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HarrIa Downs.

making her bed outside didn't seem
worth while.
Harrie is the daughter of E. E.
Downs Of Evanston, general manager
Of the Elgin and Belvidere Electric
Railway company. Two years ago she
was bothered with adenoids. A spe-
cialist advised that Harrie sleep out
side, winter and summer. Mr.. Downs
purchased a cot, a waterproof blan-
ket, and a porch screen. He hung the
screen on a porch of the Downs apart
ment, a block from Lake Michigan.
It'll be nice tonight" commented
Harrie. surveying the snow-laid floor.
Il always like it when it SHOWS. Last
night l didn't get any sleep at all.
| had both windows open, but the
room still seemed hot"
Harrie says she intends to continue
sleeping outside all her life.
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BURN BUILDING TO KILL GERM
Only Way to Get Rid Of Them, and
Occasion Was Made a Good
Object Leseson.

A ramshackle building in Winston
Salem was recently burned at the re-
quest Of the local Anti tuberculosis
league, because 1t wal said to be alive
with tuberculosis germs and could not
be PROPERLY fumigataed.
For days before the building was
burned huge placards announcing the
hour Of destruction were hung about
In prominent places. Among other
things the placards said: within the
past Is months two men who sold
fruit, etc., here have died Of tuber-
c%ulosis, but unconsciously left millions
Of tuberculosis germs by careless
splitting. The building Is so open that
it cannot be effectively fumigated.
The only practical means Of dsin-
fecting is by fire."
At the appointed hour, while null
lions Of tuberculosis germs were be-
ing burned, 5000 pamphlets telling
how to prevent consumption, were dis
tributed to the crowd looking on.
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duced, black ribbon is the most in
evidence.
There is, however, another way o.
relieving the darkness of an autump
or winter corsage. This consists Of a
neck band and a kind of guimpe fash.
Toned of white net and lace. The
guimpe Is worn outside instead of
under the corsage. In front it falls
nearly to the waist, while at the back
it forms a deep, rounded sailor collar.
If made of finely tucked net it is en-
riched with rows of delicate darned
lace, while it is supplemented with a
border Of the same lace as an edg.
ing. Thus the face IL set In q
frame Of fresh white which is emf
nently becoming. and very much en-.
hances the costume with which 1t Is
worn. The sides and sleeves of the
corsage are, besides, often of white
or color, with q voltage of mousseline-
de-soie in black, navy, or brown, &C.
cording to the color of the dress, the
effect being rich and handsome. This
Is an adaptation which can easily be
made on a toilette which has seer its
first season and which is beginning
to show signs Of old age.
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NEAT PAPER WEIGHT

There are only two features that it
Is necessary that a paper weight
should contain. The one is that 1t
should be heavy, and the other is that
it should be as ornamental as posi-
BILE. A very capital paper weight can
be made with the aid of any ordinary
empty wooden match box, filled with
shot or small stones, or anything of
weight, and then entirely covered
with some dainty remnant of silk or
satin or which some pretty floral de-
sign has been either embroidered or
painted. When this has been done.
to complete the weight, it should be
edged with a fine silk cord, chosen in
some contrasting shade of color. In
our sketch may be seen an ornamens
tai little article Of this kind, made in
the manner directed. /
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FITTING CORSET TO FIGURE
Dress, According to Expert Who
Should Know.

This is the season Of the year when
We are plunged into a very debauch
of clothes.
OF course the foundation Of all good
dressing lies in the corset. and the
woman who wishes to be well
dressed takes the precaution of buy
ing good stays. Fashions in this line
change almost as often as they do In
u outer garments, and to have a
fashionable figure one must have a
newly-fashioned corset.
Just at present La Mode adheres
more firmly than ever to a perfect
ly straight appearance below the
waist. From that point the lines are
carried as straight as the stream Of a
waterfall.
OF course, It takes a great deal OF
skill to fashion a corset of this kind.
Those who have taken this task upon
themselves faced the fact from the
first that diff culties were in the way
of combining comfort with the ex-
treme length which fashion demands.
But these difficulties seem to have
been successfully surmounted in the
new corsets and models are made to
suit all figures.
The secret of success in fitting on
a corset, so says one expert, is to fit
the stays to the figure, not the figure
to uncongenial stays.
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GRAND TO LIVE
And the Last Laugh Is Always the H.s,

"Six months ago 1 would have laugh.
ed at the Idea that there could be any
thing better for a table beverage than
coffee" writes an Ohio woman now 7
laugh to know there is.
Since childhood l drank coffee free
ly as did the other members of the fam
lily. The result was a puny sickly
girl; and as l grew into womanhood l
did not gain in health, but was af-
ricted with heart trouble, a weak and
dlsordered stomach, wrecked nerves
and a general breaking down till last
winter, at the age Of SO, l seemed to
be on the verge of consumption.
My friends greeted me with How
bad you look! What a terrible color,'
and this was not very comforting.
The doctors and patent medicines
did me absolutely no good. l was thor.
oughly discouraged.
Then ! gave up coffee and com
menced Postum. At first | didn't like
1t, but after a few trials and following
the directions exactly, 1t was grand.
1t was refreshing and satisfying. In
a couple Of weeks l noticed a great
change.
Il became stronger, my brain grew
clearer. / was not troubled with for
getfulness as in coffee times, my
power of endurance was more than
doubled.
The heart trouble and Indigestion
disappeared and my nerves became
steady and strong.
Il began to take an interest In things
about me. Homework and home.
making became a pleasure. My friends
have marveled at the change and when
they enquire what brought it about
answer Postum, and nothing else in
the world" Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Read the little Book, "The Road to
Wellville," in pkgs. There's a reason
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true. aad full of humaz
fpfereets
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Real Woman-Hater.

A viii Of a confirmed woman-hater,
writes Virgil NJ. Harris in Ancient
Curios and Famous Wills" is that of
a rich old bachelor who had endured
much from attempts made by his
-family to put him under the yoke Of
matrimony, and who wrote: 81 beg
that my executors will see that I am
buried where there is no woman in
TERED, either to the right or TO the
left of me. Should this not be prac-
ticable in the ordinary course of
things, l direct that they purchase
three graves, and bury me in the mid
die n of the three, leaving the two
others unoccupied."
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Important TO Mothers

CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
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ENDED THE SPELLING LESSON
Bobby's Education, Under Aunt's Tu-
telage, AfterWard Proceeded
Under Different Lines.

Miss Thompson, whose form ma
ture has endowed with all-too-ample
curves. was giving her little nephew
a lesson In spelling the other day. He
had spelt be, be, and he, he, and
now she was trying to get him to tell
her what me-. spelt.
Listen. Bobby" she said earnest
1y. Then closing her lips she pro-
nounced the sound Of a long m, and
opening them, the sound of a long e.
What does that spell?"
Bobby looked at her and shook his
head. Again she tried, and this time.
while pronouncing the sounds, she
vigorously tapped her own rotund
chest with her plump forefinger.
"Mmum, ee. What letters am l say
ing and what do they spell?" she
asked, still vigorously tapping her
chest.
81 don't know what the letters are"
replied Bobby, watching the plump
foref1nger, but I guess they spell
Fat"
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MAKES FRAME FOR THE FACE
Neck Band of Ribbon or Guimpe Of
White Net and Lace Are
Both Effective.

The corsage or blouse with the neck
Gu: a little low, leaving the throat
bare, is more than likely to die hard.
AS the season advances, however, it
becomes less practicable wear, and
many women have made the discov-
cry that some addition is necessary
dfring the winter. A very smart
and dainty finish has been invented.
which is becoming to nearly every
face. This consists of a ribbon as
vide as the length Of the neck will
permit, and which is made to At
closely round the throat. At the top
there is a narrow edging of white or
ivory embroidery or net, while below
it there is a two-inch f1ounce of finely
killed tulle. which makes a kind of
Toby frill, neatly and simply ar
ranged. The ribbon last, of course,
be carefully chosen to accord with
the gown, and as most of the gowns
of today have a touch OF black intro
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If a Woman Had Done II.


Trust the s~uffragettes to make capt
tai out of the merest indiscretion of
mere man! The following is an ex-
ample, taken from one Of their publ
cations, the Newsletter, for January:
"a lovely little press item floating
up from Chatham Courthouse, Va,
made the editor laugh and laugh. 1t
said that a juror sneaked out Of the
jury DON while the rest Of the Jurors
were asleep, and went and MIXED his
cow. He laid out to get back before
the others walked up, but somebody
saw him and told on him, and the
trial had to begin all owe II a wom-
an Juror should do that out in Wash
ington or Idaho, wouldn't it be a
proof Of the incapacity of the sex for
the duties of citizenship?
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"ExiI Exen Based on Fact

Most people have heard Of the EVIL
Eye" and now we are informed by
Charles l.. Smith, a noted New York
refractionist, that the superstition
arose because everyone, without know
ing it, has one eye that is different in
power and activity from the other. He
designates it the dominant eye," and
according to whether it is the left or
the right children will grow up left
handed or right-handed. 1t is sheer
cruelty, and may entail lifelong mis-
cry, to force a child to become am
bidextrous. Such a curse may result
in wrecking the nervous system, and
can only be cured by a reversal of the
process so that the dominant eye"
may regain natural and u%ndisputed
sway. Men who are ambidextrous had
better keep a strict guard owe their
actions lest they should be credited
with the "evil eye"
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HAND IN Az WISE TWO HOURS
Nan Keeps His Mind During Excru-
eiating Ordeal, but Finally Loses
the Member.

Allentown, Pa.-Amandes s. Miller
of Powder Valley was assisting In low
ering a 500 pound pipe into an ar
tesian well 230 feet deep on Harry
Schreiber's farm, At Old louisville,
when the tackling gave way and his
left hand was caught in the plumbers
wise that was used as a grip.
Miller's hand was crushed and held
so tight that it took two hours to re-
lease him. 1t was necessary to break
the wise before the sufferer could be
freed, and it took a long time to get
the necessary tools.
For a time Miller suffered terribly,
and then the very excess of pain act
ed almost as an anesthetic and he re-
manned conscious during the whole
of the narrowing time 1t took to re-
lease him. Amputation was neces-
sary.
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See Riches In swamps.

The Russian department OF agricul.
ture has founded at the Riga Poly
technic a school for specialists in
swamp cultivation. The North Pc
chora expedition worked many years
with great success in the deserted
region of the northern swamps, and
proved that the swamps Of the Arch.
angel province are full of wealth, and
that millions of peasants, devoured
by poverty and hunger in their native
places, can find food and shelter In
the swampy regions after their cult
walton. With small expense the
swamps can be turned into land coy
cred with rich grass.
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NOT ALTOGETHER HIS FAUL7
Verdict Brought In by Jury Certainly
Was Not FIattering to the
Accused.

A Wheeling wv. Va.) lawyer says
that he has heard many queer YER
diets In his time. but the quaintest OF
these was that Brought in not long
ago by a jury Of mountaineers in a
sparsely settled part of the state.
This was the first case for the ma
jority of the jury, and they sat for
hours arguing and disputing over It in
the bare little room at the rea Of the
court room. At last they struggled
back to their places, and the foreman,
a lean, gaunt fellow, with a superla-
lively solemn expression, voiced the
general opinion:
"The jury don't think that he done
it, for we allow he want there, but
We think he would have done it ef
he'd had the chanst"-Harper's Mag
aZine.
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DRAPING THE WINDOW
NEED NOT BE CONSIDERED MUCH
OF A PROBLEM.
So Many Materials to Select From
That the Task Is Now Compare
lively Easy-Some conven-
tionaI Designs.

To drape windows artistically and
not exclude any of the very necessary
light often becomes a serious prob
lem.
So many inexpensive yet exceed
ingly attractive materials are dis
played that the task becomes com
paratively easy.
For the nursery windows there are
many appropriate designs, depicting
scenes from the Mother Goose
rhymes or Alice in Wonderland.
Any material may be used, from
common yellow muslin to linen crash.
Two straight pieces form the sides.
These are Joined by a valance across
the top Of the window. The curtains
are hung from a narrow brass rod.
To prevent the dust from collecting,
they are hung without a heading.
Any soft, neutral coloring is at
tractive for the %stenciling. Old delft
blue against a rich cream background
would be charming.
Outlines the window is narrow and
we desire to have it appear wider.
The straight curtains hung from the
sides have this tendency.
The curtain may start from the
very edge of the window frame and
extend beyond the width Of the dra.
perry. This gives an added width of q
foot or less, as desired.
The conventional design Of blocks
may either be stepciled at home or
purchased at the shops.
A narrow rod of brass Is used and
the draperies are hung from small
brass rings. This makes a dainty,
simple dressing for the narrow win
dow.
1t is often difficult to treat the lat.
ticed window effectively. Perhaps
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Clean Money


United States Treasurer McClung
has recommended in his annual report
that congress provide additional facili-
ties for exchanging old and defaced
United States paper currency for new.
Asserting that there is a widespread
interest which advocates a cleaner
and more sanitary currency, he says
that the sentiment is a laudable one
and should be attainable because the
expense is but a trife compared with
the beneficial results. 1t has been
demonstrated that bacteria attach
themselves readily to paper money,
and there is no doubt that disease is
thus disseminated. Mr.. Meetings.
crusade for a clean currency ought to
find prompt and sympathetic response.
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Indian Sacred BUILDINGS.

The rock-hewn temples of Elephan-
ia, in Bombay harbor, which were
visited recently by the king and
queen, numbered six, and four of them
are nearly complete. They date from
the eighth century A. D. or somewhat
later. The Great Cave, $50 feet above
h%igh-water mark, belongs to a class
of sacred buildings very common in
India. 1t is a silva temple, fully 1870
feet long, the main body being a
square of about 80 feet, hewn from
the rock so as to present three open
sides, and supported by six rows Of
stone columns.
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Old Wish in New Words.

Mr.. D. P. Seerley of Chicago is an
art connoisseur, but sometimes he al
lows himself to be taken away from
pictures and sculptures, and led into q
concert hall. He had yielded to this
one afternoon when the friend beside
him noticed that he looked bored
weary, and wan, not to say exhausted
and disguised.
whats the matter?" he asked Seer
ley; to which question Seerley replied
with a prolonged yawn.
It's true" admitted the friend
that that piano player is missing
some of the notes and"
Il WISH" cut in Seerley, he had
missed EN- all!"-The Twice-a-Month
Popular Magazine.
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DOESN'T FEAR ZERO WEATHER
Girl With Cot and Waterproof Blanket
Spends Her Nights In Open Air
During All Seasons.

Chicago.-For the first time in two
years Harrie Downs, IL years old,
spent the other night in 8 convention
al atmosphere Of steam radiators and
wall paper. 1t was not because 1t was
cold. Harrfe slept outdoors every night
during Chicago's seventy-three-hours
stretch Of below-zero weather. The
trouble was that she got home a little
late from a party and the effort of
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Man of the Present.

III D OF ON0I OU VdTS.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoris
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cremation Amonq the Franks.

An interesting archaeological dis
covery was made lately near Brecht
(Belgium), where the remains of what
was evidently a Frankish cemetery
have beer found. The main interest in
the discovery lies in the fact that
clear traces are to be seer in the Gem
etery of cremated remains, as well as
of bodies buried in the ordinary way,
whereas hitherto it has always been
believed that cremation was not prac-
ticed amongst the Franks.
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May Be Plans of Famous Ship.

Great interest has been aroused in
Australia by the discovery of some old
ships plans, believed to be those of
the barque Endeavor in which Captain
Cook discovered Australia, which are
now in the possession Of the Austria
lasian Pioneers club. The plans have
apparently been in Sydney for a long
time. They belonged to Mr.. Cum
mings, a blacksmith, who received
them and other charts and diagrams
from a Mr.. Korf, a naval contractor,
said to be descended from a ship
wright who sailed with Captain Cook.
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ors may have bands OF cretonne to
border them. The flowers or design
may be carefully cut out and ap-
pliqued on the curtains.
For those who do not care to make
the draperies, an endless variety may
be had at the shops.
These-eurtains launder beautifully,
and are thoroughly practical from
every point of view.
There Is absolutely no excus for
not having attractive windows when
simple d~raperies. costing a painfully
small sum, may be had with very lit
tie trouble.
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Fishes Survived DROUGHT

A curious drought survival By fishes
is reported from France. The ditch
or moat of Monaco, completely dried
up last summer, although usually j
canal three miles long and fifty feet
wide, with five feet of water. All
carp, tench, perch and pike disap-
peared, leaving dry mud. A recent
sudden rainfall, however, supplied a
little water, and the fishes were actu-
ally seen rising-as lively as ever
from the mud in which they had
buried themselves.
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Vest Pocket TeIenhones.

They are introducing vest-pocket
telephones in some Of the cities of
Germany. Connections are placed on
walls all over town and if you happen
to walk along the street and you're
in a hurry to tell your wife that you
will bring a friend home for dinner
all you have to do is to connect your
pocket instrument with the one on
the wall, call the exchange, get your
party and talk to your hearts con
tent.
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Dubious Compliment.

Tom Purdie, an old man-servant In
Sir Walter SCOTS household, used to
talk of the famous "Waverley Nov
els as "our BOOKS" and said that the
reading of them was the greatest com
fort to him.
Whenever 1 am off my sleep" he
confided to MI. James Skene, the al
thor of Memories Of Sir Walter
Scott" Il have only to take one of the
novels, and before l have read two
pages it is sure to send me asleep"
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Signature 1ss11 t1 Of LMzZZzM
In Use For Over 80 Years.
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you may be sure that the French
modistes always meet a demand.
Lace scarfs, beaded and trimmed
with bands of chenille embroidery, are
shown in many of the little shops in
which accessories Of dress are en-
phasised. By the way, how many lit
tie shops" there are over in Paris!
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superstltIous Walter.

A man dining at a cafe observed
that though he had ordered one dozen
oysters, he was served with only
eleven. The next evening the same
thing occurred again. Then the diner
became somewhat irritated.
Why" he demanded of the waiter,
"do you serve me only eleven oysters
when l order a dozen?"
The waiter bowed a~pologeticaIIy. Il
didn't think you'd wanting to be SIT
ting thirteen at table, sir"
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a cord or narrow band OF the same
material.
Another suggestion for the plain
window is to have the draperies ex-
tend twelve or fourteen inches below
the sill. A valance joins them at the
top.
The narrow rod may be of brass or
painted wood. The curtains are hung
from small brass rings.
Pretty French cretonnes or poplins
make attractive draperies. Plain col
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HEN REMAINED AT HER POST
Was Sitting on Nest in Separator and
Stuck While Machine Threshed
Out Field Of Wheat.

Sioux Falls, S. D.-A threshing ma
chine taken out of a shed for the
first time this season was used to
thresh out a small field Of wheat,
near this city. When the job was
finished, the machine man discovered
a hen sitting on a nest of eggs in a
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81 am glad to say" remarked Mr.
Sexton, that l spoke a hasty
word to you"
NO, L~eonidas," answered his wife
rather gently. I'm willing to give
you credit for not hurrying about any
thing STRAY Stories.
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IS@~
Stuck to Her Nest.

corner of the separator. The wind
from the fan ruffled her feathers, the
whirling of the pulleys had evidently
annoyed her somewhat, and there was
dust in her mouth, and fright in her
eye, but like the immortal boy on the
burning deck, she stuck to her post.
OF the thirteen eggs in the nest, only
one was injured.
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"a man has to be up-to-date to do
anything nowadays"
YES" replied Mr.. Dustin Stax.
When l talk to an Investigating COM
mittee l find it desirable not to dwell
needlessly on the past"
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MATRON OF HOME Tells HOW
She KEEPS 40 CHILDREN STRONG
Gives Them Father Johns Medicine to
Cure Their Colds and Keep Them
i'm Perfect Health.

T have 40 or 45 children here a. the chldrens home constantly. When
they are weak or run down 1 always give them Father Johns Medicine to
build them up. They all gain rapidly under the treatment the medicine af-
fords Whenever they get cold o have a cough o. throat irritation Father
Johns Medicine gives prompt and sure relief.
Little Stanley Peabody, two years old last February. has been with us
since he vas two months old. I al SUI that his life vas saved by Father
Johns Medicine. 1t cured him of bronchitis. l gave it to him o the advice
of our house physician"
lsignedl Ellen OLeary. Matron. Chtdrens Home. Lowell. Mass
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No OHense-

Il suppose you are afraid my vigor-
Gus style would offend your read
ers," said the discontinued author.
mo, I'm not" replied the editor,
"The trouble is that nobody would
read enough Of it to get offended"
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81 am going to blow out my brains"
said he.
We'll" she said after a moments
reflection, perhaps they'll stand a lit
tie imitation, Horace. They've al.
ways struck me as being a trihe wob-
bly."-Harper's Weekly.
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cIrcumstantIaI Evidence,

Jones was SO proud of his boy and
what he was going to do. But the
youngster will never make a noise in
the world"
II don't know about that. He's Just
Joined a brass band"
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ORGANIZE to Hunt Wolves,

Hancock, Mich.-Citizens here have
organized mutual protection societies.
The members will hunt timber wolves
which are menacing the lives OF per-
sons and animals on the outskirts OF
town.