Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 February 1910 — QUEER STORIES [ARTICLE]

QUEER STORIES

Prime Minister Zable, of Denmark, violates all court traditions by going to a royal reception In a black slouch hat In the fashionable west end of London the fair haired and pink skinned hostesses have discovered that black wall paper offers an excellent background for their charms. At 29 Scipio gained the battle of Zama, Watts revolutionized the Industries of the earth by making steam the-most powerful agency in the progress of mankind, Josiah, Wedgewood discovered the secret for making the china which bears his name, and Shelley died after enriching the world of literature with his unrivaled poetry. Truancy is on the increase in New York City, and the boqrd of education complains of the Indifference of parents. About 120 parents are taken before the city magistrate each month for violating the law. The largest number are from among the Italians, where there are the most children, and the next highest number comes from native born parents. After 272 years of growing ferry facilities in New York City the decline has ptarted, owing to the increasing number of bridges and subaqueous railways. The great system of ferries grew from the solitary skiff that Cornelius Dircksen had in 1637, where Peck slip now is, and ferried passengers, who called him by blowing u horn that hung on a tree nearby. It is reported from Pekin that TuanFang, viceroy of Chihill, has been severely censured for causing photographs to be taken of the funeral at the late dowager empress and for other offenses against Feng-shui (the spirits of the dead). With the exception of the viceroy, all the officials of Chihihi provlnce~“who were connected with the late empress* funeral have been promoted. Frau Julia Vargha is said to be the first woman minister to preach In Hungary. She is the daughter of the Reformed Evangelical Bishop Carl Sascz, who is also well known in Hungary as a poet and teacher. Frau Vargha preached her first sermon in Klausenburg to a large congregation and the Buda-Pesth papers speak of her as a gifted woman and an eloquent speaker.