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Rats! The expression ia generally one of contempt, but if a person would pause for a moment and consider that the damage done by these rodents in the United States alone amounts to ever $20,000,000 a year the tone would be changed to that of fear. Occupying only a small part of the Old World at one time, through the continued spread of commerce these animals have been furnished free transportation to the most distant parts of the earth. Traps, poisons, gases and recently cultures supposed to spread fatal diseases have been resorted to to drive out the pest. In spite of all these the animals continue to prosper and multiply and their numbers and destructiveness keep pace with the advance ot modern civilization. Though thousands and thousands have been killed it is only a short time before thousands and thousands more replace the slain. Unless some new cnethod of extermination is devised the war promises to be never ending. David E. Lantz, assistant, biological eurrey, ha3 prepared an article on the brown rat that is highly interesting to all and instructive to those who are bothered by the pest. His ideas of the suppression of the reproduction of the rodent are the enactment and the rigid enforcement of municipal ordinances providing for the disposal of garbage and the protection of food supplies. lie says: "Every effort should be made to instruct as to the necessity for care in the disposition of refuse and the protection of food material. Tightly closed garbage cans, frequently emptied, will go far toward limiting the food available for rats. Grain bins In thousands of private and public stables now afford food and harborage for thousands of rats; -public markets and feed, provision and grocery stores, notoriously lacking In protec tion from rats, should have their con- . tents safeguarded from these animals. The advantages of cement in the cellars and foundations of public and private buildings are now so well understood that the rat-proofing of buildings by cement construction and other necessary measures should no longer te left to individual inclination and Judgment, but should be incorporated In building regulations and these strictly enforced. The additional expense, compared 'with the advantage, is trivial. "The early history of the brown rat is practically unknown. The species is generally supposed to be of Asiatic origin, but there is no positive knowledge as to it3 native country. The brown rat differs from the other two epecies in America in larger size, shorter head, more obtuse muzzle, smaller ears and relatively shorter talL The general color is grayish brown above and whitish below. The overhairs of the upper part have black THE WAGES OF CRIME. Average Income of Those Who Prof ' It by Violence and Bloodshed. To fofmulate anything more than en approximate estimate of the cost of crime to the country at large would, of course, be a task almost Impossible of accomplishment, for the reason that in country districts records ere much more Vnperfectly kept, while the proportionate cost of crime is undoubtedly higher than for a large city. The cost of crime included in taxation in New York city is about $G p?r capita of population, the highest in the country. In San Francisco it i3 estimated at about $5, and in other cities from $4 to $4.56. It is probably well within the lim WITH THE SAGES. Character Is perfectly educated will. Strand. We live truly for ourselves only when we live for others. Seneca. It Is not the gift, but the giving which Is most precious and helpful. Wenn. There is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life. Marcus Aurelius. Thoroughness 13 ons of the priceless Qualities of character and work. Dickens. The greatest evils are from within U3, and from ourselves also we mujt look for our greatest good. Jeremy Taylor. Conquer your foe by force, andtyou increase his enmity; conquer by love, and you reap no after sorrow. Buddha. We are generally too low In our aims, more anxious for safety than anefity, for place than purity. Georg Eliot

SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS.

The following are important aids in limiting the number of rats and reducing the losses from their depredations: 1 Protection of our native hawks, owls, and smaller predatory mammals the natural enemies of rats. 2 Greater cleanliness about stables, markets, grocery stores, warehouses, courts, alleys and Vacant lots in cities and villages, and like care on farm3 and suburban premises. This includes the storage of waste and gar,j bage in tightly covered vessels and the prompt disposal of it each day. 3 Care In the construction of buildings and drains so as not to provide entrance and retreats for rats, and the permanent closing of all rat holes in old houses and cellars. 4 The early thrashing and marketing of grains on farms, so that stacks and mows shall not furnish harborage and food for rats. 5 Removal of outlying straw stacks and piles of trash or lumber that harbor rats in the fields. 6 Rat-proofing of warehouses, markets, cribs, stables and granaries for storage of provisions, seed grain and feed stuffs. 7 Keeping effective rat dogs, especially in city warehouses. 8 The systematic destruction of rats, whenever and wherever possible, by (a; trapping, (b; poisoning, and (c) organized hunts. 9 The organization of "rat clubs" and other societies for systematic warfare against rats.

tips. The tail is usually shorter than the head and body combined, while in the other two species it is generally longer. "During the plague of rats on the island of Jamaica, In 1833 the number killed on a single plantation was 38,000. The injury to sugar cane on the Island by the animals was estimated at that time to be $300,000 a year. Over 12,000,000 were killed in India during a year. Observations show that climate and food supply greatly affect the rate of multiplication of rodents. The rat 13 no exception. It increases, more rapidly in a moderately warm climate with an abundant supply of food. "The destruction of feedstuffs by rats Is a serious loss not only on the farm but in almost every city and village in the whole country. Often through the carelessness or indifference of servants the bin or barrel in which feed is kept Is left uncovered, and the rats fairly swarm to the nightly feast. In case3 investigated in Washington, D. C, the loss was iual to 5 or 10 per cent of the grain bought. A grocer was buying feed for two horses and several hundred rats; the horses were fed at regular Intervals and the rats nearly all or the time. In the case of an establishment feeding frooi fifty to a hundred horses the loss of feed in the course of a year often amounts to a large item. "Rats are very fond of malt and In malt houses and breweries constant watchfulness is necessary to prevent losses. Mill3, elevators and warehouses in which grain Is stored are likewise subject to the invasion of the animals. Also the destruction of sacks, barrels and bins is a large item of loss. "The rodents are very fond of poultry and eggs. A commission merchant of Washington relates that he once stored in his warehouse 100 dozen its of safety to say that the total direct cost of crime to the country at large Is about $600,000,000 or $700.000,000 annually. Criminal losses by fire last year totaled about $100.000.000. while the loss of wages of some 250,000 prisoners In State, city and county jails and prisons, amounted to something over $50.000,000. There are at present about 100,000 criminals confined in the State prisons of'the country, and it 13 estimated that from 5 to 10 times as many more are successful in eluding the law. From statistics presented to the Prison Association of New York some years ago It ha3 been ascertained that persons who follow crf.me as a business realize from their spoliation of the public $1,600 each per Little by little we depart from the terrible and reach the ridiculous. Longinus. Who, then, is unconquerable? He whom the inevitable cannot overcome. Epictitus. In every profession the daily and the common duties are the most useful. Robertson. Never take a mean advantage ot anyone in any transection, and never be hard upon people who are In your power. Dickens. As tho rose breatheth sweetness from Its own nature, so the heart of a benevolent man produceth good works. Dodsley. A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill requires only our silence, which C03ts us nothing Tillotson. That is the best obedience that is cheerful, as that i3 the sweetest honey which drops out of the comb. Watson. If aught seems wrong below, Then wrong it is of thee to leave it

eggs in a wooden tub with a lid of board nailed on. Rats gnawed a hole through the top and carried away all but twenty-eight and a half dozen, leaving no stains or shell3 to show that any' had been broken. Rats are very destructive to tame pigeons, and young squabs, game birds, fruit and vegetables. "It is generally believed that mice and rats cause fire by Igniting matches with their teeth. The testimony of chiefs of fire departments nnd insurance adjusters confirms tnis belief. Manufacturers of matches often' dir the ends In paraffin to protect the phosphorus. The paraffin Is attractive to rats and mice and the matches are often carried behind walls, under floors and behind partitions where they are gnawed. Rats have been known to gnaw through the lead gas pipes and cause explosions. Rats often do .mlscnief by gnawing the Insulating covering of telephone wires to obtain the paraffin it contains. "At state and national fish hatcheries the rats cause much trouble by burrowing into embankments and gnawing holes through wooden tanks. They have been known to gnaw the hoofs of horses until they bled. They have been known to kill young lambs and pigs and to attack very fat hogs and eat holes In their body causing death. "There is a child burred near the summit of Pike's Peak that is supposed to have been killed by rats. "The most serious charge against rats grows out of their relation to human health. It is now positively known that rats are chiefly responsible for the spread of the bubonic plague, a malady which, in spite of modern methods of fighting it, has within the past dozen years destroyed over 5,000,000 human being3 in India alone. "Bubonic plague In man Is entirely

annum. When It is considered that the receivers of stolen goods get the lion's share of the profit, some idea is obtained of how great the cost to the community really Is, and how small, comparatively, Is the wages going to those who risk their freedom, even life itself, in following this mode of existence. During thirty years of asbestos production, Canada, which leads the world in the output of the mineral, has produced over $20,000,000 worth. The 800-foot bridge over the Yellow River at Lanchowfu, In the Province of Kansu, is nearing completion. All materials had to be conveyed nearly 1,000 miles in Chinese carts. The Board of Communication Is negotiating the taking over of the China Merchants' Steam Navigation Company. This step 13 report d to be in connection with preparations for creating a modern navy for China. A new rifle, using the force of the recoil to eject the empty shells and reload the chamber, may be fired five times in a second and a half. The first airship annual, entitled "All the World's Airships," is to be published in England. The longest aerial telegraph line in the world, without a break, Is a recently completed stretch of over 6,000 miles in Australia. Up to a certain point exposure to radium rajs stimulates the germination of seeds, but if that point is passed the growth 13 stopped. 'It has recently been shown that an automobile can make the trip to Calcutta from the extreme northern part of India without a hitch

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in the various countries is as follows: ,S 3.0U0.UUD , 40,000,000 50.000,000 73.000,000 20.000.000 ... 15,000,000 ... 2,000,000 dependent upon the disease in the rat "The infection Is conveyed from rat to rat and from rat to man solely by means of the rat iiea. "A case of bubonic plague in man Is not in itself infectious. "A large majority of plagui cases occur singly in houses. When .more thnn one case occurs In a house the nttneks are generally simultaneous. (This proves that there Is no soil in fection.) "Plague is usually conveyed from place to place by imported rat fleas, which are carried by people on their persons or in their baggage. The hu man agent not infrequently himself escapes infection. "Unsanitary conditions have no re lation to the occurrence of plagues ex cept in so far as they favor infestation by rats. "The non-epidemic season is bri lged over by acute plague in the rat, accom pan led by a few cases among human beings. , "Rats have been lought all over the world with renewed effort since this discovery has been made. The gov ernment on the Pacific slope has taken up the fight and has exterminated mil lions of the rodents. "Except that to a limited extent rats act as scavengers, they render no im portant service to man. "In former times, doubtless, their work as scavengers in cities was of considerable value, but modern .methods . of garbage disposal make this service insignificant. "Among the methods for driving away rats, that have proved useful under some circumstances are the following: "1. Freshly slaked lime placed dry In all burrows and run3 of rats. "2. Freshly made thin whitewash poured into the rat burrows. "3. A strong solution of copperas sprinkled in runs and burrow entrances. "i. Chloride of lime, loose or wrapped in old rag3, placed In burrows and runs. "5. Gas tar daubed about the burrow entrances. "6. Powdered red pepper scattered In rat runs and burrows. "7. Caustic potash placed in the Narrows and runs. "Owing to their cunning It is not .asy to catch rats by trapping. A few adults refuse to enter the most innocent looking trap. And yet trapping if persistently followed is cue of the most effective ways of destioying the animal. For general use the improved modem trap with a wire fall released by a baited trigger driven by a coiled spring has marked advantages over the old trap, and many of them may be used at the same tfcne. Probably those used entirely of metal are the best, they are "ess liable to retain odors' "Vienna sausage (Wienerwurst) and fried bacon are the best baits, and a part of an ear of corn is very attractive to the animals. In fact, they will attack anything edible that is offered them. "The French wire cage traps are very good where rats are numerous. All cage traps should be baited and left open for a few nights so that the rats become accustomed to enter them in the search for food. As many as twenty-five partly grown rats have been caught at one time with one of these traps." SIDELIGHTS. The Salvation Army Is established in fifty-two countries. The war department paid $94,418 for artificial limbs last year. Six out of seven pictures sent to the Royal Academy every year are rejected. The railroads of this country pay out $24,000,000 a year in freight claims. One-fifth of the country's wealth Is represented in the New York stock exchange. An owl with a nest of young will gather about forty mice a day for her offspring. Some New England bread is still made from yeast brought over in the Mayflower. For use during military maneuvers the kaiser has a portable house made of asbestos. Nearly all the 15,000 Inhabitants of Marchneukirchen. Saxony, are engaged in violin making. There were fifteen executions of criminals in Prussia in 1007, all but one of them men. Traveling cooking schools are being oent out all over the German Empire by the government. There are thirty different kinds of new roses for this year alone in Eng land, where rose culture abounds. The Swiss government spends more money, in proportion to its population, for the relief of its poor than any other country. At Falun, Sweden, are the headquarters of a mining company with a history so remote that the date of its origin cannot be definitely fixed. King Leopold of Belgium has offer ed a prize of $.",000 for the best work on tho progress of aerial navigation and the best means to encourage it

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Oak Park, a suburb of Chicago, is located on the highest point of land between Lake Michigan and the Des Piaines River "on a hill seven feet high." But how came this com manding eminence there? Back in the frigid heart of the glacial pe riod, about 20.000 years ago next December, the northern part of America was covered over with a great conti nental ice sheet. It was like the ice sheet which now covers Greenland; it was formed by the impaction ot thousands of feet of snow, and flowed slowly southward, like the advance of very thick molasses candy on the surface of a plate. Finally there came a succession of mild winters, and the ice sheet began to recede; its extreme margin, which had been building up the Valparaiso hills, which skirt the southern end of Lake Michigan, retreated within the present basin of the lake, and slowly moved farther and farther north. Its place was taken by a lake Lake Chicago. The surface of this lake was sixty feet above the present level of Lake Michigan. The extent of Lake Chicago is somewhat indefinite, for the edge of the ice sheet formed its northern boundary and varied much from year to year as Old Mother Earth struggled to throw oft its glacial burden. Eastward the lake included the present areas of Lake Huron and Lake Erie, and cov ered the region lying between them; a broad arm extending across southern Michigan from the Saginaw Val ley connected its eastern and western portions. Lake Superior had at this time its own outlet into the Missis sippi; Lake Ontario wa3 still covered by the ice sheet. Anything more desolate and awful than the scenery of Lake Chicago at this time it is difficult 'to conceivea vast stretch of ice cold water, froz en over in the winter and dotted with Icebergs in the summer. Where now stand the Auditorium icebergs ground ed in June and great drifting floes creaked and groaned against each oth er through the dark days of the fall There was no fish in the sea, no bird flew overhead, no animal walked or crawled along the desolate shore. The outlet of Lake Chicago was southwest through the Des Piaines and Illinois rivers into the Mississippi. Lemont was in a mile-wide valley where once rolled the clear, chill wa ters which drained a basin extending from Chicago to Buffalo and from Green Bay to Georgian Bay. In view of the comparative tameness of the scenery about Chicago it is enough to make one weep to think of this river a mile wide, with rock bottom and sides, carrying a volume of water "comparable to Niagara," as says William C. Alden, of the United States Geological Survey, and de ADVISORY STAFF OF THE

Alma Mater 13 proud of her sons who have been serving as advisers to the census authorities upon the subject of the formulation of the inquiry schedules, writes a Washington correspondent. There are twelve of them, and they represent the University of Dakota, University of Wisconsin, Iowa Agricultural College, London School of Economics, University of Berlin, Cornell University, University of Nebraska, Harvard University, University of Texas, University of Chicago, University of Kansas, Columbia College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Vermont, Northwestern University, Dartmouth College, Carnegie Technology School, Brown University and Yale University. Among them are: A. B.'s, Ph. D.'s, M. S.'s, B. S. LVs, S. C.'s. B. S. A.'s, M. S. A.'s, A. B.'s, A. Ms, Ph. Bs, Ph. M.'s, and about all the other combinations of letters Indicative of degrees in the higher branches of education There are professors of agricultural economics, of farm management and farm crops, of political economy, of finance and of other special lines versed In the science of agriculture. The back row reading from left to right is made up of: Horace Secrist, Spurgeon Bell. John Lee Coulter, Henry C. Taylor, Thomas N. Carver, Alvin S. Johnson, Carroll W. Doten. The front row reading from left to right is made up of: William B. Bailey, J. F. Warren, Arthur Boyftton, Joseph A. Hill, Emil P. Seeker, Allen H. Willett. Dr. Hill is the chief statistician of the Division of Revision and Results, and he is a graduate from Phillips Exeter Academy and of Harvard College. He is a Ph. D. of the University of Halle In Germany.

ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS. How hoarse a 'litMe steamboat can whistle! Until the fire, every man feels that the insurance agents are robbiag him. "Pull" can never carry a man far. It is hard work and application that count. One way not to have a good time Is to spend most of your time looking for it. If you are able to take advantage of the present, you need not worry about the past. "What." the women folks all say when Father scolds, "is he grumbling about NOW?" Are you familiar with a vegetable known as Okra? Ever know anyone who liked it? When a man really intends to do a thing, he does not talk much about it, but goes to work. The spiritualist medium finds no hidden treasure except In the pockets of the credulous living. If an actor amounts to anything, it will not hurt him to meet a crosseyed man or a black cat. Which gives you the. greater enjoyment: To hear your friends praised or your enemies roasted? If you are on confidential terms with almost any family, you discover they are terribly hard up. The man who always tries to lug in a cheerful word, when he meets you, finally gets on your nerves. In telling your troubles you are apt to enlarge them. Besides, no one else is much interested In te"

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mm seen ding seventy-six feet in a distance of ten miles. Through uncounted centuries that glory and grandeur went utterly to waste, so far as human beings are concerned; and now Chicagoans pay out thousands of dollars annually to go to see the rapids of the St. Lawrence and the Niagara. In course of time this period of the lake's history came to an end. The rapids in the "Chicago outlet" cut back to the limestone lip at which they started and lowered the level of the lake some twenty feet. Here it was stationary once more through centuries of time. The waters were as lifeless and the scenery as desolate as ever, but the icebergs which drifted down Michigan boulevard were smaller, for the water was shallower. It wa3 at this period that a large sandbar more than a mile wide formed in the shallow water. Why is Chicago where she is? It has often been said that the great city of the lakes might just as well have been built on the site of Milwaukee, and that only the superior enterprise and commercial genius of Chicago's business men turned the scale. This is putting the cart before the horse; it was the superior advantage of Chicago's site that attracted these farseeing men. Look at a map of the. United States. Throughout a region extending from Jolict to Texas and from Denver to Nashville, the nearest point on the great lakes, with their cheap water transportation, is Chicago; the grain must come here. But this great region is poor in timber, though rich agriculturally. The nearest point to which the southwardmoving lumber of the North can be brought by water is Chicago. Look at the map again. The great lakes extend far to the south of their outlet through the St. Lawrence, and the railroads whicji run from New York and Boston to Wisconsin, Minnesota, northern Iowa, the Dakota, Montana, Oregon and the Puget Sound region not to speak of the imperial domain of western Canada must be gathered together like a sheaf at some point on the shore of Lake Michigan, where it3 waters block the direct path to the Northwest. There was but one point where this could occur where the Chicago River furnished a harbor for the boats, and the Des Piaines water shed, with its fifteen-foot divide, afforded easy access to the "hinterland" lor canoes, railroads, ship canals, etc. The jobbing trade of Chicago has been built up subject . to strict geographic and topographic conditions. And Chicago's great strategic advantage of position is seen in this: That no matter what the form of transportation, whether by rail or by water, her position Is equaly advantageous and equally commanding. CENSUS DEPARTMENT. When people do not enjoy doing the things we do, we are t to think they do not have a good time. When two old ladies and an - old man walk down the street, tho man generally pokes along behind. Most people are forgetful. Most people think children used to be more obedient than they are to-day. How tender and devoted a young man is to an old lady, when a pretty young girl is looking at him! Some people think if they could orly livo In the house across the street, they would be perfectly happy. Married men have great contempt for the man who commits suicide because his girl would not have him. There I3 always plenty to quarrel about: We heard two men quarreling to-day as to the best breakfast food. Every barber seems to have a different notion about the proper stuff to put on a man's face after shaving him. Country husbands are better trained than town husbands. Ever see a town husband carry a baby on the street? When there are little childien in the family, the floor is apt to look as if it had been swept with a hasty glance. If we were to be granted a wish for happiness, we wouldn't be satisfied with being a boy again; we would also ask for a dog. Many a man tells a mean story, and justifies it by saying: "Well, I heard it." But he does not believe it, although he retails it. There are two things that menace the prosperity of this country idle money and idle labor. The one is a3 1 mischievous as the other

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Xostrll Test for Cigar., "Gee, that's a good cigar!" said the tobacco store loiterer, holding, up to view a half-consumed "perfecto," according to the Kansas City Star. "See how the ash clings to it." "Great Scott, Is that old notion still floating around?" the cigar dealer asked. "I thought that had perished with the man who blew out the gas. Don't yon know that some of the worst 'ropes' ever made will hold the ash until you almost have to knock it oft with a stick? There's absolutely nothing to the ash theory as a test of a good cigar." "But see how evenly this cigar burns," insisted the smoker. "You can't deny that that shows good' tobacco." "Xonsense!" returned the dealer. "The finest cigar ever rolled might burn unevenly. Sometimes the top row of cigars in a box may be dried out on the upper, exposed side and moist on the under side. Such a cigar Is sure to burn unevenly, the moist side more slowly than the dry. "There's only one way to test the quality of a cigar," the dealer concluded. "Light It and blow the smoke through your nose. If you're any judge of tobacco you'll. know mighty quick whether that particular weed 13 made of choice Havana or alfalfa culls." WISHED DEATH MIGHT COMB To Relieve the Awfnl Suffering of Advanced Kidney Disease. William Gibson, Greenup, Ky., says: "Three months I was in bed, and would have died, I helieve, but for Doan's Kidney Pills. My doctor said the case was hopeless. My back felt as if It were' being seared with a red-hot iron. The kidney secretions were painful, irregular and full of sediment. There were puffy spots beneath my eyes and my head pained terribly. I was miserable in every way and often wished death might relieve me. When I began taking Doan's Kidney Pills my condition was so serious that they had little effect, but I persisted, getting gradually better, and it was not a great while before I was cured. The effect has been lasting." Remember the name Doan's. Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. FosterMllburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y. "So Honey Factory. "That was an error," said Senator Beveridge, apropos of an opponent's argument at a dinner in Indianapolis. "Our friend made an embarrassing error. He reminds me of John Winslow. He spent his honeymoon at Niagara. He left the bridal apartment late one night to bathe and on his return knocked, as he supposed, on hi3 wife's door, calling softly: "'Honey!' "There was no answer. Winslow knocked again. "'Honey!' "Still no answer. Winslow thundered on the door. "'Honey!' he cried In a voice cf agony. t "Then a reply came at last. "'Sneak, you blooming idiot!" a male voice growled. This is a bedroom, not a bloom In a: beehive. .Made lliiu Sick. The Chivy Chase caddies are still chuckling over a story about President Taft. The President, one afternoon, played rather badly. He turned to his caddy, after he had foozled a drive, and said In his genial way: "This isn't a pleasant spectacle for you. I'm as bad as a Scotch laird at St. Andrews. The St. Andrews caddies are all old men; and one day when this laird was in especially bad form, his caddie, after nine holes of missed shots and putts, shook his old grey head, surrendered the laird's bag of clubs to another caddie, and said: "Ye'll no mind, laird? I made but a poor breakfast thl3 mornln and I'm no in a condition to stand any rnalr o't. " lie Did. "We are told," said the Sunday school teacher, "that we should love our neighbor. Now, who is your neightor, Tommy?" But Tommy Tucker merely blushed, hung his head, and said nothing. . He didn't want to tell the little sirl's name. Chicago TribuneDr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels. Sugar-coated, tiny granules. Easy to take as candy. Dottle Snleide. Drunkenness for deepest troubles Is often a preventive or a substitute for suicide, a "temporary suicide" as (t wers. Many men too cowardly to pull the trigger or take gas, deliberately and viciously commit suicide by the slow alcoholic route, and even say It is an easy way to die. And for this alcohol gets the blame. Exchange. persistence of the Habit. Jack Spratt and his wife were persons of more than ordinarily limited means. Occasionally they spent 15 cents for one of the Illustrated monthly raagai zines. i Jack loathed the advertisements and his w!fe detested the reading matter. So they split it in two, and thus kept clean their literary platter. Rivalry of Slackrakers. "Chicapo people think their city almost as corrupt as San Francisco." ' Don't you believe it." said the Californian. warmly. "That's Chicago nerve. Always trying to get into our class." Philadelphia Ledger. Confidence of Genin. "You say your dirigible balloon Is a success?" "Yes." answered the Inventor. "Rut It came down to the earth with a terrible bump." "True. But it hit very close to the spot I was aiming at. Mrs. Wihslow's Soothing Syrup for Children teething: softens the gums, roduoea inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic 25 ceatu a bottle.

Flrt Enfcltu Woman Smoker. Mary Frith, better known as Moll Cutpurse. was a nctable figure in oldtime London life. She had the reputation of being the first woman to smoke tobacco in England. The length of her days is a disputed point, say3 the Millgate Monthly, but it seems certain In that she' attained the age of over threescore years and. ten. It is asserted that constant smoking prolonged her life. A portrait representing her in the act of smoking forms the frontispiece of Middleton'a comedy of the "Roaring Girl." She also figures In other plays of the period. Mary was the daughter of a shoennker living In the Barbican, and Malone gives 15S4 as the date of her. birth. She early tock to wicked wrayi ahd became a noted "highwayman." Among her familiar friends were th notorious Captain Hind and Richard Hannam. She was an expert swords-, woman. Single handed she robbed on Hounslow Heath General Fairfax of 200 gold jacobuses, - shooting him through the arm and killing two 0! his horses on which his servants wer riding. For the offense she was committed to Newgate, but on paying tha general 2,000 she obtained her liberty. At one time Mary had 3,000 of her own, but by giving cnoney to distressed cavaliers she died comparatively poor. Her death took place In July, 15C?f and she was laid to rest in St. Brl get's. Metallic Ribbons. There Is a process In use in England whereby a metallic ribbon a mile long can be turned out in about the same time that it takes a locomotive to travel a mile that is, one minute. The molten metal is caused to flow through a nozzle in a thin stream upon the outside of a rapidly rotating watercooled drum.' The metal solidifies immediately and is thrown off from th surface of the drum In the form of a continuous and uniform ribbon. It is possible to obtain the rnetal ribbons as thin as one-thousandth of an inch. The metals used In the making . cl different ribbons are aluminum, lead, tine. tin. copper, silver and sold. All In Good Time. Tm sure I don't 'know why they call this betel The Palms. Do you? I've never seen a palm anywhere near the place." "You'll see them before you go. It's a pleasant little surprise the waiters keep for the guests on the last day of their stay." Puck. r 4 Positively cured bf these Little Pills . They also reUere Dis tress from Dyspepsia, In digestion &nl Too Eeartj Eating. A perfect remedy for Dizziness. Xauses Droirslness. Bad Tasts la the Xouth. Cote4 Tongne, Pain In the Elds. TOBPID LIVER. TLB regulate U Bowels. Iurely Vegetable. SUM1F1LL SUJU1DQSL SIULLFR1CE. CARTERS Gsnuins Must Bear Facsimile Signatur REFUSE SUBSTITUTES. IFYOUVE T1 NEYER WORN Sf WJ SUCKER youVeyet to learn tttebodifv comfort it otves in the wettest weather HADE FOB HARD-ÄtirVlCC AMP GUARANTEED WATER PWCOr AT AU GOOD SnWU CATALOG rett A J TO CO MW 1A. TOM C -" 10. IWTU. TSTCHT CJ for your office stationery. You can get the paper and envelopes to match. Dr. MclNTOSH celkratl Natural Uterine Supporter. f lnimllt relief. Soli by all rar-. 5lul Instrument dealers and trading ru f flats In Initod M.im and (Md. ' Catalof. prloe list and partlcuian maUad ' on antillivtlau. THE IIASVINCS A MclNTOSH TRUSS CO.' if irniii sc, tu iLADi xmi A,rA., manufacturers f trusses and sola maker ot tbe tieciina stamped " Mclntoah" 8uipurter.

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