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New-York tribune., 1907-12-29

nation that vIll live for ever. The Orenta.
toast puts II Il Is exhibited the great IdlleTE
incIosed a superb walnut case hat stands e'Ght
feet high
| took much pains ascertain the history "
,hl- most wonderful trophy gltt | usc the word
trophy hrc,u~e the gold Is all siberian AMI ever
Lc1l that stars the map came from the imperial
Russian ruue, IN the Trails The map vas de
signed with the personal approval pf the car by
the famous Russian Engineer De NpStoyslko who
,,Ip,rInrcr,iri tr> production and completion
throughout II was put r"scther At the imperial
factory pt Ekatcruhurg and nearly eIghr months
we're occupied ~ this process alone The "a Ha-
50 delighted With The map when = was completed
that he personally congratulated De Np>toVInk'
ard presented hn with a decoration IN honor Il 1,5
achievement
Th, -ca i, represented by a pale and precious
marble eui portion, pt foreign countries neye--
,,~,lr iuc'uiei such As England GERMANY, Italy.
and spain. are in ia-k gray puyN The whole -
France l. shown entirely II polished JASPER. and
each Department has bee, from stone ~ dt-ter-
crt color. although the hole blends without the
slightest l,tr - the artistic eve
Almost ever mine IL European ami As'.stlc
Rus-t Was r.,n=,c,-ei tp- the necessary ul-'-e-.l
New-York tribune., 1907-12-29
Pioneer School Houses

one of the pioneer school houses OF WhISh there
~ are detailed descriptions was that at Dedha1n,
Il was eighteen feet long by fifteen vide, and ma
overhead a little chamber under the slant OF the
roof Attached TO 1t the was watch house
in the form of leanto six feet vide. and almost
as high as the chimney. This had a fireplace ana
il had open Windowes 50 that the watch mlght
have an aspect / several waves. The building
stood in the Of the village on the borders OF
the parish green the meeting house In the
school room the pupils labOred during the day and
in the lean-to sentinel watched from the windows
during the night The master was permitted 10
keep the school IN his home in extreme weather.
and during the heat of summer he might Use the
meeting house provided he kept 1t cea and nendei
all the windows that his bows broke. The school
New-York tribune., 1907-12-29
Whit the Masters Got

TIL pay received by the teachers was ,neagcr
and not aINa IS easily collected In N"rtha'nPf"n
thc tr5t teacher. a town farmer by The name pt
Cornish. was voted -lN pounds towards thc -c'"c
X - ,ltkc the hcu,trt IF the -cpicr- ust "ht-
the fees tuaE have amounted 20 l- uncertain. Y
best the remuneration could hardly have -H.tlcei
t,r the support rhr master ami his ttrnii. aui
he must have continued largely dependent pr
. .gr!cu,ture He Haa apparently d nnH u con
s,ie,ble ab:lit. aaI s.ani,ns in the town t,r the
record, give HI, name the pret< pt NJ which
MAS then an h,npc,hlc distinction lec he had
New-York tribune., 1907-12-29

+ annals Of international cJurteSles
contain no more curipr- episode than
HAT relating 70 imperial Russia 3
graceful present To- he- friend and ally
France II took the prru II a map
forty inches square composed entlrelE
IF gold and precious stones framed III
Slate colored Jasper II Is exhibited
today in the Louvre. an ,ruperI~hablc
chart Of far France ImpervInu~ alike
tp moth and rust. he symbol Of q
New-York tribune., 1907-12-29

the Bible class" T. the PI-irars u New FL,
this Use OF the Scripture in the schools
fectlv satisfactory. for instruction and 80 PEI
were recognized % be closely welded and go S''a
tiCalv all the school books were religions = PId-
general nature. Indeed. the children re-s -. 'ne7
petuarv envelOpe1i week days and SUNDAYS :, PeI
atmosphere saturated with religious forms - az
ideas and language No
To illustrate conditions I cite The 5c5a sio, -.
Judge Sewell found that the spout which condrr.'.
the rain water from his roof dii -a- rerforn, 81
office After patient search. a bah 5elongino = :,
the Sewen children disco----t .-tIged ~ -
spout Thereupon The father sem -.- -ra minis
nd had sea asOn OF PRAYER with ms bows -l.r H..
mischief or careesSnesS might be set IN lis prov
a Spect and that the event might ne sauctihed :.
their spiritual good Powers ,t ia~-lness "
struggling for the possession of ever routhfu S,l
nd it the duty Of parents ministers md teacs
ers 10 pluck the children b-a0is FROM rhe b,rni
New-York tribune., 1907-12-29

schools There was nowhere any graded system. ana
in the larger towns the schools were little more
than a collection of isolated district schools. edch
with its own separate building \ sure to
find his pupils OF widely varying ages and classes
we're many and small, since few of the boys were
in the same stage of advancement.
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Of Importance to Shippers.

The injunction recently granted by Federal Judge Trieber to prevent the Arkansas Railroad Commission from instituting suits under the act of the last General Assembly, known as the reciprocal demurrage law, is of more importance to the shippers of Arkan- gas than is perhaps generally realized. The temporary restraining order was granted on application of the St. Louis Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad, to prevent the bringing of suits against that company as a result of alleged dis elimination in car supply in the coal fields of the State. It is said, however, that its effect in this regard will be only temporary. It is claimed that the commission has authority to proceed against the corporation for alleged dis crimination under the statutes of the State, entirely independent of this law. The assertion was also made that suits recently ordered by the commission were not under the discrimination clause of the demurrage law, but un- however, will take no action until the hearing is had on the restraining or der on December 6. The most impor- tant provisions of the law which will be tested byj by this this injunction, 1t is said are those providing for demurrage charges. The constitutionality of these provisions has been frequently ques- toned.
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Large Sum Paid Out.

In q statement made by State Treas urer James L. Yates, he has paid out of the treasur. dcrnIg the past ten days $15O,000. The largest payments of this sum have been made to the Arkansas State University. The first payment to the university was $65,00O, portion of which was provided for in the deficiency bill passed by the recent legislature, the balance, $11,- SIS, on account of what is known as the Merrill fund. This fund takes its name from the late United States Sen ator Justin s. Merrill of Vermont. Senator Morrill, was staunch friend of the agricultural colleges of the country, and in 1858 introduced in Congress the first land grant bill. The measure passed both houses of Con gress, but was vetoed by President Buchanan. He reintroduced the bill in 1862, and it became a law with the approval of President Lincoln. In the early EOS the Arkansas Industrial Uni versity, now the Arkansas University, commenced receiving its pro rata of the grant, amounting to $10,000. It was increased $1,000 every year, and for two years previous to this year the grant amounted to $25,000. This year the amount raid to the Arkansa. University was $30000, the last pay ment on which was made recently, amounting to $11,818.
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lNolA s7slLs sIMpokrs sALr.
ks DeposIts fnsxhsust5bIe, But Have
 Never Been Developed.

Washington. = Statistics furnished by Consul General w. H. Michael, of Calcutta, show that there were 1,5S2.- 7S4 tons of salt imported into India in 1906-'07, and during the two months of April and May of the present f1nan- cial year, 1s07,0S, 393.0s5 tons were imported. MT. Michael adds:
 ''The bulk of the salt came from the United Kingdom, although Germany, France and Alden contributed con siderable share. The decrease in quantity imported over the previous year, 1905-'06, was 35 per cent, but thero was an increase in value of 1.6 per cent The decline is due to the boycott of foreign goods. It is to be wondered at that so much salt IS 1m' ported into India, when one considers the exhaustless deposits of rock salt in the salt mines of the Punjab, and the limitless resources of fine salt in the Sambhar lake in Rajputana. Were these natural resources developed as they might be by local capital in the introduction of the most modern ma chinery there would be little need Of going outside of India for salt.
 There were 146,000, 900 pounds of salt, owned by private individuals, in the bonded warehouses and afioat on the River Hooghly August IS, all of which was from the United Kingdom, Hamburg, Bremen and Alden, and at the end of August there was hardly a pound of salt of Indian manufacture to be found in Calcutta"
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piamond.Rearinq Rock.

Col. J. A. Woodson of Little Rock and Walter Mauney of Pike county placed on exhibition recently at the Bureau of Mines, Manufactures and Agriculture dozen or more speci- mems of diamond-bearing rock selected from the diamond field territory near Murfreesboro from lands owned by Col. Woodson and MT. Mauney. The lands of Col. Woodson and MT. Mau- ney adjoin those of the Reyburn-Stiht syndicate, in fact nearly surround the latter. Col. Woodson owns a tract of 160 acres east of the Reyburn-Stifft syndicate holdings, and MT. Mauney owns between $500 and 4,000 acres. The specimens presented to the bureau are in various stages of de- composition. One piece of the perido- tite rock, taken from MT. Mauney's land and weighing about pound, is in a far advanced state of decomposition. It is expected this rock will disinte grate in about three weeks, and much curiosity has been aroused at the agri- cultural department as to whether it contains one of more diamonds, ot any. The piece of rock will be closely watched and the process of disintegra- tion noted daily. There are other spec imens that will not decompose before the end of six months or year, and until they decompose and crunnble ths secret as to whether they contain dia- monds will not be divulged.
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HEE.srINos sANIsH PAIN.
Bit of Cocaine Before They Puncture
 Rheumatism Fixes.

Harrisburg, Pa.-Cured of rheuma- tism by the stinging of a bee, Dela- ware county woman has substituted a bee hive for her medicine chest. State Zoologist Surface, who first scientifi- cally demonstrated that rheumatism may be cured by the sting of a bee, received a letter the other morning from the fortunate victim, telling how she had been cured. The woman, whose name Dr. Surface declines to disclose, states that her legs are en- tirely free from rheumatism since she has applied the bee-sting remedy.
 Every time I wash" she goes on, however, '1 am troubled for a few days afterwards with rheumatism in my arms and shoulders. But l have found a way to overcome this. l have provided myself with hive> of bees, and after my weeks washing l allow myself to be stung by bees on the parts where I have the rheuma- tism. The effect is marvellous; the rheumatism goes almost as quickly as it comes"
 After stating her case further the woman asks Dr. Surface what he would suggest as remedy for the pain caused by the bee sting. The doctor immediately wrote to her sug- gesting that she inoculate her arms and shoulders with very low per centage of cocaine before allowing her bees to get busy.
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Tb.nksoIvIno proclamation.

Acting Governor X. O. Pindall Tues day issued a Thanksgiving proclama' tion, proclaiming that Thursday, the 2sth day of November, 1907, be set aside. recognized and observed by our people as a day of universal thanks. giving. Following is the proclamation:
 Whereas, A wellestablished custom and the law-making powers of our land have established and decreed the GUS tom of setting aside one day each year to thanksgiving to the great Architect and Ruler of the universe; and,
 Whereas, Theodore Roosevelt, pres. ident of the United States of America. has, in a recent proclamation, desig- mated Thursday, the 18th day of Nov ember this year, to be suitably observ- ed as such an occasion, and in recogni- tion of this well-established custom and the presidents proclamation, l, therefore, remind our people that the past year has been one affording us much just cause for thanksgiving to the Omnipotent Power. Our land has been prosperous and our people have been made happy. Floods, devasta- tions and famines have been spared us. The native resources of our soil have come forth in abundance. Con- tentment has reigned and happiness has blessed the homes of our people. Comparing these conditions with those which have at times obtained, and which might have been our lot dur ing the past year, the result is appar- ent that we have much to be thank ful for, and by reason thereof,
 q, X. o. Pindall, acting governor of Arkansas, by virtue of the power vest ed in me by the laws and constitution of this State, do hereby proclaim that Thursday, the 18th day of November, 1907, be set aside, recognized and ob- served by our people as day of uni versal thanksgiving to Almighty God, for all His manifold gifts and bless ings;
 That during this day all depart ments of State government be closed and private business be suspended, in- solar as is possible, and that the day be observed by proper ceremonies in recognition of the blessings we have enjoyed through the manifold grace of our Creator.
 'In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and caused the great seal of the State to be affixed, in the executive chamber, city of Little Rock, on this the 18th day of November, 1907,
 (SeaD K. o. Pindall,
 Acting Governor"
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GREAT vcoR or MOVEMENT FoI
 UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE.
Progress Made in This and othsr Countries in Developing Com mon Medium of Communi-
 cation.

The Esperanto movement is gaining strength every year. The development of the universal language and the numbers of those who are committed to the mission of placing the language upon practical and commercial ba- sis grow apace. This was plainly and forcibly indicated at this years In- ternational Congress of Esperantists just held in Cambridge, England.
 It is estimated that there are up- wards of 5O0,0OO loyal esperantists throughout the world, goodly pro portion being found in New York, Bos- ton, and other large cities of the country. Dr. L. Zamenhof is president of the international organization. Un- der the nom de plume, Dr. Esperanto Ca name, by the way, which signifies "hope') he invented the language. He objects to the distinction, univer- sal language, as it was farthest from his purpose to have the new language become the common tongue of all peoples. He prefers to have it known as the international auxiliary Ian guage, as it is intended to simplify commercial and political intercourse between the nations. Perhaps the greatest impetus which Esperanto has received took place at the congress in Cambridge, England. Fourteen hun dred delegates representing twenty five different countries were present. To attempt to describe in detail the events at this congress would take col umns of space. It may be mentioned here, however, that every big country was represented by man of promi- hence and at this congress Esperanto received it's first official recognition by European power, the delegate from Belgium having been officially assigned by the ministry of military affairs to represent the Belgian min istry at the congress.
 The American delegates who attend ed the congress are enthusiastic over the practical use to which they put their knowledge of Esperanto while in Cambridge. Professor viles, of the Ohio State University. had only a reading knowledge, but he declares that he found, within a few hours, that he could use the language in con- versation Professor Viles also brings back word that Lord Roberts, the fam ous "Bobs' has just accepted the hon. orary presidency of the British Els peranto association.
 Although the leading centers of the Esperanto movement are in France, England and Germany, the people of the United States are rapidly becon-
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THE PRISONER WAS FINED.

She was New York Irish girl m court as the prosecuting witness against a prisoner arrested for dis orderly conduct, and the court was getting at the true state of the case by asking the usual number of entire ly relevant questions.
 What did the prisoner do?' he in- quired, after the preliminaries had been settled.
 He coon alahng by tn area pwhere Oi wor shtandin' an begin to address remarks to me- replied the wit ness.
 "What did he say?"
 "He said Good avenin''"
 "There was nothing very bad in that, was there?'
 But, sor, there wor no inthroduc- ton pravious.
 "Oh. yes, forgot that"
 "So did he, sor."
 Did you speak to him whom he spoke to your"
 ''Yis, sor. Oi towld him to gwahn about his business
 Did he do so?y
 ''No, sor. He shtood there tochln'
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RECORDS TELL OF ROMANCE.
Express Company Books Reveal Burn
 ing Passion of Youth.

Ottumwa, Ia-An express mes senger running on the Chicago, Bur lington & Quincy railroad through this city has discovered a sad love affair, told in three chapters on the prosaic records of the express company books.
 The other day a sequel was written in another chapter. Tender sentiment is left to the imagination, but this is the story as told on the express com pany records, the names being changed:
 CHAPTER I.
 January 16, 1907-Mr. Young Busi- ness Man r Miss Fluffy Rufies, Min neapolis, Re package, said to contain diamond value $150.
 CHAPTER II.
 September 1, 1907.-Mr. Young Business Man to Miss Fluffy Ruf1les Minneapolis, one package said to con tain letters, value 50 cents.
 CHAPTER III.
 September 5, 1907.-Received from Minneapolis. consignor unknown; ad dressee, MT. Young Business Man one package said to contain letters and jewslry; value $200.
 CHAPTER W.
 October 21, 1907.-Mr. Young Busi ness Man to Mary Lovey. St. Joseph Mo-, said to contain one diamond value $150.
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permanent basis. They M Joined by Fsperanists ana S N clubs in other states.
 Although few of the hu.,,. Of New York have made u,,,s as yet of Esperanto. nv President of the New Yort Y society, is confident that tL' are affiliated with firms th.,' a great deal of foreign bu,l soon be forced to take uO tI national language. In an iuts' gently with the writer he saId,3
 "The American Consul X Germany. has just written tbs2 ment to advise our merchautI3 CT learn Esperanto or secure tatives with such knowledsa desire to hold foreign trads| message was published in tf tcier, and l understand it hu some of our merchants tol about Esperanto.
 T agree with the Breslan3 for I believe that the day isi distant when foreign merchl1 transact much of their inten business through Esperantos
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State Capital Notes
TranserIpss Filed.

Transcripts filed in the Supreme Court the past few days are Ada Bra obzson, by her next friend, against the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company, on appeal from the Jackson Circuit Court. The plaintiff sued the railroad company Tor $lO,- 900 for injuries alleged to have been received in alighting from the ca boose of freight train at Tuckerman. The lower court gave the plaintiff a judgment for $2,000, from which judg- ment the defendant company appeals; Lesser-G Goldman Company against the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and South ern Railway Company, on appeal from the Nevada Circuit Court; United States as intervenor in the case of J. w. Eldridge against the Flint Lum- Der Company on appeal from the feh Chancery Court. The suit was institu- ted to quiet the title to certain lands in Yell county. The United States intervenes, claiming that portion of the land belongs to the United states and alleges that the defendant lum- Der company cut thereform pine tim Der to the value of $2, 300, for which sum it asks judgment; Robert Bailey against the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company, on appeal from the Jackson Circuit Court. The suit was brought for the collection of $2S, on account of services alleged to have been rendered by plaintiff as laborer for the defendant railroad CompanY
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DUG UP IN HEART OF PARIS AND
 COMPLETELY RESTORED.
Will Be Utilized as Place for Open Air Theater in Which An cient Dramas Will Be
 Given.

The things of bygone age have a fascination for the people of to-day. The ruins of former centuries are being uncovered and explored, and in some cases where the circumstances warrant are being restored. This is true in Paris at the present time, where steps are being taken for the restoration of the remains of the Roman theater, which were unearth- ed just before the Franco-P Prussian war, but which have for years been desecrated by terminus of the Gen. eral Omnibus company of Paris.
 Up to the time that the omnibus company took possession of the pic turesque spot in the Rue Monge, 1t was the pride of Baron Haussmann, who found delighti in the ancient ruins, although he made no practical use of the place. Now it is proposed to revive it in a manner most aesthetic. Some time ago the omnibus company was dispossessed and the ruins com pletely restored, and at the present time M. Camille de Sainte-Croix. the  dramatic author, has obtained con scession from the city of Paris which will enable him to give open air per formances there of old GrecO-ROman plays similar to those conducted at Orange, Beziers, Champigny, Mines, Aries, and other places which have Gallo-Roman remains.
 The theater in the Rue Monge dates from the third century, and was built by Roman soldiers whose camp occu- pied the place where the Odeon and the universities now stand. In 1870, when the Rue Monge was pierced and these Roman remains were unearth- ed, the archaeological societies of France helped to form company to restore and preserve them. But they never went further than the sweeping
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Charoed With Murder.

E. P. Iadd, president of the Little Rock Automobile Company was ar rested recently and taken to Pine Bluff on a bench warrant charging him with the murder of John Scott, a sawyer, at Ladd, November, l9O5. He was indicted by the Jefferson coun- ty Grand Jury, it befng the fifth that had convened since the death of Scott. Some time ago Mrs. Scott sued Ladd for $50,000 in the federal court and obtained judgment for $10,000 which amount Ladd paid. He claims self defense as motive.
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Has 132 spIinters in skin.

Philadelphia. - With his body pierced in 132 places with splinters, long and short, thick and thin, Albert Campbell, 1T years old, was taken to the Frankford hospital from Mister park, where he had been watching a football game from the vantage point of board fence. In an exciting mo ment when his team was making a sensational play he lost his balance and slid to the ground along the rough boarding of the fence.
 When he attempted to arise he found that every movement caused a pricking as of thousand pins. After long labor the splinters, were removed.
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Nation May Cut Out crowier.

Washington. = Congress will be asked at its forthcoming session to enact legislation prohibiting the prac- tice of rushing the growler' in the District of Columbia. Temperance societies have obtained a promise of support from the district commission CTS for a measure prohibiting the sale of beer or liquor in any unsealed yes sel unless it is to be consumed on the premises where purchased The ex- else board has been directed to pre- pare report on the amount of beer thus purchased
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Kills Her Stepson.

Mrs. Belle Mcconnell. who lives near Hico, is alleged to have shot and killed her stepson, John McCon. nell, with whom she has had much trouble. Since the death of his father he is said to have called at the Mo Cornell home frequently and abused the old lady at one time shooting her in the foot. At the time of the kill ing he was attempting to break open
 the door leading into her bedroom, and she fired to prevent his entrance.