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The delta Of the Danube II about 10
be drained and rescued for agricultural
purposes by the Roumanian Govern
ments Nearly seven hundred and NIFTY
thousand acres of fertile land Will thus
be made available. The enterprise
IL the greatest Of It's kind ever UNDER
taken. and at least fve years Will DO
required to carry 1t to completion.
The condition Of labor In England II
one of unrest. The general feeling be-
tween employees and employers Is de-
cidedly unpleasant. and strikes have
occurred frequently of late. The sharp
competition of Germany, where labor
il very cheap, has caused reduction
of wages In many lines Of British In
dustry. The German, French and Bel
gian workingman labors several hours
a day more than the English working
man and receives less wages. ThA
"pauper labor" of the continent Is
causing no little trouble In England.
Prince Bismarck's plan to German
ize Prussian Poland by buying up Pol
ish estates and settling Germans on
them has proved failure. The Prus-
sian Chambers nine years ago estab-
lish a fund of 100,00O,000 marks for
this purpose. The Polish mobiles sold
their heavily mortgaged estates to the
Government readily, but, instead OF
emigrating, bought with the money
other estates In the country from Ger
mans and gathered around them Polish
laborers. The only result Of the ex-
periments has been to benefit the Pol
ish landowners of Posen.
Over hundred years ago, 1t is
claimed by the members of the Moser
family, Burkhardt Moser bought 416
acres of land in Schuykill County, Pa,
which is now said to be worth $14, O0O,-
600. He died a bachelor about seventy
years ago. and recently the deeds to
the land and other documents were
found in an old trunk, with false
bottom. The Lehigh Valley Railroad
Company occupies most of the land,
and, 1t is, claimed, is willing to settle
with the heirs, II they can settle exist
ing difficulties between themselves.
Nearly one hundred people in Eastern
Pennsylvania are interested in the liti-
cation about to begin.
What the fate of Central and South
America would long since have been
but for the Monroe doctrine and the
conviction in Europe that an unshak-
able resolution was behind 1t is plain
ly to be seen In this concerted move
ment on helpless China. The situa-
ton over on this side would have been
far more inviting than the situation
hemisphere, thanks to the United
States, which stands at its head in
progress and power, has no invaders
to meet, with knives drawn, ready to
slice 1t up to suit their purposes. And
the effect ought to be to draw the
powers of this hemisphere the more
closely in bonds of mutual sympathy
and benefit.
The tunnel which will pass directly
under Pixies peak has been commenc-
ed. The starting point Of the tunnel
is at the foot of the mountains near
Colorado City. The further end will
be six miles south Of Cripple Creek,
near the town of Sunol. The tunnel
will pass directly under the cone Of
Pixies Peak, at depth of 1000 feet,
and will be 200 feet beneath the town
of Victor. BY connecting tunnels.
over 1000 mines will be made tribu-
tary to the main tunnel. The work
II is estimated, will require seven
years for it's completion. The cost is
placed at $500 per foot, or $50, $40
600. The money, 1t Is thought, which
is to be spent on the tunnel will be
recovered from the valuable ore which
will be excavated during the work.
The gold of Alaska, on which the
attention of mankind is just now fixed
with brilliant anticipation, may not.
in the end, turn out to be the great
est treasure which that land possesses.
The Alaskan forests appear to De
among the most valuable in existence.
Extending from Cross Sound, little
south of Mount Fairweather, to the
| Strait of Juan de Fuca, partly in Alas
ka and partly in British Columbia, lies
what Garden and Forest describes as
the greatest continuous body of timber
of the cone-bearing or pine family in
| the world, almost unmarked as yet by
| the axe, safe from fire, and of easy &C
cess" Security from fire, due to the
moist climate, is regarded as one of
| the chief causes of the continued exist
| ence of these magnificent forests.
A recent novel exhibit in Milwaukee
was a canary bird show for prizes. 1t
| was probably the first of its kind In
this country. 1t is doubtful If such
an exhibition could be organized else
where in the United States, Milwau-
kee being the canary bird breeding
city of the country, and having an as
ISOLATION of breeders and trainers COM
posed of Germans. Competition was
| in the quality of the song, and the
judging was an interesting task, Each
bird is taken to a small room, the
doors being closed, and the judges sit
ting on different sides of the table up
on which the bird is placed. Should
the bird fail to sing no prize is award
ed. When 1t does sing, however, there
are twelve qualities of song that re-
ceive markings, and four faults. The
mellowness, spontaneity, range OF
voice, the MARBLE, absence of abrupt
change from one scale to another, and
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