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had enough 10 sand a tarred roof. Shed
lived on ham knuckles and lined eggs
and Swiss cheese for months. She'd
turned her dress inside out and upside
down, lined her shoes with paper when
it was wet. and wore a long sleeved
shirt waist when there want another
bein used this side of the perairies.
And you can judge what that means
by watchin' the women size each other
up in a street car.
IF they'd only given me half a
chance to show what / could do" says
she. But didn't get the chance, and
perhaps il was my fault. So what's the
use? I'll just pack up and go back TO
Minnekeegan!"
''Minnekeegan." says l. THAT sounds
tough. What them"
oh" says she, my brother is fore
man in a broom factory. He will get
me d job at FASTING labels
Say" says I. getting quick rush of
blood to the head, "s'posen l should
contract for a full length of Swiftly Joe
to hang here in"
mo. you DON'T" says she, edgin' off.
It's good of you, but charity work ism
what l want
Say it want any of my funeral. but
that broom factory proposition stayed
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of glaciers of the Alpine type on the
American continent.
Glaciers Generally Reeeding.
The glaciers generally were found
to be still in retreat, the Wapta, at
the head of the Yoho valley, having ex-
ceeded its average of the last three
years by a few feet. while the Illecil-
lewaet at Glacier House receded but
one-third of the average which it has
maintained during the last seventeen
years. The ASulkan, in an adjoining
valley, which had been advancing for
about two years, has remained prac-
tically stationary during the last year.
The Victoria presents an Oblique front
of nearly half mile, and its lower
500 feet, completely veneered with rock,
has pushed out into the forest at a
comparatively recent date. The Wenk-
chemna glacier. in the Valley OF the
Ten Peaks, formerly called Desolation
valley, proved exceptionally interest
ing because of its almost unique char
acter, only one other of the type
the Malaspina in Alaska-having been
described The Wenkchemna consists
of a sluggish ice mass, relatively short
but broad. formed by the lateral coal
escence of about a dozen short Ice
streams. each of which retains its fden-
tity more or less perfectly entirely
across the glacier, and maintains its
own nose and motion independently of
its neighbors. To those who do not
fully appreciate all the factors Of the
problem it is frequently matter of
surprise that a glacier in one valley
NAV be in retreat while that in an ad-
iacent valley may be advancing, as
has lust been the case in the Asulkan
and Illocillewaet valleys; but in the
case of the Wenkchemna there is still
more varied behavior in streams that
are side by side almost throughout
their length.
Interesting facts AZ to just how
glaciers flow are set forth. Flow" is
a good word to describe their motion.
Glacial ice. to all appearances solid.
Is under certain circumstances plastic,
and if a river of water can be con-
ceived that moves in inches instead of
miles, such a river would resemble a
glacier. The experiment of setting up
eighteen metal plates in a direct line
across the Victoria glacier, a third of
a mile. showed a total movement in
423 days varying from seventy-six feet
in midstream TO about An inch on the
sides. an average of a little over two
inches a day near the center and
dwindling toward each bank. This
means a flow in the swiftest part of
about siXty-siX feet a year.
On either Size and insfront of each
are the usual glacial moraines, or
mounds of broken rock and gravel
either pushed up or deposited by the
ice i'm melting. The constant race be
tween the melting forces and the low
of the ice stream. to determine whether
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with me quite sometime. The thoughts
of anyone havin' to so back to a place
with a name like Minnekeegan was
bilious enough: but for girl that had
laid out TO give Macmonnies a run for
the gold medal, the label pastin' pros
pect must have loomed up like bad
dream.
There's one good thing about other
folks troubles, though-they're easy
put on the shelf. Soon's 1 gets TO work
1 forgets all about Cornelia Ann. l has
to run out TO Rockywold that afternoon
TO put Mr.. Purdy Pell through his reg
lar course of stunts that he's been TAX
! in since some one told him he was get
tin to be a forty-fat. There was a
whole bunch of swells on hand: for it's
getting so. now they can go and come
in their own touring cars, that winter
house parties are just as common as in
summer
Thank heaven you've comet" says
Mr.. Pell. TT gives me a chance to get
away from cards for an hour or So
Guess you need it," says /. You
| looks like the trey of spades"
Then Pinckney shows up in the gym.
and he no sooner sees us at work with
the basketball than he begins to peel
| off. Il say there!" says he. Count me
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Then Sadie and Mrs. Pell butts in and
says I've just got TO do it; so L does
We gives 'em SO long to pile up their
raw material, and half an hour after
that to carve out what they thinks
they can do best, notfYn' barred. Some
starts in on Teddy bears, one gent
plans out a cop; but the most OF EN-
don't try anything harder'n plain snow
men, with Jumps of coal for eyes. ana
pipes. stuck in to finish off the face.
II was about then that Count Skip
hauser moves out of the background
and begins to play up strong. He's one
of these big. full-blooded pretzels
that's been everywhere. and seen every
thing. and knows it all, and thinks
there amt anything but what he can
do a little better'n anybody else.
"Oh, WE'LL says he, Il suppose
must show you what snow carving
really is. I won prize for this sort or
thing in Berlin, you know.
IT'S all over now" says l TO Pinck-
ney. You heard Skippy pickin' him.
self for a winner. didn't you"
Hes a bounder," says Pinckney'
talkin' cornerwise-'1ives on his bridge
and poker winnings. He mustn't get the
prize"
But Skiphauser amt much more n
blocked out a head and shoulders fore
II was q cinch he was ringer, with
nothin' but a lot of rank amateurs
against him. Soon's the rest saw what
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where the snow, avalanched two thou
sand feet from the mountain peaks.
first begins to compress into glacial
ice, along the compact mass itself, sew
eral miles to the rounded nose, and
its drainage stream running down
usually to a lake and then OF III a
river The term 'ice waves seems
a strange one, yet that is a correct de-
scription for the rolling masses OF ice
that take from thirty-si-> TO forty
years for a complete OSCILLATION. l'ata
interesting to biologists were obtained
in regard TO the flowing of enc ice
river into another. Likewise the sig
nificance of bands of 6irt across the
ice face, and of zones and stripes less
regular in their formation was worked
out The twistings and turnings of the
ice strara. the intrusion of dykes, the
making of crevaSses, and many other
phenomena, in some cases very sirf'iar
to the action of the earth's crust Itself
were recorded and studied.
Makeup and Flow of the Glaciers.
Particular investig atoms made OF
the structure of glacial ice revealed
microscopic granules not welded to-
sether but closely locked. Each gra-
mule is a tiny ice crystal belonging II
the hexagonal system of minerals, and
in quantity, has a rich blue color, by
transmitted light. Considering the hex
agonal shape of the ice granules, the
glacier can FLOW" in many directions
without breaking the crystals and upon
this Dr. SherZer bases his conclusions
as to the movement of the glaciers. He
saws that under certain conditions and
within certain limits ice is capable OF
behaving as plastic body, that is,
capable of yielding continuously 10
stress, without rupture, but the plas-
ticity of ice, a crystalline substance,
must be thought of as essentially diff
ferent from that manifested by such
amorphous substance as wax or as
phaltum."
Causes of Exquisite Coloring.
The causes of the exquisite richness
and variety of coloring seen in glaciers
and glacial lakes which can not be
reproduced in colored photograph and
which eludes the brush of the most
skilled artist, are considered as con-
clusion to DIR. SherZer's memoir. He
tried, by mixing solutions of copper and
nickel sulphate with pure water. tC
reproduce the blue-green of Lake
Louise, the green of Emerald lake. an6
the intense blue of Moraine lake. From
experiments he observed that the col
ors with the longer wave-lengths, as
yellow. orange and red are absorbed
il passed through water of sufficient
thickness. While of the colors at the
other end of the spectrum, with the
short wave-lengths, blue is the one
which water is chiefly able to trans
nit, violet and green being also trans
mitted, but less perfectly. Bodies o.
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CAESARS DILEMMA.
cleveland Plain-Dealer.)

The boy advanced boldly to the front
of the stage. With a comprehensive bow
that took in the board of education, the
school principal. and the audience. he be-
gan his GRAFTON.
Caesar" he resonantiy remarked. had
reached the ranks of the Rubicon-1
should say the branks of the Brubicon-
that is. the hunks of the Braibicon-I
mean the brab of the BanksicOn.
The boy drew long breath. So did the
audience
And So" the orator continued. The
went back and tried 1t again."
This time he succeeded.
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THE RU 3.
Chicago News.)

(Chicago NtWs-J
NV" exclaimed little Billy. as ne
gazed at the Autograph, ia IKE 10 pc
a giraffe Just think how easily you
could rubber over the baseball fence.
That's all right" replied Tommy. hut
there is another time when you wouldn
want to have a neck like a giraffe
when is that"
Why in the mornings when your ma
begins to scrub your neck with soap and
water"
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the great mass shall invade new ter
ritory or be forced to give ground is
not the least interesting. Measurements
in every case were made from station
ary marks to the nose of the glaciers.
resulting in the conclusions, above
stated, that some were advancing and
others receding.
Complete Surveys.
Complete surveys were obtained OF
each glacier from the high neve fields,
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TIT FOR TAT.

Baltimore AmericanD
IT told teacher, pop. that you said she
taught you when you was little boy.
What did she say"
ily.''
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FOOLED ONCE.
(Chicago Journal.)

The Husband during the quarrel)-
there ever a time when you didn't"
The Wife-"Yes. sir: on my wedding
day."
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The most accessible glaciers on the
North American continent lie in the
southwestern part of Canada, just
over the United States boundary. Rec
osnizing the fruitfulness OF this region
for the geologist, the Smithsonian in
stitution several years ago supported
an expedition, headed by DR.. William
at the State Normal college, Ypsilanti,
Mich, TO explore the glaciers for scieL-
tific data. A full report OF the expedi-
ton, after the working out of many
observations and drawing of valuable
conclusions, is just published in the
series of Smithsonian Contributions
to knowledge"
This series of contributions" in
cludes publications most vital to the
purpose for which the institution
works. 1.-The increase and diffusion OF
knowledge among men," Through II
have been given to the world the re-
suits of original researches containing
new facts and conclusions at the time
of their publication not known to the
scientific world.
In the report of DR.. Sherzer are
abundant original data and observa-
tions on glacial origin and action. Five
glaciers are described: The Victoria
and Wenkchemna glaciers in Alberta
and the Yoho, Asulkan and the great
Illecillewaet, discovered in 1888, in
British Columbia.
Climatic Extremes.
They are in a region of climatic ex-
tren1es thermometers having recorded
as high as 10 degrees at Griffin lake
and as low as AZ degrees below zero at
Calgary. Blowing from the warm cur
rents of the Pacific. over the Gold and
Coast ranges, come occasionally the
'snow-eating" Chinook winds, dry and
balmy. given the name from the tribe
OF Indians near Puget sound, by early
Hudson Bay trappers and voyagers
These winds constitute one of the me-
neurological peculiarities of this con-
tinent and by scientific study have
been determined to be part of great
''whirl'' due TO an intricate series OF
influences.
1t may be a matter of surprise Ia
many, suggests DIR. SherZer. to learn
that four or five days of comfortable
railway travel places one in the mids'
of snowfields rivaling in size and
grandeur those of Switzerland, that the
lice bodies descending from these fields
may be studied from modern hotels as
base, and that one may safely ride
a horse to the very nose of each. Fol
trips on the ice to the passes and neigh
boring peaks experienced Swiss guides
are available during the summer
months. SO far as is known there is
here the most magnificent development
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WILL YOU TAKE TEA WITH ME?
HoO to SsrUe the Fashionable Beverage With Its
Accompanying Sweets and Dainties.

ing and nuts, and either brown or
and a bit of mayonnaise will prove an
inspiration to the m who Is flag
ged from a tiresome shopping trip or
a long interview with her dressmaker.
The list of palatable tea table sand
witches Is almost limitless II the host
ess will only take the trouble to pre-
pare them or see that they are pre-
pared.
Where the cook Is accomplished in
the art Of scone making these de-
licious Southern dainties should by
all means have a place Of honor on
the afternoon tea table. One woman
owes a large part of her social sue
cess and popularity to the scone and
tea she serves two or three afternoons
a week.
Women as well as men are sus.
ceptible to culinary attractions, and
few can resist the crisp yellow brown
o that come piping hot from the
oven and are spread with melting.
A much priced recipe for afternoon
Tea DlSCull, one tHdL is not even COu-
fided TO a friend, but has been treas
ured by a single household for gen
erations, has a mixture of mustard
and cheese that battles the analytical
powers of all who partake of this deli
cacy. It is one of the simplest tea
table accomplishments. Tea biscuit,
either home made or those that come
from a good bakery, form the fOunda-
ton of this appetizing Wand. The
biscuits are split open, and each half
is spread with a little mustard, then
-sprinkled with butter. and the discs
are ready for a visit 10 the hot oven,
where they should remain long
enough to convert the tops OF the bis
cults into a rich yellow brown crust
and to heat them all the way through.
Afterward they should be taken from
the oven and served Immediately be-
fore the cheese takes on a gummy
consistency. This unusual and sim
ply prepared tea deliCacy will tempt
any woman TO run the risk of spoil
ing her appetite for dinner, ven to
spelling her complexion, one might
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INDIAN PRINCESS IS THEIR GUIDE
st. Paul Suffrage Club Chooses
Sacejawea, Bird Woman, as
Patron.

A suffrage club, organized by the
women of st. Paul for the purpose of
securing for citizens of the
State of Minnesota the right of suf-
frage on an equal foting with men,
was organized Jan. Z under the name
of the Sacajawea club.
The club selected its name from an
indian woman. Sacajawea, or the
Bird Women" a Shoshone princess.
Sacajawea served as guide for the
Pacific coast. The party of explorers
found Sacajawea living with the Nina
tree Indians in what is now the State
of Missouri. She had been stolen
from her people while a child, and a
sold to a French-Canadian named
~Carboneau, who married her. She
was extremely anxious TO return TO
her people who lived farther West, and
to secure her services as an inter
prefer, the explorers hired her hus-
band as guide.
Sacajawea was the only woman ac-
companying the party of men during
their journey, and shared their hard
ships and privations with a fortitude
equal to any of the men. Through
her invaluable services the party was
enabled to make friends with many OF
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e. II
UNUM
BY WILLIAM S. WALKLEY
(Copyright, by shortstory Pub. Coz


There was me bunkie, Durham, the
rookie, an Gawd only knows why ne
ever went in. He vas the httlest
brown-haired, blue-eyed kid you ever
saw, with laughin' ways an dainty
manners; but his place was with his
ma, though no man ever put up a bet
ter scrap, as even Silver Anderson
knows. He come to me tent, an ne
says, Pm to live here" chuckin' down
his kit.
Billy McNutt rolls over an says:
Hope to die! What dairy calf air
your"
THE cove must OF busted his apern
string, an run for it. Where's your
nurse, little 'un?" hollers Slive: An
derson, the Swine.
He just grinned sort of sheepish an
never said nothin', and goin' red as a
artill'ry blankit. j asked him what's
his name, an he hauls out a little sill
yer mounted bizness an pulls out a
visitin' card, handin' 1t to Billy Nc
Mutt. You orter seen us fellers open
our windcrs an look at it.
Billy gifts up an bows an scrapes
his feet, lookin' at the ticket. Then
he says-Billy was a Teller what
would have shined in a thee-ater-he
says, sarcastic like an grand, "Awl
glad to welcome you to the FIT Ar
my Corps, Mister E. Pluribus Unum,
with your name parted in the middle
handin' the ticket to me.
The rookie just grinned some more,
an we all laughed-Billy's such a
funny little beast; then he up an tells
us his name is f. Pluribus Dun,
ham, an that the bell-boy of our hotel
-meanin' Billy-wa'n't no lady. That
riled McNutt, an he was for murder,
only ! sat on him, he bein' best con.
trolled by force. Take it cool, vii
liam" says |.
The cuss growed on us, spite of his
milky way; had a knack for sogerin'
too, an could cook like a Chinaman
guess he done it for his ma, when
she was sick. He was willin' an
handy round camp, an worked like
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Everybody takes afternoon tea now
Society women meet for a little chat
and a bite to eat when slipping their
favorite Ceylon DR. Formosa; business
women leave their work a few min
utes early or snatch a short respite
for the pleasure of the tea drinking
hour; matinee girls have transferred
their affections from ice cream sodas
TO Oolong and sweets, and now and
then one sees mel scattered through
the fashionable throng enjoying a cup
OF fragrant tea instead of a more mas
culine kind OF drink. II is the fashion
to invite your friends to take tea with
you. and a fashion that is both sane
and enjoyable.
III there is the least lingering doubt
In the mind Of any one as to the pop.
ularity of the tea hour a glimpse
through any OF the fashionable res
taurants OF small tea rooms will dis
sipate this suspicion forever. Once
II was the luncheon hour at which
women gathered for gossip and re-
freshment, but now the tea hour is
the time set for this combination of
pleasures. Luncheon parties are still
given, but they are not half so So
ciable and entertaining as the 5
o'clock tea gathering.
Informal tea drin king at home ex-
lists, or rather the fashion is being
introduced, in many homes where the
serving of afternoon tea was an event
instead of a daily occurrence. Friends
dropping in on their way home from
a shopping tour or after the matinee
supply the atmosphere Of the chatty
crowded tea rooms overlooking Fifth
avenue, but the home tea is never
quite the same as the more brilliant
and Kaleidoscope scene OF the restau-
rant tea room. There women meet
their friends, see the new fashions
and hear the latest bit of gossip.
Having been introduced to the tea
drinking habit by the English, we
have made a variation or two in It
which does not diminish the social
functions popularity, though it con-
verts IL into a more substantial repast
than the original afternoon tea.
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UNIT RULE FOR TREE GROWTH
One Inch in Four years Is the Swiftesi
Known.


Known.
An inch in four years is the swiftest
growth known in the race Of the
trees. Farmers and fruit growers are
said to have no reliable unit rule to
govern them in knowing how long ii
takes for a tree to grow an inch, but
some carriage makers have found out
They asked about forty Of the coun
try's prominent vehicle and wheel
manufacturers drawing their stock
from territory where hickory, white
oak, ash and tulip trees grow TO Sc.
lect and express to them short cross
sections of these woods from odds and
ends about their shops. These were
to be selected for the average Width
Of growth, and the size of each block
inch across and IA of an inch thick
was to be about n inch lengthwise,
one inch across and one fourth of an
inch thick.
They examined these blocks care.
fully and marked on each block a one
inch space across the average size OF
growths of the annular rings. They
then counted the number Of rings
within the inch space on each block,
and registered the total in ink there
on. Then they counted these totals
on all the samples of each of the sew
eral kinds Of timber submitted, and in
the usual way thus ascertained the
average number of years required for
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BATS AS PETS.
A College Professor Has Had Several
and Likes Them.

A bat in a woman's bedroom can
cause more excitement than can one
lone burglar or even a dozen mice.
All of which is sheer foolishness, &C
cording to a writer-a male writer, 1t
is unnecessary to say-in the Tech
nical World. II she would but give
the bat a chance he could prove to
her entire satisfaction that he is an
intelligent and amiable creature and
not unworthy of a permanent place in
the household. o.
Yes, the detested bat makes a most
agreeable household pet. He is a most
affectionate creature and will attach
himself to a person as does a kindly
and intelligent dog. A college profess
sor says:
When | was a student at the uni
| versity had two bats, which came
and went freely OF their WI accord.
In the evening they were wont to rush
through the window into the neighbor-
ing garden, hunt insects, and when
their hunger was appeased they would
return to my room.
They slept on a bookshelf, where
| they suspended themselves from a die.
| tionary. AT the present time l pos.
| sess a bat that shows a touching at
| tachment to my person and follows me
| about through the roofs OF my house
If ! call it,"
This advocate of bats as pets fur
Their states hat when he talks pleas
antly to it his present favorite raises
| and lowers its ears, much after the
manner OF a horse, blinks its eyes in
a contented fashion, ticks its nozzle
with it's tongue, and in general dis
| ports itself in a manner that indicates
It is pleased and contented. When
harshly spoken to it lays back Its ears,
| shrinks away and tries to escape by
climbing up the curtain.
When | sit by lamplight in the
morning working at my desk l can
hardly get rid of It," he writes. 1T
comes and goes. rambling about the
desk or climbing up my legs or else
Il sits on the curtain and e~ndeavors
by violent shakings Of the head and
shrill twittering to excite my atten-
lion and to obtain worms-its usual
tood-thereby. It's appetite is indeed
something uncanny. Thirty far worms
are readily, taken at one NEAL.