THE GOULD 8QUABBLB.
Harvard and Ilia Wife Each "ay
Vftlr Ttalnas Abanl the CM her.
The legal fight between Howard
Gould nnd hi wife, who was the ac
tress, Katherlnc Clcbmous. Is gradu
ally reaching n cliwiax. Mrs. Gould
asks log.tl sopirntion on the ground
that ti" Is nn unfit person to live with,
nnd t'.i.it he hns tnmixTed with her
mnll. She asks nllrnqny to the nmount
of $2.V.(ioo a year. She admits the
amount Is lnrge, but claims It Is In
aecortl wft'i his great wealth and none
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too much to enable her to maintain hei
social position.
Gould. 011 the other band, asks for
separation on the ground Jhat It Is Ira-
poslble for htm to live with his wife
because of her use of Intoxicants, be
cause of her extravagance and because
of her bad temper. He will fight her
demand for alimony, to any greater
amount than $(10,000 a year.
It was announced that Princeton uni
versity had received gifts of $1,200,000
from, persons not named, and that the
money would b used to build two labora
tories.
President William Jewett Tucker of
Dartmouth college has tendered bis res
ignation to the trtiHteefi, giving as his
reason, heart trouble, which made it lin
perativc for blm to retire.
Gov. Stuart of Pennsylvania has signed
the bill authorising school boards of cities
to set a Hide money each year to create a
retirement fund for public school teach
rs, the method being left entirely to the
discretion of the different boards. "
Shaking at ihe graduation exercises of
the Friends' select nchool at Washington,
where bin son, Archie, was a pupil, Presi
dent Roosevelt pictured his ideal Auierl
can boy as one who plays bard and works
bard, who Is brave and strong, but gentle
and kind. The bully, be said, was the
meanetit hoy In the world.
The ri ; ort of a committee at Rowdoln
on the nit-nns employed by students who
are working their way through college,
shown s'.xry-aeven different occupations
in use. The highest amount earned was
that $7lit in a year by oue student as
the pastor of a chunii. Auother made
$400 by managing a summer camp. A
canvasser for stereoscopic views profited
$:t.0, and a book agent made $200. One
enterprising student got up a local di
rectory, r.nd was paid $."iOO for it. Au
other orgtnlzed a touring party and
earned $2i0. Other profitable jobs se
cured were tutoring, suow Nlioveling, ear
conductor, hotel steward, clerk, draughts
nmn, summer school t earlier, chauffeur,
butcher, farmer, purser, reporter and ca
terer. 'J i;e committee reaches the con
tiuHion tint soy person blessed with good
health nnd the will can earn half bis
college er.enses If he is not too proud
to work.
United States Consul K. T. Llefeld re
, ports the: ou April 22 a municipal scliool
dental U:.!c was opened in 'the (ierniun
city of Fri-burg. the operations of which
he thus deM't'ibes: "The demist at the
bead of this school clinic examines all
the children In the city, both in their
homes aui in the public schools. A re
port on sjeh examinations is sent to the
parent, who are aske to send their chil
dren to the school dental clinic for free
treatment J Those childten having ten or
more pojr teeth are first treated, an n
ceptloa being made iu the higher classes
whera those with only eliubt defects are
to he treated, go that they will leave the
public hi h'Kils with sound teeth. After
tiietx wo st cases have been attended to,
all other children with defective teeth are
to Ue treated, the youutfer ones giveu pref
ererwe. The tren tu.ent of the teeth In
cludes effraction, lillius, crowning, etc.
There Is uo actual instruction la deutal
!:yB'icue. but at the opening of the dental
c!ii:ic the teachers explain its objwts aud
fWorkln.-K to the chlldreu. The tooth re
port card contains on the reverse sids la-
struct. u ii as to tbe care or tne teetb.
1
One hundred nnd thirteen years ngo
1 new-born cotmtry, fighting for lllxrty,
found It had uo flag. It Is not likely
this little country even drenmod how
great It was going to IxTomo, and bow
that flag It was about to adopt would
be known as the banner of freedom
from one end of the world to the othor.
It was not thinking about greatnes
then. It was thinking only about lib
erty. Already It had fought battle
but Its only flags were the tings de
signed by patriots here and there.
There was no one flag which stood for
the whole brave little country, to flut
ter In tbe battle-smoke and wave tbe
message that It was one flag and one
people and one country. That Is bow
Congress came to choose the new flag
June 14, 1777, and this Is why tbe Flag
Day Association, a national organiza
tion, Is making greater efforts ever)
year to have this day celebrated as on
of the great days In our history.
No one knows the exact origin of the
design of Old Glory. At Cambridge,
Mass., early In January, President
Oeorge Washington had already dls
played a flag consisting of thirteen
stripes of red and white, with tbe
English union Jack In the place of th
field of stars. Most authorities con
sldered that the designs as adopted by
Congress was Influenced by the coat of
Anns of the Washington family, which
contained both the stars and tbs
stripes. You can still read tbe Con
gressional resolution: "That the flag
of the thirteen United States be-strlpes.
alternate red nnd white ; that the union
be thirteen stars, white In a blue field.
representing a new constellation.'
Every school child knows how hlst(-y
added to the design, bow It was first
Intended to add a new star and a new
strlie as well for each state admitted,
and how Congress later restored the
original thirteen stripes, adding onbr
another star for every atate.
What does the flag mean to you? It
la the most beautiful flag on earth. V
all know that But do you remember
how It stands for so many great things 1
net only for civil liberty, but fot
patriotism, for equality, for the poor
est workman and the richest million
aire, for freedom In religion and opin
ion and speech, for the broadest civili
sation and the greatest opportunity for
the greatest numlier In a word, for the
great spirit of Democracy. Tell the
children about It. Think about It your
self. It will make them better pa
triots, and at the same time It wilt
make you feel a little more your duty
as a citizen, because the old flag, with
all It stands for, Is your flag, too.
With the offering of Consolidated
Steamship Company stock In exchange
for shares of the six old coastwise lines
the business world was apprised of tbe
fact that the plan of combination pro
posed by Charles W. Morse was complete.
The new company Is capitalised at $t(0,
000,000 under the laws of Maine. The J
only Morse line not thus merged is the
Hudson Navigation Company, which op
erates the Hudson river lines.
An effort to secure a reduction in the
rate of fara charged by the Pullman com
pany for sleeping cur accommodations has
been made before the Interstate Com
merce Commission, complaints being filed
against the company and various north
western railroads by George 8. Ijoftus, a
business man of St. Paul. He says be Is
obliged to travel to various points, and
alleges that the rates of the Pullman com
pany are excessive and unreasonable.
In a statement Issued recently the
Pennsylvania railroad frankly avowed its
purpose to "get square" for the new 2
cent fare law by abolishing all commu
tation rates and selling only tickets at
the uniform rate of 2 cents a mile. Even
ten-trip and workman tickets will he
dropped and no excursion tickets will be
sold after Sept. .'ti, unless the courts
(bull have ruled against the law, as the
Pennsylvania otilcinls confidently expect.
The Heading, which had begun to make
some concessions in response to the rising
tide of public indignation, stoped short
as if encouraged by the action of the
Pennsylvania, and Iluer said nothing fur
ther would be done, ltaer's compouy also
filed a bill in equity to upset the law on
the grojnd that the loss involved would
be contrary to charter rights.
The United States' Supreme Court on
Monday rendered a decision lu the case of
a Georgia lumber firm against the South'
ern railroad, unimportant in itself, but
which Indirectly sustains the power of the
Interstate Commerce Commission under
the federal rate law to lix railroad rates,
The commission had decided that an in
crease of 2 cents a hundred on lumber
from Georgia to the Ohio river was tin
reasonable slid unjust, whereupon the,
railroad carried the matter up to the
highest court, which now sustains the
action of the commission.
The city of Philadelphia lias been stir
red to resentful expression and boycotts
aaalnst the Ueadiug railroad on account
of its rate-raisiug retaliation for 2-ceut
fare legislation. Ity order of Presldeut
ftaer, be of "divine right" fame In con
nectlon with tbe miners' strike, all sub
urban commutation rates were raised
from 2.1 to ! per cut. Public meet
ings were held promptly and commit
tees were apoluted to organise the eu
tire city, and various business and trav
eling meu's associations are backing the
movement. Kutbet than pay the increas
ed rates, many suburbanites began ridlug
ill ou trolleys, and business house pi
bed to divert freight to other lines.
THE STARS AffD STEIPE3.
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URGE IRISH REVOLT.
STARVING PEOPLE ATTACK
LANDLORDS. ,
Riots Have Already Owurrel-
Farmers t'natile to Snpport Fh m I
llrs 4'ontabulnrr nrlnar Inerraieil
Strife Is Feared by Euitllsh.'
Since the Nationalists convention In
Dublin rejected the partial homo-rule
scheme of the English I.llM-ral govern
ment, affairs l: Ireland have own nu-.
Idly drifting Into an acute phase. Na
tionalist Ireland bus repudiated all
forms of compromise, and the extrem
ists have secured a greater following
than they had had since the days of
the old Land league. A new organiza
tion, the Sinn fein, coniKwd of young
i rAncwi.i.1.
-Cincinnati Post.
men, Is securing nn Immense following.
Sinn Fein demands not only nn inde
pendent Ireland, .but a revival of the
old Gaelic tongue und the Gaelic liter
ature. In the western counties the dUeon
tetit is extreme. In Kings mid Galway
Counties there have bwn repeated
raids on proKTty, which the police
have lK?en unable to prevent and the
courts have been unable to punish. In
VICTIMS OF THE
Theue nre the six young oflleers
When a haunch of the battleship Mln
Hampton Roads. From left to right,
Newcastle, Del.; Henry Clay Murfln.
Portage. Wis. Lower line: Walter C.
Field, Denver, Colo. ; William H. Stu
FUNSTON GENERAL TILL 1929.
Yannarer Set of Utah Officers All
Retire Ahead of Kansan.
la 1008 there will be fourteen of the
younger set of the United States army
holding the title of general. They will
T
UlNKUAL FV'MSTO.N.
slowly sift out until 1D20, when Gen.
Fred M. Funston will be the only oue
remaining.
Secretary Wllaou ou Stand.
The priuciial witness in the ruse of
Edwin S. Holmes, on trial with Fred
erick Peckhaui aud Moses Haas of New
York on the charge of conspiracy In con
nection with the advance cottou reports.
was Secretary of Agriculture Wilsou, who
identified a letter he hud addressed to the
Presldeut after the alleged leak iu the
cotton reports, declaring the charge false.
He admitted that Holmes had writteu a
part of this letter, but said ho had made
an addition to it. The attorney for the
defense called Wilson's atteutlou to the
fact that at the time of tlm exposure
charges were circulated in the press
agaiust the Secretary as being personally
responsible for the leak.
Kansas Wssti Field Workers.
The fre employmeut bureau of Kansas
tuu Issued a call for 1U.A7N men and 3,400
teams from outside the State to assist in
the harvesting of the big grain crop now
officially estimated. The harvest band
rate of 1 rent a mils is again Ip vogue
rrotn an poims woers mo uursau oas a
representative.
VHf
these counties great tracts of land have
U-en turned Into grazing farms, and
landlords have refused to sell, and in
some cases to rent to stuail ten tnts.
Fanners declare they nre unable to
support themselves nnd their children,
nnd tntiHt fight for th hare necessities
of life.
The ArchMslsip of Oishci, at Mny
carkey. Tlpiwrary County, declared:
"It was never mure dillb ult to live on
the soil of Ireland tli.in it is today.
We nre holding on by grit :ind Indus
try, but we are rapidly finding even
fhis Impossible. Many of our lyst
farmers have been obliged to leave
their native land. This condition must
prevail as long ns the I ext land In Ire
land Is kept from the p:-0d.'. The only
remedy Is to divide the land Into small
Isililiiigs.''
Similar speeches, but more violent,
hnve b"en delivered all over the coun
try. The government has augmented
the police force In the western coun
ties, nnd because of the crisis the an
nual coustalnil.iry tournament was In
definitely postiKitied.
The greatest enmity Is displayed to
ward the owners of big grazing farm
Hundred of head of cattle have been
driven off. In some Instances the half-
crazed farmers have formed onttle-
nialinlng bauds and proceeded at mid
night to mutilate tlie grazing cattle by
hiiV.istrlnging tliein or cutting their
tlirmits. In some cases cattle have
lieen tied together by their tails and
the uniiimls .struggled until one or the
other had Its tall pulled out by the
roots. r:iMipti:ir landlords ond offi
cials serving writs lm.e been waylaid
on dark roads and severely lieaten.
I'nder the present law the govern'
nietit will advance money to farmers
to buy lands when the landlords con
sent to sell. It Is snld, however, the
landlords will only sell the poor land,
keeping good land for grazing. A com'
pulsory purchase net Is widely de
manded.
COLLISION AT SEA.
who were drowned with five sailors
nesota was run down at night In
upper line: Franklin P. Ilolcomb,
Jr., Jackson. Ohio; Herbert I,. Holden,
rirlch. Milwaukee, Wis. ; Philip II.
veimon. Newberne, X. C.
HOW DO WE KEEP OUT OF JAIL?
Question Snuvested by the Multl
il'?Ity fif New Una,
"What this country needs is not more
laws, hut a better enforcement of those
we have."
An exemplification of this statement,
recently ivnd by a public speaker, is
fiifiiisbed by the present legislative sea
son now iiho it to close. During this
year's kcs-Ioiis of Legislatures in sixteen
Stir.es i:o less than 1S.700 bills were in-
iro.li.ci'ii. (it tins number .i,s.il were
passed iu;d n,o-t of them will become laws
by th" si"!iat'.ii" of the Governors.
Th.' uvra.-ro number of bills intro
duced In each State was l.ltiii, and the
u venue lumber passed ,'liil. Assuming
llint thh is a fair average for each of
the Srm :s in th. Union, the total num
ber of :'.U introduced in all States this
year m;iM he ."i2.!i(l. and the total num
ber p.'d iti.IlMI.
IhiuU of having to comply with over
over jd.cc.i new laws: It is a wonder
that imvoii!' keeps out of jail. Every
lawyer must have u he.idnche at the pros
pect of haviug to Sinn them. As for
Lord Cow per, thu English jurist, he cer
tainly will turn over in his grave if he
hears of this year's output of the law
"foundries." He wasn't backward in giv
ing bis opinion of the multiplicity of laws
even Hi K ytars ago.
"I am further of opinion," he said on
one occasion, "that it would lie better
for us to I jive no laws at all than to have
them iu so pro ligious numbers as we
have."
.Minnesota leads the list In the number
of bills Introduced, its lawmakers having
had to consider 2.1.'tl measures. Of these
."si2 received approval,
IVniivjIwiniu Is a close second, the
number of bills introduced and passed,
respectively, being 2.1i7 aud 773.
Rhode Island holds tho palm for the
smallest number of bills offered, Its so
lotis having had to consider only 418.
Utah gets the record for tlw smallest
number of bills that become laws, only
l of the .VtH Introduced "looking good"
to thu Legislature.
Uank Deposits failed la.
The Treasury lVpiirtnicut has issued a
call fur the return by July It) of f.'SO,
Out.OOO of public deposits received by
the natiotiul banks since Sept. 27, llKsJ.
This is exp-cted to maintain the status of
the money market.
WUllatu Wsldie, a farmer of Ganaa
csiue. Out., murdered bis wife aud twa
children and thru vommitttd suicide.
DUMA IS DISSOLVED.
CZAR NICHOLA3 ENDS RUSSIA'S
PARLIAMENT.
Override Constitution and tlrnres
Armed BeTott la Effort to Hans Sft
Deputies f'nnnon and Bayonets to
Kn force Retnrn fo Absolutism.
By Imperial edict the Russian duma
has been dissolved and Russia again
faces a reign of terror. Parliament
postponed Its final action on the de
mand of Premier Stolypln that .fifty-
flve social ilemocratle deputies he ex
pelled and surrendered to be tried for
high treason, whereupon the Czar
brought down the milled fist and ter
minated the second experiment In gov
ernment by the people. Now It Is but
a step to fl cataclysm.
The stroke of the pen that sends the
duma scattering was not taken without
preparotlon. Ever since the first Indi
cations that the relations between the
reactionaries and revolutionaries were
strained to the snapping point, the gov
ernment has worked with feverish en
ergy to prepare for the expected upris
ing.
The proclamation by which Emperor
Nicholas disbands the parliament car
ries with It a call for the election of a
successor Nov. 14. The next duma,
however, Is not to contain the prepon
derance of radicals that characterized
the body that had come to It end, for
the Czar, overriding the constitution,
announces that the deputies will be
elected under the new law, which pro
Tides against "the submergeuce of the
educated classes by the uneducated
masses."
This Is a direct Infraction of the con-
stltutional rights by which, the Czar
granted to the duma the privilege of
determining thu manner of elections,
but the step la considered necessary by
the Emperor to prevent further dis
plays of "hostility, treason and anar
chy." As prelude to the Imperial edict dis
solving the duma, the government
brought Its mulled list down upon the
municipal press. Shortly befo.v the
Dknse wns Issued an order appeared
from General Praeheffskl, prefect of
t. Petersburg, proclaiming that the
publication of any article of a tune Hos
tile to the government will bo consid
ered a misdemeanor punishable by a
fine' of $l,.r00 und three months in Jail.
St. Petersburg looks like a military
camp on the eve of nn engagement.
Troops poured into tho city In battal
ions. Regiments of the line have re-enforced
the guard regiments, grenadiers
have been brought in, Cufcsacks are pa
trolling the streets, and In the Indus
trial quarters, where violence has bro
ken out before, batteries of artillery
have been placed so as to do the great
est execution.
The dissolution of the duma by the
Czar doea not come as a surprise. The
mauner In which the parliament has
clashed with the government, the blt-
Practical Training for .Ulrls.
The Roston school committee has ap
proved the recommendation of the su
perintendents to establish with the next
school year a girls' high school of prac
tical arts with a foui-year course, condi
tions for admission to which will b
equivalent to those of the regular high
schools. The theory of this school is to
give opportunity to those pupils whose
talents lie in the direction of doing and
expressing rather than In acquisition. On
the academic side course will be created
In English history, art, modern lan
guages, mathematics and science, but
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. 'VXT ii ft v 6. ( A -Z- , JTW" M KHMi
ternoss displayed In Its debates, the In-'
slstence witli which It sought radical
changes, tbe minor Importance of the
laws which It managed to pass, the
general air of discontent that charac
terized Its legislative acts all this
wrought on the reactionary element un
til the culmination came in charges
that the duma Itself was a hotbed of
treason and that fifty-five of Its mem
bers social democrats had conspired
in Loudon to slay the Csar nnd over
throw the dynasty.
It was this satire revolutionary spirit
that led the Czar In his dissolution
ul;ns to direct that the next parlia
ment should bo elected under a law
that will give more representation to
the more highly educated classes, and
that will disbar from the rights of suf
frage many of the elements that aided
In the election of the duma that has
Just finished Its stormy career. This
step on the part of the Citar, while
warmly concurred In by the conserva
tive element In the lower house, natur
ally has added fuel to the fires of re
sentment burning In the revolution
ary camp, and the outcome Is expected
to be a general uprising on the part of
the radicals whom the new election
law will disfranchise. The step, how
over, has been planned long In ad
vance, and with the soldiery mobilized
the general expectation Is that the gov
ernment will be able to quell any out
bursts of vloleneeimd anarchy.
The ukase Is accompanied by a man
ifesto retting forth tile motives which
led the emperor to dissolve the duma.
He adverts to the duma's rejection of
temporary laws, Its refusal to condemn
terrorism, the delay in ratifying the
budget, the open revolutionary spirit of
a lurge irtlon of Its members, the
abuse of the right of Interpellation,
and, finally, the failure of the duma
to comply Immediately with the de-
niand for tho exclusion of the fifty-five
social democratic members charged
with coiiBplrlng against tht preseut
regime.
These various evils u re-"tt scribed to
defects in the electoral law, consequent
ly the emperor decided to change tho
basis of HtilTrage so that every ixirt of
tbe Rus.tn iMipulntioti should be rep
ivseittetl iu the lower house ofiKtrlJa
mciit. An attempt to assassinate Admiral
Wiren, commander of the Russian
scpiadron at Sevastopol, was made Mon
day. In some respects the attempt Is
similar to the plot to assassinate the
Czar and royal family when a caution
wns discharged In their direction at the
ceremony of the blessing of the waters.
The admiral and several ollicers were
cruising about the hnrlior iu a launch,
while a torpx-do boat was practicing.
When the launch came In sight of the
toriH'do lioat, coenHn tided by Lieuten
ant Ruhstek. the warship suddenly
changed her lositlon. A few moments
later a blank toriedo was discharged
directly at the launch. While the mis
sile was not loaded with explosives, it
cut clear through the launch. t Water
liegsu pouting through the openings,
but the commander succeeded In beach
ing of the sinking craft.
these will he treated in their relation to
some practical Hue of work. On the in
dustrlal side the school will be divided
into two classes, one for those seeking
to become homemakers and the other for
those who aim, at least for a time, to be
self-supporting. For the first class em
phasis will be given to all phase of do
mestic science and arts, and for tbe sec
ond a foundation will be laid In some dis
tinct taste, so that tbe pupil may be able
to enter upon the higher forms of the
various women's industries.
It pays to advertise In this paper.
COAL TRUST PROSECUTED.
Government Asks lajnnctloa Aajalnsf
Anthracite Corablua,
In the federal circuit court at Phila
delphia the government filed a petition
for an Injunction prohibiting the Reading,
Ijchigh Valley, Lacknwanna, Jersey Cen
tral. Erie and Susquehanna and Western
railroads from continuing their alleged
unlawful combination, along with their
subsidiary coal companies, to control the
anthracite coal supply. In a statement
issued by the department of Justice, it
was pointed out fiat the Pennsylvania,
the Ontario and Western and the Dela
ware and Hudson were not made defend
ants in this suit because as yet no evi
dence of sufficient force to connect them
whh the alleged combination and monop
oly had been found, but should such evi
dence be found In the course of the trial'
these roads would be similarly enjoined.
The petition recites that the defendant
railroads control all the means of trans
portation between the mines and tide
water, with the exception of those omit
ted, which reach only a limited number
of mines, and that said defendants trans
port 71 per cent of the anthracite ton
nage ; that In their own name, or through
subsidiary companies controlled by them,
they control about IK) per cent of all the
anthracite deposits, and produce three
fourths of the annual supply ; that the in
dependent operators, who produce about
20 per cent of tbe supply, cannot enter
Into competition because of the restraints
imposed by the railroads. Further, the
petition charges that these defendants
have conspired to silence competition
among themselves, and to prevent the
sale of Independent coal, thereby estab
lishing a monopoly, specifying In detail
the contract entered Into by these com
panies and between them and the inde
pendent operators ; that the Erie exchang
ed its share for a majority of those of
the New York. Susquehanna and West
ern, a competing line, thereby putting an
end to all competition between them, and
that the Reading company pursued a sinrl-
1 lar course. It is also charged that twice
In recent years the defendants have de
feated the construction of independent
railroads which would have permitted
the output of independent coal.
The Abuse of Cap and Gown.
Dr. James M. Green, head of the New
Jersey State normal school, replying to
an editorial in the School Journal criti
cising his opposition to the recent ten
dency of schools helow the rank of col
lege to adopt the cap and gown for stu
dents in commencement exercises, de
fends himself, first by pointing out that
the cap ond gown have been recognized!
from the earliest times as the regalia or
the degrees, this having gone to the ex
tent of making them in shape or color
represent the different specific degrees.
Only within the last quarter of a century
hnve undergraduates in American col-
lnn.a n ,4 . , , , I ,1 , , in n,,,,,., ni iini, 11,1 fr nna
1 1 i rt iiM,ir,i i it i n uuinii uv v nn n. i.w
tume. Dr. Green argues that for the
high schools and normal schools to take
this regalia of the university is like chil
dren clothing themselves in the apparel of
grown people, and that it robs the future
form of some of its attractiveness and
dignity. Other reasons against the cap
and gown for the high school are the add
ed expense, as thiH uniform can be worn
only on the one occasion, while the new
dress or suit of clothes may be worn oa
other occasions, or until worn out. Re
sides these, 'he thinks the gown and cap
do not look well on a young woman un
less worn over a white dress, and he
thinks it altogether desirable that high
school commencements be kept simple and
wholesome in the matter of dress.
The School Journul gets around the ex
pense obj.ftion by suggesting that tbe
institution itself own the caps and
gowus, saying that this is the sensible
plan, being economical and democratic.
Hmrtene of tbe Tan Sboe.
The London Lancet, discussing the rea
son for the popular belief that a tan shoe
is more comfortable aud more durable
than black, concluded that there is some
foundation for this belief, which, it says.
is to be found not so much in the leather
Itself as In the composition of the dressing
commonly applied. That generally used
on black leather possesses strong acid
properties, through the use of hydrochloric
or other acid, to dissolve the mineral mat
ter contained in the ivory black. The
effect of this acid is to render the leather
hard and unyielding, thereby making it
not ouly more uncomfortable, but lessen
ing ifs wearing qualities. On the other
hand, the dressing employed on( russet
shoes is romiioRed largely of wax and oils,
which, while ranking tbe shoe soft and
comfortable to the foot, tend to preserve
the leather.
Conowiugo bridge, a covered wooden
structure a mile in length, over tbe Sus
quehanna river, about ten miles north of
Port I)eposlt, Md., was destroyed by a
supposed incendiary fire. The loss Is
placed at between $100,000 and $125,000.
Telephone and telegraph wires were de
stroyed. One of the landmarks of New York,,
tbe old William E. Dodge home In Madi
son avenue, is making way for an Ital
ian garden between the home of J. Pler
pont Morgan and his son. In the rear k
will build a great gallery to house hi,
wonderful art objects.
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