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women.
| The President announces that his
order to his cabinet was not to re-
strain giving out news, but to keep
them from talking about frivolous
matters. All, indeed That is the
/ first intimation we have had that
statesmen are given to frivolity."
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With all due defense to women's
opinion, we must disagree with the 81.
Louis Women's Club, which lately de-
clared that woman cannot love art
and man at the same time. Nom
sense; we have met many of the fair
sex who paint and manifest the I'M
mistakable signs of loving some man
at the same time.
| 1t is said that Miss Roosevelt among
other gifts received during her trip
abroad, returns with enough dresses
silks, linens and draperies, for wear,
and jewelry and works of art for adorn-
ment OF herself and her home-for at
least dozen years. They are mainly
gifts OF the Mikado OF Japan and the
Empress OF China.
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A Chicago Grand Jury has indicted
man named Sangster of assault
with intent to kill" for sending pois-
oned candy to his wife and children.
1t seems that the jury have found just
the provision of law that should apply |
to form of crime that was unknown
until Mrs. Botkin made the U. S. |
mails the means for perpetrating such
a cowardly as we'll as atrocious act.
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1t is reported that new inland sea |
is forming in Southern California by |
seepage from the Gulf of California,
which may in time develop a subter-
ranean duct that will keep a constant
depth of water over Salton basin, : |
greater portion of which is we'll below
the sea. Should this large body OF
water be developed it will cover a long
strip traversed by the Southern Pacific
railroad, and it will have to move its
track to higher ground.
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Mark Twain, last week, in a lecture
before the Twentieth Century Club,
in Boston, on universal peace, declared
that he had, after much thought, dis
covered an infallible means OF pro.
noting that object. His plan was to
get some chemists real genius-.o
invent some method of extracting all
the oxygen from the atmosphere eight
minutes! Then he declares we would
have peace that would be universal
and permanent. 1t would be a dead
sure plan.
Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and Idaho
women vote at all elections. In Kan
sas they vote on school and municipal
questions. They have school suffrage
in Michigan, Minnesota, New Hamp-
shire, Oregon, Massachusetts,, New
York, Vermont, Nebraska, Wisconsin,
Washington, Arizona, Montana, New
Jersey, North Dakota, South Dakota,
Illinois, Connecticut and Ohio. They
vote on municipal bonds in Montana
and Iowa. In Louisiana and New
York all women taxpayers vote on
questions of public expenditure,
They have dog at Wallace, Idaho.
that is as intelligen< as many other
dogs we have heard of-twolegged
and four.legged. This dog " Ned" has
learned to meet q certain train, get
his masters copy OF ceItain paper,
carry it to him at his Office, wait till it
is read and then carry it home to the
family. He can distinguish the whis-
tie OF the locomotive of that train
from all others. He does not depend
wholly on sound, however, for its
Identification. If another engine be
pulling the train, he will distinguish
the fact by glance and rush with all
speed to the depot TO perform his daily
news service. 1t may be that the
hour Of arrival has something to do
with it. but that does not in the least
detract from the dogs sagacity.
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England is building an immense
warship of $4,000 tons displacement,
the details in construction of which are
guarded from the outside world. Her
name will be the Dresdnaught. Cor.
dons OF police guard the vessel from
visitors, and the workmen are allowed
to inspect only such portions of the
plans as are necessary for them to
consult. She will be driven by turbine
machinery of $4,000 horsepower and
is expected to attain speed of twenty.
two knots. Her armament will en- 1
brace ten 12.inch guns, but nothing {
has yet been ascertained OF means OF
protection from torpedo attacks. All
haste is being made for her compile.
ton. as she is built as an experiment,
and future extension of the navy will d,
be suspended till her capabilities are
tested. Although her keel was laid
only couple of months ago, already
about 5000 tons OF material have been
placed into position, and it is expected
she will be ready to launch in Febru.
airy.
The nicknames OF the States are
Alabama, Land Of Flowers; Arkansas,
Bear State; California, Golden State
Colorado, Centennial State; Connec-
ticut, Nutmeg State; Delaware, Blue
Hen State; Florida, Peninsula State;
Georgia, Cracker State; Illinois, Suck
er State Indiana, Hoosier State; Iowa,
Hawkeye State; Kansas, Sunhower
State; Kentucky, Blue Grass State;
Louisiana, Pelican State; Maine, Pine
Tree State: Maryland, Old Line State
Massachusetts, Old Bay State; Mich.
igan, Wolverine State; Minnesota, Go.
pher State; Mississippi, Bayou State;
Missouri, Bullion State; Montana,
Singed Cat State Nevada, Silver State
New Hampshire, Granite State; New
Jersey, Garden State; New York, EN-.
pire State; North Carolina, Tar Heel
State; Ohio. Buckeye State; Oregon;
Webfoot State; Pennyslvania, Key.
stone State; Rhode Island, Little
Rhoddy; South Carolina, Palmetto
State; Texas, Lone Star State; Utah,
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