Putnam patriot., 1908-07-10
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A little negfo gfi. tf years cid- won asgoid badge at tbe National Com en. ton Of Teachers, at ''leseiaud. ohio. iari week. by speiIing aH' w5ffi- with out single error. II may sha~ sini. ply, a wonderful memory, and Il may Indicate remarkable intelligence also.
 The automobile is seoufge io he dreaded as much as an at4aek oi 2hole- ra or the bHaoie plague. f.ast year, in Massach hu-etl=, e2 pefs91s were kiilei and so wounded, by aaionotles.
 Encke's comet, which WAS reported lately ffotn ihe royal observatory al the Cape of Good Hope i- loo near lhe sun 10 be visible in thi, hemIspacre, but iis resppeafanee proves that Prof. Wolf, of Heidelberg, who thought he saw II last January, really discovered ne~ comet
 Now that Mombasa has fl railroad running To Port Florence on Lake Vic tofia Syanza-5s0 miles aWay-it hhs Aecome a regular post Of call fof tue freight steamships. The ganda raii- road not only taps The heart Of Central Africa, but draws considerable part of the carrying trade from sections of German East Africa. The climate Of the plateau behind the lower coast be,i was found favorable to Europeans, and modern towns are springlng np in that section, along the railroad, quite Euro pean In character, and European set Hers are occupying them and are en- gazing in agriculture, developing that country rapidly, and offering excellent opportunities to men ot AtnAll capital.
 Wonders never cease. l.fVfosy, sup posed heretofore To be inenfabie, is tez ing conquered bY modern science At the Louisiana -tate lepef colony 4 pa iient who had been afflicted with that ioatisome disease WAS discharged cured and five put on probation practically tafed Isolated eases ef iepfosy are found practically in every pan of the world, and lepfosy specialists believe The fearful malndy is destined Ia be come eonnan in the nited states. II k therefore matter oi qualification to learn that Il k HOW cutahle
 Governor Woodruff has accepted the invitation t0 serve ns one of the vice. presidents of the International Con gross on Tuberculosis, to be held III Washington from september 2l to Oe. ioter i2, under ihe auspices et the Ma. lionaI Association for the study and Prevention ef Tuberculosis
 Last Friday m explosion occurred in coal mine al Las Espetanzas, Mex by which 20 miners were killed, and greatly damaging the mine
 The fellow who fred with n rifle ai Il balloon passing oYer irattlehoIo, Nt=. June l9, was eenNicted and sentenced to2 years and [ months in prison for the ofiense The ~tnie's Attorney declared his net was IN Wantnn and neck less as turning switches to wreck trains.
 \ membct of the first bonma, who has just arrived -,n this country, says Socialism k rapidly gaining ground ii Russia. He believes the t2nf will acz cepi the will of the people as expressed hy the present Douma.
 During it's first year, lss2, the postal savings bank of India had a,i2l depo. sltofs and sal2, ,2lB of deposits. Last year Il had ,Iao,en derosilors ana s4a, 222aa ,asa of deposits The average native has no con ldence in banks,
 The American Mexico Mining and Developing to, has been brought lo grief hy the post office inspectors, and iSa wafning Ia investors. The company had got hold of some worthless MeNt. can mines, and hy fraudulent represen. iatians about their value, and ny pay ing heaVy fictitious dividends they sotd an immense amount of stock not worth one cent, but feapcd great wealth.
 There are 2i companies writing bur eiAYy insurance in New ark city and they haNe now formed an association iafe>halowing douhlless an increase o rates. This would seem le indicate thal in New Turk city al least, the ,tme' have mol tvcn as hard as they shoule be for the burglary industry.
 Mural Halstead, one of the leaders il American journalism for over half , century, and widely known as an edl torial and magazine writer, died at Int home in Cincinnati last Thursday
 ltis proposed that, hy act of rarlia ment, ali the clocks of the British Isl The idea k to have the people endo, more of daylight than they are in In habit of doing. Thus when they thini they are getting up al : o'clock, the, will he really getting up al 5.ao, an, when they think they are going To le, al lOsA, when in fact they would e going al aslu o'clock. The object k | benefit the general health of the Rrit ish people. for reasons given, The peo
 pie of London, it k said, are mol a,ti
 for over aa hour later than the people q
 New York city,
 Joel Chandler Harris, known th
 world over as "t'nele Remus, died e
 Friday al his home in Atlanta, Ga
 afier short illness, a, the age of ,,
 He had natural 4ift in telling dream
 land stories, in negro dialect of "Bre