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Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1911-05-05

ming at SIieberget meo llbiigt ODER
aeorons Dal o. SiIoans Gam. Oct
paaitaaes nu, Of De bar eranet en-
Gong fra SiIoams Dam til bet Steb,
bpor Salomons SempeI fob, men Sa
be ber lite fanbt DC apitbarbeber, De
isgte, beitaf be 8agten, fom ino /
Woifeen, bbor be - ~efterat babe ora.
bet | ier Rrtter - iiIpenote iig ben
foitelige Sfat. Spor benne MI be.
finoer fig, neb fun Sub oe GnseIif.
manoene, ffriper ct mibamebanif
gIao. Der er noget bemmelisbebs.
fitlot beo benne Expedition, bpis
Sperationer bar oaret brepet / faa
ltor Sti, at Der ao%benbart maa babe
pGret lat itore 9engeiummer / Sore.
t%agenoet. Otter bbab Rpgterne / Sc.
ruialem peb at fortRlle, bIep Der
bannet ct penseiterft enseIf Spnbi-
fat, bnori bI. a. Serhiginoen al
marlborough er Reblem, e~fterat
lofaIfienbte Sfanoinaper bapoe be.
troet benz. bnor De foiteIige Sfatte
bar at fin6e. - Men enbnu mangler
10 gnglenbernes Sremitiuing af ga.
gen.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1911-05-05
Oieb Saecn.

Saaen MOB Gameronoanmens be.
rsmte 6oriuarer, Sobu i. Giet5, hans
&iritru % Serreu 2eSlie FOR Moroet
pan Ell Seputp Sheriff ulloer ansre.
bel oao G~iet3iomiIieuS Stem, tus
ser lite gtai lin @egpuoeIie i 81
itrittsretteu / Sapparb, @is.
Diets optrPoer uuber T~rocesien
iom lin eeeu Sagisrer, ibet ban err
flere0e, at ban inger Siuib baobe til
De professionally Sagisrere. bperfen
I'll oeres 9psti9beo eIer oeres Se.
herIigbeo. Sfisnt ban al 3atiren
or en- meset flu % ifarpiiubis @ano
og peb SeIphbium bar iorbperpet
liz life ioa iaa iurioiite auuoifaber.
nGrer oog bans genner alporlis
Srpgi for, at ban | bette SilipIoe bar
Roget fig @ano ooer &opebet, oa al
baobe ban % Somilien oil fomme til
at bsbe bprt oerior, naar Sasen or
fsrt tilenbe, 90 Dommeu ifaI offices.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1911-05-05
Oproret / China.
BortiGttelie fra lite Sibe).

Hpetet ON, at 6oritaben Sbamier,
Ser libelrffen6e beboes at u6Ienbin.
ger, bar blepet iuuaoeret, bar life
itnOfeitet fig. Gen a%merifanife So.
nonbaab "Milmington", Der er ita.
tioneret Der, antages at babe p9rei
tiIitr9ffeIig til @pens 9eifpttelie.
Sicefonsen Canton, iom BET nm
Der 9ranoen al hans SALADS par Inf,
feoes at rebbe fla omborb paa en- Sea.
~nonbaab, bar uOitebt Srbre til en-
itarp SorfsIseIie al Sprsrerne. Sc
ieneite gfterretnineer tpoer paa, al
autoriteterne otter bar faaet Wag-
ten / Canton. @pens Gorte er
itpnet, % Der tianoes ingen abgans.
Spp aanonbaabe er opanfreoe forar
9pen.
De bibtil inSIsbne SeIegrammer
melber intet ON Wisiionerernes
Stiaing, men ifllIoe Sprsret faa no.
gen betpbelisere 6remsang, piIbe be
rimelispis bli llSiat for itore Sarer.
Sfslse ct ienere Telegram fra
Soma Song bIep insen al Wisiione'
rerne / Canton moleiterebe UNDER
aalnpene 0eri gnen.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1911-05-05
Qfifeoieelier.

gIonbt Sc mango gfifeoiselie r al
ofien.lise Rluttionrrer | aongres.
len iiben 9cmofraternes S~pertagel'e
al Iaeten ! @epraientantbuiet er
oaiaa Here Iinneiotameno.
Zen isritc al bisie oar ben befleno'
te 1oIitifer % apisubsioer 9. u.
2ansilm ira Breton, Der / enoel aur
bar p9ret Eeprrientantbuiets Bolt
meter meo en- osn al $4,000 ont "a
ret. af DC onore fan n9pnes .. 8.
Icainnep ira Rprtb 81. Saul, en-
rolling 9Ierf meS en- 0sn ar $4,000,
5. Z. @nsbration fra S~reeborn Count
IN, SUPERINTENDENT bet iaafalSte
"SoISins Ruom", $4,000, @cGracfen,
Sanitor, $40, 6. %. Srnt, Capitol
IuIiceman, $1,000. s. o. Somme,
policemen, ST $50, Span gopen,
policeman, 81 ,O5O, %. 8. S6uIt3,
9oIiceman, 81, 05O, Tbomas S, 8eGp,
WseSieneer, $1,1S0, q. 8. Ielion,
grbeioer, 1920, Gpriis aeup. SOLDER,
5000; CLAUS z. gor9et, Dsesieneer,
$1,000, %. .. SeeIp, Sesfion Mes.
ienser, 500 sr. WaaneS, George 3.
Sample, sesiiot @esieTger, 500
pr. MfaaueS.
Sra Soutb Gnfota: ~. ". Sin'
ming. asiitaut Snoer Glerf. $L7oN,
8. Z. SapiOion. Capitol Toliceman
$1,000, Sponep Marauis, Capitol
policeman. 81 $50, s. %. Soblon
gsiiitant, Document @oom, S1.2So.
Sra Rcrtb Oafota: George greo'
bar, Sr,, CAPITOL policeman, $1,000.
6. .. Sruit, session Wseslenser'
1890 pr. Msaaneo.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1911-05-05
Jntet Sip paa planeterne.

Otter bpaS Brofesior Soarte
arrbenius ira Stocfbolm, Der aniees
for at prre 8erbens ~itsrite 8osmc-
goa, erfIprer, er Sorben ben cneitc
EIanet / 8erbensrummet, iom er be-
boet, euer bpor Der finoes INTELLIGENT
9ip.
Erof. arrbenius,. iom fortiocn op.
boIber Jig / Boston, er iaaleoeS
uenie meb Profession E%ercioal Somel
ON, at Iar$ err beboet. San tror,
at aIimatet er for foIbt for IeoenSc
Sfabninser at e~riitere Der; oerimoo
meoaiper bon WuIigbeoen al, at Der
fan e~riitere en- bis Sorm al peJeta.
bilif Gin Der.
Se iaafaISte aanaler paa WsarS
tror ban er ipere Reuner | Soroeh.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1911-05-05
Ov 8eltiffeIiesf

Sbios 9egislatur trlies al ben
itsrite 9eitiffefesifanbale, iom nc-
genitnbe er biepet afilsret beri San.
Oct, Oct oil iiee foriaapibt antallet
al De inpoloerebe Terioner aneaar.
Sagen naaebe ariiepunftet / Wan.
bags, "a ire Perioner blep arreitereoe
paa anflase for at 9aue giort Sorisg
paa at beitiffe Meolemmer al Repre-
Ie%utontbuiet.
Sagen piI bIi iorelast 8~ranoiu-
rpen / SranfIin Gountp. Som Bib.
ner er inoiteonet ct tort antal
Statsfunftiorerer, SeetsIaturmeo.
Iemmer, 9eteftiper og SouruaIiter.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1911-05-05
Ruloe / Often.

Gen auIoebsIae, iom lehia8et al
Sue % Hcgn / ben iprite @aluoel al
ll3cu lorgiomt rulIcoe bell ooer
Norbneitru, er M Uaaet Siteu, buor
ocr bar ipreot Jig no ooer Safe.gg.
meme, Ncm GrGIonNs % sc norblige
NtIoutcrbapSitotcr. Gan mango Ste
Ser bar aulbcu prrct Den b~aaroeite,
man / Wauosminoe bar baut pao
oiSic adnter.
Ger ubtoleS i SeIegrnmmerne
6rpat ior, at auINcr nil itrGffe iia
ioa Ianst ipSoocr iom I'll Nortb 50
rolira 90 SemeSiee.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1911-05-05
Rnappeitreifen enot.

Gen InngporiQe % al mango llro-
Iigbeoer og Sptsier farafterilereoe
anappeiabrifitrcif / Wliscatine, ga,
er ben 26en Mai enoelig afIlrttet
meo a~rbeioerneS @oofieloelie al Den
al 8upernsr Carroll ii~tanObragte
Sperensfomit.
arbeioet gieroptoeeS / ale 6abri.
fer ocu nGite Mtoracr, % Oct anita
9cS, at Sc / 9pen i~tationereoe Stats
trooper itrar oil bli biemfommanSe-
reoe.
Suerensfomiten ouiees iom en-
Scir Tor Irbeioerne.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1911-05-05

noritet / De Sorenebc Stoter, of
Eroiesior Sreoericf @aro Piitnam
Gbef for geaboop Whuieum peo Sar'
parb llniperiitet, uotaIte iig for er
Sib iiben i ct Sorebrag / famine Het'
ming. Seq fsler mig forpisiet on"
iaa6c ban, "at bette 2anoS gefolf'
ming araopis oil bIi msrfere og msr'
fere al S~uofarpe; De bill life faa Der
Sobberiorpe, Tom farafteriierer Sn'
bianerne, men at De bill bIi megei
mere msrfIabne enb SoIf fleit M er,
er iiffert. Gu al Iariagerne til bette
er, at ct iaa uforbol6smpsiig fort
gutnl Sober % Spbeuroppere Haar
liz neo | bore tore gper. Oct berui
islgenoc Samgiite melem Eerioner
al De iorifieqige Solfeilag bill ftso'
oenoiapiS reililtere | en- msrfere
STAGE. gn anben Sing, iom pirfer
| iamme Hetuing, err Den SmitPn-
oigbeo, al SSoIf / @perne MI | lnngt
iterre lloitrGfning isger no paa Gan.
oct ON Sommeren % iaar Jig SUD
borfct al Solparmen, og ie9 bar ofte
o%bierperet, ot naar man tilgapnS er
bIet ~iolbrpn0t, er oet lpiere oa mil
bere Sient tabt for beitanoig. SpiS
berior l%lngbommen SlpgtIeo eiter
SlGgtleo mere % mere fomumer /
@one meb at ilbiptte fin SUD for
SoapietS SnohpoeIie, iaa pil bette
alene rimeIigpis meb Chen irem-
en- merfere Silbiarpe bos
SIr9ten."
Or. Weplanb ubtalte ogida, at
fommenbe @enerationer Der | Gan.
oct oil ubmGrfe iig peb en- beiere
2rgcmSpprt. San bar | De iibite
otte Ior onitinet llnoerisgeIier meo
bocr eneitc 8raolent, Ser er optn9et
peb og uogaoet ira Columbia Uni.
periitet, % ban er fonrmet til oct
Heiultut, at / @iennemil,it itnar Col
Iege. % Observation-Disclosures MI
Iorgt beiere / fpiiif Senieenoe emo
tioIiaerc. 8or 5ios bigger, tiger
ban, iom ipiner Golf % Sennis og
bru9er forruuitiae &lPber, bar itsrre
6oruhiGtninger for at bIi beiere %
emo oeres Wsore bnpoc.
De er beIiigere oe oeres Whlifler
uopifleoe, % buis De boloer
peb, iaa oil Der iremitaa en- beore
"0fen," fortirtter 9oftoren, bore
moo lore at tnoe bare paa
fine arPiter, efter at De bar ioaet
bent. Raor De beepuber | en- Sor.
refining, ma De life lPgge bort ben
@ane at tnge leacmlig Wotion. De
bsr tilbringe melt mlilig al lin SRI
ito / iriif 2iift % noe / BET fri meo
iIittig 9egemSspeIie. SpiS enbper
Wanb piIbe bruge lit Segeme og
gisre f%orniiti9 Wotiou til i'm Sti'
mlIonS iItebctior at itimuIere iig peb
AIfobol, iaoIeocS iom ioo mango
Qier, piIoe Mtenneifebeben pinoe
meget / Stprfe."
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1911-05-05
Gu Of be rigtis Underestimate Sfif.

Gn al be rigtis infcrcsiante Sfif.
feIier bIonNt De npe Senatorer | ben
620e Soneres er Sames &. Wartine
fro Stem SerieD, ogiaa faIot "tbe
farmer Orator, iom / 8inter bleo
paIat til Senatet ira nPpnte Stat
iiteoetfor Senator Sean. Wartine
babbe itiuet iiq iom annoiOat peo
Trim9rpalget iiior % erbol0t en-
flor Waioriiet; men Der a ingen
al BoIitiferne, iom brso Zig pioere
ON l~lofal6et al Grimprpalaet iboert
SnIS siorbe life 2egislntiren Def,
% Sones Smith, Gen rige % meg.
tige oemofratiife "9oiS", ignorereoe
8rimerpaIget ii,INitpnOig. San par
ieIo SanSibat for Senator, og ban
tpilebe life ct 9iebIif poa, at De bel
biiciplinerebe Bartitropper piloe ial.
DC inb / @eIleooerne. Y~rimproalg?
SoIfeopinior2 SpaO ifistteoc ban
ON fliet9 9%egisIahlren, og ben
aIene, babe Wpn6iebeo ii. at pplee
Senator, % ben ifiiIoe NOT pent
gisre fin @ierning, noar Bartiins-
ben imeIbte oper Meolemmernes
Sooeber, ON life for. % 2egiSla'
tiren bar tilipnelnbenbe enia meb
Ntr. Smitb; Den bopbe 10 fine fon.
ItitutioneIle Brproeutiper / Rp99en,
% boub tiger bel &onitihltionen ON
8rimGroole2 SmibIeriib hapbe
ReiD Seriep palet en- M @lipernsr,
9enofratcn 1oo6rop @ilion, Ell
ooermaabe bp9tig % r~etifnffen
Wfanb, Tom Tet life err pinig til at
gaa meb pou, al p~olitiif SoIfeltpre
err en- Sarre, men 'om tror, at 6oItctS
Stemnte bsr reipefteres, ielu ON Der
er nof ioa mango "gosier", iom 10.
Ter fig ~brsitboIbnc peb llofoIoet. 90
2egisIatlren tiIfienbegnp, at ben
fsIte iig itrrfere forpIi9tet I'll at lpoc
~Sois" Smith emo StotenS Splger-
befoIfning, areb oerfor @upernsr
@iIion, buis ann6ioatur Smith
bdpbe ~itsttet, inc % lpite Garene
Serten. 0e ifiIOe prrs'go itabiGite
EoIfcts SaIg. mcute ban. DC 'trit-
teoe irnpb, iaalangt De fuube, men
90 SIR. @iIIou tiIiibit triiebe meb at
aisre SpsrgSmnolet til Ell Erogram.
iaa, tiroe 2egiSlaturen life anbet
emo Of Ipitre. % iaolebeS off set I'll,
at SameS Wortiue ogica opnoacNe
@aI9 Of 9eqiSIatlreu. Sen me Sc.
rator ubmrrfcr iig iom Ell "Wtono
az Solicit, men bar ale Gage nrret
iLbe aricct az Sc professionally Ioli.
titere, iom / OhlIm % Nerfe Iapcr
fine ~Slates" FOR DC pc!itiIfe Son.
oentioner. Serfor bar set beueriffe
for Ipffets bnm Of opraa Nomirar
tiou eIlsr 8uIq til et gmbe0e, ifisut
ban Dor oipircret boaoe I'll OF bli
Iapor / lin Siembp o. RougreS.
mauS % Senator. Rortire Tor
itaar BEN SulIit az appellere iii |pl,
aerer, men / Ell p%oIitiif Caucus cler
apnoention er ban en- rem Sirfe.
en- 8robinn AZ en- Barbpolitifer bar
iitano til al eiere hnm Oct aropeite
8iIos, naar BET eiolot, bpuo ma ful.
Der "prottif 8oIitif", % Noe IF ban
Tom &anoioat for Serotor peb Iri,
mprnoIaet opimob 10000 Stemmer
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1911-05-05
Oct Times at bore en- gonTe al.

Oct Times at bore en- ganfe al.
min6elig Wteniug blanot 8ibenitabS.
mGnb, at ben Ipslette 6oIfetppe er
paa Bel til al iorioirbe Der ! Gan.
Der; iaIialb mener De. Of Oct er Dor.
BET ODER al 5oil, az De misrflette al.
Iereoe M bar abiolut Stertaeet.
Or. 8eorge g. Weplaub, TrPiiOent
Of ~9be american Bbpiical eouca'
ton @sioeiafion" og Sireftsr ior
Columbia llnioeriitets 8pmnaiinm
bar npIie ubtalt, at bet iiffert er
Blot ct aiosipsresmaaI, naar be ms
Iette BIZ befinbe fig | en- baablss Wi-
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1911-05-05

prrsn a. rnosp CAS- ,Arps Jrrs isru 1908 Az me Pos1
oruet ar psoos.n, Iowa. usnEs ms ACT oI CoEaai1s or
sIser ,, 1897.
The Press., 1911-10-18
LAUGHTER.
How t Has Been Defined and Some
 Fcik. Who Never Tried 1t.

FcIka Who Never Tried 1t.
 What Is iHughterf AZ American hu morist uas "alIed it "an undignified widening of Ihe uuman mouth. accom- panied by noise resembling q cough In the effort to avoid swallowing a chestnut
 Laughter" says Professor Sir Charles Bell "iS convulsive action of the diaphragm. In this state the per son draws full breath and throws 1t out in interrupted short and audible cachinnationS This convulsion of the diaphragm is the principal part of the physical manifestation of laughter.
 'But there are several accessories. especially the sharp vocal utterance arising from the violent tension of the lalynX and the expression of the flea lures, this being more intense form of the smile. In extreme cases the eyes are mnietened by the effusiou from the lac!!rTmaI glands"
 There arc some people who cannot laugh, who Grn wholly unable to enjoy either the physical or the mental lux ury of laugh Thus 1t was said of William IIf that he was utterly at a loss to understand what could be got out of laughter except loss of dignity There are many persons In history who have been, according to common report, incapable of laughter. Queen Mary l.. John Knox. Robespierre and MaItke arc examples. The Iron Duke himself rarely if ever went beyond A grunt.-Strand Magazine.
The Press., 1911-10-18
DON'T WAIT
TUBES FOR LUNGS.
Complex System by Which Insects Are
 Enabled to Breathe.

Complex System by Which Insects Are
 Enabled to Breathe.
 While mammals have lungs and fishes gills, insects have neither one nor the other. Instead they present a complex system of tubes running throughout the length of their bodies, whereby the air is conveyed to every part of the system .
 To guard insects against collapse from pressure of air, nature has fur nished the little creatures with a fine thread running spirally within the walls of the tube. just as q garden hose is protected with wire.
 Many flies live first in the water as larvae. Arranged along each side of their bodies is q series of exceedingly thin plates. into each of which runs series of blood vessels. These plates are placed to absorb the oxygen con- tained in the water The tail ends in three featherlike projections, and by means of these the larvae cause cur rents of water to flow over the gills. and thus their efficiency is increased.
 Chats also exist in the water as larvae. But they have no gills. Their breathing is accomplished by means of a tube situated at the tip of the tail. The larvae floats along head downward in the water, with this tube just above the surface. so that the creatures may breathe.-Harpers Weekly.
The Press., 1911-10-18
STORY OF A MUD HEN.
And the Man Who Tried to Shoot or
 Drown the Bird.

And the Msn Who Tried to Shoot or
 Drown the Bird.
 "1t is mighty hard thing to down a mud hen," said Portland official. Every one knows this homely bird, so clever that 1t can dodge the flash of a gun. making 1t very hard to kill if any one ever wanted to kill one.
 "A friend of mine who was a great hunter, but not acquainted with the mud hen, was out hunting on the Go lumbia sloughs some years ago when he saw what he thought was some kind of duck floating on the water. He aimed his shotgun and fired. but the bird dived as the gun was dlS. charged, and the shot struck the wa ter where the bird had been mo- ment before. As the smoke cleared away the hunter saw the bird come to the surface. and he gave if the other barrel. with the same result.
 "His obstinacy was now aroused, and he determined to kill that bird be- fore he left the place. He shot away every round of ammunition he had, but the bird lodged every one and still noatCd in the same spot. In great disgust my friend sat down on the bank and lit his pipe. At the first puff of smoke the bird dived again, and this gave him his inspiration.
 ''To make short story. he smoked up all his tobacco in an effort to drown the mud hen. but when darkness fell ard he started for home the bird was still fonting in the same old spot"- Portland Oregonian.
The Press., 1911-10-18
STRENUOUS MUSIC.
A Story They Yell of strauss' Ability
 as Conductor.

A Story They Yell of strauss' Ability
 as Conductor.
 "The late Thomas Wentworth Hig gin8on." said Harvard instructor ''loved music. but not the extremely technical music of Richard Strauss Ravel and others of that type.
 "Concernng Strauss and his bang ing, crashing music, Colonel Higgin. son used to tell story.
 He said that Strauss went one sum- mer on hunting trip in the noun tains It chanced that on a certain afternoon terrific thunderstorm de scended on the hunting party. Amid earsplitting thunder and binding light ming, amid deIuges of rain whipped by roaring wind, the huntsmen all sought shelter.
 "Where, though, was StraussY
 "Three friends set out in alarm to wild chaos of the storm he had fallen down a precipice. After a long while they found him. They found him do ing-what do you supposeH
 Strauss stood hareheaded on the summit of a lofty crag. The light ming played about him in vivid violet flashes; the rain deluged him; the thunder rolled and rumbled around him; the roaring wind Tapped his coat tails about his head. and the musician. a ramrod in his hand, was busily on gagged on his high crag in conducting the thunderstorm"-W Washington Star
The Press., 1911-10-18
To Restore Leather Bindinqs.

To restore the leather bindings Of books wash them first very lightly and carefully with clean warm water in which a tiny piece of soda has been dissolved, in order to free the leather from grease; then wash with clear wa ter to remove the soda and dry. Dis solve bit of gum arabic the size of a small bean in teaspoonful of water and beat 1t up with a teaspoonful of the white of an egg. With a bit of sponge go lightly over the leather with this glair and let 1t dry. Should the glair froth up on the leather, as it is very likely to do if there is much tool work on the book, dab it until 1t subsidies with the palm of the hand or with the sponge squeezed as dry as possible.
The Press., 1911-10-18
FRENCH POLICEMEN.
They Can't Be "Fixed," and They Are
 Always Polite.

They Can't Be "Fixed," and They Are Always Polite.
 The laws of France relative to the out of door life of the masses are made in the interest of the people Furthermore, they are enforced. There is no fixing things with a French po- nceman- If your bicycle has suddenly been twisted into junk by a careless driver the belted and brass buttoned gentleman who arrives on the scene questions you with intelligence and jots down in his notebook the facts of the occurrence as near as he can ascer- tain them. Throughout the interview he is polite, alert and painstaking in getting at the exact truth, and, wheth- CT you or the offending driver or both accompany him to the police station, he conducts you with a quiet dignity and an air of fulfilling his duty. It does not make the slightest difference in France who you are or whether or not you have mutual friends or come from his "ward' or are a relative of Congressman So-and-so. If you are at fault you must pay the damages If the other fellow Is to blame you will be ushered from the presence of the commissaire de police with as much ceremonial politeness as would be shown at diplomatic interview.
 If it is boiling hot or freezing cold and you are in need of information, go to the nearest policeman, address him as monsieur" and raise your hat He will immediately return you a mill 1tary salute, listen attentively and give you, as carefully as possible. the nee essary information, saluting you again as you raise your hat to leave him.-F. Berkeley Smith, "Parisians Out of Doors" ....--... 5-
The Press., 1911-10-18
Prayer Halls In Russia,

In the villages of Russia the prayer halr' is the common izba or cottage of Stundist moujik, or a shed attach ed to very primitive farmstead sur rounded by prodigious quantities of mud, dust or snow, according to the season of the year. A separate build ing erected expressly for worship among the rural evangelicals of Rus sia Is a luxury yet to be provided in the great majority of cases. The meet ing place, whether izba or outhouse, has walls of earth. It is without cell ing. The floor is the bare earth, trod- den hard by many feet through the lapse of long years and worn into Jumps and hollOws. The walls are lime wash ed and destitute of decoration or adorn- ment. There are rough wooden bench es around and across the room. The place is usually packed to suffocation with men, women and children crowd ed on the srat;, throaging the door ways and hrfdIing together on the top of the hTSe stove.-Sunday at Home
The Press., 1911-10-18
CHAMPAGNE BARRELS.
Bismarck Demanded 5000 Err
 France hut Got OnIv Five

Bismarck Demanded 5000 From
 France, but Got Only Five.
 Germany's governmental policy is to encourage the exports of brain, labor. sunshine, air and water. There is nothing in sugar, ill alcohol, but car bon, gathered from the air, but hydro gen and oxygen gathered from the rainwater, transformed by the sun Into beet plants, grown in fields, titled and wielded by hand, the beet pulp being transformed by other hands and skilled knowledge into sugar and aIco- hol.
 Denmark and Holland export butter, which takes nothing from the soil. The French import Asiatic silk. weave 1t at Lyons and export the finished product. They export wine by analy- sis S7 per cent water, 10 per cent alec hol and O.O4 per cent aroma and bou- quet. Water and alcohol take nothing from the soil, but the aroma makes the wine worth from $1O a pound down.
 In the peace negotiations between Bismarck. and the French in 1871 it was not the money indemnity, it was not the loss of territory, that pro- longed negotiations. Bismarck be- thought himself to demand 5000 emp ty old champagne barrels impregnated with the aroma, the bouquet produc- ing ferment, and this the French re- fused. They had consented to pay $1,OOO,O0O,OO0; they broken heartedly gave up Alsace and Lorraine, but the bouquet of their priceless wines Bis marck should not have, and in the end they compromised on five barrels.
 The French were instinctively gov erned by supernal common sense.- Harrington Emerson in Engineering.
The Press., 1911-10-18
YOUR MORNING MAIL.
It May Be Dangerous to Open 1t at the
 Breakfast Table.

It May Be Dangerous to Open It at the
 Breakfast Table.
 Did you ever hear that it is danger ous to open your morning mail at the breakfast table? According to Der lin scientist, Professor Kron, and the London Lancet, it is dangerous Professor Kron has succeeded in trac. ing several cases of contagion to the old custom of waiting until you sit down at the breakfast table before opening and going through your morn ing mail. He calls attention to the fact that the average man or woman goes down to breakfast with hands and face scrupulously clean, teeth scrubbed and throat gargled. In that condition he is prepared to eat with out danger of swallowing more dis ease germs than may have possibly escaped the watchful attentions of the cook.
 But instead of doing that he handles letters and papers which have passed through many hands before reaching his own. Between bites he opens en- velopes and wrappers and in doing so unthinkingly paves the way for the absorption of all kinds of germs which may or may not do him a great deal of harm.
 It has long been the custom in many well regulated households where the breakfast hour is fixed somewhat late and where the mail carrier gets around before breakfast is served to place each persons morning letters by his or her plate in the dining room. This. says the Lancet, is a custom which. should be abolished at once. Letters should be opened and read either be- fore or after breakfast, but never at the table during the handling of food.