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the ent black bass th ighed at least three P m= wN tail of this fish a red st was liscernible which the 1 t r important, be- S » that ft was a ruis AY h fish was a ye t also weighed in g I ' three pounds. The renia f nts of the bas- ket w probably of last season’s produ All of the fish had suffi- t sar their gills to cause their r h I this possible cause of i leath fish no other evidence € I nd in the superficial ex- amina which was made. Few biack bass are ming down at pre- sent A sort of slimy accretion or fur gous growth was found in some of the sma pik Besides this the gills sory the fish appeared to be in- famed, d probably to the sand they } s people.” said Dr. Carpenter, i the idea that the fish have * sand gilled. The stirring up of
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vee iis matter so @iffieult fo hh t Tact that there {fs so _ tle literature and so fe w authorities © tis lisease. The statement mate “4 +s - ?)
at eSe Io°n say is that large Dum? 4 f + . ys } has little fear of danger.
i ot ‘ th } ' f +} fish is as much of 2 Chinese puzzle rs ever Only a bac ws ol examination will give the = Be examination will be made est things made A New Occupation. A hew «
the ‘ry ix & f an news] that mothers who advertise for co es require a knowledge, upor nstructress’s part, of cycling, in order that she may accompany her Young charges when they go a-wheet- ing. It seems likely that a new employ- ment rr open up for women in ‘the form of cycling chaperonage
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Horse Editor—Why not try “New
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REAL MERIT is Use cnaracter- istic of Hood’s Sarsaparilla. It cures even after other preparations fail.
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New Music. Editor—If Y could only
$10 per Set. Partial Sets $2 and upwards. Gold ard Porcelain Crowning. Best material, best workmansn. best, satisfaction.
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VOL 35.
NEW HATS!
the It's a little early to ask you to buy a new Hat, but we want to let you know we have them “! NEWEST STYLES from the best English, Americanand Canadian makers.
cu: t| DHPARTLENT is second to none on P. H. Island, and at the present time we think it is ahead of ‘«m| the bestof them. When in need of a new Hat or Cap, call and have a look at this department.
We have a surprise for you. Fine TFTAILORIN G.
This certainly is our forte. In this department we excel. Never in the history of P. HB. Island has there been such a large quantity of Cloths shown under one roof. Hjegant goods, beautiful designs. mete Oloths from England, Scotland, Germany and France. Wecan say without a blush that we have the om) best Cutter that ever drew 4 chalk on cloth in P.B. Island. When in want of a Suit that fits comfort- able, that you are sure is stylish and up to date, call on Murphy—he can do it.
FINE GHNTS FURNISHINGS.
This is ou» hobby. Everything in this department is uptodate. You can get Furnishings here get in any store inthe city. Tony goods at low prices. White Shirts from 45 cents to
$2.50. Call and see us, boys.
Mcixay Woolen Company, Swell Tailors.
that you cant
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wish to themselves will be helped to Bargains at John Newson's Furniture Store. and Bedding a specialty this Chamber and farlor Suites sell at sight The finish and prices do it.
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Voreasins hese lines in tne market, cheap, cheap, cheap. of Gents’,
n assortment ce a lazy fish. Such a fst | 4! PPERS, suitable for “resents for the Holiday season.
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-ermen along the lake shae| SUITINGS and TROU’SERINGS from LONDON. They
re valuable. Among other are, without doubt, the se fish have been} ever had the good for tune ta place before ur customers
cored. Dr. Carpenter} Some who have seen them pronounce them fine, and have
he says, “the eause of }@lready selected the yy Spring Suit.
Ya They are. the newest Colorings and Designs now
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CHARLOTTETOWN, P. E. ISLAND, MONDAY,
A FBOT SCUP SPRING
1 WONDERFUL FREAK OF NATURE FOUND NEAn ELKO, NEVADA.
\ sitors Bring ©: ps and Crackers ane Least on Something That Tastes Lik+ Chicken Broth—Nature's Soup Kitches
1a the Foothills .¢ the Sierras.
ihe free soup housts might have tcen @ispensed with during the har: times if the perple of Nevada had only put up barre!s of the chicken soup that bubbles from the foot hills of the Serra Nevadas, in Elko County, Nev. and had dispatched it to the poor in cur great cities. Incredible as it may feem, it is nevertheless a fact that souy is a naturai product; and I ha. clien satisfied m: hunger, says a cor respondent of the Philadelphia Press, from this boiling hot spring, which, j.dging by the palate, is simply na- ture’s hot soup .cureen. The poo, scarcely 100 yards in diameter, lire just off the stage .oad among the foot- P‘lis of the Sierrs. Nevada Mountains. The traveler comes upon it just after crcssing the toll biidge over the Hum- r.ldt River, whic rushes like a cata- rust through the siumboldt Valley fai below, making C-1icken Soup Spring
em rather ir ignificant; but In ieality this wonderful little body of water has been sounded to the depth of 100 feet, while the turbulent waters ȣlow are shallow in comparison.
“he south side .f the pool is deepest ard seems to t the source from which the pecu'izr solution flows; for the bubbling, bo.ling water on that side will cook a goose egg in two rvnutés. It is a -ommon sight to see | tucrists wending their way with bags o. crackers and cups in their hands. The neighboring roadbed is ballasted en one side by ~ hat appears to be & cvvering of hara:ned lime; but it is in reality pure crushed lava of un- anistakably volec7ie organ, for lyin in close proximity are evidences o1 ~oleanic eruptions.
The pool hag been dragged many times, but nothing has ever been taken from its depths but cedar. Cedar trees once abounded in this locality, and the bark, w.ich bears marks of | considerable age, was probably thrown | ia by the Indians while bullding their rafts and canoes.
This wonderfui freak, lying abou three and one-half miles from t4 rough little mining town of Elko, is never visited by the inhabitants, un- less they are passing that way ané. See] hungry. The miners and the resd } of the matter-of-fact population have long ceased to wonder at nature’s par- . tiality,and except the existence of thie beiling soup caldron as a convenient fact. Whether i+ is due to the miu- eral properties of the soil or to the «<lcse proximity o” lava beds, or Is ic- | solf a volcano in a mild state of aque- ous eruption, I know not. But, there 2 is, and any onc who will go to Elke “ar easily find tre spring and sample the soup to corroborate my statements.
Footwear of a Giant.
“Big Foot Johnson is a noted crimin- al of Southern C: ‘ifornia and recently he was traced from the scene of a nighway robbery to his hiding place in a swamp mary miles away, by the immense foot prints he left en route. But Johnson’s shoes were only sixteen irches long and now another Califor- nian turns up at San Jose and beats the record with pedal apparel seven inches wide and eighteen and a haif inches long. John Defant is the owne: of the feet and he has just left a. eo.l pair of shoes in a San Jose shog and had a new pair made to order.
The youth of the town gathered ebcut the shop and saw those wonder- ful feet en_hrouded in two calf skins. Defant was not annoyed by the curio- sity. He frankly said he had long gos ovei that feeling.
“They may look large,” he sail frarkly and mojestly, as one knew the real worth of his possessions, “but they ain’t. You tust ought to see my sister’s feet.” And he proceeded to reveal to those gaping youngsters the triad and noble dimensions of hia sister’s Trilbys.
Defant is working about the mines in the Sierra foothills. Though a French- rar he looks as big as the biggest of the Cornish miners in that locality. Ee is six feet six inches tall, weighs °*30 pounds. and is 45 vears cf age,
Lady Henry Somerset once attempted 10
\ fo-m a league for the suppression of foot-
biacing in China. It failed lamentably.
Une Chinese maiden is said to have put |
the case to her ladyship in these words: ‘We squeezy foot, you rqueezy waist. Same object, both getee husband.’ Mrs. Peck—‘What do you sit there reading for #ben I am trving to think of 1a word? Shoald I say ‘disillusioned’ or ' ¢dissolusonized ?” Mr, N. Peck—‘I dunno, Just eay ‘mar: ricd’ and Jet it go at that,’
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LEWIS’ PHOTOGRAPHS
‘None Better !
None Cheaper !
For Fineness of Fiaish and Artiatic Posing, LEWIS’ PHOTOS are unsur- passed anywhere.
Special attention given to CHILDREN’S PICTURES; also to Copying aud Ea- larging Old Pictures.
NO 202 ENTRANCE ON GRAFTON ST.
OPPOSITE THE POST OFFICP. fel:20
NEW HATS!
tO TELL A NORSE’S AGE.
To tell the age of any horse Inspect the lower jaw. of course; The six front teeth the tale wii! tell And every doubt and fear dispel.
Two middie “nippers’’ you behold Before the colt is two weeks old,
sefore eight weeks two more will come, Eight mouths the “corners”? cut the gum The outside groves will disappear Irom middle two in just one year;
In two years from the second pair;
In three the ‘‘corners’’ too, are bare.
At two the middle “‘nippers** drop,
At three the second pair can’t stop: When four years old the third pair goes, At five a full new set he shows.
The deep black spots will pass from ytew At six years from the mddle two; The second pair at seven years;
At eight the spot each “‘corner’’ clears. From middle “‘nippers’’ upper jaw
At nine the black spots will withdraw; ‘The second pair at ten are white; Eleven finds the ‘‘corner’’ light.
As time goes on the horsemen know
The oval teeth three-sided grow;
They longer get, project before,
TiN twenty, when we know no more.
—Blacksmith and Wheelwright. Transplanting Large Trees.
We prefer doing this in the spring, and would prepare for it now. If you want to move a moderately large tree, say four, five or even six inches in Giameter of trunk, next spring, head in its top now all you think ought to be done at planting time, then mark a ring on the ground around and four, five, six or more feet away from the stem, the distance away depending on the size of the tree. Now, along, but outside of this ring mark, dig a narrow trench, say, three feet deep, the ob- ject being to cut away all roots pro- jecting beyond it, and fill up the trench at once with the same soil that came out of it. By spring the tree will have fairly recovered from the sheck caused by cutting in root and top, and may be dug up and transplanted with fair chances of success.—Gardening.
Probably the la gest spec:es cf spider |
known to entor ologis.s inakes its heme in the mos: mountainous region ef Ceylon. It spins a hugs net of yel- low silk sometim:s ten feet wide. One of the griatest English piano manufacturers ‘say his firm alone turns out 2000 pianos a year; that Lon-
den turns out 35,000 a year; Germany |
74,000; France, 20,000; the United Siates, 25,000.
The influx of immigrants into South Africa is continuing at such a rapid rate. that the Cape Times fears that bcfore many months have passed they shall once more be face to face with the unemployed difficulty.
Six fine marble columns from St. Paul’s will be sold shortly. They sup- pert a shabby old gallery over the south entrance, which is to be remov- ed as ugly and usciess. These columns are monolith shafts of dark Ita- lian marble, with alabaster capitals.
One of the most curious enemfes of British fresh waiter fishes is a small floating water re d—the bladder-worr. Along its brancl-3s ara a number of small green’ vesicles, or ladders, which, being furnished with tiny Jaws, seize upon the little fish, which are as- similated into its substance. “his is a subtle poacher, the true character cf whieh has only lately been detected.
U. L. Taylor of Pike County, Geor- gia, has invented a machine for cut- t'ng cornstalks into short lengths. The mccRine is provided with steel blades that turn on a cylinder very rapidiy. It cuts two rows of stalks at one tirne, end is drawn by a horse. It leaves a sialk in such a shape as not to be in the way of cult:vating crops, and at the same time distributes the litter over the ground.
Seven brothers, all over sixty-five years old, had a reunion in Fresno, Cai., recently, and a notable photo- graphic group is an interesting me- mento of the occasion. The brothers are of the Funk family. There are three si@ers in the family, too, all very mar the three score and ten years mark. The eldest of the brothers is eighty-four and the youngest sixty- five. A noticeable fact is that each wears a long,, white beard and none is bald.
An investigation of the question of school lunches has been made in Boston recently, and arrangements have been made for the furnishing of cheap lunches in the high gchools at a cost of 5 and 10 cents. A delicate Loint under consideration is how to furnish lunches to those children who are unable to pay for them. In serv- {ing lunches at the noon hour it is found that there is a decided tendency tu eat teo fast. One visitor kept tally 0a the boys,and found a boy who broke the record by getting away with three sandwiches, a piece of cake and a cup of chocolate in four minutes by the reo’.
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The truth of the adage, ‘a word to tle wise is sufficient,’ is thoroughly believed by the woman who takes half an hour to tell her husband what @ fool he is.
Feeding Cause and Eff-e*,.
When an anim2l is fa tened for length of time, by being fed exclusiy Ixy on fattening foods, the vitality « the animal will be lowercd, hence i should be marketed as soon as read i Excessive fat is of itself a disease, an wren the food is lacking in nitrogen lime and other essential substan-es the result will be death if the car Punaceous diet for fattening is con tinued.
The Poultry Yard.
For sore throat or canker use equa’ parts sulphur, magnesia and powdered alumn and blow down the throat with an insect powder gun.
The freshest eges are the heaviest and will sink quickly in water. Eggs that float are not fit for use.
For swelled heads bathe with equal farts sulphate of zine and tincture of n-ytrh.
About Sweet Corn.
More sweet corn should be planted next spring. It nay not be known by some that sweet corn can be cut from the ear and dried, to be used on the table in excellent condition, and with little labor in winter, but such is the fact, and no doubt it could be intro- @uced into market in that form and find ready sale, imstead of being can- ned. i
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Telephones and Lightning.
Investigations carried on for several years have show: that the introduc- tion of the telephone has greatly ics- sened the danger from ligatning. Ge:- man _ statisticians have _ established data secured by observation of 4.374 buildings in cities without the tele- phone and 37,444 in cites whch have telephone service. The annual average of lightning striking these houses fer the past five years shows that four of the 4,374 buildings in cities without telephone were struck, while only two of the 37,444 houses in cities with tele- phone service suffered in that way.! The proportion vrro rata in 106,000 houses would be $1 to 5, which proves how much less the danger from light- ning is in cities where the telephone is introduced thar in those without it.
A Malapros Proverb.
“It’s too bad,’ said Miss Cayenne thoughtfully. “‘It must have hurt Miss Primwell’s feelings very much, but I spoke before I thought.”
“Were you rui.e to her ?” inquired the mutual feminine friend.
“I am afraid so. She was telling me j how Mr. Wickles proposed to her. She : was wonderfully pleased because he Geciared that if he had the wealth of the Indias he won'ld lay it at her feet.”
“And what did you say ?”’
“I said ‘a fvol and his money are soon parted.’”
Bad Advice.
“Every experience of your life, mate friend,” said the solemn-faced visitor at the jail, “is for you to make the right use of it. Utter no complaint. Bear your punishment in silence. Take thirgs as you find them.”
“) allus do,” said the dejected vaga- bond, behind the bars. “That's how I got here.”
Kieh From Premiums. John I. Hughes of Lexington, Ky. has in 29 years taken $29,750 in pre- miums at the State Fair.
DROPPED DEAD!
Suddenly Stricken Lown by Heart Dis- ease.
“A sad and sndden death occurred to a well-known Citizen on one of the lead- ing streets this morning.”
Nearly every large city paper con- tains daily some such heading. The number of deaths from heart failure is very large, but it ia only when they occur in some public and sensational manner that general attention is drawn to them.
Palpitation and fluttering of the heart are common complaints... With the heart itself there is nothing radically wrong. But the system is disorgan- ized, the kidneys and liver are out of order, and the stomach is not in con- dition to do its work porperly. Be- tween them all, they throw too much responsibility on the heart, and the letter is unable to stand the strain.
A box of Dr. Chase’s Kidney-Liver Pills at a cost of 25 ceats will regulate the system, purify the blood and make a new person of every sickly man, woman or child.
Dr. Chase’s Liver-Kidney Pills may be had from any dealer or from the manu- fncturers, Edmanson, Bates & (Co., Torouto. One pil a dose, one cent a dose.
Dr. Chase’s Linseed and Turpentine is and colds. Largest bottle ou the mar- k.t: only 2) cents.
The mau who swears before a ch ld would,drive a nail through the band of Christ,
Our HAT AND CAP
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Nervous Prostration
It is now « well established fact ir medical science that nervousness fs due to impure blood. Therefore the true way to cure nervousness is by purify- ing and enriching the blood. The great blood purifier is Hood’s Sarsa parilla. Read this letter:
“For the last two years I have been « great sufferer with nervous prostration
and palpitation of the heart. I was weak in my limbs and had smothered sensa- tions. At last my physician advised me to try Hood’s Sarsaparills which I did, and I am happy to say that I am now strong and well. Iam still using Hood's Sarsaparilla and would not be without it. I recommend it to all who are suffering with nervous prostration and palpitation of the heart.” Mrs. DALTON, 56 Alice St., Toronto, Ontario. Get Hood’s, because |
Hood’s Sarsaparilla Is the Only True Blood Purifier
Prominently in the public eyetoday. It {s not what we ~ but what Hood’s Bar- taparilla does that tells the story.
Hood's Pills io.d-esarseparile. 00.
= THE BUILDERS.
Spring, summer, avctumn, winter, Come duly, as of old, :
V inds blow, suns set, and moruing saith, “Ye hills, put on your gold.”
The song of Homer liveth,
lead Solon is not dead: i Ty splendid name, Pythagoras, f O’er realms of suu is sprvad -.
tut Babylon and Memphis,
Are letters traced in dust,
Read them, earth's tyrants! ponder well The might in which ye trust!
Yhey rose, with a}] the depths of guilt Their vain creators sounded:
Yiey fell, because on fraud avd ferce Their corner stones were founded
Truth, mercy, knowledge. justice, Are powers that ever stand: Tuey build their t mples in the soul, An@ work with God's right hand. —Ebenezer Biliott.
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Bright Things S alp d From the Best and Brigh.c.t Newspapers
Fifteen women’s clubs were organ:z~ «i in Maine last year-
‘here were suv cases of typhoil fex.er in Allegheny City and Piitsbul, dast year.
South African capitalists are said ts be trying to buy up the Mexican cop- per mines
When tte upper lip covers half or wcre of the pup.. the indication is 0: coc! deliberation.
Ar electric rai.way line is soon to be built in Chicago, 10 be operated by the storage battery system.
Mayor Lynde cf Greenfield, Mo., got drunk in violation of the ordinance
, and had himself nned $1 and costs.
In London alone the natural increase of the population, irom the exX.tess of births over Ceachs, 1s about 4000 a ninth,
Martha Monroe, of Collicoon, N.Y., mistook her brother for a burglar anil shattered his arm with a pis.ol she.
Egyptian figures found on obelisks mc unted on two-.zheeled vehicles sh>./ the Pharaohs had some idea of tie v-locipede.
“Which do you prefer—fact or fic- tion *’ “Oh, the former by all means, Fiction nowadaysis much too matter- of-fact.”—Judge.
Constantinople has just had a snow gsiorm heavy enough to prevent trains i:cm leaving the city and to suspend 1...Vigaticn in the port.
Horses are cheup in the east just row, as well as in the west. A fairly €(0d horse was sold at auction at bethel, Vt., a few days ago for $2.
Germany and Austria have about 150 cocking schools. A four years’ course is necessary ere a diploma is granted. Mest of the hotel chefs have diplomas i.vm. these schools.
The barber’s art in Europe dates from the time of Alexander the Great, B.C... 330. He ordered every soldier , to Shave lest th: beard should give a handle to their enemies.
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NEW TELEGRAPHY. THE DELANY METHOD OF SENDING 2,000 WO2DS A MINUTE.
Remarkable Speed in Vests—If Adopted It Would Make Typewriters Unnecese sary—How the PD ovic- Ie Worked, Patrick B. Deiancy n his lecture
t<fore the New Y: rk Electrical So-
clety at Columbia Col ege, a few days
@éc, successfully demonstrated that his
new tclegraph instrument could de-
liver a message at the rate of 200 words a minute. This means that 32.000 messages of
70 words each can be sent every day trim New York to Chicago. Mr. De- lazey has figured it eut that at five
tents for each messag f seventy words there would be a satisfactory prefit to the telesraph companies. T}
two cents which the Government 1
evives for forwarding a letter ja at- most equaliy divided b.tv 1 the tost of railway conveyance ani local @e-
livery of the letter The cost of trans- mitting the words of lettcrs at the Téte of 2600 words a minute, if the Government should do the telegraph- ing, would be Insignificant, and there- fore, the outlay of the Government would not be limited to one cent for loca! delivery. This being so, the pos- sthility of a 70-word letter delivered 1000 miles away in one hour for one cent becomes attractive
Mr. Delaney’= instrument is known as the chemical i.legraph and has been in existence in a crude form for many yeers. It has long been t:nown that a sensitized ribbon would indie :e an eectrical impulse fifty times quicker than an electro-nagnet such as is used in an ordinary telegraph receiver, A Practical application of this kaowe ledge had not hitherto been made to any extent.
The instrument, which was exhibited before the New York Elecirical So- ciety, spelled out a message sent from the transmitter at the rate of over 2000 words a m’nute. When an artifi- cial resistance was put in which re- presented the reristance of the wires between New York and Chicago @ epced of 1000 words a minute was ate tained. The greater the distance be- tween the sending and receiving point the slower, of course, is the speed.
Mr. Delaney obtained a speed of 10:0 words a minute over the telepraph wire between P! loedelph’a and Harris- burg, Pa., some time ago. The wire between these to points is very thin ard the resistance as great as between New York and Chicago.
The reason thet a telegram is now eemparatively cosily is the impossi- vility of sending more than a very
*Umited number cf messages over the
jime in a day. Time i; the all import- art thing in gs ndng matter ever a tek graph wire cud a high price must be charged by the companies in grder that the limited number of messages may recoup them for the large force cr.ployed and te heavy working ex- peises, When t'e capacity of the line is increased twen y-fold without work- ing expenses being raised the price af tclkgrams wil Idrop to one-twentieth of their present prie:s.
The principal of the new chemical teiegraph is the recording of the mess- as. in the Morse code on a long strip of sensitized paper of the same size and shape as that seen in the familiar stock ticker. An operator in New Ycrk, for instance, sending a message t» Chicago just perforates the mess- age in the Morse code upon a long sir-p of ordinary paper. He does this by putting the paper in a preparatory mechine which he works by three or- dinary telegraph keys. One key is for the dots, another for the dashes. and the third for spaces between weids. The keys actuate powerful el-ctro-magnets which punch smal} round holes in the strip of paper at th: direction of the keys. The space key works by moving the strip along an. thus making the required spaces, These keys ean be operated very rapide ly and the message i; soon perforated in the strip of paper.
The strip is then handed to the trans-mitting operator, who places it in the transmitting machine, between twe revolving iollers and in contact with two sets of fne wire brushes which connect with the line. These brushes have a tendency to come to- gether, but are kept apart by the puper. As the paper is reeled off the brushes come together, when one of the perforated holes is reached, an@d ty doing so close the circuit. Thus the circuit is alternately opened and closed the same as in an ordinary telegraph circuit, only with ezorm- cusly greater frequency, because the paper strip is run through the machire at the rate of ecisht feer a second
Such a terribie speed as this has never been reached before. The multi- plex system invented by Mr. Delaney ani adopted by the British Post-office an. the Wheatstone system, used to S.me extent by the Western Un'on in this city, both reach a higher speed tuan is possible in the ordinary wey. They do not, however, obtain a speed of much more than 150 to 200 words a minute. With the 2000-words-a-min- ute system once establ shed, peonle weuld send letter telegrams to thelr frxnds instead of ordinary lette-s, and also receive an answer in as many hours as it now takes days :
It is predicted that the new system, when it—or something like it—is ad- opied, will practically eliminate the typewriter. A tape pe:forator will be in every business office.—New York World
Women Dateectives.
Some little time ago a famous firm of London solicitors found it necessary, in a case involving large interests, to hive some detective work of a difficult an delicate na ure done in this city, anc instead of employing the regular agencies put it in the hands of an Ar erican woman of good social gtan4- ing in private life. She undertook th task and has Leen so completely suc ccssful in the performance of it that th» firm emjloying her has not only thanked her, but sent her a cheque for a handsome sum. The employment of women of education and position for delicate detective work has become common in England, but thus far few women have been so employed in this country. If they go into the business, rowever, it is pretty safe to say that tiey will succeed in it—New York Tribune.
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