Putnam patriot., 1909-06-04
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 Tue t00tb 0f q prehistoric animal which. according lo scientists. musi haze been ffty and sixty feet long as taH as building and with mouth big enough toi bite oil an ordinary tree, Nas found in sycamore, Illinois, The tooth weighs more ti1aa l9 pounds and ueasufes almost fool in diameter.
 For fifty year. the I.ehlgh Goat 70. 5 mine, nj ssummA Iiil, near Nilkez- barre. Pa., has been ou fire. More than sl.ma Da Las been spent In efforts lo check the fire, which sill continues to spread.
 Dr. shannon. of Edinburgh, recently stated that out of the ,U1 ely chii- dfcn, under three years of age, exam iped hy hlm, e97 had tuberculosis in some form
 Sympathetic interest has been mani fesied by the nations Of the world n the proposed international conservation of their natural resources, and sufii- cient answers have been received to the invitation of the State Department to warrant successful conference.
 Mrs. Rebecea Burns died near Belle fontaine, Ohio, last sunday, aged i5. hhe attributed her longevity to the faet that she always ale onions, raw affd cooked, twice day since she was 4 girl, and never gave il up until she died. A dispatch from Paris says thnt An drew Carnegie is sounding European rulers regarding the reception of his 1 suggestion, that the nited States call 1 conference before which powers. such l as Great Britain and Germany might be arfaigned with view lo inducing them to cease their rivalry in arma. ments- Europe, In Mf. Gafnegies opl- nion, having become aDfeadnoaghl mad. ?
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 Count Zeppelin; the most eminent European inventor of air ships, made voyage in his difigible balloon of ib6 miles, last Sunday, without landing, breaking all distance records.
 Nc wonder deposed Sultan Abdul lIamid, of Turkey was such success tul diplomat In steering his government almost miraeuleusly through so many fearful dangers. IL was hts stolen mil. lions; mol his brains, that enabled him To be so successful. Documents were discovered in the Yildik Palace, show Ing that the French Ambassador was in his employ, also the Russian Am bassador. To the former he paid e2. .0en Turkish money, per month, and the latter q ,ooO for betrasing the secret do. ines of all the European cabinets in. ciuding their own.
 The Russian Duma, on last Friday, adopted series of important measures designed to put into effect the pfinci. pies ei religious liberty enunciated In the Emperor's manifesto of May i2th. Some opposition was encountered from the conservatives, but less than was ex- pected. Like Turkey, Russia now on. joys perfect religious liberty. Surely, .'God moves in mysterious way
 The Pennsylvania Railroad k plan ming to set out this spring more than l,tsu,0u Lees. This will make total of 3,420.01 trees which have been planted in the last three years To pro. vide for some of the eompany's future requirements In timber and cross ties. The people are slowly learning the i'm. ponlant lesson that trees must he set out 10 avoid great destitution of lum- Der and impaired water power.
 Three small school. boys, last Friday, secured the arrest of three men who re. gently robbed the Overland train on The Union Pacific railroad. The boys were playing on the banks of the Mis- soufitriver and in pulling n string they saw brought to light reVolvers and olh- CT articles, and told the police. They were set To play near the spot to give notice when they saw strange men ap- preaching This they did, and the fob- bers were caught. The school teacher noticed that some one had been in the aitic, and made an investigation and found the robbers loot. The boys and teacher will.get Sls,o0 reward offered Tor what they 50 strangely accomplish ed.
 The Illinois Legislature passed \ bill iasl week to abolish capital punish mens, substituting life imprisonment therefor.
 Upward ef 3,ea scholars of interna. gional repute are attending the seventh International Congress of Applied Chemistry, which was opened in Lon. don, Eng, May 2Tth. The Prince oi Wales welcomed the Assembly. The Prince spoke enthusiastically of the important part whish chemistry has played in almost every branch of hu. man industry. Dr. N. Wiley replied for the United States. la his address he laid especial emphasis on the impor, tance of chemistry in agriculture. The next Congress Is so ie held in Wash ingion.
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