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F many more things
happen I won't try
to get dinner!" Ju
dith Parker an
nounced, herself
thus, her pretty face
very dejected. It
was 4 o'clock or. the
d.iy she was to en
tertain the vestry
men and their wives
dinner, and from early
had met with nothing but
interruptions.
?.rk. or, to present him
-rifled fern, the Rev: John
of t. Jv.cies, naa Deen caueu
jrhborincr parish on a very tm
i.nd tedious errand, just as he
-tin;: out to attend to the mar
or her. so that every bit of her
zht ! c spent in a final straight-
h::;.rc preparing- the dinner
i lc her first attempt at en
since she had become his
ccfnir.
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?-rkcr.
jcrtant
Frantically she began operations in
the parlor. But just as she was dusking
the -"prominent" things in the room,'
Mrs. Perkins "stepped in for a minute"
on her way uptown, and Judith had to
sit down and entertain her for an hour.
She was on the verge of tears when
her caller finally departed. Nor did her
woes end there. The gate had barely
closed behind Mrs. Perkins when Tilly
Mason sent word (Judith was depend
ing on Tilly to prepare vegetables, wait
on table, and wash the dishes after) that
her mother had had "a spell" and she
could not come.
Judith sat down just where she stood
and her wail went up: "If'rrfany more
things happen I won't trv to get din
ner!" But a glance at .the clock brought
her to her feet and sent her flying kit
chenward. She had just two hours in
which to prepare a four-course dinner,
set the table with some degree of elab
orateness, dress, do the dear knows
what not for Jack when he came in, and
the Churchstoncs were sure to arrive
ai exactly 5 :451
Judith groaned as she thought of the
Churchstoncs. Mrs. Churchstone , was
the leading member of Jack's flock' and
Judith's most dreaded critic , Nothing
she did pleased Mrs. Churchstone, who
constantly held up-as a model minister's
wife Judith's predecessor, Mrs. Stand
ish. And it was Mrs. Churchstohe's
thrust at Jack about the "many, many,
many" times Mrs. Standish had enter
tained the vestry that had brought forth
the belated invitation to dinner.
"WeVe got to-have them, Judy," Jack
had said firmly.
"Oh, certainly !" Judith had returned.
"I've been putting it: off, 'Jack, until I
was quite sure of my cooking." She
had spoken gently enough, but her eyes
had flashed at mention of Mrs. Stand
ish, But she tried to, put all 'thought of
Mrs. Standish's triumphant regime out
of her mind. She wanted to do her level
best, and she did not believe unhappy
thoughts would be of material assist
ance. Very wisely she had decided to
serve dishes with which she; was fa
miliar and proficient, and if everything
hadn't gone so completely against her
all day she felt sure, no matter what
Mrs. Churchstone might think about it
thatthe dinner would have been one no
housewife need be ashamed ofi
It was 5 o'clock before she found time
to touch the dining table, and she had
expected to put all of an hour on its set
ting early in the afternoon. She wished
wildly, as she made more than one dash
back to the kitchen at sound of some
thing boiling over, that Jack would
come to watch tlungs, if only long
enough to permit hfr to rush upstairs
and don' a presentable dress. .
Just then he came. After one look at
his tired, irritated face she did not ask
him to do anything. She left the half
set table instead, followed him upstairs
and got out his clean white shirt. Then
she turned to her own dressing, though
a glance in the mirror at her crimson
face made her feel more like sitting
Sown tad crying fjer eyes qet Bet she.
slipped into a simple white dress -bravely,
helped Jack find his cuff links, which
had disappeared mysteriously, and with
the earnest admonition to "hurry, for
goodness sake," was making frantically .
for the kitchen, when, horrors, the bell
rang! . .. '
Of course it was the Churchstonesl
Tudith deserved a Carnegie medal for
the smile with which she welcomed
them. And she maintained a perfectly
splendid poise while Mrs. Churchstone
divested herself of - her , wraps in "the
spare bedroom, though all the time she
was in absolute agony to get tack to
the unfortunate . dinner. By the time
Jack joined them in the parlor, leaving
her free, in her nervousness, she was
positive she could smell every blessed
thing burning.
The next half hour was a breathless
rush. When everything was finally
readythree-quarters of an hour after
the time setshe thought with a groan,
thinking of punctual Mrs. Churchstone
she was almost At the breaking point.
As she started for the parlor to invite
her guests to the dining roorn she had
to pause for just, one . small moment.
Oh; she was so tired and nervous and
frightened! She knew things weren't
right! She had never entertained all
alone in all her life there had always
been mother. Suddenly she seemed to
stand right there close to her, "Judy,"
whispered the dear voice, silent for
more than a year, "don't you know-that
you've done ywtr level best and that
when one docs that one needn't be
afraid?" ,
Judith's eyes, brightened and she en
tered the parlor without appearing un
duly flustered. At dinner she was a
bright and charming hostess, though' she
very quickly discovered that she. had
forgotten-to twit many necessary things
on the table. She tried to laugh off ev
ery unexpected "hitch," but out in the
kitchen? her fingers convulsively pressed
lips that' trembled. All the while she
felt that Mrs. Churchstone was making
a silent, scathing comparison between
those famous "many, many, many" din-:
ners and the one before her.
When they finaUy left the table a rap
turous glow surged through her. It was
over, thank goodness ! There was only
an hour rvso before her in the parlor,
then she could relax. It wouldn't have
been so bad in there if Jack hadn't
. wanted to show pictures and books that
she hadn't had time to dust. She sur
reptitiously rubbed some of them on her
skirt before he got hold of them,
but, of course, Mrs. Churchstone saw
her, and, of course, Mrs. Churchstone
would express proper horror afterward.
Mrs. Churchstone, Judith thought,
wasn't enjoying herself a bit, because
just as the clock struck 9 she rose to
leave. Naturally, every one followed
her. lead, and in a few moments Judith
was alone, Mrs. Churchstone having in
vited Jack to walk home with them.
Tears were beginning to come when
jc ucdiu jauv ic-mi mug, mui vn
hadn't really gone, af ter all ? She made ""
no move to rise, she was so tired. Jack
crossed the room swiftly .raised her
head and then- It wasn't Jack at all;
it was Mrs. Churchstone 1
Judith tried to rise, but she was
pushed back gently, while Mrs. Church
stone exdaimed, a tremble in her voice.
the dear only knows you must need it.
You see, I know, because I know all
about the dreadful interruptions you've
had today. AH about old Mrs. Couch,
Mrs. Perkins, Tilly Mason's mother, and
Mercy, how did - you manage to do
anything at all? I've- sent your hus- T
band home with mine so I could tell
you what a brick I think you are and
help you with all those dishes. Why,
Mrs. Parker, you're the pluckiest, finest
minister's wife I ever met in my life!"
Judith looked her disbelief. "But, Mrs.
Standish, you know," she began.
"Mrs. Standish? Poof!"
Judith was really beginning to enjoy
herself. "But her 'many, many,
many,' wonderful dinners, Mrs. Church
stone!" "H-e-r dinners! Her cocs yol
mean. Why, I don't know that Mrs.
Standish can even boil potatoes proper
ly. But your dinner tonight! Mrs.
Parker, I never ate more deliciouly
cooked things in my life !"
Judith thought she never had had a
more delicious compliment in her fife,
and said sor
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A Little Decision Is Made
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HERE was silence fn
the room. Mrs. Gol
den crocheted with
little jerks of the
needle. Her lips
pressed tightly to
gether, and there,
was too much color
on her soft, faded
cheeks. Her hus
band, in the big
fcther cna'r beside the library table,
icld" h:s newspaper with a hand that
jasbisd. His glasses were on crooked
tlcr.e toot moved nervously in the air.
fencVr.rrc in the house the telephone
it! an- and there were soft steps and
l Trice attending it. Then the door
jped and z girl appeared. She was
slim and pretty. Her great, dark,
j!: eyes moved in a slosi-stare from
lc: rather to her mother and back again,
fe she had taken strict account
catiiy of the little scene she spoke.
"Ralph Curtis wants us to go for a
little spin in his car," she remarked
carelessly.
Her father flung down his paper
with a slap. Ker mother crocheted fast
er. "I shall not go," she said, crisply.
"Too bad," said Marjory. "Nice ride,
freer
"Freer , cried Mrs. Golden. "When
he expects to sell us a car. It's just
one of his agent schemes. I saw through
him the other night when we were out
with him. His one idea was to demon
strate that car so your f atlier would fall
in love with it "
"Well, I did' Mr. Golden stood up
and plunged his hands in his pockets.
"Now, look here, Lib. There's no rea
son why we don't have a car. I've got
the brains to run it."
"Elihu, if you're going all over that
ground again I shall leave the room.
I've had just about all the discussion I
can stand for one day. My head is be
ginning to ache now." Mrs. Golden put
her hand tenderly to her forehead.
Mr. Golden groaned. That headache
of his wife had tied his tongue for 25
years. It was her one weapon, and she
used it skillfully.
Marjory leaned against the door cas
ing. She had shifted her large stare to
the window. She appeared to wait
calmly and impartially.
"I shall not go," said Mrs. Golden,
with emphasis. "I'm sorry I went the
other night. But I did it because I did
not think at first that Ralph had any
designs on us. But I soon saw what he
was up to." I have no fourteen hundred
dollars to put in a car. And you have
no time to take from your business to
run it, Elihu. That's settled. And I
tell you here and now you're not going
out in that car today without me. I
can't trust you."
"That's a pretty way for a woman to
talk to her husband," began Mr. Golden.
Mrs. Golden's forehead took on an
expression of intense pain. She rose
and laid aside her crochet work.
"Abuse me if you like, Elihu," she
said. "I've begun by being firm and I
shall stay firm." She moved toward the
door.
In the street outside sounded the whir
of wheels and a piercingly sweet siren.
"Mamma!" said Marjory, suddenly.
Mrs. Golden stopped.
"You don't mind my going for a little
while . with Ralph, do you ? I'm not
supposed to be a prospective customer.
It seems a pity for him to come way
up here for nothing. I can tell him just
how things are," she added, thoughtful
ly. "You don't want a car, so there's
no toeed of his keeping at dad all the
timelto buy one."
"Ill attend to that part myself, miss,"
said the father, sharply.
Marjory turned her beautiful eyes up
on him calmly.
"May I. mamma?" she pleaded.
"Why, I see no objection to your go
ing, Marjory. Ralph's a nice boy, but
top keen a salesman, that's all. You
may tell him, and save me, that so far
as I am concerned a car is out of the
question."
Mrs. Golden emphasized the personal
pronoun, and glanced meaningly at her
husband. Then she went on upstairs to
her room.
Mr. Golden stood beside the table his
hand resting heavily upon it, studying
the pattern of the fug. He looked mis
erable. "Dad!" whispered Marjory. She put
her young, strong arm round his wilted
shoulders. "Dad, if ever I marry a poor
man 111 never let him feel the way you
do this minute. Married folks should
be partners, no matter which has the
money. I know you want a car "
He kissed her. The siren tooted again.v
And Marjory fled.
When an hour and a half later, the
girl returned, she found her mother get
ting supper. Mrs. Golden always did
this on Saturday afternoons, which was
the maid's time out She looked cheer
ful and composed and very neat in her
embroidered white apron.
"Hello, mamma!" said Marjory.
"How do you feel?"
"Quite all right, dear. Have a nice
ride?"
"Beautiful.. And I told Ralph decid
edly that we shouldn't want a car be
cause you said so."
"I say so," replied Mrs. Golden. "I
never saw yourather so possessed over .
any - foolishness, Marjory. Fourteen
hundred dollars is a lot of money. I
suppose he might feel different if it was
his money. But I know that my father
worked hard for what he left me and' I
don't propose to see it fooled away on
what is unnecessary. A car would only
give your father an excuse for neglect
ing the business, and the business would
suffer, And I have your future to think
about, my dear."v
"Never mind .my future," Marjory
said. "My future will take care pf itself.
Maybe I'll marry a man who can sup
port me without aid."
"I should be sorry for you if you
couldn't," said Mrs. Golden. "I always
thought I might better have waited "
Marjory interrupted her.
"Where's dad?"
"In the garden, weeding."
"Good exercise," commented Marjory.
"The best So I tell him," said Mrs.
Golden.
Marjory ran out into the backyard.
Her father was squatting beside the
onion bed, busy at Work. For an in
stant the girl's eyes dimmed. The
crouching figure Jooked so tired, so pa
thetic, so humble. Her mother kept a
maid, but her father was expected to do
a the outdoor work on the place and
run the store besides. Her young heart
felt the unfairness of it all.
"Dad !" she said sof tly.
He rose, brushing all the soil froal,
his thin hands.
"Back, dear?"
"Just back, dad " Marjory put her
arm through his and leaned close.
"Dad, I've something wonderful to
tell you. I'm going to tell you first, be
cause you're first with me and always
have been. I don't think mother will
care, but I want you to be pleased.
Dad" she looked up at the blue Sky,
then into his eyes "I'm going to mar
ry Ralph."
Her father gave a little start. '
"Are j-ou?" he said only.
"Yes, I am. I told him and he's a
very understanding person. Moreover,"
she smiled, "he says he loves me. And,
dad"
"Yes, darling."
"He says he's going to teach you to
run a, car and you can take one when
ever you wish. It's all in the family
now, you see. Ralph says that what's
his is mine, and, of course, what is mine
is yours. Now I am going to tell mam
ma." "Aren't you afraid?" asked her fa
ther. She flashed a backward look at him.
"Not now!" she said laughing.
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When D e a n e U n d e r stoo d A 1 1 1
ELL, I'm going to
kiss you good-by,"
announced' "Deane,
as he trudged beside
me the day before
he moved.
"Well, you're not,"
I replied somewhat
hotly; for Deane's
freckled face looked
determined.
"You'll see," he said, grabbing me
found the neck very much as if I were
l ri!ow, and we were indulging in a
Surreptitious fight in mother's . guest
tamber.
"Leave'me alone!" I yelled, striking
M wildly.
Ths next thing I knew, we were sit-
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ting. in. the middle of the dusty road.
"I did," said Deane.
"You didn't, you hateful thing," I
shrieked. Then I jumped up, gave him
a slap in the face and ran down the
street
For years after that I did not hear a
word from Deane. I flitted through
school and ended with a course in do
mestic science at Simmons College. The
last was to please Dad who said that he
wanted m to be able to treat Monty
as well as mother treated him in the
cooking line. Just as if I'd marry that
fop.! Dad wouldn't let me either. He
say she won't have a son-in-law, for
whom he will have to furnish the feath
er pillow to propose on. Then mother
decided that I must be introduced to so
ciety, even if she was. af raid that I never
should be dignified enough to suit her.
Thus my life went on until this summer
when mothpi; and I came .here for what
she calls "a rest"
When I arrived, I heard the girls talk
ing about the wealthy Dr. .Thorndyke
who, in their opinion, was about as
nearly perfect as a man could I. Now
I did not connect this paragon of virtue
with Deane until I saw his blue eyes and
sandy hair on the Dr. Thorndyke whom
one of the men introduced at a dance.
I could tell at once that Deane knew me,
so before he could speak, I blurted out:
"Ohl Dr. Thorndyke and I are old
friends."
At this1 the men jollied him a little
about asking for an introduction. So I
tried to help him out by saying, "Per
haps he thought I had forgotten, but I
haven't; for the last time we met, we
knocked each other down."
Poor Deane grew red and muttered
that it was "some time ago." Everybody
laughed and encircled us, demanding to
be told the offence. Feeling as if I were
a child again, I threw my head back
saying, "He wanted to kiss me."
"Did he?" shouted the men.
Before I could answer, Deane assum
ed control of the situation by saying, as
be turned away, "No, I had not that
pleasure."
After that, it seemed as if Deane went
everywhere I did. He belonged to the
same g$lf club, and won the tourna
ment Then Monty's mother frequent
ly invited him to go motoring. I sup
pose she wanted him for Dorothy, just
as she hoped Montgomery would marry
me. Matters went on this way all sum
mer. Deane was distantly polite, just as
if he had not "made up" after a quar
rel. I tried to be as frigid as possible;
but I did Want to talk over old times.
You may be sure, however, that I
wouldn't give in first Besides I did feel
pretty cheap about that "break" at the
dance.
Today Mrs. Sylvester asked us to go
riding. When we were nearly back at
the hotel, we rounded a curve and went
plump against a little boy. The chauf
feur did not even turn his head. Nor
did Monty move. I saw Deane's mouth
grow stern as he ' waited for someone
to stop the machine. Suddenly he jump
ed up, grabbed the driver's arm saying,
"Stop this car !"
Goodness! It was no wonder that
tone had some effect Deane jumped
out, leaving the rest of us to go on to
the hotel. Monte's mother's only refer
ence to the affair was, "I'll have John
send a check tomorrow."
Atthe hotel I rushed to find mother.
As luck would have it, she was out
Left to make my own decision. I
stopped a minute, irresolutely. Then I
ran to Deane's room, where I snatched
up his medicine bag, and hurried for our
runabout which soon took me back to
that berry patch.
There stretched out under a big pine,
lay the' little red-haired boy, with his
patched blue shirt open at the throat'
Just as L had laid his head on my lap,
Deane came up with his cap full of wa
ter. He must have been very glad to see
that medicine chest ; for his eyes lighted
tip strangely. "Betty," he said, "you're
all right Now do you think you can
help?"
Although his calling me "Betty," for
the first time since our quarrel, gave
me a queer little thrill. I did the best
I could. I tried not to squirm, and
looked away as much as possible, so I
really did not deserve to have Deane
say:
"Now, little nurse, we'll take him
home."
Wasn't it strange that, during the 15
minute drive I couldn't think of a single
thing to say. Deane was not very talk
ativei either. Once I caught his eye, but
he looked so strangely that I turned
away quickly.
. There was great excitement when the
mother saw her boy, but Deane had' a
way of taking charge of affairs that
soon calmed her weeping.
Before I realized it, he had Tim in
bed, had given the little girl a green
back "for mother when I'm gone," and
was leading me to the machine.
row country road. It came to me sud
denly that I was alone with Deane for
the first time that summer. My awlr
wardness at the dance and Deane's
aloofness, all flitted through my mind.
Then I seemed to hear his deep voice
asf"he quieted the boy's mother. 1 felt
an. aching sensation in my throat
. I looked directly ahead I couldn't
say a word. Deane must have under
stood what was in my mind; for I felt
.him look at me once or twice. Then he
drew me to him, saying:
"Little girl, Tm going to kiss you
now."
Revenge Is Sweet.
The grand association of aatur
fakers were observed to be lurking
around with clubs.
"What's going' on?" asked the in
quisitive stranger.
"Oh, nothing much." responded the
president "We are Just waiting lor
Teddy Roosevelt to send in his k tortus
about big game in Africa."
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A lit oi Po pislar Science
Wartime Plants.
NE of the projects
outlined by the com
mitte on botany of
the National Re
search Council is the
search for wild
plants which may be
used as wartime
substitutes for the
more costly crop
plants. Durine the
ar. Dr. Tnfm VrU.r Cmtf-h-
St'- Polished a book giving a list of
. - ,;.mis oi the South
Civil Y;
the South which could be
utntpH f,-.- i i.A t.i a
i.. . mucn neeaea 100a anu
To . FTMnts- The American Botanist,
; Proposes, with the aid of its
for-' t0- romPile a similar list In
Ja? ,n ls soueht as to any plants not
fru ?a y fated which have edible
fd tw , roots' etc- " 14 is suggest
u Wat valuable knowledge on this1 snb-
might be obtained from hunters,
and 5s' Woodsmen, farmers, Indians
en'-i f toJreiSners who pick up consid
ivlf fr-oin the countryside. Sim
,ormtion is desired concerning
ls that can be used in medicine.
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Artificial Leather,
fraldCCI? Ameriam Patent covers the
o a f-- ?rtificial leather by applying
nc base a coating containing: ni-
1117;
S'Tr..-. : VClitrtciLHC UU UiU
cr ,; i?osed b:ikcd coating of a leath
Wianiuag composition.
Banstnag Kipeacd by TTater.
"f ffi vho. have d the opportunity
p m kanaJTas which have been
cr'- unpe tdl ,JS that we who have
notJkr0vva15no?e opened hv captivity do
d vhat The i rmthich
Pi'VS skpment abroad IsXall
freeune 411 advancc1 condition of
''-Waif,' jd. . "Pining process
of the vessel which brings it to us, or
in the heated ripening rooms which are
maintained in the various ports wlere
the fruit is received. A Western ba
nana handler has devised a new method
of ripening bananas in water. The
bunched fruit is hung from an overhead
hook by the stem and as the fruit ripens
it takes up a quantity of water, which
is responsible for a change in the fruit
which makes them much superior to
those ripened simply in the heat
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Roads end Bridges.
Cash expenditures on the rural roads
and bridges in the United States in 1916
amounted to $272,634,424, according to
figures just published by .the division of
economics, United States Office of Pub
lic Roads and Rural Engineering. To
this shodd be added the value of the
statute and convict labor, which prob--,-.inf
tr X15.OM.000. thus mak-
ing the grand total expenditure for the
year $283,000,000.
Japan's Knitting Industry.
The knitted goods industry of Japan
has jumped with rapid strides, so that
there are now 1,300 of these establish
ments in the Country, whereas only a
few years ago there were none.
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. Canadian Bowert
It is quite likely that the electric pow
er now being delivered in this country
from the power plants on the Canadian
side of the Niagara Falls will be with
drawn in order that the industries on
the 'Canadian side may be supplied. - Not
long ago Sir Adam Beck, chairman of
the Provincial Hydro-Electric Commis
sion, stated at a convention of the Union
of Canadian Municipalities that the de
Vnand for hydro-electric power was in
creasing se? rapidly in the Niagara zone
that iroore flNm $3,000 additional horse
sasax tUiHk xxuaired in s yexx siorf
time. The commission, he said, was pre
pared to take proceedings to expropri
ate power from the Canadian Niagara
Power Company and the Electric De
velopment Company, developing power
at the falls, of which 140,000 horsepower
is now exported to the American side
which should be conserved for use in
Canada. The commision has been grant
ed the power to expropriate the elec
tricity generated by these companies by
an order in council .recently passed by
the Ontario government -J
Commutator Saws.
To obtain commutator saws, the
Washington Water Power Company,
Spokane, Wash,, buys soft steel wash
ers about one inch in diameter. A hun
dred of these at a time are placed on a
spindle and milled with cutting teeth.
They are then case hardened. The cost
of the little saws complete is about a
half -cent apiece, and very good service
is obtained from them.
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Soap Berry Tree.
The jaboncello, or soap berry tree,
grows in the humid parts of western
Ecuador. It attains a height of about 50
feet and has wide-spreading branches
and imense quantities of fruit of the
size and shape of cherries. The nearly
transparent yellowish skin and pulp sur
rounding the round black seeds are so
to be used instead of
soap by many people of Ecuador, being
equivalent to more than SO times 'their
weight of that material
Tires Made New Way.
Automobile casings afe made in one
continuous mechanical, process by a
method of recent invention, which, in
cludes' the weaving of the fabric that
forms the base of- the tire, impregnating
it with rubber in ,a special , friction
cakudnc. fotaainsr it to the required
shape and vulcanizing. This method,
employed in a Rhode Island factory, is
said to be the only one that makes the
loom and the calender parts of a con
tinuous process. The succesive steps of
the operation are described in Popular
Mechanics Magazine. The time required
for the whole process is about 30 min
utes. 0
Largest Flower.
The largest flower in the worhi grows
on the island of Mindanao. Its hab
itation is far up the Parag Mountain,
2,500 feet above the level of the sea. The
natives give it the name of Bolo. Its
full-blown blossom is considerably over
three feet in diameter and weighs 22
pounds. The flower was first found in
Sumatra, and was called Raf flesia Scha
denburgia, in honor of its discoverer.
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Bare Animals.
The president of the American Mu
seum of Natural History of New York,
Dr. Henry F. Osborn; is expecting to
make valuable additions to the collection
of specimens of gorlas, serows and
samburn. He has recefved word from
Roy C. Andrews, in -charge of the mu
seum's expedition of Yunnan, China,
that he has succeeded in getting some
splendid specimens on the frontier of
Thibet and Burma. These animals;
which are of the stag tribe, are exceed
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Substitutes for Fodder.
In the search for substitutes for live
stock food a German- scientist made
analytical tests of materials suggested
for the 'purpose. He found dried rhu
barb leaves better than hay as a fodder
for hogs ; kelp may be fed to cattle and
' iit ftas little nutritive value :
ground straw; which is selling at from
28 to 50 marks the quintal, is not good
far anv animals, nor are zround sea
pods. He advises against cornstalks and
cabs. The seeds of beets are nutritive,
those of parsley too exciting; those of
raisins, if ground before the oil is ex
tracted, are as good as hay. Oil cakes
made from beech or other nuts are ex
cellent for cattle.
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Drilled Twenty Months.
A' diamond drill hole in Sussex coun
ty, New Jersey, 4920 feet deep, has re
cently been completed by the contract
drilling forces of the Sullivan Machin
ery Company. A two-inch diameter
core was removed to a depth of 1,600
feet beyond which tools removing a one
and three-eighths inch core were used
to the completion of the hole. When
the depth oi 4,900 feet was reached, the
long une oi roas requirea ior aniiing
weighed 13 tons, and it took eight hours,
steady work for hoisting them out, re
placing them and resuming drilling. It
is said that the hole showed no devia
tion from the perpendicular. It required
20 months to "complete the hole, which
is 1,700 feet deeper than the deepest
previous hole of which there is any rec
ord in North America. Only three or
four diamond drill holes have been put
down in this country, it is said, exceed
ing 3,000 feet in depth.
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Canada Horses.
Sixty thousand horses have been pur
chased in Canada by the allied govern
ments since the outbreak of the war.
Probably another 20,000 will be pur
chased in the Dominion before the dose
of the year.
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Bats in Trenches.
In combating the rat visitation in the
French trenches, which had become a
great nuisannce, the greatest success has
been obtained by means of an electrical
device which shocks the animal to
death as it passes over a little trough,
when the circuit is completed ! through
the animal's body.
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Tea Adulteration.
A new method of detecting the adul
teration of tea was described in a re
cent bulletin of the Botanical Society of
Geneva by L. Rehfous. The hew pro
cess contemplates an examinaticn of the
stomata, ; which are quite different in
Thea ""g from .those- cf. the leaves
used for adulteration. In Thea the
guard cells of the stomata possess, on
their inner surface, a very strongly
marked layer of cutin, which is pro
longed into beak or hook, and which
is distinct from the beak which closes
thestiole. Mr. Rehfous finds these
features, with minor variations, in all of
numerous kinds of tea examined, and
they appear even in the sepals of the
tea plant. The only leaf usedsfoP-adul-teration
thatt bears much resemblance to
Thea sinensis is the leaf of Camellia
(also a species f Thea) , but a trans
verse section of the latter shows that
the hooks of the stomata are very
slightly developed.
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Woman and TfeU.
When a woman is about to select a
veil, it is natural that she should want
to know how it will look when draped
over her own face. This is provided for
in a recent invention, and it may be ac
complished without even taking the
bother of removing them from the bolt
How this is done is as follows : A slide
is inserted in a bolt of goods in such a
manner that through an aperture it is
possible to view one's self in a mirror in
front of which is the veiling. Below
this mirror the goods may be examined
against a back ground, making the two
effects available, at one time.
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Fuel from Peat.
A company has been formed in Nor
way for making fuel from peat by the
Rosendahl method. The raw material
for the new industry will be chiefly peat
from the extensive. Norwegian moors,
but any other material may be nised
which is sufficiently abundant in the
neighborhood of the factory, particu
larly wood waste. The product is said
to greatly resemble English coal
Sell Their Hair.
Many Italian peasant women make a
business of selling their hair. They get
two crops a year, ana the back hair is
cut in such a way that its absence is not
apparent heing covered by the front
hair.
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Twecier-Iike Shoehorn.
The old-fashioned shoehorn threatens
to lose its long-time popularity by rea
son of the introduction of a newly pat
ented device. ,ahirhis as fijEi'ls HSthc
shoehorn, but much more effective. Two
curved plates of the typical shoehorn
shape overlay each other, but are held
slightly apart by a loop of metal, which
allows the two parts to be pressed top
gether when desired.
In adjusting a tight-fitting slipper,
shoe or overshoe, the new implement is
used in the- same manner as the old
shoehorn, but with the double gripping
plates ot, tne new one it is possible to
get a firm grasp in the counter pf-the
shoe and pull it on over the heel,' as it
is! not possible to do with the single
plate.
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Small Percentage.
It has been estimated that one in every
2,400 of the population in the United
States is a deaf mute. This would in
dicate that there are about 37,500 deaf
mutes in the United States.
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Roman Candles.
The candles of the Romans were ex
posed of string surrounded . either by
wax or pitch. Splinters of wood, covered
with fat, were used by the English poor,
er classes in 1300.
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Training Cap for Golf Players. . :
There is a good deal more art in the
slamming of a golf ball than most per-
sons nave any, iaea ox. loe oau must
be aonroached in Just the correct man-
jier or ii win noi respond as me pjayer
desires, and as he strikes the little
sphere there are a number of things
which the player must do, and these
things all constitute the difference be
tween right and wrong. A device" has
been perfected to teach the amateur
nail without denartiner from the norrw
ed position. With it he must hold his
head, and, indeed, his entire body, in
just the right attitude necessary to sue
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Walrus Sises. - v ;
The average.-sized ' Alaska walrus ii
as big as an ox and often weighs more
than a ton. A walrus was recently killed
by some whalers near Point , Birrow
whose head weighed 80 pounds, "and
skin, including flippers, 500 pounds. Tfce
animal had a girth of 14 feet, the' Skis
was from half an inch to three inches
in thickness, and the blubber weighed
50Q uwads. ,