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CALLS TOR WAR ON RATS United State* Department ef Agricul ture Qlvee Figure* ef D?pr*da? tjen* That Are Astonishing. The rat la the worst animal peat la the world. From Ita home among tilth it visit* dwellings ami store rooms to pollute and destroy huiiiau food. It carries bubonic plague and many other disease* fatal to man and liae been i. sponsible for more uutlmely deaths among human beings thau all the warn of history. In the United states rats and mice each year destroy crops and other propfrty valued at over 9200,000,000. TM# destruction Is equivalent to the gross earnings of an army ^of over 200,000 men. <?m mn My ? farm, If the grain eaten and wasted by rats and mice could be soid, the proceeds would more than pay all the farmer's tares. The common brown rat breeds six to ten times a year and produces an average of ten young at a litter. Young femalea breed when only three or four months old. At this rate a pair of rats, breeding uninterruptedly and without deaths, would at tha end of throe years (IS generations) be Increased to 350, 700, *. 482 individuals. For centuries the world , has been fighting ruts without organization and at the same time has been feeding them and building for them fortresses for concealment. If we are to tight thoin on equal terms, say specialist* of the biological survey of the United States depart* ment of agriculture, we must deny them food and hiding places and inuat organize to rid cow tji unities of them. The department lias devoted a great deal of study to the problem and Is anxious to help In rat extermination, not only by supplying bulletins and other printed matter, bflft by supply ing the advice of specialists In specific esses Built an Insulated House. With ? house built. on t lit* princi ple of a refrigerator, its walls In sulated to keep the cold out, a new Idea In construction of residences Is being tested In t Iio cold country In Canada. 'be Ohio State Journal re nmrka; Tito residence has been used for ii year, being occupied l?y the de signer and Ids family; It was tested severely during the past winter, when temperatures ran to 40 below zero, but it Btood the test and ' whs heated throughout with electric beat during file hardest winter. The walls were designed to keep the cold out and ap pear to have done so. The walls are 'hollow, the outer walls being cement plaster on metal |alh, wllh a top coat of stucco. Hack plaster Is placed between the metal laMi ii fid the studding. The outer wall Is a sheet of concrete one and one half indies thick. The inner wall Is of two layers of asphalt paper with wood lath and plaster on top. The air tight space In the wall Is filled wlth< Insulating material, granulated cork with a mixture of planer shavings. The theory on which It Is built Is'to prevent the movement of wanned air toward a cold surface. The cost of construction was given bs 10 per cent above ordinary methods. Britain's Oldest Possessions. The Channel Islands (Jersey, (luern sey, Alderney and Sark are the chief) are the oldest possessions of CI rent Britain. They were formeWy an ap panage of the duchy of Normandy and were united to the English crown aft er Uu? Xwwm) v\>?>?x iSy William of Normandy, In HMUJ. The Inhabitants of the ('hannel Islands pre ferred to remain subjects of King John at the period of the conquest of Nor mandy by Philip Augustus, 1 1 MO- 1 To King John It has been i#> tl'i to ascribe a document at one time re averted to by t lie .( 'lurnnel Island people as their Magna Charta; but modern critics have vast very grave doubts on Ms authenticity. Almost every war with France Included a descent on the Channel Islands, hut all to no avail. The people, about Od.OOO In number, adhere to their old customs, and with in well-defined limits make their own laws. They are not bound by acts of the imperial parliament qnreSs special ly named in them'. Good Sportsmanship. \ If anything were needed to show at niiii' ? i It the British love of out door sports and the number of young Knglishnten who were crippled by the war. if could be found In the actions of the British National I. awn Tennis association In so nn?dlf>ing the rules of the game tlmt h one armed player, when he serxes, may toss the hall from ids racket instead of with his hand. To put a disabled player on an equality with competitors -who are whole Is the verj flower of sport s tntin^hip. ? Youth's Com pan Ion. Telephone Facts. The telephone industry in 1017 gave employment to L'd'J.tVJO persons, of whom 171.110. or over <W> per rent were women. The sum paid out in salaries and wages amounted to $17.V?>70.449. Those employees operated plants and equipment valued at *1 4P*_\.TJ9.ftl,\ which yielded operating ami nonop eraflng revenues of $391. 190..*?:n. London's Fight on Prohibition. The remodeling of London saloon* to make them attractive forms part of the scheme evolved as a counter move to tlo* prohibitionists who have sworn to make London dry. Brewers and ilcena 'd vlctwalers have hired ?r cblt.xt i to plan large, a^ry public houses, where food as well us drink can be obtained. MOON. AS ALL> OF FARMER AgrfeuNurlit AiMrU He Courts Mil fweetheart and Plants Hi* Corn by Luna's Light. ^ I A contributor to the New York Trlb ane. living In the country. Is alarmed lest the scientists blow up the moon. He (ftory properly says that the city man doesn't appreciate the moon ; In fact, he seldom aaes It. But out in the country the moon aer\o* a real pur pose, and If ought to be projected from onslaughts from the rockets of the sci entists. The contributor's letter Is ao delightful, and as It contulns as much wisdom as many other lettera we read we quote at leugtb ; ?'Nobody knows what the moon la made of. Maybe It's made out of some kind of mineral tlmt will explode when this flash powder goes off on It. And let me tell you, Mr. Kdltor, that wouldn't be a very fuuny thing for anybody to have the moon blow up. "Folks In the city don't know any thing about the moon, whether It la anything or whether it ain't, and they don't care, Hut we folka that live In the country use the inoon a great deal. I courted my wife by tnooullght, and my oldest boy Is doing the same thing with his girl. I've planted my corn In the full of the moon for forty years and never had u poor crop. Besides, we use the moon In lots of other ways. I can't hardly think what life would be here in the country without the moon." , Aye, aye, sir, we are for you? espe cially alnce you seem to know how to court. It bus been a marvel to ua for years how a city boy managea to fall In love with a girl when the light came from an electric bulb Instead pf from the friendly moon. ? Columbus Dis patch. PILGRIM WORTHY OF HONOR Elder Brewster Gave Up Much When He Abandoned Hla Home for a tireat Principle. Gone Is the ancient pear tree, and no trace remains of the mulberry tree plnuted by Cardinal Wolsey, tinder the welcome shade of which Sir Kdwyn Sandys sat In the Ions summer days of 1T.75 at Scrooh.v manor, but Pilgrims Ul EitgLond In 101JI) need not neglect to raise their hats to the memory of Klder Brewster at his one-time home, because special arrangements have been made for escorting parties to the haunts of IMIgrIm Fathers during the tercentenary year, All the-Fathers made groat sacrifices, hut one will be tempted to think that William Brew ster made perhaps more than most when one sees the ruin's of his pala tial home he left. Traces of the moat still exist, and some of the great curved beams can he found In stables and cowsheds nearhy. The size of the house din be realised when It Is remembered that It was large enough to shelter Margaret Tudor and her en tire retinue on her royal procession to Scotland. ? Christian 'Science Monitor. One Man Is Crew. Itecent naval tests have disclosed the remarkable characteristics of a new form of miniature torpedo boat, so low in the water that It has almost the Invisibility of a submarine, ac cording to a recent announcement In Popular Mechanics Magazine, ac companied by several Interesting*' Il lustrations of the curious craft. It Is operated by one man. It Is but 40 feet long, and \felghs 8.J500 pounds with its single torpedo. The entire forward half of the boat Is the torpedo cham ber, lyjd that jxirt of the hull Is U shaped to conform to the big projec tile, wKlle the' 'deck above Is hinged along one side to permit the torpedo to be hoisted In. To discharge it, the whole rounded bow plate Is lifted tip like a gate, flooding the chamber and permitting the torpedo to go forth on the power of its own propeller. Catch a Freak Fish. A freak tlsh, 11 feet long and weigh ing 500 pounds, was brought to port by Capt. Steve Massa of the smack Ardlta, reports a San Diego ((<al.) correspond ent. The tlsh was caught In a sea bass net ofT Point Loma at a depth of 30 feet. The tlsh had a mouth two feet In diameter, ^io teeth, purple eyes, a short, blunt nose, with a sharp horn com posed of sofid bone and a skin like h rhinoceros. A. I,. Manahan of the state fish and game commission and Capt. \V. C Crandall of me California Blo loglcal institute at I .a Jolla were un able to Identify the piscatorial freak. Photographs were taken of the tlsh and were sent to the 1'nlversity of Cali fornia In an effort to trace Its ancestry. Again, Leather From the Sea. Considerable interest I* at present being shown in the possibility of utiliz ing the skirts of .sharks and porpoises fo i the making of shoe leather. The bureau of standards has completed ar rangements to test the comparative durability of upper leather made from shark and porpoise skins as compared with that from calfskin and cowhide. The cooperation of the National Boot and Shoe Manufacturers' association has been secured In the making of the necessary slows for the test. It is be lieved that the revolts of this investi gation will l?e watched with consider able Interest.- Scientific American. Ray# of Light Cause Mirage. Mirnsre K the name given to a cer tain optical illusion en used ti.v fhe bending ??f" ruvs of ltirht In the des ert atmosphere. Mirages may ap[>ear to the eye as takes, cities. ha*ait?C prec tpVes. the hujre hcdjP of uatw retro* ; the <?ye advances. Mi rages are not uncommon In California, Nevada arid Alaska. Mr. K. B. Kollht* IXmiI Ca?*?tt. S. 0? July 'JTJ. After nit Illurn* , of were ml mouth* aud much suffering. Mr. R. 13. Kolllua died at a very early hour Wtulne^dny morning July Htli, at 111 a home lu Ca ??jitt. .Mr. IMItn* was nearly 70 years of age and watt one of the ttrst settler* of id* home village, lie iVa* married three times flr^t to Mis* Henrietta, Stoke*, of Luckuow. wh(? la survived t?,v their <Htly child, Mr#. II? II. Maker. o^Cn? w?tt. Ilia aeeoud wife wn? Mis* Julia Hyatt, of till* section. He la survived by hla last wife, who hnim MI>x I'llle Vincent, of I.an<*n*ter. In the presence i>f ? large eongre gilt ion of aorrowUig friends ami rein tlvea the funeral services were held Wodneaday afternoon ?t High Mill church near Lucknow. The service* Ljr<i$ comlm-tcd hy IJev. H. H. Hey nolds. Mr. Rollins had heen a faithful mentor Of this church for several years and will l?e greatly missed here as well audi) his home a'd communi ty. I' ii & ^ ? Michael W. Hester, ."Ml years old. of Masley, S. C., died on a train at Alex andria, Vn? as a result of helng tilt ten by a dog seven weeks ago. He was being rushed to Johns Hopkins hos pital, Baltimore, for treatment, accom panied by members of bis family and doctor* Ponder, of ICasloy, and Chnrlcs W. Gefctry. of C*reenvlllet S. l\ Traveling eomlltions In France have become so bad that the women work ers are demanding that a special car riage on each subway train be reserved for women. 9 Women are eligible for cleollou to the Belgian I'arllinent. , - ? . What They Think of Cox From The News and Courier. I "When all is said and done, how ever, flovernor Cox may lie expected to put Into tills contest both speed and power. Ho has shown .himself a hard campaigner and a good vote-get ter. -It is no ordinary office-seeker ? -- *?' " . who c/gi win aud hold * Kepublleau mmI in Ctiugrt1^ ami will thrlee over the (inventorship <?f a leading State) which 1h normally. traditionally and famously ltepublh ?ii. It U no ordinary administrator -who can coiuluct the] bud lies* atYair* of that American i?oin monwcaltfe term after term to the Mt Ufaciintt of it* taxpayer* and voter*," These are taken not from ?(imo Democratic new#ipai?er. hut from the New York Sun, the bitterest uewa* ptljier antagonist of the DomDcritic [l?ar(y and tlie most hidebound Kepub Mean organ In the country, They apeak vol U men. They constitute an e\? cdlngly iiupreaalvq admission of] the gravity with which \yell informed Itepuhilean* view the prospect h of t heir. i J>aHy In the COOBUjcMP CUHtAit with the iH'uiocrats under the leadership of Coventor Cox.' ; V. Some of the reasons why Mr. OoxV nomination wltU Mr. Hoowv^t as hlsj running mate Is making (he (J. O, 1\ do some very sober thinking are em pliaslxcd in t tie comment of ti e Ameri can pre#* In general. Perhaps the tuost Important of theiu from a , pratv tieal point of \ie\V are summed up a* follows l?y tin' New York World : "(iovernor Cox Is a nominee behind whom all Democrats may 'well' unite, lie ha* given practical application to principles of forward-looking liberal ism in his leadership of the Ohio Leg islature. He neither I* identified with the Admin Latratoo nor opposed to it. ills nomination waa not 'dictated.'" The same thought Is even more com pactly expressed by the Boston <*lobc which Is.. an Independent In polltUwl and which deefcmvs that |"*the 'San Fr:im i>eo ??e.nveuHon lias made a strategic nomination. It I? not prob able that even the very delegates rec ognized the availability of, the nomi nee until they waked up after agree v , lug, on liliu." rmloubtedly tills Is true and UJs true not only of th.? delegates, but also of the Democratic pre^s. In the pro-convention perted there were factors which diverted attention from j the practical considerations which j from the fir*-t undoubtedly pointed strongly to Cox as a highly ''avail-! "" : '? : v 1 able" num. utd as u result the ||9i?|i? ? .? I (I.U lil ? of liaUlljltf lit III VVMM <$rttr looked !? \ maiiv <>f the mo*t in flUoiltlal HCWSpaper* which had filed Upon <4 live candidate* Now, how-i ever. there It* among these newspapers i . in ? rkul?It> unanimity regard J u if the great strength of Mr. Cy$ a candi date, and this opinion 1* evhlelhly based upon Hound rea?ous vvbl?*li are obvious the moment they tire Mated. Tim* 1 1 if New York Time*, a strong advocate of Mavis. and deeply iftihued ? with the conviction that tbe forward' lug of tbe great policies of Woodro.tir Wilson, especially tbe league of iia* tlOii*. should tie tbe prime mission of tin1 Democracy, declares tlmt "tli? I WiocratS enter tbe campaign ^v|fh a candidate worthy of tbe uoftle and couii>ellLiig cause which they are re solved chill triumph through their vh tory at tbe polls." Concerning tbe nominee tbe 'IVinos sayaj ??HJovfrnor C^l oomMpi notable ele ments of strength aa a candidate. He is a man of the people, -that fine type of tbe successful American man of af fairs who hae risen from humble be ginnings by his own unaided Industry, native ability and sound judgement to the possession of. a competence and to high offices. In his own community, in hi* own state, he stands well; there U no better test of character. PolletU calfy, his strength haa been demon strated; carrying tbe -lmi?ortant State of Ohio In elections lias become a lmblt with him., Three times he has been chosen Governbrj and lie has Justified the confidence of his fellow cltlzens by eiliciency in the adminls. (ration of their public affairs." Few comment* are as .yet available from the West. The South, no matter What may have been' Its p re-eon vent ion pred ileet ion *, Is well satisfied with the ticket. The Macon Telegraph is con vinced that Cox can win and that he YV.Jil inuke a potable record - in the White House. The New Orleans' I inies-IMcayune describes him as "an a^ le standard hearer." All true Dem ocrats, it declares, Should unite 011 liibi ; and the New Orleans Item, asserting that Governor Cox has been "a Wise and -progressive State official," con stder* hi in "worthy of tl? i port of his party." v.. . lUlltU'd, Is tl|e OIIIUIOQ of \L stood Tinea i M-|?u i , i, *: vllle Tenne?setiii regards a* y the most bu?luvMl ever nominated i>> la*? HOW <5ov?'iiiui Mriiw vbnjcl tn liU ov>? s ferred from th*% Cleveland Dealer?* comment. The Pui? *gree? with what ii deofe*. *! oonvlctlou or uu. doieg*^ ,JJ*( was l he candidate ??!*?, 1 meet Warren 0. Hardlag |n ,h< palgu and beat -?'-As |iay? the Plain l>ealer, ^3 tie a director of liollek'*. |t ' A Cosi uituilnlslratii H fniUl finish. As he fear, as President lie wilt \$t Nowhere In the pre*? cejmueut , we ha ve m?ii, t-ll lur Democnn, BepnblUyin. hfrve we fyrtml tl|" position either i<> deny Goveri m>r fit liens for the office to which h plre* or to dispute his strength candidate. Both the luundiiilty which In, both camp* hi* fltae^i acknow ledged and the unlvenul m liltlon, even by the Republic**, hla availability as a candidate in striking contrast to tlu> wlu the. press comment <>n the Mr. Harding. As f<?r tin* Democratic ih?V m| matter of the Vice Presidency, Franklin I* Hoosevelt'a fclect|| accli; lined with one voice by the ocratlc press. praj.M'd iuirt?sm.Mlj | the independent newapiiM^, ?y in It ted l?y those of Republic. m cllvltles . to be the best choice could have lieen made. 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