Show travel prom the days of herodotus am amarco imarco polo travel has been lecog nihed as an educative and civilizing experience A year on the 0 europe Is considered the best pos bible finishing course for and american outa whose parents can afford it but it is not so corn conly perceived that a great and val bable advance Is steadily going on in this country by virtue of the intel change 0 visitors between north and and east and wet it is a commonplace that the united states presents great diversity of climate land that it has been peopled from many different nations of widely vary ing habits of life and thought such la diversity of elements united in one national entity would be a great source of weakness were it not for the con slant travel for which americans are noted much of this is due to the an nual conventions of national alons the christian endeavor society the national educational association cia tion the grand army and many other bodies meet once a year each time in a new place and special rail road rates induce large numbers to visit cities which they might otherwise never see the local pride of those who act as hosts insures a full appreciation of whatever Is ot inter est in the surroundings and the in ter change of hospitality draws people from the different sections more closely together and gives them an to broaden their outlook and get new points of view in a smaller way hundreds of trade associations and fraternal orders are doing the same thing for their members the influence of it Is probably greater than any one can see declares the youths companion it has demon the fact that hospitality Is not the exclusive possession of any one section that communities which differ widely in their views on many matters may each have good reason tor the faith that is in them and in the end it will greatly help to form and foster a feeling of national solidarity even the gain in mere geographical knowledge Is something I 1 have seen wonderful crops of corn and wheat in my country said a recent western visitor to the new england coast but this is the first time I 1 have ever seen rocks growing out of the water this la a skeptical age the fact that there are many easy marks who caff be readily worked by appeals to their credel ity A hindmo hypnotist out in ohio had a lively experience owing to the prevalent doubt as to the genuineness of his exploits he professed to hyp a young girl and bury her in a grave in which she was left for nine days but certain un believers alleged that a tunnel led to the grave that the coffin had false bottom and that the girls pretended hypnotic sleep without food was a fake so wrought up were some of the crowd cays the troy N Y times that there were threats of gun play and general commotion the excitement calmed down but while it lasted there was every prospect of a row the man from ohio nowadays much re his fellow american from mis bourl he wants to be shown the post office department makes an announcement which will be of inter national interest the concurrence of the british postal officials having been obtained an order has been issued that commencing august 15 there shall be admitted to the parcel post malls exchanged between the united states and great britain parcels with out regard to the value of the con tents which do not exceed 11 pounds or five kilograms in weight nor measure more than three feet six inches in length and six feet in length and girth combined the postage rate in the united states tor parcels going to great britain Is 12 cents per pound or fraction of a pound this addition to parcels post facilities will prove a notable convenience there might well be more such at on summer resort marriages as was given on a recent sunday by the vicar general of the catholic diocese of trenton N J A pleasure resort had advertised tor a couple to be married in public and the vicar gen eral devoted a sermon to the matter this Is the way divorce dockets are recruited it Is estimated by exports in the ag irl cultural department that rats an dually damage the crops of the coun try to the extent of which la vastly nore than aal mala ekens are worth even when into fine kid gloves ane advantage of the wryght brothers aeroplane is that a bullet carelessly cent through it by some mundane joker Is not likely to cause it to collapse and come tumbling tn the ground |