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PRODIGIES PROVE A PUZZLE Psychological Experts Unable to Ac count for Their Amaaing Preva lence In England. Infant prodlgie* are heing discov ered lit England JI lui/iKl (Jaljy. Some connect this with the {?Kv'e'l,?<t|?gy of WHI*. < ?fi f of lilt' \ out lit* ill tUUI Wis |h l'timcla r.litlK'o, a l hlrtcen V'-ar oid girl artist, whrivc draw-lugs were given the j place of honor In i'n? exhibition .it one j of thf principal l-???u|on gulloriet. Critics dealt with them * mi 1 1 ?* seri ously iili'l said l hut ? h ? ? work w as siig gest i ve of Mot i icet II and muiic of tUe j other old masters. I'atiii'la Is n 1 1 1 1 a Hit it Kill v\ ho was horn hi Knglan.d him I never had taken any drawing j sons. Konnle Koutledge,' fotir, 1 1 1 1 1 1- . more lliair a baby, whose parents know j nothing of music, has enjoyed six months of tuition on the violin. At the tJrJinshy College of Violinists re ?'?*n t ly lie outranked 4.'1 competitors, most of them In the twenties, and scored 111) points in a possible 1 'JO. I'rofessor I 'anion describes him as a miracle, ?. Lit tle llohhle I ?a> , aged seven, of ttrlghtou, son of a motor mechanic, has wonderful powers of clairvoyance, according lo tin- Weekly IMspatch. Blindfolded. he described a number of articles,. These included a treasury note (giving 'I# color, uuinbers and writing on the bac.k),' the eolor and texture of a piece of fabric he had never seen, -the correct answer to a complicated stun In mental arithmetic and Hkum>s written down at random. After live minutes' test he com plained of feeling Icy cold. "I Just see little pictures and I Just say them." Is Hobble's explanation. AMERICANS WILL BE THERE ' Opportunities Offered In Abyssinia Are j by No Means Likely to Be Long Overlooked. After his visit to the Cnited States one of 'he Abyssinian visitors admit ted that lie knew now why there were no American* In Abyssinia. As he had seen him at home, the American, so the stranger from Abyssinia decided, Is not given to slow and tedious travel ing. He wants to get about quickly, and Abyssln4a, with nothing faster than a pack mule, offers no Induce ments of rapid transportation. "That, It seems," snld the Abyssinian, "has kept the American man out of our country. It Is too bad. We. need bridges like yours, we need streets like yours, and we need men like yours to direct the building of them." Comtner- ' daily and Industrially, however, the truth probably Is that Abyssinia has not been "discovered," and when that happens the American man will come and build his own rapid transporta tion. The mere statement that the capital, Addis Abheba, Is a cltv of some 40,000 Inhabitants and no rail way connection with the outside world Is a temptation. ? Christian Science , Monitor. Birds Have Right of Way. Fowl have the right of way In nlr, ; warns the director of military aero nautics. This Is Justice Indeed, since birds Mew first. Hut this is not all. Recently many ' towns along the Atlantic coast have been visited with dead bird showers;*; Aviators flying by a town would see h flock of wild fowl coming their wav.| They would set their machine guns and let the bullets fly. Presently a prominent citizen walk ing below would be hit with a large, bloody bird. He complained to the town, and the town complained to the department of agriculture. Then the federal migratory bird law between the Culled Slates and (treat Rritaln was referred to, and it was found that shooting birds from airplanes Is un lawful. The Wrong Man. When I was mii eighteen year-old K:r! 1 was keeping house In my moth- j or's absenee and received word from nn olfl friend of the family, of whom ? I uns very fond, that he was to be our i KtM-M f"r a clay or two. Toward, eve- ' iiinjr when the doorbell rniiK 1 told our little e. .lured maid to answer it and show Mr. Blank into the living rootn. 1 rn-hed into the room which win half dark. -otne minutes later nn4 threw in\ arm- around the gent lema n wh<> ro-e meet me and kissed him soundly o 1 1 1 v t.? hear a strange xolce vnv, "1 railed in -ee if 1 <"0111(1 interest you In a \\o:.deiTul -et of hooks 1 am showing t"da.\." I backed :?? the !n;ht and turned it or to view a perfe.t -'ranker? a hook agent. Hut Mr. It'ank's timely nrrlvnl Ju-t then -a%'d a lifle of inv embar rassing explanation.- < hlcago Tribnne. Triple Tone Electric Bell. Three separate ami dl-!ln- t sound* are Riven hy an electric hell which o; . erate.s on ordinary lighting ? in tent J . > tnenns of a transformer. In the home the boll ran be eonne.te.J with push buttons ln-ralS'd at three differeti! door-' ? front, ki'i ln'ii and snip for ex ample. When one button is pre>s.-,| a clear ring results, when the second is operated a bur z 1? produced. and when the third button I- pushed a combination buz/, and rut: results. In the office or -hop :hi- bell will prove mo-t useful. -inre It erui be nsed fit rail three different pi : ns without necessitating* them to nt the mini her of rings as mu-t often Oe done when th? customary signaling is em ployed This be 5 has no eon tart points to bum out and no bir'er.eJ to r?plao?. j WAS ALWAYS POPULAR GAME j ' Those Who Think There Is Anythlnf I New in Profiteering Have A?v other Gueee Coming, TIlO high COSt Of living WftH Just n* niii, ?, ti problem In Kllzah^tHan time" ] ns it is lUltty. The Rev. w 1 1 1 in m Har rison. a* "plaint h a* I'epys. ai d ...Minllv glft./d a* ? Mil ouloltjr. cow i it :i 1 1 1 ?'<! that maglatnues In His n.iy W iiik??t ri\ ni.r.lmotH who charged ituiio for commodities thnn they were pi i iiiil ' ? < I ??> In - <?? charge. , |ti v ;,v l|l ! Ili V. "bodgl'is" It.ls f.ViU.v desre ri I'll ve wold Is of 1 1.0 .loii.lv nif's oiyn coining Were* allowed "to burn op ? "t" i and riil^** the price of It, Id <aii\ it home unsold, or to a <11** t?nl liwiilvi't. if iIm'.v want more money iIiiiii the hii ver lilies to pay; nay. thev've h-iive 10 export It for the hen* cflt of eiii'tnleH abroad. so as to make more profit. Dtifiim the world wnr there whs ,aiu ?f certain American* who deliberately destroyed curlaad* of |x? tutoes, cabbages and other vegetables mid foodstuffs In order to raise the priced of these commodities. Same old story! Th ore's no hlpg new. remark* J. N. |I.. In Rochester Post-Kxpress. Again, to liark hack to Rood Canon Harrison, "pesterlferous purveyors buy up eggs, chickens, bacon. etc.; butter men travel about and buy up butter at farmer#' houses, and have raised Its price from 18d to IOd a gallon; These things are 111 for the buyer and the poor man, and should not be allowed." After all about the only thing that Is true Is that there Is no ne.w thing under the sun. Like the poor, the profiteer Is always with us. TAX EXPERTS LOSING SLEEP Question, "When Is a Girl a Miss?" le Puzzling Bureau of Internal Revenue. The other day Lew llahn, executive secretary of the National Retail 1'' ) (ioods association, took the Joy out of life for the experts of the bureau of Internal revenue when be asked whether corsets were underwear. Now he has gone and done it hgaln. the query this time being: ( 'When does a girl become a miss? Kramers of the new revenue tax law Included In the list of taxable* "wom en's and misses' wearing apparel." Kx pert# of the bureau. Mr. llahn says, have Informed retailers that no tax is to be collected on wearing appall for girls. Retailors say there are hundreds nnd hundreds of misses, and <piite a few married women, who are so petite that . they run stili wear, and therefore buy, girls' clothes. Does the fact that such articles of clothing lire to be worn by womeh of mature years change the na ! tare of the rtpparel In the eyes of the law ; or do garments designed for girls remain girls' wear, regardless of the ago of those Who buy and wear them? This Is the puzzle Mr. llahn has put UP to the bureau exports. A Waiting Game. "Suppose you wait here In this com fortable seat while I match these two samples of ribbon." said Mrs. Slmson sweetly to her husband, who had been entrapped Into going shopping with her. When she came back she said con tritely: "Have I kept you waiting an unpardonable long time, you poor dear?" "Oh. 1 haven't minded It." he sal<. cheerfully. "1 Just Jumped on a car and ran up to the football match, and then 1 took a little spin In Jack> Dance s new car. Hid you mafch the samples?" "One of them. It's so provoking. I shall have to come In again tomorrow, for they are Just closing the shop." ? London Ideas. Tubs May Strike Next. Add to the strikes for higher wages that (if negro washerwomen of Louis- I v I lie. Aunt Katie (last name not known | even to patrons) was asked the other j day If she could do a washing the j next day. "'Deed no. chile," was the reply. 1 "An' any more washings I do 1b goln' I to cost yuh ten cents moah," she n<1ded. j Pressed for an explanation. Aunt ' Katie said that she and "seb'ral other j washer ladles are goln' on a picnic to* I day and won't do no washln' for no buddy." j "1'urdemoah. d!s ten cents moah uo.-s j all the time now. I >e street car men | Is gonna git moah dan dat fer strikin', I and so Is u*," was her explanation. ? I Louisville Courier Journal. Mcdical Education in Chin*. The China medical hoard of tin* Rockefeller foundation will soon have ? in operation in Peking a splendid in . s ' 1 1 u 1 1 on for medical research and ' teaching the Peking Union Medical college. A group of 1.1 buildings i* In rouroe of construction. On account of their gre?>n tiled roofs the new build Ink's have already Required the natue ' of "the (Ireen City." Th?* college will open in the autumn of HHP. A pre- < pnra'ory school w as opened t w o years I ago If is exported that the whole i esttildlshmeti', including a new hbspl j tal. w ill be runninu by the ?*nd of I0'i!0. . The hoard plans to open another tnedi- | cal Institution in Shnnirhsl Scientific I A merbn n Easy i Fastidious Couutrv Ko?rd?*r ? Ureat j Scott! Cant you do something to I keep th* flies out of this dining room? ! Ks?li".<*r ? Wal. >es 1 could ?et thf ! >?hle !n the kitcher. Bn?fon Kveolog Transcript. The Wonders of America By T. T, MAXEY THE GRAND CANYON IN ARIZONA. Till*} late George Filch hii Id "Arizona was made !?y nature in a frivolous - 1 ? i < 1 contradictory in<>od? n few million yonrs ago, Just to show num. when In* arrlve'l. what she could do w hm she frit llk<? It," The Orii ri?l Uanyon of tin* Colorado RlYo"r~Mhe most UOIHhM'flll geological and MpoctiiCUlar phenomenon known to inn.n? Ih In Arizona. Discovered by Spanish explorers in liVIo, It Iiiih l?tM*t? irn object of wonder and mlmlrutlon ever since. Jn approaching It your tlrst surprise l.s tli^j you are not pro pared for It. Its beginning Ih ho very abrupt. In one jump from the edge you could go down 2, (KM) foot. Viewed from the rim, looking down. It Is ? stupendous panorama ? an unbe-. livable abyss. <1,000 to 5,000 foot deep, i 10 to 18 miles wide and 200 ml let) long. Its Hides are lined with counties'! and varied ornamental architectural fea tures, the whole beautifully tinted ttnd colored and marvelously harmonious. Seen from the bottom, looking tip,. It Is mo big that It amazes and bewilders one. On every side ?ro endless pro cessions of caves, terraces, pinnacles, lowers, buttes. cliffs and peaks ? storm carved and weather-stained ? many of them higher than any mountain east qf the Rockies,1 yet .none of them level with the top. <iloh?,? trfitters say that nothing else In all the world even re , niotely approaches this spectacle. ThoM'olor combination seems to shift with every movonient of the sun clouds or your position. There lu a trail to th" bottom and a road around the rim. UTAH? "THE PROMISED- LAND." FIRST settled in the summer of 1847 by Rrigham Young and his little band of Mormons, numbering less than l.">o souls, Utah is fast coining Into Its own. Utah Is 7,000,000 acres larger than ail of the New England states combined, and there Isn't much, If, indeed, there is anything? within rea son- that the imagination of man can conceive or his heart wish for that the state does not yield or cannot offer. 'Tls said that Utah contains enough Iron ore to rebuild most of the steel structures in the country; sufficient black marble to build a column from ?the earth to the moon; salt enough to supply the world for 00 years; the greatest copper mine in all the world; enough coal to supply her population for do, 000 years; Wlay and sand enough to make the world's supply of brick for many years; 4,000,000,000 feet of lum ber and sandstone and Kranite In quantities equal to the rebuilding of the majority of the buildings In the United States. Gobi, silver, copper, lead and zinc to the value of $97,000,000 were mined In Utah during one recent year. Good ly quantities of agricultural products and fruit are also produced. Utah's climate Is neither hot, cold, j dry or wet, but rather a happy medium i with a touch of salt air added for good measure. Her fertile valleys remind i one of Italy, her pointed mountains i hold h touch of Alpine beauty and j great painters sr.y that her sunsets are | the most beautiful In the world. THE "SEAGOING" RAILROAD. KKY WKST Is nearer the eastern terminus of tin1 I'anama canal, by 1 almost MOO miles, than any other of our ! gulf ports. It Is separated from the j main land by the Florida keys ? a more or less disconnected string of islands, j composed largely of coral aurt^TTme stone. To reap the hene/H of Its strategic i position, however, direct and quick transportation with the main land was ! necessary. A railroad was the an swer. Its construction wns considered . Impracticable and impossible. lint there are men who will undertake any thing. The late Henry M. Flagler fur nished the funds and the work was be gun In 1005. Men from many climes, ' maferial of many kinds and new meth- I ods of construction were called into service. The winds, waves, a torrid j sun, many known and unknown fac- \ tors bad to be grappled with and solved. Kven nature had to be over conic. The construction must he storm proof. From Homestead, where the exten sion begins, to Key West, It Is 1-8 , miles. Jumping from Island to Island are 11 miles of concrete arch viaducts , tind six miles of steel bridges? one of which contains 24.1 spans. The con- ' structlon of the line on the Islands | proper was comparatively simple. Joining the island by rail was the ticklish Job. Thanks to the senilis. grit and un tiring efforts of the engineers, one may now enjoy the heretofore unthinkable and unique experience of riding from ! Key West to Miami in about five hours on a train running, for the most part, over water Instead of on Tand. Aunty Would Help. Kill Hush of I. A. A ('. whs showing nn elderly lad> the virtues of the car he sells. Me made many turns nnd at the proper times extended hl*? arm as a turning signal. The old lady watered the proceeding for some time. Then ilie craned ber neck and l<Vmed nr the sky. "Mister," she said sternly, tapping Hill on the shoulder "yon Jo*t tend to yon." driving. It don't look like i rain Do how. but if It Klumld, I'll let ? ?ou knovt."? Ix>* Angel#* Times. ATTENTION MR. AUTOMOBILE OWNER DO YOU HAVE trouble getting Tires for your cur when you want them? We carry a complete Mock of UNITED STATES and GOODYEAR tirea and tubes of all sizes at all times. Give us a call and let us give you prices. We sell for less because we absorb the war tax and save you that much. HQYAL CORD TIRES tlie Standard Tire of the world carried in stock in 88x4, :i:$x4 and 34x4. . ? , ' A C C KSSO RIEV b 1 liS, GASOLINE and expert repair work by mechanics who know their work. No experimenting at your expense. CARS WASHED AND DOPED PROMPTLY CAROLINA MOTOR COMPANY, Inc. 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