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I' The Egypti< Its Cunning ; Noiselessnes Ono of the reasons given by oli wi iters for the crocodile being wor shiped in Egypt was the somewha cryptic one that it a!aid ihreescor eggs at?d lived for threescore years; but from twenty to thirty is the com tuon number of eggs found in i "clutch." In the reptile's easy cod of ethics, however, its parental re 3ponsibilities cad with the act of ovi position, for having covered the egg with a layer of sand it Ioa"es the sui to do the rest (whence doubtles Shakespeare's "your mud and the op elation of your sun") and leaves i aiso to tbe ichneumon to do its worst In some piaces it seems that wate tortoises, too, eat crocodiles' eggs but the ichneumon is the real deso hitor of crocodile homes, scatchinj up the nests and eating or breakin: the entire "sitting" at a meal. Croc odiles' eggs, however, are absurdl small, a mother twenty feet long be Iing content with an egg no large than that of a goose, and the newl hatched young, hardly more formida ble than a common newt, are prey upon by birds, which a little later rapidly growing crocodile would nothing better than to get withiv reach, as well as doubtless by n other things, including old crocodi: themselves. The real horror of the members o the crocodile tribe lies in their usua noiselessness. "They swim with grea silence, making scarcely even a rippl on the water," says M. Du Chaillu and the terror of the stealth of the! approach is well conveyed in Mi Rudyard Kipling's "Ripple Song:" "Wait, aa! wait," the ripple saith; "Maiden, wait, for I am Death!" The first sight of an alligator o crocodile, however large, sunning it ?elf on a mudbank and pretending t be a strauded log is usually disap pointing, and if it is lying with it mouth open, as in the sunshine the all love to do (wherefore, seeing ther remainine so immovably in wha I looks like so strained an attitude many visitors to the gardens go awa declaring that the crocodiles ar stuffed), it becomes almost absurd Bat whea you have come upoa oa unexpectedly with its heart and fore quarters out of the water, and hav wen it slide noiselessly back until i disappears, and then even while yo still watch the place where it van ished, not a movement having s much as made the surface of th water quake, the hideous thing sud denly, still in complete silence thrusts itself out upon the bank man yards tway?It may be further ol or nearer to you?to He a mere sna, at the water's edge, waiting for what ever may come within its react whether you or another, the dread fulness of the thing is very chilling. Sir Samuel Baker tells of the cun ning of crocodiles which advance a an animal without any concealmen and then, as if in disgust at thei failure, turn and swim away, still i; sight, only at last to sink below th surface and returning without i ripple.to betray them rise immediatel; below^ the* quarry, which has by thi time retimed to drink in fanciei security. By this trick be saw thee again and again catch birds whic! settled on branches overhanging th water. The chief food of most mem bers of the family, and probably th entire food of some, is fish; but no^ that we know that a full grow rhinoceros can be pulled into th L water and killed by a crocodile w may believe that few living thing do not at one time or another fal victims to them. "Horses, oxen, bul faloes, boars, mules and camels" is list which one writer gives of animal which are known to have been eate by crocodiles in Egypt. In Soufc America jaguars and tapirs have bee seen being seized, pulled into dee water and drowned; while as fo man, consider the Mugger of Mugge Ghaut in Mr. Kipling's grewsome talf "The Undertakers." According to old writers the) let neumon, besides eating crocodile: eggs, would run into tho full grow animal's open mouth and so down it throat, whence, after revelling for while amid Leviathan's vitals. It at its way out of the dead carcass vi( toriously to daylight. The "hydra, it seems, did the same. But the do! phin's method was the more artisti< for being provided with a knife edge uursa.i uu it swam uuaerneacn. m encased crocodiles" and sliced clsa open the soft, unprotected parts b? low. in real life, however, the larg crocodilia have probably no enem but man, and even man without mod ern firearms was nearly helples against them. ""The sword of him that layeth s him cannot hold; the spear, the dai | nor the habergeon " "Canst thou draw out Leviatha with any hook?" asks the sacre writer. Herodotus says that in h day they could use a pig for bait. I India we know that they have bee AVIATION m No Sooner is the A - Comes the Crossing the Channel in twentj five minute3, M. Bleriot has done ea: ilv the greatest of feats 30 far wit an aeroplane. Zeppelin and th Wrights were before him in their di ferent aerial vessels, but there is sensation - and a success about tb Frenchman's adventure that far on 'Jistance those of the German and tb American. M. Latham in a much larger ms ?hine that M. Bleriot ht?s failed twic< and at the second try his monoplan 6eems to have been wrecked. Thi wreck is significant of much in tli immediate future of aeropl^ning. I squalls and storms these machine will often break up. and those wh steer them will be killed. They ai )>?avfer than air, they are rapid, the can be steered, hut the second an third of these conditions only appl ? - ' :/ -J.a in Crocodile, i | and Wonderful s?Its Enemies 1, caught with goats, and M. Du Chaillu -j tells that in Africa the Anengue "hart poou them with a rude jagged spear." e Diodorus. however, averred that they " I could only be taken in iron nets, and -1 the general belief that they were bea. f yond the power of man to capture is \ e reflected in the medal which Augustus j -[struck to commemorate his conquest | - of Egypt, with the crocodile chained j s to a tree, and the proud legend, "No j a one has bound me before." s If in Egypt they bound the croc- j - odile at all it seems to have been with j t garlands of flowevs and chains of I sold and gems, a proceeding which j r interested the crocodile only in so far j ; as it offered a chance for a succulent j i-! garlander coming within reach. The ! g j promiscuous beatification, which was I g I shared with such f'Mngs as cats and j beetles, was after all bat an indiffer- j y | ent compliment, nor even so was it j i- j seemingly universal among the i r { Egyptians. "Those about Thebes and ! - i t vfnnr'a onnoidor them fn he verv I y | , sacred. * * ? but the people j J i whe dwell about the city of Elephan- I o J tina eat them." Which fairly re- j ->, dressed the balance; but we must' s I conjecture that whether for worship ' / | or for the table the crocodiles were caught young.?London Times. - j Absent-Minded. j When lapses of memory become g j habitual the person is properly called ! ( | absent-minded. Tne Chicago Tribune I jl relates the following absurdities into j . which some victims of this disease ' have fallen: A bridegroom of twenty-four hours left his wife, strolled around to his new mother-in-law's house, and asked r | her if her daughter was at home. This - ' ~ - -a ~ V. ii. . U ^ Uo J came irom iorce 01 uawxi., uc uau 0 been calling there daily for some K time, and it probably occurred to him 3 that he had not paid his usual visit. y A Chicago bank president is un- i Q- able to account for three-quarters of | t an hour of his life. He went into a j ' restaurant, as usual, and ordered his | y lunch. Nearly an hour later he found j e himself in his office chair, and sud' denly remembered the order. e He went back across the street and !" asked if the luncheon was ready. e The clerk informed him that he had 1 eaten, paid the bill, and that he tthe j u clerk) had not noticed anything pe- ' l" culiar in his actions. 0 The bank president congratulates e himself that he can be trusted to behave like an ordinary mortal even > n-hon ho rtoocn'l" hannpn tn havfi his ft ' mind with him. An editor on a daily paper has laid s himself open to unkind remarks by trying to take up a collection in his j l' office. Happening to want a small coin he turned to a fellow-worker and asked for a quarter. ~ "Haven't got it, but here's a dollar," the man replied, as he tossed it over. The editor put the dollar in his pocket and immediately turned to a special writer at the next de?!: and said: "Miss . could you lend me a quarter?" Then, seeing the man from whom he had got the dollar ^ griu. he added hastily, "Oh. never mind; I just got a dollar from , Brown." In analyzing his conduct he s>"aid that Brown's reply that, he did not ' have a quarter was apparently tho only part of the transaction that made any impression upon him. But he is under suspicion in that office, and will probably never be able to live it s down. 11 Polishing by Hot Air. a ! The marvels of friction are infinite, s The use of the sand blast for polish- I n ing metals is quite a recent invention, i h and now it is followed by that of a , n blast of simple hot air. It is the ve- j p locity that gives the polishing power, r The articles to be treated are placed r in a basket in a centrifugal machine | i, driven at a very high speed and ; heated air is blown from a pipe j i- through the basket. A high polish is j i' thus produced very rapidly, n Nickel plated articles thai have be j s come tarnished are made bright in a a few minutes. Wet metal fresh from j e the bath needs no preliminary dry- j > ing, for the current of air dries and j polishes at the same moment. It is | I" only necessary to so pack the articles j that the air reachcs them on al! sides. ' dj ?Youth's Companion. e n! j.: Coming Debut of Kaiser's Daughter. ; The Kaiser's, only daughter, Prine cess Luise Victoria, is to be confirmed y arid to come out in the world after I- her seventeenth birthday. is She has been kept back much less ; than English princesses, says the.Gen- j itjtlewoman, and fashionably dressed "t i has visited endless theatres and con- ! cert' halls and driven htr own pony j n cart in the Thiergartcn and ridden i sd there ever since ch was. a little girl, is Most distinguished in appearance the n Princess is as full of pluck and spirit sn as any of her six brothers. i ITS INFANCY. ar Hostile Than Down * Aeroplane. r- when the air is in a state kindly to 3- the "aviator." No sooner is the air li really hostile than down comes the e j vessel. It is a matter of life and I f-, death to the aviator" thai lie should a I pick and choose his hour with nicety. ie I The feat is curious and beautiful; f _ I rATifi in r?/>f * n 1 I r? r\rl f a i f of i V* j Wild Id iiut 1UVUUCU VU iVTjjulU It Ut j te present as a great deal more than this. A little gas about aerial adveni tures is natural and excusable, but if. 5, is childish to write and talk as some ie are writing oC the aeroplane. is e There is no place in tho world n where the clove trees thrives as well ;s as iu the islands of Zanzibar and o Pemba. It is the principal product e of the islands, and. together with the jy copra and th<* ivory brought from d the mainland, cloves form the princl:y pal item of export. New York Ciij.? ...c Is made with a separate chemisette is an exceedingly useful and practical i t one. Her? is a model which includes ! e that feature and which is finished, with the fashionable and becoming:' Dutch collar. In the illustration it is ! g made of embroidered batiste and the II !l | collar and trimming are of Irish 1 crochet, while the chemisette is of l tucked muslin. Every seasonable ma- ] terial is appropriate, however, and i pongee and foulard are being utilized t for separate blouses as well as for entire gowns while they suit the 1 model admirably well, muslins are i handsome and attractive and there s are also miny sturdier printed-inex- s pensive wash fabrics that are equally ( appropriate, for trimming can be j varied to suit the needs of the specialmatorial Tho i^liomicotfe hpinf sf>R arate, can be made of anything in contrast, and pongee in the natural color with chemisette either of lawn or net, makes an exceedingly serviceable, practical and smart blouse. If the long, close sleeves are not liked, those in three-quarter length with rolled-over cuffs can be substituted. The blouse is made with fronts and back, which are tucked becomingly. | It is finished with hems at the front! edges and with a Dutch collar at the j neck edge. The sleeves are made in one-piece each, whatever their length, j The chemisette is separate and closed at the back. The quantity of material required I for the medium size is four yards | twenty-four, three yards thirty-two or ! two and three-eighth yards forty-four inches wide, with one-half yard eighteen inches wide for the chemisette, five-eighth yard of banding. White Velvet Hats. In Paris white velvet hat3 have been made to send to the resorts, j The hats were large of brim, round | of crown, with the former rolling well to the side. No other trimming was to be put on except the velvet ribbon t band. At the aide a mother of pearl j buckle the width of the crown was t to be posed. Another hat exactly the ( same shape and with the selfsame ( finish was of black velvet. Harmony in Costume. Never was the vogue so great for I harmony of the whole costume, and ] the most stylish women appear with ] gown, tie shoes and accessories of ] the same hue. 1 Straps Fur Slippers. i Tlie newest slippers have straps that, cross on the instep ah;l button high up on the side. Foulard Vogue. < The foulard vogue is at its height, i and in its class the graceful fabric is 1 absolutely unrivalled. i - 11 11 1 rl i>iiVtt?hiilitn What Your Eyebrows Tell. People who have traits they want o hide are la more and more danger very day. Waya of reading charcter are multiplying alarmingly. Now appears a cl#/fer German who j ays the eyebrows *.re an unerring i ndication of a person's temperament ! nd disposition. Lightly marked eye- i irows, lying high above the nose, | how a weak nature and an inclinaion to avoid work . Dark eyebrows indicate strength, ^nd patience as well, while light eye- : irows are rarely seen in people whose ' ninds are keen and' sharp, though he color of the eyebrow doesn't m*er as much as the shape. That highly arched eyebrows detote a sensitive temperament has always been known, but the general lelief that they are the sign of aulerior intelligence is not, says the Jerman character reader, a true one. Thin eyebrows show lack of vitalty, and bushy ones almost always go vith great virility. If you see a wonan with heavy eyebrows meeting j .bove the nose, you may trust in her; uch eyebrows in a woman, says the Jerman, spell sincerity.?New York ,Vorld. Shirt Waist pr Blouse. The tailored shirt waist is always leeded. It fills a place that no other garment supplies. This one is tucked nost becomingly and is adapted to j lannel, moire and pongee as well aa 1 :o linen and cotton waistings. In the , llustration it is made of butcher's j inen and is finished with simple ; :ailor stitching. If a fancy or more iainty waist were wanted, it could )e made of embroidered pique or of !ancy muslin with the tucks sewed bj land. It can be utilized for the shirt vaist gown, too, made from cashmere >r other simple seasonable material. I The waist consists of fronts antf i back. It is finished with the regula I Lion box pleat at the front and th< , ? I ^ i - i ileeves are in regulation shirt waist j icy.le, with overlaps and straight J' :uffs. The turned-over collar is ad- i listed over the neck-band. The quantity of material required ' :or the medium .size is three auil one- ] lalf yards twenty-one or twenty-four, j :wo aud three-fourth yards thirty-two ! ar two and one-eighth yards forty- j Four inches wide. Gathered About Gaiters. Gaiter tops should preferably , match the serge or broadcloth suit, i Jut in cheviot they will be found a j jit too cumbersome, and if the tailor- ' made be one of the brown cheviot or j Scotch serge it will be easy to match j sither tone in brown kid boots. Narrow Sleeves. Some of the newest frocks are j made with narrow sleeves, sloplni ' shoulders and scarcely any fulness in | the bodice. They have turned down f collars, round waists and merely o j little embroidery as trimming. r-L . & ft SCIENCE \ M I Electric light can be adapted to j suit any imaginable architectural j scheme without entailing the slight- ; eat fire riak. i The exterior walls of the new Pennsylvania terminal station in New York City are nearly half a mile long and ' contain 490,000 cubic feet of granite, j The adaptability of electrical ener- J gy is only limited by human imagin- I ation to devise new ways to put it to ! work. New methods of applying it are invented evory day. One of the most interesting parade Bights during the convention of the Elks at Los Angeles, Cal.f waa the delegation from Santa Ana, Orange County, in its papier mache marching costume. Each huge orange contained a full-grown man. The ferry bridge continues to And I favor in Europe. One of this type, I with a span of 910 feet, is planned fnr f>rppfinn ar.ross the Rhine at Kob- I lenz, Germany. The floor with its : doable traclca will be carried by a I steel arch. Another ferry bridge of-j even greater length is to be built at! Bordeaux, France, over the Garonne, which at the point of crossing has a j width of over 1500 feet. The fast steam yacht Winchester, which is now being built by Yarrow, will attract considerable attention because of the up-to-date character of her motive power. Steam will be supplied by water-tube boilers fired exclusively with oil fuel, and the yacht will be driven by Parsons turbines of 2400 horsepower operating three single-propeller shafts. The vessel, which is of 180 tons, is 165 feet long, fifteen feet six inches beam, and nine feet nine, inches deep. Arrangements are being made for the celebration of the anniversary of the discovery of the Sfn Francisco Bay in 1769 by Portola, and for the purpose of advertising this event there has been constructed on Yerba Buena Island, San Francisco Bay, what is probably the largest sign ever erected. The sign, which has been cut on the sloping hills of the island, ?a taat Inrc hv 125 feftt hizh. The words "Portola Festival, October 19th-23d," are arranged in two lines, each letter of which occupies a space of forty-five feet by forty-five feet, the outline of the letters being eight feet in width.' The! work was done by digging trenches eight inches in depth and filling them with lime, which shows up clear and white against the green of the hillside. PISH WITH GOOGOO EYES. Snmc Being About the Size of Locomotive Headlights. Captain Ross, of the Standard Oil Company's steamer, Dakotah, which arrived here yesterday from Manila, enjoyed a brief but soul-stirring flirtation July 11 with a strange fisli. On the Dakotah's log the finny .flirt is described as being forty feet long and tpn feet wide, with a cavernous mouth and very large eyes. Captain Ross was on the bridge when his m?te called ' attention to what he thought was a whale on the port bow. When within about a hundred feet of the monster they saw that while very like a whale at a .distance an intimate view showed no resemblance. "As we came along." said Captain Ross, "the creature turned its head toward the ship. It was the fiercest face I ever saw. The mouth was like the entrance to a railroad tunnel and the eyes big as locomotive headlights. For all the ferocity of the face the eyes had a kind look in them. ' "We' watched the brute intently. Just as we came almost alongside he gave those eyes a regular googoo roll and sank out of sight. A whale woulfi have gone down head first and waved good-bye with his tail. We never saw the fellow's tall, and whether he said 'good-bye' or 'come along, boys,' with his eyes is more than I can tell. I've been to oea for many years, .but never saw another fish like thatone.'* As proof that the fish was all he describes, Captain Ross points to the log, which says the encounter took place in latitude forty-five degrees thirty minutes north, longitude 152 degrees west.?San Francisco Call. Motor Trips in Germany. French roads are getting steadily worse for motoring, while the main German ones are steadily improving Hence the fatherland is growing in favor as a touring ground and can be recommended as affording much delightful traveling. The duty on cars is very moderate and both customs officials and police are most polite and obliging if one takes the trouble to treat them courteously and drive with consideration in populated places. Some of the roads are the finest I have ever been cn. except the latest of our tarred roads, and the land is full of beautiful scenery and delightful Old World towns and villages. One of the best approaches from France is b/ ths Paris-Strassburg highway.?Queon. Aisle of the Car in a Railroad Wreck. A veteran railroad man gave a piece of valuable advio.e not long ago. "If you ever get into a wreck." he said, "and have time to follow out *.1 f V> ^ All ims suy^fMiuu icuiniiuci Lino. Always stand in the aiule. Most of tho J injuries that are suffered occur because the victim is crushed between ! the seats. If you are in the aisle you may he thrown forward and briused a little, but there ia much less chance of receiving serious hurts. It isn't always possible to get out of your J seat before the crash comes, but if it j it follow that advice."?Louisville Courier-Journal. New Jersey gets $8,000,000 a year from its oyster beds, but couid g^t S40.000.000 from the sam? sourcs1 :f the available tide land was properl;* seeded and cultivated. \ fiWi ~~ ' '" ami Rood Values. Assuming the average width of the rights of way of country roads in the United States to he forty feet, the area of such rights of way in 1904 amounted to 19,431,727 acres. Estimating the value of this land on a basis of the valuation of farm lands In each State, the approximate value of tho rights of way of all the public roads would be $341,899,306. A much higher valuation would be amply justified by the fact that in sections where the mileage of roads is greatest the land is considerably above the average in value. A much higher estimated value would also result from assuming that rights of way of roads are as valuable as the contiguous farm lands, which are always worth considerably more than the general average. The value of the rights of way, however, constitutes a very small part of the value of the roads when we take into consideration the amount that is expended in material and labor in improving and maintaining them. It was generally believed at the time when railroad building was first undertaken in this country that the ! roilrrvoH ursuilri annnlanf thft wa.?nn ! road, and this line of reasoning acj counts in a large measure for the negj lect of the common roads from about j 1835 tintil about 1890. The neces| slty for the improvement of the comj mon roads is impressing itself npon I the people more now than at any time | in the history of the country. The | mileage of public roads is greater ; now than it ha3 ever been, and the extension of railroad and trolley lines i has induced such an amazing developj .ment of the country's resources as to * bring about a remarkable increase in | traffic over the common roads. The j heads of the great railroad systems | are now seriously directing their efi forts toward securing the improveI ment of the common roads, which j they recognize .as feeders to theii railroad lines. For every mile of railroad we have about ten miles ol wagon roads. ! How Roads Were Ordinarily Liaul UHt The majority of all 'the roads In I this country were originally laid out i along the boundary lines of farms, [ with little regard for drainage, topoi graphy and alignment. In the Eastern States the boundary lines oi farms were very Irregular, and consequently many of theroads are crooked and badly located with reference tc grades. In the Middle West, where the land was laid out by the Government, the roads follow the section lines, and in thickly settled communities, the quarter-section lines. In ! compiling these figures the aim has been to include only the mileage ol roads actually open and in use. Only- four States have more than 100,000 miles of roads. - Texas stands first, with 121,409 miles; Missouri second, wfth 108,133; Iowa third, with 102,448, and Kansas fourth, with 101,196. The District of Columbia has only 191 miles of road Rhode Island has 2361 miles, whicl is the smallest mileage of dny'State Delaware nas oniy auuu ana Arizona only 5987 miles. By comparing the road mileage with the areas in square miles, the District of Columbia is found to stand first, with 3.18 miles of 'road pei square mile of area, while Connecticut is highest among the States witi i 2.90 miles: Rhode Island has 2.24 miles and Pennsylvania 2.21 miles per square mile of area. Arizona hat only 0.05 of a mile, the smallest mileage per square mile; Utah has 0.0S and Wyoming 0.10 of a mile pel square mile. I I Expenditures Fop Improvement, j The amount which was expended on public roads in the United States in 1904 would represent the interest on $1,994,285,446.25. if computed on a basis of four per cent. When it ii considered that the expenditure which this vast sum represents was for the construction and maintenance ol 2,151,570 miles of public highways' enough roads to reach around the earth at the equator eighty-sii times, it is somewhat surprising that the exnan^ihtro TVQQ nnt fiTPflter About one and five-eighth times, as much was expended for all the public schools in the United States in the fiscal year 1903-04 as was expended on public roads in 1904. 'The National Government spent in the fiscal year 1903-04 $82,372,360.10 for deeping the waterways, which is about one and' three-tenth times as much as was expended by all the States, counties, townships and districts in the United States for the construction and maintenance of all the public highways. | His Adverbial Name. A bellboy at the Hotel Baltimore j went through the lobby yesterday j with this cry: I "A. Cordingly!" I "What the answer?" asked a fat j lounger. "r v.aor vnur fi.irtlnn." replied the i "?b J " ?' bellboy, 'Complete your sentence." replied i the fat man. "What sentence?" "The one you started?'accordingly;' accordingly what?" j "That's the gentleman's name, o fnr him at the deak." j X UO!? o *-* v/w** -V. ? The fat man took the trouble to | 3ee if he was being "kidded." On the register was the name "Alfred Cordingly, Denver, Col."?Kansas City Journal. Antics of Meat in a Car. Packing house products are rather a risky commodity to haul, because fresh meats hung from hooks in & refrigerator car may get to swinging violently when the train is moving rapidly and throw cars from the tracks.?Railroad Age Gazette. The Japanese are beginning to appreciate American dentistry. All of their most expert dentists got their training in .this country. . .v:.. -.yr^ -y. - . v tsjBH Y^BHITVGS J pyoRTH KyowiNcaa A gardener in St. Petersburg baa succeeded in producing a black rose. New York City has added 894 families to its population during the last month. New York City imported $3,500,000 worth of precious stones during the last month. During the last year there has been oonsumed in New York City one ton of ice for each inhabitant. Birmingham has the largest pin factory in the world, manufacturing , an average of 37,000,000-a day. ' Information gathered from model makers show .that about 109,000 per- f sons , are working on various inventions in New York City. New Yorkers may expect thirtyseven inches of snow before the roses bloom again. That is the annual av- ' .. erage of the last twenty years. There are more persons getting free educations that extend Into all trades and professions in New York City than in any other city in the world. It is esctimated by a kew York ? builder that there arc buildings under construction in the city which will aggregate in value more than $100,AAA AA A ' . | yuv,vuu. ! Naples is to have sea bath? capable of accommodating 40',000^ptattnB. | They are to be supplied with hot and cold water, so that they may be enjoyed at all times of the year. 1 In every 1000 marriages in Great Britain, twenty-one are solemnized 1 between first cousins. Among the. nobility the rate is much higher* 1 amounting to forty-five in 1000. I ' . A New York retail merchant who ' has been in business for a quarter of a century says that not one sign out of a hundred in a shop wlpdow that " tells of bankruptcy, fire sales, closing out prices, moving bargains and such like information tells the truth. ' v \ In old Holland, when a couple ap- ; i plied for divorce, thay ?were locked up . ^ in a one-room, trying-out cabin, with one dish and one spoon. If, after a month, thev had not come to limerick they got the writ, which was seldom ! asked for after this bundling. , 1 A New. York woman shopper who is fond of figures has estimated that > the time lost by customers each day In one of the large department stores i in waiting for their change is equal to the average time of labor for one i person for seventy days. . ^ 1 The name "blue laws" was given to the first collection of laws framed ^jl|H l for the government of the New Haven , Colony. They were published In colI lectiv? form in 1650, the volume being in a blue cover, which gave rise to the qame that has clung to the faws [ ^eve^since. J Inquiry among the guests of the bread JJne -a^ itfTeVentb street and [ Broadway, made at midnight one Friday, developed the fact that out ot . 121 men fourteen had been getting ( free bread for five years and eleven ^ others had boen applying regularly 'T$m , for more than one year. ' ? r? i Newspaper Advertising. ^ If a member of your family died, 1 would you print the resolutions on a ? billboard? If you were gbing to enlarge your 1 I business would you advertise it in a ' I hotel register? % j ' If you were going to have a wedding in your family would you get out ! a handbill? You would send such items to a 1 ! newspaper, wouldn't you?: j- Then why don't you put your ad1 j vertiseraents in a newspaper? 'v ; 1 Every man who uses the billboard 1 is adding to nature faking. J The newspapers 'mild your town; why not help build up the newspa 1 pors. mere is no uewui ?ui*erwao" 1 ment In the world than a good newspaper. A newspaper is the barometer 1 of the town's industry. Show us a >? . j* | good newspaper, full of. advertising, 1 j and we will show you a good town* I full of lire merchants. ' 1 I Newspapers are town builders, i town advertisers, fortune makers, j prosperity forecasters^?they are a nej cesslty, not a luxury; they must*be i maintained. Without them we would j retrograde to the medieval days. ! Don't patronize them from a charj itable standpblnt?patronize them bo ' causo they doliver the goods?that is >C they are the right kiud. I Qut Out tbe foolishness and work ' for the upbuilding of your town and i State by upbuilding your newspapers. J Married on a Glacier. I A novel marriage ceremony was performed at the highest point on Mount Tacoma glacier recently, when Miss Ada Rogers, of Puyallup, and ' Harry A. Green climbed to the snowy I unnlro nf Mminf Tiwnmji nnrl wt>r? I^OUAO Ufc WAVUUV -- _ married by the Rev. J. Franklin Day. . ! The wedding party left Puyallup j at 4 o'clock ia the morning. All j scaled the dizzy heights of Mount Ta1 coma until the highest point of the wedding party co,ild reach was attained. There with the snowolad peaks above them and with the flowers of the fields below them the novel wed! ding ceremony was performed.?Ta1 coma Correspondence Spokane j Spokesman Review. Her Mother Wit. : A Kentucky gill whose father was i an undertaker was sent to a fashionable New York hoarding school lor a I finishing term. Ono day one of the } girls asked her what business her j father wns in, anO, fearing she would lose caste if she told tha truth, she carclcssly answered. "Oh, my father's I a Souliicrn ulttutcr."?LiDDiucott's. ??<