Putnam patriot., 1912-12-27
Editorial ScrapS

their lives by firearms in theNew Eng
land states and the maritime provin.
ees during the fall hunting season,
which closed at midnight Saturday
night. The number is a slight reduc-
lion over the figures of last year, but
exceeds those of 1910. In Maine there
were ten of these fatalities; in Massa-
chusetts, five; New Hampshire, four;
Vermont, Rhode Island and Come c
ticui, one each; and the Provinces,
five.
An ingenious automatic parachute
for aeroplanes was recently demonstra.
ted from the Eifiel tower. The eontri
vance, which consists of a vast UNI
bfelia, forty feet in diameter, is spread
by a y stem of springs operating in
Simultaneously and automatically di-
rectly when the fall begins.
The foreign trade of the United
Srates in 1912 will exceed all previous
records. Figures just compiled by the
bureau of statistics, department of
commerce and labor, indicate that the
imports of the year will approximate
81 800 100000 against 81 ,563, 000, 900 in
1910, which was the former high rec
ord year for imports and that the ex-
ports will aggregate ", 400, 100000
against S2,093, 100000 in the former
high record year for exports.
Two violent shocks recently occurr-
ed at Messina and Reggie iii Calabria,
Sicily. The disturbance caused mild
panic although there were no casual
ties.
Baseball has been the greatest single
factor for good among the Chinese, de-
clared Charles w. Eliot, president
emeritus of Harvard Universiy, at n
meeting of students. President Eliot
was telling the students of his recent
trip 10 the Orient. lie said that base-
ball was fast becoming popular among
the Chinese, and that already il had
done much to make them abandon
games of chance.
Massachusetts, is TO have one big
normal school, exclusively for men,
and Worcester has been selected by the
state board of education as the best
home for the new institution.
Evidence taken before the tax ap
praiser at Utica, n. Y, indicates that
the estate of Vice President James >.
sherman will be at least 800, 900 and
possibly somewhat larger. The estate
consists entirely of stocks, bonds and
securities, as the real estate is all in
Mrs. Shermans name.
Arrangements have been completed
by Postmaster General Hitchcock and
his assistants for the establishment OF
the parcels post system that will be-
come effective on January by author
ity of Congress. The department has
finished the task of shipping TO 60,oot
postmasters and 10000 rural carriers
the printed matter supplies and equip
ment. These shipments have con
tanned in all 20 600 scales, 10000 rub
Der stamps and 100000 insurance
tags. In addition 1913, 292, 455 parcels
post stamps and 12,05s, 435 postage
due stamps have been sent out.
Official returns of the New Haver
railroad company for the football
traffic of the New Haven game SHOW
total of 52,7ss passengers carried
counting exercusion tickets as doubl,
fares, $3.50 passengers in excess o
the number carried two years ago.
Flames threatened TO lessen the JOY
of Christmas in Webster, when an eN
press car from Boston, heavily lader
with gifts, including Mrs. Mabe
Hunt slater's presents to the $500 chill
dren of the Webster mill operatives
caught lire yesterday. Some of The
packages were destroyed, and others
damaged Mrs. Slater's gifts To The
mill children in Webster were $500 81
bills, which were not burned.
The campaign to force reduction in
prices has resulted in stores in all
parts OF Greater Boston selling storage
eggs for "A cents and fancy eggs for 81
cents a dozen. Nearly 100000 eggs
have been sold at "a cents a dozen at
90 stations opened by the housekeep-
ers' league. The league placed 1000
eggs on sale at The stations yesterday