Show ex representative 0 W palmer died a few days ago at his homo home in Platts plattsburgh burgh N Y ile ho was 09 years old and was one of the founders of the republican party parly as it exists today officials of the ilia lehigh coal and navigation co are putting forth strenuous efforts to check the ilia farn that has been raging 60 years in tile the anthracite coal beds near langsford Lan esford pa several years ago the company sank a concrete wall 15 feet thick in front of the fire at a cost of over thinking that this would permanently manent ly check the flames now however tile the fire has eaten thru the wall and threatens one of the richest veins of coal in that section suggestions have been made to health departments to issue warnings to auto owners never jo to run their engines in closed garages tile the products of combustion of the low grade gasoline now flow used on account of the high prices include carbon monoxide the ilia fumes of which are liable to overcome a person and cause his death tho the technical name for asphyxiation in this manner is petro mortis tile the maxim safety first is bearing fruit in the mining business according to the ilia casualty report of the bureau of mines fewer lives were lost during tile the year 1915 1015 than any other one year during tile the past eight while the death rate was lower than it has been in 10 16 years the money spent every year for chowing gum by people in this country is estimated to bo be the united states imports annually over pounds of the raw material from which gum Is made tile the value of which last year was wag ta 5 most of tho the gum comes from mexico and central america the department of agriculture has issued a ruling for which shippers of eggs must look out according to the ilia law now new eggs that are marketed must be 05 95 per cent good decomposed eggs used for tanning purposes must be removed from the shell before shipment so that there will ue no chance of their being sold for fee food A letter was recently received at the ilia office of tile the michigan state dairy and rood food commissioner requesting qu esting him to issue an order prohibiting the feeding of ensilage to cows in the state the ground on which tile the request was made was that ong ensilage ilage con coil bains an alcoholic ingredient which affects ilia iho milk I 1 through the use of a transmitting relay and a recently invent ea receiving rece ivina machine a trl vate wireless station located at the great lakes naval Train training lou school in chicago has attained a speed of words a minute has been considered a fast record an easy way to locate a splinter t or under ilia he finger nail is to go into a dark room and place the closy part of the finger against the lens of a pocket flashlight the light will plainly show the lie location of the splinter through the nail flail elly reuss keuss a woman 74 years old was recently sentenced by german authorities to serve nine monts in prison at cologne for endeavoring to persuade the soldiers to observe the sabbath by not fighting on that day she was convicted ou on tho ilia charge of attempted treason by inciting soldiers to insubordination after being arrested by br his wite wife and convicted on a charge of nonsupport non support robert gaffney GafT ney of seattle wash decided that tile the best thing lie ho could do was to disclose disc loso his true identity the whole court and his wife too loo were astonished beyond measure when gaffney asserted that lie was a woman the couple had been married four years T F fat burish rish has written a history of arizona which brings bring is out many noteworthy events it deals with tho the early spanish ex pl orations tho ilia missions tile the coming of pike and carson indian hostilities the brief period of fighting between the union and erata erato soldiers etc among the lie interesting facts rc recalled called is that in 1855 camels were brought from cairo and smyrna to be used for transportation across what was then called tho great american desert the experience of french sol diers in the ilia european war has demonstrated that milk is one of tile the most powerful stimulants a nt S known so beneficial have been tho the resul results as obtained from its use that the government has haa urged tho ilia salo sale of milk instead of soft drinks to tb soldiers off duty for rest ana and recreation behind the trenches tho the great advantage ot of this fluid as a drink for fighting men lies in the fact that it stimulates them effectively nel nei ther bo befogging logging their minds dulling their sense sanso or affecting the steadiness of their nerves when mrs clara foster of portsmouth 0 reused to pay a fine of for violating the sanitary regulations of tho ilia city the ilia court ordered her put in jail immediately site sho went on a hunger strike refusing to take food or huri of any kind hot hoi husband died a few days ago and left tier her very wealthy there are comparatively few people in these easygoing days who will suffer any personal inconvenience to uphold upheld a principle especially if they can get out of it by paying the federal law cnown as tho tha lit la follett seamans act so tar far has haa affected only american vessels but now vessels of tile tho nations entering our ports must live up to it too in regard to foreign vessels tho the law demands that that no more passengers shall bo be carried than can bo be ac commo dated by the tha lifeboats and life rafts 75 per cent or of the crew must understand tile the language spoken by tho ilia officers 40 per cent must bo be able seamen at least 19 years old and with three y years ears experience except as they are qualified by special examina ti tion n conducted by tho the department of COM commerce Marce safety first is a good good motto for all to follow mrs J S helm better known as J M hanson who has for 20 years conducted a magazine subscription agency with headquarters clu arters at lexington Lexi neton ky has just died leaving a fortuno fortune which she ole had amassed by her own ep orgy she was a schoolteacher when sho she went hit 3 the ilia subscription business busi nem few people except except I 1 those intimately associated with bor be knew that J M hanson was a women site she had an attractive and masterful persona personality and she chuld get business where men failed thit thirty ty years ago Tiff anys new yord jewelers held a charge of on a set of carved ivory chessmen which three men claimed to own As no settlement sett leni ent could be reached the jewelry concern sued tho the three men in order to have tho the court decide who was the real owner pending the result the chessmen were placed in a storage vault for sate safe keeping ke aping before the ilia court arrived V at a decision tho the three alleged owners died and tile the set has remained I 1 in storage ever si since nce tile the storage company recently filed an application ap p li cation in court for permission to sell the set for storage which now nov amounts to in all tile the claims on the chessmen aggregate over harry owens of Wilkes Barre pa was recently arrested arres ted and fined for stopping to repair his auto while driving through a neighboring village according to an edict issued by the local authorities no one is permitted to stop his machine within the limits of the village to mako make repairs of any sort auto owners in general are much incensed over the decree which they consider unfair and unreasonable in fulfillment of a promise made by abraham L lincoln over halt half a century aga ago john driscoll s of hampton va will take a trip through though the panama canal canal on tho the first U S warship that passes through that waterway driscoll is a veteran of tho the civil wat war and the oldest living survivor or of the battle between the monitor and tho the merrimac after i r tile the engagement lincoln summoned the crew of the monitor to washington and after thanking them for their brave bravery ry told them that if over ever any one of them wanted a favor from the ilia government ile ho had only to ask for it and it would bo be granted tho the theaters refuse to give any advertising to newspapers which say mean things about their performances for mances and thus tho ilia papers aro are forced to boost all plays goodard good and bad at tile tho expense of the public who continually find themselves bun koed now the lie new york theaters have won a case in court and secured a decision to the effect that they can exclude from their performances critics who are objectionable because they toll tell the truth about plays even when they have purchased tickets they can refuse admittance as a theater is constructed ted to be a private place |