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Vernon County Censor O. G. MUNSON, Publisher VIROQUA, - - WISCONSIN COST AND KIELD 0F _ STATE INCOME TAX STATE COMMISSION ISSUES A STATEMENT OF MONEY COLLECTED. EXPENSES WERE $94,832.26 Total Assessment of $3,472,880.65 Had Offset of $1,432,700 —Amount Col lected to Date, $1,628,317.71, and $41',862 Remains Unpaid. Madison. —The Wisconsin state tax commission has sent to the legisla ture a report showing the revenues derived from the collection of income taxes and a statement of the expendi (u r ti in the administration of the in come tax law during the years of 1911 and 1912. Income tax to the amount of $3,- ♦72,880.65 was assessed for 1912. Of this amount $1,432,700 is estimated to have been offset by personal tax re ceipts, $411,862.94 to remain due and collectable on delinquents, and $1,623.- 317.71 has been actually paid into the treasury, local, county and state. Of the $1,628,317.71, 70 per cent of, or $3,139,822.16, has been retained by the local districts, 20 per cent, $325,663.70, t*y the several counties, and 10 per cent, or $162,831.85, bus been "aid. or is due the stile treas ury. The expense of the Income tax and the work of supervising the adminis tration of the property tax through assessors, or of Incomes for the two years, has amounted to $94,832.20. Of this amount $8,846.88 has been in curred directly by the main office; $14,200.36 has been expended for printing, postage and supplies. The direct expense of $69,433.05 has been incurred on account of the local of fices of assessors of Incomes. ROYAL ARCANUM ELECTION Wisconsin Grand Council Chooses Of ficers at Annual Session Held in Madison. . / Madison.—At the annual session of the grand council of the Royal Arca num here the following officers were elected: Representative to the su preme council at Quebec on May 31. H. W. Johnson. Monroe, Sol Eckstein, Milwaukee; alternates, Judge Paul T. Krez, Sheboygan, and Dr. O. W. ('ari sen, Milwaukee: grand regent, A. E. Braun. Milwaukee: grand vice regent. Robert Dow. Plymouth; grand orator. H. A. Ransom, Green Hay; grand sec retary, ('. I). Simon. Milwaukee: grand treasurer, I). E. Cameron, Milwaukee; grand guide, C. A. Glllo, Milwaukee; grand chaplain, J. A. Eager, Racine: grand warden, F. M Krehl. Milwau kee; grand sentry, Frank Yockey, Fond du Lac: grand trustees, \V. !). Ooffeen, Green Bay; W. G. Olover, Oconto, atyl Joseph Shafer, Milwau kee. The next session of the grand council will be held In Green Hay. IOWA COUNTY VILLAGE BURNS R dgeway Almost Wiped Oit by Fire Forty Buildings Burn With „ SIOO,OOO Loss. Dodgeville. Fire from an unknown cause, breaking out in the rear of a saloon, destroyed the lnrger part of the village of Ridgeway, ten miles northeast of Dodgeville, causing a loss estimated nt lIOo.OUO. The number of buildings destroyed is estimated at forty, half of which are business houses. 4 Fanned by a high wind, the flames spread so rapidly among the frame buildings that it was impossible to check them. The. village has no wa ter system nor tire protection, and calls for aid were sent to Dodgeville und Hannervllle. Land for Approach Wanted. Madison.—The cupltol commission urges the legislature to buy six or eight business and residence blocks between Capitol park and Lake Mo nona for use as an artistic approach to the new $6,000,000 state house. It is stated that the cost of the land would be about $-.000,000. New Church Is Planned. Madison The Rev. R A. earn..’ efficiency secretary of the Pre-o , tl -’ ian synod of Wisconsin. Is canvas Ing for funds with which to erect is sm.. 000 church here, to be known as Westminster church. "Bull Moose” Is in Field. Manitowoc It. S. Plumb of Manito woc, urged by progressives of the state to run for congress on the pro gressive ticket, has decided to an nounce his candidacy. WLI Share in Estate. Janesville. Rock countv heirs of Samuel Stillwell, who died in IMS, have instituted action to establish their claims to lin estate of $40,000 reposing in tin- New York state treas ury. Nurse Saves Drowning Boy. Neenah. Miss Freda Kline, a nurse nt the Clark hospital in this eity, saved Harvey CSspcrson. aged 6, when she plunged into the ri\.r and pulled him out. Suspended for Indecent Dance. Madison.—Jack S. Stein. 'lti, fresh man from Milwaukee, was tonvictcd by the student court of Indulging m indecent dancing at a “mixer, and was suspended for a week stt in ‘a appealed to th Lieu!;' ALIEN BILL ADOPTED DESPITE BRYAN California Senate Acts Following Conference With Nebraskan. MEASURE HITS INELIGIBLES Gov. Johnson In Statement Defends Action; Messages From Washing ton Read by Secretary of State Imply a Threat. Sacramento. Cal., April 30.—1f the purpose of the visit of Secretary of State Bryan was to check further ac tion by the legislature on an alien land directed against the Japanese his mission has beer, a failure. Confer ences between Secretary Bryan and the legislators closed Tuesday night. Within three minutes and before most of the spectators knew wbat had occurred. Senator A. E. Boyn ton, president pro tern of the up per house, convened the senate and an amended land bill, which provides that, no alien who is ineligible to citi zenship under the laws of the United States may hold real property in Cali fornia, was adopted as a substitute for the pending measure by unanimous viva voce vote Secretary Bryan brought into the final conference further messages from President Wilson, but they met with no response from the legislators. At the close of the secret meeting Gov. Johnson and a number of admin istration leaders declared their optn icns remained unchanged. President Wilson's messages were in the form of replies to questions asked Secretary Bryan on the preced l"g day. In answer to the question at: io the effect a law containing the words 'ineligible to citizenship" would have upon the federal government President Wilson sent the following to Secretary Bryan: ‘T can only say that I cannot as sume that the representations hereto fore made to the governor and the leg (stature, and which your presence in Sacramento must necessarily have, greatly emphasized, will be disregard ed, and so render It necessary to con sider that question." In reply to a question as to whether the substitute bill drawn by Attorney! General Webb, which was acted on by the senate later, would be accept able, Secretary Bryan said: “I have telegraphed to President Wilson and he deems It Inadvisable to sanction any particular statutes or forms of legislation lie 'binks that It should be made emphatically evi dent that wc are acting just now as the federal government, sanctioning not this or that, but as friends of California wishing to be of such serv ice as is possible to California In a , critical matter." When Secretary Bryan concluded reading and discussing his messages the conference came to an end. Gov. Johnson prepared a statement In which he expressed the views of the majority party. "The conferences between the sec retary of state and the legislature were concluded last night,” It says. "We were delighted with Mr. Bryan, and all that he said was given the most attentive and respectful consid eration. Every opportunity was nc corded him, and the conference clospd only when he stated that he had nothing further to say "The members of the government of California with unanimity expressed themselves as desiring to aid the na tional government and In no wise to embarrass it The spirit pervading the met ting was one of friendly co operation and full patriotic purpose. "After It ail, though, 1 think the majority of the legislators felt, and I certainly do tnyself, that no suffi cient reason has thus far been presented that should cause California to halt In any contemplated legisla tion. 4, C00 MOURN DR. A. S. DRAPER. Illinois Students Hold Memorial Meet ing During His Funeral. t rhann. 111 , May 2.—While the fu neral of Dr. Andrew S. Draper, for mer president of the University of 1111- nols, was being held at Albany. N. Y„ attended by President Janies and Dean Thomas Arkle Clark of the uni versity, four thousand students and the rest of the faculty held memorial services at the school. A eulogy was delivered by Dr T. J. Burrill, vice president emeritus. "In every way the name of Andrew Sloan Draper is writ large in the era- ; making history of the University of i Illinois." said Doctor Burrill. President Draper was always high- 1 ly popular with the student body, and ; there were abundant reasons for it. He distinguished sharply between fair i play and foul, and there was little j mercy toward evildoers This came i to be understood and with it came in creased respect and approval." Refuses $30,000 Offer for Horse. Lexington, Ky . May 2.—-C. F. Bush- , meyer of Louisville, owner of Haw thorn, the favorite for the Kentucky j Derby, refused $30,000 offered for the gelding by a syndicate of New York ! horse men Wednesday. No increase in Price of Ice. New York, May 2. Despite the short Ice crop due to the mild winter the ice trust does not propose to increase prices to the family trade. This an nouncement \. ns made Wednesday by Wesley M Osier Blast at Arsenal Rocks Houses. 1 Philadelphia, April 29.—A workman at the Frankford arsenal of the fed eral government was killed when hun dreds of pounds of powder exploded in one f the buildings Monday. The shock rocked houses. Soy Stealing Third la Killed. Pipestone ■. Minn . April 30.—As the result of being hit tu the head by a ball while attempting to steal third, Monday. Clyde idrtextor. aged twelve, who lives near Chandler, i* lead. FREAKISH STYLES SEEN IN PARIS ESS 7cij& Even the gentlemen of France stopped and gazed at these beautiful Parisians In their most startling display of spring fashions at the champs races. MONTENEGRO MENACED BY 100,000 AUSTRIANS Large Forces of Greeks and Bulgari ans Face Each Other as Ally Is in Peril. I/ondon, May 2—One hundred thou sand Austrian troops are now moving in the direction of the Montenegrin frontier, according to an Antlvari dis patch to the Mail. The majority of these are from Styria. A large num ber of Austrian troops also are pro ceeding to Antivari by sea. A council of war was held at the Austrian for eign office Wednesday in Vienna. A Vienna dispatch to the Times says in the event of Austria attempting to coerce Montenegro there is little doubt that It would he supported by Italy, which probably would occupy Santa Quaranta and Avlona, while Austria would proceed against Lovchen moun tain and Scutari. In order to avoid needlessly offending Russia, the action against Scutari would be carried out through Albania, not from Herzego vina. The Sofia correspondent of the Times learns that the Greek and Serv ian forces now massed In southern Macedonia aggregate 220,006. They are confronted by three Bulgarian di visions totaling 60,000 men. The Bulgarian government, the dis patch adds, Is exhausting every means to arrive at a friendly arrangement with Servla and Greece, but the dan ger of a conflict is still imminent. Rome, May 1. —It Is considered here that the last hope of avoiding the gravest complications in the Balkan sl uation lies in the meeting of ambas sadors in laindon today, when the question of united action by the Euro pean powers is expected to be decided The general fear in Rome is that Great Britain, France and Russia, not because they desire discord, but be cause they do not wish to hack Aus tria into immediate action against Montenegro, may delay, thus forcing the isolation of Austria. In such case Italy, for the protection of its own in terests, will almost certainly inter vene to insure order in Albania and enforce there the decisions of Europe. BISK FIRMS QUIT MISSOURI. Majority of Concerns Will Suspend, but Nineteen Remain. St. Louis. May I.—Although the groat majority of the fire insurance companies that have been doing busi ness in Missouri have announced their Intention of ceasing to write policies after Wednesday, the state will not be deprived of insurance protection. Even had not 14 foreign companies itui five home concerns informed In surance Superintendent Revelle at Jefferson City they would continue to do business the state would not imme diately be without protection, as none c.‘ the companies has announced its Intention of cancelling existing poli cies and for the last two weeks nearly every agency here has done a rushing business in writing new policies. Many business concerns took out new poli cies to begin when their present poli cies expire, thus having to pay lor double insurance. W. G. Calhoun it on Way Home. Southampton. England. May 2.--The steamship Kronprinzessin Cecilie, which sailed from Southampton for New York Wednesday carried as a passenger W J. Calhoun of Chicago, tho An erican minister to China. Pope Pius Is Well Again. Rome, May 2. —Pope Pius, for the first time since his recent illness, de scended from his apartment to the floor below. Wednesday, where he gen orally holds audiences. It is said his recovery Is now complete. Fifteen Noted Hortes Burn. Lexington. Ky., May 1. —Fifteen world-famous American and English bred thoroughbred mares, each with foal by her side, were burned to death in a fire, which destroyed a barn at the Kingston Stock farm Tuesday. Diamond Broker Missing. New York. May 1 - The police are searching for David Bloch, a Nassau street diamond importer, who is miss ing with SIOO,OOO worth of diamonds belonging to New York diamond brokers. SUFFRAGETTES ARE RAIDED: DEFEAT FOR VOTE IS SEEN Mrs. Pankhurat Stunned by Raids on Headquarters by uondon Police. London. May 2. —Mrs. Pankhurat and her aides are fearful that the end of militant fights for suffrage is not far off. following raids by Scotland Y’ard officers on Wednesday, under orders from the home office, on the headquarters of the suffragettes and the arrest of six leaders of the cause on a charge of conspiracy to do ma licious damage. It was learned bn the best author ity that Mrs. Pankhurst and close aids have been convinced for some time that the game is up, as far as mili tancy is concerned, but that they de cided to suppress their convictions through fear of harming their cause. They decided that the slightest weakening in their action would cause the organization to collapse, therefore they have counseled ever increasing drastic measures. Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont left for Paris today after a disagreeable visit to London. She visited Mrs. Pankhurst at Nor folk square, staying with her an hour, discussing the police raid on the suf fragette headquarters and the sup pression of the Pankhurst organiza tion. "General" Mrs. Flora Drummond, who was on bail, was rearresttd. Miss Barbara Kerr, secretary of the Wom en's Social and Political union; Misses Lake. Lennox and Barrett and Mrs. Saunders, who were In charge of the office, also were arrested. Counsel for the treasury warned American con tributors to the cause that other pros ecutions might b® made. The refusal to grant bail on any conditions to the leaders arrested in the raids is anew departure and greatly im leases the difficulties of the militant organization WM. T. LX FOLLETTE IS DEAD. Only Brother of Wisconsin Senator Succumbs to Heart Disease. Madison. Wit., May 2.—William T. La Follette, only brother of Senator Robert M. La Follette, died here Wed nesday of heart disease after a pro longed Illness He was sixty-six years old. His wife died in February, 1911. Six children survive. Mr. La Follette was active in the recent Wilson campaign in Wisconsin and had been favorably mentioned for an important government position. M'CARTY WINS BY SHADE. Heavyweight Barely Gets Decision Over Moran in New York Bout. New York May 2. —Luther McCarty, champion white heavyweight, shaded Frank Moran of Pittsburgh, in ten rounds at the St. Nicholas Athletic club Wednesday. The cowpuncher did not add much to his reputation as a result of the performance. In deed, but for a whirlwind finish in the closing round, L ither would have had rather a tough time squeezing through to victory. "Firebug” Kahn Is Sentenced. South Bend. Ind., May 1.- —Ben Kahn, convicted of burning his store here, was s. ntenced Tuesday to serve from two to twenty-one years in the Indiana state prison by Judge Funk in the circuit court Bandit Holds Up Bank. Peabody. Mass May I.—A masked and armed man entered the Peabody Co-Operative bank here Tuesday, held lip John A. Teague, the treasur er. and escaped after obtaining about *6O. Schooner Wrecked on Coast. Nahant. Mass. April 30. The schooner Francis A. Rice, bound from Weymouth. N S., for Boston, ran on to the ledges off Nahant during a heavy fog and was destroyed Mon day. The crew was rescued. t Mrs. Vandert.lt Taking Cure. Bad Nauheim, Germany, April 30. — Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt arrived here Men.'uy to take the cure Emperor William s sister Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Metnir.gen, brought her from Frankfort in her auto. SIT TRUST AIDED BY DOTY ON STEEL Debate on Tariff Bill Is Caustic. FORDNEY MAKES A PROTEST Reduction of 15 Per Cent, on Body of Automobiles Declared to Be Harmful to That In dustry. Washington. May 2.—During the de bate in the house Wednesday on the steel schedule of the Democratic tar iff bill charges were made that the revision would operate to the injury of all Independent companies and to the advantage of the United Steel corporation. Increasing to 15 per cent., or nearly doubling the duty of ferromanganese, used in steel manufacture, gives the steel trust through ownership or con trol of large deposits of this metal, advantages over competitors. The duty of 15 per cent, ad valorem on crucible steel which Is 33 per cent, higher than proposed by the Democrats last year, which is pro duced largely by the steel trust. "I am a protectionist,” exclaimed Representative Moore of Pennsylvania (Rep.), "but I cannot stand here with out a protest and see ferromanganese protected twice as strongly under this Democratic bill as It was under a Re publican bill and all for the benefit of the steel corporation. "I blush for my native state," re torted Representative Palmer of Penn sylvania (Dem.), defending the steel schedule. The reduction from 45 per cent, to 30 per cent, of the duty on the body of automobiles caused a protest from Fordney, Michigan, who claimed that, harm would be done to the auto mobile Industry of Detroit. Under wood said that the reduction would put the industry on a competitive basis except as to expensive cars and that automobiles were no longer con sidered a luxury. “Farmers up my way have them.” said Payne. "Farmers have grown rich under Republican tariffs,” said Fordney. "I want to keep them rich. I heard of a farmer taking 12 hogs to the market in his automobile and returning with $460, and the wife of another farmer, who sold a setting hen and bought a silk dress.” "The trouble with Mr. For.lney,” suggested Sherley, "Is that ha would make the duty so that there would be no importations.” 1111 DEATH RATE I8 LOW. Memphis Shows Highest Mortality and Seattle the Smallest. Washington, May I.—Mortality sta tistics of the various states and cities for 1911 made public Wednesday by Director Durand of the census bureau show a decided improvement in the death rate throughout the country. Se attle, Washington, has the lowect death rate for 1911, 8.8 per thousand, as against 10.0 per thousand for 1910. Memphis, Tenn., has the highest rate, or 21.3 per thousand. This is a slight improvement for Memphis, however, for the death rate there in 1910 was 21.4. Los Angeles has a death rate for 1911 of 14.5 per thousand. San Fran cisco is apparently tolerably healthy, for It has a death rate of only 15.2 while New Orleans, which is below the level of the Mississippi river, has a death rate of 20.4. Death rates of other cities follow: Denver. 15.5; Chicago, 14.5; St Louis. 15.4; Albany, 20.4; New York city. 15.2; Rochester. N. Y.. 14.4; Co lumbus, 0., 14.3; Philadelphia, 16.6; Boston, 17.1; Milwaukee, 11.9; and Spokane. Wash.. 11.6. BANK CLERK SENT TO JAIL. Father and Brother Now Serving Terms in Fort Leavenworth. Detroit, Mich., April 30.—George V. .Hearing, former clerk in the defunct Albion (Mich.) National bank, was sentenced to five years' imprisonment in the Detroit house of correction for misapplying the bank's funds. Dear ing's wife collapsed. Dearlng is the third member of his family to receive a prison term in connection with the failure of the bank. HERMAN COPPES IS HELD. Boy Must Stand Trial for Killing Mother and Two Babes. Geneva. 111., May 1 —Herman Coppes, self-confessed murderer of Mrs. Manny Sleep and two babies. Or ville and Sarah, on a farm In East Plato two weeks ago, was indicted on Tuesday night by the Kane county grand jury in special session. Three indictments were returned, one for each of the victims in the case. Judge Irwin ordered that Coppes be held without bail. Man Dies Suddenly on Train. Milwaukee, May 2. —While enroute to Milwaukee Wednesday to enter a sanitarium. Frank Seeger, aged fifty, of Chicago, was stricken on the train and died while the train was entering the Union depot. P of. A. C. Miller Gets a Post. 1 '. shington, May 2. —Secretary of Interior Lane announced the selection late Wednesday afternoon of Prof. Adoiph C. Miller of Berkeley, Cal., to be first assistant secretary of the in terior department. Gotch Undergoes Operation. Marshalltown, la.. May 1. —Frank Gotch of Humboldt, la., champion wrestler, underwent an operation iu a hospital here Tuesday for the re moval of successive growth of the turbinate bones In his nose. Force Ten Times Dynamite's. Paris, France. May I.—Prof. Arsene d’Arsonvai of the College of France discovered anew explosive Tuesday said to be ten times as powesfal as dynamite. It is lampblack and iiffM fled gas. Machu Picchu thp Lost City K\ aLijnK i k ‘Jg V NATIVE ALCALDES BACK from the fabled pre-lncan city of Machu Picchu. sunken on the edge rf a 2,000 foot Pe ruvian canyon, came four members of the scientific ex pedition sent out under the joint aus pices of Yale university and the Na tional Geographical society to develop the discoveries made by Prof. Hiram Bingham, head archaeologist at Yale, and his expedition of a year ago. The scientist arrived on the liner Santa Maria from Colon. At the time of his discovery of the fairy city, with Its edifices of chiseled marble and skeletons of prehistoric periods. Professor Bingham had little time to uncover more of the ruins. This year's expedition spent four and one half months on the grounds and made a complete investigation of the most Important archoeological point on the South American continent Endure Great Hardships. Those returning were Professor Bingham, Prof. Herbert E. Gregory, head of the department of geology at Yale; Dr. George F. Eaton of the Pea body Institute, and Prof. Osgood Hardy. All of them reported tremend ous hardships. Including the deter mined opposition of the Peruvian gov ernment to their research, a plague of smallpox and typhus fever, and the desertion of their Indian guides. In spite of these obstacles, however, the trip was eminently satisfactory. Pro fessor Bingham brought back, fifty human skulls of a pre-lncan period and many skeletons, as well as thirty cases of wonderfully wrought bronze tablets and pieces of pottery Doctor Eaton collected fifty cases- of bones, which are to be sent on later. Doctor Eaton was 111 in camp with malaria for a long time, and Profes sor Gregory was also Incapitated for several weeks. Professor Bingham nearly lost his life on one occasion, when Ms mules stampeded and blB Indian guides for sook him. “J was exploring the heights of Pal col In southern Peru, 1.600 feet above the sea level." P-ofossor Bingtam said, “when my mules refused to ad vance farther on account of the deep snow. Shortly afterward they stam peded down the mountain, but I de cided to push on with my six Indian guides. I found, however, that my hardships had just begun. When I woke up in the morning my guides had fled., and 1 was left alone in a spot where no white man had ever before set foot. "1 struck out in the direction I thought would most like,? bring me to an inhabited section, and after wandering for some time saw an In dian lad dodging about among the crags. When I called to him he fled like the wind. I continued my wan derings and was getting fearful that I would find no other inhabitants, when I came across a native who volunteered to pilot me back to my starting point. Eight Glaciers in Sight. "On my way down I saw the most wonderful sight that It has ever been my lot to witness—eight glaciers ris ing to a height of 2,000 feet in the air, their pure white sides sparkling like beds of crystal. Finally 1 was able to rejoin tny party." When the party reached Peru It was learned that the government had changed hands President Lefuia. an old friend of Professor Bingham, hav ing been succeeded by President Billinghurst. a descendant of an old time British settler President Bill inghurst blocked all the efforts of the expedition for seven weeks, and it was only after powerful pressure had been brought to bear by the Ameri can consul and other persons of in- Top of the Sea. There are many pleasant pursuits open to the sea fisherman tesires fish, lng. "In Sea-Fishing.” Mr. C. O Mlnch in tells of the interest of the plank ton, or floating life of the ocean. The upper waters contain eggs of fishes; crustaceans in their larval stages, and hosts of various things too.numer ous to catalogue, many of which are of great beauty botn ot form and col or. It requires no hard labor and no costly apparatus to collect, for a te.v net is easily made and as easily worked. A ring of stout brass or painted iron wire about a foot in dia meter is litted to the mouth of a bag of fine muslin some two feet long. This is suspended evenly by three or four cords of equal length to an ordi nary hand line, and towed behind a boat moving not faster than a mile an hour, or lowered from the end of a pier when the tide is flowing. At intervals the net can be taken up. and the contents washed out into a large pickle bottle of clear sea wa ter. Then they can be picked out. one by one with a glas tube, or pipette, and transferred to a small vial of spir ' fluence that the explorers were aJ- I lowed to remove their baggage. “Even then,” said Professor Bing ham, "our explorations were limited !by an Insulting decree, which was printed in heavy type in all the news papers, stating that we could not do even exploration work after Dec. 1, and that we were not to mutilate and ; deface in the least any part of the I city of Machu Picchu. All officers were ordered to see that this mandate was obeyed to the letter.” Among the fossils found by the ex plorers were the bones of mastodons and those the the ancient equus, the forerunner of the horse. The explorers were vaccinated against the ravages of the smallpox and typhus fever, which were at that time wiping out many small villages In the interior. The Peruvian govern ment was making no efforts to check the sweep of the plague, according to the members of the expedition. Professor Bingham brought back with him John F. Legula, the thirteen year-old son of the former president. “He is a remarkably bright lad.” ; Professor Bingham said. "On the trip up he gained a working knowledge of English. He will go to school in an institution In Virginia.” TELEPHONE POLES OF GLASS Wood, or Even Concrete, Likely to Give Place to New Idea Devised in Brain of German. Near Frankfort, in Germany, there is a manufacturing plant which turn', out glass poles for telephone and tele graph wires. In order to give them solidity and strength there is a thick framework of woven wire in the glass. These poles are taking the place of the woden ones in many sections ol Germany. It may be that in time all such tele graph and telephone poles throughout the world will be made of glass be cause there are so many advantages in them. In the first place they will last practically for all time, except In cases of unusual accident, where they may be broken, as In railroad wrecks They will last even longer than iron or steel, as weather has practically nc effect upon them, nor can Insects get Into them and destroy them. And in those days when wood is be coming more and more valuable it will be quite a saving of the precious wood to make such things of glass. Experiments are also under way for tho manufacture of railroad ties of glass, in which wire netting is imbed ded in the glass. Paving blocks are made of glass and have proved to be a most valuable material for street surfaces, being ft* ted together in such a manner as to be water-tight, no water running down between the blocks. There are. Id Lyons, France, a number of streets paved with glass, and they have a bet ter resistance than stone, and also are not such great conductors of heat as stone. These glass paving blocks are now- said to be actually cheaper than the granite blocks. Welsh Descended From Noah. The smaller a nation the longer the pedigree of the native. Thuß every Scotsman of decent lineage is de scended from the Bruce, every Irish man from the Red Kings and every Welshman from Noah. The last cl; im has been made for the family of the late Lord Tredegar. Coxe, writing in 1800, when touring in Monmouthshire, wrote that "fanciful genealogists de rived the origin of the Morgans from the third son of Noah," but that there was a division of opinion in favor of the first. its for preservation and examination at leisure. None of them will live cut of the sea. Many can be well exam Ined with a strong hand magnifying glass, but others, such as the flsh eggs, require the powers of a micros cope.—Youth's Companion. Leters That Wear Away. The professor was talking of Eng lish words that, originally harsh, had been softened by a slight change in form or in the elision of some letter. The professor on this occasion gave rein to his fancy. “Now, for in stance.” he said, "here’s the word numerous' from the Latin ‘numerus,’ a number. What have e done with that word? One may suppose that originally it was w-itten and pro nounced ‘numberous.' why not? But the ‘b' in the middle of the word, in the abdomen, as it w ere, was very awkward. It was really of no more use than the appendix reiTniforms. So an operation was preformed, prob ably without .h° use of an anaesthetic and the objectionable b' was removed That operation was an entire suc cess. ’