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STATE CAPITAL
Legislative and Otherwise-
H .R. 2C4, by McMullen of Gage, ap
propriating $180,000 from the general
fund of the state for the erection of a
woman's building, a horticultural
building and other structures at the
agricultural farm, was placed- on gen
eral file. Inasmuch as the committee
i3 not favorable to the appropriation
of $100,000 for the erection of a wing
at the Kearney normal school, there is
liable to be a big fight on the approp
riation for the university. It is said
there will be less than 350 pupils en
rolled at. the agricultural farm next
years, while there is liable to be 1,200
ai the Kearney normal school. Inas
much as there Is over $1,000,000 to be
appropriated for the Lincoln institu
tion, there is some feeling that an even
distribution is not being made. Some
contend that no appropriation for the
university should be made out of the
general fund, as the one-mill levy will
be sufficient under proper management
to meet ail the requirements of the in
stitution. The house on Friday recommended
for passage the joint committee pri
mary 1)111, rushed it through committee
r the whole and then passed S. P. No.
S. by Gibson, the employers liability
bill; indefinitely postponed Harvey's
legislative annexation and recommend
ed the lx-e annexation bill for passage,
while the senate side-tracked the joint
committee anti-pass bill and recom
mended the King anti-pass bill, with
amendments, for passage. The also
amendments, for passage. . They also
t-ubmit to a vote the question of a
constitutional convention.
After devoting two sessions of the
committee of the whole to it the sen
ate in committee recommended for
passage King's anti-pass bill as a sub
stitute for the joint committee bill
recently passed by the house. As fin
ally amended the bill is not quite as
stringent as the house bill, but is
much more severe than the King bill
was originally. As it was introduced
It was modeled after the national law
on tbe subject, but as the senate fin
ally recommended it, it is more strin
gent than the national law. The house
measure was not considered.
The slate conventions of next year
probably will be confronted with the
proposition of indorsing or turning
down amendments to the constitution
enlarging the membership of the su
preme court to seven members, fixing
the salaries at $4,500 and of district
judges at $3,000. and to permit the leg
islature to designate methods of ap
peal to the supreme court. Since the
decision of the supreme court that
amendments may be voted on by
straight party ballot the greatest diffi
culty of amending the constitution has
been done away with.
Some objections have been raised to
H R. 432. a bill to impose a license
fee on all corporations doing business
in this state which are organized un
der the laws of Nebraska or under
tbe laws of any other state. The an
nual license ranges from $5 to $200
and it is believed by the friends of the
bill that it will raise $150,000 annually
to help pay the exiienses of the state.
The fee is based on capital stock of the
corporation to be taxed. The bill
was introduced in the senate by the
senate judiciary committee and a du
plicate was introduced in the house.
In the suit of the state against The
State Journal company to recover $85,,
0i)0 a liege J to represent the price of
court reports which the defendant is
charged with selling, the supreme
court denied the motion of the state
to amend its petition. Two former de
cisions were against the state in this
unit, the court holding that tbe court
reports were not the property of the
state, that the reporter of the court
sells copies of the opinions to various
publications and that anyone is priv
ileged to publish them.
After two hours of strenuous dis
cussion the senate in committee of the
whole recommended for passage the
Judiciar' committee substitute for the
Burns pure food bill. The only attack
on the measure was in the interests of
the- druggists, who were represented
on the floor of the senate by Senator
Luce of Harlan, who is in the business.
The principal difficulty came in amend
ing section i. which originally required
all patent and proprietary medicines
containing poisonous substances to be
labeled ioison in large red letters.
Governor Sheldon has signed S. F.
114, by Thomas of Douglas, known as
the bulk sales bill, an act to prevent
merchants from selling their stocks of
goods without notice to creditors. The
kill has no emergency clause.
The emplyoyers liability bill as in
troduced in the senate by Gibson and
passed by that branch of the legisla
ture was passed in the house and is
ready for the governor's signature.
There were three bills of almost iden
tical wording on this subject in the
legislature. They were by Gibson in
tbe senate and by McMullen and Cone
in the house. The Gibson bill departs
from tbe provisions of the other two
in that it applies only to railroad men
engaged in the operation of trains, it
is the fellow servant act almost the
same as passed by congress.
The Qusckenbush reciprocal demur
rage bill with a number of railroad
committee amendments will be made
the special order of business for Tues
day of this week. Mr. Quackenbush
asked for this privilege because of
great importance of the measure.
Copies of the resolution adopted
by the senate in commemoration of
the fortieth anniversary of the admis
sion of Nebraska to the union are to
be generally circulated by the legisla
ture. The senate ordpred 500 copies
for distribution.
The 2-ceat fare bill, signed by the
governor and now in elect, was draft
ed by a Joint committee comprising
senators' and members of the legisla
ture. Senator Wiltse of Cedar was
one who put in a great deal of time
looking up the legality of jthe proposed
measure. The bill is merely amend
atory of the present statute, which
fixes the passenger .rates at 3 cents a
mllle. The bill changes the word
"three" to "two." In addition, there is
inserted a clause which states that no
railroad shall be required to sell a
ticket for less than 5 cents. This was
put in to apply to interurban lines and
to the sale of tickets on roads where
stations are less than one mile apart.
The bill changes the age at which half
fare rates shall apply from children
under 10 years to children under 12
years, which is now the rule in force
on all roads in this state.
An argument which has been Indus-,
triously circulated to defeat the ter
minal taxation bill has been the decla
ration that it would impose double
taaxtion u(on the railroads in counties
under township organization, and
therefore be unlawful, or else knock
the townships out of their proper share
of taxes. That statement is effect
ively met with a decision of the su
preme court of Indiana, which will be
offered by Clarke of Douglas in his
fight for the passage of the terminal
taxation bill. The court holds there
with respect to a similar law that the
fact that property is taxed in a town
ship cannot release the railroad from
paying its just share of taxes for mu
nicipal pui'iioses to the town which
may lie wholly within the precincts of
that township.
The home insurance companies of
the state won their battle in the senate
when they succeeedd in killing S. F.
No. 212, a bill by Aldrich of Butler
county, providing for an annual ac
counting and apportioning of tbe sur
plus of life insurance companies doing
business in the state. The home com
panies contended throughout the insur
ance fight that this bill would bar
them from competing with eastern
companies in other states because of
the reciprocal insurance laws which
prevent an insurance company writing
in any state a policy not permissible
in the home state.
Without giving it a hearing before
the committee of the whole the senate
killed H. R. 175, which provided for
the assessment of real estate mort
gages as a part of the real estate and
not as personal property, and fixed the
statuts cf the mortgage for taxation
purposes as the county within which
the mortgage is located and not the
residence of the owner. The revenue
committee reported the bill for indefi
nite postponement, and McKesson, who
has a similar bill in the senate, made
a fight to have the bill placed on gen
eral file.
Efforts to revive the defunct pro
vision of the Gibson anti-brewery bill
and incorporate it in another measure
pending in the senate were promptly
sat down upon by a majority of the
senators. The provision was to limit
the number of saloons to one for every
1.000. The bill under consideration
was S. F. No. 295, by Patrick, to pre
vent the location of saloons within
three miles of military reservations.
The only amendments adopted were
one to include Indian reservations and
to exclude Fort Omaha from the pro-'
vibions of the act.
Governor Sheldon permitted H. R.
No. 116 to become a law without his
signature. The bill provides that re
porters in district courts shall receive
10 cents a page for making transcripts
in criminal cases where the defendant
makes an affidavit of poverty.
The senate in committee of the
whole recommended for passage Sena
tor Sackett's bill relating to the con
fiscation of coal In transit by railroads.
The bill requires the roads to pay the
value of the coal within sixty days.
The senate indefinitely postponed S.
F. No. 403. by Hamer of Cherry, an
act to permit precincts, townships,
cities or villages to issue bonds in aid
of steam railroads.
A bill by Marsh of Seward to compel
Christian scientist healers to report
contagious diseases to health author
ities was recommended to pass after
a sharp contest in the house.
Patrick's bill providing a new trial
shall not be granted in criminal cases
for error of the court where it is shown
tliere has been no miscarriage of jus
tice was recommended for passage in
the senate after a lively fight against
it led by King of Polk. The bill is In
tended to prevent the reversal of cases
for mere technicalities which do not
affect the merits of the case. King
rpoke against it declaring it was pre
judicial to the interests of the defend
ant in criminal cases and virtually al
lowed the judges to say whether jus
tice had been done or not.
A prohibition amendment to the
constitution will not be submitted to
the people for ratification at the polls
next year. The prohibitionists were
unsuccessful in their efforts to resus
citate S. F. No. 399. previously post
poned. Forcible annexation of South Omaha
and Omaha died without a struggle in
the house. At the same time the bill
to put the question to a vote of the
people of both cities was advanced by
the committee of the whole to third
reading and will probably pass.
Following is the senate sifting com
mittee, who will get busy at once ia
weeding out unimportant measures;.
First district, Root of Cass; second,
Thomas of Douglas; third, Wiltse of
Cedar; fourth. Aldrich of Butler; fifth,
Epperson of Clay; sixth, Phillips of
Holt; at large, Clarke of Adams.
The Adams resolution to instruct
the Nebraska delegation to get busy
for the purpose of saving for Nebraska
Fort Robinson and to have it enlarged
to a brigade post was unanimously "v
ried in the house.
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The right of Hon. George B. McClellan to the mayoralty of Greater New
York has been under litigation for over two years, but he still occupies the
seat.
HARD COAL
TO BE CELEBRATED BY WILKE8
BARRE, PA NEXT YEAR.
Anthracite First Burned in Open
Grate on February 11, 180ft Sup
posed Original Fireplace
Found to Be a Dupli
cate. Wilkesbarre, Pa. On February 11,
1908, Wilkesbarre is to celebrate the
100th anniversary of the day on which
inthracite coal was first burned in an
3pen grate. Incidentally the ruthless
searcher after facts has shown that
what was supposed to be history was
merely tradition, for it has been
'.earned that the original grate is not
now in existence and that the grate
now carefully preserved in the Fell
House in Wilkesbarre as the original
is a duplicate which was placed In
the original fireplace in 1878.
Before the experiment made by
Judge Jesse Fell in his tavern in
Wilkesbarre and Easton turnpike.
CACTUS IS GOOD FODDER.
Scientists Prove Value of Burbank's
Latest Plant Development.
Berkshire. Cal. Experiments Just
completed by M. E. Jaffa, head of the
department of nutrition, and foods at
the university, show that a new spe
cies of thornless cactus has proper
ties as fodder for cattle which will
?qual many of the desert grasses. The
tests were made at the request of Lu
ther Burbank, the originator of the
new species of plant, and have
proved to the full the great importance
of the new plant as a fodder for cattle
in the waste lands. Prof. Jaffa's report
on the experiment has just been com
pleted, and will be forwarded to Bur
bank in a few days.
A short time ago five species of the
plant were sent to the agricultural
station here to determine the food
value. The series of experiments car
ried on by Prof. Jaffa show that the
new plant carries nutritive powers
equal to three-quarters that of al
falfa. Heir to Vast Mexican Wealth.
Heiress apparent to 1200,000,000,
Senora Creel, wife of the new Mexican
ambassador, is the richest woman of
the dimplomatic set In Washington,
where many are rich. Enrique C.
Creel, the ambassador, is far from
poor, but bis $24,000,000 dwindles to
paltry insignificance when ranged be
side his wife's huge fortune. She is
the daughter of Gen. Luis Terrazaz of
Chihuahua, owner of gold mines and
broad acres.
Whiskers Burned; Gets $101.
Wellston. O. Samuel Beatty, 76
years old. has been awarded damages
jf $101 by the circuit court against
the Southern Ohio Gas company for
the loss of a luxuriant growth of
whiskers, burned off in a gas explos
ion in this city two years ago. E. S.
Gilliland received $6,000 for injuries
received In the same explosion.
Pretty Girls
Using New Methods to Secure Woman
Suffrage in Iowa.
Des Moines. Ia. Satisfied now that
arguments will do no good, Iowa wom
en have determined to try blandish
ments in order to get a law through
the legislature giving them the right
to vote. Petitions, submitted annual
ly for 20 years, have been met with
refusals. Last year the women came
nearest to success since the beginning
of the agitation the house passed it.
and it might have passed ia the sen
ate if the legislature hadn't adjourned
'before the bill was reached.
' This year the women have enlisted
the aid of all the pretty girls and
women in the state. They have used
up all the argument and logic tbey
possessed in a pamphlet which has
been placed in the hands' of every
member. Now they have something
better. A series of banquets have
been arranged for all the doubtful
members of the legislature, and al
ready innumerable little dinners and
CENTENARYl
now Northampton street, anthracite
coal was held to be of little value, for
it was thought that it would not burn,
except under forced draught. By
burning anthracite in an open grate
Judge Fell opened the way to an in
dustry which now gives employment
to 168,000 men, who produced 60,000.
000 tons of anthracite annually, and
which has given millions of dollars in
royalties to the owners of the lands.
Just 50 years after his experiment
four young men were traveling to
ward Wilkesbarre. One of them was
a grandson of Judge Fell.' He bad
that day been reading In an old copy
of a well known Masonic book an ac
count of the experiment made by his
grandfather. When he mentioned It
one of the members of the party re
called that the experiment had been
made just 50 years before. The
young men determined that some
thing must be done to celebrate the
occasion.
When they arrived in Wilkesbarre
they called a public meeting, to be
held in the same old tavern in which
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MICE TERRORIZE A HORSE.
Cats Protect Pet Equine of Kansas
City Fire Department.
Kansas City, Mo. "Why do you
keep so many cats around the sta
tion?" John McNarrey, chief of the
fire department in the west side, was
asked recently.
"So that Ben can sleep soundly."
replied Chief McNarrey.
Ben is one of the fire horses. He is
a big bay. kind and gentle. One great
trouble Ben has is a constant fear
of rats and mice. The instant a rat
pokes its head up through a crack In
the floor or ventures up too near Ben
he throws his front feet on top of a
railing, which stands two feet from
the floor, and there he stands until
the mouse or rat disappears.
"Talk about a woman making a fuss
over a mouse, but a woman -isn't in
it compared with Ben," Chief McNar
rey said recently. "That horse can
make more fuss over a mouse than a
Hunt Solons.
suppers have been given and the plan
is apparently working nicely. Pretty
girls are using their blandishments
upon the bachelors of the legislature.
Smiles and, perhaps, who knows,
kisses are being utilized in place of
arguments with the men who won't
see. Influence is being used with the
wives and daughters of the legisla
tors and also the sweethearts. All
have combined in one final campaign
Cor woman's rights. And this year
the women the Political Equality
clubs of the state feel confident of
success. If they don't succeed this
time well, they won't give up, but
they will feel mightily discouraged.
Admiral Drury a Canadian.
Admiral Sir Charles Drury. who suc
ceeds Lord Charles- Beresford in com
mand of Great Britain's Mediterran
ean fleet, is a son of Baron Drury, a
French-Canadian of New Brunswick.
He is a man of 6plendid physique and
is one of the few officers, of Canadian
birth in the royal navy.
Judge Fell, sade Ida xperimeat Tfcv
four young men were James Plater
Dennis, a grandsoB.of Judge Fell;
Henry MartyirHoyt, afterward gov
ernor otVPettylvanla;' John Butler
Coayngluua and Stanley Woodward,
afterward, a, leading "lawyer of the
stately " ; ,
Tana they became the founders of,
the Wypmiig "Historical and' Geologl-'
caL society.;. Itnis this organisation
that, iowproposes to celebrate the
100th anniversary of the experiment
of "Judge Fell.
It was at a meeting of the society
that" the facts concerning the old
Jease Fell grate were learned. A pa
per on "Where is the grate on which
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.pertinent of burning anthracite coal?"
was read before the meeting by Rev.
H. E. Hayden.
Mr. Hayden has come to the con
clusion that the original grate Is not
now In existence, and that "the only
well authenticated grate extant be
longing to Judge Fell" is that hereto
fore known as the Kiernan or Eick
grate and now in the possession of
the society.
Concerning the original grate as
many as" six statements are made.
The first is that tbe grate was made
of hickory withes. 'Mr. Hayden de
clares this untrue. v
Next comes the Marble grate, so
called because its claims were first
put. forth by Col. J. M. C. Marble,
president of the First National bank
of Los Angeles. He states that while
visiting' his grandfather at Wyoming
he was told the story of Judge Fell's
experiment.
According to this story some iron
bars were set in the old chimney,
which is still in existence in the Fell
house, bricks were piled in front and
on the sides and on the iron bars a
fire of hickory wood was built Coal
was then procured and placed on the
fire, and it burned nicely.
Judge Fell was so pleased, the story
continues, that be took out this grate
and had another more substantial one
made on the following" day. This, then,
disposes of the original grate.
In 1S58 there was no grate in the
fireplacev The projectors of the his
torical society secured from a Mr.
Carpenter an old grate which had
been used by Judge'Fell and placed it
in the fireplace for this celebration.
The old grate was worn out, and
whether it was the one made by
Judge Fell after his first experiment
or what became of it afterward is not
known.
Later in Judge Fell's life he mar
ried a widow named Culver. When
in 1S30 they moved from the old Fell
house they took the grate with them,
and this is the grate now in the pos
session of the Historical society.
The old grate now in the original
fireplace at the Fell house, was, ac
cording to Capt. Calvin Parsons
placed in the fireplace by him in 1878
when a centennial celebration was
held for the Wyoming massacre.
When in 1906 the original tavern
was torn down the old fireplace and
chimney were preserved intact snd
now occupy a place of honor in the
new building.
room full of women. He climbs on
top of that railing with his front feet
and stamps on the floor with his hind
feet That horse dreams about rats.
But Ben is the best horse in the de
partment, and we humor him."
Ben and the cats work together.
When the horse begins climbing on
the railing and making all kinds ol
noise, the cats have learned that
there is a mouse in Ben's corner.
They come from all parts of the sta
tion and the frightened horse is soon
at peace again.
Send Music by Wireless.
New York. Through a slight acci
dent to an electrician in the employ
of the De Forrest Wireless Telegraph
company on the roof of tbe Yale club
It became known that Dr. De Forrest
Is attempting to transmit music
through the air without the use ot
wires as he now transmits messages.
He is working In connection with the
Cahill Teleharmonic company, which
sends music by wire to any point.
George Washington's Double.
John Willoughby, a citizen of Min
neapolis, is almost the exact counter
part of George Washington as the
father of his country is shown in por
traits. He is a pioneer of Minnesota,
having lived in St Anthony as early
as 1844. His grandfather fought In
1776 and was on terms of intimacy
with Washington. Mr. Willoughby.
who is 88 years old, never fought for
his country, never engaged in poli
tics and never required the services
of a doctor or lawyer. '
Spirit of the Modern Girl:
Miss Ethel Foraker," daughter of At
torney James R. Foraker of Cincin
nati, and niece of Senator Joseph
Benson Foraker, has accepted a po
sition as cashier in one of the hotels
there. Miss Foraker is a social fav
orite and well known as an expert at
tennis. Wishing to assert her inde
pendence, she applied to the manage
ment of the hotel for the position,
after consulting her mother, and was
at once given the place on the hotel
staff.
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MAIL-ORDER WAYS
A BAD ADVERTISEMENT FOR
CATALOGUE. HOUSES.' '
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Order Patron the Error ef
Sendint Hie Menejr
from Heme.
The methods of- the mail-order
houses are their worst advertisement.
Sooner or later there will come a time
In the experience,, of every purchaser
of their goods when he will' wish "he
hadn't done it," when he will wish he
had spent his money with his home
merchants. This is not only 'because
he will see the ruin wrought in his
i own community by the nefarious prac
tice of sending the money of the com
munity to the city, but also because of
the practices of the mail order con
cerns. The story in the catalogue sounds
well. It sounds like you would get
the identical thing you wanted and at
a much lower price than you bad im
agined it could be bought for, and you
order it. The purchase arrives and
when opened you feel that some mis
take has been made, that the concern
has sent you the wrong goods; it Is
not what you ordered.
Ah, but it is! The difference is be
tween the way it actually looks and
the way it sounds -in the catalogue.
Tou explain that Jthe goods you re
ceived is not whatyou ordered and
ask for an accounting, and are told
that it Is you that is in error, that
yon got just what you ordered, and
then if you are wise you buy of the
o-
The one sure method of curbing the mailorder giant is te bind him with"
the thengs of home patronage. Are yeu helping in this work? Are yea
spending your money at home and helping your town to grow, or are yea
sending it to the city to swell the fortunes ef the mail-order man?
home merchant next time, and know
what you get when you pass over the
money for it. He may not be able to
sell you what you thought you were
buying from the mail-order house at
the catalogue price, but he can sell
you. If he has it, the same goods you
get from the mail-order houses at an
equal or less price than they ask for
it, and what is more, he can sell you
what you really want at as reasonable
a price as you can get it for else
where. The following letter, written by a
Michigan farmer, explains in a clear
and unmistakable way the danger of
buying of mail-order concerns. It was
addressed to one of tbe largest of this
class of institution in this country:
Baldwin, Mich., Jan. 12, 1907.
Gentlemen:
I have your favor of recent date,
and also yourc catalogues and accom
panying circulars offering premiums
lor distribution of the same among my
friends. I have no doubt that, as you
say, I will thereby confer a great fa
vor upon you, but I am compelled to
take issue with you on the statement
that I will also confer a favor upon
my frlendB.
In my dealings with you, extending
over some time past, I have received
no favors from you I paid for all I
got. and the length of time I traded
with you, instead of establishing
friendly relations and gaining me ad
ditional favor as it would in a home
store, gave you the opinion that, un
like a new customer, to whom you
give your very best, so they will come
again, I was a steady comer and any
old thing would do for me.
Our last deal opened my eyes and
convinced me of your policy. Your
catalogues offer some apparently great
bargains. But let us draw up our
chairs and see if there are not a few
things very essential to the rural citi
zen that are not mentioned within its
voluminous bulk.
For Instance, there is no reference
to paying cash or exchanging goods
for wheat, oats, corn, beans, '-butter,
eggs and hay.
How much will you pay for cattle.
sheep and hogs, f. o. b., at Baldwin?
How much will you pay to support
the Lake county schools and educate
our children? How much for improv
ing our roads and bridges? For sup
porting the poor? For the general
public expense?
On what page do you offer to con
tribute money to tbe supjiort of our
churches?
What line of credit will you extend
to me when my money is low because
of sickness, or poor crops? What do
you provide in the way of entertain
ment for the public and in the way
of providing those things that make a
town desirable and thus keep up the
value of my property?
As a matter of fact, do you do any
thing to help locally, or do you merely
take the money out of a community,
returning nothing whatever, beyond
the value of the goods bought? Think
ing it over carefully, I believe it is
better to call upon our iacal dealer
and look over his stock where we can
see the goods before buying. There
are then no errors in change or re
funds to be haggled over across a 200
mile stretch.
Yes, it is better to trade at home.
Our home merchant's guarantee upon
an article means something, as be
wants our good will. Keeping the
money at home benefits home indus
tries and thus, indirectly, us. We can
not expect to sell our products to the
local merchant and do our trading in
Chicago. It is all one-sided and some
Ubm we would have ao local
to do oar eayhH
Catalogue houses. I have toaatd from
Utter experiences, are tricky. If thoM
wbo are dealing with them win watch
their purchases, they win lad tt so
sooner or later, par last deal, had R
occurred here at home, would have
been straightened out lalveariaatee
aad without feeling, bat with yea R
takes jae all whiter to get mj money
hack waea the goods, are not satisfac
tory, aad evea thea I get only a credit
card which .is lost through studied
carelessness' upon the part of someone
hi your concern so that I have noth
ing to show for my claim.
Every man should trade at home If
conditions admit of purchasing a good
article at reasonable prices. If not.
then he had better trade at the aext
town or city that his money may go
to build up the country around him.
He sends it to Chicago that it may go
into profits of some big mail-order
house until there is enough sucker
money to build and endow some great
charitable institution as a monument
to the greatness of the mail-order
and the gullibleness of the easy pub
lic. I have already asked that you adjust
the matter of our last deal. I waat
my money returned without further
dickering and unless I get it I shall
certainly get its equivalent in adver
tising you and your methods among
the people of Lake county.
Awaiting your reply, I am.
Yours truly.
CARL SCHVLTZ.
Wolf Lake. Michigan. P. O. Baldwin.
Mich.
Can tou. Mr. Purchaser, not profit
by the experience of others and turn
your money into home channels by
trading with borne .merchants where
you will get a dollar's worth for a dol
lar, or must you follow the mail-order
man's lead to trouble for yourself and
destruction for your community? Dc
not wait for that evil day when you
have learned wisdom in the expensive
school of personal experience, but
profit by that purchased by others
You will find it far cheaper and mora
satisfactory in the end.
Duel Between Partridges.
The mating season is a time ot
great excitement among the par
tridges, and generally extends ovet
a fortnight or three weeks, according
to the size of the stock and the pro
portion of the sexes, says the Couatr?
Gentleman. Should cocks preponder
ate' to an excessive degree, the busi
ness will not be settled till many a
pitched battle has been fought to the
bitter end, and the weaker males ei
ther driven away or actually killed.
A cock partridge is so poorly armed
for he fray that it is a matter for
surprise he should be able to kill one
of his own kind. butNlf a battle is
watched there will no longer be cause
for wonder, once a bird recognizes
itself beaten it appears to make ao
further attempt at defense, and tamely
submits to be scalped by Its successful
rival.
There is nothing in the whole sal
mal world quite so cravea as a beaten
partridge, for it seldom makes aa ef
fort even to escape.
A Turkish Health Report.
The French government, wishing to
obtain definite statistics on points re
lating to certain Turkish provinces
recently sent blanks with questions
lating to certain Turkish provinces,
to be answered to tbe Provincial gov
ernors. The replies received from
the Pasha of Damascus are worth
quoting:.
Question. What is the death rate
in your province?
Answer. In Damascus it is the will
of Allah that all should die. Some die
young and some die old.
Q. What Is the annual number of
births?
A. God talone can say I do not
know, and hesitate to inquire.
Q. Are the supplies of water suf
ficient and of good quality?
A. From the remotest period ao
one has died in Damascus of thirst.
General remarks as to the local san
itation: Man should not bother him
self or his brother with questions
that concern only God.
A Squelcher.
"I gave that odious Mrs. Dough
purse something to think or this afters
noon." says Mrs. BankfuII to her hus
band, who was amusing himself by
tossing $20 gold pieces into the artifi
cial lake in the drawing room for the
pleasure of hearing the gold pieces
plunk as they sunk.
"Whajja say to her?" asked Mr.
BankfuII, rolling himself a cigarette
in a hundred-dollar bill.
"She was boasting about the solid
gold radiators' they are having put into
their new house, and I told her we
thought steam heat was so old-fashioned
that we were going to heat oar
house with radium hereafter." Judge.
Minister Discovers Comet.
Ministerial duties do not prevent the
Rev. Joel H. Metcalf, of Taunton.
Mass., from pursuing astronomical in
vestigations. His study of the stars
has resulted in the discovery of a new
comet, which is now being closely ob
served by astronomers throughout the
world. It has been named Metcalfa
comet.
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