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$529,015 in 1905, and $506,000 in 1908. These figures speak for them selves. If Siegel, Cooper & Co. was wqrth $991,805 in 1901, something must have happened to it Or to the boaTd of equal isation between then and 1908, if in 1908 it became worth only $506,000. -d THE MAIN CHANCE By Berton Braley. . IT He worked and he schemed when the others were playing $ To bargain and beat gave him glee; ' , And "these are the words he was evermore saying: v ''Well, what is there in it for me?" f I Love never could move him, nor friendship, nor pjeadingf A flinty young telldw was ne, . - And this is the slogan he used for succeeding: "Well, what is there in it for me?" , . He hasn't a friend he could trust and could tie to Whose love and deybtion are free; t fc He hasn't a sweetheart whose arms he could' fly-to If all of his fortune should flee'J ' v A His life isn't pleasant or cheerful or sunny, A crabbed old fellow is he; But then, he has gathered a whole mint of money By saying, "What's in it for me?" o o '. 5 n 0 HOW TO WASH FEATHERS Here is said to be a good way to wash feathers: .Make a bag of thin muslin and Tub the entire surface inside and out with laun dry soap, dipping the soap in the water often so that it may be gen erously applied. Empty the feath ers out of the old tick into the soaped one, fastening the latter securely by eithersewing up th& . open end or tying it. Boil for ten minutes in a wash boiler half full of water, punching the feathers frequently with a stick and lift ing the bag up and down. Then lift 'it otn and' drain un til cool enough to handle, squeeze the leathers and hang"inashIy, breezy place to dry. It will rfker several days to dry them and they should be worked often with the fingers to separate the lumps. When quite dry the feathers will be as free of all unpleasant odbrs as when new and'will be light and fluffy. O 6 v- v "That dumbwaiter is a great in vention." "Not half as great as a "dumb barber would be." - 'Keep your hand on your pocketbook" is the police chief's holiday advice. We're e$ine as much water as possible out of right home and tell this to wifey. -a r mm&&&&&'m