Putnam patriot. [volume], September 18, 1908, Image 2

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Pin NAM WIM!>» <*. 0?'>.
Latest New* Condensed.
’ “All lumbermen are tiol wastefn',
far from it It. ' Kell arg. h- i-i
•nl fuiarlrr In the Inited r>i no I• »r
C*t Htrvlcc. Ill s|>caRi'»* itlamt tile | r >
grew* of forestry m this country. “Just
Um contrary I* ii • in many < i-<— ami
the nHltilrruf men in tin lum* T in i
dustry awakening to Urn necessity of
Coiim-i ving III" r omtry's forest resow -
(is in incrctuliiij i m l* day.
Orville Wright. wh > won flirt' In
Krantt Inr bit wonderful fratu in sail
ing Ins airship, broke liit- world's n
eu’tl again In-! «•> k I hursdav . at Korl
Myrr, near W asiiin;<ion. In a flight
rc< | ii I r i r i ar great -kiti on a< tiionl of a lo
tmlr wind, heeireled a 'wind the tlrill
grounds fifty eight times in *i > minutes
txi second*.
The latest thlnir In the way of apart
tnent-house4 in New York is to la- a
•tructure 1J stork- high, tilling a whole
City block, and hating 17.'> apartments
capable o' housing in luxury Him Iso
lde As each apartment will contain
<|uarler* for at leiist two -or . ants, it
would apiienr that the ap|>eal will is
to families with sonants rather than
With children. The lowest rental will
Ire f'JMlli atol the highest tmam. A fea
ture la to la1 the equipment of eaeh
apartment with a refrigerating plant
for the manufacture of Its own ice.
Iteoause Judge William Hammowley
(a-earne 70 years old last week he re
tired from service In the Hup/eme
Churl, as To years is the age limit, hut
becomes by act of tin Legislature 'Hide
Referee.
Key. Ilr Jmiii - |,. I.urdun, nf Win
< Rliada, Iii nn Illicit ii-v with
the editor of t he " Ad \ one. < hie mu,
relatiw |o (lie religion* Interest in lie
t wo (''Mini iie*, *aid.
**< iioado I* iii lln* lend. IVnjiie no
to church in < iniHilM 1 lie iniin w m
doe* mil it') I*1 ehnreli I* llie exeeplion
'flieie H n HlrotiK morn tone In 1 idt>*d.M.
nod it lien lli.i |in ilir n ntlnicnt. Ifni
We CAIlMnt IloW loon il will lllil, fm
no le i tlirtft i7 dlflerenl lunkoak* * me
njiokeo In \\ mol|ieu "
I II* f lei eland I oro ace I n., which
already ha* order* enough In iontire n
nix monllt* roil id full capacity of 4dd
toil' a day, put '0(1 men In work lii-d
Week after In mu nilol down ntnee la*t
April.
In Australia iiiciii in cheap and plen
ty mid |H'nplc eid mi average ol half n
jmund ii day , the name «« in Ihls nmii
li t Scnndautu laux entiHiiiiie only a
third an much The truth in tliat man I
kind in a« yel ine\|Nt n need in eat ink,
— unfit to lie fronted with ao ahoud
•ilce
OTile little It puh'ie \l irCHOi'l le t w '(‘it
Itelglum and PrtiK'ia in the lli'l enuo
try to Kiv e ortiel a I nil ppm I in 1 he *t inly
of K,|ieranl.> In the school* 'lx tomrs
a week me devilled In the *ludy of the
iinlvemal language.
Since I7!ai, a Ihniixiind prdents, hu e
been t**ncd In negroes, *otllc of flu III
valuable one*. I he most lulled in kin
Invtulor lu the I oiled .Stale now I*
dram tile I Woods, of New \ ork i lly
A eohued M'hool leaehei of \\ indtiok
Inn, l> t . Invented a gong for line lo
> #elinnl», and alvi i pinking machine
A eolon'd die"io iker invented a m i
Chine fm tewing hranl on cloth v» i I',
oul the thread show lug oulside \ n
to red Florida woman Invented a Iml
»fm Invalid' tor which die ref lined ' mi.i
Kour hundred peianna attended the
aci'lona al l.ake t'«ni|Hiunee, I ail III
«la\ . I win it Hie fourth annual ( lindian
t dl/ensldp Field hay of the allied
chureli and lemiwiauce orgaui/alion*
io t uiineetieut. Allhouith not worded
t!iaf way, II was tile rally ol Hie piohi
lull'udat parly ol Hti» stale
Theic al* a sinking indication of
the number of unemployed in lauulon,
I ov md, tart I* 11 lay, when '..odd men
aim,'undid ami aUemp'ed In make
then way Into a ho-,pilul, which had
a H eiHat'd for a |»uh at a wane ol
ft a* a week and meal* \n extra de
tail ol |kiIUx' had to !*■ called out lo
k<*p order in the crowd which wa*
M toggling to get Into the lotildlok
I he forest lire* which havejuat laid
waste whole counties in Mluiieaota,
Michigan, and extending into \\ isooi
mo, destroy lug many tow o* and mak
tog thousand* ol |H'i*on» homeless,will
IJO (lew II a* one of the wold In the last
<|uarter ol a century
The announcement lhal there have
Uni 1H death* from Astatic cholera in
M Petersburg, has caused a disagree
nHr shock throufhoul Kasletn I’rus
mh amt Berlin. The government ha*
jiriH'laiimti a nuaranttne against all
ltu**lari vessels arrlvlntt at i.rrman
j».rU from Hi. Petersburg, I'ronstadl
ami tin' Black Sea
The astronomer I»r J A llrashear,
who has Into studying the present sun
a put*. says "The *|>ol« that have been
on the surface of the nun tor amue lime
are of unusual sire and are plainly vU
Ible to the naked eye in New York
Htale They presage nothing on the
earth except magnetic disturbance*
The most harm lhal I evpect from the
»]*■!* t* that they may interfere with
wireless telegraphy
Governor Mngoon.of t uba,ha*loMii
a decree hxintl November Max the dale
lor holding liie general election for I* re- j
ahtent, Vice President, Representative*
amt Senator*. It I* ex|«fleU that after
I he training and ex|*erieoce that the
people base had, U»U ume they wilt;
conduct their election peaceably, and
unitedly submit ijutety whatever tw
the result. , . .. , . ,
Tlie population of the lkiminkm of
Canada, a* estimated by the govern
ment census bureau, i» e.sod,US'.
Specials in Ladies
Fall Hosiery
Km.it s' B .ri'ur.dv IK.se.
That new 0». uze l.isle hose
in the new Wine shades, at
50c a pair
Ail the new shades of tan
in Ladte>' Hosiery in cotton
a it! iisie at 2^ to 50c a pr
Ladies' Black ( otton (iatt
/*•. Lis hr and Silk Lisle hose.
Special \ alee 3 pair lor $1.00
Exclusive Dress
Patterns.
We cal' your Hpeoial attention to our KXCLl HIVE DRE~8
PA I I'EHJiS of 7 \ar'I length*, all of who’ll a:e ent irel v
NEW and UP TO-DATE, nt *1 1i * and *1 5 i a yard.
Something New.
Something ttint you have long l»e«u looking for. A SPOT
PROOF PRUNELLA, in Rlark, I^-utina Finish,
at SI.00 arul (1 50 a yard.
We at*- also prepared to show you a NEW ami I P TO
1 >A I K line of DRESS (lOOl)S at "25c to $1 00 a yanl.
Do you realize
I II it now i - tin- time to think of those Full
BLANKETS ?
i .,it,,i | IT.. I P ."I Wl ite. White tt-.th color I 1 tor-let
Tun .in i * >i ii v i ‘.t to H.t .*>0.
Won' lilmiio t i Wni >• with colon I Hord r, £4.50 to -*10
Watch our Show Windows
The Huron I). Binibee Corporation
THE BIG STORE
Is Now Complete in every Department. Displaying a LARGER and Better line ol
FALL MERCHANDISE
THAN EVER BEFORE OF
Hosiery, Underwear, Domestics, Dress Goods,
Millinery, Ladies’ Ready-to-Wear Goods, Kitchen
Furnishings, Boots and Shoes.
Putnam'* Bunie*t Corner. - . Buj;l>ee Corner, Putnam, Conn.
IS SHOWING A COMPLETE LINE OF
Walk—Over Shoes
FOR MEN. in GEN METAL. PATENT COLT. TAN
•GRAIN and WINE CALF iiLl'CHEUS and BUTTON
QUEEN QUALITY SI ~ f>tr Wonn*n in Russia Calf
Button in,.I Wnn- Calf Poll.. this season's favorites.
A <• ■.1111 1 *■ Ilint' of i*t\ i-K nt
sit.OO, fG.nO and 1*1.00.
Byron D. Bugbpe Coporatioi. j
AC L
DO
YOU
KNOW
what constitutes good writing paper ? r irst o! all,
good linen cloth tor the pulp: second, pure water,
that the color mav be clear and unsullied; third,
intelligent workmen, but most of all good taste.
The beautiful and unusual finishes of the Eaton
crane and Pike papers are the product ol design
ers noted for ability.
Let us show you a line at popular prices.
Women’s Hew FALL SUITS.
We are now ready to show you our new line of Suits, made
in the latest styles, and the new materials used this fall.
Come in and examine them. Try them on—that will be
more convincing than any amount of description.
Prices range from #10.00 to #30 00.
Women’s and Misses COATS
In the IVaucleve Belmore and Marchioness Styles. Our
Coats are ctrefully tailored, and lined with a goo 1
quality <«f lining. You will be surprised to find the
prices so low for such superior quality.
Prices from #1U.00 to 00.
We are showing a line of
Ladies and Misses’ HATS
For eai’v Fall wear, in the newest shades, trimmed in white
and colors, at popular p. i< i s. Children s School Hats.
80c to 11 08 each
Watch our Show Windows.
Slate Rcientics (roin National Forest*.
Fikure* Just nui lc public iiy the Fo
rest Ser\ In' allow . I lint tin h r I lie new
law re*|irlrlmj - ' p'r cent of I lie «mss
proceed* of National Forest business
to Is* paid over to the Sluti"' Mini terri
tories hi which I In* Ilirt'il'' in*' I * n*i ili'il.
In lw us. i| lur public schools Hint mails,
lln- last lUual year, will ylulil these
States *"H7,tkV..7U.
The mi11*innls which K'» tn utii li i ary
friiin |i.l|a.»W fur Arkansas In nUT'i'i,
■ am> (nr Montana rtiu small amount
fur \rkansa* Is trecause the National
I 'uresis in ttint Slate were created sn n
cmlly Hint they liaut mil yet |tnt fall
H uniter wm Oklahoma, willi one
small National Forest, receives s.sVt,
Iv hi is Ms * nl, unit the lie'll smallest nl
lui these Is N I’lirMskh,w itlt **l-si Since
the forests in these Ih‘s| twu Stales wei ■
s. l aside finni lain! mil ii i illy ilestitute
nl lieu., Hull lhe a<iveminent ndjflil
liv luttsi |. 1 ti1111■ iu mi llieut, It will
II r i il *<il •!> surprise must |ieople I lull they
shinilil ylelil liny revenue at all.
National Forest business I. chiefly of
three kliuls yira/lnk. timta'r sales, anil
special use. the latter eoniprUiiiK the
use ol the lesser reaourees of llie forests
Hint llu |h ■ in l> tnvolv I lift the develop
mint of wu.ii p.vver. It I. Interesting
to note the "tales In which the largest
volutin ofe,o h of tin si three Mini' of
business Is none mill study tlie eiuises
w liteb make their rcietute*corres|»onil
iiujly link' i
Muni min. I iilt. nia anil toUuado
leail in Uin 1st '(lie. Faeli ot 'these
Stales will lovin' o\er Fsi.ihsi Hum
the prneenls o the ion .Is,
lilalio, t inti ari l Orison lieatl the
list ol |he -la is in kta/iiik business
lilalio s share ol the receipts is over
t ililornln leails In s|H*elal use t-usi
newt,partly becatiseof the lariti* amount
ill water jaiwui deivlojied, ami I'artly
iKuaosu ol the laikci imputation ailja
t*ent to the forests amt dr awtiitt U|khi
I licit resources. fill' Stale will receive
a, the sliaic of the National Finest pro
ceed* atsnit * i-,is*'
Something Like a t ami
Tin- hlgKcsl tarm II "farm" it ran
In- called inj that owned by t*on I ni'
TVrra/as, In the Slate of i hlhimhiis,
Me \ loo, « litoli measure* from north to
'out h I'm in tit'-, amt from oast to west
itii mile*, or ' ium.ooo acre* in all. On
tU prartes ami mountains roam l,taa>,
mm in ml of oatttr. TW.iam »hwj> ami
lim,(M> horses The "farm-house’' is
probably ilio moat majjnltloenl in the j
world, for it coat K'.mm.Oim to t>ull«t.
amt is more richly fumuhed than ilia
ny a royal palace.
On the homestead alone are employ
ey a hundred male sen arils The aar
ileii* are »ii|«rrbly lanl out, the 'lat>le'
more magnificent than thoae of the
lierman Kmperor, amt there i« Hocom ;
niodatlon for mat Kiiesis If necessary
Scattered over Ibis 'a»t ranch are a
hundred outlying station', each one of
which ha» charge of a certain |*>rlton
of ihe estate. The home men, the eow- i
punchers, line rider*, shepherds and !
hunters number -,iaw, and the Terr*/- |
as raneh is tlie only one la the world
which maintain' Us own slaughtering
and packin'! plant. Kaeh year I m,i*»’
hr ad of cattle are ihughleKd, tressed
and |tacked, and Uar.um stteep.
lam l.uis perauttaliy stiiwrtnierid*
tin- dittervnt Industrie* on ru* ranch,
coicniig many thousands ot mile* <m
horseback during a tweivarnoulh tie
was at one time tiovernor of t'htliua*
hua, but public life did not *utt him—
it was too «|utet, and he preferred to
s|n'inl his life riding over the plains
and looking after liU own enterprises.
Hi' is three times as rii'li as any other
mail In Me \ ieo, ami has Ihe name of
is'inis Illieral ami generous low aril his
w ork |ample.
lion I.ul.s funn<■«'<] his eatlle ranch
alanit fourteen years ago, amt four years
later he sought to tm|H>rl the llnesl eat
tIt* from Scotland and Fnglitnd. Hut
there was a considerable dilllciilty in
the way. The Import duty on foreign
faille was so heavy that II was Impus
sible to tiring over the animals in niiui
la-rs siilllelenl for his pur|M«e, so Ili a
1,ills a|i|s ale<l to the Mexican govern
ment. p.nnltd out tlie nbsurdilv of re
strietiiig the iiii|H>rtaliou of good stock
Into I lie eoinil r> . and succeeded In get
ting the lnt|sirt t i\ repealed. Since
that lime Terra/as has increased his
stock by the importation of something
like -i.issi mills ol the Is'si breeds from
the famous studs of Kuro|ic.
Five years .tg i l'erre/as Installed on
his ranch four big reservoirs, costing
s a n 1,1 h at, la-sides w I in-11 there are >si
wells scattered over the huge farm,
S uue of them going dow n to a depth of
> at feet. These wells, the waters from
which is raised by means ol windmills,
cost another j-MKi.issi
F.verv kind of grain is grown, and
Ikui I,ilia is constantly e\|*-rimenliug
in the raising of ititlerenl "food' for
supplying the w nils of Ids Immense
herds during Ihe tainless season
\n enemy which has to Is- sternly
fought on this great ranch is lire, and
s -nicely a summer passes w Itliont great
traels of pasture being laid waste by
tls destroying advance. Throughout
the torrivl months there is a man -I -
tinned on Ihe "look out" at every sta
tion, each hour of the twenty four, and
directly he secs indications which tell
him that a lire lots started, he rings the
masstvc alarm la-11, anil in an Incredi
bly short time men come riding in rt a
dy to light the (Unger with their lives
if necessary
The frightened cattle are driven side
wise from the line of the on coming
lire, and then the enemy Is attacked
from the rear. It is no good attempt
ing to stop a prairie tire from the front, j
for its progress is too rapid and too an
miniating Heavy chains are dragged
along the ground, which help to weak
cn and dissipate the lire. Across the i
prairie long furrow*, fifty- net apart,
are quickly made, and these- also help
to slein the progress e*f the tire. All
night the fight is kept up, and not un
til the last spark is quenched are the
men able to take food ami lest.
Fighting a plaint- tire lias all the ele
ments of danger, and few excitement it
has few equals.
Whal rorllwd n»wl Iteslls Is
\\ riling on "TIm (Ontlnil of the i • >n
ervte Age, ■ writer hi ttir "Suburban
Uft" says: “IVwtland wiwat, named
not from thecilyof Portland, as might
lie lup|twM, but because its color re
solubles Portland stone In Knielantl,
where it was invented, about IvM—is
matte by grinding together clay, or a
clayey rock, likeshale, with a material !
like chalk or limestone, ami then burn- ]
inn the fiounil stone at so high a heat
that the powdered coal used for fuel
burns like a g*', without apparent
smoke or odor. The eitnker formed in
the kilns is again ground to the tines!
|vowder—so tine, in fact that the dia
meter of a grain is lews than l"M»Kh of
an inch—-and i* then |lacked In lacs
or barrels, for shipment."
Neglected Highway Improvements.
Highway if; mi-.-.inner MacdonirlH,
who is now ta mg sharply criticised
lor slowness Hint indifference to the
work of building Slate highways in
Kaslern t'ouneclieul, has had given
Mini an opportunity of e\plaining his
failure to do the work urgently deman
ded. A cotiferenee was arranged by the
New lionil in I'.usiness Men * Associa
| lion and in addition to the members
| of that \*sooi.dlon, then* were present
■ from Norwich and many other places
but none from this part of the Stale—
as the people do not seem to Is* aware
that they are entitled to anything, as
; they are elsew here. Itefore tills confer
; enee lie made a long address, admit
ting that the work of improving the
h g i w ays of I*.astern t 'onneolieul had
t 01,11 behind. lie explained a great
many tilings that did not seem to need
any explanation, the main question
was, why are the improvements ne
glected ' Ills answer was first, that he
lacked oltiee assistants, and had to do
detail work himself, and has not had
time to visit the neglected places.
lie lin- lieen in office thirteen years:
at the Is ginning there were three ( imi
misstoners, and he got the legislature
t i grant him sole control, w ith increas
ed powers he asked for increased a|>
propriations, amt got generous ones:
b.’aides Ins large salary, tits expenses
are all paid: to facilitate rapid travel
ing, the legislature, at his request, al
lowed him a touring cht, and he can go
at the rale of fifty miles an hour, if he
desires. Itut he has no time to go, tie
says, I tec a -o he lacks otitee assistants
and lias i do detail work himself. It
all seems strange. Perhaps an investi
gation o: his oitice and met hods might
enlighten the public w hy ihcstem t oti
iieelii t 1- suffering for lack of high
w ay imp:. \ ements which are not dif
lletill l m ike.
lint hf -..iw •• Tho average cili/en of
this state knows nothing at all akKiut
the law under w hich I operate—knows
nothing at ill about the met hint em
ployed in my department." They can
know the law as well as the t'ummis
slotier. W hat they w ant to know are
hi-metli w|, which he admits are un
know u.
*'W h>, he exclaimed, dramatically,
"if I hah'iui,ma»,taki, and was build
ing road- m ldT of those towns, the
l<eo|ilc in the other town would lie yell
ing for me to eonie there."
That is not only sheer nonsense, but
it is untrue. H# tries to divert blame
by accusing the people wrongfully.
\oeordmg to his own showing, in only
one town, Holton, has he received any
complaint, and that tiecause he failed
to make much needed highway repairs :
after teuig notified, his excuse being. ;
"1 had not time ” A miserable ex
cuse. Hereafter every county should j
have a special committee to su|ervise
the t oiuimisiooer's highway work and
his method* of doing it.
l*ope i*ius X. has addressed the t'a
tholie clergy, orvlering several iiupii- !
taut changes to be made, lie avlvises
all the clergy that they must abstain ,
from mingling in the affairs of the
world amt "live hoiily.” t«ooJ adv ice
for all clergymen.
— Miss Mary Turgeon ami Mis*
Maria Pmulx were the guest* of friends
In Providence last week.
— 1‘ayville won the second tennis
tournament from Mousup at Danville!
last Saturday. Among the contestants
of the i»ayvitleclub were l’. K. and L..
W Shaw of this city.
Newton's Light Theory.
Sir Isaac Newton earned worldwide
; fame by showing that gravitation. pre
viously recognized only at the surface
| of the earth, Is ojmrative throughout
j the universe wherever there is matter.
hi another held of physio* he was l'ar
: less h.^py. His brilliant success in
| experimental optics came to be tjuali
| bed. though not Invalidated, by a
j faulty Interpretation of the facts. lie
gave Ids name ami powerful authority
to the nnpust ular theory of light. In
S r Isaae's view, the phenomenon of
luminosity is prod need by corpuscles— I
exceedingly minute particles of matter
which are projected continuously j
from the sun. st irs and all other lumi
nous bod it s Hut his corpusi les failed |
to elm id ate all the appearances, and
; Sir l-. - 's theory was finally deposed
by an explanation whi* h tvferred light
i to undulaton vibrations in the ether, j
It would l»e suMir eomfort for the dis
eoverer of universal gravitation, were
he living now, to realize that the mod- !
ern physi- \<t Is daily dealing with cor- j
! pus, l»s thing off from matter at sjkhhIs j
fairly eomparaldc with that of life It- j
S4‘lf.
Couldn't Help It.
A young lady tells the following
story of an Englishman she met dur
Itiji a trip to Mexico:
The Fngllshmnn lieoame acquainted
with the Atnerknn party while they
were ail guests at a winter hotel. !
Whenever the parents of the American j
girl pni|H>sisl any trip the Knglishinan i
Immediately Pegged to U> made one !
of the party He was to lie Included
In a moonlight trip to a nearby titottn- I
tain, \fter the Amen ans were ready i
[ to start they had to delay some fifteen i
| minutes awaiting tlteir guest's ar- j
; rival When he did arrive he elec- I
triliod them l.y his comments on the I
reason for Isis delay. What he said
“I log pardon for my beastly tardi j
ness t otiidu't help It. don'eherknow j
I had to bring my mother from the I
gardens first. It's a singular horrid |
tiore. but one has to to kind to 1 is :
mother, dottVherkuow — Milwaukee
Free Press
The Queer Screw Plant.
There is uothiug undvr the sun quite
so quaint, so weird anil witchlike as
the pandatms prairies of Fiji. The pan i
danus. or screw plant, as it is called, is ;
a most grotesque specimen of the \ eg
eiahle kingdom even at the lost and
In the early stages of Its growth. In its ;
very young days !t Is of au extraordi
narily screwlike sha|ie and looks as
though sotue unkind band had takeu
hold of its long, swordlike leaves and
twisted them round and round, latter
on It straightens out a bit. and from It
grow a nuuitier of tall wooden stilts.
Its foliage is simple, a number of
drooping, rugged tufts, for all the
world like mops and very mournful
looking Among these mops hangs the
fruit. In shape like n pineapple, made j
up of hard red aud yellow kernels,
woody mill fibrous atnl quite uneatable
from a European s point of view.
Hi* Status
rite aste system is » > deeply rooted
at-o e- th, iieople of India that Phris- [
tUim.nl Hindu is are still under its po
teut mtlucuee For example. Mr. J C,
Oman, fort ,orly pr.iti-ssor nf natural 1
science iu the g .cerurneul college at
Lahore, tells iu til- |«Kik. "The B.-ah
mans. Ik*—is ami Musi ,:s of India.-*' of
tlte native t hrwtiuu bead master of a
miss I*. U seliool who was asked in a
court of just ice w hat h s religion was.
"Brahman-Ph:i>: an.” be repbed.
The judge, who was a European, not i
t*%'''t's*--thug sui h a MVt, asked for more
tuforuiatiou.
"I am a Brahmau-Phristian." re.ter
stexl the bead Piaster, "1 cannot i-all
tuyseif simply a t hrisuau," be cout it
I in-i '.s ail >:..i warmth, “wlitMi
*'!.. h (su'd j: : i there is also a
■ i ist i.ii. i .mi a lira limn u-l'hrlstiau,
sir.”
"
Friday and Fortunes.
Two u i wli i wished tn make an
i appointment witii a fortune ti ller wlio
1 was proi.ounn I "just splendid" by
! everybody wlio lia I patrouized tier
| were ulvised by tile seer to etmie on
1 Friday
"That is. if you are not superstitious
i aliout Friday." she said. "Most jieople
are They regard Friday as such nil
unlucky day that they won't even have
their fortune tol.l them for fear they
; will hear somethi.it; unlucky. That is
; why l advised you to come oo that
| day. 1 will have plenty of time and
1 won't have to pat your eases through
with stall a rush." St. Louis Repub
lic.
An Equinox.
Tommy Pa. nliat is an equinox?
Pa \V!i er ii is ahem! For good -
Mess sake, i' .iiny, don't you know
anything . '« ut m. thologv at all? An
equinox was a fuliie.l animal, half
horse, half ei u Its name Is derived
from the w ads •equine- and ox.' It
diK’s seem as if those pnhlie school.-,
don't teach children anything now
adays"'
Naturalized.
An Italian went to the civil service
toniinissioners' rooms to tie examined
for a laborer's position Me answered
most of tlie questions correctly. Final
ly they asked him If tie had ever l«s>n
naturalized He soetue I a hit puzzled,
hut at last his face lighted up. "All. I
know whata you moan. Serutcha de
Arm. Vos last.) week."
Then He Stole.
Prudent Swain- if I were to steal a
kiss \\... ;| - are you so that you
would s,-renin? Timid Maiden — I
"ddii t. Fright always makes me
dumb.
I have n *\i- n m a man of real
!|i!i lobo ungrateful—Coetbe.
Bread ’’'hat Intoxicates.
In far i"i Kussia, ia that region
w'h h es between the '-oa ami the
•'Ivor i a .-I Mssnri. tlie humidity t)f the
i mate as well as of the soli Is re
am; .ah o \ egetation is here distin
g'l hlohl f,»r *ts v omlrotis exulieranee.
s»ih an extent that the soil never
ihie> U ' The result is that the Inhale
itan's i order to prevent putrefaction
of tin* ro s smi their corn ti|Min u se
ries of lay, v f tt,e soil. Nevertheless
in certain districts the humidity is so
intense that there grows u)>on the ears
of corn a kind of fungous matter made
UP of micro fungi As a result of this
>;s>rndexcres,,eoce the bread niade
from the corn In question ghes all the
results of au overdose of alcohol. In
)er> h inn id eiitnates the phenomenon
ts likewise known, though to uothiug
like the extent of eastern Sit**ria.
where whole districts are affected by
this strange kind of "alcoholized
bread."
Sh*ke*p*ar*'« Nam*.
It has often beeu a puzzle to students
of Shakespeare why his name is sailed
In so many different ways. Shake
st>eare himself is said to have signed
hts mime on different occasions "Shak
«i>earv and "Stiakesjs re " and learned
llsquisitiens have lieen written to
pnoe which Is the projier sjtelling
None [sTliajis was more amusing than
the 'weather" reason given in lNol by
A’U-rt Sh :h. who averred that lie had
'■ and it in the Harieian mauttsoript
i* was as fellows:
H. w ,1v,} shakspeare spell hvs name'’
’,*e* tnern- raaydc >* change, we say
write it as ye piease
ye » nne shone he mayd* hys A
w :en write fce toek hys E es.
ami
TV,
i'eij. Sfl,
Vt j
B
How Qumti hi, 0i
Tfc* MCtlnjr out of the a._
Qtjre* Elizabeth wa* a <
function. First came a gea;
1 r -d. WInirrt by a geisUeay^ ***
*tiS “ tablet-loth, which, after
knelt reverently three titae*' ***
spread upon F . tat ie. Then , a-,*s‘
ethers. <—e •» i ’i t> ,.,| • ” • **•
n ee' r. a Mar.
knelt three Mm. •.. ;
the t-iW". I felt .:p.
i nine a lady j w:<,
se< i>t><! Th* fir: t
white, aft r kneel:
prngched tlie table ■
the plates with the
in warfet and ea? h
g Id. These dishes
the table, while the lady
each of the guards i ■
dish he had brought in for fear of
i slide poison. These guards '
leeted from the tallest ■; M *
men in all England. At the |
this ceremony a number of n. '
ladies appeared and with great *
nlty lifted the various dishes 3Ij(j ^
rled them to the queen in l,Pr
apartments. The queen <’ • ed and‘
pe.1 alone, with few atb->dants."ari,! -
was seldom that any one was nils el.,
at this time and then only -it is .
cefwion of some one In power
-alt. T
Of the
carry fr
Were
!r'i? rsbv^
>«* <?»trr^
■ CMrd,^
' a disk *
!'la'^ Ef.,
Mer gar,...
from (e
Coal Used by Romans,
It if> believed by some histortamiw
real was used by the Romans en ^
continent and by the Britons on the is
land tiefore the arrival of Caesar \
early as 121M Henry III granted • i;
cense to dig coal near Newcastle ta
a few years later the use of cos] WM
forbidden in London, the smoke teiar
deemed prejudicial to public health
In 1S0C. the London gentry petitlonni
the king against its nse. declari^ that
in spite of ids royal order certain taa'
llcious persona persisted in burning ..
Coals liegan to lie brought from
castle to London in 1,'tsi, during th,
reign of Richard II. B\ the year ;«■,
coal was commonly burned in Lond.'n
as it fuel, though 200 years later m
the reign of Charles I., Its use was far
from being general througboot Eds
land. Anthracite coal, which, ei.es
the diamond, is the purest f nil of rar
! ism known, was first uswd by a r<*.
liecticut tdacksmith nutm-d (hire v
lies and as i d unertie fuel by Jaij»
Jess’e I'• 11 <>f Wiikesii.un . i'a , in IS'
A Fairy Tale Kingdom.
The kingdom of TV ... is a fa:w
talc. You climb up a riihvnj instead ■
of u beanstalk, and at the end there < :
a wonderful new world. The sf-eimr* j
is different, the vegetation is different, j
the climate is different. ; ad. most f
all. the people are diffseat from arw
tiling elsewhere to i seen in tht-J
whole range of Africa I usrend of tie
breogy uplands wc enter a tr-e.a-;,; j
garden III place of naked paint-si
savages clashing their spears and it.
tiering in chorus to tin ir tribal chiefs
a complete and elaborate p >lity Is prs
seated. I'uder a dynast:-- king.a (('
iinnient anil a powerful feudal sw j
tern an amialtle. clothed. ; ■ -iite and;.,
lelligcnt race dwc!.’ together in an or
ganized monarchy upon the rich da
mn in between the Victoria aud Aiher*
lakes. - Winston Churchill. M. P, a
Strand Magazine. \
A Promise Unfulfilled.
O. Henry. the well known story w’
er. once promis'd the editor of a m.:
;ixine tin** Me would deliver a sh*>rt
story to hiui on the following Monday.
Several Mondays passed, hut them**
was refriu t :ry, nml the M->ry was iK
for! In--uni.*," At !..st the wrathful «1
itnr wrote this note:
My P.<'•. Henry—If I do not reor->r
that si ry :i an by l. ocloektod^a
ai \ going: to put on my heaviest Him
3 n s. '"iik1 (• wn to yo-ir h ;se and kl<’i i
> i downstairs. I always keep mjr pr^s*
Whereupon O. Henry >.it down a i
wr.ee this eharaeteristu reply:
Ii r Sir- i. too. v.u . d i • my pros
i ls« s if I could fulfill them with my feet
— Since<< Magazine.
uereci.
A little irirl \v:is playing with a pH
friend of her own age on the [oft
of It.'!- home. An elderly gentleaiu.
her mother's father, and an (“Merit
lail.v. tier fuller's mother, were sittia*
on “lie !>or h talking pleasantly
en< h other The little girl hail oft*
wished her : rninh'nr els were of tit
tame name. Hke other • !i!l Iren'srraa4
parents. Present! P ■ !**t!e paest Wj
marked. "Vt'lrit a ei e gntndtefrtdj
III (1 rrondfn' her y. a I •• el"
“Oh. yes " she - t I. with a si*1]
“ont they don't t eit h "
An fvrlan
“How long has tv
ope a. ‘ 1 the wo-'
“Two yea - “ sal! f
“I am sorr !
th “ V t. ' I el;-.
ha i • • ie he;- then."
"Yes?" smiled the
nnteli pie -si. "11
“1 ah ivId proiia V'- h
hr this time if II ' "
utul the e:i‘< v*.e co: I
Hunter's Weekly.
er off :
,1 the ST**
. vanish'
Cause and Effect.
Old Hunks Whe i 1 ■ amo 1"
lown sixteen year - ■ r,’a’
he block where I live w as Ihghet
It Is now. . .
01.1 Hewllgus—It word he**»
Slock where you'd set' e down--1
Co Tribune.
Generous. _
Mr. Smith (In street carn-M®*';
take my seat. Mrs Jones >*
been standing fifteen niiinit**’^
thanks; 1 get ofT at ibe n*'! *
Smith—That's all right *' d° L
It la unpleasant to turn I**1
though It he to take the ri**1'
German Proverb.
Catarrh
Is a constitutional disease
or****
Impure blood and requiring
treatment acting through and pw*
blood tor Its radical and
The greatest constitutional relufJJ
Hood’s SarsapaHJI
In usual liquid form or in
tablets known ms #*rsatabS. '
Nasal and other loci: k™' '
are relieved by Calarrlets. ,
Rammation and deodorize di