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daily
august 4. 'iztz.
' Haakon VII. king of Norway, has a
't o. about iioo.ooq. - '
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Ths favorite hobby of Dr.- Elisabeth
Oarratt Anderson England's moat fa
mous woman physician, la gardening.
a a . : .
Blr Jonathan Williams, a retired phy
alclan of Great Britain, declares that
tha purest Englteh spoken in tba United
.States la in Kentucky.
' Willis pu Shakespeare died recently at
Stratford- vAvon. He was 7 yeara
old. and. - la not known that ha aver
put pen i paper, in the-way of Writ
Ins play. , ". ?'.'
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. Tor many yeara W, Redmond, ona of
ths Isadora of tha Irian party, tu Jhe
"baby" of the houaa of commons. He
war only 11. yeara old when ha was re
turned from'Wexford in 1814. :i : , t
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Henry 8- Prltehett, president of the
'trustees of the Carnegie foundation, la
belirg congratulated by- college gradu
atea for . tha aelectloaa made of. teach
era who are to receive tha benefit of tha
penalon fund provided by tba atael klrig.
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..'.Governor Deneen f Illinois, has ap
pointed Mrs. Clara P. Bouland to the
atate board of charttlea. She's tha
mother' of the Illinois Federation of
Women's clubs, prealdent of tha Peoria
club and s veteran in practical charita
ble work, ..,- . v.; ,,, :, .; ,.
- Maria Bplrldonovo, who killed Chief
of Police Lushenotfaky of Tamboy, waa
sent to Siberia lasr wsek with other
prisoners. Spectator at the railway
atatlon bade ber keep up a stout heart
-towhich shr- replied Ws- shall- soon
be back." ', "',- '". v
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M. Clsmsnesatt, tha French mlniater
of the interior, sstimstes that 10 per
cent of the atrlkers Identified with tha
May demonstration were forced to dis
continue work tor being afraid of mo
testation. by ftho 10 per cent minority.
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The So people who inhabit Orimaay,
an island on the A ret to circle, near Ice
land, have declared the birthday of tha
late Professor Wlllard Fiske a pro
vincial holiday, becauae by hla will ha
left a trust fund of 112.000, the income
to be uaed for bettering tha condltiona
of the Islanders. .
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Michael Anagnoa, prealdent of the
Greek Union of America, la dead In Rou
manla. Anagnoa (alao written Anagnoa
topoulos) waa the son-m-law of the late
Dr. Samuel G. . Hows and Julia Ward
Howe, and waa 'the eucceasor of tha
former aa auperintendent of the Per
kins Institute for the Blind. - -. . - '
" ' M. Combanalre, the French explorer,
recently waa loat in tha f oreata of Cam
bodia. He got separated from his party
aid wandered through the sojttiuds for
eight days without any other nourish
ment than the water ha could get from
tne marsnes in me jungie.
ThS king of Slam has a bodyguard
composed . of 400 female warrlora. At
the sge of II they enter 'the royal serv
SAVING FINE GOLD
r"TTf HERfirii probabry Tto place in the
I world, ,.aaye ths Providence
. JL ' Journal, where economy la prao
. ttced quits a a closely and where
so much cars is taKen or waste ana
refuse matter as In ths large Jewelry
establishments and fold refineries of
f this city. Thrs every particle of waete
., matter, no matter how Inflniteaimal li
: may seem to - tha ordinary person, la
'carefully looked after and new methods
are being consUntly adopted to reeover
l losses which are so small that they can
- scarcely bs computed by experts in ths
bustneaa. ' -,'r -'-'-'"
The Immense value, of ths gold and
. -other precloua metala used in ths Jw-
elry bualnesa makes. ii Imperative that
. the fine particlea no mrgsr thaw a pecks
of dust be. looked after quite aa cloaely
as -the finished product. Loss in -ths
: latter can corns through but one sourcs
dishonesty among the employee while
'" ths loas from - ths ' tilings and ' othsx
mall particlea of gold might come about
In several ways. The amau particles
sdhers to the clothing of ths employee,
' they fall upon tha floor and mingle with
the dust nd thsx:vJU?.vsn'-flot awsy
"on the sir. ". r.-, "i"-.: "7T 7
tn nMklna- of the . methods which
liave been s'dopted by ths proprietors-,1
of the larger concerns, one or tne. promt
' lnent msnufseturers sata: ."
The opportunltlee for s losses- In the
: '"jewelry business ere greater than In any
' other Hns that I know of. When the
men- sts fllinir the rings w lapping
them upon a sort of emerr wheel ths
. fine particles of course get upon their
handa and clothes. . ,
Hood Gathers, Up Particles.. .
"UndeV the' old system sll of ths fil
ings accumulated on the machine fell
" upon the floor or "found a resting place
on the clothea of ths workmen, -Ws
hsvs remedied this o soms extent now
and have each of ths wheels fitted with
- a hood, which collects sll of the small
particles, which tre drswn by air suo
' tlon to ths basement, where they are sll
collected.'' --.: -..'":;' ;.
"Under the old system which was In
' use In this - establishment until about
two yeara ago we loat considerable In
waste. Ths loss might ba due entirely
to accident, bur oftentimes dishonesty
on the part of the employes figured
" prominently In the mstter. : - ,
"For inatanca. ,1 waa -told of m man
: who worked in' sn establishment of
thia kind who had A very buahy beard
and hair. While ho was filing ths rings
the filings would accumulate on the
' bench and tha man would occasionally
run his fingers through his hair and
beard. He kept this up several times
a day and when he went to his horns In
the svsnlng, hs, with ths aid of a fine
comb snd a dish of water, would be able
to add quite a considerable sura to ths
amount of his Say's wsgos. -
"The superintendent of, the factory or
chop began to suspect him because the
mount of filings turned In at the snd
of -the day's work fas not aa large aa
. It should be., The-iystem of weighing
the rings when they were given to the
-norfcnir in the tiioinmr'snd-trf watgh
' Ing the rings snd waats at ths end of
ths day's work wss tried. 'v -;
Frea Laundry for Workmen. '.;
"The man soon learned of ths sys
:. tern thst was being tried to catch him
and "began to bring In brass filings in
his pocket, which hs mixed with ths
gold filings to take tha place of that
. which he dally carried away in bis
beard and hair. Under our present sys
tem that could not easily be done, for
the filings are now drawn ' into ths
- tubea '. to tha . basement and . sse- thus
serried out of the reach of ths men who
are running the machines. , .
"Another source of loas which haa
been remedied within a few yeara Is the
filings that cling to the garments -worn
by tha workmen. In many of ths as-
ice and remain in It until they are 11,
whenthey pasa into tba reaerve. Their
weapon la the' lancennoTTheyars splenT
dldly trSlned in the ue of 1C .
At Sallabury. Maryland, the other
day Hon. William H. Jackson, ex-oon
greaaman, waa applied to for Informa
tlon as, to the rumor that he'a to ba
the Republican candidate for repreeen
tatlve this year. "Tell them." aald Mr.
Jaekion."lhatI- neeraing, -unta. the
hymn la announced. ,
- Tha tenor Caruao does not regard thia
as his lucky seaeon. . Ha last . all his
belonginga in San. Franclaoo, and when
ha- arrived in London the flrat letter he
openea waa from ' tne authormee de
manding an income- tea. - He told an in
terviewer that hewould alwaya remem
ber bis San Francisco experience, which
does not seem improbable, " ; '
Whan Herbert- Spencer waa a bo hla
father' sent him away, from honsa . to
achool. Tha youngster became "home
sick, and. with two -shillings in .his
pocketa mads hla way home, ova 110
miles. In three daya, walking moat of
tha way. Ha did 41 mllea the flrat day
and. 47 on the' aecond. On the third day
a friendly, coach driver took him most
of the-way for nothing. - . .
" The ' Nestor of rural Joumallam in
Illinois is Colonel John S. Harper, now
living In retirement at hla home city.
Of - Lieroy, Illinois. He holds tha re
markable record of having been the pub
lisher of no less than v ISO newspapers,
a Journalistic f record which haa no
parallel. - It la doubtful If any one haa
come half way . up to the old . man's
record in thia direction. .; ''
Secretary of Stat EUhn Root,' who
ta representing the United States at tha
Pan-American congress in . Braall, haa
made a most favorable Impression upon
the Spanish-Americans by his tact, and
diplomacy. . Mr. Root Is accompanied
by hla wife, daughter and son. who hsvs
sssisted in many notable entertainments
on tha cruiser Charleston, which waa
especially fitted to carry the secretary
of atate to Hrasll. - ... -.
No man Is probably mors In the pub
lic's eye than District Attorney William
T. Jerome of New York. . In tha Thaw
ease, when It cornea to trial, he will
ahow hla master ' hand. He at preaent
ridlculea the Insanity theory and says
that Dr. -Hamilton, the expert, haa made
another error tn declaring Thaw Insane,
It wilt be recalled that by special de
tective work Mr. Jerome found a sane
man "In tha penal insane asylum, who
had - been sent there upon. Dr. Hamil
ton's' certificate. . This man was taken
from the asylum by Mr. Jerome, proved
to have been ahammlng inaanlty, con
victed In s regular court and aentenced
to mors than It, rears Imprisonment.
' A. W. Benson, tha new senator from
Kansas, has 'joined tha ranka of thoae
known as the "abort leggara." . It in
cludes all senatora - whose bodies - are
long and whose legs are short. Judge
Benson is a great Bible student and haa
taught a Bible olass each Sunday for
the past 20 years. . ; i t
tablishriients this was discovered some
time ago and arrangementa -wer made
to have the workmen- wash their over-
clothes In the shops. The water which
was uaed in washing was then passed
through a trap and ths sediment coK
lected. ... ," .- v.
"We followed that practice for years;
but some of the workmen were care
less in washing ths clothes and ws havs
found by experiment -that It pays us to
maintain a laundry in the building.
where all of the clothes ef the-workmen
are eared for at ths expense of
tne company... .. .-"v-.'":'1
Ths water from ths laundry . Is ac
cumulated and the gold and other base
metala sink to ths bottom. ' This sedi
ment Is then collected snd the dirt is
burned out. In this way tha water
which Is used in waahlng the floors Is
saved If there Is any Indication of sedi
ment In. It. -'About once every year the
waus or the rooms are all awept. and it
wouia reany surprise - you to see ths
....... w. a -", , v. . 1 1, lw l i mm.
Mr are sweeping the floor sll ths tims
Snd ths sweepings are all burned. -
Floats Away in tbt Air. ' 'SjJL.
There sre soms losses which we are
unable to overcome. There Is a certain
amount that.ls lost-in the atmosphere
during the filing ana polishing opera-
uona and there seems to be no war to
overcome it. Ths particlea are ao amall
that it la impossible to catch 'them In
any way, and when the windows are
open In the summer months and warm
weather tmse particles float away in
tne sir. ' The windows In sn eatabllah-
ment of this kind are not opened a great
deal because, of this. - ,. ' i .. -
Then there Is a loss In shrlnkaaei
Every time the gold Is, melted It de
creases In weight, because soms of ths
alloy la burned out, but the gold in
creases In value. These two . sources
sre the principal or?s in which we srs
unable to atop ths loas, but tha amount
lost each year la so small that ws don't
know what ths percentage Is. -
"This year we are keeping a careful
record of all loases and shrinkage, and
In another year ws can tell you exact
ly what per sent of ths gold la loat in
the - air and ' also what ' ths average
ahrtnkaga is In working ths metal Into
flnlahed oroducta. -. : j, 1
"As an illustration of how ths gold
escapes In the-air: When the new
building of ths Ost by-Bart In company
waa erected in Richmond atrset a short
tlms sgo the old structure waa pulled
down to make room for ths new. Ths
old chimney through which ths smoks
from ths - furnace of the factory es
caped was torn - down and . the' bricks
were brushed and washed, v
"There wss an immenaa amount of
gold recovered by ths refiners from ths
soot, and dirt from these bricks. Ths
accumulation was that of mors than
twenty years, but It shows how ths gold
dust escapes unless every precaution
Is taken. ' .-'- e- j.v .'. , --' -
"W do not havs ss much ' trouble
from ' dishonesty among ths emplsyes
4aV4aV"STW4 g"ft Pala'l1r?(sjas'Oae"eP&ir'
this Is ths check system, which is In
force In every large establishment in
ths business. When a man working on
ths filing, alslng or polishing machine
roes to work, in the-morning he is
charged with a certain number of penny
weights or goia.' wnicn ' is delivered to
him In the shape of rlnga. When he
has completed ths Job ths weight of
ths rings turned In, pms ths amount of
the waste from his -work. Willi ta l-
most equal to that with which hs waa
charged. .. ..... . ...
There . la very llttls dishonesty
among ths women employed, due partly
to' tne xact mat women are, I believe,
mors honest' and have a. higher sense
of honor than men and partly- to the
fact that few of them are employed
upon work where they could easily steal
us waste parucisg os aoio.-
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Efihu-Boot'- . u Henry-&L Pritcbtt, :
STRENUOUS STUNTS
From ths New Tork Sun.
Ths United States haa more than oneJ
hundred snd fifty cadet schools as they
are . called institutions that turn out
boys for- professional and business life,
and also put them through a course in
military training. - In a number of these
institutions a miniature army haa been
organised which Includea not only In
fantry, artillery and - cavalry.' but also
a corpa of engineers that builds bridges
and dig trenchsa. ,-. ; -
As athletics form an important part
ef ths ordinary military - Instruction.
physical culture Is encouraged in - all
theae schools ' with a result that tha
stunts performed on foot and on horse
back In soms of the achoola would do
credit to' a Circus. . . . , ;. ,
As nearly 'as possible the ordinary
military achool , endeavors to follow
West Point aa its model, so the cadet
battalion Is drilled In the setting up
exercises ss well as other' courses in
ths gymnasium. Consequently tha aver
age boy who takes a somplete course
graduates with his body ss well as his
mind thoroughly developed. " '
Many or the Instructors at these
academies are veteran army officers.
either graduates of Weat Point detailed
by the government as commandants at
ths schools, or men who bave been re
tired from the service and have been
engaged especially for soldier making.
They sre believers in getting as near
ths actual field conditions aa possible,
and naually. In addition to ths ordinary
guard mount, dress parade . and dally
routine, they arrange practice marches
across, country and ahant battles. .
Naturally cavalry tactics appeal) to
the average boy, and at several of th
larger cadet schools a company or bat
talion has been provided with horses.
The system followed at the . riding
academy at Weat Point is carried out
as far as possible and the lada become
accustomed to handling all. ktnda of
mounts and u rider different condltiona.
The first thing ths cadet learns is how
to get on ths horse, and sfter be gets
on to hold on by means of the military
seat After hs Is taught how to placs
THE SALE OF HAIR.
Within the last few years ths wear
ing of false hatr In one or- other of the
aW4iiy aTtlw lJs4Ws-tvs tfopiwB tn whloh
It Is now offered baa advanced by leapa
Snd bounda. A conversation with any
leading artificer In this line will elicit
many Interesting facts. v ..
It Is mors difficult to get fins black
or gray hair than any other, and al
though the Italian women havs long,
thick, black hair. It la coarse. It Is the
girls, ih ths south of Francs who fur
nish ths hair merchant with tha finest
and beat black hair. Aa to whits hair,
Is nsxt to Impossible to get a good
crop of long white hair, and this color
Is proportionately ooatiy.
Rome under ths smptrs and Greece
during tha tlms of Pericles were, seised
with a mania for golden hair. The
belles snd fops of ths day devised sev
eral methods whereby black locke might
be changed to golden yellow, but
Ableaohjnf did not always succeed, Coo
ths bit In the horse's mouth and slide
the bridle over hla head, the drill ser-
geant 'shows him how to straddle the
blanket .-upon ths horse's back. This
conatttutea all of the equipment when
he begins to rids. - Hs has to go without
saddle, attrrups, spurs and whip.
After he has vaulted upon ths animal
a few times snd taken headers or tum
bled -over on the other slds hs finally
gets" so that hs ean hang on with hla
essr"
Ths horse hs uses Is trained
to, keep up sn even gait, like the ordi
nary animal In the ring-elrcus,
By degrees he becomes so accustomed
to the movement that -he cannot only
alt .aatrids- without difficulty, but can
also raise hlmseli upon his knees and
finally aprlng to hie feet. Now hs is
ready ta handle a mors spirited horse,
snd he falls In with the troop and takes
part in ths vsrlmts evolutions, armed
with ssbre, revolver and sometimes
carbine. '
Ths Instructors do not stop here, for
ths boys ars ao fond of rough riding
and monkey riding that tha average
cadet becomes expert in the more diffi
cult forms of horsemanship. There are
several cadet schools in ths United
States where the cavalry squads ars
nearly aa akllled in mounted athletica
as the' famous commands at Fort Myer
and ths 'West Point battalion.
One of theae Is known ss ths Culver
Black Horse troop, so named because all
the mounts srs black. They ars not
ordinary animals, but ars st least, part
thoroughbred and ' havs snough mettle
In them to take hurdles snd fenoea like
a foxhunter, requiring no little ability
to keep them under control. -.-
Ths esdeta have become so klllful
not only tn ths saddle, but also in rid
ing bareback, that they perform feats
which Include vaulting on ths backs of
their mounts while trotting, while leap
ing hurdlea and while standing. Scenes
which wers enacted In the old " Roman
amphitheatres srs repeated one boy
guiding three horses sround the field and
leaping over ' hurdlea, " atraddllng ths
center horse and supporting himself on
the becks of the other two.
sequently quite a trade was satabllahed
with . the falr-halred trlbea beyond the
Alps, who sold . their locks to Latin
merchants, to be worn on ths heads of
ths Roman dandlea. . ., ... . -i
The Idea that -girls selling- thele-hale-deprlve
themselves of all their tresses
at ones Is, It seems, srroneoua. A girl
with long, silky hair and forced to sell
It for the money, goes to ths hair mer
chant and tells him exactly how much
of It ahe will part with, or shs divides
ths hair herself and offers It to him to
be cut - off. It Is onry from son vents
that ths entire hair of a woman's head
can be had, and ths sale of ths hair eut
oft a nun'a head when shs takes the veil
Is a' valuable item la some convents'
Incomss. !.- - - -, -
TRAMP RACES. "
," Trom the New Tork,Hearlt
The town of Wllen, N. C, has
Introduced a' new form of aport"
tramp racing.. .When a fcobq "hjtg ths
OF EMBRYO
Another trick Is to arrange four
horaes In paira. These are driven by a
single cadet,- who stands On the backs
of ths rear team, guiding , them aa well
as tba front pair.
' Perhaps the most spectacular feat la
pyramid riding. In thia three horses
ars placed abreast Then two' cadets
spring to their backs,, and kneeling or
stand In a. support snother on their
shoulders, while ths team goes sround
st a trot and even lakes low Jumps.
the boys ean make a three-pier pyramid,
the lower tier consisting' of three lada
supporting two who kneel "upon ths
shoulders of ths others. 'Ths last two
In turn hold tha third cadet, who. kneels
or stands. r- ; -
With a troop of riders ' drilled to do
such stunts ss these the stirrup is a
needless appliance, and it is frequently
dispensed with. Whent the order to
mount Is given, ths boys simply rsult
Into ths saddle and ars ready for the
trot. Jump or whatever evolution is re
quired. ' -' " " ' '
They learn to shoot, snd to shoot
straight, whils going st a trot, and they
handle the eabre with the skill of a
cavalryman who haa been In ths service
for years. ' j -
The horses ars so thoroughly trained
that svolutlons performed by platoons
and companies srs remarkable for their
precision ' snd . svenness. .. For Instance,
al some of ths schools, when the com
mand "Parade rest" is given, ths young
troopers bring their horses Into line
while standing on their backs, maintain
ing this attitude almost Immovable as
If they were statues.
. Another form of exercise Is what Is
celled storming ths fort, Ths fort may
be a wall or a fence 10 feet In height,
without even a crack' to help one reach
ths top. . Ths queatlon Is how a man
can get up ths smooth side and scram
ble over ths top without ths agility of
a oat. . '
It is a fact that this drill haa been
performed ao rapidly that a squad of,
10 men havs stormed ths fort In 11 sec
ends by the watch. 'The attack Is mads
In column, with' four' abreast, i
town" hs Is arrested and Incarcerated
ta the 'lockup. When several have been
accumulated tha whole lot Is marched
out Into ths publlo square. Across this
a line la drawn ' and the tramps are
told" to" line up,' Hardly" ties the' ragged
Hns been formed when ths town mar
shal confront them, rawhide whip In
hand,' and Informa them that one, mile
down ths road Is a ditch thnt marks
ths corporate limits of ths town. ' At
a given signal they ars to start for ths
ditch, and It Is to be distinctly under
stood that ths hobo whose tattered coat
tall last flutters serosa ths ditch la to
be treated to such a flogging as ba will
have cause to remember all ths days
of his lifs; - r. "
This pronuncfamento is announced
with sn impresslveneas that leaves no
doubt in the minds of Its hearers, and
the "Ragged Robs" immediately begin
to Inspect ons snothsr In an effort to
slss up each other's sprinting ability,
ths short hobo eying ths long legs of
hfla neighbor with. savj .
SOLDIERS
.The front rank men go far snough tn
advancs , to have time to brace ..their
backs against the wall before the next
cadets reach .it. Each ef ths second
four Jumps with one foot . upon the
clasped hands of a soldier in tha first
file, who pushes him up until he can
catch the top- of ths wall with hla
fingers, pull Jalmself up and drop down
Inside. ; '':
JTp comes the next file and tha move-
' ment is repeated until the lifters slons
remain. : Two of ths four go up with
ths sid of their comrades and bracing
themselves on the - top.-lean-over- to
catch ths handa of ths pair below, who
reach them by a running Jump and ars
pulled up by main strength.- - - -'',
Perhaps ths most remarkable feat in
thia whole series of movements Is thiet
of carrying dead or wounded men over
tha wall. Ths way In which this is
dons Is as follows: .
Flrat four men climb to tha top of
ths wnll aided by their fellowa. Then
four othera . brace . themselves against
the wall and bend over so that thsy
form a human platform.
t Two of ths young aoldlera get upon
ths platform. Ths two soldiers who sre
left on ths ground raise the body of the
wounded man-to the platform, ' where
It la seised by ths pair who ars stand
ing, on ths platform and again raised.
Hanging over the top of ths wall the
two end men f the upper tier reach
down and help to steady the two be
low them who ars lifting ths body.
r,Ths others hold on to the top of the
wall with one hand ana grasp ths. body
with ths other by lesnlng over. Then
they throw their weight backward and
by forming a aort of aeeaaw awing
their burden upward, when their com
panions come to their aid and the four
put ths wounded man In his resting
place. The rest of the squad then corns
up In the msnner already described. -
During .the whole affair the wounded
man does not. make a motion to help
himself, although he la sometimes taken
over a wall "11 'feet high- In actually
less than a minute. .
"Line up sn' toe ths mark' square."
shouts ths marahaL - ., - ; ;
, -ait astr. ;.;."--,;.':"..-,''.. v-,-,r
... "doi", .
Tho.i,n0-Aurseft .thorn braka and joff
go the hoboes, r The marshal and his'
asalstans leap upon their , waiting
horses snd are off after the flying
trampa. catching ap with them and
spurting the ambition of the laggards
with sharp warning flicks , from their
Whip "' . .; ', V- ' : '
Straight down ths road goes ths fly
ing company., their heels pattering upc
on the ground with spurts of dust
From tattered " bulka they quickly
dwindle, into rsgged specka and- are aoon
lost to view in m cloud of dust, while
tha assembled spectators shout - with
gles, ' '
As a matter of fact, no man haa yet
been flogged, but belief in the flogging
of the last roan across ths ditch Is firm
and no tramp that has ones run the
race has ever been known to return ttf
tha town, ox Wilson ... ,., ,
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Ths first luelfer snatch was strut" 1
Ths first steamer built in, England ap
peared In 1111,, i. . , ,
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It was In 16 that tha flrat blaci
lead pencil. was sharpened -
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To protect an invention all over the
world it la 'aeoesaary to Uke out 04.
patenta 1n as many different countriea,
the estimated cost of which 1813,500.
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'' Married women In central' Africa are'
forced ' to wear a close-ftttlng cap over
their heads 'and a wide metal collar
around their pecka. . - , c ,
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The eldest cab horse . tn ' Paris la
named' Choeolat, and he Is working is
hours a day sometimes more, t For II
years hs has trotted about Paris. - . .
If there" were only one potato In the '
world a careful cultivator might produce
10,000,00a from it in 10 years, snd thus ;
supply . ths world wlth' geed again. .;
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.The prison population of India is only
11 per 100,000 Inhabitants. Sixty yeara
ago. there were , IRO.ooo - children at
school In India. - Now there ars over
4,000,000.. : , -, - . '-v ; :.:.!..,;.'.,,;,,;.
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Strikes Increase In number every year
In Germeny, snd in 11 01 they numbered '
1,017. as compared with- 1,170 la the
previous yesr. There were also 120
lockouts in 1104 and 100-in lWS. -''r'",
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Tvette Gntlbert aays that shs is go-ing-to-produce
on the stage a type- en--tlrely
new ip the person of a middle
aged woman, full of life and' spirit, be
cause arrived at ths age' when a woman
appreciates how to llvs.- ! .: -,r
Acetylene lighting' Is quietly gaining
favor, and the German Acetylene asso
ciation finds' that the gas is supplied
ths public by 71 places in Germany. 103
In the United States, 16 In the United
Kingdom and 1 In the British colonies
while Germany alone has 71.000 private
installations. , , . ,. ,- .
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In Arabia the higher claases uas sngar
In tea and coffee In their houses, but in
ths coffee shops In the basar, where
hundreds of people gather In the even
ing to talk and drink coffee, a cheaper
grade of coffee . la generally consumed,
made of coffee husks principally, and
in this drink- sugar Is seldom used.
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. Ths Mexican Coal aV Coke company,
.which la owned and operated by Ameri
can capitalists and located at Esperan
xaa. Coahulla, Is one of ths largeat coal
producers In Mexico, ' ths output being
40,000 metrlo tons of coal and 1.000 tons
of coke a month, Ths company gives
employment to 1,000 men.'
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The cotton land of ths Argentine Re
public comprises mors than 110,000,000
acres, but most Of this vast - territory :
Is not at present available for produc
tion, owing to tha spares population and
to ths lack of economical means of
tranaportatlon.
Quill . toothpicks come from France.
Tbe largeat factory In ths world is near
Parle, where there, la an annual product
of 10,000,004 quills. Ths factory started
to make quill pens, but when thess went
oat of general use It Waa converted Into -a
toothpick mill. - - . ., - f .- "
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There were 14,000 paying' visitors to
Bha.keSfearasrtmuiMt. . et fltymifnwi.rti,-
Avon, last year, many mors than In any
preylqiisTer.Wevmty ' ptlnnlltt
were represented. More than 18,000 per
sons visited on payment Anns Hatha
way's cottage. About 10.000-of thess
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A stalned-glasa ' window la to be .
erected In 8t Mary's church,- Bulpban.
Essex, England, to be known aa the
"Mary" window. It will be subscribed
for entirely by women bearing ths name
of Mary. ... : .... ', .
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Dr.. Emil Reich's theory of baldness
la that it Is dua to ths stifling of the
imagination. . Use your Imagination and
you need never use hair restorer, - The
London Globe remarks that It certainly
Is significant that. ons never sees a
bald-headed policeman giving evidence
in a spsed limit eass.-r
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Tha popularity of "Amerieanl" sot-
ton cloth tn the East African, marketa la
because it contains little, if any, als
lng, and is looked upon by .the natives
as good value. By far tha greater por
tion of this material la now made by
English snllla, who stnl sell It under
the aams name, as ths natlvea know It
as such snd will havs no other. "
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A life stse statue 'of the Virgin and
Child carved In stone by soms unknown
French sculptor of the late fourteenth
century was sold recently- In London
f or. 1 5,160. : It belonged , to itiord Crlm
thorpe and came, from .the Church of St,
Evroult, near LAlgle. The old bronsea,
marblea, falencs and furniture In this,
the third Grim thorps sale, brought a
total of $61,710. f - . , : .
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The Prince of Monaco, acknowledged
to be the greatest Irving authority on
oceanography, has decided to establish
In Paris sn institution for seabed re
search and will endow It with some
thing like (1,000.000. He has spent a
great deal-of money In searching ont
ths secrets of the sea, ' His , splendid
yacht. Princess Alice, ts fitted up with
fine laboratories and photograpblo
rooms. .- -: " '' vi. ."" .
tLIVE WITHOUT LABOR.
' ' From ths London Tribune.
. There ars soms remarkabls facta re
gsrdlng tha. ways of London beggars In
ths evidence given ' by Sir Uric A.
Buchanan, secretary of ths London, Men- .
dlclty society. -
Sir Erie declares that although for
the laat two or three years bs has been
In the habit of stopping and listening
to every beggar that he meets he has
never encountered a deserving case.
Laat July, , however, one of ths sub
scribers did discover such a ease that
of a man who wanted te get his violin -out
of pawn, that he might go to
seaside town to earn a living. .
A' man who once begins to beg an
pears to be hopeless. The Mend In!'
society once had a curious Instance e
a clerk who got out of work throw
the failure of his employers. He
to begglng,snd fmmd it so miult bet
than being a clerk that be stuik to 1
There Is not the slightest doubt. I
Erie ssserts. that at least 41 !
given away In London every yr. . ' '
enlMAker howevac to s v
beggars sre to be found, a 1 i
oaatonally suggested. "In r... ' (
pokitlona, living In vli.f, a
The eese of the mn(io I
weet by begging In the c y f i
tn the whole history of be it
don. Judged by the t- , .
found on twirsrs when i
day is about Us av J
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