AUSTRALIAN BOYS ON LONG TOUR
PARTY of forty Australian boys , members of the Young Australian League , are visiting in Washington and
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will be received by the president. The boys are traveling under the auspices of the Australian government
and constitute the best representatives of the youth of Australia. They won the opportunity to come to Amer
ica after tests as to their abilities as musicians , athletes and scholars. They constitute their own band and or
chestra and attract much attention wherever they go. The ages of the boys range from 10 to 19 years.
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Philadelphia ! ! Has Records For
122 Years.
family Diary Shows Temperature
Kept by Each Generation , Along
With Dally Chronicle of
Other Events.
Philadelphia. One hundred and
twenty-two years of weather records ,
kept by three generations of the same
'family , side by side with comments on
men and things long ag6 passed from
memory , form the interesting contents
of a large library of diaries , the property -
erty of Jacob R. Elfreth.
True to the tradition of his Quaker
forbears this chronologist
, seventy-year-old -
nologist of the weather since 1870 has
written in black and white the story
of the mercury's vagaries as he ob
served them , and his records stand
"against the hazy , contentions of any
"oldest inhabitant" who may venture
fictitious tales of how cold it used to
be.
The story of the curious diaries
which make up this Interesting weath-
'er history is bound up with the growth
of Philadelphia. From 1789 to 1850
Caleb Pierce , a native of Chester
county , kept the first records. He was
the maternal grandfather of Mr. El
freth. His diaries were not so com
plete as those of his son and grandson ,
but "their interest and worth are en
hanced by antiquity.
Most of these writings were done at
his home , Seventh and Arch streets ,
-where he lived while the Quaker town
was booming into her early twenties.
Be kept a hardware store in Market
street above Second , but before he
plodded along the cobble stones of a
cold winter's morning to open up the
little shop he recorded the tempera
ture.
ture.Long
Long before he gave up the writing
of his diary Jacob R. Elfreth , Sr. , took
up the work in 1812. Sixty-eight vol
umes of nearly uniform size , painsta
kingly relating the happenings of
those often troublous times , are now
in the possession of the aged son.
To J. R. Elfreth Jr. the task of keep-
WALK 30 MILES TO MARRY
Kentucky Mountaineer Runs Away
In Blinding Snowstorm With
12-Year-OIdv Cousin.
Whitesburg , Ky. Thirty miles
through a blinding snowstorm , with
mountains to cross and angry parents
behind them , came James Coombs , Jr. ,
.and Miss VirgSe Coombs , his cousin ,
to be married. They routed the clerk
of courts from his bed early to give
them a license and then persuaded
the Rev. James E. Bradford to unite
them.
Later in the day they left Whites-
burg on the trip back to the Perry
county line , where they have both
spent all their lives.
The bridegroom is 20 and his wife
has just passed her twelfth birthday.
The bride wore dresses which came
just below her knees.
Hoboes Starve In Prison.
Metuchen , N. J. Three men who
dropped off a freight train here and
asked for a place to sleep were hauled
out of the town lockup a few days
Liter in a state of collapse from cold
and starvation.
They had been completely forgot
ten after having been lodged In the
Jail , in an out-of-the-way part of the
village. Groans heard by a passerby
led to an investigation. After being
thawed out and cared for , they took
the first train out of town.
Earth Is 710,000,000 Years Old.
Paris. Prof. John Bosler , after ex
amining various kinds of rock , has
decided that the earth Is 710,000,000
years old.
ing these records was then assigned ,
and he has kept them faithfully since
1870. They , together with the others ,
will be given' to the Friends' Historical
society when the last entry has been
made , for the present writer is the
last in the direct line of ancestry.
Not infrequently he is a historical
contributor to the local newspapers ;
in the Darby Progress he recently
published a statement showing that
January , 1912 , was the coldest within
the span of the family records. Among
other things he states that the aver
age temperature at C a. m. has been
18 degrees. On the 13th the mercury
was 8 degrees below zero. On the 14th
6 below ; on the 16th , zero. "
The years 1815 , 1820 , 1821 , 18C2 ,
1840 , 1844 , 1857 , 18GG and 1881 , he
states , were especially cold during
this month. The' coldest days of which
he has record , in succession , were
February 10 to 15 , 1899. The coldest
record was New Year's , 1881 , which
was 22 degrees below.
NO USE FOR CITY MARSHAL
"Golden Rule" Policy of a Kansas
Mayor Brings Clean Streets
to Town.
Peabody , Kan. Two months ago
Peabody with its 1,800 inhabitants dis
pensed with its city marshal , because
Mayor Sulphin had adopted a "gold
en rule" policy in dealing with the
men given to indulging in drinking
parties that caused about all the law
lessness the officer was called upon
to quell. Today the absence of the
marshal is not felt.
When William Sulphin became
mayor he called the town's trouble
makers before him.
"You can buy liquor in gallon pack
ages if . \ ou want to , " the mayor told
them , "but you shall not get your
friends drunk. Drink your stuff at
home , if you will , but drink it all your
self. Now , do by me as you would
be done by. "
The plea was successful. Instead of
paying out good money to a city mar
shal who has nothing to do , it is being
spent to keep the streets clean.
HP 1 llT nl $ * 1 I
trade With Lngiand
United States Has Sold Twice as
Much to Great Britain as Ameri
cans Bought.
Washington. More than a billion
dollars' worth of merchandise passed
between the United States and British
territory in the ten months ending
with October , for which statistics have
been compiled. The bureau of statis
tics , of the department of commerce
and labor reports that exports from
the United States to British 'territory
in the period named , aggregated
$759,000,000 and imports therefrom
$383,000,000 , thus Indicating that for
every dollar's worth of merchandise
imported from the territory In ques
tion two dollars' worth of American
products are exported thereto.
To the United Kingdom , the largest
British market for American products ,
our ten months' export increased to
$419,000,000 in 1911 ; those to Canada ,
from $201,000,000 in 1910 to $249,000-
000 In 1911. Australia and New Zea
land rank third , with a ten-months' to
tal of $40,000,000. To British Africa
the ten months' exports increased
from $12,000,000 in 1910 to $13,000,000
in 1911 ; those to the British West In
dies from $9,000,000 in 1910 to $10-
000,000 In 1911 , and those to India , $4-
750,000 in 1905 to $6,500.000 in 1910
and $9,000,000 in 1911.
The remaining British communities ,
which show in each case a total in ex
cess of $1,000,000 in the ten months ,
include Hongkong , In which our ex
ports in ten months were valued at
$7,000,000 ; Newfoundland and Labra
dor , $4,000,000 ; the Straits Settle-
CHINA IS OFFERED MILLIONS
American and British Financiers Have
Vast Sum Ready to Pay for
Oil and Minerals.
Shanghai. Two hundred and fifty
million dollars was offered for control
of the national resources of China.
This vast Bum will be guaranteed by
a committee of American and British
financiers , numbered among whom are
the interests affiliated with Standard
Oil company , the momeni the re
public of China is recognized by a
single world power. In return is
asked a monopoly of the development
of the oil and mineral wealth of
China.
The republican leaders regard the
plan fair , but Japanese and Russian
financiers working together , are press
ing their demands for consideration.
They profess to be able to give just as
much- money as the American-British
combination and are backing up their
demands with suggestions of interfer
ence by both Japan and Russia ,
should preference be shown the Amer
icans.
The fact that British financiers have
united with the Americans , has anger
ed influential Japanese , and the Jap
anese-English cordiality may be
threatened. Realizing this , and also
that both Russia and Japan are in
strategic positions , where they could
interfere at any time in China under
the pretext of "restoring order , " the
republican leaders are sparring for
time.
SEE BUCK FOX IN INDIANA
People of the "Knobs" Get Glimpses
of a Valuable Fur Bearer May
Be Freak of Ordinary Species.
Louisville , Ky. Residents of the
"Indiana knobs , " opposite this city ,
have caught glimpses of a rare black
fox , whose fur Is the most valuable of
any of the North American foxes ,
and an old fashioned hunt is being or
ganized by sportsmen in the hope of
catching it. The black fox is a native
of Alaska , and it is thought this os < ?
may be a freak of the ordinary species.
A year ago a Canadian silver fox was
captured among the knobs and its
was sold in this city for $300.
ments , $1,750,000 ; British Guiana , $1-
500,000 ; British Honduras , $1,750,000 ,
and Aden and Bermuda , each about $1-
000,000.
To Gibraltar the total was about
$400,000 ; to Malta , Goza , etc. , about
$200,000 , and to British China , the
Falkland islands and miscellaneous
other British possessions as a whole ,
about $300,000.
Raw cotton , meats and breadstuffs
form the bulk of the exports from the
United States to the United Kingdom
though certain manufactures , such as
agricultural implements , leather and
machinery , are important articles in
. .8 yearly sales to .that country.
SCARED COW KILLS WOMAN
Freight Train Frightens Animal as
Pioneer Resident of Redwood ,
\Cal. , Is Passing.
Redwood City , Cal. The mad plungw
of a cow , which was excited by a
freight train , has , resulted in the death
of Mrs. August Grimenstein , a pioneer
of this place.
Mrs. Grimenstein was walking
through a pasture as the train passed ,
when the cow flashed past her and its
stake , which it had pulled up , caught
in her dress. Mrs. Grimenstein was
thrown to the ground and concussion
of the brain resulted.
Mrs. Grimenstein was 58 years old
and had lived-'in Redwood for the last
twenty years. She is survived by sis
children.
Poor Germinating Qualities.
According to tests of seed corn
made by State Food Commissioner
Hansen , there is a very poor quality
of seed in Nebraska this year. Six
grains from twenty-six cars from Col
lege View showed practically no- germ
inating qualities. It has been said
that the corn of 1911 is poor in germ
inating qualities and that corn of one
or two seasons prior to 1911 is good.
The tests made by the food commis
sioner show a poor quality for the
years 1909 , 1910 and 1911. Two
samples of Lancaster county corn of
the year 1911 tested 37 and 53 per
cent , respectively , while 85 per cent
ought to be obtained to produce good
crops. Four samples from Saline
showed percentages of 26 , 37Vz , 40
and 50. One sample from Knox coun
ty showed that only 37 per cent of the
grains germinated.
It Couldn't Be Mounted.
James Walsh of Omaha , formerly a
member of the legislature , presented
to Governor Aldrich a forty-one-pound
salmon which he caught in Campbell
river , in British Columbia. Mr. Walsh
presented the fish with an address in
which he said he gave it to the gov
ernor to be presented to the state
university museum for mounting.
With some pride Mr. Walsh un
wrapped the fish , only to find that the *
cold storage man at Omaha had
thought to do.him a favor by dressing
the fish and cutting off its head and
throwing away the latter. This
spoiled the fish for mounting.
Hotel Doors Open Inward.
State Hotel Inspector McFadden ,
who recently completed an inspection
of hotels and rooming houses in Lin
coln , reports that he found twenty-five
buildings used for hotel purposes
which have doors constructed in violation
lation of the state law. The law re
quiring outside doors of hotels and
public buildings where people assem
ble has been in existence since 1S77 ,
but it has not been the duty of any
particular person to enforce it and it
is often violated. Mr. McFadden has
notified the violators of the law to
make changes.
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Nebraska Ranks Third.
Statistics have been given out by
the university registrar showing that
the state of Nebraska has more col
lege students enrolled per capita than
scholastic Massachusetts , literary In
diana or plutocratic New York. Ne
braska ranks third among all the
states in the union. According to the
statistics Nebraska has one college
student for every 136 inhabitants , be
ing surpassed only by Kansas and
Utah. In the total number of colleges
and universities in the state , ten in
all , 8,617 students are enrolled.
To Add Normal Training.
Beginning with the next school year ,
normal training will be added to the
course of study in the school of agri
culture of the state university. The
course as a whole has been revised
and the work of the senior year of
the four years' course will hereafter
consist of three groups , the technical ,
the university preparatory and the
normal training. This work of the
first three years will all be required
work the technical and cultural sub
jects blended in the course in about
the same proportion as heretofore.
To Secure Its Indorsement.
A plan to secure the indorsement of
the proposed initiative and referendum
constitutional amendment by all
political parties is being discussed by
the executive committee of the Ne
braska Direct Legislation league. A
campaign committee composed of A.
E. Sheldon , W. L. Locke and Don L.
Love has been appointed and will be
gin immediate activity in the matter.
State Engineer Price has returned
from a western Nebraska inspection
trip , on which he examined several
irrigation projects in that part of the
state. Due to the fact that there was
so much ice in the rivers , he was not
enabled to make as close inspections
as he had hoped to do. but he declares
that everything gives promise of a
successful season for 1912.
Loss of National Guard Property.
Company commanders of the Ne
braska national guard must explain to
Adjutant General Phelps how they
happened to permit military property
to be missing. They must do this or
they will be in danger of having the
amount deducted from their per diem
pay or be prosecuted upon their offi
cial bonds. It is believed they will
'explain , rather than stand good for
the loss.
Anxious newspaper men who had
forecasted the gathering in of some
easy money prior to the April primary
through the publishing of the five
proposed constitutional amendments
are doomed to disappointment , for the
state law sets out explicitly that the
amendments are not to be printed in
the papers of the state until thirteen
weeks prior to the general .election.
Announcement of that fact is made
from the executive office following in
the wake of the receipt of several let
ters from f various editors over the
state
WOMEN'S LEAP YEAR RIGHTS
In Scotland Years Ago They Were Rec
ognized as Real , and Well De
fined by Law.
Ancient , Indeed , are the prerogatives
that are accorded to women In leap
year. They are so old that none can
tell just how or when they originated.
However , the ancient Scottish parlia
ment gives us a date as well as a law
upon which to hang the right of won >
en to take the initiative in leap year ,
as convention forbids them to do in
other years.
In the year 1228 this hody passed a
law which , in its quaint old English ,
expressly conferred on womankind the
right to propose marriage in leap year.
Here is the law , just as it was written
the parliamentary records :
"Ordonit that during ye reign of her
maist blessed Maiestie , ilka maiden ,
ladee of baith high and lowe estait ,
shale hae libertie to speak ye man she
likes. Gif he refuses to tak hir to bee
his wyf , he shale bee mulct in ye sum
of ane hundridty pundes , or less , as
his estait may bee , except and alwais
gif he can make it appeare that he is
betrothit to another woman , then he
shale be free. "
HANDS WOULD CRACK OPEN
"About two months ago my hands
started to crack open and bleed , the
Bkin would scale off , and the good
flesh would burn and itch dreadfully. '
When my hands first started to get t
sore , there were small blisters like wa
ter blisters which formed. They ,
Itched dreadfully , it just seemed as j
though I could tear the skin all off. I i
would scratch them and the skin would I
peel off , and the flesh would be all j
red and crack open and bleed. It wor
ried me very much , as I had never
had anything the matter with my skin.
I was so afraid I would have to give i
up my employment. I '
"My doctor said he didn't think it
would amount to anything. But it kept
getting worse. One day I saw a piece
In one of the papers about a lady who
had the same trouble with her hands.
She had used Cuticura Soap and Oint
ment and was cured. I decided to try
them , and my hands were all healed
before I had used one cake of Cuti
cura Ointment. I am truly thankful
for the good results from the Cuticura
Soap and Ointment , for thanks to them
I was cured , and did not have to lose
a day from work. I have had no re
turn of the skin trouble. " ( Signed )
Mrs. Mary E. Breig , 2522 Brown
Street , Philadelphfa , Pa. , Jan. 12,1911.
Although Cuticura Soap and Oint
ment are sold everywhere , a sample
of each , with 32-page book , will be
mailed free on application to "Cuti
cura. " Dept. L , Boston.
Hard to Find.
"Here are some verses entitled ,
'The Road to Arcady. ' "
"Pshaw ! Almost any poet can tell
the way to Arcady , but none of them
ever gets there. "
DOCTORS FAILED
RESTORED BY PERUNA.
Catarrh of the Lungs
Threatened Her Life
Miss Ninette Porter , Braintree , Ver
mont , writes : "I have been cured by
Peruna.
"I had several hemorrhages of the
lungs. The doctors did not help me
much and would never have cured me.
"I saw a testimonial in a Peruna
almanac of a case similar to mine , and
I commenced using it.
"I was not able to wait on myself
when I began using it. I gained very
slowly at first , but I could see that it
"was helping me.
"After I had taken it a while I com
menced to raise up a stringy , sticky
substance from my lungs. This grew
less and less in quantity as I contin
ued the treatment.
"I grew more fleshy than I had been
for a long time , and now I call myself
well. "
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WHERE DOCTORS
FAILED TO HELP
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta
ble Compound Restored
Mrs. Green's Health
Her Own Statement.
Covington , Mo. "Your medicine has
done me more good than all the doc
tor's medicines. At
every monthly period
I had to stay in bed
four days because of
hemorrhages , and
my back was so weak
I could hardly walk.
I have been taking
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Com
pound and now I can
stay up and do my
work. I think it is
the best medicine on earth for women. "
Mrs. JENNIE GREEN , Covington , Mo.
How Mrs. Cline Avoided
Operation.
Brownsville , Ind. "I can say that
Lydia E.Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
has done me more good than anything
else. One doctor said I must be opera
ted upon for a serious female trouble
and that nothing could help me but an
operation.
"I had hemorrhages and at times
could not get any medicine to stop them.
I got in such a weak condition that I would
have died if I had not got relief soon.
"Several women who had taken your
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CLINE , S. Main St. , Brownsville , Ind.
The Army of
Constipation
Is Growing Smaller Every Day.
CARTER'S LITTLE
LIVER PILLS are
responsible they
not only give relief CARTER'S
they perma
nently cure Con ITTLE
stipation , IVER
lions use PILLS.
them for
Biliousness ,
Indigestion , Sick Headache , Sallow Skin.
SMALL PILL , SMALL DOSE , SMALL PRICE ,
Genuine must bear Signature
Farmer's Son's
firsat Opportunity
Why wait for the old farm to become "
yourlnheritance ? Begin now to
prepare for your future
prosperity and Indepen-
lacnco. A great oppor-
Itunity awaits you In
I ManitobaSasWatcbeitan
lor Alberta , where you
I can secure a FreeHomc-
I s lead o r b u y land at rea-
Isonable prices.
[ How'stheTime
not a year from now ,
when land will be high
er. The profits secured
trom the abundant crops of
Wheat , Oats and Uarley ,
as well as cattle raising , are
causing a. steady advance In
price. Government returns show
that the number or settlers
In "Western Canada from
the U. 8. was 6O per cent
larger In 191O than the
previous rear.
Many farmers have paid
for their land out of the
proceeds of one crop.
Free Homesteads of 16O
acres and pre-emptions of
16O acres at S3.OO an acre.
Fine climate. Rood schools ,
excellent railway facilities ,
low freight rates ; -wood , - water
ter and lumber easily ob
tained.
For pamphlet "Last Best West , "
particulars as to suitable location
and low settlers' rate , apply to
Snpt of Immigration , Ottawa ,
Can. , or to Canadian Gov't Agent.
L T. Holmes. 315 Jackson SL. St Paal. Wan.
J.H Hadadilaa , Drawer 197.\tatcrtowaS.D. \
Please write to the agent nearoet yon
of this paper desiring to buy any
thing advertised in its columns should
insist upon having what they ask for ,
refusing all substitutes or imitations.
Why buy cheaply made , inferior { roofings that
must be frequently painted and repaired when
your local dealer sells
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NEEDS NO PAINT NO AFTER ATTENTION
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Gal-va-nite Roofing is the cheapest in the long
run because it is made to stand the wear and tear of
the elements without after trouble or expense.
It is 15 pounds heavier than the standard weight
and is constructed only of the best of materials. _ Its
unusual weight makes it proof against heavy winds
and hail storms.
Gal-va-nlte Roofing has been approved by the
National Board of Fire Underwriters and takes a low
rate of insurance. It is a non-conductor of
heat and electricity or lightning.
Attractive in appearance'easy to lay ,
suitable for either steep or flat roofs , Gal-va-nite
is the ideal roofing for any kind of a building in any
kind of a climate. It has stood the "Test of Time. "
G I-va-nte ! Is put up In rolls ot 108 squarelfeet complete with zinc coated , galvan
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Ask your dealer for Gal-va-nite or write us for samples and
booklets , "Galvanite Qualities" and "The Inside of an Outside
Proposition. "
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