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Show A French law rives any person who la offensively mentioned In a periodical publication tho r'ght to reply In the next issue of the publication, provided that he does not use more than twice the space of the original article. City authorities of St Petersburg have resolved to raise a loan of $11,-145,000 $11,-145,000 for the purpose of rebuilding, repairing and improving the buildings. rtreet3, brlyjes, quays and pavements of the city by the year 1903, when the two hundredth anniversary of the foundation of St Petersburg will be aeJobrated. Divorce recordi for the court year Jnst closed at Cleveland Indicate that one of every five marriages there is so oompleto a failure as to lead to the extreme ex-treme resort The number of marriage mar-riage license! issued In that city during dur-ing the year ended June SO last was 1,235, and thi number of divorce petitions peti-tions filed in' the same time was US. j It Is not stated how runny of the petitions peti-tions were granted. '' '. ' How to suppress needless noises has bow become a serious problem in our large cities. The unceasing racket, of wagons and cars, of gongs and whistles, years the nerves, no matter ttow habituated one may have become to these sounds. Many patiat moth- rs and overworked school teacher have long carried on a hopeless campaign cam-paign against noise. Let us hope that municipal ordinances will be more suc-essfuL suc-essfuL ,. ' - Like the French, the Chinese have but two regtflar meals In. the day, ono at 8 or 10 in the morning, the other at 5 or 6. There are numerous dain, ties on the table,.whlch are eaten with the chop sticks, and tea is lae beverage. bever-age. . The Chinese sometimes make their tea In teapots, much as we do, but they also frequently -make It separately, sep-arately, directly in each cup, throwinf in a few leaves and pouring on them the boiling water. The . cups, which are. ' as large aa our breakfast cups, are pro-Tided pro-Tided with lids, which. are left on while the tea. is. brev.-ing,' Pipes are smoked at intervals during the meal.-' The situation, at Cape Nome is- as-other as-other warning against leaping without ... 1J3k:ng. .Forty.. thousand, people am - iiO i crowTleir,bxtivnirrtWs1f cf" beach. "in that inhospitable climate,' j threateued with typhoid: fever and j smallpox. The claims-for miles, along ! the shore are taken, and -for miles iP. j land on the tundra. Even" tlid je, who i took In great stores of provision and I miner's -supplies, with 'a view' to trade.' j find the stock so large and combstrtioa o keen' that they cannot sell their goods even at cost. The appeal is now aiade for medical cGcers and for government gov-ernment transports to bring home those whose funds are exhausted.. It its the: same pitiful story of reckless and ignorant greed which every gold-mining-camp repeats $ . The. closeness of the bonds between atlons is again illustrated by the trouble in China. During the winter and spring the cottonmills of Lowell bare been running day and night Now they are beginning to curtail pro-auction, pro-auction, simply because the disturbances disturb-ances in China have closed an important im-portant market. The Southern mills feel the blow even more severely, for they make the grade of goods most .d In China. From the Pacific coast, at the same time, come reports of "feui uuuoKia win on because of e great decline in shipments to and from China, and in the middle West e ginseng-diggers are in hardship from the same cause. Almost all the ginseng root goes to China, and now e door Is closed. It Is a curious thought that the religious convictions f a man in Asia may rob a man In Indiana of his living. Sulphur thrown into the fire of a tore, rurnace or fireplace, will in a few minutes extinguish the fire in , himney or flue. A small bag or par-eei par-eei of sulphur say three or four nees If kept In a convenient place j aad used when needed, as . directed ove. might b. the means of saving JKoperty. Modal Awards Walt., Bkr Co Pam, Aug. SO.-The judges at the Pari Exposition have Just awarded a eedd medal to Walter Baker & Co Ltd., Dorohester, Mass., U. S A for eir preparations of cocoa and choco- late. This famous company, now th rgest '. manufacturers of cocoa and hocolar- in the world, have received -oe highest awards from the great international, in-ternational, and other expositions lnv Europe and America. This is the third award from a Paris Exposition The Austrian government hai 1b ' Produced the eight-hour day la al workaaepg conducted by th state. j |