4 THE ACORN A World -Wide "HITS AND MISSES" Of the English in India, there are six men to one woman. Everybodys' holding the door wide open for returning prosperity. The New York Central employes 60, 000 men and between $3,000,000 and $5.500,000 is paid in monthly wages. Jim Big Thunder and Mollie Cloud, two Indian citizens of Oklahoma, have been united in marriage. Look out for squalls later on When the Democratic contribution box is passed under your nose be carefal not to offer more than $10,000, unless you want your gift rejected.
Zeppalin hasn't lost anything but time by the burning of his airship. They have given him money enough in the past few days to build two airships. There are only 104 miles of street railway in England still holding to horse traction. There are 64 on which the motive power is steam, 25 cable and 4 gas. The young Turks have ordered the Sultan to dismiss his harem.
Isn't that too much like getting rid of a domestic Parliament and over -throwing "government by discussion?" A A New Jersey judge has sentenced a woman to pay fine on the installment plan. Probably he imagined she would think she had pioked up a bargain fine, if he fixed it up in that fashion. Mr. Taft may be forced to: declare his position on nature faking. A.
Republi- The standpatters favor tariff revision with a wink; so-called steel trust reclaimed lands Gnless he is especially favored with a per. mit" from the big steel trust. Gary, as a city is shut out from the beauties and advantages of a lake front, unless the citizens want to take a ran either up or down the shore for a few miles and then get in to the lako over private property. All the candidates for President cept one are out of jail. Mr.
Taft'e daily game of golf is be. coming as tiresome news as Judge Parker's morning swim was four years ago. Gecrge Gould now anderstands what. the "cost of maintenance" means. when applied to brothers-in-lay and railroads.
"Let us forget all about the past," says Tom Watson. That's what Bryan would like to do if Tom Watson would only let him. "I and Germany are sorry," says the Kaiser to Count Zeppelin. The monarch is growing modest as he advances in years. It used to be "'Me and Gott." The Troy Press expresses the opinion that if elected Mr.
Taft will be "mere wax in Roosevelt's hands." It's. a safe bet, in that case, that Roosevelt will have his hands fall. As proof that the panic is not only over, but forgotten, attention is called to an editorial in the Macon Telegraph warning people against "bacteria in old and worn currency." A "Cheer Up" club has a constitution declaring that lack of confidence made 1 the bus ness depression and cheerfulness will bring quick prosperity, the "Optimiatic League" has been organized at Montclair, N. J. With the death of John Salked, of London, there has passed away one of the last of the old school of booksellers, whose premises were a favorite resort of literary men.
Mr. Salked, who was 81 years of age, had dealings with lay, Carlyle, Gladstone and others. Senator Robert A. La Follette is to edit an organ of his own, after the style of Bryan's Commoner. He is canvassing Wisconsin now to obtain 10,000 sub.
scriptions to the weekly. The' Milwaukee Free Press was LaFollette's organ, but he broke with Senator Isaac Stephenson, its owner and backer. So far as Lake Michigan is concerned and the advantages of a lake front go for comfort and satisfaction the citizens of Gary, might as well be forty miles from Indianapolis. No citizen of Gary can get to the lake front over the Chicago's new city directory, issued last week, contains 758,100 names, An increase of 20,700 over last year. From the figures it is estimated the city's population is 3,425,000 It seems that Mr.
Gompers did not promise to deliver anything to the Democrats, but a lot of excited people appear to be delivering something to Mr. Gompers in large packages Henry Farman, the aeroplanist, was recently the guest of Thos A. Edison, and was shown the "wizard's" model airship The Frenchman was delighted with the principles based on the gyroscope or uplifting fan, and said the machine had better ideas than his own. The lid has- been bent jast a trifle in Saratoga, and if you have the highest references and can get past double guards it is possible to play a quiet Sheriff John Bradley Jr. of game.
Saratoga has been summoned to appear before Gov. Hughes on a charge of not strictly enforcing the gambling law. The will of Senator Wm. B. Allison bequeathe an estate of $100,000.
Mrs. O. J. Brayton, his housekeeper, is to receive $1,200 annually and the use 7 of the Allison home until her death; a sister-in-law is given $750 annually; three nieces get $1,150 each and four nephews $1,000 each. The Dubuque publio library, Y.
C. A. and Finley hospital each receive $1,000. Chickens are now hatched by electricity. An exhibit of an electric incubator in operation was recently made in a window of the office of the Yonkers Electric Light and Power Co The device is simply the intelligent application of eleotricity by which heat is generated, and the temperature is regulated by thermostat, which as the temperature rises, expands and cuts off the electric current.
An incandescent light within a glass dome, which surmounts the device, automatically goes out, thus reducing the temperature to the necessary degree. With all the water which passes over. Niagara Falls the little city at the brink of the great precipice, and which bears its name, has long had a water supply which left much to be desired. The first. step toward bettering this condition has just been made by the appointment of a commission take the subject in hand and make a report.
What seems to be the most feasible plan 4 is to carry a tunnel. under the river to the Canadian side, where, it is asserted, the water is of finer quality than that obtainable on the American side. 1: can friend of Dr. Long has announced his determination to rebake Mr. Roosevelt by voting the Democratic ticket.
0 Mr. Hitchco*ck has made extensive plans for "saving Maine" to his party next month. Maine is a pretty reliable Repablican state, but the G. O. P.
is' anable to forget that it once slipped a' cog in September. After several accidents on roller coastera and scenic railway contraptions at 80-called amusem*nt resorts, the Chi- cago authorities have decided that they can step in and save fool- hardy pleasure seekers from themselves. The corporation counsel'e office holds that the building department has authority to con8 demp all kinds of man-killing and limb. breaking contrivances which come ander the head of 14 1- 0 4 1- 4.
