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ASY TO WRITE WITH TOES seertion Made That "Accomplish. ment" Can Be Acquired in a Com. paratively Short Time.' When next you go to lie zoo, watteh the lonkeys use tlhei r hamids, suggests the Plopular SWIence Monthly. Notice Iow% they si'zo things with thlir li. They do not uisp their finger-etis as we do. Vhile the higher itoikeys, Such as gorilias 111and hi anzllpinei's, may be tagnit to use their fingers, they never laIrn to Ise thein ats easily as do iuman beings. Tie monkey is prinaiIly a tree dwenler. It lives in forests and wngs from tree to tree, using its hands as hooks with whileh it grasps the branches. The t humb Is iot brought into play. Some South American t - keys have lost the thumb through use ; ill that is left of it Is Ildiea I by a little lum1p under the skin. Inl the higher ionkeys the wrist s built like y(urs. It hits the saile ntnltht ber of bones. But the monki'y lias never used his wrist, andI so it has lost the flexibility. The mnonkey' en ustit ' his fist to better advantage than his hinds. Man, on the other hand, has used his feet so long simply for the purpiose! of walking, that he wvoild experience con siderable dificilty in using thbet as lie uses his hinis. Yet, i.t is aJmzing how quickly a m1atn entI learn to use his toes as he doe's his fingers. If you don't believe this, just try to write with your toes. ,At first the letters will be very large and awkward. lt with a very little prtietice you will find tIt you (-fill write with your toot mjaore 'asily than with your left hi:id, f you are n aturmt ally right-Iain'led. It is tiln it tractivI exerc iie withil which to while away an hour1'. We knoiw you will try the expeIlmbent. LESSON WAS TOO REALISTIC Class in First-Aid Work Promptly Proved That "Nerve" Was a Thing They Lacked. A doctor of a small town of central Missourl was instructing a class of 30 enthusIastle young women in first ai(d w'ork. The lesson for the evening was on nerve, and he was e(ndeavoring to en lighten themlt as to just whait was mleaitnt by "Inerve," and how it wIts es pecially necessary in the ease (of neci deits. The inetrucltor. continued by saying a distinaguii'-Id ihysein i had saild that "Nerve ieans you must be Cool, you inlust be very cool, youl mus1t hv cool." Just as he fintisled this exiilati lon, a1 s('reTarn was hiard olltside, followiedi by several p)st'ol shots. Tile oliter door into tihe ha senient of the town library, where the class was be'lig held, was ilung open. Two men, struggling to gether, their clothes drenched in ( blood, rolled down the steps into the roomn. There were moans from the writhing ,'formns on the floor, but the class did not hear itnem. Tihey in( flown, not only to the outer door, but to a friend ly shelter across the street. Nor, when the'doctor went across to them, and explained that the shooting ifTriy was oily a sham one betwi1en two college I/oys, which he was using to illustyate his lecture, would they re turn. They hnd completely lost their "nerve," they e'xplainied, and1( their tnerves were' so shaken they must go hiotme at onIc, antd go they did. Training Little Children. Childr'en ar'e so opien-hear'ted and( readly an rlitesponi~. so sweetly and quickly to fithI and truist that we ofteni intiss gr'et t hpinesshi'5 by not shariing our hopies and1( joys tmotre freely wiithi If w e keep 1the bond v'ery elose', ourt hiotne ii heenmooiie thle gret mieeltlog clildren will be like a poiwerful inag no(t whose ttrac(tloln the clii ldrenC can not resist. So, from these 1beglinnin gs the home tle will hbe so~ stri'ugthenedi~a tintt we need never fea r tIm inthiie tilluremnent S of the' world eann drawi our chIildren froin uts. bult ('lan list 1assu1red( that they will alIways reot urn' to thle "('(enter of deep reilose."' Worms That Thrive on Ice. I. E. Mlatths (if the UniitedI Stattes s1taniv-rm 'ItlhIht aboundii~ on the low erI paris of tihe M3iiunt Ihiniier giluili's. Theyi3 all' dark ibrilown, sie'ii!er and abouiit all inich in h'ngthi. On favorale Sday. In July andi August millions and lng ont the surf'taie of thie ice, e'videnttly~ brledi'(1ni. t here anrd-fieudin tg iln origaniic mtatter lolwn upon the' giicer in ihe I'rini 'If dust. "S(1 essetia tl to' their exisltnt'." says Mir. rtlth's, '"is the clill of 'he ice tha t thliey el.tert severail I'ies, a tul somletime man 111iy feet, ble low the surface onl days when't thel sun1 is paric ulrl-iy hot, reapperin'lig late Real Purpose of the State. ft'ar. to' subjcti item to the Will oIt emlt hi is f ar :s jo.siile toI live ini 5' u ity that 6,to presertve for each to himst'elf or to htis nleiglhb'lr. No, I te 11ent1. li oject oft thIi stateIl is not to) tils it' lllt(mta~t .its (objeiCt is to en 11ble1 the it t/I'tns to devlop ini security etmloy tW('ir reasonih. The truti ('1:d of .the slate, therefore, Is lIberty. S3plinoza. EXPLAINS POISONING BY FOOD -4 --- Science. Has Discarded Theory, Long Held, That Ptomaines Are the Cause of Infection. Poisoniing by food is no longer ex pltined as "ptointine poisonilng," but iI ai adtlress to tlt! Amerlcati Asso elation for the Adyncernent of Selivhi f-. 1. . at t I I sioweI that it s due teithl to true imeter0ial toxincol aa blI(! to thoe of diphtateria v1ndI tIe t.t.i btelilli. or. () ififectionl wvilh specific In vertionl enr1rit-1l by the( food! article. Th'le best knlown exnlinple of thle toxinl-fon-1 Ing iirobes I.t thet bacillus, bottilinuils, whiich has produvced in (li- Untieod 8tates 22 recorded cases ofl ioisonking, of which 17 were lit Californita, while (;reait Britaina hats reported lit) cast. Tiis type of liiolsoning is rare, bit in fetiont with food-bornte disi-nste blic Iteritt seenis to occir in at greait nutilluber of tnses. The bcterina are either pres cnt in the foil l Itsolo , O tite food i containinted froi human sources. The chief food-borie Infections hith erto traced to IuIan conitatlinitilon are typi oild fever Ittl the vaIrlius pa'raltyl phoi (I infections; but to Ithese Intist be ointied certaint infections ralre ly itranisitnitted Ity finy footi except Ittilk, sich its diphittheria, searlet fever. and strepto(coccus sore thrott. The type of infection fromt food ntt inntted it its source Is exeiplitlted in the tiseases of (erCIotnin rood annluttas. 'Ilie chief init'ctios known to be ditl to foodf infeted atit Its source lre those -- it itily tinent-horle-catusled by the gr-oupj of pmratyphold eniteritidis lute Ierin, inid thost resiltin.-g fron the use of !infected milk. The bacterial dis (nses of plants dio) not infect naian. GREAT WRITERS NEAR DUEL Tolstoy and Turgenev in Fierce Dis pute That Might Have Led to Deadly Encounter. Tolstoy and Turgenev, famous Rus sinna novelIsts, w\ere contemporaries aind friends, but on onie ocenasion they had a seriaos falling out. As. gathered from a recent bIography, t his is the story of their quarrel: The two fit maouse novelIsts met tat it friend's house. Turgenev spoke eitliusiastieltly of hIs young daauglter's tew\ English gov erness, ntiitloning lutt sht' reqiriied the child to mend old, ragged clothes to give to the poor. "Do you contsider thatt gttod?' demandd Tolstoy. "I Cer tainly do," reiled Turgenev ; "it iikes the charily workers realize everydly netds." "And I 1ini1uk that at well dressedl girl wlilt filthy, malotorous rags In her liaids is acting a iusiliere fiar'ce," co-t:ttented Tolsloy. "I task you not to say that," excilained Ttil gtentv, holly. "Why slould I it ta. what I am: cnvinctd is I rut'e?" retorted Tolstoy. "If youi. siy that igatii I will box youlns!" Tlrgenev erled, Vhait with rage, iand ruslhed from IIt' room. A dol was nitrrowly averted. After ward ilhese fmittious men beenme ree onltilei, ail oi his dlathbed Turgenev wrote an affecting note to ToIlstoy, ad dressing him its "the great writer of our Iussian hutl."-Outlook. Chinese Queues Not Barred. Although the trtille in hImaniti hair hts not been so brisk during the past few years as formerly oi ntecount of tit' veeritig of th flishitonts in hatir dressing twttirdl tht extrImes-t simli ity, t here arte mnillionis .of pounds1 of huitunn halir expotrted froma ('hinao. Onec of thle pieculiart fitets In connectioni wvith the tratdte Is that often after the Chinest'e senid thle hitIru toi us we tret It ad dye It aind ser~d It hock to beo moade' up for sp'cial use. This is usunti ly truae in regatrd toc the Invisible hati r wVomen't ust to keelp thetcir own'i locks In order ton a windly daiy. VTe hair -net business lots becomue of great Imupor tanice to thle plrov'ince of Shtatun g, whiichi now provides practic atlly3 the ent Iret supply for Ite miarket. l'Tus thle lohIait et. wtcrn bty thte veriest .Stniy-atI-lionm' in Amiteritenhaos doubi~tless crosse )5the I i'otvenn thitree timaes.-P'opu Lightning at Sea. sip~s tat st-t itre In nao dtager of beting destro'yedt by 1lih tning. Of ial lie dlan gel's that tbesetft' senmiant, Ilihtnling itgin st wvithi perfectt thlorouighntess,. rantge-d, ot'r th' most coinilete pr'o tent ion from th Ile eletrie'1 tluid. lltefare t hIs fiati wits we- Illiunde entuse of damalitge to shiin~lg. Ina 1803~ to 1815 nto ftwet'r thiant sevet-y vessels of th Ing'a 'slilt avy were enIi rely crip[ led-t by being sltuck. It wats a nto tun ('tmmoln ti ng for' vessels to be set oni lire 50 comltpltetly by Ilitig as to de-fy extIlintm, with th le retsutlt thit tiste ont boa rd wh'lo wveret not kilit-t bty thle elettiet disca-ltrge ini many ini sinnates probai~bly lost thitir live-s thr-ulghi hling mm~tble to itt downul the What They Asked Him. fThert' is at- mn ini (iown who is tit-ed oft herigutheti name ofitt ay sml. ar ofs popular ankue lise namet isL.at Ilinedt lti tht Oniid M lnda lorningi thp un n ht--tts is haet' to It-t, e'ht it ihe thed tin te' siak andt bSroktle atoe (tclube dtitt tnt he -strh tinin re ad vctqlg-~-uainana u o en Naskdlnth Remedies for the Earache. For an caralie, dry hent 1- the satf est reinedy. Never should the tin ot her drop oil or ainiything else into tie eair wI Iuitht belig espechilly oriered to (10 so by :a Ioctor. A staill hot-watr bag with Ia ,liiel COvTr, 1a kid gOve-tllger ililed wiVtlh salt and then licated ln tile ovenl, ort, simply, a1 lhtun1el made(h Very hot and covered by another o(e to hold in the heat, may be plaiced overP ithe bahy's (ar to 'eiieve tihie pin. If this does not seeiml enouigh, then a sinull rubher ear-syringe tuy be filled with hot wa ter; 1111d wile the lole of tlie ear Is gently held downwiNard 1 4 undl back watrdi tit(- itfither should iuse the s3lt!(I i It~l3' I -l t41 ' i lie lint syige carefully, fthe( pl h o flanunel after drying olit tihe tr. WVhIII pus Ims formled, or if this simnipl e itrelat imnit does not relieve the acute pain,11. a doctor should he asked to xainie Ilie eaIr. 'ossibly the d rumii mtnvuibrane maiy need to be opened. Ilot hborie ield solution or somie other dis.infeet ant will be needed to syringe the f1ar if puts is present.-Marianna Wheeler, in the l'eople's Ilone Jour nal. Nicknames of Cities. Baltimore, Monuiental City; Ros ton, Hlub, Puritan City and City of No tiois; Brooklyn, City of Churches: V 5I W IS FULLY ] SUMMER" SHIRTW) Attractive v trimmed, cool $1 TAFFET. New plaid ta collars. WASH JA Sheer and s< embroidered a: collars. $2 LADY S Somethingn for women. A garment in a se container. 'sleo S W I Buffalo, Queen City of Ile Lakes; Chi cago, Carden City; Cciimitti, Queen Cityt Clevelind, Forest City; Detroit, City of the Straits; IlmIa nnil. lko., Bl f City ; Indinnt.olis, Itallroad City ; Kceloliz, M.., Gte City; 1,otlsville, l'vll City; Lowell, Al1s1., City of Sp u dies; New~ 11aven. City of Elmis; New Orleans, Crescent (ity ; New York. Em plir City ; I'hiladelphia. QuakIzer City ; PI~ttburgh, S'noiy City ;nd Iron City; Porla d, Al.,Forest ( ity;: ;och"ster, N. Y., Flour City; St. Lo-i1s, Mound (*if.y; Sinm rncso Golenl ("nte; Sinl1gfield, lii., Flower City; Wash ingitn, city of Mgi iticent. Iiistances. To Make Your Shoes Last. Whenl.1 y1ur shoe leat therl gels dry or 1111, you should (oil or greose it, Says, thle poliar. Scionee(. Alontid1y. To do, this, first brush off al 1111 1(d anld then AVsIh thle shoe In warin water, (rying It with a soft cloth. While the shoe Is still wet, apply the oil or grease. rubbing it III wih a h of wool, or better still, vith the pa hn11" of te ha ndf. After treatienti t. Ihe sos slihld he left to dry in a warim but nlot in it lot place. Castor oiS i reo vi (ed for shoes h.1t 11rp to be polished. ioir plnieri( foogear, fish oill and oleiv. or any ono of ithe less ex Ipnsive oils 11aiy be substitut(d w% ith Very goo(i reslts, Z PREPARED T( MONTHS AT ISTS $1.00 oile waists; lace and comfortable. ,.00 A WAISTS ffeta waists; white L.50' LP WAIST~ - >ft quality >f1 rid lace trimmed .50 ~EALPAX ew in underwear thletic style; each mnitary dust-proof a Suit F ZE R IL A DRESS YOU FOR THE A REASONABLE COST ATTRACTIVE SUMMER PARASOLS For Ladies and Children Children's size 40e to $1.50 Ladies' size $2.00 to $7.50 SATIN SKIRTS Baronette wash satin skirts in white only, the most practical skirt to buy, for $5.00 SHOES Ladies' wvhite kid pumps, very stylish now, $7.50 White Canvas Pumps $2.50 and $3.50 LADIES' HOSE Ladies' lisle thread hose in white; seam up back; very fine quality, 7i Co5