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UT MUSEf FOXES pus s Proved Hood Foster Mother to Valuable Cubs. pgr Fmi"er Wll Afraid to Takt a Chance, 80 Ho Called In Tubby and the Difficulty Wa? Solved, to Hl? Advantage. There are perhaps 10 or 12 of the fa fiou8 fur farms of Alaska. Oue of UKin. situated ,n tl,w Tonuana valley, ? m|le and a half from Fairbanks, cou nts of ten acres of cleared land, the #m?ter I""'* of 1* Covered with ,tl)t in which- 1 ho animals live. From ? ,im in<v the fox fdriii looks like a oiijcjkeii yard with wfflli' of wovei) t mikI hyneddpa of various sizes in luich ttl'li !* \?0 feet Jong. 8 feet vitli' iiihI about 10 feet high, The .wlro In of tough steel and Is j.4tjk iiSout I'Olir feet In the ground, ( !i [I,,, in hi s<? that It runs Inward niiflor the ground for about .two feet, > [Ire. vent t ho foxes from digging oilt. \t the top the wire has au overhang of itto feet lo prevent the captives jjriMii elimhlng over. Kueh pen ban a k,. iimI. The entrooco to which la a chute or a wooden pipe a foot square. Only <?ue pair cf foxes live In each 1*% They are very timid and must be handled carefully. Most of the fox former* will not permit strangers to wHor their property for fear they will frighten the animals. Some foxes, however, become so tame that strangers ,tit) handle them.. The fox babies are the slue of klt {ojis.. and have long, bushy tails, little sharp noses,. and eyes that sparkle like , One litter of foxes was, it Is fold, mothered by a. cat. There were ihive of the babies, each of which, when grown, was worth from $300. to $1,000. Their mother was so nervous that the fanner feared she might kill hfr'.vomm : and so he had them taken d??iy from her and given to- the en I In place of her kittens. The eat had adopted then) and played with them ?,? if they were really her own. For Mich emergencies It Is necessary to have eat* about a fox farm. Because he would not pay tt_ high price for a cut one man In eastern faniidnj b?st five little foxes that might have proved worth a small fortune. The fox ntot her had died and the own er of the only cnt In the vicinity de clined to sell her for leas than $f?00. Tie unreasonable price" angered the fox fanner and he refused to pay It. The foxes are fed with jjtalmon, moose meat, horse meat, rabbits, carrots and turnips. A common feed is rice <nui rabbit cooked together in a stew. Oue fulfil feeds 10 rabbits and l.r> pminds of rlee n day to 52 foxes. The ?ti'\v is given cold morning and eve ning. The foxes qome out of their kernels, seize the food, carry It In side with them and afterword return for more. The lan,d. kennels and machinery of (he fa rni near Fairbanks cost $18,000 snd the breeding animals $87,000. There are always about 200 animals, foxed, martens and others, and only two men nre_ needed to cure for them. ?New York Hvening Post. Maternal Impressions In Canaries. An Interesting contribution to the wlurainous literature on the subject ?f "maternal impressions" Is made by Dr. W. F. Schrader, of Fort Wayne. Ind.. in clinical Magazine for Decem ber, Mini. I>r. Schradet* has been breed ing canaries <p?ite extensively for eight jears. I.'ntll Inst July no crippled or deformed ehlck had ever been found arnonj: his nestlings. At that time dally flights of an army airplane over tbf city invariably threw the birds into n simp of excitement and terror, and during tl?lH period twelve eggs were laid. Only seven of the eggs hatch ed. ?nd every chick of the seven was deformed ; three had no anal vents, two hn?l extra pairs of wings, and two tad twist#.. | legs held at full length hen?-H ? h the bodies. The same parent birds have since raised two broods ^ach. and there was not a single crip. plM or deformed bird among thetn! ? SHentlflf American. ? Mapt? Sugar Industry. hi 1??1 0 the maple trees In the pror of Q>n?hee yielded niore than 12, flOO.OOft pounds of sugar and nearly l5G0.0nn irnllon" of sirup, and the esti mate) vn'ne of these maple products reached H t dt n I of $6,396,535. The sap. ?ne tnijfb * s )i v . coen on flowing In pack tin* bottles, and never more wldi i\ than at present, for eight r*arv the woodlands of the prov too w?r.. trlbuting 2.000,000 pounds fat all4j ?|>0ut 400.000 fewer > ,,f Hinip; one leaver It fo *"nie ii?>i ? t? * ri on? statistician. with ''"'hint in ff, estimate ihe "iTit.cr ,,<? rakes thus provb ed "t ?!,. .i nt(Mi?ton? of the Imagi'mry Rrot,.; ,, griddle cuke that r>- iiM rlat maple sirup a' ??fl'V C<" s'.cbal ? Growing Port. Tlio ?. ? i , 1 1 ,,f nil expensive office ^iwiitis f"rivtob;?5 '-anal zone, b.v Rrt'hh o.-.|,p:r.p th is evidence of 'V crow rw "numrti, nee attached to ;?irt This U I he fourth building faf ,,m<-e? In Cristobal, ihe those of American , ;tlUiu lines. Group. r^g the Population. Th* {v>Mi'stlon <<f this country 1* ||, four'- groups.' con v ??f those who nuik** aM r iromohil?s. those who buv ?M ttio>ip who produce mor ** picture ?nd those who pay t> ?** d fin ?h ?*n. ? Albar.y Journal. LOOKING TO SOUTH PACii:IC White Men Planning Complete Poieee ?lon of Fertile leUnde e?f That < Far Away Qoean. | With Europe u seething mass of un? I rwi and discontent and uncertainty, ! your Britisher j| looking to the' Inland* Of the South PtdllCi a I rt'Htl v invunl h\ tli*' empire, as the next place to go? i ami to exnloit. to use the expression of a lot of people who do not know the j meaning of the word. Already corpo | rations are beiug formed (o colonist* ! tlx' Islands. tunl beautiful word pic turw of the advantages of u residence I upon them are being painted. - \ The truth is, for some years the (White tuan has beeu gradually getting a foothold In the region. The delight ful pictures which one sees of the na tives, gives n Utile Idea of what Is really to ho seen in the country. They I aro not the wild, naked people roam ing at large, eating each other and the missionaries. Kuhher plantations, coconut groves, phosphate mines and other industries are .operated by Eu ropeans, And schools and churches are encountered on every hand, with fho honk of the horn of the automo bile heard In the shade of the ptilms. | The white man will not reach the end of his road until there I* no more country to be settled up, and there are si ill vast areas to be brought un der his domain. Iu Africa, and upon the Islands of the sea, he Is setting his foot and clearing up the Jungles and conquering the pests and beaming ac climated. But the end Is not y*lt ; there Is still much to be done, and the chances are that the next' few years will see an exodus to these far away places where a beginning has already been made. ? Columbus Dis patch. MADE HIT WITH RECITATION Prlnce'e Speech Consisted of Vfcrsea From the Koran, but Audience Didn't Know It. It Is Interesting to recall that dur ing the recent European tour of Prince Feisal of the new kingdom of Syria, his memory of the Koranic verses stood him In good slead. In London, at a dinner In the Guildhall, the prince; w^io was the guest of honor, and who knew little French and less English, was called upon to reply to the toast of his health. Reside him sat his friend and mentor, Colonel Lawrence, Oxford professor and oriental scholar, to whom he whispered as he rose to acknowledge the lord mayor's speech. Colonel Lawrence nridded his assent, and the prince addressed his audi ence in flowing AraMc periods, win ning appreciation and applause. When the guest of honor had re sumed his seat, Colonel Lawrence, as his Interpreter, rose to express In Eng lish the prince's sentiments of '?rati* fude for his reception, and to voice his devotion to the principles of democ racy and allied solidarity. It was not until many days had gone by that Colonel Lawrence allowed It to be known among his friends that^what the prince had whispered to him was: "I'll recite the verses from the Koran about the cow." Thus did the? diplomatic professor deceive the unwitting ears of his Guild hall friends. ? Munsey's Magazine. Country'# Motive Energy.-' The gauge of a nation's industrial might is the amount of motive energy which it can command for the mani fold fluids of production nnd the es sentia! contributory activities. We have maintained our supremacy in manufactured output very largely he cause of the vast amount of power which we could call Into service, Rob ert G. Skfrrett wrote In the Scientific American. Modern nations expend far more energy thaji the combined muscular ability of their population and beasts of burden. The margin Is covered by the employment of me chanical energy in the form of p?wer. To accomplish the work done annually In the United States, would require the labor of 3,000,000,000 hard-working slaves. The use of power gives to each man, woman and child In this country the service equivalent of thir ty servants. Why Orchlda Were Caged. Visitors to the flower show held re cently In the Royal Horticultural hall at Westminster, England, were sur prised to find a number of rare orch ids confined, like so many wild ani mals in the zoo, within a heavy wire cage. It was explained that as the flowers represented a new addition to the orchid family, the grower was nat urally anxious that his fellow dealers should not share his triumph. Had it not been for the cage, an .unscrupulous competitor might have stolen some of the powdery pollen from the blooms, and used It to fertilize plants of his own. Normally adhering to the bodies of visiting Insects, the pollen might easily have adhered to the tip of th* thief's flqgt'r. ? Popular Mechan ics Msf.^rlne. United in Bonds of Peace In the presence of the chief execu tives of Ecuador and Colombia, the corner sione of a monument commem orative of th#? happy termination of the boundary dispute between the two countries, was recently laid at the bridge of Tfumlchaca on the frontier. President Alfredo Maquerizo Moreno of Ecuador and President Fidel Snare? met ftalf way on the bridge nnd greet ed each other amid a salute of artil lery and cheers of spectators of both nationalities. The presidents delivered address* referring to th<? monument ?? a symbol of peace nnd friendship t??t\vee?t their respective count rir*. itprWtt BtUrt. Preps reports tell us that prlcve are beginning t? coin? down, and some small evidence of the g<K>d news tun Ih> found in a few liuea of nlerclittudito In they local markets. folvver* are KfUiug for kss, sugar 1mm tak?n a tumble, It is Haiti that olothlpg and shoes will be cheaper. Hut the thing in which the pub lisher is uiout lut created Is paper, and those who 7 claim to and should know say that will be one of the last commo dities to drop. The reason they give la shortage of world supply. The usual supply carried by |bt> tulUs has uot ln?eu lu evidence for the paat two years at In pliof of a surplus from which to fill order* the mllla ure from three months to a y?*ar behind on or der*. ?Thoft1 art? practically no stook* lu llu' IuiimIn of thr JoMu'i* Houses that uudrr uoiuivl condition* would !*? Carrying heavy \,tock have practically nothing on their shelves at the potent time, iind for mouths have Iuhmi using every shipment they could get to fill hack orders, in the saint' way tin* stocks lu the hands of prluters of Hie <*ount?\v aVe d^pMt'd. In five blgN print* Ill* v* < a b I M 1 1 1 1 ' ' n l * lu tit foi^ll to thf stock room for paper when tho press In ready to run. they art' holding p rosso* waiting for tb*? stock to route tn. And the wlw oi^s ?ay tint I even wit h a demand. should (lint do Closed ?lt inuiul t on**'. It will !>?? scv vrul mouth# before th? mills can catch up ;i ml a^aln glv<> us n normal COndi tlon Hi the paper market. Until that time. they any, wo cannot hop? for', a in appreciable lit tho ?prW'O of paper. Am) In the meantime the spot mar ket oil print paper is, if changing at all. voi"K up Instead of down. ? Pub lishers AuxlUlary. rhiUll?'.ss roll pi rs wUl tW> oxcluded from tin* houses of u prominent luu.t lord i u si. Joifph, Mo An A. R. b\ iuan convicted ot crime received a reduction from the usual sentence, l bo reduction Wing one year for every wound lie received, The fruit of a certain Ceylon tree grows with an Indentation In Its side as If It had been hit ten by a persou. The fruit Is oranw red hut po'souous. 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