The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-09-20

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arc always served hot and must be ex-
tracted from their shells by the aid OF .
holder and a fork.
Now that the American and English
season in Paris Is drawing to a close
official reports are being issued as to the
success OF tho polyglot policemen who
made their appearance last May.
There are at present on duty In the
main thoroughfares Of Paris tw~nty-one
policemen who speak English. nine who
speak German and six who speak Span
ish. and their usefulness has been SO
clearly demonstrated that the Project
Of Police has decided to add to their num-
Der es opportunity may arise.
The services OF the police interpreters
have naturally been most In demand
In the centre Of the oity around the Place
de lOpera, the boulevards and other fire.
quented localities. They have helped
many a bewildered foreigner to find his
way, have settled disputes between tour
lists and cabmen and have made friends
among grateful visitors.
Dealing with Carriers Of Disease
at the sanitary conference In Liverpool
yesterday Sir James Criohton Browne
passed from the physical dangers pre-
scented by books and newspapers to o
criticism from the mental and moral
point OF view.
There is unhappilyl in circulation In
these days. he said, 'litersture that
altogether apart from prudery or any
puritanical prejudice must be pronounced
pernicious to health. Mipgling with the
main and limpid stream are turbid cur
rents here and there, ~efiuents Of DECEASED
or sordid minds, and loaded with putres-
chile material and uncanny spores.
.The difficulty is that We have no
adequate Of separating this foul
stun and getting 1t into the septic tank.
There are novels In demand-'hot novels
l am told they are called-that pander
to vicious tastes and excite unholy pas
sions. There are scurrilous journalistic
rags about-one' ees them sometimes
on the tables Of the afiuent OF sporting
proolivities-that should only be fingered
by decent people with the tongs while
being consigned to fame.
these are public n~uisances which
cannot be ignored when We are taking
stock Of the carriers Of disease. for not
more surely does sewer gas produce
febrile disturbance and anemia and
predispose to e~rysipelas and gangrene
than do these emanations OF cesspool
literature discompose and debilitate the
mind and prepare the way for hysteria,
moral paralysis and nerve degeneration.
"This kind Of literature is dangerous
to the public health and should be dealt
with like adulterated food
Hull is rejoicing in q haunted house.
II appears that on Friday last the brother
in-law Of James Gibson. the tenant. was
buried, and after the fatigues Of the wake
and the funeral the Gilsons retired to
we'll earned rest.
Gibson and another brother-in- law
O'Grady. were sleeping together and they
were awakened at about 8 A. M. BY a
low tapping. They believed that the
sound came from their wives. who were
In q lower room. but on investigation
they found the women sitting on the
bdi In a state Of great alarm.
Hcu, bbyb ~ Siaoys POto IL Pusio
few across the ROOM. and the end OF 1t
was that We all ran into the street
The scream Of the women reused the
whole neighborhood. and d~etaohmonts
of men gathered enough courage to 60
in couples to examine the house. They
all came ont horror stricken. declsring
that were falling of the walls
and ma~ntelpieces and that pots and pans
were careering around as if alive.
At last the c~onstables arrived on the
scene. 1t happened that the policeman
on tho post was that same Constable
Kelly who at the Olympic games won the
championship among the heavyweight
wrestlers. He came out from the house
puzzled and willing TO admit that there
was something going on that he could
not wrestle with. A teacup hit him In
the face, he says. and a pebble came
flying through the back door.
The Gilsons and O'Gradys took refuge
with. their neighbors and are o looking
for new quarters. as nothing would tempt
them to stay il the haunted house. Mrs.
Ellison Is inclined to blame her dead
brother for all the confusion. az she says
they we're not annoyed until his death.
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The police force are sceptioel in regard
L., the supernatural element and are
keeping a constant watch on the house.
Some striking figures are given in a
report concerning wages issued yester-
day by the labor department Of the
Board Of Trade. Toward the end Of 1905
wages In Great Britain began to rise,
and in 1907 this upward movement
reached it's highest point. The net In
crease for tho latter year Is estimated
at es, s2l 900, compared with IN increase
Of 81, 4is, 900 in 1909 and a decrease Of
ElitN0o In 1905.
This enormous increase was almost
entirely due TO advances in the coal
mining industry. All other groups Of
trades showed net increases during the
o but except In the textile group the
advance was small. Altogether more
than $4,000 work people had their rates
Of wages changed In 1907.
The proportion Of workpeople whose
changes In wages were arranged by
Cancellation. wages boards, arbitration.
&C., was nearly 50 per cent, while nearly
6 per cent. OF the work people q fected had
changes which took effect under sliding
scales.
Tho changes in hours Of labor recorded
In 1907 affected 1920 workpeople, Of
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