The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-10-20


streams. The last boat forced its
way out of the Yukon week before
last, and the ice is now too thick for
further navigation.
Ten thousand persons were killed
in one week in the SEE Chuen province
Of China, during the fighting between
the insurgents and the government
troops. Of the dead, 1000 were sold
iers, the others rebels. These figures
were cabled by American Methodist
missionaries.
California has a new law that
sends a man to Jail when he fails to
support his family. He is then put
to work in the streets and S150 a day
is paid to his family. The women
interested in the progress of the sex
are jubflant over the law and hope it
will. be adopted in every state in the
Union.
Miss Lucille Morgan is said to be
the only girl in this country who is a
duly accredited member Of a corn
club. Miss Morgan has an acre of
corn in Russell county, Ala, which
she planted and worked herself, with
out assistance. The government
agent reports it as one Of the best
patches of the state
Carl Hagenbeck, the dealer in ami
mails, whose name first became well
known in this country at the time of
the Centennial Exposition, where his
trained lions were on exhibition and
who is sometimes referred to as the
German Barnum, has been named by
the German Emperor a kommerzein-
rat-counsellor of commerce.
President Taft was cordially re-
ceived in the State of Washington
Though Insurgency is strong there, it
seems to be Of a different kind
from that further east. There is a
kindly feeling for the President, es-
pecially on account OF his attitude on
the Asaska question, which is an i'm
portant one in that corner of the
country.
the raising of cattle forms one of
the most important agricultural in
dustries in the Netherlands, and the
Holland herds, some Of which can
trace their pedigree back for CEN
turtles, are justly famous. The stand
ard color is black and white in If
regular blotches, but red and white
and mouse-gray animals have also
been raised.
During the last 10 years Canada
has received nearly 100000 immi-
grants, of whom approximately $780,
900 were from the United States. Up
to the close Of the fiscal year ended
March 81, 1911, the total was 1,714,-
1926 for the decade. Since then near
" 100000 more have arrived, divided
about equally between American and
British immigrants.
A new York doctor thinks he has
proved that the terrible disease call
ed infantile paralysis IL spread by
means of the dust from the sick room
in which such cases are confined.
This has been a matter long in doubt
III true, the discovery makes it highly
important to keep those who are ill
with this disease separated from 9th
ers who might catch it.
There are rumors of something new
in flying-machines, soon to be made
public The Wright brothers, who
invented the first successful aero
plane, have been experimenting with
machine very different from any yet
used. Tt more closely initiates the
flight Of birds, and is called the buzz
gard" The experiments are going On
at lonely place in North Carolina.
II
Mrs IA. Toilette, wife or Senator
la Toilette, Of Wisconsin, has an
nounced that she viii open the cam
paign for the suffrage amendment in
her state by giving doughnut pic
mic. The guests are to wear their, old
clothes, SO that they may sit on the
ground and in every way make them
selves comfortable while getting ac-
duainted with each other and discus
sing votes for women.
Nearly three-fourths of the 4,000,-
900 poles sold last year in the Unit
ed States were taken BY the telephone
and telegraph companies. Formerly
more poles were cut from cedar than
from all other woods combined. The
proportion Is now smaller, showing
the growing scarcity Of cedar timber.
Some OF the big railroad systems are
trying to grow their own poles and
cross ties, but this il slow work.
The inventor OF a successful cot
ton picking machine Will give almost
as great a benefit to his country and
the world as did Eli Whitney with his
cotton gin
The cotton crop il the United
States ripens and must BE- picked
within a period of 80 days. The
growers cannot get help enough to do
the work. the wages paid TO cotton
pickers each year amount to $60,00O,-
900.
From all over the Turkish empire
come petitions to the Sultan urging
him to proclaim a holy war" As
the official head of the Mohammedan
religion and a direct descendant of
the Prophet, the Sultan has this pow
81. a '.holy war" is terrible thing,
because it lets loose upon Christians
i'm all the countries of Islam hordes
OF fierce Mohammedan fanatics. These
deluded creatures think 10 a pfous
duty to kill Christians, Jews or any
other non-Mohammedans-