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London. The East India association Is planning a magnificent memorial to King Edward nothing less
than an India museum, In which may be gathered geological, mineral and vegetable product and antiquities of
that great land. A site already has been acquired on the 8uwey bank ol the Thames close to the London
County Council halL The building will be of typical Indian architecture. 370 feet long. 210 feet wide and 130
foot high. The cost, exclusive of the site, Is estimated at about 13,500,000.
NOTED LONDON HALL
Where English Journalists Enter
tained Roosevelt.
Important In Former Days When All
British publications Had to be
Entered for Copyright
Purposes.
London. Stationers' hall, where Mr.
Roosevelt was the guest of the Insti
tute of JouranllBm on his recent visit
to London, was erected in 1671, and In
the hall Itself are hung the shields an
which are painted the arms of the
members of the court of assistants.
It was customary In bygone times
for the freemen of the company on
state occasions to carry the shields
from the hall to Blackfriars, which
journey was made by way of the
river, and then on embarkation the
shields were hung over the barge's
aide. The freemen were clad In long
gowns of light-blue flannel, with yel
low facings, being the proper livery
color of the company according to its
heraldic bearings.
The Worshipful Company of Station
ers keeps the registers of copyright
works from the date of Its Incorpora
tion in 1557 until the passing of the
copyright act In 1842 the company pos
sessed an absolute monopoly, as all
printers were obliged to serve an ap
prenticeship to a member of the com
pany, and every publication, from a
Bible to a ballad, was required to
he "entered at Stationers' hall."
In their Interesting collection la a
notice of the first translation Into
English In 1569 of a "boke Intltutled
Ewcllde." Mention la also made in
the register for 1588 of Sir Philip Sid
ney's "Acadia," written to please his
sister, the countess of Pembroke.
There Is an entry In 1562 of the follow
ing comprehensive work: "An ab
atracte of the Geneologe and Race of
all the Kynges of Englonde from the
floude of Noe Unto Brute."
As a compliment to Mr. Roosevelt
the composing stick used by Benjamin
Franklin when working at a case In
London and resting upon a pedestal
Athletics for
Now York City Authorities Officially
Recognize Necessity of 8uch
Training.
New Tort Athletics for school
glrla have been officially recognised
la New York city. Last November,
Miss Elizabeth Burchenal was ap
pointed Inspector of athletics by the
department of education. The glrla'
branch of the Public School Athletic
amnlAn llva acf ,f Q Tl t for
Miss . Burchenal and supports la all
eleven after school classes' in folk
dancing and athletics for girls.
The popularity of these classes is
Indicated by the attendance 1,051
teachers from 246 schools. These
teachers In return for the Instruction
they receive coach the girls' athletic
clubs organized in their own schools.
Interclaas athletlo competitions are
held, but no lnterschool competition Is
countenanced by the girls' branch.
Thla spring about fo hundred athlet
lo meets will be conducted. "New
Tork city has 325,000 school girls, to
whom the girls' branch endeavors to
"bring wholesome and joyous recrea
tion. - s
' The girls' branch work haa come to
form an Integral part of school life,
making It more 'real and human. It
-welds about the community, the home
and the school a solid bond of beauty.
.Folk dancing and athletics for girls
lave taken a strong grip upon the
rinsclousness of the community. A
VXo g$rl not more than seven years
t r ta sn east side school, took
t La a fri-::7 eosryetiiien cf fill
Proposed ndiart fluseuM
draped with the stars and stripes was
placed upon the table immediately in
front of him.
One of the most notable features of
the supper to Mr. Roosevelt at Station
ers' hall was the speech of E. T. Cook,
a prominent London newspaper man.
It was he who retired from the edit
orship of the London Dally News be
cause. In his judgment, the manage
ment sided with the Boers rather than
the rBitl8h in the late war in South
Africa. The speech was full of humor
and friendliness to America and re
peatedly stirred the audience to
shouts of laughter and applause.
Mr. Cook was scarcely less happy
and successful at Stationers' hatl than
was Lord Curzon at the Sheldonian
theater, Oxford. Lord Curzon can be
rigid and frigid in his public appear
ance. Welcoming and eulogizing Mr.
Roosevelt, he was flexible, graceful, ge
nial and delightfully eloquent He
spoke without notes and handled his
Latin as If he, like the audience and
especially the undergraduates, thor
oughly appreciated the joke.
Dogs Drag Boy Into Canal
Farm Hand Leaps Into Water Just In
Time to Rescue New Jersey
Youngster.
New York. Small Harry Montague
came precious near being drowned at
Brookdale, N. J., the other day. The
team of dogs he was driving ran away
and carried him and his "dog cart" In
the Morris canal Jonathan Garra
brant jumped n and dragged Harry,
senseless, to the bank.
Montague, eight years, of Little
Falls road. Upper Montclalr, took out
driving Willie Slater, six years. They
started after cherries at a house on
Passaic avenue, Brookdale. The sun
was hot and soon Harry's dogs, Nip
and Tuck, were panting; their tongues
lolled out, thirstily. Ab tbey neared
the canal, they sniffed the water and
dashed for It
Young Girls
dancing and athletics between her
class and others of the school. She
was the smallest tot of tbem all. and
clad in her plaid skirt the plaid of
her Highland clan she danced the
"Highland Scbottlsche" with an aban
don and enthusiasm that could not be
equaled. Her whole family came to
see her and to exult In the part that
she had In the competition. The High
land girl and the Highland dance won
the day. The little one and her mates
of the triumphant class each bore
home as trophies small coplea of the
Winged Victory, which have been pro
vided through the generosity of Mrs.
Henry SlegeL
Two days afterward this little girl
was seen on the street In company
with her three-year-old slater, teach
ing the little' one the steps of her na
tional dance.
Little Iron In Spinach.
Berlin. There Is a notion among
physicians a well aa laymen that
spinach Is the vegetable which Is rich
est In iron. This Idea Is erroneous,
says Prof. HaenseL a Gorman scien
tist who has completed a series of
experiments showing that It Is cab
bage lettuce which contains the great
est amount of Iron, while spinach
comes lowest In the list Professor
Haensel maintains that ijotatoes are
more ferruginous than spinach. Food
specialists say the human body re
quires dally a quantity of Iron, esti
mated at three-quarters of a milligram.
AUTHOR ON TOMATO RATIONS
Barry Pain, Noted English Humorist
Underwent Poverty Period
After 8uccess.
London. Barry Pain, whose new
"Eliza" stories are to be published
shortly. Is undoubtedly one of the
most popular of living humorists. Aft
er leaving Cambridge university, Mr.
Pain became a classical tutor at a
"crammers;" while there he sent an
article to the Cornhlll called "The
Hundred Gates." It was accepted
promptly by James Payn, then editor
of that periodical, who, furthermore,
sent the young author a very kind let
ter. The cleverness of this article at
tracted the attention of Sir Francis
Burnand and Wemyas Reld, editors of
Punch. Mr. Pain's subsequent contri
butions to Punch and The Speaker
were so 'Successful, that be resolved
to come to London.
Then came "a period of romantic
poverty," a period In which he lived
on bread and tomatoes and in a la
borers dwelling. It waa during this
time that Mr. Pain received a visit
at the laborer's dwelling from the
pompous butler of his editor with an
invitation to dinner.
Harry yanked on the reins but could
not stop them. The little wagon hit a
stone and Willie Slater, who was on
the back seat, took a further back seat
on the roacL.
SplaBh! into the canal went wag
on, Harry, Nip and Tuck. Harry fell
out of the wagon, but plucklly held
on to the reins. The dogs, lapping the
water and greatly enjoying their bath,
swam up tbe canaL towing Harry, bis
head under moat of the time.
Garrabrant, In a field near by, heard
Willie Slater's yells, and went to the
rescue. As Garrabrant plunged In
Harry dropped the reins and sank, but
Garrabrant grabbed him; he soon re
vived. Having satisfied their thirst Nip and
Tuck climbed ouf of the canal. Willie
Slater took a stick to beat them.
"Let 'em alone, Willie," aald Harry.
"It was all my fault; I ought to have
watered my horses."
GERMANS CUT YANKEE GRAIN
Russia Will Furnish Bulk of Product
This Year High Prices Are
Not Felt
Berlin. A great reduction In the
Importation of American grain Into
Germany Is predicted by members of
the Berlin grain exchange, who de
clare that this year' the German con
sumer is practically Independent of
the United States as a source et sup
ply. Noting the fact that the recent
sharp advances In the American mar
ket failed to produce any material ef
fect on the Berlin exchange, the
bourse expert of the Tageblatt says
that the reason may be found In the
exceptional conditions which enable
Germany to rely almost entirely upon
other countries. While American
wheat has gone up in consequence of
the general rise In all commodities,
the Russian crops are expected to be
large enough to cover the entire Ger
man demand at lower prices. Hence,
adds the writer, the Berlin exchanges
are responding more readily to price
conditions In Russia than to the fluc
tuations In the American markets.
Scared Monkey In Balloon. .
Pottsville, -Pa. George and Alex
ander 8torboreskl of Mtnersvllle were
arrested the other day for, eVuelty to
animals. They put a email monkey In
a basket and aent It up In i balloon.
Tbe balloon, after going a mile, was
barely able to carry the monkey, chat
tering over the housetops of a min'rj
vlllara, wliere ft descends! t'tt
tRcs-ey atd cscrpei frca a ctrcrj.
BICYCLE" HAS FOUR WHEELS
Improvement Recently Made In Mo
torcycle Design, Bringing It
Nearer to Automobile.
An improvement haa been recently
made in the design of the motorcycle,
which brings It nearer to the automo
bile class. It haa a carriage body and
eat which gives it more the appear
ance of an automobile, but the great
est Innovation is the Introduction of
auxiliary wheels, one on either side,
by which the vehicle Is Instantly
transformed into a four-wbeeler. This
change is desirable when the operator
Is wending hia way through crowded
itreeta where It Is necessary to move
ilowly or when it ia necessary to come
to a stop. The additional wheels are
Four-Wheeled Motorcycle.
quite small, but large enough to an
swer all purposes and are controlled
from the handle bar. This Improve
ment will make the motorcycle avail
able to many who otherwise are
afraid to make use of it, on account
of the necessity of maintaining a
rather high rate of speed in order to
keep the machine In an upright posi
Hon,
LARGEST ANIMAL IN WORLD
Represented by Colossal Skeleton of
Whale Eighty-seven . Feet Long
In New Zealand Zoo.
What Is claimed aa the largest an!
mal In the world ia represented by a
colossal skeleton In the museum of
Christchurch. New Zealand. This i
the remains of a large specimen of
the blue whale stranded on the coast
it that country. This whale la prob
ably the largest of all living animals,
The length of the skeleton is 87 feet
and the head alone is 21 feet The
weight of the bones Is estimated at
nine tons. This gigantic whale gets
Its name of blue whale from the dark
bluish-gray of Its upper surface. The
tinge of yellow on its lower part has
led to the name "sulphur bottom," by
which It is known on the western side
of the Atlantic. It is otherwise known
as Sibbald'a rorqual (Balenoptera slb
baldll).
The chief food of thla gigantic ani
mal Is a small marine crustacean
(Trysanopoda lnermis), known to tbe
whalers as "kril." Another species of
the same shrimp-like group has been
obtained In thousands from the stom
achs of mackerel caught on the Cor
nish coast The nearly related opos
sum shrimps, found In enormous num
ber In the Greenland seas, form the
chief food of the common whale.
Some of the thysanopoda are phos
phorescent and contribute to the
luminosity of the sea.
PLANT LOOKS LIKE INSECTS
Spots on Orchid Resemble Files and
Bees Imitations Are Puzzling
to Flower Scholars.
Orchid Imitations are a puzzle to
flower scholars. The whole appear
ance of the flower Is suggestive of
some Insect sometimes to quite a re
markable degree. It does not seem
easy to find any real purpose that
could be served by this resemblance,
yet no one Imagines that it can be
accidental
Any one who knew of the bee or
chid, a native of Europe, and came
upon it for the first time would at
once recognise It It seems to be a
large velvety brown backed bee
nriented with yellow. The two
lateral petals might serve wen for the
wings of the Insect
In the center of the lip of the fly
orchid there Is a small bluish spot
like the body of a fly. The two lateral
petals are Blender and curiously like
thA antennae of an Insect The whole
Illusion Is complete and suggests to
the casual glance that lew nies are
banging on the stem o some plant
which haa cast Its flowers.
FINGERS AND FORKS.
Too mint not two your Angara, doar,
A fork will do iMtead."
Mamma, looked down upon her son.
And gravely ahook lier head.
"It la not nice tor little boya
To uaa their hand that way.
rm. aura, to hold a knife and fork
Ton learned the other day." i
"But why?" aaked Jacky. littto rogue;
Hl evaa a (low with faiC
Be glanced from mother's earn eat fa,
To breakfast Just berua.
Tm aura In ev'rybody'a month,' '
This ailrar fork ycmva seen,
try enters enly ro ta !!
A1 Uwry ar eice ar.l ciasta."
ADVENTURE IN BUOTOWN.
The rules are vary, very strict
In Bugtown. ao they aay;
And ao It's very hard to bathe
Upon a summer's day.
For Instance, on a pitcher
Of lukewarm milk a crowd
Of bugs once spied this warning!
"No Bathing Is Allowed."
One bug, who was more daring
Than all the rest exclaimed:
"I'll show you that I'm not afratS,
And make you all ashamed."
Bo he put on his bathlngsutt.
And took a little dive
The bugs who were less daring
Are even now aUve.
BOYS IN INTENSIVE FARMING
Twelve Thousand Southern Lads
8how How Productiveness of Land
May Be Increased.
More than 12,000 southern boys less
than eighteen years old planted and
cultivated an acre of corn each year
nnder tbe direction of the department
of agriculture. Persons interested in
tbe experiment in Arkansas, Missis
sippi, South Carolina and Virginia of
fered to pay the expenses of a trip
to Washington for the boy in each
state who raised the greatest amount
of corn on his acre. The winning
boys will soon visit the national cap
ital. I
The average yield of corn to the
acre in 1909 waa a little more than
twenty-five bushels. The South Caro
lina boy, who made the best record,
produced 152. says Youth's Com
panion. If they should be followed ex
actly, the yield of corn to the acre
could easily be doubled In a single
year.
Intensive cultivation is worth while
on all crops. The average yield of
potatoes to the acre in 1909 was 107
bushels, but the Maine farmers aver
aged 225 bushels, and some of the
more progressive of them dug 400
bushels to the acre. The yield of corn
and potatoes depends more upon culti
vation and fertilization than upon the
soil, and there is practically no part
of the United States in which these
crops cannot be raised successfully.
It Is beyond doubt that larger crops
can be produced from ten acres thor
oughly tilled than from two or even
three times ten acres cultivated as
they usually are. The fact that the
South Carolina prizewinner raised
more corn on one acre than the aver
age farmer produces from six tells a
story that should not be lost upon
those for whose benefit the experi
ment was made. $
NOVEL COASTER FOR YOUTHS
Healthful Device Can. e Used as
Racer, Cart or to Glide Merrily
- Down Any Hill.
An" entertaining find healthful de
vice for children has been Invented by
an Ohio man. It consists of a triangu
lar base portion with two weels in
back and a steering wheel in front
From the steering wheel a handle
rises high enough to be within com
fortable reach of a person standing on
the footboard In the rear. With one
foot on this board and pushing with
the other foot boy can attain a re-
Light and Easy to Pull.
markable speed with this device and
can have many a good race with his
friends. Another use for It is aa a
regular coaster, for gliding down hill,
though aa haa been seen It can be
pushed up hill and has therefore an
advantage over most coasters, espe
cially those that depend on enow.
Finally, tbe device can be need aa a
cart, there being an attachment that
serves aa a seat Being of such light
construction, the small boy will find
It much easier to pull his comrades
on thla than on the ordinary wagon,
and It la very strongly made ao there
la no danger of a breakdown.
Durable Bubbles.
To make bubbles that can be blown
big and will last take a piece of pure
white soap about the else of a walnut
and cut It up In a cupful of warm wa
ter. Then add a teaspoonful of glycer
ine.'. Stir wen and blow from a imall
pipe. Strawberry Juice wia make pick
buttles, and or&rje Juice wlU tatts
yt"rw C2s.
AFTER
FOURIEAK
OFiillSERY
Cured by Lydia E Phk
ham's VegetableCoapouci
TtiiHmnM rA "Tar four vearfl
jaaiaata IMV4V
my life was a misery to me. I sulierea
i rum iricgiuau
ties, terrible drag,
gins; sensations,
extreme nervous,
ness, and that all
gone feeling in my
stomach. I had
given up hope of
ever being well
when I began to
take Lydia KPinlc
ham's Vegetable
Compound, Then
I felt as though
tiaw life had been
gven me, and I am recommending it
all my friends." Mrs. W. 8. FoKr
2207 W. Franklin St, Baltimore, Md.
The most successful remedy in this
country for the care of all forms of
female complaints is Lydia . Fink
ham's Vegetable Compound. It bag
stood the teat of years and to-day it
more widely and successfully used than
any other female remedy. It has cured
thousands of women who have been .
troubled with mspiacemenia, innam
mation, ulceration, fibroid tumors, ir
nrniiorHiii mArlndifl TiflinJL backache.
kv0UMMiMuw, r r- . , '
that bearing-down feeling, flatulency.
inaigesuon. ana necvuus yrusuauui
after all other means had failed.
If you are suffering from any of thess
ailments, ont gire up hope until yan
have riven Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege
table Compound a triaL
If you would like special ad vice
write to Jnxs arm it main,
Mass for it. She bM raided
thousands
charge.
A Dreamer. '
"You any your boy Josh Is a dream
er?" said the literary lady. "Does he
write poetry or romances?"
"Oh,"- replied Farmer Corntossel.
"he don't write anything. But he Jea'
natcherally refuses to get up till 9
o'clock."
LEWI 8' "SINGLE BINDER."
A hand-made cigar fresh from the
table, wrapped In foil, thus keeping
fresh until smoked. A fresh cigar
made of good tobacco Is the Ideal
smoke. The old, well cured tobaccos
used are so rich In quality that many
who formerly smoked 10c cigars now
smoke Lewis' Single Binder Straight
fic. Lewis' Single Binder costs the
dealer some more than other 6c cigars,
but the higher price enablea this fac
tory to use extra quality tobacco.
There are many imitations; dont be
fooled. There is no substitute! Tell
the dealer you want a Lewis "Single
Binder."
Immense Saving Possible.
-In a preliminary bulletin on the
cost of maintaining a tuberculosis
sanatorium, the National Association
for the Study and Prevention of Tu
berculosis announces that the average
cost per patient p6f day in thirty
semi-charitable sanatoria scattered In
all parte of the United States Is
11.669. .These institutions repreg?
an annual expenditure of over i,S00,
000 and over 815,000 days of treat
ment given each year. The bulletin,
which Is part of an extensive study
the National association ia making for
Its bureau of Information, points out
that the country could save annually
at least $150,000,000 if the Indigent
consumptives were properly segre
gated. The Home of the Cod.
There is Just one other great cod
bank in the world besides those off
Newfoundland. It lies bff pape Aguk
has, which 1b the southern tip of Af
rica, and south of the Cape of Good
Hope. The Agulbas plateau la said to
be almost a duplicate in size and rich
ness of tbe north cod banks. But this
is too far off, so there is little promise
of Its appeasing the hungry appetite
of the world for cod.
Initiate.
"What are Mr. Wise's initials?"
"Can't aay. He has been taking so
many college degrees that nobody can
keep track of them." '
aaaaaaa aa aiaaaaaaaaBBM Ban
If there Is plenty of room at the top,
why do people who get there continue
to fall off?
For Breakfast
Pos
Toasfe
with cream or cilk
The. smile that follows will
last all day
The Memory Lingers
Sold by Croocn.
rfcsa, 10c e-r,J 13c
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