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tjfHt&ZJx 4P&W Dainty Fabric Milady's Favorite "attoo" Instrument De- Ipjsed to Expedite Eradication of Dread Disease. tPr*par*d by th« United 8t»t*a Dapartauat I of Acrloultar*.) ! The marking of bogs with a "tattoo" Instrument which has been devised In (the United States Department of Agriculture, for use in tuberculosis eradication investigations, haa In some instances incriminated the "old hen" on (the farm as one of the accomplices in (the spread of the Infection to swine. JThe tattoo marks placed on the hoga Shipped from an area where tuberculosis la prevalent among cattle and poultry maintains the identity of the bogs even after they have gone through fche scalding and scraping processes in Che packing plants and makes it possible to trace any Infectiotf tit its Wore*. Infection Suppressed*^ ~iK During the period November 6, 1023, jto April 2, 1924, a total of 13,264 hogs jwere shipped from Hillsdale county, Bllch., an area In which the Infection Among cattle had been suppressed to less than one-half of 1 per cent, qualifying the county as a "modified accredited area." Of tills number about one-sixth showed slight evidence of tuberculosis. The lesions were so slight, however, that Is was necessary to condemn only one carcass entirely; Ave others, however, were rather seriously affected. The packers paid the premium of ten cents per hundredweight on these hogs. Marks Show Origin. : The tattoo marks on tlie Infected cartrasses showed them to have come from €9 farms in Hillsdale county. On 22 of the farms no Infection was found Among the cattle. On 15 farms bofvlne infection had not appeared since |L921. On the remaining farms no cat- {le were kept. Going still further Into he investigation, tuberculin tests were Applied to 15 lots of chickens containing 75 head. Twelve of the 15 lots •contained reactors. Tests were also applied to the swine on those farms with the result that 17 and a fraction per cent of swine Infection was indicated. This figure checked rather closely to the percentage, 16.8 per -cent, as reported through post-mortem Inspection by the Inspector at the packing plant. In the absence of bovine tuberculosis on the farms where the bogs originated, the tests Incriminated tuberculous fowls as the probable source of infection. The department cautions live stock owners against needless exposure of swine to tuberculous cattle and poultry and urges the eradication of Infection In poultry by disposing of the older fowls especially and cleaning and disinfecting the premises. Look for Lice and Mites During the Hot Weather The lice and mites problem Is a great one during the hot summer, and their control will depend upon tha methods of handling them. There Is only one way to handle lice and mites, and that is to get rid of them as soon as they are found on poultry. You cannot wait until next week and expect to control lice and mites on your hens. The day they are discovered is the day to begin to rid the flock of them. Lice and mites, if left to themselves, will rob the hen of her vitality and then you will learn that the egg basket will suffer. A ben cannot lay when she Is worried all day by having lice running over her body aniT at night with mites feeding upon her life blood. Spray the houses and keep them clean. Dust the houses with a good insect powder. This will mean profit and not loss, for It will mean better and more poultry, and that is what Is. needed in every community. Cutting Sudan Most Profitable Time The most profitable time to cut sudan grass Is between the time It begins to head until it Is fully headed out. There Is little loss, however, when the grass Is allowed to grow until the seed has reached the soft dough stage, only one cutting being then required to harvest the crop and obtain the maximum yield of forage. When cut earlier more than one cutting may be obtained but the yield per cutting will not be so large. There are tew grasses that are Injured so little by standing beyond the proper stage of maturity as sudan grass. This Is due to the numerous tillers, which, arising from the base, mature successively and provide Immature stalks throughout the season. LATE POTATO BLIGHT IS MOST DESTRUCTIVE OF ALL DISEASES <Jan Be Controlled by Use of Bordeaux Spray. blight of potatoes Is .probably •one of tlie most destructive of all potato diseases and is particularly dangerous In a wet season such as this, warns William H. Martin, plant pathologist at the New Jersey agricultural experiment station. Fortunately, potato growers now piave a means of defense against this itrouble. Spraying experiments conducted by the experiment station have •demonstrated conclusively that late t>l!ght can be controlled by spraying with bordeaux mixture. These tests bave shown also that even in the absence of late bligbt, spraying will return a profit. Best results have followed the use of home-made bordeaux mixture of tlie <5-5-50 formula ; that is 5 pounds of cop- Kr sulphate and 5 pounds of lime in gallons of water. This material should be applied immediately at approximately ten-day Intervals. In orider to insure success, the vines should t>e thoroughly covered with a protective film of the spray mixture. In 1920 the losses from late bligbt In New York amounted to approximately $5,000,000. In 1918 the disease was Severe In New Jersey in Mohmouth, IMercer, and Middlesex counties. In 1919 It was present, but not severe, and Best Time for Cutting Sweet Clover for Seed Sweet clover should be cut when three-fourths of the seed pods have turned dark brown to black. At this time some flowers and many Immature pods will be found on the plants, but the field will have a brownish cast. The seeds shatter badly when mature, and for this reason every precaution must be taken to cut at the proper stage and save as much of the shattered seed as possible. Shattering will be reduced by cutting when the plants are damp from dew or rain. The seed crop Is usually cut with a self-rake reaper, grain binder, grain header or corn harvester, the two former being most satisfactory. The crop should be stacked unless It is to be threshed within ten or fourteen days. In 1920 and 1922 it was again very severe in central New Jersey. In 1923, due to the very dry season, late blight was not present. Under wet conditions an entire field may be killed In a few days unless measures are taken to prevent the 'spread of the trouble. It is Important that the potato growers be prepared to prevent the losses that are certain to result If this disease does become epidemic. Freeh and Levely as a Morning Qlory la a Dress in Pale Shades of Roat and Orchid Over a Slip of Flesh-Colored Crepe--One of the Late 8tyles In - Chiffon Printed In Garden-Flower Pattern Is Introduced In a Midsumfner Qown. Keep a Close Watch for Stinking Smut in Wheat During irarvest, and especially at thrashing time, it is well to keep • close watch for stinking smut In wheat Seed should be used from fields whlct show the least amount of smut. Badl) smutted wheat, however, can be used it it Is treated before being planted. Thli Is sometimes more advisable than buying new seed or exchanging seed. Th# indications to date are that there li little stinking smut in South Dakota. Lambs Become Infested * With Worms in Summer Lambs kept through the stfmmer are liable to become Infested with stoinacb worms. The best treatment consist* In keeping lambs off feed for 12 hour* and then gbing each lamb two ouncec of a solution made by adding one teaspoonful of "Blnckleaf 40" to one quart of water. Treatment should be peated every three months. Oats Used as Nurse Crop Oats are frequently used as a nurst crop for spring seedings to check th« growth of weeds. When alfalfa It seeding during the summer on sandj land, weeds are not usually very troublesome and the oat crop is at a disadvantage In that It utilizes the plant food and moisture which would be made use of by the young alfalfa plants. Alfalfa After Clover Although a good crop of sweet clover prepares the way for alfalfa It is often hard to get a stand of alfalfa In the fall after the second year's growth has died down, due to the fact that the sweet clover uses up much of the available moisture and food supply. However, no other crop will provide inoculation for alfalfa like the sweet clover does. The fsrm premises can be made brighter and cleaner by the liberal use of some good whitewash. • • • Any handy man can make' s dumbwaiter. It carries loads up and down cellar gtalrs easier than a woman can. • • • The co-operative bul^ association Is S valuable ally of the frSw-testing association in building up t2ie dairy Industry of a community, >•' < *" - v • • S The average cow prodfufeS Sbout 130 pounds of butterfat in a year. By means of selection, care and feeding, this average can be doubled. • • • Potato growers may expect increased yields of from 25 to 40 per pent from the proper use of bordeaux folution in spraying t£eir potatoes. Millet Sown After Rye Millet Is very often sown after^rye, and the land may be prepared by double disking/ followed by a harrowing, after which the millet may be seeded. Millet is not considered a good nay for horses unless it is cut fairly early, and then it should make up not over half the roughage. Mature millet bay is dangerous to feed to horses. There was once a bomely saying that in Prance the rustle of a petticoat meant silk, in other countries starch. That, says a fashion writer In the New Tork Times, was before the days when silk petticoats, silk frocks and stockings became as common as they had once been rare, and before people of a sturdier standard and those of lighter type had been harmonized by cosmopolitan fashions. The muslin frock In all Its sheer freshness and Its many variants has been for generations the American woman's* charming own, dainty, coquettish, eternally feminine. • The muslin frock disappeared with the muslin girl. Athletics, the motorcar, sports, life in the open, made demand for simpler lines, more substantial fabrics and much of the homespun idea for day wear. Once the new silhouette was established, the picture changed, and the muslin girl became the tailored girl, mannish, severe, dashing, "top style" for the vigorous day, and the chiffon girl for the evening. Flannels, twills, heavy linens and loose-woven silks, treated much as the tailor employs stuffs for men's wear, have been for a dozen years the proper thing for Informal occasions, while for dressy tiroes all the newest weaves In starchless voiles, crepes, chiffons, marquisettes, silks, satins and brocades were required. The ruffled muslin passed with the crinoline, the floppy leghorn, lace mitts and long curls. The new version Is a picture of slim body, athletic limb, curveless bodice snd classic draperies. The American vision was lost and the Parisian pattern was copied to all of the extremes, with many extravagant Indulgences in exotic phases of foreign Influence. All of the effect of satiety has been experienced within a season, and gradually but unmistakably the quaint styles In dress and accessories have been coming into view. Winsome New Materials. No season within merchants' memory has brought out a greater number of original styles in new materials The womnn who is able to gratify her desire in this summer's wardrobe has a bewildering collection from which to choose. Simplicity more Simple than ever before Is the keynote, especially in the handsomest evening gowns seen at smart affairs on the other side, the conspicuous attraction being In the goods of the dress. Trimming on these formal gowns Is of exceptional richness ; ostrich, which retains Its Intense popularity, and metal lace and embroidery, each sparingly and effectively used on flat surfaces. The frock that answers tbe purpose of the old-time sheer muslin Is of crepe, designated by many namea-- voile, printed silk, marquisette, chiffon in ever so many grades--all of which have been seen In the early season's models. These are built for the most part on lncomplex plans, though the latest Importations Illustrate many new features, Indicating quite plainly the direction in which the fashion tide will set at tbe opening of tbe coming season. The printed crepes and silks sre very modish In the straight tunic over a close skirt of contrasting color, or outlined with a band of plain goods This model, for which the woman of the slender silhouette has a passion. Is particularly happy when done In the silks of bold pattern, notably the conventional palm leaf and the other designs that are among this year's novelties. In the draped models there Is a following of whims and moods, with the fullness drawn forward to the front, to be caught directly in the middle front, hanging lower than the hem of tbe gown, and with flounces, straight or circular; godets, scarf draperies, sashes, girdles and plaited or flaring skirts. Apparently several styles, greatly diversified, are being presented, as If to sense In advance the popular choice and establish a mode. All of these and other designs sre sttractlvely shown In models of much originality and style, demonstrating the values of the new materials. For the one-piece or tunic frock for morning and all-day utility the epouge In cotton or stlk or a mixture, made in checks, stripes and plain goods. is a novelty that has taken rather strongly. Ratine, In 6llk, cotton or silk and wool. Is another new weave, rough in finish, loosely woven and smart, especially when It is made Into a sports or beach frock. Huge Estates Held Up Progress of Mexico For four hundred years less than ten thousand families have owned Mexico, says Ramon P. De Negri in the Survey. I do not mean merely controlled, Influenced, directed, dominated. I mean physically owned and disposed of as a personal heritage. Humboldt said, "Mexico la the country of inequity. Nowhere does there exist such a fearful difference in the distribution of fortune, civilization, cultivation of the soil and population." It was more than slavery. It was a aituation where one man owned not an estate, but a state, a kingdom almost. When tbe Spaniard came and settled In Mexico, he came as a conqueror Into a populffted country. A system of encomlendas was developed by which he took the land of the conquered people and the people to work the land he had taken. Cortez, for Instance, claimed tot himself some 25,000 square miles, Including 22 towns with all the lands that these towns owned and all the people that lived In them--something over 115,000 men, women and children. With this possession went all the prerogatives of sovereignty, control over life and liberty and fortune, and this estate of Cortez, like most of the other large estates of Mexico, wais entailed and persisted as a unit up to the beginning of the Nineteenth century. In fact, the records show that before disentnilment was imposed this particular estate had 15 villas, 157 pueblas, 89 haciendas, 119 ranchos, 5 estanlas and contained 150,000 peopleall of this the personal possession of the -descendants of Cortez. Nor was this the only large encomlenda. I'edro de Alvarado received the district of Xochimllco with some 30,000 inhabitants. One of the favorites of the Spanish king was given what Is now the entire state of Guanajuato. As early as l."72 there was f>07 encomlendas. In addition, other large estates developed through one form or another. The result was that most of the free communal land holding of the days before the conquest disappeared. A small number of Spanlards owned practically all of Inhabited Mexico as their private possession. The Spanish kings at different times tried to destroy, to limit, to undermine the large estates of Mexico, but every attempt met with resistance, and many a law and decree of the king was marked by the viceroy, "Obeyed but not executed." Rich Gowns for Formal Occasions In the more formal gowns the embroidered silks snd flat crepes, embroidered solid, are exceedingly handsome, and are so costly that one such creation in a wardrobe la cherished and reserved for gala occasions. Bengallne, all silk, or silk and wool, Is another revival of an old-time favorite, of which some stunning French models are built, with simplicity of lines, soft, scant drapery and a splash, a band or motif of colorful needlework. Theee are charming in the gentle shades, beige, maize, gray, powder blue, against which the crewls so much used In peasant embroidery make a striking note. Reverting to the sheer frock, the upto- date version of the organdie, there are new voiles of gossamer lightness, on which are printed the most enchanting patterns of flowers, butterflies, birds and many another fantasy. These have something of the sheer beauty of organdie but lack stiffness snd may be beautifully draped or flounced, though the elaborate designs are shown to best advantage when they are gathered or slightly draped. Tbe qualifying appellation of "chiffon" is attached to many of the latest types of thin dress goods. There are chiffon voile, crepe chiffon, chiffon cloth and chiffon. Some are printed in delicate, beautifully colored patterns; some are plain or shaded In rainbow tints or gradations of one color. ' Flock dot muslin Is replly a dotted swIss. woven In many "wash colors," and the English prints are the real novelty of the year. These are In prim, modest patterns. Invariably small and geometric, In black and White, gray and white, violet or blue and white, scarlet and befge. Their being hand-blocked Is a guarantee of thtf durability of their colore. The craze for hand-blocked, Indelibly printed cottons Is well Illustrated In the India prints, which are sold by the yard and might easily he mistaken for curtains or bed coverings. They are oriental in pattern and riotous In colors blended and assorted with the canny akill of an ancient art After 120 Years €• July 5, 180.1, Capt. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, commissioned by President Jefferson to explore the Northwest to the Pacific, left Washington, D. C„ westward bound. Two and one-half years later, on March 23, 1800, having accomplished their objective after wintering on the banks of the Columbia, they turned their faces eastward and hurrying back they were able to recross the continent In eleven months. A short time ago one man climbed into his airplane on the East coast at dawn and as twilight deepened Into dusk along the shore of the Pacific he swung down through the mist and taxied across the field td a stop. The time elapsed on his Journey, made without a mishap, Is measured not In days and months and years, but In hours, minutes and seconds. The transcontinental trip that took Lewir and Clark more than two years to cover, Lieut. Russell L. Maughan. army flyer, accomplished in 18 hours, 10 minutes flying time. Ills average speed was 158.17 miles an hour.--From the St. PaqI Pioneer Press. The sleevelesa cape, very full and circular, la- very smart with the onepiece dress, 1 "" - M ..... . Gay Parasols Are for Women and Children /Value of Kafir Stems Kafir head stems, according to the results of experiments by the Texas experiment station, have a digestibility close to that of ordinary hay, and a corresponding value. The digestible protein ia low. Mesqulte beana were found to have a high dig«*tlbility and a productive value about 50 pec cent higher than alfalfa. With midsummer at hand the moat charming styles In parasols are displayed. Among these, says a fashion writer In the New Ydrk Times, are adorable ones for children In taffeta, linen, pongee, muslin, ribbon-trimmed, kid-trimmed, and In every conceivable combination of color to harmonize with the summer gown. A frilly little parasol of rose taffeta Is covered half Its depth with bias ruffles of the same, pinked on the edges. Ribs and handle are of white enamel, and the head of a bisque doll ornaments the tip- of tbe stick. This type of shade has made such a hit with the very young customers that the merchant who Imported It Is repeating his order many times. For tbe older woman of fashion, the new parasols sent by Parisian artists are most attractive, gay, piquant, more crisp and substantial in a way than the elaborate chMTon and laqg affairs that were so fashionable a few years ago, before the vogue of parasols suffered eclipse. Plaid silks, pongees, striped, plaid, plain •# saibroldered;noosesf lines, gllk lined, plaited, raffled, bandpainted and many other fancies are seen among the latest parasola. The most chtc of all Is the Japanese shade In f11|£ or the original paper and bamboo article that many smart women carry aing that are especially popular for the seashore and countryside generally. The shades that are designed for both sun and rain are liked by women who are much In the open In sports clothes. The latest thing in these has a clubby handle, short and thick, and a colored wood frame covered with changeable or Scotch plaid silk tor one of the new pongees. Fashionable Fabric Flat crepe Is perhaps the most fashionable of the summer materials. In madonna blue, a flat crepe two-piece costume Is especially effective. The frock is plaited from neck to hem and has a self-embroidered girdle with double tlea. The cape ia plaited alao and las* collar •( American snail* . Smoke Screen a Menace The smoke screen, long used as a protective device for battleships, now becomes a menace to them, according to authorities of the united air service. A screen spread above a lleet of battleships by special smoke-emitters attached to fast small planes makes it impossible for the approach of the serial bomb fleet to be observed. This enables the attacking planes to fly low, when, with sensitive finders, they pick up the doomed battlebout by sound, ad- Just their aim and loose the bomb in safety except for the possibility of a chance shot fired blindly against the pall of smoke by the anti-aircraft guns on the ship below. It Is a strange thing to find the screen employed as a weapon of offense agulnst the very craft which originally produced It as a defensive Ear Splitting Silence Flynn and O'Leary were employed as extra men in the repair shoo of a large hardware concern. The "boys" were all old friends and they jostled and sang and whistled without letup. Said Flynn: "This is the nolsest place I Iver worked In. Pat." Said O'Leary: "I believe, ye, Mike. Th' only tolme It's quiet here is whin some one stbarts the gas engine and drowns th* noise."--Good Hardware. Began Enormous Industry The manufacture of shoes in what is now the United States was begun In 1629 by Thomas Beard, who came over on the Mayflower on l,ts third voyage and brought hides for making shoes. Seven years later Philip Kertland of Buckinghamshire began making shoes in Lynn, Mass. Since that date the state of Massachusetts has come to lead the world in the manufacture of boots and shoes. I'm Sorry "Got a Baltimore paper?" a man asked impatiently. Tlie young fellow at the "home-town newspaper" stand shook his head. "No, I haven't. I'm sorry." The man's face lost^its irritable frown. "Can't keep everything on hand all the time, can you?" he admitted good-naturedly. Odd how those two courteous little words can smooth things out!--Chicago Post Hawaiian Islands Growing Tbe islands of Hawaii are constantly being built up from the ocean by portions of glass ejected by volcanoes which form new land. « • GUN FIGHTER OF ~ EARLY WESTERtl DAYS DIES AT 92 Newton Vorce Led Peace Officers Many a Chase in in Old Days on Frontier. Denver.--Active and spry to the last, Newton Vorce, picturesque frontiersman and a real gun fighter of the early days when the West was really wild and woolly, is dead at his home here at the age of ninety-two. Vorce was a veteran of the Civil war, having seen service with tbe fSmous Moseby guerrillas. He came to Colorado In the middle sixties and soon became known far and wide for his daring "gun play." Most of Vorce's life was spent in the country near Deer Trail and Byers. on the prairie east of Denver. The first few years of his career in Colorado were confined to Indian fighting, but later he became Involved with the law and gave many a peace officer sleepless nights. Kicked Hole In Jail. ; ' , ' In 1887 Vorce was arrested for a minor offense and was locked up in the Arapahoe County Jail. Tiring of the drab surroundings, he kicked a hole through "ffce jail wall, helped himself to pistols from the sheriff's of- Woman Has Duel to Death With Snake . Anderson, ft. C.--The finding of the body of an unidentified white woman, with s large rat- < t tlesnake clutched in her right 11 hand, and the curved fangs of i f the reptile still fastened in her g neck, Is reported by a Seneca (S. C.) weekly newspaper. The woman's body was found near the North and South Carolina boundary line by a party of tourists, it is stated. The tourists are said to have met two small children in the road crying and were told that their mother had gone over a hill to pick huckleberries ««* had not returned. On Investigation, the tourists found the woman's body and evidence of the death battle VOICE CRYING IN WILDERNESS AWES e Midnight MiI From Woods. Vorce "Shot Up" the Town of Evan* lice, mounted a horse and rode away. The sheriff immediately organized a posse,' and In a running battle that followed Vorce had two horses shot from under him. He was finally corfiered In a prairie dugout. For hours he stood off Ills pursuers until s stick of dynamite was hurled onto the roof of the dugout. Vorce then emerged with a gun In each hand spitting flre. He was overpowered and recaptured. Several years later Vorce "shot up** the town of Evans. Galloping through the main street on horseback, he amashed, with bullets, every one of the town's acetylene street lamps and defied the populace, who poured out of their homes, with pistols and rifles. Later Vorce displayed his dislike fOr Immigrant labor when Jie shot up a railroad car housing a score of Greek laborers, near Byers. Escapades Continued. Vorce's gumvlelding escapades continued Intermittently. At La Salle he forced a prominent Greeley business man to dance a Jig In the main street, to the tune of blazing revolvers. When he was pursued by a posse, after this outbreak, Vorce was surrounded In the "Bad Lands" in eastern Colorado. He took refuge In a sheep-herder's dugout, and when the posse located him he forced the sheep-herder to put on Vorce's wearing apparel and leave the dugout. While the posse was chasing the sheepman Vorce made good his escape. Despite his wild career, Vorce was a favorite with the old-time cattle kings and worked as a cowpuncher on numerous raftches, being employed on a ranch near Roggen, Colo., up to within a month of his death. Vorce is survived by his wife, to whom he was married only 12 years ago, when he was eighty* Butler, N. J.--A spooky voice has been crying in the wilderness surrounding Mount Calvary cemetery in the outskirts of this village for ten successive nlgtits between midnight and daybreak. Strange shoutings, not unlike those of an enraged telephone subscriber yelling into the transmitter, have been heard by pdps* ers-by. At least thirty responsible citizens who have heard the voice have tried in vain to solve the mystery. \ Roland Marcus and his wife, wbo\ live In Bartholdi avenue, not far from the cemetery, first heard the voice as they were retiring for the night. Marcus dressed and with a lantern followed the sound, thinking that some one was in distress, but he could not locate the source of the cry. Special Policeman Thomas Spring, on bis way home after midnight, heard the strange i noise and started in the direction of 1 the sound, but his chase also came to | naught. The Other night a party of twelve after hearing the voice In the dense woods tried to surround the sound, but without success. Spring said: "Every night when we hear this strange voice It seems to come nearer and grows bolder, but we will capture the cuss who Is fooling with us If we are compelled to surround the woods with a posse and close In like a rabbit drive out West." Early In the year school children coming home In terror told their parents of a wild man leaping out of the woods near the cemetery and babbling incoherent words In a loud voice. The man was never caught. -4,. Girl Throws Lasso, Captures a Big Bear Oowdrey, Colo.--Barbara Fox and her brother, Ray, residing on a ranch in North Park, near here, had the time of their lives when they tried to capture a 278-pound bear with a lasso and an ax. They were repairing a fence in a pasture when they started a bear, which ambled off. The girl ran to her horse, snatched a lariat and drove into the timber. The brother followed and by expert maneuvering they ran the bear into the open, where the girl flipped a noose over its head. Bruin dragged the girl and her brother and lashed out furiously at the rope and finally cut It in two with his teeth. With his sister fleetly outmaneuvering the bear, Kay ran up with his lariat and on the second try roped him. j With Bruin gnawing at the rope the I two got tbe ax and finished tbe Job. Sea Training Urges Him to Save Flag Chicago.--He was born on the Rliine and he sailed the seas In Dutch vessels long before he braved the storms of Great Lakes navigation. On those watery highroads, James Haag learned the lessons in patriotism which sent him rowing in his little boat across Belmont harbor to rescue an American flag which waved above the burning yacht Scout. Tbs boat, owned by William A. Hofnauer, caught flre in the engine room oa the eve of a week-end cruise. The flagpole, which Haag has In hfai shanty on tlie edge of Belmont harbor, where he is employed as a watchman for Lincoln park tug No. 1, Is blistered almost to the top, and there are holes in the flag burned by sparks. Tbe flagpole was almost ablaze when Hssg Jumped on deck, after every one had left the boat, and rescued It. Haag, who lias as fine recommends* tious as a first mate as any one could wish to hold, said he didn't think anything about the danger from tbe exploding gas tank that every one ia the harbor was dashing to cover t®^ avoid, hut Just that it would bS a shameful thing and contrary to all his old sea training to see the flag go down in flames. . He's keeping tbe flag now ipr fef owner. Haag lives in a little house that looks Just like the houso of a sailing man, at 1744 Berry street. It's all freshly painted white and blue and a few trimmings of gray and a spot of red--just like a Dutch ship. Haag puts new paint on the front of bis house Just as often as he used to paint his boats, and there's a flag from th* ridgepole on occasions, too. Honor Boy Horse Expert Prescott, Ariz.--At Sycamore scheol commencement especially was » , guished by presentation of an elgiith grade diploma to Arthur Rosenberger, better known as "Buster." who, despite bis youth, is a well-known rider In the annual Frontier Days celebration at Prescott. He appeared at the school exercises arrayed in chaparejes, spurs and full cowboy attire and waa attended by the entire c*wb*y lation of the locality. Egg Teacher Sioux City, Iowa.--For throwing ' rotten eggs at Miss Bernita Steele, i rural schoolteacher near Dakota City, j Neb., a few days ago, Mr. and Mrs. | Otto Kuebe of Dakota City were fined j $100 and1 costs each In court in South ( Sioux City. They testified they threw the egsis because the teacher had whipped one of their children. Drag Stream for Doll Johnstown, Pa.--Several city patrolmen were tbe victims of a practical joke tbe other day when they answered an eme/gency call that a child hud fallen into tlie Elk Run, only to discover that a large doll was In the «trenm. Tlie officers made a quick run "n the police patrol to the scene of the supposed drowning, saw a head bobbing uNiut in tlie water and then inmK'-d the stream with grappling looks, on y to find the object was a doll thrown Into tbe stream. Swimmer's Shoes Stolen Coats. Kan.--C. C. Klggs. superintendent of the city schools, is looking for the fellow who took his shoes. Professor Rlggs and a woman friend went to the fish hatchery swimming pool •ear Pratt Sunday afternoon and went in swimming. When the school man emerged from the water he found all of his clothes except his shoes and socks. He had to go barefoot tt» tbe city. Womttn of Sixty Elopes Eureka Springs. Ark.--The polte* here got a thrill out of the ordinary wlien they arrested a sixty yea r-eM woman on tbe charge of tieing an eloper at the request of the officials at Denver, Colo. She was with young man thirty-two years old, has a wife living in Kansas. Both ate charged with grand larceny and violation of tbe Mann act. They w«wa taken to Berryvtiie and lodged la -jail, pending arrival af aa officer Denver am S ' P i •:J.* i