SMALL TRAP BAGS RABBITS Many Doya Uso Device Shown In lllus tratlon to Capture the Festive Lit tle Cottontail. Boys living In places whoro rabbits aro to bo found aro having gay times slnco tho snow foil trapping tho cun ning cottontail. Tho device vsod is a Bmall box about thrco feet long with a drop door suspended and re'stlng In grooveu. An ordinary stick counccts tho door with a trigger held In place by another Y shaped stick. Tho trig ger has a notch cut In it and extended into the trap from a small nolo cut in tho top of tho box. Insldo of tho trap and back of tho trigger Is placed an ear of corn. Bunnlo noses around to find something to cat, loosens tho trig ger and tho door drops. Tho rabbit Trap Baited. (s then neatly trapped without being Injured and tho young trappor can cap Uiro tho haro allvo. "I've caught six rabbits this wlntor," says a boy living near tho city of Chicago. "I ate one Christmas day, but tho other five I'm keeping for pots. At first thoy wore badly scared, but n couple of them have grown tnino now sndyl am going to koop them until noxt summer and then raise somo young onoB. "I have four trapB set, ono a double ono. I can always toll when thero Is a prisoner In the trap without look ing insldo. Tho frost around tho trig ger hole on top of tho trap will bo meltod with tho rabbit's breath. Some times tho trap is sprung olthor by tho wind or by birds lighting on tho cross bar. It's tough to find tho door down and nothing Inside. "Two years, ago, when I was living In the country near Springfield, 111., I Trap Sprung. had a funny time one ni6rnlng while making the rounds' of my traps. In Dno I found the door down and thought I had a rabbit. I ralBed tho door cnu tlously and wob just going to stick my hnnd Insldo when I saw It wasn't rabbit, but somo other big' and woolly animal. I was scared and rushed back for ray father. It didn't tnko him long to discover that I had trapped an opos . Bum. After that I was more careful about sticking my bare head Into tho trnp. It Is a lot easier to catch rab bits after n snowfall. I always watch for tholr paths along a fonco or ravine and then nut tho trap right In tho run way. Any boy can make a trnp with a few bojras, some nails ana a nam mcr." BOY BEATS SYSTEM OF BANK Cleveland Lad Evolves Unique Scheme to Get Arpund Rigid Rules and Deposit Half Dollar. This Is the story of tho boy, tho bank and tho system. Tho boy camo into tho bank and laid o half-dollar with hlB bank book on the receiving toller's window. "Wo don't recolvo deposits of less lhan a dollar," said tho teller. Tho boy ylolded reluctantly to tho lystcm and drow back. But ho did not leavo tho bank. Ho crossed the corridor and seated himself on a sot too. Tho teller wntlced him sitting there. And also notb?ed tho refloctlve look on his face. Tho boy waited for somo tlmo, think inn It over. Finally ho arose and Went to the paying teller's window, A moment later ho confronted the re ceiving toller. "I want to deposit this dollar and flalf," ho said. Tho teller grinned. Tho boy had Just drawn a dollar rom his llttlo balance and was using it as an entering wedge for tho ro- lected half-dollar. And bo tho system was beaten by (he boy and a considerable accession pf bookkeeping labor was the price of s Py. !!.j...--.'..J.i.i..j!:i WHEriE'O BABY (By FI.OUKNCI3 MAT.) Why don't we honr our baby's vole A-ringlng through tho hall? 1 Or sec lilm spin hla new red top,-' Or cnyly toes his ballt Woll, I'm not BUro, but I think That should wo slyly peep Into his dainty llttlo crib. We'd And our pet asleep. OW TO MANUFACTURE PAPER Some Interesting Facts as to Its Origin and Materials It Is Made of Its Many Uses. Wo dorlvo tho word papor from tho Latin papyrus, tho nnmo of an Egyp tlan plant, from which tho ancients mado a very" dcslrablo material for writing. Almost ovory Bpcclcs of tough, QbrouB vegetable has at ono time or another been employed In tho manufacture of paper. Even tho roots and tho bnrk of tro6s, stnlks of tho ncttlo, tho common thlstlo, tho stem of tho hollyhock, hay, straw, cabbago stalkB, willow, sawdust and wood shav ings bavo all been used. In tho library of tbo British Mu scum thoro Is a book, printed In low Dutch, that contains no less than fifty eight specimens of papor, all mado of entirely dlfforont materials, tho rosult of ono man's oxporimonts as far back as 1772. Whatever tho material used, tho pa per making process is tho samo: Tho rags, bark or flbros must first bo mado Into a smooth pulp, tho pulp Is put into tho paper machine, and In a short tlmo is converted Into paper. Tho so-called rice papor of tho Chi nose is not mado of rlco. Tho namo Is a misnomer that originated in a mistake. Rlco paper Is really tho pith of a water-plant known to botanists as tho aralla papyrlfera. The plant grows, usually, to a height of twenty five fcot. By means of a long, thin, very sharp knlfo, tho pith is cut around and around from tho outsldo towards tho center. The largost sheets that can bo obtained In this way aro About flfteon Inches in' length and about ton Inches In width. Theso sheets of pith havo a commercial value In China, for there tuoy aro used In tho mauufacturo of many use ful and ornamental articles. As soon as tho Bhcets aro .cut thoy aro spread out, all llttlo holos in them are carefuly mondod with bits of mica, and thoy aro thon mado flat by prcs sure Tbo small, inferior shoots aro brilliantly dyed, and then sold to flower manufacturers. On tho largo sheets native artists paint quaint, brlght-hued pictures of Insects, birds and flowers, and find a ready market for thom, both at homo and abroad. It would bo noxt to Impossible to tell of all tho ways in which it Is pos Bible to uso papor. Wo aro told that it takes but twonty-nlno hours to con' vort linen flbro Into a paper carwheel Tho wheel Is composed entirely of papor rings, which, when pilod loose ly, stack as high as tho shoulders of n manof average height Those rings, undor treatment, sink to tho thickness desired, and are then securely fasten cd by means of bolts, and a steel tiro Is put on them. In Russia and Ger many paper car-rails havo already been used to Bomo extent, nnd havo given satisfaction. Enthusiastic paper manufacturers tell us that paper houses,. papor furniture of ovory do scrlptlon and paper clothing of overy kind will be in uso in tho near future. BUGLF. CALLS IN MEGAPHONE Sound Carries Two or Three Times as Far as In Ordinary Way Passed From Point to Point. The mcgap'uo... as an ndjunct to tho bugle, Is becoming Increasingly Impor tant In army life. Buglo-calls blown Bugle-Calls Through Megaphones. through a megaphone carry two or three times the dlstanco of such a call blown In tho ordinary way. At tho west ern army posts, whore tho sending of buglo calls to dlstnnt points la often doslrod, megaphones and bugles aro Bltuatod at points about a mllo apart, and tbo calls aro passed from point to point Her Idea of Christening. A llttlo girl whoso fathor was an M. D. was told that she was going to bo christened the following Sunday. Soon after Bho asked her mother If , ilium mi i in i mi i i ii tmmmmmmtmt mi t I -in I I H I ' - ' " " " ' PiCmotkI IDAI1ITDV IQ jy WILBUR, D mSVXV " , - IKI II II I II 1 and Out When Harold Montmorency stood boron the stern old man Ho did not shiver not a bill beneath hb baleful scan. Ah, Harold Montmorency Jspoko as onl bravo men do And won tho lovely holress oro ids speech wan half way through: Tho stern old father clasped his hand, sold: "Take- her; sho Is yours. l'or you havo tho affection that through- nut nil lltnn ntlillirrH 1 (But that was In a book a bin, best sell nc bookl When Harold Montmorency In real Ufa onco undertook To beard tho damsel's father and to plead 111 hnncfui nult Then Harold Montmorency got tho storn old father's boot!) When Harold Montmorency was con fronted by his foes Ho mot them all and singly and delivered tolling blows i A right (1st to tho jaw and then a left ono to tho eyo And hero and thero about tho Moor the battled victims llcl Thon Harold Montmorency dusted oft his sleeve and cuff And smiled a smllo of plaasuro as they moaned they had enough. (I3ut that was in a book a big, best-sell lng bookl When Harold Montmorcncyl In real life onco undertook I To whip a hated rival, It Is very sad to tell, But Harold Montmorency was a long tlmo getting well.) The Brute Agaln4 "I was reading an Interesting war romlnlscenco today," said tho young wlfo whllo her husband is making determined effort to cut tho pumpkin plo tho first custard pie, by tho way, hor fair, lily white hands over de vised. "War experlonco?" nsks tho cruel husband, sawing away desperately "What war?" "Tho Civil war, dear. It Bald that ono time It was at Thanksgiving tlmo tho two armies wore onenmpod near each other, and tho men on one side filled a shell with turkey and oth er dainties, Instead of powder, and shot it Into tho lines of tho enemy with their compliments. Was not that beautiful?" "It was. Just think of what awful carnago might havo resulted If thoy had had ono of your pies to flro Into Too Much Like Business. "No," said tho lady with tho frizzled hair, when tho currants wcro passed to her at the summer boarding houso, "I don't caro for them." "Thoy'ro nice as If thoy wero fresh," said tho landlady. "I canned thom myself." "I know thoy'ro all right, but I'vo Just finished an clghtccn-wook tour as tho electrical wondor from Georgln, and I don't want to think of my pro fessional experlonco at all during my vacation." Circumstantial Corroboration, "Do you bolong to tho allcgod milk trust?" asks tho patron of tho dairy man. "Mo? Bolong to tho alleged milk trust?" exclaims tho milk dealer an grily. "Why, whatovor put such a no tion Into your head?" "O, nothing much. Only you havo been soiling mo so much alleged milk that I thought " But tho dairyman In clattering on down tho street, swearing furiously at his liorso. Generous. "The guy," explains tho bartender, after tho ambulunco bus driven away, "had tbo norvo to como In hero and ask mo to glvo him three fingers of whlskoy. You ought to seo him now," "What did you do?" askB tho buBy reporter. "I gavo him n flat." Familiar. "This reminds mo of tho days whon Lefty Hlnnegan was tho star bats man of tho loague," eald tho ex-boso- ball player to hla frlond, whllo tho ox hortor -was reading tho words of tho hymn. "It does? In what way?" UBked his friend. "Ho's lining out tho bawl." I 7A . A When Jupiter Nodded yuLIIVI BY J. L. SHERARD NsVM Tho path of Miss Judith's peaceful llfo had long slnco reached tho begin ning of tho sunsot routo, but in pplto k her gray hairs tho spark of ro mance still burned brightly In her gentle soul. Sho wns not slow, thoro fore, to deduco from tho demeanor of hor nlcco that something had gone1 wrong between that Vivacious young woman nnd Tom. With a keen appreciation of tho ad vantages of tho psychological moment she summoned tho girl to tho far end of tho long south veranda, woll shut out from tho silvery moonlight by a mass of Virginia croopor, and with sympathetic directness proceeded to extract tho socrot burden of tho young womnn's heart. "Now, Margaret, toll your old nuntlo whnt's happened between you and Tom," sho said, more by way of com mand than entreaty. "You'vo quar reled. You nfccdon't .Bay no. It simply won't do, my dear child, nnd It muBt bo patched up this vory night." "Quarreled? , Why, auntlo," Mar garet began, assuming tho defensive, "you know you you " Tho girl hesitated, stammered help lessly and was lost. For a moment thoro was silence. Then sho broke down and confessed tho wholo story of dloappolntmcnt and wounded prldo. "Yes, something hnB happened," sho continued half defiantly. "Tom Mr. Ingram hasn't written mo a lino In ton days. Think Of HI And we'ro to bo mnrrlod In tho early fall. I know that tho survoylng party Is not so far away from civilisation that ho can't roach tho molls and sond mo somo sort of mosesEC. That qunlnt llttlo post ofilco he's always poking fun at can hardly havo been swallowed up In tho earth. It was hla own proud boaBt that thoro novor was to bo a lover liko him, but now that ho thlnkB ho'B got me. I supposo tho ardor of tho pursuit Is fast turning Into cold indifference I'll teach him a lesson." Her thrust was -tipped with sharp Irony. "But you aro judging him too quick ly," Miss Judith protested, rallying warmly to tho young engineer's de fense. "Thoro's cortnlnly Bomo good reason. Walt. Don't bo foolish, child." "No. Ifa my dcllbornto Judgment,' Margaret retorted through hor tears "I tried to think that tried to bo char itable but this morning's paper bears out my suspicions, Justifies mo and convicts him., Rend this dispatch which says that tho party Is progress ing well with tho survey of tho rail road, that tho members aro In good health and enjoying thcmsolves. En Joying thcmsolves, lndocdl That's tho unklndest cut of all. It's tho Injustice, tffo neglect that hurts. If Tom can communlcato with tho dally papers, It looks as if ho might at lonst sond mo a misorablo p-poat card. Love is every thlnK to woman. I demand all or nothing. I havo thought It all ovor. My mind Is made up irrevocably. I havo written tho young gentleman break lng off tho engagement." This emphntic pronouncement throw Miss Judith Into n stato of uttor panic. "What havo you dono, child?" sho cried In dismay. "Ah. tho marriage of my dcntN foster children has been tho ono great dream of my llfo, and now by a thoughtless act you havo shat tered It. ruined my happiness. You did you Bay that you havo written?" "Yes, I havo written," replied tho girl with a tono of finality. "Tho lot tor went out in tho morning mail. It Is now boyond rocall." "It shall bo rocallcdl It shall not bo delivered I" protested Miss Judith with all tho vehemenco of nn Undo Toby, MIbb Judith's mental energy wns ex pended during tno succeeding mo ments In tracing tho routo tho lotter WOUla navo o iuhu iu ruuuu iuu young man, and In formulating somo plan to intorcopt it on tho wny. Somo CO miles down tho road It had already left tho train at Onkland, sho figured, and was waiting until early morning, to begin Its 20-mllo Journoy across tho river, through wild swamps and thon Into tho heart of tho oxton- slvo plno foreBts, then on to a point within ten miles of whoro tho sur veyors woro at work. Tho lottor's dca tlnation was an insignificant little backwoods poet ofilco presided ovor by a lank cracker and a couplo ot loan hounds. Throo tlmoB a week It boast ed communication with tho outor world. But tho troublo-boaring letter could not bo stoppoa. mibb Jiiuitii was forced to that conclusion by tho loglcM of tho situation. Bho had no phono: tho telegraph office was closed for tho night; hor homo wan 12 mlleB out In tho country; and It wob night, nnd thero was no ono to bear a message Tom Ingram was a protego of Miss Judith. When bis parontB died Bho adopted tho boy, trained him up ten derly and oducatod him at tho Stato university. Ho was to hor a real son, loyal and dovoted, endowed with all tho gifts of mind and heart and chnfJ actor that glorify manhood. Margaret was a frequent visitor at tho old-fashioned country houso, and it was thoro that Miss Judith saw tho first promlso of fulfillment of hor chor lshed dream. ' With all his good qualities Tom was proud nnd high-strung, Uko all tho In grams. Therein lay tho danger in tho present crisis. A breach botweon two young lovers with bo much Inherited prldo of birth would bo hard to heal. All that long night tho girl's soul was In n state of blttor rovolt against tho Injustice of tho treatment sho had rocotvod from Tom. Bho could not sleep. Tho clock In tho hall down stnlrs tolled tho hours at Intervals of Bocmlng ages. Sho hated tho dark ness. It nccontuated hor troubles. 8ho longed for daylight and pence. Whon tho first faint streaks of dawn began to dispel tho shadows In tho room a strong and sudden reaction of feeling sot In. What It thoro should bo somo mlstnko? It was not liko Tom to act thus. Tho traditions of his family and his training cried out against it. Ho was too faithful to bo guilty of. such cold-hearted indiffer ence. UnH sho not been childishly selfloh? A bciibo of guilt Bwopt over her with tho forco of conviction. But tho letter? Ah, tho lottcr would roach him, In a few short hours. Boon lis terrible mission would bo fulfilled. It wns too late. Was It too Into? Thero was a morn ing train at iovon, It was now half past fivo. Why not attempt to correct tho blunder? Tho thought camo to her Uko an Inspiration. Ab sho re volved tho matter rapidly in mind tho possibility of retrieving hor cfror took on Bomothlug of tho rosy hue of hopo. Feverishly sho wroto for a, f ow min utes, thrust the lottor into nn envelope nnd marked It, "Important! Ilushl" Her brothor was a newspaper corre spondent, nnd Bho romomborcd hav lug seen such symbols of tho right of, way stamped in big letters on tho long envelopes. "If ho gots this at tho samo tlmo, ho will read it first. All will bo well thon, for I havo asked him not to open tho other lottor." Hastily donning hor riding hnblt sho slipped out qulotly to tho barn: Thero a now difficulty arose. Her pony, sho reftoctcd, could novor mnko tho 12 mlloa in tho baro hour sho had left to reach tho station. Thoro wob only ono homo in tho country that could mako It ovor tho rough roads. That waB Dllly, Tom's spirited sorrol, But Tom and Aunt Judith had for bidden tho girl ovor to attompt to rldo Billy. It would bo too much Uko courting death, Tom explained grave ly. And thnt vory prohibition had al ways mado her tho moro nnxlous to tusto of tho forbidden plcusuro. Necessity knows no law, respects no injunctions. TIiIb was not a enso of cholco or discretion. It wob Billy or- fall. Sho chose Billy. Thoro was no ono nbout tho place ob Bho cantered out into tho aanay lane leading Into tho main road. She knew Just how llttlo urging was re quired to keep tho sonBltlvo animal at his best. Billy settled down into ntoady, ovon gallop, covering tho miles wnn tno BWift cortalhty and regularity of ono truo to his blood and training. Through field and forest, up hill nnd down, along tho lovol stretcheB of tho farm lands, sho Bpod, pausing at last to got her bearings on tho crost ot tho high rldgo boyond Slx-Mllo creek. "Twcnty-frvo minutes I" Bho ex claimed exultantly, looking at hor watch. "Bravo boy. Billy! Kow for tho homo stretch." Just how tho accident happonod tho olrl couldn't novor aulto explain. Sho was rounding a wooded curve when an automobile unexpectedly appoarod, and beforo she realized any possibility of dunger Billy shlod In sudden fright, throwing hor vlolontly from tho sad-' die. Fortunately tho yielding HmbB of a wild applo troo caught hor body and broko tho forco of tho fall. When consciousness returned Bho looked up Into tho care-worn fnco of Tom. who knelt ovor hor awaiting eagerly somo sign of roturnlng wo. For a moment sho could not compre hend what it all meant; thon, aB mem- ory nftod tho veil caused by tho 'shock, a smllo of poaco ovorsprcad hor coun tenance "Then you did wrlto?" sho asked, and tho Intonation of her volco antlol- Dated tho answer. "Wrlto? Of courso I wroto. Hotter than that I camo." Tho wholo Btory of hor suffering leaped beforo his mind's oyo clear aa tho morning slm. "I'll explnln it all whon you fool hotter; Just ono word now. Up to throo days ago I got your letters. Thon thoy stopped. Evory third day wo sent our letters by a negro boy to tho office. I novor dreamed that thoy wero not promptly reaching you through tho malls. Thon something rouBod my suspicions. I investigated. Tho boy on tbf last two trlpB had given tho lettors to that mis- crublo puppet of a postmaster, Ju pltor Shaw, out In tho woods whoro ho found him squirrel hunting. This faithful Bofvant of Undo Sam was on ono ot his periodical sprees, and bo calmly stuck thoso lettors in his breeches pockot and forgot Hi I about them. On tho seventh day bo locked tho ofilco and disappeared In tho swamp. It was by mero chnnco that I ran across him and discovered my let ters In his pockot. Thon I know what you must havo Buffered. Without ovon so much ns Bonding a mcssago back to tho party I hurrlod across tho swamp and rlvor, nnd by a lucky chnnco got this automobile at Oakland. It'a all tho fault of Jupltor curso him! But, como. wo must bo oft. You noed at tention." "Oh, I'm all right," Margaret smiled back at him as ho assisted hor to tho waiting automobile. "I'm not hurt Thoro's nothing tho matter with me except a pronounced attack of happi ness." SOME POINTS ON INCUBATOR Beginner1 Will Be Greatly Aided In Management of Machine by ob- . serving Rules Given Herewith. ; The following points la tho man agement of nn Incubator may bo help ful to tho beginner: Sot tho machlno perfootly level to Inauro perfect vontilation and efficient working of all tho heating apparatus. Do not plnco tho working machlno In n north or west room, if possible. Ai south or oast room la preferred. Tho incubator should bo in a room; whoro thero Is flro at no tlmo, or fire at all times. In n cold room tho eggs must bo nlred when tho tcmpornturo Ib above 60 degrees or chilling will rcsulL Fresh air and somo molsturo aro necessary for Bucoosorul inclination, and theso are supplied by tho vontlla- ted dovlco of ovory incubator. Incubntor doors should bo mado of doublo glass und fit neatly to avoid loss of heat A machlno of from CO to 120 egg capacity Is about right for tho bogln-i nor. It Is largo enough ror practical purpoBos and not so largo as to causa confusion. Avoid oxcoss of tcmpornturo and. absence of molsturo In tho room In, which tho incubator is located. Fill and trim tho lamp dally and uso a wlek of sufficient width so that a low blazo will produco tho neces sary heat Let ono person only attend to tho Incubator and give it attontlon at least twlco each day. Keep tho lamp burner and bowl freo from oil and othor foreign mat ter. Eggs aro ovorhcated at 110 degrees,! but it will tako ten to twonty-four hours to kill them, according to how near tho hatching point thoy are. Eggs can bo considered chilled whon tho heat falU to CO dogrecB or below. Thoy will still hatch, however. It not kept cold too long say not ovor twonty-four hours but it al ways hurtB thorn moro or less, and it Is b?st novor to let them cool below 70 degrees under any circumstances. Investigation shows that the sitting hon Imparts a tomporaturo to the egg's vorylng from 110 degrees at tho outsldo of tho uest to 105 degrees In tha center, the average temperature being 103 degrees, henoo 103 degVee IB file lomiicrtiiuru nh wuiuu au luguim- tor should bo run. Many of our choicest market fowls. as woll as ehow prlxe winners, were incubator hatched, which disproves tho notion that artificial incubation produces weak chicks Turn tho eggs dally, yet It la net absolutely nocessary to turn thom all exactly allko. The attachment which gives a wnrnmg Blgnal whon tho tomporature runs boyond tho danger limit Is a good dovlco and roltoves eno of much caro. Whon tho chicks ftro nearly ready to hatch tho insldo tomporature of tho maohlno will rlso and tho heating apparatus must bo regulated, aB less beat is nodded thon than at tho begin ning of incubation. Olvo attontlon to dotails, learn the workings ot your machlno, and don't worry. Let tho machlno do .tho work. Let tho chicks Btay In tho incubntor without food from twonty-four to forty-eight hours after thoy aro batched. DIAGRAM OF THE CHICKEN 0 Bcnk. 1 Comb. 2 Face. Wattles. Ear-lobe, ' 3 4 C 0 7 Hackle. Breast. Back. 8 Saddle. 0 Saddle feathers. 10 Sickles. 11 Lessor sickles. 12 Tail-covortB. 13, Main tall feathers. 14 Wing-bow. 15 Wing cofortB, forming wing bar, 10 Secondaries, wing-bay. 17 Primaries, or flight feather. 18 Flight-coverts. 10 Point ot breast bone. ' v , 10, 20, 20 Body and fluff. 20, 20, Fluff. , , , 21 Thigh. . . 22, 22, Knee-joints. 28, 28, Shanks. 24 Spur, , 25, 25, Toes, or claws. Jpfeat- he must be chloroformed first.