THE CHABLOTTE NEWS, JANUARY 8. 19111
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eWs^^f foreign capitals
mdon ike Dullest
'kce on Emth Just
ter Christmas
"A. /
I 'F EVERETT.)
i ubt any place
. 'a.mM Is a3 dull as
. .vc H *i. 't follow
■; riHf’iaa, and this
■ :i 1 ninularly bad.
n ii'-sl'.'.y lUTord It
' wspap'jrs a-o at
V ' T’';>ir ■■ olunirR.
.d ih only rea-
'■ Ci:;ifijnjo to
V L, h near*
n.; li 0 :;;oUllS of
the uttor
in England up in tho nlr In & of
two. Mr. EycU'StoiiO ',vho weights
000 pov.ndB huB no frn.!’,
„ shall up v,')th Ml*. Qrahauie
• 'ulte or any othf'.;' ]illgt Vtithar.f liie
slightest hestt&tlyn, mid i;o ijlfvi
ho foUl uit* yo'fovilii.Vi
“I’m the heavlesl ii!:m in lirURln. piid
1 havo nn »i>ib!tinn ty (jtlto luy IjIst
weipht Jnto the I'ovi
'1
'e tr.'idc piihcy.
’ "!'« ijurine
-■ or i!tc' da:
: : • wli;) lire
' 'le llu!in
sure tho evoiit w!l! ufi".
rh® piprcodn o!' }'pn{"'l nJchl {ivrt
to t© Hlvoii to t !uv \Vl!lp.'^iieu
liosiiital, it 'Sli, I'l-olopit-iiP’d
uoir unlonlBt , Intyiitlon tc>
•'ory pu]K rs j oivluw Tour hpw
;t iittlo excite- |
thc^ir jo\al , l^ondcn Is to hrvr so up groat “sur-
I ol' 1 1'tev, ; Mi'ts'n Jn iho wpv (jf o'.’.tdooi* riiii- c-
ar.i. ;'OT-;; idu;ea ^ Jn«?nla Ju the t>rynnru;ri .vo;v*i Willi-
.,>1 (..ourse, ' !u tJir paf^t, t;v' viany ip-.iUijia
r .-.on f(.T th*^ui, Aiufj U'.r.’i a’JUKuviU Mt uco’ii'.prr> inivf}
Rn tvi'd li; IjC'fi'.Uni to ••iih MiS
• . (’alvl.i U;(.I'v’ii, Ulrc''oi
1^5 c-..'.irt, utH'i to pr:!>H) 0 :ill iutor--
cimnkiO of n.ti:Rrl{Q?) v ^tli '‘anv--o-
lut'iu p&i'k?/’ aU ovr” I’nf vnr!'!. On?
!>• i'lii no-1 of tlio fort'ir.yt^l- ui A.u>;ri aa
. 1 .-if.ires of !'.
I riiii tiioui, u:id I Cliillan, of Ooury [''■nU'1. Nt’V Vo;!;;}
•’ -''V whether i fjirnous i>lc-;?.siirc ••orort.
! .-• cii:;ry at these j Mr. McClelir.n iiolOs th.'' ('I'init'n Ui.'U.
-»''r‘r ->ii!5i'ivai;ioH. . Euv']!-''!i cr.hibltlorn rn.l fs'n:’.;’-'-'?*
r. vv-T' iiv loss kooi:-: rer.-'rt'? fire uot iv.tlv j-.jily /■■itouKl'.
vin ilio ^ : u})post.u.ly j ’ You stolid ha
••it;: n, V,ho.ic "I'a-' “rvro ico apt to i.'t; I'ik^ n U-i;:’in'r.c,'!
of )he purely amusemcPL Rlda vt ctc-
hl’uliion.'. Thp j;’'0v-0;'ed
of Rt';rncti>m9 y.'IU tfTi'l to filter ihlH.
Enrl’r, couft next y?ar, for hisiancp, {
wUl 1>? first I'ti'Jl for'j’.MOot p o? '
amusement, with novoiilcfi ^v;u•'a
pi VO I.ondonors all tho oxcltJ^TUotjt
they ■vi’ant.
■’Ore cf thc^fto 1^; '■■rll*'] tlia 0*?'nt
Coar-K’f—■'.n cr’t.li'r y ntj'.r for'i o'i
SAvlLchbncU, v.‘bUM '.v!il ncoi.lc tUe
of?|.-;rturlty o*' enj -'Vn" ii :mvocI) nov;n
from tl’.o nc'ifrht cf iOO I'cn. it. ’.vlll
Josr ?100.000 to M^ tiy Oihci’ rl' !
ding doviccH or tt hovel ohartvf’tgr ure !
CO ue Introdacf.d, 1
.t i- m I
Tho hitherto unriubll'shed cnntoa of
Gftrlljaldl’s srot't suto’ik>."rni:oic.Hi
P0«’t7) havo !)0'^' ^'■c:n Ir^P^SH'd to '>io
'R’orlu. Tho wpri; was wriiu>u by thr
Ir%.'C.L I'^r.lUin iuTins liis iiilorc^d
stay on fh© Ishind of C.;i)rcrR ’in
A fu.fr c«vy of {hit*! cra^bod h;';i?hvrii-
l.ns ivs'-J I'.iv 10 bv h'i iiiusU?!! Ir.dy
: 'riond. Mri. iio’ior'S. hud i=^ t.o !^r-'
'Jyvotlon t'-iKl in(U;.s:ry thi-.t Uab' N
I tiov.' Iuc'ti^'‘c4 for tt V'ofi; ('f -
i a::d t-pfKUa'’--oii« Kouius liy
r.vnu'c ihe onthua-
>■ -rvr^iivo pr‘ tJij.
sh ..jlies in iluii
It;. lire siill dls-
The spe-
' • to r«.h't henvily
! w uUvtsai'Ti of the
.•'Uall they foice
• ".•■ate iha iM'ers or
•>v;i to hiiigh. But
I'-. .ii;g vt*ry hoi-
111, tv “Fivo hun-
soum’od all very
1^’ hard words break
do silly phrases,
f ,h> prt.-'-'nt petrs
•Jl i .'t3 in tho
' and Lord Lnuds-
r.;’n that tho new
. 4'’ Is Great Bri-
^ O:' worth? What
sli-/ii!d represent a
* .-ds, not only will-
I'to hill, but willing
>; '-'e to all tho great
I
Mystery Murder
01 Mme. Hot) man
Berlin, Jan. 6.—The mystery sur
rounding the strange murder of Mme.
, Hoftmann, wealthy widow, sixty-eight
years of age, is monopolizing public
I attention at present.
Mme. Hoffmann, who inherited a
large fortune from her husband, was
closely related to several high
government officials, and occu
pied a prominent position in Berlin!
society. She lived alone In a small |
flat.
Curiously enough owning to the fear
of bein^ murdered, Mme. Hoff.mann
-I’efueed to engage a companion or ser
vant, declaring that ah elderly help
less lady was easily killed by unscru-
; Fulous doijiestics.
Mme. Hoffmann, who out eve-
League Of Paris
Consumers Formed
With the New Yeai
in?, visited a theatre on the night to
protect the untortiinate cusioiuer irom
the abuses of which he is the victim.
i December 6, accompanied by a woman
friend. The next morning the charwo-
(By GEORGE DUFRESNE.) ! Arsenal of Spezia. The wireless tele-
Paris, Jan. T.-Simuiianeously with graph station ;u Venice, on tho coast
t ot Italy, to which the Hertzuiu ^\a\o3
were directed by the Jacovieho inscru-
roplied immediately that the
sifrnals liad been received with an ex-
tiaordinary fjrce and clearne.ss. The
length of the waves generated by tho
arc is said to be at present two thous
and miles. The strength of tlie appli
ance can be judj:^ed from the fact that
steo! plates of armor and other metals
rav.idly melt in the neighborhood of the
arc, so that clectric fin'nices can now
j the new year a most interesting league
I was bom here:
I It is called “The League of Paris
I Consumers, ’ and it means business.
, In three days it has attained several
' thousand members. University profess-
i ors, politicians, and property-ownera
are amongst those joining the new
man cleaned the flat as usual. This i oi..ted out that up un.il now (.onstructed more simple and much
was the last time that Mme. Hoffmann : consumer has remained isioated ' V
I was seen alive.
and, therefore, powerless. He has
About tw^o weeks later the occupant 1 . ^ angelic patience to tne
cf the flat immediately beneath the, ® Lving, to the
flat occupied by Mrs. Hoffmann heard service and to
! continuous screams and calls for help;decrease in salaries. But he is
! then the words; “I don’t w^ant to de;
jl won’t die yet!” These w^ords w'ere
i followed by a heavy thump, and then
’ heavy footsteps.
more sheaply than before. For purpos
es of illumination the arc is equally .
valuable. Glass tubes and globes from
which air has been extracted yield a
bri'Tht light when placed in the path
now wearv of being oppressed and ex- ’wa\es.
ploited, and intends to make his voice "I,''™ .
I will shortly bo lighted in this manner.
The idea of the league w'as flrs.t sug- i
The neighbors who were thorough-Gide. a professor In the
ly alarmed, rushed to the concierye,; faculty of law, who considered that the
who summoned a policeman from thei^^.™^ ripe to create a vast asKo-
street. The entire party went upstairs ]
ciation which should defend inciuvidu-
Settle Question
Fo7 Diessmakers
to Mme. Hoffmann’s flat. Hearing I interests. The league of consumers |
sounds within, the policeman knocked! seek to bring pressure on i)ublic |
at the door. | authorities, and take immediate action! Parls, Jan. 7 —\ question of great
At first there was no reply but fin-1the prices of articles of food are ijj^erest in dressmaklno’ circles has
ally persistent knocking produced the
response:
ing better
“I v/as ill, but am feel-
I shall not open the door.”
unjustifial'ly increased.
been settled by a Paris Court, namely
that of copyright for a dress. Two cop-
lumers of the Rue de la Palx were at
The Regie, which is another name
The concierge declared that the i for the state tobacco monoi.oly has loggerheads over the matter. One ac-
'v'oice W'as that of Mme. Hoffmann, yet | found it necessary to advertise its other of having exactly
it was strange and somewhat muffled, j Soods. This step has been taken on ac- reproduced on of his exclu-
The policeman was not satisf’ed, and j count of the publicity given to foreign creations, the design of which
proceeded to force the door. The mo-j cigars and cigarettes in the state to- been legally deposited. Suit was
ment tho door was opened, another | bacco shops. Outside the shops a liun- ]ji-ojight and $4000 damages were de
door inside the flat, leading into the jiiious sign informs the passer-by that nuindefi. Maitre Maillard, counsel for
room behind the entrance hall, was j foreign tobaccos can be had within. plaintiffs, cited the copyright law
hastily locked. Inside these foreign goods are display- i.e^.niating tlie rights cf literary and
When the policeman promptly forc-jed everywhere, the cigars of French gi-^igtic property, as w’ell as the law
ed this door the person within the; manufacture being relegated to some manufacturers’ designs. According
room retreated to another apartment; dark corner. The result is that the these laws had been in-
and locked the door. When the third f^rench products are not getting a ii jntred \ dress enjoyed copyright
door was forced, the fugitive escaped chance. as well as any other artistic produc-
SNAPbHOT Oi- rx.NG GEORGE OF ENGLAND.
through a back-door down the back
stairs, and got aw'ay unnoticed.
But all this w'ill bo changed. The
tion by the more fact that it w^as a
f’: II" iiKiu^-’hts for the
.■ ’'e d:u!;.'or of thii:k-
, if it .^1 :• •.obloms can
■li' h s.
.1 w , ■••'•rs i rovided tho
a new arisiocracy of
i i V would throw'
0.-i: c; lUto til' shade?
I! ■' •.npos.-^il.le.
•nt at any rate, is
1 '-f i.t'iiie: a> le to felect
1 I :.‘u of ability and
for its jiurpose. If the
ar* ^till obstinate they
1. , . > advise whatever
. A 'V r,lion ni.-iy bo ne-
\oatd do it loluctant-
. .I'ly. They are deter-
. ’lU' guffars of west-
' .1, .sl'.all not turn
: J ' S*'.
iinv!r>diate hnsi*
1:1 iT to concentrate
fit if tho\, in their , figure.
'udKet a? I i-ccT.i ^.on-.ir-ts of CO canios *n
(.no budget 01 its surpnsning r.^erlt
b!:.. - i:vt ,iO much in technuai
tion or the utere artistry of word‘d—
the work was largely an improvir?a-
tlon, and was dashed off at red-hot
speed—but in the sustained grandeur
and nobility of the conception, in
which the struggle for Italian liberty
Is recoiiuiereu In epic form. Never,
perhaps, in the history of literature
has a politital theme been treated so
magnifi(C"t!y.
The elevenlh cnnto is not new to
Italian readers. The poet-hero pre
sented it during his life time to the
nninicipaiity of Kavenna, with instmc-
t'ons that the j)rocoeda should be de- •. , i,r.nori
voted to th^‘ pres-rvaiion of the llulo F^e oi -.Isaces-Loi laine who had hoped
mud hut
Snapshot of King George of England, attired in the uniform of a British
adtr:iral, leaving the Royei yacht Victoria. King George is a great lover
cf ths v/atsr and takes a keen interest in naval affairs. Great prepara
tions are being made for his visit to Portpmouth on Jan. 1?th, when
the first keei piate of the new n-a moth super-Dreadnought will be laid.
German Chancellor i
I
Aiou^ses Bitterness
With Constitution
Regie is going to tske up auv'ertising. -v^rork of art. Maitre Gaston Levisalles
After an attempted pursuit which 1 A catalogue is in course of nrepara- wjijie not dcyning on behalf of the de
proved futile, the policeman with the ■ tion. In it will i)e described the differ- fendants, that a dress may be an ar-
concierge and three neighbors, pro-i ent kinds of cigars and cigarettes turn- tjstic creation, nevertheless held that
ceeded to examine the flat. There ■ ed out by the state. Much s exiiected uterary and artistic copyright laws
were no suspicious signs, and the | from this catalogue. But the Regie will could not tpply to it, nor the law as
search party concluded that Mme.
Hoffmann must have become mental
ly deranged and flRd from her home
have to take care not to defeat its nianufacturers’ drawings. Besides,
object. There have Ions; been com- he added, the firm had sold its dresa-
!'laints of delay in furnishing supplies, es before registering: the design, and
under some delusion. The policeman What is the good of smokers being therefore it was public property. The
locked the flat and departed. attracted to a certain cigar or ci^ar- court also adopted this viev/, ana de-
A few days later a relative arrived rette throuah an advertisement if they cided the case against the plaintiit.
from the country to visit her, and cannot get it v\hen they ask for it?
heard the story of her remarkable
Convinced of the great usefulness of
aeroi.^lanes not only in war, but also as
flight from home.
Being more suspicious
than the
Got Wrong Man
In The Asylum
credulous neighbors, she informed the i a means of cummunication in peace.
authorities, w'ho sent a policeman with | the French colonial minister is about j
her to examine the flat. After search-> to spend $S0,000 for experiments with,
ing all the rooms the policeman, the, Bleriot monoi laiies in the I^ench col-
relative and the wife of the concierge j onies, and before the end of the year, ‘ ,-,erioiisnPSS, appeared the
were aiiout to leave when the latter j mails may be delivered regularly by ot.^ier day in a Paris newspaper. A un
thought that the appearance of the aeroplanes in French and W^est Africa, ^tic named Legrand was giving some
Paris, Jan. 7.—A huraoms story,
By FREDERICK WERNER.
Berlin, Jan. 7.—If Herr von Betha-
man Holweg hopes that the constitu
tion, which he has just granted to the
annexed PYench provinces Aiance-Lor-
raine, is going to win such needed
friends for him i nthat pait of tuc
(German Empire or praise from France
or the German liberal party he is evi
dently greatly mistaken. To the peo-
scheme of the government for spend
ing SI9,000,000 on coast defences.
It is generally agreed t,hat the gov
ernment has responded to some indi
rect pressure from Germany. No one
bed w^as unusual.
She pulled thw quilt away, and
found Mine. Hoffmstnn’s body w'rapped
in the bed-clothes.
The police are following several
clues, w'hich lead to the conclusion that
mately acquainted with Mme. Hoff
mann.
Hr, fi#^lirbhnrbo'>d nine for a real, not a sham constitution the
wZds'wLin is a „-eat «sap.,ointmen. becaa.e
aO v to blii.
n'^er his i:nfortu-
i riic riroe weeks ago
has prninisod to
tho lit'uviost man
his arma while he was fleeing frotn the aroiiTeronl/hitterness
Austrian^. In this canto Garibaldi de-
bcrlhed with influito pathos this aad
tragedy in his llfo.
QAMAGE FOR
BREACH OF PROMISE.
because it grants to the people of the
annexed anti-German provinces great
er freedom than loyal Prussian sub
jects are now' enjoying.
Wliat makes the home rule propo
sition more interesting than anything
else, is that its second chamber, which
consic-ls of 3G members of w’hom half
are named by the kaiser, evidently
gives an intimation of what the gov-
einnient considers a model senate.
seriouslv believes thart^hTcoast of the the perpetrator of this mysterious
Netherlands is in danger from Great
Britain. The only power that can
covet or can benefit in way by the oc
cupation of Holland in Germany.
Why. people ask, should the Nether
lands government suddenly reverse
the traditional policy of the country
and not merely neglect the land de- j
fences on the eastern frontier but!
even withdraw the annual subsidy for i
their improvement? I
* » * '
Wwte About the
Coiean People,
rhe aeroplanes are to leave lieie J^.Q^]J]e in a country place. “Let him
in about a week ‘>nd the erection ot pjait up in an asylum,” ordered
postal hangar will be undertaken at ^^ivor. The Garde Champetre was
once. . told to’ take him off with the help of
When the chamber meets again ttie ^ baker, to tlie asylum a few
minister will ask for a grant of $100,- jyjjjeg distant. While going along the
000 to be spent during 1912 in estab- lunatic, who w'as not always
lishing an aerial postal delivery serv- ^j^der the influence had a lucid Inter-
ice in Indo-China in caff.e the West Af-^ Naturally he evinced some re-
rican experiment proves successful, i gentment at being taken to an asylum.
* * * The Garde Champetre consulted with
By postponing the debate on the baker, with the result they of-
French naval estimate for the coming pijrj drinks to humor him, join-
financial year until the chamber meets jjj q-jafling the liquid. Before
again. Admiral Boue de Lapayrere, ]caving the bar they had imbibed so
tho indefatiegable secretary of the jf,uch that all three roached tho asy-
i navy, has gained time to prepare some jj. ^ ^t^te of Intoxication. “W’hich
very imnortant and interesting declar- three is it?” wired the director
ations. The secretary nas a naval pro- mayor. “Legrand” was the
gram, which w'ill add immensely to i-eply, but in transmitting It the tele-
the strength of the French navy, al- grajih operator ticked off “Le grand,”
ready prepared and M. Briand intends j-aeaning the tall one. As the Grand
Poughkeepsie, N. Y.. Jan. 7.—That
I/?icester Pond, an architect of Spo
kane. Wash., has not abandoned his
suit for $25,000 damages for breach of
promise of marriage started last spring other eighteen members of the
against Mis.s Elizabeth M. Kelley, a Alsacian upper house w'ill consist of
1 leader in Pomrhkeepsie exclusive set heads of the recognized religious
I was anounced today. Charles Morsch- communities, the Evangelical, Roman
I Huser, attorney for Pond will go before catholic, Jewish, and so forth; of four
: Justice Mills in the supreme court representatives elected by the coun-
' hpre Monday and take judgment ^{je four largest cities in the
! aeainst the fair defendant, who is now Reichliand (Strassburg, Metz. Kolmar
i the wife of Arthur Downing, the man Jiuchlhausen); of three represen-
who introduced Pond to Miss Kelly, tatives of the chambers of commerce;
Pond promises to produce Miss Kelly’s many from the chambers of agri
letters in support of his claim. | culture; and one each from the Strass-
( burg university and the Strassburg
. J chamber of trade; and, lastly, of the
wni Not Recognize Claims. President of the Central Law Court.
Galveston Texas. Jan. 7.—The Mex-' As for methods of election to the
Inn covernir.ent has issued orders popular chamber, they probably show
th'nt from this time forvrard that the lines on which Prussia W'ould like
eovemment v.iii refuse to recognize to revif5e the Reichstag suffrage,
claims of anv nature filed by persons Males over 25 years of age get one
alle-inz themRelvcs to be Mexican voice; those reaching 3o get two, and
citi/en.s unler-s such person is regls- those of 45 get three votes,
tered at some Mexican consulate. The laboring population, whicl^ as
Thp oTd^r has just been received everywiiere, is very shifty, is almost
bv Mexican Consul Caesar Caneseco, entirely disfranchised by a clause re-
V, * Tt oi-'n nrnvides that all clti- quiring a residential qualification of
nf rcVldlSg^^^^ Uirce years from all those who don’t
stall umteh the coBsul possess ciilier a “stake in the coun-
ed Stateo suau | ^ deaths try” or independent means of living.
"n? m”a°rr'aEe3 In their' tamllles. A This clause is obviously intended to
into+tnn nt the order w'ould debar handicai) the socialists,
violatimt rit?7VnJhin It is de- As an intended sop to the people of
I;^ned^t?'p.otacf Wh""Mox‘c?and A.sace-I^ra.ne thc, eonstuut^
the United States from com
out
Mexic
Paris, Jan. 7.—In an niteresting ar
ticle on the Coreans, M. Lannelon.gue,
Now that domestic political condi- referring to the graceful movement of
tions in Greece are less uncertain their people and their picturesque cos-
than for many years the government tumes, says that the ladies are a little * thnn
intends to recognize the country’s slatternly in appearance, the men, on to stake the ^ , Champetre was the teller than the
armv and navy, which have been in a the other hand, looking grand in their! of the cabinet on its adoption b> t. e , „t.her tw'o he was detained, and the lu-
rather chaotic condition, since the last w'hite tunics, recalling the burnous of
w'ar w'ith Turkey, and as Greek army the Arabs of Algeria. This silhouette
ofllcers persistently have refused to is sometimes spoiled by the fantastic
obey the orders of a fellow country- headgear, which marks the social posi-
man. simply because he happened to tion of the wearer. The national pop-
be the commander-in-chief, a FrencM ular hat is high in form, has a tube of
general is to be trusted with the im" half the calibre of ours, and is slightly
portant task of teaching Greek officers conical, black in color, supported by
to obey their superior , and King brims. The material is of horse hair
George has just been informed by the very finely woven.
French secretary of war, that a French When the Crorean gentleman’s nat
general, known to be a stern discip- is of straw color it denotes that he is of th« ^rorram
linarian, thr^e French colonels and 5 a happy fiance. Le cheapeau de riz, were
lieutenant colonels, have been placed elegant in its conical form with an- I do not think that in the Pr«sent pai^
at his disposal, and will arrive in gular brim, denotes a bonza. Anotli-
Athens next month. er hat of gigantic proportions is that
The king has now asked the British of the Ping Yang sect, who must hide
admiralty to permit the English ad- their face^. It descends at the back
miral Sir Edmund Poe to take charge almost to the shoulders, the bnm be-
of the re-organization of the Greek ing festooned, and if the proprietor is
navy. If the admiral comes, his flags of superstitious turn, he adds some
ship will be the new armored 10,000 black figures to ward off the evil spir-
tons cruiser “Aweroff” which i.i being its. After a certain a.ge married men
built for the Greek government at add “storeys to their nats.
Leghorn, Italy, and which will be com- j
pleted in a week or two.
chamber and estate.
The prime minister is absolutely
persuaded of the imperativG necessity
of at least eight new Dreadnoughts.. o^^^er two.
At present two are being constructed
with the utmost rapidity—the Jean
Bart, at Brest, and the Courbet, at
Lorient. They are of 23,500 tons each,
and they form the model of the iron
clads to come, in fact, when parlia
ment voted the credits for them, It
was understood that the two ships
natlc and the baker returned to the
village, when the lunatic, who had
been the first to get sober, told on the
United States rrom S"Sge\hfs'«u'fo?afp%vta
of tne it ls ^d fin the German'empire. Alsace-I^r-
deans In the future, It Is said. [ a mere province, the Kai-
^ _X511 14.^ I'lllor flTlH tlie
A Delusion Spoiled.
jrson
ser still its sovereign ruler a,nd the
reform bears no resemblance to real
autonomy. ,
The press of Alsace-Lorraine has
Hunger StJikes in
Russian Prison
NEW MEMORIAL.
>tue to the nnemory of Sir Henry
ng //.IE unveiled the other day by
•'chr Hare. The monument, of
' h -■> photograph Is reproduced
o"; is situated at the back of the
nal Portrait Gallery and its
‘'juration was attended by all the
ing members of the dramatic
^ssion. Sir John Hare delivered
eworthy speech on the occasion
hich Mr. H. Irvlrg responded
behalf of his father’s family.
A venerable, wliite-haired p ^ ^ __
rprelved a month or so ago several ^ot far a moment concealed its opm
roniiPitR from voung women for a that the people of the province
lock of his hair. The divine, pleased ^ accepting the constitution place
at thiq excresslon of respect, gladly themselves under no obligations, that
?L.D led S the requests. they have no reason for gratitude to-
u was not long, however, before Alsacians, who will not rest until ^ey
received a communication ^in not give up a single one of their
his wife
niid end to her husband’s just dreams. Only tne granung oi
n^pn«?flnt delusion The note w^as as absolute independence will satisfy the
pleasant demsion. me Alsacians, who wil not rest until they
Mrs DO please ask your' arr^iven equal rights with any other
Mrs. . siUi- empire, and
heart!
; desir
roTny^of the girls have union with France, a desire
“Dear
husband to
send" "mr jujk a little state within the German empire, and
f v.tQ h*iir All the girls have at the bottom of the hearts of the
lock jj lessons In making hair people is the fervent desire, of re-
been taking lessons wUh TVnnce. a desire no less
S”him th^ri Thought- rd rath- strong than 39 years ago,
Wndf uThard“o g"It'"white" hair f‘or popular opinion in H. lland contin-
lilies of the valley.”—Tit-Bits.
r^upuiai *•*
ues to be strongly opjosed to the
The building of the four Austro-Hun
garian Dreadnoughts w'hich form the
battleship section of the present naval
program, and two of which are al- j
ready in hand at Trieste, seems likely j Berlin, Jan. 7.—Hunger strikes are
to cause some ill-feeling between the a common enough form of protest
tw^o kingdoms. As a result of the con- against ill-treatment in Russian pris-
ference between the Hungarian board ous. it has been left for a Berlin bus-
of trade and the admiralty in 1908, the iness man to resort to one as a protest
Hungarian government voted $6,000,- against conjugal infidelity.
000 for the construction of a dock yard Recently the concierge of a house-
at Flume large enough to build Dread- jn the suburbs of Reinickendorf, be-
noughts. They did this under the im- caKie uneasy about two of his tenants,
pression that It was understood that Herr Max Wulff, a young merchant
Hungary was to have her share in the and his wife, w'ho had given no sign
profits of the construction of the em- of life for rpany days. Making inqui-
pire’s future battle fleet. ' ries he found that Herr W’ulff had not
Under the arrangements for the pro- been to business for some time. As
gram now laid down, however, all four ringing and knocking failed to gain
of the new battleships are to be built him admission to the flat, he fetched
in Austrian ship yards—three at {he police, who forced the door. The
Trieste and one at Pola. The reason fiat was apaprently empty and the por-
put forward in well informed quarters ter was about to go away, believing
for this neglect of Hungarian ship- that the Wulffs had quietly left their
building enterprise, which has already- abode, w'ben he stumbled on Herr
evoked protest in Budapest, Is that the Wulff, w'ho was lying in a comer of
new dockyard at Flume could not the room. r ,« + ij
safely been entrusted with the build- In a fainting voice Herr wulff told
ing of a Dreadnought on the ground of how his wife had deserted him nio^e
its lack of experience, and, further, than a month ago, taking the
that it could not jpossibly deliver the ture with her. In despair he resolved
ship until 18 months after the autumn to starve himself to death.
of 1913, the term required. I —;
! The only dignity some men ever
In society it doesn’t take a botan- acquire consists of a frock coat and
1st to pick out the wallflow^ers a silk hat
liament, and with a prime minister oi,
the force of M. Briand, opposition to
the scheme will have any chance of
success.
• • •
From Italy comes the news that
Professor Felice Jacoviello of the uni
versity of Parma has invented an ap
pliance which will completely revolu
tionize wireless telegraphy and trans
mission of electrical force.
Though difficult to explain in simple
language, it may be said that the ap
pliance is constructed with the object
of transforming ordinary electric cur
rents into Hertzian waves, and expe
riment has proved the power of the
appliance so to transform 90 per cent
of any current. It consists of an arc
in which two tubes of metal, varjrin*
according to the force of the current
to be transformed, are substituted for
the carbon points. Currents varying
in strength from fifteen thousand to
one hundred thousand volts have been
dealt with successfully. The most in
teresting part of the arc is a strong
stream of air, or sometimes gas, that
is forced through the two metal tubes
of the arc in such manner that the
molecules of the air, or gas, move in
the same direction as the irons^ and
electrons or electrified particles of air.
The stream of air or gas serves to reg
ulate the production of these particles,
and to render the arc capable of charg
ing and discharging many thousand
volts per second into and from an elec
trostatic condenser, thus producing
Hertzian weaves in continuity.
The chief advantages of this new
applonce are that it utilizes a much
higher percentage of the transformed
electric energy than before, and per
mits the us^ of electrostatic conden
sers only one-twentieth of the size of
those ordinarily employed.
The first experiments with the arc
were made on Novem’oer 17 at the
T ''ft-
: - YP.
COUNTESS TARNOWSKY
Countess Tarnowsky, the Russian mur*
dress, who, Is a nervous wreck. Ac
cording to physicians she has but •
short time live.