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New-York tribune., 1910-11-20

during the Crimean War.
Although those who write about him pass
buthely over this period of Tolstoy's life,
merely mentioning the fact that he wrote
6 few brilliant books which established
him as figure in the field of letters, the
relentless old man does not spare himsGf
m speaking about his dreadful twenty
years before his spiritual birth
Il put men TO death in war" he de
cIares in the course OF the autobiograpni-
cal sketch mentioned above. II fnuaht
GueIs to slay others I lost at cards,
wasted the substance wrIng from the
sweat Of peasants, punished the latter
cruelty. rioted with loose women, and
deceived men Lying. robbery adultery OF
all kinds drunkenness, violence and mur-
der. all We're committed by ne, not one
crime omitted. and yet [ was none the less
considered by my equals To be compara-
lively moral man"
Some say that Russian society is worse
than that existing in any other civilized
country At all events, Tolstoy bianes his
wasted youth on the moral influences that
surrounded him. As an instance Of the
kind of ideals which were instiIled in him
he cites the case OF one OF his aunts. whose
highest ambition for him was that ne
should have d serious love affair with some
experienced married woman much older
than himself
There is nothing like it." she used 20
say, for developing young man
He uses the incident in the passage above
quoted from Anna karenina.'
That he keenIy regrets those twenty
years is made patheticaHy clear by the re-
mark he made to q Young man " go sought
advice of him few wears ago. This young
man was E. a Steiner. ii well known writ
er to-day.
Much time [ lost. sighed the old man.
in fruitless and ainIess youth. Oh!
with what pleasure and satisfaction do
7 look on those who begin early in their
lives to labor with some clear, well-detined
New-York tribune., 1910-11-20

and that mainly BY the improvement OF de-
fence as opposed 10 the improvement OF
attack Many plots have been found pos
sibIe which have formerly been held 20 be
untena BILE or weak
the masters. The average player OF TO-DAY
PLAYS a lot better. Play has become more
subtle and aggressive. Briiliancies when
were previously thought unsound have
been discovered to be good The games or
fifty years ago appear excellent, as they
are recorded. but there is a far larger pro-
portion Of good games played now than
then What was thought beautiful and
subtle fifty years ago is commonplace to-
day."
New-York tribune., 1910-11-20
HOW FAR THE BLOOD TRAVELa

The mileage Of the blood circulation re-
veaIs some astonishing facts II has been
calculated. for instance. that assuming the
heart 70 beat sixty-nine times a minute az
ordinary pressure. the blood goes az the
rate of z07 yards in a minute. or miles an
hour, 30 miles d day and So.00O miles Il
year II a man eighJy-foUr years old could
have had one single blood coVpuscle float
ing in his blood all his life, IL would have
travelled in that time nearly seven million
niIes-London Globe
New-York tribune., 1910-11-20
A REFORM Err.

Why did you decide 70 cut Of your
queque?"
1T struck me as absurd replied the en-
Iightened Oriental
In appearance?
No IN the way it is spelled. wash
Ington Star
New-York tribune., 1910-11-20

..-.-.e mas written before i was known I.
- --,Is-ov would succuupb 10 his attack |
:. sale- not
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eoVsRNMENT REFUSES
TO OPERATE CREAMERY.

0l'mpla, Feb. Ex-Governor Hay is
II receipt of letter from the agricul-
1'ol department of the Federal gov
= .Dllent at Washington, D. c., declin-
~ 70 accept the offer made by the
."Nei"ood Company of Spokane that
eApert be sent to handle the bust
~ s9s u the company for any period
g.. Iom one month to one year. The
oa pDA@ne company made this offer in
tasN Vi mat the government might de-
AVA ,l'liie what is fair price for dairy
doa, t'iln products, in which the firm
tbo Tue letter it is pointed out that
mi. A L, sent by the government might
non. 'ne whole business. The govern
AZ uecllnes to take any such risk,
int VIC &c urn does a business that runs
'De millions of dollars each year.
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PRINTING FOR PosTER1TY.
Impressions ON Fine Unbleached Lin.
en- Would BE Enduring.

Impressions ON Fine UnbIeached Lin.
en- Would BE Enduring.
| Experiments have been maze at the
government printing Office recently
with view to finding means whereby
records of exceptional value may be
preserved through ages yet to come.
says the New York World. Ordinary
printed books, undergoing as they do
steady process of decay, cannot be
expected to last many centuries.
1t seems altogether likely that the
entire present contents of all our IL
braries will be dust fifteen hundred
years from now or perhaps much SOON
er. How, then, shall our historical
and other records, especially those in
relation to discoveries in science. be
preserved for the benefit and instruc-
ton of remote posterity?
The inquiry above mentioned. con-
Quoted under the direction of DR.. Will
lam F. Manning, has led to the conclu-
sion that ordinary printing on un-
bleached muslin of fine mesh would en-.
dure for many thousands of years.
This, in fact, seems to solve the prob
lem.
Pages of the Congressional Record
printed on fine bleached linen proved
to be much more beautiful than on the
best paper. Furthermore, the letters
were clearer and more distinct to the
eye. Unfortunately, the bleaching pro-
cess seriously diminishes the lasting
quality Of the fabric. But when un-
bleached linen is used it serves the
purpose perfectly well and. though
much less handsome. takes half-tone
pictures as satisfactorily as paper.
DR.. Manning got his idea from GER
tain pieces Of linen which, unwrapped
from the mummy of one Of the Pha-
raohs, came accidentally into his
hands. Although about $500 years old,
they were perfectly preserved. We
make much better linen nowadays and
1t may be expected to last at least az
well. AS for the printing done on it,
1t can never fade, inasmuch as ordi-
nary black printers ink is four-hfths
carbon Chat is to say, lampblack) the
most absolutely indelible substance
known.
It Is not suggested that all books DO
printed on unbleached linen In order
that they may not perish. but 1t would
certainly be desirable II at least two or
three pieces Of important historical andE
other precious documents could b
turned out In this material. in order
that they might not be lost to tho
world through the ordinary processes
Of decay.
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QuffR }DoBlt'

Soldiers in the Russian army are tc
carry compasses with luminous
needles.
Two thousand million microbes are
sometimes injected into persons blood
to cure disease.
Cavalry officers in Italy undergo a
course of instruction in pigeon train
ing for military purposes.
Arranged in a straight line, the rail-
road tracks of the world would reach
to the moon and back again.
The smallest screws are those made
In watch factories. An ordinary thin
BILE would hold 100000 of them.
The Eastern States, from Maine to
Alabama, produced gold worth $685.
143 and silver worth $35,070 in 1908.
Covering an area of 2,450 acres, the
largest hydraulic gold mine in the
world is in Trinity County, California.
The lighthouse of Heligoland has a
light of 2O,OOO,OO0 candle power. AT
Nuremberg lamp ten times as power
full has been made.
Among the important improvements
contemplated in Japan are the quad
rupling Of the Tokio-Yokohama Rail
way and the improvement or the Kioto-
Kobe line, so that very much higher
speed may be developed.
Breweries and tanneries and print
ing ink factories confer exemption
from tuberculosis, and employees in tur.
pentine factories never have rheuma-
tism. Copper mining excludes the
possibility Of typhoid among the work
ers-Harper's Weekly.
Cotton growing has been resumed in
Palestine. An extensive suitable area
is available. During our Civil War
cotton was cultivated there on an ex-
tensive scale, OF which several old cot
ton presses still bear witness. 1t Is
said that the cotton was of very good
quality. Companies are being organ
lied. In Turkey of late years a dis
tinct revival Of the cotton industry has
become manifest.
From 1880 to 1908 the heart death
rate of the United States Increased 81
per cent; In Massachusetts the apo
plexy rate 1876 per cent. For the
whole country the apoplexy rate In
creased "a per cent. For the wnoie
United States the kidney. heart ana
apoplexy rate increased 80 per cent.
Boston decreased the typhoid rate 81
per cent; Philadelphia increased the
cancer rate 70 per cent.
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goatskins are still in use in many part
of the world; bottles of earthenwar
are used still more widely, but bottle
of glass measure the content of ou
civilization. Including jars and othel
wide-mouthed glass containers, thu
total output of the glass bottle fac
tories of the United States amounts tt
a billion and a half bottles year
nearly twenty bottles for each man
woman and child in the republic. They
are indispensable.
The earliest form of the use OF glass
was in bottle making. The monuments
of Egypt preserve pictures OF glass
blowers at work in the days before the
pyramids were built. And it is re-
markable fact that there was little
progress in the art of bottle making
from that early day until few years
ago, when an ingenious machine rev.
olutionized the business. 1t is a far
cry from the ancient glass-blower to
the modern bottle-making machine.
that turns out perfected bottles at the
rate of ten a minute. The finished
bottle made by machine is better than
the one blown by hand. being more
uniform in it's thickness, stronger. and
more exact in Its contents.
There are great many styles of bot
Ties. new fashions being brought out
each year. Last year fifty-seven new
STYLES were placed on the market. By
the records of the bottle makers 1t is
shown that the patent medicine output
IN the United States amounts to nearly
200 900 900 bottles a year. while the
lionid prescriptions filled by the phar-
macists may be twice as many. not to
rant,on those used for beers and
minerals and other liquids. and as
tasks. fruit jars and sundries. A new
hottie that promises to become popular
ia the poison bottle, which has many
,it,e sharp spines on 1t like cactus,
ord n It is handled carefully all will
be- we'll. But the person who gets hold
~ II in the dark or when half asleep
will be advised by the telegraph ina.
runs from his hand to his brain tnat
he has the wrong bottle.
Bottle making Is now almost On e1-
act science. The directions for making
q certain kind and color OF glass are
written out with the accuracy OF doc
tors prescription. The molten glass;
when ready to be turned into Dotties'
ia contained in great lakes seventy
five feet long, sixteen feet wide and nve
feet deep. The furnaces under these
lakes are heated by easy gradations
until the glass reaches the white heat
~ molten metal. Then the finished
hottie is allowed gradually to pass
.h-o,,vh a declining temperature until
At last it comes out q cool and tenn
pered bottle.
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Second Homestead Entries.

Washington, D. c., Feb. 26.-The
McCumber bill to provide for second
homestead entries was ordered favor.
ably reported by the Senate committee
on public lands. If enacted, it would
allow second entries under the home.
stead laws to be made by any person
whose first entry had been forfeited,
abandoned or lost for any reason ex-
cept cancellation for fraud or by re-
linouishment for valuable consider.
alton.
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LABOR men Give
ULTIMATUM
PHILADELPHIA FACES GREATEST
LABOR CONTEST IN HIS
TORY OF CITY.
Every Union Man and Woman IN City
to Go Out Unless Traction Company
Comes to Terms-Saturday Set for
the Great Demonstration.

| Philadelphia, Feb. 2S.-After a ses-
sion of more than six hours, the Cen
trail Labor Union delegates last night
voted to call a sympathetic strike OF
140 trades unions in the organization,
beginning next Saturday. The dele
gates claim $4,000 men will respond
to the call.
This action of the Central Labor
| Union is fraught with mOmentous con-
| sequences, the union officials say. The
decision was made at secret session
| of 700 delegates in Labor Lyceum
hall, which lasted more than six hours.
There apparently was no question but
that the delegates would vote to strike,
| the split being on whether or not the
strike would be started Immediately.
The more cons ervative element pre-
vailed, however, and the walkout was
put off until next Saturday.
Hope Exists for Arbitration.
Meanwhile there is hope that the
street railway strike will be arbitrated,
despite the repeated declaration of the
transit company, controlling all the
lines in the city, that there is moth
ing to arbitrate."
Nobody doubts that last nights &C
| ton of the Central Labor Union makes
the situation very grave. There is a
strong feeling, especially among bust
ness people, that the strike should be
settled speedily, as all lines of bust
ness suffer from the interference with
traffic. Consequently there is much
sympathy for the move for arbitra-
ton made by clergymen of all denom-
nations early in the week.
There was surprise at the unanim-
| ity of the vote in favor of a general
sympathetic strike.
Sentiment Was Mixed.
The meeting yesterday had been dis
cussed previously, and there was a
mixed sentiment as to the wisdom of
calling out all classes of workmen.
Leaders of various trades unions said
they were opposed to a general strike
| because it involved broken trade
agreements Others doubted their
ability to order all workmen to lay
down their tools and have the order
| obeyed.
AS the gathering was secret, little
of an authoritative nature can be
learned of what trans pired behind the
barred doors, but that there was much
oratory is evident, as the meeting last
ed from little after o'clock until
$3.50.
The great crowd gathered outside
the hall would occasionally hear loud
cheering, and a responsive cheer
would go up from the outsiders.
Decision Is Cheered.
Finally, when the meeting broke up
and the announcement was made that
unless the Philadelphia Rapid Transit
comes to an agreement with it's strik-
ing employees by next Friday, the
greatest strike in the history of Phila-
delphia will be inaugurated, there was
a cheer and the crowd dispersed.
Not only members of unions afiliat-
ed with the Central Labor Union and
the Allied Building Trades Council,
but of every labor organization in the
city in any way connected with the
American Federation of Labor partici-
pated in the meeting.
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Double Test Not Necessary.

Olympia, Feb. 26.-When the State
grain inspector examines scales it is
not necessary for the county auditor
to inspect and test them, holds w. V.
Tanner, assistant attorney general, In
an opinion given to the State Railroad
Commission. The point was raised as
to whether the law of 1909, which plac-
ed public scales under the jurisdiction
of the railroad commission, necessitat-
ed double inspection, as previous
Jaws had put the examination under
the county auditors of the several
counties. The attorney general holds
there is no need of two examinations.
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Refuse Wage Increase.

Cleveland, Feb. 26.-Replies of south
ern railways to wage demands of the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and
the Order of Railway Conductors have
been received. The refusal Of the
roads to meet the mems terms was
unanimous. This places the southern
railway situation in the same status
as that in the territory north of the
Chesapeake and Ohio and east of
the Mississippi. 1t is now certain that
any action taken by the men to press
their demands will be simultaneous In
the east and south.
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BLIND BANKING AND DUMMY DIRECTORS

- HEN tho banks of the whole country in
NA/ 1907 gave US clearing house certificates
instead Of cash, private investigations
showed an alarming laxity Of bank direct
U&NlEHSA ors In the management Of their institu-
VSAe4Y) tions-a carelessness In tho matter col
.4s lateral securities and fictitious md in
enectusl MANNER Of maintaining their reserves
discoveries were at that time generally withheld from
the public for fear of increasing the financial alarm
Inc implied negligence Of bank directors has up to this
time met no public exposure rebuke.
But now comes Mr.. Lawrence O. Murray National
Comptroller Of the Currency with his statistical
nD OF the and Incompetence of the directors
OF national banks throughout the country 1t is
tonal news should raise up irresistible popular
demand that the incompetents shall be weeded The
national bank directories in important
public onces and the public has right to demand that
they shall be filled by men who will attend to business
Mr. Murray shows that half the directors ONCE
have never so much read the National Bank Act
which apprises them Of their legal duties shows
that In nearly half the national banks Is habit of
the directors to have nothing to about the making
OF loans And in fully half particular attention
paid by the directorate to the condition of the
Now that the strong pulse Of business has given
strength and confidence to into the dark closets
finance the time is ripe for wholesome housekeeping
Chicago Examiner.
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SQUADRON for Chile Celebration.

Washington, Feb. 2S.-The navy de-
partment has decided to send the flrst
division of the Pacific squadron OF bat
tleships to take part in the centennial
celebration which opens at Santiago,
Chile. September Is. The battleships
which will take part are the cruisers
California, South Dakota, Pennsyl-
yania and Colorado. They Will be
accompanied by the supply ship Gala
tier.
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can ooo. 600 Railroad Incorporated.

Salt Lake City, Utah, Feb. ga
forty million dollar railroad project
designed to open up the west coast OF
Mexico has just been Incorporated IN
Delaware. The road is to connect Sail
mas Cruz and Manzanillo and IS 10
have steamers from Acapulco to Cali
fornia ports. The new corporation Is
to be known as the Mexican Pacific.
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'a1t to Address Suffraoettes.

tba .nington, D. c., Feb. 26.-With
II icI Injunction that he was not
von,, -epresented as favoring votes for
iDrito.. resident Taft has accepted an
Sion ~ TO address the opening ses-
Won" the annual convention of the
CITY \. suffrage Association in this
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NdCh''O
.o+oment last night Representative
rouos A. Tawney, chairman of the
,ooso committee on appropriations,
onDornced his complete opposition to
49, Governments naval program, as it
os outlined Saturday to the commit.
fee by Secretary Meyer.
Mr. Tawney foresees bankruptcy OF
-, Government if such programs are
odbered to, and he charges their agita'
ION n conspiracy of the shipbuild-
S aTbese interests" he said, "are even
now getting ready to start another
war scare, Japanese, German or other
rioo 70 stimulate popular demand for
on extravagant naval outlay
Plan Dangerous.
The competitive shipbuilding
ccbome" which Mr.. Tawney says is
sought by Secretary Meyer, in his
oninion is fraught with danger, and
will compel the levying of greatly in
creased taxes or render necess airy a
bond issue.
q have read of the governments
tentative naval program with profound
establishment" said Mr.. Tawney.
zone reason for my surprise at the
more than ambitious naval program
suggested is that it involves a great
increase in our now enormously large
appropriation for naval purposes
without basing it on any necessity
whatever for national defense, and al.
50 without any regard whatever to the
fact that in this fiscal year we are fac
Ing deficit, and that next fiscal year
We will be near our aggregate revenue
in the amount appropriated this ses-
sion.
Competition With Powers.
IF our naval policy is to be deter
mined by our ability to compete with
other nations in number and size of
batteships, then the naval policy in
question should be adopted and car
RED out with reference either to our
necessities for national defense or the
adequacy of the public revenues to
meet the expenditures necessary to
crafty our national ambition.
IN view of our geographical isola-
ton, which as means of national de-
Tense is worth more to us than the
largest navy any nation in the world
possesses, and also in view of the fact
mat in the fiscal year ending June 80,
1909, We expended II per cent of our
government revenues on account of
wars We have had and wars we are
preparing for, it is rather amazing to
md naval program proposed that
VIII so greatly increase our appropria-
lions under this head.
At Peace With World.
We are at peace with all the world.
Inefe Is not even a prospect of be-
coming involved in war. 1t seems al
most Incredible that any one would
suggest the adoption of a naval pro.
gram which will involve the expendi-
lure OF more money than we have un-
aFF existing revenue laws, and a pol
NY 100, which will virtually put out
commission at least half of our war
vessels by making them inferior in
exc and efficiency by comparison with
NeSe giant battleships now proposed
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(4}EDITORIAISN
Oplnions OF Great Papers on Important Subjects.

even more serious. II getting married vers not -
easy divorces would not be frequent The old saying
Marry IN haste. repent at LEISURE is the cew to the
large majority Of divorces
Dy all mesns let us have national uniformity Of law
A' VIII remove tho stigma Of divorce colonies and
sarchamber seight-of-hand divorce decisions hut ~
the same me let the nation make hasy marriage less
easy Marriage and divorce nseparaby related To
oea with one without equally regulating the other IN
20 supply out half remedy-Chicago Journal
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TAFT TO ADDRESS LEAGUE
REPUBLICAN STATE CLUBS

Washington, Feb. 2S.- President
Taft will be the principal speaker at
the banquet of the League of Republi-
can State Clubs in this city in April.
Saturday he promised a committee OF
which John Hays Hammond is chair
man, that he would do So
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r-... women In Great Britain.

trades unionism is spreading rap
,a,v among the working women OF
Great Britain. In the past nve years
~. membership has increased from
ZOE ok to POI. 9Oe, gain Of nearly so
ner cent. The result has been In
creased wages, with added safety and
protsction
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"eVer Again." Says Bryan.

batch FORK, Feb. ga cable dis
VI. p. non Valparaiso, Chile, says that
her0 =. s"n mas declared to friends
Tie no snat he is not a candidate for
lie rrn:a inatlon to the presidency of
sccord; States. Mr.. Bryan stated,
asitber $ TO this dispatch, that he
sgain . ueslred nor intended to be
candidate for the presidency"
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BOTTLES AND THEIR MAKING.

those Of Glass Measure the COntent
OF Our Civf1isatiOn.
It has been said that civilization -
founded upon glass, and It ought % g
suexestefl that modern civilization p
contained In bottles. Bottles made Of