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his nose would he shorter and flatter than is common with us. He would not be a Christian; for the half-pagan Christianity of our race would be submerged in the whole-hearted beliefs of the other races. He would be strongly mater ialistic on account of the Chinese and Japanese basis of his blood, but he would sneak aside and practice foul rites, fetishism, voodooism and witch- cratt. The big Slavs, Germans, Scandi navians, Europeans generally, Amer icans, negroes and Indians would give him a stature greater than that of the Japanese and Chinese. -& The "averaged" man would just about be able to' read in the First Reader. He would be higher in politi cal qualities than the Mexicans, but lower than the Japanese. This 'averaged" man would have a wife as a "help meet for him," and about five children. There wouldn't be enough provisions in the house for three meals, and the house would not be worth a hundred dollars. But the man would be just fair as to industry, and would probably get another: meal in time, to prevent the family from being only just a little famished. He would be opposed to equal suffrage. o- ANIMALS YOU OUGHT TO KNOW The beaver is the "engineer 'of the animal kingdom. The building operations of this water-loving member of the rat "family are almost beyond the belief of one who has not given close study to his habits. The beaver invariably dwells in a colony, and every member aids in the colossal task of felling saplings, dragging them to the site of the "beaver dam" and then piling them with heavy stones and sods to keep them in place. These dams often reach a height of five feet and sometimes they stretch across the stream a distance of fifty yards ormore. o o ' '' ' A TALKING POINT "This phonograph," averred the salesman, "needs no introduction." "Why not?" "It speaks for itself." Judge. GETTING SCARCE -"I lost my head completely yester day." "This will have some ellect on the ivory industry." IBj?j'Tjji