bHbbsV93bH& wif' BssBSHsflHBffllsnPflB
THE COMPOSITE
Embraces the Trumbull, the Savage,
the Houdon, ami the Qulagcr. The
Composite, while Houdon and
though they all had equal
result must be satisfactory
WASHINGTON.
an Inverted negative of the Pine,
first three portrait dominate the
Qulager are suppressed, al
chances photographically. The
to the most ardent lover
of Washington.
THE, FUNERAL OF
GEORGE, "WASHINGTON
It Is so common to celebrate the
birthdays of great men, and so rare
to hold reremonles in commemora
tion of their deaths, that the mem
orial exercises which took place un
der Masonic auspices In various parts
of the country on December 14. 1899,
the centenary of the death of George
Washington, attracted wide attention.
Curiously enough, the original sug
gestion of the observance csxne from
the Grand Lodge of Freemasons for
the State of Colorado, a part of this
continent whose existence was known
to Washington only vaguely as a piece
of the great unexplored Spanish
Southwest. It Is quite as odd that,
after leading Freemasons in the Unit
ed States hail taken the plan In hand
and invited the craft In other lands
to co-open-alte. the first acceptance
should have come, with every mani
festation of enthusiasm, from New
Zealand, which in Washington's day
was a savage dominion lately discov
ered and seized by Captain Cook In
the name of King George of England.
Nothing could mark the world's prog
ress in the Intervening century more
ilearly than these circumstances.
Many accounts of Washington's
Jeath, differing In detail, have been
published by the standard historians,
and many theories have been advanc
ed as to the cause of It. That he
caught a severe cold, and that this
ran Into the disease of the throat
witch was then known as quinsy, are
among the settled facts; but whether
tils life might not have been pro
longed but for the copious bleeding
to which he was subjected is still
open to debate. The only official
record we have, perhaps, is that kept
by the secretary, Tobias Lear. In
letter to John Adams, he refers to
the fatal ending to the disease and
not to the treatment. This letter runs
as follows:
Mount Vernon, December 16, 1799.
scribed, "General George Washing
ton. Departed this life on the 14th
of December, 1799, Aet. 68." Above
the plate wore the words, "Surge ad
Judicium, "ami below it, "Gloria Deo."
From a local newspaper account '
the day we learn that a vessel was
anchored in the Potomac River, Bring
minute guns while the funeral pro
cession formed at the manor-house
and moved in this order to the family
tomb at the bottom of the lawn:
Cavalry, Guard, Infantry, with arms
reversed.
Music.
Clergy,
The General's horse, with his saddle,
holsters and pistols.
1 I '..1... . ' CI I ... T 1 I ri , .
v.uiunriD onus, rvamsey, ruyut;, unpin.
Marstellar, Little, pallbearers.
Mourners,
Masonic Brethren,
Citizens.
The cavalry halting, the Infantry
marched toward the tomb and formed
their lines; the clergy, the Freema
sons and the citizens descended to
the vault, and the burial services of
the Protestant Episcopal Church were
performed. The Infantry and cavalry
each fired a volley, eleven pieces of
artillery on the river-bank sent forth
a roar, and the ceremony was con
cluded. When the project for a centennial
commemoration first took shape It
was proposed to re-enact this entire
scene, even to the extreme of having
a catafalque borne to the site of the
old tcmb; but against that feature
a loud protest was raised, on the
ground that It would turn a solemn
memorial service into a mere theatri
cal show. It was decided to give the
ceremonies a symbolical rather than
an Imitative character, though the re
production was carried up to a certain
point. The day chosen was the 14th
of December, but the funeral of the
18th furnished an outline for the In
cidents The Freemasons, the repre-
cosslon at a century ago. Hen i.
dirge wa? played by the band, Bish
op Randolph, of the southern dio
cese of Virginia, road a prayer, an
octette from the Grand Lodge of the
District of Columbia sang a hymn,
ai d the Grand Master of Masons for
Colorado delivered an address. Then
the procession moved to the present
tomb The Grand MasturB of the thir
teen original States stood In line in
front of the tomb, faced by u semi
circle of the Grand Masters of other
States and foreign. Jurisdiction, while
the Grand I.odge of Virginia formed
In a circle around the tomb, holding
hands. The Grand Master of Vir
ginia called for tributes, first from
the original thirteen States, and then
from the East, West, North and
South, respectively. After brief re
sponses, the Masonic dignitaries re
turned to the east side of the man
sion, where the whole assemblage lis
tened to an address by President Me-K-.nley,
who received his Initiation
Into the Masonic order during the
Civil War, In Virginia, and only a
few miles from the lodge In which
Washington had presided ns master.
The evening was spent In memorial
banquets In Washington, Georgetown
and Alexandria, where the visiting
Freemasons were entertained by the
local lodges. About fifty foreign lodges
attended by delegation. It was hoped
Hi first that the Prince of Wale?
voull come among the British vis
itors, but ho was reluctantly obliged
to decline.
George Washington became an en
tered apprentice at the lodge In
Fredericksburg, Virginia No. 4 on
November 4, 1752, passed to the sec
ond degree on Mnroh 3, 17511. and was
made a master Mason on August 4.
1 75:1. When the Washington Lodge
of Alexandria wn organized, In 1788,
he was one of Its charter members,
and wriH elee'ed worshipful master at
once. Harper's Weekly.
NEWS OF PENNSYLVANIA 5
. r?
Desire Ihe Hnllot.
Following the example, of their
English sisters In London, a great
procession of Scotch women walked
through the streets of Edinburgh to
how their desire and determination
to get the ballot. The women repre
sented all classes ladles of title,
wives of professional men, university
students, tradeswomen, laboring
women, old women, youhg women,
rich women and poor women. New
York Sun.
Slaves of Silver.
"I will never give another bit of
silver as a wedding present," an
nounced the br!d8 of a few months.
"Now thai I nm the possessor of con
siderable myself, I see what a slave
It makes of Its owner. You are afraid
somebody will steal It, In the first
place, and then the work and rubbing
you put on It to keep It bright! After
j this I Intend to give copper or brass,
or this new lacquered material, which
is the best of all, for it looks both
odd and rich, and can be used and
washed like china. Don't burden a
poor bride with a lot of Bllver dishes
and trays to take caro of." New
York Press.
BUST OF WASHINGTON.
A French Gift to America.
HHHRv' BssHhR
sHGsyfi 4 ; HsHsBS
Occupations of Women.
The 4,000,000 women workers in
the United States are engaged In no
less than 292 distinct occupations.
Though there are no street car driv
ers reported, there are two motor
men; no sailors, but five women
pilots. Ten are employed on steam
railroads as baggage handlers, forty
five as engineers, thirty-one as brake
men, two as conductors, twenty-six
as switchmen, yardmen and llagmen;
forty-three as hack drivers, two as
roofers and slaters and bIx as ship
carpenters. Strange as it may seem,
upward of 300,000 still indulge in ths
unfashionable trade of domestic ser
vice. New York Sun.
old
Ited-Hairetl Charmers.
"There are no red-haired
maids."
The spenker, a rcd-halred actress,
lighted a fresh cigarette, and went
on:
"The red-haired havo an excess of
iron In their blood. This causes them
to overliow with vitality, animal spir
its, gayety, wit, charm but I must
not boast, must I?"
She smiled, and, smotohing her
ruddy locks with a slim white hand,
she added:
"At any rate, It is a palpable fact
that the red-haired girl never gets
left. As a rule she is married at.
twenty. A red-haired old maid is a
greater rarity than a millionaire an
archist. Leap year begins with 1908,
but we red-haired girls have no need
of leap year." New York Press.
or velvet Empire, or brocade Renais
sance gown, varying only the acces
sories. Of course, the trade will not
approve this advice I give of thus
limiting the wardrobe to fewer gowns,
but I am not recommending economy.
Lot greater sums be spent on dress,
but In the real sense of decoration,
In lovely handwork of all kinds. In
broldering with silks and ribbons and
seed pearls, In the working of gold
and other metals, bronze, copper, cut
steel, silver, In laces and furs and all
fine textures.
The broad velvet band wound low
about the head, very loosely, with
ends disappearing under the colls,
is becoming almost universal for both
day and evening wear, a rose or a
Jewel being added on occasion.
DEBAR DUNKARD DRESS.
For Embonpoint,
We owe the latest cure for embon
point to the anthropologist, says an
exchange. Watch the baby happily
perambulating on all fours, Innocent
of dyspepsia and obesity. He is true
to nature and Darwin, as any medical
student could Inform us. To be free
from lleshy Ills we must ape the baby
and take regular exercise on our
hands and feet. Numbers of persons
In the East are practicing tho now
cure with excellent results. It Is
named after Nebuchadnezzar.
It is entirely reasonable that ease
and health should come on all fours.
Erect man Is n modern arrangement,
and the strain of the perpendicular
Is often too much. It suits the weak
In digestion to revert to ancestral
ways. We have, moreover, the as
surance that orang outangs, chim
panzees and gorillas, all ambling
from toe to finger tip, never have
dyspepsia.
The attltudo is perhaps ungrace
ful. But in the privacy of Hie home
it can be assumed without loss ol
dignity. Behind closed doors the adi
pose may go back at a four-footed
bound to the gait that made our pro
genitors so agile, so well poised and
so healthy. New Haven Register.
Lancaster (Special). An appeal
was made to tho Lancaster County
Conrt to prevont the comely young
Dunkard school teachers In the
country districts from wearing tho
garb of their church In tho school
room. Tho suit is brought by L. Z.
Stager and is directed against the
school directors of Mt. Joy Town
hlp. It Is based upon the act of
the Legislature passed In 1895 pro
hibiting any public school teacher
from wearing any dress, garb, em
blem, mark or Inslgna Indicating
membership in any religious sect or
denomination.
In Mt. Joy Township thero are
several toaohers of the Dunkard
faith and they wear the garb of that
rhurch. In effect Stager's suit Is
that the practice should be stopped.
The suit was preferred before
'Squire Epler, of Ellzabethtown, and
the caso has been returned to court.
Several years ago a similar case
arose in Gallatzln, exactly similar
to this. It created a widespread
Rensatlon but the mntter was dropped
by the Sisters withdrawing from
school before tho point was passed
on by the courts and It. Is believed
that the Mt. Joy case will also be
dropped.
PIKE ROW FREE.
By David d'Angers.
The bust was cast by Hohwlller;
the pedestal was cut from the marble
quarries of Berrlng Nicoli at Car
rara; the bronze plate, in the style
of Louis XVI., was made by the tal
ented artrst In metal, Charles Du
pont. It took 35 years to built up a church
of six members in China, but since
1900 there have boon 50,000 natives
converted to Christianity.
tatt mvr- ... n ;
What a Woman Likes.
She likes to be truly loved and to
be told so.
She likes some noble, honorable
man to bo thoughtful of her, kind and
considerate of her welfare.
When well and becomingly dressed
a quiet notice of her Is always ap
preciated. A word of praise for u nlco dinner
often more than compensates her for
the worry and hard work of prepara
tion. She wants her husband not only to
be her supporter, but her compan.on,
remembering that It is the kind,
thoughtful, appreciative word that
often brings her greater happiness
than a new set of dishes, though pres
ents like the latter are always wel
come. She likes to be made to realize that
she is good for something besides a
mere household drudge and slave.
She likes to be petted occasionally,
but not in public. Tho little private
pet names are very dear to a woman's
heart. Indianapolis News.
THE FUNERAL OF GEORGE W ASHINGTON, DECEMBER 18, 1799.
From Harper's Weekly.
It Is with Inexpressible grief that
I have to announce to you the death
of the grout and good General Wash
ington. He died last evening between
10 and 11 o'clock, after a short Ill
ness of ubout twenty-four hours. His
disorder was an Inflammatory sore
throat, which proceeded from a cold,
of which he made but little complaint
on Friday. On Saturday morning about
;. o'clock ho became 111. Dr. Dick at
tended him in the morning, and Dr.
Craik, of Alexandria, and Dr. Brown,
of Port Tobacco, was soon after
called in. Every medical assistance
was offered, without the desired effect
HIb last scene corresponded with the
whole tenor of his lite. Not a groan
or complaint escaped him lu extreme
distress. With perfect resignation and
In full possession of his senses he
olosed bis well-spent life.
Another contemporary letter tells
us that Washington Informed Dr.
Dick "that he bad no fear of death,
that his affairs were In good order,
that he had made bis will, and that
his public business was but two days
bebind band." He was burled t
Mount Vernon on Wednesday. Decem
ber is. On the coffin plate was la-
' 4i.ll tl, 1 1 V ..u if tilt, i i i I i 1 1 1 1 I i unnlollan
and other citizens assembled at tho
east side of tho mansion, and moved
in procession to the old vault by the
same path, and as nearly as possi
ble in the order, taken by the pro-
Fifty little wooden churches have
been built in NorthweBt Cuuada by
tbe Colonial and Continental Church
Society, which In four years has sent
250,000 perBous fiom England to the
vast Northwest.
WASHINGTON' TOMB AT MOUNT VERNON
French Women and Dross.
Another fancy of the spirituel'.c
Fronch mondaiue is that of wearing
the same house gown for each of her
formal at home days during the tllrea
Parisian calling months, January,
February and March, writes the Paris
correspondent In Vogue. She selects
something very elegant, very becom
ing, very personal, something that
Bults the scheme of decoration of her
reception room, that, is neither too
rich nor too modest to acconipuny hor
lutorior. She carefully arranges each
accessory of shoes, Jewels, coiffure,
and then wears It day after day, its
folds becoming more and more ac
customed to every movement o? her
figure, while she gives the ImproSBlou
of being a woman of taste and ele
gance, yet her sartorial reserve an
nounces also that she has something
more in her head than the eternal
question of chiffons.
There 1b nothing more vulgar than
the idea that one must not appear
too often in tho sumo gown. If a
gown is really beautiful, has soma
real charm of line and color and tex
ture, one does not tire of it any moro
than one does a fiowor. The trocblo
Is we are too often lbd astray by tho
fashion and we choose something
hastily that has nothing but novelty
to recommend It. There is something
lovely lu every period of dress, if one
has but the patience to search for it
and the knowledge and taste to find
it and adapt it to oneself. Once this
is achieved, a gown may be worn with
pleasure to oneself and to one's
friends, until It begins to becomo
really shabby. Aud Borne women of
taste prefer to be a bit nearer the
shabby stage than the horribly vulgar
"brand new."
This is easier in France, perhaps,
because cleaners arc both skillful and
Inexpensive, and the femme d
chambre, even lu a modest home, is
clever lu- keeping clothes In order,
i know several of the leaders of the
smartest set who appear evening after
cveulug at tbe subscription Mondays
at the opera In the sswe satin sheath, j
Worth on Royalty's Gowns.
Tho greatest dressmaker In th
world. Worth, of Paris, is writing a
serlos of articles for Harper's Bazat
the first, by the way, he has evei
contributed to any periodical. In the
February Bazar ho writes freely ol
the tastes of the royal women whe
are his customers. He says, among
other things:
"I may, perhaps, be permitted tc
digress a little here to speak of royal
ladles' taste In dress. Queen Alex
andra of England is a born artist In
this respect, Inheriting the talent
from her late mother, tho Queen ol
Denmark, who taught her child: en
what was becoming from their ten
derest years in the Copenhagen nurs
ery. Queen Alexandra could often
does trim hor own hats and bonnets,
and makes root-and-branch altera,
tions in even the most recherche Pari!
millinery. Never does her Majesty
permit the extravagance of fashlor
to Invade her Immense wardrobe.
"She does not ask, 'Will panne oi
stiff brocade bo favored?' or, 'Will
fur be admitted for evening wear?
or, 'Will tight BleeveB last through
another season?' No. And not be
cause her Majesty is a law unto her
self. It is merely because she has ex
quisite taste and unerringly chooBei
modes that become hor known beau
ty. The Queen gets charming ideas
from museums and galleries, and
used to design In the Tapestry Room
at Marlborough House under the di
rection of the late Lord Lelghton."
Norristown (Speclnl). With liti-
! gallon pending as to the amount of
compensation it Is to receive the
Sprlnghouso and Chestnut Hill Turn
pike was thrown open as a free
county road. This action follows
the report of the Jury of view which
awarded the turnpike company $23,
.870 for Its Btretch of seven and one
half miles, extending from Philadel
phia County lino to Sprlnghouse
Hotel, In Lower Gwyncdd Township.
The report was filed last Fall, but
the opening of the road waa held
back by the County Commissioners,
who filed exceptions to tho manner
In which the jury made its Investi
gation. The commissioners allege
that the Jurors were taken over the
road In an automobile at such a clip
that they were incapable of viewing
the road properly.
These exceptions wore withdrawn
and the turnpike company filed an
appeal for a court Jury to increase
the award. The company allowed
the county to take the road.
ATTEMPT TO WRECK HOTEL.
Shenandoah (Special) .Early in
the morning residents of the west
ern section of this city were awak
ened by an explosion of several sticks
of dynamite which had been placed
undor tho hotel of John Raullna
vicz and sot off.
The force of the explosion tore
out the rear of the building and
shook tbe guests from their beds.
A stove set fire to the debris, but
fortunately Mr. Raullnavicz succeed
ed In turning a fire hose on the
flames before they could gain head
way. 8everal of tho boarders who at
tempted to escape from the build
ing found the stairway blocked with
furniture and escaped by dropping
on an adjoining roof and then to the
ground. There is no clew to the
perpetrators and their motive is unknown.
GIRL TRIES SUICIDE.
Philadelphia (Special). Disap
pointed in love. Eva Hansbury,
pretty girl, aged 18 years, living with
her parents at 3928 Mt. Vernon
Street, tried to end her life by drink
ing laudanum The girl, apparently,
did not care to die in her own home
nnd have her parents find her dad
body, eo she went to the home of a
relative at 220 North Thirty-second
Street, and, complaining of feeling III,
laid down on a couch. A few min
utes later, while alone she drew from
her handbag a vial containing the
poison. - She drank and then utter
ed a scream.
The girl's relatives rushed Into
the room and the empty bottle which
lay on the flotr told of what had
happened. A 'phone message was
sent to the police station at Thirty
ninth Street and Lancaster Avenue,
nnd the patrol wagon removed her
to the Preebyteran Hospital. The
physicians expressed the belief that
the girl would recover.
YOl "I'll HANGS HIMSELF.
Philadelphia (Special). The
police of the Third and De Lancey
Streets Police Station nnd the Coro
ner's officials are Investigating the
strange suicide of James Redmond,
eighteen years old, who killed him
self by hanging In a room in the
rear of his step-father's Junk store
at 8 Lombard Street.
No motive can be assigned for the
boy's rash act. He bade his mother
good-bye at half-past eleven, telling
her that he was going to the hank
to draw some money. His stop-father.
John McVay, was aroused by hear
ing a thutl at noon and going to the
room found tho body of the boy on
the floor, tbe rope having broken un
der the strain.
OAT A POOR JOKL'lt.
Reading 'Special). Cleveland
Linsman, agod 23, was a victim of
an odd Joke. In company with sev
eral friends he entered a restaurant
when one of the party picked up a
croBS Maltese cat and threw It on top
of Lineman's head. The cat took a
tight hold on his hnir with all fours
and when friends went to take the
animal away it fought desperately.
The owner of the cat procuring a
broom with a well directed blow bit
It a smack which sent the feline to
the other end of the room. With It
went several bunches of Linsman'a
hair. Ho suffered a number of scalp
wounds from being scratched.
Two-Cent Kate Cost Road 91,000.
Pittsburg (Special). That the
operation of the two-cent pasBenger
fare law In Pennsylvania caused a
deficit in the passenger business of
the Wayne8burg &. Washington Rail
road Company is shown by the an
nual report, just published, of that
railroad one of the subsidiary cor
porations of the Pennsylvania Com
pany. From the time the law went
into effect, on October 1, 1907, un
til January 1, 1908, the receipt
from pasBengerB amounted to $14,
523.84, while expenses and taxes
directly charagable to handling pas
sengers were $15,561.15, leaving a
deficit for the three months of $1,-
UJ l .61..
ODDS AND ENDS.
ni i snsjUd
i m am
NEWEST
FASHIONS
1
Plaid English twills have coin-sized
shadow dots that are effective.
The effect of rualine over tulle is
soft and very new, and different from
either by Itself.
Two layers of sheer stuff of differ
ent weave constitute the chemisette
of many handsome separate waists
for evening.
Full klmona sleeves edged with
wide-ribbon-run beading aro unusual
ly pretty on a circular nightgown
whose neck is similarly finished.
Dull, rather light blue, gray, violet
and a vaguo green were all com
bined in the tullo trimming of one
exquisite gray hat from Alphonslne.
Practically all the new corsets are
provided with twelve-inch steels,
which means that they aro a great
deal higher in tho bust than formerly.
The theatre waists made without
collars originated in Paris, and they
oiler a splendid opportunity for the
display of handsome jeweled collars.
Largo chin. of tulle trimming
broad-brimmed hats, usually of the
lighter colors, combine even more
tones than aro seen In the velvet
trimming.
The new bordered materials which
It is going to bo possible to obtain
in popular-priced fabrics this season
mean that aomu pretty jumper suits
will appear.
Cutaway coats aro to be worn
again, many of them slashed so high
that they not only show the belt
buckle but quLo a bit of the blouee
above It.
Tbe Japanese sleeve of the lingerie
blouse of very sheer batiste Is sup
ported and made more shapely by a
sleeve of similar design on the
chemise or corset cover worn be
neath it.
Despite constant beavy rains Pres
ton, Ungland, is threatened wltb a
water famine, a species of fine moae
having found Its way Into tbe water
mains aud blocked .tbe s upplles. -
STUART FRIEND OF SCHOOL.
Harrisburg (Special). Governor
Stuart opened a session of the School
Diroctors' Dlviclon of th State Edu
cational Association by u apeoch In
which he came out strong for more
appropriations, careful management
and good teachers.
The Governor said: "I was edu
cated in the public schools of this
State, and I have always felt a great
interest in their work, and since my
position as Governor of this Common
wealth has permitted me I have done
all In my power for tho public school
system of Pennsylvania.
"Three things are needed to make
our system a success, and I think that
we have them. First, appropriations,
then good management by the di
rectors, and finally, the best public
school teachers. The State should
appropriate ae much as it can for
schools."
State Superintendent Schaffer also
spoke.
CAT A LIFE SAVER.
Scranton (Special). Again the
faithful pussy has come to the rescue
and saved Uvea In a lire. Flames de
stroyed the residence of H. C. Pro
vost, or. Linden Street. Mrs. Prevost
and her sister, Mrs. Cnssldy, were
busy on the second floor when they
were surprised at the behavior of the
pet ct which tore madly into the
room and clung to hor mistress with
yowls or distress.
Bewildered and alarmed, the two
women rushod to the first floor, where
they found the firo had gained Buch
headway that it WM with difficulty
that they were able to make their
way to safety.
Mrs. Prevost muleavored to return
to the burning bulldins to Bavn her
rat, but. was restrained by force by
be firemen. Tho animal lost its life.
WOLF ATTACKS TRAVELER.
llazletoa (Special). While on his
way home, Harry Bllllg had an excit
ing experience with a woif.
When about halt way up the moun
tain the wolf attacked his horse aud
U was only after a hard battle the
animal was driven off.
After reaching homo Bllllg armed
mi: ' i: with a gun and after several
hours' : i-i. succeeded In killing the
wolf.
DEATH ON I'll I-' RAIL.
Philadelphia (8 p e-o I a 1). --While
crossing tho Pennsylvania Railroad
tracks at the plant ot tbe Merlon and
Radnor Gas and Electric Company to
get hi newspaper at the station news
stand, Thomas A. Feeley, aged 76,
was struck by an express and lustaut
ly killed.
The foggy atmosphere and a slight
deafness prevented him from seelug
or bearing the approaching train.
He was employed as a watchman ot
the gas plant. Hie wife la deud, but
a son aud daughter survive.
A dairy started at Tslngtau IT
years ago now sells more milk to
the Chinese than to foreigners.
Tho negro population of New York
city Is estimated at 80,000, one
tenth of the number being West
Indians.
The passenger traffic over the
English Channel last year was 418,
480, an increaso of 15,000 over tho
preceding year.
A cork carried to a depth of 200
feet below the surface of the sea
will not rise again, owing to tho
pressure of water.
Nearly nine-tenths of the world's
asbestos supply is mined In Canada,
the mines about Quebec producing
60,000 tons per annum.
Emperor Francis Joseph of Aus
tria twice a week holds an audience,
when he is accessible to the richest
and poorest of his subjects.
The Ameer of Afghanistan finds
his chief amusement in cooking and
Is said to be a better chef than thoBe
in his palace kitchen.
Two railway lines are now under
construction In the Malayan State
of Pahang; they will open reglous
of great mineral and agricultural
possibilities.
Manufacture of rubber from the
nutlve guayule shrub has begun In
Marathon, Texas. It Is estimated
that the factory owners control 75
per cent, of the guayule land In
Texas.
News of a dlscovory of gold In an
unnamod branch of the Findlay Riv
er, in British Columbia, was recently
brought by mounted police to Van
couver. It is reported that free
coarse nuget gold, $10C to the pan,
has been extracted.
There Is no doubt whatever that
the drinking habits of the nation,
and especially of the women ot the
nation, are doing moro harm to our
financial and social position than Is
auy depression in trade or other
economic causes. British Journal
of Inebrlty.
Consul General Frank Dyer Chea
ter calls attention to the Fourth In
ternational Automobile Exposition
to be held lu Budapest, Hungary,
In the month of May, 1908, as ot
especial Interest to tie American
automobile and agricultural machin
ery exporters.
Italy is eagerly awaltlug the result
of the experiments being made In
its swamps with the Australian ma
laria flah, (pseudomugil slgQifter),
which thrives in shallow water and
lives chiefly on the larvae of mos
quitoes. Tbe gove nment Imported
a few thousand of them In June.
Europe's output of sugar for 1907
is about 6,288,000 tons. .
Public education In New York
city will cost) $1,797,035 more In
1908 than it did In 1907.
Over 50,000 tons of peanuts are
brought to Bordeaux annually from
Africa, and the value ot tho oil made
from them Is $2,000,000. Many
French families prafir It tor tablo
use to olive oil, and U Is much
cheaper, too, tbe price being 55 to
82 cents a Ballon, according to
quality.