THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SATURDAY BVBNINO, SEPTEMBER S9, 1908.
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F IN THE PUBLIC EYE
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Bennett Corbett, an enthusiastic En
glish golfsr. who died recently, left this
In tala will: "I abould wish a IS cup to
be given 'to tha Cheater Golf club, to
be compered for on the day of my cre
mation, and on the six following anni
versaries." a a
Chief Reagent Porter of the Creeks
bum that tha act of congress handing' school for a couple of yeare and plaoad
he goes to hie desk, and remains work
ing at his play till far Into tha night
He writes and rewrites, and la never
satisfied wlh anything but what ha
himself feels to be his bast
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As a child Lord Chsrlaa Beresford
was very delicate so much so, Indaad
that ha had to be withdrawn from
over the Indian territory to Oklahoma
was the death-knell of his race. He
predicts that a hundred years from now
thera won't be an Indian In the United
tales).
Governor Cummins of Iowa dropped
Into prophecy recently. "My personal
friendship for Mr. Brysn prevents my
discussing either his speech or his prin
ctples." said tha governor to a Denver
lnter ecrs. "but I am willing to make
the prediction that he win not be the
candidate of the Democratic party for
U. pudency."
Archbishop Kaane of Iiubuque. Just
back from Europe, has been saying th
under s tutor. As a midshipman, how
ever, lie proved himself the possessor
of an extremely robust constitution,
and was celebrated for his extraordi
nary tendency to meet with accidents
and the sstonishing way la which ha
recovered. Ho broke bone after bona
on one occaalon a leg nnd three ribs,
and on another three ribs by Tailing
down the ship's hold, but he was In
variably up and about again before tha
date predicted by hla doctor.
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Sarasate has. Ilka moat musicians, a
belief in talismans. His particular mas
cot is in tha form of a tiny replloa In
silver of the famous Guurnerlua violin
on which Paganlnl uaed to play. Sara
PEOPLE OF NOTE
terestlng things to a New Tork Tribune sate would net venture to play at a
reporter. "Pope Plus." he says, "was
practically forced upon the papal
throne; ho did not wish the responsibil
ity. He will not live long. He doesn't
want to. In my opinion, he will never
bold a consistory, and the outlook for
the creation of another American car
dinal la not encoursjgalng. The pope.
a few days after his elevation, declared
that he would never hold a consistory
and that he did not wlah to have a long
pontificate. I believe his wishes will
be fulfilled."
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Absolute denial la made by Henry C.
Bunn, curator of Princeton University,
that either he or the university haa any
Interest In the Nassau Inn barroom and
grillrooms, which were opened for the
undergraduates on Friday. Mrs. J. C.
Blckford. president of the Women's
Chrlstlsn Temperance ' Union of Prince
tea, was responsible for the assertion
that the new saloon was owned and
operated by Curator Dunn.
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Mrs. Kendal's Idea of the qualifica
tions necessary to become a successful
actress are brief and to the point Here
m her answer to a stage-struck girl who
isked her what were the essentials for
"the profession.'' "You must have the
temper of an angel," wrote Mrs. Kendal,
"the figure of a Greek statue, the face
of a goddess, and the akin of a rhi
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For over M years' Mrs. Betty Brookes
has) lived In the same cottage at Edge
fold. Woraley, near Manchester, Eng
land. Her greatest regret la that there
eras no compulsory education when she
was young, and that she was never
taught to reed. Eighty-five years age
ahe was carried down a local ooalpltt
and get to work.
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During the kaiser's fcent visit to
Fraulein Krupp the choral society of
the Essen works sang before him. His
majesty afterwards said laughingly to
the conductor: '1 ought to have your
first tenor for my opera-house." The
tenor, a workman named MoeUer, has
lust been Informed by Herr von Bohlen,
Praulein Krupp's fiance, that the funds
necessary to give htm thorough train
ing for the opera will be provided for
him.
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The earl of Lonsdale and his wife
usually spend the autumn at Lewther
Castle, Panrlth. At this splendid old
house a quaint little ceremony Is ob
served every evening, even when the
sari and countess are dining alone. Lord
Lonsdale drinks to "The King," and
then, turning to hla wife, "To the La
dles." after which Lady Lonsdale, with
equal solemnity, drinks to "The Gentle
men." and the ceremony Is at sn end.
A. W. Plnero has an unusual method
ef writing his plays. His working day
doea not begin till that of the average
city man is over. In the morning he
goes out. preferably on hla bicycle, re
turning In time for early dinner. Then
he has a comfortable aleep. and on
waking up' late in the afternoon" he pre
pares for business. After a cup of tea room.
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concert unless this Uttle violin were
somewhere about his person.
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The Germsn empress. In addition to
Jewels worth 1100,000 that are her own
private property, haa tha right to use
the splendid collection of gems that be-
long to the Prussian treasury. The em
press is thus sometimes able to appear
at court wearing Jewelry roughly valued
at $1,269,000. .
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Lord Iveagh has ons of the most curi
ous hobbies In the world. This is the
collection of old silver potato rings,
which are large silver sockets in the
form of rings Into which tha wooden
bowl uaed for potatoes used to be fitted.
These rings have become very scares
and are much sought after by bric-a-brac
hunters.
Ignor Cerbonl, a chemlet, living near
Florence, la a brainy man. The faet
that he haa not. been 111 for 71 years
he attributes to his having abstained
from washing In that period. He has,
In fact. Invented the "Dirt Cure,"
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema. ft. A,
was Intended for the law. and his
parents so disliked the Idea of his
studying art (hat he was obliged to rise
very early In the morning In order to
paint This had one good effect for
he formed a habit of early riaing, and
Is often st work before most people are
out of bed. At 14 the great artist
painted a picture of his alter, and at Id
an excellent one of himself.
The Rev. Denis P. O'Flynn of New
Tork City used to'say that priests ought
to die poor, and he practiced what he
preached. Aside from a valuable library
given to the Paul 1st Fathers he haa left
no discoverable estate no money in
hank, no mnnev In the rertnrv "Me rtlH
m mm, mm 111. nrnvarhUI akiimh !
mouse," says hla assistant. Father Cor
rigan. "What little Insurance he oar
tied will barely cover the funeral ex
penses. He never saved a penny for
himself. After keeping the house on
his meager salary he gave away all he
had."
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General Fred D. Grant haa a favorite
story Illustrating his famous father's
aptness In summarizing a situation In a
few' words. He ssys that Mra. Grant
once asked her husband to discharge
their old coachman, who had again made
a botch of some simple errand. "Well,
mother, ' replied the hero of Appomat
tox, "If John could do everything you
wanted him to do, and do It right he
would not have to be our coachman."
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Father Bernard Vaugban, whose on
slaught on the English "smart set" la
attracting so much attention, haa plenty
of humor. Once at Trinity college, Cam- I
bridge, he was studying Holbein's pic
ture of Henry VIII. "What .would you
do, as a Jesuit If his majesty stepped
out of the canvasT" asked a friend.
Father Vaughn, replied promptly: "I
should request ths ladles to leave- the
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ANARCHIST BARBER
Narrow Escape of British end Ger
msn Rulers in Italy.
From the Pall Mat? Gaxette.
Those who servs the qulrinal have
fallen on evil days, and they do not
hesitate to make their troubles known.
It la s case ef "Listen to My Tale or
Woe" sung in a loud voice.
The one who has perhaps suffered
the most Is the king's barber, Isodoro
Qusglla, He was at the height of hla
career In the good open-handed times
of King Humbert, but he made a fatal
mistake and haa never recovered from
It. When King Edward and the Em
peror William came to Rome, more bar
bers were needed at the palace, and
Isodoro, at his wits' end for assistants,
sent two or three, whom he did not know
personally, but who had been recom
mended to him; but, as luck would have
It, one was an anarchist and another
under police surveillance. This coming
to the ears of the authorities, Quaglla
was at once dismissed, but was event
ually retaken by the king, and then
gradually dropped.
Queen Margherlta has alwaya had
her own hairdresser, who usually
travels with her, while Queen Elena
has har hair waved by her maid. In
the beginning of her reign she had a
regular woman hairdresser, but she was
also dropped In favor of the maid, who
had been her pupil. The discarded hair
dressers ars very bitter, attributing the
changea to economy on the part of the
sovereigns; but may it not be that Vic
tor Emmanuel remembers that anarch
ist barber? That episode must cause
htm cold shivers when he thinks of ltl
Prince Bltst Frederick, second son of the Jcaiser. and his bride, who were
merried February 27 of this year. The prince is likely to be appointed
regent so ths throne of Brunswick by his father, the kaiser.
THE WORLD'S AGE
Professor Lsnkester's Theory Makes
All Others Seem Foplish.
Professor Ray Lsnkester. In the
course of sn Interesting outline of the
advancement of aclencs In the psst II
years, which he save at the opening
meeting of the British association at
Tork, raised the question of the age of
the earth, says the London Express.
He said the discovery of radium far
exceeded all other dlscovsrles In im
portance. If the sun consisted of a
fraction of I per cent of radium, it
would account for and make good the
heat that IS annually lost by It.
"This Is a tremendous fact," ths pro
fessor continued, "upsetting all calcula
tions of physicists ss to ths duration
in psst and future of the aun'a heat and
the temperatures of the earth'a aurface.
"The geologists and the blologlats
have long contended that some thou
sand million years must have passed
during which the earth's surface has
presented approximately the same con
ditions of temperature aa at present, in
order to allow time for the evolution
of living things and ths formation Of
the aqueous deposits of the earth's crust.
'The physicists, notsbly Professor
I Tail and Lees Kelvin, refused to allow
more than lO.OOO.OOS yeara (which they
subsequently Increased to 100.00.000)
basing this estimate on the rate of cool
ing of a sphere of the else and compo
sition of the earth. They . have aa
sumed that Its material la self-cooling.
'But. ss Huxley pointed out,-, mathe
matics wlH not give a true result when
applied to erroneous data. It haa now,
within these last five years, become
evident that the earth'a material la not
self-cooling, but on the contrary self
heating. And away go the restrictions
Imposed by physicists on geological
time. They now are willing to' give
ua not merely a thousand million yesrs,
but as many more aa we want."
Profeaaor Lankester also dealt with
tha study of disease, and said it would
be reasonable and wlae to spend 10.
000.000 a year of our revenues on the
investigation and attempt to destroy
dlsesse. What was Spent waa only a
few thousands a year, and meanwhile
people were dying by thoueands of pre
ventable dlaeaae.
Departments of the government In
which scientific knowledge was the one
thing needful were carried on by mlnls
tera and officials who were totally Ig
norant oil science, and dlsllkd it be
cause It could not be used by them.
HATS IN PARLIAMENT
They Plsy Very Important Roles in
t House etiquette.
Few people have any Idea of the Im
portant part played by the hat In the
house of commons etiquette.
A member, for example, must, undsr
certain circumstances, if he wlahes to
address ths chair on a point of order,
speak from his seat and with his head
covered, thereby, of course, exactly re
versing the ordinary course of parlla
mentary procedure. If he ha mislaid
his hat, he 'is liable to be chested- out
of hla r nance of being heard.
' Very laughable are the expedients
occasionally resorted to, under such
circumstances by flurried end earnest
politicians. Only the other day, for In
stance, during a debate on the musical
copyright bill, Mr. O'Hara tried to an
nex by force another member's hat. The
latter gentleman, however, strongly ob
jected to part with It, nnd quite a
lively tussle ensued, the houss mean
while roaring Itself hoarse with laugh
ter and shouting words of mock en
couragement to each contestant In turn.
Eventually an hon. member handed Mr.
O'Hara a paper cap. which he put cut.
thereby complying, after a fashion at
all eventa. with ths unwritten law of
the house.
Ordinarily, when making a Speech, a
member places his hat usually a
"topper" on hla seat behind him; snd
occasionally, after his peroration, sits
down upon It out of sheer forget fulness
snd perturbation of mind. Nothing
arouses the hilarity of the house more
than one of these unrehearsed comedies.
The hat of a member placed upon a
seat reeerves that seat for Ite owner.
But It haa to be his own hat and he
may not bring Into the houae two hate,
one to wear and another to use In ths
manner already Indicated. This hag
been the subject of several rulings by
the speaker, notably In .1111. when an
Irish member secured esrly .admission
to the chsmber on the occasion of the
Introduction of Mr. Gladstones home
rule bill and reserved s dozen seats for
his colleagues, with as many soft felt
hats, bought for the purpose st a shil
ling apiece.
I'pon one occasion, the house could
scarcely preserve ' Its gravity at the
sight of an aged gentleman vehemently
Insisting upon a point of order and in
dulging at the same time In the most
extraordinary cranial contortions, due
to his efforts to balance upon hla head
a hat many sixes too small for him.
Finally, It may be mentioned that the
speaxer never wears nia nat a nuge
three-cornered black beaver using It
only aa a pointer to single out recalci
trant members, or for the purpose of
"counting out" the house.
Territory have been governing them
selves for two thirds of a century, and
are fairly well able to hold their own
In any teet with the average whites of
any community. John Randolph ex
pressed pride Jn his descent from Poca
hontas, snd there are many white men
of high standing in the west who are
proud of a similar lineage. Sociologi
cally, that gathering of the Pocahontana
at Jamestown next year will be a very
Interesting occaalon.
A GREAT REUNION
Descendants of Pocahontas Will
Gsthsr st Jamestown Exposition.
From the Ht. Louis Globe-Democrat.
At the Jamestown tercentennial In
IS07 there is to be a. gathering of the
descendants of Pocahontas. This will
probably not be a very large company,
but It will be eminently respectable,
and In these dsys when the Indian Is
dropping his tribal affiliations and be
coming a cttlsen It will stand for some
thing. Pocahontas married John Rolf. ,
and they had one son. From this son,
Thomss Rolfe, sprang all the Pooahon
tans who will gather a Jamestown next
year.
Socially there haa never been any
race prejudice In this . country agslnst
the Indian like that which has shut out
the negro. The Spaniards and the
French In the early days on ths conti
nent Intermarried with the Indians free
ly, and the Canadians In the esse of the
French, and the Mexicans In that of
the Spaniards, have been the outcome.
The Intermixture between the Spaniards
snd ths red men extended through Cen
tral snd South America, aa well aa
through that part of North' America In
which Spanish ascendancy once asserts,
Itself. But among the English and
among the Inhabitants of the United
States the mixing of blood has always
been far less than It was with ths Span
ish and French residents of the cnntl
nent Even among the. so-called Anglo
Saxons, Intermarriages with the aborig
ines hsve been more numerous than la
popularly supposed Much more thsn
hslf of the 01,000 Indiana, actual snd
constructive, In-the five clvlllsttd tribes
are a mixture of the white and red
races. Over 1.000 of thoee theoretical
Indians are. white personj who have
been adopted Into the tribes.
Probably the transformation of the
214.000 existing Indians Into cttlsen
may Increase the mixture of the rsoes,
to some extent. Those Indiana who are
taking up the white man's burden are
averaging pretty well up to the level of
the white immigrants, snd some of them
ar above that level. They are fnun.l
In almost every wslb of life. Ths mem
bers of the five tribes of the Indian
FIRST MORMON TEMPLE
A Massive Stone Structure Built by
Prophet Joseph Smith.
The first shrlns of Mormonlsm Is still
standing at Klrtland, Ohio. If the occu
pants of ths little cemetery near it
i could rise, saya tne Ohio Magazine, tney
Pwould tell how many a fevered sealot
gave hla lands, his home and hla all
to provide funds for the building of
the temple.
It was In 1110 that Smith appeared in
Klrtland, and with his coming there
was a social revolution the like of
which Ohio had never witnessed. Hus
bands left their wives and children,
mothers deserted their homes and babes
were placed in the poorhouae. The end
came when Joaeph Smith was compelled
to flee the state of Ohio. The Temple
wss all that was left behind.
"A Store House of the Lord." as
Smith called It, waa begun in till and
by 1114 was completed. Its foundation
waa laid on seven small ridges, or hills.
In Imitation of the Rome of old. The
dimensions wsre about IS by 111 feet
The stone walls are two feet In thick
ness. The Temple stands today sbout as It
was when built. On the first floor Is
the main audience room, filled with wal
nut benches surrounded by s high cell
ing. The doors to the pews hsvs locks
or catches, so that when, closed whoever
Is speaking. Is reasonably surs of hold
ing his audience.
At each end of the room a aeries of
elevated thrones, one rising above the
other, merks the position during wor
ship used by the dignitaries of Joseph
Smith's reign. Rows of hooks in ths
celling show how the curtains which
were once used were arranged to di
vide the floor Into four apartments.
The floor above Is bare and desolste
looking. About 00 chairs placed here
Indicate that it Is used as a sort of lec
ture hall, but In the days of Smith cur
tains divided this apartment juat aa be
low. Rollers fsstened to the celling of this
second floor, together with a system of
pulleys, enabled the operator to raise or
lower the curtains of both first snd sec
ond floors st the sams time. In ths
third story several partitions running
north and south make a number of sep
arate chambers
The Reorgsnlsed Church of Jesus
Christ or Lstter Day Saints, the body
which worships In this Temple now,
tries to. follow literally the Book of
Mormon, which.- he It known, prohibits
polygamy. The doctrine of plural wives
WSS one of Smith's "revelations ." Yet
this sect defies Joseph Smith, polygamy
aSd all
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A wheat atack In a farmyard at thai
oouin .incoinsnirs village of Alsby, In
England, has been standing for 2T
yeara. Local tradition gives various
explanations. The moat probable one la
that the owner vowed not to aell for
lees than a certain price, and that he
la still '.Waiting for this price. The
wneat is in excellent condition.
The English Bible Is ths bast selling
book, and Shakespeare la the best sell
ing author. Who oomes nsxt In popu
larity T There can be little doubt says
tne moos Montniy, that it is Charles
Dickens, with Sir Waltar Scott a good
third. It may be taksn that half a I
million volumes of Dickens are sold
every year in English editions, not to I
apeak or those issued In America.
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It Is said that in Yorkshire. England,
there is an organisation' known aa the
Henpecked club. Each candidate for
membership Is required to prove that he
baa been In the habit of taking his
wlts's breakfast to her In bed. blacking
the stove, carrying up the coal and
nursing the baby every night while his
wife goes out
Pis" Virgin's tree at Mats rich, ens of
most Interesting of Egypt's relics,
haa fallen, borne down by the weight of
years. Tradition represented it as either
a scion of or the original sycamore
which sheltered the holy family during
the flight Into Egypt.
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picturesque sight can be seen In
the Gulf of Mexico. It Is an oil fire
covering an area of about ten square
mile, -which Is supposed to he fed by sn
oil spring at the bottom of the gulf.
How It originated is a mystsry. The
scene presented Is grand and awe
inspiring, especially when viewed at
ntgi.., the sea oetng brilliantly Illum
inated for many miles.
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To elaborate three weddlnga, more
than 1,000 persons recently assembled
i In a village In Erlttany, and for three
daya kept up a feast, during which they
consumed 71 barrels of wine and cider,
II oxen, 10 cows, 10 calves and 1,000
fowls snd rabbits.
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In German Beat Africa the - natives
who ran Indulge in the luxury of drink
ing soda water take It directly from the
bottle Instead of pouring It Into a
glass. The government has ' forblddsn
this practice, leat white men may hap
pen to get the aame 1 bottles refilled,
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One of the most curious clubs on
record has recently been formed by so
ciety women In Berlin. The principal
condition of membership Is that the
applicant must be deaf. The club has
over a hundred members, who meet
regularly once a week In handsomely
furnished rooms n the WllhelmstrSsse,
where they converse by mesns of ear
trumpets and sign language and drink
tea.
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The black duunont. Is so hard that It
cannot be polished.
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Mlttlng to the value of 12.143.491 waa
exported from Japan last year; 00 per
cent of It went to the United Statea.
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The country In which the large' towns
srs most nearly equidistant la Holland.
They are at an average distance of 30
miles from one snother.
Matrimonial tkkets are supplied by
I the Canadian Pacific railway to settlers
in the northwest territory who wish to
make a Journey In order to secure a
wife. On presenting the return cOu-
pon and the marriage certificate the
settler Is entitled to free transportation
for his bride.
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Vegetables not only contain stimu
lants, but are capable of producing an
intoxicating Influence on those who de
j pend on them exclusively for food, ac
! cording to sn investigator. He cites a
; case in which some young people of his
acquaintance suffered from psrtlal In
toxication as the result of a purely veg
etable meaL
! Peanut lovers hsve noticed that the
nuta are generally very much larger
I this yesr than uaual. a fact which may
he verified bv the moat casual glance
at any stand where they are aold. They
are also said to 'be much better In fla
vor, though there are some connoisseurs
who declsre that the amall nut la the
sweeter.
The Idea of condensing milk to make
It keep better occurred first to a French
chemist named .Apert In 1117. Seven
yeara later the method of evaporating
the milk In rarlfled air to prevent It
from teaching the boiling point was
flrat used. Commercially, the process
was first exploited In the United tSates.
where there are at preaent about 10
factories which dispose Of 100,000,000
pounds of condensed milk a year, valued
at over 111,000,000.
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The largest anchor aver made weighed
11.100 pounds and cost nearly 110,000.
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Australia contains more unexplored
territory In proportion to its alse than
any ether continent.
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Spain and Russia are the only Euro
pean countries which produce more wool
then they consume.
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Kangaroos leap readily from 10 feet
to 70 feet. The greatest recorded leap
of s horse Is 17 feet
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In Bohemia courtships are abnormally
long. In that country engagements
frequently last from II to 10 yeare,
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The shipments of marble to the
United Statea In 1001 from the Carrara
quarries, near Leghorn, Italy, amounted
to 1001,111, an Inorease of llt.KI over
1104.
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Cloth Is now being successfully made
from wood. Strips of fine-grained wood
are boiled and crushed between rollers
and the filaments ars spun Into threads,
from which cloth may be woven In the
ususl war.
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Many curious Instances ef old lswe
msy stlU be found In England, Is
chaster the man who falls to raise hie
hat when a funeral la pasaing becomes
liable by an old law to be taken before
a magistrate and Imprisoned.
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New Tork haa more children In Its
public schools than London, fewer pan
pars, a lower death rate, fewer unin
habited houses mora parks, mors
bridges, fewer Jells, a better distribu
tion of street traffic and a higher stand
ard of health.
Statisticians estimate that II
of land are neceeary to sustain one
msn. on fresh meat. The same space
of land. If devoted to wheat culture,
would feed 41 people: if to sets, II;
potatoes. India, corn and rice, 171.
and If to the plantain or banana, ever
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