If nothing comes of this assault on Tripoli except that Tripoli will quickly change hands, the headlines will promptly fade back into ordinary type, but Turkey, tho very weak on the water, is pretty strong in military land forces, and if the neighbors, roused by Italy, get to pulling feathers out of her tail, there may be serious fighting and entanglement of other powers. -Harper's Weekly. Italy's demand of Turkey that she be protectorate over Tripoli was not acceded to by Turkey, and on September 29th Italy declared war. Recent Deaths Mr. William E. Curtis, the well-known journalist, died in Philadelphia on October 5, at the age of sixtyone years. Mr. Benjamin F. Hamilton, said to have been the first merchant to employ women clerks in his store, died in Maine a few weeks ago. At its inception, in 1855, the plan created a sensation. It was not long, however, before the new departure spread over the entire country. House of Representatives Increased The reapportionment bill has been passed. It is based on the recent census, and will make the number of Representatives 433, instead of 391. Two more will be added when Arizona and New Mexico are admitted as States. This allows one member for every 211,877 of population. The forty-two new members will add about $400,000 to the expense of running the Government. The increase will go into effect with the next Congress. TURKEY SEA COMGO FREE STATE High School Students From an inquiry sent out by the Bureau of Education about two years ago, opportunity was given to report the economic status of public high-school students. The first twenty-five students, taken alphabetically from the freshman class, were reported by 1,473 schools under the following heads: (1) Whose fathers are professional men; (2) Whose fathers operate farm worth over $5,000; (3) Whose fathers operate farm worth less than $5,000; (4) whose fathers make $2,000 or more per year in trade or commerce; (5) Whose fathers make between $1,000 and $2,000 in trade or commerce; (6) Whose fathers are skilled artisans making $750 a year or more; (7) Whose fathers are unskilled laborers. The table which follows indicates the distribution of students among these several groups: Map of Africa, Showing the Locations of the British, the German, and the Per Cent Notes of Educational Progress There are 1,285 cities in this country which have organized systems of public schools under superintendents. The second annual session of the Illinois Boys' State Fair School was held at Springfield, Sept. 30 to Oct. 6. Two boys were admitted from each county and eighteen from Cook County, making a total of 220 boys. The aim of the school is "to offer a well-selected body of young men between the ages of fourteen and twenty years, inclusive, the means for systematic observation and study, under the direction of competent instructors, of the great agricultural, mechanical and educational exhibits of the State Fair." Fire Day was celebrated in Chicago and Illinois by instructing the school children regarding the use of gas, gasoline, and matches. It was the anniversary of the great fire of 1871, and the Chicago Association of Commerce took this as the date for a movement to reduce fire losses, by instructing children and showing how premiums may be reduced and fire accidents made less disastrous. A large biscuit firm in Germany, according to the Bakers' Weekly, got up some cracker lunch boxes for children. The paper box contained six delicious crackers with marmalade filling, and there was an empty compartment large enough for an apple or a couple of plums. The public schools of Chicago have "honor squads." It is the duty of the honor squad to raise and lower the flag each school day, with appropriate ceremonies. A Parisian banker, Albert Kahn, has established a fund to enable a number of American teachers to visit foreign countries, "to broaden their knowledge of languages, to widen their acquaintance and sympathies, in order that they might come back to their several posts of duty with new strength and new inspiration." Mr. Kahn has established similar funds for teachers in .France, Germany, England, and Japan. Two sets of prizes are offered to pupils under the auspices of The American School Peace League, known as the Seabury prizes. They are offered for the best essay on the following subjects: 1. "The Opportunity and Duty of the Schools in the International Peace Movement," open to seniors in the normal schools of the United States; 2. "The Significance of the Two Hague Peace Conferences," open to seniors in the secondary schools of the United States. Three prizes of seventyfive, fifty, and twenty-five dollars will be given for the three best essays in both sets. The contest is open to pupils of secondary and normal schools in all countries. The contest closes March 1, 1912. The Kansas City board of health is working for sanitary restaurants. The kitchens in hotels, cafés and lunchrooms are inspected regularly, and once a month a list is to be published classifying the restaurants as excellent, good, fair, or bad. Cleanliness, ventilation, freedom from insects and sanitary plumbing are the criteria of excellence. The President's Cabinet Secretary of State, Philander C. Knox, of Pennsyl vania. Secretary of the Treasury, Franklin MacVeagh, of Illinois. Secretary of War, Henry L. Stimson, of New York. Attorney General, George W. Wickersham, of New York. Postmaster General, Frank H. Hitchcock, of Massachusetts. Secretary of the Navy, George von L. Meyer, of Massachusetts. Secretary of the Interior, Walter L. Fisher, of Illi nois. Secretary of Agriculture, James Wilson, of Iowa. Secretary of Commerce and Labor, Charles Nagel, of Missouri. The salary of each is $12,000. Competition or Trusts? George W. Perkins has startled the country with these questions and answers: What has given us the sweatshops? Competition. What brings panic and failure? Competition. And what is our Congress at this moment calling loudly on our attorney-general to enforce, even to the door of the jail? Competition. Under the trusts prices have gone up, wages have gone down, men are out of work, and other troubles have arisen. But what Mr. Perkins blames competition for are surely made by the competing of makers and dealers, not in trusts. At least these things have grown worse under competition: the sweatshop, child labor, unemployment, low wages, panics, and failures. Now who shall say what is best? Teaching Farming to Soldiers Practical and theoretical farming is being taught the German soldiers during their years of service, according to a dispatch in the Chicago Inter Ocean. "Many of the soldiers," says the report, "even those from the cities, become so interested that when they have finished their term they take advantage of a law passed some years ago by which they are enabled to purchase small plots of land by the payment in ready money of a quarter of its value. In this way it is hoped to stem the rush of people from the agricultural districts to the cities, which has caused so much anxiety to the authorities of recent years." Try Murine Eye Remedy If you have Red, Weak, Weary, Watery Eyes or Granulated Eyelids. Murine Doesn't SmartSoothes Eye Pain. Druggists Sell Murine Eye Remedy, Liquid, 25c, 50c, $1.00. 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