The Syracuse Journal, Volume 6, Number 12, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 17 July 1913 — Page 2

The Syracuse Journal GEO. O. SNYDER, Publisher. Syracuse, - - • Indiana. SOLDIERS DIE ~ FIGHTING FIRES Five Reported Burned to Death in California. MANY TOWNS IN DANGER Residents at Mill Valley and Round* about Seize Valuables and Flee for Safety From Blazing Forests. Mill Valley, Cal., July 11.—Martial law has been proclaimed in Mill Valley. Troops impress all able-bodied, men to flght_ fire. Hundreds of resi-. dents are fleeing with their household goods. The wind is coming up, and the towns of Mill Valley, Larkspur and Rose are believed doomed. Five Soldiers Burn to Death. San Francisco, Cal., July 11.—Five soldiers are reported burned to death, and a half dozen little hamlets and towns at the foot of Mount Tamalpais await their salvation or doom from the morning breeze, while the fire which swept the mountain for three days is reaching toward the pleasant plains and vineyards to the north, and the Muir Woods National park on the south. Every available soldier from San Francisco Presidio, and Fort Winfield Scott on this side of the bay, and Forts Baker and Barry across the Golden Gate, is fighting the fire, side by side with civilians and sailors. Probably j 6,000 men are on the fire lines, seeking to beat back or wear out a blaze whicji? burst out with increasing fury, and extended over a tenmile sweep. Capt. Charles P. Plunkett, commanding the cruiser South Dakota, marched 600 of his men from the Mill Valley station up to the border of the fire in Cascade canyon, took a look at tb)e fire and marched them back again. Then entrained for Sausalito. Refuses to Imperil Men. In the presence of Mayors3ly.ce, Col. Bell and a hundred citizens, Capt Plunkett said: “It would take all the people in California to put out that fire. Let lit burn out. I have expert gun pointers among my men, worth $25,000 apiete -to the government. I am not going to risk their lives in qaving a $4,000 house for a private citizen.” KING'S ASSAILANT TO DIE — , « Man Who Fired Three Shots at Alfonso of, Spain Is Condemned to Death. Madrid, Spain. July 11.—-Rafael Sanchez Allegro, who on April 13 attempted to assassinate King Alfonso in the streets of the capital, was condemried to death. Allegro fired three shots) at the king, but his majesty by his skilled horsemanship avoided the bullets, one of which struck his horse in the neck. Allegro is a native of Barcelona. Southern Roads Show Increase. Louisville, Ky., July 11.—The state- I ment of earnings of the two great railroads of the south for their fiscal year which ended June 30 has just-1 been made'. The Southern shows ■gross of $68,438,115, an increase over last year of $4,897,786. The L. anu N.’s gross is $59,467,771, an increase over last year of $3,255,983. i Graft Witness Is a Suicide. Rome Italy, July 11.—A sensation ) Was cau d here by the suicide of the engineer, Giannini, who was a witness tn the notorious graft disclosures in ) connection with the construction of ) the palace of justice, which cost mil- i lions more than the estimate. Gian- | uini’s evidence brought about the im- i plication in the affair of Deputies Luz- , aatta and Brunialti. t <ries Sjiicide on Wife’s Grave.Ottawa, Ont., July 11—Despondent I ever his-wife’s death, Charles Smith of I Hamilton, Canada, on her grave night and then attempted suicid i by slashing his throat and wrists with I * knife. He was hurried, to a hospital ■ JOHNSON IN FRANCE TO STAY i Negro Pugilist Lands at Havre and Say» He Has Quit United States -? Forever. Hn-vre, France, July 11. —Jack Johnson, the negro pugilist, arrived here on board the Corinthian and immeMately on landing announced his Setermination never to return to the United States. He said he would in the future take up his residence in Paris. “ Girls’ Bdies Recovered. Durant, Okla., July 10. —The bodies of three young wom*en. who were drowned “in the Blue river near here when their skiff capsized, were recovwed yesterday. Constable Murdered at Ingalls. Anderson, Ind., July 19.—Albert Hawkins, a constable of this place, was murdered last night at Ingalls, a little village near the southern line of Madison county. His throat had been cut and his jaw broken. No details of the crime were received here. * Killed by Lightning. Westfield, Ind., July 10.—Edwin Lindley* Doan, a graduate of Earlham college, was struck by lightning and killed while at work In a field near here yesterday afternoon. Lamar May Be Indicted. New York, July 10. —United States District Attorney Marshall admitted that he was investigating the activities of David Lamar with a view to bringing them to the attention of the grand jury If the facts warrant the bringing nt a criminal action.

SENATE TO PROBE OLD LABOR WARS Biggest Lobby Inquiry Ever Attempted Is Near. MULHALL TAKES THE STAND Secrets of Great Strikes That Paralyzed Nation’s Industries Expected to Be Unfolded—Gunmen Threaten WitnessesWashington, July 12.—Congress has decided to investigate all the “wars” that have f>een iought between labor and capital, all the efforts that each i) has made to obtain legislation which would profit it and the tangled skein ■ woven about) their relations in the last ten years. The senate lobby committee in ext ecutive sesjsion Thursday night decided that the “wars” must be. inquired into. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, will appear before the committee on July 25, and a subpoena was issued Thursday night for John Mitchell, vice-president of the federation and former head of the United Mine Workers. At the same time the committee subpoenaed George Pope and J. P. Bird, general manager of the National Association of Manufacturers. As the tale, is unfolded other men prominent )in either labor organizations or associations of manufacturers or individual employers of labor who are brought to notice will be asked to appear. The committee decided to look into this subject, believing that it may develop starting information and knowing it will Zxtend their inquiry many weeks, y One senator said that the quest might rea<th back into some of the dark corners of the McNamara dynamiting cashes and bring into the light the inside story of many of the great strikes that have paralyzed industries and thrown thousands out of work in the last few years. He intimated that it might develop by far the most marvelous of all the strange tales that the committee has heard in the past six weeks. Coincident with the decision for a sweeping \ inquiry Chairman Overman of the lobby investigating committee heard a report that Martin M. Mulhall, chief lobbyist for the National Association of Manufacturers, had been told to get ou| of Washington. ' Colonel Mulhdll, for ten years the field ageist, lobbyist and strikebreaker , whose undertakings have been set forth 'in the newspapers, made) his appearance Friday to begin a repetition of his remarkable harra- i : tive, backed up by many thousands of I letters, telegrams and reports. ) The decision to vut the colonel on i the stand at oz.-ce was inspired by two | events which Impressed Senator Over- • man and his colleagues with the necessity of beginning the investigation without delay. One of these was the business like methods adopted by the -Garrett committee of the house to be l gin a fan-reaching inquiry to determine the influences that have shaped legislation in the past, rewarded “friends” and punished “enemies” in congressional and official circles The other incident was the attempt) to intimidate Colonel Mulhall and i some of the other witnesses who have ) been subpoenaed by the govemnlent i to give testimony at the hearing in.the ( uihall charges. Some or these wit- ; nesses have been shadowed constantly . during the last week by men whoj would He recognized in select gun eir- ■ ties ini New York and Chicago. Washington, July 10. —The house J has voted unanimously to direct a) special { committee of seven members' to investigate the Mulhall “lobby! confession” and all other details of . legislative activities that may be dis- ) closed. |

Representative Finis J.' Garrett of , Tennessee was appointed chairman of > the committee by Speaker ('lark. The other members named on the j Garrett committee are Representatives Cyrus Cline of Indiana, J. J. Russell of Missouri and S. J. Roddenberry of Georgia, Democrats; W. H. Stafford of Wisconsin and Frank B. Willis of Ohio, Republicans, and John I, Nolan of California. Progressives. BANKERS OPPOSE MONEY BILL. Chicagoan Hopes Measure Will Be Modified. Dulpth, Minn., July 12.—At the opening session of the Minnesota Bankers’ association George M. Reynolds of Chicago made the principal address, his subject being the administration currehcy bill recently introduced in congress. He disavowed any intention of criticising the bill merely for the sake J of criticism, but expressed the hope; that discussion and analysis of ft might result in its modification so as to make it conform to the needs of business and at the same time be fair to thje banks. Accuses Wife. New Orlean^La^July/il. —-That the death of Francisco I. Madero was due solely to *a plot hatched by his own wife was the charge made here by inspector general of Mexico consulates, who is in New Orleans. • ; Law Affects All Imbibers. Washington, July 11. —No leniency untjer any circumstances will be shown the clubman or bibulous wayfarer who may be making his unsteady way homeward and fall into the hands of the capital police. Mexicans Kill American. Port Arthur. Tex., July 10. —An American attached to the consular office was killed in a battle between Mexican federals and Zapatistas at Tuxpan, July 4, according to Captain O'Neill of the steamer Bloomfield. Dog and Boy Rescue Man. Atlantic City, N. J., July 10. —Theodore Leslie, seventeen years old, used his dog Spud as a buoy and rescued i Alfred Meyers, a cottager here, from | drowning in the ocean after a hard struggle with cross currents.

REAR ADMIRAL POTTS <**'*''< | ■* 7 j Rear Admiral Templin Potts was placed on the retired list the other ) day, and as a closing incident of his career in the navy his flagship, the Louisiana, almost sank at Newport when a valve bonnet blew off, flooding the starboard engine room. MILITANTS INJURE OVER ELEVEN POSTAL CLERKS Explode Bomb in the Dublin Postoffice —lnfernal Machine Addressed to Redmond. Dublin, July 12. —The most serious outrage of the many deeds of violence committed by militant suffragettes in their campaign of arson and rioting occurred Thursday 7 when a bomb which had been mailed to William Redmond, M. P., exploded while it was being handled in the post office sorting room: Eleven clerks, one of them a woman, were seriously hurt by fragments of the bomb, and a dozen others were down and stunned by the explosion; Within half an hour after the details of the outrage had been flashed in extra editions of the newspapers, a mob of angry men and boys brok.* a street meeting of suffragettes by stoning them. One woman was seriously injured in the fight between the assailants and the suffrage sympathizers. BRYAN HALTS REPLY TO JAPS. Secretary of State Gives No Reason for Delaying Note. Washington, July 12. —After a conference of an hour and a quarter with Ambassador Chinda, Secretary Bryan announced that the dispatch of the reply to the two latest Japanese notes on the California anti-alien land law might be deferred until next week. Mr. Bryan before the conference had said he had expected to make the reply before the end of the week. No reason for the change was given. Mr. Bryan told inquirers that the points of his reply 7 were discussed with Ambassador Chinda, bid he declined to make public any pari of the details under consideration. The fact that Mr Bryan proposes to postpone the di-match of his reply gave rise to the belief in diplomatic qircles that he will redraft the note, which it was supposed was in readiness for -transmission to the Tex o government. STORM SWEEPS OVER ILLINOIS.

Three Persons Killed and Scores Hiirt —Property Less Immense. Chicago, July 10.—An electrical storm of almost cyclonic energy caused loss of life and heavy property damage throughout northern Illinois and Wisconsin and on Lake Michigan Tuesday. Hail and rain damaged the crops. Almost a dozen cities and towns bear mute evidence of the visit of the storm. Among the cities and villages to suffer are Rockford, Elgin, Sycamore, Dekalb, Woodstock, Hartland, Harvard, Pingree Grove, Dundee, Algonquin and Marengo. Frank O’Leary, farmer; killed near Woodstock, 111. Arthur Peterson, eighteen years old; struck by lightning in gravel pit two miles south of Elgin. Unidentified man, killed at Marengo. Gen. Riva Dies of Wound. Havana, Cuba, July 11. —General Armando Riva, chief of the Cuban national police, who was shot and mortally wounded during a political argument on the Plaza Monday night, is dead. A charge of murder was subsequently lodged against General Ernesto Asbert, governor of the province of Havana, and two others. Robbed of $32,000 in Paris. Paris, France, July 12.—Mrs. John F. Martin of New York was robbed of jewelry valued at $32,000 at her hotel on the Place Vendome. She had left the jewels wrapped in a handkerchief on the table in her suite. Murderer Escapes Fpbm Jail. Detroit, Mich., July-Tff—Joseph M. Miller, the Detroit music professor who brutally murdered Marie M. Jennett, one of his pupils, April 9, 1912, with a hatchet, escaped from Jackson prison. Orders Charlton to Italy. Trenton, N. J., July 10.—The mandate of the United States Supreme court that Porter Charlton, charged with murdering his wife in Italy, must be returned to that country, was received by the district court here.’ Victims of Blast Dead. Peoria, 111., July 10.—Fred Steckel, injured in the explosion at the Clark distillery, died at the Proctor hospital. A short time later William Denson, another victim, died. Charles Mooney is not expetced to live.

DEGREASE SHOWN IN CROMEPORT Cereal Yields Likely to Be Lower This Year. OATS FAR BELOW AVERAGE Corn Acreage Is Less for 1913—Aggregate In the Leading Grains Placed at 4,929,000,000 Bushels. Washington, July 11. —The government crop report for July issued Wednesday indicates bountiful crops of all the cereals, but the total production this year will be far below the grand total for last year, when there were record yields of° nearly all the leading grains. Compared with other years, however, the present crop promise is good, and it is possible that, with favorable conditions during the remainder of the growing season, some, of the crops will turn out as well as last year, if not better. The total yield of the leading cereals is placed at 4,929,000,000 bushels, compared with 5,561,000,000 bushels a year ago. The big loss compared with a year ago is in oats, which promise a yield of 1,031,000,000 bushels, against 1,418,000,000 bushels a year ago- Corn is short 154,000,000 bushels and the total wheat crop is 29,000,000 bushels less than last year. Barley is 59,000,000 bushels less than a year ago at 165,000,000 bushels. Spring wheat promises to yield 112,000,000 bushels less than a year ago, with an indicated crop of 218,000,000 bushels. Winter wheat will be 82,000,000 bushels heavier at 482,000,000 bushels, the total wheat crop being 701,000,000 bushels, compared with 730,000,000 bushels as finally estimated in 1912. The first report on corn for the season shows a high condition, 86.9, but the acreage is smaller than last year at 106,884,000 acres. Last year the corn acreage was 108,110,000 acres and the condition July 1 was 81.5. The crop promise on that date was for no larger crop than at present, although the final estimate of the crop was 3,125,000,000 bushels, while the report issued suggests a harvest of 2,971,000,000 bushels, or 154,000,000 bushels less than in 1912j> In the big surplus corn states of the middle west the outlook is for a yield of 1,718,000,000 bushels. This compares with 1,793,000,000 bushels a year ago, bat is nearly bushels more than was raised in 1911. Moreover, as the par yield is advanced as the season progresses, if the present condition is maintained until harvest the crop this year will exceed the record yield of 1912. With but few exceptions the corn crop is uniformly excellent and farther along than usual at this time of the year. Illinois and lowa both have a promise of 348,000,000 bushels of corn, it being the closest race ever known between the two states to head the list of corn producers. Each has a high promise and conditions have been favorable. Nebraska is next on the list with the finest crop it ever has had, indicating a yield of 270,000,000 bushels. Missouri will raise nearly, as much as last year with 237,000,000 bushels. U. S. MAY PROBE BANK FAILURES. First-Second National of Pittsburgh Closes Its Doors. Pittsburgh, Pa.. July 9. —As a result of the suspension of the First-Second National bank of Pittsburgh Monday, one of thq largest institutions in the country, of which W. S. Kuhn is president, the government may start criminal prosecution. The bank had more than $30,000,000 in deposits. The closing of the First-Second bank was' followed by action in rapid series against various other interestswith which the Kuhns are identified. Greatest of all disasters in this tremendous financial crash, however, was the receivership for the American Waterworks and Guarantee company, the largest concern of its kind in the country, of w hich J. 3. Kuhn is president. SWAIN CHOSEN N. E. A. HEAD. Wins Office by Unanimous Vote at Salt Lake City. ’ Salt Lake City, July 12.—Joseph Swain, president of Swarthmore college, was elected president of the National Education association by a unanimous vote here. Grace M. Shepherd, state superintendent of Idaho schools, was re-elected treasurer. Durand W. Springer of Ann Arbor is continued as secretary, his selection being by appointment. Directors were elected for all the states, Hawaii and the Philippines. William Howard Taft was elected honorary president at a meeting here of the American School Peace league. Release Alleged Dynamiters. Leavenworth, Kan., July 12. —Michael J. Young, Boston, Mass., and Charles Wachmeister, Detroit, Mich., two of the alleged dynamiters received at the federal prison January 1, were released on bonds. Kuhns Leave Directorates. Pittsburgh, Pa., July 12.—J. S. and W. S. Kuhn resigned from the board of directors of the Colonial Trust company. W. S. Kuhn also resigned as a director from the Commonwealth Trust company. Receiverships Are Asked. Pittsburgh, Pa., July 11.—Attorneys presented petitions before Judge Charles P. Orr in United States court here asking for receiverships for six subsidiary companies of the American Waterworks and Guarantee company. Six U. S. Artillerymen Slain. Manila, P. 1., July 11.—Six United States coast artillerymen were killed outright and 30 were injured when a flat car, which was being used to convey a detachment of soldiers, was wrecked 30 miles southwest of here.

"" SILAS R. BARTON a" ”1 y g I w Silas R. Barton, who has just assumed his duties as congressman from the Fifth district of Nebraska, is the son-in-law of R. L. Metcalfe, the new governor of the Panama Canal Zone. Mr. Barton is a Republican and has been prominent as a labor leader. SERBS FORMALLY DECLARE WAR AGAINST BULGARS Bulgarian Irregulars Imprison 700 in Mosque and Then Fired Bomb Under It. London, July 10. —Servia formally declared w 7 ar against Bulgaria Tuesday. The Official Gazette has published the announcement. Servian dispatches admit a strong Bulgarian column has invaded Servia at Konagevatz, which town they occupied after setting fire to the adjacent villages. Cholera has been brought to Belgrade by the wounded. Official Greek dispatches confirm reports of a victory at Doiran, the Bulgarian victualing center. All the provisions fell into the hands of the Greeks. The Bulgarians are taking the offensive against Nish, according to announcement from Sofia. Sofia reports that the Tenth Bulgarian division, which' reinforced General Ivanoff, was brought from rhe Tchatalja district, indicating compliance with Turkey’s demand that the Bulgarians evacuate. Salonika, July 10. —Father Michel, superior of the French Catholic mission at Kilkish, confirms reports that Bulgarian irregulars burned to death 700 men belonging to Kurkut by imprisoning them in a mosque under which they exploded bombs, setting the building on fire. They had previously assembled the victims’ wives and daughters to witness the spectacle. Even more terrible scenes were enacted at Kilkish, Planitza and Raynovo. Father Michel asserts that among the irregulars responsible for these atrocities were business and professional men and students from Sofia. Vienna, July 10. —After repulsing several small Servian forces, the Bulgaiian troops have succeeded in penetrating to Vranya, the war commissariat station of the Servian army, and ate advancing along the Morava river, according to a Sofia dispatch. If this proves correct, the Bulgarians have cut off a huge body of Servians from Belgrade.

MELLEN QUITS ONE OFFICE. Retires as President of Boston & Maine Railroad. New York, July 10.—Charles S. Mellen has resigned the presidency of the Boston & Maine railroad, according to announcement made at the New York, New Haven & Hartford off.es here. , The reason given for his retirement . was that he desired to devote his on- , tire time to his position as president 1 of the New York, Now Haven & Hart- j ford railroad. Morris McDonald, vice- ; president and general manager of the j Maine Central railroad, a subsidiary I of the Boston & Maine, will succeed I Mr. Mellen, 11? was announced. ELK VISITORS NEAR DEATH. Auto Carrying Thirty Almost Goes Into River. Rochester, N. Y., July 11.—Thirty Elks attending the grand lodge reunion here, narrowly escaped a drop of 175 feet into the Genesee river, when a sightseeing ear, on which they were passengers, crashed through a bridge railing. At the highest point the bridge is 212 feet above the river. When the big machine hit the bridge i railing ten feet of the guard crashed , into the river. The right front wheel i of the sightseeing machine hung over the bridge and the car had to be jacked up before the party could go on. Johnson in France, to Stay. Havre, France, July 12.—Jack Johnson, the negro pugilist, arrived here on board the Corinthian and immediately on landing announced his determination never to return to the United States. 300 Mexican Troops Drowned. Tucson, Ariz., June 12. —A communication from Guaymas says 300 constitutional soldiers met death In an effort to swim across the bay when state troops were repulsed by a hidden Huerta force. Convict Burned to a Crisp. Nashville, Tenn., July 11.—Alfred Adams, a convict who attempted to escape from the state prison some time during the night, became entangled with electric wires and electrocuted. His body was burned to a crisp. White Is Grard Treasurer. Rochester, N. Y., July 11. —Charles A. White of Chicago was unanimously elected grand treasurer of the Benevolent and Patriotic Order of Elks at the national convention here, his three rivals withdrawing.

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Mr. William A. Radford will answer ruestions and give advice FREE OF lOST on all subjects pertainin.? to the übject of building, for the readers of this »apei-. On account of his wide experience is Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he ». without doubt, the highest authority «> all these subjects. Address all inquiries O Wrfiiam “. Radford, No. 178 West r ackson bom. .-ard, Chicago, 111., and only ©close two-cent stamp for reply. Sometimes <t is necessary to build a long, narrow house in order to nake it fit the lot. You cannot hang ?art of your house over your neighsor’s lot without making bad feelngs, because neighbors are very apt ’O be touchy on this point. Anyway, I should rather build a 20-foot house )n a 35-foot lot, and have plenty of tight and air, with room on one side >f the house for a good cement walk tunning back to the kitchen, and Save room on the other side for a good lawn with a border of flowers md shrubbery. The tendency with a great many nen is to save money by buying a larrow lot. Property is sold in most laces according to the frontage, ?and s reckoned at so much per fropt cct: so the width of the lot. has a ccd deal to do with the ave to pay. A few square feet more ir less in the back, where you inay -aise chickens or vegetables if your aste inclines that way, cuts very little figure. The fellow who has the .ot for sale just good-naturedly makes sou a present of all that back-lying territory, but he charges a good round price for the street frontage. Because of this custom in selling property, it is the fashion in some places to crowd a house 30 feet wide ipon a 33-foot lot. The style of house to place on village and city lots receives too little attention. Sometimes a whole block is spoiled by the mean way in which one pigheaded man builds his home. It is aot absolutely necessary to build houses with just one idea in regard io w 7 idth. Here is an example of a house only 19 feet wide, .yet it is well arranged, contains all the necessary conveniences, looks attractive.

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aad is a good house generally. You get the necessary room in t|ie length down towards the back end of the lot w 7 here land does not cost anything. for the house Is 38 feet deep— Just twice as long as it is wide. Years ago. before we understood how to heat houses as well as we do now, there was a well-founded prejudice against long, narrow houses, beeaxso the heat could not be driven to I I Bl ZO'-O'X-4Z -O* f || I ZWVZAC ZSOOAf ZTZ '1 U I=l First Floor Plan. the end rooms, and nobody wanted to build chimneys all In a row down through the house and set up separate stoves wherever It was found necessary. That objection, however, does not hold against the small steam or hot-water heating plants that are now so common; and the furnace man has added so much to his knowledge that he can compete on equal footing in a house of eight or nine rooms, and he can outwit the others when It comes to heating smaller houses. Hot-air furnaces are the most sanitary and the most economical for small houses, In regard both to first cost and to subsequent attendance, because any woman can manage a hot-air furnace when the men folks are away, and the coal bill Is little of any greater than it Is for the mere expensive hat-water heaters, and it -is less when measured up against steam. "When you have a big house to heat, it will stand you well In bund to study the different systems, and hear what the advocates of each

have to say; but if you build <a little house like this one, and the local hotair furnace man is a lodge member in good standing, with his dues all paid up to date, and otherwise bears a good reputation, then by all means listen with profound respect to his opinion. It is not in the province of the architect to specify what kind of heating apparatus you shall use in this house. You might freeze to death, and he would not squeal; so it is up to you to make yourself comfortable in dold weather. In regard to heating a small house, bear this in mind: A good hot-air I a <sxa>-o' I/”"’ I Lx /✓-OX z*- o' \ 11—as© I « g'k zz-o'x tz-o' I Second Floor Plan. furnace, with joints tight enough to keep the poisonous gases in the right flue, comprises, in addition to tho necessary heat, a system whereby you can distribute pure air directly from outdoors to the different rooms in every part of the house, and send this life-giving ozone to the farthest corner of the most remote bedroom.

And this fresh air is absolutely free! it does not cost a dollar. You just hitch a supply pipe to the great air reservoir outdoors, ami draw on it all winter long. But I want to give you just a Word of caution here: Once in a great while nature has constructed a furnace man on ths wrong plan, and if you happen to know this particular Individual h® may advise you to put a cold-air register tn the front hall, and draw the daily supply from this contaminated source. I have known men san® enough to keep out of the asylum for a great many years who would risk their reputation and freedom by advocating just such nonsense. I do not know of any punishment to fit such a crime. Meaning of Affectionate. "Affectionate” has changed Its meaning in the course of centuries, for an “affectionate” person was originally the reverse of agreeable, the word meaning passionate or wilful. Judge Knox, In 1554, writes of “the government of an affectionat® woman” being *‘a rage without reason,” and a century later another writer deplores the evils of "affectionate” soldiers. A Curious Habit. It has been remarked that dogs turn round several times before lying down to rest. The habit is supposed to hark back to the time in dog history when the animal was wild and lived in Jungles and tall grass. At this time it was necessary for him to twist the grass into a comfortable shape for a bed. The habit, fixed far back at this stag® of the canine’s existence, is still instinctive with it Quite So. Gibbs —“Some people expect Impossibilities.' I tell you, in order to rals® things you’ve got to sow.” Dlbbs—"That’s true! And yet it’s the fellow who has ‘sown the wind’ who is oftenest unable to raise it” Suspected a Poker Party. Hub—-I must go out tonight, my love. Engagement with a customer. Wise —Very well, but don’t be gone long and — Hub—And what? Wife 5 —Don’t come home short If Not Too Thick. Patience—lt is said that sugar alone will sustain life for a considerable time. Patrice—And “taffy” wiU make on® feel good for some time.