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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-24
SWISS SCHOOL SYSTEM.
Little Republic Has Excellent Methods
If Education.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
GENEVA. February 23.-In all the trouble
which has been raised in different sections
of the world-in England, in Poland. in
France-especially over the education bill,
little or nothing has been said regarding
Switzerland. Yet here we have an example
of country with mo religious difficulty
or rather one that has satisfactorily settled
the problem. where an excellent system Of
schools is at work and one that has based
its methods on the principle Of full popular
control in it's true sense as distinct from
one which is limited to undenominational-
ism or secularism.
Moreover, the settlement has been reached
under conditions similar to those existing
In England at the present time. There
are four religious parties. Roman Catho-
lies. Calvinists, Old Catholics and Jews.
The government of Switzerland is strong
ly localized. Every canton is Independent,
but representatives from each unite In a
federal council The question of the schools
is practically settled in the constitution it,
self. which says:
The bund may support or establish
university, but each canton Is charged with
the duty of providing elementary education
The schools in which this Is carried on
are to be exclusively national; the educa-
ton given in them is to be obligatory and
free; the schools must be such that they
can be attended by adherents of all creeds
without prejudice to their freedom of faith
or conscience"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-24
APPLES PROPAGATE MOTHS.
Germans Give Warning Against Keep
ing the Fruit in Dwellings.


Germany has found a peril in apples.
They are the principal medium for the
propagation and spread of the destructive
house moth (Glycyphagus domesticus) ac-
cording to observations recently made.
The discovery was the result Of a plague
of moths at Cries and the villages sur
rounding it. The larvae were traced to
the stores Of apples kept in the houses
and thence to the trees themselves
The larvae are found first of all in the
apple blossoms. As the fruit grows they
cluster in the conical depression about the
stem Of the apple
When the fruit is taken into the house 1t
is laden with the eggs. The propagation Of
the eggs is said to be prodigious.
When the fruit is taken into the house
the eggs find their way into clothing.
hangings, carpets and upholstered furni-
ture, and the insect is Matched out. with
the well-known ruinous results. The eggs
are also said to be the cause Of the white
mottling that is so often noticed on dried
fruit.
AS result of the discoveries it is urged
that apples never be taken into dwellings
without careful cleansing. and even then
they should never be kept in living rooms.
and the Feelings should be promptly re-
moved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-24
LOST HIS COUNTRY.
Composer Thought He Could Be Both
Englishman and italian.

Special Cahlegram to The Star
ROME. February GAN interesting
story is published in the Italian newspapers
regarding Signor Paoli Tosti, the we'll
known composer. 1t Is claimed that he had
become naturalized an Englshman and
that he informed the correspondent who
went to interview him upon the subject
that he felt desire to become an English
man out of gratitude to the people who
had given him fame, wealth and home
during thirty years. But he was unaware
of the fact that when man assumes a
new nationality he at the same time loses
his former one. Only q few days ago
Signor Tpsti was informed officially by the
italian embassy that he had lost his Italian
nationality. and now it is stated he regrets
having taken the step because he intends
shortly to settle in Italy again.
The pope has received from the Roman
Catholics in Brazil as a mark of gratitude
for the appointment of Brazilian as the
first South American cardinal one of the
most costly books in existence. 1t is an
album with cover of pure gold incrusted
with precious stones. 1t is adorned with
medallion portrait of the pope surrounded
by ninety diamonds of the purest water.
and bears the papal monogram in diamonds
and emeralds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-24
Gas and It's Centenary.

From the Chicago News.
Gas as a practical illuminant passed its
century mark on January % On that
day in 1907 there was in London "a new
and singular spectacle" according to the
account of q visitor, "the whole range Of
Pail Mall, from St. James to Cockspur
street, was lighted up by means OF lamps
fed with gas instead Of cotton and oil, and
certainly In q style of much superior bril-
liancy. This was the first instance Of street
other city. The merit of the enterprise il
due to WinSor. German company-promot-
ing expert. who was specially interested In
the question Of economic fuel His PAM
phlets, however. contained so much extrav-
agant fanaticism and quackery that they
retarded rather than furthered his schemes
which met with an extraordinary amount
Of opposition, even from enlightened people,
Sir Walter Scott wrote that there was a
mailman proposing to light London with
smoke. Awful consequences were predict
ed. The gas would poison the air and blow
up the inhabitants: 1t was expensive, dam
gerous, offensive and unmanageabie: the
pipes conveying It would be hot and apt to
to man opposed the new mode of street
lighting, and 1t is curious to notice the
great hesitation as to its possibility, ex-
pressed In contemporary scientific and pop
ular literature.
When q chartered company was at length
formed In 1910 the shareholders were pltfed
as idiots. and David Pollock, for thirty
years Its governor. received some extraor-
binary answers In doggerel rhyme from
otherwise sober and staid individuals whom
he had asked to take shares.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-24
Courtesies of Speech.
From the London Graphic.

rEOm the LouQOn Irapnlc.
In a lecture at Leeds Mr.. F. R. Benson
told his audience of a man to whom he
offered ticket for a performance of "A
Midsummer Nights Dream" The offer
was accepted in the words, well, I don't
mind If do" The phrase is not precisely
what one might call an outburst of graft
tude. Analysed indeed, 1t is extraordi-
narily rude; 1t is no more than a synonym
for Thank you for nothing" But of course
those who use the expression-and they are
a large number-do not stay to analyze its
meaning, and the persons to whom 1t is ad-
dressed accept it, IL they are wise. without
affront 1t Is merely another example of
the slipshod style of speech that has be-
come so common. We have substituted
Thanks for THANK YOU yet even the
latter would have seemed abrupt and dis
courteous to the more punctilious age that
would have said II thank YOU" The young
lady of today. when she wishes to show ex-
traordinary gratitude, rattles out, 20!
you're toe good" 1t Is spontaneous. no
doubt. but 1t does not carry quite the air
of II protest you do overwhelm me with
kindness
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-24
Sea Fish in Fresh Water.

From the Chicago Ti.yune.
The finny folk of the briny deep are col
onizing the lakes and rivers. 1t has been
found by experiment in Germany that deep
sea fish can be acclimated In fresh water
and will live and breed in rivers A num-
Der Of different kinds OF fish were taken
from the sea, including whiting. herring,
sole and founders. and kept In a pond Of
salt water. The percentage of salt was
gradually lessened by the addition Of fresh
water until finally no salt remained.
Practically no material difference took
place in the fish. which were as lively and
healthy after the treatment as when taken
out of the sea. So encouraging has been
the result after a test extending over sew
eral months that the fish now are being In
troduced into the various rivers and fresh
water lakes In order to bring the expert
ments to a practical issue. The success of
this experiment may change entirely the
fishing industry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-24
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-24
The Man Who Did.
From the Kansas City Journal.

From the Kansas City journal.
Mrs. Susan Young Gates, the daughter
of Brigham Young, is a trustee of the Salt
Lake University and a lecturer of note.
woman must work for her own advance
ment," she said in recent address in Salt
Lake City. "but she must not selfshly neg
lect her other duties for this work.
lis there a man present. a female lee
turer once shrieked, who has ever helped
in the slightest degree to tighten his wife's
burden? Is there man here that has ever
gotten up at O'clock leaving his tired
wife to sleep on undisturbed. and, dressing,
quietly gone downstairs. raked up the fire,
cooked breakfast, washed and dressed the
children, secured the pots and pans swept
the kitchen, scraped the dishes, and done
all this If necessary day after day without
complaint" The lecturer looked her audi
ence over with disdain. II there is such a
man here she said, let him rise. Let the
man rise. that all may see and praise him..
"Then q mild little man in a back seat
rose timidly. He was the lecturers hus-
band
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-24
Speedy Coasting.

From the New York Press.
The finest coasting hill in the world IL
at st. Moritz, In Switzerland. The hill Is
a mile long, and to coast down 1t takes, on
an average, sixty-seven seconds.
The Cresta course as It is called. is iced
and runs between snow banks. It's turns
are dangerous, and only skilled coasters
venture on it. They use the American fiat
toboggan, lying on the stomach. and steer
ing not with the feet. but with lifts and
jerks OF the body.
A few seconds from the start on this
course the coaster Is going at a speed of
twenty miles an hour. This speed soon In
creases to forty miles. Faster and faster
he flies. swoOping down the precipttous
Church leap at the speed of an express
train, and then on to- the long, straight
Shuttlecock run. To fifty, to sixty. to sew
epty. to eighty miles an hour the pace
grows. till 1t is like the flight on the swift
est bird through. a binding blur of snow.
Yet the speed still Increases and at the
end of the Shuttlecock eighty-seven miles
an hour is registered.
These Cresta course speeds are not prob
lematical. They are the accurate Things
OF an electric clock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-24
PLOT TO WRECK SCHOOL.
Lighted Mehnite Bomb Found Under
Building in Odessa.
cial Csblegram to The Star,

Special Cahegram to The star.
ODESSA. February pa discovery has
just been made of plot to blow up the
Commercial school, in which 700 children
were at the moment engaged in their
studies. The miscreants had placed a bomb
filled with melinite against the main door of
the school. and had then lighted a long fuse
attached to il.
When the discovery was made that the
fuse had burned to within two inches of the
ignition cap there was the widest kind of
excitement. Twenty-Five of the older stu
dents have been arrested on suspicion of
being concerned in the attempt. One of the
smaller boys confessed to completely in
the crime. but pleaded that they were only
playing anarchists but the police are not
certain that they ought to believe his con-
feSSion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-24
Russia's Famine Scandal.
acisl Cablegram to The Star

Special Csbegram The Star
ST. PETERSBURG, February On
Stolypin's cabinet is still in the throes of
that famine scandal and it is possible that
IL will not be able to live it down, especially
when taken in connection with NJ Kokofft-
seff's dangerous financial policy. An in
vestigation is proceeding into the fact that
several months ago VI. Stolypin's assistant,
VI. Gurko. gave a contract for vast guam
titles of rye to sanitary engineer. who
possessed neither money nor landed prop
erty. and also advanced him 100000 NJ.
Gurkos intentions appear to have been ex-
cellent. but he exceeded his powers and NJ
Stolypin enabled him TO do so by with
drawing such transactions from the COM
petent body and intrusting them with in
competent people. also with the best inten-
lions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-24

triangle: o'clock. a square; O'Clock. a
five-pointed star; 9 o'clock. an ellipse.
These same signs are repeated In the
same order in bas-relief representing tho
hours from to IL. The number OF signs
Is therefore limited to six. and II Is very
easy to ascertain from them the time of
day. The hands are very strong and the
watch has been used with good results.
Another watch for the blind has been in
vented by NJ. Pierre TissOt-Bersof, by which
the blind can tell not only the hour. but
also the minute The hours are represented
by figures Of the Brailie system.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-24
Testing q Rug With Fire.
IN, the Philadelphfa bulletin.

The dusky rug salesman took redhot
coal from the CRATE, and. holding 1t tight In
the tongs. touched 1t to the splendid Per-
sian rug.
.Oh!" gasped the visitor, as the costly
rug sizzled, and gave OF little smoke and
an odor of burning.
But the salesman smiled. He threw the
coal back into the crate. He pointed to the
charred spot, as big as a half dollar. on
the rugs eream-tsolored ground.
Regard. madam" he said.
And with his hand he brushed the brown
entirely away. In moment nothing OF ii
was left The rug came forth from It's fiery
ordeal the same as before. only, In that one
spot. the fabric was perhaps an eighth of
an inch thinner.
"A Persian rug that will not come UNI
hurt from the fire test" said the salesman
"is not madam, worth your attention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-24
Watches for the Blind.
From the Boston Herald.

The blind. like other mortals. wish to
know the time exactly. and as very few of
them are in q position to secure a good re-
peating watch. whose cost IL always great.
they have to be content with ordinary
watches, and taking the crystal out Of the
face they ascertain the time by the angles
and position OF the hands, which frequently
causes disarrangement Of the timepiece.
In view OF these difficulties foreign firm
has constructed watch for the blind, which
represents the figures in ailegorical man
signs In relief are the following: One
o'clock, dot; O'Clock. two dots;,S o'clock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-24
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-24
Results the Same.

From the Kansas City Journal
There are many good voices" Nine.
Calve said, that the world will never hear
because their owners are too incident to
develop them.
'Tt is like the story Of the farmer.
Looking up from his magazine the farm.
er said vehementiy to his wife one night:
DO you know what I'd have done IL I
had been Napoleon
Yes she answered. You'd have settled
down in Corsica and spent your life grum.
bling about bad luck and hard times
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-24
NEW RIFLE PRACTICE
FOR HIGH SCHOOL BOYS

among the boys thirteen years of age and
upward, conforming to the New York
methods as far as their situation will per-
init:
''That this would be helped by the organ
ization of public school athletic league
In each education center"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-24

The French minister OF marine has re-
ceiyed dispatch from the commander of
the cruiser Jean Bart confirming the report
that the vessel has been wrecked and will
prove a total loss. The cruiser went ashore
on February II off Galha Point. between
Cape Blanco and Rio ORC Gold river) on
the. western coast of Morocco.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-24

II you want work read the want col.
umns of The Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-24
EN-. OLIVER, assistant secretary
4 of war and president Of the ma
tional board for the promotion of

~ EN-. OLIVER, assistant secretary
n of war and president of the ma
tional board for the promotion Of
~ rifle practice, has adopted a SIM
pie method of directing public at
tention to the feasibility and advisability
of rifle practice among school boys over
thirteen years of age. 1t consists in send
ing to the proper school authorities in all
parts of the United States copies of re-
port on the general subject made to the ma
tional board by a special committee con-
sisting of Gen. George w. Wingate of New
York and Gen. Ammon B. Critchfeld of
Ohio. showing the great success of the
system of rifle practice employed in the
public schools of New York city. A copy
of that report has been sent to the super
intendent of the public schools of the Dis
trict of Columbia with the special purpose
of interesting the authorities in the adop-
ton of a similar system Of rifle instruction
for the boys in the high schools of the Dis
trict.
1t appears from the report of the special
committee that efforts have been made for
many years to inaugurate a system OF
military instruction in the public schools
of the country. AS a rule these have not
proved successful. In few private mill
tary schools situated in the country some
target practice is conducted, but the diff
Guilty of carrying on anything of the kind
in the public schools has rendered 1t i'm
practica BILE
The matter. however, has recently been
introduced in the public schools of the city
of New York. and the success which has
been attained there, the committee says,
has demonstrated the feasibility and VISA
blity of introducing rifle practice in the
public schools among the boys over the age
of thirteen years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-24

1T is hardly necessary to state that the
experience of our recent wars has pointed
out that while there Is no -.ifficulty in case
of war In getting all the volunteers that
the country requires and they can be given
reasonable amount Of drill in a few
weeks. 1t takes long time to teach them
to shoot, and that unless they can shoot
accurately they are of little value as SOL
diers. II. however, the young men who are
graduating from our Ugh schools in the
different states should be skilled rifiemen
the country can rest content with q small
standing army. knowing that In case Of
war 1t can put into the field at short notice
a force of volunteers whose skill in rifle
shooting will enable them to be fully the
equal of any army which may be brought
against them. The system is, therefore, q
great factor for national peace.
1.-The committee therefore recommended:
THAT the largest possible publicity be
given to the methods that have been found
to be successful In the New York .igh
schools:
That the educational officials of the DIFF
ferent states be urged to introduce in
struction in rife shooting in their schools
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-24


began to appear. It was alleged that M
Polonyi had been Baron Schonberger's ad-
vocate. and after he became minister he
had gone to Vienna to see her. He pro-
posed that she should act as his secret
agent at the Austrian court. and should
make reports to him regarding the en-
peror. the ministers and the court gener-
ally. She was never to put anything in
writing, but was to come each time to
Budapest to report by word Of mouth. For
this two Hungarian noblemen would advance,
said M. Polonyi, $1,000 kronen to cover her
expenses. Baroness Schonberger maintains
that she fulfilled her share of the contract.
and She further declares she knows the
$1,000 kronen were paid over to M Polonyi,
but she never received single kreutzer.
Polonyis Wanted Letters.
M Polonyi had. however. written her GER
tain compromising letters which he desired
to get back. He gave her a rendezvous at
Budapest and requested her to hand them
over. This she refused to do. She would
not even tell him where they were. except
that they were neither in her. house nor in
the bank "Then they are on your person.
exclaimed the minister. and before she
knew where she was he had seized her.
thrown her down on the sofa and had COM
menced to- search for the discriminating doc
uments. The baroness resisted with all
her strength. and eventually shook him OF.
Seeing he had gone too far. NJ Polonyi
attempted to excuse himself. The baron
ess, however. refused all apologies. Some
time later she tried to lodge a charge with
the criminal authorities. But the subordi-
mates Of the all powerful minister of JUS
ess, in spite of her German name and title.
is q pure blooded Hungarian, and has long
been regarded as one Of the handsomest
women at. the Austrian court.