TACTS IN TABLOID FORM.
Three-fourths of tpiiold patients
re under 30.
In Madagascar everyone wears ellk,
Whlch la cheaper there than linen.
Great Britain has 600,000 horses
available (or the purposes of warfare.
Plana are being made for the elec
Vlflratlon of the more Important State
f&llwaya of Sweden.
New Jersey gets 18,000,000 a year
from Its oyster beds, but could get
$40,000,000 from the same source If
the available tide land was properly
seeded and cultivated.
The Radium Institute of Heidelberg,
to be opened before the end of the
year, will be the first of Its kind to
begin actual work, as an endowment
has been raised for It.
After having been in use since 1750,
the Testament used at the Essex ses
sions court at Shelmaford, England,
has now been replaced by a new one,
the gift of E. North Buxton.
The bottle that keeps Its content!
hot or cold for hours was no catch
penny Invention. The glass vacuum
Jacket waa first devised by Lord De
war in 1895 for his experiments In
liquefying air and gas.
Poison from eating vanilla saucei
or Ice cream thus flavored Is not un
known. Vanllllne favors the growth
of certain poisonous germs. Vanilla
sauces and Ice cream should be eaten
when first cooked or frozen.
Lucerne Is to be sole airship sta
tion for Switzerland, and a station
bouse Is to be erected at a cost o!
700,000 francs. It Is hoped soon to
establish regular communication b
tween this town and Frledrlchshafen.
That pear tree with which Count
(Ceppeleln's airship lately came Into
collision has been Bold to an ebonlst
at Stuttgart. This artist proposes te
work the tree up and sell the artlclei
as souvenirs of the event in the form
of backs for books, pin trays and rul
ers. Counterfeits of the same naturt
are already ca tie market.
A manufacturing acu makes light,
strong papr garcwat for hosplUfl
use butioas and clotSi edges. Then
are paper boUles. Paper horseshoei
more durable and lighter than Bteel,
stuck on with cement, not nailed.
Thus It is invention, not pity and
prayer, that relieves the pain and
thraldom of man and beast. Papei
reinforced with wire mesh makci
houses, boats, hospltala, etc.; is Are
proof, waterproof, heat and cold proof.
New York Press.
Browntall and gypsy moths art
causing great damage in various parti
of New England. People at lust hav
learned that if they would preserve
their shade and forest trees they must
fight the moths, and official moth do
stroyers are coming to be regular of
ficeholders. The little things have be
come such a pest that municipal and
State machinery Is working with thai
of the federal government In the ef
fort to op their onward march.
A tig British doctor finds that th
tru of the body in which cancel
start, such as the lower Hp. liver, etc.,
are h'.phly electric and radio active. A
piece of the lower hp, if laid on a
photo film, darkena It the same at
does radium, but if a piece of the lung
cancer seldom comes in the lung
is put on the photo film nothing hap
pens. So the doctor argues that high
ly electric flesh Is the main secret ol
cancer. Woman's flesh is more ele
trie than man's; cancer la commonei
In women. New York Press.
It will be great satisfaction to thos
who are fighting for the preservation
of the Adirondack forests to lmrn thai
the first two of the oil-burning loco
motives to be used have proved slg
sal successes. The only complaint
against them Is based upon the rapldl-j
ty with which oil makes steam, but
this is hardly a serious difficulty. It .
this reform can reduce the number ol
Arts by 30 per cent, as is expected, it
will prove the most effective meant
yet devised to prevent the devastation
of the north woods by flames. Troy
(N. Y.) Record.
The first successful towiug of canal
boats by automobile waa accomplished
recently on the Lehigh canal. Owing
to the liability of the towline to simp
in the effort to start, George B. Plum
mer, a Camden automobile expert,
equipped a seven-ton motor truck ol
45-horse power with spiral springs,
Six barges with 800 tons of cargo wen
taken from Allentown to Bethlehem
In an hour. Present lock capacity and
peed limitations considered, It la es
timated that automobiles, compared
with mules, will handle double thi
number of boats In half the time.
Philadelphia Record.
An idea of what the Panama canal
construction means to one Industry in
his country may be gleaned from th
fact that almost a million tona of ce
ment will be used In the gigantic
work. Shipments have already begun
In steamers owned by the government,
which will carry about 8,000 tona at a
trip. It Is estimated that it will tak
about four years to deliver the 4,800,
000 barrels of cement contracted fot
at the present rate of shipment. Th
government will profit by using lti
own vessels instead of chartered ships,
as there will be no charges for de
murrage in case loading or unloading
la delayed by storms.
"In my Bohemian days it was my
fortune or misfortune, as the caw
may be to meet often and to know
well the American burd, Walt Whit
man," writes William Winter. "It li
scarcely necessary to say that he did
not impress me as anything othei
than what he was, a commonpluce, un
couth and sometimes obnoxiously
course writer, trying to be original by
using a formless style, and celebrating
the proletarians who make the world
almost unlnhnbltable by their vulgari
ty. With reference to me, Walt'a vlewi
were expressed in a sentence that,
doubtless, he intended as the perfec
tion of contemptuous indifference,
'Willie,' ho said, 'la a young Longfel
low.' "
Moat of those who say they do thf
Jxwt they know how, don't
A EBRARY
WnLhL -
HE development of tli9 free circulating library Is one of the
outstanding features of this ng. Mr. Carnegie and others
have scattered libraries vo freely throughout the land that,
there Is now scarcely a town or vlllcge that has not some
sort of a library. But It nas remained fnr the Washington
County library of Hngf rslown, Md., to develop the limit of
fnr mill t inn of books, ami to demonstrate In
a very practical sense that books are published to be road, not to be stored
on shelves. The Washington County library docs not wait for reader to
come to it; it sends out a colporlour, not only to carry books, but to npread
the gospel of literature In isolated rural regions.
The itinerant library, drawn by a pair of sturdy horses, has become a
familiar sight In the Washington County taction of the Blue Hldge. Like
the semiannual appearance of th'- tin peddler' cart. Its approach Is an oc
currence quickly heralded throughout the neighborhood. The housewife
throws a sunbonnet over her head, nnd, followed by one or two barefooted
children, runs out to the roadside to see what the good uatured bookman
has brought on this round. The chickens follow hotfoot, certain that such
a commotion can only mean that tome app'-C.ins dainty Is about to be
distributed. In the middle of this scene of domestic activity the Itinerant
bookman stops and descends from his lofty neat.
"Good day, Mrs. ," rays he, as he winds the reins about the whip
stock. "How did you like the last book?"
"It was pretty good. I liked that part where it said, "To be or not to
be, that Is the question.' That's the way lots of fanners' wives feel, I
reckon. I let Mrs. , down ihe toad apiece, take it. She said she liked
the way the wind and thunder and lightning flared around In 'Macbeth,
because It reminded her of the way It flares around her house sometimes.
She says It's awful; almost, tears the house off the cellar. I reckon she's
right, for that's the way It blows around yero. Have you got 'The Duke's
Revenge?" I heard that book cracked up once. What do you want, Mary?''
addressing the older of the two girls.
llrromtiiFiMla (iotxl Literature
"I haven't the book you mention," says the book colporteur, opening
the doors of his wagon, "but perhaps you would like 'Marina, the Epi
curean,' or Cray's 'Botany.' The 'Botany' would be Interesting, I think,
for It describes the plants and flowers, and tells how they grow. Or, if
you want a story, there's 'Kenllworth,' or 'A Tale of Two Cities.' Mary
would like those books, too, I'm sure."
"What cities are they Baltiino' nnd WaKh'n'ton?"
"Oh, no. They aro two European cities, Paris and London. The hook
(ells about some people who were mixed up with the French Revolution, and
had some exciting edventures and narrow escapes."
"Well, if you say it's better'n 'The Duke's Revenge' I've heard so much
about, I reckon mehbe we 'uns better take it."
"Here it Is," replies the bookman, taking the volume down from the
shelves and handing it to the woman "Let me leave the 'Botany' with you,
also. You can learn something about the flowers as they come along. Mary
RUSSIAN JAIL HORRORS
Brutal Executions of Men Who Are
Condemned to Death by
Court-. Martial.
SUSPENSE OF THE DOOMED.
Member of the Second Douma, Im
prisoned at Sevastopol, Telia of
His Gruesome Surrounding's.
A touching letter has been received
rom M. Lomtatldze, a member of the
second douma, at present impr'soned
at Sevastopol, the essential part of
which, according to the London Dally
News, are as follows:
"Sevastopol Prison, April 2. It is
not the first time that I have been a
prisoner nor the first time that I hear
and see what Is done within prison
walls, but that which goes on ljere Is
so far beyond the ordinary that the
very recollection of It makes me
speechless with horror.
"Many executions take place here.
During the time I have been here
that is, from the end of last May
more than Beventy persons have been
executed. At the present time there
are fifteen persons In the prison
awaiting execution. Ninety others in
this session alone are : waiting sen
lence. All cases to be tried by court
martial in the government of Taurun
are heard in Sevastopol; hence all
doomed to death are brought together
hern from all the ends of the govern
ment nnd here are executed. Such
executions take place In the courtyard
of the hospital.
I'oreril to Willie Kirrutlun,
"At times I have to see with m;-
own eyes ail me norrors, to uasii my
self against the walls in impotent
rage, to swear, to shriek, to knock
and to listen to the cynical cries of
the jailers and police, with the polio
master at their head, all this tiin
crowding the courtyard of tho hos
pital.
"Those condemned to death wait
several months for the execution of
the sentence. Each night they expect i
to be taken out, so that they do not lie
down to sleep until morning conies;
only when it la morning, wearied out
aud broken with the strain, they sink
down like dead and Bleep all day.
"But It turns out that they will
hang nobody to-day; it only seemed to
the prisoners that they would. Yet it
is Impossible to sleep. The authorities
open the cells and begin to restore
order. Beatings begin; then to pre
vent shrieking they gag them; they
curse with rich oaths; they take away
bed, soap, sugar, tobacco, etc.
"Then the execution must lake place
in reality. That is already known
from the evening, for it Is seen from
the number of eofflua brought In how
many persons will be executed at
night.
"The knocking of a hammer begins;
they are unfettering the criminal; but
to make up for this they fasten, so
iignny that even blood Is drawn, his
hands behind his back; they bind his
LITTLE ABOUT EVERYTHING.
The average life of a mouse Is three
years.
A watch 1b composed of ninety eight
pieces.
In Japan dresses
weight.
are bought by
There are eighty-Ux annual holidays
In Russia.
Tho Erxberg, Auatrlu's Iron moun
tain, will furnish ore for 1,000 more
yeaia.
C0EB. NOW FIRST
legs aud beat him without cessation,
(iiiaranteed not to shriek, they carry
hlni to a cell, a dark room, and throw
him on tho llocr, where he lies until
the scaffold Is ready and the governor
and other authorities arrive.
"The cotlins are brought '- and put
near the scaffold. Ready! T!ie con
demned are carried in like lo-s. They
are dressed In shirts and drawers;
they are barefoot and trembling from
cold. First, they put them on tln
ground, then with caution they unbind
Persian gulf region holds the reo
ord for beat.
Servla's parliament Is known as the
"Skupstchlna."
Food commodities In Belgium have
risen 20 per cent.
An Inch of rainfall represents 100
tons of water to the acre.
Mexico has a brewery which has an
nual receipts of $6,000,000.
Yearly Immigration into Canada is
ouefortleth of her population.
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nnd your ofier girl may be interested In it. Wouldn't you like to have it,
Mary?" he Inquires, turning toward the larger of the two barefooted girls
with a genial smile. The smile completes the book missionary's conquest,
and the barefoot miss looks up from beneath her sunbonnet, extends a hand
for the book and takes It with a whispered "Thank you."
The Itinerant librarian takes the nnme of the person to whom the book
left on the last visit has been transferred, fehuts the doors over his shelves,
climbs to his seat, unwinds his reins and, the chickens being no longer
under foot owing to the discovery that books are not .good to eat, drives
off up the dusty road. So he goes up and down the mountains day after
day, helping a farmer to pick out a book which will be of benefit to him
in his work and opening windows upon scenes in many lands and times to
the uncultivated imaginations of the young people.
Work of the Vmnt Year.
In the course of the last nine months of 1908 each of the sixteen routes
In the county was traveled twice, and some of them three or four times.
Several of them require four days for the journey, while others can be
covered in two or three days. Only a few can be covered in a day. New
routes are constantly being mapped out, and it Is expected that a second
wagon will be required soon. Last year 3,700 books were circulated by the
wagon. It was estimated that each of the volumes was read twice, and some
of them three or four times, as it became the habit in some neighborhoods
for the households to exchange with one another. Wfien the wagon does
not contain the book desired a memorandum is made and it is forwarded
by mail.
The zeal of the Washington County library in spreading the use and
love of books has found expression in many other ways. The Hagerstown
school children were first sent to the library once a week to listen to stories
read by an assistant. Then a school circulating library was started, and
the teachers throughout the county were invited to enter a race as book
circulators. The school at the village bearing the startling name of Rohrers
ville last year carried off the palm, having circulated thirty books 387
times among its pupils. The county, at the instance of the Hagerstown
book propagandists, established seventy-three deposit stations throughout
the county for adults. As a result, according to a careful statistician, the
mountaineers in 1908 perused the contents of 11,156 books 22,569 times.
The library also received assistance in developing its circulation from six
teen Sunday schools.
IN THE RACE FOR TITLE OF PREMIER SLUGGER.
them, freeing their legs from the ropes
and stand them on their feet.
"At this time there Is a noise In the
prison, the funeral man 'a i.s sung, sol
diers run about giving orders to be
silent. All this, as is to be expected,
raises up In the criminal the desire to
live, to live at all costs. He falls on
his knees, weeps, prays, tries to kls
the people's hands.
Hnliti I mil the Kntl.
"The executioner comes aud puts his
hand on Ills shoulder; he falls on his
Epidemics of cholera always travel
from east to west.
The Arctic air Is very favorable for
the transmission of sound.
Nine days' sickness per annum la
the average for the human being.
Corn la our greatest crop, that of
1U08 being valued at 11,616.000,000.
Envelopes were Invented In 16S3,
and were in disfavor for a long time.
Some of the cigars of the Philip
pines are two and ouehalf feet long.
Cobb his made such strides in
hitting: the ball that he has passed
Eddie Collins, the star of the Ath
letics, and is now at the head of the
American league batting; list.
face. The Jailers rush forward and
lift him up. He begins to kick, to
yell and to howl. Oh, I never have
heard anything like It! I do not know
what howls like that; there Is nothing
human in it, and yet nothing of u.o
beast. I have seen how oxen and
heep and pigs are killed; they bel
low; but this is something different.
A few times more they kick him, they
drag him up with great trouble, they
struggle a little with him.
"And all this happens under my
window. I have tried to get myself
to sleep early, lying down at 6 o'clock.
trying to go off to sleep. But this does
not seem to lead to the desired end,
for as soon as they begin to put up
the scaffold a sentry always knocks at
my door, with the warning that I am
not to go to the window, otherwise
they may fire and send me, without
judgment, iato that other world."
A German is bringing to America a
circus of trained ants. The Insects
throw Bomersaults, make pyramids.
dance, wrestle and fence.
England spends $40,000,000 a year
for eggs and poultry, for one-half of
which she la dependent on foreigners.
Nebraska Experiment Station has
kept a careful lecord for ten years of
milk cows, and they report a net prof
It of $-10 from each cow a year.
Cut a chip of camphor, light it, and
set it on a basin of water, when It will
continue to burn and float until it is
consumed.
In 1847 postage stamps were first
used in the United States.
The entire native population of Si
beria does not exceed 700,000.
Church Members Increasing
According to Census Report
Church membership In the United
States Increased from 32.7 per cent of
the population In 1890 to 39.1 per cent
bf the population in 1906. according to
the New York Sun's digest of the re
twrt of the census of rellgloua bodies
Just Issued by the census bureau. The
relative gain In the sixteen years Is,
for Protectant bodies, 1.8 per cent; for
Roman Catholic, 4.4 per cent; for all
other bodies together, one-tenth of 1
per cent. The number of rellgloua de
nominations In the United States Is
given as 186, with 212,230 local relig
ious organisations,- 32,936,445 church
members, and $1,257,575,867 invested
in church edifices.
The total for 1906 is 186 denomina
tions, against 145 in 1890, an In
crease of 41. The total number of or
ganizations covered by the 1906 cen
sus was 212,230. This is an increase
since 1890 of 47,079, or 28.5 per cent.
The Protestant bodies Increased 42,-
564, or 27.8 per cent; the Roman
Catholic Church, 2,243, or 21.9 per
cent; the Jewish congregations, 1,236,
or 231.9 per cent, and the Latter Day
Saints, 328, or 38.3 per cent.
The eastern orthodox churches in
creased from two organizations in
1890 to 411 In 1906. All other bodies
increased 299, or 64 per cent. Of the
212,230 organizations in 190the 164
Protestant bodies reported 195,618, or
92.2 per cent; the Roman Catholic
Church, 12.428, or 5.9 per cent, and
the remaining bodies 4,130, or about
2 per cent. In 1890 there were 165,
151 organizations, the Protestant
bodies controlling 153,054, or 92.7 per
cent; the Roman Catholic Church,
10,239, or 6.2 per cent, and the re
maining bodies 1,858, or a little more
than 1 per cent. The general order or
rank of the principal religious bodies
in 1906, with respect to the number of
organizations, was:
Methodists G4.701
Baptists 54.8S0
Presbyterians 15.506
Lutherans 12.703
Roman Catholics 12,482
Disciples or Christians 10,942
Protestant Episcopalians 6.S45
Congregationallsts 5.713
Evangelical Association 2,738
United Brethren 4,304
Reformed 2.585
Adventists 2,551
Jewish congregations 1,709
Christians (Christian connection) 1,379
German Evangelical synod 1,205
Latter Day Saints 1,184
Friends 1.147
Dunkards 1,097
The Methodist bodies reported 30.5
per cent of the entire number of or
ganizations and the Baptist bodies
25.9 per cent. Thus the.se two families
embraced considerably mnre than one-
half of the organizations in the
United States. It is stated that in all
Protestant bodies the membership is
practically adult membership. In the
LITTLE CURTAIN LECTURES.
If you don't care any more for wom
en than you're always saying you
don't, why do you become so mighty
show-offy whene you meet a new
bunch of women? Tell me that, Mis
ter Crafty!
There'll come a time when you'll be
sorry for treating me as if I were
the dirt under your feet!
Well, you must have been busy do
ing something, for you didn't kill your
self writing while I was away, 1 must
say.
Why didn't you tell me before we
came out that my petticoat was show
ing beneath my skirt?
If only I had my life to live over
again, heaven knows I'd never marry
such a , etc., etc.
When I stop to think of the sacri
fices I've made all these years, and all
for what? I could cry my eyes out,
deed I could.
Jealous! Who. me? Pooh! If I
was going to be that silly I'd take
pains I became jealous of somebody!
Well, you're mighty trembly and
grouchy and pale for somebody that
says he's been on a fishing trip, that's
all I've got to Bay.
Well, If you wrote to me every day
I was away, as you claim, then I'm go
ing to write to the dead letter office
for those letters, that's all!
You'd just love to reduce me to your
own level, but you never shall, so
there!
COLT LEAPS INTO A BUGGY.
At Delaware, Ohio, a frightened colt
Jumped Into a buggy In which were
seated R. K. Willis, his wife and 10-year-old
son, causing a runaway. The
Willis family and the colt were thrown
out In a heap. All were badly cut.
PROVERBS AND PHRASES.
Praise a fine day at night. Irish.
There is a witness everyhere.
Greek.
Emulation plows, and rivalry reaps.
Irish.
The sweetest grapes hang highest.
Spanish.
The remembrance of past labor is
aweet. Irish.
Woo to him who la alono whea he
falleth. German.
-is t -y , 'rv4i -; -
Roman Catholic Church all baptised
persons, including infants, are re
turned ns members. In order to rend
er the figures more nearly comparable
15 per cent has been deducted from
the membership returned from th
Roman Catholic Church to cover thoa
under 9 years of age.
Among the Jewish congregations
only heads of families are reported as
members, so that the strength of this
religious body was greatly understat
ed In the report. The total increase
noted, 12.367,530, is exclusive of Jew
ish congregations. As to the latter it
Is shown that the 1906 total repre
sents heads of families only, while
the 1890 total Includes all members.
Of the total number of members re
ported 61.6 per cent were returned by
the Protestant bodies, 36.7 per cent by
the Roman Catholic Church, and 1.7
per cent by all other bodies together.
In 1890 the Protestant bodies report
ed 68 per cent of the total member
ship; the Roman Catholic Church
30.3 per cent, and all other bodies to
gether 1.7 ier cent. The rate of In
crease shown for the Roman Catholic
Church was 93.5 per cent, more than
twice that for all Protestant bodies
taken together, 44.8 per cent. The
census of 1906 collected for the first
time statistics of the membership by
sex. Of the total number of members
returned by 3ex 43.1 per cent were
male and 56.9 per cent female.
The number of church edifices re
ported ws 192.795, an Increase sine
1S!0 of 50,308, or 35.3 per cent. This
represents approximately sixty new
church edifices each week, or eight
each day, for the sixteen-year period.
The figures show that in twenty-nine
states a majority of the members be
longed to Protestant bodies. In sixteen
states to the Roman Catholic Church,
and in one state, Utah, to the Latter
Day Saints. The states and terri
tories for which a majority of Roman
Catholic members were reported, with
their respective percentages, are:
New Mexico 88.7
Rhode Island 74.0
Montana 73.1
Massachusetts 69.2
Nevada 66.7
Arizona ' 66.2
New York 63.6
New Hampshire 63.0
Louisiana 61.3
Connecticut 59.6
California 58.0
Vermont 55.9
Maine 53.3
New Jersey 51.5
Wisconsin 60.5
M:clii"an 50.1
In tvo states Wyoming and Colo
rado the largest proportion, although
not a majority of the members, were
Roman Catholics, and in one state,
Idaho, tho largest proportion were.
Latter Day Saints.
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BACK FROM EAST RETIRED.
C.S
Having reached the age of 62 year.
Rear Admiral C. S. Sperry has been
placed on the retired list of the navy.
The admiral Is now engaged with the
Newport conference at the war college
and will continue in that duty until
he has completed a certain Hue of
work which he has mapped out When
this is finished, it is expected he will
retire from active service. The ad
miral's last important sea commanJ
was that of the Atlantic fleet, which
he brought from San Francisco byway
of the Pacific Ocean and the Suez
Canal to Hampton roads. He reached
the rank at which he was retired
about three years and three months
ago.
On cigarettes to the value of 6,
250,000 smoked in Spain last year, the
government made a profit of 2,-
500,000.
The infant death rate of the fash
ionable end of London is 1 per cent,
while that of the East End la 38 per
cent.
Submarine cables cost $41,000 a mil
to lay, and the length of their Ufa
is between thirty and forty years.
In a favorable wind a fox can scent
a man one-quarter of a mila away.
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