Show it has been announced that the historical society of illinois is undertaking to mark with a big boulder the place where in 1832 abraham lincoln the future president of the united states and jefferson Berson Je davis the future president of the confederate states first met the site chosen for this memorial is is on kishwaukee creek in decalb county about 75 miles west ebest of chicago the authenticity of the account concerning this meeting of the two men who played such prominent parts in the nations history in the civil war period his been seriously questioned for carrying parcel post matter from holbrook ariz to snowflake in the fame state a distance of 30 miles uncle sam pays E R dewitt per pounds the postage on such matter Is per pounds potin ds some time ago debits purchased a quantity of barley and paid the government for it several hundred miles by rail to holbrook and from holbrook to snowflake by b wagon arc hse government paid him for the team ka 9 over the 30 36 miles i uShe h was gim free transportation tran altes barley and d in ali OW oi ga SV f A ian v att st k t 47 y y IV in ulrus A Y WRO aft 09 W yaa aa iu e royal ulster e eachl club t he yacht races for or the americas clip will not be held until text year owing to the war in europe sir thomas liptone Li yach shamrock IV which was the challenger wis this time had started for the contest before the ou out bieak of hosti hostilities and is now on this side of the atlantic the sloop resolute has been put out ol of commis commission slon and the vanitia Va nitie the other potential cup defender his has been laid up temporarily the U S department of agriculture has established a clearing house for pure food and drug information collected by state state and federal governments the object of the new department is is to avoid duplications of the work done by the states and the federal government in malting making tests and in doing other food and drug work some weeks ago G H parr pan of baltimore made a bet under the conditions ol of which he was to roll loll a distance tance of two miles jor foi clad in football he started followed by a crowd of friends and completed the stunt in a little more than 12 hours after a bath and some coffee and hot rus rolls parr announced himself ready to attend the races then being conducted nearby in order to make up in in part for or the removal of in gold from the vaults in new york city uncle sam recently made use Q 01 the mail service lor for transferring to them worth of the precious me metal tal from the mint at philadelphia this is the second time in the history oi of the country that hat the goy government emment has used the mails for shipping gold the transfer trans fe w was s made in about two hours and with less trouble and expense than would have been the case in an express shipment A german engineer has invented an invisible aeroplane the novel features lea tures of 61 this craft are aie its silent motor a and n d its transparent celluloid wi wings I 1 which are also claimed to be fireproof all the he metal parts of the machine are of a light color so that it is difficult of detection at an attitude ot of or more army amy officers bellee belle ie it will be of 0 treat great value que for war purposes dr A 4 low recently demonstrated in london an invention by means of which people will be able to see each other while telephoning the apparatus makes use of selenium cells and Is i based on the principle of the persistence of 0 vision dr low bellev believes rs that the time will come when people will be able to see by wireless the U S navy department has announced that bombs have been successfully cess fully fally dropped from aeroplanes aero planes at the height of 1400 feet in the tests which were ae made at indian read head maryland all the dropped from that attitude altitude hit the mark the department part ment has a new bomb which it believes to be more effective than any that has yet been invented A new high power explosive called li was recently tested with satisfactory results in british columbia the substance may be handled with perfect safety both in process of manufacture and ana in in use it is unaffected by extremes ol 01 f heat and cold and when exploded gives rist risi to poisonous fumes only about one third as much olit of it is required as of dynamite and its cost Is no greater fc 0 A arct fr ct P 4 i i 4 Mares i of lw bew days ago as a protest against the harnoi war noi new in progress in europe prominent society leaders leader sp and women of forean foremost ost rank in the suffrage movement in reli religion ginn and in literature marched side by side with socialists and women of various nationalities and classes A young french zirl eirl in charge ol of a telephone switchboard at the town of etain near longwy longay france his has won considerable notice on account of the heroism she displayed recently when the town wis being bombarded by the germans although shells were bursting all around the telephone station she stuck to her post and telephoned frequent reports ol of how things were going on for what is if believed to be the first time lime in the history of the movement tor for woman suffrage the use of a blacklist his has been resorted to in order to aurther the progress of the votes voles for women campaign leaders of the national american suffrage association have maried marked nine senators and nine nine representatives for political slaughter on account of the opposition they offer to federal legislation favorable to woman suffrage at the state penitentiary at rusk tex the practice ot of leaving all the cell doors unlocked and the prison gates wide open was recently adopted this experiment was made in order to test the honor of the inmates who under thit this arrangement are free to go and come by day or night a the please all except two guards have been discharged and their service will be dispensed with it the new system continues continue sl to work well so far not a single prisoner his has attempted to escape they are e employed during the day on the sta state te farm which is situated a mile from the prison miss dora keene ol of philadelphia who enjoys an enviable repa reputation tation as 23 a mountain climber has gone with an exploring expedition to study the advance and recession of the glaciers in the vicinity of prince Frince william sound alaska and to map a part pan of 0 the moun bains of that country the influence of the vote vole in illinois is shown in the increased effectiveness of on ts against the saloon in the state in the closing of vicious resorts in chicago and in the improvement ol of the states school system the suffragists are hopeful of winning in the dakotas and montana and consider the prospects for success in nebraska encouraging it was announced some time ago that the prize offered by winthrop winchrop amis ames for the best play was won by miss alice brown of boston rilin hn had bad already attained some prominence as a writer ol of new england stories her work was considered the best among more than 1600 manuscripts the bamber of which were sub by play writers of recognized standing at a recent auction sale of american antiques in new york two pistols said to have belonged to george washing ton brought the inscription gen G washington engraved on each of the weapons tends to authenticate the claims made for them among other articles sold bold was a medicine cheat also said to hive have belonged to washington which still contained several remedies n mm sea e C creasing e earning sand ind tius thus mei meeta ing their increased expenses As usual the increase Is passed 0 on n to the ultimate consumer instead of being able to get a 1000 mile book for 20 travelers will have to pa pay y 2250 2230 provided the interstate inter state commerce com mission gives consent shoemakers children aie are ill shod the old saying goes it is a notable fact act that eminent lawyers alter after being called 0 on a to wr write ite thousands of wilts wills for other men often neglects to prepare a aclid will lit id their own case even the late justice lurton of the U S supreme court it is found left a will which is technically bad because of having no witnesses witnesses workmen engaged in laying sewers at manassas va the scene of one of the bloodiest battles in the civil war hive have unearthed human skeletons ake letona and numerous relics including pieces of harness brass buttons sections ol of brok tn down wagons and various other mementoes ol of the terrible ficht the umbrella tree a species of the magnolia is found from pennsylvania along the Alleg Lanies to alabama and to westward its trunk is less thin than a loot foot in diameter and about thirty six feet feel high its leaves are crowed on the summit in a way to make the tree resemble an immense umbrella hence its name it is a very handsome tree with large white lowers flowers and rose colored ruit fruit once upon a time daughter found an old love letter that father had written to io mother when they were courting daughter copied the letter signed a trans name to it and mailed it to herself then she showed it to father and and lie he nearly busted it lung denouncing the dog walled ding busted ki fatheaded t idiot who would dare write such a mess of silly sickly hogwash hog wash to say any girl |