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J 7ZZZ?nn42)Vl COYQ7& W TNCLE SAM is killing off //' I say tliat the federal gov- || Xe*r ernnient is obliged to II waSe persistent and ag- ttl CZSXtB gressive war against the ?' ^ predatory animals In de life of national park and national forest and of JL the herds of the cattle- T ^ jT ^ k man and sheepman. More V than 150,000 wolves, coy- 1916. The total killed otes,'bobcats, lynxes, mountain lions including animals pois and "killer" bears have been killed in 32,008. Utah comes se the six years since this warfare began. 712; Texas, third, with Yet the beasts of prey persist, in fourth, with 10.018; On spite of the fact that the hand of every 12.524. and Washingtt man is against them night and day, 10,015. yeur in and year out. The coyote is Texas lends the sis even increasing in numbers and is number of wolves dispi widening his range. Nobody knows tal being 1,500 during tl just why the coyote howls at night. As good a guess as any is that it is his way of notifying civilized man that he HELEN KEL Is still on the job and intends to stay, _ In spite of rifle, trap and poison. And i * everyone who has heard the coyote give voice at night knows that a large TWTADISON, WIS.?H part of the weird performance strik- ville, Wisconsin, t lngly resembles mocking laughter. States, have met, retolc Government hunters in the last six achievements. Miss Ki years have killed with trap and gun she was nearly, two ye 150.150 wild animals that roamed the fever. She has been ed Western ranges and preyed on live was taught to speak bj stock. The campaign against these ani- vocal chords. tin la ivnc honir hv flip cnvprninpnt 111 WilettU HUCCinS. tl 1915 nnd now aU the states except old. Two years ago sin Arkansas, Oklahoma and South Dtf- j kota, are co-operating. The list Includes 406 bears, 17.S42 hohcats and lynxes. 133.604 coyotes, 068 mountain lions and 3.630 wolves. The total shows the number of scalps taken; it does not include the large : number of animals killed by poison. The figures would be greatly increased if those animals, too, were in the list. Many poisoned animals are never jj?& Sfrh-^wi Their Destructiveness. In the fiscal year 1921 tne total num- j' ber of predatory animals killed was ^ 27,637, classified as follows: SO bears, \ 2.408 bobcats nnd lynxes, 1M.25S coy- j otes, 128 mountain lions and 594 1 4 The average destruction by these animals is estimated to have been each wolf nnd mountain lion, about 1 $1,000 worth of live stock; each coyote ^ and bobcat, $50 worth, and each stockkilling bear. $500 worth. In view of these estimates an idea is obtained of I *1'' the tremendous damage averted by the ^|| government s sKiueu muueo. mi-stfigures are averages; In some oases, much higher figures. The Custer wolf ' &*--*was estimated to have killed at least time she has learned to $2">,000 worth of cattle before it was her hands on the heat disposed of not long ago. j gj,e tells all colors thro The figures given represent the gov- Miss Keller looks i ernment's activities along this line In of the things which slit Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colora- Miss Keller was so pit do. Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mex- coinpllshments of Miss lco. North Dakota. Oklahoma, Oregon, j Had I all the hu South Dakota, Texas. Utah, Washing-' t could not see ton and Wyoming. During the six-year j -lore deary Lli campaign more predatory animals were "I am delighted ihi killed In Nevada than in nny other developed, and I look stute, largely because that stnte was do If they work long e the first to conduct a co-operative cum- things in the world, hi palgn with the government, starting In | being." NATURAL EYE CLEANER I SJSZfJLT | pecially well develope Many automobile windshields are In man It Is a functh provided with a "cleaner," which, I In the Inner corner o when not In use, rests at one side of have lost ull muscular the glass, but In stormy weather may ! and It serves no good be drawn quickly across the wind- , than possibly to point 1 shield from side to side, clearing it of { over which we came.? raindrops or snow or dust. Many Dispatch. groups of animals have exactly this sort of "cleuner." or third eyelid. Bird Helples which may be drawn from the inner Eminent naturalists Y corner of the eye across the eyeball that certain of natur< TIME TO THINK i p- l* L n ? English Coast The time required for the human | mind to conceive n single thought has it is not commonly fc been estimated at a twelfth of a sec- era! varieties of sma ond. Poser. This figure was arrived found around English at from experiments, proving that it Is ure mostly discovered In impossible for a man to obtain more low water mark, though than ten contractions of the muscles resemblance to the s each second. If the will cannot obtain merce. Growing spong more contractions It Is because the act \ Is carried on off the < < of will requires a certain time and the The seed sponges are successive volitions cannot follow one pieces and attached by another at too close intervals. | lar or triangular cenu ^ Killers? ?. ' . ;. v ' * A pulgn, or more tban 10 per cent of the H?^r \\\ total number of wolves killed In ull ^SjW sixteen states. Wyoming ranks second ijtrap I in number of wolves killed, with 480; J/ tnna, fourth, with 339; Arizona, fifth, /// with 183, and Utah, sixth, with 170. *n nuiu^er coyotes whose scalps r Hkl) have been taken by government hunt?i ers and in co-operative campaigns, Ne0 r vada leads with 27,173; Utah is sec^ ond with 18,707; Texas third with in Nevada, not 14.S30; Idaho fourth with 14,454: Oreoned. Is put at gon fifth with 10,351, und Wasnlngton cond, with 21,- sixth with 9,031. i 18,002; Idaho, Arizona and New Mexico account for ?gon, fifth, with nearly two-thirds of the total number >n, sixth, with of mountain lions killed, their totals being 255 and 170, respectively. In :teen states in Utah 71 mountain Hons were killed; tised of, the to- in Oregon 43, Colorado 30, California ip siv.vpnr p?m- 29 and Nevada 24. LER AND WILETTA HUGGINS Blind and Deaf Women Conversing. kUI4ttMHMI<4lll444MlMII1|in.MMMIMMtf14Mtlflil4l44IIIMIIIIIItllltllll14tliltlM44IIOlNttMIIII1IIIIIIIIIM4l44IMf UIHMUMIJHUfllltltllUM'flHIMtiltMMII IUNHH elen Keller of New York find Wlletta Huggins of Janeshe two most famous deaf and blind women of the United 1 tlieir troubles and complimented each other upon their filer (at the right) Is forty-one years of age and since ars old has been deaf and blind as a result of scarlet lucated, however, graduating from Radellffe college. She r a teacher who. had Miss Keller pla'ce her hands on her ie marvel child of Janesville, Wisconsin, is sixteen years s became blind and a few months later deaf. Since that ' ' -\^"''" -:>'.'V- ' 'it: "y talk with other people through her finger tips by placing 1 or on the bony structure of the chest of the person. iugh the sense of smell. jpon Wlletta Huggins as far In advance of her In many ; has accomplished. At the close of an hour's Interview, *ased with ull she had learned and delighted at the acHuggins that she wrote these lines: n that shines Nor star-guided, sail More surely toward le's enterprises, The Islands of my dreams. lit the power and gift of her spirit has been mnrvelously forward to her helping others to realize what they can nough." said Miss Keller. "There ure many marvelous it nothing so wonderful as the adaptability of a human r8 in all verte- creatures show strange helplessness man, hut Is es- under certain conditions. Place a vuld in the birds, ture in u pen six or eight feet square >nless rudiment entirely open at the top and the bird f the eye. We will be absolutely u prisoner as if it control over It were hermetically sealed in the lnpurpose, other closure. This is due to the fact that >ack to the way vultures never begin u flight from the -St. Louis Post- ground without starting on n run of three or four yurds. If they cannot have that preliminary run they either sness. cannot or will not attempt to fly, luve pointed out and so a vulture will remain a prisoner i's most uctlve | for life in a Jail with no top. Q nn no | l?w<*ro(l to the ocean bottom. In oponges ; about two years they reach a size suit! able for commercial purposes, wheremown that sev- upon they are removed and new seed II sponges are cuttings are attached. The period ol shores. They growth for an ordinary bath sponge etween high and j measuring about a foot in diameter is they bear little j ten years. For this reason sponge beds ponge of com- are seldom worked incessantly. An ;es from "seed" exhausted bed may tie made profitable iast of Florida, to work after four years, during which cut into small time the sponges not worth gathering wires to eireu- at the cessation have grown to a re;ut blocks, and ! spectable size. IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL Sunday School ' LessonT (By KLv. p. B. FiTZU ATtU. D. D.. Teacher of English Bible in the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) Copyright, 1922, Western Newspaper Union. LESSON FOR MARCH 19 THE DOWNFALL OF ISRAEL LESSON TEXT?II Xings 17:1-18. GOLDEN TEXT? Righteousness exalteth a nation; but sin is a reproach to any people.?Prov. 14:34. REFERENCE MATERIAL?Hosea 7. Ames 2:6-16. ! PRIMARY TOPIC?What Came of Wrong Doing. JUNIOR TOPIC?Israel's Punishment for Disobedience. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC ?Results of Disobedience to God. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC ?How National Sins Are Punished. 1. Israel Taken Into Captivity <vv. 1-0). TJ'.is wns the fulfillment of that which Amos had predicted In the days of Jeroboam II, at n time when the nation was at the height of Its prosperity. The northern kingdom was ruled by It) kings, all of whom were wicked. Their wickedness wns net because of lack of information or opportunity, but in sliite of It. God promised* the first king Ills blessing [ If be would lie loyal to Him. Jeroboam departed from God and the apostasy thus begun continued downward to the end. In the reign of Hosheo, the last king, the king of Assyria came and besieged Samaria and carried the children of Israel captive to Assyria, from which they never returned. II. The Sins Which Caused Their Dcom (vv. 7-18). 1. Conformed to the ways of the heathen (vv. 7-0). God had commanded them not to follow in the ways of the heathen, hut these Israelites, instead of maintaining lives of separation, secretly did that which wns <lisnlp:i?infT to God. Secret sins Just as surely as open sins bring ruin for all things are naked and open to Him with whom we have to do. One may maintain his reputation before men while practicing sins, but ruin will sooner or later overtake him. Even though God had cast out the heathen for practicing these sins, the Israelites followed in their ways. God demands separation (II Cor. 6:17). 2. Served idols (vv. 10-12). They not only compromised by "walking in the statutes of the heathen," but worshiped their gods. It was not a long step from following in the statutes of the heathen to worsklplng their gods. Before they worshiped idols they cast off the true God. Idolatry came In because the race did not wish to retain God In Its affection'(Horn. 1:2123). People today are worshiping Idols because they have first cast off the authority of the living God. Man is a worshipful being. When he censes to worship the true God. he worships other gods. Neutral ground : is impossible. | 3. They were rebellious (vv. 13* 1.1). God by his prophet knd said unto them "Turn ye from your evil ways land keep my commandments." but they stubbornly refused His testimony, even rejected His statutes. ! God. in love, tried to save them. He I sent some of the noblest and best nrnnliets who ever spoke to man to persuade tliem to turn from their | sins, such ns Ell.1nh and Elishn, hut they hardened their neeks and plunged deeper into wickedness. 4. Caused their sons and daughters to pass through the fire (v. 17). Tills was the dreadful Moloch worship?the most cruel rite of heathen worship. It was done by kindling a fire in a hollow metal image until its arms were red hot and placing live children therein to he burned to death. 5. Resorted to magical practices (v. 17). When faith In the true God wanes, men always turn to the magical arts. In this wnv they sold themselves to evil In the sight of the Lord | to provoke Him to anger. III. Judgment Falls (v. 18). At this stage of the drama the curtain falls. God could not be inactive longer. 1. God was very angry. God's anger Is not raving fury, hut the revulsion of His holy nature against sin. Sin cannot exist in His presence. His wrath must strike. Though He waits long, the debt must he paid and always with compound Interest. There Is only one way to escape God's wrath; that Is, to turn from sin. 2. Removed tnem out of His sight. The land of Palestine is regarded as Vie land of God's sight; that Is. the place of His manifested presence. Their national Identity was hlotted out forever. These people are still scattered nmong the nations, nnd as a separate nation doubtless they will never return to their land. The Judgment was severe, hut not more so than the sins merited. God hnd waited long. The despising of His grace must eventually work ruin. W^int judgment must fnll upon the people today who reject His grace and tuercy! ¬her Lesson. Who. If he is honest towards himself. could say that the religion of his manhood was the same as that of his childhood, or the religion of his old nge the same as the religion of his manhood? It Is easy to deceive ourselves and to say that the most perfect faith Is a childlike faith. Hut hefore we can learn that we have first to learn another lesson, namely, to put away childish things. There Is the same glow about the setting sun ns there Is ahout the rising sun ; hut there lies between the two a whole world, a Journey through the whole sky. and over the whole earth.?Max Muller. Meditate. Meditate ns much while on this Journey as If you were shut tip in a hermitage or in your cell, for whatever we are, wherever we go. we carry our cell with us; Hrofher Body is our cell, and the soul is the hermit who dwells In It. there to pray to the Lord and to meditate.?.St. Francis of Assist Ilf Daddy's L^Evei\ii\g Fairy Tale ayt\ARY GRAHAM BONNER twumi II VUIIIN Fimhfli union ' ? LIZARDS "It's so nice," said the Australian Monitor, "to sound rather Important at first. I believe - they have monltors in schools and that they are girls or boys who j tilings that are Ira- ; p o r t n n t and trusted and all of "But while they mn,V tl>ink | soun(* HL^ they may not he M disappointed when they find out I'm a curious creature i even If I'm not 41 Important In any "A Curious Crsa- school way. ture." "I've never been to school. No one ever asked me to po, and no one ever sent me. They didn't care if I didn't po to school and by 'they' I mean my family. "For an Australian Monitor learns all he has to learn out of school Just as well as he would in school. Perhaps he learns his lessons out of school bet- ; ter and what he should do and eat and so forth. "An Australian Monitor mlpht he in school fillinp Ink-wells when he could be making himself a stronger and a better animal or reptile by being out of doors and catching a small rubbit or something like that. "An Australian Monitor, or course, | is a lizard?and a good strong lizard, too. We can eat small animals whole. We are very large and very big and grow to be eight feet long. "We can run very fast and we live In the dark jungles. We are fond of meats in the way of food, or rather, we don't care about vegetables. "We are from India and we have relatives in Africa and in Australia. "Hut one of the most Important things about us Is that we can eat eggs whole and that the sells dissolve themselves Just like capsules or pills do. "Yes, eggshells are alright for us, and I'll tell you the reason. "We have fine digestions. We don't have our tummies getting upset the way so many creatures do. "Gracious, we don't have to go to bed and take bad medicines and say: " 'Oh dear, oh dear, why did T eat that!' "Yes, we have superior digestions and they are Important." "We are beautiful," said the Green Lizard. "And our family came over front Europe. That is, we didn't come of our own accord. You know what I mean." "We didn't go down to the pier with our luggage and put our names on the passenger list and then come across in cabins on the big boat or anything like that. "But we were brought over. "And when you speak about digestions we agree with you. "It is most important and very pleasant to have a good digestion. It makes a creature feel better and happier and all of such things. I always enjoy my meals and I always feel hafipy. I feel so pleased with myself that I show off and folks coming to the zoo quite enjoy seeing, me." "And I," said the Chameleon, "have been brought over here to Join the Heard family, for I have such a lot of interesting colors which I show at different times." "I am a curious creature," said the Gila Monstef, "and I am really stupid. I came from the desert nnd I move slowly and awkwardly along, for my body is fat and brown. "I look as though I were covered with black and brown and tan and yellow beads, but I'm not. It's Just because of the kind of a suit I wear that I look that way. "I give a good hard bite and I make anyone suffer whom I bite, tut I don't kill them. No, I'm not mean enough T" j ~~jjTy i s fl e d to make them suffer, that's i a word to say, or a hiss to make. I'm really a lizard and should talk -yCtr with all of you, jS though I look so much like a snake that creatures call me a snake by mistake very often and my "Really a Lizard." n u m e, as you know, Is Glass Snake. "I'm a real lizard, but I look like a snake. That's pretty interesting. Now that* Is more than any child I ever saw. could do. I've seen a lot of them at the zoo, too. "I'm sure none could look like pussy cats and yet be children, or could be pussy cats and look like children. I'm an interesting creature, 1 am!" Perhaps, Indeed! A Brooklyn man is being sued for divorce because he objected when his wife had her hair bobbed. Don't be too quick to denounce him. Perhaps her ears are bigger than he supj>osed them to he. "We Must Hang Together," Etc. Benjamin Franklin is the author of the quotation: "We must all hang together or assuredly we shall all hang separately." lie said it at the signing of the Declaration of Independence July -1, 1770. 0DOYS saxrrs (Conducted by National Council of tha Boy Scouts of America.) A FRIEND OF BOY SCOUTS "Old Charley Tiffany" Is dead; died in a poorhouse at that, and penniless. Was lie u failure? Not if you accept the verdict of the boy scouts of Bridgeport, Coun., who declare lie was the best of good scouts and followed him to his grave on New Year's eve with reverence and tears. "Old Charley" was once rich and prosperous, a famous landscape architect. But misfortune caine. His fortune vanished. His family life went shipwrecked. Only ins sou, uueiei, rt'iiiitiiit'u iu mm uun the two ciime to Hridgeport to begin life anew, on six acres of land purchased on the Installment plan. Things were just beginning to look a bit brighter when the war came. Goelet went "across." The old man worked alone. Presently the word came that the boy would never come back. He slept under a white cross In poppyland. The old man gave away his six acres to the hoy scouts. He loved all boys for Goelet's sake and he wanted his friends, the scouts, to have their needed camp. He became an odd-Job workman for anyone who would hire him. living obscurely In a mean little rooming house, interested in nothing but scout activities. When he died they\ found that when he gave, the scouts the farm he did not own it. All the installments were not paid on the purchase price. ' He didn't tell them anything about thut, because he did not want anyone to think the gift had a string to it. And there wasn't any string, either, For often, without sufficient food and clothes for himself, frequently without a place whereon to lay his head, the old man, dollar by dollar, cleared off the last cent of debt on "Camp Tif fany" before he went to the {lill&ld? home, a county charge, to die. BOY SCOUTS IN THE WOODS Ice and Snow Have No Terrors foi the Boy Scouts?They Have at Good Times in the Winter as in thi Summer. HELPING THE RED CROSS Logansport (Ind.) scouts dlstrlbutet over 500 window posters for the Rer Cross, and on n certain Sunday tw< uniformed scouts were stationed a every church In the city, dlstrlbutinj Red Cross literature. At Tarentum, Pa., scouts hav< been helpful in gathering in bundle! of old clothing for the use of the pooi at the request of the local chapter o the Red Cross. Nearly everybody li willing, even anxious, to contrlhutt cnst-otY apparel where it can be o; use, but when it comes to getting tlx bundles delivered to the receiving sta lions?there's the rub. The fact thnt r courteous and businesslike young niar in khaki called for the contrlbutior and relieved the donor of all furthei ' responsibility probably doubled th< grist. THE INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE An English scoutmaster tells the following story: After a long day, visiting the battle area around Metz wood with a group of his scouts, tlie scoutmaster sat down on a boulder and made a sign to a p<orly-clad French boy who was hoverlig near, that he would like a shell case. The * J ? -~4 ~ " l " <-A"' II L? rt (1 ooy UllUerSlUUU UlIU V?U3 l/n li??c a shot, returning in five minute* with a shell case, which he presented with a beaming smile. The scoutmaster offered him a frnnc. The boy shook his head and walked away. After a moment lie came hack and trade the scout salute. It was his explanation of the reason why he had relused the money when obviously It would not huve been umlss. He was a scout und a scout does not accept tuoney for a good turn. DOINGS OF BO.Y SCOUTS San Francisco boy scouts removed all election placards and pther outdated posters as one of their community good turns undertaken at the request of Chief ot Police, Daniel O'Brien. Chief Wnrnock of the Swampscoit (Mass.) tire department has requested the boy scouts of the city to collect as many old brooms as possible to be used by the department In lighting forest and grass lires. Knoxville, Tenn., has one of tlie longest records in scouting of any city of the South, Troops 2 an i 4 having been in good ytanding and continuously active for more than ten years. Martin Gerard of Berkeley, Cul., a relative of former Ambassador James W. Gernrd, was presented with a bronze medal for life saving at the latest session of the Court of Honor. The medal was awarded by the National Court of Honor in recognition of young Gerard's heroism In saving the life of another lad who wau in danger of drowning. JBomeloaii TBetosY WELL CALLED "MODEL TOWN" Industrial Community in Massachusetts Approaches the Ideal as a Place of Residence. Of the town of North Billerica, Mass., a correspondent of the Boston Transcript writes: As one walks about town he is pleasantly surprised by the appearance of cottages and gardens. They represent various types and periods of construction and evidence of individuality In taste, but their charm lies mafnly in their gardens. Here one discovers the feminine touch In delicate vines,, trained over roof, porch, fence and wall, or In a charming porcn nox nueu with color, hiirmony.and grace. The more nmbltlous macullne effort Is detected In spacious gardens, showing evidence of muscle and determination. Everything, however, reveals the hand of the landscape designer who, by his advice and supervision, has helped to create and maintain the desired effect, being careful not to destroy the Individuality that is so important a part In any garden, and thus the yearly competition feeds the very natural element of ambition. "Do you feel that you secure a material advantage by employing a land- , scape designer to beautify the grounds about your plant and help your tenants In making and maintaining their gari dens?" I asked Frederic S. Clark, president of the Talbot mills. "It Is impossible to state from a * i dollars and cents standpoint the effect of the landscape work, or of any of the other features which we have ln[ troduced outside our purely business relations with our employees," he re| plied. "I am glad, however, to say r that our relations In every way are of a very friendly character. We have , had but one strike of any moment, and that was about 25 years ago. Our labor turnover Is comparatively small, which Is an Indication of satisfactory employment conditions." SHOULD BE WELL LAID OUT ! ' Importance of Proper Planning of Town's Future Is a Matter Too Apt to Be Overlooked. v Speaking at the session of the conference, the Rev. Howard S. Chlldley Of Winchester pointed out that town planning Is an ancient art. applied by the Romans in England and exceJlently Instanced by the planning of the town common at Oxford. England, fn Its application, he said, European cities and towns are far ahead of the United States and American cities and towns show today of what value planning would have been at their Inception. ' To obtain this development now. Doctor Chlldley urged, education of the community to the economic value of the work, and then the enlistment of Individual Interest In co-operation 1 must be attained. As the representative of the Commonwealth, Mr. Yoflng declared that? despite eight years of encouragement by law, the need of town and city planning Is not widely enough realized. 1 He asserted that the time has coma 1 for the state to provide more appro) prlntlon for this work and to aid Ir? t creating public Interest. Pointing to ? the development of municipal forests abroad, he urged the Importance of > snch reservations to a community 5 with the lapse of a half century. r ? f When a City Is Disfigured. s When any pffrt of the city Is dls? figured by billboards or when any resf Idence neighborhood .Is ruined by the ' unnecessary intrusion of business the . whole city suffers. People don't enjoy i passing ugly or Ill-kept property In goi Ing to their homes. It weakens the Ini centlve for a family to own Its home If there Is danger that the property may > be hurt at any time by the erection of a business bouse next door. A city cannot permit itself to be disfigured in spots. It cannclf acqul | esce in n policy or ugly neignnornooas here and there. If It does. It subjects Itself to unnecessary handleups. It retards Its growth. A city is a unit. 'Damage to one part Is damage to the city?Kansas City Star. A Railroad Monopolist. "Pa." suid Johnny on the afternoon of Christmas. "Well, my son?" "Why didn't you ask Santa Clans to bring you one of those electric trains If you like to play with It so much?"?Boston Transcript. Rural Community Best. Civilization, culture and development of rural people are to be found In conjunction with town and small city, and not apnrt.?Oalpln. . fi Companionship. "Don't you feel sorry for the poor > animal that was skinned for the furs you bought for your wife?" "Why should I feel sorry for the quadruped? It's true he was skinned for those furs. But so was I." Among the Tired Business Men. "You no longer embellish your speeches with humorous anecdotes." "I had to quit It," replied Senator Sorghum. "Audiences got to calling for funny stories instead of paying attention to my serious arguments." No Oil From the Banana. The bureau of chemistry says that there is no oil manufactured from the banana Itself. There is a preparation known as isoamyl acetate, which Is used for gilding, etc. It has the odor of the banana and Is often termed banana oil. True Friendship. We do not like our friends the worse because they sometimes give us an opportunity to rail at them leartily. Their faults reconcile us to heir virtues.?Ilazlltt. I