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For instance, 25 kinds of birds •ate known to feed upon the clover rweevil, and a like number upon the potato beetle, 86 on the codling moth, 46 on the gipsy moth, 49 on horseflies, <J7 on blllbugs, 85 on clover-root borers. ®6 on cutworms, 120 on leaf hoppers, •&d 168 on wireworms. Devour Weed Seeds. Birds benefit the farmer also by eating quantities of weed seeds. It bas been estimated that a single species of sparrow in a single state--Iowa--consumed annually 875 tons of weed seeds. Birds do not, of course, especially single out the noxious seeds or an insect pest for food; but eating indiscriminately and voraciously, the most abundant food is taken first, and this Is likely to be the moving caterpillar or adult Insect, or the seeds on the plant or on the ground, where they fiave been carried by the wind. Many species of birds perform another important service to man through their feeding habits, since they act as scavengers. In districts where the disposal of waste is not completely taken care of by community and individual effort birds make a valuable contribution to public health. Domestio Cat la Enemy. Next to man himself, wantonly ills gun, the worst encrjB of farm birds Is the domestic cat. Sorms also destroy a great many birds by cutting off their food supply. Protection against the elements cannot often be provided for birds except where refuges or sanctuaries are maintained for them, but1 • protective public sentiment, supported by effective laws, will lessen tb« damage done by man and domestic animals. Birds may be still further encouraged and Increased by the provision of food trees, such as the mulberry, which will serve the double purpose of attracting them away from cherry or other fruit trees and supplying them with suitable fooC-® --; C • Orchard Draining Needs Most Careful Attention Many fruit grower* fail to realize that orchard land that la inclined to be wet requires drainage just as much as land for general crops. This is particularly true of peach, cherry and apple orchards. The pear, plum and quince usually withstand a more moist soil condition. Where the land Is heavy and naturally poorly drained the trees make a slow growth, are Inclined to suffer from root rot and winter injury, the bark Is reddish in color and they are often short-lived. Neither good culture nor fertilizers will overcome this trouble. Also good surface drainage is no assurance that tiling is not needed. The most observing orchardists are using more tile and there is unquestioned evidence that it is paying well in better trees and crops. This is a good time of year to make a critical survey of the orchard and determine whether certain depressions or basins need an outlet for the surplus water in the spring. If so, a ditching machine may do the work better and cheaper than to dig the ditches by hand. The tile are usually laid about two to two and one-half feet deep, although on some level are^p It Is necessary to put them deeper In order to secure enough fall. The main lines of tile will follow the natural depression, even though It is quite Irregular, and the laterals will follow the minor depressions that lead into the main one. Additional laterals should be laid so as to give drainage to the entire area that is wet and springy in the early part of the growing season. In more level fields the main lines are usually about two rods apart, depending upon the nature of the soiL * Weeks. Baltimore, Md.--This is the story of a Texas steer, wild by nature and enraged by environment, that for three weeks conducted a reign of terror In its own way over the western stretches of Baltimore county. The encounter in which the wild roamer of the platan was subdued marked the close of a campaign in which irate farmers, adventure-seeking hunters and plain home protectors did battle frequently with the Itinerant* steer, only to flee for their lives. The. Texas terror escaped from his keepers three weeks ago while he was being unloaded from a car, along with other cattle, at the stock yards, near Wilkens avenue. He was rearin' to go and went. Over an eight-foot fence he vaulted and thence away to the grounds of St. Mary's Industrial school. Ten men followed him, bent on a speedy capture. Instead, however, all were driven to the tops of convenient trees and the dr^yer fled to plefcsanter fields. Quickly Routed. A week later the animal turned tip on the Sauter farm, five miles sway. He first was seen by two of Mr. Sauter's sons. They thought to ensnare the roving beast without difficulty, but, like their predecessors In the chase, were routed summarily. Next the Texas battler was sighted 19 the forest reserve north of Elliott F erocioua Rabbii Nearly Kill, Girl O'Neill, Neb.--Miss Teresa Ha.vden, member of the local high school, was the victim recently of the strangest accident ever reiiM-wti here. She was driving her car on the state highway at night, when a big jack rabbit, blinded by the lights of the automobile, jumped through the windshield of the car. So terrific was the rabbit's Impact that two of Miss Hayden's teeth were knocked** out and her face severely cut. The jack rabbit was killed in the -collision. I l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l JAIL TOO COLD, fe HE BREAKS OUT ANIMXLS GREATLY EFFICIENT M CONSUMING RAW MATERIAL Convert Many Farm Crops Into Valuable Products. fcy tha UiiM tttlM Department of Agriculture.) In a talk delivered during the International Live Stock exposition, held at Chicago, Dr. John R. Mohler, chief of the bureau of animal Industry, United States Department of Agriculture, told briefly of the importance of live 6tock fn our national economy. "One may ask," said Doctor Mohlet, "why It Is necessary or even desirable to have a large animal population in a country such as this with Its millions of automobiles and .trucks and Its vast acres for producing cereal grains. The answer Is simple. Our domestic animals, developed through long years of evolution, are marvelously efficient In converting vast quantities of grasses, forage, plants and other products which are of slight direct value to mankind into valuable animal products. These products Include meats, milk, butter, cheese, leather, fats^ wool, mohair and almost countless by-products ranging from violin strings to fertilizer. "The United States contains the larg- «st corn-producing region in the world, jet the human population uses only Dairy Herds Do Well on This.Mixed Ration Corn-soy-bean silage, clt>ver hay. ground corn and oats, corn-soy-bean fodder roughage with a sunII amount of oilmeal added each day--that's the ration Charles Beck, Bremer county, Iowa, is using to produce Ihe 1,000 pounds of milk he delivers doily at a nearby condensery, says a Writer In Successful Farming. It does not take a dairy-minded farmer long to see that Beck, whose herd of 40 grade cows are Just starting tLeir third milking season, bas the right idea. "Last spring I planted wjy beans with the corn I expected to upe In my elio," offered Beck. "I though: that If toeans were good in silage, they would t>e all right In fodder, so I Ranted a Kilgh-growlng variety to be ijt with the corn for roughage. < "Besides cutting the cost ofl concentrated feeds by reducing the requirements of them, soy beans Incr^ise the (efficiency of the silage," ctktinued Beck, while explaining his syirem Qf (dairy farming. An abundance of clover hay Ii grown «ach year by Beck, who Started teveral years ago to grow Into the dalr£ business instead of going into it In ( lump pum. A pure bred bull waa tit* first tnove Beck made toward better dairy farming. Next he began selling his poor cows. That system has msje his tierd om of the profit makers " * county. about one-tenth of thaf crop directly as food. The public appetite much prefers to use the corn crop In the form of Juicy steaks and savory hams. Through the stockman's skill our do mestlc animals are becoming gradually ifcore efficient in converting coarse feed into refined and concentrated products. As alchemists for the refinement of base materials, cattle, swine and sheep --to say nothing of goats--have an enviable record." s ---- Contrivance Holds Bait Easily Reached by Mice Recent experiments have demonstrated the value of a wooden poison station that may be easily afid cheaply constructed to make poisoned bait readily accessible to mice without exposing It to the weather. Square pieces of 1 by 8-inch boards are cut for bottoms. A depression to contain the poisoned bait Is made across the bottom board with a chisel or, if made at a planing mill, by a group of circular saws. The two walls of the station are cut from 1 by 1^4-lnch strips into 6-Inch lengths. The whole is fastened together with four nails. Mice are attracted to these poison stations and have often been observed running around them. : Use Tractor to Shell Corn and Grind Feed Make your tractor sltell your corn and grind your feed for you this winter. Don't let It stand idle in the shed eating up interest money on your Investment. It Is much easier and warmer to grind your own feed at home than It Is to harness up s tedm of horses and drive to a feed mill in cold weather. "If you have several tons of fertiliser or feed to haul, hitch your tractor to two or'three wagons and make one trip take the place of several trips to town." says P. W. Duffee. of the agricultural engineering department, Wisconsin College of Agriculture. •There are only a few jobs for a. tractor during the winter months, bat If they are done with the tractor the interest on your money Invested will more than be returned. "A tractor has the advantage over horses that when It is standing idle it does not use feed." % profits From Appl oSiful records kept for th >^20 years of the cost of every c Operation and the Income fro resale of the fruit in a typical tdi-acre Baldwin apple orchard in wester! New •York show that apple growini has toaid an attractive profit, at lei st In this orchard. The average year i net iprofit on a barrel of apples for t e 20- . 3'ear-period has been $1.51 and tt» average annual profit per acre for ie 20 years has been $120.71. Estiniitlng that the orchard Is worth $50 per ; acre, the annual net dividend hai been 3&3 par cent. •MHJIDTES * Jtipt Lack Off Door and Tetla Cop Aboat it, Philadelphia.--"The jail was tod cold, and I just .refused to stand for a condition like that." That is what Frederick R. Marlin, forty, told Traffic Policeman Crooks when he surrendered at Broad street and Ritfge avenue and handed him a six-Inch lock as evidence that he had escaped from the Langhorne (Pa.) jail. "You see, It's this way, officer,n he explained, after asking to be rearrested. "I was pinched early this morning, afjer I was In an automobile accldrtit on the Lincoln highway between Parkland and Langhorne. They took me to the Langhorne jail. "But it was too cold to sleep. When I yelled a couple of times for the turnkey and he failed to answer, it made me sore. I looked around the cell and found an Iron bar. "I used the bar to rip this lock off the cell door. Then I shoved the lock in my pocket and started to look for the Jailer. I was going to make him turn on the heat. But I couldn't find anybody anywhere around the place, so I figured the nex tbest thing to do was to walk down to Philadelphia and explain the situation." HAVE WE LOST ART OF "GOING TO BED?" Here'* Writer Think* mnd States His Cos He Was Rearin' to Qe, and Went. City. A number of persons were reported to have run for their lives after they sought to Interfere with the animal. Recently the steer again came back to the Sauter farm. This time the owners of the steer were notified of the animal's reappearance and asked to send a butcher. Henry Fleischer and his three assistants, all armed, were dispatched to the farm. Fleischer fired at the beast from behind a tree and the bullet grazed its spine. The steer snorted and charged at the man, seViding him to cover. Three or four ^subsequent shots fired from ambush btought the steer to the ground. Fleischer approached the animal and It tried to continue the fight, although unable to rise to its feet. A final shot st close range waa necessary to end its lite. Thought Dead 4 Yean, Returns From Jangles Albany, N. Y.--Believed by friends to have perished in an African Jungle four years ago, A. J. Klein, formerly New York state taxidermist, is back alive and well. Mr. Klein came back with a record of having slain 88'lions, and with 20,000 feet of motion picture film, depicting native hunts, herds of 200 gnus and zebras, and data concerning the Ufe and habits of many animals. Mr. Klein has spent 14 years exploring the South African jungles, where he collected specimens for the American Museum of Natural History. Until about four years ago he corresponded with David C. Lithgow, an artist of Albany, but since that time no word had been received from the explorer and scientist. Mr. Klein regards, as his most im portant work, the photographing of packs of hyenas. It is difficult to get hyenas in large groups because they break up and hurry to their lSlrs before daybreak, he said. By appealing to the animals' greed, however, he succeeded in keeping them out until after sunrise. Clothes Burned OH by Bolt; Girl Lives Langdon, Miss.--Hit squarely on the top of the head by a bolt of lightning, her undergarments torn to shreds, her outer garments burned, her shoes riddled; her body scarred, and the metal pins in her hair melted, was the experience of Miss Alda Moe, daughter of Peter Moe, a farmer. Physicians say the girl will live, and will suffer no permanent injuries. In company with a girl friend, Miss Moe started home from school In a Bevere electrical storm. Both Miss Moe and her companion were made unconscious by the lightning bolt, but the latter quickly recovered. She found her companion's clothing ablaze, and managed to beat <Sht the flames, meanwhile calling for help. The girl was taken to her home, where she Is being treated. In the b*«<k f succ« farming, there are many clover leaves. • • • Moldy corn Is always dangerooa feed and the flock should sot have access to It, • • • „ • - The droppings boards, perches snd nests should be treated fdr mltesi The pulley ftlpi Jftould be, 1~nr| fm lice. •>: , * 4,..- -7 ' • • • Th^ Purdue laying ration with corn meal has given excellent general satisfaction. A good grade of flour middlings will give much better nanits than standard middlings. I/. 5. Engineers Start to Rebuild Bridges in Japan Tokyo.--An American company has obtained the contract for two of the most Important pieces of engineering in the Tokyo reconstruction program. The Foundation company of New York will build the foundations for two bridges over the Sumida river, which will replace those destroyed in the earthquake of 1923. These are the Eltai and Kiyoeu bridges. The contract amounts to $2,000,000. It calls for the foundations to start 80 feet under water, work being done by the compressed air diving system. L. R. Craft and N. Englander, New York engineers, are in Tokyo to superintend the work, which is expected" to take about three years. Japanese engineers estimate that with' their methods it would require six years. Whole Town in Peril of Disappearing Underground Scranton, Pa.--West Scranton Is again in danger' of suddenly disappearing underground. The city officials are informed by engineers who have been investigating the mine caves under the city that Washburn and Lafayette streets and Brotnley and Rebecca avenues are In imminent danger of dropping into the workings of the Glen Alden and Serob Coal companies. A conference between city officials and representatives of the coal men Is being; arranged to 'devise some means ^ safeguarding life and property. •>. Mirage in Colorado Loveland, Colo.--A remarkable mirage appeared here recently on Fourth street. It took the shape of a deep pool of water In the middle of the street. When the story gained circulation a crowd gathered at the scene. Motorists swerved to avoid the "pool," only to find on closer- examination that the street was dry. Persons approaching the place from certain angles could see In the water the reflection of passing cars. The modem world does not understand the art of going to bed comfortably. The proceeding has degenerated into a mere act of domestic routine. We Just go to bed. Of the seductive pleasure, the enjoyment of doing that comfortably, we hSve not the least conception. Bed waits. Nature Insists that #e shall go to It, either late or early, so we bend to her will snd "turn In" perfunctorily. So far as we are concerned, going to bed comfortably counts%among the lost arts. And for our Ignorance of It we pay forfeit in the shape of Insomnia, neuarasthenla, Jumpiness and the various other forms of mental trouble that plague us. Our forebears. In many ways more skilled in the art of good living than we are, knew the recuperative value of restful sleep, and they coaxed this boon by providing conditions that ln- . duced it to visit them--they knew how to go to bed comfortably. For them there was no stripping off warm clothing to plunge In between ice-cold sheets; no such abominations as hot-water J>ottles that heat only a small patch of glacial surface and thereby make the rest of it seem colder to the shivering limbs of a wouldbe sleeper. When they warmed a bed they warmed It to an even temperature all over, making it a delightfully cozy retreat for the weary to creep into. If a modern house possesses a warming- pan it is hung on the wall as a precious antique that must not be touched lest the shining luster of Its polished copper should be dimmed by Inquisitive fingers. But our forebears Invented warming-pans as accessories to bed comfort and used them to promote It. Filled with glowing embers and wrapped round with a piece of blanket to prevent burning the sheets, the warming pan was thrust Into the bed and moved slowly up and down until every Inch had been so perfectly heated that when a tired mortal rolled In between the sheets he, or she, would snuggle gratefully down Into their caressing embrace and go luxuriously to sleep. And what Jolly beds the old folks had! Not the hard, bone-torturing mattresses stretched upon iron frames that we use, but stout "ticks" stuffed with live goose feathers and pillows filled with down. One lay softly upon them and 5«lt at ease. In an old "fourposter," with Its curtains closely drawn, all outside distractions were excluded-- one could not help but sleep. Real bed comfort vanished with the four-poster or "tent bedstead," as It was sometimes called. One still finds examples of these preserved In museums. But they have been ejected from homes in which they once held pride of place among the most cherished hold goods.--Exchange. . ^ Jeannie't Revenge The train was Just starting, and Jeannle was congratulating herself on the prospect of having a compartment to herself, when a smartly dressed man rushed on the platform and sprang Into her carriage, not a minute too soon. "Just did it, after all," he muttered, as he flung himself Into s corner seat and prepared to enjoy the evening paper. Jeannle leaned forward. "I'm sorry, sir," she said, "but--" "I never listen to beggars," said the ••lartly dressed one, curtly. "But, sir--" "If you attempt to address me again I shall report yon to the guard!" he snapped. Jeannle said no more: In due course the train stopped at Killietochle and Jeannle prepared tc alight. "I dinna care If yon report me or not,*' she said, slyly, "but I maun be having that pun p' butter ye've been sltttn' on for the last sax miles 1"--London Tit- Bits. Many Million Acres of Unoccupied Land Free land, plentiful in area and rich In productiveness, had Jarge influence in shaping the individualism that Is so distinctive of the Unitedt States. In thai period of the nanons life; when the bent of the country was agricultural rather than industrial, the unsettled West was a constant invitation to men to carve out farms of their own. So the frontier receded steadily toward the Pacific coast, and by 1880, according to the census reports, there no longer was a frontier line stretching from north to south through the nation, although there remained vast stretches of territory uninhabited. Here uud there all through the West were dots on census maps showing small groups of settlers. The disappearance of free land, It was said, was near. Today the prevalent Impression Is that there Is no land where men may, wtth the assistance of the government, get farms of their own. In the old sense, it Is true, free land no longer | exists, since homesteading laws now require small payments to the federal treasury for public territory, but there are unreserved and unappropriated areas from which millions of people may some time draw support. The general land office has announced that in 24 states there are 186,604,733 acres, exclusive of forest, Indian and other reservations. Nevada leads with 52,- 282,278; Utah Is second with 28,767,- 387; California has 19,626,172; New Mexico, 16,363,769, and Wyoming 15.- 387,833* To this land can be added 338,000,000 acres of unreserved'public territory in Alaska. There are deserts, swamps, mountain sides and other regions that now are termed -wastes, although here and there, particularly In Alaska, only adequate transportation is necessary to make the land of value. The world continually is finding use for new materials and for a wider employment of old products. Science and skill make the waste spuces of yesterday the builders of fortunes tomorrow. All land has resources and ail resources are valuable, ultimately. There should yet/be large crops harvested from the areas that have been Ignored, although they may not be of the sort generally associated with agriculture.--Indianapolis Star. ZULU GIRLS GO TO THE "ALTART YOUl Modern Buicm for Moscow Moscow, which from time immemorial has depended upon the horsedrawn carriage and the conventional trolley car for Its transportation, will soon have Its own motorbuses. Bight omnibuses of the London type will make their appearance soon, and It Is the intention of the municipal authorities eventually to obtain sufficient additional vehicles to establish connection with suburban districts. This will do much, the officials say, to re-^ lleve the fearful congestion on trolley cars and trains, and will also encourage part of the population to niove ta the suburbs. IV. - Lightning Freak y Mason, Mich.--A polite m of lightning during a recent storm, after venting its ire on the telephone in fhe home of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Bartlett here, rolled calmly out of the back door. The phone was torn from the wall, but otherwise little damage was done to the home. Mrs. Bartlett sat' only a few feet from where the bolt struck* but she was ?niy slightly stunned. * Save Woman in Cistern Bluff ton, .Ind.--Mrs. Cornelius 1L Shinn, seventy-one; narrowly escaped drowning when she fell into a cistern near her home. She was rescued from water th«t,rg8ched ^to her neck by n££therine. Those present weu Baby Smothers Bast Bridgewater, Mass.--Robert A. Hackner. eight-rnonth-old son of Mr. and Mrs. William Hackner, was found by Its' father smothered to death In his carriage. The child was in a sleeping bag fa a go-cart and It is bellevec^ that the wind blew the hood of the sleeping bag over the child in such a manner that he was smothered. Cupid Pitching J***® Summerfield was deploring the lightness with which people marry and separate. It's getting to be nothing but a game and a fast-played game at that. One of these days 1 expect we'll have a matrimonial world series. "Only the other day a young friend came to me radiant, crying: 'Betty has accepted nsffe; Betty has accepted me.' "The following day I met him again and noting the downcast look asked what was the trouble. " 'She changed her mind,' he explained. «I asked her why and she wouldn't give any reason and then she said: "Tell you what! Propose to m< again, and we'll make It the best twe put of three.' "--Los Angeles TImSs. Valuable Switch Engine A new locomotive, designed to meet special switching conditions in freight yards, consists of a complete electrical plant on wheels. It is smokeless and silent. An oil engine is directly connected with the generator and (he current made by the latter Is passed to four motors, each geared to one of the axles. The engine Is of 300-horse power, burning oil, and each of the four motors on the four axles has a rating of something less than 100- liorse power. As ordinarily used In the switching service, this engine consumes from 20 to 26 cents' worth of fQel oil per hour. Marriageable Maident Ml for in Claift* When s Zulu girl goes courting, sM wears her mother's kilt--for the exert" Ifent reason that hitherto she has won no clothes at all, writes Grace L. Mop* row, a few anklets and armlets, s "sporram" of beads, constituting bar whole attire. In Zulnland, just north of Nattfc. girls must marry early to replenish the cattle kraals. The maturity of a girl Is celebrated by a "coming-out" party, her friends visit her, and a goat is killed and eaten. Henceforth she Is an "Intombi," a marriageable young woman. In the days of the terrible "Chaka," the Zulu Napoleon, they were a welltrained, disciplined people, and co«l<# easily exterminate the other trir«ea. Men were conscripted for raUItanr service, and could not marry until tlar chief permitted it. When the cattle are scarce, all tto marriageable "Intombi" are gathers* Into the chiefs kraal, and set tc rethatch the huts, and make new sleeping mats. They probably have their little flirtations like girls of a whiter complexion, which all the Zulu matrons watch complacently. Meanwhile the bargaining for the brides proceeds. So many cattle down, so many to be* paid hereafter. After the marriages are arranged^ all bargaining completed, the brid^ elect begins the courtship. Donning her mother's kilt and accompanied by a younger girl, she goes to the hut where her "intended" Is staying and asks for him by name, but cannot be induced to enter on this first visit. < Again she visits the beehive hut, and" this time, if sufficiently well bribed by presents and promises, she will enter. In this kind of advances &nd retreats three weeks are passed before the mar- - riage is consummated. In the meantime, assisted by thf women of the kraal, she is growing the marriage headdress, which once on la worn for life. Into her tight curls are woven, day by day, coconut fiber and yellow clay, until a huge hourglassshaped erection begins to form on bar head. For three weeks after marriage the bride Is excused from all work, bnt after that she becomes more or less the drudge of the kraal, doing chorea for every one. When a child Is born. It Is nsmed after some current event. If born on a Journey It will be christened after the river, the sea, or s moorland path. But if born during a smallpox epidemic, the unfortunate child may be , labeled for life with such a name SS "Nomjuya"--vaccination. His Life in His Work Dr. Edouard Branly, the noted French inventor, whe is called the "father of wireless," Is eighty years old. He rises at six o'clock each morning, takes a street car at 6:55 for his laboratory, where he arrives at seven. Then he puts in 12 hours of hard work stopping only a few minutes at jhoon and In mid-afternoon for a bite to eat. Doctor Branly is a commander of the Legion of Honor, but never wears his decorations because, as he explains laughingly, he is afraid he would be arrested by the first policeman, who saw the ribbon on a with such shabby clothes. ,<flnI evieve Tueck, Ardine Huff, ,Donrfs claimed. Americans Like It Hoi Fifteen gallons of hot water is the average daily consumption of Americans, according to figures compiled by the American Gas association. Ameri cans are the most bathed people In the world excepting the Japanese, it No use talking--chickens do not lik» T. ' V 1 rye grains. About the only way to J^taon-1 Meyer, Richard^ Williams, ydleatrt Napoleonic Mementoes Napoleon's birthplace, the house at AJaccio, Corsica, has been given to th« French government by Prince Victoi Napoleon, who, in return, has received the Roman sword of honor presentee to Napoleon when he was First Consul, and the superb clock by Clodion These formed part of the personal estate of Napoleon III and were the object of litigation for years between thf late Empress Eugenie and the French government Prince Victor Inherited this litigation with the rest of Eu genie's property, but by the present arrangement It is definitely settled The sword and clock are now ln,tht Decorative Arts museum. r' K --.-- ;Lgv.-'- Seasoning Paper In the paper Industry, as in the lumber Industry, seasoning of the newly manufactured product Is essential. Papers Seasoned or dried in the oid-faslP loned way by being hung on cords Inf a drying loft are better than thoser drled by mechanical means. There Is less shrinkage tn this way. Before a paper Is good' as writing paper It has to be sized. Blotting paper is the only unsized paper. China clay Is used lor etslag the better grades. Hubby's Suggestion The woman took off her hat. threw It on the table and, dropping Into an easy chair, lighted a cigarette. She had been to a political meeting and proceeded to regale her husband with her views. "We are going to sweep the country, Jam«>s," she said, airily^ . "Excellent." said her long-Suffering husband. "Nothing could be better. I hope you'll start with the sitting room."" For Safety at Sea' E. F. Spanner, British ship structlon specialist, would reduce tbe damage from ramming in collisions by building ships with "soft ends." Mr. Spanner advocates using vertical Instead of horizontal plr.tes for the bow structure, w-Ith the lines of weakness formed by the joints of the shell and deck plating arranged in such a way that these joints would fall in a more, or less predetermined way In case of collision. The resistance to shearing offered by the fastenings in the laps and other Joints would be such that the gradual overcoming of this resistance and the crushing back of the bow structure would absorb the e«i ergy of the motion of the ramming ship so that she would be brought te -. a stop without piercing the Mde atT the vessel. ^ Old Church Doctrine The Thirty-nine Articles were the * points of doctrine agreed upon by tbe archbishops, bishops snd clergy el the Church of England, at the convocation held In London In 1562. under Archbishop Parker. They received the royal authority and that of parliament lu 1571. These articles related to the doe*-' trine of the Trinity, the rule of faiths the doctrine concerning sin and redemption. the general theory of the church, ahd the doctrine of the sacraments. The Thirty-nine Articles wefe • preceded by the Forty-two Artideifc > prepared In 1551, and set forth tft 1553. In November, 1871, the Thirtynine Articles were ordered removed from the curriculum of studies at Ott* ford.--Kansas City Star. I, them to eat rye Is to grind and - a dry mash with corn and oats. <. fastor. ens do not seem to tike wheav ^ ,'£S: I Williams and Evelyn, I Donald Sdiaefer Lo< aine ** Hope Basis of EvorythHtg t-roperly speaklug. l»ase<l has no other pos8e»»iou world of hta ia euipUalt- ' >f Hope.--Carlyle. Famous Grecian The name "Era of the Olympiads is given to a period of time in tbe hie tory of ancient Greece. It dated frorr July 1. 776 B. C„ the year in whlct Coroebus was successful in the Olym pic games, and continued to be a bash of reckoning time until 440 A. D. Thf Olympiads were periods of fo&r years elasping between two consecutive cele brations of the Olympic games, and It marking a date, the year and tht Olympiad were both mentioned. Thf second Olympiad began In 772, B. <v» *- the third in 768 B. C. Thls m«>«f Hah 'la I Vitamins Long Actios That vitamins (nutritious substances In food) can remain active In meat after long periods of cold storage has been shown by experiments recently carried out in the chemical laboratory of a New Zealand refrigerating company. Pork, which had been kept for nine years at from 15 to 30 degrees below freezing point, was found to contain vitamin "A." contrary to expectations. reckoning was ug|fd existence. As] and Is uggpgrffWs so do the scales In pre* 1 m in^ton.--Naw Ye*k ilaraUFlrtlmne, -1 C«n't Lose Thai DoUag In 1882 M. C. Miller earned his first dollar and carved his Initials on the coin before spending it at a circus Thirteen year?- later the stuue dolta* returned to Ulw* Rome to Have Subway ^Ibe royal commissioner in charge of tbe city administration in Rome has approved in principle plans submitted by an Italian-French group which is seeking a subway concession. The proposals submitted cover the construction of two underground lines which will connect districts betwee* which the traflje Is especially heavy, the routes having been chosen entirely with a view to affording relief where it is most needed regardless of the heavy expense that this wlU entail. The narrow streets and congested traffic in Rome make the construct ion of a subway especially desirable. as the transportation prohlens will continue to become a:ore dlWUiull as the population increases. Originated With Pitt The income tax, as we know It was the work of William Pitt, who aim was the author of the sinking fund and the c*>ns«»lidated revenue account. The latter deserves a review to Itself h#, « cau4e^mtil Pitt centralised the ret* ; enues of the government the general " tendency was for everyone to hang <* to as much of h as possible. policy of Inviting bids for government bond issues instead of seUing salt bonds to the friends of the government at ridiculously low Interest nttea also inaugurated tay Mr. Pitt. ^ Consume Many Pine Seeds Government experluMmts with rfce appetites «* ground squirrels xwt otiiptmtnks In an endeavor to tiered*'* mine what damage they do tn *ve<l crop of our conifigc that the gr- und pine seeitar In *4 i munk g<JLsiWW •.'Sfli