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Cffio.al Whisky Test
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rery hard work," put In the chemist, but Iter what It wss to be nnx) for. and ha
It's vlettor t.ioK the observation so keenly I their curiosity pique! " 'be yerge of p-
H0B0LAN0 READY tUR THE SACRIFICE
t nlfiac nnrlnirnt of Applications
for Mtmlirrshlp of the Alcohol
Sfinoit 1'laancdi hr Got
eminent Chtmlit.
l'robxbly Lr. Harvey W. AVIly. hlr
flkhrmipt cf the Department of AgTiCUtttrr,
On pot know that hooon, stationary an.i
P?lpatetic, road the nesppet. Il3
hnowa li now.
Dr. Wiley, an urbane though not a tau-
lous man, anounoM about ten days agj
hat 'he waa about to enter upon a series
ot experlmenta to ascertain the exact ef
fects of alcohol upon the stomach. Laat
year he tried boracic acid and other fowl
preservatives upon a husky bunch of young
fellows, who came to be known as th
poison squad, and who were willing to
take a chance of any old kind of acid
properly mingled up with food that they
weren't required to pay for.
Dr. Wiley had to Go a bit of hunting
h round laat year to organize his poison
aquad, but ha Isn't going to have any
trouble in assembling his potson squad
thla year, with alcohol ns th halt.
In announcing his contemplated experi
ment he allowed It to be understood that
he would try on his victims all of the
standard brands of whiskies, brandies, gins,
rum, cordials, wines, beers and ales. In
less than two daya after thla anouncement
waa printed In the newspapers, the tip got
out all over hoboland that Washington
was going to be a pretty soft piace In
which to put In the approaching winter.
Hobos at once began to drop tn on Dr.
Wiley at hia office. Dr. Wiley is polite
almost to the point of olcaglnousnesg. For
two daya running he received the c.andl-
dates for the alcohol test. He's quit It
now, though.
There'a a messenger armed with a heavy
curtain roller stationed ou's'de of Dr.
Wlley'a door now, and the only way any
body can get to see the chief government
f I'hPTilat Is first to send the doctor a photo
luraph by mall. The photograph Is turned
l'ver to the messenger on guard, and If
,Vj iuMwngor recognlics you as the orig
inal of the photograph hell let you In.
Otherwise he'll wave the heavy curtain
roller at you. and thn you'll go nway
' from there.
Candidates for the t'rena.
When Dr. Wiley reached his office In the
Department of Agriculture on the morning
following the announcement of the in
I vestlgatlon he found one of the candidates
for a martyr's tomb waiting for him In
the hall. This one had the general ex
terior of Roaming Rile:, the Traveling
Thirst, und he shufflrd right into the office
In the chemist's footsteps.
"liny, Doc," he Inquired hoarsely. "Is
din boose gag o' your'n on de level?"
"Plouse make your question a little
clearer." suggested the chemist, who Is
something of a precisian and shy on col
loquialisms. "Whit do you wish to know?"
"Dls suds t'lng.r; elaborated the chemist's
red-nosed visitor. "Dls frame up I'm
nfter readln' about where you're goln'
I' try f pickle a bunch o' rum eaters. How
"bout It? Does It go?"
"Dr. Wiley started some evasive reply,
to the effect thut he had considered some
thing of that sort, but that he hadn't en
tirely arranged the details, and that
"Oh, Doc, let's begin now." put In the
visitor, with an tngrnthitlri grin on his
fnee, and the chemist had to back Into his
private' office and close the door before
that 'candidate would take the hint and
his departure.
to henrt and threatened to become so
resent ful ovr It that Dr. Wiley had to
duck bock Into his private office to get lid
of that tine, too.
Trained for the Test.
After that the candidates slid along every
half hour or so. - One ot them waa a cheer
ful and chipper drunk who announced thut
his entire Internal ecdnomy was composed
of malleable and Indestructible b'.ush.
"It must be that, Doe," he exp aired,
"because rum don't have r.o 'feet on me
at all no more. I hain't been able f git
pickled right t'r more'n two year, on' yint
don't know how hard I've tried, nclthci. I
ran git kind o' a edge on, btit as fr gojn'
Sown an' out, nix, It hain't In th' kan fr
me no more. Tou try me an' se. You tiny
have a lot o' booie Broun' here, but you
can't git me soused. Retcha'anythln' you
can't. Dare you I' git me enured!"
Dr. Wiley didn't take the dare.
"I am very busy." ho said, crackling some
papers that lay on his desk, "and If you II
be good enough lo excuse nu "
"Well, say. Doc," wheedllngly suggested
the man with the glass lining, leaning over
the desk, "If y' hain't a-goln' f take me on,
can't y' stake me f two bits or somethin"
fr me trouble In comln' nil th' way up
here?"
Dr. Wiley couldn't se any o'her way of
getting rid of that one except by giving up
the two bits.
A SiiO-pmind brewery wagon driver out of
Job wanted to have the quantity thing all
straightened out and put on record be. f ere
he'd commit hlrtiself as an out and out ap
plicant for membership in the.bnoie squad.
"I hear y'r goln' t' serve out beer V y'r
bunch," he said to the chemist as he leaned
bulglngly over the latter's desk. "How
much beer do they git apiece a day?"
"Well, I should suppose that seven or
eight bottles apiece a day would be suf
ficient to enable me to carry on the Investi
gation," replied the chemist.
"Seven or eight scuttles!" exclu'mrd tin
candidate, his fiice the picture of astonl. h
ment and chagrin. "Well, I'm on me way,"
and h started out. "W'y. that wouldn't
be enough for me t" 1rush me teef wit':
Wen I had me Job at th' malt works I
never covered up less'n a hunnered shells a
day an' on hot days It 'd take two hunnered
high hats f keep me tonsils from dry;n up
an' blowin' away. Pi or seven or e'ght
bottles a day, hev, says you? W'y, say, I
could lick up that much paregoric with jut
feelln' It an' at hot gingerbread atop -of
It," and that one lumbered out of the chem
ist's office with disappointment placarded
all over him.
' o Car for Hlui.
One of the applicants was a nervous little
man who appeared to be flickering close to
the Invisible line of demarcation between
hallucinations and the out and out Jlmjams.
"Of course I'll serve on your committee,
sir," he said generously to Dr. Wiley be-
slon. They gu-,d everything porter's
lodce, conservatory, sun parlor, organ
room, kiosk, aviary, etc. When It was
completed he furnished It with an um
brella stand, coat rack, table, boot and
shoe receptacles and n single deep, soft,
comfortable leather rhelr. He then put
the key In his pocket and had "Dulce
Domum" painted above the door. It
rained cats and dogs that day, and when
the banker got bark from town In the
dark he entered thla "sweet home," kicked
mud all over the floor, lit his pipe, fell Into
the deep chair, put his heels on the table
and srat where he plcised.
I j lie wire ana oaugnters lain long si"pe
i to "Dulce Domum." and were finally admit
ted. The banker atd solemnly: "There
Is your home; here Is mine. See; I have
but a single chair. None of you can ilt
here. In this shelter I shall leave my
mud. my wet clothes, my umbrellas, my
old shoes, and under this roof. I shall Bmoke
my pipe and allow the ashes to falj upon
the floor without fear of molestation. I
don't seem to be good enough for yotir pel.
ace; but my hutch Is sweet to me." In
the course, of three or four weeks there
were so many tears and protestations thai
the old man had "Dulca Domum" torn
down, and ever since totes bis mud Into
the palace as If he owned both. And no"
tcmark. New Tork Press.
BOOSTER' FOR THE STORK
An Illllnols F.nthnslnat Takes Prac
tical Steps to Make Home
Happier. '
It appears that thi two atorks recently
received In Washington from Hamburg.
Germany, which were supposed to be In
tended for the White House, are simply
being acclimated at the natlonnl capital,
and will aoon be sent to Alton, III.
Mayor Beall of the latter city Is the Im
porter of the birds. Two pairs of Morks
which were previously ordered by him died
before reaching Alton because they were
subjected too suddenly to the Influence of
the prairie atmoephere. After being de
tained for a time In the District of Colui.l
bia, Mayor Bell believes, the storks Just
imported can be removed to their weMni
home with safety.
Theso -facts are brought to the attention
of our readers not because, they are impor-
j tant in themselves, but because they wlU
serve to Illustrate the systematic, the ai
moet scientific, manner In which Mayor
Beall of Alton proceeds in dealing with
matters nearly or remotely connected with
the great movement to which he Is devot
ing his mind, his means and his untiring
energies.
It is hardly nectswiry that we should re
call that Mayor Beall of Alton was the
first landlord in America to refuse to rent
apartments In hie flat buildings to child
less couples. "Only tenants who have Chll-
fore the eheinlnt had a chance to state that dren will be premltted to occupy this flat"
he wasn't organizing his corps Just yet.
"but I'd like to have your promise as to one
thing."
"What's that?" asked the cheniNt.
"This isn't any cure thing, is It?" In
quired the nervous little man. looking
furtively around the office. "It't not Jusi
was, and perhaps Is yet, a condition affixed
to his "To Rent" signs. It was Mayor
Beall who had provisions inserted In his
leases which not only were not Intended to
prevent children from running up and
down the stairs, from playing in the hall
ways, from chalking the wainscoting, from
. - .
a put up Job to cure neonle of the llouor P'nng cartoons on me wan paper r in.,n
nytng Kites rrom ine wmauwB, vui .,iu
habit, I hope? After reading about this
thing ' last evening I dreamed last night
that the whole business was Juft a scheme
of the government's to stop folks from
drinking liquor, and I dreamed that the
liquor you Intended to serve out would be
doped with some of the cure stuff,
and "
"Don'l worry it will all be doped with
the kill stuff, certain enough," put In the
vhomivt reassuringly, and then the nerv
ous little man. insisted that his name and
address b? taken down so that he could
be sent for Just as soon as the- rum squad
was In process of organization. '
"You wouldn't care to be cured of the
An hour or to later another applicant lor j Wlley as lllo nPrvoug Iltt)e man wa &bQUt
enlistment In the new poison aquad sham- j to arn out
bled into the chemist', office. Ho was a, ..Wen ymI we,.. rt. lcJ thu canal(iale
thin, peaked one of the shabby genteel wth al, tho ,eniIty , tnc wrM anJ
variety albeit the sawdust of the lust without even the symptom of smile,
barrel house In which he had reollned still ahfady b,nil cured fourteen tlrne8
lung to parts of his raiment. j , the nne .,,arg ani u, betwee th(J
1 Uultlix In. cures and the booze I'll take the booze.
"El have I the distinction of address- Anyhow, I haven't got much left now
Ing the. famous Dr. Wiley?" he Inquired ' except my thirst and if I were to lose
as he shuffled up to the ehemlet's desk and i that where'd bv the fun and what' be the expect that the arrival of the storks will
actually demanded of tenants that their
offspring should be encouraged to indulge
in these Juvenile amusements.
"What we need in this country," said
Mayor Beall in an interview to which
he submitted when he wai about to throw
open to couples with children hlB last
block of apartment houses, "what we need
In this country Is babies. I am entirely
in accord with the president on this propo
sition, but It la folly to expect an increase
In the number of babies unless we shall
make some provision for them.
A?'Many people who are against race sui
cide will not rent to couples who have
or expect to have children; We must
practice what we preach. I, for one. am
going to do my utmost not only to en
courage an increase In the baby output,
but I am going to do everything In my
power to provfe to the babies when they
come that they are welcome."
And he has kept his word. There baa
beesi a slight falling off In the number
of bahibp arriving In Alton during the last
month or two. Mayor Beall, however.
rested his hands on the edge of it.
Dr. Wiley" blushed and confesed to Ins
Jiame.
"Kr ah hum am I to suppose," gran
diloquently went on the peaked ore. Im
paling the wrlgRling chemist with his fishy
rv., "that the reports which have rrached
me with reference to your projected x
IMTlmentatlon with alcohol In It app ca
fi'in to the human system or ah hum
urn I to suppose that these reports are ac
curate, or merely another specimen of the
rnetriclous vaporlnga of a lyln; press?"
Dr. Wiley stated that he 1iii-elf hail
liivea out the printed statement, and the
tiewspapers had quoted him correctly.
'Then, sir, snia ine pea ken .me .with a
ukc 7 j give the movement a fresn Impetus. He
Dr. Wiley wrm compelled to stand mute ! has sold all hie chickepn and Is trans-
urder such profound philosophy, and the ! forming his chicken coops Into a pleasant
nervous thirst cheritdier went bis way.
, Near the limit.
! It a toward the finish of the second
, duy that Dr. Wiley concluded lo station
: the meBseng'r outside ot hla door. A mun
whose face was the color of a Paraguayan i
flamingo shumbled Into the chemist's office
lute In the afternoon, ar.d thia la the way !
hv uddre.-od Dr. Wiley, starting off J
andante and dispastdonnto and winding up
allegro and crescendo:
"I am a fish. 1 was a little bit of a 1
shrimp swimming in a brackish creek, but
now I am a uh. A great, nnh. I am the
home for the storks. These will be open
to visitor at all seasons of the year, and
contemplation of the beautiful birds by
young married couples, or by young couples
about to marry, ot even by couples who
have been married for some time and who
are not at present eligible to the Beall flats,
be believes, will do a great deal of good.
! Chicago Inter Ocean.
flourish and a toss of his mane. "I am with ' t'gg'st nh in- the sens, the seven seas,
you heait und soul In your generous and Bllt n" the nes, the seven seas, have now j
praiseworthy effort toward the advance- di led up. and I am ftranoU on the miry j
meni of the pause of humanltv. Hee!cs i ocean bed. I am a fish raging with thirst, j
of the advice, nay. the tears of my rela- I ' raglngest and thimbvt mighty:
tives and friends. I resign myself into yn.ir j nh 'ver stranded on the cceaq's miry;
l.nnds. well aesured. as I am. thut ." ,',K1' r could drink up eight octillion Bays'
"What part do yonu propose .lak'ng In ot Bomlay and still be uthirst. I am a;
the. experiment I have in mind?" somewhat nsh-nsh-n Vn ! .V llsh that neo drink. I
dryly Inquired the chemist. - Whec! Wow! , Now I'm becoming a'
"The most difficult part uf all. sir" hark. A tiger shark'. Don't wave that j
promptly replied the peaked one. "The , blade at me. you swordtish! Don t ink up j
i, art of one of the voluntary absorbers of ni" ocean for me. you devil fish! Don't i
SEASONABLE FASHIONS.
the noxious and deadly drug which imn
take Into their system, and "
"Well. I shouldn't think you'd Hud that
spout at me, whale!
Ftshy-flsh-fish
Whce-o. ! ma
Pile
lihy.rtsh-fWh I hnt'e me!
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The man had 'em. The cli.-inisL saw that '
clearly, or thought he saw It. He rushed to !
; hla cabinet, pulled out a bottle und stakid j
! hl visitor to n long, long dtink.
i The mlglitl'Kt fish of the seven seaa came .
, t'. suddenly after gulping the drink, wiped !
off his mouth with his coat sleeve, grinned '
affably, and started out. At the door he j
baited and turned to the chemist, still g,m- '
nlng amiably.
I "Pretty soft for me. Doc 1 call It nicttv i
I demmed soft," ar.d'then he went awav.
A.yea. Caa Eily T..t it.nl Pr.v. It. far! nTT' T? f '
1 . ft- ...p.. I. S.BI y ft.ll la All. whl1' ,nd 'h' ,h '""'d'd that he had
; been worked, it was when h was foret d
St-vpii out of ten readers of this papw to this conclusion flint he put th m--
are tortured with plies or some form ol j sengef cutside of his offlc. door.-Niw
rectal disease. You are. or you would no; ' York Sun.
be reading thie article. Thirty years ago I
doctors carried a lancet In I heir vest
pocket and bled eople for all sorts of
disease and bled them hard sometimes a
, quart at a time. It was lh fashion then.
,II tnai is cnuns a iinniM) Hnu oocinr
Uh a. lancet would be consld'Twl a cuii-osity.
Kiv yea.r ago doctors "cut out riles
herevr they got th chance. All that
h,t been changed since th' marvelous
thing, healing and curat!
Seattle Geatlemin Cural with L;
Than a Box by The PyrawiJ
HI Cure
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with any purchase of
110 or more, a fine
Rocker
BIT I
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everything exactly as advertised, investigate, it will pay you ,
is the best and most helpful ever de
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Broad and qenerous in character
yet conservative. It gives the opportunity to the laborer and salaried man to furnish
their home as well as their most prosparous neighbor. Pricesare lower than the lowest
Our liberal credit plan
Our terms arc made to mce jti frlhic t&I r.ccds.
Bd (like cut), best value vr
given; brass top rails, heavy
chilled posts. 4 TP
Monday. . . ., O
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Thla B'tra
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constructed
pf best
malleable
stove iron;
heavily
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grate; more
heat with
leB coal
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Monday
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ii -res
Ho Ul StH-I DavennoK Couch, folds
up very compactly, absolutely
guaranteed, regular price $8.50,
on sale Monday
at ,
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rdlt4 rxtBfion Table (like cut),
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Monday I J
Chase Leather Couch, full sire, closely
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nlckeli'd :
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Chiffonier
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Monday,
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Coil Spring
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Side
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French legs,
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Monday,
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Monday.
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10 a. m. to 4 p.ro
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3C
,iwwi',i''Jw'Wi
I'yi'jmld HUe Cure have t?come known.
By every mall we get letter like this:
"Winhlng to give credit where crvuit I
dike. 1 feel it ni7 duty to humanity us
well as -ourelve tu writ you regaraing
your I'ilu remedy. I have not (lnli-hed my
first bo ajid am now well. After the first
treatment of Pyramid File Cure, thn ore
Ts left, and the swelling have ket de
creasing. I als" uiM-d -ur ni'ls and am
) f.eling like myself agKin. Thanking you
Vlndly. I am. your truly, C. Crow ley. 170
'h Ave., 8eattle. nn.
ou want positive proof of the eu-a-
ue of this remedy. Bend to the Pyia-
mid Irug Co.. til Pyramid Kulldlng. Miir-
OU Will receitr irw iiitti
rn mail. Try It. then go
straight to your druggist, gel c bos
and vt will
NOW HE HAS IT HIS WAY
Maw Mr. urleh Wn Foiled tu Her
F.sTuria to Reform the
1 Old Mea.
flreat Indeed lire the care of vx,teidon
fortletown, you are aware. I th love
liest town within tifty miles cf New York.
property j Mogt f j,, p.,pulatlon ate rich Wyond th
'h Ave.
if you
J e valu
f n.i T,r,
, I hhll. Mi.h. You
' A "f i-ackago by retur
j dreams of avarice. gut they nave care
.4 tt'iinopa'.re commuier, nusiriess jn ine
Iflnanclal quarter of New Tork, built a. su
perb mansion and furnished It in a. stvle
becoming tho manorhouse of a royal duk.
HI ways are oM-fashlnnd. lie liked tu
walk home from th station In the after
noon, and often muddled th floor and (ar
rets, which brourht down upon him the
wrath of his wife and daughters. The
demanded that he remove hia (hoe before
entering the front door nd live Inside In
hi clipper. The humble old man alleaitly
obeyed.
A few duy later truck load of stone,
brick, steel, wood, glass, cemeut, etc..
HiTlved and men began the erection of a
small and ornamental house a few feet
from the (ivnt door of the t !-. The
hankei rfued to tll hia wlf aad daugh-
NO. fiTJ THREli WEI.1, FITTING G1R
DLFS. There I nothing so antagonistic to a
good appeaiance a a badly fitting girdle
and to purchase ttattfac4ory one which
are within reach of the average puree Is
not always possible, for thla raon many
make their girdle nd the suec ot
these 'depend largely upon the style and
pattern. A girdle In three style of out
line I given her, all easily made and
fitting snugly about th waist. 811k velvet
or the skirt material may be used for
their development, of which yards. K
Inches wide, are needed for th medium
llse.
No. ST7I 8ie, small, medium and large.
For the accommodatloa of The Omaha
Be readers these patterns, which usually
retail at from 21 to M cents, will b fur
nished at a nominal price (10 cent), which
covers all experue. In order to get a pat
tarn enclose 10 cent, glmg number and
nam of pattern wanted and bust measure
A th patterna are mailed direct from th
publishers at New Tork, It will require
about a week's time to fill the order. Ad
dress Pattern Department. Omaha ,
Omaha. NeU
SEA BIRDS GAVE WARNING
Their Frightened trie Were First
.orm Signals to People of
Mobile.
Sea bird soaring In from Mobile b.iy
sounded the first note of alarm and In
true Paul Revere style warned the people
of that stricken city of trie approach of
the coast Htorra that later brought "itch
havoc to life and property. Throurh some
InerTilulnable atmospheric condition thes?
sea birds have advance knowledge of com
ing storms, and they Invariably feek the
shelter of the inland country. Not only
do they took to their own safety, but they
shriek loudly as they soar to cover and
herald their note of warning to man and
beast.
As early as Sunday night the people of
Mobllo had given recognition to the flrat
flights of "Mother Cary' chickens," n
rather tlmorou se bird, which were com
ing In drove from the coast and passing
Mobile In their early heste for shelter.
Monday morning the more courageous sea
gulls began to follow In tbe path of th
timid "Mother Cary chickens." nnd liter
la the day whole flocks of pelicans brought
up the rear of the procession that waa
headed to safety.
The shrill note of these frightened birds
could be plainly heard above the din and
noise of th busy citv, and In the out
klrt their presence had been widely com
mented unon and accepted as a sure fore
runner of the disaster that followed s
soon after. Th people had no furthe:
knowledge of th coming storm than that
supplied by the aquatic birds, but that
was assurance enough to satisfy all that
a storm was Invading the coast section and
that It might take Its course up the bav.
Throughout Monday the presence of the
frightened birds from the coast waa the
feature of conversation. Ry Monday night
there had been uch a general storm dis
cussion that the people of Mobile no longer
doubted th storm's coming, "but only spec
ulated on th time of Its arrival. Th dsy
and night of Monday had been a period
of warning, and earlv Tuesday morning
the first Bigns ot the storm were vlalble.
By Tuesday night Mobile wae a stricken
city, the extent of life and property k
still being a matter of much doubt, but
sufficient to have It recorded as among
the notable disasters of the year Memphis
Commercial-Appeal.
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FIXES THE COUNTRY'S AREA
Latest Grologlral Survey Adds 1,IMM
Square Miles to Previous
riltarvs.
What constitutes the area, of inn Luited
States
Probably any eighth grade or high school
boy or girl In the public schools of Wash
ington would think It easy to answer that
question, but the United States geological
survey finds It more difficult and has re
ctntly added 1.1S8 square miles to Uncle
Sam's domain by closer calculations than
had been before made. The difficulty In
giving an exact answer to .the quetlon lies
In a careful computation of the land urea,
to which must be added the area ot tue
three-mile sua limit allowed under the reg
ulations of International law.
The. land urea of the United States proper
has been exactly lined, measured and
charted under the operations ot the coast
survey, but the compulation of the three
mile sea limit Is not so easy. The problem
Involves all the bays, seas and Inlets along
the Immense coast line of the country, and
there Is room for much divergence of re
sults when It comes to drawing lines across
the .uouths of large bays and measuring
them out three miles with all their endless
Irregularities and Indentations. Finally
after much figuring and thought on the
subject the golngleal survey Is out with
i statement that square miles should
he added to the last census figures. In
ho census of IV'O the area of the United
States wa given aa 8.0.?s. which with
1.188 added would give 3Xifi,9TT square milec
as the correct area.
The area given for Alaska Is 590.884
square miles. It is subject to considera
ble modification In the future as the posi
tion of the coast line becomes better
known. The area given for the Philippine
Islands la 115,fl?fi square miles and was de
termined by the coast survey of that archi
pelago prepared at the Instance of the
Philippine census. It bImo is subject to
modification accurate charts of th
archipelago are made. The areas of
Hawaii, MO square miles, and Porto Rico,
',435 square miles, are probably subject to
only slight changes, as the charts from
which they were measured are quite ao
rurate. The areas given for the other
possessions of the United States-rOuam.
'lit square miles; Samoa, 77 square mile,
and th Panama canal strip, 474 square
nil will probably be changed in the
future a ttiglr limits hecoma more cor
rectly defined. Chicago Chronicle.
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THE
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OF SCROFULA
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Scrofula. Swollen glands, brittle bones, weak eyes, hip disease, pale, waxy
complexions, emaciated bodies, running sores and ulcers, and general weak
constitutions are the principal ways ia which the disease is manifested.1
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