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CHINESE HAD FIRST zoo.
institution Of Menageries Was Due 70
Tvso Incentives.

The Chinese had the first zoo. Me-
nageries are thought to owe their
origin partly to the cult Of sacred
animals and partly to the ambition OF
rulers to possess specimens of rare
and valuable creatures from foreign
lands or savage beasts from their own.
In the simplest forms geological gar
dens were one of the earliest develop
ments of culture, and were familiar to
the Chinese, Indians, Greeks, Romans,
and pre-Spanish Mexicans in ancient
times. The oldest recorded mena5erie
is Chinese, dating from 1150 B. G. The
den of lions kept by Darius, az de-
scribed in the book of Daniel, Is an ex-
ample of one of those primitive me-
nageries, while the cult OF sacred
white horses by the ancient Greeks
and Romans and that of so-called
white elephants in Burma and Siam
are instances of second type. A live
giraffe was received at the menageris
Of Schonbrunn as early as 1928.
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the XOLLEN0 6QTIs

to the bottom did the same thing for
the submarine, and there it still rests.
tomb of iron for the nine intrepid
men who formed her crew.
Before she was employed against
the Housatonic several crews had lost
their lives in experimenting with her,
and this has been used by advocates
of the submarine as proof that in time
of need men will always be found
ready to risk the dangers Of the tickle
craft This has been still further dem.
onstrated by the ability to secure
crews for submarines in spite of the
disasters which have befallen boats of
that type in the French and other
European navies during the past few
years.
Since the days of the crude subma.
rine of the civil war the development
of the submarine has been marvellous,
but most Of it has been based on the
introduction of the gasoline engine,
thus providing practical motive pow
er for the conditions that must be
met The modern submarine, there
fore, owes it's standing to the same
thing that has created automobiles as
an important factor of civilization and
has made the perfection of the aero
plane appear to be among the posi-.
bilities of the near future.
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the success achieved in submarine ex-
periments in Narragansett bay off
Newport during the past summer, the
Porpoise and Shark being used for
the purpose. The officers in charge
have refrained from making public the
results of the experiments, but it is
known that each has made over 500
miles with gasoline engines under con-
ditions that rendered this notable.
They have also accomplished more in
maneuvers under water than had here
tofore been attempted, and the sub
marine department of the navy is be-
lieved to have been materially
strengthened by the knowledge gained
during the past year.
Varying Methods Used.
To the landsman there would seem
small difference in submarines. The
general principle of all is the same.
When ready to go under the surface
they are made almost as heavy as the
surrounding water by admitting water
to the ballast tanks and then dropping
below the surface either by diving,
through the movement of the boat and
the use of the horizontal rudder or on
an even keel by further admission of
water.
In the methods employed, however,
there are differences between the Hol-
land and Lake types which are radi-
cal in their effect on the efficiency OF
the craft, and friends of the Lake boat
have maintained that in the coming
test its superiority will be demon
strated in spite of the governments
previous adherence to the Holland
boat
The great increase in attention CIV
en- by naval powers during the past
two or three years to submarine con-
struction, of which the Narragansett
bay tests are evidence, naturally ere
ates interest in previous attempts to
vslploy submarines in warfare. 1t is
popularity but incorrectly assumed that
submarines are an extremely recent
development of Ilavai science. Few
people are aware that they were ac-
tually employed by the American col
onies during the revolution and that
during the civil war federal cruiser
was blown up by confederate sub
marine.
The boats thus employed were, OF
course. crude affairs in comparison
with the craft that will meet in COM
petition down the bay, but they were
interesting examples of early expert
ments and sufficiently refute the no
tion that submarines are strictly mod
ern affairs. But for an unforeseen OBJ
stacle the submarine built by David
Bushnell, a Connecticut inventor. dur
| ing the revolution would have blown
up one of the British men-of-war lying
| off BROOKLYN at a time when the ool-
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more homogeneous in character than
Frances, the British admiralty hav-
ing practically adopted the Holland
type. 1t has also been constructing
submarines of 500 tons, believed to be
the largest that any nation has at
tempted.
Germany has recently begun the
construction of submarines with great
zeal and plans to develop consider
able fleet of the craft, while both Italy
and Austria are beginning to acquire
them. Little has been known of the
naval activity Of Russia and Japan
since the war, but each nation is be-
lieved to be building them in its own
yards.
Six of the eight submarines of the
American navy are practically identi-
cal in size and type, being of 120 tons
each. They are the Adder, Grampus,
Moccasin, Pike, Porpoise and Shark.
The Holland is older and smaller, be-
ing the original one of The modern
submarines to be adopted In our navy,
while the Plunger is identical with the
others in practically every respect
save that it is slightly heavier The
cost of each, except the Holland, was
$4,000.
Those now building at Fore River
the Octopus, Viper, Cutie Fish and
Tarantula-are larger than the earlier
ones and show many devices not in
cluded In them. The Octopus, though
details concerning it have been care
fully guarded, is known to be of about
800 tons.
Some light has been thrown On the
possibilities of the coming contest by
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Trained roo Well.

In Baltimore the rule of the trans
portation companies is that children
over the age of five years must pay
full fare, those under that age being
carried free.
One afternoon not long ago there
were among the passengers on q
Charles street car a woman and her
son, the latter big boy of apparently
seven years, but who was held in his
mothers lap as if he were baby.
Presently the lad grew restivs.
''Mommer, mommer," he murmured.
Say, mommeri"
The mother, with premonition OF
impending danger, tried to silence the
youngster but to no avail, for he con
tinued to call upon his 'mommer,"
Finally, the woman asked: ssWell
what is 1t, son 2"
"Mommer, when do I say I'm only
five?" asked the irrepressible.
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Couldn't Figure IL Out.

The story is told of a lank, discon,
solate looking farmer who one day
during the progress of political
meeting in Cooper Institute stood on
the steps with the air of one who
has been surfeited with a feast o.
some sort.
do you know who's talking in
there now?" demanded a stranger
briskly, pausing for a moment be,
side the disconsolate farmer, cor are
you just going in?"
mo, sir, I've just come out" said
the farmer, decidedly. "Mr. Evarts is
talking in there"
What about?" asked the stranger
"Well, he didn't say" the farmer
answered, passing knotted hand
across his forehead.-Youth's Com
panion.
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Caution.

limitations have been placed upor
the market so closely resembling ALL
cocks Plasters in general appearance
as to be well calculated to deceive. II
is, however. In general appearance
only that they compare with Allcock's
for they are not only lacking in the
best elements which have made All
cocks so efficient, but are often harm
full in their effects. Remember thai
Allcock's are the original and only
genuine porous plasters-the best ex
ternal remedy known-and when pur
chasing plasters the only safe way il
to always insist upon having Allcock's
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onies were In dire straits and success
in Bushnell's enterprise would have
seemed like miracle sent from
heaven by the underwater route.
Had washinaton,s Approval.

BushnelPs plans were approved Dy
Washington, and turtle-shaped boat
holding air enough to permit the sim
gle operator to remain under water
half an hour was built. The operator
succeeded in getting under the bot
toms of several of the British vessels,
but found them copper sheathed,
which prevented the attaching of the
torpedoes with a screw as had been
the plan. 1t was the primitive char
acter of the torpedoes available, there
fore, rather than the limitations of the
boat itself, which caused the enter
prise to fail.
During the civil war submarine
constructed by an Indiana shoemaker
was employed by the confederates in
Charleston harbor, and they succeeded
with it in sinking the cruiser Housa-
tonic. The boat was a cigar-shaped
craft carrying a crew OF nine, and was
propelled by oars ingeniously equipped.
1t has been claimed that she was run
ming practically on the surface when
she made her attack and that there
fore her effectiveness as a submarine
was not fully demonstrated.
1t remains, however, the only in
stance when a submarine has been
successfully employed in actual war
fare, and the manner of the attack
will never be known, for the explosion
of the torpedo which sent the cruiser
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sy Endless Chain.

Speaking of the endless chain
prayer that is going the rounds" said
the woman with the cheerful voice, 81
can't see what good that can do, un
less, maybe, it might start some poor
wretchven the road to glory, but got
an awfully nice silk petticoat through
an endless chain once. The manufac
turers sent letters asking for five
names and a ten-cent piece. sent
Ave names and the ten-cent piece, not
thinking much about it, just trying
1t, and it wasn't long before they sent
me this lovely silk petticoat. 1t was
the incest sort Of silk, too. As long as
I wore II 1t didn't crock"
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Universal Atmosphere.

The Swedish savant Ryberg has
suggested that the discovery OF the
element metargon in the air strength
ems the theory of the existence Of a
universal atmosphere extending be-
tween the planets and throughout the
solar system. This, it is said, was
already known to exist in the sun be-
fore its discovery, some eight or nine
years ago-that is, in the immediate
surroundings of the sun, in all COM
cts and in meteorites-from which
facts the Swedish scientist infers that
it constitutes common atmosphere
for our system.
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New Canadian "Homestesder +,

According to the Canadian depart.
ment Of the interior the total number
Of new "homesteaders" in the Cana.
dian northwest in the last fiscal year
was 41,6S9; made up of 12,4s5 Ameri
cans, 1870 Canadians, 5,S97 English,
2,1e3 Austrians, 1857 Scotch, 1924
Germans and 543 Irish. The total
number of immigrants from the Unit.
ed States during the first four months
of the preesnt fiscal year was 17,9o7
as compared with 1864 in the same
period of 1905 fiscal year.
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"cleanliness Is Next. y

We have all heard that cleanliness
is next to godliness," but the origin
of the proverb has been obscure, no
doubt, to many. This maxim is an abb
stract religious principle contained in
an old commentary on Isaiah where
the practical doctrines of religion are
resolved into carefulness, vigorous
ness, guiltlessness, abstemiousness.
and cleanliness. And cleanliness is
next to godliness, which is NEXT to
enthusiastically Magazine.
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NERVOUS HEADACHES
Or. Williams Pink Pills Will Cure
Most Cases and Should Interest
Every Sufferer.

Every Sunerer.
Nobody who has not endured the
suffering caused by nervous head
ache can realize the awful agony of
its victims. Worst of all, the ordin-
ary treatment cannot be relied upon
to cure nor even to give relief. Some
doctors will say that if a person Is
subject to these headaches there is
nothing that can be done to prevent
their recurrence.
Nervous headaches, as well as neu.
ralgia, are caused by lack of nutrition
the nerves are starved. The only
way to feed the nerves is through the
blood and 1t is in this way that DR..
Williams Pink Pills have accom-
plished SO many remarkable cures,
Mrs. Addie Merrill, of SO Union
Street, Auburn, Me-, says: For
years I suffered from nervous head
aches, which would come on me every
five or six weeks and continue for
several days. The pain was so severe
that would be obliged to go to bed
for three or four days each time. It
was particularly intense over my right
eye. / tried medicines but got no re-
lief. had no appetite and when
the headache passed away felt as II
had been sick for a month. Ny
blood was thin and was pale, weak
and reduced in weight
81 read about DR.. Williams Pink
Pills in paper and decided to try
them. I first noticed that they bo-
gan to give me an appetite and
commenced to gain in weight and
color. My headaches stopped and
have not returned and have never
felt so well as I do now"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold
by all druggists or sent, postpaid, on
receipt of price, so cents per box, six
boxes $3.50, by the Dr. Williams Medi.
cine Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
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lar. Soon after began taking Doan's
Kidney Pills passed several gravel
stones. I got well and the trouble has
not returned. My back is good and
strong and my general health better"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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! dIuOuuI uS6u utll I1S IhO IOoS VIII ~
carefully noted.
A depth of $50 feet is about as great
as submarines would be called on tc
reach in actual service, but in the
coming tests, to quote the announce
ment to builders, mo boat will be &C
cepted as fulfilling all the require
ments Of the navy department unless
the boat will stand without damage
the stresses due to an actual sub
mergence of at least 200 feet"
Other tests will include speed trials
over measured mile courses in light
cruising and awash conditions, sub
merged speed trials, firing of torpedoes
in submerged and other conditions
mining, countermining, cable cutting
and handling torpedoes.
The details of the tests, including
the number of trials to each boat un
der the varying conditions, are left
entirely in the hands of the trial
board, of which Capt. Adolph Mark
U. s. ~, is chairman. The test is to
last as long as necessary to complete
the trials under every condition OF
weather that is desired. 1t was sug
gested by the secretary of the navy
that the date be changed on account
of the probability of cold weather at
that time, but no action was taken on
this suggestion.
Winter weather is of small conse
quence to submarines in action, as
was demonstrated during a trial of the
Lake Submarine company's Protector
in January, 1904, when the mast was
carried away by the ice under which
she was running, at depth of some
80 feet, and she rose to the surface
through an ice foe from five to ten
inches thick without suffering harm.
It may, however be more of factor
in adding to the difficulties of the "a
hour submerged test.
Two Companies Compete.
So far as is now anticipated, the
only competitors will be the Holland
and Lake Submarine Boat companies.
Between these two the competition
has always been most bitter. The fact
that the navy department has stuck to
the Holland type has aroused much
criticism and the contest has been
waged with great warmth in congress,
where charges have been made that
the devotion of the department to the
Holland type was due to political in
fluence.
hou n
which the two designs have met, the
most important previous one having
been in 1898, when three types were
entered, the Baker submarine meeting
the other two. Since then, however,
and even since 1900 and 1901, when all
the submarines now in the navy were
constructed, there have been tre-
mendous strides In their construction.
Each firm will be represented by it's
latest designs, embodying all that has
been learned about the science of
summarizing" up to the present time.
The Holland company will present the
Octopus, the first of the four new
boats to be completed at the Fore Riv-
er yard. The Lake company recently
completed a boat at Newport News
which it claims is the best possible
example of submarine construction.
This was taken to Bridgeport, Conn.,,
for the finishing touches. Each of the
rivals, therefore, will be offering the
extreme limit of its achievements to
the government.
In spite of the fact that some naval
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Tannle Acid for the Skin.

One of the most annoying results Of
eye strain is the baggy condition un-
der the eyes. which is very disfiguring.
To restore the condition of the skin
tannic acid is generally effectual,
using 20 grains to an ounce of glyce-
rine. 1t is applied to the pufiness with
a soft camel's hair brush night and
morning.
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New York.-A battle royal between
submarines, the most exhaustive con-
kest ever held between these craft, is
scheduled to take place in the waters
of Narragansett bay and the sea off
the Rhode Island coast this month.
livery conceivable test to which a
submarine boat can be subjected to
determine its reliability and effective
ness will be employed, a week or more
being devoted to each competitor, and
on the result will depend the choice of
the United States government in the
further development of this branch
of It's naval service that has been de-
cided upon.
An appropriation of s1,000,000 is
now available for the building of sub
marines as soon as the type is de-
cided upon. Further appropriations
are expected, in order that this gov
ernment may keep pace with European
powers in submarine activity more
nearly than it has been doing.
Eight Of these curious craft are now
dn the American navy, and four more
are nearing completion at the Fore
River shipyard. All these are of the
Holland type, which has so far re-
hained its supremacy in the opinion of
naval authorities, though not without
bitter competition on the part of the
Lake Submarine company, with occa-
sional charges of undue influence.
Some indication of the interest
rrh oh will
among naval men of this country and
the experts of foreign powers may be
seen in the recent incident at the Fore
River yard, Fore River, Mass, when
Japanese officers stationed there dur
ing the building of some turbines
for their government displayed a curl
osity in regard to the new submarines
that caused American officials to
worry.
Japanese Watch Closely.
On one of the preliminary trials of
the submarines the Japanese officers
chartered a yacht and followed the
little boats until finally the American
officials asked them to desist This re-
suited in calling the affair to the at
BENTON of the higher authorities at
Washington, and it came to public at
kention when President Roosevelt is
sued an order granting the Japanese
permission to observe unhindered
anything in the way of construction
which they desired at the yard.
From this 1t is inferred that the
Japanese officials, as we'll as some
from other nations, may be on hand
during the tests in Narragansett bay
to gain as much information as they
can in regard to the probable addition
to the United States navy. That such
observation will not be welcomed is
evident from the attitude of the naval
officials in the Fore River case, and
from the cloud of secrecy and mystery
which they have attempted to throw
over the preparations for the tests.
From the notices sent to prospective
competitors outlining the require
ments and the nature of the tests, no.
tices which the navy department itself
declined to make public, the impor-
tance of the event in naval progress Is
evident. For one of the tests storm
at sea will be necessary, since each
contestant will be required to demon
strate its stability in as rough water
as Neptune can be induced to furnish
for the occasion. Point Judith's rec
ord for heavy weather in winter is
such that no difficulty is anticipated
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144FxE
FREE

Our mammoth l4S-page Seed and Tool
Catalog is mailed free to all intending
buyers, or send &c in stamps and receive
free samples of new Two Foot Long Oats
and other cereals and big catalog free.
John A. Salzer Seed Co., Box W, La
Crosse, Wis.
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and how to cure
them. Mrs. w. G.
Da Wis, Of Groesbeck,
Texas, says: Back
aches hurt me so I
could hardly stand.
Spells Of dizziness
and sick headaches
were frequent and
the action Of the
kidneys was irregu-
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There are more ways than one by
which a woman can get even with a
man. One way is to marry him. and
another Is not to.
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oats-Heads 2 Foot Lona.

The John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse,
Wis, are bringing out new oats this
year with heads foot long! That's a
wonder. Their catalog tells!
Spetz- the greatest cereal hay food
America ever saw! Catalog tells!
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Garfield Tea, an unusually practical
household remedy; take it for constipation,
to keep the liver normal, to purify the
blood, to dispel colds, to cure rheumatism,
to keep well!
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And people who stand up for their
rights usually want to sit on the
rights of others
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And by not getting married some
men manage to live happily ever
after.
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"A reform champions husband be-
lieves a reformation would be good.
The Ely miner., 1907-02-08

A man will remember the kiss he
failed to get long after the others are
forgotten.
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PUTNAM FADELESS DYES color
Silk, Wool and Cotton at one boiling,
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officers are strongly opposed to sub
marines and that their actual worth
in war is still to be demonstrated, the
United States In deciding to continue
their construction is merely following
the example CT European powers. Rus
sia and Japan each ordered subma-
rines during the recent war, but none
of them was gut into use SO far as is
known. France has thus far led the
way, and now has fleet of over so
submarines. They are, however, of
varyIng sizes and types, the French
having apparently been unable to de-
eide upon a fixed type.
Britain Uses Holland Type.
Great Britain paid small attention
to submarines till within a few years,
but nov has considerable feet much
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We Want Your Cream.
Write to-day for tags and prices. North
Star Creamery Co., Minneapolis, Mimi.
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AiLpNc WOMEN.
Keep the Kidneys Well and the Kid.
nsys Will Keep You Well.

Sick, suffering, languid women are
learning the true cause of bad backs
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We Paw the Hiohest Price

for butter fat in cream. Write for price
Milton Dairy Co., st. Paul.
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When a man makes a show Of him.
self he's not always comedy.
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TWO neads are better than one
especially at kissing.
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Partners and grizzly Sears.

Ship Furs Pelts Mcmillan Fur & Wool
Co., Minneapolis, MINI. Write for prices
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Don't be too sure of the man who
boasts of being sure of himself.
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Trappers' Supplies Sold Cheap.

Write for catalog and circular No. 8
N. w. Hide & Fur Co., Minneapolis, Minn
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TO CURE A COLD In ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BRoMo Quinine Tablets. Drug
gists refund money IL 1t fails to cure. f. w
GROVES signature Is on each box. 2bc,
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We Pay Top Price for Cream.
Cash every day. Write for prices and
tags. Miller & Holmes, st. Paul, MINI.
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Top Prices for Hides, Furs, PeIts.

Write for circular and catalogue No. g.
N. w. Hide & Fur Co., Minneapolis.
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PILEa CuREn In Q no 1A DAYS.

PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any case
of Itching Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles in
. to IA days money refunded. 60c.
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A cheerful lie is often better than
the solemn truth.
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Limit to Safe Depth.

Previous tests have lasted II hours,
and the crews have declared that the
limit was by no means reached. The
amount of fresh air carried and the