UF SK « * ft FIRECRACKERS 3 * » 9m ^ Not Qualified. The Ladles' committee on the cele bration of the Fourth was discussing the proposed program of exercises. "I think," suggested a dimpled blonde, "that It would he awful nice to have some man with a good voice read the Declaration of Independence." At this juncture a woman with a square Jaw and deepset eyes observ * 0 ed: "It might be well, but I am opposed to having a married man read the document. It does not do to allow them to ehcourage themselves too much. » "THE GLORIOUS FOURTH.' h QQ rr / VA ■A f /j Mr. Prosy—My boy, do you know why you are celebrating this grand day? Kid—'Cause Uncle Ed, he give me a quarter to do It with! Their Busy Day. "Who," shouted the impassioned ora tor, "who among us has any cause to be happier than his neighbor on this glorious day of the nation's birth?" A man with his head bandaged and both hands in a sling, arose in the rear of the hall and exclaimed: "The doctors!" Trouble Ahead. Clancey—Phwat's all th' thrubble In th' alley bey ant? Hogan—Some o' th' b'ys fed Casey's goat a dozen av these cannon crackers an' now dhey's thryin't' git him t' ate a box of matches. Real Patriotism. A good citizen is always a patriot. That's the beBt way In the world to show patriotism. The Girl and the Flag ''s fm » V V j: .1 1 m 1$; ?-r \ : \ ;N & RS'jfiX U ij >> •< « V m as* ■S. > ■f'y m 1 mm pm l&M g«* V" * ' !££ it & r « s» < ■ life Oh, here's to the girl and the flag we lov< And nothing our love can sever. No matter the trail of our wayward feet. Our girl and our flag—forever! She sits on her throne in the mottled shade, A crown on her curly tousles, And over her gaily the old flag floats In a flutter of love's carousals 1 And always I see them with tear-dimmed eyes* The maid and the flag—but never For me shall exist but these— Our girl and our flag—forever! ONLY philanthropic. m "odoo!" la «V ij 'j /• , ^09 a t The Boy—Poor little gal! She's si skeèred dat It would be positively un gentlemanly In me not to swat her and take de firecrackers away from her! First to Assert Men's Rights. Thomas Jefferson and his colleagues in the continental congress did not bj any means invent liberty and equality But they were the first legislative as sembly to declare that all men are en titled to equal rights. Gone Over tor the Enemy. The Pup—Wow! I'll bet I never, nev er will bark an' wag me tall when Independence Day Is mentioned aftei this! Nearly All. Mrs. Naybore—Did your little broth er come home from the Fourth ol July picnic all right? Little Lizzie—Yes'm—all except hli hair and fingers. PROOF OF THE DAY. & Pic mi c! . 4>1h \T< Al. 7°. «003 Mr. Torpedo—Well, you certain!) must have celebrated! Mr. Cracker—Yes; can't you see I'm completely busted? A PASTEURIZE ALL CITY MILK Work 8hould Be Done to Deetroy All Dleeeee Producing Bacteria— Done by Simple Outfit A (By 1 a A. Rogers.) Milk delivered in the cities In the summer months frequently contains bacteria in such large numbers that It la not aafe food for children, especial* ly for Infanta whose foods consist en tirely of milk. In many cities a spe cial milk can be secured, but this la sometimes difficult and always in-' solves additional expense. Under such circumstances It Is ad visable to pasteurise all milk con sumed by small children. The paa-' teurlsation should be done ln such a' way that disease producing bacteria.: aa well as those likely to produce In testinal disturbances, are destroyed without at the same time injuring the flavor or the nutritive value of the. milk. This may be accomplished in the home by the use of a simple lm-. proved outfit. Milk Is most conveniently pasteur-. Ized in the bottles in which It is de livered. To do this use a small pall| with a perforated false bottom. An In verted pie tin, with a few holes punched In it, will answer this pur-t pose. This will raise the bottles from the bottom of the pall, thus allowing tree circulation of water and prevent-! tng bumping of the bottles. Punch a hole through the cap of one of the bot tles and Insert a thermometer. Thej ordinary floating type of thermometer 1 Is likely to be Inaccurate, and, If pos sible, a good thermometer, with the scale etched on the glass, should bei used. Set the bottles of milk In the pall and fill the pall with water nearly! to the level of the milk. Put the pall' on the stove or over a gas flame and 1 heat It until the thermometer In the milk shows not less than 150 degrees' or more than 155 degrees Fahrenheit. The bottles should then be removed 1 from the water and allowed to stand from twenty to thirty mlnutea. The temperature will fall slowly, but may be held more uniformly by covering the bottles with a towel. The puno tured cap should be replaced with a new one, or the bottle should be cov ered with an Inverted cup. After the milk has been held as di rected, It should be cooled as quickly and as much as possible by setting In water. To avoid danger of breaking the bottle by too sudden change of temperature, this water should be warm at first Replace the warm wa ter slowly with cold water. After cooling, milk should In all cases be tield at the lowest available tempera ture. He ol VENTILATION OF HEN HOUSE One of Most Important Thlnga to Ob serve In Raising Poultry—Consider Weather Conditions. One of the most Important things to observe in the raising of any kind of Fowls is ventilation. Oenerally this question does not need much consid eration In the winter, when the weather Is cold, but In the spring, when the temperature begins to rise.j the poultry raiser should see to It that the house is properly ventilated. However, In no case should the, ventilations be made so the bird will 1 have to roost in the draft. This is the! cause of many of the poultry Ills' which cause so much havoc In the! flock and eat up so many of the rais er's profits. If the house has but a, tingle wall, there usually accumu lates considerable dampness In the winter on the Interior In the form of frost, and this, when It melts In. spring, will cause trouble If It Is not; carried away by ventilation. The best way to remove this Is by ventilation through the roof of th* house. If the house Is provided with 1 a roof ventilator with a slide over the opening, to control the ingress and egress of the air, you have a system of ventilation which can hardly be Improved upon. If this Is not provided, you should have a small opening near the comb of the roof, and open and close this to suit the temperature. Generally no opening la needed near the floor, as the opening of the door will allow all the carbonic acid gas to escape. If, however, the house Is entirely air tight, there should be placed a slide so that It can be regulated to suit the weather. Phosphorus, Potash and Clover. In thirty years' fertiliser experi ments at the Pennsylvania atatlon It haa been found that phosphorus and potash in a rotation containing clover continue to maintain soli fertility. Without the addition of organic mat ter during thirty years, except the roots and stubble of the crops raised, the soil has been kept In a state of high fertility, the land receiving an application of six tons of manure every other year during the thirty years. Planting Cabbage. There are several strong arguments in favor of close planting for cabbage. In many sections the crop Is sold by the head, and size, though an impor tant factor, does not always exert much Influence In securing good prices. The earliest cabbage is used more extensively for slaw thaa for any other purpose and the consumer wants a small hard head. Steady Growth Essential. The steer which can usually be de pended on to fetch the best price at the stock yard In one whose fattening began early, whose appetite has been satisfied and kept on edge by a va riety of feed stuffs,' but without over feeding or permitting him to go oft his feed. Growth once Interrupted sel dom progresses as well afterward. A WARNING TO BOYS Young Johnny Winters, strong and well, Went out to celebrate the day, A cannon cracker in his hand, His heart attuned to fun and play! IS. 1 X ta* •cm ? c] *4 y I I« i*; £ He set the cracker up on end And lit the fuse, as you have done; Then as It sputtered, sparked and spat, Young Johnny left It on the run I l. ' .» fit i / a . » -i h. ÎS1 Excitedly he turned about And waited, with his chums, the noise I "It's fizzled!" then said careleaa John, "I'll take a look," he told the boys. v-J ; V I à 1 1 & ' P \ : Above the powder stick he bent— The air was filled with ripping sound! The boys rushed up with awestruck eyes To Johnny, lying on the groundl M, i i I Œ wM. He lay upon the cheerless sod, His face all marred with bloody char.— And all through life the boy muat wear The cannon cracker's awful acara! It a Si I i/>.. at oft ct a Take warning, boys, from Johnny's fate And do not harm your eyas or face. Be patriotic, brave and true But spurn the things that hurt tha racal FREE Scholarships IN MUSIC The State College of Washing eeial Co nts of M offers tages to stu atory atlv d< lVn }■ fholarsliips will bo awarded tudonts, six being and two in Violin. I d Pi a v r lient , Drawing, etc.), and i Dramatic Art I Fi . Arts (Paint Expression and ffered. Send for college catalogue giving full information. of in last the Add re : 1 'Registrar, W. S. C.. P. O. Box 1. Pullman. Wash.'' REAL ESTATE l'OR SALE—30 A. IN BITTER ROOT VAL ley, Ravalli Co., Mont., well located; CO a. cult., plenty water, etc. Will olds, Box 319, Chicago. critice. Reyn Mo FOR SALE—OPERA HOUSE IN THIS town. Income $-150 per month, iences. Excellent location. \Y. G. Davis, Burloy, Ida. AH modern Will sacri the ing ing got eonv lice. FOR SALE— 210 A., ALL CULT., IN WHIT Co.. Wash.; 5 r house, barn, orchard, stock, elc.: within easy reach of Spokanu Lean, ilr am. Chicago. _ BOURBON NATIONAL CONVENTION Bryan and Parker Are in Mix-up Right At the Start. Baltimore, June 2d.—All hopo of averting a fight from tho full of tho gavel in tho democratic convention van ished today when tho national commit tee approved the selection of former Judge Alton B. Parker of Now York temporary chairman in defiance of tho threat of William J. Bryan to mako issue of the alleged conservatism of Judge Parker as opposed to tho pro gressivism which the Nebraskan as serts should prevail. An effort was made by the national committee today to placate Mr. Bryan, but a conference resulted in complete failure. la as an Mr. Bryan would not recede from the position he had taken, and tonight prepared to make his fight to morrow from the floor of the conven tion to rally the progressives to his standard in opposition to Judge Parker. Mr. Bryan announced today that if no other good progressive could be pre vailed upon to make the race, he would enter the field himself as the opponent of Parker. by Parker Reported Elected. Alton B. Parker, of New York, was chosen tonight as the candidate for temporary chairman of the democratic covention by the national committee. Parker received 31 votes, Senator-elect James of Kentucky 20, and Senator O'Gorman of New York 2. CUBAN WAR NEAR END Colonel Pledra Sets the Time Limit At Fifteen Days. Havana.—Colonel Piedra, who recent ly took a battalion of 450 volunteers from Havana to Oriente has returned with most of his command. Ho reports that the insurgents have in the field ubout 200 men, divided into small bod Colonel Piedra said the uprising would end in 15 days at the most. ies. FATAL AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT Husband of One Victim At Los Angeles Probably Fatally Hurt. Los Angeles.—Mrs. Nicholas A. d'Arcy and Mrs. Charles L. Doran, both of Los Angeles, were instantly killed, and Nicholas d'Arcy was prob ably fatally injured when the automo bile in which they were returning to the city from Venice was struck by an electric car, Monday. .Automobile Eye Insurance needed after Exposure to Sun, Winds and Dust. Marine Eye Remedy freely applied Affords Reliable Relief. No Smarting—Just Eye Comfort—Try Murine. The chaffeur never spoke except when addressed, but his few utterances, given in a broad brogue, were full of wit. One of the men in the party re marked: ''You're a bright sort of a fellow and it 's easy to see that your people came from Ireland." ''No, sor; ye arç very badly taken," replied Pat. ''WhatI" said the man; ''didn't they come from Ireland?" ''No sor," answered Pat, ''they-re there yit. " mis* Water In bluing is adulteration, and water make liquid blue costly. Buy Red Cross Ball Blue, makes clothes whiter than snow. Glass Women May Be Barristers. London.—A bill has been introduced in tho house of commons by Viscount Wolmer to enable women to become barristers or solicitors. It is backed by Mr. Lansbury, Lord Robert Cecil and others. For the Hair Are you so fortunate as to be well satisfied with your hair? Is it long enough, thick enough, rich enough? And your hair does not fall out? Well,well,thatisgood. But you may know of some not so fortunate. Then just tell them about Ayer's Hair Vigor. They will surely thank you after using it, if not be fore. Remember, it does not color the hair. Show the list of ingredients to your doctor. Let him decide their value. He knows. a tha ARREST PORTLAND POLICE. Bribery Charges Involve Chief and Captains. 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