of Civil War Hoa {
' Marches with Flags Flying
and Bands Playing.
3FOET 2SBIG3 SHAFT DEDICATED.
Granite Monument , 82 Feet High ,
Commemorates Preservation of
American Boundary.
"Tolc'do oorrosponilr-Tico :
With , lings Hying , bands playing ,
crowds cheering , nnd n bright sky over
? ! iead. veterans of the Grand Army of
"the .lie-public inarched through the
tstieets of an ecampment city for the
.forty-second time Wednesday after-
uoou At the official reviewing stand ,
-whore stood William II. Taft , Governor
lHairis. Senator Foraker and Mayor
' .Brand Whitlock , the colors were dipped ,
-a . 'd the department commanders joined
' Cammandcr-in Chief Burton in the
stand. The parade being the leading
'feature of the encampment , many timed
. "their arrival for the event , and the
-ciowd of visitors was augmented by
thousands during Tuesday night.
It is estimated ! that , including the
veterans and their wives , there were
'IfiO.OGO visitors in the city. Excursion
'trains brought them by hundreds from
Cities of Ohio , Indiana , Illinois and
Michigan , and they poured in from the
.rural districts on the interurban lines.
Jt was well toward 11 o'clock when
he van of the parade marched past
the reviewing stand , where they were
saluted -with a bombardment of flowers ,
for which surprise the -women of To
ledo , had been preparing for several
-days. They emerged from the floral
-shower to be greetcd by an immense'
(
liunuin Hag. made up of nearly o.OOO
-children , who , in their dresses of red ,
svhite and blue , swayed their bodies so
that tlie emblem seemed to sway as in
a breeze.
Jlnrri.san Preserved Uoiimlury.
Two evc-nts of the G. A. R. encnmp-
ioit Tuesday wore the dedication of
the Fort Meigs monument and the
wcivir parade. In the latter 3,000 mem-
tiers of local organizations inarched
-with bands playing and banners flying ,
while the veterans , whose parade waste
-to tnke place Wednesday , looked on.
It was .it Fort Meigs that General
TYiilimn Henry Harrison checked the
Iii-ibh ; a-lv ri-s under Proctor a tcr
ihi gi'iii'iMl L. d pr-V'tt ' 1 by General
'Hull's * HIT' ' : ! . ! r at Detroit. With cili-
oien soldiery gathered from Ohio , Ken-
-tucky. I'cnusy vania and Virginia , General -
-oral Harrison succeeded in preserving
the American boundary as it now ex-
lEsi ? : . In those days Toledo was a mere
Collection of huts , -which served as
Tieadqunrrors for French furriers and
traders traveling from Montreal and
Quebec to Cincinnati and New Orleans.
2sot many years airo the graves of the
lie-roes of Fort Meigs lay unmarked. A
chureh stands where there was former-
'ly a British battery.
Tents Ars IJIsenriled.
The forty-second encampment will ,
-veterans declare , go down in history
with a most laudatory chapter devoted
to a committee which abandoned the
-traditional tents and domiciled the old
rsoldiors under real roofs and on real
"beds. The veterans in Toledo ran no
risk of colds and rheumatism from
iSleeping on the straw strewn ground or
T rom dew soaked canvas.
There was something in the tents of
former reunions which appealed to the
imagination of the veterans and stirred
their memories of war days , but manv
of them paid for it with pneumonia
. < md rheumatism , and they were un-
sstinted in their praise of the arrange
ment this year.
I'ejrco I
The Pence and Arbitration LnnRUt
-which wns the outcome of the North Car
olina Congress has made President Roosevelt -
velt its honorary president. The program
Includes the building of an ndoqunto arm
ament. Senator James P. . McCronry of
"Kentucky is the active president of the
league. Another ponce organization has
just been formed at Now York known ns
'the Longuo of Pcnco. It proposes to
< unitp the nations of the world in a great
federation , with the permanent internn-
tionnl Ilaguo court as the judirinl depart
ment of a world government , with the
luterpnrliainentnry union composed of
members of nil the nntioxnl parliaments
as the legislntivo dopnrtmont nnd with n
world executive havinu the title of poaco-
tnnkor. To choose this executive they
propose to hnve n'n oloc-tornl college mndo
up of nlwiit 100.0i : ) of the intclloctunl
leaders of the world , the votr-s to lie sent
by mail nnd to be oppm.nl nnd counted by
the first session of the full parliament fol
lowing tilie meeting of the Im.'rparlia-
ttientary Union nt Berlin next September.
7 iKr ; i Oeli'Jirnl it > n Kit i3ii illicit.
Rnce riots wore bnroly prevented nt
Orlenus when Mayor Rohrnnn. in
response lo popular seniiment as reflect
ed in several of the uaily papers , ivfuso'l
A permit for the ho'din ' of n inoo iu by
negro citizens , who wished to do honor to
the nosro irirl. Mnrio I'.oldon. who won
over nil white competitors in th" nntioTil
spelling contest during the r : * nt es-
-sions of the Xntion.nl Kdac..tio-inl Asso-
cintion nt Clevelnnd. Prominent negroes
interfered nnd induced tJio promoters of
v he meeting not to insist.
ISi
In making public the re-port of the
special commission appointed to inves
tigate the work and conditions of work
on the Panama Canal , President Roosevelt -
velt expressed his complete satisfaction
with the progress to date , saying that
he doubts if there is any public work
of recent years of which the people
have greater reason to be proud. Not
only has the work done been greater
than was expected under the manage
ment of Colonel Goethals , but tuo rule
of the progress has been increased.
The President also says that the treat
ment of hygienic conditions has bwn
such as to make it literally the model
for all work of the kind in trop i :
countries , remarking that "nt present
the. canal zone is one of the healthiest
places on the globe. " The commission
finds that the wages- are not too high
at 10 per cent above the rate for con
struction work in New York , but ad
vises that the pay be more equalized
for various kinds of service. The com
mission praises highly the recognition
by the government ' 'that the housing ,
feeding and health of its employes bear
a vital relation to their economic elli-
ciency , " and that the complaints of
the workers be promptly investigated ,
also that liberal provision for cases of
disability be made. At the same time
the President forwarded the report to
Goethals with orders to put the rec
ommendations into effect so far as
possible.
_ _
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Cocaine and its derivatives cannot bt
sent through the- United States mails.
This order has been issued by the post-
oilice department , through alarm causcc ]
by the alarming growth of the cocaimi
habit in the larger cities. Government
reports show that an enormous amount )
of cocaine is sent through the mailg
each year , and that this class of matter -
ter is steadily growing greater. The
crusades Avaged against the habit in the
cities have driven the "drug fiends" ' to
seek other means of procuring the pow
der , and the mails have been the inno
cent channel through which the work
of the crusaders has been rendered par
tially ineffective. The action was taken
by authority of Congress granted at the
last session , when it included a prohi
bition against the drug in making up
the department's appropriation bill. It
developed that in the South the habit
had fixed itself to an alarming degree
on the negroes. The curse of cocaine ,
in fact , is said to be as great if not a
greater nuisance , to the peace of that
section of the country than the liquor
habit.
* *
A preliminary analysis of the report
of the conference of odicers at the
Nnval War College at Newport shows
that iu future the armor belt of the
larger ships will be extended below
the water line , but that the belt will
not be raised above its present posi
tion. Those in process of construction
will be armored as heretofore pre
scribed. The conference has decided to
abandon the military masts and to
adopt the 90-foot fire control towers
of steel recently tested at Hampton
Roads. The principal guns of the second
end battery will be 5-inch Instead of 6.
"
Supt. Scott of the West Point Acad
emy conferred with Secretary Wright
at Washington' and pointed out that
the expelled boys had disobeyed orders
by going to Washington in person to
appeal for clemency. One explanation
of the conflicting reports is that the
decree of dismissal was approved by
Acting Secretary Oliver in Wright's
absence and forwarded to the Presi
dent , who gave his "O. K. " pro forma.
Then when it reached Wright for exe
cution he was inclined to leniency.
Scott next was to confer with the Pres
ident ,
The report that the trans-continental
railroads controlled by James J. Hill ,
Edward II. Ilarriman. the Berwynd
syndicate and the Canadian govern
ment , have determined to surrender
their export trade to China , Japan ,
New Zealand and Australia on Nov. 1 ,
has created a great deal of interest at
the offices of the interstate commerce
commission , but the commission will
not chai.ge its rule requiring the publi
cation of export rates , which is respon
sible for the action of the railroads.
The army airship board decided thai
Capt. Baldwin's dirigible balloon had
met all conditions entitling him to the
amount agreed upon for its purchase.
The board calculated that the airship
had maintained an average speed of
13.73 miles per hour while in the air
2 hours 1 minute and 50 seconds , this
speed being slightly more than the re
quired 70 per cent of the maximum
speed of 19.01 miles per hour. Capt.
Baldwin will receive $3,737.50.
Sculptor Brenner s"s been called into
consultation with the President to de
sign a medal bearing the profile of Mr.
Roosevelt , to be presented to all em
ployes who see one year or more of
continuous service on the Panama
Uanal. It will be about the size of a
? 10 gold piece and will be i5ast in
> ronze. On one side will be a picture
) f a ship passing through the canal ai 'd
: he words , "Presented by the Presi-
lent , " with space left for the name oj
; he recipient.
GTFLUESTCE OF SMALL THINGS.
By "Rev. Dr. Abram S. Isaacs
For who hath despised the day c
small things ? Zacli. iv. , 10.
The real things that tend to maker
or mar our careers are often the sum'
tilings. The vital issues of defeat c
victory may spring from the vcries
trifles. The most fatal defects or weals
nesses , too , can be apparently insignif
cant , escaping , observation like the tin ,
worm which pierces the dock's massiv
foundation or cuts through the ship'
side. The prophet does not alway
speak in rapt visions or restrict hi
message to a heavenly Jerusalem. Hi
dominant motive is to arouse to a sens
of each day's importance and to coi :
duct as the essential factor in religior
And as the minutes control the hours
and mere fractions of time the month
is the resultant
and years , so our character
sultant of single acts and thought
which become in their turn irresistibl
habits and Impulses , like the separat
[ lelicate threads which can be weldei
Into an unyielding chain.
The painter's canvas glows with lif
and beauty by his deft use of bits o
pigment small fragments of color tha
give rise to figure and landscape o
surpassing charm. So the gentle traits
the modest qualities , the quiet taste- ;
the unobtrusive deeds , the unselfish at
titude , the little attentions. It is jus
these small things which render ou
life fragrant , giving genuineness an <
character to our religion.
But there is another view of the texl
\Ve are judged less by the trend of ou
life in its vastuess and sweep , by th' '
liin and extent of our purposes am
inibitions , than by the little acts tha
make up each day's passing record tin
: hance word we utter , the flash of an
; er , the burst of petulance , the wins
icr of wrong , the bitter taunt , the pett ;
gratification acts trifling and transieii
in themselves but expressive of charac
ter to the casual observer. How impor
taut , then , to be on our guard les
; uch things acquire the mastery eve
us. They must not be despised , fo
they may lead to traits and tendeucie
[ hat may overwhelm our lives , leavinj
ivreclcage where once were smilin ;
streams and happy homes.
The sage who knew the stars bette
than the roads of his native town , tin
philosopher so intent on the secrets o
the skies that he fell into a ditch b :
the wayside are not these but in
stances when in the vain grasp aftc
Jie illimitable and vague we despise thi
small things that lire rerl and near ? Si
> ve narrow too generally our conceptioi
Df religion to the atmosphere of churcl
music. t <
> r synagogue , to swelling
stately ceremonial , the solemn litanie :
ind holy vestments. But even thes <
nay fail in their purpose if we realize
aot the sacredness of small thing :
ivhich we ignore or despise the dcei
Jiat uplifts although it is unheralded
: he word that inspires , although ut
: ered so gently that your neighbors d <
lot hear it ; the baud clasp which put :
Four brother firmly on his feet withou
public applause.
The small things , then , which an
.isually vital and decisive for success 01
failure are not in the far heavens o :
icross the distant seas. They are closi
: o us , so close that they are indispen
? able for our growth , our discipline
Mir perfect development. Hence , the :
lare not be despised by those of us wh <
.vish . to rise to higher things.
FELLOWSHIP , GREATER GOOD.
By Henry P. Cope
"But one thing is needful ; and Marj
lath chosen that better part whlcl
shall not be taken away from her. "
Luke 30-J2. :
When you read that story of th <
"Jood Master commending tte siste ;
vho seemed to slight her share in tin
louscliold duties , especially when yet
icar the usual interpretation of tin
ncident as showing that Martha was
icglectiug her soul while Mary was
aring for hers , you cannot but wondei
hat the apparent laziness of the oiu
ihould be praised over the kindly , hos
) itable activity of the other.
But the Good Teacher was not con
lemning the hospitality of Martha : IK
vas commending the larger , deeper hos
) itality of Mary. To him. as to us all
here is but one thing that is absolute-
y necessary. That is not food and
lainties ; it is not furniture and lux-
iries it is the open ho.irt of friend-
; hip. There was greater refreshing in
he friendship of the one who sat at
lis feet than in all the food that the
ables might bear.
Do we not all need often to hear his
aying we who are careful and cum-
lered about many things , about food
ind tables , about clothes and houses
hat we are likely to miss that good and
tnperishable treasure of friends and
luman fellowship ? And when we would
ntertain our friends might we not well
hink less of the things we would set
icfore them than of the riches of ner-
onality. cur own selves , we can give
hem ?
The great need of every life , that
or which our hearts ar hungry , is not
oed and drir.k. it is not even books or
hinking , is not silver or gold it is
ust folks , people , to know one another ,
o read open hearts , to taste the fruits
f friendship. The one 'thing needful ,
that which gives happiness , peace , am
prosperity , is just this openness o
heart , this thoughtfulness of other
that wins and makes friends.
The hospitable home is the one vher
people have time to know you , wher
there is always a place by the hearth
side and an ear to listen , where th
love light glows from face to face. W
noon forget what we have had or eatei
in the homes we have visited ; but w
never lose what our friends have givei
us of themselves.
The house that has the great treas
ure may be one where there is no platte
to be stolen , but -where hearts are rid
through habits of soul communion. Tin
weary man lifts himself with renewec
vigor as he looks along the road to tb <
home where love waits , where eyes wil
look deep into his ; the woman know ;
not the toil and drudgery of the day' :
work for tl. 3 thought of the fellow
ship viith thtse she loves.
Many are making Martha's mistake
missing the riches of friendships in tb <
machinery and ministrations of hospi
tality ; we are so anxious to entertaii
our friends that we drive them away
we are so anxious to feed them tha
we starve their hearts. Whatever els <
people -aant this they want most of al
and first of all , just to know people
just to have the open way into our rea
lives.
No matter hc/w much work a mar
may do he will do nothing worthy ii
he is too busy to make friends. Tlu
value of our investment in the -\vorlt
depends largely on the manner in whicl
our own self is drawn out and en
riched through the touch of other lives
No man can be great by himself alone
all greatness is a gathering in to our
selves of other beings.
lie who chooses to find friends has
that better part. The snare of oui
modern living is that we are so busv
here and there doing many things , inosl
of them perhaps good things in them
selves but bad wb.cn they stand before
the better and higher things ; we an
so full of business that we miss life's
real blessings.
lie who chooses friendship chooses
Hint which he can never lose. No mar
can take from you the memory of youi
friend ; none can rob you of the enrich
ing of mind , the enlarging of heart ami
sympathy that came as you laj' witl :
him by the camp fire under the far ofl
stars or s > at by the hearthside in the
home. Friends become inseparable
soul possessions.
So if you would phew true hospitality
to any , let jour first concern be thai
his heart is fed. lie who comes tc
your home wants you more than he
wants your bread and butter , yom
dainties and guest delicacies. There is
a feast wherever friendship freely
flows ; there is emptiness and hunger ,
no matter how the board may be laden ,
where hearts are closed to one another.
SHORT METER SERMONS.
Hidden sins grow fastest.
Condemnation cures nothing.
Revenge never is so sweet as when
foregone.
The critical eye remains longest in
ignorance.
No man is undone as long as he baa
a work to do.
You cannot bless men until you be
lieve in them.
lie is lost already to whom sacrifice
appears as folly.
Tlie doors to heaven are often In
earth's lowliest places.
Spiritually the most helpless are
those who refuse to help.
Our neighbors are not lifted up by
looking up their records.
Life barriers that resist all force
crumble before friendship.
Keep the heart healthy and happi
ness will take care of itself.
Men are to be known by their aims
rather than by their origins.
The weariest man iu this world is
the one who is running from work.
The man who has grit in his makeup
will not throw it in his neighbor's
face.
face.The
The enemy soon would be on the
run if saints were not so strong on
the rest.
Morality because it pays to be moral
is simply the immorality of civilized
selfishness.
Every time you beat your neighbor
you may be sure your adversary has
beaten you.
The pessimist is the man who al
ways goes straight for the chair with
a pin on it.
A man has no greater capacity of
heaven than he has power to create
heaven about him.
DONT'S FOR CHURCHMEN.
Don't try to define beyond your ex
perience.
Don't attempt perfection without
pruning your fault ? .
Don't shut out the light if you would
fird the narrow path.
Don't appeal to prejudice if you
would become a real leader.
Don't paint people with depravity
if you would produce desire for purity.
Don't underestimate the importance
of little things in your effort to attain
true goodness.
Don'- expect an hour at church to
counteract all the influences of six
days of active business life.
Don't attempt to gain spiritual
wealth without willingness to experi
ence material poverty if necessary.
Don't avoid the hard places on the
road to heaven If you would have
strength to ascend Its final heights.
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CHICAGO.
Trade generally exhibits a more cheer
ful tone under the stimulus o sustaiuci
improving conditions. The returns ni
to volume of payments through the bnnk
and business failures show close compari
sons. Recovery becomes more distinc
iu the lending industries , outputs beinj
increased nnd new demands larger. Iroi
Mid steel brniuhes secured important orders
dors this week , nud there were also nota
ble operations in wholesale staples.
Contracts for freight nnd pnssengci
cnrs , light rails nnd structural shapes ros (
to the best aggregate for some time. Mucl
of the new business involves early deliv
eries , nnd this permits additions to ma
chinery nnd hands employed.
The building interests have much wort
in sight , nnd this injects further strength
to dealings in lumber , mill stuff nm
quarry material. Structures for mercan
tile purposes nre planned in larger cosl
than at this time last year.
Distributive demands hnve advanced tc
the expected seasonable proportions. Ont-
bide buyers assembled in greater numbers
than a year ngo nnd , although many yet
pursue cautious methods , the bookings
mnke a gratifying total in dry goods , ni >
parel , millinery and food products. Col
lections show more promptness in the
West and South , nnd credits occasion but
little difficulty where the harvests hnve
been good.
Corn growth continues to TJO satisfac
tory , live stock is in better supply nnd the
markets for breadstuffs and provisions are
mainly higher.
Bnnk clearings , $201.0-19.400 , are 4.C
per cent under those o the corresponding
week in 11)07.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number L'-l , against 1M Inst week nnd
24 n year aw. Those with liabilities over
$ "i.0)0 ) number " > . nirninst 0 Inst week and
S in 1907. Dun's Review.
NEW YORK.
Buyers nre mora in evidence nnd ns a
result business has expanded measurably
at lending western nnd Pacific const
points nnd at a few southern centers.
Pome western cities note evidence of new
life in buying by southern nnd southwest
ern merchants of fall nnd winter goods.
Incidentally some new stocks nre reported
being bought at Chicago , which is rather
in contrast with a year ngo. when com
ing depression had already begun to mnke
for precaution in embarking in new en
terprises.
Despite the improvement , however , the
volume of business doing oos not equal
that of last season nnd conservatism nnd
caution still are visible. Retail trade is
( lull the country over. Industry tends to
increase in activity , though slowly , but
current production is still below anticipa
tions in many instances.
Business failure * * in th" Fn'f.-T Staves
for the week ending Am27 nmn'T ' - ? - ,
against 2'ln Instvook. . "M37 iu the like
week of 1007. loS in T./H5 , I'M in lilo.
nnd 1SD in Itti4. CiiKi.iutn failures for
the same period number 27. ns acain t . .9
last week and 29 la t year. Bradstreet's.
Chicncro Cnttie , common to prime ,
$ -1.00 to $7.SO ; boss , prime heavy , $1.00
to S7.sO ( ; sheep , fair to choice , $ . ' 1.00
to Si.HO ; wheat , No. 2. 9.1c to 9Gc ;
corn. No. 2. 7Sc to 7c ! ) : onts , standard ,
4Sc to 49c : rye. No. 2. 7Ic to 7Sc ; hay ,
timothy. $ S.OO to $12.0 ; prairie , $ S.OO
to $10.00 ; butter , choice creamery. 19c
to 22c ; egsrs. fresh. 17c to 20c ; potntoes ,
per bushel , G2c to 7oc.
Indinnnpolis Cnttie. shipping. $ H.OO
to S7.00 ; hoL-s. . oed to choice heavy ,
$ . ' ! . . 0 to ? ' 5.90 : sheep , common to prune ,
$2.0 to $4.00 : wheat. No. 2. 9c to
9.5c ; corn. No. 2 white. 79c to SOc ; oats ,
No. 2 white. 47c to 4Pc.
St. Louis Cnttie , $ -l.50 to $7. . 0 : hogs
$4.000 $ G.RO : sheep. $3.00 to $4.2:5 : ;
wheat. No. 2. 9Gc to 97 < - ; corn. No. 2 ,
77c to 7Sc : oats. No. 2. 47c to 49c ;
rytf No. 2. Sic to S2c.
Cincinnati Cattle. $4.00 to S-l.oO ;
lie s , $ KOO to SG.90 : sheep. $ ° . , .00 to
$4.00 : wheat. No. 2. 9c ! ! to 97c : corn.
No. 2 mixed. 70c to SOc : onts. No. 2
mixed. 49c to Sr * : : rye. No. 2. 7-c to 79c.
Detroit C'nttlo. $4.00 to $ - " > .20 : hogs ,
$4.00 to $0. . 0 : sheep. $2. . 0 to $ . ° > . .10 ;
wheat. No. 2. 9kto 9.1c : corn. No. 3
yellow. Sic to SLY : oats. No. H white ,
Die to . > 2c : rye. No. 2. 7-lc to 7. ic.
Mihvnukoo Wlient. No. 2 northern ,
$1.04 to $1. < : < > : rorn. No. . " > . 77c to 7Sc ;
onts. standard. . " < ) c to . " > lc : rye. No. 1 ,
7. c to 7 ( > " : lir ! y. No. 2 , 74c to 77c ;
pork. mo > s. Sl. i.lM.
Buffalo Cattle , choice shipping steers.
$ -1.00 to $ r.10 : hog * , fair to choice. $4.00
to $7.10 : shooi ) . common to good mixed ,
Si.OO to $ . . : JO : lambs , fair to choice ,
$ .j.OO to $7.00.
New York Cattle. $4.00 to $1 > .SO ;
hogs. $ H.r > 0 to $7.00 : sheep. $ . ° , .i > to
S4.i ; . " : wheat. No. 2 rod. ! )9c ) to $1.0J ;
corn. No. 2. RDc to ! )0c : oats , natural ,
white. . > . > e to "i c : butter , creamery. 20c
to 2ic : egtrs. western , 19c to 2"Je.
Toledo Wheat. No. 2 mi.-od. ! ) "P to
Oric ; corn. No. 2 mirrod. 71 > e to Sic ;
oats. No. 2 misofl. 4'c ) to . " . 'V ' : ryo. No.
2 , 70c to 77c : Hover .seed. October. $ C.lo.
TRADE A17D INDUSTRY.
Alaska wiil ship at lenst $ S.Oiu.Of ; > 0 in
gold to the United States mint this yea * ' .
The Fppor Mississippi River Improve
ment Association is due to meet nt Clin
ton. I own. t > f-/t. ; 22-24 , to formulate de
mands to be made at the ne. t < r-ssion of
Congress.
As a result of the board of review rnis-
ing tlie value of tbeir property from $ SS ,
000 to $ 'J )0OUO the Enu Claire. Wis. ,
Gns Light Company is up in arms and
will fight any such assessment.
SOMETHING P0v EVERYBODY
The horses of Iceland are shod with
sheep's horns.
Turkey holds the record for the num
ber of aged ixM'Suns in proportion to the
population.
Some of the screws made for the use
of watchmakers are so tiny 100,000
could be placed in an ordinary thimble.
There is an average of seven car col
lisions a day on the steam , subway , ele
vated nnd surface railways of New
York.
During the summer seison ihe bor
ough of Richmond. New York City , dou
bles its population on every pleasant-
Sunday ; but only for that one day.
The newspaper was invented by a
Paris physician , who. finding his visits
welcome whenever he brought any news
or gossip , applied to Cardinal Richelieu
for a patent to publish tiie Paris Ga
zette in 1022.
For the last fourteen years a brood
of tomtits has been reared each spring
in the letter box at Uttoxeter work
house. Since the parent birds first took
possession of the box they have hatched
200 eggs. London Standard.
Several German firms ( in KilKMistoelc
and Zwickau ) have purchased largo
forest sections in the vicinity of Chiojd-
ni , Roumania. where they propose to
erect sawmills and ship from there an
nually about 40.0(10 ( cubic meters or
lumber to Italy , France and Germany *
Negotiations among the German man
ufacturers of wall paper have finally
led to the organization of a trust. The
seven leading manufacturers who hate
already joined have a combined annual
production of about $2. < 20 , ( 00. The
total output of wail paper in Germany
is estimated at S7.0UO.UUO per annum.
Miss Jean Gordon , who has won a
national reputation by her work in be-
hnlf of women nnd children , done as *
factory inspector in Louisiana , is not
to bo re-elected to her oflice. It is as
serted that she has incurred the enmity
of the manufacturers and the politi
cians and in spite of the protects of the
women of the State she wil ! be turned
out of ofiice.
The sheath skirt is not new in Bur-
mah. where the women wear a garment
split to the waist , "now concealing , now
revealing. " The men wear the same
strong , unsplit. In Cochin and Travan-
core , India , the reputable native wom
en wear nothing above the waist except
noserings and earrings ; the Syrian
Christians wear a jacket and a comical
little "Cochin tail , " something like tha
olii of Nippon , on their skirts. New
York Press.
Pear-shaped balloons are the fashion
in Belgium. The point is upward , the
I ! . > < of the balloon is sphcric-il. It Is
( 'aimed ' t ! 'it liallt.i.us' < f ti..s shape-
pierce ino air vertically v Itli far great
er speed than t- ! > < > rdin ; ry spherical
balloon. Consequently they are stead
ier. Also the upper pointed end pre
vents the accumulation of moisture or
snow on the surface , which frequently
weighs a balloon down and destroys us
power to rise.
Though Russia has much coal and
iron , her industries are quite undevel
oped. Her industrial backwardness may
be gauged from the fact that with a
territory and a population twice as
large as those of the United States ,
Russia produces only one-tenth of the
quantity of iron .produced in the Uni
ted States , and that she raises only
cue-twentieth of the quantity of coal.
Agriculturally and industrially , Russia
is a mediaeval country. New York
Evening Post.
Dr. II. C. Stevens , of Seattle , reports
recent experiments which show that
objects seen by indirect vision ordi
narily appear larger in the right half
of the field of vision than In the left.
With a smaller number of persons this
is reversed. Froun these facts he de
duces a possible origin of right and
left-handedness. Right-handedness , or
its reverse , develops at about the nga
of seven months. Dr. Stevens suggests
that they may be due to the phenomena
of vision just described. Bja reflex
effect the infant reaches after the ob
ject best seen with the arm nearest to
them. . ' \
Miss Martha Van Rensselaer , super
visor of the reading course for farmers'
wives conducted by the Agricultural
College of Cornell University , believes
that there should be a woman judge in
juvenile courts where girls are tried.
Shejmses her opinion on personal ob
servation of various juvenile courts ,
notably those in New York city. Slio
believes that there are many questions
which iriris would answer truthfully if
there was a woman on the bench , but
which they now invariably lie about
when questioned by a man. This i3.
one of tlie very few ins ; : nr-es in which.
Miss Van Rensselaer believes segrega
tion of the two sexes would be benefi
cial.
In the total number of mammals ,
birds , reptiles : ; ml amphibians (4.0:54) ( : ) ,
on exhibition , the Now York Zoologi
cal Park statd ? to-day at the head of
all the zoological parks and gardens
of the world. Berlin conies next with
a total of : : .14I ) . The area of the New
York Zoological Park in land and
water embraces 240 acres. Of walks
ar.d roads there are about eight miles ,
and of fences ten and one-half miles.
The maintenance force of the pirlc.
constantly on duty , embraces 141 per
sons. The number of visitors in 1907
wns 1.27o.040 nearly one-third of tha
entire population of the metropolis of
the American continent. Of this num
ber It is estimated that a quarter of a
million were from outside of New
city.
