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I \ THE HERALD. S ——————————— . — — ——————————— Published Every Thursday. SBUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $1 A YEAR IN ADVANCE. B i Sissiansros socsiamomeameimntl Advertising Rates Reasonable —————————— ~ S S S eet Officlal Organ Charlton County and the Town of Folkston, W. W. TYLER, Proprietor. ————ee eetet . e est Emntered at the postoffice at Folkston, Ga, as Second Class Matter. —————————————————————————————— e —————— J. A darning needle was removed from the ankle of an Ohio girl. She ought to have taken them off before using the needle, contends the Atlanta Georgian. and would have a conviction for drunkenness work a revocation of the license for (say) six months or a year. He says he means to introduce a bill embodying his idea. In spite of the limitation caused by the absence of pedestrians on the water, notes the New York Sun, the power boat speeders are trying to live up to the record of the motor car scorchers. It's the idea of E. E. Hall of Spo kane, Wash,, that the man who drinks liquor (and not the man who sells it) should be i'equlred by law to take out a license, He would make the yearly drinking license fee $1 to $3 for the city and $5 for the county, and make it a misdemeanor for any saloon keep er to sell liquor to an unlicensed cus tomer. He would have a phootgraph of the holder attached to every license, The wage-earners, of whom we hear 8o much, are mainly concerned. in the secondary processes of manufacture, They really produce nothing, urges the Christian Register, They transform raw materials into manufactured arti cles. But their work and their wages would vanish if there were not mil lions of people engaged in the cultiva tion of the soil. Out of the soil comes everything that we eat and wear ahd ©everything which is wrought into the habitations of the people and the com modities with which commerce deals. ; : s W— Y G | The English Law Journal referring to the dinner to Mr. Asquith, K. C, says: Only once before has the bar played the part of host to one of its «©own members. M. Berryer and Mr. WChoate, two distinguished advocates belonging to other countries, have been entertained by the bar; Sir John Hollams, the doyen of the other branch of the profession, has been feted in the hall of one of the inns; Lord Bramwell received a similar trib ute from the bar when he retired from the bench; but Mr. Benjamin is, so far the only member of the bar itself who has been so honored. ! The United States cannot be e:- pected to remain in Cuba indefinitely, protests the New York Tribune. If it is under an obligation to organize Cu ba for good self-government . Cuba is under at least as strong an obliga tion to facilitate and expedite that or ganization as much as possible. We are inclined to think that the ordering of these elections is the best possible way of moving Cuba to fulfil that ob ligation. There have been those in that island who have desired Ameri. can occupation to endure as long as possible, and who, therefore, have ac tually discouraged and delayved prep arations for renewed autonomy. It is well that the} should be reminded that such tactics will not permanently work. The proverhjal postponement until “manana” cannot be indefinitely repeated in dealing with the United States, The medicine of the future for the more Seriods diseases may be given through the veins rather than by the mouth, and would consist not of drugs, but of flulds obtained as a by product of the disease itself, or from animals that are naturally or artifi clally proof against the disease, pro phesies the American Cultivator. Very interesting results are already being obtained with animals and birds, but doctors are wisely cautious in ex tending the system to treatment of hurhan patients. There is fair promise of contro! of such destructive diseases as hog cholera, tuberculosis and glan ders. With human beings the method has long been successful with diph theria, rabies, small pox, and perhaps with some other maladies. Less con adenee is placed in drugs, and more in general health measures, with a resort to inoculation for an increasing ngug. ber of the most dangerous diseases. A man is not necessarily dishonest ‘m he takes pictures, EXTRA SESSION OF LEGISLATURE PROCEEDINGS IN THE HOUSE. The house having adopted the Hol der convict lease bill presented it to the senate, The upper house killed all the original sections of the Holder bill and substituted in place the dis ferent sections of the “skidoo” bill. They then passed it and returned it to the house, who refused to accept it as amended. A system of parole and conditional pardon for the Georgia penitentiary was passed by the house when the bill providing for this by Mr. Persons of Monroe was passed unanimously, 133 members voting. The bill provides for all convicts except those convict ed of two or three certain crimes, to recelve the advantages of a parole and conditional pardon, but it is pro vided that each convict shall serve the minimum sentence prescribed for the crime of which he was convicted. Mr., Persons made an interesting speech and a good impression on the other members of the house, and sev eral announced that they had changed their minds on the subject. As Mr. Slater of Bryan later pointed out, it glves the poor man-—the man without money or political influence~—a chance to redeem himself and have hope for the future, The bill was by unani mous consént transmitted immediate ly to the senate, The house of representatives pass ed the Wise “near-beer” tax, by a vote of 99 to 32. A tax of S2OO is placed on dealers and 35%9 én manu facturers of imitation beérs, l The provision of the bill limiting the amdunt of alcohol the lmltatloni beer may contain to one one-half per cent was defeated, The senate is committed to a tax of SIOO on dealers and SSOO on manu facturers of imitation beers, but it is not apprehended that the two houses will experience a great deal of trouble getting together on the ques tion, The bill passed by the house pro vides that the funds derived from the tax shall go to support the convicts. | The bitl by Mr, Perry of Hall toi stop the convict lease system by amendment to the state constitution at the termination of the present loases, March 31st next was lost by' a vote of 116 to 39. The bill not hav-$ ing received the requisite two-thrids; majority of 122, required for amend-‘ ments to the constitution, was there- IN THE SENATE. ‘ Emasculated in proposed executive | features, but otherwise intact, the iubsmute to the Felder convict bill, | fiown as the “skidoo” or “23” bm,l was passed by the senate by a vote of 33 to 10, ° The bill is one of the most compre hengive that has yet been offered in solution of the question that is troub ling the state, one of its most inter esting features being the levying of an income tax. - The provision abolishing the pris on commission and creating In ts place a board of control, consisting ot the governor, commisisoner of agri culture and atteorney general, was stricken frfin the substitute. S T%o.‘ ’gr‘ov son for an income tax of one-half of one per cent on all ln-! comes was eliminated. | The proposed tax on imitation beers was reduced from one to two hundred dollars; the tax of SSOO on manufac turers of imitation beeds remained un changed, An amendment requifing the mem bers of the prison commission to give all of their time to the discharge of their dutles was passed. | The essetnial details of the substi tute follow: ’ ! The state has direct supervision ot] all felony and misdemeanor convicts, The misdemeanors may, however, be worked by the counties. | The lease system terminates on the night of March 31, 1909. | The money derived from the hire of convicts in the meantime shall be‘ set aside as a prison fund. 1 The money already appropriated for the support of the prison department is made immediately available, | The money derived from the imita tion beer tax shall go into the fund to maintain the convicts. The felony convicts now hired out to lesses and used by the cpunties shall be givenu over to the commis sion on April 1, 1909. The commission may, in its discre tion, purchase one or more farms. The convicts shall be divided into gangs or squads, and, under the su pervision and management of the state, shall work in the several coun ties of thg state upon the public roa(?s or other publi¢ -works, The work to be done in the respec tive counties shall be apportioned by the commission in proportion to pop ulation. The material used in road improve ment shall be furnished by the coun ties for which the work is done. The action of the directors of theE Savannah board of trade in abolish ing the grades of C and A of rosins amounts to a _decided innovation in the naval stores world. Ever since naval stores have been marketed there have been three low grades, A, B and ¢. They hawve in recent years“ been bunched together so far as quo tations are concerned and some of the foreign buyers have been kicking recently that when they bought low grade rosins they got more A's than anything else, To overcome this ob jection it was decided to abolish en tirely the A and C grade and bunch the rosins that have been placed un der one or the other of the three low er grades as B's, It is expected this will stop the kicking of our Emnglish and German cousins, How badly in need of a place for working the misdemdanor convicts of Savannah, Chatham county {s, was shown when there were so many pris oners in jail that some of the cells had to be occupied by more than one person, There were almost two hun dred and fifty prisoners in jail re cently before the police court sent its uota there, This class of prisoners 30 not work but remain in jail as an expense to the city. The city and the county are now preparing a plan by which it is proposed to work the city convicts on the county farm, near the city limits, ‘ Vicious and long term men shall be held on the farm or farms, 4 None of the products of the farms are to be sold in competition with free labor, The convicts are to raise such products as will be used by the state institutions and road gangs, also the convicts shall make tools, machin ery, etc, such as will be required by the road gangs. The money for the purchase of the required land and the road equipment will be taken from the special prison fund, to be accumulated as indicated. STATE NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD. ' Beal Brothers bottling works at Monticello werre entirely destroyed by fire. The origin of the fire is un ‘known, The loss is estimated at ' $4,000, with SI,OOO insurance. _ Contract was awarded for a jail in Pdlk county, Georgia, that will cost nearly $20,000, and for the building of a :50,000 fertilizer factory at Corl?ole. Ga, Meigs enjoys the distinction of hav ing a bank whose deposits have doub led in the year 1908, notwithstanding that the year was ushered in amid sadly troubled business conditions, Owing to the 6 weeks' drouth dur ing July and August, the cotton crop in Hancock county will not be over 60 per cent of last year’s yield, ac cording to cstimates of close observ ers of the crop, W. B. Spence, who attempted to commit suicide at Columbus, by cut ting his throat with a razor, and who ig In the hospital for treatment, is im proving slowly, His physicians say he will recover, The city of Hartwell held an elec tion to determine whether or not the city should have pubiic schools, re sulting in a large vote and only four against public schools, The Georgia and Alabamma Indus trial Index says: “Another interest ing testimonial of the superiority-and growing popularity of southern mar ble is found in the beautiful Girard building, which has just been com pleted in Philadelphia, ©f Georgia marble it is, within and without, and it is regarded as one of the hand somest structures in the Quaker me tropolis. While the New England marble is soft, white and beautiful,’ it absorbs readily the smoke and im purities of a great city. The marble found in the hills of north Georgia being of a harder and more crystal line formation is mon-absorbant and is regarded as peculiarly adapted for construction purposes in large citles.” . Fourteen fires occurred in Macon during the month of August, while in August, 1907, only nine alarms were answered by the Macon fire depart ment, During the past month only one bad fire occurred and that was Huhn’s hardware store early in the month, The ether firés were small ones and the damage done amounted: to very little, ' ; ; J. A. Bagwell of Lawrenceville, Ga., has bought the Marietta Courier. Mr. Bagwell recently sold the Gwinnett County Journal, of which he was edi tor and came to Marjetta. = <8 One of the most successful revivals ever held in Tallapoosa has just been brought to a close by the Baptist church, Over a hundred members were added to the church by letter and profession of faith, The ordinance of baptism was administered to the new members -at the Tallapoosa river and one.of the largest crowds ever in attendance upon any occasion was present, it being estimated that there were two thousand people at the river, The resignation of Judge J, H. Mar tion of Columbus of the superior courts of the Chattahoochee -circuit, which was sent to the governor some time ago, took effect, and Honorable S. Price Giibert, who was apponted by the governor to succeed him, was sworn in, Judge William Redd, of the ordinary’s court of Muscogee county officiating. At the same time that Captain Gilbert was sworn in as judge he vacated the office’ of solici tor general of the circuit court and Honordble George €. Palmer, who had been appointed by the governor to succeed him, was also sworn in as so licitor general. Judge Martin retires with the confidence, esteem and good will of the people of the entire cir cuit, and the new officials enter upon’ the discharge of thelr duties under most favorable auspices. . More than $6,000 was subscribed in I Savannah for the relief of the Augus ta flood sufferers, This is the largest amount raised in any city. Heavy contributions were made on the floor of the Savannah cotton exchange. The American Naval Stores company sent the Press fund SSOO, and Spencer H. Shotter, chairman of the board of the same concern, sent the Morning News' fund, a similar amount. In a determined effort to rid the city of blind tigers the city council of Albany has offered a standing re ward of SSO to any citizen, policeman, ‘sheriff or deputy or any other city ‘or county officer who will supply in formation, with evidence to eonvict, %f the opcration of any blind tiger. The permits issued by the building ‘ingpector of Atlanta shows that dur ing the month of Auguts just closed there were issued permits aggregating over a third of a million dollars, or to be exact $389,305, a clear gain og ' $46,633 over the month of Aug., IM7. With this appreciable increase the total increase for the eight months of 1908, over the same number for 11907 is $226,026. The total for the. 'year 1908 up to date being $3,796,573, ‘as against $3,669,647 for last year, . Three delegates from Waycross have been appointed by Governor Hoke Smith to attend the Internation. al Tuberculosis congress, which will convene in Washington, D. C,, Septem ‘ber 21st to Octdber 12th., The ap ‘pointees are Professor E. A. Pound, superintendent of the city schools; 'Dr. J. L. Walker and Dr. R. P. Izlar. . Shellman cotton receipts tdrth;r‘ season of 190708 were 11,434 bales. There was received here during Aug ust, this year, 2,000 bales of new cot ton, which breaks all records of pfifi | vious years. : ”% AP S Rl Heaviest in Years According to ‘Reports From Over the State. ESTIMATE LOSS $25,600,006 Heavy Rain Caused Cotton to Shed Its Bolls, Blooms and Squarcs. ; Crop Will Be Short. ~ Atlanta, Ga.—Reports from every one of the 146 counties of Georgla in ‘dlcate that the cotton crop has been ‘damaged to the extent of $25,000,000 at least during the past three or four weeks. It is stated that the total pro duction of Georgia will, at the lowest calculations, fall 500,000 bales short of the yield last year, “ In a word the total production in Georgia this year will not exceed one a half million bales, as against a pro duction last year of two million, one hundred thousand bales. “ Commissioner of Agriculture Hud son belleves that even this estimate {8 too liberal, and he predicts that the crop will come nearer to approximat ing one and a quarter miilion bales. The extra session of the legisla ture has furnished an unequaled op portunity to get a line on the cotton crop of the state. It has brought to i\tlanta citizens of every county in the state, and most of them, as is well known, are engaged directly or interested in farming pursuits, Commissioner Hudson, assisted by Representatives Atkinson, Reid of Macon; Heard of Dooly and others, have made a careful canvass of the situation, and they have been genuine ly alarmed at the information they have received. " Out of the 146 counties, in only two is the cotton crop anything like as good this year as heretofore. The other 144 counties report damage ranging from 10 to 20 per cent, “The heavy rains, which were gen eral throughout the state two or ‘three weeks ago, followed by the exceeding hot weather, accounts for the damage,” said Commissioner Hud son. “The two excesses—too much rain and too much heat—caused the cotton to shed its young bolls and squares to such an extent that every acre of farm land in Georgia was lit erally covered with them, “The damage is greater this year than ever before in my knowledge,” he continued, “and the worst of it is that it is now too late to offset or counteract the damage. The crop is made, and it is the shortest in the history of the state in recent years.” WILL NOT CLCSE COPPER MINES. Attorney General Gives His Reason For Not Enforcing Injunction, Atlanta, Ga.—ln a statement relat ing to the insistence of the people of Fannin county that the Ducktown copper mines be closed at once in: order to abate the nuisance arising from the fumes of smoke and gas, Attornby -General John C. Hart has set forth the reasons why he has not enforced the injunction secured by the state against those companies. 3 -‘g’he ‘injunction was to go into ef fect only after reasonable time had been allowed the mines to abate the nuisance complained of, and the at torney" general shows that in the ef fort. to do this they have already sgent about $1,000,000 installing sul ? uric acid chambers: to convert the umes into sulphuric acid, “The companies are making an hon est effort to correct the evils com plained of,” said the attorney general, “and it is only a question of" time un til the cause of the cSmplaint will be entirely removed. To close down these companies would mean the loss of a million dollars to the people of Georgia. They are shipping into the state the sulphuric acid converted from the fumes and that will mean a reduction in the price of fertilizer to the farmers of the state. “lI have insisted and shall continue to insist that the copper companies take care of these fumes, and I believe they are now making an honest ef fort to do so, and they are succeed ing.” 17 INSURANCE COMPANIES BARRED. Failed to File Semi-Annual State. ments as Required by Law. Atlanta, Ga.—Seventeen life gnd fire insurance companies in Georgia have failed to comply with the state law, which requires them to file with ‘the governor semi-annual statements, and, as a result, they will be debar red from.doing business in Georgia for the balance of the year. When they resume, they will, under the law, be required to take out new licenses. ~Teh companies are: The Cosmopoli tan Fire Insurance Company, New York; the United States Lloyds In surance Company of New York; the Great Western Life Insurance Com pany of Kansas City; the Ridgely Pro tective Association of Worcester, Mass.; the South Atlantic Life Insur ance Company of Richmond, Va.; the General Accident Association Corpo ration of Perth, Scotland; the Metro politan Surety Company of New York; the United American Life and Accident Insurance Company of Phil adelphia; Pa.; the Union Health and Accident Insurance Company of Den ver, Col.; the American Assurance Association of Atlanta, Ga.; the Fire Insurance Company of Georgia, Dal las, Ga.; the Great Southern Home In ‘dustrial Association of Birmingham, ‘Ala,; the Mutual Fire Insurance Com pany of Cordele, Ga.; the Mutual Ben efit’ Industrial Life Association of Sa . vannah, Ga.; Union Benefit Associa tion of Savannah, Ga, ; Friend of Charity Il Chicago, Ill.—Michael Hayman, of ' New Orleans, La., who is principally known both in the United States and | Europe for charitable work among ~members of his race, is at the Mich ‘ael Reese hospital suffering from the pffects of a paralytic stroke sustained two weeks ago. . He was brought in haste from the ' gouth to Chicago, when his case failed 'to respond to treatment in a home ‘hospital, His condition so far shows ‘lo sign of improvement. ALBANY WHISKEY COMPANY, 115-117 BRIDGE ST., JACKSONVILLE, FLA. PREPAID PRICE LIST—ORIGINAL CASE GOODS BOTTLED (N BOND, Three Feathers ~ .. ..4 Qis. $7.00 Four Roses .., .. .. ..4 Qts, 7.00‘ oOld Forrester.. .. .. ..4 Qts. 5.50 Tpper. et i\ . ea s QLB 5.50! Murry Hill Club,, ~ ..4 Qts. 5.00 Silver Lake .. .. <. ..4 Qts.— 5.00 Echo Spring .. .. .. ..4 Qts. 5.00 Tawls 86 ~ . i ve oed QUB 5,00 T W Hanger .. .. .. 4 Qe 500 SHUver THD i e o +4QtB. 4.4 Old Henry .., .. .. . ..2Qta. 4.00 Hamilton Club. .. .. ..4 Qts. 4.00 Gin Phosphate ~ .. ..4 Qts. 4.00 Dufty’'s Malt ~ .. .. .4 Qts. 4.00 Shaw's Malt .. .. ~ ..4 Qts. 4.00 Rum, Peach and Apple Brandy from $2.25 to $5.00 per Gal. Rye, Corn, Gin, in jugs $2.25—855.00 Corn, Rye, Gin, in jugs. You pay express charges; . $1.50—51.75.52.00 cash, and drum goods at special prices. WE DO NOT PAY EXPRESS CHARGES ON ORDERS FOR LESS THAN $2.25 GALLON. LATE NEWS NOTES. l General. | A shortage of upwards of SIO,OOO has been discovered in the bureau of supplies and vouchers in the general postoffice at Havana, of which Senor Rcdriguez is chief. Rodriguez has not been seen in Havana and secret service police are unable to locate him. Rodriguez held the same post as Charles F. Neilly, who was con victed of extensive frauds during the first American intervention, The postponement until 1817 of the Japanese international exposition, which was to have been held in 1912, has been officially announced. This postponement is due to economical reasons, and to the lack of time to make the proper preparation for tle exposition, The date fixed is the fif teenth anniversary of the succesion o fthe emperor. J. B. Poston, grand senior counsel lor of the United Commercial travel ers of Texas, dropped dead while playing a game of whist in Danison, Texas. His remains were shipped to Memphis, Tenn., for burial. He was an ex-confederate soldier, serving with Forrest during the civil war. John G. Clifford, president of the United Oxygen and Chemical com pany, was blown to pieces at the plant of the company at Niagara Falls, N. Y, in the presence of "his 18-year-old son, Roger, when a tank of oxygen, charged to 2,000- pounds, exploded. The boy was uninjured. Over 1,000,000,000 picture YOSt cards were mailed in Germany last year, over 800,000,000 in Great Britain, more than 799,000,000 in this country and abont: 665,000,600 in Japan, Potato bugs on the rails at Lazy Lane, Connecticutt, stalled a trolley laden with excursionists bound to Lake Compounce today. In spite of the terrific slaughter the bugs held possesion .of the rails until the car men could sand the tracks, “ While the grading of Main street, Manassas, Va., was in progress re cently the workmen discovered that their picks went to a depth that in dicated a subterranean cavity. Upon investigation it was discovered that a trench to the depth of three feet had been dug and a number of barrels of flour put therein and concealed from the enemy on the evacuation of Ma nassas by the confederate troops. A large quantity of barrel staves and a white substance. resembling decayed flour were exhumed. St. Louis reports a case of hypno tism over the telephone at a distance of one hundred and fifty miles. The city authorities at Urbana, 111,, are co-operating with the entomologi cal department of the University of Illinois in an effort to find out to what extent house flies breed in garbage and to discover some method to put an end to' the breeding, The German steamer Roon left Ere mantle, Australia recently , taking nearly 1,000,600 pounds sterling in gold for Germany, Philadelphia is preparing to spend $6,000,000 on new docks on the Dela ware river water front, A machine to cut grass where a lawn mower cannot go and at the same time trim the sod evenly has been patented by an Indian man. Andrew Carnegie has donated $7,- 000 for the relief of the families of the seventy miners who lost their lives as a result of an explosion in the Maypole coal mine, Antonio (Tony) Pastor, the theat rical manager, died at his home in New York, after an illness of several weeks. He was 71 years old. Secretary Irwin Shepard, of the Na tional Educational Association, has announced that the department of su perintendence would meet in Chicago February 23, 1909. The meeting was to have been held in Oklahoma City, but the destruction of a leading hotel there by fire necessitated a change. Between 1,000 and 1,500 principals, su perintendents and college presidents will attend the meeting, : \ Washington. Rear Admiral Edwin Fithian, retir ed, chief engineer of the United States navy, died at his home in Bridge town, N. J. The Portuguese -chamber of depu ties has approved the extradition treaty between the United States and Portugal. The treaty provides tor ex. tradition for twenty-one specific of. senses. It excepts political offenders, but specifies that the authors of at tempts against rulers shall not be considered as such, g Statistics of the employes in the ex ecutive civil service of the United States have just been published by the census bureau. Exclusive of the consular and diplomatic service there are 286,902 classified em’ploye; of whom only 13,821 are women.-1n .the District of Columbia three women are employed to every seven men; in the country at large, one woman to twen ty-five men. At the national capital the average wage for men is $1,178, for women $676. Bottled Goods. Queen of Jacksonville... 4 Qts. $3.75 Carlton Clud ... .. .. .4 QB. 350 Our Private Stock .., .4 Qts. 3.25 Monogram .. .. .. .. ..4 Qts. 8.00 Mullis Favorite ~ .. ..4 Qts. 2.75 Honey Grove "ii:.. ...4 Qts. 2.75 XXXX Monogram ..., ..4 Qts. 2.75 Our Bride . oun o 0.4 QS 2.7 Old Honest John ... ..4 Qes. 2.25 Old Forest Corn ~ ...4 Qts. 2.25 Ol NIl 0 i ive .4 Qts, 280 Old Flomestead ~ .. ..4 Qts. 2.75 Blue Mountain .. .. ..4 Qts. 3.00 Hik Valley 5. .. .4 Qts 8.00 Old Fashioned .. .. ...4 Qts 3.50 XX Holland Gin. .. ..4 Qts. 2,25 No. A Holland Gin .....4 Qts. 2.40 No. B Holland Gin .....4 Qts. 2.65 No. C Holland Gin .....4 Qts. 2.00 No. D Holland Gin .....4 Qts. 3.15 \ e " \4-FULL(YTS. . Y g 4 % 8\ " EXPRESS - % FOR sk SR 7"i A 4o ; EROARSSE »’/ny ¢ ‘SRR L & r AR “O SOOO LY ' | $450 2 ,/“./“-r %; {\JF? ; S f\&’w. RDo ) Qs - R S \\ o s\(!#l![/‘)9 S\\:{Q!QLEN L\ "l O W AN Sgy T "\'i““s‘;umw \V .~ /fl i ik, i i R Y L—— ol - (l\:\_ (;/’— = 5 «17-519 WEST BAY STREET, JACKSONVHLLE, FLA. KILL 7ve COUCH s 5 wre fir, King's Cro 8 New Discovery \ PRICE | an cgfgg » ]ng?csftt%l&oée AND ALL THROAT AND LUNG TROUBLES. GUARANTEED SATISFACIORY OR MONEY REFUNDED. W. M. OLLIFF, ' ATTORNEY AT LAW, 3 Folkston, Ga. ® Investigations of Land Titles a Specialty. : FEMININE NEWS NOTES. Six of {he largest colleges in Switz erland have 2193 female students. Evelyn Thaw denied that she had spent more than half of $54,000 in the past two years. / Italia Garibaldi, a granddaughter of the Italian patriotand a Methodist, is at the head of the Methodist Girls" School at Rome, Mrs. Elizabeth Hunt, 108 years old, of Brooklyn, N. Y., received many birthday visitors and was in remark ably good health. Mrs. Esther Davis celebrated her 114th birthday at the Home of the Daughters of Jacob, in East Broad way, New York City. There are seven women physicians in New Orleans, and all of them are struggling to be admitted to mem bership in the Orleans Parish Medi cal Society. The Alice Freeman Palmer chimes were dedicated at the University of Chicago during the recent meeting. Mrs. Palmer was the first dean of women for that university. After granting women the parlia mentary suffrage Norway has gone a step further and voted to give all women employed in the postal serv ice the same pay as the men. Mrs. Ellen Tompkins won the Cur rins_prize for oratory at the State Presbyterian College, Hastings, Neb. The junior essay prize and the Greek essay prize were both won by Miss Ingalls, & Mrs. Mathilda M. Turner, of Mun hall, Pa., has broken the record by swimming Conneaut Lake at its widest point in eighteen minutes and fifteen seconds. The distance is over one mile. Mrs. Benjamin Steinhardt, widow of a member of the Howe & Hummel firm, sued Charles W. Morse for $lO,- 000, the expenses of a trip for her husband’s health, which she ,says Morse agreed to pay. bt S Donald Knew, Margaret, aged ten, was a beginner in history. “Mamma,” she asked, “what does ‘behead’ mean?” “To cut off a man’s head, dear.” There was a moment of silent study; then another question: “What does ‘defeat’ mean, mam ma?” Little Donald, aged four, was inter ested. “I know, mamma,” was his logical canclusién. “‘Defeat” means to cut a man’s feet off.”—The Delineator, A woman may be skilled in light housekggp}gg’and vet not be a good lighthouse keeper. It is not to any man's credit to live on credit,