’ WHY THE RABBIT’S FOOT IS LUCKY. f "scenes" and will give In to any whim rather than be the apparent cause of causing their wives to go off Into a fit #f hysterics. Women do not form this habit all at ♦nee; It develops gradually, starting It gt the time the girl enters her 'teens, •he has made up her mind to go to a tertaln party, or Invite a particular young man to the house, or bedeck her ♦elf In new finery, all of which her par tnts find It necessary to deny her. Im mediately she starts In to roll the ball *f future trouble by weeping violently, refusing to be comforted, refusing to dsten to reason. This she keeps up antll her distracted parents give way to her demands. They yield simply to teep the peace. The plan works so easily the girl has recourse to heroics to secure any thing denied and on which she has sot Her heart. fV.fr. n|n>.«(nni VinKlf Sloslons In grain mills and elevators. It as been definitely established that when the air Is filled with fine particles of veg etable dust this dust can he Ignited and an explosion follow, much as a mix ture of gasoline and air Is exploded In the cylinder of an automobile. It Is also known that last year there was a high percentage of smut dust In the wheat crop In the Pacific northwest and preliminary experiments have also indi cated that this dust is both highly in flammable and has great explosive force. From the accounts of explosions al ready received it appears that the oc currence originated at or near the cylin der of the threshing machine, where the dust was thickest, and flashed through the entire machine instantly. In some In stances the fire spread to grain stacked near by. In grain mills where similar explosions have occurred, two reports have commonly been heard. The first Is a sharp quick sound, followed by a report of a rumbling nature which lasts a longer time. The second report is usually fol lowed by fire. It Is supposed that the first report Is due to a small quantity of very fine dust suspended In air, hav ing been Ignited by some source of heat and thus exploded. This first explosion produces sufficient concussion to dis lodge the dust settled nearby, and this when shaken Into the air and mixed Is Ignited by the heat of the first explosion. There are a number of ways In which dust may be Ignited, but In the case of threshing machines It appears probable that static electricity, generated by the operation of the machine. Is chiefly re sponsible. The generation of a sufficient supply of "static” would result in the discharge of a spark which, under the proper conditions, would serve to Ignite the explosive mixtures of dust and air. In this connection It lias been observed that belts slipping on pulleys will gen erate considerable quantities of static electricity. In view of these facts the department recommends the grounding of all cylin der shafts on threshing machines. This can be done by dry brush contact with the cylinder and wires run to an Iron rod driven into damp ground. The ground ing of grinding machines in mills has proved effective in preventing these dust explosions and a similar precaution can be adopted advantageously with threshers. n-owa like a snow ball rolling down Sill. The man whom such a girl weds is subject to the same exhibition of violent temper which has gradually got beyond the control of the hysterical woman and Is to bo pitied; his nerves kre so constantly stretched to their jullest tension the wonder Is that he kas any kind of a grip upon them. The baby who cries through sheer cross ness, can be quieted speedily by patience und Judgment. The urchin tan be spunked when he knows very well that he is throwing a fit of hys terics because he is refused that which he should not have. The girl or boy who attempts to win by hysterics what the heart is set on despite parental wisdom, should be dealt with firmly. Parental knowledge ' should prevail. After one or two fierce scenes, they will win the day. Hysterics which have proved to be of no avail will no longer be resorted to. But the hysterical wife! Her case cannot be adjusted wisely, as In the days 01 her babyhood, early girlhood, or young womanhood. His best plan would be . to beat a hastv retreat, re narking a parting shot, "We will talk the matter | over when you have grown calmer. I So not propose to be either moved or annoyed by—heroics." When alone, the hysterical woman will soon gain her composure. If not, hers Is a case for the fumtly physician, lor the disease has made such an In road It Is a malignant foe to fight against. Nine times out of 10 It Is a womnn’a iwn fault If she deliberately allows ker nerves to work havoc with her peace of mind and the happiness of those who are near and deur to her. She who is addicted to this unfor tunate habit should go out into the ■unshine with all possible haste. On 1 the crowded thoroughfare, meeting wqmcn with smiles on their lips and , the Joy of living shining in their faces, I •he will speedily regain her composure, ! The parents who allow willful sons and daughters too much latitude In •their youth blaxe a hard path for those who wed them to travel In. Wheat Smut Causes Thresher Fires. ! Bulletin Department of Agriculture. The many explosions and fires in threshing machines in the northwest last summer have led the United States de partment of agriculture to take up this Question in connection with its investiga tion of grain dust explosions in cereal mills, elevators and similar places. Near ly 300 threshing machines were destroyed last year In eastern Washington, eastern Oregon and northern Idaho. The total loss was estimated at 31,000,000. Insur ance companies refused to insure the ma chines, arousing acute alarm through out the wheat growing Industry of that rvetion. In some quarters there was a disposition to attribute these occurrences to disgruntled farm hands or tramps, but specialists in the department now believe that they were accidental explosion,, and that under certain conditions Buch ex plosions are liable to occur wherever quantities of dust from grain or straw accumulate. Since it is probable, there fore, that there will be additional ac cidents of the same character this sea son, the department has assigned invest igators to the territory in question and earnestly requests tl at full reports of all explosions be sent to the United States department of agriculture, Washington, I) C. Id connection with the study of ex fr "This Tims Last Yoar.” From the London Times. "This time last yea*-” Beems, in ordinary epochs, rather like this time last month. Was It really a year ago? we ask. But now, ever since ast August, this time lust year seems like an age ago, a period In some former existence of which our 1 migrating soul has retained the memory, j How far away it Is, that old life In a I world that on the outside was oddly like I this present world, and on the inside wholly different! This time last year we were on the eve of "the most brilliant London season ever known." The nation was face to face with more than on« "grave political problem." There were dinners and dances, at homes and week-ends. We wero all so "busy" and so "full-up," and there were so many momentous things to discuss. Could the ballet get on without Nijinsky 7 Was county cricket going to look up? Would there be “civil war?" Were there any really good new things to eat? Would B. and B. get engaged, and would C. and D. get divorced? This time last year—well, it was a long time ago, and we were all much younger then. We shall never be like that again, any more than 56 will be 18. That old, light-hearted world Is gone forever; and when the good times come once more, we must look for a world not light-hearted but high-hearted. It will have Its pleas ures. There will be opera and ballet: there will be fine clothes, and good things to eat and drink: we shall dance and laugh and dally with love. But in the new life these will not be the most lm- j portaot things. They will be recreation amid a deal of hard work that will call for steady doing, solace for hearts that ache, as hearts never ached this time last year. The first national bird census shows that the densest bird population Is at Chevy Chase, near Washington, D, C„ where 161 pairs of 34 species were found nesting on 33 acres. Russian railways represent a mile age of 46,000, just twice that of the rail- j ways In the United Kingdom. What Constitutes a State? What constitutes a state? Not high-raised battlement or labored bound. Thick wall or moated gate. Nor cities proud with spires and turrets crowned: Not bays and broad-armed ports. Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride; Not starred and spangled courts, Where low-browed baseness wafts per- ! fume to pride. No:—men. high-minded men. With powers as far above dull brutes . endued. In forest, brake or den. As beasts excel cold rocks and bram bles rude; Men who their duties know. But know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain. • • • These constitute a state. And sovereign law, that state's collected will, | O'er thrones and globea elate Sits empress, crowning good, repressing —Sir William Jones. Freak Exhibits In Archives At Honoluu, H. I. By MYRON K. DAVIS, Company C, Eighth Infantry, Manila, Philippine Island. In the archives at Honolulu are many freak petitions that were put be fore the legislature in the early days, some of which, with a little revising, might be adopted at the present time. The following articles written nearly a century ago, show the native “up-to dateness" in political issues and legis lative reforms, as well as commercial interests. Here is one under the head ing of "Public Notice,” that is prac ticed a great deal in our own cities, though the subject is given little pub licity: Public Notice. “January 29. 1863. “Know all ye Hawalians, foreigners and Chinamen of every description, that we the undersigned make known to all of you, that, wo the people who make salt, have raised the price of the barrel of salt to $2. The calabash of salt that was rial before is now a quarter. As poi and other things havs been raised in price, so we have raised the price of salt. "If any person objects to this notice, ■we will have him up before the Judge and this notice shall become a law from and after its publication in the Hekll-Pakiiika, (Star of the Pacific.) Consequently we have affixed our name unto. "Signed, “Kiphe and Others.” Easy Divorce Solution. Another under the same heading might settle the divorce question if the women would adopt this means of advertising their husbands: Publio Notice. “January 29, 1863. "Kupauaha, my husband, has de serted me. He took from me all my clothing that I have earned with my own hands and I am now very poor. He still desires me to return other things that he gave me. Extraor dinary! As if I were a strange woman. You the people look at this shameless husband. "Signed. “Mele Pi.” Some of the bills that went berore the legislature were often “sidetracked” in some such manner as about to be re lated: In 1851 a petition was laid be fore the house of representatives from voters of Puna, Hawaii, beseeching the king and his honorable legislature to enact a law so that marriage between old men and young women, and young men and old women, would be prohib ited. The endorsement on this petition shows that It was “respectfully re ceived and referred to the standing committee on lands, roads and Internal Improvements.” On May 7, 1852, a petition wns laid before the house by a number of resl- i dents of Honolulu, praying that the legislature abolish the attorney at law. The house, however, seemed to think that the said attorneys were necessary evils and on the report of a select com mittee, to whom the petition had been referred. It was tabled May 10. As there is no report of a “Kelly’s army” In the Islands at this time this petition must refer to the “wearies" of the Islands: On May 27, 1853, the house received a petition from the residents of Koolau poke, Oaku, praying that "Sleeping during the day be prohibited." Also on the same day another was laid be fore It, praying that “The tax oti good, quiet dogs be abolished.” « Here is a petition that has in some respects always been in force, accord ing to many physicians: On June 12, 1864, Puna, Hawaii, residents sent a pe tition to the house praying that a law be enacted whereby a physician be pro hibited from compeling a man to pay his debts to said physician. The natives seemed to think government officials of little Importance and on the same date another petition was laid before the house, praying that government offi cials be not paid salaries; that the chiefs be the only ones to receive, pay for their services. Against Women’s Clothes. And, finally, East Maul comes for ward with a petition to the legislature of 1865 which might readily apply to any of our cities at the ppresent time. The petitioners wanted a law passed to prevent “Women going around the streets of Honolulu and Lahalna in clothes not fit to be seen In public.” No Comfort* on a Submarine. From the Pittsburgh Dispatch. Five strange, black looking craft with Ashy bodies are moored afloat at One Hundred and Thirty-fifth street and the Hudson river. By their side Is a vessel that looks like a cross between » battle ship and a pigsty. These are submarines and the pigsty battleship Is the submarine tender. These live little things are hideous, grewsome, ugly as sin and as leaden black as death. According to one of the offi cers of these cigar-shaped steel boxes, they are Just as unpleasant Inside as out side. Every minute the men are In the submarine means the risk of pneumonia and tuberculosis. "The entire inside of the boat sweats like a pitcher of ice water on a hot day," said the officer. "Before we are on It three hours our clothes are soaked and they stay that way. Wo have absolutely no heat, which means that the boat Is the temperature of the outside air. Some times we nearly freeze. The doctors say that the men on a submarine never sleep: they merely become unconscious for brief Intervals. The air, the odors from the machinery, the constant vibration and the Intense strain under which you labor make sleep an Impossibility. •In a storm, when we have to seal Hp, the air gets worse than anything you can Imagine. There are 18 men and two offi cers In one of our boats and at any mo ment any one of the 20 may cause the death of all the rest. There Is no room for mistakes. The space In which the men live Is 60 feet long and about 10 feet wide. I can stand upright If I pick iny ; place, but most of the time my shoulders 1 are bent. There are no bunks: we all ! spread our mattresses on an Iron deck. ! The dining room consists of four electric hot plate. Nothing In the nature of a spark Is allowed below decke. but we can heat up coffee on the hot plate and occa sionally fry things. We can't smoke and the vibration of the engines makes It Im possible to read or even play cards, so when we are not working there's nothing for us to do but sit on the floor and look I st each other.” Why Not Live In Light? From the Christian Herald. Our God Is willing to light Up our or dinary roads, even the byways and back streets of our duily life. Few of us spend our days in the main street*. Most of our life is passed in very quiet ways, often in trudging along very rough and rutty road3. Well, we can go along them ull “by revelation.” with God's soft light of grace falling upon the deep ruts and the sharp stones. In every path of duty we can have these revealing rays, warm and sunny with the very love of God. Every way can be Illumined, and In the heaviest and most miry road the place of our feet ran be glorious. Economics. From the Philadelphia Ledger. Book Agent—This book will teach sou how to economize. The Victim—That's no good to me. What I need Is a book to tehch me how to live without economizing. \ Roofing r 5 Tour local hardware or lumber dealer can B P supply yon with Certain-teed Roof lng. B J Guaranteed I, 10 or 16 years according to 5 P the thickness. Don't accept a substitute. W ^GENERAL ROOFING MFC. Ctxjj DAISY FLY KILLER ££ STSSffi Si fllea. Meat, dean, er aameatal. convenient, cheap. Lasts Sll season. Made of metal, can’tsplll er tip over) will not soil er 1njure anything. Guaranteed effective. All dealers orSaent •xpreae paid for Si.00. ff JlKOLD IOMEKS. IIS De Kalb 4ve., Breeklyn. M. T. CPCB Prescription for the cure of Spar in. s IT mm fSm Ringbone and Lameness of Homes. HPIBIPPPPB Write L L Chrleteaiee, Lidgerweed, I. 1>. JOHN’S DEDUCTION AT FAULT Result of Bright Youth’s Reasoning Brought Consternation to His Employer. John was the new boy at the board ing house. His mistress was scolding him because he never surmounted an obstacle. “John,” she said, “when I sent you for a two-pound loaf of cake and they had none, why in the world did you not bring two one-pound cakes? That would be exactly the same thing." John seemed to grasp the knowl edge. IJis mistress thought so until the next day. She was going on a journey, and being a large, stout woman, told John to engage her two seats In the Bus. When John returned she asked: “Did you have any difficulty?” “No, madam,” replied the hopeless John, “but I could not get them both together, so I got one on the inside and one on the t'p!” His Bid. Between the blonde young woman on the other side of the car and her stout neighbor next to the left there Intervened a space perhaps four Inches in width. Clinging to the strap Just in front of the blonde wom an was a cheerful individual whose uncertain footing was, it seemed, not wholly due to the jolting and jerking of the common carrier. Presently he fastened an ingratiating smile upon the young woman. "Madam,” murmured he, "if you’d lemme sit down in that place there by you I’d—I’d vote for woman suf frage.”—New York Evening Post. Well Earned. "How did you happen to get that medal you’re wearing?” "I got it for saving an umpire’s life. I had a pop bottle in my hand when he called Sweeney out sliding to the home plate with whr* should have been the winning run, and I didn’t throw it.” Cocoanut water has been found in Ceylon to be a valuable coagulant of rubber. Andalusia's olive crop is a poor one owing to a recent drought. WANTED TO SEE THE RESULT Little Willie Evidently Had at Some Time Beheld a Slot Machine in Operation. There are some very funny things in a big store besides the things the girls say about the floor walker or the fancies the ribbon-counter boys have about the personalities of buy ers and heads of departments. For instance: The other day a small lad, With an unmistakable stamp of the country, was trailing his moth er along through a big store. He was hanging back and she was pulling. The boy never had been in a big store, and the place was full of many wonders. All of a sudden his pulling and lag ging became a stubborn and pro nounced utter stoppage. “Come on, Willie,” said the mother. “Aw. maw, wait,” begged the boy. “No,” protested his mother. “What’s the matter with you?" “Look!” cried the boy. He was pointing to a young man leaving an employees’ time clock, which the young man had just punched. “Wait, maw,” continued Willie, “I want to see what he w’ins!” Drink Denison’s Coffee. Always pure and delicious. # lllllllllllllllll Look ForThis Name * Olives id Pickles —it’s a quality mark for exception- 1 ally good table dainties. Our Manzanilla and Queen Olives, J plain or stuffed, are from the famous olive groves in Spain. Libby’s Sweet, Sour and Dill Pickles are piquant and firm. Your summer meals and picnic baskets are not com plete without them. Insist on Libby's at your grocer's. Libby, M'Neill & Libby Chicago Ulllllll RULES OF UP-TO-DATE ZOO Compiled for the Benefit of Visitor* Who Without Proper Guidance Might Get Into Trouble. All persons are prohibited from playing with the animals. If you are a monkey, don’t recognize your friends at the zoo. Fraternizing with ani mals is considered a serious offense, no matter if the animal shows more intelligence than the one trying to torment him. It shall be unlawful to stroke the whiskers of Caesar, the male lion, or to pull the tails of any of the lions at any time. Visitors must not interfere with the food that Is given the lions or put their hands into the mouths of the beasts. Making eyes at the baboons and shaking hands with the monkeys are ) not permitted at any time. Visitors must not pull the horns of the buffalo or strike the ears of the ostrich. Children are warned not to ride on the backs of the deer. Violations of these park regulations will be punished by solitary confine ment in the dog pound for six months —Springfield News. Out of Long Experience. Barristers should always be respect ful to the court and accept decisions with good humor, says Dr. Blake Odg ers, who illustrates the proper atti tude of the profession. A young barrister who held differ ent views from the court, remarked on one ocasion that he was surprised to hear the judge make a certain state ment, whereupon the leading counsel apologized for his junior on the ground of his youth. "When he is as old as I am, my lord,’’ he said deferentially, “he will never be surprised at anything your lordship says o.- does.”—Yorkshire Post. * See U. S. A. First. .Blanch—She’s going to travel. Beulah—So? Going to Europe? "Oh, no, she’s going to travel in this country.” "I see. She believes in safety first.” Shrapnel in Warfare. Shrapnel is most effective against prone skirmishers at ranges from 1,000 to 3,000 meters, when burst twenty-eight to twenty-two meters short of the target, and against stand ing skirmishers at the same ranges when burst fifty-six to forty-five me ters short of the target. Black also points out that a single shrapnel from a light field howitzer produces a greater number of hits when the point of burst is favorably situated than one fired from a field gun. Shrapnel is also playing a most im portant part in aerial warfare, and of these antiaircraft shrapnel, all of which embody the same general es sentials, there is perhaps none more effective than that known as “Ehrhardt antiaircraft shrapnel.” Rich Loot. Rrown was happily rambling through the land of dreams one night when he suddenly awakened to find the long barrel of a pistol unpleasant ly close to his face. “Utter one word,” cried a strong voice back of the formidable gun, "and you are a dead man.” “I’m not saying one word,” was the meek rejoinder of the submissive Brown. ”\;hat I want,” continued the bur glar. without lowering the pistol, “is every single valuable that you have in the house, and I want them quickly.” “All right, old man,” promptly re plied Brown, digging up a slip of paper and handing it to the burglar. “Here is the combination to the refrigerator.” One Advantage. “Traded your motorboat for an aero plane, eh? What's the idea?” “Well, there’s this about an aero plane—even if the engine does break down, you’re bound to land some where.” After passing the spring chicken age a woman makes a goose of her self. "-TT ^ W I^U Summer Comfort is wonderfully enhanced when rest and lunch hour unite in a dish of Post Toasties i i There’s a mighty satisfying flavour about these thin wafery bits of toasted com. So easy to serve, too, on a hot day, for they’re ready to eat right frcm the package—fresh, crisp, clean. Not a hand touches Post Toasties in the making or packing. Served with cream and sugar, or crushed fruit, they are delicious. L______________________________