Putnam patriot., 1908-12-11
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 the continental nations of tufofe, aud sotHe ef the Republics south af tlie United states. The natural man is a fighting aHinaI.
 The sps eial commiitee on ely iegis. Iaiion to come before the Eext General Assembly has taken up the matter oi single headed city commissions and also the proposition te do away with the plan of having two branches q the court of common council and substitute one couneil.-lIanford tourant.
 aWeaith h. says Andrew Carnegie, atn itself. no ground for honofing man. It is of value to the community only as il k put to service, and 1t K only ss man puts te service that which he has. either Of wealth or abil- ity in some other line, that he has right to clsim the friendiiness and good will of the community.
 The French government has decided that if President Castro, Of Neneznela, comes to Bordeaux he will not be ai- lowed to set foot on French soil, until lie first makes an apology t0 the French government, and after that lo send tel effaphie instructions te taraeas for the immediate execution of the afSital award in tne matter Of French claims, which France asserts Castro has ig- nore1. Castro went to Europe ostensi- hiy for surgical operation, bal il is believed he has gone foT good. having sg, GOO ,000 stored in foreign banks.
 Ganada's foreign trade the past year surprised the Canadians themselves, being the biggest on record The i'm. ports amounted to Ss7o, 7s6 ,525, and the in single year of s65o, 798,l ,l3l.
 General Antoine simon commander in chief of the Hsytian revolution has assumed the title Of Chief Executive, promising that he would organize a provisional government pending the assembling Of Parliament.
 The startling allegation is made that no honest election has been held In Chi eago in years, according to report Of a special grand jury. The ballots of men long residents Of other cities, the ballots of temporary absentees, the bal lots of the insane, and even of the dead, were cast in the primary election of last August. Repeatefs voted ip pla- toons with the connivance of wilfully unseeing judges and clerks.
 The Davis torpedo gun was success fully tested at Newport recently. The gun fires a torpedo under water. With reduced citnrgc It drove the torpedo through net of steel on which White head totpedoes, golng at io knots, failed ta make my impression.
 The production of automobiles in the United states next yonr Is estimn- ted to he elase to "a, ,eo0 ears, valued ap pfoNimateiN at la0,N~, 900 This in. siicates car for about every ,ooo peo plo tn the country, and each car will average si ioou Iii pfice.
 ..The Emmanuel clinic has conquer ed alcoholism, said Rev. pr. Met tomt oI Boston. "lt has reclaimed men W ht have pas ed through all the widely ad. sertised cures of the country and the hands of noted physicians in yain.n
 In is1s-thirty years ago-this coun try sold and shipped To ''abroad' a5l |, otN pairs ot American boots and shoes getting Sios, 1000 for them. This veal foreign countries have bought 6,a52, ,uH pairs of our unrivallrd boots and shoe, and have paid sli lho ,ooO for them.
 Three Dutch warshlps have made a demonstration against Venezuela, and have orders lo seize all warships be- longing to that Republic.
 Mrs. Longworth, daughter of Presi. eat Roosevelt, has received beautiful pair of ieweled bracelets, the gitt ot the late Empress Dowagef of China, to whom she paid visit during her trip with the party taken hs Secretary fafl to the Philippines some years ago,
 The l. S. cruiser Yankee, which had been run aground on shoals in Bux- xard's Bay, where II remained for ten weeks, and was given up for lost, was rescued by John Arhuckle, of New York, by his system of compressed air On its way to New Bedford, after be- lag fioated, the Yankee was run into by another vessel and sunk in deep water.
 Ten nations were represented in the Naval Conference, which was held in London last week. The United States was among the number represented. The purpose of the conference Is double --frst, to frame code of laws fer na- val warfare, and, second, to carry out The recommendation of the second Con ference al The Hague, for the establish ment of an International Prize Court,
 In regard to the 1910 census, the Di- rector of the Census says; "i estimate that the cost of the Thirteenth Census, including the cost oi conducting the four annual investigations and the two biennial reports that the Census of,lce Is required Ia make simultaneously with the taking ot that census, will be si4,n7,Aa. The lump sum appfopgia- lion to be provided ln the appgapfis- tien aet for the next fiscal year should not be less than Sl4,0a.ea.
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