The Pulaskian., 1915-07-09

exposition seem to have had a monop- oly on winning medals, as the Orient als have won 1,511 decorations.
 The Philipine Islanders having been cut off from the source of their sup ply of candy which was formerly Ger many, have turned their attention to the Chicago market.
 
 Real snow was reported from Juno tion City, Kan. on the 2d of July.
 Deputy sheriffs at Charlottesville, Ind, have discovered that three dead men have been drawn to serve on the regular jury panel.
 The Panama Canal will show net profit for the year of more than S250,- coo, which far exceeds the expecta- tons of the administration.
 Lightning struck the steel rod of an umbrella carried by Mrs. Martha Bur- net at Co1linsville, Tenn, and killed her instantly.
 The output of torpedoes at the va rieus U. s. arsenals has been so re- stricted that only one is made daily. whereas authorities agree that ten would be none too many.
 Another field of operations has been opened for the blind, as John Gibson, sightless for seven years has demon strated that he can clean windows in a successful manner.
 
 The town of Oneida, Kan, has gone mad over croquet, and even the blind men are playing the game.
 All social clubs in Vicksburg, Miss, no matter how exclusive, will here after be as dry as Sahara. This is in accordance with a new ruling of may or and chief of police.
 Woman suffrage has failed at the present session of the Wisconsin leg islature, by vote of IF to IA.
 
 Minnesota claims the most success full teachers employment agency in the state. More than 1000 teachers have secured positions through the agency, according to a report.
 The decline in the birth rate or France has been particularly notice- able since the war began. The rate in 1914 averaged 1000 births daily, but at the beginning of 1915 the fig ures dropped to $50.
 Six persons are reported to have been killed in tornado that swept parts of Ottawa county, northwestern Oklahoma.
 Thousands of San Franciscans and fair visitors thronged the grounds of the Panama-Pacific exposition to par ticipate in Woodrow Wilson day program July 2.
 The United States submarine H-3, which went on the rocks near Point Sur Lighthouse, Cal, was fioated at high tide July 2.
 England needs short, ejaculatory prayers as Christian antidote to the German "Gott Strafe England" God punish England).
 Statewide prohibition is now in ef. feet in Alabama.
 Seven midshipmen were placed un- der arrest at the naval academy at Annapolis, charged with hazing or running" members of the new fourth class.
 Black Diamond, the famous bison of the Central Park geological garden, New York, whose image adorns one side of the nickel, will be slain within few days, but his massive head will be preserved and mounted.
 Among the news items given out by the Overseas news agency for distri- button was the following: "The ex- change of German and French war in- valids will begin on July TO-" Grain receipts at Kansas City for the 12 months ending June 30 totaled 106, 100000 bushels, a gain of 30 per cent over the preceding year. Three-and-One-half-c fare automo- piles have begun operating on the Spokane (Wash.) streets. Books con- taining tickets for 100 rides are being sold for $S.50. Desperate because he believed they had separated from him his wife, AL len Westbrook of Jackson, Miss, shot and instantly killed his father-in-law, c. c. Cleaveland, and Mrs. Cleaveland. ts One of the curious effects of the war is that London is smokier than ever War has filled the factories with unskilled stokers. Matthew Jefferson, prosecutor Of Cape May county, N. J., was found guilty by a jury of malfeasance In