Putnam patriot., 1910-04-08
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 | adixiners were subjected to critical | tests in his presence, and not only ~a. I ter buf metals also, were discovered f beneath the ground. \ diNipefs ! whom lle sent To Africa hy hts sensi- { tive rod. showed many places where borings brought copious supplies of wa- 1 ter lo the surface. In the presence oI i tbe Emperor. Tn Berlin his rod bent ] over places where several metal objects i had beeu hidden.
 l The French government, after four l years struggle. passed a "efkmea 2 I pension bill by vote ef zs9 ie a. Ihe l plan ingoisee contributions ffgm tbfee |l sources first, obligatory contributions | from the wage earaefss second. lie same | amount from the employer, and the f third from the state. Some similar 1 plan should he adopted by every eiYii- l Ized government.
 Alexander Agaxsiz, the noted natur- alssi, died last week Wednesday on the steamer from Southampton to New York. The news came by wireless. President Mellen has solved the pro blern of safely raising sheep and nt the same time making money out Of the new scheme. He has bought dozen Angora goats to net as guardians for his flock of 8uD thoroughbred sheep on his stockbfidgc farm. If fl succeeds the price Of Angofa goats will go up and the price of mutton will go down.
 The boom of agriculture under the rise of food products, Is reflected In the continued Western speculation In farm lands. which afe changing hands at steadily advancing prices. If high prices In food will send a few hundred thousand men from The city to raising crops, II will proving blessing in the end.
 The appellate division of the Supreme Court, at New York city. lsst Thufs- Council of the Royal Arcanum, pfnhi- biting members enjoying benefit funds, If engaged in The retail liquor business or in selling intoxicating liquors as \ salesman.
 The emigration from ihe States intt the Canadian Northwest continues ir greater volume than ever. The Cana dian Emigration Bureau states tha for the past II months Vt ,iss pefson' have passed nafth.aFd over the west ern border, compared sith 5o. .Bye in tho same lime a year ago. And they art superior class of people and are said to have plenty Of money, and they will enrich Inc Dominion directly by noI less than ss0 ,oU .oo.
 Oysters can no longer he fed--ef as the trade term goes, siioalcd in braeh' ish waier's--lefofe they are offered fol sale. The Department Of Agriculture has ordered that the practice must sIoI al once. The order affects all the oys ter trade in the United States, and |, of immense i'm portsnoe to dealers. The order is issued because the practice causes unhcalthiness in the oyster
 Bulletin No a2. aApple Growing In New Engiand,s has been issued from she Experiment Station of Stofrs hs C. b. Jarvis.
 The recent Conservation Congress in Minnesota-~hich wHs the first ons under State auspices In the West--~as attended by some 2a.no farmers, and has been pronounced decided success Tue program was ot the broadess char aetef. embracing all of the important aspects of the life and industry of an agricultural common wealth.
 A physician in the French army has collected statistics which practically prove, he says, thsI most smokers srs Immune from meningitis. He say, that for one case of meningitis among given number Of smokers, there sft twenty cases ot the disease among ar equal number of men who do mol bInske. If thai oe lfae Il is only s ne gAtise benefit. The WAY Ia decide the bensfit ol smoking, is to compare tn, general health of inc smokers and non snloken.
 Owing 10 the rise in Inc cost of ra~ rubber, which has doubled during tn, last twelve moalhs, prices ef the man, articles, some score CT mere. from shoe to babies milk bottles. have oeen fsises by retailers, all over the world.
 Last Saturday the Democratic leaee in the Maryland Legislature, arose an, said; We afe going 10 abide by th Consultation of Maryland. as eilstln
 uished from the Constitution of th, United States, 2 this he said in Feierenc b the hiil dlsfFaachising colofcd eltl xens contrary to the 18th Anenamen of the Constitution Of Inc United states
 No less than seven important East ern railroads granted wage increase last week. The advances average fron 5to per cent, and involve an extn expenditure amounting to slT .se, ,ooo year.
 The American Goasnl-Genersi a Winnipeg reports ihai The policy Q government ownership and operasios uf telephone systems, which nos oo [ tins practically throughout western Canada. is generally regarded a@ sao. osss after two ycars or so of success.
 The Salvation Army won yictor, n The Supreme Court lest Rntuniay