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3 r WASTE OF :
. NATURAL GAS.

Natural gas sufficient to light the
streets and homes, heat the buildings
and turn the factory wheels Of every
enterprise in Chicago, st. Louis and
New Orleans, is going to waste in
the Caddo gas and oil fields near
Shreveport, La, at the rate OF lOO,-
000. 900 cubic feet a day.
Gas is rushing from the bowels OF
the earth through two wild wells and
over fifty gas and oil wells left un-
capped. The ate of one wild well
covers two acres.
The attention of President Roose-
Welt has been attracted to conditions
and by his order all public lands
lying in Caddo and Bossier parishes
have been withdrawn from entry I'M
til the Government may take what
steps are deemed necessary to stop
the terrific waste and preserve what
is conceded to be the greatest gas
field in the Western Hemisphere.
In the meantime, the city of
Shreveport is thronged with oil IN
vestors from every section of the
country, rival claims have been filed
on Government lands near the oil
wells, the price Of real estate has
reached heretofore unheard of fig
ures, men who a few months ago held
nothing but a few scant acres of cut
over pine lands now count their
wealth by the thousands, and armed
guards stand watch over ground
which is claimed under various acts
and entries applicable to the securing
of public lands.
The territory is underlaid with two
strata of gas and sand, averaging
from forty to 140 feet in width, the
first 500 to 900 feet beneath the
surface and the second lying between
1900 and 1900 feet. The gas sands
show their greatest width at Moor.
ingsport, which lies in the more
southern portion of the ield.-Fron
"Who Owns the EARTH" in Techni.
cal World Magazine.
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| in the water can grasp either a rung
of one of the ladders or climb to a po-
sition above the water on the outside
of the cage, the hosting tackle being
manipulated so as to keep a sufficient
length Of the cage we'll above the
water, so that the rescued man can
secure a safe position. The advan-
tage Of the apparatus is, that 1t can
be used for saving & number OF men
simultaneously without the least
trouble, being simply thrown in their
midst, when it Is easily grasped by
all, so that the risk Of drowning Is
minimized. Even in the event of n
non-swimmers, risk of drowning Is
reduced, since the appliance can cas-
lily be hauled toward the helpless by
one who Is a swimmer, or trained
toward the spot by means of the spar
tackle to which it Is attached. For
use in tropical waters, where the
seas are infested by marine foes, it is
| especially useful, since there Is suf-
icient space between the ladders to
| allow rescued persons to make their
way into the interior Of the cage.
This done, the cage with its human
freight is simply hauled up out Of the
water by the block and tackle, swung
round and safely deposited upon the
deck.
1t will thus be seen that the device
is very simple, both in design and
operation, and that it %dispenses with
all preliminaries. Upon large war
ships it can be slowed, with the
hosting rope attached, in various
out-of-the-way places on the upper
deck, ready for instant casting over
board by hand. The rope can be at
tached to the spar block and pulley
tackle while the drowning are grasp
ing the appliance, and the device i'm
mediately hoisted and swung inboard.
The central hoop not only prevents
the rope ladders from bullying or be-
coming e%ntangled, so that when
thrown out the cage expands immedi-
ately, but it is also useful for the at
tachment Of a s%teadying line held
from the deck during the hosting and
hauling-in operations. - Scientific
American.
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They have another queer case at
the Frankfort p~enitentiary. Sam
Kirk, soon to be released, Is serving
his second term. Kirk stole the same
COW twice, and there is a tradition
here that he will make another try
for the cow II that animal is still liv-
ing when he gets his freedom. Kirk
took the COW and was caught and
convicted. He was sent to the peni-
Tertiary for one year. He announced
that as soon as he got out he would
go back home and get that cow. 1t
Is thought that he felt that he had
earned the cow by reason of having
served n year in the ~penitentiary
for the stealing Of the animal. True
to his promise, as soon as he was re-
leased he went back home and again
stole the cow. He was convicted and
sent up for double the first term. 1t
is recorded that he never did anything
wrong except steal that cow.-Louis-
vile Courier-Journal. ,.
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The Communion We ALI Need.

Robert Burns lamented that he
could not pour out his Utmost soul
without reserve to any human being,
without danger Of one day %repenting
his confidence. He commenced a
journal of his own mental history "as
a substitute" he said, "for a conf
Dental friend" He would have
something" which he could record
himself in without peril Of having
having his confidence betrayed" We
all need intercourse with the friend
that will be absolutely true.
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Who's Afraid of Pants?

I Little Robert and Jim, the grocer's
delivery man, were great friends;
and on the momentous day of Rob-
ert's promotion from dresses to knick-
e%rbockers, he waited eagerly in front
Of the house for Jim's coming. But
the delivery man, when he came, bus
led himself around the wagon, with
out seeming to e anything unusual
in his small chum's appearance. Rob-
ert stood around hopefully, in vari-
Gus conscious positions until he could
stand it no longer "Jim," he burst
out at last, ais your horses 'fraid OF
pants?"-Everybody's Magazine.
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Watch Your Cellar Closely.

Learn TO visit your cellars every
morning. Look over everything;
pick out the decayed particles and see
that mould is not accumulating. One
mouldy potato will cast spores in suf-
icient number to keep you white
washing for a year. Remember,
mould is as contagious as smallpox.
Sunlight destroys all forms of mould;
hence, see that the closets in which
you keep food, and the boxes and bar
rels in which fruit and vegetables are
kept, are we'll aired and that the sun
light is allowed to enter the CELLAR
Weekly Witness.
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Wash Dark Dresses.

The girls who think that because a
wash frabic is dark it does not need
washing have something to learn
about cleanliness. Clothes should not
be washed simply because they look
soiled. The girl who bathes often and
dresses neatly has more in her favor
than the girl who wears expensive but
soiled clothes and is not careful about
her grooming.-Hartford Courant>
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Indian View of It.

Speaking of insanity, it Is said that
there were never more than ten cases
of identified insanity among the In
dams on the North American CONT
nent; and they were regarded as pos
sessed Of a heavenly spirit.-Colum-
bus Press-Post.
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A French microscopic has devised
q method of detecting and recognize
ing traces of blood on knife blades
and other Opaque objects, even when
the stains cannot be seen with the
naked eye. The light of a Welsbacb
burner is concentrated upon the part
Of the object under examination
through a tube which is placed
Dbliquely above the object glass and
which carries an iris diaphragm, a
c%ondensing lens and a total reflec-
ton prism. A Photographic camera
may be substituted for the e%yepiece.
The sweet pea, which can trace its
history back to 1899, when the plant
was first cultivated by a priest in
Sicily, was recently recognized in New
York when the Sweet Pea Society OF
America gave its first exhibition at
the Museum of Natural History.
Among the exhibits were collections
from the private gardens Of John D.
Rockefeller, Miss Helen Gould, How.
ard Gould and Samuel Untermeyer.
Heidelberg Is to have a special in.
stitute for experiments with radium
in treating diseases.
Dermatologists are now agreed
that warts are microbic in origin.
Professor Turner, Of Oxford, says
that, every thirty years some thirty
thousand minor earthquakes take
place.
The idea Of flow is generally asso
ciated with the movement of liquids
and gases, and indeed the term fluid
Is usually restricted to these two
states Of matter. Nevertheless 1t IL
beginning to be understood that near.
ly every substance is capable Of q
movement corresponding to the idea
of flow, and that such. a thing as
absolute rigidity does not exist,
The flow of solids occurs in such
mechanical operations as the drawing
of wire, the manufacture Of drawn
tubing, the production Of various
shapes in the forming press and In
the spinning lathe, and all these are
well known to the engineer. To the
general observer 1t is apparent that
we have in the mountain glacier an
example of continuous flow of an ap-
parently solid mass, and that too
without rupture or disintegration.
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Mans Enthusiasm.

If a nan would only get half as en-
thusiastic about a fine bit of cooking
that his wife does as he does when a
member of the home team makes a
three-base hit with the bases full,
there would be more happy homes
and fewer divorces in the country.
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CHILD HAD SIXTY BOILS
And Suffered Annually With a Red
Scald-Like Humor on Her Head

And Suffered Annually With a Red
Scald-Like Humor on Her Head
Troubles Cured by Cuticura.
"When my little Vivian was about si1
months old her head broke out in boils
She had about sixty in all and I used Cuti
cura Soap and Cuticura Ointment which
cured her entirely. Sometime later q
humor broke out behind her ears and
spread up on to her head until it was near
ly half covered. The humor looked like q
scald, very red with a sticky, clear fluid
coming from it. This occurred every
spring. I always used Cuticura Soap and
Ointment which never failed to heal it up,
The last time it broke out it became SO bad
that ] was discouraged. But I continued
the use of Cuticura Soap, Ointment and
Resolvent until she was well and has never
been troubled in the last two years. Mrs
NJ. A. Schwerin, 674 Spring Wells Ave-,
Detroit, Mich, Feb. "a, 1908"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Sole Props.
of Cutieura Remedies, Boston, Mass.
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For Salad Dressing.

When you make French or mayor
naise dressing use only the best oil.
If you feel you cannot afford this, or,
if you do not care for oil, there are
good boiled dressings which will take
it's place. You can make the dressing
.up in advance on a cool day and have
it ready for use when the tempera-
ture climbs to the torrid zone.-De-
troit Tribune.
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South

A Well planned and properly Guilt
waited garden should be n Of the
regular features of every well APP
pointed farm. According to S. T.
Maynard, the we'll known Massachu-
sets horticulturist, whose sugges-
lions for a desirable arrangement are
given IN the above diagram, one-half
to one acre of ground is none too
much for a family of five or six. The
garden should be so arranged that a
horse c%ultivator can be utilized in
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Ruskin's dislike to tobacco is be.
lieved to have arisen from the fact
that it is a comparatively modern
discovery. There was no tobacco in
the middle ages. He connected this
noXious weed" with the decline CT
England as an art-producing country,
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A Coincidence.

On the notice board Of a church
near Manchester the other day the
following announcements appeared
together: A potato pie supper will
be held on Saturday evening. Sub
ject for Sunday evening: "a Night
of ACCOMPLISHMENTS Guardian.
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Novel Life-Saving Apparatus.

Experiments have been carried out
in the port of Hamburg with a novel
apparatus devised by a German in
ventor for rescuing sailors who have
fallen overheard. The results have
proved so completely satisfactory that
it has since been adopted by the Ger
man Admiralty, and arrangements
are now being completed by which
every naval vessel will be equipped
with one or more of these appliances.
The apparatus, as may be seen by the
accompanying illustration, is of a very
simple character, comprising a cylin-
drical cage, built up of rope ladders
disposed around the periphery Of the
circular framework. There are in all
six of these ladders anchored top and
bottom to iron hoops and with a sup
porting hoop midway between the
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%[-S@0 = /
E%@LEE
1Me: HOUSE aaa. HOMF
Removing Rust.

When you have secured until you
are tired and rust still remains on
nickel-plated faucets or steel knives,
before throwing out the knives and
having the faucets ~renickeled, try
%saturating the spots with kerosene.
Later rub steadily with fine sandpa-
per and the trouble will be over
New York Press.
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E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound.
Eleven years ago I
was a walking
shadow. Ihad been
under the doctors
ebutgotnore
My husband per-
suaded me to try
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vege ia BILE Com
pound anditworked
like a charm 1t re-
lieyed all nv pains
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The Genuine Gentlemen.

After all, it isn't clothes or de-
pertinent, or money, or doing as you'd
be done by that makes q gentleman.
You've got to be all, right and then
forget it.-Irving Bachelor.
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The Chinese assumption that a
woman must not be heard of outside
the door of her own house is now be-
ing criticised by u%p-to-date Chinese
editors.
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AscmM6EI

1t is one of the many marves Of
wireless telegraphy that the ether
waves which carry it's messages, un-
like light waves, suffer no absorption
In mist or fog.
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Nearly all Of the fifteen thousand
inhabitants Of Marchneukirchen,
Saxony, are engaged in violin max
ing. N.Y.-33
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Kansas bank commissioners FIND
s145 deposited for each man, woman
and child in the State.
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Noph 20OH.

carrying on much of the needed
work. A deep sandy loan will give
the best results, as a greater variety
of crops can be grown on this land
than any other. Proper cultivation
and manuring will of course do much
to improve the condition of the soil
if otherwise not entirely satisfactory.
To yield the best results with vegeta-
bles the land should be heavily man
ured in the spring before anything Is
planted.-American Cultivator.
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softenst the gums, reduces infamma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie, 25c. a bottle.
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An Optical Illusion.

Most people would say that the dis
lance between the point B and c was
much greater than that between B
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and A, but, as a matter Of fact, the
distance in each case Is the same
The Strand.
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Improved Motorcycle,

In the accompanying illustration is
shown the motorcycle of the future.
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Stole Same Cow Twice.

The worlds population is estimated to
be 1870, l50, 900.
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Ireland holds the record for eente,
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OWES
HER
LIFE TO
Lydia E. Pinkham'S
Vegetable Compound

Vienna, W. Vail feel that owe
the last ten wears of nv life to lydia
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THE SEATTLE STAR EDITORIAL AND MAGAZINE PAGE
HOW TO BEAT THE DEVIL

A LAWYER In New York named Turner has incorporated
himself and is selling himself in shares of stock lie may
think he doing something original but il So he IS mistaken
Its an old and welrecognsed dodge
What is Standard Oil but the Incorporation OF John D.
Rockefeller What the sugar but the Incorporation of
Henry O. Havemeyerl What is the great Northern Pacific
Great Northern Burlington Colorado Southern merger which
it is fmored about take place hut greater Jim H What
is this swollen Southern Paeieunon Alion-llnos
eenaland allherestoithem corporation system but & H.
Hartman magniied ten million dameters'
The corporation acts with the force OF million individuals
perhaps but obeys single will has single BRAIN knows
but single purpose,
And the beauty OF it is the corporation has no soul
John D. Rockefeller has sou-a welhgroomed, sleek,
unctuous weed soul Of which he takes great care and the
welfare which OF the first importance to him John d. new
does anything wrong.
But Standard Oi-great Caesars ghosl You want to
look out for your purse your oil well aud all the things
which are yours il Standard Oil wants hem What It docs
and what John d. does two diverse things.
Robert Ious Stevenson wrote "fhc Bottle Imp'-a story
OF an imp bottle which had be sold for less every SALE
and when the price got the smallest coin known the owner
had keep the imp until he died and then you know what
the imp did to his soul
Herbert Quick wrote "fhe Federal Imp Company" a
story Of how John D. Rockefeller got the imp, and his aid
eompished all the wonderful things which John D. really has
done and then congress- got law passed for coin
smaller than the centme, sold the imp to corporation oil
which he held the stock could do all the deyy he pleased
through the imp because the corporate John D. that
owned the imp, and no, the personal John d.
This is the principle OF the corporation 1t sins, but the
rnanag ement is sinlesS II beats the devil
But maybe there books kept in which the transactions
are set down otherwise II could only get certified copies
the OF OF mostly sanity eSpoers in St
Peters books might envy them much But for
originality on the part OF the New York lawyer-wly Col
Tom ochuee proposed incorporate himself Tor the bene
fit Of his creditors Is years agoi
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THE WORLDS FLAT, SURE IT Isl CAN PROVE It :
FROM THE BIBLE, THOUGH | Don't BELIEVE It

=. .NI
Of The earth u not eottee', u .,'a'
theory IL flHht' uou Notu IN "'""e'
! argued, a, a..
The blble says. 700 tiht Wy
oarth " eh'apllal'a on y 'oeA
tluke, Oifsli thhi II aninein lpl
ever theoleh, lih. Ihia means mean,
staying Ia one place, not lnhpi"
around
Look NJ tho laws Of nntnre, too
which God made Why does wntef
nv on a fnatroyolylng grindatone,
or tho wheels Of busy driven
faat through the mudl Centrifugal
power.
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the economic arguments OF the sa.
loon powers Tho brewing and dis
filling enterprises pay a smaller
percentage OF profit TO the work.
ingmen than Is paid the workers In
any other craft Nor are the brow.
Ing interests the only consumers of
the material manufactured by 9th.
er worklngmen II Ia absurd 10
imagine that all u tho money now
spent for beer and whisky will be
thrown into the depths OF the sea.
At tho next meeting OF the
American Federation Of Labor at
Toronto a temperance fellowship
will be organized, exclusively
among trade union officials. The
object will bo tho personal prao.
tlco Of total abstinence. and tho
securing Of meeting places for 10.
cal trades unions. free from saloon
Influence Already some Of the
prominent labor leaders have given
this movement their hearty ap.
proval. With tho leadership al.
ready assured, this Organization
will undoubtedly become one OF the
greatest factors for the physical.
moral and mental welfare OF the
people yet lnaugurated.
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by REV. cHhs. sTelzlE.

The time has gone when ''boos-
er" can be trusted with the destiny
Of the worklngman. The labor rep.
resentatiyca Of tho English house
Of commons are practically allitotal
abstainera, The individual work
lngman In England IL seiectisg as
his leader the man with clear
head and a steady hand
OF all men tho trades unioniat
should be opposed TO thsaalooit The
fundamental principles for which
organized labor stand are diAnet.
really opposite 10 those for which
the saloon Is oSsrtlng TIA Influence,
Tho trades union believes In tho
abolition OF child labor. The saloon
Ia sending tho children to the tmills
and tho factories.
Organized labor Ia seeking 10
give woman her rlghiful plade IN
tho home. The effect Of tho saloon
Ia to compel bor TO work ID the
shop and the store.
The trades union stands for
greater efficiency on the part OF the
worklngmAn. The saloon benumbs
the faculties OF the laborer,
The trades union believes In the
education Of the MASSES. The IA.
inot, Ia tho hraadtuts ,In,a f.r g..
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TEMPERANCE NEW MOVEMENT IN LABOR
CIRCLES. STELllE, MINISTER LABOR LEADER

Hsv chan atelsis Il a kees-bssin-
ed young man who trained for thu
minlsfry ~ ten yrarf hard work
In Se~ York machine shops
The Presbyterian church thlnha
veil % him, has made him director
IN hig church movements. and siven
him charge Of the national bureau
Of church aud labor at New York
TIE wufkingnsn swear ~ him. too.
They get him 10 write articles for
the trade magazines and attend
their conventions Including the A.
q Of I. They want hts help IN seiv-
Ing their problems
In his experiences on both sidss.
Rev chaa sislEls has seen and en-
couraHed a movement toward tsm-
pefRncs IN the union ranks A ma
sional movement 70 establish a tens
pefancs fellowship at the nert A. Y.
Of l. convention II nov on foot
atsiale. labor leader minister. has
written an article especially for this
paper about tho movement. lts rea-
sons and advantages
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reefs FAITH ON RED HAIR.

KANSAS CITY. June 26.-If
there are any red.headed crooks
In tho country who wish to ply
their nofarioua vocation without
fear Of tho law TINY should come
TO Kansas City. Municipal Judge
Harry @. Kyle dismissed a prisoner
charged with robbery. declaring
that his rcd hair alone was 70
sponsiblo for his aoqulttal. Fred
Jones was arralgned. charged with
having robbed his roommate.
There was no evidence excepting
the statement OF the accusor and
the defendant.
Il believe your story. though you
arc the only one 10 toll H." said
Judge Kyle, after Jones had made
hla abatement Your red hair Ia
your salvation, During tho throe
years that | have presided over
this court | have had only six red
headed mon before me. None waa
found guilty You may go"
Two hundred prisoners a week
Ia a low estimate Of the number OF
persons brought before Judge Kyle,
the number frequently exceeding
500.