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The Washington herald., 1906-12-30
GEOGRAPHY IN SPAIN.
school in Granada Conducted Upon
an Original Plan.

From the Youths Companion.
During a visit to Granada, Leonard
Williams visited d school conducted upon
"a most original plan, where spelling be
comes gymnastics, and geography
veritabie pastime. He describes it as
follows:
We were conducted across the rustic
bridge into a kind Of playground. / say
a kind Of playground, because it proved
to be a schoolroom. with stone benches
raised along one side. and on the benches
some fifty or sixty little people learning
to count by means of ninepins and blocks
Of wood.
The middle Of the space before the
benches was not level but depressed into
irregular hollows. and raised in slight
emfnences.
Here" explained the padre, I'VE have
a map OF Spain, with all its mountains
and ali it's valleys" SO saying, he ap-
preached the seated rows upon the
benches. and called, Antonio Torres
Up darted an eager-looking little boy
and pulled of his cap.
Another summons from the padre. This
time Alberto Vega rose
You. Antonio, go TO Barcelona
Antonio who, as far as ] could gather,
was somewhere in the mountains OF Leon,
darted across country, planted his foot
upon the naughty city Of the Berenguersr
and beamed at US
Antonio. where are you nOw?"
In Barcelona
Where is Barcelona"
In Catalonia
what is there al Barcelona"
"A university, a bishop, and half a
million inhabitants.
What else|'
1T is seaport, and sends out woolens
Z and olives
Now go 10 Madrid"
/ The scampering was repeated.
Where are you now2'
( In New Castle, the capital Of the king
dom"
What does it producer"
! Nothing" A sharp If not Unmerited,
rebuke to the court Of the Hapsburgs and
I Bourbons.
/ Now both Of you go to Portugal"
/ OF went the bold excuTsionists, hand in
hand
You have gone too far You are stand
I ing IN the sea- and the padre redeemed
! the drowning youngsters from the ocean
/ Next was a spelling lesson. For this the
/ scholars utilize a kind OF bib extending
I both before and behind their bodies with
I "a hole for the head. a letter or the chest
and a nUmeral in the small Of the back
/ Thus sentences and words arrange and
/ disarrange and rearrange themselves with
winged alacrity Each letter and eacl
number wears a smiling and expectant
/ face.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-30
Wen Packed Mercbandise.

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
W. II. Avery and Henry ]. Croker
have recently returned from a trip 10
Japan, and they vie with each other tell
ing stories on the other man.
Avery has a good one on Croker. They
were going along one of the streets in
Yokohama and noticed straw in the
streets. Croker. who is a student Of
the customs Of the country in which he
Travelled. had ascertained that Straw is
scattered on the streets in case of sick
ness to diminish the noise
Mister" said a small tourist, who had
wandered away from mother, what
this hay doin' here?''
MY son." said Croker with a smile,
"the stork has just brought a baby to
the woman who lives here"
The small one surveyed Croker with
wide eyes and said: Gee. it must have
come well packed"
The Washington herald., 1906-12-30
GREAT GIFT ILL USED.
Bad Influence Upon scotch stu
dents of Carnegie Scholarships.

Bad Influence Upon scotch stu
dents of Carnegie Scholarships.
From the Buffalo Express.
When Andrew Carnegie proposed his
gift of 100000 to Scotch universities TO
found scholarships. Edinburgh aud Glas-
Cow vigorously opposed 1t on the ground
that there were already sufficient num-
Der Of scholarships for deserving young
men and that an increase would lead TO
abuse. Apparently their position has
been justified by events.
In a speech at Aberdeen a few days ago
Prof Sir William Japp Sinclair. Of Victoria
University, heartily condemned the gift
From other sources it has been learned
that the practical effect Of II is that a
majority OF students at ali the Scotch
universities have been drawing fees from
the trust fund, many Of them squander-
ing the money supplied by their parents
and conceaIiug the fact that they have
received help from the fund It is also
asserted that the university professors.
in view OF the students receiving these
donations, have raised their tutOrial fees
and become less earnest in performing
their duties II is declared that the
Scotch student is losing his self-reIiance
and capacity for study under difficulties
and that the whole nature OF Scotch uni
versity training is undergoing a change
for the worse.
For one thing. there is clearly a fault
In the administration of the gift In
addition, il is probable that the terms
are entirely too liberal Both can be
remediea by a proper consideration of
the subject. 1t might even be well TO
withdraw large part OF the scholar
ship foundation and devote it 10 gen
eral university purposes. As it stands,
much more harm than good has come of
Mr.. Carnegie's generosity. and the world
is furnished with a striking illustration
Of the evils of misdirected philanthropy
or charity
The Washington herald., 1906-12-30
ORIGIN OF CRICKET.
Am AMBASSADOR Jusserand Presents
Proof It's an Old French Game.

Ambassador Jusserand Presents
Proof It's an Old French Game.
From the Boston Herald
Ambassador Jusserand. who. besides
representing France to the satisfaction
high in favor of the President as the
crack player of the tennis cabinet, has
written a book on The Sports and
Pastimes Of Ancient France" In this
he claims and. IL IS said, fairly proves
that. contrary TO general opinion, not
England but France was the country in
which the game of cricket originated,
Englishmen need not however, feel
downcast at this revelation. They have
the word of their greatest soldier in
recent times that very important
English victory at arms was really
won on the cricket fields OF England.
Having made such use as this of a
sport. the British need not feel con-
cerned as To where the game origi-
mated. Especially is this so as France
seems to have done nothing worth men
tioning with the game.
On the other hand. tennis has long
been loved by the French though his
tory gives some unpleasant reminders
of the national love Of the game The
Dauphin of France. in the days when
young Henry Y invaded the country,
must have been attached to the sport,
and it was his ill-advised and con-
temptuous jest Of sending a gift Of
tennis balls to the hot-bloOded Henry
that preceded the battering down Of
the walls Of Harfleur and the submits
sion of the French princess to HaTry's
masterful love making.
One the whole. as between cricket
and tennis, England can rightly claim
the mastery game OF cricket as her
own. even though she borrowed it from
her neighbOr across the channel and
because she developed it for her own
The Washington herald., 1906-12-30
Cheerful Advice.

From the New York Times
A number of railway men We're once
discussing the question Of accidents.
THE roads in Scotland" said one Off
cial, used to have bad name, indeed,
in respect to accidents. No one thought
of embarking on railway journey unless
he had provided himself with an accident
policy of insurance.
The famous DR.. Norman Macleod was
once about TO set off on a long journey
through the Scotch country Just as the
train was pulling out the clergyman's
servant put his head through the window
and asked
Haze We ta'en an insurance ticket,
sir?'
I have, replied the doctor.
Then continued the servant, write
ye'er name on it and gle it to me- They
haze an awful habit o Robin the corpses
OF this line
The Washington herald., 1906-12-30
POOR RAILROADS IN ITALY.
ExeerabIe service Due To Adherence
TO Obsolete Methods.

From the New York Times
In commenting upon a recent acct
dent on an Italian railway the state
ment was made in these columns to
the effect that the transportation was
the worst in the world. A patriotic
Italian has sent communication MAX
ing general denial The communica-
ton. therefore, may be replied 10 In
general way. The overcrowding of
cars. their defiance of schedule time,
and the insecurity of baggage are facts
known to every foreigner travelling in
Italy, although the Italians themselves
may have become hardened 10 them.
Why things are so may be explained
by two causes: Lack of operative CAPT
tai and a slavish adherence to archaic
methods Of management. The rail
ways were built when Italy was in
such financial difficulties that she was
Obliged to undertake that important
work in the cheapest possible way, the
result being that there is practically
no track in the peninsula adapted 10
the present needs of the service. to
the speed of fast trains, and the weight
OF modern engines.
For instance. the railway station at
Rome is now exactly what it was under
the papacy. when scarcely forty trains
day arrived and when the eternal
city had only 100000 inhabitants, and
when tourists went there in very lin
tied numbers. Now there are about 300
trains daily. the population is over
100000 and the city is not only visited
for its antiquities but has become a
winter resort, there being an influx OF
about 10000 foreigners. The imme-
diate cause of the present deadlock
is the systematic neglect of the com
panies which for twenty years mis-
managed the railways in their own
interests
The government is now putting about
500, 600, 600 at the disposal Of the
director general of the railways, but
railway service is necessarily a matter
of time. Italy is confronted with the
arduous task OF laying all her main
lines, of renewing all her rolling
stock, and rearranging all her stations.
and she is, perhaps. therefore entitled
to ask for some suspension Of judgment
on the part OF those who find fault
with the present regime.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-30
ABUSE OF PRIVATES.
what German Soldiers Must stand
For from Officers.


Prom the World To-day.
The following is the experience OF
German army private:
During the second maneuvers," he
says Il was sent on ahead 20 select
quarters for my company, The police
supply the names of householders who are
expected 20 shelter the soIdieTy. and l had
to decide on the number Of men who
should be assigned TO each place. It seems
that our major dispatched a courier with
a message for our captain. For some
reason or other, the message was not de-
Hvered- The next day the captain called
me out and. in the presence Of the whole
company, rebuked me for not delivering
the message.
I did not receive any message. ven
tured
Shut your mouth. you liar he thun-
dered And again ne beloved: Why
didn't you deliver that message, you
/ told him a second time that I had not
received any message. The captains tenn
per broke all bounds With an oath he
rode his horse at me full tilt, hurting
filthy names at me the while. When he
had ridden right up 10 mel fully expect
ed he would run oveTme, but l dared not
mOye-he suddenly refined IN his horse,
and. drawing a long dagger from his belt.
shouted. livid with passion: l have half
mind TO stick this through your vile
body. you schweinhundr
once more he asked me about the mes
sage, and once more I answered him.
90 Then FIVE days confinement on bread
and water be your punishment, you liar"
he ret0rted.
He repeated the question several times,
and increased my term If imprisonment
each time / answered in the negative until
my term of Imprisonment equaled four
teen days / was placed under arrest
Next day / was released. 1 afterward
found that the captain had discovered his
mistake but he navar referred 10 II.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-30
SHIPPING COAL TO CUBA.
Plan to Send Fuel by Water from
PittsburS to Havana.

Er0Tn the ElLi.UAEE rust
That was a significant item published in
the Sunday Post to the effect that a
number of barges had been specially con
structed with the view of carrying coal
from Pittsburg TO Havana. Cuba. The ex-
pertinent is shortly 10 be made. and. if
il is successful, then a new market will
be opened for our coal. At present We
send coal as far as New Orleans by river
in barges, and there is good reason TO
believe that the further voyage TO Cuba
can be safely made. The improvement of
the Ohio takes on even greater import
ance in view Of this possibility. AS regu-
larity of supply is a strong factor in ac-
curing and retaining a market, il is es-
sential 10 the proper development Of our
coal trade in Cuba and elsewhere that
the Ohio river should be navigable at all
times and not only when it is in food.
In this connection it may be remarked
that if barges can be constructed so as
to safely navigate the Gulf of Mexico
they can also be used upon the great
lakes, so that Pittsburg coal viii in u
few years be shipped by them to lake
ports through the projected canal
The Washington herald., 1906-12-30
So the - York World.

from the New torK NuTld.
The income yielded by the inheritance
tax during the present year is estimated
by the census bureau at between $10
OOO.000 and Sl2,0OO,OOO a gain of fully
s.. 600 Ooo over the figures for 1902. The
tax is in force in twenty-five States The
revenue drawn from It is yet small and
its possibilities undeveloped by compari-
son with the more than 100000 contrib
uted to the British excheqIer last year
by estate duties and legacy and success
sion taxes. At the British rate of eS
in the 800 on estates in excess of e1,000,-
600 the S2O.Oo0.OO0 left by Otto Young, Of
Chicago. on November 80, would alone
yield 81, 10000 in death duties"
The Washington herald., 1906-12-30
GIorIes Passed away.

From the Boston Herald
The ancient seventeenth century man
sion in the rue de Grenelle, from which
Cardinal Richard was expelled, had been
the archiepiscopal residence in Paris
since the second empire. Now it viii
probably become the headquarters OF the
ministry Of labor No sooner was IL
vacated by the cardinal than IL was
plastered all over with haTing advertise
ments of motor car manufacturers,
brands Of truffied goose liver. music hail
attractions and confectionery establish
ments. Thus passes
The Washington herald., 1906-12-30
sunday Rest for Bakers.

From L ILLUSTRATION.
what you want the Parisians to eat
hard bread on Monday?"
LAS hard as marble"
Are you a fool?"
No: I am a dentist"
The Washington herald., 1906-12-30
a Reduction.


You say" was the question, although
it is not recorded who had the temerity to
ask. that you are 26?''
Yes" she confossed-and it is possible
that she was in a mesmeric state;
marked down from Il. owing 10 the com
petition in the matrimonial market
The Washington herald., 1906-12-30
The Indicator.

From Puck
Querist-How long have they been mar
ried, did you say?
Sneerist-Not over two months; he still
opens his morning paper on the way
downtown.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-30
Tin TO Nfutsuhifo.

From the Milwaukee sentinel.
The Japs viii please take notice that
Chicago girl routed i've men with hat
pin.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-30
FOR PEACE IN RUSSIA
RefOrmerS Would COnserya-
lively Regenerate Empire.
CHINA AFTER OPIUM SMOKERS

To Extend Edict Against Use Of Drug
ia All Public Men-GermaR News
etous Eyes on Java, Despite Official
DeniaI-Servian Minister Attacked.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-30
FRANCE And CHURCH
Separation Law as Viewed
by a Catholic Organ.
AMERICAN PLAN IS THE BEST

No objection to separation of Church
and state, says the Catholic Citi-
zen, If Our Method Were Adopted.
Lay Control of Church Property
Chief Objection of the Pope.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-01
why the Farmer sticks.

Fully ten billion dollars has been
added to the value of the farms Of the
United States in the past ten years of
Republican protection prosperity. Prac-
tically another ten billions has in these
ten years been added to the market
value of farm products. These are
astounding figures. but they are borne
out by official statistics.
The increase in the value of farm
lands in the past five years, 190O-19o5,
has been S6,131 100000.
In report entitled Local Condi-
lions as Affecting Farm Values. 1900
l9O5.' lately issued by the Bureau Of
Statistics of the Department of t1ti-
culture. we find the following state
ment:
Increase in Value for Ten Ciasses of
Farms.-For rice farms the increased
value of the farm real estate during the
five years is $3,0O0.OO0, after which are
the sugar farms. with an increase of S20.-
OOO.0O0- The tobacco farms increased
S51.OOO.000. the fruit farms so. 200. 600
and the vegetable farms $113.O00O00
The dairy farm increase of 1868. OOO, 900
Us exceeded by the increase of $46O, OOO-
600 for cotton farms, and considerably
more by the increase of farms devoted to
general purposes. including a small ele-
ment of farms with minor specialties.
which was $76S,OO0,OO0. The grand ag-
gregate of increase for all classes Of farms
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-01
Keeping Up Appearances.

Col Bumdlck, one of the leading citi-
zens and politicians of the town of d.,
who had paid visit to Washington
within year, called at the White
House and been cordially welcomed by
the President, was firmly of the opln-
ion that he ought to receive, and would
receive, an invitation to the wedding of
the Presidents daughter.
Further than that, he had confided
this conviction to several of his ac-
quaintances, and as the time drew near
for the event the colonel became un-
easy, inasmuch as no invitation came.
Something must be done in order to
get out Of the scrape gracefully.
A few days before the appointed date
ne called at the leading stationers and
asked the proprietor of the store, in a
casual way:
"Mr. Jorkin, have you any engraved
form for-er-sending regrets In reply
to an invitation to White House we'd
ding?"
mo, sir" answered Mr.. Jorkin.
"Then suppose I'll have to write
EN-" he said, turning away and walk
Ing briskly out.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-01
Rabie. from Dog. Paw.

The popular notion that rabies only
follows the bite of mad animal or. by
exception, the licking of a superficial
wound is incorrect. p. Ramlinger. d.
rector of the Imperial ARCHAEOLOGICAL
institute of Constantinople, has brought
forward three observations, which show
the possibility of third method of
contamination.
A certain number of animals. partIcu-
iarly the dog and the cat, have the
habit Of licking their paws. But Roux
and Nocard have shown that the saliva
becomes virulent In a few days after
the first appearance of the symptoms of
rabies. When the rabid animal Is con
fined in one place the saliva drips upon
the ground and soils his paws which
are also contaminated by licking With
his tongue.
Wounds, therefore. made by scratch
ing with the claws of a rabid animal
are necessarily infected wounds. In
scratching the human skin the animal
lays bare a number OF nerve filaments.
upon which the virus Is deposited.
Persons who are scratched by animals
thought to be mad should, therefore,
submit themselves to appropriate treat
ment without loss of time.-Le Bulletin
Medical
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-01
HOW TO HOUSE POULTRY.
Build a structure with n south Front
and Good Drainage.

and Good Drainage.
If houses for poultry are to be built
attend to the matter before cold wealth
er interferes with outside work. says
Outing. Everything should be in read
mess for your flock by the coming OF
cold weather. If you have houses al
ready go over them and see that they
are In perfect repair.
In building the first thing to do Is
to select proper location. The ideal
one Is the south slope of a hill. The
next best one is place protected from
cold winds by buildings on the north
and west. IL no facilities for shelter
are ut hand the north wall of the build
Ing must be made of extra thickness.
Evergreen trees make an excellent
windbreak. and / would advise planting
them for future protection. no matter
how thick you make the walls OF your
house
Be very sure that whatever location
you select has perfect drainage. This
Is matter of the greatest Importance.
t5cuuihS pouitly Hlcn dSTee tutt uioi Z
sickness among fowls originates from
dampness than from all other causes.
More and more the opinion grows
among practical poultry growers that
the best house for fowls consists Of a
closed room in which they may roost,
lay and remain in cold weather If they
choose TO do so and q shed opening to
the south where they can scratch and
nun themselves to their liking. There
should be an opening between this shed
and the closed room through which the
fowls may have free egress during the
day, but which should be closed at
plight In cold weather and for the pro-
bection of the hens from intruders. The
shed floor should be covered with chafr,
straw or leaves to the depth. of five or
six inches If road dust or sand Is
mixed with It the better the fowls will
be suited. II grain is scattered over
the litter the fowls will busy them
lives scratching for 1t, and this open
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-01

blossom in scattered groups. Clusters
of the coral root are found frequently
in bloom, but this is leafiess orchid
that requires little or no light. The
ground is covered with dense layer
of brown spruce needles, which furnish
a home for toadstools and cup fungi,
and in the moister places for lichens
and MOSES.
The forest has now reached its final
stage. 1t may still persist in this form
for several hundred years. Indeed, IL
1t is not removed by an accident, it is
difficult to set limit to It's age In
any event, forest can rarely live 1000
years, owing to the great weight of the
tree tops and the fact that decay Is
constantly weakening the trunks.-St
Nicholas.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-01
WHILE THE FOREST GROWS.
shrubs, Herb. and Flower. Di..l

shrubs, Herbs and Flowers Disap-
pear for Lack OF Sunlight.
III its youth the spruce forest offers
an inviting home to Towering plants,
both shrubs and herbs. The soil Is
moist and rich, consisting in large part
of decaying leaves and twigs. The
shade, though nearly uniform, Is not
dense and decks OF sunshine appear
everywhere In It, The light Is not
strong enough to produce tangled I'M
dergrowth, but a well-developed growth
is found everywhere except in the most
shaded spots.
The layer of shrubs and bushes con-
sists largely of the mountain maple,
rose and ninebark. among which are
scattered birches, gooseberries, raspber-
ries and viburnums. In spring the
ground Is carpeted with Strawberries.
Along the brooks white and yellow yio-
let's are common and orchids are scat
tered here and there. In the summer
flowers are abundant, gentians, blue
bells, goldenrods, daisies, columbines
and painted cups vying with each other
in giving color to the mass of green. In
the shadier places low ferns abound,
while the moist soil of the shadiest
hooks is clothed with MOSES and lichen.
As the forest grows older the shrubs
are the first plants to disappear, be-
cause of the increasing shade. They
are followed after few years first by
the taller herbs and then by the others,
until only those flowers that require
little light are left Even these persist
only in more open spots and finally dis
appear and the shade becomes uniform
ly dense.
A mature forest, 200 years old OF
more, rarely allows even a stray sun.
beam to pass and beneath 1t Is twilight
at MONDAY. A few evergreen pirolas
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-01
when they VIII See.

Horace Boies. who took deep water
soundings of the tariff question in Iowa,
said once that. while the people could
not find that they were protected direct
ly. it was impossible to convince them
that they were not protected indirectly.
1--WE cannot make them see," he said,
"how they would prosper apart from
the general prosperity of the coun-
try" Which is saying that the work
ingmen In the field as well as at the
forge can not see another tariff re-
duction until they see again the bot
toms of their dinner pals. And when
they see one they are sure to see the
other.-St. Louis lobe-Democrat.