Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 27, Number 50, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 12 June 1897 — Page 1

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There were a great many persons in this city who made up their minds, after the various failures had been made to get the opera house project on its feet, that they would not believe we were to have one unless they saw the actual work in progress. Those skeptical persons had their doubts removed last Tuesday morning. when Contractor Fromme began the excavation for the new ground floor theater. He is progressing nicely with it, and will begin laying brick on the foundation in a short time. The excavations for the cellar necessitated the cutting down of an old sycamore tree that has stood in the rear of the hotel for so many years that the memory of man runneth not to the contrary. As Colonel Nelson would have said it was a "spared monument" of past glories, but ruthless hands soon felled it to the ground, and an old landmark was removed. The work on the theater will be pushed as rapidly as can be done, and it is expected to have it ready for business by the first of November, this date having been changed from October 1st. It was announced this week that the house had been leased to Amos Barhydt, of Peoria, who is asociated with Mr. Chamberlain in a circuit of first-class houses, including the grand opera house at Peoria. He is said to be a practical manager of great ex-, perience. and will give the amusementgoers of Terre Haute nothing but the very best attractions. He was in the city this week, and closed with the directors of the house for its control, and will remove his family from Peoria to this city, giving his personal attention to the affaire of the new house. The directors do not announce the price the lessee will pay for the new house, but it is understood to be in the neighborhood of five thousand dollars a year.

About the only time that the Kepub* licans have ever had the nerve to take advantage of a little sharp practice in furthering party plans, at least in recent years, was done last Monday, when the six Republican township trustees, assisted by County Auditor .James Sonles. went to work and elected Charles F. tirosjean as county superintendent to succeed Harvey Curry, who ha* had the office no long that he feels he has a proprietary interest in it that should not be disturbed. They did It by using a few of Thomas H. Heed's rulfs on the itemocrat* vben they refused to vote ort"fhe organization of the board, and also refused to votn when a resolution was introduced declaring ('has. F. Grosjean elected as county superin* teiideut for the ensuing two years (»f the twelve who were present six refused to vote, and the chairman. Trustee Joslin, of Honey Creek, declared that as the resolution had received a majority of .ill the votes cast, a quorum b-ing present, it was adopted, and Mr. (Jrosjean elected. There has been a great deal of foolish talk regarding the matter and the Gazette itself, which is of course for Mr. Curry, even to approving the violation of the law In order to maintain hi* position for him, is responsible for a great deal of it. State Superintendent of Instruction David M. Geeting has announced that he will recognise Mr. (Jrosjean. as the manner ill which he was elected lias leen approved la supreme court decisions, the county commissioners have given Mr. (Jrosjean a room in the court, house, and wdl pay him his salary, and if any suing is done it will probably bo by Mr. Curry to recover his salary, if at all possible. At the present time, however, it looks as if Mr. Curry had the Iwd end of the bargain. He still preteuds to be county superintendent, announces that he will attend as the representative of Vigo county the meeting of county superintendents at Indianapolis next week, and will hold an examination for teacher^ licenses the latter part of the month. Mr. (Jrosjean propose* to do the same, and in the long run somebody is going to get decidedly the worst of It, and it looks very much as if the first letter of his name is Harvey M. Curry. Mr. Grosjean. the uew superintendent, is a Terre Haute product, well qualified for the duties of^Jbe position, which he filled one term sev^ffl years ago with credit to himself and the schools. He will doubtless repeat his good record of previous years.

A determined effort is being made in the Superior court today to throw the Terre Haute Manufacturing Co manufacturers of the Damascus bicycle and Schluer tandem, into the hands of a receiver, and several attorneys from a distance are here interested in the effort. Several suits have leen brought by foreign creditors against the company The directors of the company claim thtt if they are loft alone, undisturbed by the court, they will tie able to pull through the season withont embarrassment, and insist that the publication in a city pajvr that the company hail assigned, when it had not. has led to this onslaught by the foreign creditors. The company has worked under disadvantages during the entire season, and were it not for thesse would have been in a much better condition than at present. The proceedings will probably consume the eutirv day in the Superior court, where

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Col. W Thompson celebrated his eighty n«hth birthday on Wednesday, awl was k«-pt busy the entire day in receiving the hundred* of friend* who called to pay their respects him The grand old man is an esj««clal favorite with the Itttle folks and many of them wet* included among the visitor*- The }»ixtw8tb district school, at Eighth and Collefte street*, where hi# grand children, the

children of Judge Henry attend school, celebrated his birthday by keeping the school flag floating during the entire day. and in each room it was decided to send him a letter of congratulation on attaining his eighty-eighth birthday. The Terre Haute correspondent of the Indianapolis Journal, W. O. Fishback, writing of the notable event says: Col. Thompson knows of no member in congress with whom he served in 1841 who is now living. ExSenator George W. Jones, of Iowa, who was a territorial delegate from the territory of Michigan in the latter part of the 30's. is alive, but has taken very little part in public affairs for many years. Col. Thompson has been continuously in public life longer than any other living American. He had been in Bedford, Ind., as a clerk in a store only a short time, having come there from Kentucky, where he spent a short time after leaving his native county of Culpepper, in Virginia, when he began the study of law and in 1834, the year he began the practice, at the age of twentyfive, he was elected to the legislature. Since then, for sixty-three years now, he has been active in every political campaign. He has written more party platforms, state and national, than any other living man. So far as can be learned there is not now living any one who served with with him in the legislature in 1834-35-30 or in 1837, when he was in the senate, where he was president pro tem. in the absence of a lieutenant governor, and where as such presiding officer he was the first to introduce what are known as "Czar Reed's rules." He not only counted a quorum, but ordered the sergeant-at-arms to a*rrest senators who undertook to leave the senate chamber. In 1847 he served his second term in congress from the Terre Haute district, having moved to this city from Bedford, after his first term from the district farther south in the state. It was in this congress that Colonel Thompson and Mr. Lincoln became close per sonal friends. They had never met until then, though both were known to each other through the practice of law and political campaigning in the Wabash valley. Both had been presidential electors and noted campaigners. When they met Lincoln said: "Well, this is Dick Thompson?" and "Dick" replied: "Yes, and this is Abe Lincoln. In those days men were called by the familiar abbreviations of their first names and to-day it is '-Uncle Dick" at the best and some of the Older citizens dr^p the "uncle."

CIRLS SHOULD LEARN.

That affectation robs personality of its rarest charm. That careful cliaperonage is a belle's trump card in the game of hearts.

That, the "sporty" pose in woman never appeals to a man's highest ideals. That tactful deference to her elders doesn't mean the flaunting before them of her own youth.

That she should not take seriously summer flatteries offered her by the other sex. They are part of the season's small insincerities an I are tributes paid to any dainty bundle of organdie and chiffons. "Chat however clearly defined in her own mind the line between platonicism and sentiment, the world, if it recoguizes such line whatever, is pretty certain to credit her with having overstepped it

A Modern Goliath.

Wheu the Normania. from Hamburg, reached Sew York this week. Lewis Wilkins descended the gang plank in a hnrry. I^ewis Wilkins is eight feet two inches tall and weighs three hundred and sixtf five pounds. He has been growing twenty three years. He is ambitious and still cherishes hopes. He was born In St. Paul. He has been exhibiting himself in Europe and is now on his way to Enid, Okla., to visit his parents. He had much trouble and many annoyances on the trip over. There was no state room big enough for him to lie down in. Finally he rented an additional state room, had the partition removed and extended his length. Then again 4here was no covered deck where he could walk erect. Below decks he had to bend almost double. Only when he ascended the hnrricane deck was he able to stand upright. Tall as he is Wilklns's body is yet some distance behind his hands and feet in the race for development With his hands clothed in tan or yellow colored kid gloves they resemble, closely, canvas covered hams, minus the manufactuner's trade mark. His feet require a No. shoe to cover them. Twenty-fours are not kept in stock and not only must Wilkins have his boots made to order, but be must pay a special rate for the extra large hide employed in their manufacture. Of all his family. Wilkins is the only real, bona fide big un, the rest being midgets of some six feet or so. He wears a #S hat and a No. 20 collar.

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Milton W.Totnlinson and Katie K. Woerner. Jwo»h Warden and Lena Priest,. .Tames \V. Morris and Koecena A. Brown. Howard F. Gable and Mary E. Creal. Charles Kblen and Dioy Brown.

Kellev and Bertha L. Berry. Mtnter'and Lavtnl* Collins. Sanders and l.ueiia Hickman.

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1», W, Cashraau and Katie B«met»fg*k. James H. Kerr and Kdtth A. Edward Mc"oll and Ann McOoajrh.^ John White and KlUabeth !»antent.

The commencement exercise# of Coatas Colic**- were held at the Washington avenue church Tuesday night, the graduates Wing Miss Umce Lee, Miss Mary SUmsoo. of this city. Miss Or* Stdm aad Miss Uda L. Jx»re. It was the closing act In the history of Goat** college. as the trustees in concert with the receiver have decided that it will be impossible to continue the school another year.

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VOL. 27-*). ."). TERRE HAUTE. IXD.. SAT17RDA EVENING, JUNE 12, 1897.

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ABOUT WOMEN.

The reason there are so many failures marriage seems to be that men and women do not understand each other. If one knew what pleases the other, and so order their lives as to afford each other most pleasure, there would be but few failures. Allow me to suggest some thing which I have found to be very pleasing to men and women:

It pleases a woman to be called a sensible little woman. It pleases her to be called a well-dressed woman.

It pleases her to be told that she is fascinating. It pleases her to be told that she improves a man by her companionship.

It pleases her to depend on some man and pretend she is ruling him. It pleases her to be treated courteously and with respect, and to be talked to reasonably.

It pleases her to be treated sensibly and honestly, to be considered and questioned and not to be treated as a butterfly, with no head nor heart.

It pleases her to be loved and admired by a man who is strong enough to rule and subdue her and make his way her way, to lead her and take care of her.

It pleases her to find happiness in being ruled by an intellect that she can look up to admiringly, and one to whom her own mind bows in reverence.

It pleases a man to have a woman love him. It pleases him to have a woman's Boft, gentle, magnetic hand alleviate the pain of an aching head.

It pleases him to have a woman's hand smooth away the careworn expression aud wrinkles from his brow. It pleased him to have a woman's strength help him over the weak places in life.

It pleases him to have a woman sometimes treat him as a great big baby, to be cared for, played with, fondled, kissed and caressed.

It pleases him to have a woman lead him in the way he wants to go. It pleases bim to have a woman think him great and good and true, and favor him with her attentions accordingly.

It pleases him to have a woman's bright eyes, expressing the approbation, approval and admiration the lips do not speak.

It pleases a worthy man who tries to bt good to have a sweet woman lead l|| the Way called beautiful/" A 'Wot! sink a man to dismal depths, or help him rise to dizzy heights. Her frown can depress him, her smile inspire him.

In a woman's smile and bright eyes there is inspiration and elixir of life that gives a man the desire, courage and strength to do something great and good.

A woman's smile and recognition, and a trusting confidence makes a man brave, and gives him the spirit of conqueror, able and willing to encounter and overcome obstacles in the path of life.

But wheu we see those smiles and attentions, and the scintillations from those bright eyes bestowed upon the doubtful, the low, the shady, the unworthy or the bad, we become disheartened and discouraged, and perhaps tempted to throw down the standard, give up the fight for the^right and join the mob. •Then we look in other directions, and see as bright stars that shine upon the upright, good and true instead of the bad, and we take courage and press onward.

Flowers that bloom in the gardens of the villain must fade and die but the others bloom for a beautiful eternity.

The idea of advanced womanhood which dominates every theory and many individual practices these fin de siecle days may. when all goes well, appear to be a strong rod on which to lean, a very essential mental staff on which femininity p' ..nes itself and if the truth be told gives itself little airs of equality with man very soul-satisfying until something occurs which causes the woman to long for a little genuine petting and being made much of in the same fond, foolish fashion prevar lent before the question of v-oman's rights came up for discussion aud possession.

It does not matter that a woman can write and deliver a brilliant oration on obstruse topics, the very intellectual calibre of which makes her forget to curl her bangs, wear broad soled boots and don glasses. Let her fall ill or lose some one near and dear to her, meet with a great disappointment or be called upon to bear some rampant injustice—then is the time that she forgets all about her progress toward those intellectual heights to which she has set her footsteps in an earnest, honest endeavor to be so strong and robust in her own independence.

The little caressing gesture that places a wrap over her shoulder counts far more than the diploma she received at the school of philosophy the tender thought that prompts a kindly action, the assumption of authority on the part of one of the very beings of the opposite sex. now delights her where once they galled her. and after all, she discovers that she Is only a very womanly woman, glad to be dependent on a strong arm and happy to sink her indi viduality in that of a gentle, yet masterful creature who all at once sioksthe equal in the "lord," and she is glad of the transformation.

Do you know her* Who? The sunshiny woman. She who greets you always with a smile that warms you to the heart and whose very nature abounds with the radiance of sweet, generous impulses and kindly sentiment. Her name is not legion, neither to the priceless gem found in vast number*, bat, like the di*-

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lhoud, she scintillates the more brilliantly id dark and gruesome surroundings, sunshiny woman as a girl is the parcular star in the circle of classmates who in after years, perhaps, forget the others, t|ut who always dwell loviugly on the name, even in memory, of the gentle being who turned away the shadow and made the presence of the sun more evident. In the home she is the one to whom mother looks for joyous sympathy and in whom father finds a restful delight after Ihe fatigues of the day. If cook is cross, children fretful or the financial bureau in a state of depression, the sunshiny woman can always find even in such a doleful triumvirate something of a cheering character, something which, once brought to light, raises the spirits of the household in proportion to their depression heretofore.

When the sunshiny woman becomes a wife, she brings into her husband's life an element of joy that no future calamity pan entirely eliminate. She is a helpmate in very truth, though she may not be able to make a loaf of bread and has the most extraordinary ideas on the subject of .domestic economy. She is a sort of mental bracer, the effervescence of the sun beams brightening all within a radius of their influence. Life to her is never so gloomy but that it could be gloomier. She revels in the very joy of living, and even when physical misfortune pursues her, the beautiful soul smiles forth from the patient eyes until we inwardly remark, "God bless her," and know that the world would be better if there were more like her.

The perfumes" which are most agreeable to the senses are not always the most helpful the nerves. Ambergris, for instance, Is positively offense to many, yet it is said to possess a wonderful power of clearing the brain and driving away those evil spiritB known as the "blues." On the other hand atar of roses, with the suggestion of glowing suns and gorgeous eastern colors, predisposes one to tears. A faint odor of musk acts as a tonic, while civit bring drowsiness of soul, for which the best antidote is the pungent odor of sandal wood. The fragrance of citron and aloe Wood is as soothig to nervous people as faroff music Many perfumes delightful in the open air become particularly disagreeable in $ close room. A whole evening can be spoiled by the presence of tuberoses tthea in a reception room. Their strong fAliopiiae a very bad effect. Magnolia bl^bnifrtob", have a delightful perfume in their native grove, but woe to her who sleeps through the night with a single blossom ou her pillow. There are many fragrant flowers, such as carnations, clove pink, sweetbrair and apple blossoms, that are as beneficial as they are as sweetscented. A vivid perfume is nearly always bracing, while a subtle one is generally enervating. One may become positively intoxicated through inhaling the odor of the peach, almond, wild cherry and other blossoms of the same class, because they all contain a suggestion of prussic acid.

The daily mingling of opposite sexes in outdoor life is thoroughly delightful, yet even with the prestige of well-defined chaperonage there is one evil that girls sometimes fall into which espionage, no matter how continual, cannot prevent. Thij* is a laxity of speech, a sort of forgetting in £he matter of expression and a cultivation of slang which so many young women regard as a genuine accomplishment. Under the blue skies and amid the environment of green woods and grassy lawns, little risque remarks or slang phrases do not seem fo appaling as wheu uttered in the drawing room, yet their mental effect upon the speaker and those who hear her are precisely the same. She loses some of the dignity of diction that should be the cherished possession of a gentlewoman, while on the other hand, despite the laugh which such utterances may occasion, she falls in the estimation of the very ones who thus encourage her. _____

A man may make use of all sorts of slang, may, in fact, make a point of learning new

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of language, but he doesn't like to hear his wife, mother, sister or sweetheart, either in prospective or reality, employing the very same combination of words. Men are fond of womenly women, refinement is a perfume they like to have cling to the garments of the ones whom they regard as "the other half." and when from bravado, from thoughtlessness or because they hink it smart, women overstep the line which bounds their essential femininity, tbey are certain to lose caste with the very ones they think they are pleasing by their up-to-date mannerisms and saying*

The Regal road race, for prises offered by E. Wulschner & Son, will take place next Tuesday evening, starting from Twelve Points, at Lafayette and Thirteenth streets, over a course about ten and one-half miles in length. Hie course of the race will be northeast on the Lafayette mad to the road east and west past Ellsworth, thence east to the first road east of the poor farm, thence south on that road to the National road, and from there to the big gate at the fair grounds, the last two miles of the race being finished over the race track. The entries to the race will close next Monday evening, and it is expected that there will be great many entries, attracted mnch attention- Hie race to under the direction of Mr. Fred Kessler, local representative of the WtUschner Co., and entries to the race may be made at John Heenan's Bicycle Exchange, across the street from the Terre Haute house.

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"I WIS* PAPA WOOD TUM."

Now the little one's tired of his toys and his play Of his mart les, his wagon, his drum. With a worn look, he leaves them in careless array.

Saying: "I wis' my papa wood turn." bis brothers are busy with lessons for school. And his sisters a troublesome "sum." They have no entertainment for him. as a rule,

So he wishes his "Papa wood turn."

Howe'er patiently "mamma" has borne wl*h his whims. She, at last, to his queries grows dumb So, awakened self-sympathy, blue eyes bedims.

And he s'bs: "1 wis' papa wood turn."

I may think, through my life. I've been selfish and hard, But of good I may surely claim some. And my nature has not all affection debarred

If my boy wishes "Papa wood turn."

Worn and sick with the labor of hand or of brain. I enter the car for my home. But there's one thing that lessens the languor and pain-

It is this: "Mamma, papa is turn."

I may oft feel annoyed by requests he has made. And my looks may grow threatening or glum Then I blush in my shame, at unklndness displayed,

When I hear, "I knode papa wood turn."

PEOPLE AND THINGS.

The average expense of an ocean steamship from New York to Liverpool and return is $75,000

One bicycle has been supplied to every police station in the suburbs of Paris for the use of the force.

Laplanders are the shortest people in Europe, the average height being males, 59 inches females, 57 inches.

It is Estimated that 75 per cent, of the silks now worn by American women are of American manufacture.

Three of the most noted women novelists of the day are still at work. Miss Braddon is »i0, Mrs. Oliphant is Wand OuidaisSO.

In the Russian village of Vjalova there is peasant named Satov who claims to be 1!W years old and that his father lived 150.

A police Census }u(MS*'c8ticlnded shows? the population of Washington to Vie 277,483, an iucrease of 7,311 during the last two years.

A St. Louis man claims to have been shot by a spook. The bullet entered his vitals and creates as much pain as any earthly missle.

Sydney Smith, of Argo. Ga., insisted upon hearing his own funeral sermon, which was preached just a few days before he died, aged 118 years.

A remarkable tree grows in Brazil. It is about six feet high and is

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that it can be seen on the darkest night for a distance of a mile or more. An old man of 75 years and his wife of 70 years, in an English Home for the Aged, have petitioned the authorities to let them have a tandem bicycle.

Gum chewing is not a modern habit. Way back in the time of the Vwlas the Hindoo maidens chewed gum. But then they were uncivilized and knew no better.

Austin Gallagher, doubtless the last of the boyhood friends of Abraham Lincoln, lives at Hodgenville, Kyt. and is in feeble health. He has distinct recollections of Lincoln as a boy.

Somebody now wants to make out that bicycle riding shortens life. Some medical director of a large New York life insurance company started the idea and advanced the theory, and if heart and kidney disease exist bicycle exercisers the reverse of beneficial.

A moving staircase for passengers, in the shape of an endless leather belt transferring them from one story to another, is now in use in some of the great department stores of Paris. It is called a transporting carpet. Endless belts of canvas have been used for some time to convey packages from place to place within the stores.

Belgium has introduced the "twenty-four-hour-day" system and all the government telegraphs, post offices and railways have abolished the distinctions of p. m." and a. m." and reckon straightaway from midnight round the twenty-four hours. Instead of being 4 o'clock in the afternoon now in the kingdom of Leopold it is 16 o'clock, and so on.

Professor Lucy Salmon, Vaasar College, is strongly in favor of the abolition of the college commencement, which she characterizes as "a relic of medievalism." She claims that mnch barm is done by the overshadowing of the purposes of education by the love of public show created by college aod school commencements as commonly observed.

CARE OF THE TEETH.

The Attention That should Be Given Them. If your dentist is honest—and most of them are—he will tell you that if people would only excercise ordinary eare tbey won Id materially reduce his income and that of others in the same profession. It

the race has is astonishing bow many people, otherwise hard beaded and sensible, will leave their teeth to take care of themselves until violent toothache warns them that some mischief is at work in their month, and then rush to tbeir dentist only to find that the damage to very extensive and will take

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both time and money to set right. As a matter of fact, the dentist should be visited about once every three months. In this way the teeth can be kept in good condition because the dentist is able to detect the first sign of trouble and may take measures to prevent its going too far. It should be rementliered that when a tooth begins to decay it not only

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itself, but the teeth that are next to it, and it also affects the breath in the most unplesant. manner, so that you become a source of great annoyance to your neighbors. It also causes indiges iou, as unless the food can be properly masticated you cannot hope for good health, and where their is pain in eating the food is swallowed only half reduced to the proper consistency that it should be. The best way to prevent this decay is to see that no food is allowed to lodge between the teeth. You should not only brush your teeth thrice a day. but after each meal, and also use more than one tooth-brush. You should have three of these one should be rather hart! and another should be moderately soft, while the third should be small and round, with a curve in the handle, so as to get into every corner of the mouth.

Another point not to be forgotten is that water used in washing teeth must always be tepid and never quite cold, and you must rinse your mouth with the same. A drop or two of tincture of myrrh can be used in this water. The proper way to clean the teeth is to brush them from the gums to the crown of'the tooth in this way the particles of food that are lodged between the teeth will be dislodged. If the teeth are only brushed lengthwise, a& is generally the case, the food, instead of being brushed out, will be more firmly lodged than ever. You should keep a skein of dental silk always beside you to pass between the teeth anil clean them effectively from anything that has got between them which the tooth brush cannot reach.

You should never touch any metal to the teeth, and if the occasional use of a toothpick is necessary use those made of quill. But if the teeth are properly attended to such an istrument will be use-, less. Great care must be taken of the gums, as if these become spongy they are apt to recede from the teeth and leave the roots exposed and decay sets in very rapidly in consequence. If th« gums are kept in propefr order the teeth will remain healthy aud in good condition. v- $ "I WONDER WHY?"

There comes a query oft to me. From one who thinks I onglit to know. The height and depth of myst.ery-

Tho "wherefore" of the 'it Is so." And childish form, with hated breath. With parted Hps and pleading eye. Stands waiting for the "What lie salth,"

In answer to "I wonder why?"

"What gives the violet Its hue. The fern Its fragile form and grace? Why doth the rivulet pursue

Its ceaseless course for us to trace? Why bloom the (lowers, why grow the trees, And spread their branches wide and high? Why slug the cheerful chickadees.

On leafless bush? I wonder why?

All these I answer as I can. And yet the little maid asks on. And her soft eyes my own eyes scan.

Perchance a new reply to con. Till I am fain to ask with zest, For clearer knowltdge from on high. Of my own duty, (lod's behest.

And. like my child. "I wonder why?"

Deep problems meet us In the wod, Afield, and by the stream and sea. We see what is not understood

About us, \nd that ne'er can be. Whether we wander far or stay In cloister, hid from mortal eye. We 'hide with mystery night and day.

And of It all we "wonder why?"

Bo 'tis not strange a child of a»k«, To know the "wherefore" of the fact To understand what vainly tasks

Phi osophy. with all Its tact, We all are children, striving oft To know what com before the eye. Childlike, we vainly look aloft,

And ask and ask. '.T wonder why?"

Victoria's Many Titles.

The proposal that Quen Victoria make an addition to her many titles upon the occasion of the completion Of the longest reign grows in popular favor, and perhaps something will come of it. There are plenty of precedents, for there have been fifteen changes in the foyal style and title since the time of William the Conqueror. The Queen is said to be hesitating between calling herself "Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britan and Ireland and of the Dominion of the British Nation, Defender of the Faith, Empress of India," etc., and a formula which would describe her as Empress of India and the British Colonies. The dominating idea of those favoring the change is said to bring in colonies somehow, because it Is supposed that the colonies will never be wholly happy and thoroughly loyal until the British Monarcbs sovereignty over them is expressly set forth in her title. The fact that tbey have managed to nib along very well heretoforce without it is regarded as an argument worth serious attention.

Circus Day brought out peanuts in immense quanities. "Ground nuts" they are called South, and an important product they are. since they can be raised on uncultivated land, on which nothing else marketable grows. The product of these nuts In the United States has been constantly growing until its value if now estimated in the millions, and great quanities of peanuts are exported. Tbey are used extensively In confectionery and lately they are •Mil* into oil and paste and even bread.