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ton last year has brought to the attention
Of the society q double necessity to keep
up with the rapid settling of the outlying
districts, where facilities for watering are
poor, and to furnish enough fountains in
the business part Of the city to accom-
modate the horses often seen waiting in
line for their turn.
Requests, are constantly being received
for fountains on the roads leading into
Washington, which are continually being
opened up. OF late donations for foun-
tains have been received from Mrs Fred
erick Vanderbilt Of New York, Mrs A. L.
Barber, Mr.. Crammond Kennedy Rev. AL
oxander Mackay- Smith and Mr.. Eduard A.
Hammond of Long Branch, N. j. The
society is always hoping, that the District
will provide fountains from portion CT
the money derived from dog taxes, but
that has not yet been brought about, and
the organization is stfH dependent on its
own resources and the liberalty of friends
I'VE have good. efficient, cheap fountain,
costing but S22," says the committee in
charge, land any one who can give that
amount will surely be repaid a thousand
fold by the thought that all through the
during, good deed and prevented much suf-
fering We would suggest that there is one
way in which all can help US. and that is
If any one should happen TO see a fountain
maliciously INSTRUCTED or out Of order, that
they notify the society's office at once
1.-The gift of SO will insure the addition
of fountain in any portion of the city
to the scant number Washington now DOS
sesses. and there can be no better gift of
any kind-hearted and philosophical citi-
Zen.'
The drinking fountains for human beings
in Washington are limited In number. The
one most elaborate in design Is that at
7th street and Pennsylvania avenue north
several years ago. Another is at the Gem
trail Union Mission building. on Louisiana
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HUNTING ELK IN MONTANA,
How the Hunters Slide Down Noun
tain Sides on Their Skis.

tain Sides on Their Skis.
From the Helena Independent.
One cold morning little party might have
been seen preparing for an elk hunt in front
of typical mountain cabin 1t has been
estimated that about one man in 1000 will
make good elk hunter on the skis. hence
the three men who had gathered for the
sport were objects of no ordinary interest.
The party organized, a rancher had
decided to take number of elk alive 10
make up a herd, and had sent for the best
and most skilIful riders for that purpose In
the Montana mountains. The men were
trying on their skis, rubbing on dope"
supposed to make them swifter and increase
the polish, and discussing the prospects.
Finally the party was ready and the start
made; three men moving along easily on
the skis, and others on ordinary snowshoeS;
the former armed with lariats-an impor-
tant featu in the hunt. Elk had been
massing in canyon about two miles away
several days before, and since then there
had been heavy storm and freeze. SO that
the mountains were piled deep with SNOW,
over which was hard crust that CLEANED
and giistened in the sunlight like glass.
The plan of the hunt was to steal along
the crest of the hills and mountains until
herd of elk was sighted in the valley be-
low, them at the word start, slide down the
mountain, dash into the herd at full speed
and rope the elk with lariat before they
could recover from their establishment.
After trdSeInS some Instance the hunters
finally reached the ravine in which the elk
had been seen and carefully followed along
the edge which was lined with snow-cov-
cred brush. They had gone nearly a mile
when the leader suddenly stopped and
pointed ahead. Through an opening in the
brush down in the canyon, at the base of
the deep slide, the dark forms of numerous
elk were seen. The men estimated that it
vas at least two miles from the open coun-
try and that it would be impossible for the
elk to make much Roadway up the side of
the ravine, owing to the deep drifts.
Lariats were now taken in hand and made
ready, and the three ski riders began to
examine the slope for favorable place to
take the slide. This was an important mat
ter as If a tree or some obstruction that
could not be leaped, was struck, 1t would
end the hunt so far as the ski man was
concerned.
The slope Of the mountain was dotted
with large pines, about which the snow was
piled so that many looked as though the
tops were projecting from the snow. Some
distance on they came to place where
evidently early in the winter there had
been slide, and trees and brush had been
carried down in the rush. leaving a COM
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GeOrgin's Peach Crop,
Macon CGaD Telegraph.

FOE tAe Macon VTal Telegraph.
This years peach crop Is now advanced
sufficiently to enable a fairly reliable es-
innate to he made to both quality and
quantity. The yield per acre will be little
If any more than half that of last year, but
the total quantity of fruit, by reason of
young trees coming into bearing. will prob
ably be within 10 or 20 per cent of the great
crop of 1922 AIRY loss in quantity will be
more than compensated for by the higher
quality. The adoption of u systematic plan
for handling the fruit will add largely to
the profits of the grower. and it is there
fore safe to predict that Georgia fruit grow
eTs will find this season by long odds the
most satisfactory from a money standpoint
Of any in the history of peach growing in
the state.
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SOME LEAP YEAR LAWS.
An Act of the Scottish Parliament
Passed More Than 900 Years Ago.

From the Philadelphia Examiner.
Probably few spinsters who have been
irving to gather up enough courage to take
advantage of their customary privileges
during leap year are aware that in two
countries at least and more than 900 years
ago laws We're passed which gave women
the right of proposing marriage. These
enactments went even further than this.
They also stipulated that If the man whose
hand they sought should refuse, he should
incur a heavy fine.
A searcher among the ancient records Of
Scotland has recently discovered an act of
the Scottish parliament, which was passed
In the year 12SS, which runs follows:
1T is statut and ordaint that during the
rein OF his Inaist blissit Begeste, ilk for the
yeare knowne as Lepe Yeare, ilk mayhem
ladye of baithe highe and lowe eStait shall
haze Hbsrte to bespoke We man she likes,
albeit gf he refuses to talk hir to be his
lawful wye, he shall be mulcted in We
sum of ane dundis or less, as his estat
it appeare that he is betrOthit ane ither
woman, he then shall be free
A year or two later a law almost similar
to the Scottish enactment was passed in
France, AMI received the approval of the
king. 1t is also said that before bus
sailed on his famous voyage to the west
ward q similar privilege was granted to
the maidens of Genoa and Florence.
There is no record extant of any fines i'm
Tosed under the conditions of this Scotch
law, and no trace of statistics regarding
the number of spinsters who took advan-
tage of ii or of the similar regulations in
France, but the custom seems to have
taken firm hold upon the popular mind
about that time. The next mention Of 1t is
dated nearly 400 years later. and 1T Is a
curious little treatise called Love, Court
ship and Matrimony." which was published
In London in 1906 In this quaint work
the privilege" is thus alluded to:
Albeit 1t now becomes a part of the
common law in regard to social relations
OF life. that. as often as every leap yeare
doth return, the ladyes have the sole privi-
lege during the time it contnueth of MAX
Ing love either by wordes or lookes as to
them 1t seemeth proper. and, moreover, no
man Will be entitled to benefit Of clergy
who doth In any wise treat her proposal
with slight or contumely.''
up to within century ago 1t was one of
the unwritten laws of leap year that, II a
man should decline proposal he should
soften the disappointment which his an
swer would bring about by the presenta-
t1on OF a silk dress to the unsuccessful
sutton for his hand
curious leap year superstition Is still to
be met with in some parts Of New England
and that Is that leap year the beans grow
On the wrong side of the pod"
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Choosing n House for the Summer.

Choosing n House for the Summer.
From Harper's Bazaar.
For what must you look in choosing a
furnished house for the summer? First,
health; second comfort and convenience;
third, style
Health requires that the house be not
near higher ground, but where all water
will run from it in every direction. The
cellar must be dry, and you should be eau
tious about taking a house where 1t does
not extend under the entire building; Also
If possible, avoid houses with sleeping
rooms on the ground floor. If there is
plumbing, be sure that it is properly trap
ped. See that the house Is not too much
shaded, or too near any water which Is not
In constant and rather rapid motion
throughout the summer.
But above everything, look we'll to the
drinking water: clear, sweet-tasting water
Is not necessarily healthy. nor the reverse.
Be sure that no drainage is near the well
Or above it, so that even underground it
can run into the water and faint 1t. 1t is
impossible to be too Particular about this
matter. a.
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erected ct the corner of 18th and U streets,
for which the society received donation
from the Herdic Phaeton Company. and
large number of donations were also made
by individuals. Arrangements were also
perfected for placing fountains at 10Th
street and Pennsylvania avenue and at
the corner of New Hampshire avenue and
u street. A trough for watering sheep and
other cattle was built on Boundary near
18th street At the close of the year there
Were OH hand applications for the erection
OF eighteen fountains, and at the time the
society was unable 10 comply with Them
owing to the great expense attached there
10, ana the limited means at it's command.
Ihere was lull in the work until 1891,
when new design of fountain was adopt
ed, the work of Superintendent Hayden Of
the water department of the District gov
ernment. This was approved by the wa
ter department May %, 1891. 1t is an OBJ
long-shaped metal bowl, forty. eight inches
In length. eighteen inches wide and twelve
1ncnes in depth On the upper edges are
cast the words, Humane Society, Wash
ington. d. c." The water flows In con-
stantly at one end like spring and es-
capes by pipe at the other end, which
Is protected by a sieve top. so that moth
ing can escape that might interrupt the
outflow.
Only for Animals.
1t Is impossible for sediment to collect on
top Of the water. and the fountains are
very easily cleaned. Each costs the society
looked after by the District. A special
force of mon is employed to scrub out the
fountains at Stated intervals. The reasons
for adopting tine low fountain are that a
horse naturally lowers its head in drink
Ing and the surface being but foot from
the pavement, dogs and other small ami
mails find no difficulty in Ieach hing the wa
ter. Then, again. the cost is much less
than the cid style, the latter costing the
society from $40 to $40 each. Some Of the
latter, which wera bowl shaped, are still
in use, but are gradually being replaced by
the new style fountain. The society does
not approve Of the combination fountains
which provide water for human beings, for
the son that in hot weather the ordl-
nary water is too warm for persons, and
in winter they do not care to drink out
doors.
During 1891 fountains We're placed at LIST
street and Indiana avenue. 18th street and
Columbia road, B street between 9th and
10th streets. 18th and E streets southeast,
South Capitol and G. streets, Minnesota
avenue and Pennsylvania avenue Eawson
street between Maine avenue and Pennsyl-
vanla avenue and 18th street near New
York avenue.
The Anacpstia railroad contributed the
cost of putting up two of the fountains.
and s195 were received from Miss Bettes
With this money, and helped by a very
satisfactory cooperation with the water
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HIS HEARING RESTORED.
HIS CATARRH CURED.
John NJ. Clark. 81! Goth st. \. W.. OF

John VI. Clark. OF Goth st. y. W., 81
had noises n my that at times made II I'M
possible for to hear at all. They like the
ringing Of bells, the buzzing CT sawmill and es-
Gaping steam. 1t necessary for ask two
or three times in order 10 understand. I could not
understand conversation. All sounds seemed dull
and confusing.
with my deafness I also had catarrh. and was
constantly hawking and splitting trying to clear my
pose and throat.
Il finally went to Doctors Mccoy and Cowden
and l can say that they have entirely cured me-
l can hear conversation in ordinary tones. / have
no more trouble with my rose and throat
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A. s. johnson, I24O 9th st. n. W., Il,

well known heating and ventating contractor after
of treatment at Doctor McCoy's Offices,
said:
For IS years I a sufferer from catarrh, ar-
fccting my head, throat, bronchial tubes and
stomach.
Il could no. digest my food properly. / would
have violent attacks Of belching caused by gas on
the stomach. After eating there sensation
OF weight resting my stomach / tried all
known remedies and succeeded only in ilning relief
for few hours Having learned something Of Doc.
tor Mct'oy's skill in the treatm rnt OF catarrhal
bronchial End stomach troubles. j Went 10 him.
The treatment has benefited wonderfully. do Dot
have the stomach trouble / AM a new man in
every way. l am satisfied that Doctor McCoys is
the proper treatment for catarrh. I have placed
my boy with him for treatment, and have also rec
commended II to several friends OF mine who are
afflicted IN similar way"
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ders given for twelve more but It was
found impossible to put them up, in con-
sequence Of an order of the Engineer Com
missioner Of the District forbidding the
erection of the kind OF fountains that had
been used prior to that time Permission,
however, was secured to erect fountains of
different pattern, and the society at once
proceeded to secure the amended design.
During The year 1887 a fountain was
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A Good Reason.


From an EXCHANGE. = !
Johnny had not been at school Monday
afternoon, so when he. came on Tuesday
rCrning the teacher sent him home to get
a written excuse from his mother explain
ing his absence. After, about an hour he
returned with ink on his fingers and
someW hat soiled note, which read as fol-
lows: Miss Brown piese excuse Johnny
for not beinS to school yesterday l could not
come because 1 tore my paaits and oblige
Mrs. J Smith"
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avenue. donated by Rev. Alexander
Mackay- Smith. The Chicago fountain at
18th and c streets and that of Mr.. Stilson
Hutchns at 10th and D streets also have
provision 10 quench the thirst of bipeds
In the majority OF the public parks founts
of running water are provided. and there
are hydrants, with drinking cups attached.
sea altered throughout the city. The action
of late in closing up wells has shut OF
the water supply OF many persons who
were dependent thereon, and it is regarded
as important that steps be taken to erect
hydrants In their stead.
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She Was Glad.

From the Paris Lantcrne.
A lady who suffers terribly in her molars
but lives in normal dread of professional
tooth extractoTs, one day rang the bell at
the dentists. man in livery answered
her inquiry:
Master is not in
The Lady (visibly relieved)-"Ah, how
fortunate"
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DIR. Mccoy CURING DYSPEPSIA.


Mrs. Joseph Sykes, 1874 18Th So. NV.
81 had been a sufferer from acute Dyspepsia for
years. At times IL seemed Ike something WAS
pressing my stomach / had severe l-adlcLos
There sharp. lancinltiug pains f. Ii" back
and sides. After eating thor. would - n ~
fullnrss nausea ard depression. / -ncd 20 lose
all ambition and spirit. / could not iie my back
with any comfort
Il went TO Doctor Mccoy. H. has entirely cured
the pain. ] have more headaches. / eat aud
sleep as well as l ever did"
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George Cecil Hyde, 34oO Prospect

Il could not lear ordinary conversation.
Since going to D.. Mccoy my hearing has been
restored. l can hear conversation clearly
Mrs. Hyde, the boys mother, said to me writer:
I'VE notice remarkable change in our boys con-
diticn. We test his bearing every day, and find
he will answer now. Am happy 20 say that he
Is doing eNcellently. He hears when / address
him in very ordinary tone
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DR.. Mccoy Curing the Deaf.

Miss Eliza Pope. 90 st. Sc: "My
right ear was entirely useless. could not under
STAND ordinary conversation. The doctors I went 10
told me the drum of the ear was br,k IN I had
noises In my head that sounded like escaping steam
ana ringing. When l went to Doctor Mci'oy the
Deafness had lasted for eight years. Doctor Nc
Coy said my case was curable l can now hear the
clock tick across the room. l hear the thunder for
the first time in years. Now l can hear the birds
singing in the trees outside of the house.
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u. r. MilIigan. 1l5 18th st. ne, Cap

itol Hill: Il feel like going down the and
telling every my deafness Is cured. | deaf
for IS years: could scarcely hear 4 word: would
press clock 10 my and lever hear II tick
deaf a brickDat. Doctor Mccoy cured me
entirely. II there Is anybody who does not believe
II let him come and me in person.
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Der, where animals may drink their fill Of
water without cost to owner or driver
There are forty such fountains in the
northwest section, five in the southwest
nine in the northeast, six in the southeast,
two in Twning City and two in Anacostia,
while within the next few weeks one is to
be placed at the corner of 9th street and
pennsylvania avenue and one on Water
street, Georgetown.
Location of the Fountains.
The fountains already in operation are
located as follows: Northwest-Thlrd
street between II street and Massachusetts
avenue, Sd and 1. streets. 4th and o streets.
9Th and K Streets 7th and B streets,
18th street and Florida avenue, It'll and K
streets, 9TH street and Rhode Island ave-
nue., 9TH street and Whitney avenue, 9th
street and Louisiana avenue, 3 street be-
tween 9th and 10th streets New Jersey
avenue and ID street. Indiana avenue and
street. North Capitol and streets, nth
and L STREETS. Vermont avenue and U
street 18th street and Rhode Island ave-
nue., 18th and Walling streets 18th and
streets, 10Th street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue.. 18th and U streets, 18th street n CO.
lumbia road. 18th street between II street
and New York avenue. 18th street and
Pennsylvania avenue, 10Th and T Streets
goth and NJ streets, 22d and p streets. 9th
and X streets. x street between 10Th and
ISL streets, -DIn ana " streets, 23tn ana NJ
streets, Potomac and VI streets, 3Jth and
L streets, 36th and NJ streets north Of
Cogswell fountain. Brightwood avenue and
Rock Creek Church road, 18th street and
Pennsylvania avenue and North Capitol
street and Massachusetts avenue
Northeast - Massa .husctts avenue be-
tw cen I'd and Sd streets, Sd street near H
street, 18th street between East Capitol
street and Massachusetts avenue, 18th
street between X stree: and Florida ave
hue, Florida and New York avenues 18th
ard II streets, BladeEsburg and Mt. OIivet
reads ard Sth street and Maryland avenue
Southwest-First street and Maryland
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Could Hardly Hear n Word
MY Aunt, Mrs. Norton.


quarter OF a century had been Deaf Ordinary
conversation j could not bear at all. / went TO
Dr. Mccoy. / hear in my left ear Or
binary converse tion; my right was almost stone
d. nf. Today distinctly heard auction hell Z
block away. ! hear the chatter Of horses hoofs
sounds which had not heard in years"
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Patrick McGraw, 214 e st. s.v. (s5

years OF age): ~ had been hard of hearing for
ten years. There Were constant ringing aud buZZinE
sounds In my ! could not hear n watch
clock tick at all. i hear the clock tick and
all ordinary conversation. i hear the street
passing, which | could before. The ringing
sounds lave left my ears"
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Fate of Animals During the Hot
Days in the City. (.
HUMANE SOCIETY TO THEIR RELIEF
A Splendid Work in Placing
Fountains Throughout the City.
Y E E D S O F BIP E D S
TS III r

4 IL - IL IL - ~ L IL
committee Of the
Washington Humane
Society, at a recent
meeting. passed a
resolution vesting in
the chairman of the
committee on foun-
tains of the organiza-
ton entire discretion
in the matter of
erecting new drink
ing fountains during
the coming summer,
nc r-aII as ronla Gin q
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MORE ABOUT THE nARVEL
OF CURING THE DEAF,


mont ave-: None except those who have suffered
as have understand the torture caused by the
ringing, kissing and buZZng noises in the cars
Il had been deaf a number Of years. and at times
almost totally The roaring and buzziug noises
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MIA ave: had to take my watch and press II very
hard against my left to hear 1t at all 1 could
not hear speakers at a distln.e. Under Doctor
Msoy's treatment notice a wonderful change In
my hearing -
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avenue. It'll and I streets, 9th and D
streets, 11th and Water streets and 18th
street and Maryland avenue.
SOutheaSt-Fourth street and PennSylva-
ria avenue, 9th street and Pennsylvania
avenue, New Jersey avenue aud NJ street,
Sth and l. streets. 18th street hear Ana
costa bridge, South Capitol and G. streets
and 10Th and + streets
Miscellaneous-Pennsyl and Mime
sofa avenues, Twinlng City; Minnesota
avenue between Harrison street and Penn
street near Pierce street. Anacostia: Morris
ard Monroe streets, Anacostia, and 10th
and Fort streets, Brookland.
Record of n Good Work.
To prevent suffering among dumb ami
mails has been the sole object of the So
ciety in theoretically pushing the erection
of these fountains. The good work began
as far back as 1854, when the society, then
known as the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty 10 Animals, put up two fountains.
The society In 1885,, in order to arouse in
terest In this feature of its work, offered
to erect drinking fountain whenever a
donation of S25 should be mace for thai
purpose; the additional expense, amount
ing TO about $50 the society proposed to
defray In response to the announcement
number Of charitable people made dona-
tions and others promised TO do SO. During
that year fountains were erected a the cor
ners of ith and @ streets northwest, North
Capitol and streets northwest, goth and NJ
streets northwest, nth and T streets north-
west, 18th street and New York avenue
northwest and I'd and E streets southwest
A costly fountain, admirably constructed
for the wants of both man and beast, was
Cted in 1885 at the corner of 10th and
d streets, and donated to the society by
Mr.. Stilson Hutchins, in memory of Mrs.
Sarita b. Hutchins. one of the founders
of the society. and it's secretary for several
years. The entire control of this fountain
was recently turned over to the Humane
Society.
At the close of the year thers were in
operation seventeen other drinking foun-
tains, belonging to the city in good condi-
ton, making a total of twenty-siX, be-
sides ten in the District outside the city
limits. At that time need was felt for
about twenty more.
The Approved Design.
In 1855 four iron fountains and one stone
fountain were erected, and there were Or