The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-04-12

riding habits and coats from English tailors
The German Empress and the Queen OF
Italy are among our customers
The announcement by Bishop Fallows OF
Chicago that he intends to live to be 100 on
a diet Of sour milk was received without
surprise by several eminent medical men
and food specialists in London.
Bishop Fallows's theory is no new one
said DR.. Josiah 0ldfeld. the well known
diet specialist. prof. Metchnikof demon
strated the value Of sour milk as a food
some years ago, and the Bishop Is quite
correct In saying that its more general use
would prolong life.
statistics have been compiled which
show that the life Of all vertebrate animals
Is roughly about five times as long as the
period which they occupy in coming TO
maturity. On that principle, man, who
is a vertebrate animal, and who takes from
nineteen to twenty-one years TO come TO
maturity, should live to from O5 to 105,
and then he ought to die Of old age quietly
and painlessly just as one falls asleep at
the close Of a hard days work.
THE advantage OF sour milk, in my
opinion, is that it is a perfect food and the
most easily digested food known
II further evidence were needed Of the
b~arbarities committed in the Congo under
Belgian rule it could be furnished by Mrs,
Christopher, who was a missionary in that
part Of Africa for several years. In the
course of a lecture on her experiences,
given in London, abe told Of a Belgian
officer who went out on a punitive expedi-
ton. certain natives having failed to hand
in sufficient rubber.
He returned with the heads Of twenty
one Of them which he had ordered his men
to cut of. These he used as a border for a
flower bed in his garden.
Judging by reports from Budapest the
unsophisticated youth Of the Galician high
schools have an unpleasant way Of dealing
with unpopular professors.
Only the other day Prof. Piekar OF Lem
berg was waylaid on his way home and
severely beaten by a gang Of rebellious
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outrage is reported from Cz%ernowitz, GER
tain students at the high school having
attempted to blow up with an internal
machine DR.. Philip Decker, professor OF
physics, a strict disciplinarian.
Last Saturday a postal parcel was de-
livered at the professors residence, and
quite unsuspectingly he began TO undo it.
when suddenly a hidden spring was re-
leased and a fame spurted out. The parcel
proved to be an ingeniously constructed
internal machine charged with gunpowder.
but the recipient had opened it at the wrong
end, with the result that the mechanism
had not acted properly.
The police have arrested six Of the high
school pupils, against whom the evidence is
very strong.
According to a letter from Constanti-
nople the Sultan has organized, for the
dedication Of himself and his court, a COM
pany Of artists whose duty it is to perform
daily before him at Yildiz Kiosk. The
company includes instrumental and vocal
performers, ana is directed by Signor Arturo
Stravalo, an Italian barytone.
Versatility is is strong point, as the Com
mander Of the Faithful is fond Of variety.
Definite hours for the performances are
never arranged and the members Of the
company are expected TO be ready to take
their part in grand opera. concert music
or a variety entertainment at a moments
notice. Signor Stravalo has found it neces-
sary to drill his company like soldiers 80
as to secure implicit and prompt obedience
10 a sudden call.
In order 10 invest his entertainers with