May

It is a striking fact that if all the electric street railways track around Boston were laid in a straight line it would reach as far as Chicago.

The cry in San Francisco just now is ``Down with Japanese cheap labor!'' Poor John Chinaman, it is said, responds to the cry with a smile that is childlike and bland.

Turkey is said to be ready for peace. If this means anything it means that the powers are ready to have her be ready.

A host of Icelanders have emigrated to this country. It is not a cold day but a failure in fishery that drives these children of the icy north from their native shores.

Give us an international postage stamp, gentlemen of the postal congress, please!

And Boston won a game!

Thieves have been stealing the state house cuspidors, but the gilded dome is thought to be reasonably safe.

A New York minister has been preaching against swearing, including what he calls ``the coward's oaths, such as `Darn it,' when one means `Damn it,' and `Gosh,' when one means `God.' '' Does he know that ``Dear me!'' is said to be a corruption of ``Dio mio!'' which means ``My God!''

Is rapid transit, then, to continue to be an iridescent dream in Boston for years to come?

An observer who saw about 30,000 bicyclists while he was out driving Sunday afternoon, reports that none of the girls wear bloomers this season, and that the almost universal rule is a short skirt reaching only three or four inches below the knee.

Four persons were run down by electric cars in Boston Monday. Look out for the fender when the bell rings!