New-York tribune., 1907-08-05

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white clay known 70 the trade as nine miner nm. .
costs :, cent pound. but IS -four costs cents i
li+r1a adruixtlre OF mneraIiue is profitable '"In-
missioner Blackburn states IN a tlI'ulai -,
he hes sent out that the sduterant is lnsoluole
even the strongest suphuric arid-
Tho Annual Mad Dog Scare tho title Of
little pamphlet which the department of mercy OF
the Womau's Christian Temperance tnlph uIts 10
bring to public attention every year us aim Is 10
cont-overt the many sensational stories that ap-
pear in print this season about alleged inad
dogs and It gives signed statements OF physicians
the head Of hospitals mere ana dt' oau 4 ~ I,,
ton 10 the subject. The records OF the LohooH
hospitals fe" years ago showed -,'S pc i.7 Sos
bitten by angry dogs None OF them deFeIoit1
hvdronhoba ST. Georges Hospital London. re
cords 400 patients bitten by dogs S,lpP"ssa 10 49,
been mad. with no cases or NAdrophooia many
physicians testify that the average dog blte Is no
more dangerous than any other wound, pioYldihg
II has equally careful treatment
Finnish women are much more radical and revo-
Iutionarv i'll their political faith than the men, SAYS
Ivan Narodny in The Boston Transcript" In the
fight Finlands indePs ldence the women dld Al.
the hardest work Trey collected funds and
ap1Irrcd the men take far more active part
than they had ever played before The great strike
which freed the country from Russian oppression
WAS for the most part organized by women Won
On carried the rcd flag during the big meeting IN
TTelsirr.ors and read the declaration Of indcpen-
dence when they disarned the Russian police and
gendarmes. 1t natural outcome Of this ac-
tivity that they won equal political rights with
men, aud many Of the women leaders Of the revo-
luton are taking equally active part IN the
Diet
Prussia has a police corps Of women. Its duty is
to take care of drunken men. and usually the
members work in pairs. Sometimes when a con
,evance is not available, tho women literally carry
their patient to a place Of safety
In London it is the custom for shops employing
,,.on,eu Ia nrs,vde their food SHELTER. This is
called the .Iying-in" system, and the shop assist
ants are protesting bitterly against it They COM
plain it is Il grinding tyranny worse than DO
rnestic service. No mistress however, shre"fsh
eyer enforced such stringent rules as those in force
i'm these boarding houses Everything that means
home is forbidden Even to hang up little print
in ones room is said be a punishable crime. The
quality the food and its serving are also very
different the conditions of a normal household
and the Sunday out brings niue pleasure 70 IhIus
and bodies too weary to respond to the demands
made upon them
cprio,s situation exists in Mankato, Mimi
where The office of city Treasurer is held by a
man while the work is done and the salary drawn
Inv a woman the man having been elected on that
rrecise understanding. TWO years ago Mr.. Dur
kee was elected City Treasurer. and he ap-
r,ointed his sister his deputy Two months after
lis election he died. and his sister conducted the
business well that the people wanted her to con-
,inue TO serve them. But the laws forbade II, so
her uncle allowed himself TO be elected on the un-
derstandng Just mentioned
T, &c renorted that a strong ''wonan's rights"
move ment is in progress in Japan; Inc Ieaders
are women of the upper classes VINO nave come
in contact with European life, and they are beile
aided by women stuueh's anu ''70 " -
life
certain Father Conway, of St Louis. has dis
,,'.ored that the womans club is the root of all
"a or al least of a considerable part of it
..ot,r wonlens social clubs are largely TO blame
,or the national vuigarity and 5oldness, he SAID
- ,be aunua! commencement OF the lsltaucn
.cademv The womans club is a roundup, q good
enough place 10 exhibit clothes pul tle MONIES OF
,,,bwoncn are continually failing to pieces. Turn
-. tacl,s on social clubs and their dcvotees."
Tie good father admitted, however, mat There
fatl,,-E IL feat
I've been reading that little book 5li'd letters
from John Chinanan. " said one New ! ulh woman
=, an.ttcr .and the things the writer says about
arg chitocturc make nae Meep-Eot tLe tHtlss