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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-16
One Fare Plus SO to Des Moines and
-- ~ Return .

Account General Assembly Presby;
terrain church, May 5000, the Minneap-
oils & st. Louis railroad will send round
trip tickets May IA to II and 81 to %.
Return limit May 81. Two superb
trains daily to Des Moines without
change. Call on J. G.. Rickel, city
ticket agent, 424 Nicollet avenue, for
full particulars.
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AFTER "RUSsIAN LION"

New York, May 1e-It is learned here today
that Hackenschmitt may soon have his hands
full Of challenges from ambitious wrestlers
anxious to break into the English money bags
attractions at big matches in London. The
Hackenschmitt match with Madra1i aroused suct
interest that Hackenschmitt, according to a re
port received here. started light training again
having in view the acceptance Of another catch
sea tch can match. It is thought that Mad
rail- Is anxious for another match.
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S27.4O to Denver and Return from ST
Paul or Minneapolis via Chicago
|. Great Western Railwav

:. Tickets on sale June l to Sept. 80.
Final return limit Oct. 81. Equally low
rates to other Colorado and Utah points.
For further information apply to R. H.
Heard, General Agent, corner Nicollet
avenue and Fifth street, Minneapolis.
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TICKET SALE BEGINS,

Manager Frank Reed of Minnesota will place
the tickets to the annual dual field and track
meet with Wisconsin, which is 10 be held at
Northrop field Saturday, on sale tomorrow at
yoegeli's and the Northwestern School Supply
company Only a few boxes will be reserved.
and all other seats will be thrown open TO
general admission.
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CATL1N GETS JOB.

journal Special Service.
Iowa City, Iowa, May 15.-Marc Catlin, form
erly captain of the Chicago eleven, was last
night, elected physical director Of the University
Of Iowa f9r the the, coming year by the board Of
faculty. lCatlin will also be manager Of ath-
letics. superseding Nyle W. Jones.
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LAMBERToN 10, JEFFERs o.

Lamberton, Mimi, May 16.-1n the first game
of the season at the new ball park the Lamber-
ton team defeated the LETTERS team ID to 0.
The winners had everything their own way dur
ing the whole game and they played topnotch
ball. Much credit Is due to Albertson and Bur
hams, who struck out fourteen men and allowed
three hits. --..--.f q"
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SAYS HOPPE Is GREAT.

with Schafer, Charles Ferris the local billiard
expert, has returned to Minneapolis. He has
competing for the worlds championship, and
says that he considers While Hoppe the best
- the bunch.
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POLLOCK GETS THRU.

Fort Wayne, Ind. May 16.-Abfe Pollock. the
Chicago fight referee. who has been umpiring in
the Interstate league, today telegraphed his
resignation to President Dickerson. Pollock has
had some rather exciting experiences in the
short time he has been officiating in the league
and today decided that he had enough.
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NORTHWEST BASEBALL

CANNON FALLS IS, HASTINGS o.
Cannon Falls, Mimi, May 16.-Cannon Falls
defeated Hastings here on Sunday by the score
Of 10 to O. Chrlsty Mills, the pitcher. who
is Minneapolis boy, was in the box and he
had the visitors at his mercy at all times, al
lowing but two hits and giving only one man a
base on balls. o.
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NEARY GETS Foxy.
Special to T,

Special to The Journal
Milwaukee, Wis. May 18.-Charlie Neary,
local lightweight will refuse to accept a bout
with Benny Yanger at Lyons, near Chicago,
unless the promoters put up $1,000 cash for
q purse, as he says the match may not be
allowed Neary viii meet KID Goodman at
Chelsea. Mass. about May q.
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PARAL.YTIcs WILL EAU

Manager Padden and his team with a banquet
tonight. Many prominent fans have been In
yited and an able. list Of speakers secured.
speakers will be Justice E. A. Jaggard, Judge
Oscar Hallam, President Phil Herzog of the
George g. Lennon and Catcher L. L. brill. ('
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WALKER II. PARK RAPIDS. O,

Walker, Mimi, May 16.--Walker defeated
Park Rapids on the local grounds Sunday by a
score of IT to Q. Owing to the cold wea Their
the game was listless, and numerous errors were
made on both sides. Batteries-Peppin and Sund-
by; Wright, Baumgartner and Ressler.
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One Fare for the Round Trip to Can
non Valley Points via Great

Every Saturday and Sunday. during
May, June, July, August, September
and October. For. further information
apply to- R. H. Heard, Gen i Agent, cor.
Nico1let avenue and Fifth street, Min
neapolis.
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SOUTHERN LEAGUE

At Shreveport Shreveport Atlanta, rain.
Z At New Orleans-New Orleans q Birming-
ham o.
At Memphis Memphis II, Nashville g.
At Little Rock-Little Rock g. Montgomery IL.
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QUICK WIN FOR FITz.

Journal Special Service.
Philadelphia, May 16.-Willie E:txserald
knocked out Charley Nutball at the twentieth
Century Athletic club last night rs 25 sec
onds after the first bell rang.
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PROBABLE "BRoTHER ACT. }

Journal Special eervice.
Chicago, May 16:-Hugo Kelly and Dave
Barry returned from Indianapolis yesterday,
looking none the worse for their ten-round argu-
meut at Indianapolis. Neither man showed any
marks as a result Of the encounter ana both
draw. ". 80
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KILLS BROTHER; RUNS AWAY
Mystery; In an Accidental 1>eath on a
Farm Near Webster. - -

WEBSTER. S. D-Roy. the s-year-old son of
Ed Anderson. a farmer living about FIVE miles
stable on the premises, the cause of his death
being a wound in the temple made, probably
from the hands of a 12-year-old brother.
The older lad appears to have tried to stop
the how Of blood with cloth and then. filled
with fear, to have fed. No trace of him has
vet been discovered. .--.-
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sENsroRs DFFEAr RREwrRs

Milwaukee, May 16.-Errors by the home team
and failure to hit the ball when men were on
bases resulted in victory for Columbus yester=
day. Ptckeringfs stick work. which resulted
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| game The score::> :. -
| H e
Milwaukee .......o 011ooo1 o-3 5
| Columbus ....,.....0 o 0 / 90 2@5 1
Batteries-oberlin, Dougherty and Roth; Ven
! and Ryan.
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IIDGERWOOD PICKS ATHIETEs

Lidgerwood, N. D., May 16.--At the prelim.
mary athletic contest of the high school held
here Rex Movius secured first place, with Fl
points: and Alex Mcdonald. second place, with
contest at Grand Forks this week
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IOWA STATE LEAGUE

Marshalltown 4, Ottumwa 2.
Burlington s, Waterloo 2.
Fort Dodge 4, Keokuk 8 (six innings.
Boone 4, Oskaloosa 3.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-16

Be exacting when buying whiskey,
specify Pickwick Rye if you want some
thing really good.
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THREE-I LEAGUE

Green Bay 8, Eau Claire O.
Freeport 5, Oshkosh a.
La Crosse 8, Wausau 9.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
STANDING OF THE CLUB
GAMES TO-DAY.

y GAMES TODAY.
New York at Pittsburg. E
Boston at Cincinnati n.-. 81 ~
Brooklyn. at St. Louis. @Ia
Philadelphia at Chicago. E
chicago . .:..........o Q 0 90 oo,o2s
Brooklyn ...........O o o o. O O OIL 2
Batteries-Beebe. Wicker and King; Eason
and Ritter.
Cincinnati ..........o oooo1oo-i s I
New York .........O 2 o o o 2 o o. s 3
Batteries-Prazer and schlei: Wiltse and
BreSnahan.
Pittsburg s'' 1soo1oo*-S 8 i
| Philadelphia .....1 o o o 1 o o 2 o. 8 !
Batteries-Phillippe and Gibson; Pittinger,
Sparks and Dorm. III
At st. Louis 81
st. Louis % 0 o i 30
Boston ............3 o o o o o 9 0--S
Observation-Disclosures and Grady; Young and
Needham,
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At Springfield Davenport 2, Springfield !. &.
At Dubuque q Decatur /.
At peorta-Peoria s. Cedar Rapids 2.
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SAINTS BLANK RowDIEs.

st, Paul, May 16.-St. Paul punched their
hts on Kenna In the seventh and eighth and
1uns. Buchanan held the visitors to four hits.
Coy's batting and fielding was the feature. The
score:
H
st. Paul .-.......o 90 2s-5 6 i
louisville ..,.....0 0 0 o 0 O o o 90 6
Battertes-Buchanan and Pierce; Kenan and
Storer
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MUDHENs MACE NUTS.

Kansas City, May 16.-opportune batting by
toledo and the effective pitching Of Camnitz
Toledo ..,---....1 o2oo11oS ii !
Batteries-cannitz and Abbott; Erantz and
sullivan.
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SLEEPY GAME LOST
TO! INDIANAPOLIS
Millers Grow Listless and Allow
the Indiana Igorrotes to
Trounce Them.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
GAMES TODAY.

GAMES TODAY.
Indianapolis at Minneapolis. ...--.-.
Louisville at St. Paul. -. akSs.4i,
Toledo at Kansas City. alsAsIssss<-
Columbus at Milwaukee. =.
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a s'R'sssPs55'ls :;::::$$ 3 9 =
balls, off Kellum 2, off sporer /, off Ford Ii
struck out, By. Kellum 8, BY sperer 2, by Ford
Z; sacrifice hits Fog, Perry O: Carr ,+s stolen e
Sporet in one inning ., of Ford in eight innings
o.; double play, J., Carr to Kelley to G. Carr;
Umpire. Kane. Time, 2:05. Attendance, 2,5o0
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WESTERN LEAGUE
WISCONSIN STATE LEAGUE

At Des Moines-Des Moines 10, Sioux City 9.
At Lincoln-Lincoln T. Denver 0.
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Electric TramWay in japan.

The first electric tramway built il
Japan was the line, eight miles il
length, which was opened in Kioto il
1895. Since then other cities OF i'm
portance have built electric tram
ways, and there are now seventeen
companies with an aggregate capital
Of 36,00O,000 yen (S1S,000, 0OO), whose
lines already opened aggregate 12O
miles, with eighty-fve miles more
building. Most Of these companies
have not yet very profitable bust.
ness; but that the profits will be
large Is indicated by the fact that
the electric tramways Of Toxic al.
ready pay annual dividends Of not
less than 10 percent.-Railroad Gaz.
cite.
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Naval Night RevoIvers.

Harlan Heath, who holds an officers
appointment on one of Uncle Sans
warships-the West Virginia-and
who has been passing a day or two in
Manchester visiting relatives and
friends, is the same rugged boy as
ever. Mr.. Heath went back to his
ship Friday. He says he likes the life.
He is machinist and good one He
confided a curious piece of informa.
ton while here. and that was that all
officers in the navy today are required
to have revolvers in their berths. Tho
loaded weapon is to be kept within
reach of the sleeping officer at night.
This rule was enforced since the mu.
tiny on the Russian warship the Pc
temkin. While the government has
no possible fear that it's jackies will
rise up, the navy department is pro-
fitting by all the mistakes of other ma
Observation-Disclosures IN. H.) Union.
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The Clever Answer.

Paul Kester, the playwright, ha:
bought Augill Castle. stately pile
that is said in England to be haunt
ed. Mr.. Kester loves the picturesque
and travels much in search of it. He
said one day at the Players club;
They are wise abroad to treat tour
lists SO well-to have such superb no,
tells at such reasonable rates, and all
that sort of thing. Do you know how
many million dollars Italy took from
tourists last year? Well, don't re.
member the figures myself, but at any
rate they were enormous They sharp
ened considerably the point of the
school child's answer to the geograph
ical question.
"'What is the capital of Italy?
ITO this question the child's an
swer was:
"'The money tourists bring in.'"-
New York Tribune.
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The LITTLE WIDOW
e"ighty Good Sort Of . Neigh Dor TO rave

"A little widow, neighbor OF mine
ItiSuaded me to try Grape Nuts wherl
~! stomach was SO weak that it would
~. retain food Of any other kind"
ri'eS grateful woman, from San
oernardino Co., Cal.
= naa been III ana confined to ms
w WIN fever and nervous prostratiou
~ 'hree long months after the birth
NY second boy. We were in despair
relief
liked Crarc-Nuts food from ,Ae
~, ~s'nnlng' and i'll an incredibly short
" gave he such strength that
Ms 'o'e 10 leave my bed and CD Joy my
A:ee good meals a day. In two months
~ weight increased from ninety-tiyc
30 POUNDS. my nerves had s1eadiel
y. ~" una felt ready for Anything
neighbors were amazed to seq MP
s g. so rapidly and still moro SO when
" W neard that Grape-Nuts alone had
sought the change.
-, 'our-year-old boy had eczema.
Wy Dad, last spring and lost his an.
.ss SO ent'reIy. which made him cross
Gu. u peevlsh. put him on a diet OF
=. NutS' which he relished ut once.
improved from the beginning til.
s,a disappeared and now he is "a,
~, 'oss. with delightfully."- soft. c;ea,
I'm me Grape Nuts ,flet did II. 4
k.m. hH'y answer all inquiries.
c,... gwen by Postum Co., Battle
M. ,sn' q reason. Read the little
" 4ae Read to Wellyillc." in pkgs.
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An Incident of the War

An Interesting incident OF life I,
/ Libby prison, at Richmond, Va, dur
! ing the Civil War was recalled III,
| ther evening by Col. c. E. Bradshaw
who was a prominent figure in thu
| campaigns in the Southwest. Co,
| Bradshaw was addressing a msetine
!, Of representatives of the patriotic or
| carnations of Washington when tho
! name Of Bishop McCabe was nel
| toned
Il recall one Of the darkest, storm.
lest, rainiest nights at old Libby"
said Col. Bradshaw The Union pyis.
oners were huddled together on one
of the lower floors ana the rain va.
coming in on them in Il perfect de
LUCE. Among the captives in blua
was Bishop McCabe, then a chaplain
In his excess of good nature he saw
the humorous side CT even such a
situation as l have described. While
our boys. axsgSy aad cold, were try.
Ing % keep warm and dry q voice
was raised above the bowling of the
tempest outside and could be hears
in all parts OF the prison:
Hands on your pocket books.'
THE voice was that of Chaplain
McCabe. who knew full we'll there
was not a single dollar In all thai
great crowd of shivering Yankee
soldiers. The sally caused an out |
burst Of laughter notwithstanding the |
uncomfortableness of the situation.
Col. bradshaw also relates that in
certain battle in the Southwest 1t fer |
to his lot to take his own brother pris
oner. 1t appeared that both tbs
Colonel's father and brother were II
the Confederate military service. while
ne espoused the cause of the Union
The Bradshaws are Kentuckians
When his brother first fell into hi:
hands, he added, he was scarcely
recognizable owing to his full growth
Of beard and his generally begrimed
ndition.-WashingtO Star.
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Charms Of Alaska.

when l tell my friends that II
Alaska during the months of June
July and August, we have almost con
tinual sunlight, and that it never get.
dark In the summer months, they in
sariably ask when we Sleep" said q
merchant from Council Alaska, 70
Gently.
We'll, we sleep whenever we have
The opportunity. Very few of us have
I regular time Of going to bed ano
arising except the miners, who work
In shifts and have to be more method
2ical.
I'm the winter there is practically,
nothing doing, and the few people wht
stay there can sleep all they desire
But when spring opens up. busl
hess f1oIrishes. Everyone has t.
rork all he possibly can, because tt,
hummer is very short, and a graa,
Zeal has to be accomplished to max.
,p for the staGnation during tae wiz
Yer months.
We have wonderful summers n
Council, as it never. gets very warn
y cold. Several times though, I hav,
seen the thermometer register 90 do
sTees. The verdure and the brusr
grow with q rapidly that is astonis.,
ing IN the warm months. Plants grow
70 rapidly that we can raise berr:e,
una me nardier vegetables before TIE
'Fcst sets in. Portland Oregonian.
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The soldier and the sailor are especially
subject to c2tarrh. la the barracks and
on the field Peruna is found equally etIica.
clous to overcome this physical enemy. II
taken IN time it will prevent colds from
developing into catarrh. Even after a cold
has settled " some organ of the body Pc
runa can be relied upon as an etticacous
remedy to promptly overcome it.
Peruua will relieve catarrh, whether
acute or chronic, but a few doses OF it
taken IN the first stages of the disease
Will be more effective than when the dis
case has become established.
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Ler and Business Man Have a
bslA0' Spat

town not hundred miles from
10 = . 40 there was sharp tax BE-
Gichs'Itw o citizens. So far as the
t~een could learn, a prominent bus
viii, xsl,s, man neededa good sum of money
ins pc ,he banker required conditions the
former s thought &" thh a. Cor" ON.
rieD' ,,ouditious required reflected on
the .radit There were very sharp
nie DE hut the matter was finally adj
. o.a5 The banker who IS careful,
!ad we'll posted, fatty told the mer-
s W.. he would not lend the amount
e1S money ne asked, unless the former, 5
o. ; i and stock were well insured.
i Tsan ,he borrower agreed to insure
W.T. T,e Mississippi Home Insurance
Company & one Of the best IN the South
,he loan was made.
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What the Admiral Saws

=, Ihllip Hichborn, Rear-Admiral of the
=. ;. Navy, Washington, d. G., writes:
''After the use or Perua,I fora SNORT
period, can no,r chccfJuiis rccon,-
mend your rdIuab!e remedy to ann,
o . .oHo Us I" nccu OF az incigos'al-
ing tonic. '--Ih;itp Hichbor,,.
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70 100 pounds. Doctors told me had
diabetes and could not live. was
.wretched and hopeless when I began
usips Doans Kidney Pills. but they
rured me eight years ago, and I've been
well ever since"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster. Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
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Cladstone's Earlv JOYS

MY Henry Chaplin, that doughty
'luire Of protection, retails occas
iionally story Of the late Mr.. Glad
'tone with much gusto. When Mr.
Gladstone was quite an old man, it
HANGED that he and Mr.. Chaplin
were staying at the same country
house together on a visit. One night
.fter dinner the Grand Old Man ask.
I'd Mr.. Chaplin whether his grand
nother had not lived In certain
street In Mayfair Mr.. Chaplin re-
Piled that she had done so. Well"
said Mr.. Gladstone, y remember II
distinctly. I lived next door to her
'or a while when I was a child. She
Used to give evening parties. When
he carriages were assembled to take
~ ny brother and I 1se4 % Green
,1ic " - = c-SSS "a the summer
ime-softly open the window, get out
our squirts and discreetly fire. away
It the coachmen on the boxes. l re-
member the intense delight with
which we used to see them look up
. the sky and call out to ask each
,ther whether it wasn't beginning to
min dundee Advertiser.
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SuItan's Legacy of "Mournino."

The latest estimate places the mum.
Der of the Sultan's wives at 700. The
amount of mourning" they will con-
sumo, at 50 yard, when the Sick
Man finally shuffles off. is enough to
make the contemplative married man
shu6jar.-The Pittsburg Gazette.
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kidney trouble 81
bad | could not
work. ia ckaclic
was persistent al.nl
it was agony 10 iii
anything. Grave.
W llirling head
aches, dizziness
and terrible urin-
airy disorders ran
me down from 1GS
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The season catch CT herring by the
boats Of Yarmouth and Lowestoft, on
the east coast of England. was this
.ear G1O.Ooo,O0o. or 4C,OOo,Oo0 more
tiaa lest year. The value OF the catch
H,S no., 49,. e0 rNa nnn
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Union French admirals salute from
.o,- aacships the old Victory which
S W.. commanded at Trafalgar, OBJ
N ros the Rome Civilta Cattoli'a'
-, vhen French officials respectful
- .o,r-e the statue OF Nelson In Ira
,.,o,r square. does it seem that the
- has indeed made progress!
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TWENTY YEARS or IT.

..c;ated by Diabetes; Tortured WITH
Gravel and Kidney Pains.
,,o,rv Soule, cobble". of Iammonds-
port. y. Y, says: Since noan's nd
nv pills cure. me eight years ago, I've
.,ncbed 20 ana hope t. i've many years
,orgar But twenty years ago | had
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G4:at.4SC!ENCEDt-9

Lake Nora in Switzerland, has the
curious property every tenth year, of
turning red, owing to the presence Of
certain water plants, not found in any
other lake in the world.
There IS railway over the Egyptian
desert which runs fer A. miles in a
straight line but this is beaten b. one
! IN Australia. The railway from Nyn-
I can to Bourke, in New South Wales,
/ runs over a plain quite level for 126
miles, in automatically stra ght
! line.
Professor Koch has astonished his
friends at home by writing from Uhehe
that he has found delightful climate
IN the part of German East Africa
traVersed by him. The air has SPLEEN
dld tonic quality. At times he felt rs
II he were in Norway or at a Swedish
resort. He was highly pleased with
the results of his trip.
The famous tapestries Of the Palace
1T Fontainebleau have been cut and
.lashed until they are almost in shreds:
the sculptures and carved wood man
ieplcces Clipped in scores of places
by q modern yandal. A well known ar
chltect, who had been engaged to
make report on the condition of the
palace. states that an expenditure OF
Nl00,OoO will barely cover the costs CT
he most urgent repairs.
There would really seem to be a !
SIS OF truth in the claim of the Ital- !
IN Dr. Guerrazzi to have discovered ,
4 bullet proof material which, being |
lght, is effective. The Rome CORE i
!pondent of the Newcastle Chronicle
asserts that three sets of experiments
nave been carried out with it during |
me present year, all under military
and conditions The last
II these was especially trying. Every
'aliber of service revolver ball was
lsed, at every distance from three
)aceS to seven or eight yards, and I'M
Ter all sorts of different circumstances. |
The material was left to hang slack,
vas fitted on fragile framework, on
soft brick and finally against the :
runk of pine tree. In no case, it is .
aid, did the object behind the CUR 4,
SIS shaw the slightest trace of con- .,
ussion or other injury. ,