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MOON is A LIFELEss WORLD.
Covered With Vast Mountain, but
Without Atmosphere or Vegetation.

Covered With Vast Mountain, but
Without Atmosphere or Vegetation.
Children and grown folk, too, like
to think of the disc the moon pre-
sents to the earth as the smiling face
of an old man. A little study and a
little drawing upon the imagination
easily turns the full moon into such
a face, more or less closely resem-
bling the pictures of the moon as
shown in ehildren's books. 1t requires
more careful observation to discern
the man in the MOON with his bun
die of sticks on his back, as he is seen
by the children of Germany, who are
taught TO regard him with fear and
awe.
Before Galileo's invention of the tel
escope it was not known what caused
the mottled appearance of the moon S
surface. We now know that the sur
face of the moon is diversified with
hills and valleys and mountains and
plains. just as the earth is, and that
it is the shadows cast by the elevated
portions of the surface that cause some
parts TO appear darker than others.
The lunar mountains are vastly
higher in proportion than those of the
earth Though the moon is only about
one-fftieth the size of the earth. its
mountains are nearly as high. one. at
least. being about four and "a half
miles high. Another peculiarly of
these mountains is that many of them
have the form of volcanic craters.
which no doubt they really are. So
far as can be seen ali are extinct.
however. Near the center Of the level
floor OF these craters, often thousands
Of feet below the top of the rim. is
g curious peak resembling little
mountain within a mountain Her
odotus. the largest of these noun
tains, has a diameter OF more than
twenty three miles. and its crater is
1000 feet deep. Beside the siant
Plato HeTodotus is a mere pigny. for
the former is more than three times
as far across and deep.
The morn : dead world, a fossil
among the heavenly bodies There is
appaIent,s no vegetation. no atmos-
phere. no life OF any sind Could we
stand on her surface. everything
would. in consequence. appear strange
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small only something with itself Love Is slave
as well as king and faithfully joyfuy taking pride
In its humility, and ready always itself with
aacry for the and behoof of the beloved There ma
be men, and more women, who, upon making the
bitter discovery that the they coveted for
their had been given another have not only put
their own claims unseshly aside but have done what
they could to make the person dearly loved happy with
that other Can deny that such affection counting
its happiness nagt comparison that of its
object is far pure and devoted than the seeekng
passion which claims everything own begrudges
even the crumbs which fall from its tabe-the desire
which has been by poets and which nowadays
sonaly figures in the police peferrng to slaug
ter the object of its fierce devotion renqush
1t to another? No; thousand Unsefshness is
the strongest proof which love give evidence of
truth and sincerity
There is faint shadow of apology in the case OF the
motherhe natural pang Of Ito bear rear to ose the
giving way to another And there is much truth
In the old adage Your is your he gets him
Wife, 1t cannot be denied that wives far more likely
to be teuchy say jealous husbands mothers
than mothers with regard wives Mother
love u.s. ought to be- the sentiment upon
earth and it is to be hoped and believed comparatively
mothers would condemn their lonely in order
that they may keep them all to themselves the in
evftabe day comes when they must leave But for
the sisters jealousy there is possible What right
has any sensible expect her to keep
single for her sake? Yet time and again all of family
differences and quarrels arise purely from opposi-
ton to brothers choice wife Nor-singular fact
Is 1t by any the the women who keenly
resent their brothers thoughts marriage are willing to
give up marmony his account On the contrary they
are ready and willing to say Yes the fairly good
oHer; nay sometimes already engaged married
In which latter condition of affairs they selfish for
their children we'll themselves.
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Members Of The coraner's jury lauSneo
" the face Of Inspector Curran.
the first public official called to
the stand with n view to show
ing TIE city's share of response
bility for the lroquois holocaust Build
ing Commissioner Williams, his superior,
who vas present during part of the tes-
timony, left the Council chalnier in dis
gust. The inspectors exam irat.3n re-
Elected so seriously upon the competence
and management Of the building depart
ment that at the request Of the foreman
of the jury the coroner later summoned
the head of that branch of the public
Service to take Il sand. 1t was appar
ent that Curran's testimony had opened
the way for a merciless probe Of the
building commissioners Office.
Curran is the building inspector who
visited the Iroquois Theater just before
the fire and pronounced everything in
order He told the coroner lie had no
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real business there and had just dropped
in. In fact. the most rigid examination
failed TO discover exactly where the in
spector did have business.
He showed ignorance of the most ordi-
nary duties of his office. He was equally
uncertain in regard TO the responsible
ties of other employees of the department.
In the face of his testimony he confess
ed to having been on the pay roll sixteen
out of the last eighteen years.
Williams Confesses Laxity.
Building Commissioner Williams, Dep
uty Commissioner Stanhope and Inspec-
tor William Curran indicted the building
department for gross ineficiency. negli-
gence' and ignorance in their frank adj
missions before the coroner's jury The
lack of knowledge on the part of Com
missioner Williams regarding the con-
struction of the building and its equip
ment was only equaled by his frank adj
missions of ignorance regarding the slip
ulations of the building ordinance He
even asserted he had not been familiar
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AND.
| PREACnER


The Rev. Albert Osborn will write the
biography of Bishop Hurst.
The Rev. Edward Leslie Ogilby, rector
of St. Barnabas' Church, Philadelphia,
has resigned.
The Rev. Joseph n. Blanchard, d. D.,
has become assistant minister at Trinity
Church, Boston.
Ohio Wesleyan University has recent
iy received gift OF $4,000 from the
Edwards family of Leipsic, Ohio.
G. d. Tenncy, Ii. D., has entire
charge of educational affairs in the met
ropolitan province of Chill, China.
Bishop McCabe, who has had in a year
sixty invitations to dedicate churches,
says that the Methodists are building
more and better churches than ever be-
fore.
The children Of the late J. NJ. Com
stable have presented to the Church Of
the Incarnation of New York one of the
costliest and most beautiful memorial
chapels in that city.
Tbs Rev. Thomas Palmas, a native
Filipino priest of the island Of Panay,
has been appointed pastor for the Fill
Pine colony on the Philippine reservation
at the St Louis worlds fair.
The venerable William jackson, one
Of the oldest Of Wesleyan ministers and
for twenty-four years governor Of Dds
bury College, is dead.
The Rev. DR.. John r. Crippen. the
grand old man Of Methodism in Iowa,
he ine4 oa1ahrofnd fine anniversary of his
fftieth year in the ministry.
Mrs. Phebe Clifford, the Oldest min
lister in the Society OF Friends in the
world, has just died 10 Providence, r. l.,
aged 100 years and months.
Former Gov. James p. Eagle Of Ar
kansas has been the president Of the
Baptist State convention twenty-one sue
cessive years. He was reelected recent
~.
The Rev. John ]. GIennon. archbishop
of St Louis, has started a crusade
among the Catholic churches Of that city
and vicinity against euchre parties and
festivals for the raising Of church funds.
The Rev. W. F. Cannon, s. j., the
newly elected president OF Boston Col
lege, was rendered a reception at the
Parker House by the Alumni Associa-
ton Of the institution a few days ago.
The Pope has at last selected & cozy
apartment in the Vatican as his especial
quarters. The choice was made with
view to be safe from the annoyance and
intrusions caused By the otherwise too
frequent presence Of guards and cour
tiers.
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UNCLE SAM A NABOR.
Beats All Napoleons of Finance as q
Money-maker,

Beats All Napoleons of Finance as .
Money maker.
That the cost of the government Is
daily increasing, and that, in spite of
this increasing cost, the United States
is able, after paying every bill, to put
aside more cash each night at the close
of business than it did on the correspond
ing day last year or the year before that,
are easily demonstrated by an analysis
of the daily balance sheet issded by the
Secretary of the Treasury.
One of the clever statisticians Of
Washington took the statement of a re-
cent day, which was typical &C the whole
series of the fall season, ard made some
interesting deductions. The statement,
which set forth the transactions Of an
ordinary day, shows that the total re-
ceipts Of the government from all sources
for that day were 5000, S36.55, and
that the total expenses of that day were
S1,S30,000, thus leaving a balance of re-
ceipts over expenditures in the treasury
of $3.50, S3S.55. In other words, the gov
eminent collected nearly 100000 more
than it had any immediate need for.
The source of greatest income on this
particular day was from customs col
lections levied under the tariff act.
They totaled for the day $1,131 $3.50.
This is at the rate of $47, 1890 an hour,
OF $7S6.01 a minute, or $13.10 a second.
While collecting tariff duties at the rate
of $13.10 a second, the government at
the same time was collecting internal
revenue taxes at the rate Of $S.T6 a sec
ond, the total receipts for the day from
that source being $756,033.72. From
miscellaneous sources there was collected
during the day $132, 024.24.
On the corresponding day last year the
receipts from all sources were $1,331,-
40.40, with expenses of 81, 100000 Col
lections for the CORES ponding day last
year were at the rate of $15.41 sec
ond, the profits to the government on
the days transactions being only $1.99
a second, against 1921 a second on Sept.
1Gs 1903.
The item of greatest cost, as shown
by the statement under review, was cred
tied to IVA" merely q convenient term
used by the treasury's bookkeepers to
indicate the total expense of the War De
partment for that day. The exhibit
shows that there was disbursed on ac-
COUNT Oh war Ou Dept Apf p'-OtVVVt
and on the same day the navy cost the
nation $4,000. Pension payments for
tae day were 100000, thus making the
total expense of the government on ac-
count of war and the necessary equip
ment to carry it on $1,590,000.
While, of course, an enormous amount
of money is paid out every day in ex-
penses, the government, as has been
shown, is making a profit of 1921 a sec
ond on its daily transactions.
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(sAlS;Se.ss; 80
The News ~


Panama sleeps as soundly as a man
with big dog in his yard.
Russia should take off it's skates and
stop sliding down the map.
Eggs cannot be classed as mere lux
uries now They are tantalizing dreams.
Hereafter. it is believed. the ireproof
drop curtains in Chicago will be fireproof
and will drop.
Whatever Weyler's reasons were for
not invading the United States, they
were good ones.
Japan has millions for war and it
would do well 10 keep them for locomo-
tives and bric-a-brac.
In the matter of musical farewell tours
the balance of trade is always heavily
against the United STATES.
Is a freproof theater one that can
burn up sn audience with comparatively
little damage to the building?
Only three revolutions are now in
progress in Santo Domingo, but this is
probably the duh season there.
Theater managers who wish to con-
Time operating firetrap theaters must be
HOUlnDeu Win GNQcSAto NNASNAtANCS.
Locking the stable door after the horse
has been stolen is not altogether useless.
1T may prevent the theft Of the curry
comb.
New York could satisfy q good deal of
natural curiosity by revealing where it
GOES 10 get the exhibits. for its beauty
saows.
Second-class ratiens shcu,d keep on
hand a few warships to sell to larger
nations at boom prices vhen war cloud
hobs up.
Omaha schoo, teachers are marrying
off faster than the board can discover
new ones. WHAT win happen there dur
ing leap year?
Mrs. Hetty Greer il is said. has
mo,,ed from her So month fat into s
cheaper one. Otherwise the general out
look is prosperous
Philadelphia LAWYERS are slow. One
has sued a railroad company for ? cents
when il would have cost no more TO start
a suit for 100000
Chicago union tickets feel greatly in
clined TO throw Oh shoes or anything else
that is handy az the bride il she rides
in q non-union arriage.
IF the car ban murderers escape Hi
nais iustice on the plea Of insar:;--E= sssA,-v
wiu ind more,huSiness of a pressing ma
ture awaitinxthem in Indiana.
The Unitd States Senate. according
70 the expeske account used $4,000 quiz
nine nils llst year Probably the SEN
ators furpshed the other ingredient in
the prescription themselves
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FIFTY DIE IN WAVES.
Steamer Cinllam Sinks on the Pa
cific Coast Lii ehoafs Swa,nred

Dc
Fify-two persons were drowned Sat
urday afternoon by the sinking of the
steamer Clallam of the Seattle Victoria
feet midway between Smith island and
Dmgeness in the straits of Juan de Fuca
during storm.
The terrific seas bHffeted the ship and
made life uncomfortable for those on
board, but little alarm was felt until
word was brought up from below decks
that the vessel was leaking, through
which the water rushed, extinguishing
the fires beneath its boilers and putting
it at the mercy of bowling gale.
Every woman and child aboard perish
ed. This was due to the desperate effort
to save them in the lifeboats, which were
capsized almost as soon as they were
launched.
The first boat contained only women
and children, three deck hands from the
Clallam and Captain Lawrence of the
Victoria going off in it. The boat was
overwhelmed 600 feet from the Clallam,
and its occupants shrieked in vain for aid
from those aboard the steamer. The sec
ond boat rowed away into the darkness.
The third boat, containing only men, was
swamped in launching.
From that time on the members of
the crew and the few passengers who
had volunteered to remain aboard devot-
ed themselves to the task of trying TO
save the vessel. The pumps were impo-
tent and three gangs of bailers were set
to work. In spit of their efforts the
water gained on them, and they were
about to resign themselves to their fate
when the Richard Holyoke, one of the
six tugs which had been sent TO the res
cue from Port Townsend, hove in sight.
A line was thrown aboard the tug,
and with its tow it started for Port
Townsend. 1t made fair progress, and it
seemed for a time that the Clallam, with
the remainder of its crew and passen-
gers, was to be saved. But the hull of
the Clallam began to give way before
the terrific assaults OF the waves.
The Clallam went on her beam end
and began sinking rapidly. A few min
utes later she lurched and disappeared
beneath the waves. BY heroic efforts the
crews of the two tugs saved the lives of
nearly all who remained aboard the Clal-
lam. A few were SWEPT away and per-
ished in the blackness of the storm.
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First Artificial Teeth.

1t is certain that the ancients had
some acquaintance with the dental art
yet it is difficult to determine by whom
artificial teeth were introduced. Her.
odotus, In his accounts OF the ancient
Egyptians. mentions dentist for the
teeth" The British Museum contains
interesting dental instruments discov-
cred among the ruins of Pompeli (de-
stroyed A. d. TO-: and Galen In the
second century describes the operation
of drawing teeth with eorceps. Belz-
zoni establishes the fact that the an
clients were acquainted with the art.
for he found artificial teeth IN their
catacombs and tombs. 1t is generally
accepted, however, in modern dentistry
that Albucasis first taught the true art
Of making teeth. at the end of the
thirteenth century. and in his work, "a
Tariff" he gives drawings of several
dental instruments then in use.
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with the theater laws until he had made
study of them after the fire. The
| records of the building commissioners
Office. by his admissions, consist not even
OF adequate notes.
Mr.. Williams acknowledged that he
| had never received an official detailed re-
port of the inspection of the lroQuois
/ Theater and never had made an inspec-
ton of the completed theater himself. Al
though the entire theater had been erect
ed, with the exception of driving the
piles. since Mr.. Williams appointment
by Mayor Harrison he admitted he had
never examined the plans of the build
| ing.
According TO his own testimony. the
head of the building department did not
ask single question in regard to the
structure or its equipment or appliances
for the safety of the public.
1t was brought out that the eighteen
| inspectors reported to no one in particu-,
lar aud that they were not instructed as
i TO their duties. They were assigned to
certain territories, it seemed and were
allowed TO do much as they pleased.
No inspections of theaters as to over
crowding and the handling of the crowds
according TO the ordinances. or as to fire
/ equipment or provisions for exits. were
made in a regular way. 1t was said by
the witnesses that any inspection of the
| theaters was voluntary with the lnspec-
| tors. and the inference from the testi
mony was that the inspectors went more
to >ee the show than for any other rea-
son.
Williams had not read the building
ordinances as they concern theaters I'M
/ til after the Iroquois FIRE.
| Cross-examined by Assistant States
| Attorney Barnes. Williams admitted that
he had failed to perform nearly every
duty required of him by the ordinance.
He pleaded too much work and not
enough money 10 employ assistants.
Williams did not know until after the
| fire that the Iroquois Theater was yioIat-
| ing nearly every one of the ordinances
made for the safeguarding of patrons.
Mayor Called as Witness.
| Mayor Harrison and Alderman Will
| liam Mavor, chairman of the Council
finance committee. were called as wit
nesses at the IroQuois fire inquest. The
| Mayor was asked why. after receiving
| from Building Inspector George VIII
liams report that practically every the
alter in Chicago was unsafe. he did not
revoke their amusement licenses and COM
pei them to make the changes required
/ by the ordinances. He was asked. fur
Their. why, knowing that other theaters
had evaded the building ordinances. he
| did not require a report of conditions at
the IroQuOiS before the permit allowing il
/ to open was issued
Chairman Mavor was asked why q
sufficient amount of money had not been
| found for the building department to al
1 low for enough inspectors to inspect the
aters frequently. and prevent such vio-
/ lations of .he ordinances as made the
/ tragedy a, the lroquois possible.
/ The request for these witnesses was
made after the jury had heard Building
| Commissioner Williams and two of his
subordinates give testimony that showed
the inadeQuacy OF the inspection depart
ment of that Office, and the inefficient
handling of the few men there. The story
amazed the jurors
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oldest Family in the World.

OF the 400 barons in the British
House Of Lords about a dozen OF them
date back TO 400, the earliest being
l264. The oldest family in the British
Isles is the Mar family IN Scotland,
1893. The Campbelis. Of Argyle, be
gan Is 1890 Talleyrand dates from
1890, and Bismarck from 1910. The
Grosxenor family. the Duke Of West.
minister. 1905: the Austrian house Of
Hapsh.rg goes back to 952, and the
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house Of Bourbon to S64. The descend
ants of Mohammed, born $40, are all
registered carefully and authorita-
lively in book in Mecca by chief
of the family. Little or no doubt ex-
lists of the absolute authenticity of the
long line of Mohammed's descendants.
In China there are many old families,
also among the Jews. But IL point Of
pedegrees the Mikado of Japan has a
unique record. His place has been
filled by members of his family for
more than 1880 years. The present
Mikado is the 122d in tie line. The
first one was contemporary with Ne
buchadnezzar 6G6 years before Christ.
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GOES TO ST. LOUIS.
Democratic National Convention Will
Meet on July g.

Democratic National Convention Will
Meet on July g.
The next Democratic national conven-
ton will meet in st. Louis on Wednes-
day, July g. The worlds fair city won
the prize, when the national committee,
in session at Washington, on the second
ballot, by a vote of 2S to 81. decided
against Chicago On this ballot all of
the New York votes but one went to St.
Louis, thus deciding the contest.
A Washington dispatch says that so
far as political significance is concerned,
the selection of st. Louis seems to indi-
cate that Mr.. Gorman's friends are on
the defensive, because they turned to St.
Louis out of fear of the possibility of a
stampede to Hearst in Chicago. The sup
porters of New York joined in this move
ment, but they were largely German
men.
The Parker boom assumed considerable
proportions during the deliberations Of
the committee, and if the pulse of the
national committee is any indication of
the circulation of blood in the party at
large the New York judge has decidedly
the best chance for the nomination.
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Miss Shaw is young woman of at
tractive appearance and bears a strong
resemblance to her distinguished ia
Their. She has dark-blue eyes and wavy
brown hair, with an exquisite pink and
white complexion. Last year she grad
uated, after five years course, from
Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa.
from which her father many years be-
fore graduated. 1t is a co-educational
institution. She then Travelled in Eu-
rope, perfecting her French and Ger
man, both of which languages she
speaks fluently.
Miss Shaw is now the ranking young
woman in Washington society under
Miss Alice Roosevelt, and will come in
for large share of social attention.
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The work os inspecting the churches
end schools OF Chicago is under way.
Twenty inspectors have received instruc-
tionz from Building Commissioner Viii
I,sms 70 close all churches thar DO not
conform TO the building laws.
The rules with which the chuashes
,,,,,st comply are the same as those apply
no "a public assembly halls. All church
doors must hereafter be marked with
the word exit in letters at least six
inches high. The doors must open GU
wards. The inspection OF seats and
aisles, Il is declared. viii be as rigid
In the case OF churches as theaters. Stab
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The Pope's sleep,no car

Although the pope never travels he
owns a sleeping car. which was con-
structed in 1868 when the line from
Rome to Naples was opened. II viii
be exhibited at the Milan exhibition in
1905 to inaugurate the Simplon tunnel.
There are three COMPARTMENTS
throneroom. a car for the guard of
honor and bedroom The throneroom
Is richly furnished and has a c1pola
engraved with the papai arms and the
twelve apostles. The carriage Is so
arranged that the pope when seated
on his throne Is plainly visible snd
can give his benediction to the crowds
at the stations The sleeping car is
divided into three parts-bed. bath
and dressing rooEas-which are hung
with yellow and white. the papaI coli
ors- The bed Is OF ebony and ivory.
We can all find reasons why other