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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-13
SHOT SCARES BANKS PATRONS.
Young Man Shoots Himself steoog.
rapher Refuses 10 See Him

CHICAGO, May 12.-Because the woman
he loved refused to see him, Alvah T, Port
look, son OF a prominent citizen Of Knox
vile, Tenn, committed suicide to-day in the
trust department oil, the Northern Trust
Company Bank. Portlook called at the bank
and sent a message to Miss Margaret May,
a stenographer employed there. The reply
was thai Miss May would not soc him.
Portlock drew n revolver from his pookets
placed the muzzle just above his heart
and pulled the trigger. The report caused
a panic in the bank. Women depositors.
who were standing in a long limo before the
%teller's window, screamed, and one girl
tainted. The police had much difficulty
in dispensing the crowd around the doors e.
Portlock was taken to the Chicago Emer-
gency Hospital, where he regained con-
seriousness for a moment and said that he
had been engaged to Miss May and that her
refusal to marry him had made him des-
perate.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-13
CYCLISTS FATAL PLUNGE.
'eorEe ], Brett Thrown Into The Morris
Canal and Killed,

nEiLEvILLE, N. j., May 12.-George L..
mn,ett, % years old, Of 3os Verona avenue,
"ooaHide, and his two sons started this
ai.efnoon from their home for a bicycle
,'ae along the Morris Canal. They had
,esGh"d a point close TO the Harrison street
1'uee when his wheel struck a stone, caus-
trs the wheel to swerve suddenly. This
wne~ him into the water and when he
dead. '"' d ie" minutes iaoer ne WAS
~ was found that his neck had been broken
nIs mead striking the bank as he fell In.
ysmn hrett was engaged In business in
th,so York He is survived by a wife and
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-13
RAID BY SAMAR FANATICS.
The PniaJanes KIN and Plumber the Peace
full Inhnbitants.
Special Cable Despatch 10 THE SUN.

Special Cable Despatch 10 THE SUN.
MANILA, May IA band Of t~wenty-four
men belonging to the Pulajanes, the fanati-
cal tribe Of the Island OF Samar which has
given the American authorities 80 much
trouble, yesterday morning raided and
looted the Fabangan district OF the town
of Wright, in that island, Five Of the
fanatics were armed with rifles. They
moro than twenty OF the peaceful inhabi-
tants. They burned thirty-six houses,
destroying more than half OF the district.
All the available troops are in pursuit OF
them.
said to-day that all the peaceful natives
Of Samar indorse the policy Of exterminat-
ing the Pulajanes. "A delegation of tbs
islanders is expected to call on Governor
General ide soon to express confidence in
Gov, curry.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-13
DEADLoCKED on TYPE OF CANAL.
senate Committee Evenly Divided, on Sea
Level and Lock waterway.


WASHINGTON. May IA deadlock re-
suited from the efforts to-day Of the Senate
Committee on Interooeanio Canals to decide
upon the type Of the Panama Canal, the
committee standing 5 in favor Of sea level
and 5 for a lock canal. Unlike most COM
mittees, its membership Is an even number,
twelve. Senators German and CarInnck
and these divided equally for each type.
Another meeting will be held early next
week, when it is hoped TO get this matter
before the Senate, without a majority re-
port IL II can be done no other way.
The vote in committee stood: For sea
level canal, Messrs. Kittredge, Platt, An
keny, Morgan and Taliaferro; for lock
canal, Messrs. Willard. Hopkins, Dryden,
Knox and Simmons.
The committee will hold another meeting
on Wednesday, when. II Mr.. Carmack re-
turns, q report recommending a sea level
canal will be made, he being In favor Of that
type.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-13
$4,000 FOR A HOSPITAL.
This MFR. Iseiin WIN Give n 500 600 More
Ia Given by Others.

New ROCHELLE. N. Y, May 12.-Colum-
bus O'Donnell Iselin, who has a country
place at New Rochel,ei has offered to give
$4,000 fora new hospital for that city pro-
viding the citizens will raise 800, 600 80
that a 500, 600 modern ireproof building
can be erected and furnished. The gift,
it is understood, will be a memorial to Mr..
Iselin's father, the late Adrian lselin.
The proposition has been accepted by
the local hospital management and they
have already subscribed $4,000 among
themselves. The rest will be asked from
the general public.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-13
Mme. Curic Take Husband's Place In
SOrb0nne.

Special Gable Despatch 10 The SUN.
PARIS, May. 12.-The council Of the
faculty OF sciences Of the Sorbonne has
accepted the nomination Of Madape Curie,
who therefore will succeed to her late
husband chair in HE Sorbonne.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-13

Congress Water aids dig estions cures insomnia,
dyspepsia and all stomach troubles. All druggists
have Il. CoNGRESS SPRINGS COMPANY. Sara-
toga Springs. N. Y--Adr.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-13

Eighteen trains per day to Rochester via the
New York Central and West Shore, anordinE per-
feet servlcs-AdG.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-13

NEW YORK To SAN FRANCISCO
In four days, three hours and eiEDtecn minutes.
Via New York Central Lines. gsAts Will gladly
give pAruculars.-Adt.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-13

DEwEi's PURE GRAPE JUICE.
Absolutely frCc from any prescrvAuvce.
". II Dewey d SONS Co.. iSs. Fulton So New YORK
-Adp. o."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-13
Latest NInrise Intelligence.

Arrived; Sc City OF washing ton, IiAvana. May o.
Latest by Narconi wireless.
So SlAvonia for New York was thirty miles cast
\ OF Nantucket iightship AZ i25o A, NJ. 70 day
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-13

Equinox Ginger ChamAAEne- Finest.
TrNe Ginger Flavor. Try lk-laAds.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-10
WORKING UP A POTATO TASTE

The way in which Parmentier created
a demand for potatoes in France would
have done credit to the widest of willy
tradesmen. Nothing would at first in
duce the supplemented peasants to cul
tivate the popular tuber. They would
not listen to lectures on it's virtues, MOI
accept seed potatoes free Of cost fol
planting.
Parmentier therefore decided to get
the better Of their prejudice by artifce
and with this object leased as much
land as he could round Paris, and
planted it with potatoes. Just before
the ripenihg of the crop, he posted
watchers round the fields and issued no
tees that all persons stealing potatoes
would be severely punished, the cror
being intended for the tables Of the
king and mobiles.
Such delicacies, continued the notice
were too good for ignorant peasants
who would touch them at their peril
Of course, watch was only kept durine
the day, and at night the fields were
robbed right and left by the peasants
who were curious to taste the strange
vegetable, and jealous that 1t should
be reserved for their betters.
AS soon as they had tasted the sue.
culent tubers, the pilferers were only
too anxious to plant as many as they
could possibly purchase, the willy Par.
mentier's scheme thus succeeding be.
yond the most extravagant anticipa-
tions.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-10
THE FATE OF OLD BOOTS

What becomes Of old boots and shoes
hitherto been almost as puzzling a
problem as where all the pins go to.
The solution, however, Is given in to-
days issue Of the f'Boot and Shoe
Trades Journal a. - a>:
"Old boots and shoes Of leather,'
the journal says, "are cut up into small
pieces, and tEen are put for two days
into chloride Of sulphur, the effect Of
which Is to make the leather very hard
and brittle.
"When this is fully effected, the ma
terial is withdrawn from the action Of
the chloride Of sulphur, washed with
water, dried and ground to powder. It
Is then mixed with some substance that
vii cause it to adhere together, such
as shellao or other resinous material, or
even good glue, and a thick solution of
strong gum.
1T IS afterwards pressed into molds
to form combs, buttons and a variety
Of other useful objects.
Prussiate Of potash is also made out
Of old leather. It is heated with pearl
ash and old iron hoops in a large pot.
The nitrogen and carbon form cyano-
gen, and then unite with the iron and
potassium. The soluble portions are
dissolved out, and the resulting salt,
added to one of iron, produces the we'll
known Prussian blue, either for dyeing
purposes or as pigment. ''-London
Express.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-10
LIVING ON TWOPENCE A DAY
s~ DAY

Life on twopence day was one Of
the remarkable possibilities suggested
at the ffty-ninth anniversary Of the
Vegetarian society, celebrated in Man
chester yesterday. It came from Al bert
Broadbent, secretary Of the society,
in paper on "Mistakes in Nutrition. :"
He denied the common assertion that
people nowadays eat too much. On the
other hand, he said 100000 Of the
very poor were 20 per cent underfed..
He was an advocate Of inexpensive
feeding.
He did not advocate too little food,
but a generous supply, even tho It
might be monotonous.
Life, he added, can be sustained. in
the fullest condition Of vigor on less
than twopence a day, If It becomes
necessary, and the body at the same
time would be supplied wi tn all the es-
sentials Of nutrition. A dietary at less
than sixpence a day, where no two
days in the week at dinner was any
dish repeated, was thus given:
Breakfast: Porridge, bread and but
ter, tea, stewed figs or raisins.
Midday: Two savories and two
sweets.
Evening meal: Bread and butter,
homemade cheese, potted meat, and
jam.
Supper: Cocoa and biscuits.
In The discussion that followed, one
lady expressed the view that not only
did animals feel pain, but plants also
probably felt and thought.
W. Harrison, the treasurer, related
an experiment made while living in a
cottage. He bought threepenny worth
of lentils, barley, potato and onions,
and boiled them all together. He ate
when he was hungry, and the food
lasted three days. He never felt in the
least dissatisfied.
T. Owen Of Oswestry stated that at
the age Of 50 he now had more vitality
than when he was a young man. He
ate two meals day, consisting Of
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-10
VALUE IN THE EXTRA so"

A wide-awake publican in a London
suburb materially increased his trade
by a. smart and amusing, but perfectly
legitimate, trick. At the entrance to
the proper portion Of his premises he
put out sign, " Saloon Barr so that
he who passed might read.
Nine out Of every ten persons who
noticed this atrocious outrage on or
biography could not resist the tempta-
tion to 90 inside and call the land
lords attention to it, with the object
Of, getting the superfuous letter de-
leted.
Naturally, each first Of all ordered a
drink; and on objecting to the extra
"o,' was Informed by "mine host'
that he would not part with it on any
account, his receipts being largely in
creased by the people who daily came
In to get the spelling mistake cor
rected. He had reason to be salts
fed with the success Of his artful r,lse.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-10
With the Long Bow
Reading
Deaour Plans Regarding the Reorganization
Thursday Lost Everything
E.ga@#t
Eye natures walks, shoot folly as II flIes.'

Ed the Grafton Record rushing lending
s. Il @y % as @ essd ssd his
sed mn had id se for
a's f h
s Tspa
THAT eft sas sp
said B sSs Mrs. %sy f s % Hsas ss1s sitting s tas
the T IL
= 1ts : R'sR* fssss aas not tssa
that time the Reading
5s dss Issue sn f St up Hs7
sstste him t would take deal Of
said Henry going down into his clothes and pulling
II want liz dollars lars, Of gou in.
s5 y hin s
day c Sv ns5 hsg ssn %"1 he ss ssssS
..Everything. Not enough left to wad gun'''
s: LETT ::, $, ; % e. T.. IT,
Heading DEAL was yy handy
h to lady . 'ss9a sas her,
eu ' sbst I h
complaint MAKE as+t told dn me sn he made
@ a" se s S&s Two ''' al" nail
Mev who has been selling patent streets Of
Thomas Moera" banker, who died recently in
% ss .t A s ss i he iatsa intend
with this
14ad New Yorl He has extensively making good living prohib
ton districts vendor Of patent medicines atd h The ~ made
by the STABLE $4oooooo dropped into its channel
aT s would
spends Ss' to IT,
che @ for the on Of the . sdsnts x. m n b..
shaved Himself for the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-10
Tricks of Trade
Pearson's weokly.
MEATsHoP RIVALRY.

In a Lancashire town people were
much amused at the seeming bitter RI
valry between two meatshops in one
of the leading streets.
At one, only English meat was sold,
while at the other it was all Australian:
and on Saturday nights passers-by were
regularly treated to the spectacle of the
English butcher walking to the middle
OF the street to shake his fist at his
antipodean rival.
People came from all parts Of the
town to patronize the shop of the Eng
lishman, which consequently did roar
Ing trade. They looked upon the Aus
tralian as an interloper, until it leaked
out that both shops belonged to the
same man, and that the meat cold in
both was Australian; but, in one, Eng
lish prices were paid for it.
The inscriptions butcher found this
trick immensely helpful to his trade,
trebling his sales and his profits until,
of course, he was found out.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-10
LOOKING FOR HIS EAR

An English naval ofcer tells this
story Of servant named Andrews
"We were practicing with a pistol in
my brothers. quarters, and Andrews
was in the small dressing room adjoin-
ing, when ball went thru the door
and clipped off part of an ear. Most
men would have made some remark.
He did not, and we knew nothing about
it until by chance, looking into the
room, we saw him cropping about under
G 70! You oofng for ne mar GS
said my brother. He drew up, stood at
attention, and replied in an apologetic
tone, as if deprecating his master Is
wrath: Il was only a-looking for a bit
of my ear as come off when you fired
that shot thru the door. sir.'5
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-10
EARLY SPELLING REFORM

An English naval officer tells this
an early seplling reformer, says a
writer In the New York Tribune. Of
Milford, the historian Of Greece, Ma
cauley wrote: 'fMitford piques him
self on spelling better than any of his
nelghbors, and this is not only in an
Gent names, which he mangles in de-
fiance both Of custom and reason, but
In the most ordinary words of the Eng
lish language" IN Milford g history
the following "mangled' words may
be found: Controul, study, labored,
labor, endeyored, literature, maroding,
Hand, pronunciation, favor, spred, for
1sh, etc; Why don't you spell your
not 'Fielding'9' said Lord Denbigh to
his relative, the author of Tom Jones. -
The answer was triumphant: 'tFor the
very. good reason that I am the first Of
the family that could SPELL: ~.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-10
REV. FATHER KIELTY'S WIT

The Rev. Francis NJ. Kielty, rector
Of the Church of the Holy Angels, ST..
Louis, who. died recently, was a good
deal of wit, says an exchange. Father
morning BY announcing o in n Voice Sen fall
of pathos that he had confession to
make. .-.-..
IT mirht as we'll make clean breast
of it, he said.
AS the congregation gasped, he waved
in the air a document, signed and sealed
to resemble an order Of court.
eyes, mean it, he continued, as if
to kill any lingering doubts, and then,
pointing thru one Of the stained win
dows, continued:
and the city has sued me for the alley
money!
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-10

offered her lozenge, which he assured
her would ease her pain. The girl at
first hesitated to take it, but finally did
SO, with marvellous results.
Almost as soon as she had swallowed
the lozenge, she sat up, all smiles, and
ordered the steward to bring her some
ham sandwiches and a bottle of ale.
Other passengers were so struck by
the extraordinary cure, that they in
CURED of the gentleman responsible for
it what the remedy was. He at once
sale; and in short space of time dis
posed of all his boxes of lozenges at
the substantial price Of shillings and
sixpence each.
When the boat reached Dover, the
purchasers were not little surprised
to see the young lady and the agent
walk off arm in arm.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-10
Curios and Oddities
NEW POSTAGE STAMP MACHINE

An engineer Of Frankfort has in
vented an automatic postage stamp
selling machine which not only sells
the stamps but sticks them on the let
ter.
The machine possesses the additional
advantage Of being impossible to rob.
has for some time past been seeking a
satisfactory stamp selling automatic
machine, Herr Becker IS patent is being
subjected to a series Of trials with a
view to it's ultimate adoption.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-10
BACHELORS ORGANIZE

The young men Of Sterling, not to BE-
outdone by the score of young women
who organized the Matrimonial Help
club,' have organized young men s
".Betterment club the object Of which
is to promote matrimony and at the
same time, guide the unwary young man.
In this club there are now twenty
young men, the same number of mem
bers as in the girls club. T.. -
The club will pass upon the merits of
the women eligible for matrimony. It
will be determined whether the girl
can bake and mend and keep house in
addition to playing whist and attending
the theater. If she be addicted to lew
elry or frivolous she will be blacklisted.
Sterling. (Ill.) Correspondent New
York World.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-10
HIS LoRDsHIP's AM1DsHIP

Ambassador Choate tells story of
the bishop Of Rochester, Eng, the d.
he used to play the game with an ex-
pert local team.
It appears that one day when the
bishop was batting the bowler pitched
very wide. .:
"Please keep the ball in the par
ish! ~ commanded the bishop testify.
The next ball the bowler sent in
caught the right reverend gentleman
full in the waistband, whereupon the
bowler observed: :::s,
81 think that $ somewhere about the
diocese, my lord. --Harpers.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-10
HE WoULD'T LET 90

When Rudyard Kipling was IL,
year-old his father took him on a sea
voyage, and as Kipling senior suffered
badly from sea-sickness, he left the boy
to his own devices. Presently a ire
mendous commotion. was heard and the
boatswain dashed into Mr.. Kipling $
cabin, shouting at the top Of his voice:
Mr.. Kipling, your boy has crawled
out on the yardarmi IF he lets 90
he II drown to certaintyl0
4 9 Yes, = said the sufferer, falling back
on his pillow, but he won't let go!U
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-10
THE HARMLESS STORY MAN

George Augustus sa1a was at dinner
guests was man prone to relating G Iopr.
winded but entirely harmless Stories.
Taking advantage of some chance re-
mark in the general conversation, this
man said:
"That reminds me of an anecdote
once heard. There was-'' 90
Gone moment, my dear sir,' inter-
rupted Sala with exaggerated courtesy.
"If the story you mean is improper we
have all heard it and if it is not improp-
er we don It care to hear it,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-10
AN EXPENSIVE PApER

During the siege Of Kimberley the
editor of the only daily paper there was
often aa hard put to find enough news. One
Rhodes reading fairly new paper from
Cape Town. He borrowed it and rushed
to his own Office, where it soon arDeared
as. a special edition, selling like hot
cakes. That same evening he met Mr..
Rhodes, who inquired:
Where's my Cape Town papers"
Oh, cut it up for the printers, -
was Please sRs TeP don,t do that again said
Rhodes. mildly. ssThat paper came thru
NIX native runners and cost me s.. 600. =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-10

bread or biscuits, fruit and nuts, tax
ing 40 to As minutes to each meal. He
took 30 to 10 bites to every mouthful,
and ate nothing for eighteen hours out
Of the twenty-four. = - -
He was always ready for work, and
his brain was never clouded.-London
Leader.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-10
SHE WANTED THE CHANGE

The London Telegraph tells of a
small girl who entered a grocer's shop
in Whitechapel and said:
"Please, sir, I wants 'arf pound
of butter and penn 'orth of cheese,
and muvver says she will send a shil-
ling in when farver comes home.''
"All right" replied the man.
"But,' continued the child, ''muv-
yer wants the change, cos she 'as cot
to put a penny in the gas meter.'' 2
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-10
CRoQUET, NOT GOLF

A new golf sorry is chronicled It
was a twosome. The player who drove
off first was bow-legged. The second,
in driving off, did not notice that his
opponent had got in front of him, and
the ball ran between the opponent s
legs.
Turning round in anger, the bow
legged. one said, Here, nun, that IS no
golf!"
"Weel," said the other, eff it's no
golf, it's croquet! O-Tit-Bits.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-10
MANY OTHERS LIKE THIS.

Rarely has a double meaning turned
with more deadly effect upon an inno-
cent perpetrator than in an advertise
ment lately appearing in an English
newspaper. He wrote: Wanted-a
gentleman to undertake the sale of
patent medicine. The advertiser guar
antees it will be profitable to the under
taker.'' s9ss4
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-10
A SEASICKNESS CURE

One Of the most cunning Of trade
tricks was once performed on mai
boat plying between Calais and Dover
The sea becoming rough, pretty anc
Well-dressed young lady suddenly
sickness, grooming and screaming as il
in great agony.
After watching her for few min
utes, gentleman, who was apparentIJ
a stranger, approached the sufferer, anc
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-10
Broadway, Fifth Avenue and 9th St. NEW YORK.
IN THE CENTER
OF the SHOP
PING DISTRICT

A modern frst-class
Hotel. Complete in
all Its appointments.
Furnishings and dec
orations entirely
new throughout. Ac.
commodations for
800 guests; $50
suites with baths,
Rooms $3.50 day up;
with baths, $3.50
up. Hot and cold
water and telephone
In every room. Cui-
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-10

COLUMBUS, OHIO, Oct. I
Mr.. JOHN SEBASTIAN,
Pass. Traffic Mgr. Rock Island-Friseo Lines,
CHICAGO.
Dear Sir:
On our trip, Sept. 10, to find the true sit
uation of the Texas Gulf Coast Country al
of the party of twenty were agreeably sur
prised and found nothing exaggerated.
EVERY ONE IN THE PART
+ BOUGHT LAND.
Yours truly,
GEORGE RHUR
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-01
OFFICERS ELECTED BY
 THE HORTICULTURISTS

presidents; Prof. R. S. Macintosh, state agriculturist, secretary and treasurer; Prof. H. O. Sargent of Hamilton, M. c. Scott of Montgomery and E. S. Norton of Thorsby, members of the executive committee.
 Among the resolutions adopted by the meeting were several endorsing the idea and plan of having district agricultural schools in the state; endorsing the work of the state board of agriculture; en- dorsing the movement for better wagon roads; requesting the Alabama members of Congress to bring the matter of rail- road and refrigerator car rates to the attention of the interstate commerce com mission; expressing~> pleasure and satis- faction at learning mat there is a larger number of pupils attending the Agricul- tural and Mechanical college at Auburn; proposing the protection of beneficial birds and the conservation of the for ests, and suggesting additional financial support for the common schools, the dis trict agricultural schools and the Agri- cultural and Mechanical college.
 The report of the treasurer showed that the financial condition of the society is far better than it was last year, there being a. larger balance The secretary's report showed that there is gradual in crease in the membership of the society.