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Show I Tho problem of growing Smyrna figs in California is solved by putting wasps to work. Groat aro the mi'sterios of nature, but keen wits arc finding them out. From padded and hidden pa3-rolls to poor janitor service in iho schools is a natural step; and from the Bridwcll investigations in-vestigations it appears that tho stop was easy and prompt. The postmasters in their convention hero gave out that children and adults need instructions in addressing letters. Probably so; and certainly some postmasters post-masters need instruction in getting letters let-ters to those to whom they are addressed. ad-dressed. The meat trust raises Hie price of beef, no doubt for tho reason that the sugar trust iB assured of getting a fat slice of the tariff pie. The meat trust has no show at tho tariff pie, but it has a big whack at tho public, and so evens things up on its own account. "Wu . Ting-fang, Chinese Minister to the United States, is also, it appears, tho Chinese Minister to Peru, and is about to start to the latter country to make an official visit. Queer notions of geography must prevail at the Chinese Chi-nese court. Another of the great reclamation projects under the auspices of the Government Gov-ernment service has been brought into practical service, that of the Lower Yellowstone; it irrigates forty thousand thous-and acres. This reclamation business is one of the most beneficient works over undertaken. And now tho Chicago Tribune has the meanness to print a story that "Dealers in Europe havo been buying wild animals from menageries and zoos, and sending them to East Africa to make that district more popular for hunters." And it has a series of funny cartoons to illustrate the point. The church organ protests that it has been the practice of the Mormon church authorities to invite "reepec-table "reepec-table ministers" of other denominations to speak in its churches. Meaning, of course, such as it expected it could im-pose im-pose upon in its falsities and huni-buggeries. huni-buggeries. But how about its arrost of Elder Erigps last year for handing out religious tracts of the Reorganized church? It would really Ecem as though if tho Presbyterians and the Cumberland Presbyterians were content, on points Hj of doctrine, to unite, it was hardly the province of a court to step in and prc-vent prc-vent that union, on a -point of doctrine. Courts in this country aro not supposed to bother about such things, but only to care for the personal and property rights of litigants. It is impossible, for The Tribune to use tho exposes of tho Smith tyranny and selfishness, written apparently by sugar-beet farmers, unless the name of tho writer is given to us, not for publi-cation publi-cation necessarily, but that wo mny know where to call for substantiations of statements made. "Ye will guard with tho utmost secrecy these names; but if tho identity of tho writors is not H supplied to us privately, their letters Hl cannot be used. 11 The value of Henry II". "Rogers's cs- Bl fate is not given; but it is significant B of its size that lie was able to build H the Deepwatert railroad, at n cost of H forty million dollars, with . his own H . money; and thnt tho estimates of it ' v.iry from $50,000,000 to $75,000,000; and it may be bo double even tho high-ost high-ost figure. But no matter how high the figure is, in a few generations it will bo pretty, well distributed, with no great amount in any one hoir's hands. |