Show in the greit city ot of philadelphia a few days ago la a professor in a fannus famus university dveres an address in in which he be urged young youn women to spend all the their it earn earnings 5 lugs on dress and finery I 1 and if they wanted more to borrow money tor for their own adorning but by no means to lve save for the autu re or to contribute from their earnings to help make life easier easier for fai aged and infirm parents or young brothers and sisters at first the fat majority of readers could not belive that such an address had bad been delivered deliver 1 ed by any aane man but that it was delivered seems to be confirmed without dispute no matter what the standing of such a man may be in a community he be is a plotter of 01 mi and would lead society to profligacy and aad euln tv ia and Us his country counsil to destruction i and yet he ii a professor isor and a feacher in a great university t wisconsin j is still setting the other states patters patterns I 1 in progressive legisla tion That state has has now gone into the life insurance business under it new lawi law ny citizen between 22 and SO years yari of ago age living a normal nomal healthy hie mayi after a satisfactory examination take out insurance and the rates ar arc much reduced the way in which sectional questions axe are treated in the school histories is still causing rancor Atthe at the convention of 0 the daughters of af the confederacy erier just held at washington protests were made against th the biased manner in which the southern tide side of U S history is presented in northern books on the other hand the textbook board of texas is being urged to have the picture of lincoln removed from a history adopted for use in the state gov colquitt says he would rather resign thin than subscribe to such a proposition when so much progress is bein being made in wiping out sectional bitte bitterness mess the theman man who shot roosevelt it is 1 on oil trial it at milwaukee under a very avery wize wise new wisconsin law the court has the power in cases where the anity danity of it a culprit is involved to I 1 call in a committee of medical experts to advise him and this is what has been done for the first time lime in this case the ordinary ordin azy course is 13 to let each side call its own experts and they always testify according to the aide they are paid by so that the jury knows less lesi about the matter after it has heard them than before owing to dussias Rus sias persecution of the jews jewa you remember the united states broke OR off its treaty relations with that country now secretary of md and russian ambassador Bakh bakhmeteff metell at washington have patched up a temporary truce or modus velv vendi andi on oa the subject the makin making of a new permanent treat treaty i will be adit left to t the he M ut v i adain admin administration a A very important case is now up in the supreme court it involves the title to oil lands in Cali california fomia worth hall half a bill billion loti dollars the southern pacific railroad claims the lands under grants from the federal government notwithstanding the law says plainly that no oll oil or other mineral lands bands shall be given awa to land grant railroads the railroad kot got its tentacles on the land however and as the property is figured to be worth more than the road itself of course it will fight the case to the last ditch mayor Blanten bure of philadelphia is 14 introducing for the first time in america a plan to educate employees of the city government the board of education and high school principals are operating cooperating co in the work city employees who wish to fit themselves better for or their work are arc to be encouraged to take night instruction in the high sc schools bools etc and the ones so improving themselves will be favored in making promotions this efficiency plan is already in use in many lasic manufacturing establishments establishment it is an evidence of the unprogressive nature of our ci chy ll 11 governments that it t r has not been beed adopted by them long lw ago atts the duty of every one to cake it east one person happy during the week said a sunday schol scho teacher now have you done so johnny yes said johnny promptly pron prom aply ply Thi right what did you do went to see aee my aunt and ashes always alwais happy when I 1 go home A nervous woman hired a taxicab the door of the cab was dudl hardly Y closed before the engine s started with a je jerk rk and the cab began to race eidly aloiv alon nair narrowly missing policemen and other people becoming frightened the woman raided on the he window of 01 the cab and said please be careful this is the first time lime I 1 ever rode prie in a taxicab the chauffeur reassured yei y ei aarl 6 4 ma a in IV this is the first alpe X ear drove ond |