidental, the gas being

JpSawn put by the opening of a door' cr 'window while the person ' wascas2ej. ,Six perse as attempted sui--aside by submersion, four by shooting.Joar by cutting throat, head or wrists;Tcares jumped from windows, one

brew himself in front of a street car,aad in two cases the method of at&empf. was unknown."'

Oat ,of the forty-thre- e cases elevenstayed but one day In Bellevue, sixabut two days and the remainder from

, rfiJirce days to several weeks. SevenScen were sent to court and the bu.areaii lost track of them; five wentSiaek to work, six were sent hometwo were put in the psychopathic

--ward and the rest were still at Bellevue wheri the investigation wasclosed. Not one of the forty-thre- e

. raaade the statement that he had at--Ttexapted suicide because he hadasought ,work for. a long time andifailed. In regard to the results shownBIr. Lewis says:

?Ths effort to render aid to would-"35- b

suicides suggests that a much-j-noT-extended study of would-b- e sui-cides In the various private and pu-blic hospitals of the city could well bevncdertaken. While certain conclu-'sioas-Ta- re

suggested by the present3nvestigation, the results are not pf a

; 3iatnTe to justify a final opinion."trentatiTely "wtnay feel that poverty7 plays little direct, part, in causing at-

Richest- - Woman In ,the WorldSenora Creel, wife of the new Am-

bassador from Mexico," is the richestwoman in the Diplomatic Corps.Many years ago her husband gave hertitle to numerous gold prospects inthe State of Chihuahua, and only re-cently have these, been developed.It is estimated that there is alreadyIn sight- - $200,000,000 in' her mines,and her income is enormous. SenoraCreel, according to this account, . isnot only the richest woman-i- n theDiplomatic Corps in' Washington, butshe. is probably 'the richest womanIn he own right in the world, atleast potentially; Washington Her-ald. v.. "

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Overstrained faculties : can neverbring out the best results. . Overworkis always a waste of time; and,though it may not seem so at first,eventually the sad truth is alwaysmanifested. -- To cut off needed re-

creation, to curtail the hours of sleep,to postpone a holiday indefinitely, torefuse to take rest and ' ease andchange, under the impression thatthus time Is saved, a short-sighted policy and ften a fatal mis-take. The time arrives when thepoor,' abused faculties take their ret-ven- ge

and rafuse to serve altogether,or do so in so feeble a fashion a3 toshow their deterioration. McCall'sMagazine.

The Invalid Crawl.Alas! Somebody in England with

nothing better to do has invented anew walk and it is being taken uphere. At the start of practice a girlmust tie weights to the bottom of herskirt. In walking she must appearto be so weary that she scarcely candrag one foot after another. Hersteps must be long and creepy, with-out the slightest hint of energy.Thus walks Queen Alexandra, whoadds a slight limp, as she has beenlame since infancy. It is hinted thelanguid movements were designed tohide that defect. Gowns must be ofstuff that gives a clinging effect; thenthe slow, long step, with a bending ofthe neck at every stride, will be themost effective. Philadelphia Tele-graph.

Massage For Colic.In European Russia there are 26,-000,0- 00

mothers, of whom two-fift- hs

belong to the peasant or workingclasses. Among these latter there isa common, treatment for colic in thechild. .

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When the pain begins the child islaid on its back and the stomachcovered with a thin coating of anyhousehold oil accessible. The motherthen takes the palm cf her hand andsoftly rubs- - this, oil into the skis.She gives the palm a circular twistin doing the work and does not ceaseuntil all the skin at the stomach andbowels is hot. When, this conditionIs reached she felnds a warm flannelcloth about the stomach-- , restores thechild's night-clothe-s- and tucks it into-bed- .

It is said to be usually asleeplong before the. cloth is. bound aboutIt. . .

In the United States: this methodof curing colic has. been developedinto a cure for appendicitis withoutuse of the knife. New. Orleans Pic-ayune.

Only. One- - "Platform- - Dresser."Woman suffrage is av failure, as-

serts a prominent modiste, for awoman who votes must speak and awoman who- - speaks must sit .on aplatform, and there ia nly one wo-

man who knows, how to- - do that anddisplay her dresses properly." Mem-bers of women's clubs, to whom hasbeen denied, the distinction of sitting,on a platform may take; heart at this,,and those, who rule with, the gavelmust resign if they believe the assertions of the modiste. The only wo-

man Who has been, able to dress cor-rectly for the platform, asserts thisarbiter, is Mrs. Donald McLean, whopresided at the D A R. in Washington. On the opening night she worea gown of; lavender, which was longenough to serve the purpose of a floorsweeper. . Her lavender . toque hadthree drooping plumes' and broadpurple streamers that fell under herwaist. She carried a huge bunch, ofviolets. New York Press.

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Are Girls Good-Xatured- ?.

Cynthia Westover Alden, wrltinfor the Ladies' Home Journal, discusses the Question, "Are Girls asGood-Natur- ed as Boys?" and quotinseveral instances which appear to indicate that girls are more selfish than

' '"''boys.J ' "There was one school whereasked the boys, about being good-natur- ed

and one replied:" 'If you'vef gottwo sleds, why, you'll hunt aroundand find a boy that hasn't any sled.'i Ithen tried the little girls and askedthem if they had six dollies and founda little girl who had none, what theywould do. No answer until I repeated the question several times; whena timid hand came up and a very3mall voice said: 'Keep 'em.' "

I have often wondered if selfish-ness in woman is not a weakness ofthe "weaker sex." , I am not inclinedto believe that all girls are naturallyselfish any more than that all "boysare good-nature- d. . . .

Children are just what their parents make them, either good or-ba- d

I The little boy-wh- o would-hav- e given

Ax Southern VieWi '

, We have said but little recently, on:he subject of good roads, not from:ack of interest, but owing to othereasons. We expect, in the future,

:o urge the matter and shall be glad:o see the time when every county inthe State has a system of good roads,over which a team can haul a load,ind by that we mean as much asiwo horses-oug- ht to pull. .

There is one objection to real goodroads, which should be consideredbefore we get them. That is thefact that In the present condition stFlorida roads, farmers have but littletrouble with automobiles.- - It is alsoa fact that in many places, at theNorth, they have become such a seri-ous nuisance that people in the ruraldistricts dare not trust their wivesand children to. drive, over the roadsalonel Even" where the law requiresan automobile to. stop on signal, soas to allow horses to pass quietly,the law Is frequently violated and3erious accidents are caused. Beforewe tax ourselves-t- o make good roads,we should see to it that we have alaw which will give the farmers atleast equal rights on the roads withthe autos. It will require carefulstudy to draw up a bill which, 'whenmade into a law, will do the work.

We do not mean to drive theautomobiles from the road, but torequire them to respect the rightsof others, it is no answer to say thatmost of those who run the- - machineswill b careful, to do this, without aspecial law. It is true that most ofthem will do so. It is also true thatfew people will steal, yet we musthave a law to control the few whohave no regard for the rights of oth-ers. So in the case of the autos, wemust be prepared for those who arereckless of others rights.

Another thing In respect to goodroads. We have no objection to thelevying of a special tax for that p'ur-pos- e,

but we want it guarded by re-

strictions which will prevent boardsof county commissioners from takingthe tax of a whole county and spend-ing it on one or two favored sec-

tions.The expense of making such road3

might be greatly reduced by author-izing each county to work its ownconvicts on the roads, both In makingand repairing. Such a law wouldbe better for all concerned, and theconvicts would be more likely to re-

ceive proper treatment than whenleased to any set of men whqse In-

terest it was to get all the work pos-

sible out of a given number of men,regardless of conditions. We hopethat srach a law will be passed at thenext session of the Florida Legislature.--Flor- ida Agriculturist.

Dusty Koads of Olden Times.As to the antiquity of the dust

problem, It is interesting: to note thatthere are lines referring to the nuis-ance in Sheridan's "School For Sca-n-dal-

(1777) which says; As LadyBetty Curricle was taking the dust inHyde Park' and again some fortyor fifty years later, in lS2.0-40- v thedust was so. bad on the Bath roadbetween Maidenhead and Windsorthat landowners who had houses- - ad-

jacent to the- - road; in that district,including the Lord Montagu; of thatday, who owned Ditton Farkr made-constan- t

references to.it in their letters and diares They described the--

clouds of dust rafsedl by tbe coaches- -

galloping or cantering, between tne-- j

stages, ana mere were iu motor .carsthen.

If more evidence of the dusty stateof the roads in olden-- times fe required, one need only loot at thepumps which remain along many , off

the main road3 out of London, sucbas the Baths road the Great Northiroad, the Portsmouth road, all showing evidences of the dusty nature rf

these highways in the "good' elddays." .Some people have recentlydeclared that these pumps were usedfor watering horses, but this Is ob-viously Incorrect as it would not benecessary to erect pumps at distanceso half a mile apart for this purpose.In addition, the coaches traveled! regular stages, and the idea that theywould stop at places between theirhalts to give their horses water. . Isof course absurd. Every generationis apt to think that the evils withwhich it has to deal are peculiar toits own. time, but a careful study ofhistory shows that most of the so- -

called modern evils are. only modernin form and are really old evils, andas regards dust this Is especially true

Pall Mall Gazette.

The Father of West Point. -

To George Washington must begiven the credit of causing the firststeps to be taken toward the founding,1of a national ' military academy. In1794, while serving his second termas President, Washington, succeededin having Congress create the gradeof cadet in the army. . West Pointwas chosen as the best army post atwhich; cadets could be trained, for thereason that it was then the most im-portant station of the artillerists andengineers. The cadets of those daysdid not "pass entrance examinations;and the standard of proficiency instudies. did. not amount td". the' tenth'part of what Is exacted nowadays. Asmattering of engineering, mathemat-ics and artillery practice was all thatwas deemed necessary. From H. Ir-ving Hancock's ,"Our Hundred-Yaar-Ol- d

Military Academy,'" la SL Nichola-s.'"-;'''' '. - V

away one y or his sleds had oeenblessed with parents who made himunderstand that beautiful preceptabout giving, v The selfish little girlof careless parents, perhaps, had ob-

served and' been taught, most likely,that one must get what one can andlet the other person' take' care ofhimself. v

It Is the mother's most importantduty to teach the little ones to loveone another. Little boys and girlsare' naturally loving and unselfishand are only led into other paths byunthoughtful parents j -

If the little girls are not as good-natur- ed

as boys ihe proper trainingof kind and loving parents will makethem. so. Zelma' Travers, in tho"Pittsburg Dispatch. - - s

... Woman's Right in. HopiXands,; Hop! Land .comes very close tobeing a woman-governe- d country, forthe status of woman in this little re-public has as much freedom' and dig-nity as it possessed, ages ago in othertribes governed as communes. Hopisociety. Is based upon the "gens;"that is, upon thetie of blood rela-tionship. It Is a society of . equalswhere help Is extended and receivedIn the true communal . spirit. Howlong this will last now that the touchof civilization threatens to fall uponthem, can easily be guessed. Amongthe Hopi the women are excellentspecimens of primitive humanity.The young women are well formedand strong, and of irreproachablecharacter. They own the houses aswell as build them, and all familyproperty belongs to the woman, whois acknowledged as- - the head of thehousehold. Inheritance, therefore,is always through the mother, anddescent is reckoned through the fe-

male line. In spite of the liberty andimportance enjoyed by the Hopi wo-

men, their reserve' and modesty issurprising. They are as quiet andshy as if their lives had been passedin the utmost seclusion and subjec-tion to the dominance of man.

Their. whole lives are devoted to.the care of their children, and thematrimonial customs of the-- Hopiare of a grade which, if generallyunderstood, might make civilized law-makers and writers of civilized cus-toms stop and think. It is marriagefrom the viewpoint of the woman,not of the man,' It is a striking ex-

ample of the principal effect of wo-man rule, and it must be admittedthat it is dominated by the highestorder of purity a well as of commonsense. "The Pueblos of the: PaintedDesert," in the Craftsman. ,

Over soft frocks will be worn briefIttle jackets of silk or satin without

sleeves.All the frocks that come from the--

great Paquin are short-waiste- d.

Shoulders universally slope.Delightful frocks are being made

of cream-col- or Shantung silk with,stripes of chestnut brown.

Enameled buckles in plaid colorings are new. rney iook wen on--

ribbon belts for the shirtwaist suit. .

The best choice of belt for aa all--white shirtwaist dress is of. whiteembroidered linen, with "mother-of- -pearl buckle.

Afternoon frocks, in opalescent taffetas seem likely to play a prominentpart in the coming season,, the-- taf--etas being of tbe softest and most

supple moussellna- - variety.There is nothing prettier for ap

plied skirt trimmings of silk, ribbonor chiffon than the Greek key border.its outline to be done in pleatingsrather than witH a flat surface.

A touch of: white on the suit isalmost essential to properly enlivenit. Charming, for this use are thecollar and cuff sets that may be adjusted readily, -- serving; rfor; severalcoats.

A new lace-edg- ed shield Is designedfor use in shirtwaists and thin gowns.By its trimming it cleverly disguisesthe sharp . hard edge that is so uglywhen seen , through . light fabrics.This in no whit interferes with laundering as the lace used is a substan-tial 'durable .thread.

The leading color in all shop' windows is apricot the shades rangingabout a deep . apricot yellow, whichis tinged with a soft reddish hue, andsome -- of the dull nasturtium tints itis quite impossible to describe.as itis a mingling of red, brown and yel-low in one color. It. is dull, fatherthan bright, rich though not vivid. x

English in Siam.The proprietors of a Siamese news

paper have distributed handbills containing the following notice : -

"The news of English we tell thelatest., Writ in perfectly style andmost earliest. Do a murder git com-mit, we hear of and tell it. . Do amighty chief die, we publish it and inborders of combre. Staff has eachone been colleged, and write like , theKippling and the Dickens. We circleevery town-- and extortionate not foradvertisements. Buy it. Tell eachof you its greatness for good. Readyon Friday, .Number first "TheE?jSkok .Times. : .

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34 PAY FINES OF $284,000

Agree to Surrender All Books andParaphernalia, and --This MeansThat the Gambling EnterpriseHas Come to an End.

Mobile, Ala. With the impositionof fines, aggregating ? 284,0 00, in theFederal Court here, upon thirty-fou- rpersons, the Honduras National Lo-ttery Company, which the UnitedStates Government has for . fifteenyears been pursuing, passed out ofexistence. The penalization of theprincipals in the company and theiragents, and an order confiscating cer-

tain property of the company situatedin this country, marks the end of astupendous and highly profitablegambling venture, in which all of thechances were taken by the patrons.The company gathered in about S4,-000,0- 00

a year, retained forty-fiv- e

per cent., and divided the remainderamong the prize-winne- rs in thescheme. .

The action against the lottery pro-moters was taken in the court for theSouthern District of Alabama, beforeludge Toulmin, and resulted in thesntering of wholesale pleas of guilty,the charge being conspiracy to causethe interstate carriage of lottery ad-vertisements. In pleading guilty,the defendants agreed to surrenderfor destruction all lottery books,plates and other paraphernalia, and,also, to dispose f the printing es-

tablishment of the company at Wi-lmington, Del., known as the John M.Rogers Press, where the lottery tick-ets have for years been printed.

Fines of $10,000 each were as-

sessed' against Dave Hennen Morri3and Alfred Hennen Morris,, of NewOrleans and New York City; W. C.Henderson, of Brooklyn, was fined$5000: Harry W. Henderson, ofBrooklyn, was fined $2500; OscarHauger, of Hoboken, $1500, whilefines ranging from $10,000 to $500were assessed against the following:William H. Parkhouse, James Rea, G.W. Bredow, William P. Johnston,Louis' C. . Graham, Edward L. Pinac,Frank L. Howard, Albert Baldwin,Sr., Chapman Hyams, Paul Conrad,John M. Demarest and . Edward J.Demarest, all of New Orleans; JohnMorris Rogers, Jesse K. Baylisand Lester IC Baylis, of Wi-lmington; " James S. Moire, Ch-icago; General W. I. Cabell, Dallas;Robert K. Thompson, Mobile; Jo-seph L. Shaw, Tora Williams andHenry L. Plumr Washington, D. C;Herman Bruner, St. Louis; Frank E.Johnson, Hartford ; A. B. Kaufman,Detroit; Harry. J- - Schott, Baltimore; .

Wallace Mastersonr Savannah T.Fran-ei- sX. Fitzpatrick and i John Hoag.

The Honduras National LotteryCompany was originally, the Louis-iana State Lottery Company, a dulylegalized institution under the StateConstitution, with a charter runningfor twenty-fiv- e years to IS 9 4. JohnA. ? Morris, of New Orleans, was thedominant factor. At. the expirationaf the charter the State declined topenew it, although offered $15OrQ00

year. The company then beganbusiness at Puerto Cortezv Honduras,as the Honduras National LotteryCompany, having twelve drawing ayear ten for each of which abont

of tickets were sold, andtwo grand .drawings,, for each oiwhich double that sum, approximate- -y was received for the sale of tick

ets while the . prizes were alsodoubled.

HAMLIN KILLED; IS AUTO.

Millionaire Buffalo Horse BreederWas Trying to Pltss Runabout.

Buffalo, N. Y. Harry Hamlin, millionaire, clubman horsebreeder andautomobile enthusiast, was instantlykiTIed on the WilllamsviIIe road,north of this city. He was ridfns i'1

uis seventy uoraj irower car auutrying to pass a. high-pow- er runabour.Both cars . were Running at a speedsaid to be in excess of fifty miles anhour. The accident to Hamlin's caroccurred wheat it ran into a horseand buggy. "

Hamlin went out ridinc accompanied by his chauffeur, Peter Mlnhard,and a workman in his barn, JohnHanson. MJnhard was driving tnecar.

BOOST PRICE OP MEAT.

Law Against Diseased Cattle MakesFamine at Packing Centres.

Chicago. Prices of all kinds ofpacking products were raised fromone to - three cents a.pound by tnewholesale and retail dealers. Tnspackers have protested against pu-rchasing cattle under the new inspection law, which makes it incumbentupon them to permit a post-morte-m

examination after they buy their an-

imals. They have demanded a bettergrade of cattle, or that the farmerstand the loss, and the farmers, "toget even," have shut off. the siipplJ'-A- s

a consequence, the packers haveboosted prices. . ?

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Temporary Commissions Appointed.

John C. Capers, of South Carolina,has been chosen by President Roos-evelt for the post of Commissioner oi

Internal Revenue ad interim.

200,000 Parade For Pure TVines.

A gigantic demonstration of viagrowers was held at Nimes, 'France,

as a protest against the adulterauoof wines. Two hundred , the d.ana

persons marched in the Prc-- c 3

The, day passed without vence.V -

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New Internal Revenue Commission'I Pearl WigM, of New Orleans --

cepted the Internal , Revanuemissionership offered to win h(

!j i, nnt assume

duties of the ofice until Deceiver

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SHIPriXG EGGS BY MILLIONS.

From All Over the Country TheyGo to Nj?jv York.

The four million residents of thiscity would be helpless if the produceand provision dealers did not ransack the continent and the railroadsdid not bring flesh, fish and fowl andthe products of the grain field andthe orchard.

At breakfast at an uptown hotela wholesale grocer of Pittsburg, whounderstood something of the orob--ems of food supply, said to his com

panion that he wondered where allthe eggs that are eaten in New Yorkcome from. Here Is the answer:

When the - December chill leaveshe hens of Kentucky and Tennessee,

Arkansas and Texas get busy, theirndustry continuing throughout Janu

ary and February. The spring, trav-eling north in March and April, stirshe hens in Southern Illinois, Iowa

and Nebraska, and In July and Au- -ust Wisconsin, Minnesota and the

Dakotas send us eggs. Every day orperhaps two or three days a weekthe farm and the hennery send baskets of eggs to the country storekeeper, who pays for them in moneyor merchandise, packs them in casesand sells them to the shipper in oneor another of the large receiving mar- -

sets. " v

Here the cases are loaded compact- -y in refrigerator cars, In which by .

carload and often by trainload theymove to the great industrial and commercial centres. They do not allcome to New York. Eves Chicagohas to have eggs, to say nothing otother places, but from this interiorand Western region, from Texas on.the south to the Dakotas on ' thenorth, there came to New York in190$ 4,086,151 cases, containingabout 126,670,681 dozens, or 1,520,- .-

048,172 eggs. Eggs come to NewYork from Jersey, from up-Sta- te

arms and from Long Island, but iaquantities that are negligible whencompared with those from the in-teri- or.

Every housekeeper knows what shepays the grocer for eggs, but shedoes not know that .the price shepays a dozen during the season ofshipment seldom exceeds by morethan five cents the price received bythe Western farmer who takes themto the country store. During timesof scarcity the price may run up toten or twenty ..cents a ' dozen higherthan the fafmer .receives. ;"The rateof transportation does not change.The railroads 'receive thirty cents acase for bringing eggs in refrigeratorcars from Indiana and Illinois andsiity cents a case from Texas andMinnesota. ; That is, the railroadsbring eggs a thousand miles to NewYork for a cent or a cent and a halfa dozen and 2000. miles or so forabout two cents and a .half a dozen.The transportation charge that1 Ispaid the railroads has no bearingwhatever on the retail price in NewYork. If the railroads performedtheir service gratis the consumer inall probability would pay just asmuch for his eggs. The averageprice at wholesale in 1906 was nine--teen cents a dozen, ana tne xoiai vaiuation of the eggs received in GreaterNew York, both ' for domestic con-

sumption and for export, was $24,- -

067.439. n v ,

From May to July, the season during ; which the greatest number ofhens are industrious, vastly moreeggs come to New' York than the population consumes. The surplus Isplaced in cold storage for use in thelate, autumn and the early winter.New York Sun. - ;

An inquest ,was . held . recently: . InLondon on a woman who " died from

I blood poisoning caused by. the in--fection of a "chapped" hanLWuIJ-L'- C suicides4.".i;.is ai suicll

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