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Show I :; - I Successfully Demon- ' strated by an Amer- j- - ican Aviator J l Paria, Feb 10. Frenchmen have $ H been Watching with Interest tho ex- fi H ijerlences of the retired Ameilcan B l army Ijeutenant, Riley B. Scott, in 5 R dropping bombB from aeroplanes at i li the aerodrome of Villa Conblay. Licu- 1 11 tenant Scott invented an apparatus t Iff designed to dotermine the angle for Vfr the proper launching or a bomb, lo- ? VI getlier with the determination of the i ' speed of the aeroplane "With reference ft to a point upon the ground which it Is ljl desired to hlL The apparatus proved iti of great help to the aviator, who suc- K: ceeded, at a height of 300 feet, in I a throwing two elongated projectiles ! ym within a small circle. Lieutenant Scott WF made bin experiments with an Ainorl. tft-can "biplane. jpf a The Paris taxi-cab Btrlko is proving r one of the most successful in the bis-Vm bis-Vm torv of Nlabor troubles Although tho UK movement, is now iu ua luuu inumu, f Kthe strike fund, is larger than it was 1 JHwhen the strike was declared. This (Wis duo to the fact that the issuance SflE of permits by the strikers to chauf-f chauf-f fours who own their own machines has brought in a heavy revenue, as K each chauffeur who is authorized by ft the union to work contributes daily S f one dollar to tho fund At the close J of January this fund had reached $11C,000. It is distributed proportionally propor-tionally to tho strikers, who say they intend to continue the fight -until their vageB are Increased. . . An exhibition of miniatures, Bucb as has never yet been seen, will be opon- Bf ed during February at Brussels. AH f the best collections of Europe will bo Hfi represented. The queen of Holland J hns promised thirty masterpieces, in- Sj eluding three by Holbein. J. Picrpont . Morgan has promised to contribute Wj, his famous collection of eighteenth By century English mlniatuies and tho Kg principal English and French collccL- ors "will lend the cream of their sal-Mi sal-Mi lories. m j H f A striking innovation in the direc- H 1 t'on of enforced medical examination S f of women hnu been, suggested by the .1 SwJss ocJejLyof uUUUtJllty , for. ft '"oSpIi. ""The proposition is ttfat l "Sqiing SwIbs women should undergo H a medical examination oa the samo 9 system a their brothers when enter-H enter-H ing the army, that the measure should fl be made compulsory, and that a cer. H tificato of health and fitness for moth-1 moth-1 erhood should be issued to each young woman who passes the examination. M In a recent report of the society M Swiss women were urged to undergo H examination for the sake of thomr H selves and their country. The ex-jH ex-jH tromlsts In the society wish the t t B to be applied to both men and w in-H in-H en. irrespective of army requiremen's, jfl and made compulsory b law- under BS conditions that govern "the granting jB , of life insurance policies. They also rV y seek a law making it compulsory for & clergymen to demand a medical cer-jflKf cer-jflKf tlficatc from applicants heforo mar- XM ' rylng them. &W Tho genius of Napoleon has again H been emphasized at the celebration or 3B( the centenary of the Association .)f H Sugar Manufacturers of France. Thq M manufacture of beet sugar is entirely KV due to Napoleon The possibility of ;JH making sugar from beets was "first jM buggested by Fronch agriculturists in ,B 16C0, but the idea was not worked up- 4H (j n until 1747. H Tho real introduction of beet sugar, H howoer. is attributable to tho hatred H of England, which had so important H an influence on the policy of Napo- jBS Icon. The emperor's decree of 1S10, H which forbade the Importation of Eng- jM llsh colonial sugar, deprived France 3B of a product of prime necessity Xa- ! jH Kleon found himself forced to find PH some substitute Munificent grants 4H to scientists and bounties to manu. BS fneturers, after many failures and i'JH much discouragement, resulted in the uH finding of a bcot formula. Napoleon iUj encouraged, both personally and fl- rHg: nancially, the damning industry, and Bu t founded schools to teach the process iH of manufacture. Four imperial fac- Bn lories, producing six millions pounds ,9Rj a year, were founded in IS 12. There MRW are today 251 largo sugar plants in 'rfV vFrnnco. employing a total of 35.00Q &Js& hand6 and producing annually ovor BfctfA 725,000 metric tons. Qk Thceo facts, brought out at the sug- HH , ar manufacturerB' banquet, -wore a ff striking Justification, it was pointed H' out, of the faith of Napoleon, which m at tho time the beet sugar was flfBC BB manufactured, formed a favorite sub Bm jeet for caricature. W'- 00 |