Putnam patriot., 1908-09-18
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 Fress oi forestry in this country. Just fhe contrary is True in many eases and The nambef sf fsen ia the lumber in dnstry awakening to the necessity Of conserving tue country $ forest resour- ees Is increasing each das.
 Ofxllle Wright. a h9 won fame in France for his wonderful fests in sail ing his aifship, broke Inc wofId'. re. cesd again lasi week Thursday, at fori Myer. near Washington. in flight requiring great skill on account Of h. mile wind. he cifcled asouBd the drill grounds fifty eight times n s5 minutes b. seconds.
 The latest thing in the way Of apart menthouses in New York is td te Il structure Histories high, filling whole city block, and having i75 apartments capable O housing in luxury loD peo- pie. As each apartment will contain quarters for at least Two servants, II would appear that the appeal .ill De Co families with servants rather than with children. The lowest rental viii be s.5so and the highest ssDJ \ fea- lure Is to be the equipment of each apartment with feffigerating plant for the manufacture of its own ice.
 Because Judge William Hammefsley became 5e years old last week he re- tired from service Tn the Supreme Court, as n years K the age limit, but becomes by act Of the Legislature State Referee.
 Rev. Dr. James l.. Gordon, of Win. nipcg, eaaada, in aa interview ~ith The editor of the Advance, Chicago, relative to The religious interest II Inc two countries, said.
 s4t Canada is in the icad People Ro 10 church in taHadA-tbc man who taes not ka ta church is the exception There is a strong moral teHe in 9aaats md heailbY pu1iie sentiment But We canHol say how long Il will last, for no less than 15 different languages Are spoken in Winnipeg
 The Cleveland Furnace Go, which already has orders enough To insure a ftA IbbitAHH fttii Ai idii 'tlfAfiAA VI f',f Ions day, put 600 men 10 work last week nfief being snat down since last April.
 In Australia meat k cheap and plen- ts and people eat an average oi half n pound a day, the same as in this soan- ny. seanaanayians consume only Il third as much. The truth k that man kind k as Yel inexperienced i'll eating, unfit In he trusted with an nhund- nnee.
 cThe little Republic Maresnet between Try to give official support to the study of Esperanto. In the schools siS hours week afe devoted to the study of the universal language
 Since is.a, Il thousand patents, hase been Issued to negroes, some ef them valuable ones. The most noted negro inventor in the United States now k Granville r. Woods, of New York city A colored school teacher of N ashing ton, D. C.. invented gong for use in |. schools, and also ! pnking machine A coofed tlrcssmakef invented ma chine for sewing braid on cloth with. out the thread showing outside. X co iored Florida woman Invented a bed >for invalids for which she refused sto1l.
 Four hundred petsans attended the sessions al Lake toinpounce, last Ffi day, being the fourth annual Christian Citizenship Field bay of the allied church and temperance organizations oi connecticut, Although not wofded that way, il was the rally of the ptohi bllionisi party of this stale.
 Thele was striking indication o the number of unemployed in London England last Friday, when a,ooo mel surrounded ana attempted to msk' their way into hospital, which ha, advertised fot a porter al wage o sl.S a week and meals. An eNIfa de tail of police had To be called out s' keep order in the crowd which wa struggling lo get Into the building.
 The forest tires which have just lai, waste whole counties in Minnesota Michigan, and extending into Niscon sin, destroying many towns and mak ing thousands of persons homeless ,~ti go down A. one of the worst in the las quarter oi Il century.
 The announcement that there haN' been is deaths from Asiaiie cholera fl NJ. Petersburg, has caused disagree able shock throughout Eastern frus sia and Berlin. The government hal proclaimed quarantine against al Russian vessels arriving al German r,orts from St. Petersburg, tronstad md the Black sea.
 The astronomer nr ]. \. Rrashear who has been studying the present sun spots, says. "The spots that have teen on the surface of the sun fer some lin.s are of unusual size and are plainly Wis. ible to the naked eve in New York State They presage nothing oa the earth except magnetic disturbances. The most harm lhat expect from the spots k that they may interfere with wireless telegfaphy.
 Governor Mavoon ,of taba, has issued A decree nNing November la as the date fof holding the general election for fre- si.ient. Vice President. Representatives and Senators. II Is expected lhat after