THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURO.
When Caley Went $
Home.
Caley rapped lightly upon the table
with his nearly empty beer glass in
token of appreciation and the watch
ful waiter, accepting this ns a
sign, whisked the plans away and re
placed it with a fresh mug, before
the singer had returned to the stag"
and the three-piece orchestra had
completed the Introduction.
Caley entered Into an argument
with the waiter as to the need of
a fresh gin, but at the first notes
of the song he handed over the coin
and turned his attention to the
stage.
It was an odd selection for such
a place; a medley of old-fashioned
airs In place of certain popular sing
ers at the regular vaudeville houses,
but to Caley It was more than a piny
upon sentiment, It was a direct mes
sage from home.
He could close his eyes and shut
out the garish concert hall with its
alert waiters and their ever-ready
trays of glasses.
He could rec an old-fashiored par
lor with
I t s time
sol teued
vail puper
iovc red
v'.th por
traits of
the dead,
crud e'.y
lot.e 1 n
rayon. He
ould see
he family
'.ible up
) n the
imrb le-
"The girl threw back cove red
her head and laughed." centre ta
le, the haircloth covered furniture
vnd the little grcup about the cot
rage organ In the corner.
It was not a Sunday night else the
"look on the music rack would be
he C7ospel fytnns. The well-wora
upy of college songs and glees spoke
f a week-day festival a" plainly as
lid the calendar out In the living
.'oom.
It had been three years since he
ad stood by the organ and had
'ung these self-same songs: "Good
Night, Ladies," "My Bonnie Lies Out
ver the Ocean," "Seeing Neli:e
:iome" they were all familiar.
He was back In Canada Crossing,
vnd some of the young folks had
ropped Into Nellie Bray's to spend
he evening with her.
Then the vaudeville sing'-'.-'s strid
'nt voice grew softer and : ' e velvet
ones of "Home, Sweet H --. .3," well
ed up. The voice broke ui the con
luding bars until it teamed to echo
ae sobs that wci.d up In Calcy's
'wn throat.
Loud appV.-'jse broke out and the
"nger came back to acknowledge the
ipreclation. The leader started
Home, Sweet Home," but the
lunds choked In her throat end
;e shook her head as she left the
age.
Caley wondered If she, too, had
jmembered some pleasant night
ack home.
The leader continued to play the
g, the cornet staying out and on
' the battered piano supplying a
ngllng accompaniment. The mu
3 clutched Cnley's heart and he
as sunk in reverie.
Then the proprietor of the p'.ace,
burly, coarse-featured fellow,
ustled up to the leader.
"Cut It out," he commanded
'arply. "These rummle3 won't
iy nothin' wit' you weepln' like
iat. GlV3 'em something lively."
The "Home, Sweet Home," ended
.iruptly. as the cornet player took
j bis Instrument and the lively
irains of a popular air swelled out.
t had been nearly two years slnco
o had heard from home. When one
no regular address or place of
.oode letters become an lmposslbll-
There were times when Caley
. ept In the police station, and there
are other and more affuent occa
Dna when he could hire a room by
week and had the price of a few
era which permitted him to sit in
. a concert hall and pretend that he
i enjoying himself.
This was one of his periods of af
ence. Six dollars on a race horse
A been swelled to $126.
The girl had jo'ned a friend In the
dlence, In accordance with the
:e and easy custom of the place,
1 from her appearance It was evl
ot that she had forgotten whut-
T It was which had brought tho
s to her throat.
"lut Calev had not forgotten, and
ad he fin
ished his
c-or h e
liade a re
vive. For
first
time ho
iad made
i strike
a a "long
hot."
Mo would
?t a suit
f clothes;
i real suit
With sudden determ.f,- , J
ition he rote and but- 0 d lu;e
toned his coat." of the sec-1-hand
shops. Then he would
' a ticket to C: nada Crossing and
hofne.
ft wa Just about time for the
'p'lf!.' p-a :it ' ; n:id thpy would lie
;' io see at homo.
''";! i m u.i ,t ii ileterniliint Ion lie
!. i mi I buttoned his ro.it. He
Mopped i t t;ie table at which tlie
g.rl ; .-it ( ,i the way out and drop
pi d a dol'Hr hill on Its sloppy t;ur
f "Your so!-;; was nil to the good, '
he sail hoarsely. "Oft yourself n
L'li'ss of 1) -rr with this."
Caley passed n'ong without com
ment, and g!ii whipped the bl'l In
to l-r liodie" before the sharp-eve'
proprietor could see It and claim n
commission.
"That medley's a winner," she said
musingly to her companion. "It
beats time how these rummies weep
over 'Home, Sweet Home,' when
they ain't even got the price of n
ten-cent bed. A chap cornea up to
muh the other night and says, 'yuh
gimme a message, pis. I'm agnin'
home.' Chee, ef I keep on Golossy'll
have to close up his shop; there
won't be no marks to buy."
"Yon sing it real good," volun
teered her companion appreciative
ly. "That cry gag gets 'cm dinn
ed." The girl threw hack her head and
laughed.
"Did yuh fall for that, too?" she
demanded. "That aln' no cry i:ns.
The rotten place 'sso full of smoke
muh pipes get froze. I get that
dry "
She did not finish the sentence,
for the other accepted the hint r.nd
signalled to the busy waiter.
Hut out In the night Caley vai
wandering through the dark byways
and the memory of that sobb'ng con
clusion still rang in his ear.'. It
was a messnge from above and it
had called him home.
Don't Fat White Men.
It was only recently the n?ws
came out of the western Pacific of
the killing of a missionary on one
of the Solomon Islands to be the
funeral baked meat of a cannibal
feast.
Private advices from the official
charged with the investigation of
the murder comment upon the prob
ability that the story had come out
tc civilization as a tale of cannibal
ism. The missionary had been kill
ed, the writer said, for tresspassing
upon the sacred precincts of one of
the native secret societies while
their solemn mummery wus In pro
gress, due warning of which had
been given by the deep reverbera
tion made by energetic swinging of
the bull roarer.
But there was o evidence of any
scrt to offset the statement made
by the murderers that they had net
eaten the white man. Their state
ment found confirmation In tho
condition of such of the bones as
were recovered, for each had been
brought to a high polish and stain
ed with turmeric to a brilliant yel
low. The charge of eating white men
seems very hard to Gown. Kven
now, when every one should know
better, it is by no means unusual
to find tho statement that the Ha
v.aliaiis at Kealakekua ate Capt.
Cook, yet they were not cannibals
at all.
In the western Pacific ivhere can
nibalism is constantly practiced ex
cept under the Immediate eye of
white men, it is natural to bo sus
picious of practitioners of such gi:s
tronomy. Yet it is highly Improba
ble that a white man, who might Ut
killed In the most jovial way by
these savages, would ever be eaten
by them.
Here Is a piece of testimony on
the suDject from u sodato German
who has lived for thirty years and
more among these cannibals of the
Pacific, Herr Parklr-t.on of the Bis
marck Archipelago.
"During my long residence In
these Islands, he writes. "I have
not been able to establish to my sat
isfaction a single rase In which
white men, though butchered, have
actually been eaten by the Melan
eeians. The bodies of the murder
ed have often enough been dismem
bered and single pleceg sent to re
mote districts as trophies of the
perpetration of the murder, but as
to tho eating of any of these por
tions no definite information can be
had.
"It teems quite difficult to com
prehend why the cannibal who eats
his own kind should repect the
white man as an arie'e of food.
Yet, if wj consider tho senseless su
perstition of the Melanosslan, which
In my opinion has driven him to
cannibalism, because through eating
the bodies of the slain he expects
to come Into a full enjoyment of
al! the powers of him who Is eaten,
thus does It become comprehensi
ble that he will not eat tho body or
a white man whom he has killed
Lecause of his belief that thi spir
it of the murdered man will exert
ar. Influence over htm which he
does not nt all regard as desliable.
"The late King Gorol of the Short
land Islands once told me In an
swer to my question the not partic
ularly flattering rear.on "Spirit be
long nil white mai. no good!" In
general one receives the reply that
tho white man as meat does not
taste good. This I hold to be a
subterfuge under which tho sly na
tlvea hides h's dread of the spirit
of the white slain."
Spoiled for Her Tart,
Stage Mannger The girl that
takes tLo part of tho sleeping beau
ty In the show ca.'t go on tonight.
Business Manager Why?
"She ate a Welsh rabbit and the
san't bleep!" Yonkerg Statesman.
;1 Kill MB
Templcton Pekl Was Known
Onlv bv liis Coins.
ARE l-Xa-HMNGLY RARE
lie Nfnicl; Gold Plecivi In LVor-.l.-l In
tin- HON mill Later In Ciilfi.rnlii
Of ll.o Latter Ksiie Only Two Spec
lineni Kenu:ln T!ie former Also
Very Rare.
There are many coins which have
a romantic Interest for the collector
on account of their historical asso
ciations, and yet others which have
an equal Interest because little If
Bnythlng can be learned of their ori
gin. To the latter class belong the
coins Issued by Templcton Ueld as
sayer, who struck gold pieces of va
rious denominations nt his private
mining establishment nenr the gold
mines In Lumpkin county, Georgia,
In 1S30.
While the denominations of these
coins and their designs lire definitely
known, next to nothing hns ever been
learned about Temple'.on Ueld. All
that Is known Is that In 1S30 when
the gold mines of Georgia were fur
nishing a not Inconsiderable propor
tion of the gold production of tho
United States he conducted an as
saying and smelting establishment at
which gold coins of the denomina
tions of $2.fiU, nnd ?10 were
struck.
Scarcest of the Held coins Is the
ten dollar piece dated JS30. On the
obverse It bears the denomination
and tho Inscription "Tcmpleton Held
Assayer," while tho reverse shows
the words "Georgia Gold," surround
ed by a circle of stars. Thu gold
pieces of this denomination struck
In 1830, 1S31, 1S32 and 1S33 weigh
ed 24 8 grains, were of a fineness of
. 94 2 and had an Intrinsic value of
$10.06. There Is one other variety
of this denomination undated, but
of equal rarity with the dated speci
mens. The only specimen of the ten dol
lar piece i.ow known Is In the mint
collection at Philadelphia, where It
has been preserved through the fore
sight of former United States Assayer
Dubois, who was Instrumental in or
ganizing the collection of coins at
the Philadelphia Mint.
Next In rarity comes the five dollar
piece, also dated 1S30. The last
specimen sold brought $555 at one
of the Low sales u coi pie of years
ago. It is probably the only speci
men definitely located with the ex
ception of cno In the mint collection.
The third denomination, that of
$2.o0, showed the same design as the
five and ten dollar pie.-e. It weigh
ed 60 Vi grains and was of a fineness
of .932. with an intrinsic value of
$2.43. A couple of hundred dollars
would be needed now to buy one of
tho little pold pieci-3.
After he cease,; coining 1st 1S34
nothing more is heard of Keid until
1849, when It la supposed that he re
moved his coining tooljj nnd machin
ery to California, where jruld had Just
been discovered. There he struck
gold coins of the denomination of
ten and twcnty-flvo dollars.
The California Issues of Templcton
Reld now exceed those of hlj Geor
gia mint In point of rarity. So far
as Is known there Is In existence but
a single specimen ot each denomina
tion uii'J these, like the earlier issues
of Heid's Georgia m.nt, owe their
preservation to Mr. Dubois.
From appearance the coins were
struck from California gold without
artificial nl'oy, and the value ot the
ten and the twenty-five dollar piece
was respectively about y9.7& and
$24.."0. The ten dollar piece differed
greatly In design from any of tho
coins Issued by other private estab
lishments. On the obverse around
the extreme edge are three concen
tric lines close together. In the cen
tre of a wide field Is the date,
"1849," and around the border Just
Inside the circles Is Inscribed "Tem
plcton Held Assayer." On the re
verse In the center of the field en
closed In three lines similar to thone
on the obverse, are the words: "Ten
Dollars," and around the Inner edge
of the circles "California at the top
and "Gold'1 at the bottom.
The twenty-five dollar piece was
unique not only In design but a'so In
denomlnaton, as no other coin of an
equivalent value was ever Issued In
this country. P shows a single line
around the obverse border Inside of
which is an ornamented circle simi
lar to that on the borders of some of
our present silver coins. Around
this Inside the circle Is "Templeton
Reld Assayer." At the top
Is the denomination In Roman num
erals, XXV., surmounted by a dollar
mark, and below Is the date 1849.
The reverse has the same kind of
ornamental border as the obverse, nt
the toil being the word Call'ornla In
a curve, below which is the value,
"Twenty-five." Still further bedow
Is a diamond shaped ornament with
tho words Dollars and 'Jold at th;
extreme bottom.
Careful lnvestlga'ion In Califor
nia fails to brl:r; to .l,h: the sii -liter,
sciap of nit irn..vtion regarding
Reld. It is not known even where
hla plant was sltufuel Thor.a nho
are Interested in his history as con
nected with his coin issues would al
most conclude that ho never went to
California but fjr exUteno of
tne two gold pleca whleil ivero
mruck iu Cnllfor-ita gold, atioM
which metal thero are distinguishing
filatures wh!:h positively identify It.
fflUMisp8Baii,BM fii,w'
fr.ivlciK (.'aimer KliooU Strange Pet I1"'
of I'linner' Family.
t'.wlnet,1.1, N. J. Wounded fatal
ly by a gunner who had obtalm 1
permission to hunt for game on the
farm, Pete, n tajne muskrat. for flvo
yinra the chief attraction of Charles
Water's place, crawled from n brook
to the feet of Ills master, looked at
bin pltiously and pleadingly nnd
then died. Instantly there was a
rate In the heart of Waters. He ran
to the bark of the barn nnd saw
the slayer of his pet running across
the fields toward Caldwell. When
the news of the death of the rodent
was communicated to the other mem
bers of the Waters family they de
nounced the shooting ns "deliberate
murder." Kven old Rover, the fam
ily dog, dropped his ears when he
saw the bleeding body of his play
mate, Kud the cats, which had so
many good times sporting with the
muskrat In the barnyard and down
by the brook at the back of the
barn, seemed to understand that
pome one had committed a crime
which never could be repaired.
Knowing the muskrat's feeding
ground was back of the barn, Waters
had expressly stipulated that the
gunner should not do any shooting
there. If that Injunction had been
obeyed Pete probably would bo alive
and well now.
In the spring of 1903 the home of
Pete's parents was Invaded and he
nnd four other young muskrats were
found there. Waters was attracted ,
to Pete and decided to let him live. '
The others were killed. Peto bo- I
came a pet In the Waters family. I
He manifested his appreciation of
kindness by becoming ns tame and
as playful as a kitten. From the
Lands of members of the family he
ate pieces of tender cabbage, let
tuce and celery. He seemed to know
he never must touch that growing
In the garden. Each day he would
go to the brook at the back of the
barn and dig up and eat flag root
and other water bulbs, of which he
was exceedingly fond. When he got
old enough he built a house near
the barn and Btored therein his win
ter supply of herbs and roots. With
tho approach of winter Pete would
retire to his home and only emerge
from It on particular warm days.
He would spend an hour or two In
the house and thpn return to his
snug winter quarters. The sa
gacious animal was engaged In get
ting sticks and grnss with which to
repair his homo when he was shot.
Although suffering mortal agony he
Immediately began crawling along
the ground to find the man who had
been kind to him ever since he was
a fuzzy little baby rat.
HYPNOTISM AS AXAKSTHKTIC.
Hoy's Hip Put Back In Its Socket
Without Giving Him Pain.
Philadelphia. Hypnotism was
brought Into play recently In the
Hahnemann Hospital as an anaes-
thetic. The patient, six-year-old
Clark Bender of No. 1112 Spring
street, underwent the painful oper
ation of having his dislocated hip
put back into Its socket without ut
tering a whimper.
To Ray Murray, an orderly In the
hospital, belongs the credit of mak
ing the operation painless. When
the boy was carried into tho hospi
tal by his grandfather, Samuel Kd
ward, the old man objected to an
anaesthetic being used, even when
the doctors said that the boy was
suffering from a dislocated hip and
that the operation of replacing the
bone, although simple, would cause
the boy excruciating pain.
When the doctors and the grand-
father were arguing the matter. Mur-
ray, wno nas reau numerous dooks
on hypnotism and has practiced the
art on many employees of the hospi
tal, said: "Leave It to me, and I
will fix the boy so that he won't feel
any pain." The orderly made a few
passes with the hand over the young
ster's face, and the child passed Into
a deep slumber. The hip was then
put In place.
When the operation was over Mur
ray had no difficulty In restoring the
patient to consciousness. The boy
suld that ho had not felt the slightest
sensation while the doctors were ma
nipulating the hip. He walked home
with his grandfather. The disloca
tion was caused by a fall.
SOLI) WIKK FOR $23.
Transaction il'J Years Old Conies Out
in Fngllsh Court.
London. Dunmow Is n small town
In Lssex famous for the ciutom an
nually observed there of presenting
a flitch of bueon to a married couple
who have not exchanged a cross
word for a twelvemonth. This week
Dnnmow came Into prominence for
another sort of matrimonial relation.
A cottager 70 years of age was on
trial on a charge of Ill-treating his
children. A much younger woman.
wno was generally BuppuBeu io oe j
his wife, testified she was the legal i
fpouse of another man who had sold j
her for a five-pound note twenty-two
years ago to the prisoner, to whom
she had In that period borne three
children.
The Jerusalem Temple.
The original temp'.e built by Sol.
onion, 1,000 H. C, was destroyed by
Nebuchadnezzar, B. C. 686. Built
b Zerubbabol, II. C. 634. Partial
ly destroyed by Pompey, B. C. 63. i
Hebullt by Herod, B. C. 21. and fin
nlly destroyed by Titus, A D. 70
LV.v York American.
I'n!n a Dis
tance Sect, in MvAv York.
QUAIN I
AN!) CI
:R!OUS
();ie CouM
!v .Viv:i:'P
y Its
tie
Fussed Tlie:v .M " l"x ''1-
tni Some Canadian Currency
Which Is Decided'- Unpleasant t
Kiinilie.
Tho money panic i-ave New York-
. , .1. .Am 1.1...,
i ers a cnance to rinarne nn-n .
of geography.. They had got used
.In this town to handling altmi.-t ex-
' -liialvnlv ri.rltnriltcs tssU.' l I V tho
United S'ntes Now an 1 then a hank
note would appear, but usually It
would lie one Issued by some well
Known New York brnk.
When money began t;i get scarce
more bonk notes appealed, and then
people got to checks. When paper
currency again circulated somewhat
freely a marked change In Its char
acter was noted. An employe of a
business concern which paid In
checks for a few weeks put his expe
rience this wny:
"It sure was a great relief to find
rraf money In my envelope on pay-
dr.v. Hut there was never a yellow
;ll or other Treasury note In the
lnt. It was nil ne- money wn'rli me
bitik where my employer dep islted
had Issued ns part of the authorized
relief nieasuri s.
"Next week we got some more
new money issued by the same bank.
Then enme a ehi'tme. Little banks
out of town had doubtless Issued new
circulation and had met their New
York balances with It. Anyway I
began to find In my envelope $5 and
$10 and $20 bills bearing the nnme
of national banks In places I had
rarely or never heard of.
"It got to be an Interesting prac
tice to read the names of places on
the hills In the very brief time I had
them before passing them over to
their rightful owners, my esteemed
creditors.
"I know it was all gcxul money,
guaranteed practically by the United
States, but I Invariably hpent first the
currency which had Its origin furth
est away from Now York. One week
all the money I got came from a
utrlng of smell places In Wisconsin
and that went extra quick. I helped
it go.
"Well, sir, my money for a month
o- two did great stunts in geography.
Tho week after Wisconsin a string
of banks up In Connecticut furnish
ed me with spending money, and the
week after places In' Pennsylvania
previously unknown to me contrlb
utted to my support.
"Now we're getting good old
Treasury notes again. The yellow
boys are certainly good to look at. I
suppose they have been repusing In
bank vaults in the shape of legal rt
, Horve, whatever that Is, or hidden
nway in the mattress of some tight
wad who was scared. Hut wher
ever they were, welcome home!''
Persons who handle the currency
of different countries, find American
n oney the most durable. The Cram;
mills in Massachusetts turn out the
paper used by the Treasury ir. mnk
ing currency nnd the secret of Its
manufacture is well kept. f
, Most of the paper money you get
In Canada Is atrocious unless It hap
pens to he American. If you ever
go to Canada you don't have to both
er to get your money changed; Amer
ican money Is good throughout the
length and breadth ef the Dominion.
In the larger cities thero Is about as
mu(.h American money as there is
Canadian In circulation
English money Is as much a rarity
to Canada as It Is here. The Cana
dian notation is the same a the
American, which makes the Inter
change very simple. They have two
coins In Canada not used In this
country the silver five cent piece
and the twenty cent piece. Beware
of both.
Tho five cent piece is so small you
are pretty certain to lose it, and
every one is waiting to stick you
with a twenty-cent piece in the hope
you will take It for a quarter and
slip It Into your pocket unnoticed.
Then In Canada you don't get the
modest centB used here but copper
pieces as large as a silver quarter.
But tho paper money! Beware of
thut, too, In the smaller denomina
tions. The Dominion Government
issues one, two and live dollar bills
nnd they are printed on mighty poor
paper.
After they have been in circulation
c little while they become frayed at
the edges and seem to increase In
thickness. They are larger than the
American bills, too, and a dozen of
them make a package uncomfortable
to carry In the pocket. And this rag
ged money gets dirty quickly.
The bills of larger denominations
are Issued by tho banks. Canada
has a number of big banks which
have branches all over. They are
chartered by the Government and
presumably Inspected carefully, for
they are hard to break.
Some of the bills Issued by Cana
dian banks ere works of art. The
Royal Bank of Canada Issued a ten
dollar note which is a harmonized
riot of color. It looks like ready
money. The Bank of Montreal also
turns out some good looking bills.
Many self-made men look as If
they might have been greatly im
proved with a little outside assistance.
Sonic Bank N"
jtiil.illng tlie IT p. r I s,, uj A
ii;illi-'l' i'i iim- i i l rl'( I lii'ii-,.
New York City. It has !., , ,, Hll),.
Rested that the next thing will i.
. ..i. ... . e .i... . . .
to pass laws
'nig t!:.'
use by aerop,.iir..-,s o, ibo n..?.y
'ti-
. . I i iiiin 'i'li'.- Ii.
'I" , . ii ir ;i
1
lira dole' ior na uooniiits. n y
v. 1:' a Frf neb balloons f i ,, j
1 I I '1 , lu 1 ... .
J " . ' , ' - M I .iii.-i H 1 IT' I 1 I I . , J I , J.
ti.e "ni'Tcd soil" of Pnis-ln. a n,
decree declared them conn a!.,
routrnhnti 1 of war. And mi the ,
elusion of pence a measure v
passed which forbade, inrb r t:
cf death, any future tdrulh.r . r
1 1
:.l
violation oi iiein.r.n territory i i;:n
nr. So long ago ns ISHn. air In, i .,.
loon ascents were made lli.anl ;l
Turkey, so far ns regard.! ('n:;
ttnople and forty n.ih-. arouni .... j
In 1S72 the prohi'ult ion was rv,ini,
to Include the entire Turkish eaipin..
J i France In 174 It was sob muIt
decreed that nobody rhoul.l . , ..
mltted to go up In a balloon "nr an
other kind of acros'atle m.iehl i. 1
wt-.lih was worked by burning !
of wine or any other means of n,,::
Ing a fire.
Later, In 1S11, It was enn't"! In
France that no balloon shoul 1 '
pi rmltted to ascend with any sp i,-;
of furnace or stove; that no oa
should he allowed to ascend In :i
balloon unless he cnrrled a pa;.
chute; and that, nrcents were no- n
be begun later than one hour li.-f
sunset, nor earlier than in hour af' r
sunrise. No ascents were to be un
dertaken during the garnering of tt.o
harvest nor for six weeks prior tlicn.
to.
HIS OWN I'KOSFCUTOK.
Itenkcr Tlirulicil lawyer, Went to
Court nnd Hud Himself Fined.
Globe. Ariz. M. Mlllck. a bank
er of this city, after thrashing At
torney W. G. Scott hurried before
Justice Rawlins, swore out a com
plaint against himself, pleaded guil
ty, and paid a fine of $10.
Asked why he did not wait to
see whether Scott was going to pro
scribe him. Mlllck said:
"That man Is a fine lawyer, sml
If I had not done what 1 did he
might have sworn out a complaint
against me and argued his own cusn;
then I would probably have had to
pay $100 for beating him up; so I
thought it was best to beat him to it
and get the case off the books befor
he got to the courtroom."
COURSK ON INCREASING RACK.
FtudiiolinMe GirU' School Will Te.icli
Motherhood Problems.
St. Louis, Mo. In order that tli
students of Lenox Hall, a fashionable
girls' school In the West Knd. may
learn how to become good mothers
and become acquainted Willi Uio
problems of maternity, a trained
nurse has been installed as menibi.r
of the faculty.
First aid to tho injured will bn
taught, but In uddltlon the more deli
cate probkr...s of maternity will bi
taken up. The rpinie object of the
Institution, according to its dire . t
ri ss, is to make good, loinpaiiiou.i
ir.ie wives, with a working knowK Jtf
of everything about tlie hou.ie.
Dl STI-il OFF Tlll-i HORSliS.
tlier l)us(ei- Were Used in Chl
cago Fire Department.
Chicago, 111. A nedkt was is
sued by the Civil Service Trial Huurd
that hereafter failure to clean huixi
in thu service of the Fire Department
by the old fashioned currycomb
method would be followed by punish
ment. Testimony had beeu given
bc:'o:e the Board that It was custo
mary at some engine houses to clean
the horses with feather dusters. Out)
official asserted that he had heard
that horses had been polished oil uy
a rag dippe-d lu kerosene.
'J.I MILLS CROSS TOWN.
Philadelphia Finds Itself B City 'f
Distanced.
Philadelphia. That Philadelphia
too has some claims to being a city
of "magnificent distances," la de
monstrated by a llttlo study Jut
made ly the Mayor's statistician. He
shows it is possible to move forwarJ
in a direct line on a Journey over
twenty-five miles long and yet not
onct be without the Philadelphia
city limits.
"Letter Telegrams."
Pails, France. The Ministry of
Poti and Telegraphs Kvtpple.-nentod
the existing special letter delivery
system In France with what are
termed "letter telegrams." This new
system provides that letter niy be
telegraphed between any two pctnta
in France at night at a cost of one
fifth of a cent a word, and that they
will be delivered the next morning-
Tho Brothers Invent Mil Aerocurve.
Turin, Italy. Two brothers
named Gemma, living at Novara.
have Invented an aeroplane, which
from Its shape they call an aero
curve. They claim that It U capa
ble fo making a flight of sixty nilh'S
an hour and can ascend to a height
of 2,000 feet.
Predicts 200,000,000 111 Fort)' Year.
Washington, I). C. Prof. J. k.
Snyder, of tho Michigan Agricultural
College, in an add'ess, predicted
that forty years from now there
would be 200,000,000 population iu
the United States, uud that the tend
ency now was toward stgregat'011
lato classes.