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KT OF THE
I'ublic T-brarV Ji.jCi1
WOODSTOCK, VERMONT
The People's Rights A Represeniatlve Deir.ocracy ThefcUnion and the Constitution Without Any Infractions.
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VOL. L NO. 51 WHOLE NO. 4502.
SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 1913.
SPIR
UNITED STATES LAGS
Way Behind In Matter of Im
proved Highways. .
Of 2,200,000 Mlles In Thls Country Lee
Than 200,000 Are Up to Date
$260,000,000 la the Annual
Loto to Peoplo.
What Ib tho uso of rural froe dellv
ry raall routea and tho parcel post
systom lf thero la to bo no lmprove
mont o't tho publlc roads for thc eco
noralc dollvery of parcels ahd malla?
Accordlng to a bullotln Issued by tho
afllco of publlo roads, thoro were ln
tho United Statos ln 1909 2,199,645
mllos of publlo roads, and tho total
mllongo of lmprovod publlc roads was
only 190,470. Yet wo boaat that tho
United Statos ls a highly clvlllzod
country nnd make facos at the cfieto
countrlos of tho old world, ln eomo
sf the most decadent of whlch, na wo
aro accustomed to call thom, the
pcoplo know whoro thoy aro golng
when thoy start, nnd hkvo Bomo Idoa
of when thoy wlll get thero and what
It wlll cost them to mako the Journoy.
Thoro ls a good deal of humbug lu the
clalma we mako for ourselyes, partlcu
larly when lt comes to practlcal thlngs,
although wo aro wllllng to admlt wlth
out argumont that we are tho most
practlcal people ln tho world.
Recently what ls called tho second
Natlonal Qood Roada Fedoral A)d con
vonton was ln sesslon ln Washing
ton. The placo of mootlng could not
haye bcen bottor Belocted; the tlme
could not havo bcon moro lnauapl
clous. Nobody was thlnklng jobout
good roads, ezcept, tho noarest cut to
tho White Houso and tho ofllces walt
lng for dlstrlbutlon. It was announced
In tho ofllclal progrant of the meet,
whlch was called by the Amerlcan Au
tomoblld assoclatlon, that "the dlstlnct
purpoBo of thls gathcrlng ls to creato
a concrete plan whlch Bhall loglcally
Inrolve our natlonal goYornmont In tho
hlghways progress of tho country."
That ls a flno purpose; but wlth tho
old ones golng out ln shoals and the
new ones comlng ln wlthout any spe
clal purpose or any purpose that has
been formulated cloarly, thls was hard
ly the tlmo for tho assoclatlon to make
a very deop impresnlon upon the leg
lelatlvo and dlsposlng mlnd.
For two days tho convontlon dls
cussod good roads ln a most lntelll
gont way and a mass of valuablo in
formatlon was obtalned from export
testlmony, forolgn nnd domesttc, that
would lose much of lts forco flt
should bo suffercd to "perlsh. wlth the
UBlng" or tho spoaklng. Tho maln
contentlon of thonBsocIntIon ls that
"It ls the duty of the fedoral govern
mcnt to supplement state and county
systom s wlth a plan ot natlonal roads
conuectlng all parts oT tho country.
That ls a most arabltlous project,
but nono too ambltlous for a country
eo blg as thls. Thoro aro somethlng
llko 3,00,0 countles ln tho United Statos
nnd lt ls well wlthln the marlc to say
that ln not one-half of thcso countlea
la thero anythlng llko what could bo
called by the utmost strotch of cour
tesy a road "system." Tho offlclal flg
urea prove thls wlthout argumont.
The ratlo of godd roads to bad roads
ls as 199,000 ls to 2,000,000, nnd, as Mr.
Dooley would say, "thero yo aro.i But
It Ib as certaln as taxoa that good"
roads are comlng. The tdea ls tnklng
hold of tho publlc lmnglnatlon and wlll
aoon make lts way lnto " tho publlc
pockotbook. It costs from flve to ten
cents, accordlng to the classlflcntiou,
to haul a ton of frelght by tho mucb,
abused rallroads a hundred mlles or
eo; lt costs nbout twenty-threo centa
a mllo to haul a' ton ot' almost any sort
of frelght over most of tho publlo
hlghways ln thls country, and thcse
hlghways aro in the daily uso ot the
peoplo lu thelr, most lntlmato and nee-
cssary buslness. It has been eatimat
ed that bad roads cost tho peoplo of
tho United State b not leas than $250,
000,000 a year.
Cost of Transportatlon.
It costs tho Amerlcan farmer 25
centB a ton per mllo on an .averago to
haul hls produce to markot or to tho
rallroad statlon. In .England, France
and Qermany haullng costs from' 7.7.
to 13 cehta per ton'mlle. The dlffor
ence is due malnly to tho lmprovod
roads In Europe.
Keep People In Country.
Qood roada wlll keep peoplo ln the
country and wlll br'-ng clty peoplo to
tho fresh alr.
To Tow'n by Telephone.
Did you ovor honr thls 7 Tht roads
wero so bad that ' the only way hc,
could get to town was by telophone.
Increase Moralltyv
Good roads wiy Increase health,
happlncss, cducatlon., rellglon -and
morallty,
Oecrease Profanlty.
Ocod roada wlll decreaae profanlty,
dlscouragemcnt. back taxes, sherlfX'
ales. sour grapcs aad grouchaA.
GOOD COUNTRY ROADS
Narrow-TIred Wagori ls
Dostructive Agont.
Most;
Hlohways Also Have Been Rulned by
Wrono Method of Worklng Dlf
ferent System of 8upervlslon
ls Advocated.
Qood country roads aro rnlnod ln
I many ways, somo of whlch must be
lald at tho doora ot tho offlclala ln
, clmrge, and somo" wo can only hold
tho farriiors thomBelves responsfble
for. Qood roada aro rulned by weath
br, water- and wanton nogloct Man
ls tho chlef dostructlve agent and wo
must pay somo attentlon to hlm and
hls ways, sayo tho Westcrn Farmer.
Any good dlrt road can be rulned ln
a ehort tlmo by haullng heavy loads
over lt ln narrow tlred wagons. The.
common one nnd three-fourth-lnch tiro
does moro harm to country roads.
than any other destructlve agcnt. Wp
wonder why tho farmers wlll contlnuo
buylng theso svheola when a broad,1
tlro say four-lnch wlll make rathor
than destroy good roads. The broad
tlred wagon pulls eaaler and that
Ehould bo aufflclent reason why the
chnnge should bo made.
It aeema a waste of money to make
n dlrt road hard tfnd smooth. dragged
at the proper tlme and all that, and
then havo a lot of men haul blg loads'
of grain, hny, wood or what not over
It Just aftor a raln and thelr narrow
tlres cuttlng away ln. Of course thoy
all keep ln tho ono track so emch suc
cecdlng tlro cuts a little doeper, It
another raln comeu before tho rbts are
Uragged full then the wholo road goes
to pleccs. Thero should be a tax or
?ome legal penalty agalnst, tho narrow
tlred, wagon. Wo are not pleadlng 1or
low wheela, thongh wo belleve ln
them, too, ht wo do urgn evory ono
to buy wldo tlres. The old wheols
can be made ovr and vrtde tlrea put
on at a sllght cost.
Roads havo bocn rulned: by the mll3
by tho wrong method of -worklng;.
The old systom of worklng out tho
road tax under a supervlsor or road
boss ls wrong. It nevor yet has made
a good stretch of road. It never wlll.
The practlco of tearlng up the road j
(n the fall nfter harvest bccauso
that'a tho only tlmo ho can get farm
ers to work plowlng tho sodded Bldcs
up and scalplng tho wholc conglomerni
tlon of Bods,. Btones and clods lnto tho
mlddle of the road Ib the worst system
fhat over can bo practiced. Tho Bca
Bon ls wrong, the system ls wrong
and tho road ls bad all wlnter and I
ncxt spring.
Who has not sccn brush plled ln
' soft places. gravel dumpcd in mud
' boles, and oven sand put ln chuck
holea by tboso road bosses? It's a
sure way to make a bad road worse.
Who has not Been dense groves of tall
wlllows plle- the road full of anow
whlch made a mud holo exlst there
for weeks aXter the rest of the road
i was dry7 What ls the xomodyT A
dlfferent system of road supervlsion
Itemovo the ofdco from polltlcs, get
men who havo studled or wlll study
road bulldlng and keep them as long
as thoy are cfllclent. Pay road tax
ln cash and lct thls sklllcd road boss
hlro hls mcn. Hc ahould keep tho
8ntne men all tho tlme. They become
moro efflcient all the tlme.
FOR M0RE 1MPR0VED ROADS
' Much Valuablo Asststance Reniiered
by.Office of Publlc Roada Peiv
! Uhable F'roducts Waated.
I Mnny of tho model highway Iaws ln
varlous statca havo been' prepfircd un
der tho advlco of the road exporta of,
tho dcpartment of agrlculture, nnd
ull the data and statlatlca of tho ofltce
of publlc roads aro at tho dlsposal of
tho lcglBlntur.es.
In tho last bullotln of tho offlco of
I publlc roads It was stated that at Itho
closo of iSQa-. 4.SG per cont. ot the
roads in tho Unltod SUtee were 'rm
' proved. Thls reproaents a gatn, ln .the.
. total road, ralleage Improved for- the'
' Uvo-year porlod, 1904-1909, of 1.6? per
cent.. or, in other words, ihe por
centago of Improved roads, has ln
creasod durtng thls porlod from 7.14
to S.GC 'jer cent.
In tho throo yoars that 'havo ela.psod
i slnce then, lt Ib roughly ostiaiatod
that tho porcontago of lmproyed ibads
has gone well beyond 9 por cent,,. and
possibly closo to 10 per cent Jt la
oatlmated that if 20- por cent. of tho
I publlo hlghways woro Improved
each "nlghway bolng aolocted fnd lm
provod wlth a v'.ew td the pro.'pbrtlon
, ato trafllo upon it a hlgh dcigree of
' nfflclency ln hJKlrway tranaportatlon
would bo reacned lt Is flared that
' mllllons )f doUaro wauld bo eaiyed an-
nually ln the transportatlon of crops.
Vhe "wcar and tcar on horses and ve-.
hlclea, and la the mtnlmizlng of the
wnste ln truck farmlng. Whoro roads,
. nv bad, the farmers frequontly flnd lt
Imposslblo to get tholr producta to
tho shVpplng pdlnt and thus perlsh-
nblo prod acts nro wasted, porcepUbly
Increaalnfi the cos$ of Uvlag. .
1N ISJORN AGAIN
Removal of Braln Tumor Leaves
Patient an Infant.
Gradually He la Beglnnlng the Use of
Hls Facultlei, and the Surgeons
Say He Wlll Fully
Recover.
Penvor. Evory mornlng a number
of tho leadlng Burgeons of Denver
gathor at tho county hospltal to watch
the remarkablo opcctacle of a man slx-ty-throo
yonra old llterally bqlng born
lnto tho world. Each day tho patient
acqulrea tho use of'ono or two moro
ot hla facultiea. until ho can now
movo,- eat, rocognlto persona and
epeak a few words.
Tho man U Luthor Dlonno, who for
flve years has boon practlcally dytng
from n tumor in hls braln. Ho was
paralyzed, spoechless, elghtless and
outwardly dead on Dccember 30 last
when two surgcone oporated upon bls
braln.
Thoy removed a tumor larger than
a wa'lnut from the cortox of tho
braln. Tho tumor had dostroyed all
tho norve flbors except thoso runnlng
to the heart and lungs.
For two weeks aftpr tho oporattoti
Luthcr Dlonno lay as tf dead. Ho was
fed through tho nostHla. Then ho
began to undorgo a completo soc
orid blrth lnto llfo. Hls flngers began
to movo. Tho next day hls toes moved.
On tho thlrd day tie could Utt hls
arm' sllghtly, and so. on, day after day.
the rejuvonatlon contlnued. At the
ond of ten days he rcgalned hla slght,
but was llko a baby, and know no ono.
When two weeks had paBSCd ho spoko
a word or so, ropeatlng aftor tho
nurso "fpod" or doctor or nurao,
A few days- ago tho nged man was
so far recovered that he could, slt up
In bod, feed hlmself, dlatlnguUh one
nurso from another and speakqulto a
iow of tho slmpler words that ho had
Iheard used by the, people in hls ward.
One of tho Burgeons says that Dl
onno ls well on tho road to completo
recovery, and that ho' ls rcgalnlng hls
nortnal facultles as fast as new nerve
lilbers grow through hls braln. M6m-
ory has not ;yet. roturned, but ln time
he wlll be nblo to take up hls llfe
whoro lt left off whcn ho lost con
sciousnoss flve years ngo. Othor Den
ver surgeons say that. .tho oporatl.on la
one of tho most remarkablo ever'per
formed In the United States.
Little ls knowfi of Luthor Dlonnp ex
cept that he was enco a prosperoua
real estate man. Hls llfo vlrtually
onded with tho growth of tho tumor.
BANSHEE PERIL 0F 0IL SHIP
Steamer Qchuylklll Lands at New
"York From Yokohama Wlth a
Welrd Varn.
NowYork. The Stannard Oll com
pany's tank shlp Schuylkllli whlch ar
rived Xrova Yokohama recently, not
onJj -narrowly eacaped founderlng In a
iyphoon in the Chlna sea, in whlch
one ot the Chlnes'e crew was lost over
board, but al'so was threatenod with
a mutlny becauso the romalnder of the
esen perslstod ln thlnklng they were
pesued by the dreaded "bansheo" of
that rellglon. A welrd whlstle, that
eccmed to pursue the shlp, added to
thelr fcars. Joss stlcks were burned
and praycr papers thrown ovcrboard
ln valn.
Flnallyj ln tho hopo of proptiatlng
tho splrlt, thoy selzed upon a crow
do'g belonging to the flrst mate and
tnrew it over tno siao. i ne wnisiung
-ceased, but when Flrat Mate Fltzglb
bons heard the fato of hls dog thero'
-was moro trouble. He found tho
Chlnnmen praying beforo an ldol ln
itho forocastlo. Throwlng the ldol
Ithrough a porthole, he pommeled the
Buperstltlon out of hls crew and there
tob no further talk of Chineso ban
ehoes. Tho strango wbistllng was made by
the lamous whlstllng flsh of the China
soa, accordlng tOjFJtzglbbons, and (he
teatft on dog propltiated them.
GIRL REC0VERS AFTEfl SH0CK
i ""
Racovero Powere of Speeph and Hear
Ing When Brother Kllls Self
Young Man'a Prayer Aniwered.
London. The eulclde of a, young
saan nnmed Percy Cnrl, of Ashford.
Kont, has been followed by, hls deaf-and-dumb
Bister -regalnlnB ber powcrs
of specch and hearing.
The rccovcry is aupposed to be due
to the effect of, the shock caused. by
Qe death of tho glrl'a brother.
. Jlte a cUriouB fact that ahe becamo
fleaf and dumb on the , day that her
brother wae born. fn hls farowell ,lot
lr the brother wroto:
"Dear Mother: I should llko to llve
to eeo LUys hcarlng restorod; I be
lleve it "wlll bo somo day. I have
prayed abont .it for the pat "Uve
reara."
WATCH 0N SHOE IS NEW FAD
London Shop Showa Jeweled Watch
Worn as BUckle Socloty Worr.en
Glve Orders.
London. A new caprico of fanhlons
shown ln a amaft shop in Oxford
strcot ls a watch worn on tho ahoe. A
wlndow display a gray suede pump
wlth a Uny "Joweled watch worn as a
buckje and fastened wlth a Uny Bllyer
chaln. The proprietor aaya several
soclety. women patrons have glven or-
dors. He. asae'rts hls bollef that it
wlll. be w popular a fad as the wrtot
wntck.
LIGHTNING IN THE TR0PICS
Thunderatorma never occur ln the
Arctlo regions. Nearertho equator
jthe more Bovoro the electrlo mantfoa
tatlons. In cortaln parts of Central
Afr.'ca the avorage run ot thundor
torms ls 250 days a year, yot thoro
aro eomo very curloua exceptlons. In
Sumatra and iava, both very hot cll
mates, there are only, 92 stortns year
ly, and In Bornoo only about EO. Tho
gold coAat' of Africa has only about
60 a 'yoar, whlch Is leas than occur
In Florlds, though the latter country
la outstde the tropics.
Jn Java thero ls a thunderatorm ev
ery day for flvo months. Forhaps tho
moat astonlshing fact ln . regard to
thunderstorms ls that the island of
Maurltlua, whlch is only E50 mlles
eaBt ot Madagascar, has on an aver
go only one thunderstorm ln 80
years. ,
Yet ln Madagascar the llghtnlng ls
moro destructlve than anywhord else
ln the world, the annual number of
deaths belng more than 300.
WELL THAT IS B0TT0MLESS
One of the tnoat curlous and most
Intoresttng natural wonders to be
found ln Arizona ls Montezuma well.
Thls strango lake la locatcd about the
eento'r of tho state ln a aomewhat
laolated communlty. AU about lt aro
croat quantlties of malap'al rocks, for
thls ls a most docldcdly volcanlc com
raunty. The woll Itself ls somo 200
yards acrosa, and ,na far as lt has evor
boen posslblo to determlne it ls bot
tomloss. The- water ln tho well ls ab
solutely clear and pure. lt, malntalns
a certaln level all the tlmo, whlch la
unaffectod by the dryness or wctnoss
of tho season. The walls that rlse
preclpltouBly above theso clear wa
ters and reflect thomBelves ln them
were at ono tlme the homco ot a pop
ulous commuulty. For thls ls tho very
center of what waB onco the cllff
dwollcrs' atrongtiold ln Arizona.
ONLY PERFORMINQ TURTLES
Tho turtle ls one of the slowest oi
creatures ln lts movemonts and pos
8es8eB little braln. Yet a well-knowr,
Amerlcan naturallst has succeeded- Ir
tralntng throo of theso creatures tc
do a number of little trlc'ks. H
places them, ono abovo the other, or
spools, as deplcted ln the photograpt
glypn above. If a pleco of cabbag
or other green stuff ls hold out in
front ot them they wlll mako a com
plete clrcult, all raovlng ln unlson,
keeplng thelr balance and not tUnv
bllng off. The blgger turtlo wlll also
rlng a bell. Thls lt grasps lq onc
of ita forefeot. Jcrks lt ott tho ground
and then glves it a Bhako. It ls qultc
nmuslng to watch tho Blow, dellberatc
manner ln whlch thls Is done. Thf
turUcs llve ln thelr owners houso
apendlng thelr tlme ln tho kitchei
huntlng ddwn tho vermln.
H0LDS PLANE STILL IN Alr
The Tagllche Rundschau of Berllr
says lt learns that a Qorman englnee
haa made a remarkablo invention, per
mlttlng an aeroplane to remaln Bta
tlonary ln the alr at a glven polnt for
an lndoflnito perlod. Tho form o'
aeroplane for whlch thls nmadng ar
complishment la clalmcd ls sald to
dlffer radlcally from any heavlor than
nlr machine hltherto conBtracted
Tho mllitary authorltles are sald to
ho enthusiaBtlo over tho new Inven
tion, as, lt opona up incalculable1 pob
ilblllttes ln obBervatlon and the
dropplng of exploslves.
GERMANY'S W0MAN 0FFICIALS
Qermany has 11,000 womon fllllng
honorary offlcea ln cltles and on char
Ity boards. In 1CS munlclpalltles 7,000
women nro in nctive sorvice for the
care of tho. poor and' orphans.. In 11 B
towns "thero aro women serv.lng' on
the Bchool boards. The Unlon for
Motherhood Protectlon Is sald to bo
the only woman's organlzatlon which
recelves tho approval of the kaiser
Thls soclety was founded .by Frau
Stoecker and. numbers lts raembera
by the tbousands, lncludlng overy
"clpss and co'ndItl6n. 'men and womon,
ln Qermany.
CHANGING THE CATS FUR
" t r
Aremarkable transformatlon of a
cat's fur by Je'mperature has been re-
ported. Aablack cat was accldentally
ahut In the refrlgerntlng chatnbor-of a
mall steamer in Sydney harbor, Au
Etralla. and was not dlscovered untll
about 32' days later, when tho shlp
was off Aden., Tho cat was scarcely
rccognlzable, the fur having become
lanc and thlck. changlng to white on
the back. DroUght out ln tho intenso
hcat of tho Red sea, the heavy white
coat rapldly fell out and tho normal
coat waa restorefl.
GOINS 10 NIGARAGUA
Money Is Shipped from New
York to tho Capital.
Funda Bent on 8teamer Are In Sllver
and Copper to Replace the Dls
credlted Paper Now In
Clrculatlon.
New York. When tho steamshlp
Pannmn, bound for tho port of Pana-
raa, salled from her pler ln the North
Rlver she carrled coInB to tho valuo
of over ?180,000, whlch are dqstlnod
for Nlcaragua, and form part of a
project of puttlng tho currency of that
republlc on a new and solld baal'a
The colna aro packed in some slxty
four boxes and twenty-flvo "drums."
Th.oy aro entlrcly coppcr.and sllver,
They wlll bo transshlppod across tho
lathmuB and thence by steamer to
Managua. tho capital, on tho west
coaat
The.colns and papor money as well
wlll be put ln clrculatlon, and wlll
gradually replace the old depreclated
paper currency of tho country. In
tho course of the next few weeks over
$100,000 ln money wlll bo shipped to
Blucflelds, on the Atlantlc coast, so
that the money wlll be put lnto clrcu
latlon practlcaUy slmultaneously, At
about tho same tlme' a load of bank
notes lssuod by the new Natlonal Bank
of Nlcaragau wlll also bo shipped to
the country. ,
Not only wlll tho general valuo of
tho Nlcaraguan currency be changod
In the course of the next fow months,
but the denomlnatlons of tho currency
wlll be entlrely altered Hltherto tho
Btandard coln of tho country has bcon
tho peso, orlglnally worth nbout 20
cents, whlch has been depreclated by
constant nnd reckless Issuea of paper
money, tlll, two years ago, lts valuo
waB R cents, The now natlonal coln
age, and also the paper currency, wlll
bo modelcd on the Amerlcan system.
The standard wlll be tho "cordoba," a
sllver coln equal ln vatue to an Amer
lcan dollar. The smalleBt banknote
wlll be tho ono-cordoba blll; tho sll
ver wlll be of tho same denomtnatlon
as the Amorlcan, wlth the addltlon ot
x copper half-cent
Thls shlpment ls tho most substan-
tlal accompllshment of a two years'
:ampalgn to reform the flnanclal con-
dltlon of Nlcaragua. Tho flrm ot J, &
W. Seltgman Co. of 1 Willlam street.
whlch flrst understook to help llnanco
the republlc ln 1911, has advunced the
monoy necessary for tho Issulng of
the new currency, having aroong othor
securltloB, a certaln percentago on tho
Import dutles lnto the country, to bo
collected by ono of lts own agents.
Thoy recommendcd, flrst, that bo-
toro any now monoy was latroduced
lnto the country a large parE, atleast
of thei old paper currency should 'be
summarlly destroyed. Thls advlco has
been taken, and up to date a sum of
$12,000,000 paper currency has been
burned. nnd many mllllona more wlll
meet tho same fato. The agents, lt ls
sald, commonly used tho flreboxes of
rallroad locomotlves as lnclncrators
Thls ls sald to bo the nearcst tho Nl
caraguan rallroads havo ever corao to
belng run on Nlcaraguan capital.
By thtB means the rate of cxchange
has been lowercd nearly SO per cent
and the paper peso ls now worth the
sum' of 8 cents, gold, whlch rate wlll
remaln.
The new riioney wlll be gradually
glven out as the old papor currency If
called ln, and 12 pcsoB wlll be ro
celved in exchango for one sllver cor
doba. It ls not expcctcd that tho lg
norant 'people wlll take to the new
system wlthout Busplclon, accustomer'
as they are to vast fluctuatlons In tln
currency. but the intelllgont people
and the busincas classcs wlll probnbl
take the new money wlthout hesltn
tlon.
CHINA WANTS DEATH CHAIR
Speclflcatlons of Machine for Kllllng
Crlmlnals sent to Cantort- by
Constructor.
Trenton, N. ,J. Informatlon waB
sont across the sea from the hewest
to the old eat "clvlllzatlon pf tho world
rcgardlng the humano cxecutlon ot
srlmlnals, when Carl F. Adams, con
structor of 'electrlo death chalrs, sent
to Chlna speclflcatlon3 for a modern
jlcctrocutlng apparatua,
Mr. Adams, of the Adams Electrlc
sompany. recelved a lettcr from the
Clofonlal store, 58 Sha Kee street, Can
ton, Chlna, telling hlm that one of thc
lilghest ofllclals ln Can ton wanted In
formatlon about electrlc chalrs. The
Colonlal storo is kept by J. B. Cheeny,
and Iils letlcr. In back hand, ls
couchcd ln' excellcnt EngUeh.
Tho lotter was nddressed to Mont
gomery, Wnrd & Co.f of Chlcago, and
by that houso sent to Captaln J( B.
Wqod, superlntehilent nnd warden of
the Richmond, Va., penltentlnry,v As
Mr. Adams InBlalle'd one of his Chalrs
tor the Btate ot Vlrglnta, .Captaln
Wood forwardod the Iqtter to the
Trenton nian."
'.It was about slx years ago, when
Mr. Adama deslgncd and luatalled an
electrlc chalr ln the state prlBop hcro
It has w'orked wlthout a hltch for
more than'flevonty olectrocutlons. He
has also Installed a' slmllar machine
In the penlt'eutlary of South Carollna.
Gamecock Attacks Jersey Farmer.
Jersey Clty. Whon Benjamln Sher
man, a farmer' llving ncar Qlen Qard
aor passed through his barnyard with
a basket ot eggs, Rodnoy, one of his
gamecocks, attaclced and spurred hlm
to 'badly that ho wds almost bllndod.
He was flnaJy rcscued. ,
Where Caddies are Girls
1 . 1 1 s
One of the pleaslng featurea of thS golf llnks In Qermany la the Qlrl
caddle. She ls plcturesquely dreaaed, attentlve to her dutles and generally
more Intelllgent than tho boyi usually "employed In other land.e. The
custom of having glrlo for caddies la now spreadlng In France and Great
Brltaln. Our lllustratlon shows a, group of caddies on the Thurlngen
golf llnks In Saxony.
'iljETuWICTyEV AolLiGTGIRrOF eTgHTY
vur, n.,mv,ai. fit lnnntlooa ln England
A UU .....'fk'. "
. t . 1 inat alinwrn
anu vvaies on juw
an lncreaso of 2,504 ovor tho total n
year boforo, accordlng to reconuy
sued roports of tho commlssloners ln
lunacy. '
Tho total numbor of certlflod lnBane
i-- Un To.mnrv 1 wns 135,661.
The lncreaso of 2,504 compares with
an incrcdse of 2,604 for iuu, whu
1.706 for 1909 and with 2,703 for 1908.
Last Januory tho lnBano were reck
oned at ono to evory 269 of tho pop
ulatlon ln 1902 the proportlon was
ono to 298. .
On tho questlon ot dlstrlDUiion iuo
n.R nnr cent. of lnsane
aro malo and 53.5 per' cont. femaleB.
ln .the populatlon tlioro nro to um.
to 52. females ln evory 100 porsons.
In cases of heredltary msanuy
proportlon of the fomales ls 59 per
cent. whlch beara out n fact noted by
r. nf thn T.nndon county asy-
v -
lums, that ln tho offsprlng of lnsano
parents dnughtors are mucu mom uu-
ihnn ontm. In casos wlth a
U1U1UUD t 11 -
famlly hlstory of alcohollsm tho ro-
malo proportlon IB B3. auuaon iucuw
etronn n ncounts for 65 femalo lnsane.
compared wlth 35 males; ln pro-
longod BtreBB women aiso prcuuu.
h (n nir.nholio lntemperanco
llltXVU," J -
tho malo cases aro twlco as numerous
as tho female 68 agatnst
CELLAR TRAP FOR TRANIPS
TM T rrfv Pnrtnn. WifO Of a hom-
steador llving nlno mlles east of Ko
ota Ual dovised n unlquo systom of
keeplng tramps away from the placo
.t.An sh ontmnned one of them ln
. 1 1 U ,1 duw -,- ,
her collar nnd gave hlm such a frlght
that he promlsed to ieavo ana nuver
imt nart of the country agaln.
Tho collar, a largo holo ln the ground
some dlstanco from tno nouse, ib ira
nuonted by snakes. It has not been
iBod for Bomo tlmo. When tho tramp
nppeared and beggpd for food sho told
hlm that ho could havo a moal If he
would got niilk from tho cellar. When
ho waB lnsldo tno woman siammeu
down tho door nnd sat on lt. After
the man had gono Mrs. Parton shot
two rattlers In .the collar.
WEARS IR0N FALSE TEETH
' S. P. Munday of Fort Worth, Tex.,
prldeB hlmBelf as belng tho only man
"Ivlng wlth cnst-lrori tooth. Ho wears
aet of . uppor tooth mado of lron.
caat by a motal company ln Fort
Worth. Thoy welgh 4 ounces. He
sayB thoy are as Batlsfactory aB ordt
nary falso tooth and domonstrated
thelr solldlty by soUndlng the. motal
on a pleco of stocl. Tho plato and
tooth are ln ono solld east.
4
Physical Cultureon Beach
waA,
Durlng the summer months at Hastlnga, England, classcs In pnyaelal
culture are malntalned on the beach, attractlng much Intoroat and' aroue
Ing the admlratlon of vlsltors. The puplls are all chlldron, and they ar
put through thelr .axerolsesdressed In bathlng 'sulta,
Mrs. A. D. Wlnshlp of the Unlver
slty of WlaconBln, ln Madlson, la no
doubt the oldost "collogo glrl" ln
Amorlca, lf not ln the world'. She
becamo a studont at the Unlverslty
ot Olilo when sho was oovonty-elght
years old, and ls now elghty. She
expects to rocelve her dlploma from
Wlsconsln in two years more. Hr
Intorest in tho world and ln llfe ln
general -la as great as that of a wom
an with tho greatest part of llfo ahsad
of her.
ACROBATIC FIRE BRIGADI
Japan In most ways is aa modern.
as any other country and Tdklo has
a flre department that ls qulte up to,
date. But the old-tlmo flre brlgade
of the clty ls stlll malntalned aB a
spoctaole, for lts mombors are tralned
acrobats who do. remarkable stunta on
laddera and poles of bamboo.
CAT AND TUBJLE ARE CHUMS
Turtle Dove is the namo of the fam
lly pet in tho iomc of Mrs. Catherlne
Dlllon, 13 Bioocker street, Now York
clty, It is a mud turtlo, wti. hz
been ln the famlly 65 yoara,. and, ls
sald to be 180 years old; Wrlnkled
skln, broken shell and twlsted claws
aro the Indlcatlons of old ago wlth
Turtlo Dove. The turtlo and tho Dll
lons' cata aro bosom frlends, and night
fln'da them undor tho a'tove, wlth tho
turtlo's head on the cat's pawa, and
thus they peacefully Bleep.