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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-23
Thomas Ashcroft.

Thomas Ashcroft passed away in the
hospital Sunday night of cerebral
hemorrhage. Mr.. Ashcroft was born
i'm Lynn Feb. 20. 1894 and was a shoe
maker. He enlisted jim Co. |, 29th
Mass. Inf. at Lynn, April 10, 1861, and
was mustered out at Fort Monroe. Va,
for disability. July. Il. 1851. He was ad-
mtted to the Home from Lynn May ..
1899
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-23

blind woman of New York city
has invented a omholder-merely a
little ring which screws into the wall
and clasps securely around the broom
handle. but useful and soothing. since
a broom standing against the wall is
eternallv falling down and getting I'M
der foot. and it destroys its own shape
by standing on its business end.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-23

An Experience social will be held TINS
,vanin. at the home of Mrs. Gs"rg'
1orse. No. - Lincoln avenue. under
ttc auspices of the First Baptist
church. All are cordially invited 70
he present.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-23

The chief justice of the Supreme
Court is Melville W. Fuller, and the
associate justices. are: John Nj. Harlan
Kentucky: David j. Brewer. Kansas:
Edward d. White, Louisiana: Rufus
W Peckham. New York: Joseph Nc
kenna, California: Oliver W. Holmes
Massachusetts: William r. Day. Ohio
and William H. Moody, Massachusetts,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-23

rho II & Barker co. ad. concerning
children's clothing should pc reh,'h''-
cr to mothers that this COMPANY nav
a remark able line OF these suns i'l -.
little rnen.' 1t is safe To say """
think Of buying until you examine ti'iS
new line.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-23

Frank .Avcrill Of the United states
ship Georgia is visiting his sister. Miss
Florence Smith. Mr., Averill is nome on
c-Gays leave after his trip with the
fleet around the world.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-23

The Ladies' Aid of the CniVcrSAltS'
church will meet with Mrs. 'Earl'S
uutchina. Plummer street. at the usual
hour this afternoon. A full attendance
is rpnllCctod
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-23

Ccbbosscc Colony. No 81. |. Q. r. J.
will hold its regular meeting at &. A.
r. hall at 7.3) O'Clock Tuesday eve! ME
\ full attendance is desired, as SOY
crni supreme officers VIII be present.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-23

News was received in this city of the
birth of twin daughters. born to Mr.
and Mrs. II T. Parkhurst of Albion.
early Monday morning. The little ones
were named Ruth Elizabeth and Ruby
May. Mrs. Parkhurst was formerly
Miss Alice Meader of this city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-23

The ladies Of the Golden Cross will
hold an Easter sale of fancy articles,
cooked FOOD and quick lunch at the
store formerly occupied by Miss
Coughin on Friday March 26.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-23

Walter Grover has resigned as night
baggage master at the Maine Central
station. and will go to Pitts1ield to talk
a position as conductor on the SGbast'-
cook G. MOosChcad Railroad.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-23

At the regular meeting of Granite
Lodge, No. 80. X. of p, this evening,
there will be work in the rank OF
Knight. followed by a banquet. All
Knights are requested to be present.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-23

| Daniel Daley and Timothy Sullivan
were before the municipal court yes
terday for intoxication. They pleaded
guilty and will pass 80 days each with
| Sheriff Getchell
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-23

The members of John B. Hubbard
National Relief Corps, No. 80, will hold
a sale of cooked food fancy articles
and aprons Friday afternoon. April
> in the store lately occupied by Miss
Loughlir.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-23

Alpha Council. No. 5. r. and S. NJ.
will receive n class of at least 30 to-
morrow evening and wind up the work
of the evening with a banquet at the
HalloWel House.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-23

A meeting in the interest Of tie Dis
trict nurse work will be held this al
tornoon at the residence of Miss Adeli;
Perry.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-23

James Duffy of Boston, late navy.
James Cavanagh Of Gardiner late Co.
C,t1st VT Inf, and Cob, LIST VT Cav.
and Calvin McKenney of Turner. late
Co. D. ed Me, inf, have been read
mittad to the Home
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-23

freeman A. Kelley of Joncsport was
4aieeent visitor Ia his brother, a. w.
hellcy, at FarminSdale.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-23

The ladies Of the First Baptist church
will hold their Easter sale on Friday,
April 8, in the chapel. In addition to
cooked food, there will be sale of
fancy articles, also ice cream and can
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-23

The funeral of the late Horace w.
Moore will be held in the Home chapel
at O'Clock this afternoon, Rev. II. S.
Burrage officiating. Capt McAdams
will command the escort.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-23

The Ladies' Aid of the Free Baptist
church will hold q Mum" social at the
home of Gilbert Smith, Is Oak street
this evening.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-23
| SOUTH GARDINER.
George ". Sargent Dies
From Effects Of Shock.
Frank AveriII Home After Trip
Around The World.
Has 30.days Leave from the
Georgia-.-PersonaI News.

Miss E,loise Lawrence returned to
Hebron Academy Monday, after pass
ing Sunday at home.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-23

dy. IInches will be served. There will
DC an entertainment in the evening.
Mrs. f. G. CARL of Augusta will ap-
pear as an elOcutionist.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-23

vii! Atkins has moved back from
Rumfor1 Falls. He expects 10 occupy
the Cobb house as soon as it is vacant.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-23

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Christie are tho
happy parents Of new son weighing
81 pounds. who arrived last Friday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-23

Frederick Fl. S. Morrill, Of Portland.
late Co. A, list Me Inf, Spanish WARY.
James Barney, of Worcester, late Co.
e, 18th Mass. Inf, John Williams of
Portland, late Co. c, 10th Me Inf. and
George H. Lunt of Brewer, late Co. +.
31st Me. Inf. were admitted to The
Home yesterday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-23

TIL ladies of the Golden Cross Sew
ihg Circle will meet this afternoon
with Mrs. Everett Blanchard
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-23

j. ". Church of j. w Church &
son, has been confined to his home for
several days with a severe cold.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-23

MISS Eliza Foster of Portland return
III nome Monday. after Il short visit
win Gardiner friends.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-23

II. A. Fuller of Boston and Mr. and
Mrs. George II. Fuller of Boston Wis
tied Sunday with Alexander Fuller
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-23

Miss catherine Boyden, who has
been visiting her grandfather, f. Il
sherman at Randolph. returned Mon
day to Boston.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-23

Miss Emma F Jones of Middle
street has gone for ain extended visit
to Auburn, n. H.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-23

Guter Post. No. 4S.eGs A. r.. will hold
a special. meeting tonight to elect
Tuarterlnaster to succeed the late Pat
rick Cusack t.,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-23

teorSe Groves of Norway is in town,
called here by the death of George
Sargent.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-23

great interest manifested at both meet
inss. Meetings Will be held every
evening This week.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-23

Mrs F. II. Williams passed Monday
as tie guest of friends in EoNdoin-
ham.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-23

boat builder, is suffering from Il shock
of paralysis.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-23

Ir. and Mrs Charles Coils and son
of Bath passed Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Latin
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-23

a large party will attend the boxing
bouts at City hall, Augusta, tonight.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-23
HALLOWELL,
Special Meeting Of the
City Government,
Alpha Council Will Receive Big
Glass Tomorrow Night.
Board Of Trade Holds Enthusiastic
meeting.--LocaIs.

Daniel II. Mcader returned yester-
day from a visit to Albion.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-23

Michael Connors, late Bat B, LIST II.
I. l.. a., has been allowed an original
pension at the rate ofr$12 per month.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-23
GARDINER,
Sudden Death Of Parker
Talbot in Farmingda|e.
The Canadian Jubilee Singers
Score a Decided Success.
five Persons Has Desserts Dealt
Out by Judge Larrabee.

large party will attend the boxing
ooats at City hall. Augusta, tonight.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-23

John ]. Clark, late Co. b. 61st Mass.
Inf. has been granted an honorable
discharge from the Home
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-23

George H. Flagg, who has been on
All extended furlough to Hill, n H.,
returned yesterday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-23

George w. Williams reported yestcr-
day from a short furlough passed in
Boston.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-23

William Casey is again at the Home
from a fprlough enjoyed in Taunton.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-23

A large party will attend the boxing
bouts at. City hall. Augusta, tonight.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-23
Inc Cause Of MANY
Sudden Deaths.

mere is disease prevailing i'll this
wuntry most dangerous because so decep-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-23

Officer of the day, Capt George w.
BGlcICl,
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-01-14
HOMES FOR UNION MEN.

1t is reported that the international
officers of the Journoymcu Barber,
and the Brotherhood of Transfers are
going to submit to the general mcm-
bership a proposition Of establishing
homes for their AGED and invalid mem
bers During the 4. I. of l.. conycn-
ton Secretary Hughes Of the Team
sters, and Secretary Fisher. OF the
BARRIERS, paid visit to the Union
Printers Home at Colorado Spring,
and made a thorough investigation in
order to obtain information about TIE
home for dissemination among the
members of their respective unions.
The Printers Home has proven such a
grand success that the other intcrna-
tionaI organizations, are awakening to
the fact that they should provide sim
liar homes for their aged and disabled
members.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-01-14
DISSATISFIED WITH
THE JAPANESE

Three measures directed against the
Japanese, introduced in the California
legislature last week but on which no
action has yet been taken, and which
have excited adverse comment in the
press of Japan. were drafted by As
scmblyman Grove l.. Johnson. The
fiI-t of these bills prohibit, aliens
from becoming members OF corpora
tions: the second inserts the word
".Iapancsc' in the law regarding the
segregation of Oriental school chill
drcn. The third bill scgrcgatcs "aicns
whose presence may be inimical to the
health and public morals" of the com
munity.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-01-14
KLAW AND ERLANGER'S
NEW AND GREATER BEN HUR"
To Fill Week Of January 25th at the
Moore Theatre, Seattle Wash.

Towering t,ilmbautlv Il, the most
massive and picturesque as well "a the
most impressive dramatic -pcctaclc in
the history of the world. Ben Hun
will seek new honor- at the Moore The
otlc, Seattle. WASH. on Monday even
ing, January 18th, when it will inaugu-
rate a week, engagement In addition
to the regular evening performances,
special matincc- will be given ON Wed
ncsday and Saturday,
OF all the spectacular productions Of
modern time. mono ba. bcrn credited
with SO lone a rum Of p,o,pcritv ne
this ercat and ropular dramatic .pcc.
taclc. "Bcn-IIm" is today crowned
with record of moro than o5no NOR
fopmancr. in America and zee in Lon
don. in a little over nine years. and lo.
been seen bv more than seven million
pcoplc. The success, Of III. rr,v !.
credited TO the RELIGION, sentiment that
prevails in tbc thcmr. mol,ino II mar.
ticuIarI attractive ia thc non. theatre.
oocr who. rs ,uIc avoids tho nIov-
house owing to RELIGIONS sc,unlcs
.po,.Ir,r" b,. A., on1o..a,,.,,,4 -
r5o loodina Eoh+s of tho ol,,,.h ,,,o,11
and bo. ,,,,oaIod =, al ,,.o.,t,.....,.. as
tbo most novorfnI dram, tb,+ has o,.or
hoon oroo+ol Gov lo .t,ao
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-01-14
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

In the Superior Court of the State of
Washington, in and for Snohomish
County.
Winfield S. Woolevcr. Plaintiff.
vs..
Clara b. Woolever Defendant
You are hereby summoned to appear
within sixty 900 days after the date
Of the first publication of this sum
mons, to-wit: within sixty days after
the l4th day of January. 1909. and de
fend the above entitled action in the
'bove entitled court and answer the
amended complaint Of the plaintiff ami
serve a copy OF your answer upon the
attorney for the plaintiff at his post
office address below given; and in case
of your failure so to do. Judgment will
he taken against You according to the
demands of the amended complaint,
Which has been filed with the Clerk Of
the above entitled court
The object OF this action is to obtain
a divorce from the bonds of matrimonv
and YOU are referred to the said amend
ed complaint and other files of this
said cause in the office of said Clerk.
WAl. SHELLER
Attorney for Plaintiff
p. O. and office address: No. 5000
Stokes Bldg, Everett, Washington.
Date of first publication, January II,
l909.-1
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-01-14
FARMERS OF EIGHTEEN
STATES WILL MEET

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 9.-During the
next two weeks state meetings of the
National Farmers union are to be held
in eighteen states beginning today
with meeting in Oklahoma. The ma
tional executive committee has formu-
lated plan to hold one million bales
of cotton off the market. The various
state meetings are asked to ratify this
plan and take the necessary steps to
put it into effective operation. When
this is done the National Farmers union
shall have accomplished what no other
organization has ever been able to do
that is, it will have the cotton situation
of the United States we'll in hand and
under the most thorough control.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-01-14
LABOR DECISION ANNOUNCED.

DENVER. Colo, Jan. l0.-1'hc Denver
Trades and Labor Assembly, at its
meeting today, adopted resolutions de-
nouncing the recent decision of the SUI
pcrior court of the District of Column
bia, sentencing Gompcrs, Mitchell and
Morrison, of the American Federation
of Labor to a fine and Imprisonment
The resolutions also pledged the finan-
cial and moral support of the local
assembly in continuing the fight
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-01-14
LAUNDRY WORKERS
ELECT OFFICERS

At the last regular meeting of the
Shirt Waist and Laundry Workers, the
following list of officers were elected
for the ensuing term:
O. =. IIarno, President.
Jennie Lindblad. Vice President
Georgia Benson, Rec Secretary.
S. {. Boyd. Fin Secretary.
p. c. Hall Treasurer.
lnga Ringman. Sergeant-at arms.
Lizzie Inglcbretzcn. Guard
II. Benson, Roy Connolly Kate Muir
ray, Trustees
Hereafter the union will meet the
second and fourth Mondays of each
month.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-01-14
SUPPORT THE LABOR PRESS

Resolution unanimously adopted by the Everett Trades
Council September % 1908
Whereas 1t is recognized by this that labor side
OF the question given the public by labor press and
Whereas The Labor Journal is the only recognized la
Dor paper in the city and the Official organ the Everett
Trades Council therefore be it
Resolved, That the Everett Trades Council in regular
session urges upon its affiliated unions the ACCESSIBILITY and
necessity OF subscribing for the Labor and render fur
ther support such the patronzg its advertisers
that the value of its columns advertising medium may
fully appreciated by the friendly business element of this
community.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-01-14
INVOKE THE HIGHER LIFE.

Lift a man, give him life, let him
work eight hours a day, give him beau
timl things to see and good books to
read and you will starye on the lower
appctitcs. Give a man a chance to earn
a good living and you may save his
life. Give a hundred men in this coun-
try good wages and eight hours work
and ninety-nine will disdain to steal
Wendell Phillips.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-01-14

The Union Printers Home at Colo.
RADIO Springs, Colorado, was on Nov II
the mecca for more than 500 of tho
labor leaders and delegates to the Den.
yer convention of the American FEEDER
alton of Labor, who made the pilgrim.
age a, the guests OF the international
Typographical Union. The visit brought
the country's representative laborinl
men in touch with the greatest institu
ton of its kind in the world, an insti
tuition which stands as a monument to
the labor movement
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-01-14
CHARLES f. ROYAL.

play. but is also directing the produc-
ton, and will appear in the cast. The
story of the play, the characterization
and the dialogue are all of an original
conception, and give all the members OF
the Scenic company fine scope for ef-
fcctiye acting In addition to the reg
ular company large super-numcraly
corps will be used. Three new special
ty numbers will be introduced, includ-
ing several new Swedish dialect songs
by Mr.. Royal. The regular Scenic prices
will prevail.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-01-14
WAGES HERE AND ABROAD.

In Dundee a girl running side OF
Seventy-two spindlcs on iute dry
spinning frame makes $3.50 week OF
fifty-five hours and pays $40 week
for board and lodging. Those running
two sides make $3.50 a week.
In similar iutc mills in Massachusetts
for week OF fiity-fivc hours a cir
running one side of seventy-two spin
dies makes Sc and for two sides makes
50, and pays about $2.75 a week for
Consular Report.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-01-14
ORIGINAL PLAY AT THE SCENIC
Written by Chas. E. ROYAL.

The stock company at the Scenic
Theatre has been rehearsing the past
week on Chas. e. Royals new playa
tale of the Sicrras, entitled The Last
Haul" which will receive its first pro
duction on any stage Saturday mat
inec, January 10th.
Mr. Royal has not only written the
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-01-14

If you have any good reading matter
newspapers, magazines-that you are
through with. don't burn it up but take
it to the Labor Temple reading room.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-01-30
SHORT STORIES.

III the CITY of Mexico and surround
ing districts there are over s 600 SAmer-3 5
lcans.. ss3l 4 III -ss IA
I Warships require 1000 to !. 400 feet
clear space to swing round IN tidal
tharbors. ;3s{5 N s$s 4S,s
! Crossing the Mohave desert has be-
come the grand test Of nm automobile
IN southern California. 3$$@
A president Of the United States
must be thirty five years old, senator
thirty and n congressman twenty 1--WE.
Twenty years ago Russia had ZOO,
600 acres under .nax, cultivation. This
has been reduced to 100000 acres ow--3;
ing to labor troubles aEd the increas-
ing use Of several exotic dbers that
rival dax. Es- --3 ', s. S.s@5: Vt
According to David Starr Jordan.
who has written a book on the San
Francisco earthquake. central Califor-
MIA may now. be regarded for the next
twenty or. thirty years as q very safe
place, .seismically speaking. 5 y 8
= The champion pauper is dead after
being public charge for eighty-fve
years. Hezekiah- Monk was born in
the Herkimer county poorhouse In
Utica eighty-flve years ago, spent all
his days there and died In that insti-
tuition a short time ago. ~ .@%
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-01-30
Facts From ! France.

Two hundred and forty thousand
paving blocks a day are turned out by
a new machine owned by the munich
pality of Paris. 80, i ss,>.z .I. = < -,4
The corps of life saving dogs organ.
lied In Paris in 1900 achieved but one
rescue from the Seine IN eight years.
OF the fourteen dogs one only now re-
MAINS q. -, d 4 + s. III r. 5ss .y:+ +1-
:. Nine. Bolette,, widow, Of Paris put
Z match to the papers In the. crate, for
getting that it was there she had con-
cealel 500 francs, which was AL she
possessed. When she realized what she
had done she lost her reason. !. 81 7;
A Partisan named Leichemanns has
committed suicide In novel manner.
He bored hole In Z trunk, passed an:
india rubber gas tube through It and
turned on,the gas. He then got into
the trunk, shut tho lid and was spesd-
lily asphyxiated. s@>s%%3s >''5. y
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-01-30
2 Animal Life. !.

= . ts.t - p
Crocodiles, like ostriches, swallow
small pebbles for the purpose Of grind
ing their food. r.. "a s&:={5: .s:. a<.
The gray and black agrippina moth
Of Brazil is thirteen inches from wing
tip to wing tip. - "a M; NJ .5 z5.:
A German scientist has found by ex-
periments that butterfly can live for
seventeen days without food.
The elephant does not smell through
his trunk. His olfactory nerves arc IN
single nostril in the roof Of his
mouth. .r~- = .*s g. =.
Among the curious insects Of the
Malay peninsula is one called the lat
tern fly, which Is remarkable for it,
sudden leaps, made without the aid q
lts wings. ..,s :S-$