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Scottish Pearls.

A number of people in Scotland
make livelihood 10y searching for the
precious stones viii, b are Occasionally
to be found enSrunred in the interior
of fresh water musSeiS. To Il lesser
extent II Is also carried u,lt ON some
English and Welsh streams. but none
of these Is so prolific IN pearl bearing
us the norl hern rivers. Tnere are Au-
thentic records Of Scottish pearls be-
ing found viii, h rvaied amy The
orient has produced so far AIS transiu-
cen,.y nnd hawlpsSnpSS are concerned.
A writer of the eighteenth century
states that f20NW was II moderate eS-
innate of the value of pearls then fish
Ell annually from Scottish rivers.
while 1t is II matter OF history that Il
German vino formed n syndicate or
fishers In 1855 acquired stones To the
value OF fl2.On0 in that year alone.
But the ildrsir! Is not 80 reuIunefa-
tive nowadays London Standard.
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RADIUM SAFES.
Lead Cases Used to Protect tho Rays
o. the Strange Substance.

Radium il such strange substance
that but few persons In all the world
are perfectly familiar with it aud its
peculiar properties.
1t throws off peculiar ray Of light.
and If not protected 1t will IN time eX-
haust itself. going no one knows en-
actly where.
Its emanatiOns are such that there
Is but one known substance through
which it cannot pass. and that is pure
lead.
For some time the problpr> IF com
plete protection against It's own loss
through emanations and the possible
loss by burglars was n puzzle to Scien-
lists and mechanics. but finally safe
was constructed In London with an
inner cell of lead about three inches
In thickness. surrounded by Il specially
prepared outer safe. which Is said to
be a perfect safe for radium.
The strange stuff Is stored In those
safes and guarded with extreme care,
as 1t is Of great value.
The safe door IL round and so ad-
justed as to make 1t possible to dis
close any slight defect that might he
caused by the use of the opening. and
In the inner portion of the door are
openings through which tubes con-
tanning mercury can be placed to col
lect any emana.ions resulting on the
interior during ihe confinement of the
curious substance Mercury collects
the emanations aud prevents loss in
that direction Los Angeles Times.
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i 5.f
STREET PLANNING
0fAID TO TOWNS
Busy Communities Without Good
Thefoughtafes
WIDE ONES ARE NEEDED.

Power Over Establishment and Main
tsnanes Of Streets Should 30 Vested
In RssponsibIs Aands--No Harm In
Making Them Attractive.
II Ia generally agreed that the
healthy. progressive development of
city or town depends primarily on the
opportunities offered by the street sys.
TEN for unlimited and untrammeled
circulation. and the experience Of all
large industrial cities has been that tue
demand for better and greater facili'
ties for such circulation ID Increasing
more rapidly than means for supply
Ing II can be found; therefore the
wise determine ton Ut street widths u
one Of the most important Of the prac.
teal and economic problems OF city
planning and should BE- subjected to
much closer study than has heretofore
been the practice Of town planners
says A. b Haldeman. q Philadelphia
engineer.
The failure of streets In the busiest
sections Of large industrial cities to
provide adequate facilities for general
circulation and the wastefulness OF
unused street areas In other sections
OF the same communities are too well
known to need any lengthy comment
The future requirement Of a street
is dark mystery which only time will
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.At q recent business show held In
the east a manufactures purchased
several tons Of heavy wire. stretched
Il from floor to roof and promised q
considerable prize to the man who
GUESSED nearest to Its weight. A pro-
fpssu, Ut mathematics examined the
wire. ipmr,,pd the exact height Of the
building and. Of course. found no diff
Rruity In giving the correct answer.
yet the courts held that this was a
lottery when 1t was really a question
Of simple arithmetic.
the experiment of a guessing contest
with Il QUAR- Mason jar OF white navy
beans. The visitor zones along. sees
the lar OF i~.nus. writes his estimate
of the nulnl#r Of individual beams In
tue lar. and the one who makes the
closest guess Ia winner of the grand
prize.
"Hp pnt thp jar In his show window.
sent ont letters to his Imtrons nnnOunc-
Ing the event and prepared to profit
~ IN" auVr''iSinR All INV "us wv"
Ir,ttoi rrI"-' d the matter to postal
officials and the progressive merchant
wns hulrd in'u rOur, and tried for VIC
,nl,uu nf the lottery statutes.
1t WIS finally decided that the ad-
veriis+r was gnilti"ss an the grounds
that the l,eans were contained In
quart masnn jnr and thnt all nav!
leans were of exact dimensions. nnC
hence II was not guessing contest
NJ all. but merely matter Of mathr
MATES
Whprpuimn the puzzlesome question
becomes more p,izzlesomr than ever
Now. here Is the governmental view
u a lottery:
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A Weddino Rino Superstition.

Although there was n lifelong
friendship back up their business
deals. the jeweler was not surprised
when his old customer who had mar
ried second time bought the wedding
ring at another shop
III he should take third wife he
would buy the ring at still another
store" the Jcweler said. THAT is one
Of the super .,titions Of the trade, A
man may have the marrying nabi,
ever 30 bad and require several wed
ding rings In his time. yet he never
buys any two Of them from the sam"
place jewelers. do not expect H. rhey
don't want to sell tw" wedding rinrs
to the same man Rad iuck would
surely light OH all concerned. and
there In enough trouble IN the world
anyhow without deliberately inviting
more Of It by defying II good old wed
ding ring approximation New York
Times
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F arm and
Garden
oRossEAK IS OUR FRIEND.
Much M.IIsn.d Little Bird 10 Assiv

Much Maiisnsd Little Bird 10 Active
Enemy Of Destructive Insects.
The grosbeak IL very much maiigp.
ed bird and instead OF being destruc.
tive to crops ha !s. on the contrary. Of
great benefit. according to farmers
bulletin 49,. just issued by Secretary
Wilson. The bulletin states that seven
kinds Of tinches, commonly known as
the grosbeak. summer within our
boundaries. A majority of these are
good friends of the farmer and de-
serve to be widely known In order
that their services may be appreciated.
The grossbeaks are easily distinguish
ed from other fnches by their stout
form. bright plumage, massive bills
and melodious voices. They live
largely In agricultural regions and Sc
cure most of their food about cult
waited lands. They perform invalua-
BILE service in destroying many Of our
worst insect pests.
The rose breasted species Is q great
destroyer Of the potato bug. He
breeds over Kansas and the mountains
of Tennessee. The Investigations Of
the department show that the bird IL
fond Of green peas. but invariably con-
sumes enough injurious insects to
more than Offset the damage. He has
become famous for hts preying on the
Colorado potato beetle. and no less
than one-tenth Of the total food It con-
sumes has been proved to be the pota-
to beetle, 1t attacks the c,sumber bee
tle 1t has proved an active enemy of
the Rocky mountain locust during that
insects ruinous invasions. and among
the other pest 1t consumes are the
spring and fall cankerworms. orchard
and forest tent caterpillars. tussOck.
gypsy and brown tail moths. plum cur
culio. army worm and cinch bug. In
fact. It attacks the worst enemies Of
agriculture.
The cardinal or redbird species
ranges from southern Mexico. Lower
California and Arizona north to Iowa
and Ontario and east to the Atlantic
coast. They are permanent residents.
spending the summer and winter in
the same locality. II has been claim.
ed that they pull sprouting grain. but
no evidence Of damage to either grain
or other crops is shown from over 500
examinations. On the contrary. they
do much good They feed on locusts.
periodical cicada, the Colorado potato
beetle. the rose chafer, cotton worm.
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AaSs~,.~ Ass-.1s A.~W A.sH Sss~~|
CROSS SECTIONS OF STREETS SUGGESTED By
HALDEMAN Az GOOD PLANNING AND AT
TKACTIvR
fully reveal Replanning and rebuild
Ing will prnbably always remain UNI
niripal liabilities: but. although our
provision may not he sufficiently I'm
-rring to enable us to fully anticipate
the future. the knowledge gnined BY
unfortunate experience should make
us more cautious and painstaking II
our study Of the problem and should
enable ns to plan streets which will
not be entirely wastefnI and ugly dur
ing the period when their ultimate
destiny Is uncertain.
That there IL nothing new under the
sun" IL as true OF street planning rs
Of 0thpr things The street planner
has the physical example Of every
width and form of development -
choose from. from the narrow uniove
illness of the back alley to the splendid
breadth OF the Avenue du Bois DE-
KOulogne Whether standards be es.
tablishpd or not his judgement. wis.
dom and skill will bp the true measure
of bis success in the HnaI analysis OF
the problem and II II much more nee
essary that complete power over the
establishment aud maintenance Of
streets bp vested In able aud rpslnnst-
bic hands than that their widths should
b. either standa rdized VI destandard
ICED
II there has been one In finpncp more
potent tth,n any other III the establish
ment Of street widths In American cit
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4 PRESENT ANY BOT CAN MAKE FOB
MOTHER.
the screws so as to make sure that
they will not split the shelf when
driven home.
Place the brackets In position and
secure them by glue and small wire
nail at two Of the corners. In attach
ing the side strips use nails with large
Ornamenth heads In the desired finish.
To conceal the heads Of the screws In
front similar nails should be driven
In AZ close to the screws as possible
and directly above them. lfpreferred
wooden buttons may be set over the
head of each screw and held by means
Of glue. In order to hang these
shelves a small hole should be bored
In the upper ends Of eaeh Of the back
uprights.
These shelves require the following
pieces Of dressed lumber: The shelves.
three pieces by 9N by 37h: back up
rights. two pieces by by 81: front
uprights. two pieces by 2 by PAN:
side strips. six pieces v by by 24h.
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And here are two cases and two de
cisi0ns. You may take yonr pick with
out any fear of coming under the ban
OF the United States laws.
A certain newspaper OUT west Of
fpred some gold coin prizes for win.
ming numbers on calendars spnt Out ny
II through the mails II asked fOi the
purchase OF Its daily issue for seven
days ut a lost of ~ cents Then II
the number un a culpntiar correspond
ed with a number printed al the top
M the irst page Of the piper each day
the fortunate holder could trip lightly
to the newspaper office and get any
where from 81 to $50 In shining gold
coin
The postal authorities promptly leap
ri into the middle Ut that contest ana
brought II Ia II qui,k close TIL" legal
intent employed by the newspaper
nnintainpd that tn. first element or
lottery. consideration, was missing.
inasIni.-h M subscribers were buying
the paper and not chauce In the
drawing
Finally. however. II WINS decided that
there was a consideration In the wOr
done BY con estaDts In advertising the
paper aud by personally carrying the
winning calendars to the office for re
demption
A shoe merchant In Denver placed
a piano cOn'picuOusly In his show win
dow and advertised II In the newspa
Sers and by letter.
Every customer registering al the
store or sending stamped and self
addressed envelope received a mum.
bered card which entitled him to
chance IN the dra wing.
The supreme court Of Colorado held
that there was no cOnsidera ton paid
for the card and hence the scheme WAS
not a lottery.
The court adds:
1.-THE fact that such chance or card
given away to induce persons to visit
their store with the expectation that
they might purchase goods and there
~ Increase their trade In benefit too
remote to constitute a consideration
for chance"
Here are two rulings on the question
OF consider. don ut variance with each
other
An we graci0usly observed before.
flake your pick"
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LAUGHTER AND TEARS.
A Comedy Scene In Which Grief Play
Cd Q Leading Part.

~ SOWOOy 0COUO IN vvUVGU SVSOV VISys
ID . Loading Part.
"Stage fright IL not one Of the emo
lions which get across the fOotlights."
writes Miss Alice Crawford. AUDI.
ences are for the most part AZ serene
~ unconscious Of 1t as they are Vt
other individual sentiments in the &C.
tors having no relation to the Incl.
dents Of the play.
" shall never forget an instance Of
this curious insensibility Of The crowd.
Once when was touring one Of the
most charming and popular girls Of
the company died utter only few
days illnesS. She waa one Of those
sweet, tranquil natures ana had en-
deared herself to us all. Her death
In lodgings In the small provincial
town had an element Of real tragedy
In It.
1.-THE news that she was dead reach,
ed the theater In the evening just us
two Of the actors and were about to
60 on for scene Of broad comedy.
We went on the stage with tears In
our eyes. and can still see the face
Of one Of those comeafnhs' with the
great tears glistening on the paint
He was dreadfully affected. Try At
he would. he could not control his
voice. and the tears kept choking hun
as he ratified of his lines.
1.-The audience were cOnvulsed every
time his voice broke. and 1t made me
cry more than ever to sep the grief
shaking him as he grinned and rhaffed
through bis tears. Yet that comedy
scene never went 40 well before The
audience never guessed Exchange.
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Her Recommend alton.

A woman prominent AZ social work
er was In the city to engage new
girl the other day. She visited an EN-
ployment agency which makes spe'
cialty of finding places for country
housemaids and was much pleased
with one from the country.
why did you leave your last placey
asked the woman
81 didn't have no last place an
swered the girl. because ! ,aip't had
no last place to leave. and I'm still
working at t. being for myself thai
I've been working. and I'm sure I'm a
good servant. and can recommend
myself to you. ma a IN Exchange.
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Farm, aue
Garden
BOOKSHELF FOR MOTHER.
Any boy Handy 1t carpsntsrmS Ca
% Il and Wait Fer christmas.

Any Boy Handy 1t carpsntsrinS Can
% Il and Wait Fer Christmas.
In almost every household there 10
acme one who IL handy with tools.
says the American Agrieulturist.
To prove Its assertion 1t prints the
following story by james B. Duncan
and picture that shows the result OF
painstaking effort.
A bookcase large enough to hold 100
books is an adOrnment to any house.
hold. and the yOungster who IL clever
enough to gather IN some nice bits OF
pine wood and then tackle the tool
box in the barn will be sure to Have
something extra from mother In his
Christmas stocking.
Here are the rules to follow:
In the use Of all edge tools. II you
would avoid cracks and splitting. be
patient and. do not attempt to remove
wood too rapidly. although the tools
should be always kept with perfectly
sharp edges. There Ia much marking
out to do, and az this must be accu-
rately done a good sharp pencil should
always be at hand. In sandpnpering
It Is best to wrap the paper around
a block, as the result Is more uniform
than when the paper Is supported by
the hand alone.
The three shelves. which are identi-
cal In every particular. should be
smoothly finished. giving particular
attention to the ends. as these are
visible through the side strips. In Or
der to Ht around the four corners OF
the uprights. the four corners Of these
must be notched out. These uprights.
after having been cut to length.
smoothly finished and the corners
rubbed down very lightly with sand
paper, should have the location Of the
shelves marked on them and then
have the holes bored for the screws.
From half inch wood cut out four
brackets Of such length az to Mt
closely between the two uprights OF
each end. Six little side strips. meas
uring one-fourth by one inch. are re-
quired. which should be fiat on top
and pointed at their ends.
In assembling make hole In the
corner Of each shelf and carefully try
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FOR A FLYLESS TOWN.
Portland. Ore, Hopes to Kill All Dis.
ease Spreading Pests.


ease Spreading Pests.
Health officers are going to make
Portland town without flies this sum-
mer. They promise these disease breed.
ers will be rare and that the fly pest OF
former summers will he almost wholly
abated. The system Of flushing the
downtown pavements every nj, ht II
stead Of sweeping them. rs FIR ne ~
washes the larvae of the flies into the
sewers. thus doing away with m" :"
the most favorable biprdiu. y. &C.,
Every road lending into Portland
be- oiled this summer to nv III" d.
and this treatment comp ETY. Kn
flies and renders their eggs hard -
The oil applied is crude pat" i"rni
which contains n SINAI guam y Of ear
bolic ar'd and IL sure death t. hi y
and mosquitoes.
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Mslodramatie.

A dramatist was cUndemning two
meiodramas that mad had M unmerlt
ed success among the less cultivated
portion Of the public.
1.-The first said the dramatlst In his
epigra inmate way. "was all blood RI !
thunder. and the other was all thud
and biunder"
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Pointed Advice.

There was travelling man once who
found himself short Of funds. His
first thought. Of course. was to wire
his arm. which he. did. In a night let.
ter he explained the situation and ask.
ed:
How shall / actf'
The next morning be got day mes-
sage which was nothing II not .nlumi-
native:
ACT as II you were broks."-San
Francisco Chronicle.
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The mule. being In u temper. kicked
a few boards out Of the side OF thu
bafn
Zone Of Il ose fresh air cranks," com
mented the horse to itself. Buffalo
Express.
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Her One ides.

His wife IL woman Ut one idea"
THAT sO2'
"Yes; whenever ne starts to do any.
thing she has the ldea that he's doing
II wrong - Detroit Free Press
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Proof Positive.

Mrs De Pretty Horrors: That wo'
man who t,si Unssrd IL n yo,iis man
In disguise Husband Well. welt! Ho"
80 you know Mrs. J." Pretty Sb"
looked at my face instead Of my dress
Washington Tunes.
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Good Rsaaon.

"Y0u mean to say you lived In one
sOuse for hrep years and cultivated
no pleasaDi acQuaintances! WhyY'
Il was cultivating my voice."-Ex
change.
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plum or cherry scale. the zebra cater.
pillar Of the cabbage. the cucumber
beetles. billbugs. locust flea beetle.
corn ear worm, cotton cutwOrm, south
ern fig eater, cooling moth and boil
weevil and. In addition, are great con-
sumers Of injurious weed seeds.
The black headed grosbeak halls
from southern Mexico and invades
North Dakota and Nebraska. 1t fills
the same place In the west that the
grOsbeuk does in the east. 1t IL n foe
to the worst pests of horticulture. the
scale insect composing a fourth Of Its
food.
The blue grosbeak breeds over the
southern two-thirds Of the United
States and Is greatly destructive to
weevils. grasshoppers. lorus's. caterpil-
lars and worms.
The gray grOsbeak inhabts Texas.
Arizona and New Mexico. II Is u CON
sistent enemy Of the boil weeviI and
cotton worm. 1t also consumes great
quantities Of harmful weed seeds.
The bulletin in 'its plea for the pro-
lection Of the grOsbeak says: present
Investigations prove that the services
Of the grosbeak In destroying insect
pests are invaluable. Each kind pays
especial attention to certain pests
which II unchecked would cause enor-
nous loss. Few Of our birds are to
be credited with more good and with
fewer evils than the grosbeak. and
none more clearly deserves protection
by the practical farmer"
Corn and Water.
To those engaged ~ the handling Of
grain the natural sirinkh@r ~ snrllrd
corn Will" III storage ana IN transit ~
II matter - prime iinimrinr,r AMI
often u source ~ dispute mt ais' ut
shortage reported nj time ~ r'rr,pf
at warehouse ana q ftiiHhrr ,'ss nf .
date Of tinai sale In order I" deter
mine the amount at Shrlnkagr ~ os-
ct weight occurring ~ orh the IL
partmpnt of agriculture has tnndltifu
an experiment with rni h,islris ~
SueiIeu toTI. AZ we tiiIP W SbFHSf
the moisture content was lSs per
cent and at close OF the test ~ per
cent. or Il hrss Of Al IRr cent. he
weight per nisiipi hnd DE- reused tr',in
"a I pounds I" ~ pounds ana the 10
tai loss Of weight was 1870 isin,is. Or
slightly more than . per cent
Sir Roger de Coverisy
Sir Roger de C"veriey WAS the name
of member of the imnginar, rIn,.
Of twelve under whose direction Addi
sons Spectator was professtdl, pub
lishel He was an old schn'i. blum
good hearted English gentleman In"
dance named after him II M English
dance corresponding somewh hat t0 the
rfr.ta na1.
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A Good Reason.

Positive Wife John. why do you
talk In your sleep! Have you any
idea. Negative Husband so IN not
to forget how. suppose It's the only
chance | GET Exchange.
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when. A LOTTERY
SN01 kL0TTERY
This Is q Priceless and Hope
less Contest.
LAWYERS CANNOT SOLVE IT.

And Even Uncle, Sam. Whs Ought 70
b Familiar. Has Precisely Different
Rulings Handed Down on Precisely
Similar Questions.
That most puzzling Of puzzlesome
questions. Just exactly what II On
Gle Sans idea Of hittery!' Is an
swered by Omer +. Doud In Judicious
Advertising az follows:
Aud he cites these two particular
cases:
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We judge ourselves by what We fc"'
capable OF doing. while Others Judge
10 ny what we have already dOne.-
LOngfellOw.
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Any proposition involving the
element Of chance in connection
with the awarding OF prizes IN
which . consideration 10 reouir.
cd Of contestants. The constt.
usnt elements Of . lottery or
other scheme Of chance a. Dc.
fined by the authorities are ~
confederation. (2) chance. (3
prize.
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Before vsnturing your craft on

60for0 VonturlnU your oTaft on
such uncertain waters send u to
the attorney gensral at Washing
ton for est Of its ssaworthinsss.
In this way you will avoid .
visit from postosfiee inspectors
and perhaps . great deal OF sx-
psnsivs and unnecessary iitigs-,