Show it seems that the reign of peace la 13 still a long ways off ob tor for 36 dread noughts are to be launched this year by the leading naval powers 11 to be british 7 german 4 russian 3 2 american 2 each french argentine chilan and japanese and 1 each Aus traian brazilian and spanish the conclusion of the house commit tee on naval affairs based on peary a own figures as to his arctic explorations exploration as worked out by the experts of the coast and geodetic survey was that he did not quite reach the north pole but that he practically illy did so as he came within 16 miles of it his retirement as a rear admiral on a year Is recommended but there is much opposition in the house to it A contest to decide the 25 most beautiful words in the english language condu conducted conduct ctet eu by the new york Y M C A was won by a lawyer twenty one oath of the 25 words submitted by him were accepted as follows melody splendor adoration elo eloquence quende virtue innocence modesty faith joy honor radiance nobility sympathy heaven love divine hope harmony happiness purity and liberty three of the words rejected were grace justice ar ard and d sir chas dilke jhb died in london on january 26 was reckoned one of the most brilliant men in the arena of british politics his and was a storehouse of universal knowledge he r read ad and spoke all the european tongues and closely studied the politics of other countries so that he came to be looked upon a a the final authority on all points of international stateman ship his great learning and exact knowledge knop cledge give give him attention as a speaker but he ha was no 0 raar tr r w a jw iby hybridization and crossing of op plants lans are aie now carried on extensively exten sivel y not only by our national government and different states but by companies and individuals they are all searching for prize plants A single hower flower of unusual beauty may make the fortune of the discoverer A single carnation has brought the owner cash and it is not unusual for certain flower seeds to sell as high as several hundred dollars a pound one variety brought a thousand dollars a pound it is not necessary to devote all of ones time to this work it can be carried on in connection with general fann farm work or eyen even in the back yard oy or garden but it takes time and patience burbank worked twenty six years to develop his lilies lili eaf and nearly as long for fo many of his famous product 3 in fact he hs has devoted a lifetime to their cultivation but he has been rewarded for his patience and labor for his prize plants now outnumber those of any other grower ten to one the immigration commission which was created three years ago after most careful investigation recently reported to congress its facts and conclusions and recommendations which filled 40 books the commissioners presents several propositions pro positions for the restriction ol of immigration including a reading and writing test the exclusion of unmarried and unskilled laborers laborer limitations in in the number arriving at any aay one port and from particular races as well as th the amount of money ih their posses possession on arrival the commission was not unanimous in its recommendations of the reading and w test the Coal commission mission claim that the immigrants now coming do not burrish any more criminal or subjects for foi charity than the native born but that the tend tendency ency toward industrial and city life remains unchanged in n sp spite 1 ite of the fact that statistics show the immigrants grantt to have been more successful in ia agricultural cus busts s |