| Show P D heard one time thit that it wat was unlucky to walk under a ladder but adver believed it two buckets of black paint defended des ended on him and abia now he is converted to the su superstition the bureau ot of commerce and labor has issued a belated report showing that wholesale prices in 19 1910 10 were four pr per cent higher than in 1909 19 per cent higher that I 1 in 1900 and 47 per cent higher than I 1 in n the halcyon days of 1897 about SO 50 men who were recently prose prosecuted by the government as forming the wire trust have pleaded guilty and paid their f fines ines of 1000 to 1700 each some critic being passed on the government for allowing these cul culprits priti to escape with simple simp I 1 e fines and ana jIt without hout prison sentences A women in kansas his has been sentenced by the city judge to work on the streets but the officers have refused to carry out the sentence behave we have known prison rs in utah to work over time to prevent a sick brother convict from being compelled 0 do his share of the work perhaps the officers will do her share of the work our government closed the fiscal year on june 30 with a credit balance of 61 its receipts during the twelvemonth from all sources were and its expenditures the receipts were 1 in excess of those of oe th the e preceding year uncle sam now holds in the treasury valts in cash the largest sum they ever contained I 1 SAW 00 anthe cace trust and ocean steams steamship IP yf tS C rt att fiust ru naye been able coela ta elude et e prose cu tion so far as they SO do not seem to quite come within the sherman law but the government is now planning to call them to account under a clause in the wilson tariff act of 1894 this authorizes the government to confiscate isgate imports impolis in cases where combines concerning them have been entered into abroad I 1 the canadian government has followed the example of the U S government and has purchased SO 50 reindeer which will be stationed at fort smiths smith on the athabasca rayer for breeding purposes dr Gren fells reindeer herd in labrador has increased from the original to 1200 and it is believed that these an ani mals will be a great thing for the people in the canadian northwest who will use them for winter travel as well as for food and other purposes the canadian government has an effective way of protecting the people against the evil results of strikes A coal strike has been on in alberta all summer and a fuel shortage has resulted to offset this the government at ottawa has ordered that coal be kt lat in free of duty from the united states for a period of two months and it if theop the operators and miners have not come to art an understanding by that time the period will be extended pope pius X is endeavoring to reduce the number of church holidays which in certain countries eie cre so popularly pop observed observe d as to seriously interfere with business mandof many of the 66 sain saints t s days day s 11 the pope kol holds ads should be celebrated on the following sunday instead of as now on week days in the greek church the multitude of holy days observed in russia dussl a amazes a western traveler the same is true among the catholics io in spain italy and the south american republics publics rz these days frequently come two or t three bree times in each week involving bif a Is complete cessation cc 0 of business us 1 c i the kassas kansas winter wheat crop linthe ts the smallest yield in twelve years the british house of commons has voted to pay its members 2000 per year up to this time no money lias has been paid to any member of the house but this clinge change will give the poo poorer class a chance to become members ol of parliament women mutt must return to fashions fashion of simplicity and loose this tight lading lacing loot foot pinching stra strapping pink and harnessing and body constricting in general is the cause of myriad aches so says a learned doctor yes and it is not a horrid man doctor that says it either its a woman doctor dietor dr patience S bordeau sisco head of the department of health and heredity of the tie W C T U she is harder on her sex than ihan even the men critics we have been an and she proposes to put this issue of dress up to the good women of jet the country in such a way t that h at they cannot dodge it dress should provide for the krotec tion lion of the body and still allow for the ifie development of its every part she says say these tight collars collais and other tight things stop the circulation and interfere with all the natural functions of the body she declares she 11 issues jes a warning warding especially to young girls not to become victims of these dress fads the foundation of lifelong suffering 1 is often laid to in girlhood she says as it a result of ig ignorance norance carelessness and indifference she holds that if the women of the country are to fight the liquor evil among men they should be consistent and put down the dress evil on their own side an incident is related of the rise in life of frederick T gates gate s the confidential adviser almoner almon erand and private 1 blis business frie ss in toa bager V of tan jaba D rockefeller gates first employment 1 was that of letter writer or secretary secie tary for a local banker ot t highland kan one day the banker dictated a letter to him in which he sought to evade a certain responsibility by making his communication appear to have been written some days previous pi evious he instructed ted the boy to antedate the letter and the latter respectfully requested that he do it himself the banker bade him do as he was told declaring that he the banker was responsible for the letter and for its date as well but young gates refused although he felt that it would cost him his position 1 I 1 I cant make ray my hand perform a lie just because you are responsible sir dr he said As well ask me to steal from a safe for the same reason to his surprise he was not discharged In instead on the first of the month following his wages were doubled and the banker ever after trusted him as he had never before trusted any one in a matter ol of business thus truthfulness was the foundation stone of what has turned out to be a successful business career few pieces of machinery show haare marvelous features than that of the he watch says scientific american ras As a general proposition pio position it may be stated that a watch is the smal smallest st most delicate instrument of the same e number of parts that has ever been devised about 75 different pieces of material enter into its construction lind nd upward of 2400 separate operations are comprised in its manufacture but the wonder of it does not cease here it has been calculated that the powes powei that eliat moves the watch is equivalent to only four times the force used in a fleas jump the watt wati 1 4 power 13 i therefore what might be termed th the P equivalent of a four flea power one horsepower horse power would suffice to operate watches furthermore the balance wheel of a watch is moved by this four fou r flea power inches with bac each vibration ationo i 4 mi c v I 1 wn nc 1 1 I i ait i ar y 4 some men never make a side issue even of honesty the if british r ibish house habus e of f lords has voted 1 to to power 0 of veto veto on bills he who would be ally free must be tyrant enough to say no on do the street in M his office and at his home the man abat that eats butone but one egg may blay have another anoche r e egg gg to come but bul 1 he who eats cats the three eggs may ma y have to go a hunting some brass bands and vaudeville have failed as drawing cards at the first congregational church of 0 maywood and rev percival Y baker will sever hi t connection there oct 1 mr and MM an aged couple of ellwood ind made use of the same set of sacre store teeth the other night the old man refused to give up the partnership grinders when it came mrs My erlys time to eat supper and she tapped him on the head with her roiling pin in the he fracas the teeth fell to the floor a nd and were broken and the whole tale of woe was retailed in court next day how to stop a rooster from crowing is is the title of a pamphlet that hat been prepared by william luthardt secret secretary ary to police of chicago since the publication a few days ago of a story astory that told of the chiefs success in suppressing the rooster tite the head of the police department has ha received re dived scores of letters asking him to stop crowing roosters in all parts parta of the city say billy aid the chlo sh leo to hi his ian secretary 7 W we c will have fa td answer awer i these I 1 letters about the roo roosters stirs Secre secretary tiry luthardt wrote the to following to owners of roosters this department has received several complaints from persons whose earley morning slumber is disturbed by mowing crowing roosters it is natural for a rooster to crow but in to do so he must raise hi his head shead A simple device to stop the rooster from crowing is to nail a board 12 inches above the perch in the chicken coop thi this s will prevent thi the rooster from raising its he ad to the proper angle for crowing thereby suppressing pressing the clarion 1 I notes |
