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Ihe A. I. A polHieftlly lnUrtr
The hj"vl of tin- order t not all
uie rty, d-t' t a aooml or ctvaie
third- in t simply that each met every
man IK sustain the Institutions f
our country, by placing In wdtln of
honor, profit or tnit; only thoe mho
believe in tin institutions. Parties
are not the owner of men, hut lo the
hlcMIng of intelligent men. Hut our
H)lilluil friend says: "If you re de
sirous of good government you will
vote for the arty ticket nearest your
Idea of what in best." Yes, that sounds
very well, but do you believe that the
head of a religious corporation has the
right to think for all the communicants
of that church, and that under no cir
cumstances has a man the light to use
his God-glvon Intelligence and think
for himself? You answer, No! Then
your argument must bo wrong, for
whether or not candidates have been
placed on the ticket by fair or foul
mcanH, you say one of the two great
parties must do a man's thinking. The
A. P. A. recognizes that politics must
have its political machinery and that
it is a necessity, but it says to the poli
ticians: "Run your politics just as you
please, but if your political machine
cannot place men on the tickets who
are in sympathy with every institution
of this country the A. P. A. will find a
machine that will. The order has no
objection to Mr. Finnogan because he
was born in Ireland, but if his name is
to bo placed on a political ticket, the
A. P. A. want it there as representing
an American citizen in word, act and
thought, and not as the emissary and
agent of a gigantic religious body which
socks through political advantage to
nap the vigor and existence of our
schools and government until it shall
assume absolute power. To the extent
that Irish-Americans, German-Americans,
or any other hyphenated Amerl
7r"1;a7S'th,t) encouraged,' to that extent do
'we encourage forelgnlsm In America,
and the A. P. A. is opposed to it, wish
ing all to fraternl.e and represent
American principles and interests only,
no matter what their nationality may
h ave been. The A. P. A. makes no at
tack upon religion. Every man who
lives In this country has the undoubted
right to worship God according to tho
dictates of his own conscience, and no
man or body of men can lnterforo with
tho right. The constitution of tho
United States clearly sets forth tin
fact that church and states are divided.
While freedom to worship as a man
pleases Is admitted, tho constitution
clearly annunciates the principle that
no religious sect, as such, shall inter
fere with our government, but that it
shall remain in the hands of tho people
Irrespective of tho church.
One of the foundation stones upon
which this country rests is tho public
schools. In it are taught those branches
of study which make tho children of to
day Intelligent citizens and peers of
their fellows. Tho A. P, A. has no word
to say against the man who believes In
tho Homan Catholic faith, for a largo
percentage of that faith in their hearts
believe In our public schools, and tho
lfcrultl honors them for It, but there
stands a single man, with the garb of a
priest, who says: "If you send your
children to the public schools in tho
name of your God, I'll send your soul to
hell." Tho A. P. A. has a kindly feel
ing for the man who wants to" do right,
but contempt for tho man, who, know
ing bettor, would use tho power of his
church to destroy one of tho best Insti
tutions In our land. The priest says
the public schools are godless, and the
A. P. A. replies, If that Is true, who
made them so? Tho Biblo used to lie
read In them until tho influence of tho
Catholic church was brought to lear
upon them to have tho practice discon
tinued, and today if thoy are godless
upon the Catholic church rests tho
blame. Tho A. P. A. says to all men,
worship God as you please, but this or
ganization will stand In your path, when
as a religious denomination of any si?et,
you attack tho public Institutions of
this country. The members of tho A.
P. A. believes that tho president of the
United States Is the highest person in
authority in this country. The pope of
Homo cuts no figure in our government,
and any inn who takes tho oath of al-
W IH) and CAN nlvo you prlee.s that Is worth your at tention as we have no high rents
to pay which cnalile us to nlve you llrst class work at exceedingly low prices.
FRIENDS GIVE ME A CALL.
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I cDintit.M that the numU r of ll.v
h.'inmno in th l"nlt J htt.- ntnl tln ir
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4(m,(m. All thing vi-n, the mine
ratio f . 4 that prevail in Ihdu-nila
houhl, to all penraiKv. alwt hold
gonl In thin country. Hut it d not,
V may Ny that fully .Vl ju r vnt. of
Hohemlan Catholics, oon after their
arrltal In tho 1'nlted Stales, wvde
from the mother ehueh: In other words,
the Homan Catholic ehuivh has lost
17."i,iK0 of the X'iO.OOO Hohemlans resid
ing In this country. Nor Is It likely
that she will ever get back any con
siderable number of them, for some of
the secessionists have since turned
Protestants, others have become agnos
tios,fnl(lllingthesa.ingof Lord Macau
lay, that those who separate from the
mother church become infidels, while
a third faction developed Into Homan
haters. Today the estrangement be
tween Hohemlan Catholics and ex-Catholics
is complete, each party having its
own newspapers, societies, hulls,
schools, etc. Of the many causes that
led to this remarkable state of affairs
we may mention.
Tho reading of Bohemian history.
Heading of woiks which tho Roman
church usually includes in the "per
il ibi tod list" and which were inacces
sible to the average readers in Austria.
The supposed hostility of the church of
Rome towards tho Bohemians. Influ
ence of newspapers, unfettered by re
ligiousor political censorship. Intoler
ance of the early priests, and their mal
versations in olllee. Sureity of churches.
The exuberance of a newly acquired
freedom and Its inevitable corollary,
the hatred of former oppressors. Re
ligious disputations in pubtic between
the secessionists and tho priests, in
which the latter appeared to bo routed,
It is a matter of common knowledge
that Bohemia, prior to the period of
antl-roformatlon In Austria, was a Prot
estant Country. Protestantism in Bo
hemian is associated with traditions of
greatness, liberty and respect. Tho re
introduction of Catholicity, on the con
trary, is marked with terrible violence,
with executions, torture, confiscations,
exile, denationalization. After It fol
lowed a period of abasement which no
Bohemian of tho present day can con
template without grief. Wh lie each of
the generations between John JIuss,
the martyr of tho fifteenth century, and
John Amos Comenius, tho exile of the
seventeenth century, contributed its
mite toward the renows and usefulness
of Bohemia, the generations that have
been born since tho antl-refonnatlon
remained almost sterile. Bohemia,
oneo famous for her schools, and her
civilization, rivaling that of tho neigh
boring nations, received a tremendous
set back thoough tho antl-reformatlon,
from tho effects of which she has not
thoroughly recovered yet. In their
zeal to reconvert tho people to Catholi
cism, tho Jesuits spared neither tho
language, nor tho nationality, nor tho
traditions of tho people.
For these reasons tho Bohemian Im
migrant is an indifferent churchman.
Thoughtless newspaper writers and
after dinner speakers are apt to plueo
the Bohemian immigrant under the
ban and exeludo him with the other
"undesirable" elements that come to
this country. Their chief objection to
hlra Is that ho Is not of the Anglo
Suxon, or tho Scandlnatton or Celtic
origin. Industrious habits, usefulness
and fitnoss for citizenship are matters
of no importance to these deep students
of economical questions. Jlolicmian
Voice.
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Playing Into the Hands of Romanism.
What on uurth are tho Protestant
ministers of this town thinking of when
they commence agitating in the very
thing that Rome desires. Cannot they
realize tho fact that In urging the
adoption of religious education In our
public schools they are practically
sounding the death knell of these insti
tutions. What class of religions doctrine can
they teach in a public school that is
open to tho children of every religious
denomination that won't conflict with
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tion In Mill or Factory. Ucferciieen I'lirn
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olllee.
PHOTOGRAPHER,
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The aetloitu of l'i ,.iiniter of thin
town Is M-rfectly miicidal and flying In
tho frtiv of pwi ideiiee, especially after
the ii vent propj:anila of the oh and
I he arrogant and higoteil addrts of his
representative to this eountry, Mgr.
Sutolli on the Mil lie question.
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EIOHTBKN MILLIONS.
Th iraad A((r(t t Olorloa me
WhU h tnrnnlh Milky VTy.
The "Milky Way," the grandest
feature of tho "firmament which
bends above ua" the hazy path
which so majestically bands the
whole fabric of the skies togother.
is now known to be composed of a
grand aggregation of at least eigh
teen millions (1 OOO. 000) of suns
each us largo or larger than that
which makes vegetable and animal
life an earthly possibility. One is
apt. when allowing the mind to revert
to the contemplation of those misty
and Indistinct astronomical subjects,
to measure their magnitude, or at
tempt to measure it by making ter
restrial comparisons. It Is obvious,
however, upon more nvHure reflec
tion, that such comparisons are worse
than "odious." The bulk of our sun
exceeds that of the earth 1.200.000
times, being 600 times greater than
that of the bulk of his whole train of
planets taken collectively. This be
ing the case, what basis can we use
for calculating the magnitude of
18,000,000 suns each, as I have said
before, probably larger than that
which gives us heat and light
The infinite numbor of suns which
taken together, make up the "Milky
Way" are not set at a uniform distance
from our earth, or even from our sun;
in fact, they appear to worit alto
gether Independently of either this
mundane sphere or our 'jflorlous orb
of day." The majority of them are
planted at a distance too remote to be
even imperfectly measured or under
stood. Some of them are so near (?)
that light which travels at the rate
of 18.r 000 miles per second, would
cross the distance betweon us and
them In the period of about an evon
10 years. Others, however, are to
remote that It would take a full
thousand years for their light to reach
ust Some argue that light the as
tronomer's only basis of search In the
unfathomable regions of spare, ex
pands and decomposes In its progress
and that at boot it gives us only very
Imperfect data upon which to base
calculations. Ihis Is conceded with
out argument; but I want to say this
much before closing this' "note."
Theso curious calculations cannot
help but force upon us the refloction
that other solar systems still throng
beyond tho farthest yet dlseovored,
and that though man muy by aid of
modern instruments behold the Im
mensity of nature he will never be
able to bring Its bounds within tht
range of vision. '
His Authority Made Permanent.
Mgr. Sutolli, the pwpal ablegate, re
ceived at tho Catholic university today
tho following cable message from Dr.
O'Coiinell, the American secretary of
tho propaganda, who accompanied Mgr.
Sutolli to this country and recently re
turned to Rome:
ROMK, January 11, lHD.'l. To Mgr.
Sutolli: Tho apostolic delegation Is
permanently established In the United
Stutes, and are confirmed as tho first
delegate. O'CONNKLL.
Information was also received hero
confirming the announcement that Rev.
F. 7. Hooker, of Albany, N, Y., had
boon formally appointed secretary of
the apostolic delegation, and stating
further, that he hud left Rome for New
York and was no doubt the bearer of
tho pupul bull creating the delegation
and confirming all the powers of Mgr.
Sutolli.
OPTICAL GOODS
at Price.
Wo have an elegant line of the Dia
manta Specs and Eye Glasses.
TRY TM KM.
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Eat DybuirsdellelousC'ream Candies.
1518 Douglas St.
You should all remember that C. F.
Shaw & Co., 518 S. 10th St., has al
ways on hand, Vegetable, in season;
also a lull line of Staple Groceiijs.
Do not forget us when down town.
John Rudd, S05 North Kith St., has
a full line of Ladies' and Gent's Gold
Watchos.
P. 0. S. of A. pins.
Book Department.
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tn WftterprooU, rigiii( alonic w ith
otifteur turiuil down hi windward, If
o split the atotiu. Itul this particular
mail conmmndisl hta attention Uviiiim
he had no iunlrella and no waterproof
and althouuh the day waaeold not even
an overcoat, He run a while, then paints!
In mime friendly shelter to repeat the mil !
to tho licit, finally bringing up under the
aiiio a wiling with my friend.
Like most rich men of the world my
friend Is suspicious of his kind nnli
they coino properly introduced. Hut ho
looked at this specimen of humanity and
saw at a glance that It was a very wet
specimen, plainly and light ly clad, but
with a frank, manly, German counte
nance Not having lioen addressed by it
ho felt still more Interested.
"Bad day for yon," ho said pleasantly.
"Yes, for anybody," replied the man,
folding his arms across his water soaked
bosom.
"Got far to gcr
"Right good bit," said tho specimen.
"You'd better take a street car. Here
comes ono going right down Broadway."
"No; I'm going over on tho other sido
and then down the Bowery."
"Well, that is a 'good hit,' but yon can
got a car over there," remarked my
friend.
Tho specimen laughed. "A street ear
is too rich for my blood today," said he.
"Oh, I've got the money," ho added, see
ing the cynical look that came into the
gentleman's face, "but I want that for
something else. That's tho reason I'm
footing it. I'll get wot, hut when I get
down to the place I can get dried out for
a glass of beer,"
Tho perfect confidence of the specimen
In his programme elicited the echo:
"For a glass of beer?"
"Oh, yes! You see, 1 don't stop at an
expensive hotel. It's tho Palmer House,
down in Chatham square, and "
"Chatham square? Why, that's miles
from hero I"
"I know that well enough, but I'll get
thfiro In an honr or two," was the cheer
ful reply. "Whon I do I'll buy a glass of
boor, and they will let me dry out before
the big stovo. I can't got much wotter.
If I took a st reet car, you seo, I'd have no
beer and no place to dry." lie laughod
again.
"You don't seem to mind it mnch."
"Mind It! What's tho use? I'll be fixod
all right In a day or two. And as for a
little water faugh!" Tho specimen shook
himself likoa young spaniel. "Well, I
most bo running or I'll get cold," said
be, and he started oft" without more pre
liminary. "Hold on there!" shouted the aston
ished gentleman. "Come hack hero a mo
ment." The specimen camo slowly back,
but ho shivered in spite of his air of in
difference. "How mnch money have yon got?"
"Fifteen cents if I walk ten cents If 1
ride," the specimen replied rather shame
facedly. "Well, hero; you rido." Ho put a half
dollar into the specimen's hand.
The specimen looked at it a moment
like a flash, and catching tho giver's
hand before it could bo withdrawn mute
ly pressed it to his lips. There had been
nothlngcringingor sycophantic or whin
ing. There was nothing of tho sort now,
It was a grateful, impulsive exhibition
of genuino gratitudo for just one in
stant; then with frank and glistening
eyes he said:
"Ride? And I'll eat too and sleep in a
bed! I'm tho happiest man in Now York!"
And the secitnen dashed down the
street through the jieUing rain, cut Into
Thirty-fifth street and disappeared to
ward tho east sido. And tho rich gentle
man looked nil ut tho cloud riven sky,
hook tho folds out of his silk umbrella
and started buoyantly down P.roodway,
saying softly, "The happiest man in
Now York!" New York Herald.
I.eftr of Sulci, In.
An octogenarian general left a letter
lately defending tho propriety of his sui
cide. Kaid he:
When an individual life has ran It
cycle and liecomo a waste of nature in
the body, overwhelming its mental and
physical qualities with weakness and
pain to an intolerable degree, it may
with nil propriety be removed.
Such being the case with the life of
the writer, his apology to t lm world is by
those terms made through his most bo
loved and most intimate friends, who, he
trusts, will appreciate the relief to him
from ceaseless dist ress, which, in his opin
ion, ought to Iih brought by tho phyiclan
who is summoned with his drugs, surely
for that purpose, but not for cure,
Boston Globe.
A Nnake In ft I tin of rntatnt.
A man purchased a ling of potatoes at
the Capo Town market, and when the
potatoes were turned out at his homo he
discovered that a pnfT adder was in
cluded in tiio hnrgafn. That viper must
have been callous, indeed to havo ex
ponded no venom during its transit, nnd
it is to bo 1iom1 that tho potatoes wero
well examined nftcr being in such com
pany. The colonists are wonderfully
expert in dealing with such quarry.
Cape Town letter.
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trot in lli li ar if only loo (n'ly aw or
f their Hlln-tbl f'alMtMli'ft. Vi lialon j
ftllv till jftdnl lertltl fatl 1 IllilVft mil ',
of ft Walk, bul lift quti lily rftlsiwn lino
tlm nkt ft liii h for tunny weary utonilit
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At we rodii up t lm follnwliid dialogu
niKiiisl .
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Howdy '
"Trviliimy'
'Tmvelm rit smiirt."
"t,Vuii far'"
"Coma from the tsittotn lauds of old
Miasoury.''
At which point there Is a lull In tlm
Conversation, during w hich each surveys
the other. Suddenly the knight of tlia
tobacco quid turns intcrrogater:
"Hay, struiiKer. whnt might yer mini
be?"
At this an insane desire takes HiHea
ion of us to reply like the school I y,
"It might he .loties, but it ain't," but we
tell him our name, lifter which the way
isoMin for an endlesH string of inquiries,
tho first of which are invariably!
"What might your business lie?"
"Where bo you goin?"
"Where'd you como from?"
"Row's crops there?"
This Bort of thing is bad enough to go
through once, but when ono passes ft
dozen such each day in the week, with
each of whom ho is expected to ko
through tho sumo performance, it be
comes a terror by day and a nightmare
in our dreams. Moreover, one is ex
pected to stop and go through It, and I
have more than oneo heard myself char
acterized as " too high toned to talk to
common folks," and merely because I
had no time to stop and talk with them.
Tho absurdity of this is at once apparent
to those here in the east, whero to mind
one's own business Is the univorsal cus
tom. As a matter of fact, a live, ener
getic man bus no time to talk or fool
with people by tho way. It mutters not
a plcuyuno whom he meets, what their
business is, whero thoy are going or any
thing else concerning them
At night we camp at the only water
hole wo have seen during tho day and
are soon joined by throe hands of mov
ers. Presently as many fires are burning,
and as the darkness giiLhers tho scene Is
by no moans unpicturesque, Children
are playing about, women are cooking,
the men are tending the horses and stak
ing them out for the night, while the
flickering of tlfo cam pf ires, the harsh
talk and coarse laughter of tho men lend
a certain something hard to describe.
If everything we possess is not borrowed
by our neighbors we are lucky, even to
provisions, which last of course are
borrowed with tho mental understand
ing on both sides that they aro not to be
returned, Supper over, the siege begins.
Visitors pour in from all sides, mostly
from tho uiulo element, and for hours
we are entertained with a complete his
tory of each. We cannot ask them w
go, for ore they not "gontlomen" and
as good as wo? So there we sit, until
finally one by one thoy drop off and
leave us to ourselves.
This is a fair sample of a ride over
Texas roads, and the same may lie re
peated evory day in the year. In fact it
was during my stay until I hated the
sight of a wagon on the same road.
Washington Post.
A Cory Nook.
Apropos of upright pianos aschemo
for utilizing their backs in the forma
tion of a cozy corner was recently seen.
The piano was placed between the mantel
and the window, the buck toward the
fireplace and quite out in tho room.
Tho straight back was covered with old
gold silk, laid on in straight, lengthwise
folds. A bench or settle, with end arms,
but no buck, was drawn across it and
provided with a tint seat cushion of old
gold corduroy and two pillows covered
with tho sumo muteriul. Between piano
and fireplace, in n position to throw its
rays on the music rack, stood a pin no
lamp with a shade of old gold chiffon,
and at the other end a palm was grow
ing in a jar of dull Japanese effect.
When this cozy nook, which was still
further protected at the opposite sido by
"crane polo" portiere swinging out at
an oblique angle with a door space, was
lately intruded upon there lounged in it
a husband wit h a pi', and at the piano
his wife struck scattering chords and
gossiped with him between whiles.
Her Point of View in New York Times.
Progrraa In Artlllrlnl Kiilihor,
The discovery inude by Dr. II. A. Til
din that isopreno, which can lie prepared
from turs'iitine, under certain condi
tions changes into what apiears to it
genuine rubber, has been followed up by
experiments, the result of which points
to an early utilization of the new process.
It is now announced that Houchhardut
has produced the same change by heat,
and tho product is a material resembling
pure Para rnblKT in every way and Bine
nableto vulcanization. New York Tele
gram. KiipiiiIfi of Hi Oyntttr.
One to two million oysters are pro
duced from a single parent, and their
scarcity is acuountiil for by the fact that
man is not the only oyster eating animal.
The starfish loves the oyster and preys
upon it unceasingly. A variety of whelk
is also very fond of young oysters, to get
at which it bores right through the shell
and sucks the fish up through the hole
thus made.- lii-JTulo duress.
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work advitnci Dm Iheorylhst Europe
Is not Indebted to Pvpt for its civilisa
tion. Tim discovery has ten rather lU
coming on the part of the arclunologist.
I havo long imilutalneil that IVypt bor
rowed fully us much of her ctrtllsstlon
from Euromasdid Eumpo from Egypt
European civilisation was really an In
dciendent growth. Egypt and Baby-
Ionia borrowed fully as mnch aa they
loaned. This European civilization ac
quired acts indcH-nihmlly, Just aa India
did.
More than I, not) years before the dawn
of tho Christian era civilization bad
made considerable progress In Greece
and Lybia. A century later witnessed
great proficiency in (hearts Moreover,
this civilization was not confined to a
corner of Europe, but. strotchpd from
tho Mediterranean to tho frozen north.
Kgypt and Ihibyloula did not civilize
Greeco and Italy. Greece and Italy did
not civilize the rest of Euroiio. They
only ranked for a time us the farthest
advanced In civilization. It was an In
digenous development. At last the
arc lueo legists are stumbling onto this
fact, long patent to the careful student,
and tho knowledge appears to surprise
them wonderfully. St. Louis Olobo
Dumocrat. HrliiKliiK "ut IteneplliMH.
Tho fashion of bringing out a girt by
means of an evening reception Instead of
an afternoon tea seems to be gaining
ground. It has tho merit of being more
distinctive at all events, us there are not
many houses in Now York that could
stand tho crush of an evening affair If
the Invitations wore us general as those
for a tea.
Where a tea is given for the purpose of
Introducing a debut unto to society, It is
becoming an unwritten law that those of
ber friends who have been invited to re
ceive with her should remain afterward
either to dinner or (as wan done very
successfully in the case of one young
lady lately) for a sit down supper, a
nuinlMT of young men being asked to
stay after the reception in Informal fash
ion. Tho dress of those who "assist" should
not bo too elaborate, as It is the debu
tante that should be tho cynosuro of all
eyes. It Is in Isitter taste, therefore, for
her friends to consider this and to wear
less conspicuous gowus themselves.
New York Letter.
Tlift llnrgamot Tr.
There is but one spot in the world
where the bergamot tree can be culti
vated with profit o fact of some lm
ortunco, since Its essence Is indispensa
ble in the manufacture of numerous per
fumes and medical preparations, The
spot referred to Is Heggio, in Calabria,
that extremity of the Italian peninsula
which is familiarly known aa "the toe of
the boot." Mr Kerrlcb suggests that
there Is a good chance here for enter
prising capitalists of gotttng a highly
profitable monojioly of the bergamot
tree by buying up from the producer1
all that they extract At present the
Ileggio bergamot suffers both In quality
and reputation through the frauds of
small traders, who, it Is said, mil It
with ten parts of adulterating matter
Chicago Tribune.
"Iixail Man Claim. "
"Demi Man Claim," the name given
to a rich mine In Leadville, was dis
covered by a broken down miner while
digging a gruvo. A miner died when
there wore wiveral feet of snow on the
ground. His comra s laid his body In
a snowbank and hired a man for twentv
dollars to dig a grave. Forgetting the
corpse and his bargain, he thought only
of the fact that he hud "struck it rich."
Chicago Herald.
4 rtpaakor'i night.
A gentleman while making a speech
Inadvertently stepping forward fell off
the pint form. In responso to the peala
of laughter that greeted his unlucky fall
he claimed that any speaker had "a right
to come down to the level of his audi
ence." Exchange.
Advocating greater simplicity of life
among the wealthier clashes of society
Dean Lefroy remarked recently that
127,000 a year is spent in England npon
perfumed spirits from abruiul.
A chain was made at Troy, N. Y.. in
1&S3 for the United States government
which was a little over six miles in
length. It was made of iron bars 2,
Inches In diameter.
Switzerland has 101 telephone ex
changes, U'.r.M stations. 8.'2'Xi miles of
line and limits each subscriber to 800
conversations in the course of the year.
During the reign of William Rufna
shoes were made two feet long and etnffed
with tow till they curled like a ram's
koru.