TU WiDl WORLD. Hasp—lag* Threoghoet the Wartd Told U Uriel. The capture of 236 officer*. 12,763 ■ten and 333 guns in the operation! about Erurum waa recently anno ant ed by the Ruaeian war office The 15. I. Du PosUic Nemours Powder company reports total cant iaga of S67,M4,7B0 during tbs past fiscal year. The company has handled enormous contracts for the Allied government and recently declared a special dividend of 22 1.2 per cent. 1. B. Ramsey hit off the end or hi* tongue while trying to refrain from screaming from pain after falling f*om a Lake Shore railrued bridge oa the ice of tha Maumee river near Toledo. O. Ha suffered Internal in juries. but it Is believed he will re cover. John Christian Alton, at New Ho chtllc, N. Y., u native at Germany, was loyal to his old army corps to Um last and in his will be made a be quast of $1,000 for tha wounded at tho corps. Ha also directed that a physi cian friend b* given 4,000' cigars tram th* stock in his store. Fire employes of the Now England Manufacturing company, at Boston. Maas., were killed and more thaa a •cor* wars made seriously m by turns* from a powerful combination of chem icals which tho company was prepar ing for th* AIM** to use la gas bombs and graaadm. > Only throe and on*-half par emit of the prisoners paroled from California penitentiaries have gone bach to a Mfo erh**, according to figures Jo*t made public at the state capttol in 8acramanto. A total at 5,82* prison er* have boon paroled since tho pas sag* of the stats law In IBM. William McClure and Joseph Whits entered plaaa of guilty to the charge of murdering Mrs. Carolina Viehmier, « wealthy widow, whoso body was feund in her boms In McCandless township near Pittsburg. They do elarad they were paid $60 by her son in-law, Aron Fall, who wished to get possession of a $4,000 rote which tho aged woman held against him. According to authentic report! among prominent copper mining mm at Calumet, Mich., representatives of the German government have closed contract* for the delivery,of 1,000,000 pound* of refined copper in New York city each month for five months. Pay ment ia to be made in cash for T*jti delivery, the copper to bo stored in New York city pending the end of the war. Millioaa upon millions of diptherta germs, carrying with them the possi bility of mors deaths than an army drive could accomplish, are in tht pos session of two thugs In Philadelphia, who stole them from the motorcar of a physician. Car and cultures were both stolen but the automobile was re covered later. The thieves are be hoved to be ignorant of the use and Umble possibilities of thsir loot. While cruising in the Meditsrrxn san sea th* other day, a patrol ship of the Allies discovered something that looked suspiciously like an ene my submarine. She immediately gave chans, and, when within firing dis tance of th* supposed U-boat, sent a aboil to the spot where it would do the most good. But, contrary to ex pectations, tbs enemy refused u» sink. Whsrsupon the crew of the pursuer made a suns careful examination discovered that their target was a Texas mule, floating fast up. In his official account of the attack th* pst trol ship's commander wrote: “O* being hit, the enemy retaliated with polaenoaa gases.” t Tho favorite bin! of frank Trato bte, of Chesterton, lad., ia tho homely, pestiferous sparrow. Ia Oct, Frank; tkiaka tho sparrow riioald hold a place of honor folly aa high at that eajoyed by tho raveno that fed Eli Jo. The rea sons for blo affection ore no follows: It appears that Mr. Tratebas lingered • btt too long with tho flowing bow. tho other day and was taken to Jail at Valparaiso on tho charge of fates-1 ioatioci. Whoa ho entered the iron' ft- ho hadn't a oonXa Ms pocket, I consequently no wherewithal to pay j a Ana. b addition to Ms othor Usa- i Mee;HCr. Tratebas took a dislike to the air in Ido cod. so he climbed to the' latticed window above bio bod to get a fresh whiff of unadulterated atone. And lol right in front of him was o sparrow's neat, with a genuine bank note projecting from the Knew. To day Tratebas is a free man, and his favorite bird is the sparrow. Wh*T ^ The Seventh Congrcoaional Diitrtct r*p«n«ntnd by Mr. Page i. aecood j« pognlation only to the fifth. It ie oompmti of Anton, Davideoo, Davie, Boko, lot, Montgomery, Moore, Hao ,(>00 estate. Reed ssved the money from his wages and Ups and made wise investments. Ha shaved Pres Id tuts Taft and MeKinlay when they visited the Ohio city. Three-quarter* of a million pounds i%T wool, said to be the largest clip owned by any one shoeptnan hi the United States, have hern sold by R. N. Stanfield, of Pendleton, Ore., to a firm In Hartford, Conn. The price of the fine wool was SO cents and the coarse 28 cents a pound. The German government hex adopt ed a decree prohibiting the Importa tion of commoditise, regarded aa Ini orlea, which can be dixpaaaed with In war lima. The prohibition ■"rlodw cavair, lobctan, liquors, champagne, pinaapplas, raisins. silk clothing, fans, P*