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St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1908-12-11

So Gcnts 8repporto nnellen1 Mne=
rita og .gDiflano for allninbelige @rc=
be pil blipe i,ofgrt fra /. Sanuar
Wiellem Gnglano oe Mmerifa far
oenne &orto ollcreoe pnrct 8rug
nogle .Moane0er og bar fprt til Ell
ubpre 6oregelie al aorreiponoanccn,
og 5piflanos 6orretningsmenb ioo
n1eb s@neitelie paa set Sortrin eng
lanb paa benne Maabe bapbe opnaaet
fremfor Splflano / Smiptningen
rneb Mnlmifa. DC tDlfe @an6els=
orgoriiotioner bar i ben ltoite Sio
ogiteret itoerft for 9eeo1attelien al oen
transatla,1tiife Norto.
Srunbeitigelie &ina. 8inos npe
&eiier, Sen tire Mar gm1lle Yri,1s 81l
Oi Gpn al Sen nnnercnoe &egent
Gbun, beiteg iio1te Sorsoag Sen fine
fife &eiiertrone nle0 ollie oe Gcremo=
nicr, Der bprer til peo en- laaoan 2ej=
ligbeo. &igets bpieite Dignitarier le=
ocoe @pitibeligbeoerne> ser foregif /
set feilerlige &nlnbs / ,ben ll1ffebe
9p", n1en nogle &nlier al Sen fattig=
jte &lasle blep fert ino 9aIa6iet for
at bore Sibner. Otter 1ronbeiti9el=
fen 11oltcbtes en- &roflalnation og ct
sln1neiti, Der frigop cit MaSie Sanger.
@fter at sen lille YrinS, tfprt &eiler=
bragten, par }teget op Sronen, n1oo=
tpg bnn en- fnelenoe &plbeit al lin
Steb,noDer, gnfefeijerin6en, Mfeb=
len1merne al Sen fejierltge Samilic
og belle @offet.
YrGiibcnt Gaitro al @enc5nela CT
MI poo &eien til europa, men Sen
Yfo0tagelie bap ptl fao ser oil 1eppe
blipe ipnoerlig penifobelig. San rei=
{er meo ct 5fib, ser anleber 6en
fronlfe 8D 8orbeaur, men "a @altro
6oraoret fprnernte6e 6rnnfrige
peo at uouiie Sen frantic &egierings=
repreientant fra Sene5uela, utl ser
life blipe gipet Gaitro Silla6el=
ie til at gaa i 2ono paa franif
@runb, lneominore ban lfuloe
bore iaa ipg, at ban neopen=
Dig noa fpres til ct &oipital. S
bebite 6ol6 oil ban, ont ian folnlner
2a11o, piebliffelig blipe lat / ct
Sernbanetren og unber EiliDn iaget
oper 2onoet og leslet al beb ben tD=
sIfe @renole. = sSlne11S ler set n1prft
u6 &ene3uela. Den bollanoife Ste
glering bar life opnaaet ct tlfreos=
itillenoe 6orlig lneo &ene5uelas &e-
9jering Mellempersn6et mellen Sc
TO 2anoe, og bollanblfe ariesifibe
Teller I'LL freln. oe tilboge langs ge-
ne5uelas Spit og inotoeer en- true',oe
Soloning, iao SefolfningenA ipeper /
bpoelig slngit for, at Sc pil HegDnoe
en- 9lofaoe al bele &piten, 1paaife
en0og @omboroement al 9perne.N
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1908-12-11
IRA 111a1,ge Ka11trr.
&pt fra alle 2anbe.

&ina ug DC Tsr. stater. st fine.
liit ipecielt @eia,,otlfab unoer 2eoelle
|af snlbasiabpr Gang sboa Di oa
lebiagct al cit Brins al Set feilerlige
9us opboloer Jig bet1ne 9io i Walb.
ington for at operbriuge 2inas Sat
til Sc Joreneoe Stater for at baue op-
bGpet Sen gritatlting, iom &iua bp1n.
tes til at betale oe Tor. 5tater ior
Sfaoe anertfanife Sltteresier bapbe
liot unoer 8oreropltanoen. Set me.
neS, at @eianOtifabet besllben bor
ben Opgape at iege afiluttet Ell fine
iiif=amerifanlf @anDelstrattot, bpiltet
oen anerifanife &egjering efter 81.
genoe life er meget iprig for, ba 0en
tpipler onr at Sen fineliifc 9cgiering
er iitano til at operbol6e fine iSorplig.
telier / cit iaabon Graftat.
Sruenbe Cprtr / Snbien. Set bent
meliga Aoliti Canada lige5 at pere
fomn1et paa set rene tlteo, at ser
Sn0ien efstlterer ct &Gn1pefolnplot,
forOelt ober bele 2an0et, Ser goar 10
paa at omltprte set britilfc StDrc.
llroligbeoer finber ituoig Stco Gait
oets forifiellige ggne, og Sperfalo
paa gngle11oere, @n1beosmel1o oa
Yripatfo1f, bprer til Dagelrs OrDen.
@icefonge,L 2orb llil1to, Dar netop
foretaget en 9feile / Sc norolige Aro'
pinier, bpor l1ptlien mo6 gnglnn-
oerne er fontli1ct iterfelt til Sroe, for
at lGtte Jig in6 / Stillingen. Set
panltoaes, at ser .ita6ig inbfpres ntoe
.oerne s5fpbepoaben til 9prgrsliann
ira SSapast % at bis1e Gaaben ifiules
pao forifjel1iae Steber 2anoet, reoe
til at tages I 8r1g, iaa mart Sp=
rprsiignalet lpber 2e0erue al Op=
rgrsbepegelie11 1ncncs at opbplbe fig
ber .9anoet, napnlig>i CALIFORNIA;
&pltbper, bnor Ser bar pGret afbol0t
talrige Wip0er. s Sen libitc Sis er
set canabilfe Spoa9eliespoliti fon1-
met un0er @ejr nreo Sagen, l11ulig
oeo 6orreoeri fra EFT al De Sa'nmen-
lnorne, og 2c0erne CALIFORNIA op=
treoer oerfor MI nleo SEN ltgrlte Tor-
ligtigbeb, men bliper Jorrebere11 op=
boget, pa1ovr Scr bam cl1 irpgtelig
Sfebnc. G,1 ltng @in0u, @ur11 Ma-
naf, Ser bar ltl,oeret peo anerifonlfe
.l1niperlitcter, 1nenes at p9re l,oiet til
9er{fer oper esnbien, naor set brittle
Nag er affn1tet.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1908-12-11
1lannt EannHntunh.
Rnuot i Amcrifa

Goneorbia Gollegc, Moorbeao,
Minn., CT oen itbrite 5fole ior ND=
fon1n1ere, naor DC pil lpre, lale, fri-
.ue og tale set ci,gelife Sprog. @frip
otter SplDsninger.
Yaitur Garl 9anien, Yrrit for orn
oanife &irfes @le,rigbcb i @ntcbin-
ion, ANinn., tbeologiif &onoioot ira
@ipbenbapns llniperiitet, bar mooto=
get &alo fra Menigbeben Clinton,
sSo. Ealtpr j.. 8. @rltnotnigs gannle
Me,igbeb, Ser iibcn bar ppret be-
tjent al Eaitor Arg. 11ber, I'LL /
9felpell, Sa.
9anifc l1oitillere. Be1tprellen for
Den itore lloitilling, Ser nGlte Aar
lfa1 afboloes Seattle, 1sllalfo=Du=
fon-4aciiic Grpoiition bar lenot
oanife il1teresierebe en- Opfororing
til at 6eltoec lloitillingenL Ser om<
iatter @unlt, yioenitab, Snonitri,
2anb= og 5fopbrl,g, Tiiferi olp. Oor=
boobcnlig nil ri le en- inut GeprGiur=
totion al bort 6noreluno paa llDltil=
.lingul.
Erufcsiornbpcfsltn9eu. Danlfe
9labe lneoeler, at Set iii er blepet
afgjort, at 8 . s o r. 9 +.
y bil. . ito S e per II al
&isbenbupns llniuerlitets iiloiofilfe
6of1,ltet, 2nrer / engel1f Sprog 90
litcrotur, ifol repreicntere llniperli=
tetet fer elmerifo 0enbol0 til ben
Snobpbelie, ipln Yrofesior 8utler
.ulrhrr lit Gphplb Donl1larf llblte0te
:nnl-at ielloe en- llniperlitetS-9 -9nrer III
bolbe fSoreorag ct Senelter igierneln.
Set er Golumbio=l1uiperlitetet, lom
fprlt og fren1melt lfal npbe goot al
Nrofesior Seiperlen5 8cipg, 1ncn
iou1 tioligcre nepnt bor Nrofc5ior
Butler gipct 5illabelie ill., at Sen
oanlfe &ioenlfabslnan0 ogiaa gielter
llniperliteter andre 9ele al 2anoet,
inrligt moo Gelt. lSer tibligit nGlte
Mar pil 93eiien BOG life finbe 5te6
sfolcimpcrintenoent Sobn B. 81
icn, sen befienbte bDgtige oaniffdotc
2eber al 5toten Minneiotos Sfole<
bGlen, er blebet ubnRbnt til Ell nD
5erl11in / lit @lnbe6e, lont ban bar
befleot / s Aar. 9enne @ienubnnD=
nelie ct cit iaa nugget ltprre slnerfiel1=
6elie al Mr. 0llen5 ltore Tortienelter
lom Statsluperintenoent, iom ban er
&epubIifaner, 1nebenS @rbernpren er
Denofrat. Olien er al 6ebiel &jg=
benbapner, men TOM ber til 2an0et /
Z slars 9lloere,1 og tilbprer en- al 0e0
goDc gomle 9fpbDggerllegter / Ben.
hanifc Glorfs 0rope aolont sSrec-.
born Gn., Niinn. @an bar bapt Ell
ln1nf &orriere / Sfolep9lenet, i0et
bon fun 26 s(or gannnel blep County
Sfoleiuperintel10ent for Greeborn
gon11tp, ltinn., og befle0te 6e11nc
Gti1ling; til bon 1904 blep uonpDnt
til StatSiuperintenoent. @an taler
og ifriper lit Mo0ersmaol til 6nlo.
fpnunenbeo og n9rer en- BARN Snter'
este for 6anif 2iteratur og &nltltrliu
Ser ct en- Wluligbeb for, at Mr. 81.
icn oil blipe palgt til g.0ean" for
Nfil1nelota 5tote 9lgerbrngsifple I, !
ct. Mntbonp Rarf, ioet oenne anieli=
ge Eoft er blepen bafant peo sen nll=
pGrenoe Gean's &elignation
(u:n.~:&,n(so nk 6..ns1&,c,>.Eor 91nrJ
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1908-12-11
@jensipelie af &nnitpcrfer. 9

8jengtbelie af &initbGrfer. gor
befienote 9anbsmanb 8illeObugger
Soba1tnes @elert, II Gait II. Street,
Netp Dorf GitD, bar l10ienot ct ual-
min0elig flint u0itpret &r11itbefte ne0
@iengipelie af IA al bans melt BE-
fien6te Sfulpturorbeioer. Som Ell
9logs 9itelpignet er benpttet Ell, 11D=
belig @r1tppe, to 8err, ser l1tooelle-
rer ct &bi116ebope6, og UNDER 6enne
@ruppe er anbragt ct ippgefnlot
Motto:
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1908-12-11

Goneoroia Gpllegc, Nfoorbeao,
0iimn., CT ben itsrlte 5fole for gsD=
fon1ntere, naar oe pil lRre, leIe, Ifri-.
.ue og tale Set ei1gellfe Sprog. Sfrip
efter SplDsninger.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1908-12-11
To model in Clay
Only Childs Play;
But get a Commission =
Hard Proposition.

Set bnrbe inti6lertio life pare
l1oeen ubaro &ropoiition" for Ell
&unfh1er, Der fan fre1nbringe laaban-
lie 89rfer lom Dem, Ser ct giengipet
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-12-17
CITY.

Query-I am the father of sailor
who served in the Spanish-American
war. heard from him shortly after
his discharge from the service. have
applied for pension. but my claim Is
held up for proof that he died from
disease contracted in the service. l
cannot get this proof, as he has not
been heard from for nine years. Will
not the pension Office accept the fact
of his death under some law, where
presumption Of death is accepted after
an absence of seven years? He was
never married and his mother died be-
fore he went into the service.-Edw.
S. A.
Answer-You no doubt refer to the
act of March Is, 1896, under which
act the death of an enlisted man or
officer is considered sufficiently proved
if satisfactory evidence is produced
showing the continued and unex-
planned absence from his home and
family for a period Of seven years,
during which period no intelligence Of
his existence shall have been received.
The provisions of said act do not bene-
fit you, as it is necessary for a de-
pendent father in order to obtain
pension, to show not only the fact of
the death of his son, but also that his
death was due to service and line of
duty.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-12-17
WHALE CARRIED OFF THE LINE.
The Monster Also Made Away with a
Good Harpoon.

Up among the torn bergs Of the Arc
tic a monster whale is cruising about
with a harpoon imbedded in his thick
back and something less than half a
mile of stout hempen rope trailing
after him.
The crew of the steam whaler
Thrasher which returned Sunday
night from an eight months cruise in
the icy north, declare that Mister
Whale got all that was coming to
him."
HE got away from u.s." muttered
the mate, splitting viciously into the
scuppers, but we will get him next
season. 1t was good rope we used,
and he'll get tangled up on something
so we will be one whale to the good
when we get back there.
He was a bad one, though. You
see Silva, the boat steerer, slung the
hook into him when we were in open
water between two big bergs. on he
goes with the stick in his back, and
he rope went out like man tumbling
froEe the loft. He ducked and dived
until one tub of rope was gone, and he
did the same with another He was
making for the nearest foe and when
he reached it he spit a lot of water
into the air and took deep dive. The
edge Of the ice cut the rope like a
knife and he was off for good, with
1000 feet Of the Thrasher's line and a
good harpoon with him. Fran.
cisco Chronicle.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-12-17
Long a temperance Worker.

Mother" Stewart, who died recently, was 81
years old She devoted her life to the temperance
canse. Mrs Stewart established the first w. c. T
u in Ohio at Osborn in 1873. In 1876 she visited
England and organized the first w. c. T. U. In that
country. Following the civil war she lectured ex
tensively in the southern states on behalf of the
war sufferers.
Five years ago Mother" Stewart became inter
ested in the teaching of Alexander Dowie and
visited Zion City where she remained one year
since which time she lived with friends at Hicks
vile. Until five years ago she resided in Spring
field, O., where she led in many temperance cru
sades. Scarcely woman in America could boast
of the praise from pulpit and press like Mother
Stewart
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-12-17
LARGE RoyaI Family.

Prince Ferdinand's assumption of
the title of king Of Bulgaria" makes
the number of reigning monarchs be.
longing to the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha fam.
lily four. This most prolific Of royal
races furnishes King Edward of Eng
land with 80 living relations, 55 of
these being direct descendants OF
Queen Victoria.
If the list be made to include dis,
tant cousins and connections by mar.
riage, the number of King Edwards
relations reaches the total Of 28S
ranging in rank from Capt. Machell
(who married a daughter Of Prince
Victor of Hohenlohe), to the czar OF
all the Russias.
This total does not include the off
spring of morganatic marriages Of the
type contracted by the late duke OF
Cambridge.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-12-17

"Wully," said Mrs. MacHigh to her
little son as they emerged from the
station at Saltham-by-the-Sea, moo
that we are at the coast, mind and ca
yer father papa when he comes doom
for the weekend. Yell no forget, wull
ye?"
"Wully," nearing the big sea, felt
graciously inclined to promise any
thing, and told his mother he .wouldna
forget.
On the Saturday morning Mrs. Mac
High was sitting on the stands beside
some swell" seaside acquaintances,
watching the children playing. Think
ing to impress her neighbors she
called out in her best society voice:
"Weelie, your papa is coming doom the
day"
ooh, is he?" answered "Weelie, "
busily engaged at sand castle, and
quite forgetful of Mondays promise.
AN wull my father be wi imp
Tit-Bits.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-12-17
HUSBAND KILLED BOTH,
Says He Surprised Wife in Arms Of
Murdered Man.

Roodhouse, ILL.,, Dec. 14.-Roodhouse
and Greene county Sunday night are
in frenzy of excitement over double
murder here. William Barnhart, en-
ploye Of the Chicago & Alton railroad,
shot and killed his wife in Mrs. Emma
Tracy's clearinghouse.
Half an hour later he went to the
Hotel Roodhouse, and, after cautioning
group of men there to get out of
range, sent one bullet through the
heart and another just below the heart
of Carl Clapp, manager of a grain ele-
vator there. Barnhart charged Clapp
and his wife had been too friendly.
Barnhart Sunday admitted his crime,
and said he had carefully planned
it.
81 went to my home at o'clock Sat
urday night and found it locked" he
said. 81 broke the outer door and then
found the bedroom locked, broke it
open and found my wife in Clapp's em-
BRACE"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-12-17
DECREASE OF $17,OOO,OO(
IN RECEIPTS OF INTERNAL REV
ENUE IN LAST FISCAL YEAR.
Income for Current Year Estimates
at $25o,oOo,ooo, Which Is $t,e55,o
Less Than for Last Year.

Washington, Dec. 14.-Commissionei
John G. Capers, of internal revenue
bureau, in his annual report, states
that for the last fiscal year there was
a decrease in the receipts Of 1898,
072, as compared with the previous
year, and that for the first three
months of the current year there has
been a decrease Of $7,262,23S, as com
pared with the corresponding months
of the last fiscal year.
The revenues for the full current
year are estimated at $250,O00, 900
which is $1,655,O0O less than for last
year.
The production of distilled grain
spirits for the fiscal year 1908 was
126,9S9,74O tax gallons. which is a de-
crease of over 41,OOO,OOO gallons, as
compared with last year. This is ac
counted for by the commissioner by
the prohibition movement, the high
price of grain and the agreement
among the distillers to curtail pro
duction.
The total production Of denatured
alcohol during the year was 1921, ,451
wine gallons, which is about 100000
gallons less than for the previous year,
and from reports received there does
not appear to have been any very ma.
terial increase in the quantity entering
into general or agricultural uses.
This is partly accounted for by
the high prices of distilling ma.
terials.
The cost Of production has not been
sufficiently reduced, Mr.. Capers says,
to enable denatured alcohol to com.
pete successfully with kerosene, gaso-
line or gas. Nevertheless, it is grad,
ually growing in favor for fuel, light
and power. Under special regulations
an agricultural experiment distillery
recently has been established in Wash.
ington by the department of agricul.
ture upon its own premises.
The cost Of the collection of the in
ternauonal internal revenue for the
last fiscal year was $4,S3O,69S, and the
estimated expenses for the next fiscal
year are given as S5,368,51O. The ex.
penses incident to the withdrawal of
denatured alcohol last year were $685..
719.
For the year 1,130 Illicit distilleries
we're seized and destroyed, 1913 arrests
were made, 1851 gallons of spirits
and property to the value of $19S, $40
were reported for seizure.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-12-17

is taken into consideration by some persons. The
young man, probably, was sorry for the abrupt
termination of his friendship with the young lady,
but perhaps it was for the best. That was his
version of it, anyhow.
Most English speaking nations celebrate Christ
mastide just Americans do, but each has its
little sefmade variation. In Italy they celebrate
with grand dance, as rule, and they take great
pains to be attired in gaudy rament. The Danish
are very deliberate about their Christmas festivi
ties and great fees and gifts are the order OF the
day. The Swiss fervent in their worship Of
the Saviour on that day and the little children
dressed for gala affairs parade the streets in or
der that their parents may look at them and COM
pare them with the kids next door,"
Many persons who have read much history and
who have been able to persuade themselves that
the present century is all wrong as to the date
of the birth of Christ are skeptcal as to whether
we should observe the sacred day when we do.
Estimates as to when Christ was born extend
clear from June to January 26.
Prior to the fourth century Christmas was not
observed on December Is, for there was no period
of uniformity in observing the day among the
early churches. The skeptical persons who have
studied the thing from end to end say that on
December 25 it rained in Judea and then attention
is called to the Biblical statement that shepherds
were watching their focks when Christ was born.
Now how could they watch their focks when it
was rainng?is the argument of the unbelievers
that December 25 is the correct day of feast.
One person who is not skeptical declared that
perhaps they didn't have sense enough to come in
out of the rain in those days. But Of course that
is no argument. The chances are the calendars
have been changed so much that the original
December Is, IL hunted down, would be found
flirting with May /. OF course the correct day
upon which to worship has much to do with the
feeling of Christians In the matter but at the
same time, If the event is properly observed the
time of observance is but detail
Many good churchmen who seldom attend
church on Sundays find Christmas an excellent
day to attend church because 1t only falls Sun
day once in seven years and it doesn't break in
on their weekly holiday morning nap
Millions of dollprs are spent every year in every
country of thesgfobe for presents. 1t is declared
in mercantile, circles that the United States in
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-12-17
HadIex Polnts Out Dancer.

President Hadley of Yale writes:
In the year 1889 the whole French
people was in a state of political ex-
citement. They seized eagerly upon
everything sensational. A young jour
nalist named Camille Desmoulins
shared this feeling and took advan-
tage of it. He wrote a series of ar
ticles called Lamp Post Talks to the
People of Paris in which he urged
that anybody who was not friend Of
the people ought to be taken to the
nearest lamp post and hanged. He
was not himself bloodthirsty man.
He chose his title chiefly because it
sounded so picturesque. After time
he saw that they were executing a
great many innocent men and women,
and began to tell men so Then they
said that he was not a friend of the
people any longer, and hanged him.
This story has moral for us in Amer
lea to-day. 1t shows the dangers that
come to people which reads newspa-
pers for the sake of excitement, in
stead of for the sake of information.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-12-17
Must Import MarrlaqeabIe Girls.

The problem of finding wives has
become a serious one in st. Peters
burg. The male population exceeds
the female by $4,000 in the Russian
capital, and the authorities are weigh
ing plans for importing prospective
brides from the provinces. The need
of wives, indeed, has led to the ma
king of several fortunes in matrimoni-
al agencies, heavy fees being exacted
for pretty girls as wives from remote
country places. The men outnumber
the women in all classes in st. Peters
burg, and at social affairs there are
usually two men for every woman. OF
course this is a truly delightful stu,
alton for the woman, but it is one that
is multiplying jealousles between men
and causing affairs" with swords and
pistols upon the field Of honor. Social
activities In st. Petersburg have been
declining in interest because Of the
scarcity of women, whereas in all the
other large cities in the empire WON.
en- are much more numerous than
men.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-12-17

Christmastide aXiOms Of that Kind Which are used
and misused toward the end of the year. That
first saving has been cleverly shifted about in
this manner: 1T is not the gift but the price
which the gver putteth into the gift"
The proper Christmas spirit as told from the
pulpit is far from that which many follow out in
selecting presents Mother countries exhibit less
interest in costly gifts than does America. Travel
ers in countries Of the old world have been sur
prised at the great number Of Christmas presents
which are home-manufactured Several weeks be-
fore the glad event, the families sit themselves
down in their rooms and start secretly, work upon
the Christmas gifts In the country districts Of GER
tain parts of America this custom is still retained.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-12-17
Sees Great Future For Siberia.

More than 100000 persons emigrated from Eu-
ropean Russia to Siberia in 1907. ViceConsul Chan
Ter of Dalny reports, and of this record-bTeaking
number fewer than ever before returned to their
homes Every colonist arriving in Siberia receives
81 acres of land free paying no taxes the first
three years and only half the regular taxes the next
three.
Siberia imports $1OOOO,OOO worth of goods by
caravan from China annually almost entirely tea,
while Siberia exports to China only $75000O worth
of articles annually, and many of these originate in
European Russia.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-12-17

Ottawa, Ont, Dec. 14.--Near Haw-
thorne, eight miles from here, the four
young children of William ]. Scharff, a
farmer were burned to death in their
beds Sunday morning while the par
ents looked on, unable to give aid.
The parents left the children sleeping
in the second story of the house and
went to the barn. Soon afterwards
Scharff saw flames bursting through
the upper windows. The fire made
such headway that the parents were
unable to reach the children, who
could be heard crying in agony. The
oldest OF the children was four and a
half years and the youngest four
months.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-12-17

Query-There is case in this insti-
tuition of a woman, the wife of pen
sioner The said pensioner deserted
her about five months ago, when she
became hopeless paralytic, and he
has refused to contribute towards her
support and declares that he does not
intend to live with her again or sup
port her. He receives S55 per month
pension. Is there anything that can
be done towards her support?-Dr. M.
M. G.
Answer-When the period of deser-
tion of six months shall have elapsed,
the pensioners wife should file appli-
cation under the act of March 3, 1899,
for one-half of his pension, provided it
can be shown that she is the legal
wife of the pensioner, woman OF
good moral character and in necessi-
tous circumstances.