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EFNkAy wear
Frecty near" was what upaet fha r,.n-
OF Jabez Jones.
he anu. ksD' repsaun' IT IN disoontsntsa
he pretty near gOt wealthy. but he dian't
take the dip.
he pretty near got married. but tn ~
gave him the sllp.
he never quite got nd Of an HIS ysrious
little stnA
BIS life was jest a story an made up a
might hRYe bins.
6ometimes his voice was plafnnva an
8ometimea Il was severe.
Bur his conversation always seemed n
turn on pretty near"
7 hope Est to heaven" said Door JaA..
with q Sigh.
Ny energy amt much, but that's one
hing I'm goln' to try.
IN bet when they're coIlectfn' cash for
which my LIES insured
Inc doctors win be saying that pretty
near got cured
An when seek the pearly gate I bet my
footn slip
An IN ind myself a-traveIin' along ths
other trip,
An then III have to tell the irnps that Mt
around an grin
How for glory I set out an how I pretty
near got In"
-WashinEton Star,
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UTOPIA NEIGHBoRH0oD CLUB
MAKES ITS ANNUAL REPORT
Raises Large Sum and Aids Many
Needy Persons In New York.

The Utopia Neighborhood club n
New York was organized In Novem-
Der, 19II- The object Of the club Is to
do social settlement work generally
among the people Of the community
and city. II has concerned itself for
the past year with raising funds In aid
OF the movement to establish q home
for delinquent eolored girls. The club
had a small beginning, but has stead
Ily grown in membership and useful
ness.
Meetings are held weekly on Monday
evening. The meetings are divided
into two groups or classes, business
and social At the June business
meeting the annual report was made
public. It showed q membership OF
seVenty-6ve active persons, who are
constantly working for the relief Of
the masses in the thickly settled sec
lions Of the city. Their efforts have
not been confined to their own race
alone, but to the white people Of the
community as well
The report also showed that the or
ganiZatiOn has given assistance to
twenty needy persons, secured homes
for two infants and raised the sum Of
S1,O76 toward the delinquent homo
fund The money was placed with
the National League on Urban Condi-
lions, OF which Dr. George e Haynes
Of Fisk university Is chief director,
assisted by Professor Eugene Kinekls
Jones. who has charge Of the work. at
the leagues headquarters on West
Fortieth street. New York.
The officers Of the Utopia NeighbOr~
hood club are greatly encouraged over
the success OF the work and are plan
ming for an active campaign the COM
ing fall. The general officers q the
club are: Mrs.. A 8 Reed. president:
Mrs Ella Mccall. vice president; Nh
Prince ID. Smith. corresponding Sere-
tary; Ms. william n. Tyers, financial
secretary; Mrs. G. Franklin Taylor.
treasurer. and MrE Mary = Terrell.
chaplain
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The Writers.

Frederic Villiers has been a war cor
respondent for thirty-six years for Lon
don papers.
George Bernard Shaw. the famous
dramatist. certainly does not suffer
from mock mOdesty, for the other even
ing he announced publicly that he was
zone Of the most celebrated men in
Europe"
Owen Wister has been appointed q
member OF the committee to raise q
fund for a memorial to Samuel Gilman,
author OF Fair Harvard" In the
church at Charleston where Gilman
preached for twenty years
The Warehouses Townshend, the
first peeress to become an editor, Is
the author OF a book Of verse. in the
Kings Garden" She has been select
ed as editor OF the new magazine, Our
Dumb Friends. which will be publish
ed weekly 10 London. II viii be the
Official organ OF Our Dumb Friends
league
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As strikrnaIn Evinesd.


al tell you the man with the goatee
was saying as there came a slight full
in the game. what brings the fans
here Is the certainty that they're 60
ing to see a good game Of ball. They
want their own team TO win, Of course,
but it's the fine play that
"BoshF' interrupted the man with
the white hair and black eyebrows.
They don't care a darn about the fine
play. All they want is to see the home
team win. I've seen them applaud the
other teams errors when they helped
to-
ROT They cheer a brilliant play.
no matter which side makes it There
are 10000 people here today not be
cause they are stuck on seeing their
own side win. but because
Just then everybody rose to his feet
uttered a wild yell and began q rush
for the outside.
Only one man was ont, and q sure
batter was at the bat
But the man on third had sneaked IN
with the winning run The home team
had won.-Chicago Tribune
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Hidea and skins.

The United States is the worlds
greatest importer Of hides and skins,
Notwithstanding the fact that IT has
larger number Of cattle than any other
country except India. and 1t draws
upou every part Of the world for some
az the numerous kinds Of hides ana
6hfns which Il requires. Cattle. horse.
bufaIo, sheep, goat. pig. kangaroo ana
even fish skins are included In the ma
tsrial q this character imported ana
several other animals would Be inelno-
"a IN the list II the tanned skins In
ported were taken into constellation
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And Thia From EnnInnd-

Smith was constant worry TO HIS
friends. They never knew when to
and when not to treat him seriously
since. as he frankly admitted, he de-
lighted in pulling other peoples legs.
One day he and Brown met casually
In the street and stopped. as friends
Sften do, TO gossip for awhile.
big blaze-that fire at the factory
on Johnston street last night wasn't
it?' asked Brown.
Yes replied Smith. 7 went down
to have look at it. And, my word,
there were several mighty narrow es-
caPes there tOOr'
'EScapesr' cried Brown excitedly.
But the morning paper said that there
was no one I'm the building"
Smith nodded
oh" be said. the 6remen brought
the escapes down with theml So long,
old chap!'-London Answers.
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FIippant filings.

We are disguised at the criticisms Of
statuary hall in the capitol 1t is per-
fectly beautiful and Is a great credit
to the stone mason's trade.-Houston
Post
According to Miss Anna Sumner Of
Chicago every human soul has a tree
affinity. There may be something in It
The Partially men have for the peach
has often been nOted-Kansas City
Journal
A man went into a Kansas City res
taurant and ordered a meal. While
the waiter was filing the order the
guest walked away with the cash reg
lister. Some men viii take almost any
thing In preference to a restaurant
DeaL-Kansas City Times.
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Piasens Of ST. Marks.

Nothing is more amusing than to
watch on a winters day the marvel
Gus intelligence with which the pi-
geons Of st. Marks, in'Venice. can dis
criminate between residents and Wis
Itors In the Grand square Of that city,
the Piazza Of St Mark. The moment
n foreigner shows bis face In the piaz-
"a the pigeons set upon him In crowds,
hoping to be fed They do not trouble
the natives, who may be summing them
selves by the hundred in the square
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Fashion FrilIs.

Answers to the questions indicated
By the pIumes In the form Of an inter
rogation point on women's bats can b
found IN the bills.-AIbany Journal
As long as the better half doesn't
insigt on the other half wearing two Of
her old hobble skirts for trousers we
don't think the clothing question VIII
canse much trouble.-Baltmore Star.
Everything depends on the point Of
view. A few years ago q boy whose
trousers reached only halfway to his
ankles was considered a Jay. Now
they RON them up that far and think II
looks nne--Cimarron Ranl JaeksO-
man
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THRIFTY BUSINESS CONCERN.

National Benefit Association In Wash
ington Has Rapid Growth.
The National Benefit association at
Washington. operating in SIX states,
owning property valued at 100000
and embracing a membership Of TO-
900, Is doing a phenomenal work for
the commercial uplift Of the race.
It began business fourteen years ago
In a six dollar per month room The
association now owns the building In
which II was then a humble tenant
q modern ONCE building with twenty
seven finely appointed rooms, valued
at about $4,000.
After using much Of the space for
its own Offices the association collects
s., 500 per annum from fits tenants- It
has regularly employed in its home Of
fee twenty Seven clerks and stenogra-
pliers, making with its army Of neld
agents. etc. a total Of go persons
earning a good living through the Ma
tional Benefit association
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Current Comment.

A medical publication says that gam
bling results from a diseased mind In
q short time there win be no vices.
There viii be only ailments--Wash-
ington Star.
At home and abroad there is much
complaint that tips are not as lavish
q they used to be. Unfortunately for
the practice. the public has learned
how seldom the dip is held by the man
that earns it.-BostOn Herald.
They have an Official playmaster In
Chicago, and be proposes to teach boys
TO be good losers. which be says
American boys are not now. II that
Is 80 It must be because they do not
often lose.-Philadelphia Press.
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SIZES AND SONS

Secretary Of the Navy DANIEL A.
Beves IN mineral water a. beverare.
The Duke Of Westminster owns 4oo
Of the acres on which the city OF Lon
don Is built.
Carlos d. Cisneros. wen known r.
his work In connection with the Llma
Geographical society, has been made
q fellow Of the Royal GeographieaI 90
ciett Of London.
Prince D'Arenberg. for many v.arx
president Of the Suez canal council. has
resigned. but bis connection win not
be entirely severed, as be Is to be made
honorary president Of the council OF
administration and win also remain on
the directorate.
Gaillard Hunt. ofacial heraldist Of
the United States government, has d.
voted forty years to the study Of hIs
art and has produced most Of the gov
eminent seals and designs usually
seen stamped on official documents.
He Is also historian Of international
reputation.
George Anderson Cooke, recently
elected chief Justice Of the Illinois
state supreme court, succeeding Frank
A Dunno. is in point Of service the
youngest chief justice IN the history Of
the state. he was elected to the 50.
preme bench to al the unexpired term
Of the late Judge Guy G. Scott. with
whom he had been a law partner. He
was a member Of the Illinois house Of
Representatives for four years, begin
ming In 1902
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Forest Notes.

Canada's forest area Is about soO,-
100000 acres.
-Four launches are used In patrol and
transportation work on national for
ests in Alaska. which include many
small islands and inlets.
On the best German forests the an
nual expense is S13 an acre. but the
gross returns are as much as $24.
Thus they yield net return Of 81 an
acre each year.
Motion picture companies are max
ing films Of all OF the activities Of the
federal forest service. including plant
ing. cutting timber. patrol and lookout
work. Already at least two IRE fight
ing movies" are being exhibited
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Just peIiv.r the Good.

A slang expressions going around
That's about the best motto have founA
Although II hasn't lofty sound
Just deliver the goods.
We hear 20 much fine talk these days
OF schemes to set the world ablaze,
But we ought 70 say before we praise,
Just deliver the goods.
There are plans to bring reforms about
To kick the trusts and grafters out;
But, son. before you raise a shout
Just deliver the goods.
Don't talk about what you can do,
For other folks can splutter. too.
But II you can put something through
Just deliver the goods.
Florida Ttmes-U Onion
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@How splendid Il was Of ArA VI.
lOughby 70 leave 5000 900 70 ths Cd
ladIas homei I never supposed shs
WOuld DO II"
cit was nice Of her, wasn't TT But
uhs Isct ne somsfhing better than
Ehzf-
son. did shef hadn't keard abOut
Tat what dld she leave yOur
Fl Inherited hex cook chicago Hee
osd-HsrlA
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Their Lazy Nsiahbor.

Mrs. Dingbat-Our neIghbor, Ms
Grimes, is the LATEST woman I ever
saw.
Dingbat-Why do you think so?
Mrs. Dingbat-Well, all this after
noon she sat in her window watching
Mrs. Jones hanging out the wash
Dingbat-HOw do you know?
Mrs. Dingbat.-Gracious! How could
/ help knowing? l sat in our window
watching her! - Springfield Mass.).
Union
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Bark Eor Tanninn

ouebracho bark, one of the chief ex-
ports Of the Argentine, win tan Ieath-
er at least three times as fast as the
bark Of the oak or the hemlock. Near
y a million tons Of the wood or the
dry extract are sent to the United
States and Europe annually. The
growth Of the tree is Of the slowest,
and 1t is estimated that a thousand
years are required for 1t to reach ma
turity.
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afrIean Provsrbs.

Ths dawn cones twice 70 no man.
It IL cay to cut Up a dried elephant
Ths sword shows no respect for IT,
maker,
oOyeto1snsus is the mother e m
satis6ed desinn1
Wherersr 4 man rOes % dwell his
eharzeteF goes win min.
A one sldaa story b always rishe
lar. listen 70 tie other side.
He Il Z fooI Wao earn iift 81 ent
Jet tries 70 MI an eiephanf.-Frou
Tie Toruhas. e. kllfean Tliba
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Three Strikes.

Any American boy might become
president. but many Of them know
from experience that there is no hope
Of their becoming baseball pitchers.-
St Paul Pioneer Press.
Perhaps one reason why IT has rain
ed 80 seldom in St Louis this summer
is because nobody cares whether the
ball game is fnterfered with or not
St Louis Times.
A New Jersey baseball fan has nine
carrier pigeons which bring him the
returns Of distant games By innings
In case OF extra inning games the poor
fellow has to wait TN the papers come
Out-CleveIand Plain Dealer.
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Short Stories.

Chinese are admitted 70 New -
Iand on payment Of $500 per head
ones TIE president answered bis own
lsftsrs. Today the white House stan
Includes forty secretaries
During the last stx years 100000
eolouists have been domieIled IN She
IA and over T8o0o.ooo acres q iano
put under cultivation
Los Angeles Cali chief Of police OBJ
fninsd salaried JOB for the wife e 9
nan hs escently was compelled - ~
rost and ssnd 70 prison-
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ZION HoNORs DR.. BoLDEN.
Energetic Young Minister Gees -
Sssitxsrland n churah'a 9ah.aA

Energetic Vouns Minister Gees -
sNitzsrland nt chureh's Bshsat.
New York.-ReV. Dr.. r. N. Bolden,
one OF the most prominent Of the Zion
'ehurchmen and for four years pastor
Of the Mother Zion A. n. E church In
this city, has been appointed as a dele
gate 10 represent the Zion church Of
America at the seventh worlds Sun
day school convention to be held In
Zurich, Switzerland, July s to Is.
DR.. Bolden has been granted q SIX
ty-ive days leave OF absence from his
church. he sailed for London Satur.
day, June 81. Before returning to
America DR.. Bolden viii visit Geneva,
Genoa, Florence, Rome, Venice, Ber>
lin, Antwerp, Brussels and The Hague
The selection Of DR.. Bolden to repre-
sent bis connection at this great gather
ing Is q signal honor for the young
pastor, who has made such a COM
mendable and distinct record a. q pas
tor In this city.
Mother Zion church Is proud OF the
honor that has come to its pastor, and
the congregation has assumed the en-
tire responsibility OF the expense OF
the trip. DR.. Bolden has maintained
the high standard which the Mother
Zion church has held In the connection
for many years. He has taken In the
the church over 500 members and has
raised in collections for the support
Of the church $4,000.
The church has under It's control
property valued at $4,000, all Of
which was secured under the passionate
Of DR.. Bolden.
The church Is well organized and Il
the pride OF the Zionites. DR.. Bolden
Is one OF the most energetic men in
the ministry here and Is ever ready TO
encourage and help the young men OF
his church. He has been the means
Of inspiring many Of them to enter
the ministry. He Is a strong and force
ful preacher. He Is a graduate Of LlV-
ingstone college. the correctional
school In Salisbury, N. @.
Mother Zion church, which was
founded III years ago, Is one OF the
most historic church institutions OF
the race and has back OF It a long and
interesting history. Around the church
has grown up a most worthy tradition,
and the church has been the means Of
inspiring many OF the well known pro
fessional people on the beginning Of
their career.
The church was founded in 1877 by q
committee OF nine pioneer religious
workers Of the race, who withdrew
from the White NJ. q. church. The
first service was held In Miller's eabi-
net shop.
Afterward the first trustees Of the
church were granted a corporate char
ter under the Zion A. n. E church In
New York. In 1850 the general con-
ference made the name Zion part OF
the corporate title. The growth Of
the church necessitated its moving 10
larger quarters. II is now located In
fits handsome new home, with every
on West Eighty-ninth
street.
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Eather'a NeM straw Hat.


Father has a new straw hat
Paid two dollars for II too.
Mother sadly tells him that
Was q foolish thing TO do
Mother murmurs with disgust
At the way dad has behaved:
Says that his new hat q Just
Like the old one that she saved
Father listens with q smile
Or attempts sometimes 70 show
Mother how they've changed the Sty1A
She VIII not believe Il. though
Mother thinks Il II q shame
Dad can never make II clear
Why he shouldn't wear the same
Straw hat that he wore last year
Father says: Il never scod
When you get a hat that's new.
I don't ten you that your old
Hat Is good enough 70 do.
Mother sadly asks him then
Why be cares what people say
Or should stin b stylish when
He a married anyway.
-ChicagO Record-HerelA
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EquaI Riqhts.

Speaking q reversaIs Of form, shah
we now begin to write II wife and
Chicago NeWa-
What wfl be the status Of the night
10 aIimony when lovely woman secures
perfect equality with. man IN Al
thinssf-Cincin Enquirer.
Tha entrance o. women into politics
may WORK changes IN phraseology.
Hereafter the .sdark horse candidafs
may have 70 Be referred % e. the
'brunstts nag.'-Kansas CITY Journal
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FIippant filings.

Archaeologists announce that Egypt
fought a money trust 1000 years ago.
And look what happened to Egypt
Chicago News
Port" has been abolished as a nau-
teal term I'm the navy. as the steward
could never tell whether the captain
was bringing his ship about or order
ing a drinS - RuStun Transcript.
1t is said that there arp in the United
States T35 Cuai mines. each OF which
produces 2OOn1 tons annually. You
wouldn't have believed il last winter,
now, would you:- Manchester Union
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II you wish your table linen to look
nice do not put it through the wringer,
as 1t makes creases that will not come
out even If the cloth be ironed when
very damp. In fact, any clothes that
you wish to look very nice when iron
ed will be better If they are wrung By
hand.
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Aerial Flights.

The japanese government has invest
Cd $4,000 in airships-
Professor W. J. Humphreys Of wash
ingt0n says the assertion Of aviatoD
that there are holes" or soft spOtB
IN TIE air b pure nonsense
Experiments with q German war dir
tgibls have shown that It b possible to
drop I.s2O pounds Of explosives Whils
IN airhf without Disturbing the BAL
loon'B equilibrium.
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Current Comment.

On with the dance: let JOY be unrs-
nned.-BostOn Transcript.
The demand for the coOkbooks is-
sued by the department Of agriculture
has run into the millions. but good
cooks viii be as scarce as ever.-New
York World.
SimpIifed spelling is the final death
blow to real poetry. Now give Us moth
ing but simpIifed music-ragtime, sim
plified art-the cubists and then chic
roform.-Baltimore Sun
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Minut.n..n q A..i...I..

II We Try to count the number ~
molecules contained in one cubic mn
hmeter Of hydrogen gas, frst arranT.
ing them In groups Of a billion each.
u would take a thousand years 20
count these groups. So writes n
bon, q French physicist In Ilustrat-
ing the powerlessness Of figures.
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hey say that jokes are never NV
Let us admit with sad surpr11S
10 some extent the same q true
OF thingB purpOrting 20 Be visa
wed cheer With general consent
A man equipped 20 come before
The public with an aegument
That had not al been heard q yoEA
-Washington 6taE.
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Lucas In AIphs Phi Alpha Fraternity.
Mr.. Clarence Edward Lucas, had
bookkeeper az Howard university IN
Washington. has been made q member
q the Beta ehapter. Alpha Phi Al
pha fraternity. Young Lucas y law
graduate OF Howard He was mads q
notary public during ex-Preadent
Taftss administrator. Mr. Lnees y
q graduate Of the pablo and high
schools o. Brooklyn and 3 held -
high esteem b. the people % Brooklyn.
Who admire him for be ambition and
manly bearing
The broad ax., 1913-08-02

Long Island Baptist Summer Session.
The Long Island On. u Baptist A.
ISOLATION held its summer session In
the First Baptist church in Flushing.
New York. week ending June a The
association r. composed OF about sey-
enty churches In Brooklyn and on
Long Island. Among the speakers
were many distinguished pastors who
have had the oversight Of the work for
many years. One Of the most helpful
addresses was that Of the Rev. Dr.
william ~. Moss. pastor o. the Con
cord Baptist church In BrOokiyn
The broad ax., 1913-08-02

9,hs wool Of which the Persian ca,
- q mada Il taken from the lnsrous
80 az q special breed Of sheep %
frs1u re roaf. which e dyed b. means
~ eert.in plants and shrabs. 4 woula
s. 4 crsminaI olbsnse for perso.s p
-. : carpet ascending 10 . Euro
- 800. FOR law has been naos
= - shsh sspscsaIlT forblading th'A
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BssSsmsr's Thrifty Bssinsss Man.
The Grand BensEOlent association n
Bessemer, Ala. is engaged IN an e.
fhusEaStic membership campaign M
organisation = proving Is right % e.
st b. the actual good which e q
accomplishing Cor aud among tho
masses Of our people a various paria
of ths south. Grand Master J. y. Thom-
e q one Of the nest th1lfiy busineus
nen % his town and knows how % 80
results. ne grand lodge 81 ths o1deR
ufI hold ~ ANIMAL meeting n MeEld-
fan. MA. beElnnf1g - sseond Taos.
aay n No1ombeR
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Vanilla 0nnhida

The vanilla orchid is now grown
commercially in the island of st. Vim
cent, West Indies, being introduced
from the Seychelles 1t grows there
up to an altitude Of 1900 feet, with q
yearly rainfall Of 40 inches. The
plants thrive best when planted on
stems Of the tree fern. Cyathea arborea.
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Cork Pnn.r

Half a million dollars worth Of corE
q year Is used for very thin paper.
This Is supplied in sheets about four
inches wide by six to ten long, and
nearly all Of 1t about 100000. 900
sheets-is used In automatic machines
Tor applying as tips to cigarettes.
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~ Paris you can buy for half a
Inc at any postOtace a postal card
winch win hold 200 words Of main
HHnng and which WIN be delivered
% any address In the city In about
nrteen minutes. projected 10 fits de1tJ-
nAuon through a pneumatic tuba
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AIittIa Rird roId Ne

The words "a little bird told me"
have their origin in Ecelesiastes I, %,
~Curse not the king-no, not In thy
Ehought-and curse not the rich in thy
bedchamber. for a bird Of the air shall
carry the voice, and that which hath
wings shall tell the matter"
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Fast CYCLING.

An eminent doctor says that he has
found cyclists pulse TO heat rs high
as $50 times a minute Immediately
after making a fast mile. This Illus
trates the danger of 'scorching."
The broad ax., 1913-08-02

Some Of the rivers of Siberia dow
over ice many years old and almost as
solid as rock. A tributary of the Lena
has a bed Of pure ice over nine feet
thick.
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GnatR MIL.

In Russian and German hospitals
for children much use is made Of
goats milk as being more nOurishing
than COWS milk and also free from the
risk Of spreading tuberculosis.
The broad ax., 1913-08-02

FrogS survive q pressure OF 80 AZ
mosphares, but At 900 atmosphere
thei- muscles become disorganisee
BACTERIA are killed By q pressure q
1000 atmosphere
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Wild. Annr. In 49,.

Inc Argentine has as many horses
Is people, while Switzerland has only
three horses to every hundred inhsbIt.
ants.