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The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-10
MHTTE CROSS ON
RUSSIAN STANDARDS

There is a pretty story of the reason
why the white cross on a blue field is the
Russian naval standard. When Peter the
Great was at a ship yard near Amster-
dam, where he spent some months gain
ing a practical knowledge of shipbuild-
ing, he became very Intimate with a clever
workman named Cruys. Before leaving he
revealed his name md station to this COM
rade and prevailed upon him to return
with him to Russia. The plans for the
first ships for the Russian navy were
drawn by Cruys, and Peter, to show his
appreciation Of this act, made him an
admiral and ordered that the navy should
thenceforth carry a special flag with a
white cross upon it to perpetuate the
memory of his humble friend. Cruys is
the old Dutch word for cross.-New York
Herald.
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THE H0LlDAY OF THE
T~EMPESTUOUS TARTARS

Did you ever hear of the COLLINS with
curly blue hair? They reside in houses
and they are not nearly so bulgy-eyed
as other COLLINS are. They live on por-
ridge and they love TO interfere with the
Homework and to make trouble when the
members of the household are getting
ready for school. They are exceedingly
exclusive and they never associate with
other COLLINS, If they can help 1t.
Well, one day-it was the annual goblin
good time, which vas held once a week
and twice on S~undayse-the goblins made
preparations to do their worst.
Now you must know there are four fam
1ies of house COLLINS. There are the los
ing COLLINS, the fussing COLLINS, the mus
ring COLLINS and the tempestuous tartars.
After the COLLINS have belonged to the
first three families they are promoted into
the last-that is, II they are able to pass
their examinations. All the house COLLINS
are particularly busy in the early morn
ing. Long before the persons who live In
the houses where they reside are up the
house goblins are about seeing what they
can do. 50 all the goblins got up very
early on the morning of the annua goblin
holiday.
Then the youngest Of the losing COLLINS
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IMPORTANT RULES

The children writing to this DEPART
ment or answering the puzzles will please
carefully observe the seven rules which we
print below for their guidance. No
prizes Will be awarded unless these
rules are followed;
Rule No. Write legibly and dis
tinctly.
Rule No. 2-Sisn your full name and
address to all communications.
Rule No. 3-State you age.
Rule No. 1.-THE answers to today's
puzzles must reach this office by
Thursday night. Solutions and prize
winners Will appear In next saturdays
paper.
Rule No. 6-Unless you use a postal
card in sending our answers be sure
TO place a two cent stamp on the en-
velope to avoid delay at the post
once.
Rule No. e-No boy or girl over is
years of age will be allowed to COM
pete In the various contests except those
conducted by Abel EN-.
Rule No. Address you letters to
Uncle Jack, EVENING STAR. Newark,
". ].
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NOTES AND C@NMENT

subscriptions to this column are So
Iici.eu from all puzzIers. For terms
and information address the editor.
Inc standing Of the solvers in the
number Of problems published 1O:
T. AITCHELL. 10; ESS ELL, 10; vIO-
LET, 10; ELEUR DE LIS, 10; O. N. e.
ONE. 10; Wilhelmina, 9; Tryon, 8; Musicus.
=: lea, 3; katy Did 8; Clarissa. z; Ralph.
After All, s. KingIe, s; Splash, s; Dew, 5;
Chicque, 4; Jimmie, 4; Remardo, A; Rusti-
Gus, 4; Wag,. 3; Happy, 2; Park, 2; Reylos.
z Ira T. Billy. z; None Hit, 2; Newarkus.
Gloucester, /. Total. 30.
LATEo has an excellent anagram in this
issue.
n RqrtIcSlaS ver attention. emit o,,ort is NJ called lied to
PEGGY IRON PARIS is spending the
late summer weeks on Long Island
-CLARISSA and NEVAH are in the
White Mountains.
4 GEO. H.. BROWN, a newcomer In the
OF puzzledom has no age limit.
ALEC SANDER win please send the
DUKE or GLOUCESTER. who is one
ariIy delivering mail in Philadelnhie's
Chinatown. He wishes to know II he will
be permitted to submit solutions IN Chi
nese Sure! Any old way. so long as we
GRACE NOTE is spending the month
at Chautauqua.
POLKA DOT has left for an extended
stay on the Maine coast.
VIOLET takes frequent trips to Ho-
boken nowadays. Why2
No. 2269. by AFTER ALI. received mnch
1 praise from the solving corps.
/ 1mE IS az hiberQn for q short vacation.
i JACKS .rhymin6 sQuare is q novelty
: CLAD 70 hear from RALPH again.
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2.269-BY AFTER ALL.
GNOME.
NEW PUZZLES No. FPS.
$3.50.
ANAGRAM.
I 1T.
Ecc TT

2,2s1.
NEW STYLE DIAMOND.
1. The letter s.. 2. More CObs.) 3. A hut.
L. To frolic. 5. (Hind.) The dried kernel
Of the %coeonut; 6. Brink. IA professed
teacher of wisdom. 8. Derived from Greek
organon: a combining form. 9. To deck or
ornament, especially with something cheap
and snowy. 10. (Archaic1 plural of COW.
Il. To invite. u. A denial. 10. The letter
7. PARK.
NUMERICAL.
My ! to 4, in Scottish seem
To pinch or squeeze; or vile or mean;
Begins a language treat of courses
Selected from quite varied sources.
In 5 to 7, Hindoostanee.
A frock for children small we see;
lcelandic now-S, 10. 9, IL
The god Of rain and peace in heaven.
In dialectie lore an ALL,
A mob or rabble n would call.
SQUARE.
]. Postofice, Grayson county, Virginia
Postal Guide). 2. French litterateur; 1882
1890 lPhIiips) 3. Same as creator obs
lea (Foster). 8. Litharge (obs.). S. Lounges
(Wright's Prov: Dict.). 7. Superlative de-
gree Of airy (obs.-Encyc. Dict.).
1924.
ANAGRAM.
Oh: pain is in this inquest.
2,2S5.
DIAMOND.
CWinner of contribution prize)
/. The letter F. 2. Ordure Bosworth). 3.
Same as carap-oil. 4. Hard, durable woods
of tonka-bean trees. 5. Kinds Of Jackets.
8. Mock moons appearing on lunar halos.
Z. Same as coroiitic. s. A racket-tailed
parrot. 9. Sienna Jobs. () Encyc. Dict ).
10. One of y tribe of A1gonkian Indians.
II. The letter e. KING CARNIVAL.
2,..S6.
DIAMOND.
l. The letter B. 2. To cheat. 8. Wounded
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ToDAY'S PRIZE OFFERS

A very pretty book will be awarded to
the girl and a good baseball to the boy
who send in the best answers to the city
rebus problem.
Handsome story books will be given
10 the girl and boy who send in the best
answers to the hidden picture contest.
Uncle Jack will also award a pretty story
book to the girl and Il baseball to the boy
who can first find the correct answer to
the hidden name puzzle.
In addition to these prizes Uncle Jack
will give a handsome rule box for school
work, containing pen. pencil, ruler and
slate pencil, to three boys and three girls
who answer all three Of the puzzles cor
rectly,
Answers to oday's puzzles aud list
Of prize winners Will be published ncxt
Saturday afternoon.
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THE PRIZE WINNERS

The regular weekly prize of twenty
hve cents for a selected complete list
of answers received to New Puzzles
No, 226 was won by
II. Aitcheil, Jersey City, N. j.
The regular weekly prize of twenty
hve cents for an incomplete list to New
Puzzles No. 226, selected at random,
vas won by
Geo. III. BrOVyn, South Orange, n. j.
The regular weekly prize of twenty
i've cents. for a selected contribution
was won by
King Carnival, Philadelphia, Pa.
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C%HlLDREN'S MUSTAMES

Father inquired young Alfred, why
is it all printers are called Job? Is II
because they are SO patient?'
They are not.' replied his father.
Fact is, have known many printers out
Then why is it," insisted the inquir-
ing Alfred, that all printers signs read.
Job printing!"
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ANSWERS T0 LAST
SATURDAYS PUZZLES

The name of the city shown in last sat
urday's rebus was Hoboken, n. j. f
The answer to the hidden name puzzle
was King Ferdinand.
The answer to the geographical prob
lem was Independence Hall at Philadel-
mia
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HON. To GET YOUR PRIZES

Uncle Jack will mail to each prize win
ner a postal card notifying them to call
at the business office of the EVENING
STAR for their prize. Bring the
card with you when you call, and the
prize will be given to yon in exchange for
IL. Please write Uncle Jack acknowledge
ing receipt Of your prizes and how you
like them.
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official Organ OF the Newark Puzzle Club
=EDITED BY ABEL EN-

Gen. ". IS STANDARD, Proper Names). s.
duly devoted to the %niceties. Of dress and
manners. 10. (Hind) ,Cymbals used by
devotees and dancers. IL. The letter s.
ACROSTICAL ENIGMA.
GAS You Like It.")
PROLOG. l.
@As YoH Like It so He wrote it;
If not like it any find 1t,
Somewhat plicate-so designed 1t.
Blemish touched on?+no disquiet;
Bring a Touchstone true, and try 1t.
Denounced by false upbraiding,
Flies to the Forest masquerading. 8
A sister, dear from childhood,
Knows a fertile spot in the wildwood.
Says trials we should bury.
Prithee sweet, my coz, be merry
Lie naiads tuning either.
"Banished Ganymede, come hither."
Finds tongues in trees wild verses
Motley sprite in sport rehearses.
Sing lasses coy, ungracious, =.
Off1sh sounds the Tyre tenacious.
7.
Chanting all serene would
Charm the cynic of the greenwood
g.
st typify,' quoth Hymen,
Bridal bonds that sweetly tie men,"
Twice two couples mate together,
Tried and true, whate'er the weather.
EPILoG.
ga MON Iad ciax,ar 7 do ra aeoax,ap
VIII love for a day without the ever:
You may be glad, sir, but Phebe's sad,
sir,
To find that Ganymede's No lad, sir;
So. darlin' jolly, we bless the green holly,
And sing, away with melancholy"
oase DELlAN.
RHYMING SQUARE.
French jurist and writer comes first In
Poor man. he died in Fifteen-sixty-Two
PIN the province of Holstein, Prussia,
A village on the river Elder find.
s-Now at this word posers make a dive, >
When / hint that it means to make
alive"
4-On the fateful island of Martinique.
Is a village seen from dread Peelee's
peak.
IA ulotEitt VI <1luDldt
Through which Aelius Gallus made his
In his futile attempt to subjugats
A~rabia-says Smith, at any rate.
s-"classiacat ions." also grades and
Harsh ,rebukes'' or seedlings, at
boys pranks. ...t
It's easy to solve If you have the will.
JACK
2,2S9.
MONOCHROME.
(After Adonis.)
A member or first.
AS famed as an alderman, sometimes a
Is known as a member and wise as a
court.
AT times in Ill favor and seems that he
For lawlessly rules he in scandalous sort.
He manages caucuses, is quite a conductor,
Is keen as a razor, or edge of a knife;
He practises statecraft, and is an %instruc-
tor,
Though subtle and shrewd, for success
is his '1ifei"
Yet others are brothers in broadest pub
licity,
Like Amphictyon of ancient Greek days,
Securing, the plaudits of honest sim
That ring through all time in echoing
praise.
A member of last.
AS tough as a hignwayman, uncultured
and homely,
obtuse in his statecraft he never is
shown!
Conversant. p~raiseworthy, outspoken and
comely-
Lin olniain, in fact, n respected he's
known.
He's the Equity Craftsman, sound-minded
and legal,
The Jurisconsult, square, honest, unex-
celled,
He's an actual Being, important and regal,
unboastful. unconscious, unmoved, UNI
expelled
He's the famed Dolphin Delmas Of late
notoriety,
A man -witted, insistent and
keen,
Unbeaten in queries, unbeaten in ubiety,
OF earnest cross-qucstioning, actions
serene. PRIMROSE.
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THE MAlL BOX

Answers received from the following
children were not counted today when the
prizes were awarded, as the rules govern
ing the various contests were not fol-
Loretta Seifried, Annie Clark, Lucy
Webb. Jennie Fast, Walter johnson,
Nathan Kampf, Kate Duerr.
Loretta Seifried-Uncle Jack thanks you
for the pretty postcard sent to him. Be
careful to follow the rules when answer
ing the puzzles.
Newark, Nj, Aug. 6. 1907.
Dear Uncle Jack-I received my present,
a pretty story-book called Herbert Car
ters Legacy" and was well pleased with
Il, Thanking you for 1t and your kin
favor, l remain, yours truly.
EDNA SULLIVAN.
Pottstown, Pa. Aug. 2, 1907.
Dear Uncle Jack-I have heard that l
have won a book for solving the puzzles.
l am away on my vacation at Pottstown,
Pa, and am having a fine time. Papa
wrote to me to let me know, so that
could write to you / am awfully glad
to win the prize. This will make the sec
ond book 1 won for solving the puzzles
/ will come to get the book when ! come
home. The last book I won was Swiss
Family Robinson ! just loved that
story. I've loaned ii TO girls. and they
think 1t is grand. Ny brother has read It
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over several times. I hope I will like
this book as well as the other. AS my
letter is getting pretty long, 1 must close.
| remain. GRACE MATER, aged II.
Is Union ave-, Irvington, N. j.
Dear Uncle iJack-I thanh you very much
for the baseball. and think it Is fine. Shall
try again. Yours sincerely,
A. DALE BROTHINGTON, aged s.
23 High street.
Newark, N. j., Aug. s, 1907.
Dear Uncle Jack-I thank you very
much for the pencil-box, and I am writ
ing this with the pen that came out of it.
'i EvEREfrT <. cHAPPELL. aged 70.
Newark, N. j., Aug. 6, 1907.
Dear Uncle Jack-I write in behalf of
my little brother, Harold Webb, thanking
you for his prize, a baseball, which he is
very much pleased with. The reason I'm
doing so is because he is up in the City
Hospital with both wrists broken, which
he got by falling out of a tree Friday.
Trusting you and yo ir nephews are enjoy
ing your vacation. l am yours,
Uncle Jack is very sorry to hear of
Harold's misfortune, and hopes that he
win soon be we'll AGAIN..
The Prescott daily news., 1907-08-12
ALL METALS HAVE LIFE,
As Expert Puts It, Statement Is Be-
 yond Argument.

Metals have life" said a metallur. gist firmly, Not much life, but lit. tie. As plants lives are to ours. so are metals lives to plants
 Heres the proof:
 You know how strip of muscle will contract under the electric cur. rent, and how, finally, it grows tired and contracts no longer? We'll, with strip of platinum it is the same thing. The platinum, too, grows tired and refuses to contract.
 And metals can be stimulated. de- pressed. poisoned Thus:
 Platinum wire, immersed in water, gives off an electric current that may easily be measured. If you put bicar. bonate of soda in the water, the stim. ulated wire gives of a weaker cur. rent Put in bromide of potassium. and the depressed wire gives oil a weaker current Finally put in oxalic acid, and the poisoned wire gives of no current at all. It will never again give on any current. It Is dead
 Now, l leave it to you. If you can tire a metal, depress it, exhilarate 1t. and finally administer to it a fatal dose of poison, have you not a right to say that the metal has life?"
The Prescott daily news., 1907-08-12
POSTOFFICE

oS Salnaster' r'...',...... Jack Grayson
 ohce hours-Open at 8 a. tn close s st D. m.; open at D. m., close a 10" p, m Sunday-Open at 9;2O a. m'' close at lo:30a m; open at 4:3O D. m, close at 5:30 D. m. Money order department-Open at a. m.. close at p. m
 Mail from Rosston and intermedi a'e points arrives II a. m, leaves 1 p. m.
 Hail from Gale and intermediate points arrives at II a. m. and leaves at p. III.
 Mail to DeAnn and intermediate podnts leaves at9 a. m., and arrives at 3:30 D. m.
 Hail on rural routes Nos. 1,2.S, ana o leaves every day except Sun day at S;30 a. m.
 Mail for all trains is made up ls minutes before the schedule depart ure of train.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-08-12
SS&& (Bv the Local UnIon)
Effective. Let's Try IL.
(Bv the Local Union)

Police Judge Mckinney, of Fort Scott, Kansas, has avigorous method of dealing with the liquor question. He has been giving every drunk brought before the court the alternative of telling where he secured his liquor or being fined S100. The prison equivalent to S100 is about 100 days on the stone pile.
 The Judge invariably ascer- tainS what he wants to know and uses the evidence to prosecute blind tiger men. The custom has two effects-it secures evi- dence against whiskey sellers and keeps men sober.
 There is a way of getting at these blind tiger men if officers and men want to.
 Let us conceive the way, and executive it. Don't daily any longer.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-08-12
Schemed for His Taffy.

When Andrew Carnegie was a young man, he was inordinately fond of taffy. And when we learn the scheme he adopted to keep himself supplied, it is easy to understand why to-day he is able to build li- braries.
 Andy suggested to the other clerks in the office in which he was employed that they organize club for mutual improvement. One of the rules pro- vided that any member guilty of LIS. ing an improper or slangy word or violating any of the numerous regula. tions laid down for gentlemanly con. duct, should pay fine of one cent for each offense. Tobacco was not al. lowed in the office, so under the skill ful wire-pulling of Carnegie. 1t was voted that the fund should be used for the purchase of taffy Carnegie was elected treasurer and disburser of the fund, and, as he never had to pay fines for misconduct, his taffy cost nothing
The Prescott daily news., 1907-08-12
PREScOTT'S FINANCE.

Elsewhere appears a financial state ment of the city of Prescott. As is customary, these statements are pub lished annually, as soon after the first of July as it can be made up, A com parison of the one published today with the one published on the 18th day of July, 1906, shows decrease in the in- debtedness of the town of $652.79. Be- sides there is an expense of $1973 37 for machinery for the power house and $62O. 12 for the concrete walk around the park, making total of $3246. 28. In other words the statement says the permanent improvements in the city the past year were $2593. 49, and there IS a decreased indebtedness of $652.79.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-08-12
AS CHINESE SEE SEVEN AGES.
Oriental Philosopher Pictures the
 Course of the Life of Man.

A French officer, Louis de Chantilly. tells in Paris Gil Bias of his discovery in Buddhist convent in the noun tains of Tonkin of dusty manuscript containing the Chinese version of the seven ages of man.
 At ten years old" says the writer, whose name has long been forgotten, the boy has heart and a brain as soft as the tender shoots of a young bamboo. At 20 he is like a green banana; he is just beginning to ripen in warm rays of common sense.
 Thirty years sees him developed into buffalo. He is strong and lusty full of bodily and mental vigor This is the true age of love; the age for him to marry at
 At 40 years. the prosperous man has grown to be a mandarin and wears a coral button. But it would be truly indiscreet to confide to him at this early age any functions calling for judicial intelligence or calm.
 When he reaches 50 years, how ever, although he has grown stout and heshy. he is fit to hold any municipal or state office: he can administer a city or a province or perform any official duty.
 But at 60 years he is old. Handi crafts and all active bodily activities are beyond him. He gives his depend ents and clients advice. That is all he is fit for.
 At 70 he is just a dry rice straw. He has only one care; to husband the breath of life that is left to him, to preserve it, even by artificial means His sons must assume the care of his estate and the performance of his duties."
The Prescott daily news., 1907-08-12
LODGES

Hasonic-meets lst and Sd Friday night in each month. C.C. Hamby. w: M.; Jno. Fishers, Sec.
 Woodmen of tn. .World-meets End and 4th Friday nights in each month. c.. x. Haynie, C. C.; bio
 Knights of Pythias-meets every Nonday night. Pomeroy Whitten C. C.; r, F. Chappell, k. of R.&S.
 Oau ufellows-meets every Tuesday night; Geo. Hays, N. G.; Alex Vaughn. Sec.
 Ancient Order of United Work ma au-theets every "Wednesday night in each month. k. l.. William. son M. w.; E. R. Newth Recorder.
 Knights and Ladies of Honor meets lst and 3rd Thursday nights ln each month. Alex Vaughn. Pro tector; B. J. Daniels. Sec.
 Nevada County Medical Society meets 1st Monday night in each month. Dr. Wm. W. Rice, president, Dr' l. .. Chastain. secretary.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-08-12
FICIAL DIR TORY

night, w. r. Murrah. President Sunday School every Sunday morn ing at S:45 o'clock; F. E. Murrah Superintendent.
 Baptist Church-Rev. l. B. Lum. bley, Pastor. Preaching lst and Sd Sunday, y,morning and night, Prayer meeting every Thursday night Sunday school every Sunday morn. ing at 9:30; J. (. Young, Supt.
 (. r Church-Rev. l. x. Clack pastor. Preaching every Sunday. morning and night. Sunday schoo, every Sunday morning at 9:30; W. Y Tom kins, superintendent
 Christian Robert 4 Highsmith pastor. Preaching ev- cry Sunday morning and night. Prayer meeting every "Wednesday night. Sunday school every Sunday morning at 10 o'clock; Chas F. Newth, Supt
 Presbyterian Church-Rev. H N NcLain, pastor Preaching the End, 3rd and 4th Sundays in each month, morning and night. Prayer meeting every Wednesday night Sunday school every Sunday morn. ing at 10 o'clock; T. (. McRae, Stunt
 w. C. T. U.-mee.s 2nd and ath rriday afternoons at 4 o'clock. Mrs. "; $. Waller, president; Mrs. H. A. Sykes, secretary.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-08-12

The News has repeatedly called at- tention to the fact that there is a city ordinance against leaving horses or ter how gentle they are. There were two run-aways in town this morning as the result of nothing but the simple violation of this ordinance. Shall we repeal this ordinance so that such oc- currences will not be a violation of the law or shall we enforce the ordinance?
The Prescott daily news., 1907-08-12
UnanswerabIe,

Dr. B. rarely met his match, but on one occasion he fairly owned that he had. He was sent for by an inn. keeper, who had had a quarrel with his wife, who had scared his face with ter nails. so that the poor man was bleeding and much disfgured. Dr. B. thought this an opportunity not to be lost for admonishing the offender, and said:
 Madam. are you not ashamed of yourself to treat your husband like this? The husband is the head of all your head, in fact. madam"
 Well. doctor,' fiercely returned the virago. "and may not scratch my own head?"
The Prescott daily news., 1907-08-12
with M ary.

Don't know how it came about Love Is so contrary. Had a secret-told 1t out.
 (Went to mill with MaryD Kept it even from the birds
 Time seemed leng and dreary; Never thought I'd find the words. (Went to mill with MaryO Told that I loved her-plainl
 Smlin' like a fairy. Said: "I love you back again" Bless the mill and MaryD Atlanta Constitution.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-08-12
HEALTH AND BEAUTY.

Watercress is an excellent blood purifier.
 Tomatoes are good for a torpid liver, but should be avoided by gouty people.
 It is said that a fever blister will disappear like magic if touched with a drop of sweet spirits of niter
 Half a teaspoonful of table salt dis solved in half glassful of cold wa ter will give instant relief in case of heartburn
 People with poor digestion should drink no water with meals. but take a glassful half an hour before and drink plentifully an hour or so after each meal
The Prescott daily news., 1907-08-12
SOMETHING ABOUT NATIONS.

Divorces are seldom known to oc- cur in Greece.
 The hottest region on earth Is along the Persian gulf.
 The United States is the richest na- ton in the world.
 The wealth of France is estimated at 42 thousand millions.
 Most Dutch cities are several feet below the level of the sea.
 The electric chair for executions is used only in the United States
 There are no prisons or police in Iceland-the people are so honest.
 The total consumption of coal in the world is 50 million tons an hour.
 A man who has given the subject a great deal of study says that there Is a greater variety to be found among divorce laws of different nations than among the laws governing any ethsr event.