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ing, dipped into its pockets and rccov.
cred two watches, his own and an.
other. The man az the table said not
n word and DIR. Peel sat down again
and finished his meal. Then ho adver.
tiscd for the owner Of the other time.
piece.
Dr. Frederick =. Friedman, who
claims 10 have discovered cure for
tuberculosis, has made repeated state.
monts 10 the effect that he does not
intend TO keep his method n secret. It
had been current that DR.. Friedman
planned 10 grow rich through his dis
covcry, which In now undergoing
thorough testing. Hc IL now In tho
United States.
stlll men explore tho Arctic. vilh.
ialmar Stcfansson, who discovered the
blonde Eskimos, IL planning 20 start
for the north next May. lie Ii not try
ing 10 find the North Pole aud will nt'
tempt 90 secure results purely geo.
graphical aud scientific. The expcdi'
tion expects 10 return 10 civilization
In 1915.
A news story has II that 36,000,0 900
lady'bugs have been captured for ship
mont by the California State lnsectary
TO various parts of the commonwealth.
The lady bugs prey on the melon aphis,
a pest that destroys new vines. The
bugs are valuable 10 hop growers, also.
A California woman had her savings,
~ 200, In a bag aud her child dropped
the money into a bucket of chloride OF
lime, where II lay two days before be-
ing discovered. Nothing was left ON
tho bills TO indicate their denomination
aud the unfortunate woman Is not
thought likely 20 be reimbursed by tho
government.
A pearl necklace worth $4,000 has
been returned TO Mrs. A. A. Sprague,
III, Of Chicago 10 whom II had been
given by Marshall Field. The necklace
disappeared mysteriously on a Pullman
ear last September between Boston aud
chicago. The police of dozen cities
searched for the gems, while the five.
yeaT,old daughter of a night Waterman
was wearing them. The girls father,
coming home from work one morning,
noticed the rope OF pearls in pile of
sweepings from Pullman ears, Ho
thought il was a eastoff trinket of no
particular value and took il home. The
child wore the pearls until ieweler
chanced 10 see them and informed her
father of their value. Then he adver-
tised his find, lie was given a hand
somo reward.
Frank James, brother Of Jesse James
and with him once an outlaw, is re-
ported 20 bee dying somewhere in the
mountains of Idaho. lie is in hiding,
hut not from the officers OF the law.
lie is in the final stages of eonsump'
tion and shrinks from his fellow-men
on account of his condition.
@. ID. Hale, pitcher for the baseball
nine Of the Northwestern university,
lost two fingers from his pitching hand
while working at lathe tn, other day
aud had them hack in place within a
few minutes The fingers We're washed
and sewed back ON Immediately after
the accident, There is hope that he
may be able 10 play ball this spring,
lie is an engineering student and last
season made a good record with the
Northwestern nine.
Professor Frederick Starr Of the de-
partment of anthropology of the Uni
versity Of Chicago says that some time
in the future hair, teeth and little toes
will be- missing from members of the
human race. "Predigested food, hats |
and shoes have rendered hair, teeth and |
little toes useless" he is quoted as
having declared, "and the time will |
come when the man, woman or child |
possessing these will be curiosity. "'