New-York tribune., 1908-02-22
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The Meme Beriner Korrespondenz' tells OF a
committee recently formed at Milan by MISS l<i'''
C;nrsin for the purpose of exchanging chiure"-
some French and Swiss people have already taken
advantage of the committees offer. and fanlIle7
T., those countries have added Italian children 10
their households and have sent their little ones 10
Itaiy where they will remain for "hlIe 10 iedti
the language In It's statement the committee says.
we hone that Austrian and German families VIII
take advantage OF our offer. FIorentlne iahlNy
,,ha,. 20 oiys frs nine and twelve year old boys
mice healthy German boy d companion ana
families in Stresa and Verona have bright chore"
who would be glad TO learn the German language
Address our secretary and we will bring about an
exchange"
What got into trouble? Failure 10 ignore
That seems odd, -... .,o .o,,,-.o+,or to
give fhs al law swift kick"-I.ouisvins Courier
Journal ~
There is strange mountain in the Death Valley
region of Nevada. 1t IS known as Mount hiaHc'
ard consists entirely of boraX Mount Blanc Is
arproximateIy 100 feet high and two miles IN
diameter Frank NJ Smith, Of Oakland owns the
mountain absolutely and thereby Is SAID 20 cohtroI
the visible supply of borax in the world Inc mar
ket value of this borax where II hes Is soiiie''i9
more than 500 a ton. Experts estimate that the
mountain has at least 3O00.0D@O tons or boraN III
- This mountain standing at the north end oil
tie Funeral Range. within stones 'hro" ol De'tIi
Valley SAYS a Western writer makes Sihl'h esis"S
the richest man in the world from point oh ie
sources But this borax deposit Is merely d hhlnS
for the pot Of gold that rests IN the r Fuhe'"i
Range"
SingIeton-Have you decided what you are soins
to call the baby. old man , .. COLL him
Wedderton-Certain1y I'm going 70 can MIN
Whatever my wife names hhl-iiI-bl'S'
Tho british Consul at Loanda Angola, Africa.
has made a detailed report on the BenSueila rdi!-
u.av nov in course of construction between Lobito
and Katanga. The principal object or the ne"
railway is to tap the rich mineral field oil ha'ahSa
I'm the southern part of the Congo Free STATE A.
will traverse the entire province of Angola anu
open vast areas hitherto undeveiopeu' 10 COM
nerce 1t is said that the railway Will eventuaIy
be extended to link with the cape 10 CAIRO anu
Rhodesan systems, which VIII shorten '"o J'uii'oS
70 Pretoria or Johannesburg by three thouSah"
miles and reduce the time consumed in transit oy
four or five days. 1t Is expected that hat1hst VIII
ia coached In about four years The new line Will
omen 10 a copper industry which, II Is bel!eNto' VIII
become one of the greatest industries Il" Africa
rowne-I.uschman is troubled great deal By
MS We WE > II iIS didn't know that before.
Towne-Yes she usually cdass nas in iate and then
the trouble begins.-Pihadeph PRESS
:. en-. ,..sance Of the whole Jewish population
- ty,opn.a in CiaIicia, the ashes of eleven burned
scrolls of the law were soemniy buried III tHe
cemetery there recently. This unusual ceremony
was dne 10 a fire which broke out In the synagogue,
A lighted candle fell against the silk curtains be
fore the Ark the Covenant. "hlch began 10
hurn and eleven parchment scrolls or the law
contained in the ark were completely destroyed
In accordance with the Hebrew ritual the couhcl
20 ,n, e,.payoe1e arranged Il funeral with much
oara,oopv os for a deceased member The ashes
of each scroll we're carefully collected ana placed
9, seperate earthen urns, and then all the eleven
urns were incloSed in a wooden CONN., 'ose'her
with a black and white book Of prayers Ihis WAS
,aal &, q bearse which, followed by u large
ro,.5 ,roceaded to the cemetery where the collin
vas duly deposited in a grave
..vybat makes that man with boom so hopeful
OF election" , ,-.,-,h., C., to sl,ays
the Unexpected that happens. w Nashinston star