Show at the th close of the french frelich gernian war in 1870 the germans took fron from the french pieces of cannon including field pieces and fortress guns and made the french pay as a war indemnity the french by their industry paid every cent of that war indemnity in in a a comparative short term of years making times very rush flush in germany but bill the flash fl ash ish times in germany brought about an era of extravagance in that country that thai was really more of nf a loss to germany at larze laree than a real benefit to that nation in the end the death of william bartlett an 80 acar old santa barbara calif man wa has been pronounced a case of mental suicide while unconscious he seized a revolver and tried to shoot himself but attendants snatched the gun away j as he pulled the and the bullet went wild chedid he died a short time later the doctors say that his bis heart ceased beating through gh sheer exercise of mental desire for death during the fiscal year just ended the number of received fit at the U S patent office numbered for inventions 2000 lot fo designs of registration of trade marks 1000 for registration of labels and for registration of prints thomas addison A edison is said to be the most prolific inventor in the country having to his credit something like 1000 patents for which he has paid the covern government ment thousands of dollare dollar in patent fees lasher gallaghen of sin san francisco aged 20 years 6 established a new record for shorthand in a speed trial before judge sturtevant presiding officer of the superior courtin coun in that city he wrote 2 aso words a minute without an error enor this was as fast as anyone in the room could read to him but apparently parent ly it was not as fast as he was capable of writing bring 50 dead flies flie and receive a ticket to tle tl e show is the offer of a moving picture theater in bayonne N J which is trying to help th swat the fly crusade beina carried on there all persons bringing this number of dead ries flies are permitted to see the performance free of charge the timepiece which dickens made famous s in his master clock has just been sold to a new york dealer the clock is of the grandfather type is inscribed with the name of the maker wm humphreys and dated 1829 dickens first saw the clock in the makers work workshop shop at barnard castle englan anglani Eng lani I 1 marion C mabie 20 years old a girl chemist of new york died recently at her home there from diphtheria dip theria bacteriologists assert that the girl contracted the disease while at work in the laboratories of the polyclinic Foly clinic hospital with test tubes containing bacteria of the disease for which she hoped to obtain a preventive serum it is reported that the women of servia and montenegro are en enlisting listin v in large numbers to fight austra these women volunteers are being sent to strategic points eints to construct earth works work 7 mrs rose thorpe autho authoress rss of the well known vorra curfew shail shall not nf bjiek tonight is now 64 years old and is living in san diego dicko calif the poem was whitten in 1867 at litchfield mich rhe incident narrated was taken from a story love and loyalty that appeared in a magazine at that time the youthful poetess she was only 16 sent her composition to the publisher of a newspaper in I 1 detroit by whom it was accepted and published it was given instant recognition and rapidly r won the favor of the reading public the detroit editor wrote her a letter in which he confessed that he felt ashamed for having taken the poem but that his paper did not pay for such matter he informed her that it had been copied by pipers piper al all over the world and advised er to send her other productions to magazines when the poem reached england it attracted so much attention that queen victoria appointed a special commission la verity verify the incident the commission succeeded in finding the place where the incident had actually occurred just as told in the poem the church with its bell cast in 1310 was located at chertsey cherksey Ch ertsey an enterprising englishman obtained the timbers of the tower and reaped a financial harvest from the sale of miniature clappers chappers cl appers which he be had fashioned from them mrs confesses that when she argote the verses she had no idea that they were destined to irring arring fame to the little english chur church cli mi materially aerially augment the profits of numerous publishers and make a fortune for the man who turned the wood of the bettry belfry into souvenirs souvenirs the poem never brought hr a penny directly but it added prestige to her name as a poetess and enabled her to find a ready market for her other work it won for or her the recognition of queen victoria and many english people who she says have shown a greater appreciation for it than have her fellow countrymen she declares that she has had her reward in knowing that the world has haa appreciated the tal q she told as is testified in innumerable letters that have come to her A war la in europe ind and A a rise in the living at home 3 seems e ean r to fortela a hard winter for the poor A little saving now will be a good thing for everybody to try A new overwater over water aeroplane record has just been established by miss lily irvine of cleveland ohio she flew over lake erie brie for a distance of 74 in 60 minutes dr broic broeg a german scientist predicts a gloomy future lor for women he asserts that by close observations he lias has learned that the physique of women in the present generation is slowly undergoing a change the breast is sinking in he says the shoulders are becoming more stooped the hands are turning a purplish color the face is becoming smaller the n nse amse se develop developing log more and more deep wrinkles in me forehead are growing more frequent and bloodlessness Is affecting the face and skull he goes on to say that the elasticity of the pores is decreasing and he expresses the beliel that thi I 1 decrease of vitality will finally result in a race of bald headed women being developed the starlings and crackles became so numerous at Hart hartford conn and madei so much noise in the trees about the town that the people complained they unable to sleep roman candles candies were used by the authorities to drive the birds away |