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In the style of our 2-ceut postage
stamps?
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One trouble with a universal lan
guage la that so ninny men could not
stay at home long enough to learn it.
A Boston woman is suing for divorce
because her husband threw a pie in her
face. It must uot have hit the right
spot.
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The people of France are drifting
around to the point where they are
in favor of more babies—for other
people.
Tradition seems to have sustained a
hard jolt through the fact that It was
not the German empress who talked
too much.
How the Czar of Russia must despise
the Emperor of Germany for jiermit-
tlng a legislative body to lay down
rules of conduct for him!
A Kansas man who married a school-
ma’am complains that his wife always
assumes a dictatorial attitude whenever
she hears the school bell ringing.
Now who would ever have suspected
that such a kindly disposed old soul as
Uncle Edward of England would have
taken the trouble to pester anybody?
We can see no reason why anybody
should seek to kill the Kaiser by wreck
ing the royal train, or In uny other
Way. He is a good and obedient mon
arch.
A fellow doesn’t always know where
to place his sympathy. A Massachu
setts man with fifty children was ar
rested for non-support of recently ar
rived twins.
John D. Rockefeller’s testimonials to
his non-coersive methods in acquiring
rival companies as the “kind I have al
ways used; I have used no other,” will
sound familiar to the readers of soap
advertisements.
Prince von Buelow refers to Germany
as a parvenu among the nations. There
are many people who will find it diffi
cult to undersand how Germany can
feel hurt owing to the fact that she is
blamed for being young.
Sometimes a man proves that he is
great through his ability to recognize
greatness In others. It is tn this way
that Boswell won Ills fame. The city
of Litchfield. England, the birthplace of
Johnson, has lately erected a statue of
Boswell near that of Johnson himself.
Boswell’s “Life of Johnson" is still re
garded as the greatest biography In
history.
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China can^fev^ go back into the
dark, it has been brought too far into
contact with the world of Ideas and
action now to revert to the ancient tyi>e.
It may be several generations before
western Ideas are firmly planted in tae
Chinese soil, but, nevertheless, there
has lieen a great work of preparation
there to insure an eventual rooting of
civilization as the West conceives the
term.
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Cooking schools are an old story, and
special courses In domestic science have
been in operation for some years in
more than one city. Probably the first
Institution, already established for gen
eral culture, to undertake household
economies for women is King’s College,
London. The university housewife will
receive her degree for three years’
work in all that a mistress of a home
needs to know, from laboratory prac
tice in scrubbing to the theory of home
decoration and the law of landlord a:.d
tenant.
When George Grey Barnard’s statues
were exhibited recently In the Boston
Art Museum, one piece, “The Hewer,”
was set up outdoors on a plot of green.
This is said to be the first case of a
temporary exhibit of statuary in a pub
lic square, and it establishes a sug
gestive precedent. Will not more people
see a work of art if it Is placed on a
thoroughfare than in a museum, and
may not the time come when exhibits
of statues will pass from one public
park to another throughout the coun-
trj?
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tuns to furnish most of its Inmates.
Btensland Is there. Van Vlilsingen la
now there. In Van Vlisslngen's case
the machinery of the law had do obsta
cles. No high-priced lawyers fought to
save the culprit from punishment on
flimsy technicalities. The guilty man's
conscience saved the state the time and
expense of a long trial. These trage
dies in the business world read their
own lesson. A career of crime can only
be prolonged to a certain limit It Is
fortunate when the crash comes before
Innocent victims have widespread hard
ship and misery inflicted on them. But
the crash will come sooner or later.
Like others of bls class, Van Vlissin-
gen’s first wrong step led him to take
others. His "endless chain" of irregu
larities was not endless, after all. In
his case the losers are fortunately not
small bank depositors. But a man of
his type Is as demoralizing to the busi
ness world as the robber of bank sav
ings or the swindler of widows and
orphans. It Is a high tribute to the
general Integrity of the financial world
that moral lapses, as in Van Vlissin-
gen’s case, evoke no maudlin sympathy.
Swift and stern Justice is the only safe
deterrent for others with a tendency
toward dalliance with temptation. A
felon's cell must bo made a grim reality
for crimes of this nature. The higher
the former estate, and tiie greater the
fall, the more certaluly is the adage
that "The wages of sin Is death" proved
true.
At the rate scientists are discovering
the germ causes of various diseases In
pretty much every kind of'food of hu
man consumption it is likely to become
a serious question bow a man may eat
at all and maintain a healthy body. The
vegetarians have done their best to de
pict the terrors of a meat diet, and now
the vegetarians are confronted by a
Buffalo physician who has it all worked
out that vegetables cause cancer. Can
cer, off and on, has been laid to to
matoes, oysters nnd lager beer. Now
this physician, In a paper read to the
Buffalo Academy of Medicine, lays it to
cabbage, celery, onions, lettuce and the
like. His contention Is that the com
mon garden worm Is the source of the
parasite which produces cancer. Tlie
worm crawls over the vegetable, infect
ing the plant. Even boiling, it is de
clared, will not kill the parasite. Beset
on every hand by some terror, it seems
to be a problem in this poor, old, germ-
infected world whether to starve to
death or take one of the parasite or
bacilli routes. There certainly Is rea
son In nature, if we must accept all the
theories and “discoveries.” for the new
school of psychological dietnrians which
holds that the cravings of appetite and
the Inner man may tie satisfied In the
main without any tangible, physical
form of food. Once the psychological
theory Is established on a practical
basis, however, watch out for somebody
to discover the germs of measles, diph
theria, appendicitis and a lot more ail
ments in the psychic waves that operate
to appense hunger.
A SLEEPER, BUT NO SLEEP.
Obaervntlona of n Man Who Went to
lied In a Hall road Station.
"You can take the midnight train,
you know,” they told him, "and as
they make up the berths early you can
go to sleep while the train is in the
yard and probably you’ll be at home
by the time you wake up.”
That seemed a fine plan, nnd the
young man was very wilting to get
down to the train about 10 o’clock.
Half an hour later he turned in, says
I he New York Sun.
Just as he snuggled down Into the
bed clothing a train rolled Into the sta
tion on the track next to the one on
which the sleeper stood. The bell on
the engine clanged monotonously, fill
ing every corner of the overarching
roof of the station with clamor. The
long, rolling din of the bell, suddenly
ceasing, gave way to a hissing of steam
from the locomotive ns the engineer
performed goodness knows what nec
essary o|>eration with the boiler.
The would-be sleeper turned over
restlessly. The hissing steam was not
n bit less Insistent than the clanging
of the bell had'been and he was heart-
I'y glad when It stopped.
Over on a track two or three re
moves from his train another locomo
tive appeared to he waking up. Some
miserable lix-al train was making ready
to leave. The putt, puff, puff of the
early strides of the locomotive was
followed by a louder crashing noise.
Once more the man who was trying
to get to sleep turned over. He hauled
up the blind and looked out. The lo
cal was pulling out. but he could see
a light that showed another train com
ing in.
For the hour nnd half that the train
had to stay In the station ho sat up
with his eyes glued to the window and
watch In hand. Just counting how
many seconds of noiseless time he got.
Finally when they did rumble and roll
out of the station n theatrical company
on board the sleejier made so much
noise that he didn’t have a chance to
get to sleep until nearly 1 o’clock.
As he is one of the unfortunates who
never can get to sleep on a slee|ter
when it is moving you may Imagine
how grateful he felt to the railroad
for opening up the berths early in a
yard jammed with all sorts of noisy
traffic.
What can be done with Intensive,
farming and irrigation is shown In a
circular recently issued by the Commer
cial Club of North Yakima, Wash
One farmer received ten thousand dol
lars for the apples from his fifteen
acre orchard. Apples sell for a dollar
and a quarter a box. and the yield runs
from five hundred to two thousand
boxes an acre. The man who raised
the ten-thousand-dollar apple crop sold
the yield from fifteen cherry trees for
two hundred and forty dollars. Another
received forty-five hundred dollars for
the |>eachcs which he raised on three
and a half acres; a third sold his nine-
acre pear crop for the same amount,
and still another got eleven hundred
and fifty-five dollars from three acres
of potatoes. The Yakima valley is pe
Said Shia.
culiarly adapted to Cruit-ralslng. hut She picked herself from the debris.
there Is no reason why farmers else And said to her friends: “Ixtok at mis f*
And her friend merely said.
where may not Increase the yield of
As she twisted her haid
their land by adopting some of the
And looked nt her dress: "Hully gls!"
methods sucivssfully used there.
—Houston Post.
They hnve a ‘’banker’s row" at Joliet
prison, aud It has been Chicago's for
There Is entirely too much remedy in
thia country that is uot applied.
BEETHOVEN AND BUSINESS.
Salla* His Maasle Was Dlstastefal to
the Great Compuaer.
An extremely interesting arttcle
which has Just appeared in a Germau
musical and theatrical [«[ter contains
the following statement, says the Phil
adelphia Record: Beethoven never
bargained in the ordinary way; bls
fees for a contribution were demanded
briefly and in decided manner, and he
always pointed out when mentioning a
price that he meant guineas and not
sovereigns, or, rather, their equivalent
in Austrian coin. In 1901 he wrote
to a music firm at Leipzig: "Now the
unpalatable business part is done with,
I wish things could be managed differ
ently in this world. There should be
only one music publisher to whom the
artist might take his work, knowing
that he might ask a fee according to
his requirements. As It is, he has to
be partly a tradesman. Good heavens,
how different apd uiqmlatable this is.”
But this pious wish was never fulfilled,
and Beethoven bad to remain "half a
tradesman” to the end.
As a suggestion of Inw dedications
are occasionally made, the following
letter, which Beethoven wrote to the
same publisher in 1802 from Vienna, is
interesting:
“The lady In question can have a
sonata and 1 will <lo my best to carry
out her {esthetic Meas. The price Is 5
guineas (ducaten), nnd for this she
may retain the sonata for a year as
her private property, but not for pi:l-i|
cation. At the cud of the year the
sonata becomes my property—that Is
to say, I have the right to publish it.
and if she thinks it an honor she may
ask to have the work dedicated to
her.”
This, from the business point of
view of the lady In question is surely
a tempting offer. At least, so the art
patroness ot to-day would th’u'c if she
bad a chance of suggesting to a Bee
thoven the "aesthetic idea” for a so
nata ; to retain such treasure in her
own hands for a twelvemonth, and
thereafter hnve it dedicated to her -
and all for 5 guineas!
Record Is of Change and Death,
but Also of Peace and
Prosperity.
STATIONS
HAVE HEW HULEES.
Cleveland suburb.... Death of Senator
Redfield Proctor of Vermont.
10— Attempt made on life of King Haa
kon of Norway.
12- 20—Floods do damage along rivers
of middle west.
13— Admiral Evans’ fleet arrives at
Magdalena Bay, Lower California.
17—Death of Senator William Pinck
ney Whyte of Maryland.
22— Death of Seuaior William J. Bry
an of Florida.
23— 200 persons drowned in coll'slon
of Japanese ships off Todobokke, Japan.
26—Earthquake aud fire destroy Chi-
lapa, Mexico.
28— Bomb thrown in Union S-i11»1-1».
New York, by S.lig Silverstein.
APRIL.
Many Persons Known in Statecraft,
Politics, Music and Lettera
Pass Away.
The year 1908, like most of those pre
ceding it, bus brought about many
changes Ju ail parts of the world. Death
has taken rulers aud governments have
been changed, men aud women of prom
inence and achievement In many lines
have parsed into the silent hereafter,
fire and flood have levied their toll
upon human life aud property, greed
and hate have Incited to grave crime in
uumerous instances. But the record Is
uot all dark. Man’s activities along
peaceful ways have gone steadily for
ward, achievement has made decided
headway, the quiet lives of the major
ity of earth's jteople have moved on un
vexed by war, pestilence or famine, and
a grateful material prosperity seems to
be the portion of most of the civilized
nations.
Early in February the king and
crown prince of Portugal were assas
sinated in a street of Llsbou aud the
crown passed to n young sou aud broth
er, the preseut Klug MauuoL
The
deaths, iu November, of th* Emperor
aud the Dowager Empress of China
(-aused a change iu th* ruliug head of
the Celestial empire. A new president
has more recently taken hold of affairs
In Hayti, Bulgaria has declared Itself
Independent of Turkey, and th* last-
named country Itself has mad* radical
Innovations tending toward a constitu
tional government.
Th* necrology of the year is memor
able for the number of notable men
and women of prominence in th* world
of art, letters and music who have
passed away. Among those to succumb
during 1908 were ex-President Grover
Cleveland, Sir Henry Campbell-Banner
man, ex premier of England; Tomas
Estrada I’alma, Cuba's first president;
Bishop Henry C. Potter and Rev. Mor
gan Dlx of New York, Ira D. Sankey,
I'ablo de Sarasate, August WilhelmJ,
Edmund Clarence Stedman, “Oulda,”
Joel Chandler Harris, Murat Halstead.
Bronson Howard, Victorlen Sardon,
Louise Chandler Moulton, Harriet Hos
mer, Ch ns. Emory Smith and Wm. B.
Allison.
A destructive theater fire and panic
In Boyertown, Pa., the burning of a
school house in a Cleveland suburb,
tulue explosions, forest fires iu Michi
gan, Wisconsin aud Minnesota, aud
storms aud floods in various parts of
the country caused the loss of many
lives.
The year witnessed the starting of
Admiral Evans' fleet of warships on its
triumphal tour of th* Pacific.
The horrible developments upon th*
murder farm of Mr*. Bell* Gunnesa..
near LaPorte, Ind., th* unlawful activi
ties of th* night rider* in Tennessee
snd Kentucky, and th* race rlota In
Springfield, Ill., are dark spots upon
the record of the year.
The principal • vents of 1908 may bs
•hue epitomized:
Onto ore said to be the best flesh
building food for domestic animals.
A caterpillar each month eats food
weighing G,000 times its own weight.
The largest wooden building in the
world is the pari lament building nt
Wellington, New Zealand.
Except for a small area In Missouri
and Kansas, there are no hardwood
trees west of the Mississippi.
A New York Broadway druggist esti
mates that the [>eople of the city spend
$2.9S0,000 each year for patent medi
cines.
Constant exposure of mirrors to the
direct rays of the sun is apt to crystal
lize the amalgam and destroy the bril
liancy.
New Yorkers drink tea as well ns
other things, and It is estimated that
one pound of the herb Is consumed by
each inhabitant yearly.
Though New York City hns GOO
school buildings. 75,000 of its pupils are
attending on part time because there is
not sufficient accommodation for them.
Hawkshed grammar school near Am
bleside, where Wordsworth was edu
cated, and which was founded in 1585
by Edwyne Sandy*. archbishop of York,
will shortly be closed.
Of al) the high rents paid in New
York City the highest are paid by sa
loons, which are taxed about double
JANUARY.
what could be got from any other busi 4—Jury disagree* in trial of Caleb
ness for the same premises.
Powers for murder of Gov. Goebel of
New York City’s growth Is shown by Kentucky... .Jury acquits Geo. A. Petti
the increased demand on the water sup bone of Steunenburg murder In Idaho.
13—Theater fire and panic in Boyer
ply, which hns made it necessary to
town, Pa., cause* 1G7 deaths and Injury
furnish 15,00(1,000 more gallons each
}f 75 persons... .Union station annex is
year for the last ten years.
Kansas City burns.
New York City's growth and its
18— Death of Edmund Claranc* Sted
closer attention to matters of public man. poet... .Three miners rescued after
health will increase the expenses of being buried for 46 days in mine at
the department of health for next year Ely. Mo.
19— Death of Cha*. Emory Smith of
$626,642 in salaries. This year the sal
Philadelphia, former Postmaster General.
ary list is $1.043,079.
24— $1,000,000 fire In Portland. Me....
How to hum smoke, avoid sparks and Death of August Wilh*lmj, noted violin
eliminate combustible matter are requf ist.
25— Death of "Onida," Engliah ■•rel
sites of railway locomotive builders in
Holland. All railway locomotives be ist.
28—$1,700,000 fire tn Chicago.
fore acceptance must be provided espe
30—Death of Burr Robbiua, well-
cially with a contrivance for burning
known circus man.
smoke and preventing sparks emission.
FEBRUARY.
Stones which nre used by the litho
1— King Carlo* and Crown Prince
graphers all over the world in making Lui* Felippe of Portugal assassinated in
colored pictures are found In a little streets of Lisbon. .. .Harry Thaw ac
district not more than four or five miles quitted of Stanford White murder....
long by two or three broad near Nu Gov. Toole of Montana resigns.
2— Manuel II. proclaimed King of Por
remberg, in Germany. Quarrying has
gone on there for more than a cen tugal.
3— Death of Col. Tho*. G. Lawlor *f
tury.
Rockford, III.
10— Burial of King Carlo* snd Crows
The Jews and Thirteen.
Prince Luis Felippe of Portugal.
Commenting on the thirteen super
11— Anthracite centennial celebrated Io
stitions in the Oesterelchishe Wochen- Wilkesbarre, Pa.
schnift, Jacob E. Ehrlich, a Jewish
12— $23,000 bank robbery In Rich Hill,
writer, says: "The number thirteen is Mo.
surely not a bad one for us. The holy
15—Marriage of Mia* Theodora Sbont*
writ tells of the thirteen attributes of and Due de Chauluee.
18-19—Severe blixsard »weep* middle
the Most High, and we have thirteen
feast days In each year. Our great end western States.
20 Death of Senator Latimer of South
arch enemy. Haman, was hanged on Carolina.
the 13th of Abas. The thirteenth birth
21—Death of Harriet Hosmer, Ameri
day of our sons Is a day of joy be can sculptress.
cause on that day tlie child becomes a
27— Mln* explosion Beer San Jnaa
member of the religion» community. de Sabinas, Mexico, kill* 76 miner*.
28— Unriicceeeful atttempt mad* t* kill
The dream of Joseph was of thirteen—
the sun. the moon and eleven stars— Shah of Persia with bomb....W. O.
r>r.edley, Republican, choaaa ¡senator from
and Jacob had thirteen children."
Kentucky.
MARCH.
That mighty unfair trick of killing
1— Great fir* In Tampa, Fla.
the fatted, calf for the prodigal causes
2— Attempted a«M**inatlon of Chief *f
more family rows than anything else Police Ge*. M. Shirr?
Chloago.
on earth, except the division of
4— 178 Children loss live* In burning
Father's Money.
of pablie school in North Collinwood, a
2— 8—Populist uatoual eoavantlon in St.
Louia.
4—Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman,
premier of England, re* gns.
6—Election riots in Lisbon, Portugal.
”—Death of Congressman A. L. Brick
of Indiana.
12— Chelsea, Muss., devastated by $10.-
000,000 fir*. ...Death of Gen. B. M.
Cutcbeon of Michigan.
15— Heuser Lake dam, north of Helena.
Mont., bursts and cause* great havoc.
22— Death of Sir Henry Campbell-Ban
nerman, ex-premier of England.
23— Death of Gen. Linevitch. Russian
commander.... Due de Chaulns* dis* sud
denly in Paris.
24— Destructive tornado sweep* 13
States, from North Dakota t* Georgia.
25— American liner St. Paul sink* Brit
ish cruiser Gladiator.
26— Notr* Dame de Salett* buried by
landslide.
29— —Death of Rev. Morgan Dix.
30— 238 lire* lost by s nking of Japan
ese cruiser, Matsushima.
22—Marriage of Prince August WIV
Hum of Germany and Princes* Alexandra
Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein.
26—Canadian elections carried by Sir
W.lirid Laurier and Liberal party.
NOVEMBER.
1— Death af Mrs. Julia A. Carney,
I poetess, at Galesburg, IU.
I • 3—National election. W. H. Taft and
Janies S. Sherman, Republicans, chosen
Pres dent aud Vice President.
4—Death of Totuus Estrada Palma,
first president of Cuba Libre... .Chas. JV.
Eliot resigns as head of Harvard univer
sity.
8— Death of Victories Sardou, French
playwr gbt.
9— Trial of Ray lAiMpiiere begins iu 1 a
Porte, lad. ...Former U. 8. Senator Ed
ward W. C*rumuk shot dead iu Nashville
(Tana.) street.... Pus:master
Edward
M. Morgan ef New York shot in street.
10— Warship North Dakota launched at
Quiucy. bless.
12— Explosion and firs In mine in West
pbalia, Germany. kits 339 men.
13— Death ef Emperor of China....
Secretary ef th* Navy Metcalf re* gns.
14— Death of Dowager Empress of
(Yiina... .Gen. Jo«e Miguel Gomes chosen
president at Cuban elect on*.
15— Routh Bend (Ind.) postoffice rob
bery.
24—Gov. A. B. Cummins chosen U. S.
Senator from Iowa.... Lieut. Gov. Garat
becomes Governor of Iowa.
26— Ray Lamphere convicted of arson
at La Porte, Ind.
27— Treaty between United States and
Japan is announced.
28— 138 miners killed by explosion in
Marianna. Pa.
29— Flood at Guthr’e. Okla.
DBCBMDER.
2— President Nord Alexis of Hayti de
posed.... I'u Vi ascends throne of China
MAY.
3— Burning of Aveline hotel In Fort ....Hole blown in levee, saving town of
Wayne, Ind.... Marriage of Prince Wil Pine Bluff. Ark.
8—Fatal battles between religious fa
helm of Sweden and Grand Duchess Ma
natics and police ip streets of Kansas
rie I’aulovna of Russia.
4— 120 persons drowned in River City.
10—Abraham Rnef. Snn Francisco po
Dneiper, Russia, by capsixing of ferry
lities] boos, convicted of bribery.
beat.
5— 6—Nine corpses unearthed on farm 12—Dutch cruiser Gelderland captures
of late Mrs. Belle Guuness, north of La Venwsoelan guardship Alix.
15—Death sf Doiuiki G. MitchelL
Porte, Ind.
17—Constitutional government inau
6— Comb ned Atlantic and Pacific fleets
enter Son Francisco harbor... .Manuel gurated In C*nstantinople.
20— Gen. An-to-ne Simon sworu iu as
proclaimed King of Portugal.
president of Hayti
8—Big fir* in Atlanta, Ge.
21— Graft arrests cause sensation tn
16— Violent storm sweep* Southwestern
Pittsburg.
State*.
22— Burning sf Herald Square theater
11— Destructive t*rnad* la aarthera
la New Ysrk.
Nebraska.
13— Governors of all State* meet In
Opsratioa R«f >rms Uruakard. •
convention in Whit* Hous* Lu Washing
By a simple operation on the bead, re
ton.
21—Great railway disaster near Ant moving pressure ou the brain, caused by
an injury. Dr. Herbert L. Northrop of
werp, Belgium.
23— Death of Comedian Pecer F. Dai Philadelphia has changed a man from a
drunkard and a thief to an honest, indus
ley.
30—Sixtieth Congress adjourns sins trious man, respected by hi* employers.
The patient declares that hie desire for
die.
drink and theft has entirely disappesred
JUNB.
1— Death of ex-Senator James K. Jones and during twenty-two month* be has
of Arkansas... .Oregon votes against aim Iiied an upright life and been twice pro
moted by his employers. He was a maa
gl* tax aud equal suffrage.
2— Death of Sir Red vers Bull er, Bug of good habits when at th* age of 48 a
timber struck him *■ th* head, causing
lisb general.
4—Paris assassin shoot* Cept. Alfred esntusion of the scalp and a hematom*
In the nppsr frontal region close to the
Dreyfus.
13— -Caleb Powers and James Howard middle line on the right side. II* was
unconscious for sixty second*. During
pardoned by Governor of Kentucky.
14- =— Death of Blind Tom, negro pian th* twelve years following he developed
drinking and steal ng habits, neglected his
ist.
16—Republican national convention la family and was finally discharged from a
good position for drunkenness and for
Chicago.
18— William II. Taft of Ohio nominat misusing th* company’s fund*. The op
ed for President by Republican conven eration was then performed, and after
twenty-tw* months of well doing with no
tion.
19— James S. Sherman of New York relapses. Dr. Northrop announces a com
nominated for Vice President by Repub plete sure.
licans.
A Weuaerfsl Fossil Ued.
24— Death of ex-President Grover
An expedition directed by Prof. H. F.
Cleveland.
Osboni sf the American Museum of Nat
26—$1,000,000 Are In Duluth.
ural History has recently returned from
JULY.
th* Fayoua desert in Egypt laden with
new skeletons of prehistoric animals. The
2—Death of Murat Halstead.
Fayoum district is the bed ef an ancient
4— Death of Joel Chandler Harris.
5— Port au Prince, Hayti, ewept by liver, and in the sand* ar* found th*
bone* sf all kinds of animals mixed In
fire.
6— Commander Peary start* for far discriminately. They are *• soft that
they can be removed only by pouring
north.
7— Democratic national
convention shellac ever them. One of the most im
portant finds is the skull of the giant
open* in Denver.
10—Wm. J. Bryan nominated for Pres arsinolthsrium. Th* dominating feature
is a long pair of sharp-pointed horns
ident by Democrats.
21— Death of Bishop Henry O. Petter protruding upward end outward from the
snout for nesrly two f*»t. This animal
of New York.
22— United State* Court of Appeals re was the brut* king of it* time. Th*
verses Judge Inndis’ decision fining body combined the shape of the elephant
and th* rhinoceros. The monster was
Standard Oil Company $29,240.000.
24—Sultan of Turkey greats coastttn- named after the Egyptian queen Arsinoe.
famed for her beauty. The animal stood
tionsl government.
28—Independence party nominates Hie- six feet high and nearly ten feet long.
The feet were adapted to walking on
gan and Graves.
sandy or sinking gronnd.
AUGUST.
2— Great fir* destroys cities and mi;
Ilves in British Columbia.
3— $1,500.000 elevator fir* in Chicago.
4— Death of Senator Wm. B. Allison of
Iowa. ... Death of Bronson Howard,
American playwright.
8— First general primary slsctloa in
Illinois.
10—Death of Mrs. Louis* Chandler
Moulton.
12—Death of A. R. Spofford, librarian
of Congress.
14—Fatal race riot* in Springfield.
III....Death of Ira D. Sankey, gospel
singer.
23— Great fir* in Constantinople.
26— 30 miners suffocated in coal atlas
at Haileyville. Okla.
27— Death of Col. Wes. F. Vila* of
Madison, Wis.
80—$2,000.000 fir* In New Or I sans.
Renders Want Fasts First.
Prof. W. D. Scott of Northwestern uni
versity. in hie new book on th* “Psy
chology of Advertising," gives th* results
of a set of questions sent to 4,000 readers
of th* modern daily newspaper. From th*
answers sent by 3.000 men he has reached
th* conclusion that readers do not car* to
have a paper serve es Interpreter of th*
news or ss advocate of th* truth. All
that they want is a brief but comprehen-
elvs publication of the new*. In hi*
opinion that editor will be most appre
ciated who select* new* most wisely and
presonts th* unvarnished truth In all mat
ters in which th* constituency *r* Inters
eoted. H* adds: "The Ideal paper would
hav* to do only with fact*. The news
would have to be well written, but the-
Interest would be mainly in the news,
itself end not In the reporter’s or the pub
lisher's views concerning it." The answer»
SEPTEMBER.
showed that local news leads all other
1—Vermont election.
3— Death of Ix>rd Lionel Sackvills- features In Interest. Then came in order
West, former British minister C* Wash named, political, er art ing and financial.
ington.
Rsaaell
tho Flrtns Lla*.
4— Death of Frank P. Sargent, com
In
th*
November
Everybody*. Charf*»
missioner of immigration... .Rawhide
E. Russell, known In two continents s*
(Nev.) destroyed by fir*.
6-16—Forest fires Lu northern Michi on* of th* greatest of muck rakers, and
gan, Wisconsin and Michigan and across who ha* been criticised for not doing
something constructive, comes to th* front
border in Canada.
14—Republican* carry Mala* sleetlea. with thro* specific proposal* for eivte
21—Death of Pablo d* Sarasate, Span betterment. They srs: To establish a
new standard of public e*rvic* by discon
ish violinist.
28— International tnbereniad* eongreae tinuing th* practice of paying our publie
officials salaries, to abolish tb* politick'
meets in Washington.
boss by establishing everywhere th* ays-
OCTORHR.
twm of dir*ct nominations and "to clear
8—Bulgaria declares Itself iadepeodent •nr minds ef th* singular superstltloa
ot Turkey.
tbst so long obsessed ns concerning th*
6 — Philadelphia celebrates 885th aaal- ynblia utility frsnehie*” .by adopting th*
vsraary.
simple plan *f th* annual less*. HI*
7— Mentor explool*o at Richford, Yt, belief U that "th* best way to abolish
kills 13 person*.-
th* mnckrtksr I* tn abolish muck.”
18— Foreat fire* rag* ta Michigan and
Wisconsin........ Relief train barn* . aaar
The er gin ef th* Great Banks of New
Alp«a*. Mich., with 30 person* aboard.
fenndlasd I* said to bar* been la th*
19- 21—I And lottwy eDBeeeM land» bonlders carried dewa by Icebergs. The
la South Dakota.
bank Is «60 all«* long sad 139 brwd.