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In the general war against tuberculosis, ty j1d phoid fever and other in Publc Pl e fectious diseases there is no L doubt that congress and the United States government soon will play an important part by enacting and enforcing laws re(quiring proper ventilation of public places. Science has made wonderful progres in combating disease, but we have never yet been able to discover either practical preventives or cures for tuberculosis, pneumonia, typhoid and other dread diseases. Recent experiments, however, have pointed the way to prevention of dis ease by ventilation of public places and private houses. C'ongress and state legislatures perhaps have no authority to require proper ventilation of private residences, but they have the power to compe! it in hotels, apartment houses, state and government buildings. Congress has done a great work in pas'sing laws for pure food and drugs. It is just as essential for sound hI;,Ith that where people are thrown together, as they are in our cities, they should have pure air and water. When these elements are contaminated they produce disease, far more than adulterated foods. 1We have been too prone to wait for sickness before thinking about disease. Builders of hotels, apartment houses and public institutions should be required by law so to construct buildings and equip them as to reduce to a minimum the danger of vitiated atmosphere. Anyone who has frequented the average apartment house where meals are cooked doubtless has observed the unpleasant smell that permeates the place. It is the kitchen that is the archenemy of health, because the aver age kitchen has practically no ventilation. It is just as important to our welfare, in my opinion, that our public places, our hotels and our kitchens be properly ventilated as it is that our food and drugs be free from adulteration, and so soon as inventive genius discovers a means of keeping air pure we shall have progressed a long way toward the prevention and cure of what are now regarded as dread diseases. It seems to me that the Se d outstanding feature of the Amenca Soon to Lead European war is that at the W hole W orld end of the war America will stand without a rival as the richest nation in the world, the only really great nation whose wonderful resources will remain unimpaired and which has not been robbed of millions of its best youth. The centers of power will be in America; the financial capital of the world will no longer be London but New York, and it is likely that here the great steamship lines will be owned, if our capitalists are given the right kind of encouragement by the government. It is our greatest opportunity to re-establish the Ameri can merchant marine. The streams of European immigration will largely cease, because Europe will need her own boys and girls and will hold them. Our own population will become consolidated and thoroughly American. We may not increase in numbers so rapidly as we have been doing, but our popula tion will be an American-born and American-educated population. The twentieth century will be the great American century, in which American art and literature and American business will lead the world. Only hardy persons dare Ul l . to mix themselves up in Presuming to i quarrels with a view to ef in Family Qua els fecting reconciliations. SR. A Wapean, Sysra... N. Y. Sometimes they are actu ated by a noble desire for peace, mitigated, no doubt, by a wish to be in the thick of any interesting situation. Sometimes, also, they do good-when the quarrel is not a family affair. From such a quarrel friends, acquaintances, and even "in-law" relatives had better stand aside, not so much lest the fate of the rash person who interposes befall them, but lest they make the breach worse. No physician from the outside can judge of the seriousness of wounds given in a family fight. Wounds which seem fatal to affection heal at once, and scratches fester and cannot be mollified. The affection which is the natural and usual outcome of relationship may be counted on with too much certainty; but the members of one family, though they may not like, do in a marvelous way understand one another. It is true that sympathy is the great enlightener, but it is not the only one. Blood gives a comprehension which common interests, and even great affection, often fail to impart. The trouble with the av Wives Have W anessd e desire to do all his for Petting Husbands own petting. He has man BSI R J. WILSONl, As L aged to make a virtue of it, too. But, as a matter of fact, the nicest females have a weakness for doing a little petting, too. They ought to be indulged. The man who hogs all the family petting is bound to become altogether too bumptiously virtuous, and regard himself as the one indispensable person. The sort of wife who can rely upon being missed most is the one that does her full share of petting. When her husband comes home and has to hang up his coat, mend his own shirt, wear holey socks, and break in a new cook, he loves her with a devotion that is uncanny. And the trouble with the man who does his own petting is that he almost inevitably discovers someone who insists upon petting him other where--and finds he really likes it. The other woman in the case is usually a genius at petting. That is her long suit. Otherwise there would rarely be another woman in the case. 1 S IMany persons have the ' Old W ater ystem inpression that municipal Iwater systems are a modern I of New York Cty ddelopment. As far back By 9H A.SAX"ON, Ne Ys as' 1799 New York city built mains to supply the lower end of Manhattan, the Man hattan company being given a franchise for the purpose. This was the rmdlt of the yellow-fever epidemic of 1798. The New York mains were eypress logs, joined together end to end with holes bored through their etie lemngth, for there were no modern iron pipes in those days. Cypress logs are the most durable to be found. In the last few years the ht of the old cypress pipes.were taken up and placed in museums. Cyipm. is a rmarkable wood. Ing taken from the ground after being I Ibl for 115 yeszu had decayed to some extent in the apwood, but the - tm rl was as moad as when the trees were felled. Wha a hmeas this or fodr theoriesout of a doaen that dovetail I L a good battiag average. is rade thet i a abort time all. s will be absolutely ms e mrnsgagess.. Ia lted. mhe Awivesm dea'tm e dp at.e hiet *t s a 'fIMI swek amrm the pih. a ,-Si~~ ··C ITAVANS CROSSING ThE ISONZO BY FERRY ~,4,... ,.:A.. ,·:" " -K 7 ......: WAR 06DOGS FROM FAR-OFF ALASKA FOR THE FRENCI "Scotty" Allan, Famous Drivel Supplies Consignment for Dispatch Service. "MUTS" BRING GOOD PRIC Fine-Looking, Alert Animals, Som Weighing as Much as 80 or 90 Pounds-One of Them Was a Contender in Last Sweep. Stakes. Winnipeg, Man.-A slight littl man, with a small, lean frame, keel features and iron gray hair, stood i the door of a box car at the stocl yards. He wore yellow overalls and coat to match. Little feet, encased iU square-toed, custom-made shoes, prc truded from beneath his trousers. Ii fact, he looked like a stock yard at tendant. and. yet he is renowne throughout America, for this was A A. ("Scotty") Allan, the world's greal est dog driver. With Lieutenant Haas of the Frencd army, he was passing through Win nipeg with 400 malamutes fron Nome, Alaska, to be used in Franc this winter for dispatch service amn the transportation of supplies ant ammunition to the firing line. J stop was made here to rest the dogs and they were unloaded into the stoci yards with a guard from the Seventy ninth (Cameron) Highlanders ti watch over them. Thrice out of eight times "Scot ty" Allan has won the All-Alaska sweepstakes, the greatest long-dim tance dog race in the world-408 miles from Nome to Candel and return. Is three instances he was second and twice he was third. "I have been in every race yet held,' he said, "and I have not run out o1 the money yet." In the first race which he won the stake was $11,000, but last year the stake had dwindled, because of the pinch from the war., to $3,750. "Scot ty's" best time in the event has been 76 hours, while the record of 74 hourn was made over better trails. Genial Little Scotchman. Geniality and sociability seemed bred in this vigorous little Scotchman, and he is as active as a boy despite his forty-eight years. The kiltles on guard had not been on the ground an hour before they were fast friends, and they pressed upon him an tInvta tion to the dance at the armories. "Ye c'n dance the Hielan' fling an hoot for all ye're worth," said one red. faced youth with the thick burr of the Highlands in his voice, "fer ye ken we have the pipes and yell has a braw time." "1 has ae doot o' it," said Scotty, and be gave his solemn promise to be on hand. He said he loved the dance. Three cars are used to transport the dogs, and each car is divided into a series of compartments so that each animal is separated from his neigh bors. There has not been a dog lost since they started. In one car is kept the supplies, consisting of three and one-half tons of sunrdried salmon caught at Kotsebue on the Arctic ocean. Here, too, were stored eight of the long sleds, some of them of the toboggan type, which have been made famous by mahy authors in the tales of the North.. There were also 150 sets of harness, together with several Eskimo "parkas" or reindeer and squirrel skin coaets. with a hood that ts snugly over the head in stormy weather. In addition there were se eral peairs of "mukluks," or high-wa terproof boots, made o sealakn tog with the hatr exposed, ad soles made from toush sea lion hides. PRiee From $a to 0O. "Seotty" msaid that he had wit him several of the dogs that took part in the AUl-Alask stakesa. He had refused $00 for two of theseo jt befAore he left Nomea Many of the malsmutes were purchuaed, he mid. for- highb as $40 and ,$50. but on as average the price paid uwas about $20. The ani mals he raM. were comalu threuh in fne shape. At brst they had bee fed on e a sh a day, but as they were GOBBLER REARS "ORPHANS" Head e Twukey Plek on lams "Farm Takes Jeb Glee Up by Hen. ita.. Mahe.-Whon a beh helo--ug to Mrs A. a . Wtas diaseevered that the bred she ead oa leMtly hatend emssted o aungsiy Mttle trkeys e t se em e m the o f e rear 0. ma UW4 mes nm ,eem wm getting too fat, this had been reduces to half a fish daily. Every dog was tied by a chain to the fence of the stock pens and widel separate from his neighbors. The. were a miscellaneous lot. Allan es plained that they were mostl! "breeds," but for the most part the, were of one type-big, wolflike fel lows, with narrow eyes, ears crooked and pointed, and a long, protrudini snout. Some of them weighed ai much as 80 or 90 pounds. A remarka ble fact was that several of them wera 9 of a very marked setter strain, anc the great dog driver said there was no better dog in the north countrl than a setter crossed with a malamuti -"that is," he added, "if he gets the malamute feet." E Reliable Old "Irish." "Ah, Irish, old boy!" he called to one handsome animal, and the dog witt the red touches of the Irish settel strain looked up at him with big, soMi eyes and wagged its tail in affection ate greeting. When this dog stood u his legs were seen to be long and straight and powerful, and he had large, padded feet. a "I drove this dog in the last sweep stakes." said "Scotty." "and he Just pul his head into the collar and stayed with me all the way. He'd rather die than quit. The setter strain." he add. ed, "has got more intelligence and endurance and ambition than any other breed." Some of the dogs were pure white: some were of a brownish color, with round, fat faces and squatty-looking bodies, and there was one pup, a pure Siberian, three months old, that was being taken along as a mascot. He had a head shaped like a fox. Prom nine to sixteen of these dogs are used to a sleigh, and the highly prized lead dogs are in a class by themselves. Morayshire, in 'Scotland, was the home of "Scotty" Allan. He came to North Dakota with an assignment of thoroughbred horses in 1887. He re called that his first experience in dog driving was in the Turtle mountain of Manitoba, when he drove a mail route. Subsequently he wandered over the western states, engaged prin cipally in railway building. He helped build the Great Northern railway, and in the spring of 1897 he went to the Klondike in the gold rush, going over' the Skagway trail, which he helped to build. He is now a member of the hardware firm of Darling & Dean at Nome, and Mrs. Darling. wife of one of his partners, is in terested financially with him in rac ing dogs. They have sold 20 of these dogs to the French government, and have 27 left. Allan and his assistants are going only as far as Quebec with the dogs, and on his retutn he will spend the winter in California-the first winter in almost twenty that he has spent FIRST WOMAN HORSE JUDGE The nrst women to set as a Judge at a horse show was Lady Beck of Canada, witf of 8ir Adam Beck, who has bon mater of the lox hounds of the Laedoa, Ot., hunt tor over a decade. With James C. MarshallU ofl New York. she Judsed the undocked saddle horsee at the recenat horse show in New Yorkt dcitI, the pobem of brooldt the ttle or phas, was midemly aelved by a fath ery old gobLLMer. 'Ite head the trkey leekt adept ad hs heIplesns itte bm a amd is deWs emeshmit jb ao earlag them. the ueaeg is the weld, wa he huh ti mutut la tia W1 pr 1s t nse pIthe Si r sa -m'I wer the l milms anhe a sla msse eaMs I ouside the Arctic circle. He has one daughter, a girl of eighteen, attendlng the university at Berkeley. There is another daughter, aged seventeen, and a boy of nine. He says that gold mining at Nome is not being conducted on the same scale as formerly. Most of the work is being done by big syndicates work. ing with dredges. The war has hit the country hard, and there is not much ready cash in sight. Lieutenant Haas, who will take the dogs to France, spent eight years in the Klondike, and he was eleven months in the trenches before he was sent on his mission to Alaska. The explosion of a shell rendered him deaf in one ear. CAPITAL DEBUTANTES The Misses Susanne (left) and Ells abeth (right) are the daughters of Captain and Mrs. Volney O. Chase, U. S. N. and are among the prominent debutantes in Washington society this winter. Captain Chase is a member of the staff of Admiral William 8. Ben son, of the bureau of operations of the navy department. No date has yet been announced for their coming-out party. CASE IN COURT FIFTY YEARS Lafayette Keeps Ground Given for Market According to Decision of Appellate Court. Lafayette, Ind.-The city of Lafay ette has won a lawsuit, which, In vart. ous forms, has been in court the last fifty years. The appellate court has upheld a decision to the effect that the socealled market space, which is now used as a city street in the midst of the business district, belongs to the city. The heirs of Aaron Claspill who sevr enty years ago gave the ground to the city for use as a public market, have possession of the ground, asserting that under the terms of the grant the land r.verted to them when the city ceased to use it for the purpose Indi tated. WEARS HIS CARD ON BROW Mexican Had His Name and Address Tattoood on Forehead to I. sure Identiflstion. San Francisco. - "What's your name?" demanded Assistant District Attorney Beesey of a Mexican charged with vagrancy. The defendant brushed beck his hair, bet did not speak. Beesey re peated his question. Same respeae. Then the 8panish tnterpreter tried The man pointed to a spot oan his foe head. Beesey looked eloesly, ead tat tooed on the man's brow was "pred Harris, Sonora, Mexieo." "What's the idea?" uasked Beesey. "I have heart disease. I may drop dead. I don't want my grave to be unmarked," the prisoner explaied. Judge Brady dismissed him Tiniest Homestead. eattle, Washu.-What is probably the smallest hoemstead ever proved is that recantly awardedl by the U ted States land oeo to Pred A. H . -s of Tolt The homestead som rses forty aeohndredths of e owned bot soen time by Hnse ner Tolt. The tiny homestead is teealealr ly desmeribed as lot 8, township S north, rsae 7 est. Lewitem. Pa.-hvum hislig4 a is en- merhant, hod the seeret serves werkag oertime for 4 hos eekieng a esesmeotee w eork. who ih g hs reieved his trousers peakets as thy deaY eedem the bepeto is s eem.~ Iiela siderily rseeied asreum r the revieus ilsht.,Is de bu. Im viiti the sethe lemayes iso s m smd his Ne entaet. dM s I engr seet hove e~ d as M -abM~ alat (9IC? A stone ft for the wall will not be left by the roadside.-Persian Proverb. Whenever you are feeling blue. Something for someone else go do. AUTUMN HINTS. This is the season when we look over the household furnishings, wear ing apparel and brlc-a-brac to we what may be din posed of and what must be reserved. We find clothing which Is out of style but good. plaything and or Snaments which our household bas out grown, which will be appreciated in some other home and will lessee the burden of things to care for in our own homes. The modern home of the efficent housekeeper today Is simple, because she cares more for the things worth while than to spend her time in dust Sing useless ornaments and compli cated furniture. Woodwork n tUhe home should be plain, so that there is no place for dust to lodge. This need not sacrifice beauty, for the lines may be Just as beautiful it simple. When makinga new comforters the wool batting Is much warmer and I lighter and makes an altogether more satisfactory comforter than the cot- l ton batting. The cost is an item to t be considered, of course, as an ordi- . nary comforter takes two pounds of the wool and costs 85 or 90 cents a I pound. The wool batting should be covered with a thin cheesecloth which ! keeps the wool from pushlnlg through the cover and also protects it as the t outside may then be removed and washed or a new cover put e. Light, washable draperies for bed- t rooms, small rugs and floors s finished that an oil mop will keep them clean and dustless, are the se- t sible and practical as well as the t most eoonomical furnishings. Furs and underwear should be brought out, well brushed and aired t before wearing; even If moth balls are not objectionable to you, "there are others." The odor of moth balls in 1 a crowded car or heated room, is something too sickening to mentia:; no wonder any self-respecting moth would refuse to occupy the same quarters. Clothing that is aired often and worn occasuionally is not apt to become a harbor for moths. Furs wrapped in ordinary newspaper, uain care to cover securely, Is one of the best ways of keeping turs from moths, Not to the swift the race, not to the strong the fight. Not to the righteous perfect grass, not to the wise Me light. GOOD THINGS FOR THE TAILL Fry 12 onions in butter slowly, cov ering during the first half of the cooking, then let them a brown until teader. t4 Mash six hard-eookd a .eg yolks, add a cupful i of milk gradually. Pour a this over the onloes, se. i son and add the whites M of the eggs, coarsely chopped. Let it sil- b mer for three minutes and serve with browned rice or mashed potatoesw. Cinnamon To tToast bre4 quickly, spread generously with beu ter and sprinkle with einamop and p sugar. well mixed; put in aiMrs and cut in triangles. Plae i a bahot ovuwn i for a minute or two, them sere ea a a folded napkin o a hot plate. a Orange sen.--apo rich Mei cult dough in small Missti. ranp the si rind and sueme the juice fro. as M orange. Dip as many lumps at ger io in the JuIce as there are bcuLt. ti Plunge one lump in each biscuit, sprinkle with the rind and bake in a a hot oven. Serve ho' or cold. i Halibut Baked in MIl-Take a at twopo edi ice of uldlbat, lay la :;* deep baking dish or reproof platter, p eason with at, pepper ad prvlel. drede wtth Sour ad dot wth bts t p butter. Add milk to the depth eat eo inch, jl ovr a ened enle ad a Sew minced celery tips. Bake ently Sor i 60 minutes i a moderate ove~s. a Sour Cream Deghmuts.-TIbs a s cupfutl each of sour ream end sOr milk, add a teaspoemfl ea o salt, pg soda ad tinger, mix well, add a elf a cuptul oft sugar, beat in three cupls of foar, thea add two well-beate s and lour aemoeh to roll without etek. t ings Dry in deep hot at. weque Crem,-Take a half pbaud of penuaat brittls, pwt through the eed u chopper, whip a pint oat cram, e Mbn mixtures; pour iate a mnld and set in Ice for four beens Cover the mold wtth waxed paper beore pleig the cover. Gs Prem Sewdas. i. usnsers have tubght Mat weed l lm than four to Mas Inche dilmeter I aald not be distilled ia gasmenabj becuse of its teademey to brm up rapMdly whe the tempertare remseb ST dege Cetg It e l ew A ben ehow thatL even awdast emas bo dibted tn gas na i f th e ratest i beated ry slswly up to We dees p Cead ead them eseing the e n terael heati enas the empertae reaces a maxum. bestis aa and f *al dlstlialsm by Lmb m Mhtiiesm is chin. a The Sinewm iem bem a Chmesee i oerwl weeol Indlsaem tnerm sg in spdeeen ha clae sr thsles: .Us - dar the super s ae o the mLar lt ot hteter tbe temple ot a greletwe i b esesre hem as bee t u L~ i ee 3 -h m iya et e an Useuin - Give us. oh give us. the lan rbo sings at his work. Be his occupatelo what It may. he is equal to any of those who follow the same pursuit In silent sullenness He does more Ia the same time-he will do It better he will persevere longer.--Tbomae Carlyle. WHAT TO EAT. Prepare a slice of veal from the leg by cutting in servingslsed pieces an, Spound them to about S haltf lach to h kaess Roll n flour sad d In hot at at porkt 1til browan o ethe When brown remeoo t a casserle, pou.r WetO or hot water ale t a fltin pan and bel uts all the browned Juices are remved. then add this to the casserol, iae and pepper should be added eod and let cook In a moderate oven sor as hour. Serve from the ocssh.rle. Te. Mato puree may be added it deoarle . Pineapple Cream-Boif a thUid Scupful of grated pine apple, jSte ald pulp. to the softball stage, the pen a Sin a fine tream ea a egg. beate. amW. SWhen cold fold in a cup of beats cream. A tablespoonful d lesg uice may be addeh to Itema tUo flavor of the pineapple. I Pear alad.--A most dainty asd p pettsngl alad is one of caued peaU . cut in half and placed a white leave of lettuce, the cut side down. On to of the pear arrange a taolmespesmd s two of skaned seeded white Pe -r - cut in half, and a specaful at Maye ; Salae dressing. I Sted Tematees. - Selmt. eit smooth, small-ised tomatoes; c , remove the skin, cut out a paetls' around the stem sad remove the ea , ters with a spoon. Have ready three fourths of a cupful of shredded aemb. P ba, one green pepper chopped e, . the pulp taken from the omata a Itableepoonful of scraped' saes , d s a teaspoonful of ask and a dash a paprika. M all taogther ad at . tomatoes. set the crisp hset leaves of lettuce and dispees gssems spoonfuls of mrayeanals above ts illing a' each tomato. Whatever narrows ha .osremeat or oaIlvdusr. or aint, their ael$t ties, stops their growth and tpses. " eoal progres.-ProL Nmat Patse, SEASONABLE DlIHI.'" 2 Good cooking will make eet amost meat tender and bad coting w " to es the best of awsts. ena meat ismae upe Ibu dlesd nn a " Slimes is ee s white of an eaS. mte dioced at too ult s temperature the fibers are taL gen and beoame hrd. The objest a e "ah tag meat is to makoe both pal .1a and more digestble. i eet i s ,Pa nto holing water or a hot oves . sear it over, then the heat roa n simmer it uanl tender, the we be Juicy, tender and co sd ,. Vensoa wsll !o be. as ce . . .u i when carefully cooked isa meete dish. Wipe the m t with adý sloth. Plaes en a meat bedae pound to make an even re seit, m strips of ft pork an too, pseut tad tn. Plae Ina dee dish and ee - r with this masrtnde to senme ca; make the met tender. One eaO s e olve op, two cupfuls o vinegar, sliced aons, two siced eet, t . stalks of celery cahaped, a ow *ep , of patey sad two hea leaveL tie pewpe aud thyme. t he U " several times so that every pMseg seeaoed. When reedy to )es teit S mpst sha eaeriemeing aM . me at Peta thiowf th sr ess at "as per inta * se agpane A . the met, well dredged with mea, m. ate enryl te mnlutes hr, aUs half herr. When &e rat is giggy browned all ver. dosss U hoW s cook owlr. allowlen tern imins e th poe ad er Mi t wae. Ai. t erraunt ela ad ato s e wavy a dld tod s htai . "ee' Uaestm, matd an sda ,,appeuag1 thiahmoto wesmdeme a ih, with saselgr ci elery, ap spp hss, theno tbid witho v si . •bs p . aaoher. s s )-i "A uer tWag happened a a o's aier Us ehler m m* _ Ima ieately twelve pai as _ e-l . were lantea ae te tae, ." a tmardaoan wst, seie b eems. The amusem ia whic amelW ea. Isla inetru me. we ep wI c,s be e to the vtte._ '¶ ters egn bRh Up~l aI) w~ ~p~ · ~~~y ~ paugh wit sms"