Semi-weekly herald., 1907-10-17

Of events he will retire from active
duty in August OF next year.
Hoping to placate the Poles, EN-
peror William will send the Crown
Prince of Germany to reside at Posen
and establish there a brilliant court
Big prices offered by American mil
lionares are said to support a gang of
European art thieves, whose exist
ence is shown by an arrest in France.
A London physician tells of a surgi-
cal operations by which he has sue
ceeded In making lunatics sane and
curing thief of his evil ways.
The life Of Sir George Smart. or
ganist who played at the coronation
of three British sovereigns and who
was associated with famous men, wiz
be published soon in London.
| Queen Victoria is fast losing her
| popularity in Spain. her imperious
manner driving the kings relatives
from the royal palace and placing the
ruler under her control.
Sumner writes from Washington
that the army is taking up serious
study of military aeronautics, that
| congress will be asked to make an
appropriation for the construction of
war balloons. and that President Roos
cyelt may take trip.
A learned Berlin Eeyptologist, who
has studied Menephtah's mummy de
cares that the Pharoah who ruled
| when the Children of Israel were de-
ivered from Egyptian bondage suffer
ed excruciatingly from toothacbe. The
Pharoah. so hardened his heart as
the book of Exodus has it. that 1t was
necessary to inflict ten plaques on his
realm before he would consent to let
Moses and the Israelltish hosts GO In
A word had there been good dentists
II Egypt in those DAYS there would
he no Jewish passover now.
The secret of why so many school
teachers are spinsters is out and is
made public by one of the spinsters
herself. Miss Catherine Coggn, sec
retary of the Teachers federation.
SAYS men are afraid to marry teachers
for the reason they have ruled i'm
periously SO long they are not amen
lble to domestic discipline and will
not brook dictation from their nus
,ands. The habit of "Dossing," the
| men seem to fear, is not laid aside at
the altar. There is another side to
he story. as well. Miss Coggin says
Scmen teachers hesitate to marry be
.ause they see in the children before
hem every day so many wretched ex-
IMPLIES of matrimonial misery.
In the matter of the requirement ol
the Interstate commerce commission
under the Hepburn act, that freight
traffic of the various railroads he post
ed conspicuously in all OF the stations
IN the United States. an important
hearing was held at the Offices of the
interstate commerce commission in
Warrington. The principal carriers OF
the country presented arguments fol
the simplfication of the methods re
luired by the law. charging that the
roads are being put to great and use
less expense
The report of the Great Northern
railway for the year ended June 81
; shows the effects of the largely in
creased operating costs in that terri
tory. Although the roads gross earn
iDgs increased nearly $500, 900. its
net earnings from operation were
nearly $500 900 less, as compared
with those of the preceding year
other income" increased however
tl,212,000, but that was about $iO0. .00t
b paid. The amount available for div
: iends was Sl.707. 900 less than in the
preceding year, and the surplus after
dividends-s2. So OO0-was $4,000 ,OOC
5 less.
Percy G. Williams. vaudeville man
ager, has arranged to give ocean trav
elers variety bills made up of the
most expensive acts on both sides oil
the Atlantic. 1t was announced last
Saturday night that in a few days
contracts will be signed with the
North German Lloyd line by which
passengers on it's steamships will be
able to see n vaudeville performance
at sea every night in the week, begin
ming early next spring. All the head
liners TO come TO this country will
help make up the weekly bill at sea
coming this way, while the American
vaudeville performers who are bound
tor the London halls will entertain
passengers on the liners bound east
ward.
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