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Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1905-07-04

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rs Sronfen aoltgelo ifuloig mar.
Clement ite1te i'm ooriiber BUR
&eoe, allein &ialti fiel gleif iiber
i'm her, ihlug i'm 81 goOen uno
itaf i'm nit Dem Weiier in Die
Shulter. Ger 8erlette muroe gleid
obnmGhtig, oa Der Stid tief &C..
orunseu lit unO iein 2eben in @e.
iabr bringt.
&imclingcn. - Sn Der Naft alif
Den 30. Mni gegen 1 llbr elftltono
III Dem Wobnbuule Der Wirtbin
gsittipe Sdmit cine Seuersbrutit.
IQcS brannte bis anf's ndfte
Maueriperf nieoer. Ger S6aoe be-
irdgt etiua 10000 0farf.
Srier. - Im @beno Des 80.
gipril nolltc Der gergmann @ilbelm
Nerter oIs @cbroen a. 3. Hubr iei-
nent 2cben Our6 Gri6ieben Elm Groc
mad)eil. Gr mar au elmer 14-tdgi-
gen llebung no6 Wontigum bel Wtes
einberuiel pnrben, entiernte lid aber
idloil am eriten Gage bon leiner
Grippe llnb fam nad) Srier. Sier
ldjob CT iid) al jenem Nbeno cine
&ugel iii Den aopf. Sn belpllBt'
loiem 3nitunhe milrbc er Nafts ouf-
g~efltn0en un0 nad) etllem &ranten-
baule per6raht. Mls es iid) am 1ol.
genben Gage bcrauSltellie, oaB er 81
elmer ltebung einge5ogen mar, err
folgte ieine lleberfiibrung IN OaS
Wilitdrlu5aretb. Gr lit mnmebr
%poaitanbig bergeitellt ntO fonnte
aus Dem 2a5nretb e~ntlalien meroen
jeoph ni6t in Die &eimotb, ionoern
nod Mes, mo er ii6 iest Dor Dem
&riegSgerid1t megen urerlaltbter
g%ntiermung gu perantlporten Pot.
MoSerSbanicn. - glm 81. Moi
Wittogs gegen 1 llbr id)lug Der Bits
in oas 5piifen bier linb 9auler ge-
legene @ebGuoe oes Sagelobners
Widel Nonnmeiler. Sofort ltano
bas einitodige @cb1iibe in heaen
6lammen. Ter 9eiiber Lag idlper
franf 81 9ette nno fpnnte MIR NIT
Wtiibe nebit brei fleinen &inoern bon
ieiner 6rau, ga iorit fem Wenidl IN
Der NGhe mar, gerettet meroen. Bon
bier ans mar aber bas Seuer lofort
bemerft moroen, unh alii Der Stelle
eilten Ole iungen W1nner init Der
Spriee 5ilr gronoiteQe, fonnten uber
MIR nod nit Dfiihe einige Wtobel
retten. 9us @eb1iloe lit gering ner-
iifert. Der Yeiiscr liegt tootfranf
Darnieber.
Sricr. - Sm Sofe bes hieiigen
Toli5einmtes eridoB iih am Sreitug,
Den 3. sunni, Ser Meiienoe elmer
9rauerei ans ct. Sobann, Der utter
Dem @crbofte Der llnteridlagnng
%ieitgcnommen unb por9efiibrt nor
Den rpar. air5 nod ieiner Ginliefe-
ruilg ~perlangte er uif ben Sof aus
treten 81 biirien unb faiim botte er
in @caleitllng eines Yoli5eibeamten
Die 5biirid)meae SIM Sofe iiberld)rit.
ten, als er einen Mepolper alis Der
Said)e 500 uno iih cine allgel in
Die ShlGfe i6oB. Sic &crleslu1g
mar cine iolf idmere, Dab Der Sob
aligenbliflid eintrat. Die Seide
murbc ioiort bllrh Mnnnifnitcn Der
aormelitermade nod bent Itdotilfen
6rieohoie iiberiiibrt. Ger Selbit.
morber beiBt Heter Minig unO mar
in 9liesmengen 5u SaiIie.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1905-07-04

pier iebr 6afterien- ieinolih lit, laBt
i6on cine glaiffoQs i'm oIrome.
tbeus" pe~roffentlidbte Wittbeilung
iibcr llnteriudung pom @elomiin5en
erfennen, bel Ser @olo, Silber iino
Nifelitiide liG nit aeimen beoeft
erpieien, n1brenb <piermiln5en
frei oopon geblieben muren.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1905-07-04
Sas Sod5eitsscifenf Der Sciiiid,cn
StanSc fir bas aronprin5en
panr.

Inter Den ungsadblten Jeitsaben,
tpel6e Dem oeutf9en aronprin5enpuar
onldblt9 ieiner So9seit oargebra9t
iuuroen, 1T Ous @ei4ent Ser 9eifiiden
StGnbe, bas unIere s3ei6nung bars
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1905-07-04

Seine @r5nei lit 10 bitter. mic Sie
Notbpenoigfeit lie cinncbmcn 81
miliicn.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1905-07-04
Scin S%dJnscnscl.

IA, III Der Odl1e, melf1 gral,lIg
Bib
Son 9riimmern uno blutigcn
2eifen!
les @raien grouner bGrmt iif)
milo;
Ger reibt Inn puno Die @ei6en.
,@reif alts! - @reif' ans, mein
gronner gut! -
garmber5iger Simmel! - Oh Jun.
ges 0lut!
Nuts Dem Wese! = 9ii Bit Der.
loreu!" -
Snmitten Ser gronien Sriimmer
itano
Gin anab' i'm 0ofenbaorc
ltnb bob 5lnl .@rafeu flebenb Die
Sono.
Iob err pom Cob i'm ma6re. -
ltmionitl - llmionit oein flebenber
Hr,f! =
Iu armeS &inb. ser Hoiie Siif
NuB lifer Did 5ermnlmenl -
God feb lof iieb, ipie i'm miloen
Grab
Ter @ruf poriiberianiet,
"a beuet er bonn Hoiie ii6 jab
hinob.
Zen anmerooen es graniet, =
Gin Iugenblif; es lit getban, =
Gum Suttel bebt er ben &naben
hinan,
limo meter gebt's i'm Sturme.
SeIt flammert ser armie anabe
lid an
llnb l1felt empor 5i Dem Setter. -
Ia linfs uno rehts Die Seinoe
noh'n,
limo es iauien nie Sagelmettcr
Gle auaeln. - @ilb ipornt Der 0raf
lein HoB. -
Gas gliit aus Den oampfenOen @ei-
den idob;
ltnb peiter gebt's i'm Sturme.
@ie lang lie ritten. lie piiien's niht.
gtb iisen Die miioen &eiter.
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@eiift.
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DUP
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Irme2"
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SerS
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Ter 9raf blidt beteno bimmels.
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iagen.
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italt:
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Sic traf in's SerS Den anaben. =
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Dem Wunb;
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llno betrufteten itumm Den 8raien.
Ter minfte Den altcn Iiener berbei
llnb iorod: ,Wein treiler 8eiea
Dir lei
Tics tobte aino pertrouct! -
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3ieh'n nit Dir ohne SGumen. -
Mid ruit Die Yiliht! - Seb' mobl,
mein Sinh.
Wfein Gnael, bis emit i6 Did pieber.
limb! -
slufiisen! - @ir miiiien tpeiter!"-
limo crnit urb itnmm ser 1rauer5ug
I'm Shritt conference.-the.
Gin ToB. bnS Den tooten 3naben
trng.
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Spn,
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bon
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NaS elm @ogclncit mertb lit.
Hun lino lie mieber 5uriidgefebrt.
Ole mIuteren Ginger. uno BERG uno
Sbal bollt bon ihrem Siebe micber.
Gro th,,n opmit NtnmouN nto,os ~
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1905-07-04
NaS elm @osclncit mertb lit.

Nun iinb lie wieoer 5uriidgefebrt.
Ole miiuteren Ginger. uno gers mo
Sbal boat bon ihrem 9iebe wicber.
Sic tbun gemib Niemono ctmos 81
lcioe; leioer aibt's sroBe uno feline
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-08
A Night Attack.

Last night the little daughter
of Mrs. Brown, as she sweetly and
peacefully slept in her little bed
near the window, was attacked by
a death-dealing demon known as
Group Whooping Cough, and but
for the timely use of Kennedy's
Laxative Honey and Tar, which
she always keeps handy, the life
of the little one might not have
been saved. Kenndey's Laxative
Honey and Tar is different from
all Of the old-tme cough syrups
and is best for children because
it acts on the bowels, is harmless
safe and certain. Contains no
opiates. Sold by Opera House
Drug store.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-08
FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD.
This. Will Interest Every Resident
of SistersVille.

You can readily verify the fol-
lowing particulars, for the gentle
men supplying them will be only
too pleased to answer any inqui-
ries by mail If you suffer from
disorder of the kidneys or blad-
der and desire to be cured, write
him about Doan's Kidney Pills
and learn that the following
statement is true in every partic-
ular:
F. D. Bailey, mail carrier, of $40
5th street, Parkersburg, W. Va,
says: "My back and kidneys were
troubling me in 1897, due to an
injury I received by falling on
the ice. There was constant pain
across the -lOins and frequently
sharp tw:nges. The kidney secre-
tons were irregular, dark coIored
and accompanied with pain. l
tried different med cines, but re-
ceived no lasting benefit. Moth
ing gave me permanent relief I'M
til I used Doan's Kidney Pills,
when all the distressing symptoms
left me. There was not the slight
est indication of a return of as
much as two years after. Then
from some cause myback again be-
gan to hurt me again. Two boxes
of Doan's Kidney Pills removed
all the troubles. I can say that
my opinion Of Doan's Kidney Pills
has not changed. and now seven
years since first taking them | am
glad to give them my re-endorse-
ment."
For sale by all dealers. Price,
so cents. Foster-NIiIburn COM
pany. Buffalo, N. Y. sole agents
for the United States.
Rememhor the namP-Nnpn S
and take no other.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-08

WANTED-$S to $12 weekly
easily earned by either sex knit
ting seamless hosiery for the wes-
tern market; our improved ma
chine with ribbing attachment
furnished worthy families who do
not own a machine on easy pay
ment plan; write at once for full
particulars and commence max
ing money; on experience requir-
ed. United States Wooden Co,
Detroit. Mich. 12.5-tf
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-08
Cheated Death.

Kidney trouble often ends ia
tally, but by choosing the right
medicine. E. H. Wolfe of Bear
Grove, Ia, cheated death. He
says: "Two years ago I had kid
ney trouble, which caused me
great pain, suffering and anxiety,
but I took Electric Bitters, which
affected a complete cure. I have
also found them of great benefit
in general debility and nerve trou-
BILE, and keep them constantly on
hand, since, as I find they have
no equal" D. A. Henderson,,
druggist, guarantees them at SOC.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-08
TIMBER AND FARM LANDS.

Are you looking for an invest
ment in oak, ash, cypress or long
leaf pine or other timber, or do
you want to invest in fruit, truck,
stock, dairy, cotton, or general
farming lands that will pay
handsome returns on money in,
vested? If so, write today for free
descriptive matter and full par
ticulars to E. A. Richter, Passen-
ger and Land Agent, Illinois Cen
trail Railroad, No. GIT Bessemer
building, Pittsburg, Pa. 2,23-tf
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-08
A Promising Oil Country.

The Creek, Usage and Cherokee
nations in Indian Territory are
receiving wide recognition As a
promising oil country, and capital
and development have so far
brought handsome results. The
oil is of superior quality; the ter
ritory is reached directly by the
Frisco system, who issues free of
charge, booklet, giving full data
concerning the country and its
possibilities. Mailed to any ad-
dress upon request to Sidney Van
Dusen. 706 Park building, Pitts
bnrp. Pa 4J.H
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-08
The Valley Of the Nile

Is no richer than the fertile coun-
try traversed by the Illinois Cen.
trail railroad in the States Of
Tennessee, Mississippi and Lou
isiana. Northern farmers have
awakened to this fact and are
rapidly settling here, for they ap.
preciate the fact that the soil.
crops, climate, water, markets,
etc, are all that could be desired
and they are buying land while
the prices are yet very low. Write
the undersigned for free illustra-
ted literature and find out for
yourself. E. A. Richter, Pass. and
Land Agent, Illinois Central rail.
road. GIT Bessemer building,
Pittsburg, Pa. 7,26-tf
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-08
This VIII Interest Many Mem

B. j. uongwell, the Wheeling
prREaher. says that if anyone af
II f." with varicocele or ;"
wcat where perfect NEIL ak
strong will send their address 10
him If Wheeling, W. Va, (send
no money! be will direct them to
a perfect cure. He will tell yop
how he was cured after years OF
search for relief. Hundreds have
tested this with success. Write
today 4.2l-d&w.tf
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-08
- BALTIMORE& OHIO
RAILROAD.
OHIO RIVER DIVISION.
Time Table; in effect Nov. ~.
Eastbound.

Time Table; in effect Nov. 27.
Eastbound.
6:35 A. M. daily except Sun
iay)-AccommodatiOn Wheeling
AMI intermediate points.
1854 A. M. Cdaily)-Pittsburg
Express; New Martinsville,
Moundsville, Wheeling, Pittsburg,
Franklin, Oil City, Titusville and
intermediate points. Runs solid
to Pittsburg daily, except Sunday.
Daily to Wheeling.
liz A. M. (daily except Sun
day(-Accommodation New Mar
:insvilIe and intermediate points.
1:57 P. M. (daily)-New York
Express; New Martinsville,
Morndsville, Wheeling, Pittsburg,
Buffalo, Washington, Baltimore,
Philadelphia, New York and all
points north and east. Runs solid
to Pittsburg. Pullman buffet par
Tor car.
4.6S F. M. (daily)-Accommo-
dation; Wheeling and intermedi-
ate points.
6:10 P. M. daily except Sum-
day)--Ohio Valley Express; New
Martinsville, Moundsville, Ben.
wood, Wheeling, Pittsburg, Buff
falo, Baltimore, Washington, New
York and all points north and
east. Runs solid to Pittsburg,
Pullman buffet parlor car.
Westbound.
9:25 A. M. (daily)-Accommo-
dation; Parkersburg and interme-
date points
11:18 A. M. (daily except Sun
day)-Ohio Valley Express; st.
Marys, Marietta, Parkersburg,
Ravenswood, Milwood, Pomeroy,
Pt. Pleasant, Charleston, Gallipo-
lis. Huntington, Kenova, Ironton,
Portsmouth, Cincinnati and all
points south and west. Runs solid
to Kenova. Pullman buffet par
lor car.
1:26 P. M. (daily)-Kenova-ex-
press; St. Marys, Marietta, Park
ersburg, Ravenswood, Milwood,
Pomeroy, PIT. Pleasant, Charleston,
Gallipolis, Huntington, Kenova,
and principal intermediate points.
Pullman buffet parlor car.
2:32 P. M. (daily except Sun
iay)--Accommodation Parkers-
burg, Spencer and intermediate
points.
5:4S P. M. (daily except Sun
INSTRUMENTATION Parkers-
burg and intermediate points.
1915 P. M. (daily)-Express ;
Friendly, St. Marys, Waverly,
Marietta and Parkersburg.
D. B. MARTIN,
Manager Passenger Traffic.
=. NcC.MARTIN, T. P. A., Park
ersburg, w. Va.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-08
LOCALLY
pENNED

G.. B. Stocking was a Wheel
ing business visitor today.
1900
Carnations, 60 cents a dozen, at
Illusions Green house. 4,9-2t
Lloyd Morris of Friendly, was
a. business caller here today.
The gas companies. like this
kind Of weather.
FOR RENIe- Five-room house.
Inquire at 1927 Brown Betty
street. 4,7-2t
| Catherine street needs the at
! tention of the street cleaning de-
partment.
John c.. Smith, oil operator OF
St. Marys, was in the city to-
day.
Reymann Brewing company's
"Bock Beer" on sale today. "lt's
the goods" Ait
O. w. O. Hardman Of Middle
bourne, returned this morning
from Weston.
c. L. Conant, the genial night
clerk at the Hotel Wells, spent
the day in Wheeling.
Call for Reymann Brewing
company's "Bock Beer" today.
The standard beer Of Wheeling.
Alt
Mrs. J. II. Hanks Of North |
Water street, is making some re-
pairs to her residence.
F. F. Furbee of Middlebourne,
passed through the city this NOR
ming on his way home from Wet
eel county.
Prof. A. It. Loggie will hold
one of his usual dances at the Ar
mory on Monday evening. 4,S-1t&
j. w. Cushing, contractor and
producer, went to Proctor this
morning to look after his business |
interests.
Middlebourne people are get
ting aroused over the prospect of
their home town losing the court
house. But what's the use?
Reymann Brewing company's
"Bock Beer" is the standard Of
Wheeling. Call for it today.
Att
Deputy Sheriff II. M. Adams,
who has been in the city for
couple Of days on official business,
left for his home at Middlebourne
this afternoon.
Call for Reymann Brewing
companv's "BOck Beer" today.
The standard beer of Wheeling.
Alt
Mrs. F.. L. Mooney of Woods
field. O., who has been visiting
her parents. DR.. and Mrs. G. B.
West. retmnd this morning to her
home.
Will cure any case of "Spring
Fever" Reymann Brewing COM
pany's "Bock Beer" on sale to-
dav. Alt
Some people have lots of money
but no brains to realize upon it.
A person with ordinary intelli-
gence can see that if dwelling
houses were built at once they
would be a mint.
Bottled beer, Sc a pint, 6Oc a
dozen, at the Brunswick cafe. j.
S. Hockinberry, prop. 2,lS-tf
Charley Faul, machinist, who |
has been employed here for a
vnar left Yesterday on the > !
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-13
SPOOL WOOD FOR EUROPE.
Vast Amount Shipped to Thread Fac.
tories From Maine.

From the Bangor Commercial.
The British tramp steamer Louisiana
will probably clear from Bangor on We'd
nesday with the last cargo of spool bars
to be shipped from this port this season.
The Louisiana is now taking In her third
cargo of the season, having made the rath-
er unusual record of making three trips
between Bangor and Scotland during one
season.
Inc Louisfanas cargo is the sixth to
leave Bangor this season, the others hav-
ing been taken by the steamer Dorset In
two voyages, the two previous cargoes
taken by the Louisiana and the cargo by
the steamer Araucania, which came here
from Portland with a partial cargo and
had the remainder put in here.
The sailing of the Louisiana closes a big
season for the spool wood shippers on the
Penobscot. With the departure of the
Louisiana the total of the seasons ship
ments will foot up about 100000 feet.
This is an increase of nearly 1000 600 feet
over last seasons shipments. Practically
all of the spool wood was shipped by one
firm, which has large mills at West Sc
Dolls, katahdin Iron Works and other
points in that region. All OF this spool
wood has gone to England or Scotland
where the great thread factories of those
countries and their product furnish an
ever-increasing demand for the spools
Though this seasons shipments have
been large, the spool wood manufacturers
think there will be a big dropping off IN
the shipments next year. The white birch
forests of Finland are now coming to the
fore in the spool wood industry, and their
product is encroaching on the market
which has heretofore been held almost ex-
clusively by the American product. Then
the manufacturers of spools in England
and Scotland have been taking the spool
wood as it came along until they are
overstocked with the raw product, and
consequently are not making contracts for
a further supply.
Practically all of the spool wood shipped
from Maine comes from the country along
the Bangor and Aroostook railroad, and
most of it from that section about Schoo-
die, West Sebois and the Katahdin Iron
Works branch. Some spool wood is sawed
in Washington county, but the manufac-
ture of the white birch there is almost
wholly for box shocks which are shipped
from Eastport In large quantity. For man.
ufacturing both spool wood and box
shocks the white birch trees are used
meet the demands of the spool manufac-
turers and will not stand the shipment as
the white birch does
There are thousands of acres of birch
growth in Maine with the yellow birch
predominating. The yellow birch is used
hub mills in Maine, and the yellow birch is
consequently almost drug on the mar
ket and can be had for almost nothing.
The spool wood industry gives employ
ment to a large number of men during the
year. Two or three mills will give en-
ployment to 300 or 400 men cutting white
birch during the winter, and these same
mills during the summer will give work TO
so or 10 men in saving and handling the
spool wood.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-13
GOOD TO THE SOLDIERS.
What the Government Does for Their
Care, Comfort and Amusement.

Moved by the many suggestions that
have been made by individual writers for
the cure of assertions in the army" said
Inspector General Burton, the government
has made great efforts. at vast expense in
the last five years to amellorate the condi-
ton of the soldier in respect to his living.
dress, enjoyments, comforts and content
nent.
1T has constructed for him barracks lux
urious In their appointments compared TO
the housing of the armies of other civilized
countries throughout the world; il has pro-
vided in these barracks air space in dimen-
sion equal to the demands dictated by the
best scientific thought; ii has given him
spring beds, mattresses, pillows, sheets and
pillow cases; IL has provided him with
toilets and baths of the most modern manu-
facture and much superior in general APP
pearance and effect to similar necessities en-
joyed by people in middle life; il has pro-
Vided spacious reading rooms supplied with
newspapers and books, calculated to cater
to the soldiers taste; il has bettered the
amount and quality of his clothing; II is to-
day supplying him with the largest variety
and best quality of food that is given To any
army, and at many of the large posts il has
provided magnificent exchange buildings,
not a few of which have swimming tanks
and gymnasiums thoroughly equipped for
athletic exercises 1t has made the de-
mands of discipline and authority over the
soldier in conformity with the spirit of the
age, mild compared TO what 1t was twenty
years ago; it sends the uneducated soldier
to school and gives the partially educated
every advantage of an extended education;
il has provided outdoor amusements for him
in the way of athletic games, and II has, IN
fact, accomplished everything to make hlm
contented and to cause him to live out his
enlistment with one exception. 1t has
failed to provide an adequate punishment
for the crime of desertion.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-13
Lord Byron's Athletic Feats.

From the London Academy.
One of Lord Byron's athletic feats Is re-
called to memory by the institution or a
swimming prize bearing his name. to be
competed for at Venice. During his resi-
dence in the City of the Doges Byron chal-
lenged ali Corners to swim against him from
the Lido to the bridge Of the Rialto. Two
competitors presented themselves. but when
the Grand canal was won the headmost
swimmer swan alone. Nor did the poet
leave the water when he had won his race.
He continued In triumph as far as Santa
Chirara. which he reached with ease after
swimming for four hours and ten minutes
Probably Byron was the best all-round ath-
lete among the poets of any country and
any age. He was a boxer as well as a
swimmer, while as cricketer he was good
enough to play for Harrow against Elton at
Lords. But, of course the standard of
athletic attainment among eminent men of
letters is not high. They are, perhaps, bet
ter at cricket than at anything else; but
the only one Of them who plays quite first
class cricket Is Mr.. Hesketh Prichard.
though we believe Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
has sometimes represented the M. c. c. On
the river. so far as we know, only two men
of letters have excelled-Professor Furnival,
whose distinction as a sculer Is recorded
In who's Who" and Mrs. Robert Bridges
who as Mr.. Andrew Lang lately reminded
US, stroked the Corpus eight at Oxford at
the time when Corpus was head OF the
river. In fencing Mr.. Egerton Castle car
hold his own against most rivals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-13
Lunacy in London.

London has 26.739 persons on its lists of
lunatics. OF these. 24,2S2 are supported by
the rates. The county council is at it's wits
end trying to devise accommodations for
the rapidly increasing numbers of the city's
insane. January /. 1904, England and
Wales, with about $4,000. 900 Inhabitants.
had 117,199 insane persons-an increase OF
1924 over 1908. The ratio of the insane
to every 10000 of the population went up
from 34.14 to 34.71 in twelve months. This
almost incredible and dangerous increase
is far beyond the recorded increase in the
Kingdoms population. Indeed, the decade
1S94-190i shows that the number Of the in
sane was as to 327 In 1894 and as to 2SS
in 1904. At this rate of increase the end
of England's supremacy In many lines is in
sight Luckily. before II is too late, legis-
lation may devise methods of meeting the
matter and securing a remedy
Up to date all efforts at a successful ex-
PLANTATION have been unavailing. The ex-
pense of fitting up quarters for these peo-
pie has forced London and other places to
q serious consideration and investigation of
the whole problem and all points connected
Herewith. The foregoing facts and figures
are from a Daily Mail clipping sent by Con-
sui Liefeld of Freiburg, Germany.