Show needed a can opener one of the curious features of life on board modern warships Is the ne cessley of providing can in these days a very large proportion of the necessarily consists of canned goods official statistics show that on a big battleship when at sea and tar away from home markets where fresh goods may be obtained no less than 7 cans must be opened every time dinner Is served to the chewy this means wearisome work it the can lids are removed in the ardi nary fashion and the government ts confronted with the problem of pro tiding a machine that shall do the work satisfactorily and experiments with this end in view are being conducted by the navy department and the man who provides an acceptable machine doubtless will not only put money in bis purser and win a creditable fame but will do patriotic service to his country there Is a difference of opinion to whether or not there has been a drop in the prices of the necessities lit life bradstreet who has been doing the family shopping lately says there has been a drop while diamond deal era declare that there has not thie divergence of views may hinge largely on what we consider the necessities of life it they are merely pork and beans the change in price at the re tall establishments has been too email to attract notice perhaps a few more beans are served for a dime but not enough for one to make a fuss about if however articles of personal adornment are regarded as necessities of life the diamond dealer may be right at least we haven t noticed ho tel clerks putting their diamonds away this they would do it diamond were to come down eo greatly as to ba within the reach of all andover mass distinguished as an educational center has just received a legacy of the income of which shall be applied annually for an old fashioned spelling match the con tests will be public the competitors are to be between ten and eighteen years of age it may be that this small sum of money will do more tor education than a million spent in re search among the bugs of patagonia it there are bugs in patagonia william astor has impart d another impetus to the oxford versley endowment fund which was inaugurated by lord curzon on his election to the of the university mr astor originally prom ased to give when the fund reached the total of now he promises to give when the fund has reached this amount the present total of the fund Is china has agreed to punish the achl nese officials who took steps to compel japanese smugglers to respect the laws of china and the incident Is closed one of these days japan 1 K likely to bump against a nation that will not be satisfied to have incidents closed in just that way A marble statue of george washing ton removed for protection from in front of independence hall to the rotunda 0 philadelphia city hall was dedicated scantly it was a gift of school to the city it cost albert S black a st loula commission merchant to call miss annie kerone a bookkeeper for a rival firm an old hen and an old cat the woman collected dam afee in court ift Jr fetA |