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DOG PROPERLY STANDS FIRST Of All the Brute Creation, That Faithful Animal Has Rendered the Greatest Service to Man. In the early days, centuries and centuries ago. man lived mostly by the chase, as today the last surviving savage tribes still live. The raising of herds, the tilling of the soil, the manufacture of goods, all were unknown. Wild animals, hunted in the forests with stone weapons and pointed sticks, furnished almost the only resource. Their fish gave food, their skins provided clothing. To catch the game, a fleet-footed auxiliary in the chase was necessary; to keep these dangerous animals in a proper state of awe, a courageous defender was needed by man. This auxiliary, this defender, and, best of all. this friend, devoted even to death, was the dog; a gift from heaven to help man in his pitiful beginnings. With the aid of the dog, life was rendered less perilous, food more assured. Leisure followed, and from being a hunter man became a herdsman. The herd was formed, at first Microscope Reveais Many Vegetable Forms Can Move As Easily as Can Animals One of the chief distinctions between vegetable and animal life is that animals have power of choice and of voluntary morion, while vegetables and plants grow only mechanically by natural law. But the microscope seems to show that many vegetable forms can move as easily as can animals. There is a plant called Vol vox globator, so minute that millions of it could be put in a wihe glass, which is seen to whirl like a top across the field of the microscope. Some plants found in our ponds, which are still more minute, move habitually, as with au apparent purpose. Scientists who have given closer study than others to climbing plants state that these seem to exercise the liberty of choice. Their tendrils, in climbing over pieces of wood with holes, will try one hole after another until they find one that pleases them. One investigator saw a tendril with. draw itself after having located itself very indocile and at the slightest lack of watchfulness taking again to the wild life of old. Its keeping was confided to the dog. which, posted on some rising ground of the pasture, its scent to the wind and ear on the watch, followed the herd with vigilant eye and rushed to bring back the runaways, or to drive off some evil-intentioned beast. Thanks to the dog, the herd gave abundance?milk and its products, flesh for food and warm wool for c.^thing. Then, relieved from the terrible anxiety concerning daily provisions, man took it into his head to dig in the earth and make it produce grain. Agriculture sprang into being, and with it, little by little, civilization. By the very force of circumstances, therefore, man in all countries is at first a hunter, later he becomes a herdsman and ends by being an agriculturist. The dog is absolute^ Jy necessary to him, first for hunting, then for watching and defending the herd. Of all our domestic animals, accordingly, the dog is the earliest on record and the one that has rendered us the greatest service.?Chicago Daily News. m \ Helgoland Resuming. The islanders, forced to migrate to the mainland during the war, have come back to Helgoland, and tne smallest nation in the world, as the Helgolanders like to call themselves, Is hoping that by another season the island will again be a popular summer resort. The thought that most disturbs them is the possibility that the demolition of the fortifications by the entente commission which is presently to arrive for that purpose may work some injury to the natural beauties of Helgoland. A correspondent who went there to have a last look at the German engineering which will \soon be demolished, reports a state of general satisfaction among the islanders, and finds that Prussianism seems to have left no impress on the civil population. The feeling is everywhere that the future looks full of promise, and thai the past is well got rid of. . Better,Stories to Be Told. "Let me write the songs of the nation and I care not who makes the laws," was the idea of a luncheon given recently by T. Tokonami, minister of home affairs, at his official residence to story tellers and. singers from the cheaper amusement halls ol ; Tokio. Japan nas nunareas or storytelling halls, which vie with the cinemas in attracting throngs unable tc attend more expensive entertainments. Tokonami said that the songs and stories of the people have a great in fluence on the character of the Japa nese community, and he urged his guests to give the public only thai which will elevate the mind and character, as well as prove interesting and artistic.?From the Japan Societj Bulletin. New Zealand's Trade With Japs. Japan's imports into New Zealand are increasing rapidly, and they consist almost entirely of manufactured goods. During the war period large quantities of Japanese goods flooded . this market, some of which were of a fairly good quality, but some were very shoddy. The sho.ddy goods were imported chiefly during 1916 and 1917 since which time the quality of the Japanese manufactures has greats improved. Refined Robbery. "I don't, understand all these day" ooid fho nffi. XlgllL lUUUCiiCO, oaiu V4AV |fV4?w v ? cer. "The explanation is easy," replied the criminologist. "Robbers now have their own motor cars. Wealth brings refinement and they do not care to ; come into contact with the rough element one is likely to meet on the streets at night." V Inconsistent. , "Bah, sir!" snorted the irritable member of the club. "It's a waste oi time to argue with you!" "You're an inconsistent fellow !" said the unhappy victim. "What do you mean?" "If you consider it a waste of time to argue with me, why don't you leave go of my coat lapels and let me gei on with my business?" Stunned Into Silence. "Would you say, 'Thank you,' to a ; man who gave you a seat in a street i car?" "I don't know," answered Miss Cayenne. "Maybe I'd be too surprised to speak." in a hole for 3t> hours. I Mother's Cook Book Our common mother rests and sings, Like Ruth, among her garnered sheaves; Her lap is full of goodly things. Her brew is bright with autumn leaves. -John G. Whittler. Good Things for the Family. . Salads are good dished which the family all like and if made of simple, well-prepared vegetables with a wellseasoned dressing, especially a French dressing, even the children may indulge in them. Cauliflower and Onion Salad. Chop one onion very nne anu uuia with the cooked flowerettes of a fine head of cauliflower. Cook two slices of salt pork cut in small pieces; when bro\Vn pour the hot fat and crisp pork over the vegetables, season with salt and pepper, then add boiling hot a tablespoonful or two of vinegar. Serve at once. Cabbage may be used in place of cauliflower. Chicken Aspic Salad. Use strong clear chicken stock, add two tablespoonfuls of gelatin to a pint of the stock, stir in a half cupful of broken walnut meats when the jelly begins to thicken. Mold, chill, turn out on lettuce and mask with mayonnaise. Chestnut Salad. Shell, blanch and cook the nuts until tender. Add an equal quantity of celery finely cut and some bits of pimento. Serve with mayonnaise. Orange Salad. Cut thin slices of sour orange and arrange in overlapping slices, sprinkle . with finely minced parsley. Serve on lettuce leaves with French dressing. This salad is especially good with game. Bernares Salad. Grate a fresh coconut, add twice the measure of finely diced, good flavored apples, a tablespoonful each of chopped red pepper and onion, add salt and cayenne to season and serve on lettuce with any desired dressing. A French dressing is especially good with this salad, using some of the coconut milk with the oil and vinegar. Salad of Smoked Herring. - Skin and bone the herring and flake the fish. Use as much hard-cooked egg, chopped, as herring, and twice as much diced potato as herring. Season with grated onion and mix with French dressing. Serbian Government Asks for Yank Female Doctors Officials of the Serbian government are asking the American government for medical aid for their country?especially for women physicians. The Mohammedan men, whose women folk lead a very secluded life, prefer that they be attended by women doctors?equipped with modern medical science, but free of masculine charms. The American women's hospitals have maintained women physicians in Serbia for two years, many of them having been decorated for bravery in war service. The Serbian relief committee has just dispatched a unit of four women doctors and a dentist to Serbia, all financed by the American women's hospitals and working under their direction. Airplane Is Used to Hunt Trouble in Panama Canal Airplanes are now being employed fer hunting trouble and patrofing pole lines in the Panama canal zone, according to advices from the air service. In one recent case a seaplane went from Balboa to San Carlos, repaired a line and returned in one hour ond fiftv minutes whereas the triD through the jungle trail by horseback would have occupied not less than three days. Recommend Rats for Food. Surrey. England, gamekeepers recommend rural rats as good eating. The animals are said to live on clean grain and water and are delicious when baked in a pie. Surface Temperature of Parts of Back and Chest Varies Twenty Degrees The temperature of the interior of the human body, which means so much to the physician, Is fairly constant, and is easily determined with the mouth thermometer. But of the temperature of the skin and its possible significance little is known. The heat is received from the subcutaneous tissues, hut is lowered by radiation, conduction and water vaporization, and the ordinary thermometer?only a small part of which can be brought into actual contact with the skingives no useful indications. Even with a special thermometer having a large bulb and an insulated outer surface, the results are unsatisfactory on account of the retarding of the normal loss of heat. For the Carnegie institution nutrition laboratory's experiments at Boston a new kind of thermometer has been devised, and the apparatus, though shielded by insulation, acts so quickly that a true record of skin-temperature is obtained. The process is thermo-electric, one metallic junction being placed in a bath of constant temperature, while the other is applied to the skin. The current set up is directly proportioned to the difference in temperature of the two junctions. In air below 60 degrees Fahrenheit it was found that the surface temperature of different parts of the back and chest varied as much as 20 degrees, and it is concluded that the indications will prove of value in testing physical condition. Uncle Sam Is Economical: Orders Stamps Imprinted With Inscription "2 Cents" "Uncle Sam is agaia practicing economy in connection with his postal stationery, and his thrift means more new varieties for collectors," writes Kent B. Sriles in Boys' Life. "When the war-time rate of 3 cents for an ordinary letter was reduced to 2 cents on July 1, there were in post offices throughout the country excess stocks of the 3-cent envelopes. The postmaster general has sent notice to all postal sub-agencies authorizing the imprinting of the inscription '2 cents' in red on each envelope just below the circular die. Inasmuch as this imprinting is not being done at the bureau of engraving and printing at Washington, but at sub-agencies independently, there is prospect of many varieties of type becoming available to collectors, and it' is not unlikely that such errors as inverts, broken and missing and misplaced letters, etc., will appear. "The cost of an ordinary post card was lowered to the normal 1 cent, and the sub-agencies have been authorized to surcharge T c.' across the circular die on each card, although this situation is of less interest, as philatelists do not collect postal cards. "Of course, the imprinted envelopes and overprinted cards sell to the public at the new prices, 2 and 1 cents, reipectively." JUST TO SMILE Out of His Line. Tt was one of those rare occasions when Sir E. Marshall Hall, the law* yer, lost a case, and he wasn't feeling so very happy over it. "Your profession doesn't makf angels ont of men, does it?" said a medical friend, teasingly. "No," retorted Sir Edward, "that'l one thing we leave to you doctors 1" Professor Was Peeved. ^ "Good morning, professor," said flh . the landlady sweetly as that Jr K individual entered I Is* breakfasl ticed It," return?! 1* tlie professor. Disheartening. They had been engaged for full 3(3 minutes by the cuckoo clock. "I have a surprise in store for you, Alfred, dear," she replied. "I can cook as well as I can play the piano." "That being the case, darling," he replied, "we h^d better live in a boarding house." A Hard Stroke. First Ribbon Oierk (after recelvini a glassy stare from the girl he met on his vacation)?And she did not even speak to me. Look at the way she holds her chin up. Second R. C.?And remember th? hours you held that chin up teaching her to swim last summer. * ?... A Sure Silencer. "Then you nev- T?V er kick about AgS household exT& ' 4<M%\ "How's that?" / / \ I J 1 "My wife would ^' II J tell me to run the 01 house." CStp One Better. "Bragg won't let any one get tha better of him. The other day when a man boasted of the fine ruby he had on his finger, what do you think Bragg said?" "Whet did he say?" " It was nothing to the carbuncle o& his neck." j Ak A^A A^a A^A A. fy ly T^T Ty y T^T ^T T^? ^ fr "^T T^T (LOT ! > > I Saturday, Nc Y w * I | At Bambe $ MR. BEN F. FREE PURCHASE % PLACE WHICH HE IS NOW E SMALL TRACTS. A STREET I X AVENUE HAS BEEN OPENED ERTY. MR. FREE HAS CONTE X THESE LOTS AT AUCTION ON * % rnrn r* \ air t>-dt?7tcj a " <? 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