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Wiwention
The British government In India is
considering a project to link together
the rivers Indus, Jhelam, Cheuab, Beas,
Ravi and SutleJ, in order to equalize
the flow of water for irrigation pur
poses. Thus when there Is a flood in
one of the rivers a part of the water
can be diverted to a point where !t
may be more needed. In this way it Is
believed that the district of the run
Jab, a name which means the Five Riv
ers, can be assured a sufficient water
supply at all seasons.'
The Philippine Journal of Science
recently published a list of GS kinds of
trees growing in the Philippine Islands,
producing wood of commercial Im
portance, belonging for the most part,
to families and genera but little known
to the botanists of the temperate zone.
The list Includes only dicotyledonous
woods, and not the palms, bamboos nnd
screw-pines which also abound in the
islands. An Interesting fact is that
growth rings seem to be characteristic
of only a part of the Philippine trees.
Many show rings of seasoned growth
-vhen young, but not afterward.
An Important phenomenon of recent
recognition In bacteriology, says Dr.
Simon Flexner, Is that of the "mlerobe
earrler," by which Is meant an Indi
vidual who harbors disease-germs while
ajiparently suffering no ill effect him
self. The existence of such cases has
been known for some time with regard
to the bacteria of diphtheria, but more
recently the phenomenon lias been
Bhown to exist for the germs of ty
phoid, dysentery, plague, cholera, and
many other Infectious Protozoa. Bac
teriologists are also learning, says
Doctor Flexner, that while the fore?s
of Immunity may be in active opera
tion ns far as tests with blond made
outside the body indicate, the very
bacteria from and against which such
forces have developed may be still sur
viving In the body.
Commenting upon a recent German
book on the interior state of the earth,
Dr. A. C. Lane, well known for his re
searches on this difficult subject, makes
a very interesting remark. He says
that without making a sweeping state
ment at the start, as to the gaseous In
terior of the earth, it is perhaps safe
to say, In view of what we know, that
"some of the elements of the earth's
interior are in a gaseous condition, nn.t
the earth, for them nt least, might be
likened to a toy balloon, but one in
which the gas was so condensed, under
such pressure;; that one could easier
dent a steel ball than it Under con
ditions of temperature not easy to dis
prove, thnt should be the condition of
all the earth's elements toward the
center." Dr. Lane adds that the study
of seismic vibrations will probablp set
tl ) this question. .
The average citizen, It Is safe to say,
has a very linzy Idea concerning the
plze and constitution of the United
States Army. A writer in Harper's
Weekly gives some interesting facts
bearing upon this matter. The gov
ernment dreams of an army number
ing 70,(KK) men. The present strength
is 57,000. Of the theoretical 70,000
soldiers the- fifteen regiments of cav
alry, which never lack their full com
plement, comprise nearly 14,000 officers
and men; the six regiments of field
artillery, 5,500; the coast artillery
corps close upon 20,000; the thirty
regiments of Infantry, 27,000 ; ' the
engineers, 2,000, and the remainder
consist of the staff corps, Indian
scouts, and n small number of native
Boldlers In PoTto Ulro and the Philip
pines. The total number of commls-.
sioned officers amounts to about 3,1)00.
LONDON POLICE.
Poorly Paid Ilrltlher Who Cannot
Bo Bribed.
The police of London, England, have
Just been through a severe investiga
tion by a royal commission which Is
a sort of glorified legislative commit
tee. All sorts of people came forward
with charges against the police, but
only two or three alleged that they
bad bribed policemen, and In every
case the charges were lacking In proof
and were regarded as merely spiteful
by the members of the commission.
Nearly every police magistrate In Lon
don gave evidence, and they all agreed
hat the police were Incorruptible.
High tribute was paid recently to
British police court methods and Brit
ish policemen by Police Magistrate
Ilogan, of New York, who not long
ago was a London visitor. He said
"F.verybody Is treated alike, and I like
the way your police do their duty.
They don't seem to forget things over
night, as many members of the New
York force often seem to do. I should
say that the London policeman Is re
markably honest and far too good for
the Job, considering the pay he gets.
The magistrate, whom the cops con
sider Jhclr worst enemy In the London
police courts, Is Mr. Plowden. Mr.
Plowden's treatment of policemen, pros
ecuting In the witness box, Is one of tn
sights of the town. But even he does
not believe that the English policeman
would accept a bribe not to 0o his
duty.
The saloon law Is very strict In Eng
land, and the opportunity Is large for
the species of "graft" said to be plen
tiful In many American cities.
The pay of the English police force
Is miserable compared with American
police salaries. In London $! a week
Is a cop's pay ufter a year's probation.
With this In view possibly there mlsht
be more bribery and corruption, more
open "graft," but for the organization
and discipline of the force. These are
simply superb. The roundsman, ser
geant and Inspector In England really
work. The constable on the street
dares not get off the beaten track. The
punishment meted out to erring police
men is Intensely severe. There are no
mere reprimands. The English cop
must be without blemish or Instant
dismissal without any red-tape or ap
peal results.
CEMENT SCHOOL BUILDING.
C'ullln wood School Horror Lemla to
Citadel grlienie.
Following ,the recent Coll in wood,
Ohio, school fire horror, In which 109
children lost their lives, an unusual
type of cement constructon for school
buildings Is proposed In the Cement
Age. Use of the new construction, it
is insisted, will absolutely gunrd
against perils of fire and panic, ption
as occurred at Colllnwood.
The main feature of the new type U
a circular, central citadel, extending
from basement to roof, an Independent
structure around which school rooms
PROPOSED CEMENT CITADEL.
can be built. These are connected
with the citadel by Are doors. Inside .
the citadel, which Is to be fireproof,
are stairways of sufficient capacity to
provide for the ready exit of the chil
dren. Once inside the citadel, the chil
dren can take their time in leaving,
as It is heat and smoke proof. A stand
pipe, running from the water mains
to the roof, gives firemen an oppor
tunity to work In a protected position,
the walls being punctured with numer
ous loop holes through wheh the hose
can be operated.
Striking an Average.
The children were not allowed In the
kitchen, but nobody had ever forbidden
their sniffing outside the door to catch
the delicious odors which could be ob
tained by a close application of a small
nose to a crack.
"Why, Ethel," said Mrs. Ilarwooo.,
who discovered Jhem in the entry Just
outside the kitchen door one Saturday
morning, "why are you twitching
Tommy and slapping him?"
" 'Cause he Isn't playing fair, moth
er," said Ethel. ' "He's had five smells
and I've only had four, and it's my
turn."
"I am, too, playing fair," asserted
Tommy, his utterance smothered as he
again applied his nose to the crack.
"I've got an awful cold, and I can't
smell half as much as she can!"
"An Army Contract."
In a street of Edinburgh one day a
dusty soldier went up to a little boot
black and told the boy to brush his
boots a:id polish them well. The lad
looked at the big Scots Gray and
shouted, blithely to another bootblack:
"Haw, Sandy, come over an' gle us a
haund!" with his hands curved round
his mouth to form a speaking trumpet
"See wha's here wl me I I've got an
army contract."
What Man Want.
"Man wants but little here below,"
So some old poet said.
Yet he don't close the openings
He wean each side bis head.
Toledo Blade.
The life of a woman whose husband
has no bad habits must be rather monotonous.
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EX-PRESlDbNT CLEVELAND
Born : Caldwell,. New Jersey, March 18, 1837.
Died: Princeton, New Jersey, June 24, 1908.
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Born at Caldwell, Essex County,
N. J., March 18, 1837. Christened Ste
phen Grover Cleveland.
In 1841 family moved to Fayetteville,
N. Y.
Served as clerk In a country store.
In 1853 was appointed assistant
teacher of the New York institution for
the blind.
For four years, from 1855, assisted
his uncle In preparation of "American
Herd Book," and had a clerkship in a
law firm In Buffalo.
Admitted to the bar in 185D.
Appointed Assistant District Attor
ney of Erie County Jan. 1, 1803.
Defeated for the District Attorney
ship of Erie County In 18C5.
Practiced law.
Ejected Sheriff of Erie County In
1870.
NICE JOBS FOR THESE.
P. B. LOOM IS.
These three men
have been named
as commissioners
general for the
United States at
the Japanese ex
position in Tokyo
In 1912. Loomls
was formerly As
sistant Secretary
F. J. SKIFF.
of State. He heads f. u. millet.
the commission and will receive
$8,000 a year for five years, be
ginning with 1909. He Is very
highly esteemed by President Roose
velt. Skiff was prominently connected
with the World's Fair In 1904 and Is
now director of the Field museum iu
Chicago. Millet is the well-known
American artist. Skiff and Millet will
receive $2,000 a year each for 1909 and
$5,000 a year for the next four years.
The duty of the commissioners Is to
tveommend to President Roosevelt and
Congress the cost and character of the
United States building and exhibits
at the exposition, and later to take
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Elected Mayor of Buffalo In 1881.
Elected Governor of New. York In
1882 by a plurality of 200,000.
Elected President of the United
Stntes In 1RS4 Mntnrltv tn tho oloe I
toral college, 37.
Broke all records by vetoing 115 out
of 987 bills.
Married Frances Folsom in the
White House June 2, 1880.
Defeated In campaign for re-election
In 1888.
Engaged In the practice of law In
New York.
Elected President of the United
States In 1892.
' Settled Venezuela boundary dispute
In 1895.
After leaving White House in 1890
established home for his family In
Princeton, N. J.
charge of the selection and placing of
exhibits.
Natural Toot hlirnxben.
Natives of Somnliland have the whit
est and best teeth of any people In the
world, and the reason Is not far to
seek. Whenever they are Idle they
may be found rubbing their teeth with
small pieces of wood little twigs
which nre covered with a soft bark and
which ravels out Into bristles. This
practice prevents the teeth decaying
and of course keeps them in excellent
condition. Just as one' might pick n
wild flower In the country, so the So
mail native picks his toothbrush. They
are never without their small twigs.
Toothbrushes as we know them are
unknown In Somnliland. Their own
methods ore undoubtedly the healthi
est and certainly the cheapest, and It
Is a matter for wonder that we do not
take a leaf out of their hook tn thia ra.
spect. Dundee Advertiser.
Not Gouty.
It Is not always a guilty conscience
that is taken by surprise, for some
times the most Innocent of men will
start at a suspicious word. The fol
lowing Incident, which occurred In a
hardware shop, Is Illuminating:
An elderly lady, dressed severely In
gray, nnd carrying what looked very
much like a bundle of tracts, ap
proached the counter.
A clerk hastened to serve her.
"What can I do for you, madam?"
She leaned toward him.
"Have you er -any little vises?" she
Inquired.
When the children of a family are
named "Arabella," "Gwendolln," "Ru
pert," etc., It Is a good sign the moth
ers favorite reading Is not the Bible.
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I EUGENE V. DEB3.
fhe Nominee of the National Social
Int Party tor President.
For the second time Eugene V. Debs
is the nominee of the National Social
ist party for the Presidency. In 1904
he headed that party's ticket and made
an' agresslve campaign. He received a
total of 402,530 votes, the largest vote
in any State being 09,225 In Illinois.
Had the Socialists been united, the re
sult would have been even more flat
tering, for there was still another So
cialist candidate In the field, Charles
Hunter Corregan, the nominee of the
Socialist Labor party.
I Eugene V. Debs was born In Terre
Haute, Ind., and began work as a lo-
EUGENE V. DEDS.
coniotlve fireman. He next entered
commercial pursuits, branching out into
politics and being elected city clerk of
Terre Haute and then member of the
State Legislature. lie came Into na
tional prominence during the great rail
road strike, which had Chicago as a
center and in which he bore a leading
part. He was secretary of the Board
of Locomotive Firemen and president of
the American Hallway Union and
served six months in Jail for violating
a Federal injunction during the con
duct of the strke. Since then he has
been conspicuous in the Socialist move
ment and enjoys a wide reputation as'
an orator. He is also an editor and
thus from platform and sanctum teach
es Socialist doctrine.
FRENCH MILITARY ATHLETE.
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FRENCH ABMY'S i STRONG MAN.
The French army has many strong
men. Muscle Is cultivated sometimes
at the expense of other things, but the
fact remains that frequently this Por-thos-like
attainment conies in pretty
handy. The French army In Morocco
was kept busy between times at sports
and games. One of the diversions of
the soldiers was lifting heavy weights
and some of thein became able to do
astonishing feats, one of which, taken
from a photograph, Is here Bhown. The
cannon and equipment weigh many
hundred pounds, but the soldier picked
It up and carried It easily.
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According; to lloyle.
Rev. Joseph Gravely (giving his
views of the evils of card, playing dur
ing a pastoral call) As t was saying,
I am in doubt
Parrot (interrupting eagerly) When
you are in doubt play trumps.
. And no member of that family has
been able to account for the pnrrnt'g
utterance to the satisfaction of the
pastor. Loudon Punch.
A Hard One.
Tommy Say, ninnnna?
Mamma Well, what Is It, Tommy?
Tommy How does a deaf and dumb
boy say his prayers when he happens
to have a sore finger? Kansas City In
dependent. The Main Thing.
"She has the face of a seraph !" de
clared the enthusiastic friend.
"That's all right," -said the practical
manager, "but has she the backing of
Mi angel?" Baltimore American.
Stand up for your rights. People
may not like It at first, but they will
won learn to keep out of your way.
Lucky is the man who Isn't sold whe
women go to market
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