Successful Use of Canines At
I tracts Attention of British
Officers.
| _
Great Britain Once More Following
Up In Rear of Her Continental
Rivals and Taking Cue From
| Their Advancement.
i London.—Great Britain is once more
following up in the rear of her conti
nental rivals and taking a leaf from
their books. At last she is thinking
about it. That is, in the adoption of
the doggie policeman. The force num
bers only one at present, and he, the
dog. is attached to the Berks constab
ulary. It is a good many years since
Major Richardson of Harrow became
a dog trainer, his pack of bloodhounds
being a famed lot. It was Major Rich
ardson who trained the dogs which
did such good work by picking up
wounded soldiers on the battlefields
of Manchuria and which helped the
Spaniards at .Mellila.
Evfen before that both France ami
Germany realized the possibilities of
trained dogs as auxiliaries to their
gendarmerie and police forces. In
Hussia, too, the dog policeman is
known. A story just readied here
from Moscow about a dog known as
Tref, which is becoming a perfect ter- ,
ror to evil-doers. A number of bank
notes and other valuables had been i
stolen from a Moscow gentleman
named Pokrofsky, end Tret's services
■were requisitioned.
He was put on the scent of the
thief, and, after taking a circuitous
route, entered a ifiglit shelter, making
straight for an old coat belonging to
a house painter, who was known un
der the name of Alexander. The sum
of 500 rubles, which had been stolen
from M. Pokrofsky, was found In oue
of the pockets of the cost.
That London is evidently thinking
about following Ihe example of Perks
Beems likely, as F. S. Hullock, one of
the chief constables of the Metropoli
tan police, has been over in Paris
having a look at the kennels off the po
lice dogs at Montroug London wants
to know something about the use of
those dogs before getting any of her
own.
In some of the favOrite "burglary”
districts, as they are known, such as
Hampstead, Ealing. Harrow and there
abouts, householders have not watted
for the "swearing In” of any dog con
stables, but have acquired some of
their own from Major Richardson,
with very satisfactory results.
“It is no use having a dog that
won’t bite,” says Major Richardson,
"and these dogs, if they catch holi of
a man, will worry him just like a rab
bit. The dog is held on a chain and
wears a specially contrived muzzle,
which prevents him picking up poison.
They can hear a sound 400 yards
further than a policeman, and if a
man Is hiding in a garden they can
scent him out when a policeman
might pass him by. Their senses are
even more acute at night that by
day.”
956 LIVE ON .34 OF ACRE
Congestion of Tenement Districts of
Boston Worse Tnan New York
Districts.
Boston.—Striking facts in connec
tion with tenement -conditions in Bos
ton are set forth in the report erf the
house committee Of the Boston-1915
movement, -which was made public
the other day.
It tells, 'for example, of sections in
Boston where 427 persons are housed
on a single acre, where 15 to 25
adults live in one small dwelling or fiat,
where kitchens are used as bedrooms,
dining rooms, laundries and living
rooms and ftll baths are taken in the
*itchen sink.
The report was prepared by a com
mittee headed by Philip Cabot and
Meyer Bloomfield, the settlement
worker, and covers the conditions
found in four typical city blocks se
lected in the north and west ends, two
blocks in the south end and one block
each in South Boston, East Boston
and Charlestown.
Only eight assembly districts in
New York cKy. all hut one of them in
the lower East side, had over 407
persons to the acre when the last
census was taken. Boston’s tenement
section in the North and West ends
have, from the latest figures, a den
sity of 427 persons for each acre.
Block No. 33. bounded by Prince,
Thacher. North Margin streets arid
Lafayette avenue, is—so far as known
—the most densely populated block
in Boston; it had. according to the
latest figures obtainable, 956 residents
on .34 acre, living in houses averaging
3 2-3 stories high—310 persons per
acre per story. New York’s most
crowded block has 1,672 per acre in
houses averaging 5V£ stories, or 304
per acre per story.
Plan a Stage Uplift.
Chicago.—Uplift of the theater
through organized attendance on good
plays and non-support of bad ones is
the purpose of the “Drama League of
Amerka,” which came into existence
the other day at a conference of rep
resentatives of women’s clubs in the
Art Institute.
“We do not purpose to fritter away
our energy by striving to lengthen
the skirts of the chorus girls," said
one of the promoters. “Once a bad
play comes to town we hope through
organization to keep people away
from it."
FIE THE KEY TO LONGEVITY
—
Hale Man of Ninety-Seven Names
Best Kind of Food to Eat to
Ee Centenarian.
Belleville, 111.—The most remark
able man in Belleville, Benjamin
West, who is ninety-seven years old,
straight as a soldier and spry, has
given the world the secret of longev
ity. Here it is: "P i e."
Any kind of pie will do as a steady
diet, from Washington pie to lemon
meringue, says Mr. West. All kinds
are equally stimulating and helpful.
Mr. West was formerly a .merchant
in Belleville, but he retired In 1884,
and has since lived in Minneapolis.
Twice each year he comes to Belle
ville to visit his son, Robert.
"I'm going to have n centennial In
three years," he said while here last.
"Rules of health? Well, 1 can't say
that I have any. I have just lived a
prudent life. I do not know the taste
of whisky or wine When I was living
here 1 tried to drink beer, but I didn’t
like the taste of it and I guess 1 never
got enough of it in my system to hurt
me.
"I m ver smoked, but 1 chew tobac
co, not to excess, though—just a cou
ple of small chews a day. I have
made it a rule to (“at not more than
one pound of meat a year.
"1 never miss my three big meals a
day. Next to pic 1 like vegetables
best ns a steady diet. 1 am not a
vegetarian, but 1 have proved In my
own case at least that vegetables are
the healthiest food. I eat milk and eggs,
but 1 like cabbage, beets, turnips, corn
and potatoes much better.”
Mr. West said that he had not been
ill a day in years. As a young man he
was sickly and it was predicted that
he would die before he was thirty.
At ninety-seven liis white hair is the
only indication of his extreme age.
He takes long walks every day and
carries a cane, not for the support,
but for style. He wears the frock
coat and the broad slouch hat once
typical of the “southern gentleman.”
Ho was horn in Virginia when Uncle
Sam was winning the 1812 pennant in
the championship series with Jehn
Bull.
DARES DEATH AMONG SNAKES
New York Zoo Employee Enters j
Cages of Diamond Rattlen, to J
Clean, and Has Close Catl.
New York.— Housecleaning clay In
the dens of the poisonous reptiles at
the New York Z/oologlcal park, Is
fraught with danger to the keepers.
A large number of persons watched
the cleaning of the rattiest akes’cages
recently. Slowly the cage of the dia
mond backed rattlers was opened from
the rear. With a forked stick the
snakes were gently urged into a cor
ner. One went over willingly, as if
trained. Another started, but half
way across the floor stopped and flung
himself lino a coil and raised hie
wicked head, and the humming of his
rattles was distinctly heard by the
watchers.
The keeper backed away till he wrs
beyond the length of the snake's body,
when he gently put his crotch of tho
stick over the reptile’s head, and, ta
king him in his bands, just back
of the head, dropped him into a sack,
which he tied up aud put in a box.
The other snakes, having been
urged into the corner, a board three
feet, wide was stood up against the
wall, shutting out tile light. This
darkening of the cage generally keeps
them quiet till the cage has been
cleaned, but this day it didn't.
While the keeper was scrubbing the
wail a snake reared itself back of the
board and looked around the cage. The
j keeper paused, not daring to move, till
the head slowly lowered again. Then
with a white face the man backed cut
of tbe cage. A blanket was bald over
the top of the board until the cleaning
was finished.
MANITOBA INVADED BY RATS
Department of Agriculture Is Distrib
uting Tubes of Poison for Ex
termination.
Winnipeg.—An invasion of rats
threatens serious damage to the crops
in southern Manitoba. It was three
years ago that the first of these little
animals were seen in Manitoba. It
was at Gretna, on the international
boundary line. Since then the rate
have increased rapidly and Canada is
fearing the invasion. At first little
attention was paid to them, but when
the damage began to be serious offi
cials of the Manitoba department of
agriculture began a war against them. |
Already two thousand tubes of virus j
have been distributed, but with little :
success, for want of co-operation of
farmers and others. The virus is
placed on bread, and every rat that i
eats it breeds fatal disease, which is I
carried to its mates. In districts
where it has been diligently used the ;
rats have almost disappeared inside
of two or three weeks.
I
Hen W.th Human Features.
Chicago.—Guests and employes of a
downtown hotel are in erested In a
white hen that has fea ures of a hu
man being—a clearly de ined nose and
lips in place of the beak and mouth of
a chicken, and feet like knobs instead
of claws.
“The chicken is. nine months old,”
said Michael Singer, one of the hotel
porterR, who owns the fowl, “and is
compelled to eat from the hand of a
person, being unable to pick food like
other chickens. It cannot scratch and
does not cackle nor make other noises
like a chicken. It has laid two eggs,
both of which were flat on one side j
and of extraordinary size.”
Aviator Curtiss Declares Dread
naughts Are Out of Date.
Swarms of Light, Swift Aeroplanes
Will Replace Monster Battleships,
Dropping Their Terrible
* Poison Bombs.
New York.—Glenn II. Curtiss, the
aviator, believes that the day of dread
naughts and monster battleships is ]
past, nnd that by the time of the ,
next great war the huge Florida nnd «
the other rostly floating forts of this
and other nations will be useless.
Swarms of light, swift aeroplanes,
he says, will replace the tardier, more
sluggish ships of the sea, and will I
swarm like deadly insects over the]
old-fashioned navies, dropping their i
terrible poison In the shape of acid
bombs before the unwieldy men-of-1
war are able to retaliate.
More than a thousand aeroplanes
can be launched for the price of a sin- ■
gle battleship, he says,
"I was much Interested in the ]
launching of the Florida the other;
day,” said Mr. Curtiss. ”1 heartily
subscribe to the preparations we are ]
making to defend our country from
all aggression. But 1 do not believe
that we are going about It in (he j
right way in view of modern condi- 1
lions.
"Battleships have been impressive
engines of war, but their day is prac
tically done. It is as sure as death
and taxes that the airship will super-'
sede the great floating structure of
steel with its immense guns.
' Imagine, for instance, that a hostile
fleet is 20 miles off New York. Sup
pose it consists of some of the most
( powerful of modern vessels, like the
Florida. Before it could begiu to shell
the city, our fleet of aeroplanes would
start from the New Jersey flats. Sup
pose we had only 200 of them. Each
is able to carry 200 pounds of bombs.
“Bombs were used in the South Af
! rican war which weighed not more
| than ten pounds. They were made of
picric acid. There is nothing more
deadly.
The missiles can be hurled down
upon such a target as a war vessel
with great precision. Foreign experi
ments, carried on in secret, have dem
onstrated that objects can be dropped
from a moving aeroplane and hit a tar
get within a radius of 12 feet.
] "During the day the aeroplanes could
| soar away at a great height. They
could be painted the color of the sky.
Before the lookouts on the hostile fleet
■could discern the mosquito-like fliers,
the aeroplanes could swoop down and
■blow the warships to pieces. Before
the ships could bring any of their
■clumsy guns -into action, the aero
planes would be off and safe.
"Before another year has passed
many nations will devote the millions
they are now spending on dread
naughts in building fleets of aero
planes. It is inevitable.”
COUPLE MARRIED 44 TIMES
German Has Wedded Same Wife in
Every State in Union With Ex
ception of New York.
Newark, N. J.—Ludwtg I/ewisohn,
German professor and writer, born in
Berlin 30 years ago, -claims the dis
tinction of having been married to his
wife in every state in the Union ex
cept New York, lie has just added
New Jersey to the list, the nuptial
knot behig tied for the forty-fourth
time.
This raises the question: “Can a
man legally marry his own wife?”
Ijewiscihn, with his wife, walked into
the county clerk's office and askedWil
liam Christian for a marriage license.
I^ewisohn said he was eager to get a
certificate which would add this state
to the list. He was directed to the
office of Justice of the Peace Henry
Bosset, where the marriage was per
formed. The couple smiled and ap
peared as happy as if it were their
first venture.
“The laws of New York are pe
culiar, but some day I will have the
knot tied there,” said Lewisohn. “I
feel that i am not violating any law,
and as my wife and I love one another
what harm is there in it?"
MACHINE TELLS ONE’S AGE
Mew BertiHon Apparatus Also Indi
cates Temperament and Physical
Idiosyncrasies.
Paris.—Alphonse Bertlllon’s new
machine for the detection of criminal
ity has caused a sensation. A test
lias been made In the anthropological
department of the prefecture of po
lice.
It measures either visible or invis
ible marks of pressure made by hu
man muscles upon material objects
and thus Indicates approximately to
the expert Investigator the age,
strength, temperament and sometimes
the physical idiosyncrasies of persons
exerting such pressure.
There is a consfflerable margin of
vagueness in the evidence which it
affords and If it is ever put to prac
tical use it is thought great caution
must be observed in founding conclu
sion upon the records of its action.
Sickness Causes $55,000,000 Loss.
London.—About $55,000,000 is annu
ally lost by the wage earning class In
this country owing to temporary ina
bility to work through sickness or
lunacy, said Stephen Paget at the Lon
don School of Economies recently.
RIVAL ROUTS ELK HERD KING
—
Jerry, Long Leader at St, Louis Zoo.
Defeated in Battle—Victor
Kills Another.
St Louis. -Jerry, the royal elk buck j
In the zoo at Forest park, Is monarch
of the elk herd no longer. The crown j
passed to Big Ben, three years his !
junior, after two sanguinary battles,
in which Jerry was completely routed
and a year old buck killed on the Held, j
Although unchallenged as the mulls- ,
puted king, Big lien is enjoying no
royal prerogatives. Lustful for battle,
he bellows tmpotently behind the steel
bars of his prison, where lie was mi
ceremoniously thrust after his double
victory. His challenges are unan
swered. however. Jerry, who ruthless
ly ran the herd for live years, Is com
pletely cowed by his defeat and hides
himself when his conqueror hurls de
fiance.
Jerry, until the other day, never |
tasted defeat, and in his years of
power lmd beaten down every eon
tender. But Big Ben had shown signs
of restlessness under Jerry’s rule, i
Realizing that his power was threat
ened, Jerry tried repeatedly to force
the fight, but the younger bull each
time escaped.
Big Ben stood Ills ground when Jer
ry api'onched the other day. and a bat
tle royal was on. It lasted but a few
minutes, but its fierceness made up
for its brevity.
i Jerry forced the fighting, charging
| madly at his younger opponent. Flnal
I ly Big lien became the aggressor. He
rushed savagely and Jerry ran. The
retreat became a rout, and the two
traveled a merry pace around the pre
i serve, each of them bleeding from
many cuts and bellowing with rage.
I Keepers ended the fight and saved
Jerry’s life.
! Big Ben, arrogant with his new au
j thority, was not satisfied with one bat
tle. He kept the herd on the move
j all day, and in the afternoon eele
1 brntod his victory by ruthlessly killing
a yearling bull that crossed his path.
WAGE WAR ON WHITE PLAGUE
London Medical Authorities Devoting
Their Attention to Consumption
—Aim to Prevent.
London.—Consumption has been oc
cupying the attention of the London
medical authorities, especially within
the last 12 months, and the result is
a determined effort on their part to
combat the disease. Besides the 30.
000 fully developed cases of consump
tion in London, at least 130,000 per
sons in the metropolis are regarded as
“suspects,” on account of their living
in close proximity to the malady—a
state of things intensified by the con
gested and insanitary conditions
prevailing in the homes of the London
poor.
I During 1909 a tuberculosis dis
i pensary—or “dispensary campaign,” as
it Is called—was established in Lon
don somewhat on the lines of the orig
inal institution opened in Edinburgh
about 23 years ago, under the direc
tion of Dr. It. W. Philip and others In
America and-France designed to light
all kinds of pulmonary diseases.
The special work in London con
sists in keeping registers in various
districts of all cases of tuberculosis
diseases, making examinations and
distributing patients into hospitals or
sending specialists and trained nurses
to visit them in their own homes, ac
cording to their individual needs. The
principles of sanitation and hygiene
are taught, in the homes of patients,
and special attention is paid to chil
dren who may have become exposed
to infection by sending them to con
valescent homes or farm colonies
with a view to fortifying their health.
Full inquiry is made into the ante
cedents of each case and all possible
means are adopted to hinder the
spread of the disease. Thus it will
be seen that the special aim of the
"dispensary campaign” is preventive
even more than curative, and the hope
is expressed that consumption In this
country perhaps within the next dec
ade or so will become almost as rare
as smallpox. King Edward was deep
ly interested in the work and in this
connection it may be recalled that
last October he opened a dispensary
at Montreal by pressing an electric
button on this side of the Atlantic.
Can Chickens Swim?
Newmarket, N. J.—if Justice of the
Peace Clark T. Rogers of this place
decides that a chicken can swim Ju
lian Duckhudt will have to pay his
neighbor, Munson Knight, whatever
amount the Justice names np to $250
compensation for the destruction of
2,000 strawberry plants. Duckhudt's
defense is that his chickens are un
able to swim, which they would have
to do in order to get ut Knight’s berry
plants. Judge Rogers withheld de
cision of the case till he had made up
his mind whether a chicken can swim
or not.
Hear Heart Beats Miles Away.
London.—Professor Milne and four
distinguished doctors on the Isle of
Wight, testing a new invention, lis
i tened over an ordinary telephone to
the beat of a woman’s heart in Lon
don. The instrument employed in
London was a stethoscope with a tele
phone relay by which the minute
sounds were magnified.
World Champion Milk Producer.
Columbia, Mo.—Chief Josephine, the
Holstein at the state farm, gave 96
pounds of milk the other day, and has
been averaging 90 pounds a day since
her tests began. It Is claimed she will
prove the champion milk producer of
the world.
EAGLES SAID GANGS:
Monarchs of Air Attack Persons
and Carry Off Stock.
Big Birds, Now Busy Gathering Food
for Young Ones, Leaving Nests
In Cascades, Are Unusually
Daring.
Seattle, Wash -Kngles now busy
gathering food for their young ones
nnd flying down from their nests In
the crags of the Cascade nnd Olympic I
mountains are unusually daring
Instances are being reported where
they l(Rve attacked men, women and
children. They are also charged with
carrying off lambs, pigs, dogs, cats
nnd farmyard poultry, A mouth's (lie
of n local dally newspaper shows the
following:
George Hartman, hunter of North
Yakima, Wash., attacked by eagle and
severely scratched and flesh torn,
April 14.
A stn£e each driver near Hartford,
Wash., attacked while sitting on his
wagon and face badly torn by big
eagle’s talons, April 15.
April 17 -Farmers near Hrlnnon say
they are losing much young stock by
thieving eagles. More eagles are nest
ing In the foothills of the Olympics
than ever before.
April 19—A report from Mason coun
ty states that bald eagles are swoop
ing down on farm yards and carrying
off poultry, principally ducks nnd
geese. A big rooster on n Mason coun
ty farm fought a fierce baltln with a
small eagle of some unknown species
nnd won out, putting the marauder to
flight*
April 21—-1 Maine county farmers ob
served two eagles descend from high
In the air and attack nnd carry for
over a mile two-day-old lambs. The
sheep In the pen were so badb’ fright
ened by the flopping of wings and
bleating of the (lying lambs' as to
break from the inclosure nnd run pell
mell into a brook, 15 drowning.
A news story under a laiumciaw
date, April 23, telling about a pair of
eagles that had a nest on a high,
rocky ledge near there, says: “A
newly-hatched eaglet fell from the
nest 300 feet Into the valley. Several
children coming from a Sunday school
picnic passed near by and were set
on and badly frightened by the old
birds. So incensed were the eagles
that they followed the scared boys
and girls to their homes and were only
routed by the firing of a shotgun to
ward them as they circled over the
houses.”
On April 25, 27 and 2S items were
printed from various towns on the
Pacific slope of the Cascade moun
tains noting the presence of many
eagles and the inroads they occasion
ally made into the pig pens of ranch
ers nnd yards of poultrymen.
Henry Gregg, dog catcher for Seat
tle, shot, a large bald etigle April 30.
when the big idl’d was circling over
the inclosure containing over loo cap
tive dogs. Whether the bird intended
to capture a dog for food is not known,
but the dogs had observed the eagle
1 and set up such a continuous howl as
! to attract the attention of the man
! nger of the pound.
ALASKAN TALE CAUSES HUSH
—
Congressmen Hear of Cucumbers and
Lettuce Grown Under Steam
Pipes in Far North.
Washington.—Henry M. Hoyt, now
attorney general of Porto Kico, but
formerly district attorney In Alaska,
testified before a committee of the
bouse the other day, and was asked
what he knew of the agricultural re
' sources of Alaska.
“Up In Nome we grow cucumbers
and lettuce,” he said, "planting the
! seeds near the exhaust pipes of the
i electric light plant. The soli Is fer
I tile, and when the little'green shoots
show above the ground we walk Into
the steam cloud and attach our cards
to such of the plants as we wish,
thus staking out our claims. When
the lettuce is well grown and the cu
cumbers are round and plump we give
banquets to our friends.”
For a moment there was stillness in
the committee room; then the chair
man suggested an adjournment.
Alimony for a Horse.
New York.—Hugh A. Todd of Plain
field, N. J., has been ordered by Vice
Chancellor Howell of Newark to pay
hie wife, Sarah, $31 a week for her
separate maintenance; also counsel
fees.
Mrs. Todd had asked for $25 a week,
and in doing so told the court she was
under an expense of about six dollars
a week in keeping a horse her hus
band owns.
The court could iind nothing in the
statutes providing for a horse sharing
In alimony, but found a way out of the
difficulty by giving the woman more
than she sought.
Old Wreck Yields Coins.
Halifax, N. S.—The schooner llazle
wood has arrived here from Barring,
N. S., with a cargo of material from
the steamer Hungarian, which was
wrecked In February, 1SG0, with the
loss of 400 lives.
United States and English sliver
coins have been found covered with
rust, but otherwise in good condition,
after having been more thau half a
century in the water. The articles
recovered have been eagerly seized by
souvenir hunters.
Divers are still working at the
wreck
CHOOSE HUSBAND BY SCIENCE
English Professor Lectures to Girl
Students on Importance of Knowl
edge of Eugenics.
London.—How to choose a husband
scientifically was the subject of a lec
ture delivered to girl students of the
ll(edford college by Prof. W. M. Inge.
A knowledge of eugenics, he said,
prevent girls falling In love with the
wrong men. But a frequent objection
made to the science of eugenics was
that It constituted undue ffiterference
w'ith an individual's free choice In
falling In love and marrying.
"To a certain extent." said the pro
fessor, "I sympathize with that objec
tion, but I do think a certificate of
sound health should he one of the
things Insisted upon before marriage
The Insurance policy Is rarely more
Important than the marriage settle
ment. Some knowledge of eugenics,'*
he added, "would In mnny cases pre
vent falling In love with the wrong
people,
"T’nconsclously, as It is, we are
much guided by eugenic considera
tions. Generally, a man’s attraction
for a woman Is attributable to his fine
and strong physique, and In Ihe same
way the points of beauty In women
are those which belong to her wom
anhood. But some training in eugen
ics would enable a young man or
woman to detect those signs of degen
eracy which are obvious to the sclon
tltjc eye."
The professor boldly advanced It as
the duty of every beautiful woman to
marry. She owed it to the race. On
the other hand, people should not he
too scrupulous, because "physical
health Is not everything and many
families physically defective are yet
of great use to lho community."
Physical degeneration In UiIh coun
try Is going on at an alarming rate,
Professor Inge believes. He went so
far ns to say that If the process con
tinued at Its present rate, in three
generations the Kngllsh stock, which
a few years ago was one of the best
in Ihe world, would be one of,the
poorest.
BEETLE HEADS FOR HATPINS
Women Overcome Fears and Use In
sects of Various Colors In
Latest Fashion Fad.
London.- Women have overcome
their natural repugnance for insects
sufficiently to wear imitation beetles
ami flies. Will they proceed a step
further and p.dojpt the real beetle as,
an adornment?
ifatplns with heads consisting of
real beetles are the latest fashion cre
iitei] for women's hats.
The beetles, which are about an
Inch and a half long, and an Inch
across, are In their natural slate,
minus their legs, and some are very
beautiful and might be admired by
\ ihe most nerves woman.
The first four fo bo shown In Lon
I don were to be seen at a well known
j (tegent street establishment. One of
i these- light green in color—has the
appearance of a perfectly enameled
beetle.
One dark green beetle end one
which Is a dark copper color ringed
with green show the natural sheen ot
the insects. Less pretty, but unique
Is the "Khlnoceros beetle" hatpin
head, which is larger and brown in
color. They are all tropical beetles.
"The hatpins have been sent Iran-,
abroad by a naturalist who conceiyerf
the Idea of turning the beetle to use
ful account,” said a representative of
the firm.
"They will be somewhat expensive
when first put upon the rnnrket, but
, more will be ordered if women like
them.”
"The hatpin heads are all lamelll
corn beetles," a naturalist said. "The
green beetles are similar to the Eng
lish rose beetles."
HORSE PARTLY DEER AND COW
Freak Animal in Canada Is Only One
Third Equine—Backbone Is
on One Side.
Ottawa.—At the village of Bucking
ham, on the Quebec side of the Otta
wa river, a few milea from this city,
is a horse, if such it can be called,
that is only one-third horse, the other
two parts being divided equally be
tween cow and deer.
As a freak the animal probably
has no equal. The normal parts are
its head, eyes, teeth and one hind leg.
Its backbone is not In the center,
but runs along the side of Its back.
One side of the body is that of a
deer, perfectly formed, with the fine
close-set ribs and the delicately
curved body, while the other side re
sembles that of a cow, very full,
with big rough ribs and the hide much
rougher than on the other side.
"Clubbing" for Education.
London.—Londoners are consider
| ing with interest the scheme of Lady
Edward Cecil by which a number of
families, living in the country, might
club together to retain the services of
two first-class teachers to conduct
classes at one of their houses. The
teachers are to be paid extra to pro
vide their own board and lodgings.
In the case furnished by Lady Edward
Cecil, as an example, the cost amount
ed to about $1,100 a year for a class of
six children.
600,000 Eggs Held Up.
New York.—Fifty thousand dozen
"canned” eggs are being held by the
food inspectors in Brooklyn as the re
sult of a raid on refrigerating plants
there. The eggs came here some time
ago from Chicago in metallic caskets.