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What is claimed as the largest ani
mal In the world Is represented by a
colossal skeleton In the museum of
ChristchurCh. Now Zealand, says the
London Globe. This la the remains of
a larpe specimen of the blue whale
stranded on the coast of that country.
This whale Is probably the largest of
all living animals. The length of the
skeleton Is eighty-seven feet, and the
head alone Is twenty-one feet. The
weight of tho bones Is estimated at
nine tons. This gigantic whale gets '
lis lume of blue whale from the dark
Mulsh gray of Its upper surface. The
tinge of yellow on Its lower part has
led to the name "sulphur bottom," by
which It Is known on the western side
of the Atlantic. It Is otherwise known
as Slbbald's rorqual (Balenoptera Sib
baldll). The chief food of this gigantic ani
mal is a small marine crustacean
(Thysanopoda lnerrnls),' known to the
whales as "krll." Another species of
the same sbrlmpllke group has been
obtained In thousands from the stom
achs of mackerel caught on the Corn
ish coast. The nearly related opossum
shrimps found In enormous numbers
In the Greenland seas form the chief
food of the common whale. Some ot
the thysanopodae are phosphorescent
and contribute to the luminosity ot tba
sea.
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DIRECTOR WAS ALARMED.
Ituaalaa ('onfrulto Who WUhed to
Spur Manniteinent Trouble.
M. Andreas Dlppel, one of the twin
bosses of the Metropolitan Opera
House, sat at bis desk the other day,
when a breezy lady blew In, the Cin
cinnati Times-Star New York corre
spondent says. M. Dippel Just gobbled
at her, he was so surprised. She ws
Mdle. Anna Meitscbtk, a Russian con
tralto, and had not been expected for
a week or so. "But why did you not
let us know you was coming to-day?"
lie ask?d, after be had caught his
breath. "I would have bad soma one
meet you, and find quarters for you,
and spare you all unnecessary rou
ble."
"I didn't want to worry you," said
Wdle. Meitschik in Russian. "So 1
Vme on by myself, and I have found
Very satisfactory quarters In a good
hotel."
M. Dlppel cogitated a moment. "My
Russian Is not very good, mademoi
selle," said he, courteously. "I fear I
have not thoroughly understood you.
- Would you be so kind as to repeat that
statement In another language?"
,So Mdla. Meitschik repeated it in
German. M. Dlppel scratched his head
"I do not wish to annoy you, made
moiselle," said be. "But I certainly
am not hearing rightly this morning,
If you would be so kind as to say It
In French?
So Mdle. Meitschik said it In French,
although she was a bit annoyed.
"Extraordinary," said M. Dlppel.
earnestly, at last convinced that he
had ' mastered her very remarkable
statement. "Mademoiselle, I have been
In the opera now for many years. I
have met every opera singer in- the
world of rank equal to your own. And
never, mademoiselle, never, hava I
ever heard an opera singer even Inti
mate that she wished to spare any one
any trouble whatever. Mademoiselle,
are you quite well?"
Here anal Tatr.
A man was waiting patiently for a
street car the other day at a transfer
itatton. says the Boston Record, when
a woman, highly excited, rushed up to
him. and cried. "Ara you the man
here?"
"I don't understand," be said.
"Are you the man here?" she re
peated.
"No. madam," be said, concealing a
mile. "The man here U that inao
over there.
i wmm i
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1A It
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The Quest of
Betty Lancey
Hy WACDA F. WEST
Copyrtibt, iw, by V. 0. Chapinaa.
CIIAPTRR III.
They held the Inquest that same
sftrrnoon, and In tho room where
CVrlsfe Wayne's body hnd been found.
Dr. McGann, tha coroner, could find
no trace of violence on the young and.
perfect body.
"She died of heart failure," he re
marked, very simply. "Probably the
animal who caused the police Such
frljjlit and troublo gained access to the
room, and the sight and shock were
too much for her patently fragile con
stitution to withstand. Remember,
that this apparition has brought on
Mrs. Destcrle a stroke of paralysis,
and may result In the permanent de
rangement of her mind.
I have wired Doubleday, Franz &.
Co., In San Francisco," he continued.
Their reply Just received is that they
know but little about Cerisse Wayne.
They declare that they knew her as
Mrs. Wayne. Also that for- flvo
years past $2,000 a month has been de
posited to her credit with them. Parke
& Gray, . solicitors, of London, Eng
land, hava handled the drafts sent to
the San Francisco bankers. Mrs.
Wayne drew on this amount so freely
that at times her balance was practi
cally nothing, and frequently her ac
count showed a small overdraft For
the past several months, however, her
demands on the account have been
very slight Last month 14,000 was
sent for her credit and her present
balance Is approximately $6,000. Be
sides this they have a casket, said to
contain almost priceless Jewels, that
belong to her. A copy of a photograph
of Mrs. Wayne, which they have in
ineir possession, has been forwarded,
ana Henry Franz, one of the Junior
membera ot the firm, is coming East to
view the body. They report they have
cared for her malt for some time past.
ana aunng this time she has had It
forwarded to nearly every imaginable
point, both in thla country and abroad.
in ner handbag there was nearly $160
ana nothing to Indicate that she had
been mentally depressed or was In poor
nealtn. Over-Indulgence In cigarottes
may have unduly excited her mind. It
is patent that she read and smoked till
she grew drowsy and then lightly
tossed her book aside. Possibly she
wakened from some quiet dreum to be
hold that creature In the room, and
died of fright There was ono second
of Intense horror and all was ovor." '
'How did that that that get in,
doctor?" Interrupted the still dlshevol-
ed Dohorty.
"Don't you know that there's no place
on the front of this, nor any othor
hulldln' In the block where a cat could
crawl up for a footln1? Ain't they all
smooth sandstone, worn as btlck as me
last year's coat. And wasn't both of I taurant and rendezvous of the nows
the windows there closed and locked I paper men, Industriously disposing of
in me bargain, ana no chimney in the 1
room? Maybe the creature killed the
prltty little girl after It got' in al
right but how did It get In? Here's
another thing. Will ye look at that
bed? Now there's been two people
Sleeping in that bed, air, one of them
far heavier and bigger than tho poor
little girl you've Just been Inquesting
over. And here, now, Is a cigarette
stub that's different from the others I
stronger, can't you see?" I
The policeman held out tho stub In
question, and it was passed wonder- I
ingly from hand to hand, and later
marked exhibit "AJ
'Entrance might hava been effected
from tha hall," said tha Coroner with
a puzzled frown.
'So? Wasn't the door bolted from
the Inside? Can't you sea where it
was broke to get in?" retorted Do
herty.
"Ah, someone was inslda and rush
ed out when Mrs. Destcrle opened the
door," muttered Larry Morris of the
"Times.
Everybody in tho room directed his
attention to tha corner where the
newspaper folk were sitting. There
were eight or ten men in tha little
group and one woman, a fair, calm
eyed girl, Betty Lancey of tha "In
quirer." Betty was barely 13, one of
those tall, athletic, wholesome girls
who demand classification In tho men
tal menu as well-cooked oatmeal with
rich cream, country honey, baked
apples or new milk. Larry Morris
,. vary much In lov with n.f
but ha didn't know it and neither did
she.
Pierre Desterle denied Larry Mor
ris' suggestion. His wife Annie Des
terle could not come as a witness to
corroborate his statement Raving
and shrieking they had carried her off
to the hospital hours before. Pierre.
for his wife, and himself, told all he
knew of their unfortunate boarder.
'She came Monday night," quavered
the little black-skinned fellow. "She
was all dressed in green. She had the
prettteat eyes you ever saw, they were
Just like those of a hurt baby. So many
violets were pinned on her breast you'd
have thought 'twould have wearied her
to carry them. She brought no trunks.
only the green bag there. Said she
wanted room and board for two weeks
and would pay well for them. Annie
took her because of what she paid, and
because she was so pretty. She slept
late mornings and Annie was going to
make her move to-morrow because she
slept so late it made breakfast drag
along till noon. The women In the
house didn't like Mlas Wayne. They
aid she painted her face and smoked
cigarettes. The men made soft eyes
at her and the woman got Jealous.
Annie said she had awful flno things
In her valise, and lots of Jewelry. An-
nle came up stairs to wake her. for it
was lunch time, and then It all hap-
pened. There couldn't anybody have
rushed down the stairs. I was In the
hall when Annie fell, and Doherty was
with me, and he came tight up here
after we a carried Annie to her room.
That was the only time the hall was
alone."
"How long did that tak. you. Do
herty?" aBked Johnny Johnson of the
newspaper coterie. He was thinking
that the Coroner was a shade too Judi
cial ana prosy about the inquiry.
Home six minutes or so," slowly an-
wereu uonerty. "Mra. Deaterles a
weight to carry; she's pretty fat. you.
unow. lately. Her room, too, it's clear
dacK on tne second Ceor.
iney reaa the letters aloud. The
I
Copyright In Great BrfUla
enterprising newspaper boys had al
ready had them photographed so that
their papers might reproduce them.
The lonR'T of the two was undated,
the other bore date of eight months
previous, In mid-August and ran:
"(VrlHKe D-nr Heart of mine, I
have so longed for a letter. Do you
still ri-fiiHO to remember? Will you
not forgive or must I die without word
or sign from you? Forgive me, Cerisse,
dear, forgive me."
The other, couched more formally,
though in tho sumo writing, read:
"Cerisse So tho wander-lust still
pervades your henrt? Can you calm
your restless mind and soul and body
sufficiently long to realize that home,
husband, children and tho . develop
ment of womanhood's Ideals is the
tithe life exacts from each of your
sex?
"you must pay now, Cerisse, or pay
at tho end. If you defer payment of
your Indebtedness to the scheme of all
creation till the end you will find the
Interest hard to handle. I shall ap
peal no more. Entreaties do not
move you. Neither do threats and
commands are naught to you. But let
mo impress one thing upon you. If
you do not return to me before the
first of the coming year, I will kill
you. Do you understand what I mean
when I write this? I have never
seemed able to make you comprehend
anything I have ever written or said.
You won't understand this, you won't
realize that you will be dead, murder
ed, before the blossoms weight the
orchards if you still persist in absent
ing yourself from II."
"Seems to me that 'H,' whoever 'II'
is, must have been Intoxicated, de
ranged or doped on his correspondence
course," whlsperod Larry Morris to
Betty Lancey.
"Oh. don't Joke," replied Betty.
"How can you at such time? Such a
beautiful woman as she was, too. I'd
have loved to have seen her as she
must have been when she was alive."
"Death from causes unknown. Prob
ably heart failure superinduced by
fright," came the Coroner's verdict
This ultimatum disposed of the
body, which was burled next day. But
It didn't of the Monster. That was
In a cage In the municipal zoological
gardens, snarling, whining and mak
ing the hours hideous. And it didn't
dispose of the story. That went flash
ing around tho world on the wires,
while newspapers tho country over
seized the scent to track the "greatest
crlmo mystery of the age."
CHAPTER IV.
Early next morning Larry Morris
snt In La Rov'a cafe, an till nieht res-
a roast beef sandwich.
Larry'B foreheud was twisted into
half a dozen corrugations. He was
hoping none of tho boys would come
In till ho had got this Wayne story a
little cleurer In his. head. Larry and
two photographers had made three
trips out to the Park to see the awful
Thing which some apt reporter bad
christened tho Mun-aporlllu
Ono by one tho boys came trooping
in. And the Wayne murder was-the
topic of the night.
"I'll tell you what It Is, boys," said
Hank Smith. "That Man-Aperlllu Is
half-human and I know It. When
those white and black eyes were turn
er upon me I felt my soul crawl out
from under me, and I was left there
hanging in space. Tell you what it Is,
there's a story there."
"Cut it. Hank, cut It," called little
red-headed John Johnston, the best
police reporter In town. "Here, Ma
mie," to the waitress, "bring Hank
some eatings so the rest of us can
take a rubber at the conversational
game. Wasn't that girl a stunner,
though? And did you notice, too, what
a dead match that her hair was for
the color of the pelt on the beast?"
Now every man at the table had
noted Just that point. It was so ob
vlous a point that it was - startling,
Each had been loath to launch an opin
ion on It Hut Johnny had a way
wl,th n,m of PmPnB " you knew by
l""a p,ayB' B"lcu "m" loOK wu"";l
wltn h'mBelf wondorlng what Johnny
would do next For ten years those
boy and Jonnnr had mot every Mon'
day night, and the crowd had learned
when to give him rope.
But Just now Johnny and his bowl
of rloe and milk relapsed into silence
while his companions ranged far In
wild theories of who "H" was, what
part he had played In the life and
death of Cerisse Wayne, whether she
was wife, widow, murdered or simply
another victim of the suicide list
By and by Johnny dug down into
one of the ever bulging pockets of hi
always baggy trousers. The by-word
was that jonnny always looked so
much like a burglar that he never had
ny trouble gaining the confidence of
l,he ,rather retlCPnt peop'8 of that pro
fesslon
"Hunting for a quarter, Johnny, or a
toothpick?" questioned Larry Morris.
, "Here, look at this," answered John
ny.
Into their midst he twirled the some
1 thing he had drawn from his pocket.
I It was a man's garter of lavender silk
elastic, the buckle hand wrought from
I rose Kold, set round with amethyst
I and on the face the Initial "H," worked
out emeralds and amethysts of ex
I cesalve amallness but exceedingly grea
I brilliancy.
I "Where did you get that?" came th
chorus.
I "Well," said Johnny, "listen. I pick
I ed this up in the Desterle house about
I an hour ago. Say. everybody about
I that house ha got st iffs fright They
I are all moving out An earthquake
I couldn't move them quicker than the
are going. The death watch has got
Its grip on the whole thirty-five board
ers. More than half of them are speed
lug away to spend the night with
hand-baggage only. Great show, too,
to watch them hustle out I'm going
to sleep up there to-night I picked
this garter up in the closet where it
had rolled dowa behind a little shelf.
Now women, you know, don't
wear
garters like tbll."
I "Might" beflowed Hank Smith.
I "Saw a telegraph story the other day
thst they had tnken to wearing ball
hose. In New York."
"But here's the question," continued
Johnny, "no man In tho house knew
Mrs. Wayne nor anything about her.
Why, the only decent word any one
of those curious passed about her was
that no one had come to see her sines
she arrived, and that she had appeared
embarrassed when her fellow boarders
of the sex masculine attempted to pay
her nny attention."
"I'll Jimt wager that she was soma
poor, sweet little girl who bad mar
ried some old fool for Ills money," In
terposed Philip Hartley, whose sym
pathetic heart beat for all the mis
treated women In tho world. "She's
found htm unbearable, and refused to
llvo with him, and he's Just hounded
her to death. That 'IV may have stood
for 'Hubby," In the letter that had the
threat to kill her. I believe she's been
taking slow poison, and camo here
where she wasn't known to snuff it off
quietly."
"How about the Man-Aperllla?"
flouted Iarry Morris. "Proceed, Jules
Verno II. Why don't you go farther,
and have It a trained ape sent carrier
pigeon, bloodhound-fashion by the
ogre-husband, to choke her to death?"
"Berause she wasn't choked," con
tended Hartley. "Heavens, what a
woman she must have been."
"Oh, to kill from Jealousy," added
Hank Smith. "Why, hallo; here's Bet
ty Lancey st this hour of the morning.
Betty, don't you ever get through
work? And you're all out of breath.
What's wrong. Mamie, get her some
tea. What is the matter, Betty?"
Betty, white as print paper, sunk on
a chair. Her big blue eyes were open
ed wide. "F.oys," she said. "Coma
with me; come quick, don't say a word,
but tell me, am I crazed or dreaming;
has It really happened or am I hav
lons? Oh, no! don't stop to finish eat
ing; come quick or It will be too late.
I am afraid to stop alone In that aw
ful room. You know I missed my train
home and stopped at the hotel to
night, and, oh, it startled me so."
"What's up, anyhow?" asked John
ny. "Tell the rest of them, Betty.
I'm going up to get chummy with the
mystery, sleeping all night In the Des
tcrle house. Maybe I'll have a visi
tation, seeing as how my own head Is
some reddish, 'l isn't like you to hava
stage fright, Betty."
"I haven't got it," she snapped.
"But Just as I started to get into bed
and went over to raise the shade, I
looked across the court into one of the
other rooms of the hotel. And in there
what do you think I saw?"
Womanlike Betty paused to give her
audience a thrill.
"Oh, nonsense; out with it," com
manded the boys.
"Cerisse Wayne, her ghost or her
double, and the handsomest man I ever
saw!"
1 (To be continued.)
MARYLAND HISTORY.
I'lii Snatched Oat of Hirlxra Frtet-
rhle'a Hands, Kanaaa Saya.
Poor Barbara Frletchle, will they
never let her rest? Comes a Kansas
historian with a discovery, the 1,249th
made in relation to tho affair, the Bal
timore Sun says. He snatolies the flag
right out of Barbara's hands. 'Twaa
not Barbara who waved tho flag i.n tho
face of tho Confederates, he says; it
was not any member of tho Frletchio
family. In fact, ho accuses her of
being a Southern sympathizer and "not
patriotic Northern woman." This
Kansas chronicler, by nam William
E. Connelly, avers that it was Mra.
ArcMbald Quantrell and her daughter
Virginia who "waved tho United States
flag defiantly In tho faces of the South
ern troops as they marched down the
streets of Frederick, Md." He proudly
points to the fact that Mrs. Quantrell
was the aunt of William C. Quantrell,
the guerrilla leader, who "led many a
band into Kansas" and who "laid
waste the town of Lawrence."
Mr. Connelly puts pome new frills
on the old story. He says Miss Vir
ginia was waving a little United States
flag at the gate, which so aroused the
anger of the Confederates that a lieu
tenant with his sword cut the flag
from her 'hands.
About Barbara the Marylanders cer
tainly have to "go from home to hear
the flows." Whittler.who knew perhaps
as much of Maryland as he did of
Senegambla. wrote a ioem that gave
wide currency to an Incident that they
tell us either never occurred or cer
tainly did not occur at all as he re
lated It. Then it was embodied In a
play, which not only differed from the
facts but disagreed with the poem.
Now comes the Western Iconoclast
who takes the glory entirely away
from Whlttler's favorite and confers
It upon an aunt of Kansas. The Bar-
'baraltes seem to be unable to agree
with history, recollection,, or to agree
with each other. The story has as
many twists and turns to It aa the
north pole dispute,, and perhaps the
host way to settle It would be to name
a commission empowered to determine
the true and authorized version, the
said board to bo composed of represen
tatives of the following:
1. Those who declare that no such
Incident ever happened in Frederick
or anywhere else.
2. Those who hold that something
or other occurred, but nothing resem
bling In any way what tradition or the
poet describes.
3. Those who assert that Barbara
waved the flag In Stonewall Jackson's
face and dared the Confederate to
shoot 'her. Just as Whlttler has related
it.
4. Those who hold that there never
was any such person.
5. The new element who assert that
the flag was waved, but that Bartar
didn't wave It, the glory going to some
party who lived down the street two
blocks.
6. Those who do not care 3 cents
whether It ever occurred or not, but
would like to hear the last of it.
Thus every element of our citizen'
e'hip would be represented. If the com
mlsaloners settled the thing, it would
give tho public a grateful rest. If they
didn't, It would provide a row that
would be amusing and exciting. Trot
out your Barbaras, gentlemen. Entries
for the Frletchle flag-waving contest
are open.
Taking; (he Tip.
"Why did Dollarby sell hia hoteir
"He wasn't making money fast
enough."
"What is he doing now?"
"He's luxuriating in the osltloa ef
head waiter." Washington Star.
N HALLEY'S comet, which is moving in this direction at an
inconceivable rate of speed and will soon be visible to all who
have the tlmo to look up at the sky, Is a story of human
ambition equal. In Its way, to most of the stories that make
tip the pith and pulp of history. Why are astronomers so keen
on Halley'8 comet? Thousands of comets as good or better
than Halley'a nightly sweep the horizon and may be seen by
tho mere effort of looking up at the sky through a telescope. Why this par
ticular talk of Halley?
Edmund Halley was the son of a London' soap boiler and was born at
London In 1C5G. He studied for a time at Oxford, but left that university
without taking his degree. He may be said to have been the father of com
ets, or rather the tamer of comets. It was he who, armed with the Invincible,
sure-cutting sword of higher mathematics, scaled the empyrean and cut out
the comets from the mass of superstitious terror with which they had been
surrounded from time immemorial. Early in his career Halley took. up tho
study of comets and calculated the orbits of no less than twenty of the spe
cies., Among the twenty were three which Halley regarded with peculiar
interest.' These were the comets which had appeared In 1531, in 1607 and
1682, three comets the orbits of which seemed so much alike that Halley
suspected that In reality they might be one and the same comet returning
to the sun at regular Intervals of about seventy years.
Revising his calculations and going more deeply Into them, he became
convinced that this notion of his was right, and after submitting his theory
to every conceivable test and finding it good, he decided to make a bold
stroke and to predict the return of the comet In 1757 or 1758. Halley died
in 1742, sixteen years before the date he had set for a return of his comet,
and the world for a time forgot about him and it. But the astronomers did
not forget, and were watching. Clalrut, a French mathematician, redid Hal
ley'a calculations by new methods and found them correct. The big planet
Baturn, ho said, would hold the comet back 100 days, and the gigantic world,
Jupiter, would hold it back 618 days. This would bring the comet to its
nearest to the sun in the middle of April, 1759.
Halley'a comet was scheduled to return in 1835, and again were the as
tronomers on the watch, and were not disappointed. The astronomers who
saw it then are all dead. The astronomers who see it now will all be dead
when it makes its next appearance in 1985. But tho present appearance of
Halley'a comet will be useful In another and a fascinating way to tho men
who have nothing to do but watch the sky and figure on tho doings of the
contents.
THE DECADES' FARM EXPORTS.
Cotton Alone Shows $3,651,000,000
In Shipments to Foreign Lands.
Nine billion dollars' worth of agri
cultural products have been exported
from the United States during the last
ten years, those exported in the fiscal
year 1909 having alone amounted to
practically $900,000,000, against less
than $800,000,000 In 1899. .
The above statement summarizes the
results of a special compilation made
by the Bureau of Statistics of the De
partment of Commerce and Labor
showing the exports of the principal
products of agricultural origin in the
period from 1899 tq 1909. The exports
of agricultural products as a whole
have Increased from $783,000,000 In
1899, to $898,000,000 In 1909, the high
est record having been made in 1907,
when the total exceeded $1,000,000,000.
or, to be exact, $1,049,000,000.
While the general agricultural group
thus shows a gain of over $100,000,000
during the decade under review, it
must not be understood that the
growth applies to all or even a large
share ot the Important items. On the
contrary, mqst of the staple farm prod
ucts used for food, such as breadstuffs,
meats and live cattle, show decreased
exportrftions during the period, the
loss in that line of articles having been
more than offset by the great Increase
in cotton and certain comparatively
new Industries whose chief develop
ment has occurred In the last few
years, notably cottonseed oil, corn oil,
oil cake and oil cakemeat, oleomargar
ine, lard compounds, sugar and molas
ses, fruits and nuts, etc.
Cotton, the largest Item in the agri
cultural group, shows a total exporta
tion In the last ten years amounting
to $3,651,000,000, its annual exports
having increased from $210,000,000 in
1899, to $481,000,000 in 1907 and $417,
000,000 in 1909. This increased cjpor-
tatlon is due, in some degree, how
ever, to higher prices prevailing in
more recent years. In 1899 the aver
age export price of upland cotton was
6.6 cents per pound; In 1909, 9.4 ents.
Europe took fully $25,000,000 worth
of American tobacco, out of a total ex
port In the fiscal year 1909 of $31,-
000,000.
MEAT INSPECTION.
There Must Be Local Co-operation to
Make It Effective.
Under the present Federal system of
meat inspection during the past year
86,000,000 animals were Inspected at
the time of slaughter and 1,000,000
were condemned In whole or in part.
On re-Inspection more than 25,000,000
pounds ot .meat and meat products
were condemned which had become un
wholesome since Inspection at the time
of slaughter.
On the face of It this report Indi
cates a very satisfactory condition. It
shows that a vast quantity of meat,
which otherwise would have reached
the consumer and been purchased as
wholesome, was declared unfit for
food and was kept from the market as
such.
But this inspection was federal. Its
main effect was In assuring the for
eign purchaser that the American meat
be purchased was from animals which
were In a state ot health at the time
of slaughter. But the result Is not so
reassuring to the local consumer.
Rigid Federal Inspection drives to
those slaughter houses, not under Fed
eral inspection because their product
is not intended for Interstate trade,
thousands of animals which could not
pass inspection. The result is that
the local consigner is more likely than
ever to have Imposed upon him meat
from animals which could not pass in
spection.
Dr. A. D. Melvln, chief of the United
States bureau of animal industry, in
his annual report calls attention to
this condition and recommends more
rigid State and municipal Inspection
A tack hammer, the bead of which
.olds Into a recess In the stick, for
conveniences In carrying, has been pat
ented by a Pennsylvanlan.
Lightning will strike more than once
In the same place. A transmission line
In Colorado was recently struck five
times In the same place.
Complete skepticism as to the exist
ence of canals on Mars was displayed
by prominent astronomers at the meet
ing at London of the British Astro
nomical Association. Hale's Mount
Wilson photographs were exhibited on
lantern slides, and were pronounced
the best jet seen. -
Prof. Hergezell, aviator and friend
of Zeppelin, who was sent by Emperor
William to Jamaica to study trade
winds and the temperature of altl
tudes In and near the tropics, reports
that at an altitude of 10,000 meters he
found the air of the tropics colder than
that of the Arctic regions at the same
height. Of nine balloons sent up with
instruments for these tests, four wero
lost in the Caribbean Sea. The profe3
sor intimated that he would make au
air test for an expedition to the north
pole two years hence.
The recent tests conducted by the
scout cruisers Birmingham and Salem
of a long-distance wireless telegraph
system were pronounced not conclusive
and will be repeated In the near fu
ture. The scouts cruised about 1.000
miles apart, and the same' distance
from the high-power station at Brant
Rock, Mass. There was a bad storm
and the system worked only intermit
tently, whereas the requirement of the
Navy Department is that communica
tion must be maintained during all
conditions of wind and sea. If this
system proves up in subsequent trials
at 1,000 and 3,000 .miles, it will be in
stalled on all naval vessels.
Nikola Tesla, who has been at work
on a wireless light for twenty years,
at last announces that he has invent
ed something which actually works
He says: "It would be possible by my
wireless transmitter of great power to
light the whole United States. The
current would pass into the air, and
traveling in all directions would pro-
duce the effect of a strong aurora bo
real is. I would like nothing better
than to undertake to light New York
harbor for say 100 miles around. There
would be great economy In produc
Hon, as there would be nothing about
the lamps to give out." Tesla has a
plant in process of construction on
Long Island and says he will be ready
soon to make a public demonstration
Dr. Jonnesco, of Bucharest, the sto-
valn expert, In replying to criticisms
that had been published during his ab
sence In the West, on his return to
New York got back at the American
doctors by calling them slow and away
behind the times. He criticised the
operating tables used In American op
erating rooms as being uncomfortable,
to the patient and Inconvenient to tho
operator. He said he was surprised to
see American doctors still using antl
septic surgery, which, he said, they
had put aside long ago in favor bf
aseptic methods. He also criticised tho
Instruments used here, and regretted
his lack of the English language It
trying to direct operations. Forty
minutes he considered the longest time
required for any operation, while here
they seemed to think that a short time
Our doctors were slow, though our hos
pitals were of the best.
HOLDS CHURCH IS OAININO.
Onana Flanrc Quoted to hoclolo-
lata la Seaalon at ew York.
The church Is not losing its grip on
the people, In the opinion of Prof.
George A. Coe of Union Theological
seminary, one of the speakers at the
annual meeting of the American So
ciological society, In session in New
York. Prof. Coe based his argument
on census figures, comparing the mem.
be r ship of 1906 with that of 1890
"While the population Increased 4 per
cent in these sixteen years, church
ttembership increased 60 per cent."
CHICAGO MERCHANT
MAKES STATEMENT.
Alter Spending Thousands of Dollan
ud Consuituifr tho most Eminent
Physicians, lie Was Desperate.
CHICAGO, ILLS.-Mr. J. Q.
Becker, of 134 Van Buren St., a
well-known wholesale dry goods
dealer, states as follows:
"I have had catarrh for moro
than thirty years. Have tried
everything on earth and spent
thousands of dollars for other
medicines and with physicians,
without getting any lasting re
lief, and can say to you that I
have found Peruna the only rem
edy that has cured me per
manently. 'Peruna has also cured my
wife of catarrh. She always keeps
it In the house for an attack of
cold, which it invariably cures in
a very short time."
The averape value of land on Man
hattan Island, according to the assess
ment, is $272,173 an acre.
Tour of the World.
A Bcries of 60 post cards In colors
will be mailed to any address upon re
ceipt of 15 cents In coin or stamps.
Address The Evening Wisconsin Co.,
Milwaukee, Wis.
Sectional Prejudice.
"Have you any KOod annles to-day.
Mr. Harlow?"
"Yes. we have some unuauallv flna
Northern Spies."
"O. ha g your northern spies!"
BETTER THAN SPANKING.
Spanking does not cure children of bed-
wetting. There is a constitutional causs
for this trouble. Mrs. M. Summers, Box
4, Notre Dam, Ind., will send free to
any mother her successful home treat
ment, with full instructions. Send no
money, but write her to-day If your chil
dren trouble you in this way. Don't blame
the child, the chances are It can't help it.
This treatment also cures adults and aged
people troubled with urine difficulties by
day or nigbt.
After regarding it is a true mollusc'
for many years, French scientists hava
found that a small snail-like creature
found on trees Is the larva ot a species
of fly.
DOJTT NEGLECT THAT COUGH
It certainly rack jour rstem and mar run Into
tomettalna mrloa. .411', Ling Hnlinm will chock
It quickly ana permanently. fortalealaUdruggtala,
Experiments are under way in Bos
ton with nickel-ln-the-slot turnstiles
In elevated railroad and subway sta
tions. The Idea Is to save the pay of
ticket sellers. i
Only One "BROMO QUINIlfE"
That la LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE. Look
for the signature, of E. W. GKOVK. Uaed tba
world otct to Care a Cold in One Day. 25c.
FASHION HINTS
Draped sleeve are back again at the
nwet aleeva touch. There are many ways
of doing them, but the accompanying
sketch show one of the most attractive
arrangements.
She who has remodeling in her mind sees
boundless possibilities for the slightly worn
waist of her silk gown a little chiffon, net,
or novelty stuff, and there you are.
Not Handing Oat StatUtlea.
The Missus Norah, how many fam
ilies have you ever worked fort
The Maid Wurruked, Is it. ma'am?
I'll have you know, Mrs. Pa-arker, I've
wurruked f r ivery fam'ly I iver lived
with!" Chicago Tribune.
WHEN DINNER COMES
One Onaat to Have a Good Appetite.
A good appetite la the best sauce. It
goes a long way toward helping In the
digestive process, and that is absolute
ly essential to health and strength.
Many persons have found that Grape
Nuts food is not only nourishing but
is a great appetizer. Even children
like the taste of it and grow strong
and rosy from its use.
It is especially the food to make a
weak stomach strong and create as
appetite for dinner.
"I am 67 years old," writes a Tenn.
grandmother, "and have had a weak
stomach from childhood. By great
care as to my diet I enjoyed a reason
able degree of health, but never found
anything to equal Grape-Nuts as a
standby.
"When I have no appetite for break
fast and just eat to keep up my
strength, I take 4 teaspoonfuls of
Grape-Nuts with good rich milk, and
when dinner comes I am hungry.
While if I go without any breakfast
I never feel like eating dinner. Grape
Nuts for breakfast seems to make a
healthy appetite for dinner.
"My Urtle 13-months-old grandson
had been very sick with stomach trou
ble during the past summer, and final
ly we put him on Grape-Nuts. Now
he is growing plump and well. When
asked It he wants his nurse or Grape
Nuts, he brightens up and points to
the cupboard. He was no trouble to
wean at all thanks to Grape-Nuts."
Read the little book, "The Road to
Wellvllle," In pkgs. "There's a Rea
son." Ever read the above letter? A
new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine, true, and full ot
kumaa interest.