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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-06-13
The Thirst for Information.

3obby-There is our watch dog.
Willie five years old)-How often
do you wind him up?-The Royal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-29

Consul Samuel Gracey of Fuchau. China
In an official letter he says:
The common complaint OF bad packing
OF American goods has found another Illus
tration In shipment of stained glass to be
used In memorial church building in this
city. There were 222 separate pieces of
stained cathedral glass. loaded, and some
pieces, framed In iron, in rectangular form
circular and arch shaped. Out of the en-
ure lot only sixteen pieces were free from
damage, and these were of the smallest
size. The larger pieces were all shattered
or cracked so that they could not be used
Inc boxes In which they were placed were
strong enough to withstand the toughest
handling. The damage was evidently from
bad packing as in most such cases The
dlnerent pieces were laid in loosely, piece
upon piece. with q few shreds Of fine hay
between. and the whole mass surrounded
by thin layer of hay. which was SO loose
when the boxes were opened here as to al
low Of six inches Of play between the edge
OF the glass and the box, and the glass
could be heard to move and grind every
time the boxes were turned over before
opening. When packed the hay probably
hlled the space between the glass and the
pox, but the movement Of the boxes had
ground the hay into small pieces and this
moved from place to place whenever the
box was turned over. There was no at
tempt to secure the separate pieces from
movement in the boxes.
las the church in which they were to be
used was nearing completion, and not
enough of unchanged glass could be found
for even one window. a fresh order had to
be sent to the United States, and a delay Of
ffve or six months must necessarily ensue
before the building can be dedicated and
used"
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very differently. while laying sure founda-
tons to future advancement par la femme,
BY help !, ~. Of women! They They go so, to-
sip sweet champagne between dances and
their most frequent error Is to make some
married woman Jealous and revengeful.
They frequent the racing club, with all its
sports, out In the Bots.
No, the Latin quarter student seen by
tourists is a lusty hayseed from Toulouse,
Lille. Reims or Marseille. In spite Of his
deviltry, he has to study, just like the Pa
risian-and these night revelries are simply
relaxation.
Three-fourths Of them depend for their
career in life on passing university exam
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS preliminary to near
ly every profession, from druggist to vet.
Yes, yes. the Latin quarter hides its real
work, its hard study, it's serious convic-
lions. 1t puts its worst foot foremost.
1t shows itself a whoeping, WOODY, ramp
ing, hairy, tousled, epileptic mob The
youth of nineteen on to twenty eight cash
in their monthly checks from home and
hand the entire proceeds to Musetts or
Mimi.
Squares Her Accounts.
Serious-minded, proud, swelled with i'm
portance by connection with the learned
corporation, the good girl first pays the
rent, gets in provisions, squares the laun-
dress, buys a gown and hat, then makes
her calculation to dole out the rest to Mar
eel day by days cents for cigarettes. 1
cent for daily paper. 30 cents for nightly
cafe-and the rest she hides and lies about
to buy nick-nacks and furniture for toy
housekeeping. Marcel never has the han
ding Of his money. Later his wife will
take it from him in the same friendly way.
Can such a youth go wrong or drink? He
has no money for it. no companions to
mislead him. Should his tongue hang out,
collecting dust. parched. swelling. feyerish.
Musette will tell him to take q nice cold
glass of water. And he'll take It'll
Can he waste his money on women ?-Why,
Musette will tear the hair on any girl who
more than amiably does polka with her
Marcel. Can he 80 wrong by neglect of
study Why sant Is PROUD Of
progress to his parents monthly he will
have a bad time with Musette!
No, no. Let's look things in the face, as
these things are. Woman IL essentially
good, unless man makes her bad. And SO
In the proud possession of his parchment,
packs his trunk in secret-or goes with q
satchel-leaves a lump sum for the sQuar-
ing of all debts and writes a short letter
to leave on the bureau. 1t Is like the ia
nous letter concooted by the three stu
dents in Les Miserables":
AT the hour when you read this we shall
be hasteninG to our papaS and our mann
mas. We cut stick, as Bossuet says. We
60. We are gone. The stage coach snatchss
US from the abyss-and the abyss Is You.
sweet little dears.
I'VE return to society. our duty and our
place. It Is best for the fatheriand that
We become projects engineers. lawyers,
magistrates. state councillors and fathers
Of families. - -'5- go.
Weep for US quickly-and fill our places
soon. And II this letter lacerates your
hearts, why, do the same for It, Adieu!"
Nice letter. Nice boys. Adieu!
STERLING HELLO.
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BETTER PACKING DEMANDED
NEGLIGENCE OF THOSE WHO Elk.
PORT TO THE ORIENT.
Consul Gracey at Fuchau, China, Re-
ports the Fate of a Shipment Of
Stained Glass Prom This Country.

While the United States is continually
grumbling about the difficulty of securing a
fair share of oriental trade. the consuls In
the far east are continually complaining
about the way that American exporters
handicap themselves by bad packing They
are in the habit OF packing goods for the
orient as though they were going from
Washington to Bladensburg. and the result
Is that they usually arrive In damaged con-
dillon. This is true whether the shipment
consists of crockery or raw cotton.
A school for export packers might be es-
tabiished with advantage in the United
States. Other countries have reduced this
system to a science. but the American man
ufacturer persistently neglects it. One OF
the worst cases that have been brought to
the attention OF the Department of Com
merce and Labor recently was reported by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-29
CORNISH TREASURE TRovE,
Buried Gold Found by Farmer Claimed
by the Duchy.

by the Duchy.
From the London Standard.
Mr.. De Castro Club. coroner held an in.
quest at Llskeard Guildhau yesterday on
thirty-one gold coins. found buried In Trem-
braze farmyard near the town. The coro-
ner stated that no similar inquiry had been
held in Cornwall for at least 100 years.
II the jury found that the coins were
treasure trove. he said. they would be claim
ed by the Duchy OF Cornwall. who. no
doubt. would deal generously with the find
er. as was the practice OF the crown. James
Croker Govett. son Of the owner Of the
farm, described how he found the coins
while cleaning the farmyard.
His mothers family, he said, had owned
the farm for many years, and he produced
q document dated July IS. 1T45, relating to
the finding of b5h guineas In the door of
the barn by John Croker ana Dorothy, his
wife. Mr.. Volk, jeweler OF Liskeard said
many of the coins were rare. Eight were
Portuguese milreis. dated 1852 to TIPS. The
remainder were English the most ancient
being three gold units, or 20s. pieces Of
James and Charles I, while the rest were
guinea pieces dating from 1880 to 1725
The jury, OF which the mayor alderman
Bone) was foreman, found that the coins
were treasure trove, and the coroner hand
ed them to the finder. Subsequently they
were claimed by Alexander Webster stew
ard Of the Duchy of Cornwall, and the
matter will be laid before the next meeting
Of the duchy.
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The Mating Of the Stars.
From the New York Mail.


Our queens OF tragedy and comedy con-
tinue to take unto themselves prince con-
sorts whose age indicates that their first
sight of their brides was when they had
been good boys and were taken to the NATL
nee by their parents. But there should be
no such cynical comment as is made usually
when the wedding is of masculine May and
feminine-let US say early October
The actress has no age. The great wom-
en- Of the stage share with Ninon de ZEN
clos the perennial charms Of ever-renewed
youth. Sardou has grown old. But his
Sarah Is as youthful as before she met
Damala. Ellen Terry would be mismated
to man Of her own years as long as she
is Nance Oldfeld. The same season sees
Americas most fearful and most ebulliently
funny stage favorites marrying young men,
Suppose 1t Is true that both have grown
children! Neither is day older than her
own children. Every individual she upon
the stage Is a Rider Haggard She, and the
keeper Of the youth-renewing fire is the
stage doorkeeper.
If marriages are made in heaven the
stars that never grow old have every right
to make theirs to please themselves.
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The girls show no fear or caution, as in
stinctively with men in liquor.
And the very discourtesies of all these
kids has such a laughing breezy frankness,
such downright quality of innocence, that
criticism stops unuttered. We just wonder
i have seen great ladies from America
just stop and wonder.
Wow! The mighty orchestra tears or
the one song of the hour.
"Je veuX que tn m embrasses sur la
boucher'-2,0O0 fresh voices yelling In
kissed on the mouth to a delightful waltz
air.
Education Sentimental
Don't Judge the Latin quarter by the
students ball? We say it to ourselves
and seek the next most celebrated center
of the quarter. Once it the Harcourt
Brasserie; now 1t is the Odeon cafe and
restaurant, enormous, four-fioored, club,
cafe reading rooms, rooms for societies.
1t must be representative. because in times
of stress the official students committees
have their rooms here.
Make no error, the taverne Is full Of
pretty girls. Like the whole Latin quarter.
The education sentimental plays a great
part in these student years Wow! Je ne
veuX pas que tn m embrasSeS sur la bouche!
A wid-whiskered student, aged twenty
three, waving beer mug on the crook of
his cane harangueS the mfrom his ia BILE
top, while his well-beloved vainly pulls at
his coat tails.
TRANQUILITY perched a tall. thin stu
| dents shoulders, one little hand gripping
his dark love-locks. the other pounding on
his Uranium, there rides a slip of girl In
her teens.
Beyond, three young men paint friends
! face sky blue. Opposite them, please note
the three young ladies sporting mems spring
sack suits, out for lark in borrowed
plumes.
They are bowling and pounding on tables:
yet in the midst of the outrageous hubbub
there will fall sudden silence. as pure
voice starts that almost religious slow
waltz song. so tender and poetic, the best
that Margis ever composed and put words
to
Mon Dieu, quill est long lie chemin!
Mignonne, appuie- tote main.
lie jour fait place a Ia nut,
lie jour fsit place la mutt,
or course you sing ''etoil-e" in two syl-
tables. and 1t Is sweet and sad and sud
denly the road they sing about seems truly
been imagining, but the veritable road of
human experience. Involuntarily the NOV
Ing allegory Of Watts Love Leading Life"
looms up before the imagination.
All our ideas become confused. We see
the youth Of France. no longer ring tailed
balloons. but cleaning young souls: up-
right. fearless. wide-eyed. unafraid to dis
close to the world their wonderful dis
covery that 1t is not well for man to be
alonei
Yet it would be an error to think tbesa
men are Parisians. The Paris-born student
Is no such whskered louftaing Life Is
complicated. All is not so simple as we
have apparently discovered. 1 know five
such Paris-born students. They are "gigo-
los, smart; highly groomed. correctly
dressed youths, often clean shaved
Instead of carrying Musette and Mimi on
their shoulders in the Tayerne of the
Odeon. they pay court to lovely married
ladies. getting their sentimental education
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swered. Eyes. no: oh. don't know. Oh. I
wish to God you were alive today, poor
girlr'
detective Becker patted the dead girl
cheek and again the inquisttor demanded
sharply: ibid you do tt?''
Becker then in a strange sing song voice.
and with confused and conflicting words,
confessed" that he had mapped in the
woods with q fellow-tramp-an unknown
man; that he awoke to see this comrade
of a day commit the crime and then nee.
Later they had again met and washed their
hands at the pump, according to Becker.
Shortly after this first confession Becker
was taken to the scene OF the traeeay aiu
pump. Confronted by Mrs. Simonson he
covered. and when she. in scathins terms;
accused him OF the crime. he trembieo
from head to foot. Shortly afterward. and
WHILE partly under this agitation. Becker
confessed to tho crime. He spoke IN
strange, "sing-sonS'' tones. which con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-29
BILL POSTING REGULATED
nEsTRIcTIoNs THAT HAVE BEEN
ADOPTED IN FRANCE.
Every Village and Commune In Abso'
lutte Control OF All ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Displayed In Public Places.

In addition to its 'prsss gag" law the
state Of Pennsylvania is now looking around
for some painless method OF removing the
unearned Increment from the bill poster.
It has applied to the Department OF Com
merce and Labor for Information as to how
bill posting Is managed abroad, and has re-
ceived tho following reply from Consul
Frank Mason at Paris. He writes:
1.-THE first enactment relating to the sub
ject is a law, dated July %. 1791. which is
still in force and prescribes that only a
government poster or announcement may
be printed on white paper. All others must
be on colored papers-red. blue. yellow. etc.
Every poster or other announcement paint
ed printed or otherwise delineated upon a
wall, building or upon canvas or other sus-
tanning device, Is subject to a yearly tax as
follows: In communes of less than 800
Inhabitants, II cents per square meter; in
communes from 500 to 10000 Inhabitants
IS cents; in cities over 40 OOO 20 cents, and
in Paris, 80 cents per square meter. This
Is for business or other announcements Of
more or less permanent character.
Securing Official Permission.
Temporary 'affiches' or posters are sub
ject to a stamp tax, according to size from
2 to cents per sheet. This Is attached
either in the form of stamped paper on
which the revenue stamp is applied to the
sheet before being printed in such way that
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the stamp is Cancelled by the text being
printed over 1t. or It may be attached ad-
hestvely afterward and cancelled by rub
"But. before being publicly displayed,
each poster Is required to be presented In
duplicate at the once designated for that
purpose. dated and signed either by the per-
son In whose interest 1t Is prepared or by
the bill poster who Is charged with posting
the same. Such antecedent declaration
must state fully: % The text Of the poster;
ca the name, surname, profession and DOM
icile of the person in whose interest it is
to be displayed: CO. the dimensions Of the
poster in square meters and fractions there
OF; az name, surname and domtcile OF the
bill poster who is to post 1t in public; 90
the number of copies to be posted; 90 pre-
else information as to the streets or
squares, houses or other constructions on
which the poster Is to be displayed. and 90
kept in view. One copy is fled at the Of
flce of registration, the other-signed and
stamped by the official in CHARGES re-
turned to the applicant.
Control Of Advertising Exhibits.
ut will be obvious that system SO rigid
and elaborate as this gives the authorizes
OF every village and commune in France
absolute control OF all posters and an
nouncements displayed in public places and
practically suppresses the abuses which
prevail in that respect in certain other
countries.
mo one is permitted in France to deface
streets and public places with crude, osten-
tatious announcements Of his business or
other subject Billboards are infrequent in
Paris. and are generally built permanently
into wall, where they are taxed accord
ing to their superficial area
when a building is in construction and
board screens are erected to shield the pub
lie from dust and other annoyance, such
temporary screens will soon be covered with
posters of amusements and other business
but each poster SO displayed has been pre-
viously submitted to the authorities, a
license obtained, and each sheet bears the
Cancelled revenue stamp, according to its
size.
'The department stores and other large
popular retail establishments have perma-
nent spaces in the stations of the MetropoIi-
tan subway, and their colored posters which
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are there displayed are always in good
taste and often interesting as works of
decorative art.
The walls OF market houses bear berma-
nent framed billboards for the display of
administrative announcements Agencies
for the sale Of theater, opera and other
amusement tickets are permitted to display
colored announcements Of such perform
ances inside their windows as posters, but
the promiscuous placarding of patent medi-
cines and drinks on houses, fences and dead
walls Is not permitted in this country. An
owner has only to write Defense d. affcher
forbidden to stick bills) on his property
and the law will protect him from such
dissertation"
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which surprise the eye. "Third-degree'
methods are similarly designed to produce
an emotional shock Many of our courts
have held that the evidence thus forced
out OF suspects is not legal testimony, and
the question now arises can 1t be depended
upon as sane testimony?
JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS.
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inquire into his sanity and 1t Is the general
opinion in Philadelphia that the Lewis
murder Is no nearer solution than 1t was
before.
Says Innocent Man Was Hanged.
The Chicago case to which those Of Beck
or and Price appear to present significant
parallels now belongs to the past. as the
confessed murderer has paid the penalty.
whether innocent or not. On January
morning the body of Mrs. HOLSTER was
found lying face downward in a barnyard in
the rear of her home. Her purse and shop
ping bag were gone an outrage had been
committed, and copper wire was twisted
about her neck. Richard G. Ivens. the
young man who discovered the body. work
ed with his father as a carpenter. He ap-
peared to have been awake all night and
the police suspected him. When brought to
the police station he was told at once that
he was guilty, but protested his innocence.
The police then subjected him to the ordeal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-29
Purely Accidental.

From the Yonkers Statesman.
Redd-'I went 100 miles in my automobile
today"
Greene-"Any accidentsr
"Oh, yes; / wasn't hnedrs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-21
PORT ARTHUR TO-DAY.

Away 70 the south Port Arthur nestles in an
tmpnitheatre Of hare and forbidding hills II
speaks 50 plainly and il tells much that il is
uncut 10 resist the temptation 10 linger Those
.Ao knew the town as the home Of the careless
nsnt hearted. laughter loving Russian, who
nag seen vast marshy eXpanse TO the west OF
ne Old Chinese town flied in and converted into
ste for palatial buildings, constructed in &C
eVfoence with the grandiose conceptions com
mon 10 Russian Empire builders and who re-
member the stacks Of wooden cases which COW
cree the wharges a little prior 10 the war, and
-.-ln proved on investigation 10 contain mag
.--.ls ana Jerobo2EnS OF vodka and champagne,
VI see IN these same buildings untenanted and
ttsLlng into dsrepair. a mere ghOstly SEM
lance OF their former selves and viii feel the
,SLll or doom hanging heavily over all Baby
s0a indeed, is fallen. is fallen. that great city
END with its fall the vodka and the cham
49, 80 me cards and the theatres. the women
- ne wine, the whole prodigious round or
,-stlal gayety which sums up the life OF the
,,-44perant, impulsive pioneer Of Russian civ
a n.1suon has been swept away: the strict econ
10y OF the penurinls. calculating japanese now
xIes where the TiotOus living Of the lavish.
eaeore seeking Russian reigned. such sub
~ my Yist-and the nondescript, Tamshackle
ssAi0lns that served for a hotel was fun or
,len-Nrere there for the sole purpose Of search
.-s among The wreckage for remnants Of lost
tsopetty. an unattractive looking crew, pro-
tanning loudly by their appearance and their
ttraenoe the uniooked-for verify OF the impress
~ - ana prophetic declaration OF the first Min
- OF England 10 a London audience I'm 1888:
a. mink that Russia has made a great mistake
taking Port Arthur: do not think that 1t will
y o. any use 70 her Whatever"
blt more than all else, Port Arthur tells OF
49, 81 the horror OF human passions excited
- let loose. OF the terrible suddenness OF the
..nlng OF modern strife. No mRrtinella rings a
s.1orous warning; the ethics Of the Florentines
- past and gone: the first move comes swift
~ Silent on the chessbOaFd OF modern war.
- round the hills are excoriated and shot
ses Whole acres OF country are pOckmarked
49, snot and shell. Shattered guns and twisted
- torn classmates and torn and Jumbled
.ssaes OF stone and concrete mark the scene OF
~, o. the blOOdiest ventures OF any century,
-.ini kostOck, IN The National Review.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-21
CEDAR WOOD FOR LEAD PENCILS.
Now Bought by the Pound, and Growing
Searcer Every Year.

The lead pencil is one of the most common arti-
cles everyday and nearly S20000OOO pencils
are manufactured in this country every year. To
manufacture these millions OF pencils there are re-
Qured 10000 tons. 100000 cubic feet, OF wood.
that each day in the year 200 tons 20.Oo0 cubic
feet OF wood used for pencils. Since prac-
ticaly all OF the wood is red cedar. and since the
rencil industry is steadily growing. the supply OF
red cedar Is greatly depleted yet substitute
has been found for IT, Leaving out Of consideration
the imported pencils. says The Boston Tran
script the average educated American over ten
years of age uses six pencils Of home manufacture
each year. Ten years ago ne used less than nve.
Red cedar has soft. straight grain. and when
grown under the best conditions Is very free from
defects Because of its peculiar qualities equally
good substitute for it has ever been found and il
Is doubtful II any other wood using industry IS so
dependent upon a single species as the pencil In
dustry Is dependent upon red cedar. In fact, red
cedar suitable for pencil manufacture Is the only
wood the price OF which is always quoted by the
pound.
Strange as it may seem, no steps have heretofore
been taken to provide for a future supply OF red
cedar. This has been largely due TO a lack OF in
formation on the rate Of growth and the habits OF
the tree. and to the widespread belief that second
growth red cedar never reaches meTehantabla size
In accordance with its policy toward the con-
servatiOn and economic use Of commercial woods
the government forest service has made a careful
study OF red cedar, and has come 20 the conclusion