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ELBOW ROOM FOR UNCLE SAM.
The officially approved plans for the
new government buildings advocated by
the present administration have been
made public. They provide for the erection
of buildings for the Departments
of State, Commerce and Labor, and
Justice, on spacious grounds extending
from Pennsylvania Avenue southward.
Architecturally, the new hnllrtinea will
supplement the building design now
prevalent in Washington. The cost will
be $8,000,000. Though the actual amount
of money to be spent in the erection of
these new buildings is moderate in
comparison to the vast sums annually
spent for Federal and State office buildings
throughout the United States,
great interest is attached to the project,
for it is considered by experts the
greatest building project In the country,
and one of the greatest in the
world, because it looks toward the
erection of a group rather th(an a
single unit, with harmony in the aggregate
as its ultimate result.
A TALE OF FOUR COMETS.
ine cause or tne pnenomenauy not
summer is a mystery, but there are
signs in the heavens that may shed
light on the occultism of the situation.
The astrologers tell us that there are
four eofmets, every one of the bashful
variety which refuses to be seen by the
naked eye, are hovering around the
earth, dodging behind the sun and performing
other antics which keep
astronomers busy. Two of the four are
brand new visitors and are the more
eagerly watched on that gccount. Two
others are periodicals. The KieSs
comet, one of the strangers, has proved
a disappointment. It was discovered
about July 7th by the Hick Observatory,
on Mount Hamilton, Cal., and was picked
up by the Yerkes Observatory, at
"Williams' Bay, Wis. The astronomers
had hopes that this comet would overcome
its bashfulness enough to allow it
to be seen without the aid of the big
glasses. Observations at Williams
Bay, however, Bhowed that the comet
was getting away from the earth.
Iff THREE CENTURIES.
Mrs. Mary Trawlck Proctor, aged 111
years, a real daughter of the American
Revolution, a woman who has lived
in three centuries, when stirring
events were maKing tne nisiory 01 nations,
has Just been located in a humble
one-room cabin in Barlow county, Ga.
Her sole companions are her daughter,
Miss Mary Proctor, aged ninety, and
two great-grandchildren, descendants
of another daughter, all who are left of
six generations of her family. Sho was
born a few years after George Washington
was elected President. George
Washington was the only President
who served before Mrs. Proctor became
a native of North Carolina. She lias lived
under the administration of twentyfive
presidents, including John Adams
rr.d Vvilllam H. Taft.
MAKE THE mi) WAVES WORK.
The Pacific Wave Power Company,- a
corporation devoted to the development
nf ocean wave power plants, has Rained
an extensive lease covering certain
lands lying along the shores of Golden
Gate at Bakers beach and opposite
Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth avenues,
through a deal with the John Brlckell
Company. Work Is to be commenced at
once on the construction and the operation
of a miniature plant which recently
has been perfected by Omer Denny,
chief consulting engineer of the compan
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has employed a corps of hydro-electric
engineers in the work of gathering data
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on the subject of wave motion and power,
and this side of the question was
thoroughly canvassed before an attempt
was made to build a machine which
would harness Neptune.
FIND THE RIGHT WAY.
Tho big thought today is the elimination
of waste. In business, as in our
national life, it is the largest consideration,
writes Frank B. Gilbreth in Business
and the Bookkeeper. The problem
before every business man is that
of eliminating waste in human energy,
of doing away with burdensome toil and
putting in its place a carefully planned
and regulated task within the reasonable
endeavor of every normal person.
There is a right way and a wrong way
to do every job. It is the part of the
responsible executive to find the right
way. There is no doubt that the solution
of the problem in many individual
cases will result to the benefit of both
employers and employees. When in all
the branches of industry things are
done in the right way there will be this
result: Greatly increased production,
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This is the answer to the argument
that the new methods are opposed to
the Interest of any class of men.
OUR BANKERS DON'T KNOW.
Securing assets at the expense of
fluidity is declared by the German
monetary commission to be a mistaken
policy in the banking legislation of the
United States. This is one of many
interesting observations to be found in
a new volume just published by the
national monetary commission. It is
an English translation of the stenographic
notes of the proceedings of the
German commission. In the discussion
of resources it was pointed out that
it was only necessary to secure that
degree of fluidity demanded by a banks
position in a national system or by the
character of the Times. Herr Stroll,
holdlnc that tho cenfral VionV woo ntio
of the most reliable means of averting
all crises, said: "As far as I can make
out, no bank has ever been ruined
through lack of cash. It has always
been the poor assets, the worthless
debtors and the loss of credit." The
'German commission (consisted of 25
members chosen because of their prominence
as economists, practical bankers
or men of affairs.
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PROFIT IN SHEEP.
W. C. Barnes, representing President
Taft and the tariff board in checking
up the information gathered by special
agents of the government on wool and
sheep industries, arrived in Ogden after
visiting four of the largest sheep States
in the West. In a statement he said
the data obtained proves that sheep
can be raised, their wool can be clipped
and marketed and lambs can be disposed
of at a cost of $1.50 a head. The
annual revenue from this, with wool
at 13 cents totals $3.31, leaving a profit
of $1.81 a head, he contends. His
figures follow: Cost a head to raise
sheep, all expenses incident to grazing,
herding, shearing, dipping, freight on
wool and mutton, interest on money
invested, etc., $1.50. Average clip of
wool a head, seven pounds, at an average
of 13 cents a pound, delivered, 91
cents. Average price of lambs, $3;
average increase being figured at
about 80 per cent, placed on market,
$2.40.
HE AFFORESTATION IN AUSTRALIA.
A progressive policy of land settlement
In South Australia has necessarily
resulted In the destruction of large timbered
areas. Last year the vote to the
forestry department was increased and
an instructor in forestry appointed, who
in addition to assisting In the practical
work gives lectures at the school of
mines to young men. The total area under
reserve for forestry on June 30,
1910, was 169,128 acres, distributed over
various parts of the state. Both indigenous
and certain imported trees are
planted, and in order to supplement the
reserves the government encourages
planting on private property by the
free distribution of young trees. For the
1911-12 season, the different state nurseries
have a total of 647,230 trees ready
to be transplanted. During the 1910-11
season, 312,522 trees were issued in
response to 2017 applications, making
a total of nearly 8,000,000 trees given
away in the course of the 29 years the
practise Has been in vogue.
TROPICAL DISEASES.
According to Dr. Victor Q. Heiser,
director of health, as quoted in Leslie's
Weekly, tropical diseases are receding
before the advance of American methods
of sanitation. As the result of the
war on rats, most of the fatal diss
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eases have been stamped out; vaccination
has conquered smallpox, while a
supply of pure water from artesian
wells has brought various intestinal
diseases under control. The Filipinos
at first were much prejudiced against
water that came from the depths of
the earth, fancying it was not fit to
drink. So marked has been the change
of opinion, however, that it is now Impossible
for any candidate for the assembly
to be elected who does not
pledge himself to procure all the
artesian wells possible for his district,
many of the natives attributing marvelous
medicinal and healing powers to
the water. The sanitary revolution accomplished
by our government in the
Philippines is but a repetition of what
we have done in Cuba, Porto Rico and
the Panama Canal zone. Other nations
have had the opportunity for many
years to do the same sort of scientific
work, but the United States is the first
country to make life in the tropics as "
safe as in the temperate zones. And
.we have proven this to be possible in
every tropical country where we have
had right of way.
FOE A RAINY DAY.
United States treasury will have a
surplus of approximately $25,000,000
when the fiscal year of 1911 ends on
Saturday. The fiscal year of 1910 closed
with a surplus of $16,000. This year's
showing will be the best since 1907
when a surplus seldom equaled?$111,000,000?was
shown. Both 1908 and
1909 showed deficits of $20,000,000 and
$58,000,000 respectively.
TEACHER OP EXPERIENCE DRSTRRS
position in family. English, mathematics
(including Algebra), Latin,
French, music. Testimonials furnished.
State terms. MISS V. WINGFIELD,
Warren, Albemarle county, Va.
A YOUNG LADY OF REFINEMENT
wishes a position as governess or
mother's helper for young children.
References exchanged. Address
MISS A., Box 53 R. R. No. 12,
Charlotte Court House, Va.
Kindergarten Training
MISS BERTHA EMELINE MONTGOMERY,
Principal, Exceptional Advantages?Daily
Practice?Lectures from
Professors of Oberlin College and privilege
of elective courses In the College
at special rates?Charges moderate?Graduates
readily find positions.
18th year begins September 20th, 1911.
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