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through which the strap is passed, is riv- 

 eted into the bell. Cow-bells are made in 

 ten sizes, whose sounds range through an 

 octave. Sometimes musical entertainers 

 who play upon bells of one sort and an- 

 other come to the manufacturer, and by 

 selection among bells of the various sizes 

 find eight bells that are accurate in scale. 

 There are only four factories in the 

 United States in which cow-bells are 

 made and in each case the cow-bell is only 

 an item of production among many other 

 things. Cow-bells are sold all over the 

 country just the same as ever, but much 

 the greater number are sold in the South, 

 and Southwest and the West, where farms 

 are larger, less likely to be under fence, 

 and cattle are more likely to stray. There 

 are sold in those parts of the country a 

 hundred dozen cow-bells to every ten 

 dozen sold in the East. American cow- 

 bells are exported to the various countries 

 of South America and to Australia. 



A new find on the Okanogan river in 

 Washington has been bonded to Xew 

 York capitalists for $300.000. It has just 

 been discovered that Washington is to be 

 one of the richest states in the Union for 

 gold. 



ANNEX AR;D AMERICA. 



The California Mirror likens the people 

 living east of the Mississippi to the dog in 

 fable, who dropped the bone he had. in the 

 trying to secure the shadow he sa\v in the 

 water. Thus many, in gazing at the dis- 

 tant Philippines overlook entirely the 

 possibilities of the land that lies between. 

 Mr. Geo. H. Maxwell has sounded the 

 right chord when he savs "annex arid 

 America," and this sentiment is echoed by 

 hundreds. "The people of the Philippines 

 are an alien race and must ever remain so. 

 * * In arid America all this is re- 

 versed. The people who will dwell in the 

 homes into which the deserts may be trans- 

 formed with water, will be American citi- 

 zens, men and women of our own race and 

 blood." says the Mirror, and all that is 

 needed to bring about this redemption of 

 the desert is to follow out the suggests 

 made by Capt. Chittenden in his report, 

 that the arid states and territories be given 



their fair share of the sums disbursed by 

 the national treasury for national improve- 

 ments, to be expended in building storage 

 reservoirs in those states where there are 

 no rivers and harbors to improve. And 

 in this way save the storm waters for irri- 

 gation purposes instead of allowing it to 

 flow down in disastrous floods. 



Dun's Rsview says: December is add- 

 ing a surprising close to the most surpris- 

 ing year of American history. November 

 had surpassed all other months of the 

 century in volume of business and produc- 

 tion, and thus far December is doing even 

 better, in payments through clearing 

 houses, in railroad earnings, in foreign 

 trade, in output of pig iron, and in activity 

 and strength of securities. But that is 

 saying a great deal for in all these and 

 other tests November was for the best, 

 month in American financial history. 



If expectations are realized the Green- 

 horn Mountain, in Colorado, will be over- 

 run by prospectors for gold in a short time. 

 Already the roads leading to the reported 

 find are thronged with eager miners and 

 tender-feet. Arriving trains are crowded, 

 and as soon as they step off at the depot in 

 Canon City, they quickly don their over- 

 alls and jumpers and start for the Green- 

 horn. 



Colorado Springs, Colo., is expecting to 

 be enriched up in the millions by the find- 

 ing of a rich gold mine in the Trickier 

 tunnel that is being driven through Pike's 

 Peak to increase the water supply for the 

 city. 



From the Convention number of The 

 States Duty we quote as follows: 



"We want good roads, clean streets, 

 practical levees, trees planted in city as 

 well as country, better farming, necessary 

 drainage. ii'rigation, and broader educa- 

 tional facilities, and the people will be 

 prosperous and happy. The cranks who 

 preach civil war and other destructive ca- 

 lamities will talk to vacant seats. The 

 honest man will have work and be glad to 

 do his share." 



