—e——— PARENTS AND TEACHERS. Thousands of people are complain- ing every year that the public schools | are not “making good.” They cannot | understand why the great majority of boys, after reaching the sixth or sev- enth grade, fail to pass their examin ations, become discouraged and drop } } 1 { The small proportionate graduates they regard as proving that something Is radically wrong in the echeme and methods of instruction. Not for a moment do they remember what they asking of the If would compare thelr outlay education with the outlay heating light ing their homes and then compare the results, they would agree that no other investment yields returns worthy to be mentioned by the side of thelr in- vestment in the public schools, yet are they for for gchools or oomplish for average boy or girl ten times what they do accomplish. Thea mother or father who will give to the children in the famlly an hour of as sistance each day will have no reason to be disappointed with the school ays- tem. If they will three times a year visit the schools and spend half an hour in them, learning ut first hand what the task of the teachers is and how much the taxpayers have asked the school system to do, they will con. clude that wonders are being achieved at nominal cost and they will be con- vinced, moreover, that in respect to thelr own children they may not ex- pect the working of miracles unless they set themselves to do faithfully what is physically beyond the powers f the overworked 0! teachers The fact you that men graduating of agriculture places Nebraska de- at Washin responsibility as univers! gratifying to several ng wo from the partment ton into of sced experts, some in ties, while naturally their neighbors, is most significant in this, that it shows what a potent In- fluence the government is exerting to ward implanting the principle of in- tensive agriculture, says Omaha Bee. The first steps in the process of making two blades of grow where but one grew the proper selection of seed and proper preparation of the soll. The federal government is doing a great work, therefore, in thus fostering this move ment and co-operating In it state educational Institutions. Together they are making the selection of seed for agriculture and horticulture a scl ence and a business. Of course, this opens up to young men and women lu crative flalds of serv but that is only incidental to the main purpose of improving methods state the grass before is with rice, of farming Women are indignant over the state ment of a German expert at Washing- ton lately that cooking is a lost art view of the cooking schools and the housewives’ leagues, both so popu- lar now, and in the way which wom- en are earnestly trying to raise cook- ing in the eyes of their sex to a sci ence worthy of respect and attention, the statement is rather a sweeping one. In fact, the average moderate mind takes all the broad assertions concerning the general deterioration f the world with more than a few grains of allowance for the zeal of the speaker on special broad statements seem der In occasions when to be in or For purely material comfort, for a padded life for the rich and one with few eplinters for the less fortunate, the old world offers advantages above America, says the Cleveland Leader. The chances for the education of the eye and ear in beautiful pictures and in worthy music are superior to those of this new land; the deference pald to money-—even in countries supposed to be monarchial and castleridden— is move marked than It is here Europe is an ideal place for those who love Juxurious living and are able to pay for {t In giving the amounts of dressmak- ers’ bills for royal ladies an account says that Queen Wilhelmina heads the list with a considerable lead But while she dresses more expensively than the empresses of Germany and tlussia, she has one great those imperial ladies, as she, and not the family and has the last word when it comes to orders in the case. the eternal gratitude of the general Cry and protest as it may, the baby can make no noise. The idea of this “silencer” might be extended with profit to older shoulders. A New York man went mad at the sight of water and shot his wife. There is danger In exposing individ uals to sudden shocks of that charac ter. | Big Battle Ends In Triumph for Bulgars. TURKS TO SUE FOR PEACE. great Turkish Army .Of 200,000 Men Defeated and Routed—Unexpected Climax Of One Of the Most Re- markablie' Wars On Record. THE POWERS PREPARING TO ACT. European governments reported to have reached a tentative ment for intervention The powers wi entry of Bulgarian or Balkan troops int The second ing squadron of sailed from Toulon t coast protect I foreign interests Great Britain has dispatched a warship to Salonika for protection of British life and property Sir Edward Grey, British foreign minister, announced in the House of Commons that as the sit uation permitted the powers would take ablish The danger of antl-foreign dis turbances and perhaps massacres of foreigners in Constantinople and Salonika following the Turk- ish defeat and the ingress into those town i demoralized Turkish attr tention agree- te the other Il not tolera any stantinople the fiy- French fleet vrian and Oo {'on division of the + 0 he SB tO rench BOON steps to est peacs acted od d has wers Be of the battie in riumph of er-in-chief, London Thrace has the Bulgariar General Savoff, w» has probably brougl of shortest and wars on record A great Turkish more than 200.000 feated and i nople of the victorious I a council cussing the peace Se $ the most ed at iigarian the mercy army, and Porte, is dis f suing for ig bellevy the sitting oO 1 is the ich comes from Constantinople it i& only iared eceampal fall for the fir bad morals pariat of the that army is BO miles possibly tal's line Nazim of war Thrace, prisoner Sofia to , 8 Only brief eounts of the been eapecially n single war correspondent allowed of the against Thus ratis been pos i to apes I 1d 03 rovided Hy the pective ments wounds It ® wiil be suing for tion of the dec En from Con retreat f def Paths and ¢ has been enge the Turkish minister command In shot or taken pateh from hief the ac aguest receive has { xcept in the Montenegrin campaign no personal its Nar have has had accounts govern ipplied by es of ng world ever ai lleved a sett] ther by the peace re eed $ ari igen el 31 i peace or through intersy &n- OWers NEW YORK LAUNCHED. Miss Elsie Calder, the Big Battleships Sponsor In the William H. Taft a: ited New Yi sea fighters, New York President company moth battleship in Uncle the waters Brooklyn Navy Built in the yard by go bor, the great fighting machine was declared by the officiale responsible for her to be the greatest of all bat. tleships presence of BF guests, the great mam- word of i rk, last slid into ver from the Wednesday. vernment la- Sam's y of the East Ri 1 wel LF Rat NO COALING DEPOT TO GERMANY. Chilean Minister Denies Magellan Report Island Sale. Washington Germany was about to buy from Chile gellan lslands was foolish. try, he added, was not in the market ing than the United States to part with | A HAZER SHOT. With Fatal Effect. Wakeforest, N. C.—-As a result of a hazing prank, B. Frank Powers lies in the Wakeforest College hospital be. tween life and death, with a bullet In his left side and another in his shoul der. This time it is a case of the hazer getting the worst of the bargain. He was shot by Gordon R. Rhoades, a freshman student, from Kingston, N. CO. Wireless Plant World at Arlington, Va. THATS MY GATE! | TELL YOU EATH HOUSE Police Official Is Now Convict No. 62.499. Will Communication Be in With All War Vessels and Pos Washington its sfRsIONs. Was tering wit? loss 8 most Lali plant flu powerful * & Monday gE from its first which ITT RAKES of an ot operators, profes nal , on one side of the glob thelr instruments Monday night, straining the faint buzzes Wireless i amateur probably their ears the atl to had a apparatus room, i gome of th operators Wi double doors, experienced nant first flashe N-AX, NAA) 1.785 miles ¢ u IAeute odworth through The g about 2.000 m der. This range of wireless opera od gradually, fore the big plar hig! Melon with the Pacifi ed only throug! pliant will be working or the a« be att iles wl me ain and weeks be tes aut the Navy ton, will be in in cation Colon, t winter with Key he naval maneuvs lantiec stations When the plant fectly and the } ( ompleted touch w Philippi Harbor complete vetem will #t about no lo e A $1 nger merican aker equip with the but Various 000 000 The seas will ther be a Navy ment power may stations ton The ships ith we cannot mun ful plant at Arlin relay for trai Com icate they Messag t 1 Washing MIKADO DID NOT GIVE RING. | Husband Of General Grant's Daugh- ter Denies Story. New York. --It was most {ally denied in Chicago by Jones, husband of Mrs, daughter of General U. 8, Grant, {his wife had lost a $26,000 ring, a her father. emphatic. Frank H. that i Of Set Decem. Notice Appeal Will Stay Execution For ti Week OF ber ie week m Rosenths the toy uraer ice of appeal fro: es Becker's icath dden entr ny s {0 make her residenc ing during her husband vill be allowed 10 not to enter his c« Released, Surveillance. and but GIRL SLAIN Fiance Under CHICAGO Her But carly Tues Mors ing a Chicago ‘hat the crim and arranged enn by the tal me ling the Ing of the bods ay lodgi JOUSs was planned as to detail thods employ- ¥ n and the Care was bru Droy ed in k you woma sition skull of a blow glung fof, sal md stuffed towel bound port her face to k¢ ing from its position When the leading was burst open by other boarders the house Miss Singer's Ix was an pright posit on a chair and was enveloped from head with a bed comfort. Her entire body was bound with heavy cord. Several deep gashes were found on her head William R. Warthen, formerly =a ear conductor in Baltimore, wag also stopping at the board house, on Indiana avenue, Chicago, Singer's force a doorknob, in A handkercl form, was fo th wi a fon of her room in door ic i ¥ ion to foot the murder, tody for several hours, however, and He ieity about six months ago. no historic value attached to it NEW AVIATION RECORD, Elmira, N. Walter Johnson, an Y., established a | seconds, Johnson used a biplane, and his passenger weighed 166 pounds ‘16 pounds more than the rules call | tor. land his wife. SOLDIERS IN WRECK, Two Killed and Thirty 8ix injured On the Grand Trunk. Toronto, Ont-~-The Chicago Ex- press on the Grand Trunk Railway was in collision with a special train bringing a regiment of infantry to this city from a sham battle. Two privates of the Twenty-elghth Highlanders were killed and 38 persons injured, ac oording to late reports. The collision occurred near Strevtaville. i i AHIR Brought to Safety. Work Of mates Of St, Nuns Saves 85 Ir John's Orphan- age, San Antonio, Texas, { fru ru Orphanag orphan, i while Bing anothe 'wo women emplos are injure Over i ition MAY Ted Af-nas the tra} orphanage of 2 and 12 chil ones al fell w % anging bety To dren in HEEB the 1 { wiich comes i to some little tribute npe A litt named “Bill according survivor, with the irink of He tho the tell ht le to & small desis B 1 IP Permno: nn Nis ming BWOKe e JOT walter saw the ight he zed fire smoke ing } appenin and WEE drea; hel hie reall i aroused the with WAS what Whe BIStere andg rade it Sisters lion hearts garb The death directly due two was 10 save 3 it appeared i been led from the ung discoverer reaching the vid ¢ nto pg walls MRS. CLEVELAND TO WED Of Enga College Professor Announcement agement ge and has been a si NCE ile EC IRE Her fa scar parins Mr. F i Frances Folsom’'s guar After his ent dency Mr Cleveland mapent ho Cleveland ther, algom’ retirem yme in Princetor has i continued + the former presid there since ent in 1908 Her Marion, daughte her sol Eslhe and “3 § living with her here The an ment nouncemeant 3 nade } Grier Hibl« of Priv vho said Prof age Presto a grad whom we eREOT He anes in and esteem.” INCOME TAX AMENDMENT. Thirty-Two States Of the Union Have Ratified It Washington Th have notif ed Secret ratification of the tax amendment (0 gtitution and four have notified the State Department of their rejection To become effective 36 states three fourths in the Unlon—must ratify Those which have not notified the department of ratification or rejection are . Delaware, Florida, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming Connecticut, New Hampshire, Rhode feland and Utah have notified of rejec tion. pintes their two Knox of proposed income the federal Cob Ary | celved from MInnesOLA on June 12. BURNED AT ALTAR, Kneeling In Devotion. Mann, 75 years old, was burned to death while kneeling in front of an altar erected near her bedside. The her clothing. The woman was dead when members of the household enter ed her room, having swelled smoke, TERRIBLE HAVOC Mexico, Nearly Destroyed. MANY NATIVES INJURED. and Cleve eut u 8. Cr land uisers Maryland Escape Damage Other Smaller Ves sels Suffer USE FOR SCHOOL HOUSES May 8e Utilized As Offices VEGETABLES DROP IN PRICE Went Past However, in the So Year aring ¥ $140 i be bong NOW AVErag that then Were $47.30 nil ned at $42.69 now are sold at BANKS' RESOURCES GROW. 25,000 Institutions Show $1,324,000, 000 Increase. 0. Murray, irsged a re nited awrencs Washington. —L of the Currency, that in the i an private According omptroller statement indicating the sources of ¥ States national, are the highest in history te reports of their condition on June 14, the Comptroller announced, 25.000 of the 28000 banke in country showed aggregate resources of $24 855,000,000, an increase of $1.224.000.. State the which made returns in 1912 STIMSON GOING To PANAMA, Secretary To Gather information Re. garding Canal Work. Washington Secretary War Stimson will leave New York Novem. ber 12 on a commercial liner for Panama to gather information at first hand regarding the condition of the work on the canal. He will submit a report to Congress at the approaching session for ita guidance in legislating. of