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DAKOTA CITY HERALD JOHN H. REAM, Publisher. PAKOTA CITV, . NEBRASKA. PROTESTING" AGAINST NOISE. There Is to bo an international ontologlcal congress at tbo llnrvnrd Medical School next August, which will be attended by GOO distinguished physiciam and savants from all .over tho world. One of the prominent topics will bo the suppression of nolso, It Is contended, says tho prospectus of this meeting, that tho hustlo and bustlo of city life, the tooting of whis tles, tho ioar of trains and otbor noises are taking their toll from the health of the community Tho car Is becoming abnormal and blunted, the sensitive mechanism of hearing, In an effort to excludo the nevei-eiidlng as nnynncn, 1b thickening. Gradually tho roar of tho city works upon tho nerves and brain, pioduclng Irritation and ex haustion. Nervous prostration, n dlv ease of cities, Is ono result; deafness another, and suffering to tho weak nnd convalescent still another. Tho moro noise a community has tho closer It Is to barbarism, says tho Ohio Stato Journal. A man has a natural right to the quiet of tho air. Any Invasion of that right, except It be for the general welfare, shows a lack of civilization. Tho Idea of per mitting a man to nnnoy a whole street by crying sotno ware, or a railroad train awakening a community by puff Infl through It after midnight, or a trolley car crashing through a ragged witch, disturbing a wholo neighbor hood, or a great autovan rumbling rJong a residenco avenue, burying ev ery homo in its nolso there nnd moro like them nre uncivilized practices and are allowed because tho rights of people are not yet recognized. A Joint committee of tho Chicago "Woman's Club, tho Wdmwn's City Club and the Association of Col lego Alum nae has reported that tho large num bers of Klrla who at tho ago of 14 or thereabouts, leave school to go to work, without ppeclal training of any sort, constitute n "menace to the pub lic" innsrauch ti many of them drift into an immoral life, says the Chicago ' Recora-Hcrald. Half of them, it Is said, becomo idle, whllo thoso who are employed aro poorly paid and havo but slight chanccR of advancement. Willi the natural craving of tho young for arausoment. gayety and fine clothes, they soon find temptations to which many succumb. Tho conclusion of the commltteo la that such girls should bo wards ,of tho stato. Thero are formidable dlfflcultlen In tho way of carrying out this Idea. Preven tive measures offer moro promise of auccoss. Moro vocational schools for special training, proper employment agencies, moro amusements of nn In- nocent nature, moral instruction nnd tho suppression of vlnlous resorta would do much in tho way of pre vention. At bottom tho problom is largely economic. Tho steel tower at Nauen, Germany, blown down by tho windstorm of two months ago, Is to bo rebuilt. It will bo 812 feet high, which Is midway be tween tho height of fls comparatively Insignificant predecessor and that of tho Eiffel tower at Paris, When tho now station is in working order the Germans expect to establish dlroct communication by wireloss with tho United States. Every new wireless station increases tho likelihood that wireless message's sent broadcast will not fall to be received, and lmyeases .the likelihood of relief for' ships In distress. And now police of Berlin have en gaged In a successful battlo with rob bers who adopted the methods of the rarls Apacbos. Uoth this and the re cent selge of Paris criminals who took retugo In n house wtilch was carried by assault with firearms, recall tho ncounter in London ta which Wins ton Churchill flgurod. It Is worthy of note that in nil three instances tho fugitives from Jimtice failed to escape. A Chicago authority blames lints for tho spread of tuberculosis. If the oftiUtlGt; l:ops on sooner vcr later aomo form of retribution will fall up on those false nnd faithless household servants who doom families to eke out an existence on a singlo floor with makeshift meals. Justice is slipping her bandago off. A health faddist In Boston an nounces that hho lb going to marry nn ideal husband, With groat good taste, judgment and discrimination nout making good her L'oaBt. she baa nicked out an American. I The Judge in Texas who adjourned icourt to whip a lawyer who called him ,a liar may lack the Judicial mind, but .bis decisions aro extremely positive. I A Ktntlntlclan fltrnron fhnt (1,(. ........ lmmIi Dnn WAV in nut rintirr, l.f- .. Accessary expense la to atop dying. Thero is considerable agitation in this country for a pension for mothers, but we do not hear anybody advocat ing a pension for mothers-in-law. The Imagination of the ice man will autre" to work overtime next summer to find an excuse for high prices, but it U fully equal to the task. The pasteurized kiss boa ben Intro duced by sanitary science. Dut per verse humanity .will prefer taking 1U esculation tho natural way. That Russian Pole who had been adopted as the savior by a band of fanatical women Is Just human enough rto object to being crucified. I I iMMTIM PLAGUE OF THE FIELD MICE Even In Small Numbers They Destroy Considerable Clover and Alfalfa and Injure Orchards. (Uy n b. rtrnn.) The mouso which produced tho plaguo In sorno of tho western states, a short timo ago, proved to be the "black mouse," ono of tho numerous species of short tailed field or meadow mice, a group which has caused wldc-pr-Rl Btnirt!on In vnrlous parts of tho world. In nearly all parts of tho United States short-tniled flold mice aro among tho most abundant of mammals, nnd a number of species in widoly sopnrated localities havo oc casionally exhibited tho same tend ency to excessive Increase, Indicating that favoring conditions may produce Lombardy Poplar Girdled and Killed by Field Mice. mouso plagues whorover the mlco ex ist. Even when in small numbers they destroy considerable clover and alfalfa and injure orchards, nurseries and root crops. This Is tho first recordod lnstnnco of an irruption of field mlco in North America attaining tho proportions Of a plague. Tho experience lndlcatos tho probability of future and oven moro disastrous outbreaks. In tho extenBlvo reclaimed areaB of tho west tho abundant food and luxurious cover furnished by alfalfa flehlB and tho mllos of irrigation ditcheH, which af ford theo mlco sultablo homes along their bnnks, greatly favor their in crease, whllo surrounding deBert con ditions limit tho spread of mlco be yond the cultivated areas. Without doubt poisoning Is tho host method at present known of dealing with field mlco on an oxtcnslvo scale. SOIL TOO RICH FOR APPLES , Trees With Beautiful Foliage, but Mighty Llttlo Fruit, Wero Finally Removed by Ax. A common mlstnko In tho selection of a Blto for tho applo orchard tract, largo or .Bmnll, is that of choosing, a sojl that la too rich; that will cause abundant growth of wood, hut mighty llttlo fruit. In the vnlloy In which tho writer's rnnch Is located Is an or chard of maturo apple trees, as pretty a sight from the standpoint of foil ago as ono could ask to seo, which has lately been foiled bocauso It did not deliver tho goods. Tho tract Is fat, rich and wpll wa tered. Within gunshot of thlB tract Is a block of winter Nellla pear trees of tho samo ago that for sevurad years past havo grossed their owners closo to a thousand dollars por ncro, says a wrltor In an oxchnngo. Never was moro omphntlcally demonstrated tho fact that soli can bo too rich for ap ples, but not for pears. Within n'mllo of these unproductive applo trees, on thinner and lighter granitic soils, tho applo trees bear prollflcally to the paint of breaking down. GRAFTING MACHINE IS HANDY Implement Designed to Cut 8clon Di agonally to Prevent Bruising or Other Injury. In descrlbine n irrnftlnir maelilnn in. vented by A. Roborston of Canada, tho Scientific American says: Tho nurposo here la to provide a machlno more especially rtnlgtiQi for uao in nurseries and tho llko, nnd ar ranged to cut tho graft or scion diag onally with a shearing cut to prevent fh &&. Qraftlng Machine. brulBlng or injury to tho graft. For this purpoBo use Is mndo of a rotary cutter hoad provldod with beveled knives, a table for tho grafts to rest on, and guides on the table at an an glo to tho cutting edges of tho knives to guldo the grafts. Tho machlno Is pictured herewith in a plan view. Pruning Betters Fruit. Pruning dono correctly will Increaao tho slzo and Improve tho quality of most common fruitB. Tho expense of picking will bo loBBoned, and tho ex ponso of handling will not be so great, bocauso thero will bo moro of tho first grade and Teas of tho poorer grades of fruit. Then the re sults of spraying will bo moro satis factory, and, If the treo has been pruned, Injuries to tho wood nnd fungous pests aro not so llkoly to be proscnt. Cherry trees do not need so much pruning, but It Is well to keep tho tro In proper shapo, with limbs fair 1 Opan, so that insecticides and iprays may be applied if ueoessary. I itisdtiM I GOOD SOIL FOR BUSH FRUITS Ground Between Rows Must Be Kept Fine and Mellow Give Plenty Sunshine and Air. Tho ground between tho rows nnd around tho bushes should be kept flno and mellow. If tho soil Is allowed to becomo hard and allowed to grow up In weeds and grass, tho yield will bo cut short, and tho fruit will bo smnll and of Inferior quality. AH bush frnrts should bo grown in wide rows, so tho greater part of tho cultivation can bo dono with tho horse, aoo and culti vator. The proper dlstanco to plant , currnnta, raspberries, blackberries and coosoborrlcH In tho fruit garden Is five feet arart each way for horse cul tivation. Tor tho small family garden, I plant in rows five feet apart and three feot apart In Vho row. This will allow j of the larger portion of tho cultivation being dono with tho horso cultlvntor. Tho ground nround the bushes must j bo broken up und mellowed with the i hoo. Expert fruit growers maintain a dust mulch until the berries aro half slzo, then a thick coat of long strawy manure, grass or rotted leaves Is spread over tho ontlro ground nbout four Inches thick. This mulch pro- j vents tho growth of woods and keeps tho soil cool and moist. When this , mothod is followed, the field will be greater, tho berries freo of dirt and much largor size and of extra flno flavor. All fruit succeed best when given plonty of Bunshlno and air, along with intelligent culture Tho common practice of planting tho bushes along tho gnrdon walk or fenco row Is bad, as tho bushes cannot ho cultivated economically. Tho yield and slzo of tho berries is greatly increased where there Is a full supply of moisture. Tho Irrigation for fruit nnd vegetables big surfaco flow and under ground irri gation is being extended as tho result of tests in ado by practical men. The mothod of irrigation for vegetables and nmall fruits practiced by markot gardeners of Boston has been found economical and profitable. SUMMER PRUNING OF TREES Cannot Profitably Be Done on Old, 8tunted, Dying Trees They Need Rejuvenation. If tho troo has a denso top, open up tho centor to permit sunlight and air to enter. Thin out' tho sides by removing from one-tenth to one-fourth of tho branches, nlways cutting back Apple Cluster showing apples at cor rect stage for second or apple worm praying. Young fruit standing up with calyx lobes wide open ready to receive maximum doee of poison. to a limb and never leaving a long alub to die or throw out a big crop of sprouts. Summer pruning cannot bo profitably practiced on old, stunted, dying trees. They need rejuvonatlon, which cornea with winter pruning, but may bo profitably practlcod upon old, thrifty, Bhy-boaring trees. Large limbs can bo removed at UiIb timo Just as safely as at any other soason of tho year, only it Is not ad visable to. removo too much of tbo top at once. Whore great quantities of wood muBt be removed It Is better to distribute Its removal over a period of from two to throo years, rather than entirely unbalance tho trco's growth. A Good Pruning Suggestion. To mnko largo wounds heal quickly, first see that tho trees aro in a vigor ous growing condition. When a lnrgo cut must be made, paint tho wood with whlto lead, then cover tho most of it with a piece of zinc. Tho healing tis sue, cnlled , tho "callus," will start from tho edges of. the wound. In tho course of timo this callus will fold ovor sufficiently to covor tho wound, Its sprend may be hastened by slit ting tho callus with tho point of a sharp knlfo onco each yoar. Early In the summer Is tho boat timo to do this, as tho callus tissue Is most active at that time. WIipii spraying. If showers como and wash off tho poison, spray thoso trcos n second time. Bpiuy your trees whether they have a crop or not. Spraying In oft years Is Just aa important as in years of heavy crops. A yearling tro,o Is preferred by many to oldor trees. Thoy aro thought to bo safer to transplant than two-yean old trocs. Many growers say that woeds aro aa valuable, aa fertilizers as clovor and cow peas If they aro turned under every yenr. It you bollovo that you have scale In your orchard, do uot wait a day to have an export oxamlno tho trees, nnd then fight for their lives. That corky old applo, the lien Da vis, holds a high prlco In tho city markets because Its fine appoarance deceives the Ignorant buyer. Ono of tho aurost ways to keep down weeds in tho strawberry field is to cut off all tho runners until July 1, to allow close cultivation. Many now favor tho summar plant lng of tree, although the soil ahould bo thoroughly worked for a consider nblo time provldus to planting. It is a good plan to mow off the tops of tho Btrawberry plants within a. week aftor tho frultlug season li ovor. In picking strawberries It should bo homo la mind that bruised fruit will nt)t Btahdaulpptng. A careless picker has no placo lu a strawberry field. HORTICULTURAL 1SOTE3feafl VdkfrM B. KV v!Ji MELISSA DECIDES THAT MR. CA PIAS WON'T DO. "Wo Becm to bo seeing n great deal of Mr. Capias Intely, Melissa," ob served Mrs. Merrlwld'n maternal maid en aunt Jane, beginning a new row in the nfghan sho was knitting, with tho wrong color. Mrs. Merriwld delicately picked up a candled violet from tho box of bon bons In hor lap and, crunching It be tween her whlto teeth, answered with some Indistinctness of articulation that thero was a good deal of Mr. Ca pias to seo. "He Ib certainly a flno figure of a man," said Aunt Jane. "Two figures," corrected' Mrs. Mer rlwid. "Twenty-threo 1b tho gentle man's number, tho way 1'vo got It down. Cheer up, dearie, we'll bco less of him after this evening. We've got the probate business about settled and all I've got to do Is to settle him." Aunt Jano laid down her knitting nnd adjusted her glasses for a steady inspection of her niece. "Do you mean to say you expect him to propose?" she askod. "I wouldn't swoon with surprise if he did," replied Mrs. Merriwld. "I don't think my poor fond fluttering heart will flutter as high as my ton sils If auch a thing should happen. Yos, nuntlc, ho will propose and ho will get a jar that will loosen every bicuspid In his mobile Jaw. I'm quite looking forward to It" "May I ask why, my dear?" said Aunt Jane, elaborately. "Because ho can't noto any excep tion to tho court's ruling on tho ground that the court erred when she employed tho word 'not' in her deci sion," Mrs. Merriwld replied. "He won't get any thirty days or thirty seconds to fllo an appeal. He won't havo tho closing argument either, or got tho costs taxed to anybody but Mr. Capias. I'vo ono or two other reasons' "I don't call what you've said any reason," remarked Aunt Jane, severely. "Havo a marron glace, dearie," said mm mm ii ffi ih M'4 &ffl$JW SUCH A WINNING 3MILEI AlrB. Merriwld, selecting ono with tho I in her aunt's protesting mouth. "To resume, Mr. Capias rumbles. When a roan has a docp bass voico and rumbles with It nnd then puffs out his chocks and b well a his chest to show how mu,ch wind he's got loft If ho cared to use It, I always want to glvo him a Jar. Poor dear Henry nev er rolled out any sub-cellar oratory at mo lu his most exasperating mo ments." "They sny he's a rising man," urged Aunt Jane. , "Self-rising," agreed Mrs. Merriwld. "I don't doubt It, auntlo. He's a par ticularly yeasty person. You take a combination of oiled silk nnd gas and you've got something that will go up like tho coat of living, unless some body sticks a pin in it and there's no repair material handy. 1 wouldn't won der on bit if Mr. Capias lands in a soft place on the bench, hut I'm no Maud Muller and I don't think I'll havo any rogrots." "I think yon might do a great deal worse," aunt Jano contended. "IilcBS your cunning llttlo curls wliluli ou haven't got on quite straight, darl. There! Now they're all right. Bless your cunning little curls! n woman might always do worse. That'B tho one consolation she has. Thero aro moro varieties of cussedness In men than some people havo plckleB, and no one man huB them nil, or even tho worst of them, If you take his wife's opinion. She can always look around her circle of married acquaintances and thank her lucky Btars and hose-supporters that John hasn't acquired the particu lar brand of vlco that distinguishes tho brute noxt door or ncross the wny. You've no Idea what a comfort that sweet hlght-bavo-been-worso as surance was to me In my married life, nuntle," , "So you object to him becnuso ho hasn't a tenor voice"'" Aunt Jnno'fl tone was mildly snrcnatlc. "And bocauso he's a lawyer," sold Mr Merriwld, nodding hor bang com pletely ovor her left eye. "1 think any woman Is foolish to marry a law yer when there are so many pleas- anter ways of making herself miser able." "Of course I'm very donse, but I can't Imagine why a niomber of an honored and Indispensable profession Bhould bo considered Ineligible matri monially." Aunt Juno delivered her self of this with a degreo of acrimony. "Dearie," said Mrs. Merriwld, "ttfat'a becauso you haven't given tho subject Cue consideration, and llttlo Melissa (e mnoks of flEJMWID Tn-MA-mrprp IMlVftll ft JIAREIS has. A lawyer has to havo an analyt ical mind. 'Hint's nil right in his hon- ored profession, but he's npt to bring it home with hia umbrella and apply it to the garbage can, so to apeak, to deduco things." "That's nonsense," commented Aunt Jane. "So Is most of the law," said Mrs. Merriwld. "Anyway, a lawyer is sup posed to know how to arguo and put tho person he nrgues with in tho wrong. What kind of a happy life would a woman lead with a husband that could get tho best of every dis cussion? Isn't that a wife's privilege? And saying mean things in an aggra vating way: You know perfectly wtll that all lawyers pride themselves on that. It's their business, whllo It's merely an amusement with us. And then there's cross-questioning! OhI there's no ubo talking about it, auntlo. You must seo yourself how simply awful it would be." "Thero might bo something In that, certainly," Aunt Jano conceded, "but I don't think it's your real reason." "If It Isn't that, it must bo the way ho has of making himself agreeable," said Mrs. Merriwld. "Perhaps it's his winning smile nnd perhaps it's tho cuto things he says, like 'Sweets to tho Bwcet' when ho produces tho can dy. No, it wasn't this candy; this Isn't so worse. 'Sweets to tho sweet!' and tho smllo went with It. He's got a cunning little collection of funny anecdotes, too culled from tho first edition of a patent medicine almanac. When ho says, 'That reminds me of tho story of the Irishman,' I havo to' hold on tight to something to keep from screaming. There was that about poor Henry Merriwld: ho never tried to tell funny stories." "If he's so distasteful to you I won der you've encouraged him tho way you have," Bald Aunt Jane. "1 didn't say ho, was distasteful, dearie," Mrs. Merriwld replied. "And as for encouraging him, I couldn't be rude. Not unless it became necessary. I never gave him any real reason to suppoao that we could ever bo moro to each other than very dear friends, and I bhall always regard him with a feel ing of tender sentiment as tho first of my second eerieB; but thero are so many pretty pebbles strewn about the beach that don't wear black string neckties, nnd there's ono Insuperable objection to Mr. Capias If It waa ever BO." "What's that?" Inquired Aunt Jane. "He makes mo so awfully weary," said Mrs. Merriwld. (Copyright, 1912, by W. Q. Chapman.) Had to Come. "It had to come thero was noway by which Us advent might have been avortcd." This wall in a Paris newspaper did not refer to a great catnstrophe, but to tho "beauty spot," the sjHick of black planter "which, worn on ohk or chin, or both, mnkes natural tints (real or otherwise) moro conspicu ous." The writer adds that when pannier skirts, high heeled shoes nnd many puffs In tho hair woro fashionable the "beauty spot" was a necessary ac companiment, and that when the mak ers of fnshions consulted old prints this was found to be bo, "and a few wax heads in the show windows ol tho hairdressers docoratcd with th blnck spots did the rest. Tho fashion waa established, or rather revived." Now York Tribune. Situation Accounted For. "Now York Is nlways short-handed for workers," eald a man who posee as an amateur statistician. "There are In this city Jobs for all the people who come here. You find many out of work, but this Item Is counterbalanced by the numbor who hold down two or even threo Jobs." He was asked: "What kind of work employs tho great est number?" "Stenogrnphy," he re plied. "And this Is so because New York Is tbo greatest office city In the world. Concerns with factories in oth er cities, stateB or countries have offi ces hero.. Without a doubt more ste nographers find employment here than any other class of workers." "That being the case," ventured another, "we may readily account for Now York be ing so short-handed." New York Trlb une. When He Might Be a Milkman. "He absolutely lackB the business Instinct." "Does he?" "Why, he'd havo no moro Idea o business than to open a garago 1& Venice." 'si U9aofi( El-F57iiV STB ?'X'Xjr?zrrj:-f?inW& .W Hll&i " wtijitai-fl-g ysBik--.r r Budding Bandit is 5?fe. lA $lit NHW YORK. "Nipped in tho Bud, or Nothing Doing for Dickey Boy," 1b tho noxt novel to which will bo drnwn the attention of Ttlchard Boy, a would bo bandit. DIcklo Boy, who is flvo feet threo nnd fifteen years old, armed himself with two big guns, a slung hhot, seventeen dlmo novels, a Blhlo and a map of Arizona and started for the wild and woolly west to shoot down Indians and shoot up saloons. Ho did not even get a good start, for ho wus grabbed by Just an ordinary copper and "trun intj tho cooler." Ho did not oven havo tho satisfaction of being stuck up by a cowboy sheriff and getting n run for his money nnd a square sIict. Tho budding frontiersman started the ball rolling the other afternoon by running amuck 'n his homo at B9 West Ninety-third street. Ho did not shoot out any lights, but ho scared the life out of his mother and two yt nger brothers nnd sisters. Tho terror of tho West sldo declared he'd shoot 'em all up, and they got into closets and under beds whllo ho strutted In In truly western splendor, rattling with artillery as he walked. "Terrible Tim ..i fr'r!d. frJ VWVVWWVIMAMMMAMAMMMMAMAMMVMA Militant Cow Puts CHICAGO. A spotted cow which answered with enthusiasm to the name of "Violet" came Into East Chi cago the other evening, approached the outer frlngo fo the political battle field, and went mad. At midnight Policeman John Lazar waa walking his peaceful beat in tho neighborhood of Chicago and Ken nedy avenues when he met Violet and was seized with a senso of pastoral poetry and moonlight. "I will take hor to tho pound and Imagine myself onco moro in the old lano thnt leads from Ue pasture to my father's barn," Lazar told himself and smiled with pleasuro at the pros pect Ho approached Violet sympathetic ally and with a delicate motion of his arms sought to waft her in tho direc tion sho should go. Violet refused to be wafted. She was in playful mood and showed a deslro to place both her front feet at once on the policeman's shoulders. Ho retreated warily. He got Inside a patrol box and from Its security argued with tho bovine. Vlolot hurled herself against tho pollcenyin's shelter He drew his club and shook it stern ly In her faco. She recognized no au thority. Texas Will Fight SAN ANTONIO. Tex. There is a man in Texas who has found out a now way to fight the mosquito. His name is Dr. Charles R. Campbell. He Is official bacteriologist of the city of San Antonio. Hia idea Is to employ bats aa mos quito fighters. Tho neighborhood of San Antonio Is especially plagued by mosquitoes malaria Is more or less J rife in that vicinity and for a long time past the inhabitants of the mu nicipality and Us BUburbs have eager ly sought to find a solution of the problem. Much benefit has been ob tained by keeping minnows In cisterns and ponds theso small 'fishes being greedy devourors of mosquito larvae but such measures have not altogeth er met requirements. Bats, as Is well known, aro Insect eaters, and aro particularly fond of niooqultOGS. In the twilight, when thoy rovo abroad, they devour im- WWWWMMVNAAAAAAAAAAAAA Crate of Stolen Chickens on Kis Bed PHILADELPHIA. When Nathaniel Jones, colored, of Nnudaln street, hear Tenth, discovered a number of live chickens on his bed he wns o In dignant that tho publicity ho gave to tho mattor resulted in the arrest of Edward Watkins, also colored, of Lombard street, near Fifteonth, who, It Is charged, stole the poultry from a storo at Eleventh and Rodman streets for a chicken dinner which he Intend ed to glvo to two ot his friends, Rich ard Green and Albert Emerson of Lombard street near Tenth. Tho threo men were brought before Mag istrate Elsenbrown at tho Central po llco station. After a hearing Green und Emerson wero discharged, but Watkins was held In ?600 ball for court At the hearing. Jones eaid that when ho returned from a theater he was astonished to find a crato of live chickens on his bed. Upon Investiga tion, he said, ho learned that the poultry had been brought there by WatklnB. About the 8mo time B. Wagner, a poultry dealer, roported to With the Baked Beans. 8ho was flvo yoars old and lived In tho city. Hor mother had taken her to a farm for a visit and was point ing out tho llttlo vegetables to the little girl. "These aro cabbagos," Bald the mother, pointing to somo cabbage nlant8, "Whoro does the corn beof grow?' aald the miss, In all serious- xSm?ri cr nTIFi JVjL Jj JLJIUvJr r ' Nipped in the Bud of Tonopah," or tho "Twining Twins of TucBon" had nothing on him. Policeman Fried wns on fixed post when a mnn came along nnd told him about tho miniature arscnnl. It did not scaro tho policeman a blt Ho sauntered over to the hallway and bore down on tho embryonic western terror. Without pulling n gun on him and telling him to throw up his hands he grabbed him by tho scruff of tho neck, gave him an old-fashioned clout and said: "Sonny, v,hat have yon sot In your pockets?" With an awful scowl the boy bandit faced his captor. Tho officer took him upstairs whero the family was found In a coi(Mtion of terror. Fried then took the i . cket edition of Jesse James to tho Wet ide police station The two U3 wcro fully loaded. Tho slungF"t was ono of tho toughest looklr . wenpons tho police had ever seen. It was raado up of nails and bits of steel nnd covered with leather, with a leathern thong attached to It for tho wrist. The dlmo novels wero wonders of literary art They ran all the way from "Diamond Dick's Last Dive" to "Whanged Into the Wil lies" nnd "Scarlet Sam's Sacrifice." The youthful desperado was held by Magistrate Cornell In the West sldo pollco court without ball under tho Sullivan law. His mother was In court, but did not make any, charges. It. wasn't necessary the court as sured her. Llttlo DIcklo Boy will be mado an example of. Policemen to Rout Tho policeman tried for two hours to pacify tho cow. It waa a vain at tempt He telephoned for help. Chief of "Police Leo McCormack of East Chicago got out of bed and head ed a relief squad. Armed to the teoth the bluecoats descended upon the In trenchments of the cow. They wore repulsed, and Violet went away. At noon tho next day Vlolot strolled down tho Pennsylvania tracks near Baring avenue. Policeman Esantrager said ho could conquer any cow. Ho wns rolled over in tho strcot threo times before he escaped. The driver of a garbage wagon who said he would tell his namo If he defeated the cow went forth to battlo. Ho, too, was de feated. Violet began to demolish freight trains on the tracks, when Policeman Harry Nanglo stole upon her from behind with n rifle. There will be no inquest Mosquito With Bat menso numbers of tho pestiferous In sects, tho manner being to dash bacN and forth through a swarm and goV bio the victims up by tho wholesale. In view of which fact It occuned to Dr. Campbell that It might bo a good Idea to establish In and about San Antonio a number of "bat roosts," as ho callB them that Is to say, struc tures so contrived as to invite bata for sleeping purposes. He has already set up two of them, and propones to erect others, thoso already In opera tion having proved highly successful. The question which naturally sug gests Itself offhand Is, On what plan or pattern should a dormitory for bats be constructed? And, again, when once it is built, how aro the llttlo winged mammals to be Induced to tnko up their residence in the quar ters so kindly provided for them? Thero are no windows, but opportu nity of entrance 1b afforded to tho bats by a series of horizontal openings bo arranged as to resemble the slats of an ordinary window shutter. The whole building Is thirty feet high, the upper twenty feet being tho In closed portion, and tho slatted ar rangement runs up each of the two sides for a distance of sixteen feet 1 FIlR DE-LAO SAKESj the Nineteenth district pollco that he had been robbed of a crate ot chick ens. When the police heard of Jones' Indignation at finding a crato of chick ens on his bed they put two and two together and started an Investigation, which ended in tho arrest of Watkins and his two friends. Green and Em erson showed that they had known nothing of tho theft of the poultry, and wore therefore released. After holding Watkins In bail, Mag istrate Elsenbrown asked Wagner to recall the line, "Lend us not into temptation" In the Lord's Prayer. "Don't you know better," ho asked, "that to tempt these colored people by putting chickens out in front ot your store?" Sacrilegious English Boys. Attraoted by tho tolling of tho bells of the parish church of Donby, Derby shire, England, a bellrlnger tho other day entered tho church and found that tho candles on tho Communion table had boon lighted and a bonfire made In tho chancel, apparently by boys, the vU-ar'a Bible, hymn books, nnd locum pAnAro bolng used as fuel. a. .a. j ttm(vsgma na-i L-3TOU52fF SlLMr