Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, September 30, 1901, Image 2

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    FREE LUND TRIBUNE.
ESTABLISHED 1888.
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io tbe Tribune J'r,nling Company, Limited,
A Chicago inventor claims to have
developed an airship that will fly. If
60 he has surely produced a novelty.
Time has brought it about that more
than half the entire American crop of
cotton is raised west of the Mississippi
Illver.
i The school children of the country
did noble work rehabilitating the
schools of Galveston. Their contribu
tions amounted to $54,270.55.
' The highest testimonial to the excel
lence of American boots and shoes Is
contained in the threat of official bod
ies in Austria to interfere with tho
6aie of them. It shows what a high
place they have in the public estima
tion.
. The cry has been raised that the suc
culent clam of the Atlantic Coast is
In danger of extermination. Certainly
the market supply is decreasing. Sci
entists say that the depletion of the
elam beds can be prevented by com
paratively simple means.
The use of submarine torpedo boats
is bringing to tho front the question
of submarine searchlights. During
the recent experiments at Spezzia,
says the Pall Mall Gazette, in which
the Italian submarine boat Delfino
was subjected to a complete and se
vere test, an apparatus was used
which enabled tho commander to ob
tain a clear view under water for a
distance of 100 yards.
' The Agricultural Department is
about to publish a soil map that will
enable the farmer, wherever lie is lo
cated, to determine just what crops
will bring him the largest returns in
money. The map is to cover tho whole
of the United States, and will be on
such a scale that every ten-aero patch
will bo represented by one-eighth of
an inch square. But eacli farmer will
ho able to procure a chart of his own
nighborhood on a larger scale, so that
he can arrange his planting in accord
ance with tho suggestions which it
conveys.
' "There is always a scarcity of pen
nies in the West," says an official of
tho Philadelphia Mint, "and a super
abundance ol' them in the East, Every
little while the hanks out there set up
a hoot and cry for pennies, but out
banks here are ever glad to rid them
selves of their surplusage in these
coins. It is difficult to see why such
a state of things should he. I'm sure
a penny is just as dear to tho Eastern
er's heart as to the Westerner's, one
would no more throw a penny away
than would the other, yet here we al
ways have too many pennies; there
they never seem to have enough."
1 The annual report on savings banks
for Paris, France, for 1900 has just
been published. It shows that at the
end of that year the number of de
posits was 10,310,000, the amount of
deposits being 4,330,000,000f. In ISS2
there were 1,045,000 depositors, with
deposits amounting to 1,802,000,0001'.,
and the increase has since been unin
terrupted. In 18S2 123 Frenchmen
out of every 1009 were depositors. The
proportion is now 207 per 1000. Of the
depositors, twenty-eight per cent are
minors, sixteen per cent, artlsnns, fif
teen per cent owners of land or per
sons without a profession, eleven per
cent, day or agricultural laborers, and
ten per cent, domestics.
A thousand graves In the church
cemetery. Luton. England, have been
dug by a one-armed man named Allen,
who became grave-digger iu 1871 after
a nxlll accident.
Phoenix, Ariz., once a sagebrush
desert, has 25.000 inhabitants and an
assessed valuation of $10,000,(K)0. a!)
due io Irrigation canals brought from
distant tircams.
THE DIFFERENCE.
Some people fear the bridges far beyond
may not be strong.
And even, as they move ahead, keep
dragging woe along.
Some people cast their glances back
where shaky bridges sway,
And worry over troubles they have
passed upon the way.
\ li tie Little Hospital, j
In the little country hospital the
young nurses were very good and at
tentive to everybody, not having been
in the business long enough to have
grown callous. They were nice girls,
mostly in their first year's course, and
their lips would twitch and their
facuß whiten very often in the
operating room, or when they held a
patient's hand while he died in the
night. But they were brave and went
about the pretty hospital singing soft
ly in the cool corridors, carrying lit
tle white-clothed trays to the sick
rooms, and being the best of medi
cines themselves by reason of their
neatness, their bright eyes and their
kind voices.
Now, one beautiful bright spring
afternoon, at the railroad junction in
the town, two trains, filled with pleas
ure-seekers, smashed together, and
the doctor and the matron and the
nurses were plunged into a world of
work, for ambulance after ambulance
came driving up from the scene of the
accident and left to the care of the
girls many people sorely hurt. And
among them was a very little boy,
about six years old, whom nobody
knew anything about, because his
father and mother were both killed in
the collision, and there was nothing
on them to Show who or what they
wee, except that they were poor. It
is comprehensible that a very great
deal of attention was paid to this lit
tle fellow, and he would have been
placed In the woman's ward, as the
hospital was too' small for a children's
ward, but the woman's ward was full.
So the boy, quite insensible, was laid
on a cot in the men's ward, and next
to him was laid a big, brown-boarded
man, also insensible, from whose
clothes had been gathered quite a sum
of money and whose few papers went
to show he had been a sailor. He was
a very rough-looking man, indeed.
The man came to his senses first,
and it was night. The nurse on watch
was quite frightened at the man. He
was in pain, and great allowance must
be made for that, but never, in all
her life, had the little nurse to listen
to. such words as came from the big
brown-bearded man's lips. He wanted
to get up and go right away, and he
found he could not move his great,
massive legs. So he began to abuse
his fate, and the railway and the hos
pital and the nurse and mankind in
general. Ho was a very bitter-mouthed
man indeed. The little nurse, by the
light of the night lamp, did her best
to sootho him, because ho aroused
other patients, and there was a terri
ble groaning and wailing tn the small
ward. And all at once the little boy
came to his senses, too, just for a
minute, and his face was turned up
to the sailor's face, and his eyes fell
upon the sailor's face. Ho was not
quite sensible yet for it scorned he
mistook the sailor for his dead papa,
and he said very prettily:
"Good-morning, dad. How are you
this morning?"
The sail-or, looking Into the little
fellow's eyes, was abashed and stopped
his swearing, and was silent for a
moment, and then muttered clumsily:
"I'm all right."
"That's nice," said the boy, and be
caime unconscious again.
The sailor did not abuse anything
any more just then, but lay groaning,
and every now and then when the
little nurse slipped by in the shadows,
he called to her softly, and the first
time he said:
"Pretty little chap."
Tho nurse nodded and smiled, an.l
the sailor smiled back and, until
morning came at last, he only groaned
and watched the child, and did not
curse at all, but every time the nurse
came to wipe his brow or give him
drink, he whispered to her to look at
the boy.
"Pretty boy—he thought I was his
dad," he said, and would have laughed,
only his pain made him groan in
stead. Again he caught the nurse's
hand.
"Said it was nice, he did. Cute,
ain't ho?" and then his face twisted
In pain.
But neither could tho sailor rise
from his back, and neither could the
sailor hope to sail the sea again, for
he was in the same case with the
child and both were slowly dying. At
first sometimes the big brown man
woul 1 forget himself In his pain, and
the nurses would shut their ears, ter
rified, and the matron would threat
en to move him to a room by him
self, and that frightened him to si
lence, for ever since tho accident he
had a great love for the child. Tho
child would look at his huge friend
in surprise when he fell into one of
his rages and say:
"Oh, John, that' 3 not nice."
Anl John would bite his lips at
once and be patient. Then tho child
would say:
"How do you feel. John?"
And the sailor would answer:
"First rate. Joe."
"That' 3 nice," little Joe would say,
and they would lie quiet and look out
of the window at the river and be
yond where the big hills purpled to
the skies, and were always looking
up.
So it was In the mornings, when Joe
seemed always fir--t awake, and ready
to have his hands and face washed
by the nurse. He could not turn about
to see the other paltents. but he
learned alt their names and as soon
as he heard thetm moving, he always
asked very politely:
"Ami how do you feel, Mr. Smith?"
And Mr. Smith would always an
swer, because It pleased the child:
"First rate. Joe."
"That's nice," said Joe, and so he
would ask each in turn, and to each
answer, always the same, he would
reply cheerfully: "That's nice."
And when they asked him hiow it
went with him, he always said, though
sometimes with an effort. "I'm pretty
well, thank you." Then everybody
would say, with real pleasure: "That's
nice, Joe."
So the summer went on. and very
few patients came to the hospital,
and John and Joe were alone, save
for the nurses who grew to dread the
time that was soon to part the
friends.
At last they told the sailor that
there was no hope at all for him—a
clergyman came to prepare him. He
took the news vory calmly, but In
stantly whispered:
"And the little fellow, Joe?"
"Don't tell him." said the minister;
"he is so innocent he needs no prepa
ration. But you?"
For days the poor sailor was In
much trouble, and one night he whis
pered to his little companion:
"Joe, say you was rich as Vander
bilt, and Was going a long sail, would
you leave me behind?"
"No, John," said the child very ear
nestly, "I would want you to oome
too."
"Would you feel sorry, Joe, to sail
away and leave me on the wharf, or—
or if you was safe on a big fine ship,
see me busted to pieces on the rocks?"
"John!" said the child, "I would
jump out and pull you to my ship, I
would."
"Good old Joe," said the sailor, and
said nothing more until prayer time,
when he squeezed Joe's hand and
whispered:
"Pray hard, Joe. Pray hard for me
to come along. Pray for two, Joe."
And little Joe prayed for two.
The two used to watch for the
searchlight of the big night boat whica
ran between two great cities on the
river. When thle steamer turned a
point, its light flashed for an instant
full on the front of the little hospital.
Joe and John, hand In hand, very,
very weak now, would lie and watch
for it. Joe had made a stoxy that It
knew they were there and smiled in
on purpose to say "Good night." Al
ways he piped "good night," in re
turn, and John also. Then Joe,
squeezing the once powerful hairy
hand, would feebly ask:
"How do you feel tonignt?"
"First rate, Joe," poor John would
answer, with a smothered groan.
"That's nice."
And they would lie very still or
gradually go to sleep.
And so one night the steamboat
came up the river and turned the
point and cast its light upon the lit
tle hospital.
"Good night,!' said the sailor, in a
very low, husky whisper, while Joe's
little hand rested on his. But the
boy's eyes were wide with a strange
light.
"It didn't say 'good night,' John,"
he whispered, and tried to squeeze
his friend's hand. "It said 'good
by.'"
The sailor tried to rise in bed, but
was unable even to call out. He saw
the river, but he oould not see the
other side. It was dark. He was
afraid. His fingers closed round the
child's feebly.
"How—do—you—feel tonight, dear
John?" said little Joe's voice very
softly and tenderly.
There was a moment's pause. The
sailor's voice rang out with a glad
cry.
"First rate, Joe."
"That's nice," said the child.
And the little nurses, running in
found the friends had gone together.—
P. Y. Black, in Los Angeles Times.
Oanarlea Weather Prophet*.
"I have heard of all sorts of barom
eters, or rather weather signs, but I
know of no more reliable weather
prophets than my birds," said a Balti
more lady who owns several canaries.
"I can almost always tell when it Is
going to rain by the distinctness with
which I can hear the trains at night,
but the birds are even mox-e reliable
than that If I hear them singing
in the morning early before I take
the coverings of their cages off I
know that the day will be a good one,
no matter if it is raining at the mo
ment, but if they do not sing I am
euro there will be bad weather be
fore the day is over. I have never
known them to fail, and I never think
of going shopping or calling unless
the birds sing in oarly morning. That
is why I never get caught in the rain,
as many of my friends do. That poor
weather bureau man who makes so
many mistakes in his prophecies
ought by all means to get himself
some canaries."—Baltimore Sun.
Jnpnn'fl L*p-to-Date Potl Service.
There is one little exhibit in the
postal museum which illustrates the
degree of perfection to which the pos
tal Bervlce of Japan has been brought
It is a missive pasted over many
times with "forwarding slips," show
ing the efforts made by the postal
authorities to deliver the letter to
the addresses. There are about 25
of those "forwarding slips" on the
envelope, and these make it clear that
lie letter followed the addresses all
over the Island cf Japan. There is
a law in Japan which directs that a
citizen, upon reaching a determina
• ! on to change his abode, shall notifv
the postal authoritirs of his new ad
dress. —Washington Star.
A MEMOKABLE SUMMER.
CALLED "EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND
STARVE-TO-DEAT H."
American and Enrnpean Data Record
the feeafton of 1810 as Having Keen
l'henomlnul in Almost Every Particu
lar—The Sun's Kays Destitute of lieat.
There are few persons now living
who recollect the year 1810, but Euro
pean and American data represent It
as having been phenomenal in almost
every paxticnlar.
In New England the year wont by
the name of "eighteen-hundred-and
etarve-to-death," and the summer
months are known in history as "the
cold summer of 1816," so remarkable
was the temperature.
Thfc sun's rays seemed to be desti
tute of heat and all nature was clad
in a sable hue. Men and women be
came frightened and Imagined that the
fire In the sun was being rapidly ex
tinguished, and that the world would
soon come to an end.
Ministers took the phenomena for
the text of their sermons, and pseudo-
Bcientiflc men talked of things they
knew not of, while tho fanatics took
advantage of the occasion to form re
ligious organizations.
The winter of 1815-10 was very cold
in Europe, but comparatively mild in
this country, and did not in any way
Indicate the severe weather that soon
prevailed.
Bvon the almanacs were silent, and
although the usual indications, "about
now look out for cold weather," or
"this is a good time for snow" were
entered in the regular portions of the
book devoted to the winter predic
tions, those used for chronicling the
pleasanter months had no such alarm
ing warnings.
January was mild, BO much so that
for days the people allowed their fires
to go out, as artificial heat made the
buildings uncomfortablly warm. This
pleasant weather was broken by a se
vere cold snap in February, but this
low temperature passed lu a few days
and a warmer condition, similar to the
mouth previous, set in.
March "came In like a Hon, but wont
out like a lamb." There was nothing
unusual In the climatic conditions of
the month which differed from those
generally found in this windy season.
April was the advance guard of this
strange freak in temperature. The
early days wore warm and bright, hut
as the. month drew to a close the cold
increased until it ended in ice and
snow and a very low temperature.
To those who delighted in balmy
May days and loved to waich the
budding flowers the May of 1810 was a
bitter disappointment. True, buds
came, but so did the frost, and In one
night laid all vegetation a blackened
waste.
Corn was killed, and the field bad to
be made ready for another planting,
but the people's astonishment was
complete when they found ice formed
to the thickness of half an Inch in
the pools. r •
June, "the month of roses," was .this
year a month of ice and desolation.
The "oldest inhabitant" was surprised,
for never before had the mercury sunk
so low in the tube in these latitudes
in the last month of spring.
Frost, ice and snow wore common.
Almost every green thing that had
taken advantage of a few warm days
to develop was killed, and various
kinds of fruit were nearly all de
stroyed.
One day the beautiful snow fell to a
depth of 10 inches in Vermont, seven
inches in Maine and three inches in
Massachusetts and Central Now York.
Matters were beginning to be inter
esting. People were undecided wheth
er to spend the summer in the south
or at tho seashore and mountains. One
day the latter resorts were desirable
and the next would decide in favor of
the former, but on the whole the south
am clime was preferred.
July was accompanied by frost and
ice, and those who celebrated the
glorious Fourth "not wisely but too
well" found an abundance of ice handy
for immediate use the next morning.
It was not very thick, not more than
one-sixteenth of an inch, but it was
ice, and it caused the good people of
New England, New York and some
sections of Pennsylvania to look grave.
That month Indian corn was destroyed
in all but the most favored locations,
and but a small quantity escaped.
Surely August would put an end to
such cold weather, but the farmers as
well as hotel proprietors were doomed
to disappointment. The mid-summer
month was, if possiblo, more cheerless
than the days already passed. Ice
formed even thicker tiian It had done
the month before and corn was so
badly frozen that it was cur for fod
der and almost every greer. plant in
this country as well as in Europe was
frozen.
Papers received from England stated
that tho year 1810 would be remem
bered by the generation then living
as a year in which there was no sum
mer.
What little corn ripened in the unex
posed states was worn almost its
wobtht in sliver and farmers were com.
pelled to provide themselves with corn
grown in 1815 for the seed they used
in the spring of ISI7. This seed never
cost so much, being difficult to get
even at ?5 per bushel.
The last month of summer was
ushered in bright and warm, and for
two weeks the now almost frozen peo
ple began to thaw out. It was the
mildest weather of the year, but just
as the inhabitants got fairly to appre
ciate It old Boreas and Jack Frost
camo along and whitened and har
dened everything in their path.
On the 10th ice formed a ouarter of
an inch thick and winter clothing
that had been laid away for a few
days was again brought forth anl
wrapped round shivering humanity.
By this time the people had given up
all hopes of again seeing the flowers
bloom or hearing the birds sing and
began to prepare for a hard winter.
October kept up the reputation of
its predecessors, as there was scarcely
a day that the thermometer registered
higher than 30 degrees.
November was also extremely cold
and sleighing was good the first week
of the month, but strange to relate,
December was the mildest and most
comfortable month of the entire year,
a condition which led many p-.-jple to
believe that the seasons had changed
about.
Of course the cold spell sent bread
stuffs to an unheard-of price and it
was impossible to obtain for table use
many of the common vegetables, as
they were required for seed.
Flour sold in 1817 in the cities for
sl3 per barrel, and tho average price
of wheat in England was 97 shillings
per quarter.—Boston Globe.
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
French syndicates In Normandy and
Brltanny use the parcels-post for send
ing table butter and cheese to cus
tomers. Parcels weighing 20 pounds
can be mailed for 30 cents.
In Lake Minnetonka, Minn., there la
a picturesque Island which takes its
name from the fact thnt it is uninhab.
Ited by man, and given over to the
cranes. Generations back these birds
decided upon this spot for a summer
resort. As time went on and the sur
rounding Islands populated, no man
had the heart to disturb them.
Speaking of rare and beautiful pot
tery, seekers after curiosities, while
delving in the earth near Lampsaki,
on the Dardanelles, uncovered a beau
tiful vase. It 1? made of burned clay,
incrustcd on the exterior with gold.
It has three golden handles and splen.
did reliefs representing hunting
scones. The date of the vase, which
contained human ashes, bones and
pearls, is estimated at about B. C. 400.
A remarkable picnic took place not
so very long ago near Chicago. Every
guest was "made up" as an animal—
lions, tigers and foxes being predomi
nant In this unique gathering, while
there was a fair sprinkling of sheep,
dogs and cats. When luncheon was
served the "animals" proceeded to
squat upon the ground, each after the
manner of his or her kind, and the
oatablcs were then devoured with
much gusto. This picnic, which was
desoribed as a "Noah's Ark" banquet,
certainly deserved its name.
Th trial of the pyx, or the testing
of the money of the United Kingdom,
took place at Goldsmith's Hall in Lon
don the other day. The ceremony is
a very ancient one. The first known
trial for which a writ was issued took
place in 1281. Edward ill in 1345 for
mally established the ceremony, which,
down to iB7O, took place at uncertain
intervals. An act passed In 1870, how
ever, stipulated that the trial of the
pyx, which is a box or chest in which
are deposited specimen coins, shall be
held at least once In every year in
which coins have been issued.
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Very peculiar was tho picnic to
which a New York resident recently
bid his friends at Narragansctt, R. I.
Every guest was requested to drive to
the meeting place in a donkey cart,
and to be attired after the manner of
a "dead-iieat," or tramp. Some 200
picnickers turned up la the said guise,
and for thek* amusement eocoanut
"shies" and such like sports were pro.
vhled by the host To enhance the
realism of the affair every lady and
gentleman in the company affected
ungrammatlcal speech and rowdy be
haviour, and It was difficult to believe
that the guests were made up of the
most wealthy and refined members of
New York millionairedom.
At n Mexican Hotel.
The dining room is scrupulously
clean, and the mozos are in attend
ance In their spotless white blouses
(which resemble our shirtwaists, with
the gathering string let out at the
bottom), the corners tied in a hard
knot in front below the waist. The
first meal of the day is called desay
uno, and consists usually of different
kinds of bread, some very fancy
and sweet, with coffee or chocolate,
also fruit and eggs, if you desire
them. After a very slow oanter about
the country on tho back of a burro,
through banana groves, to sugar plan
tations, etc., you return promptly at
12 o'clock, ready for your dinner
(comida). This is a full course meal,
beginning with soup and rice. All tho
dishes are novel and are generally
liked. Some of th'em are rather hot,
but after a few meals you find that
your taste for chile con carne has
become cultivated, and you enjoy the
piquancy of the delicacies set before
you. I have learned to be very fond
of tho Mexican's favorites, such as
chiles stuffed with cheese and roast
ed; a very delicious combination of
peas, pineapple and banana boiled to
gether; meats dressed with chile;
salad of the alligator pear (butter
fruit), onions, tomato and chile, and
the standby of all Mexicans, tortillas
(corn cake) and frijoles (beans).
These last are always served after
the meat courses. Then we have the
dulces (preserved fruits) and coffee.
The cena (supper) at 7 is of the same
number of courses as the dinner and
very much like it. —International
Magazine.
A man, walking day and night, with
out resting, would take 428 days to
journey round the world.
PURE FOOD
LAW VIOLATED.
Interesting Facts Concerning the Roasting
of Cofloo Brought Ont by Scientific
Exports—Presence of Bacteria.
TOLEDO, August 10th—The jury In
Judge Meck's court In this city has
found James White, a local grocer,
guilty of selling adulterated coffee.
The prosecution was based on a pack
age of Ariosa coffee.
The State of Ohio, through the Furo
Food Commission, prosecuted White.
The case was on trial for nearly a
month, and attracted national atten
tion.
The manufacturers of Ariosa coffee
conducted the defense for Grocer
White. Attorneys of eminence
were retained to defend him. i
but after a short consultation a verdict r
of guilty was returned by the jury.
The State of Ohio considers this n big
victory. Pure Food Commissioner
Blackburn has been waging a warfare <
on spurious food articles and the de
partment has been successful.
The complaint of the State of Ohio
was that Ariosa coffee was coated with -
a substance which concealed defects
In the coffee and made it appear better
than It Is. The State charged this coat
ing or glazing was a favorable medium
for the propagation of bacteria.
Prof. G. A. Kirchmaier, of this city,
a well-known chemist, was the prin
cipal witness for the State. He tes
tified thnt he* had made scientific ex
aminations of samples of Ariosa
purchased from Grocer White In
the open market, and found that
each berry contained an average
of 300 bacteria. Mr. Kirchmaier
further testified that other cof
fees he examined contained few bac
teria or none at all. Ho declared that
the glazed coffee was not a wholesome
food product.
Chemist Schmidt, of Cincinnati, cor
roborated the testimony of Prof. /
Kirchmaier. The State did not present
further testimony.
The defense secured some of
the most eminent chemists and
scientists in the United States
to give testimony in thelrbehalf. Prof.
H. W. Wiley, of tho United States
Agricultural Department; Prof.
Vaughn, of Ann Arbor University;
Profs. Blcile and Webber, of the Ohio-
State University, were called to de
fend Ariosa. Dr. Wiley made a care
ful examination of the method of man
ufacturing. He told of the 19,-
000,000 eggs used yearly in the prepar
ation of this glazing. On this point,
in cross-examination, the State's at
torney deftly drew from him the in
formation that these eggs might be
kept in cold storage for a year or two
at n time.
Tbo experts who heard Dr. Wiley's
testimony were pleased to listen
to so famous a chemist. The
doctor at one point in bis testimony
explained very clearly how it is that
the egg put into tho coffee pot by >y
the housewife settles the coffee. Ho '
said that the heat coagulates the egg,
and as it sinks to the bottom of the
pot it carries the fine particles ,of
coffee with it, and thus clarifies the
drink. It is the act of coagulation in
the coffee pot that docs the work.
Later on in his cross examination, he
admitted that when the egg was
put on Ariosa coffee at the factory it
became coagulated, and as egg cannot
fce coagulated but once, that tho coat
ing on coffee was practically no value,
as a "settler" when it reached tho
coffee pot. —*
Professor Wiley acknowledged that
the glazing might be a favorable
medium for the propagation of bac
teria, although he would not testify
positively either way because he was
not a bacteriologist.
Professor Vaughn, of Ann Arbor,
also a witness for the defense, said
he found bacteria on Ariosa coffee.
Professor Bleile, another witness for
the defense, testified he found any
number of lively bacteria on Ariosa
coffee ho examined, and agreed that
glazed coffee surely was a more favor
able medium for the propagation of
bacteria than unjlazed coffee.
Pure Food Commissioner Blackburn
says: "Tho State is very much elated
over its victory. We are now consider
ing the advisability of informing every
grocer in the Stnte of Ohio that it is
an infraction of the laws to sell
Ariosa, and at the same time give
warning to consumers that the coffee
is an adulterated food article."
The verdict of the jury In this case
Is of national importance because a
great many other States have pure
food laws like that of Ohio, and It
Is natural to suppose that similar ac
tion will be taken by other Pure Food
Commissioners to prevent the sale of
glazed coffees.
Huge Atlas Is Being Prcpa-od. V
The largest atlas ever printed in the
United States is-being prepared by
the census bureau. It will not be
merely a big book of maps showing
the outlines, cities, rivers, lakes and
mountains, of the country, but will
enable the examiner to see at a
glance the density of population, the
value and extent of various crops and
products and the stnte of industrial
activity In any locality. To the lay
man the books of statistics issued by
the department meant but little. Any
one can understand the charts and
diagrams that will make up this atlas,
which will not bo issued until after
all the other publications of the cen
sus are completed and handed to the
public. It will contain special fea
tures embodied in all tue other works
anil therefore cannot be completed
until ail the rest are finished.
Two thousand of tho 30,000 books
on the French Revolution which have
been presented to the Bibllotheque
Nationale by the British Museum will I
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vlgne.