Show wonders will never cease the prank frank J T cannon blunder buss lias has grown into a pop gun the high prices that have prevailed for raw cotton in the last several years has in induced deuced the cotton spinners of 0 europe to starch search earnestly for new sources of supply experiments are being made by england germany and other countries toward increasing the cotton production of africa india and other poorly developed fields but so fir far these have not met with great success the latest move is more practical A big syndicate of english spinners have invested in the best black cotton lands of mississippi and ire going into the business of growing their own cotton on an a large scale the best modern methods are being intro deuced and it is believed that cotton will be raised for or half the present reigning price it this can be done it will give the english spinners cheap cotton and they will be able to compete successfully with our spinners if the experiment is a success operations will be greatly extended the weather record of the month of july just past has been posted as one of the hottest seasons known in the united states but the weather has bie been n very erratic running all the way from degrees in the shade to a snowstorm snow storm in one part of the east cast but history shows that july 1878 was the hottest month in thi this s generation for several successive days the thermometer stood at degrees and over sun strokes were constant and very fatal up to the 23 3 US persons persona had died from sun strokes in st louis alone one while other cities suffered to alm almost an equal degree over fell I 1 S x jy many of the states the ai abc atc among children cedren was very large luly july 17 wis was the hottest day ever known to the oldest inhabitant those sitting silting quietly in their own hoats were over come by heat as fatally as those engaged at work in the sun still the daily papers reported at that time that fully two thirds of all the fatal cases were of those more or arless less addicted to liquors and other stimulants U to honor him as a En tisher because of 0 his birth under tinder the british rag flag and us an american because of his services in leading the first american armies and in founding the republic a movement has been started by the peace Ch centenary celebration committee to purchase u jchse sulgrave manor the home of george ancestors in ragland england the home is to be purchased according to 0 the project by a joint subscription of american and british funds the purchase is to be made aa the principal permanent pern anent accod ment of the proposed celebration oi of the one hundredth anniversary of I 1 peace among english speaking people charles amos of salt lake city is said to have died of starvation from being enabled to swallow any food for sometime A postmortem examination showed that a strange growth in the patients chest had prevented mr amos from swallowing wink either food or water for some days before his death the killing of 14 persons and injuring of several re morwin morein at railway wreck at bridgeport conn as a result ef ct reckless train speed over a new mcw trestle has aroused public sentiment and dern demands ands are being made fot for closer super supervision u of railroad methods by the government the intermountain and four state fair air will be held in odgen in september b or the Th elair fair will last from froin ho alia io 10 the uch t 11 feet are bigger than they used to be and still growing say the shoe manufactures of amerla america who held their fifth annual fall fair in boston not long since A canvass of opinions rons among the dealers revealed that the average sl size I 1 ze of shoes that woman were today Is from lour jour to five whereas twenty years ago acro the average was from three to five the number two size site in shoes hag bag disappeared only one in twenty retailers retail eis handles them it was also said that many firms are sending their products out with a code number in place of the actual size number women refuse t 0 wear the number that fitted them now whatever size they ask for whether it be two tour four or six the dealer gives them the shoe that fits them and he alone knows what size they wear oneff one of these iconoclasts has been sizing up the Dela delaware wire river river at mcki aleys ford where washington made his famous crossing to make his attack on oi trenton he declares that the river is so insignificant at this point that the glory paid to the revolutionary soil ders for crossing should be discounted 50 per cent at least congress has 23 investigation vesti gation under way and is too busy to look into this complaint at this time so history will have to stand it after being speechless two year as a result of a long illness miss jessie fishel of new orleans instantly ered when frightened by a vivid flash of lightning and a loud peal of thunder r gov mann of oava va issued a proclamation asking the people to pray for rain to break the drouth and within IS in minutes after the was signed general rains adre reco v i chy 2 ahe he new york legislature 6 has taken ac action t loft amendment 6 0 the constitution lengthening the pres presidential 1 iden term to six years and making pres presidents i 1 ineligible to a second term tena the members of the wall paper trust have now been indicted under the she sherman law they boycotted jobbers who sold wall paper to the five and ten cent stores the agricultural college at login utah is the home of practical education which means education for the work of life its courses are broad and liberal along lines of science english history literature economics and languages manual training is a feature degrees in agriculture home elome economics agricultural engineering commerce and general science are given the cost of living at logan is is exceptionally low many students emu earn part or all of their expenses while attending college the college will send a catalogue and illustrated circular cu lars to all who appl college work begins september 19 1911 one thousand dollars saved by mrs john during a lifetime life time of 80 years of rigid economy was spent in accordance with her dying wishes to in providing the most elaborate funeral proc procession elsion slon over witnessed in ridgefield A band of 40 pieces led the procession followed by a party of children loaded down with costly floral offerings fe then come men marching four abreast and finally friends and acquaintances in carrieres carrie when the cavalcade reached the church the parish priest scolded the participants declaring such an ostentatious display out of place he chided I 1 the people because they did not attend his regular services but waited for a death to occur to make a neat show and pageant some of the engleh papers are much wrought up over he aad manners displayed by ti rich c li americans at the coronation coronati orf some ol of these rians they say were so low ni to buy their way into british high society socie tv 1 T P paper M A P meaning mainly about people cites a case 0 of an american woman who paid to a countess in return for an invitation to a party at which royalty was to be present and various other c cases a s e s 0 of I 1 the 1 sort ort are th mentioned antio n ed but how are those spendthrift noble families to live it if they are not allowed to do it i little business on the side the theft of a necklace at the gala performance at covent garden and a diamond necklace klate at the duchess of Devon shires party where there ther ewas wis no one present but blue bloods Is cited as showing that there are light fingered artists even in these highest circles keir hardie the socialist labor M P condemns the coronation show as a vaudeville vaudeville affair the roost most conspicuous thing he noted at th the e ceremony h he e says was th the e passing of whisky bottles among the nobility while the edilou performance was wag going on he his has a good word for queen mary how however everi who he says r is the only royal person he ever saw who looks like a human being her hearty laugh laug h he adds addi shows that she has a heart and so long as she is s the kings icings leading counselor all will he well he thinks I 1 come up to the shop and see me co amit suicide said john jesse jcsse a local blacksmith to his wend friend eu eugene gene saum ill go you answered saum thinking it all a jest reaching the shop jesse drank a quantity ol of celb ro form om while saum still taking it as a Joke lault lid i not until jessi ml fell if at hs 31 e did id he rellice ithie djs W fread was in earnest earie s i t he rushed for a physician bus bui jesse was dead before help arrived there is la one medicine that every family should be provided with and especially ally during the summer months viz vu chamberlains colic cholera and DIar rhoe remedy it is almost certain to be needed it costs but a quarter can you afford to be 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