Putnam patriot., 1909-10-29
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 There is growing cordial feeling 1T this country towards the Japanese anc Chinese even on the Pacific coast. Int enmity excited against the natives ol those two countries by the sand-lol gentry, themselves mainly undesirable foreigners, and Hobson's tifades against Japan, entirely uncal!ed for and un. just and which has covered his name with contempt, have messurably given way 10 a nobler feeling, as the upright. ness and earnestness of those two ma tions in striving to win the friendship of this country is being understood. Ja. pan and China have each sent wal vessel to San Francisco to aid in the celebration going on there this week. Our government remitted to China q mum Der of millions Of fdotiarsimpfoper- ly claimed for Boxer damages, and the sum K to be expended in this coun- Try for the instruction of Chinese youth --45 of whom will arrive next week.
 Less than fifty years ago ffenehmen consumed per capita i.2 pints of aleo- hoI. Today the average adult French man drinks Fl pints of spifits-aimost equivalent to l65 pints Of brandy-pef year. Thirty years ago France had Il wine shop or cafe for every l03 inhabi- tants. Today there Is one for every f0 inhabitants.
 Death caused 4s,5l2 names 10 be dropped from the pension rolls last year--82, ,sBl being survivors of the civ Il war. Notwithstanding this great death list, Federal war pensions in the last fiscal year were the largest In the sym total ever kuown--slol ,973 ,7o3.
 A man driving his touring car at Winehendon, Mass, recently, had his eyes blackened, tooth knocked out, both lips split, and knocked uneon. scioua, by a partridge that flew against his face. The blow killed the part. ridge.
 The N. r., N. II. X II. railroad com pany, In conjunction with the Penn sylvania railroad company, Is nbeut to build connecting railway between Port Morris and Long Island city, crossing Hell Gate by gigantic bridge and involving an investment of more than $i2, ,000, ,oo0. This connecting rail- way will enable passenger trains to be run from all parts of New England un' der the center of the city of New York.
 President Taft announces that he hopes to go to Panama during the com- Ing Christmas holidays, and to Alaska next summer. If he can bestow such . blessing as he has so far in all his travels, he should be encouraged to go and not hindered.
 The ground on which London is built ts estimated to he worth s3,mo, ,ooo,ooo'
 President Lowell, in his inaugural address, said he preferred to invest, million dollars in housing freshmen rather than In building new gymna-
 
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 Last week Thursday Mount Nesu- yius WAS very active, the eruptions be- Ing more serious than any since i%e. On the same day severe shocks were felt near Mount Etna, ten houses be- ing thrown down ia one village, and many others, were injured. Only one person was reported killed.
 At Pittsburg new process is being tested for the manufacture of sugar, paper puipL and denatured alcohol, from Indian corn. Sugar equal to that from Southern cane and the best grades of book and newspaper are being pro. duced at about one half the present cost.
 New atrocities In the Congo inde' pendent State been revealed by an oih. Ger of a rubber factory, He charges that between ls07 and is0a n number of ,he company agents tortured and Killed many natives, chained and im- pf.soned the natives To force them to work and burned villages. The Minis ter of the Colonies has ordered an in- quiry.
 The recent typhoon that visited the Philippine Islands caused fall oi rain of k iuehes in nine hours, and 2e In. fell In the aa hours Inc storm lasted