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ELEPHANTS AT WORK Hundreds Employed in Sawmills?May Give Place to Machinery. To see the working elepnant In al! j His glory one muse go to .Burma, me centre of the teakwood industry. Some of the great sawmills of Maulmain and Rangoon employ hundreds of elephants, some with and others without a mahout or driver. The companies own immense timber concessions, and each year a certain number of trees are marked for cutting dowfa. Those so marked are girdled to prevent the sap rising. | Ijis causes the tree to die. / In three years it is quite seasoned j and dry. It is then cut down, the | branches are lopped off, and one, two or three elephants are attached to it by chains to haul it to the nearest stream. The creek in which the elephant has deposited its log, says the Circle, may be dry in the timber cutting seaBon; nevertheless the creature contines to pile up log after log in the bed of the torrent against the time when the monsoon shall break and wash the accumulation of logs into one of the main rivers. When this is done men collect at various points and examine the various owners' marks. The logs are sorted and bound into rafts, and a family of Burmans forthwith installs 'tself upon each, and builds a little hut of bamboo and leaves in which to live while the big raft of teak logs is coming down the river to Rangoon. Whon vrrffc irrira nnnncito tho i ? ? JUWU vuv JCfrJ-V*? U1 * * ? V VV VMW I saw yards herds of working elephants ire in waiting to heave the logs out of the water and take them to differant parts of the mill. They display an intelligence almost human; and when the dinner bell rings at midday logs are dropped in every direction and the ground fairly shakes as hunJreds of tuskers scamper off to dinner like playful children let out of school, .When the logs have been sawn other gangs of felephants move dexter* ously about among the huge circular saws, avoiding them with extreme jare, clearing away debris, and in a j/V marvellous manner discriminating between mere rubbish and the sawn planks. Then the elephants stack the latter so carefully that the edges are aot injured. Most amusing is it to see one of these working elephants tackling a / cuge squared log and placing it on the stack. First of all he estimates its length and its weight as it lies on the ground. Then he digs his tusks nnder it at one end, curls his trunk aver and tries to drag one end of the log on to his tusks. Should he find the task beyond him he will give a queer little trumpet note, and up comes a colleague to help him at the other end.. In a moment the two elephants Save swung the big log between them, walk in step to the pile, and then one of them, apparently by preconcerted agreement, places his end in position on the stack, while the other rams home the log. TPrrrx-vr -rrn ~ A ~ V. o o Iff- ^rrrn u vci j uuiuci ?aius uao no un u particular show elephant, more intelligent than the rest, and one belonging to Messrs. MacGregor & Co., of Rangun, was in the habit of turning on a water tap and helping himself to a big drink, though he never could be induced to turn the water off again. Similar obstinacy and occasionally bad temper is shown, and the mahouts are very highly paid, for they live always in the risk that the huge brutes may turn upon them and kill them, particularly if the mahout , has at any time shown cruelty or un miiuuesd. 4. Hindu mahout was employed with a working elephant at Bangkok, Siam, and frequently used a steel goad, in defiance of all warnings. The rest It was that his elephant made frequent attempts to kill him, and Anally the man was discharged. Nearly four years afterward, by a most remarkable coincidence, both elephant and mahout met again in Maulmain, Burma, and no sooner was the big tusker out of sight of the saw mill and well into the forest than he curled his trunk up backward, seized his old persecutor by the neck, hurled him to the ground, and in an Inatant a mighty forefoot had crushed - out his life. Each working elephant represents <:{, a value of $1500, and years of experience have shown that until quite recently this was the most profitable form of labor that could be employed 'u the great forests of Burma and wiaui. uu?c?ci. uiguij ingem* ous American. German and British I machinery?chiefly portable railroads i and steam hoists?are gradually taking the place of the giant workers, and in another decade the independent elephant laborer may be entirely extinct. ?.???????? New York city will have the largest restaurant in the world. RAISED FROM SICK BED After All Hope Had Vanished. Mrs. J. H. Bennett, 59 Fountain IBt., Gardiner, Me., says: "My back used to trouble me 5so severely that at last I had to give up. fl took to my bed and stayed there four months, suffering intense pain, dizziness, headache and inflammation of the bladder. Though without hope, I began using Doan's Kidney Pills, and in three months was completely cured. The trouble has never returned." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y. Twin Brothers' Births. un August iu a uegro woman living near Williamsburg, Va., gave birth to a boy, and sixteen days after the first was born she gave birth to a second strapping boy, {Classified Advertisements) PEAFXE8S AXP CATAKR11 CUKE. IN HA LENT CATARRHAL JELLY Cures Deafness and Catarrh. Trial treatment by mail free- REA CQ^ SilaneacQUi MIsil. \ J BULGARIA DECLARES HER FREEDOM FBOM TURKEY Ancfrio Annovoc ^tatPC NlillifV nuou ia nmivAww vfcvuwwj ?? ? j ing Treaty of Berlin. ENGLAND. STRONGLY HOSTILE Prince Ferdinand Proclaimed Czar of the Bulgarians With Simple But Impressive Ceremony at Tirnovo, the Ancient Capital. London. ? The independence of Bulgaria was proclaimed in the an- ' cient capital of Tirnovo, with the Czar of the Bulgarians as ruler. Czar of the Bulgarians is recognized to mean more than Czar of Bulgaria, because it is a distinct intimation that he regards his country as having sovereignty over all people of that blood in the Near East. Within a day or two Austria-Hungary, which has been working with Prince Ferdinand in this preconcerted plan, will proclaim the new status of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The question, which has been stirring the whole of Europe more deeply than any similar question in the memory of the present generation is, does it meaD war? From all the capitals come reports indicating that it means, first of all, another European congress of the 6igners of the Treaty of Berlin to consider the situation and probably revise the treaty. Turkey, caught in a moment of weakness, is the victim of this situation, and while some international animosities have been stirred up, probably no Power is willing to make war. Reports from the emancipated Turkish press to London indicate that the ''Young Turks" will swallow this bitter pill as best they can and, if they do, naturally the Bulgarians, while willing and eager for war, will have no cause on which to base the beginning of hostilities. ^ i From the British standpoint, the whole affair has been a surprise, and more thaD a surprise, because for the first time in years the British Government felt itself, with apparently a perfect understanding with France and Russia and complete friendship with Italy, to be in a position where it dominated European politics, reserving out of this consideration the almost open enmity between itself and Germany. Probably never in the history of Europe has politics taken such amazingly kaleidoscopic revolutions as during the past week. An entangling Bituation will come when the signatories of the Berlin treaty meet to consider what action shall be taken regarding the violations of the treaty. Great Britain has served notice that it does not recognize the right of any of the parties to this treaty to violate its provisions without consulting the others, but English diplomats know that the conference will resolve itself into a scramble among the Powers to get what is termed in European politics "compensating advantages, which Austria, backed by Germany, has already obtained. The official statement, issued by the British Foreign Office, says: "His Majesty's Government cannot admit .the right of any Power to altei an international treaty without the ocnsent of the other parties to it, and it therefore refuses to sanction any infraction of the Berlin treaty, and declines to recognize what has been done until the views of the other Powers are known, especially those of Turkey, which is more directly concerned than any one else." The chances of war between Bulgaria and Turkey are being minimized by Great Britain and France, who j are workinc tosether and who have i advised Turkey against it. Turkey apparently is disposed to follow this advice, and it is believed that if hasty action on the part of Turkey can be prevented. Bulgaria will have difficulty in finding an excuse to begin war. AUSTRIA'S ACfVlIOLLY EVIL. Deadly Blow to All European Relationships. London.?The most evil thing that has happened in Europe during the present generation is Austria's annniin/Mimoiif nf Vior inf-Antinn tr> vio- I late the principal treaty existing between the great Powers. Bulgaria's declaration of independence is a comparatively unimportant matter and could have been dealt with in all probability without disturbing European peace Austria's action in proposing to annex Bosnia and Herzegovina, however, is of such a sinister and mysterious character that European confidence, is shaken as it has not been since the TurkoRussian War. It strikes at the foundation of all international relationship. It is gratuitously machiavellian. It seems on its face to be a deliberate attempt to render abortive Turkey's efforts at regeneration. Austria's sovereignty over the two provinces is complete in everything but name. Bishop Tierney Dies. The Right Rev. Michael Tierney, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hartford, Conn., which includes the State of Connecticut, died frnm tlio efforts nf tL Rtrnlfp nf ann. plexy. Bishop Tierney, although born in Ireland, had spent most of his life in Connecticut. His native place was in County Tipperary. Hi3 birthday was September 29, 1839. Bulgaria Preparing For War. Sofia, Bulgaria.?It is officially announced that M. Mallnoff, President of the Council, has telegraphed Prince Ferdinand, who Is making a tour of Europe, to return to Sofia. All the factories capable of supplying war material are working day and night, and preparations for mobilization are being openly pushed forward. Killed by His Son. John Eller, of Newark, N. 7., was killed by his son during a family quarrel. The Labor World. Utah has organized a State Federation of Labor. The membership of the Cigar Makers' Union in Porto Ricc is more than 1000. The Federal High Court, at Sydney, New South Wales, has declared that the registration of a trade union | label is unconstitutional. The Bakers' Union, of San Francisco, Cal., has appointed a committee to prepare a recommendation to the international convention that is to meet in October to erect a home for aged and disabled members of thp organization GRAIN OUST FIRED BY SUN Elevator at Richford, Vt., Explodes With Fatal Results. Property Loss is $100,000 ? Two Women Walking on Hie Railroad Track Among Victims. Richford, Vt. ? An explosion of dust and gases In a large grain elevator, jointly owned by the Canadian Pacific and the Boston and Maine railroads, in this village, caused the death of at least thirteen persons, and it. is nossible that the death roll may be still further increased when a careful search of the ruins can be made. The sun's rays caused the explosion. Of the victims eleven were men employed in the elevator. The other two were women who were walking on the Canadian Pacific Railroad near by. The fire destroyed not only the elevator building, but a flour shed also and seventy-five freight cars, which could not be removed from the danger zone in time. The property loss is $400,000. Twenty-one men, all employes of the elevator, are known to have been in the building at the time. Of these all but eleven have been accounted for. Of the others one body only was found. It was carried by the explosion 500 yards, and was found in a field near the roof. The bodies of this man's companions are supposed to have been incinerated in the tremendous heat of the burning grain. The ten men who are known to have escaped from the elevator were all more or less burned, though none was believed to be in a serious condition. All had narrow escapes, and were obliged to fight "their way through the grain dust, flames and smoke to the doorway. Dead. Heman Lahue, forty; leaves a family. Lucius Wright, twenty-five; married. Robert Mandigo, twenty-two; married. W. C. Barney, fifty, married; leaves family. Ralph Haire, twenty; single. Herman Niles, twenty-five; married. Charles Narrows, twenty-five; single. Louis Papineau, forty; married. Doma La Porte, twentj--one; single. Tuttle. Mrs. Jeliforo. Mrs. Guardo, forty. A workman, name unknown, who is known to have been in the building and who is reported missing. DROWNED BY BAD BOY. New Bedford Lad Wanted to See if His Companion Could Swim. New Bedford, Mass.?The body of Ernest Souza, the seven-year-old son Df John M. Souza, of this city, was found floating in the Acushnut River. He went out to play after school and did not return. His parents, aided by some of the neighbors, made an allnight search, but no trace of him sould be found. A short time after the finding of the boy's body, Nelson King, an eight-year-old lad, confided to the school pbysician tnat. ne naa pusueu the Souza boy into the water. When asked why he did it, he said that "he wanted to see if Ernest could swim." The King boy is a notorious character in this vicinity. He is known as New Bedford's youngest horse thief. He is to be brought up on a charge of horse stealing, and is on parole. BROWN ELECTED IN GEORGL1. Democrat Has 50,000 Majority Over Carter, Hearst Candidate. Atlanta, Ga.?Joseph M. Brown (Democrat) was elected Governor of Georgia over Yancy Carter (Hearst) by a majority estimated at from 40,000 to 50,000 votes. The vote was light, probably not over fifty per cent, of those registering going to the polls. From the incomplete returns it seems unlikely that the total vote will exceed 110,000. Brown was the only candidate on the Democratic ticket who had opposition. Returns indicate the adoption of the disfranchisement amendment by a much smaller vote than was cast for Brown. This resulted from the negroes as a rule voting for Brown, but opposing disfranchisement. Many whites also opposed disfranchisement. COWS CAUSE TUBERCULOSIS. 300 Deaths a Year in English District Where Cattle Are Infected. Washington, D. C. ? Consul Stephens, at Plymouth, England, has reported that the English authorities are making known through the medium of the press the disagreeable facts relative to tuberculosis in cows and phthisis in human beings in that sprtlnn nf Fine-land, and advises that the relation of the two is said to be a scientific fact. In many districts of Devon twentyfive per cent, of the cows have tuberculosis. The average number of deaths from consumption among the people of the single county of Devon exceeds 300 a year, and in one charity organization eighty per cent, of the children are suffering from the disease. HARRY A. GARFIELD PRESIDENT. Inducted at Williams Before Heads of 75 American Colleges. Williamstown, Mass.?Harry Augustus Garfield, of the class of '85, former professor of politics at Princeton University, was inducted into the office of president of Williams College. In addition to the group of educators, seventy-five college presidents having accepted invitations to be present, the ceremony of induction was witnessed by men prominent in civil and professional life. INSANE FROM FOOTBALL HURT. Warren, of Yale, is Kicked in Head in a Practice Game. New Haven, Conn.?While playing with the scrub team against the Yale 'varsity football team on Yale Field, Lewis Baker Warren, of New York, a member of the class of 1910 Sheffield Scientific School, was kicked in the head and rendered unconscious. He was removed to the Yale gymnasium, where 'on regaining consciousness he became violently Insane THE FIRST FI( Vmi W. .0viki&^H/ 'jfotflC UtT.SwiN? . ^X^jj lys $4 95, SvmRwp CnAuQ<6iti . . % v. > /' -Car Ringside photographs of the terrific j the Temperance Champ, and the cele ! ''Demon" was put to sleep. PUBLICITY SAVES L Officials Find the Wrecks Are Le: Chicago.?Publicity is credited with having decreased accidents on the Harriman system of roads between twenty and fifty per cent, within the past three years. This result is indicated by a report made by Julius Kruttschnitt, director of maintenance and operation, to E. H. Harriman, of a novel plan which has been tried on that system of roads. Besides decreasing accidents, publicity has served, It Is said, to improve disciplineand increase efficiency and also has protected the roads against newspaper misrepresentations and unfair hostility on .the part of communities When the plan of giv lng the fullest puoncity to wrecsa was first broached by Mr. Kruttschnitt, it was coldly received on all sides. Finally he succeeded in getting it tried on the Union Pacific, and now all the Harriman lines follow it. The new method depends for its success largely upon speedily finding out the cause of the accident, placing the blame where it belongs and letting the public know all the newspapers care to .tell about it. This method is so different from the one usually employed by railroads that it caused a great deal of comment, but Mr. Kruttschnitt is a firm believer in the efficacy of public sentiment when based upon a right understanding of facts. When an accident occurs on any of the Harriman roads the superintendent, master mechanic and engineer of the division go at once to the scene and organize a board of inquiry, composed of themselves and one or more leading citizens of the community. If this board falls to ascertain the cause of the accident, a second ' board is formed of the general superintendent, general superintendent of motive power, engineer of maintenance of way and one or more citizens of the community. Should this board in turn fail, a third board is formed with the general manager at its head. In only one instance has CENSUS OF STA Estimates Say tht Supply will lost Washington, D. C.?Tbe National Conservation Commission has caused the first comprehensive attempt at a census of the standing timber in the United States ever undertaken. The commission needs the information to help complete its inventory of the country's natural resources, which it will include in its report to the Pres; ident, and since that report is to he j submitted .on January 1 next it needs the information at once. In consequence the work on the census has been started with a rush. Estimates as to the amount of standing timber in the United States range all the way from 822,682,000,000 to 2,000,000,000,000 board feet, a difference of more than a trillion feet in the views of the best qualified authorities in the country. In the opinion of the forest service the most carefully prepared estimates yet made are those by Henry Gannett, published by the twelfth census in 1900, which placed the total stumpage at 1,390,000,000,000 board I leet. Mr. uannen was receuuj t^uwsen by the President to compile all the information gathered for the commission. The census is expected Russia's Naval Budget Amounts to $44,067,500. St. Petersburg, Russia.?The naval budget was submitted to the Dumua. It amounts to $44,067,500, an increase over last year of $616,000. The construction account is $8,155,000, of which 83,771,000 is for new construction. This decrease is due to the fact that the appropriation for construction of 1 908 has not been touched. The present program includes the building of four battle: shins, five torpedo boat destroyers and three submarines. Feminine Notes. Hedwig Luszczewska, a noted Polnnofoca hpttpr known under her pseudonym of Devyma, died at Warsaw. She was born in 1848. A men's league for woman suffrage has been formed in Holland, and the Lutheran Church in that country has given women a vote in all church affairs. Miss Anna Pritchett, of Louisville, Ky., has just been appointed to the chair of economics at Wellesley College. She has just passed her twenty-fifth birthday, and is the youngest member of the_faculty^ 5HT PICTURES. I 1 T ScMort <soft g> fte twtt.'T " $&?<(?&&?***<\ /AS/AGoA' Of Co^PiTtOK' r/MWci^ ?? ) twni&yi W5a*i ?\\\\"/ ^^^ toon by Triggs, in the New York Press. : go In Ohio, between "Town Pump," ibrated "Demon Rum," showing how * < IVES ON RAILROADS " i 5S Frequent and Discipline Better. the general manager thus been called upon to act. The board of inquiry does its work quickly and*not infrequently a news- j paper representative is a member. Tho newspapers are furnished with :i c.i .vcct bulletin of the facts. This practice iias greatly diminished the < newspaper appetite for wreck data, { unless the accident is in reality a big story. . 1 The effect upon the discipline has 1 been marked, for every man in the operating department knows that if J he is derelict in his duty his home 1 community will know of it, and he will be discredited among his friends. 1 | Men can stand being hauled onto the 1 I "carpet" in the general manager's ' j office, but they cannot stand the light 1 [ of local publicity. ' 3317 VICTIMS OF NEW YORK j " RAILWAYS IN ONE MONTH i Report Shows There Were 5280 Accidents io t City In August j I New York City.?There were 5280 railway accidents in New York City I 1 * A ? n>? rt* nnnr>n/^itl rr f A fl f*11 T?00 Olll*. f i lil au^usi, auuiuiu5 lu u.&ui \jlj I mitted to the Public Service Commission by its secretary. They resulted < in the injury of 3317. persons. Of that number-2247 were passengers, 539 were railway employes and 531 , were neither passengers nor em- f ployes. Forty-fqur persons were , killed, fifteen received fractured ( [ skulls, four lost legs or arms, thirty- , , four had legs or arms broken and ] dangerous injuries were inflicted on ( 138 other persons. The total number of persons dangerously wounded ( was 235. , 1 ( The report shows there were dur- 3 ing the month 121 car collisions, 81)1 . persons and vehicles struck by cars, ; 652 persons injured when boarding ] cars and 1233 when alighting from cars. Forty-one of the victims were *.i hurt by getting in contact with electricity. ? j NDING TIMBER. About Twenty-three Years Longer. { to give an accurate basis for computing how long our timber supply will i last. ] The consensus of opinion is that i the present annual consumption ol ] wood Is about 100,000,000,000 board < feet, or something more than that, j One leading authority has placed it as high as 150,000,000,000 board i feet. Assuming a stumpage ot ( 1,400,000,000,000 feet, an annual < use of 100,000,000,000 feet and neg- ] lecting growth in the calculation the ; exhaustion of our timber supply is ; indicated in fourteen years, and as- \ suming the same use and stand, with ] an annual growth of 40,000,000,000 feet, a supply for twenty-three years is indicated. Letters to county clerks asking for statements of forest areas ^ | in their counties have been forwarded. Seven thousand lumbermen and : timber land owners have been asked to suuply similar information. Id 5 all, nearly 150,000 letters have been 1 sent. These letters also ask for a wide variety of information, including not only the lumbering and milling industries, but all others, even j Indirectly dependent upon the use of ] wood. i i Whole Village Frozen to Death in Siucria. Seattle, Wash.?Frozen stiff and having evidently been dead for a long time, all the inhabitants of a village of Siberian Esquimaus were found on the Siberian coast by a party of Indians who went in a canoe last June to see their comrades. Their t provisions exhausted, the Esquimaus had eaten the walrus skin covers from their houses and the clothing that coverefl them. This tale is told S by the Rev. Edward O. Campbell, a i t Presbyterian missionary. a t The Field of Sports. C. M. Daniels won the mile A. A. U. cnrimminsT championship at Sheeps head Bay. c Fair Play was defeated by Angelus j in the Oriental Handicap at the Gravesend track. c Fall rowing practice at Yale has v bepun on the harbor for both 'Varsity and Freshmen candidates. The cross- t. country squad also began work with C light practice at Yale Field track. Members of the Manhasset Bay t Yacht Club will build a new one de- t sign class for use during the season / of 1909. I o [RAPPED IIJEIIEWI FIRE Flames and Smoke Do Swift Work in Double House in New York. Family of Five Die in Room?Policc Suspect Incendiary Work at Blaze in Mulberry Street. New York City. ? Nine persons were burned to death end six others ivere injured in a fire which started n a tenement house at No. 71 MulDerry street early in the morning. Dne of the men who was injured in :he wild panic which followed the liscovery 01 me oiaze wm piuuuuijr lie. A number of tenants in the >uilding were overcome by smoke in ;he upper floors of the structure deitroyed. Identified dead: Dominiq Barrotti, twenty years old; Pietro Fuccelli, ;hirty years old; Marie Fuecelll, ;wenty-seven years old; Fuc:eHi, boy, seven years old; Fuc:elli, girl, five years old; Fuc:elli, boy, three years old. Unidentified dead; Man, thirty-five rears old; man, twenty years old; joy, fifteen years old. Firemen found the bodies of Mr. ind Mrs. Dominic Fuccelli and their :hree children on the fourth floor of :he building, and the bodies of three unknown men were found in another room on that floor. Only one alarm was turned in foi the fire, and it was undqr control ifter an hour's work by th6 firemen. The cause of the blaze is unknown, 3ut the police and the fire marshal suspect that it was of incendiary origin and are investigating. Several women jumped from the' lire escapes without being hurt serijusly, as an improvised life net had )een made of a blanket. Several children were also dropped into it as bystanders held it taut. The firemen found the flre escapes )f the burned building littered with pusehold materials, and in many initances the windows had been partly joarded up by the tenants to prevent :heir small children from climbing jut on the flre escapes. The hallways of the building were in darkness, and several other violalions of the building laws made the ?lace a flre trap. SHOOTS BROTHER AT PLAY. Vew Jersey Boys Were Acting as Soldiers?Thought Gun Empty. Newton, N. J.?WJiile playing "solliers" in the yard Of their home-at Sircleville, near this place, John Rich, Jr., accidentally shot and killed lis brother, Edgar, sixteen years old, with a shotgun. Before the brothers began to march iround the yard, John went into the louse and got an old gun, which had been stored away, and which he believed was not loaded. Returning to :he yard, he ordered Edgar to throw up his hands. Edgar did not comply tvith the order as soon as John desired, and, pointing the gun at him, John pulled) the trigger. The shot sntered Edgar's left side and penetrated the lung. He dropped to the ground and was carried into the house by John. A physician was jummoned, Cut Derore ne arnvea uagar died. The authorities made no arrest. TWO SUMMER HOTELS BURNED. Cottages at Winthrop,' Mass., Also Burned?Loss, $150,000. Boston, Mass.?Crest Hall and the Dcean View Hotel, two of the largest mmmer hotels on the ocean boulevard at Winthrop, known as the Crest, were burned, together with several cottages. The loss on the hotels and cottages burned up to 1 3'clcck was estimated at $150,000. Two women who were guests at Crest Hall, Mrs. A. C. Dumont, of Cincinnati, and 4 Miss Martin, were reported missing. All the other guests at Crest Hall, numbering fifty, and the thirty-five guests at the Ccean View Hotel are accounted for. Crest Hall was owned by Frederick Hall, and was built seven years ago at a cost of $75,000. The Ocean View Hotel was owned by Mr. and !?rs. J. D. O'Brien, and was valued it ?50,000. it was Dut tnree years Did. MAYOR SHOOTS AT STUDENT. CJhampaign, 111., Students Unruly Since Longworth Approved Hazing. Ch'ampaign, 111.?Mayor Blaine ared his revolver at a University of [Ilinois student with whom he had jeen having a hand-to-hand combat. His aim was poor and the student, ane of a large party engaged in hazing freshmen, escaped. Congressman Nicholas Longworth, iddressing the students, put Limself )n record as approving mild forms jf hazing. He related incidents of his college days at Harvard to the idmirlng students. The university luthorities are inclined to regret that :he President's son-in-law expressed himself in that vein. Two Cent Letters Coming. The steamer Kaisenn Augusie 7ictorla that sailed from Southampton for New York took the first letters posted in England for transmission to the United States under the lew two cent postal rate. To Further Popular Education. The second International Congress 'or Popular Education, in session at | 3aris, France, voted to establish pernanent headquarters to facilitate the cternational furthering of the cause. Ireland Honors Mr. O'Mnra. Dublin.?Joseph O'Mara, the Irish enor, had a triumphal tour of Ire- i and preparatory to his departure 'or the United States. The Lord Mayor of Dublin gave a reception in lis honor and he was presented with he freedom of his native city, Limsrick. American Attache Visiting. St. Petersburg.?Captain S. L. H. >locum, the American Military Atache at St. Petersburg, is on leave of .bsence. He will visit Germany and hen travel in Southeastern Europe. Xotcs of the Diamond. Pitcher Quinn, of Richmond, and mtfielder Cree, of Williamsport, oined the Highlanders. Bob Unglaub is hitting at a .300 lip for Washington and playing a ery good game at third base. Report is current now that when he 1909 baseball season begins Hal ,'hase will don a Cleveland uniform. 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WITH "HCALTH AND BCAUTY" BOOK SENT FRK t " THE PAXTON TOILET CO., Bostoa,Maw. ' ]l I ' H.: --J making Farm* Mi\ja 11States. Strout's mam- <. <r: moth Illustrated catalog of bar- . " ;a:ns with State maps miiled Jrtt; wa Ipay r.h. fare. E. A. STIOUT COWorld's Largctt ram Dnlut, 150 Nuun St., N?v Ywic. An Embarrassing Position. The celebrated French physician Ricord was one day walking along the boulevards In Paris when he met an old gentleman who was very rich, but who was at the same time noted for his extreme stinginess. The old man, who was something of a hypochondriac, imagined that he could get advice fwom Ricord without paying J for it. " r , "Doctor, I am feeling very poorly." .' J: "Where do you suffer most?" "In iny stomach, doctor." "Ah, that's bad. Please shut your. y 4 eyes. Now put out your tonguo so / i that I can examine it closely." The individual did as he was told. After he had waited patiently for about ten minutes he opened his eyes, and found himself surrounded by a ij crowd, who supposed that he was crazy. Dr. Ricord in the meantime' had disappeared.?Philadelphia Record. yjjgw Oddities of the Metropolis. New York fc'.ty has added an average of 17,200 persons to its population every year since 1861. In proportion to the number of ve- ' hides and persons on the streets of New York City there are fewer acci- , "'y:S, dents than in any other four counties in the State. New York City's Bronx Zoological ' / Garden has more additions to its collection of animals by birth than any \ . other sucb garden in ma woria. The average value of land on Man-" hattan Island, according to the assessment, is $272,173 an acre. There are more tobacco, silk, hides and jewels being imported by New York City than there was one year ago.?New York Herald. iM Removed From Sight. A small girl, ^ost at Coney Island, I was kindly sared for at, the police station until her parents should be found. The matron, endeavoring to keep the child contented, had given her a candy cat, with which she played happily all day. At night the cat had disappeared, and the matron inquired if it had been lost. "No," said the little? maid. "I kep' it most all day. But then it got so ; ' dirty I was 'shamed'to look at it, so I et it."?Youth's Companion. The Hongkong harbor has a water area of ten miles, and is regarded ae one of the finest in the world. NO GUSHER But Tells Facts About Postum. "We have used Postum for the I nast eight years." writes a Wis. lady, "and drink it three times a day. We never tire of it. "For several years I could scarcely eat anything on account of dyspepsia, bloating after meals, palpitation, sick headache?in fact was in such misery and distress I tried living on hot water and toast for nearly a year. "I had quit coffee, the cause of m; trouble, and was using hot water, but this was not nourishing. "Hearing of Postum I began drinking it and my ailments disappeared, a*d now I can eat anything I want without trouble. i ,;Mv narpnts and husband had* about the same experience. Mother would often suffer after eating, while yet drinking coffee. My husband was a great coffee drinker and suffered from indigestion and headache. "After he stopped coffee and began Postum both ailments left him. He will not drink anything else now, and we have it three times a day. I could write more, but am no gusher?only state plain facts." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creok. Mich. Read "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. "There's a Reason." Ever read the above letter? A now on?> appears from *inio to time. They mv? iM*nnimr. trmv !i??i full of hiiUK'.n trvVvest,