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f PAGE SIXTEEN. 1'IIE nUIlUNOTON FREE PRESS AND TIMES: THURSDAY, AUolST 1!. linn, HYMN OF HATE AGAINST FLIES riiesc Insect Pests Distribute Germs of Typhoid. Children's rt'il ll u( l.ulinr Department Snjs They Arc llncinlrs of llnblrs imd Therefiirc Objects of lln trcd mill Distrust. When tho modern mothrr sings "Haby vp, hero's a fly" to her infant, slio -nances the second line nf the old nilr icry koiis to rend "l.ct ns swat tit in, you i irt I The common housefly Is no ' t" mi object of tolerant Interest, but Mine an object nf hutted and ills- I lb i known to lie tlie principal a i'! the distribution of the Reims of I .nvs the children's Uuicau, ii ! Ml i ton department of labor. 1 ip li Uy l.i lie renal-lied as the enemy f t . babv, as tliere is reason to believe. Kit be carries about the genus of stun ner diarrhoea, and leaves them behind l in. with other tilth, when tin light on the nlp'ili of the feeding bottle, or crawls iver f'e saucer "of ureil, or falls In tho miik Thus be Is a real danger, not only to the baby, but to the whole family, and eery iffort should he made to do away with 1dm now to i-kevknt hatch inc. Flies may be Kept out of the house to a eonsldernbU- extent by tiblng screens at thp doors and windows, and those that get Inside may be trapped, poison ed or swatted. Hut better than any of these methods Is to destroy the tiles In tho larval stage, and thus prevent them from hutching. The. following In tormatlon is furnished by tho derail ment of agriculture: "A safe and effective weapon against the typhoid or houselly has been found 'n powdered hellebore by scientists of 'ho department of agriculture. Flies lay their esxs ehlctly In stobln manure. Powdered hellebore mixed with wntcr and sprinkled over thp manure, will de stroy tho larvae which are hatched fiom the eggs. Since powdered hellebore is readily obtainable, this puts In the hnnila of every one a remedy for one of tho pests that has been found dangerous as well as troublesome Powdered helle bore, however, will not kill adult files, which must bo swatted or trapped. "It has long been known that files breed in manure, but previous methods of destroying the larvae there by the use of strong chemicals have been open to tho objection that tho treatment un der somo conditions lessened the fertil izing value of the manure or actually lnjuied Vegetation. This Is not title of powdered hellebore. Onvei nment experi ments have shown that the hellebore Is entirely decomposed In the course of the fermentation of the manuie, and that even In excessive quantities It does no harm except to the larvae It is in tended to destiny Chickens picking ill manure Heated with It Mift'er no ill effects. CHEAP irHM,KBOW3 EFFECTIVE. "One-half pound of powdered hellebore mixed with l'J gallons of water Is suf ficient to kill the laivae In eight bush els, or la cubic feet, of manuie. The mlxtuie should be spilnkled carefully over tho pile, especial attention being paid to the outer edges. In mm places helle'ioie Is obtainable In pKi-poiind lots ,it a cost of 11 nuts a pound. This makes the cost of the tientinent a lit tle le.-s than seven-tenths of a cent per uishi . of manuiii. A llbeial estimate of the output ol manure Is two bushels a day per horse. The money Involved is, therefoie, trilling In eomjiarlson with the benefits to the Individual and the community Iroin the practical elimina tion of the disease-spreading fly. "Although flesh manure is the favoiltp breeding spot, tiles lay their eggs In other places as well, such as outhouses, refuse piles, etc In these places, from which no manure Is taken to spread on tho fields, considerable saving may be effected through the substitution of borax for pnwdeied hellebore. Applied at the rate of n.i'2 pounds per eight bush els of manure. boia Is as effective ns powdered hellebore In killing the larvae, but costs less than half a cent for each bushel of manure treated. In larger quantities, howevei, or when the ma nure Itself Is spread nt u giealer rato than IS tons to the aeie, some damage to crops may result. Large quantities of manure are often used bv market gardeners and otheis, and tbeie is al ways danger of carelessness In applying the boinx. The use of the more expen sive but safer hellebore l therefore recommended for the treatment of ma nure iiorax Is recommended for all Jther refute in which tiles may lay (Rgs. PCHLIC nUTV, SCIENTISTS SA V. "Scientists who have been working for pears to eliminate tho fly are convinced lhat the use of one or the other of these simple measures is a public duty wher ever manure and refuse exist. Sanita rians, however, strongly advise the re moval of refuse heaps or other unneces sary rubbish or breeding places for illcs. In breeding places which cannot bo thus illFpoyd nf-such as manure or stables the dally use of powdered helle INSURE THE FUTURE by getting a practical business educn 'Ion us d r direction of t . 110 Ch'jrcb Street. Rurlington. IN EVERY ONE OF the ono thousand and one causes of firoa is a reason why you should fully pro tect your property against loss by fire. For first 'class protection at lowest rates call on or write to The T. S. Peck Insurance Agency INSUHANCK MIl.DAOr.S 132 CoHeffe Street 153 IMtiili. iStllt. Iiicnrn. 10IS M'biiiir 15 13. bore will keep thp tiles from breeding In these favorite- breeding grounds. Tho best results nro obtainable In a commu nity where, every one cleans up his piemlses, Haps or kills tho files, and systematically treats the immure and olhei bleeding places with powdetcd lielleboi c. "Tho tly Is not only a nuisance to hu man beings and IKcstock. It spreads disease nnd 111th and Is u menace to pub lic health which cannot be toleiated In the face of ademonstrated remedy. Dp tnlls nf the experiments with other In clination on the subject are contained In a prnfessltlnal paper, bulletin 215 nf the United Htntcs department of agtl culture." end of Summer school. ilirlv Tivu Hundred Wiriidcd Highly ! Successful .Session. ! Hy far the most successful session that the University of Ve.uint summer school has ever enjoyed catno to a close Friday, when the last of tho final examinations were completed. The total registration this year was slightly I less than two hundred, of whom D'J were 1 college graduates, 17 were superintend l cuts of schools nnd 11 were principals of high schools. Such a large number of nn n this year were engaged In gradu ate wnik in education that It Is expected that next year a seminar course In tills sublcd will be offered to giaduatc students. I Twenty-three popular lectures by not"d speakcis. Including tho trl , weekly tnlks to the students, were given i this yiar. A large number of these lec- Hires were open to and largely attended ' by visitors and the general public, Five public musical eiitel talnmetits wero held, ' some nf which afforded the students and their friends an opportunity of hoarlng world-renowned artists. Two private recitals were given by the pupils of Mr. and Mrs. J AV. Nichols. Professor .1. F. Messenger nnd his staff of co-workers . arc to be congratulated upon tho splen- did work accomplished during the six weeks' session. Tho vacation plans of somo of the teachers are as follows: Mr. and Mrs. .7. W. Nichols, who have given a course In music, will go on a walking trip through the White mountains. Profes sor S. F. Emerson and family will go to their summer home on tho Malno coast. Scott C. Carbee, who has been conducting the course In art, will spend a short time In New Hampshire, before i returning to his homo In Hoston. IT. 1 AV. It. Asplnwnll will return nt once to Worcester, Mass., to take up his duties as principal of the Massachusetts State Normal school. Miss Josephine Raker, who has lieen teaching penmanship, will return to her home In New Yoik city. riin.nnKX's si'SMinit roi.ns. It is wrong to neglect n cold at any time becalle It weakens the system and lays the snffeier open to attack from other diseases. Wet feet, sudden changes in temperature and sleeping uncovered at night cause many children's colds In summer. Foley's Honey and Tar Com pound gives sure and piompt relict. J. W. O'Sulllvnn.- adv. TWO TEST CASES. Suits linillglit to ItccoviT I lipillrf Ai esiciits fur Mill'" nlks nnd Curbing. Tho first step toward the collection of assessments which are past due the city of nurlington from property own ers for sidewalks and curblngs has been taken by City Attorney A. I.. Sherman, who has tiled suits against two citizens whose assessments are not yet paid The move on the part of the city attorney is lu accordance with action taken by the board of al dermen who Instructed the city at torney to take action to bring Into the cltv trensury a huge amount of overdue assessments. The natter nf the outstanding debt has been talked over In meetings of the board of aldermen on several oc casions nnd the present board is not the only one which has wrestled with the prrtblem. A large percentage of the property owners who owo the money hnve put up the argument that they will not pay their assessments until others, who have owed for the sidewalks and curblngs for a much longer period of time, liavo settled. Many of the aecounts have been put ill the constable's hands and will liavii to he paid with tlie additional charge. The two cases which have been tiled with the clerk of the city court and which will be tried lu September nro In the nature of test cases, which, !f won by the city, will bring most of the others who are owing for the same Improvements tu time, so that they will be eager to pay their share. Tho suits urn against John II. Dn-w for curbing and sidewalk assessments and Isaac Perelinan for sidewalk assess ment. The amount assessed iiKalnJt Mr. Porelninn Is $S2.fiO nnd against Mr. Drew S3" for curbing and ? f. 1 . ! 0 for sidewalks. The overdue assess ments nt the present time on sewer, sidewalks ur.d curbing amount to about $1 3.000. BELLOWS FREE ACADEMY. Full Term lleglim Tuesday. September 7 Xev Tcuehcr Training: Course Instructor. School will be gin for tile fall term Tuesday morning, September 7. The. teachers' training course Is to bo given under the direction, of Miss Ruby Smith of St. Johnsbury, a graduate of Ply mouth Normal school anil recently prin cipal nf the Somervllle school at St. Albans. It Is hoped that a careful synopsis of this course will be pub'lshnl in the near future. Domestic science, courses will probably be given under tho nliectloii of a competent teacher. It Is ' n.ied that thes courses will bo given fi r all the grades down to t ho third. Tin manual training course will be con- llll'led. DEATH AT POST. Martin lining,! ,,t 2nd Cnvslry Victim of Kicking yurnrt Martin Kaluga of H Troop, Second cavalry, died Saturday shortly after noon at tho punt hospital, as tho re sult of Internal Injuries when kicked by a horse. He was In tho corral on Fri day and In catching ono of tho horses was kicked In the left side. He was belnu iMicinU-d upon Saturday when ills death occurred. The dead tiooper was an Austrian and was H!) years of age. Funcial services wero conducted Sunday afternoon at two o'clock nt the post, Chaplain V, L. Fleming officiating. Tlie Interment was made In Lake Vlow cemeteiy, n detach ment of II Troop escoitlng tho remains to their final lestlng plnce. At tho close of the services a salute was tired above the grave. Am you "holding on" to something of h1uq which ou no longer use or need? Keep In mind that "for salo" ndvoi tlnlng pays CALLED TROUBLESOME TWINS Woman Suffrage and Prohibition Worry the Politicians. Mrjs Ire Oln Inllslv Milking; I'murcm mid liny ( npliirc Washington Anthony Amendment Is tiring: Actively Pressed. Woman stiffingo nnd prohibition arc. the twin I's.ies causing politicians In many States nunc cnncein thnn all their other troubles put together, says tha Washington correspondent of the Hoston Tiansrrlpl, The i elation between the two Is only sentimental, for tho suffra gists are not embarrassing their own campaign by working prohibition on the side and the prohibitionists are eipially sliigle-mlndeil In trying to make the coun tiy dry True, most of tho women who fnvor suffrage nro opposed to the sale of Million and tlie llipior dealers of the eoun tiy need draw on very little of their ex pert knowledge of human nature to real ize that their cause Is weakest where women have the ballot. Hut to the poli tician, who has been accustomed lu the past to carry on his campaigns without giving n thought to either woman suf frngo or piohlbltlon as nn Issue, Urn glowing polltlcul Importance of both means Just so much more work and nn certnlnty. No dnulit ninbltlou.s political aspirants In tile vnrlous States are fol lowing the example of the agile Foss In Massachusetts and picking up pro hibition ns a very useful asset with which to go before the voters. In tho West, where tho suffrage movement is slowly, hut surely making Its unconventional wny from tho Pacific to the Atlantic, the candidate Is brave Indeed who would flaunt woman suffrage, and most candi dates feel that they have much to gain and nothing to lose by favoilng It. While these two Issues are essentially non-partisan, circumstances bave mado some strange political bed-fellows. Thus In the South, where the white voter Is supposed to like his Julep fully as well ns the northerner likes his cocktail, tho negro menace hns proved n powci ful ally of the prohibition cause, and of the ! prohibition suites In the union the solid South supplies seven, while the bor der States of Tennessee and West Vir ginia are dry also. Kentucky, popularly reraided as the native home of the best and tlie most whiskey, contains 11 dry counties and nnlv 11 wet. South Carolina has not adopted statewide prohibition, but It boasts Ho dry counties and It wet and Its sole cln tlon hld iccently was won by the drys. In Oklahoma, which has been a dry State since I'mT, no less than 77 counties voted for an amend ment to the State Cnnstliutlnn making drunkenness or tlie excessive use of In toxicating lliiuor. while In office, suffi cient fur Impeachment. I.I.ST OF EKJIITKEN DUV STATES. That the piidilbitlon cause is not go ing backward is evident. North Dakota went dry In xyi. and In the lecpnt ic publlcan primaries the resubmission can didates received only about Srt per cent, of the vote. In Wisconsin, the State beer made famous, (.n,. ,nunly is wlmllv dry and other dry territory covers 2S per cent, of the population. In the elections last Sprint; :!:! Incoi porated cltie and vil lages nnd seven townships changed from Wet to drv, uhlle only one dry village went wet. Ohio defeated State prohibi tion In bll. but In the same year Virginia, Colorado, Oregon. Washington and Ari zona went drv, and In I'd,-, Aikansas, Alabama, Idaho and Iowa followed suit. Following Is a complete list of the State w'de prohibit Inn States, in the order of their going dry: Maine t- Kansas i. North Dakota .! p,si Eenrcln Oklahoma ;- Nortli Carolina .' ums Mississippi Tennessee wij West Virginia y Vligln.'n ion Colorado t Oregon inn .Vnshlngton i;,n Arizona un Aikansas I'lir, Alabama j.iir, Idaho n- Inwo ll,,-, Prohibition is stiong In Cuiiiess, pin tly through personal conviction and partly through the personal cowardice of men who believe national prohibition to be Impracticable ami unwise, but dare not vote against it because of a moral sentiment In tliolr districts which they fear rtjll be transmuted Into hostile voles The IIobs0,i constitutional amend ment for national prohibition actually carried the House. x? to li. with tl not voting, nt the last session, but as a two-thirds vote is ueccsarv to carry a rnnMltutlrin.il amendment through, the measure railed. The same Congress, however, passed a drastic restrictive llfiuor law for the District of Columbia and In the Senate technicalities only prevented enactment nf ;i pinlibtlim law for the District. It s geneinlly be. lleved in Washington that within two years the District of Columbia will be voted dry, although as n matter of prac tical administration, as opposed to pure ly sentimental considerations, this Is tho Inst city In the country thnt should have the rigors of prohibition forced upon It, If for no other reason than that Its citi zens are helpless against all legislation by Congress affecting their Interests or I'nnvnnlence. Hobsnn has retired from Congress, although his own State hns gone dry meantime, but there are plenty nf other ambitious politicians who will solzo the antl-lhiuor Issue to boom their political fortunes, whether they are sin core or not. pFFHAOISTS INTEND TO AVI is". To return to the suffragists, they do not Intend that woman suffrage shall bo an Issue In the national campaign of lf'10. for the extremely simple reason that they purpose to drive a suffrage amend ment through Congtess nt the coming session. This Is tlie famous amendment first drafted In Its present form hy Suwm H. Anthony lu 1 S7." and first Introduced in Congress by Senator A. A. Sargent uf California in 17S. Since that time It hns received committee action, both fn voroble ami adverse, no less thnn 10 times In tho Semite and six times In the House, It whs voted upon III the Senate In 1SS7, receiving 10 to HI nays, and again In 1911. receiving 3f yeas nnd 31 nays, or eleven less than the necessary two-thirds vote. In tlie Mouse last January It in eclved 174 yeas and HOI nays, thus falling hy seventy-eight of the neoiisary twn thlrils. Hut the new Cnngress will eon tain a good many morn friends of suf frage than the Inst, nnd tho women In charge of the movement nro confident of success during the first session of 1!MB-I!lfi, especially as women nlrcndy havu the richt tu xule for president In They "score" big with College Men! During the college term in vacation time on and off the field college men everywhere agree that CIGARETTES are the mildest, purest and most enjoyable form of smoking College men are most particular. They're great "sticklers" for the best in ever3'thing from their clothes to their cigarettes ! So, it's easy to see why so many of them smoke PERFEC TION CIGARETTES! Generous-sized PERFECTIONS I Made of purest and finest Virginia leaf wit1. , a reputa tion of over 20 yaars' standing! Mild, with a natural sweetness tfou, too. Ten for 5c. They come in a hand-wrapped tin foil prx!:ar;? that keeps them in perfect con dition frw i easy-drawing. Find out for yourself why P- aIFECPIONS are so popular get a package iodal Keep the coupon you find in each packag3a These coupons are good foi' many valuable presents. $tifiJzttzjHtfU:4 tfa fiacco Or. no less than 12 States, repi esentlng v9 votes lu the electoral college, and lS'J 111 the lepubllcan national com ention. Analyzed along partisan lines, the vote in the House on the suffrage ainoidmenl shows the lepublli'iins mom generally favorable to the Issue than the demo crats; for of the total democratic member ship about Sfj per cent, faxored ami ') per cent, opposed tho ballot for women, while on the lepubllcan side about .Vj per cent, favoieil and only IS per cent, op posed. Of the :'ii votes east against the Anthony amendment about n per cent, came from democrats and 17 per cent from the 'republican.'-. The opponents nf suffrage have declared that here, as with the piohlbltlnn Issue, the negro popula tion must be accounted as a factor mak ing equal suffrage undesliable: but the suffragists have countered on this argu ment with the facts that In nine of the ir, southern States having a maiked negio population the wblto women outnumber the total negro population and that in all the southern States there are more than two million more white women than negro men nnd women put together. On ly In Mississippi and South Carolina do til" negro women outnumber the white women. Wild. HKMAIN OPKN tJl'KSTION. To the argument that it Is useless to pass the suffrage amendment through Congiess, 1 ause It is known in uihuncc, that 1T southern States would reject It, the women reply that mice having pass ed Congiess the ameuilmeiit can remain hi fore the Slates Indefinitely; thai latl fhalion Mould be final but that a State which lelects tlie amendment ha.i thp right to reionslder Its action and may vote upon It as many times ns It pleases until the am, ndnient Is ratified. Whether one favors canal suffrage or not, it must hi lecognl'ed that the wom en have made a verv Mtnng and intelli gent campaign, and, as already Intimat ed, most of th, political managers prefer thnt their ainlldates should favor suf frage rather than oppose It, If they take nio) position at nil upon the iuestlon. In a sense, th, so-called Issues stand 111 the same le'iilon toward Congress and Its posslbb a. tlon, hut there Is this fun damental d.ff. reiicn in tho essential mer its of tin- uu questions, that one pro pnses nn extension of the rights of In dividual and tlie other a severe restilc tlon. ROBBERY ATTEiMPTED? ! II. II, linliu 1,..h IHuli-l Hymen on College street l.lltc Hi Xlulll. What was in nimbly an attempt at high way loblier.v l.v two thugs late Friday night was fnihiiated by quick action on the pan ol it. i, Wh.ilen, wlio was the picked vlt tint for their operations. .Mr. Whaleii wm on the way to Ids lioinu in The llariington on College street and wus walking up mi th,. south side of tin) street Whip opposite tlie Klhaii Allen club house h,. noticed two men standing In fiont or the club house. After bo hud passed the , iu, ,. iwn men crossed over to the side of the load on which he was walUlm; and, looking mound, he saw oni) of them smoking up to him. Ho was at that time at the point on the sidewalk where he c ost.es to his own home uiiil as . stepped off fiom tho sidewalk to cross th,. mail the other man, stepping out fiom the shadow of u tree, made a pass at him ns though to strlko a heavy blow Mr whalcn sidestepped both men aim arrhed at his home with out injiirj It is not bsluci tml ur, UhaJcn wa that will "score" bis1 with fill that the the on,, for whom the thugs w re wait ing but that, seeing him. they made an attempt to knock him out and obtnin whatever money or valuables he might have about his person. It Is thought that thilr Intention was to knock him senseless. On account of the darkness at that particular point on the street Mr. Whalcn did not get a good look at either of Ills would-be assailants, who had their lints well pi'lbd down oier th Ir eyes and wore dark clothes lie reported tlie ease at the police office Saturday. While S' Virnl ate of the opinion that tiny have sci n men hanging about that vicinity at other times, no reports haw prexiously been made at the police off'ce. w run it.uiv is rci'Tixr. thhtii be sure and use that old and well tried remedy, Mrs Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup, for children teething. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind colic and is the best icmedy for Diarrhoea. Twenty-five cents a bottle. STUDYING POLIOMYELITIS. Dr. Kihwinl Taylor Succeeds lr. 1. S, Tim lie m l.nliorntorj, I 'r. Kdwiird Taylor of Demopolls, Ala bama, has been secured bv the A'ermont State board of health to take tlie place of Or. K. S. Towne ut the polloinvelltls re search laboiatory at the college of medi cine, carried on by the Veimont State board of health. Dr Taylor has already ai rived In this city and is becoming ac quainted with the wink of the liberators' under the direction of Or. A. I.. Amoss of the Itoekofeller Institute rt New A'ork, who Is si -Hiding this month here working on the disease Or Taylor will tak.f - barge of the lnbora'ory on the depart ure of I'r. .Mnos.s, and his work will be much the same as that carried on by Dr. Towne, Dr. Taylor was graduated with Hie class of l!t"S from (leorge Washington I'nlvei slty. Tlie work which is being developed bv Dr. Amoss while lu this State Is an Im portant one. AVhen 'i case which is sus pected of being poliomyelitis by the at tending phyidchin Is icported to the utile; of the laboratory, Dr Amoss sees that pa tient and ascertains whether or not it Is a truo case. So far there have been four cases lu the Stale which he has been able to stiidv at first hand. One has resulted In death and the other three are reported as being very light cases with slight body paralysis. Dr Amoss will spend tho en tire month of August In Vermont, an tills Is the month when the disease usually breaks out. No new cases were reported at the laboratory during Saturday and Sundnv NOW PUT BLAME ON NOAH. II Wiih Ciinlalu of (he Ark .Vol 111,-, Who Ale Forbidden Fruit. It wiih not Adam and K'e who brought about the fall uf man, hut Noah, ac cording to u translation uf a tahl-t now in the I'nlverslty of I'ennsyh aula museum. Accnnllng to Suineilan theology found on the tablet, said to have 1 :i written before the days of Ahiiihum and translated by Dr Steven I.aiigdon, professor of nssyilology lu Oxfoid I'pi-M-rsrty, lliiglnnd, Noah wns ordere I not to eat of tin cassia tree in the C.n" den of I'aradlse, and when he disobey ed the curse fell upon him. Tim curse was that ho should have III health and an earls death, Instead of living to be "10,000 years old like his ancestors. Dr Lanudnii sass this tablet la st efefi. J1 mmrl T-MfflffPm ECU name implies least l.nnn yeais older than the flene sls account, and. so far as is knowt is the obleNt reco'd of the sort in ex istent c The tab'et was written pos slbly Ti.nO'il years ago, and i uli-ntlv goes back to tin- i urly hlstorv of man. The Ilib Ionian and Siitneriau ac counts place the flood at something like n:..nnn H. c and tlie lapse of time between the creation and the flood Is filled by ten kings who leigned alto gether n.U.nnn yenrs, an average of 4.1.20ft years each. Tin- reason later kings reigned conmaratlvelv short nn.i rinds is that Noah sinned tu eatltifj of' the cassia tree. OVllll I.IMIO T(l.x (IF l-OIMIX. ' The figures showing the production of white aisenlc In the I'nlted States In 1911, collided by Frank ,. Hess of the I'nlted States geological survey. Indicate an out put amounting to 4,'I7n short tons, valued 1 at J.113,147. This Is somewhat more than was shown by the preliminary figures, and exceeds the largest previous output, that of 1 ; 1 3 ta.SlS tons, valued at i:a,2.) by 4i". per cent. No direct production of white arsenic that Is. no production fibm arsenic minerals treated primarily for their arsenic content has been made In' this country for several years, because the arsenic saved at the smelters as a by-product and the Imported material have bppn so plentiful nnd so cheap that such prrdiiction would have been unprofit able. The country s urscnlc resources arc ; Immense. Deposits of arsenopyiite. the commonest of the arsenic minerals, nro found at many places, only a few of which nre known to this survey, because, except In seirs of very high prices, they are genet ally of little or no value unless accompanied hy pn-clous metals, and ns high prices have prevailed only at long Intervals, little notice has been taken of. the deposits by miners ami prospectors, i CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. I (Taken from Uxchanecs.) Helgiuin was the fur center of the woild beforo the war. The commerce of the world lu 191"! amounted to :'l'i per capita. New York picture shows and theatres can seat over l.eiAi-! persons at a llmo. The annual cut of Hrltlsh Columbia timber Is approximately i.d . t n feet Tho disbursements on account of Un civil war totaled I4,4.".7,97l, i:l at the last figuring. There was an increase of nearly 700,. Out, on III the clgaiettc output In the Cult id States last eat Africa lias It! Inhabitants to the square mile, and North A met leu has only one more to the mile. The canary bird Impoi tation Into this country fiom the Unit, mountains has amounted to a million nnd a half birds a year fur several yeais. The longest straight piece of railway Hue In the world Is from Nyngau to llouikc. In New South Wales. This rail way inns IK miles mi a level in a per fectly stialglit line. Auorillng to l.n It.izon, tho number nf domestic animals lu Aigentlua at the end of HO I wus as follows. Horned cattle, :".i,enii,i(n, horses, ',i.7ui,(m; mules, ,"i(,nii, lisses, 3ii.l; sheep, xil.lKiMKl, go.it, IIM,. (; pit's, ;i,o.'n,i4i. The boll weevil did about f.io.nod.nio damage to the cotton crop In 1H13. Near ly 1V"I squiii e miles of new territory be inine Infested during the scar Kvery effort Is ncing made to control theso dep redations, paiticularls In tho use of pow dered oi thoarsenc.to uf leal. Alex Swatison of West ('"icord, N H, a grand, c itier. pos-esscs two peci lla? aiu1 tfijsii s Ills hands work i-- inl son that Is. a m,ipment of one volnntnrllv causes tin other hard tu perform th' same fun lion, and while lnj bus nn abundance, of hair on his hea 1, he has inver had to use a razor on nil face. CLUBBING LIST. The Free Tress nnd Other Periodical at I. on Itnles to One Address. 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The Lo Rlpolln building, sltuntad on a wharf beside the Seine river, I'.-i.-Is, Franco, was recently rooted with our Cotupo-rubber roofing. Samples frcm Btrona Hardwoio Co., Uurllneton, Vl