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28 the Three Magazines For the Price of Oae An Offer Never Before Made In order to introduce The Living Age to readers who are not now familiar with it, the publishers will make a present to every new subscriber who remits the subserintion nrlep fii* nniiarc tn The Living Age Co., 6 Beacon St., Boston, of one year's subscription to McClure's Magazine, and one year's subscription to The American Magazine. The combined subscription value of the three magazines is Nine Dollars. This ofTer applies only to new subscribers to The Living Age, but includes both old and new subscribers to the other two magazines. The three magazines may be sent to different addresses. The Living Age is a 64 page weekly magazine, which has been published for more than 65 years. . 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At the conference of the union workers Samuel Compere presided. The resolu ttons aver that the steel company is determined to crush the labor unions and they appeal to President Taft and the Governors of the States for help. The showers of rain last week were unusually welcome all over this part of the country. The drought has been con tinued for some* three months. In November the total rainfall, instead of four inches, was less than an inch. The rain has saved crops of vegetables In the South, and has renewed the failing water power in the Atlantic States. An Important Law Question is before the United States Supreme Court. It is whether a State, in case of unpaid taxes, can divest a land owner of his title to real estate, without the privilege of redemption. In 1795, the State of Virginia deeded 500,000 acres of land, lying in West Virginia, to Robert Morris, the famous revolutipnary banker. It has since been sold and resold several times for taxes. Now a Mr. King (as we understand) is ready to pay the taxes and sues for possession of the land. The decision of the court has not been reached. A Large Robbery: Mrs. John William Jenkins, of Chicago, left her Jewelry, valued at |300,000, in the drawer of her dressing table at the Hotel Lorraine, New York. Now she is surprised to find that they have been stolen. An Aeroplane Flight: Mr. Wallace E. Tillighast announces that in September last he started with an aeroplane from Worcester, Mass., traveled to New York City, thence to Boston and back to Worcester, with three passengers. At times he was "4,000 feet above the earth, and at times he made a speed of 120 miles an hour. The Grave of Ex-Preeident Tyler, in Hollywood Cemetery, at Richmond, is marked by a simple headstone. Senator Daniel has Introduced into the United States Senate a bill appropriating ten thousand dollars for the erection of a monument at his grave. A Sad Wreck took place on the Southern Railway, about fifteen miles north of Greensboro, N. C., on the morning of December 15. Five cars went through a trestle and fell into a creek, and fourteen people were killed. ReDortina Railroad AcrlH^nf*- A v?m has passed the House of Representatives requiring all railroads to report to the Inter-State Commerce Commission all accidents on their roads, but providing that such reports shall not be used to further any claims for damages. 8ugar Tariff Frauds: The trial of the parties involved in the under-weighing of sugar in the New York cnstom house has been in progress during the week. High officials of the American Sugar Re 'H. December 22, 1909. fining Company are on trial. Meanwhile, the rival sugar company, Arbuckle Brothers, has confessed to similar frauds in the custom house, and have paid to the Government $675,573 of money dishonestly withheld. No promise of indemnity has been made. Five employes have been convicted. The Phoenix Insurance Company has suffered to the extent of $50,000 by the abstraction of money, apparently in its Atlanta office. The PrpsMont nf pany is said to have known of the shortage for three years, but to have kept the knowledge to himself until recently. The Blacklist: In Richland County, S. C., Mr. O. M. Rhodes sued the Granby Cotton Mills for putting his name on the blacklist and thus hindering him from securing employment. The jury gave him $2,000 nersonnl dnmoo-oc ana _ - , uuu aOOCOOCU $5,000 punitive damages. Men of Northern Birth in the Confederate Army: In a speech before the Southern Society of New York, Mr. Dickinson, Secretary of War, stated that in the Confederate Army there were of Northern birth seventeen brigadier-generals, four major-generals and one lieutenant-general. A Rich Man In Mexico: General Luis Terrazas, of Chihuahua, is reported to be worth $200,000,000. He has fifteen ranches. embracine 5.000.000 acres nf InnH nnrl has ten thousand employes. Curdled Milk: The use of buttermilk is very extensive In the South. In the Century Magazine, Dr. Eli MetchnikolT argues that the bacilli of curdled milk are very effective in remedying certain intestinal ailments, and especially in preventing the hardening of arteries. A Remarkable Crop of Cotton: Mr. John Edenfield, of Stillmore, Ga., has gathered this year fifteen bales of cotton from twelve acres of land. The land was in corn the previous year and in oats the year before. This cotton and cottonSPPfl rnlspH nn thaao >???" ? - vuvov vnoifC auico UlUllgllL bim about $1,500. A Corn Contest is on in South Carolina. One farmer reports 152 bushels raised last year on one acre. An effort will be made next year to excel this. If memory serves us aright, this was excelled about twenty-five years ago, by a farmer in South Carolina, who raised more than two hundred bushels of corn on one acre of ground. Abroad. In England the various candidates for seats In Parliament are canvassing the country with a view to the coming election. If the Conservatives should win, they would be in a dilemma. The treasury needs money, especially to continue building warships. The Liberals propose to raise it by a tax on land. The Lords (large landowners) object to this. But mo aiin uaiivn ib me aaopuon or a tariff and the abandoning of free trade. In Belgium the death of King Leopold is important because of his relations to the Congo Free State. He was suffering from tumor. A surgical operation was performed; death followed in two days. He is succeeded on the throne by his neph