The Celina Democrat., August 06, 1915, Image 7

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f?7 K American (inine Pro
fjX l teetlvev association, the
'national organization of
the country's sports
men In bending every
effort to a solution of
the problem of Increasing
tho game supply To
that end a meeting was
recently held in New
York to discuss breeding and preserv
ing of game birds.
It was agreed that the saving of the
remnant of game birds and mammals
of America, estimated at ten per cent
of the number which exlBted at the
time of greatest abundance, could only
be accomplished through the provi
sion of refuges or sanctuaries for wild
life and the adoption of means of
forced production through the medium
of the name
farm.
P e n n s y I
v a n la , un
der ihe di
rection of
an excellent
Conservation
co m mission,
is probably
the leading
exponent .of
the large
s a n c t uary
Idea, and is
now estab
lishing ref
uses on 1,
lOU.OOO acres
of public lnds distributed anion; :ui
counties end running in area from 120,
000 to 516.000 acres. Iowa. Washing
ton, Illinois and California are con
spicuous among the,, states that are
establishing wild life sanctuaries in
practically every community or every
county within their confines. The first
named state has already ret aside
refuges totaling more than ZOO.OOu
acres in area.
A number of strifes, by establishing
f;.rms for the rearing of game-in cap
tivity, have blafd the trail in the di
rection of breeding game birds in
captivity and subsequently libt-.i atiug
them in the country that will afford
food and cover and thus Increase the
supply of game. Among these states
are California, Delaware, Connecti
cut. Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana. Massa
chusetts. Oregon, Xew Jersey, New
York, West Virginia and Wisconsin
New York has two farms and a third
has been provided for by legislative
action, but has not yet been actually
started. Massachusetts has also sev
eral farms, and is carrying on valu
able experimental work.
Recently the American Game Pro
tective association sent a blank to the
various states having game farms ask
ing information as to their activities.
The species of game bred on the vari
ous farms were shown to include the
ringneck pheasant, wild turkey, Cali
fornia , valley quail. Hungarian par
tridge. Mexican quail, our own bob
white, Canadian geese, mallard, black
and wood duck, golden and silver
A1 " r
ph'OK; n's. rabbits, elk and deer.
California, since the establishment
of its game farm, has distributed more
than 1.0(1(1 wild turkeys, and K84 eggs
of this species, and f,000 ringneck
pheasants, among its citizens lor prop
agation purposes.
1 he New Jersey game farm at
Forked river is one of the mist in
teresting and best equipped in the
country. This farm is under the
general supervision of Commissioner
Kmest Napier, and Is rapidly proving
itself a model. The product of the first
year of this farm was 4,4o0 rlngnect'S,
400 bobwliite quail. 35 wild tur
keys, o Canadian geese, ISO mallards
and 20 deer.
Game breeding, however, is not con
lined to state activities. Individuals
and associations of sportsmen are do
ing their share of the good work.
Game farming is urged by those in
terested In increasing the country's
supply because it admits of forced
production. A few facts will show
how much greater that production
car. be made per unit than it is in the
wild state.
Take the quail. In the wild state
the hen lays usually from ten to eight
een eggs in a season, while on the
New Jersey state game farm last year
40 eggs w ere laid by a single hen. That
was a record, but 25 is probably a
conservative estimate of the produc
tion of the average hen quail in cap
tivity. The- hen is robbed of her eggs as
she lr.ys them and they are placed un
der domestic hens
for Incubation.
Robbed of the eggs,
the captive birds
keep on laying in an
endeavor to secure
enough for incuba
tion. The pheasant and
other game birds
can be treated the
same wpy, and the
percentage of the
brood brought to
maturity is much
greater owing to
the protection from vermin that is af
forded when the chicks are hand
raised.
Emphasis is placed on the fact
that every game , farm refuge, club
and private preserve forms a valu
able refuge for song and Insectivor
ous birds as well as the game species.
When it Is considered that the
country's crops are damaged yearly
to the extent of $1,200,0(10.000 (lnited
States department of agriculture fig
ures) by insects, of which our birds
are the most ellicient destroyers, the
more game movement assumes an im
portant economic aspect
Wants Salary Reduced.
Here is a man appointed to a per
fectly good $ouO-a-year job, and now
he wants the salary reduced to $7,000.
Lid you ever hear of such a thing?
His wish probably will be gratified.
The request comes from a newly ap
pointed magistrate who takes the
place of a chief magistrate who re
cently died. The office of chief magis
trate was abolished, but not the sal
ary, which is a thousand more than
the other magistrates. The new mag
istrate states his belief that the fail
ure to reduce tin; remuneration of
the ofiice was due to an accident, and
he does not wish to take advantage of
such a misunderstanding to obtain ex
tra compensation for doing the same
Work as his colleagues. Therefore the
city must knock off the thousand from
his pay envelope.
"Wallflower" Finds Dallroom a Plac
Where Beauty, Not Clvernes,
Is Sought Out.
The fourth dance was nearly over,
and she was utill sitting by the wall,
her hands clasped In her lap and her
blank prcarn'ii itii'. e liti', by lu-r side.
Tim expression of pleasure wlii'h had
b"(n spontaneous at the beginning of
tile evenln;;, had become I'x'd and
Htraintd through the long period of
waiting. At last tho music ci ased
und the dancers, (lushed and laughing,
scattered about the hull.
The girl rose stiffly and tried to
mingle with the crowd. A few ac
quaintances nodded absently, then
moved away. Tlold In her dittress,
she elbowed her way Into a noisy
group and laid her hand timidly upon
the arm of one of the girls.
"That's a pretty dress, Marie," she
said, trying to smile. "Thank you.
Are you having a good time?" "Love
ly," she answered, with a brave at
tempt to smile. Her friend hesitated;
then turned deliberately to her own
coterlo.
The wallflower stood awkwardly
outside tho closed circle; then pushed
toward another group. The music
started up; there was mad confusion,
end the girl was caught In a scurry
of young men finding their partners.
Left alone in tho middle of the floor
and buffeted by the dancers, there
was nothing for her to do but seek
the wall aualn.
Her cheeks burned in confusion as
Fhe found h"relf aroin surrounded by
vacant chairs. She moved to the
side of tv o rirls sitting farther down
the hell. For a moment ii:e feit. less
conspicuous; but both girls were
claimed by their partners and she
was ng:.in K-ft alone against the wall.
J'retty girii glanced at her with genu
ine pity; girls of uncertain popularity
eyed Ik r scornfully as they passed.
At. la.-t, blinded by a rush of hot
tears. s!.e aroFe and went from the
music, and merriment Into the sileuco
of the deserted dressing room.
Big Land
Opening
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At $9.50 Per Acre
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Swi:::i i'I'm tirei'iiwoitil 'lwfi-ii:p Tia--i
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No land rt-n, rvrd er fur Kale until ix
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than 4a nr ovrr t'H) urifs to inu- t r
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fully or annual payment!.. No lanl at
iIiIh pi-Ire after Hi. -an rale ex'-ui innri,
which li'Hvt-H I'hlriiKo Tui-hiiay, Auj.
lid, II : rv j a, ni. Knllm expanse from
I'hk'iiKo nml return, lnluliiiK board,
lullroud far"1, 1'ullmun lei-pi-r. ric.
!4. Write Immediately f"r map-circular
Klvln nil particulars. Tliex ri
choice farm lunds, adapted for general
cropa. Hoik, dulrylnif, poultry, truck,
fruit; near town. rullroud, markets
end adjoining good farina; quirk trana
pnrtutlon to Chicago, Milwaukee,
Grand Jtaplda. Iwlrolt. Opportunity
of II re-lliTin for wRti earner, farm
renter or farm hand to att a farm
home. GoorK" W. fiwlnart, owner,
K-11M8 First National Bank Hid., C'hl
cifo, Illinois.
EVEN CAT WAS CONTRIBUTION
DRAW MOISTURE FROM WATCH
A Jealous Nature.
"Jagsby says he signed the pledge
because he couldn't resist the pleas of
the fair sex. A delegation of temper
ance workers called on him ut his of
fice and he surrendered."
"Just so. I presume .Mrs. Jagsby is
delighted."
"Not at all. She wanted him to quit
drinking, but she was not a member of
the delegation, and the thought that ho
iuit- at the request of other women
makes her mad all over."
LITTLE DESIREE
Girl Whom Napoleon Loved and Jilted
Afterward Became Mother
of Royal Line.
Napoleon, greatest of mortem con
querors, made hlmst U an emperor, and
made his brothers and two of'his mar
shals kings. When his empire fell,
these subordinate sovereigns were
shaken from their thrones all except
one. The throne or tsweuen. nno mat
alone, is still occupied by the dynasty
founded in Napoleon's day and by his
aid. Strangely enough romantically,
if you will this is the royal line
whose first king. Charles John, was
Napoleon's marshal, Mernadotte; and
whose first queen, Iiesiree, was Na
poleon's earliest sweetheart. She was.
indeed, his betrothed, from whom he
eouglit and obtained his release only
when he had fallen under the spell of
the fascinating widow, Josephine de
Iteauharnais, with whose sophisticated
charms young Desiree Clary, Hot yet
fifteen, could not compete.
A recent Kreiu'i writer, Jean Marte
lot, in a little study of Queen Desiree,
hEs related the story of her three not
able suitors and her marriage. I-ier
father and brother were prosperous
silk merchants of Marseilles. There
were four daughters, two married;
two, both very pretty, unmarried and
Facts About Ferns.
Ferns started in the rockery when
the weather is settled will grow well,
and no foliage Is more delicate and
graceful.
Get a package of choice mlxd ferns
and sow them in shallow pans or
boxes. The .seed grows best In fine
sifted sand and peaty loam. It may be
sown at any season, but will need care
ful attention. The boxes should be
covered with pieces of glass, and be
placed In a shaded position. The seed
Is slow to germinate, and while It
at home little Desiree, accompanying
a sister-in-law whose husband, in the
confusion of those troublous times
had been arrested to the ofiice of the
representative. M. Albitte, to ask- his
intercession, was by accident left for
gotten in an anteroom, where she fell
asleep. After she was queen she told
her chamberlain the story
Wakened by the sudden closing of
a door, she found herself alone in the
dusk, and a strange man looking at
her in surprise. .Much frightened, she
explained her situation, and her anxi
ety ubout her brother, whom she
thought in immediate danger of the
guillotine. He reassured her, and of
fered to escort her to her home. They
became good friends on the way and
she Invited him to call, that her
mother might thank him for his kind
ness, adding that she should like to be
able to tell her friends the name of
the gentleman who had protected her.
"Very well; you may tell them that
my name Is Joseph Bonaparte," said
he. 'That is the way the Clarys and
the lionapartes became acquainted.
Joseph called and soon became an
intimate friend of the family; at the
end of a few weeks he had proposed
to Desiree that he should marry her
as soon as she was sixteen, and she
had consented. 'Soon he brought his
should not be allowed to dry up, exces
sive watering must be avoided. When
the plants are well started and the
weather is warm and settled, they may
bo transplanted In the rockery. In
planning garden shrubbery or rockery,
however small, keep in mind the effect
you desire to create, and map it out
on paper before you plant the seed.
You can plan a succession of bloom
that will last from early spring until
the autumn, or an effective color com
bination. If you have little time to de
vote to, your flowers, select the hardl-
brother Napoleon to call and he, too,
became a frequent visitor.
"His arrival," Queen Desiree relat
ed, "made a change in our plans for
the future. We had not known him
long when he said to us, 'In all well
managed households either the hus
band or the wife must be the one to
yield. You, Joseph, have no decision
of charaeier, and neither has Desiree,
while Julie and I know very well what
we want. You will do much better,
then, to marry Julie. As for Desiree,
she shall be my wife.' And that was
the way I came to be betrothed to Na
poleon." Joseph did marry Julio Clary; but
after Napoleon's defection. Desiree,
from among many suitors, chose, not
unwisely, the rising young soldier, lier
nadotte. "I wish Desiree happiness if she
marries Bernadotte," wrote Napoleon
from Egypt. "She deserves it."
She was playing an overture from
the opera when tho news came that
she was queen. "I never touched mv
harpsichord afterward." she confessed.
for I thought that a queen should not
play badly."
She lived to a good old age and
saw the third generation of Berna
dottes upon the throne of Sweden.
Youth's Companion.
Timepiece la, Not Necessarily Ruined
If Unfortunately It Has Been
Water-Sosked.
What to do' with a water-poaked
watth is often a problem when one is
caught in the wilderness, or in a com
munity where no jeweler is to be
found Lack of knowing what steps
to take often results in much ex'Jense,
If not in the utter ruin of the watch.
Vatches m.'ide with both a screw
fi'Ce and screw hrtck nay b" dried
easily by removing the front and back,
emptying the watch of as much water
! as will run out, reversing the crystal,
screwing it on the hack of the wat'di,
j Rnd then laying it. where the sun will
: have a chance to reflect through the
, crystal.
I The hat of the sun on the crystal
! will draw the moisture from the works
1 tn fifteen or twenty minutes, says the
Technical World. If water still re
mains in the works, the crystal may
be unscrewed, wiped and replaced,
and the process repeated.
After the sun fails to draw any
more of the water out. of the glass it
fs safe to conclude that there is no
more In the works, and the oil origi
nally on them, warmed by the sun,
lubricates the parts.
There should be no more trouble
with the watch, although it is advis
able to have it examined by a jeweler
at the earliest opportunity.
Kitty, in Her Own Language, Testified
to the Generosity of the Mayo
Brothers.
An Indianapolis woman who recent
ly returned from Hochester, .Minn,
where she was taking treatment of
the Mayo brothers, tells the following
story of a farmer who was visiting
in the city:
"And this park was given to the
city by the Mayos!" he exclaimed.
"And the .Mayos gave this library
to the city, and this church was built
by the Mayos, and the money lor this
school was contributed by the
Mayos," informed his host, as they
sped about the city seeing the sights
"Well, that Is wonderful," said the
farmer. "They certainly have made
Rochester. Here comes a cat, I sup
pose that belongs to the Mayos, too
Let's stop and ask it."
"Say, Kilty, who do you belong to?'
"Me-ow," replied the cat. indium
Apolis News.
NOT MUCH OF A PROBLEM
Lawyer's Statement of Ce That Won
Immediate Acquittal for His
Fortunate Client.
A famous lawyer hud a client named
Murphy who hud been urn-Hied for il
legal mile of liquor The police bud
no evidence hut one pint of whisky,
which they found lu his houi-o when
they reanhed it In ourt this evi
dence was produced, and a somewhat
vivid claim of prima facie evidence of
guilt was made by the prosecuting at
torney.
Luring nil this, counsel for the pris
oner was silent. When his turn caiief
for the defense, he rose und said: 'Tat-
rick Murphy, stand up." And Murphy,
with a big red nose, unshaven face,
bleared eyes and a general appearance
of dilapidation, rose,
"Patrick Murphy, look upon the
Jury; gentlemen of the Jury, look on
Patrick Murphy."
Jury and prisoner mutuully compiled.
Tho counsel gazed at Patrick for a
moment, then solemnly turned to the
Jury.
"Do you mean to say to this court
and me you honorably and truly be
lieve that Patrick Murphy, If he had
a pint of whisky, would sell It?"
Murphy was acquitted.
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Lilly, McNeill 4 Lilly, CLIcajo
MADE THE CEREMONY BRIEF
Hunting Trouble.
When a man just naturally wants
trouble it is mighty easy to find an
excuse for making it. According to
Mike Hogan, Casey and O'Brien were
having an argument of their own at
Preckenridge street and Barrett ave
nue. It had progressed to the extent
that each had forgotten what it was
about originally, and they were
wholly oblivious of the gathering
jrowd until an urbane and geuteel
flerson in a frock coat put in.
"Come, come, my man," he said,
gently plucking Casey by the sleeve.
"Y'ou don't want to light; I can tell
It by your looks. Your face is too
Denign "
"Two be nine! Two be uine, is ut,
jre scut?'' bellowed Casey. "Me face
is two be nine, is ut?"
And there was where the real trou
ble began. Louisville Times.
Marriage Service as Conducted by Mis
sionary Was Binding If It Was
Not Lengthy.
Rev. It. H. Dodge Is a missionary at
Maul, one ot the Hawaiian group of
Islands. Ho is a most resourceful man
in his dealings with his charges, as his
part in the following incldeut serves
to show:
Recently a Japanese couple came to
.Mr. Dodue with a request in sign lan
guage. They could not talk English uu
derstandingly, and Mr. Dodge could
not talk Japanese, so he conducted the
ceremony as follows:
"You like this waliir.e?"
"Yev"
"liimeby no klckout?"
"No."
"You like this kane?" (To the wom
an.) "Yes "
"Bimeby no kickout?"
"No."
"Pule."
"Pau." And the ceremony ended.
"Wahine" is Hawaiian for woman,
"kane" for man, "pule" for pray, and
"pau" for enough. Kohala Midget
(Maui).
Inventor's Heart in His Work.
Ramsden. the father of the modern
screw, was an unusual inventive geni
us, and the demand from all parts
of Europe for his incomparable inven
tions was greater than could be sup
plied by the constant labor of 60 work
men. His life was one of extreme
frugality. He ate and slept li'.tle
and studied much.
Most of Ramsden's evenings were
spent drawing plans by the kitchen
tire, a cat on one side, a nr.-g of por
ter and plate of bread and butter
rm the other, while some apprentices
sat around and he w histled or same.
After explaining a design to a Work
man he would say: "Now, see. man.
let us try to find fault with it," and
Intelligent suggestions generally led
to amendments. But if a completed
Instrument fell short of his ideal it
was Invariably rejected or destroyed,
with the exclamation: "Hols, man.
Lhis won't do; we must have it again!"
Johnny Made Good.
In instructing a youthful class in
mathematics the pretty young teacher
turned to Johnny Jones.
"Johnny," she remurked, "can you
tell me what an average is?"
"Y'es, ma'am," was the prompt re
sponse of Johnny, "an average is what
a hen lays eggs on."
"What?" exclaimed the amazed
teacher. "What on earth are you
talking about?"
"That's right, Miss Mary," was the
rejoinder of Johnny. "Most every
lesson in our 'rithmetic starts off 'if
a hen lays two eggs a day on an aver
ige!' " Philadelphia Telegraph.
Which Way Is It Going?
Little Dorothy had been looking at
her uncle's bald head intently for sev
ral minutes. She was evidently in
such a serious study about something
that her aunt asked what was the matter.
I "Thay, ith uncle's hair comlu' in or
j roin' out?" was the reply.
Circumstantial Evidence.
A girl who has bei-n visiting In a
country town, alarmed the family she
was visiting by appearing at breakfast
and describing pistol shots directly be
hind the house during the night and
the running and shouting of men.
"I distinctly heard someone say,
'Did you got him?' and another voice
answered, 'No, he disappeared in the
long grass,' " she said. "Then the first
voice sriid, 'Well, we'd better look be
hind the church," and just then two
shots rang out."
The man of the family decided to in
vestigate and found that the disturb
ers were boys who were going fishing
and were looking for worms, while the
shots were torpedoes on a railroad
track, a short distance away. Worces
ter Post.
1 1 1 1 1 in - i
FOR SALE
AT A BARGAIN
One 30 H. P. Horizontal Porter
Stationary Steam Engine with Auto
matic Lubricator.
OneWorthington Steam Pressura
Water Pump with Automatic Lu
bricator. One Barasrwanath & Pirn Ex
haust Water 1 leater.
Two Water Traps.
One 10 Barrel Receiving Tank.
One Pulley, 8 inch Face, 30 inch
Diameter.
One Pulley, 10 inch Face, 20 inch
Diameter.
One Shaft, 2 7-1 6 in. x 16 ft. long.
Two Hangers, 14 inch drop.
The above mentioned articles are;
all in first class shape and almost
as good as new. For prices and
other information, write or call
WESTERN NEWSPAPER UNION
810-14 Clinton St., Ft. Wayne, Ind.
True Fighters.
"The Plack Watch are fighting so
well in France that even the Ger
mans praise them. Wonderful fightr
ers, the Irish! "
The speaker was W. Pourke Cock
ran. He continued:
"When I think of the valor of the
Plack Watch regiment I recall the
story of Pal McC'ann.
"Pat came home one night with
a black eye, a brok'-n nose and a
split lip; a front tooth was gone a
well.
" 'Tim Sullivan done it.' he told his
w ife, as he began to bathe his wounds
in a basin of water.
"'Shame on ye!' Pridget cried. 'A
big feller like you to be licked by a
little, har-d-drinkin' cockroach like Tim
Sullivan! Why he '
" 'Whist,' said Pat from the ba
sin, softly. 'Don't shpake evil of the
dead.' "
Not Poited.
"Y'ou studied astronomy at college,
did you not, Mr. Saphead?" asked the
sweet young thing.
"Oh, yes indeed, and a very fascinat
ing study it is."
"Won't you please tell me the name
of that bright star over there just
above the spire of the Presbyterian
church?"
"Let me see," said Saphead. "That's
er er wait a minute now, I er It
must be the fact is, Miss Peachy,
I'm afraid I'm not up on this year's
schedule."
Chile Is irrigating more than 2.300..
000 acres of land, and has nearly as
many more available for irrigation.
est varieties those that require little
attention and grow well in any soil.
Forest Fires Preventable.
More than half of tho forest fires In
the United States are preventable,
declares the forest service, sending
out its annual warning with the open
ing of the season of fire danger on
most of the national forests. Tho
statement is based on an analysis of
7,000 cases of fire on national forests
last Beason and 10,000 fires on state
and private holdings. .
The Prefix "Pan."
The prefix "pan" is derived from the
Jreek "pas" (pant) meaning "all." It
is a combining form found in words of
Greek origin, and is also used before
English adjectives, as pan-harmonic
(embracing all harmony or every mode
3f harmony). The meaning is similar
In such words as Pan-American. Pan
Egyptian, etc., but does not apply to
Panhandle, this, being the name given
to a narrow strip of one political di
vision extending between two other
divisions, as the Panhandle of West
Virginia, the Texas Panhandle.
And That's All.
"Van Lushe says he can take a
Irlnk or let it alone."
"Well, I've often seen hiir. prove the
flrst half of that statement."
Can You Beat It?
"That chap Jones believes In get
ting his money's worth."
"I should say he does! Why, he
takes a trip into town every Sunday
so as to get the full value of his com
mutation ticket."
A Great Musician.
Two Lancashire boys were expati
ating on the relative merits of their
fathers as musicians.
"My father is the greatest musician
in the town," said one.
"Oh!" the other said. "When my
father starts his music every man
stops work."
'How's that?" said the other. "What
does he do?"
"lie blows the whistle for meals up
at the mill." .
Correct.
"In what states does it cost the
most to live?"
"In the state of matrimony."
Self-interest.
"Does our friend have in mind the
will of the people?"
"I think so. Only he regards it as
some kind of a will that may contain
a personal legacy for him.'.
Wouldn't Wear a "Molecule." .
"What are you studying now?"
asked Mrs, Johnson.
"We have taken up the subject of
molecules," answered her son.
"I hope you will be very attentive
and practice constantly," said the
mother. "I tried to gnt your father
to wear one, but he could not keep It
in his eye."
Shares His Regard. ,
Edith Do you think only of me?
Tom Yes, darling; that is. except
during the baseball season.
A girl never fully appreciates a
young man until some other girl tries
to get a corner on his affections.
More Metal Beds Used In China.
The sale of American-made brass
and iron bedstends continues to attain
satisfactory proportions in the Shan
ghai district, writes Vice-Consul Gus
tavo J. Harrett, Shanghai. These
types are now generally used by the
foreign residents here and are also
finding favor with the more represent
ative Chinese families. The small bed
of light weight is understood to be
the most satisfactory for use In
China. American-made beds compete
successfully iu price. Quality and de
sign with those of European manufacture.
Women Now Handling the Money.
American business men would do
well to consider the fact that to an
unprecedented extent the purchasing
power of the British Isles has passed
Into the hands of the women, writes
Consul Francis J. Dyer, Swansea,
Wales, at present on duty at depart
ment of state, Washington. Wives of
men who have enlisted are receiving
all, or a good part, ot their husbands'
pay, as well as the allowances made in
many cases by their employers. The
latter amounts to about one-half of
their regular pay. With these funds
the women are beHer supplied with
money, to spend In much manner as
they see fit, than they ever have been
before. One result, landlords say, Is
that they are receiving their rents
more regularly. Another result, no
doubt, is ihat the money is being
spent In a different way than It was
when the men chiefly or wholly direct
ed Us expenditure.
Water Main Trouble Overcome.
The curious pulsations of a 50-inch
water main, wnich regularly rose and
fell like the chest ii breathing, were
brought to notice by W. P. Wilcox, an
Alabama engineer. The variations ir
jiressure at each pump stroke gave a
motion of five-thirty-seconds inch
which seemed much more, and the al
ternate flattening and expansion
caused a crack two miles long on the
surface of the ground. The trouble
way remedied by providing a suitable
air chamber to take uu the pulsation.
Algeria's Population.
Algeria has a total population of be
tween 5,000,000 and 6 000,000, of whom
only a little more than 800,000 are of
European origin, The French have
not found it expedient during this war
to insist upon compulsory military
service on the part of the native Mo
Jiammedau. population.
Fitting Place.
"How long shall we make our new
club garage?"
"Listen, all of you. The question
of feet is now on the carpet"
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