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t , . 4 _ _ il A Nifflit Though , & . Of John Sloan , the brilliant etcher , a , , story was told the other night at the , J ; Franklin Inn in Philadelphia / " 1 used to take long walks with Sloan , " said an essayist , "when he i ( 'lived . here. He has an original and . in- 1 ) teresting mind. . ' 'Nature is often beautiful , ' he said one evening , - as we walked in the park. 1 'But to-night how hideous she Is. ; "Here Sloan shuddered. " 'But : , my dear Sloan , ' I objected , look ! at the stars. Surely they're very fine ( to-night. ' "Sloan looked : up , then frowned and phok his head. . . " 'Oh , yes , ' he said , 'not bad , not bad ; but there's far loo many of them. ' " s . . - - - . 1 a t ' i t" , a , © t ) ' : ; R , : e , r s , e / ' . - Gus 4 'A pinch of borax In cooked starch will make the clothes stiffer and whiter. r r r IJnbyVi Scalp All Crusted Over. "Our little daughter , when three < months old , began to break out on the head and we had the best doctors to treat her , but they did not do her any good. They said she had eczema. Her scalp was a solid scale all over. The burning and itching was so severe that she could not rest , day or night. We had about given up all hopes when we read of the Cuticura Remedies. We at once got a cake of Cuticura Soap , a box of Cuticura Ointment and one bot tle of Cuticura Resolvent , and fol ' lowed directions carefully. After the first dose of the Cuticura Resolvent , we used the Cuticura Soap freely and i applied the Cuticura Ointment. Then I , she began to improve rapidly and in two weeks the scale came off her head * and new hair began to grow. In a very short time she was well. She is now sixteen years of age and a pic- ture of health. We used the Cuti cura Remedies about five weeks , reg ularly , and then we could not tell she had been affected by the disease. We used no other treatments after wo found out what the Cuticura Remedies would do for her. J. Fish and Ella M. Fish , Mt. ' Vernon , Ky. , Oct. 12 , 1909. " "Women's "Weapons. A recent news item from Trenton , N. J. , says : "When an ill-clad , half- . starved looking man besought food of Mrs. James Kinney of No. 844 Lamber- ton street yesterday the good woman invited the fellow into her warm kitchen , where she set before him a plentiful repast. The man devoured the food with an avidity that sup- ' ' ported his statement that he had had nothing to eat for several days. "VXiile he was eating Mrs. Kinney busied her- ; self with other household duties. What was her surpise , however , to be sud- denly confronted in her dining-room by the stranger in belligerent attitude , demanding money. " 'Why , you ungrateful loafer , ' said Mrs. Kinney. 'You get out of here just as fast as you : can travel. ' And her tone apparently carried conviction , for the man began backing toward the door. In their passage through the kitchen Mrs. Kinney picked up a roll- ing pin and , as the fellow made a dart , for the door , she let it fly at him. The missile struck the man in the small of the back and sent him sprawling down the steps into a snow- bank. It just happened that at that moment Mrs. Kinney's next door neigh- bor , Mrs. Charles Breining , was about to enter the Kinney back door to re- turn to Mrs. Kinney a frying pan which she had borrowed from her. She surmised that something was wrong , and as the man picked himself up out of the snow Mrs. Breining let fly the Kinney frying pan. This missile was quite as effective as the rolling pin , for it hit the ungrateful beggar on the side of the head and sent him sprawl- / 'ing in the snow. This time he plckp.d r himself up and made off with all pos- sible speed. None of the other house- wives in that neighborhood have since been bothered by hungry beggars" Particular i People Find positive pleasure in Post . I I Toasties -a crisp , appetizing ; , dainty l food for breakfast , lunch or supper. Always ready to ' serve right from the pack- age with cream or milk and always enjoyed. "The Memory Lingers" Pkgs. . lOc. and 15c. . Sold by Grocers. . i Postum Cereal Co. , Ltd. it t Battle Creek , Mich. . 4 - , . - . . , " - ' . , ' , ' - - - S T /1EIcIiy ORbN ) i 1 /1 l h' 1 , , . 1633-Champlain appointed governor of . Canada for the second time. 170G - English and Allies under Duke of Marlborough defeated the French at Ramilies. 1758-Henry Ellis made governor-in- chief of the colony of Georgia. 1774-The subject of a general congress was acted upon at a town meeting of the inhabitants of Prov denc'H , R. I. 1775-Declaration of Independence adopted at Mecklenburg , N. C. 1776-The Pennsylvania Provincial As sembly protested to Congress against its interference in provin- cial matters. 1780-The "Dark Day" caused conster- nation throughout New England. 1791 - George Washington , President of II the United States , visited Augusta , Ga. 1 1803-Patent granted for the first con- trivance for reaping machines. 1804 - Napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed Emperor . of the French. 1814 - The Norwegians declared their independence. 1837-Taverns of Boston closed against the sale of liquor on the Sabbath. 1841-Thirty-two persons killed in landslide from the Citadel rock , Quebec. 1847-Brig Carrick wrecked in a gale in the St. Lawrence , and 170 emi- grants perished. 1857-Cornerstone laid for the new Christ Church cathedral in Mon treal. 1859-First sod of the Georgian Bay Canal was turned near Toronto. . . . . French ' and Sardinians defeat- ed the Austrians at Montebello. 1SGO - The Prince of Wales ( King Ed- ward VII. ) concluded his visit to Canada. 1861 - North Carolina secession ordi- nance adopted . . . Confederate troops commenced fortifying Har- per's Ferry. t . 1863 - Investment of Vicksburg by the Federals under Gen. Grant and Ad- miral Porter. 1S64 - Nathaniel Hawthorne buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery , Concord , Mass. 1867-First meeting of the Missouri Press Association held at St. Louis. 1871 - The New Brunswick Legislature passed a Free School bill. 1876 - The British Columbia Legislature passed an act to organize its edu- cational system . . . Greenback Na- tional convention , at Indianapolis , nominated Peter Cooper of New York for President of the United States. 4 1877-Don Carlos , pretender to the Spanish ? throne , expelled from France. 1880 - Prince Leopold arrived at Quebec and was received by the governor- general and Princess Louise. 1881-Steamer Victoria upset on the Thames River , Canada , with- loss of several hundred lives. 1882 - J. J. Fraser retired from the pre- miership of New Brunswick. 1894 - The Manchester ship canal open- ed. . 1897 - Monument to.Stephen . Girard unveiled in Philadelphia. 1902 [ - Tomas Estrada Palma inaugurat- ed first President of the Republic of Cuba. . . . Coronation of King Al- fonso XIII. of Spain. 1909-The French Chamber of Depu- ties voted to sustain the Clemen- ceau cabinet. A REAL BALL PLAYER. I - 1 r 71 7r ) ' I "Put 'er ' the right over ' plate now , cully ! " - - - Conceals Her Affe ; Indicted. Because she refused recently to give her age to the census taker Miss Sa rah E. Peck , head of the normal de- partment of Union College , at Lincoln , Neb : , was indicted by the grand jury in the United States District Court here. Industrial Accidents Problem. A corin-jittee appointed by the Na- tional .Association : of Manufacturers has gathered statistics from 25",000 em- ployers , and from 250 organizations of employers , which indicate an annual disablement of 500,000 workmen and a cash loss of $250,000,000 to manufac- turers on account of industrial acci- dents , most of which are preventable. President Kirby of the association says that the question of safety appliances and accident indemnity are receiving more attention from employers than any other in the field of industry. ' . ' , t. . . . . , . ' . , . : . , ' . . . . VAST SUM IN SAVINGS . Building , and Loan Societies' Meet at Charlotte , N. C. , Represents $80 , oooooo. ' WORK BEGUN 79 YEARS AGO Originators Who Brought : Idea Over from England Little Dreamed of Vast Scope It Would Take. Amazement no doubt would be ex pressed by Sam Pilling , Jeremiah Hor- rocks and Dr. Henry Taylor , the three Englishmen who , .upon adopting Amer- ica as their future home , brought with them from England the idea of start- ing the first building and loan society in the United States in 1831 , ' if they could have been present in Charlotte , N. C. , at the opening of the eighteenth annual convention of the United States League of Local Building and Loan Associations. Little did they think : , perhaps , when they organized the first society in Frankford , now a part of Philadelphia , that the idea would grow into the popularity and power it now possesses. Phenomenal growth and prosperity of the local associations of the United States were shown in the report of Secretary H. F. Cellarius of Cincin- nati , who said that the gain in assets of the building and loan associations "in the country in 1909 over the pre- vious year amounted to more than $70,000,000 , the largest increase in'a . single year in the association's his- i tory. "The number of these institu- tions now , " he said , "is 5,713 , with 2,016,651 members and with assets ag gregating $856,332,719. This is an in- crease for the year of 114 associations , 96,394 members and $72,156,966 in to- tal assets. " In assets the report showed the greatest gains to have been made in Ohio , $14,164,077 ; Pennsylva- nit , $12,989,255 ; New Jersey , $5,269- 927 ; Massachusetts , $4,605,731 , and Illinois , $4,413,506. At the convention were delegates from all corners of the Union , repre- senting about 6,000 associations , with ! a membership of nearly 2,000,000 and total assets of almost $800,000,000. WEATHER BAD FOR CORN CROP. Washington Bureau Finds Other Conditions Good , However. Unfavorable weather in the great corn-growing States , generally satis- factory conditions over the entire cot- ton belt , good progress in vegetable growth and the usual farm work in the Atlantic coast States , generally favor- able weather over the districts from the Rocky mountains westward , but very dry weather in California , Ari- zona , portions of New Mexico and Western Texas , is the summary of the weather for the week by the weather bureau in the national weekly bulletin. Of general conditions , the bulletin says in part : "The week as a whole was decided- ly unfavorable over the great corn- growing States. Much cloudy , rainy weather interfered with the prepara- tion of the soil and the continued cold retarded germination of seed and the growth of vegetation. Over the more eastern districts , including the upper lake region , good rains occurred , ex tinguishing the forest fires that had prevailed over portions of Wisconsin and the Upper Michigan peninsula. Good rains occurred over all parts of the cotton , region except in the south- ern portions of Alabama and Georgia , along the coast of South Carolina - and over portions of Florida. "Over the districts from the Rocky : mountains westward about the usual conditions prevailed. " SLIDE FEARED AT PANAMA. Two Million Cubic Yards of Material Threaten CanllY or : . : . The engineers on the Panama Canal are facing a serious situation in the handling ! of the "Culebra slide. " The slide consists of 2,000,000 cubic yards of uiaterial which has been moving into the 1 Culebra cut since the work of excavation was begun. The movement has been gradual , but several build- ings already have been moved owing tlo , the crumbling of the foundations , od now it is feared that the postoffice , clubhouse , hotel and several dwelling houses at Culebra will have to go. The engineers apprehend no serious loss of property or life , but what effect the slide will have on work on the canal is a matter of conjecture. Hypnotism to Cure Drunkards. : Rev. Dr. Loring W. Batten , rector of St. . Mark's Church at New York , who has been experimenting for some time with psychotherapeutic treatment for inebriates , has at last announced a method which , with a record of fifty cures , he calls infallible. He claims that it is only necessary for the pa- tient with the drink habit to wish to be cured and the treatment open to him at the rectory will do the rest. Dr. Batten says , in explanation of his sys- tem , "I do not deeply hypnotize i. patients. I procure a lightly hypnotic state and then force upon the patient mental suggestions against the evil. The usual course is from six to twelve lessons and the only reason for hyp- notism is that in that state the mind is more subject to mandatory sugges- tions. " Dr. Batten announced the re- sult of his experimentation from his pulpit on last Sunday and said he hoped publicity would send him more patients. Treatment is to be free and will be given as a part of the church extension work. t . , .f \ SCIENTIST WHO FOTTND COMET NOW VISIBLE. s s : , : . , . . : :1 : : " " , ' . . : . . ' ; : } . : . < < < : - 4t j. . . . -4 " . . . > " . . . . . ' ' . . . . . . . . . _ , . : : , y ro { _ , . > . , . . . ' , . . ' . . ' ' . . " . Y's . ' . : 'i , , { ( ' U { ' . ; . \X\ \ \ : : " \ " .l : l1'3'1.'and J-hJ1ey j I BOYS LOST TO THE CHURCH 75 Per Cent of Sunday Scholars in America Never Profess Religion. Seventy-five per cent of all the boys over 13 years in the Protestant Sun- day schools of the United States are lost to the church and never make professions of faith. Such a statement , spoknn by Eugene C. Foster , of Detroit , in one of the workers' : conferences , which followed the world's Sunday school .convention Washington , as- ionis.lied I Sunday school workers from all parts of the earth. , "That is the most astounding state- ment I have heard in this country , " ex claimed an English delegate , who said he was a Sunday school worker in Haverhill , Suffolk , England. There must be something radically wrong with the system which permits it. In England we do not lose more than 3 per cent. " "I have made that calcula- tion after study , observation and ex- . perience , " replied Mr. Foster. Prac- tically all the delegates , in the meet- ing agreed with him. Make Ships Safe in Fog. The Bellini-Tosi system of radio I -legraphy , an invention of two Italian officers , had a very satisfactory test. on the French liner , La Provence , during her last trip from Havre in a dense fog. Her captain was jubilant over this new wireless contrivance , which he declares enabled him to find out in the fog the exact position relatively of any ship with which he could get into wireless touch , and also to get his bearings with greater accuracy than he could . when in touch with the submarine bells of lightships. The French government has equipped a station with this ap paratus at Boulogne. . p&1ting F Will Caton's stable won $28,000 at Moscow and St. Petersburg during the last winter's racing. The New York program is for 2:14 : , 2:16 , 2:30 trotters and 2:10 : and 2:30 pacers , all $2,500 stakes. The thirty-sixth Kentucky derby was recently won by a bay colt , Donau , owned by William Gerst of Nashville. ! The outcome of the race was a popu- lar one and the victor carried the pub- lic money. , Coppertown wort a recent feature ; event at the Emeryville tracks in Cali- fornia , from some clever sprinters. Napa Dick , the favorite , stopped after Pride of Listmore interfered with him in the last quarter. In an average game the ball is bat- ted a total of one mile , the grand to- tal distance of all balls batted during a year being 105,000 miles. If this to- tal batting energy could be applied to one ball it would . go four times around the earth and some over. The Paper Mills : purse of $10,000 for 2:11 trotters at Kalamazoo , Mich. , will be the first important race of the com ing season. This race carries with it the D. D. Streeter Memorial cup , a magnificent silver trophy which goes .1 the winning performer. Boxing contests in Oakland , Cal. , hereafter will be limited to ten rounds ; , instead of fifteen , according to an or- der issued by the police commission. The change resulted from the death cf Tommy McCarthy in San Francisco after his bout with Owen Moran. Hereafter bookmaking on the recog- nized race tracks in Canada will not he contrary to law. At Ottawa , Ont. , the Canadian House of Commons passed a bill which legalizes betting on the race courses , but prohibits all forms of gam- bling elsewhere 'in the Dominion. - - . . . . " ; TO END INTERIOR DEPARTMENT. President Taft Will Consider Plan for Pul)1icVOrliN : Branch. One of the most important govern- mental projects the president will be asked to consider during his summer vacation will be the creation of a new executive branch of the government to be known as the department of pub- lic works. The proposed plan con- templates the abolition of the interior department. Support for the proposi- tion is found among the president's political advisers and the leading busi- ness men of the country. The main feature of the new depart- ment , as they have already been ex plained to Mr. Taft , are , in brief , as follows : It shall have charge of the Panama Canal and all the work incidental to that project , its upkeep and support. It shall look after the irrigation projects throughout the country. It shall take over all the conserva- tion and forestry work . now being done by different departments . of the government. It shall have the control of such minor work as is contemplated in the proposed bureau of public health and such activities as are now found in the various movements for the protection of water supplies and water power sites. It shall have under it , as subordi- nate ' bureau , a branch to look after the small area of public lands which now remain in possession of the govern- ment. $700,000 TO. AID COLLEGES. General Education Board Helps Schools and Agricultural "Work. Appropriations of more than $700- 000 have been made by the general education board for the endowment of work of various colleges and for ag - ricultural work in the south. The ap- propriations to colleges are : . Depauw University , Greencastle , Ind. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100,000 Allegheny College . , Meadville : , Pa. 100,000 Drake University , . Des Moines. Ia. 100,000 Central University. Danville , Ky. . 75,000 Marietta College Marietta , Ohio. . 60,000 Corn ll College , Mount Vernon Ia. 50,000 I Middlebury College , Mlddlebury , Vt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,000 . Transylvania University , Lexing , ton , Ky . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . : r. 50,000 , In addition to these sums. $113,000 I was appropriated for demonstration I work in agriculture in the south , un- der the supervision of Dr. Seaman A. Knapp of the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture. The general education board has contributed in all to seventy colleges gifts totaling $5,177,500. Twenty-nine applications for endowments were con- sidered at to-day's meeting , but no definite action was taken thereon. Bcusr.oatc Halts Digestion. In a benzoate of soda case being tried at Indianapolis , J. H. Brewster , State chemist , took the stand and sub- mitted as evidence certairi laboratory experiments which he' hact performed to show the effect of benzoate of soda upon . the digestion of food. They show- striking differences in the action of the gastric juice upon plain foods and those in conjunction with which ben- zoate was administered. Test tubes were shown to the court in which the . white of an egg was entirely digested by action of the gastric juice alone and again only slightly digested when mixed with the soda , the degree corre- sponding to the amount used. South American Mediation. : The United States , Brazil and Ar- gentina have joined in offering to me- diato between the war-threatened countries of Peru , Ecuador and Chili. This offer was initiated by Secretary of State Knox in the hope of finding some peaceable solution of the boun- dary dispute before hostilities open be- tween the Peruvian and Ecudorean armies , which are now close together on the frontier. The Peruvian cabinet was reported to have accepted the of fer of mediation Wednesday. " . h. , , - - . L1 . SAVES MONEY IN THE IiA Y. Reorganisation Said : to Havo Toon Accomplished by Secretary Mcjer. Virtual reorganization of the .i ivy- has been accqmplished ' bY - Saer.t.ary Meyer : ; in the year in which he has held the portfolio of the Navy Deparlai : , Washington correspondent as- : < < i-s . He has brought about a saving of money in different directions , it is r said , and many of the changes are tho result , direct or indirect , ol sugges tions offered at his request by oncers . in all parts of the naval l service. Economy in the use of coal has bean brought about by systematic firing , economy of steam replacing defective : joints and journals : and stopping lenky valves. On the Montana : a saving cf fifteen tons of coal daily is due to sys tematic firing. "With reference to oil' the saving has been as great. On the battle ship Georgia improved evapora- tors have reduced the cost of making ! . ' fresh water 40 per cent. Secretary Meyer's reorganization : plans include systematic overhauiings of the vessels at the shipyards after each cruise. Also , a saving of thou- sands of dollars .in repair work has been effected by having repair shops < ? a shipboard. The establishment of a school of marine engineering at An- napolis is another , means whereby Secretary Meyer hopes to train for spe- . I cial work engineer officers who give promise of being of special value in any part of his recrganization plan. Pnlndiiio Unmasked. During a recent test sitting of the noted Italian spirit medium , Eusapio Paladino , with an invited party ot scientists in the home of Prof. Lord of Columbia University , New York , two expert watchers were concealed under the chairs of the sitters after the lights were lowered and unknown to the me- dium. These men have now made . sworn statements to the effect that the various so-called spirit rappings , table liftings and movements of the cabinet curtains were produced by free move- ments of the medium's left leg while she was seated at the table , her right foot being so placed that its heel rest- ed on the left foot of the man at her right and its toe on the right foot of the man at her left. Thus she gave or intended to give the impression that both her feet were still. NeW" Altitude Balloon Record. A. Holland Forbes , of Bridgeport , Conn. , vice president of the Aero Club of America , * and J. C. Yates , of New I York , after a flight of 400 miles in the balloon Viking , from Quincy , Ill. , tum- bled to earth from a considerable height at Centre , Ky. , Wednesday. On Tuesday morning while at an altitude of 20,600 feet , they encountered a se- vere snowstorm and were partially numbed with cold. They gradually lost power to control the machine and final- ly , fearing unconsciousness , they rip- ped the gas Lag and came to earth with terrific speed , landing like a stone and escaping death by a miracle. Both to men are confined to bed at a farmhouse in Kentucky , but will recover. G I A Vienna co-operative society with 00 members operates an immense bak- ery. Stage hands of Marysville , Cal. , have organized a local of the theatrical em- ployes. Newark's locked out painters receiv ed $3.28. They asked $3.64 and turned down $3.52. In Australia the federal elections re- sulted in a complete victory for the Labor party. Cleveland Lake Shore Railway : boll- ermakers obtained an increase of 2 % cents an hour. Since the adjournment of the Cali- fornia State Federation of Labor in San Rafael , last October , thirty-three unions have affiliated with the federa- tion."f ' * ' The present San Francisco ( Cal. ) Building Trades Council was organized in 1896 , with six unions and a member- ? hip of less than 1,000. The present tneYirbersnip is above the 30,000 mark . * . , - The Montreal ( Canada ) Trades and Labor Council desires to have all em ployment agencies in that territory abolished and have one general office established under the control of the government. T'he State Federation of Labor of Texas has decided , by a large major- ity vote , that hereafter all officers of the federation are to be elected by se : : - cret ballot , and in that way : eliminate _ politics from that body. The Bakers' Union at Mayaguez , . ' . Porto Rico is on strike to enforce hy gienic conditions in bakeries there. It is affiliated with the International Un- ion of Bakery Workers and the Amer ican Federation of Labor. I The strike of Bradford ( England wool combers came to an end recently , an agreement being signed between . the masters and the men. The chi2f ; points of the agreement are that a joint board is to be framed to deal with wage questions and other dis I putes ; an advance of 12 cents a week to all receiving less than $3.75 a weelc. : . and 25 cents to all receiving $3.75 a week and over ; two stops : : of half-an- hour each for night workers. Monthly returns from 190 represen- tative trade unions in New York in - ) which 90,000 , or nearly : one-fourth or the organized wage earners in the State , show that at the end of the year the percentage of idleness was 20.6. : is compared with 28.0 at the close of 1908 and 32.7 at the end of 1907. Returns _ as to earnings of organized wage wor ! - ers in the third quarter of 1909 from all unions in the State show an aver- age of $233 for 319,754 men reporting. In the corresponding months of 190S the average earnings for 283,181 men- : ' reporting was only $207. - ' . . " " . . . , , d' 1 ; . ' . . . _ . - oJ r f l ,
