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Evening star., 1909-05-09
inches longer than that of the average

inches longer than that OF the average
woman.
South America supplies practically 90
per cent of the coffee imported into the
United States.
Four million gallons Of gum are used
each year In the manufacture Of England $
postage stamps.
Steel and reinforced cement will be
used largely in the reconstruction of the
destroyed Italian cities.
The value of fish and other marine
products taken from the japanese seas
is $50. 50O, 900.
1t is said that one ,of the estates of
the car covers three times as much area
as Great Britain.
Rio de Janeiro is to have a new govern
ment department devoted to stock raising
and agricultural experiments.
Throughout Europe there are 107' in
habitants to the square mile. North
America has but seventeen. Australia has
less than two.
The first suggestion Of an old-age pen
sion was made in 177o by Francis Mar
eres, baron Of the exchequer of England.
Canadian and Australian -four is hav-
ing a great sale in South America, dis
placing the product of the United States.
motor manufacturing concern OF
Vienna has offered a prize Of 5000 for
a device by which the speed of an auto
mobile may be kept down to fifteen miles
an hour.
An effort is being made to establish a
steamship line between Vancouver and
New Zealand and Australian ports. The
governments interested have been asked
to make an increase in the present sub
sides SO the scheme shall be made fea-
sible.
The University of Liverpool will confer
its doctorate of laws on William Marcont;
Its doctorate Of science on Francis Dar-
win and j. l.. Todd, and its doctorate OF
engineering on c. A. Parsons. The uni
versities of Oxford and of Cambridge
have conferred the degree of Disc. on
DR.. Sven Hedin.
The second International conference on
leprosy will be held at Bergen in Nor
way from August is to 10. The prelimi-
nary program includes the following sub
jects: The geographical distribution Of
eprosy, the forms and diagnosis OF the
disease. it's causes and manner of propa-
CATION, it's pathological anatomy and Its
treatment. The president will be DR.. G.
Armauer Hansen. discoverer Of the
bacillus of leprosy. The vice president Is
Prof. c. Boeck of the University of
Christiania, another recognized authority
on leprosy. The secretary is DR.. H. P.
Lie of Bergen.
The popularity Of producer gas as a
fuel is demonstrated by the recent action
Of the management of the Salisbury Steel
and Iron Company mines in Herkimer
county, N. Y, which is installing a gas
engine plant with anthracite producers
to operate its mine shafts and concentrat-
ing mill. The initial equipment will COM
prise 6OO-horsepower horizontal and
1oJ-horsepower Westinghouse vertical en-
gine, both driving generators. The power
house will be located a few hundred feet
from the mill and about a mile from the
shafts, An interesting feature was the
compe tition offered by a water power
plant located but six miles distant. Al
though offering current at a very low
rate, 1t was considered possible to pro-
duce power at still lower figure by
producer gas.
Evening star., 1909-05-09
Brimheld's Trees.
ON the Boston Transcript.

From the Boston transcript.
Intelligent and we'll directed enterprise
can give to almost any town, even a
small one.' enviable prominence. For
instance, Deerfield is well and favora-
bly, known throughout the state and
country by the thoroughness with
which it has preserved and made public
its historical records. and the compre-
hensiveness of it's collection of local an
tiquities. Now Brimfield is coming into
public notice because of the attention
that is being given to forestry there.
Principal kenney of that place is an en-
thusiastic and skillful planter of trees.
He is developing a forest tract to which
he has this year added thousand white
pine seedlings. two thousand Norway
spruce and four thousand American
beeches. Last year he set out two
thousand white pines and a hundred ca
talpas, which sre doing well. A number
Of his pupils work for him on Saturdays
and they, as well as some of the citizens,
are catching the spirit to the great bene-
fit Of the town. He proposes to trans
form a part of the school campus into an
arboretum, containing many specimens
of trees both useful and ornamental.
There is no waiting for Arbor day proc
lamations. Every day when opportunity
offers Is an arbor day there, and the i'm
pulse that has been started will continue
to have healthful influence upon the
community.
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His desire for drink disappears absolutely,
and he will even abhor the very sight and smell
Of whisky
The vigor he has wasted away by drink will be
restored TO him. and his health and strength and
cheerfulness will return TO brighten your home.
Golden Remedy has cured some Of the most
violent in a days time. This fact is
proven by many ladies who have tried II.
Mrs. Hattie Balkins yaneeburg. Ky. says:
MY husband took two doses OF your medicine
shout i've months ago. and has not taken a
drink or had any desire for liquor since then.
Our home is different now
Save your loved from premature death
and the terrible consequences OF the drink curse
and save yourself from poverty and misery.
1t costs absolutely nothing to try It, Send your
game and address to DIR. J. W. Haines 4154
Glenn building. Cincinnati. Ohio. and he will at
once send you free package of the marvellous
Golden Remedy in a plain. sealed wrapper.
He will also send you the strongest conclusive
proof of what blessing 1t has been to thousands
,f families.
Send for free trial package of Golden
Remedy today
Evening star., 1909-05-09
How Billiards Originated.

From the New World Of Billiards.
1t is a fact not generally known that
the game of billiards was invented by q
pawnbroker. William Kew by name. who
fiourished in London some time In the
sixteenth century.
This inventive avuncular relative Of the
needy used to employ his leisure hours in
wet weather when trade was dull by TAX
ing down the three balls which were the
insignia of his profession and pushing
them about the counter of his shop with
a yard stick after the manner Of the
game as at present played. and using
boxes fastened to the side of his counter
for pockets.
Out of this was developed a table with
a fence OF slight elevation about 1t to
keep the balls from rolling on the floor
and to enable the player to make what
have since become known AZ cushion
shots.
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Aristocratic Dwarfs.
Paris Letter to London Telegraph.

Paris Letter to London Telegraph.
A llliputian colony which has arrived
in Paris comprises over one hundred and
fifty men and women, none over
twenty inches high. The novelty of the
show will be that 1t is not a show OF
freaks" in the ordinary sense. The
dwarfs are not only perfectly well con-
stituted men and women, but they are
many of them people in society" per-
sons of culture and quality. I'VE are a
trifie mixed. it is true said the leading
member of the lilliputian company. "and
there Is even one negro among us" But
a number of the dwarfs are persons of
good family and In good circumstances
who have never consented to exhibit
themselves before.
The leading members of the company
are two brothers-Count Primo Magri
and Baron Magri-both Italians. Though
both about foot high they are full OF
dignity and explain that they do not
mix unfortunately with the remainder
OF the colony, which includes persons of
Evening star., 1909-05-09
Ireland's Immunity From Crime.
From the London News.

From the London News.
l quoted the other day some facts from
the Ulster Guardian showing on the au-
thority of the judges charges at the
spring assizes. how free from crime Ire
land has recently been. A crown prose-
cutor now writes to me from Dublin fur
ther pointing the moral by giving the
exact figures. He shows that in thirty
two counties Excluding the cities OF Dub
hin. Belfast and Cork. where crime was
of very normal typel there were only
i3S indictments. mostly of a very
ordinary character. This number works
out at only four a county. or thirty-five
to each million of the population. My
correspondent triumphantly asks. DO
the records of any country in the world
exhibit such immunity from crime?"
Evening star., 1909-05-09
ADMIRAL IJICHI's GUESTS.
Business and Professional Men q
San Francisco Entertained.

SAN FRANCISCO, May S.-Rear Ad-
miral Ijichi and the officers Of the cruis-
ers Aso and Soya returned this afternoon
the courtesies extended them during the
week by the committee representing the
civic and commercial bodies of San Fran
cisco. For three hours this afternoon over
700 business and professional men and 100
leading Japanese residents were rendered
reception on board the Japanese flag
ship Aso.
An oriental program was given. includ-
ing Japanese music, sword fencing and
japanese comedy drama. in all of which
the rer or-~a~s were sailors from the two
training ships.
Inc oap--.1se admiral gave a dinner
tonight on board his flagship to Rear
Admiral Swinburne. Gov. Gillette, Mayor
Taylor, James McNab president of the
chamber of commerce.; Gen. Weston
commander-in-chief of the Department of
California. U.S.A.; James Rolph, jr.
president of the merchants exchange. and
other prominent citizens.
Evening star., 1909-05-09
TO ALLOW USE OF ENGLISH.
Action Taken by Atlantic Conference
Of German Evangelical Churches.

NEWARK. N. j.. May S-Despite
strong opposition. especially on the part
of the older members. the Atlantic con-
ference of the German Evangelical
churches in session here today decided to
allow the use of English in the service
and business meetings of the churches
The opposition maintained that the use
of English would deprive the churches OF
their distinctive character. The younger
members declared. however. that it was
almost impossible to reach American chill
dren of German parentage because OF
their not speaking German.
The resolution adopted provides that
English may be used when It is demanded
by a portion of the congregation, provided
the pastor and elder of the district an.
prove and 1t is sanctioned by the mex,
conference.
Evening star., 1909-05-09
Ant Hotels.
From the Literary Digest.

From the Literary Digest.
The most recent addition to the list OF
plants which afford board and lodgings to
defensive army Of ants. according to
Rudolf Beer. writing in knowledge and
Scientific News, is Maragansa triloba.
which has been studied by Miss Winifred
Smith. Says Mr.. Beer:
This plant. which belongs to the Eu-
.phorbiaceae, was found growing in the
neighborhood of Singapore. It's stems are
hollow and divided into chambers by a
series of diaphragms, which. however, be-
come perforated. Ingress and egress into
the cavity of the stem Is afforded by
little holes which are bored through the
walls Of the stem along q groove of thin
leaf-insertion.
.At the base of each leaf-stalk are a
pair of curiously shaped stipules which
are pressed against the stem. Over the
Evening star., 1909-05-09
Ear Stays Where Placed.

A form of corn holder was invented
several years ago. but it did not meet
all the requirements, as does this latest
type. and fell into disuse. The holder
described in the cut consists of a trough
a little longer and wider than an ear of
corn and with slots in it's end walls Two
rods. with knobs by which to hold them
are thrust into the ends of the cob When
eating the corn the cob can be held by
these handles. and when the ear is laid
down 1t can be placed in the trough with
out fear that 1t will roll off the plate and
leave a track of salted butter on the
hostess snowy linen.
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Digs Up Onions, Etc.

operator. who can easily shake the digger
after he has taken up quantity OF the
soil and vegetable. In construction the
digger resembles a miniature wheelbar-
row, the receptacle forming the body be-
ing made of sheet metal containing in
Vulnerable perforations. At the front or
small end of the receptacle is a swinging
door, beneath which is small shovel.
In operation the digger is used as a
shovel in lifting the vegetable and the
surrounding soil. The digger is then
shaken. separating the vegetables from
the soil and allowing the latter to pass
out through the perforations
Evening star., 1909-05-09
London Office Of The Star.

The London Office OF The Star, at Z
Regent street. is maintained for the con.
venience OF Washington people travelling
in Europe. Any one, before going to Eu.
rope. should come to The Star Office in
Washington, and make arrangements fol-
the full use of the London office. A
letter introducing the traveller will be
given, and full instructions issued from
this office to the London Office to take
care of his needs. forwarding mail, etc
All friends Of The Star are cordially In
vited to avail themselves of these facilities
without cost.
Evening star., 1909-05-09
FIRE AT GOLDEN CITY,"
Fifteen Buildings Destroyed at ia
maica Bay Resort.

NEW YORK. May S.-"The Golden
City," the largest summer amusement re-
sort at Canarsie on Jamaica bay, Brook
lyn, was swept by fire today. Fifteen
buildings were destroyed. with loss of
nearly $l25.OO0. The blaze started in a
restaurant pavilion at the entrance of
the resort, which was receiving final
overhaulinG. preparatory to the opening
schedule for tomorrow. The fire was
finally checked before 1t reached the
booths and pavalions nearest the water
front. about half the resort being saved.
There was no loss of life.
THE Golden City, Is owned by an
amusement company of which William
Warner jr., of Brooklyn is president.
Only small amount of insurance was
carried. Mr.. Warner said that the loss
Of business would more than double the
fire loss The resort will be rebuilt at
once.
Evening star., 1909-05-09
PROGRESS OF THE DAY.

India has $4,000, 600 widows.
The Pacific ocean is the deepest.
The "snairs pace" is fourteen days to
the mile.
The wood pavement is a Russian inven-
tion.
The area of the British Isle is 12os79
square miles.
The world consumes 100000 needles
per day.
Prussia is introducing special cars for
dog travellers
The area OF the Pacific is $4,000, 900
square miles.
Forest preservation in Canada is being
| urged actively.
The estimated population Of the world is
800. 10000.
The japanese are buried with their
chins upon their knees.
English capital is encouraging the sugar
industry Of Jamaica.
| The mortality under chloroform aver
ages one person In 10000.
The Importation Of prison-made goods
into Australia is prohibited.
| Oil was used for illumination as early
| as the epoch OF Abraham, 1921 b. c..
| Dividing the moons surface into 12J
parts. seventy-two of them are visible
| from the earth.
| In the English language the letter "e''
occurs 1877 times in every thousand words
| In England and Wales. Cos, ,9O8 women
are entitled to vote for municipal officials
The hand Of the average man is IA;
Evening star., 1909-05-09
Portable and Saves Room.

they can be folded inward. Ike the pleats
of an accordion. and the whole form
a fiat surface. When the safe is erected
slides and a drawer f1t into the sides
and two doors, hinged on the 'front.' give
access to the interior. In houses with
small kitchens and cramped pantry ac-
commodations the new safe will be found
very convenient, and a particular virtue
is that it can be easily moved about to
any place where 1t Is needed. In sum-
mer time, when an icebox Is required.
Of the way. or can be placed outside
under q shed.
Evening star., 1909-05-09
KITCHEN SAFE THAT FOLDS.
When Not in Use in Summer It Car
Be Placed Behind the Door.

Economy Of space Is SO much sought
after nowadays that 1t is not surprising
to hear Of the folding safe. This is
the invention of a Georgia man, and
should be found useful to housewives
who have no more room than they need
The back and front of this safe are each
made in one piece and the sides are in
two pieces, hinged in the middle, so that
Evening star., 1909-05-09
COB CORN LOSES TERROR.
Need No Longer Roll From Plate
Nor Smear the Fingers.

Through the ingenuity of New York
restaurant man. corn on the cob may now
be eaten without annoyance. This man
has devised combination corn holder
which not only keeps the ear from rolling
off ones plate, but also enables the diner
to manipulate II by means of rod at
either end and avoid smearing the fingers.
Evening star., 1909-05-09
UNIQUE VEGETABLE DIGGER,
Gathers Up Onions, Etc, and Sepa-
rates Them From Adherinr Soil.

Something new and novel In the way
Of vegetable diggers has been devised by
a Kentucky farmer. the object OF the con-
trivance being to catch up onions and
similar vegetables and the necessarily ac-
companying dirt. and by slight shaking
separate the dirt from the vegetable. 1t
can readily be carried in the hands OF the
Evening star., 1909-05-09

all sorts and conditions. "The manager
merely chose the smallest people he
could find. you see, in all sorts of classes
all over Europe" they say "and tho
company. therefore. is mixed Besides
aristocrats like ourselves. there are peas
ants and menials
Evening star., 1909-05-09
Authorities in Plenty.

Talk about authorities. chew on those
for while" and then proceeded to refute.
He crowded a tremendous lot into his five
minutes, itemizing his points of argument
without stopping to crate. He was cheer
ed enthusiastically when the warning bell
closed his lips.
The presiding officer was l.. W. Mattern,
and the girls called him an awful tease
last night because he knew who had
won, but kept saying nice things about
the debaters and had everybody just
twisting around in their seats while he
laughed and went on talking. Every
now and then he would make believe start
to make the decision known and then
would relapse into his teasing speech
again until all the girls just shrieked
with laughter. When he finally said:
and out of the three votes Central
has two" he could get no farther. There
was regular cyclone of cheer. and the
evening was at an end.
The judges were Representative Foster
of Vermont, District Attorney Baker and
j. j. Darlington. Alternates for the teams
were Miss Margaret Wilson for Eastern
and F. C. Schneider for Central.
Evening star., 1909-05-09
Drunkards Cured
in "a Hours.
Any Lady Can Cure the Most
Violent Drunkard Secretly
at Home.
To Prove Ii. q Free Trial Package is
Sent Sealed To All Who Write.

Let no woman despair. The sure, quick, per-
manent cure for drunkenness has been found
II is Golden Remedy. 1t has odor. 1t has
no taste. just little is put in the drunkard
cup of coffee tea, or i'm his food. He VIII
never notice II. he Will be cured before he
realizes IT, and he will never know why he aban-
doned The taste for liquor
Evening star., 1909-05-09

Dividing the moons surface into 125
parts. seventy-two of them are visible
from the earth.
Evening star., 1909-05-09

In the English language the letter ''e''
occurs 137 times in every thousand words
Evening star., 1909-05-09

The hand Of the average man is IN
Evening star., 1909-05-09

In England and Wales. COS. .908 women
are entitled to vote for municipal officials.
Evening star., 1909-05-09

Oil was used for illumination as early
as the epoch OF Abraham, 1921 B. C.
Evening star., 1909-05-09

Steel and reinforced cement will be
used largely in the reconstruction of the
destroyed Italian cities.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-12-24

of MT. and Mrs. T. Roland of Miami, arrived last night from Tucson, where she has been attending school, to spend the holidays at her home.
 Frank Bauers arrived last night froG. Douglas to spend his vacation with his mother, Mrs. Maggie Bauers. He was accompanied by Mrs. Bauers brother, William Hayward, who will also be her guest.
 Mrs. N. c. Frenger and little daugh- ter, Rosalie, of Las Cruces, N. M., ar rived last night and will spend the hol- idays as the guests of Mir. and Mrs. A. Hansen at the Dominion hotel Mrs. Frenger is sister of Mrs. Hansen.
 Mrs. Frances Taylor of Fl Paso has been in the city several days looking over real estate with a view to purchas, ing property here.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-12-24
Excavations Already Made in Readiness for Begin
 ming Concrete Work
WILL START WORK
 IN VERY SHORT TIME
When Completed New Jail Is to Be One of Best in
 Every Respects

After delay of several weeks, q shipment of reinforcing steel for the construction of the new county jail arrived yesterday and as the result, there should be no further delay in starting active construction work on the new county bastile
 Already the excavation for the foundations of the new building have been made and as soon as weather con ditions will permit, work on the con crete construction of the jail will com mence.
 In the erection of a concrete build- ing, reinforcing steel is one of the necessary features. This steel, in the form of long rods, with twisted or roughened surface, IS embedded in the concrete. The concrete prevents the steel from bending and the steel, which lin return, prevents the concrete from breaking, producing an absolutely fire proof wall of great strength.
 The new county jail will be built en- tirely of concrete, with the exception of the outside facing of the walls, which will be of pressed brick.
 These walls will be so strong that an escape through them is practically inn possible, even under the most favorable circumstances, In addition, the steel cells which are placed inside the jail are built of material so hard that a hack saw or Lle will hardly touch it. As the result, when a prisoner is placed within the confines O. the new bastile the authorities can rest assured that he will be on hand when wanted and the necessity of sending dangerous crm- inals to other territorial jails for safe keeping, as has been done in the past will be entirely obviated.
 The new jail will be complete in ev-
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-12-24
OF Personal Interest

MT. and Mrs. DeLacy E. Kerr left yesterday morning for Los Angeles, where they will spend the holidays with friends.
 H. l.. McFarlan will leave this morn ing for Muscatine, Iowa, where he will spend several weeks visiting, that hay ing been his former home.
 Miss Mckenzie, principal of the Noftsger Hill school, will leave this morning for Phoenix, where she will spend her Christmas vacation.
 Mrs. C. F. Howe and Mrs. A. NJ. Fer nald will leave this morning to spend the Christmas holidays at Safford. They will spend several weeks in the valley.
 James A. Gooeh will spend the holi- days at Fl Paso, having gone to that city yesterday.
 J. D. McDougal left yesterday morn ing for Fl Paso to remain until after Christmas.
 Mrs. Nat Reiss left yesterday morn ing for Albuquerque, N. M.
 F.. NJ. White. superintendent of the Warrior Copper company; left yester- day morning for Los Angeles, where he will join Mrs. White, who went there short time ago.
 Mrs. Jas. NJ. Cochran left yesterday morning for Brookesmith, Texas, to spend the holidays with her mother and other relatives.
 k. H. Daniels returned last night from a business trip to Saoffrd.
 MT. and Mrs. NJ. Oliver of Ft. Thom- as, arrived last night for brief visit.
 F. J. Elliott, B. B. Gottsberger l.. A. Wright and J. Prochaska returned last night from Phoenix, where they h. been on various business matters.
 Gloria Roland, the little daughter
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-12-24
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that aside from the Silver Belt Publishing com pany, or their duly authorized agent and Captain and Mrs. Allen, no one has authority to collect for the Salvation Army Poor. fund. Occasionally some one takes it upon themselves to collect in the name of the army, which money never sees the fund.
 CAPT. AND MRS. ALLEN.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-12-24

of the building. The only illumination was furnished by candles and but for the absence of few typical cowboys, and supply of six shooters, the hotel resembled frontier hostlery. Need less to say, the umpteenth consecutive man who came in and aske what was wrong with the lights came near start ing a free-for-all fight.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-12-24
DOW BE HOPELESS

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