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determined by the camp directors to
raze the building and use the wood in
| the present camp kitchen stoves for
/ f1rewood
Early last Tuesday morning. immedi-
ately after inspection, every one in
camp was requisitioned to form the
party of building wreckers TWO long
lines soon were formed with over sixty
which had been sent ashore from the
Sea Scout. The line was made fast
through two windows and joists and
all hands tackled it. There was good
steady pull. all together, and Their
something gave suddeniy-the rope
parted at the knot-and there was one
of the finest pig piles" down the whole
| line that ever was seen. Luckily nc
| one was hurt and SO another ano
stronger bowline was passed through
steady pulls the whole old building
cracked and sagged and came down
| with a crash that could have beer
heard half a mile away
! The wrecking crew set up cheer
which was quickly stopped by the sud
den appearance of a cloud OF angry Dees
that had evidently had their nest ~
| the house. With yell OF "Bees, run:
the scouts and several OF the scout ON
Gals, heeled it for the nearest path to
| the woods and did not halt until at a
safe distance from the house. Some
| time afterward the boys each snouioer-
ed big joist or stud OF WOOD anu cai
| ried it down the hill to the COOK 1or
| firewood.
Troop 8 Has Camp.
Troop 3, Charles Pryor. scoutmaster
| conducted a four-day camp of its own
| beginning July i, on the Perkins farm
near Hyattsville, Md. The scribe re-
| ports as follows:
1--WE left at o'clock on Saturday an6
| reached our destination by noon. We
| had ten boys all the time and thirteen
mart of the time. The scouts did all the
"rhe time was spent In the practicine
| Of deer hunting, trailing, swimming ano
| other scout activities. The camp equip
ment was all packed on the troop trek
wagon and hauled by the boys.
The scoutmaster reports that tne
eleven meals served during the -four
DAYS cost each boy $1.25. The menus
| were as follows: Breakfast-Oatmea
eggs, bacon, fried potatoes and coffee
| Dinner-Baked beans, sausage, succo-
; fash. potatoes and blackberry roly-poly
with sauce. Supper-Creamed salmon
| potato salad, bacon, stewed fruit and
| bacon.
one of the finest times Of their lives
A Boy Scout bugle has been found and
ia awaiting its owner at the headquar-
ters. The owner may have 1T upon
identification.
Troop 21 of Philadelphia and it:
band are expected in Washington and
Camp Butt shortly. 1t Is not known as
yet how long they will stay.
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"Dyke." "
From the London Chronicle.

from the I6nd0n Chtonicle. u
The word dyke" used IN connections
with flood damage along the zuyder
Zee is etymologically akin to ditch
the meaning Of which is familiar. and
for which it is commonly an inter-
changeable term. But in the sense now
employed It, of course, means an en-
bankment Holland is the classic land
of such dykes. which date from Roman
occupation, before the Christian era.
In the Fen neighborhood both bitches
and entertainments are found. Miles OF
the latter near the outlet Of the Cam
bridgeshire Ouse protect many acres
Of land reclaimed from the sea-
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Weekly Camp Story.
The Passiu1 Of the Haunted Housa,

Last week the members Of the 1916
camp saw the last Of the famous old
farmhouse which has 30 long stood on
the hill on the property Of the Boy
Scout organization near Willows. Md.
The house. which was once famous
one, had fallen into a dangerous condi-
ton from long years Of disuse, al
though for the last three or four years
It has been the favorite site for the
initiation Of new members into the
camp. The wood In the house was
thought TO be too good to be destroyed
by burning the old structure, 80 1t was
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Value From stumps.

From the on city Derrick.
BY means Of an apparatus described
in the current issue of the Engineering
Record the stumps Of trees left after
logging operations in leaf pine timber
lands have been converted from q
source Of expense into an asset. The
device 10 in the shape Of q hood that
sets over the stump and distills rs
much 40 seventeen gallons Of heavy
pine oil from It. The process converts
the stump itself into = Ans Grade Of
charcoal and destroys IL far enough un-
dsrgroNnd TO permit plow!nS.
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There is no economy in feeding
fowls one kind of grain. for that COM
pels them to eat more than they ought
in order to get sufficient quantity of
food elements. A large part of the
egg is water, which shows the necessi-
ty of providing layers with an ample
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-16

A draft in the poultry house means
roup in the flock. Prevention Is the
best method and much cheaper than
the cure.
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After the hatch keep mother and
confined for at least two weeks, espe-
cially in raw weather. When the little
ones are somewhat feathered they may
be allowed to roam. but even then only
after the grass has become dry. This
will save many a life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-16

Raise such stock ~ the market re-
quires: whom the purchaser seeks the
Two Utah ranchmAn shipped thsiy
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-06

Akutan, near Unimak pass in western Alas
ka, owned by the Pacific Sea Products com
pany. Both OF these companies have steam
ers which they send out to shoot whales
Each vessel has three-inch muzzle-loadng
gun on its bow The projectile is attached
to heavy line that is fastened to steam
winch on the deck of the vessel When the
gun is shot, the projectile is supposed to go
into the whale. 1t explodes and leaves
barbed harpoon in its flesh. The barb opens
as the whale is struck, and it is thus caught
by the wire rope, and can be played by
means OF steam engine, the line being loos-
ened and frightened as necessary After the
animal is dead it is drawn near to the vessel
and then pumped up with air to prevent its
sinking, and in this way is floated and towed
to the shore station.
Upon the arrival at the station the whale
is hauled out on platform and the blubber
is chopped with axes and then stripped off
by means of steam winch The whale is
then cut up and cooked to get out the oil,
and the residue is used for fertilizer
The best oil comes from the sperm whale,
which has cavity in its head full of fat A
single sperm whale is worth as much as
$1,000 1t will sometimes produce many
barrels of valuable oil, the best of which sells
for $50 per barrel. The cheaper grades sell
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-06

In the Great Salmon Canneries- The "Iron
Ching That Dresses Fish in Watch Tick
Mild Salmon and the European War-Cod
Fisheries That Produce Millions of Pounds The
Banks of Alaska Versus Those of Newfoundland
Whale Beef and Whale Packing Establishments
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-06
The bIubber has been

Seattle every season. The steamer Karuk.
which went north with the Stefansson arctic
expedition, belonged to the San Francisco
whaling fleet. Another vessel of that fleet
was the Gay Head, which was wrecked in
Alaskan waters in the spring OF 1914 1t
had already caught some whales and a great
deal OF sperm oil was lost The steamer
Herman, another San Francisco ship, caught
six bOWhead whales in 1914 and took alto
gether about 10000 pounds of whalebone,
and the brigantine Jcnnette, which went rs
far north as Point Barrow, on the Arctic
ocean, caught three whales, which Welded
something like $500 pounds of bone The
Polar Bear of Seattle caught ten bowheads
last season. and the steamer Belvedere, from
the same port, took five.
The shore whaling stations are operated
by two companies. There is one here at
Port Armstrong, on Baranoff island, in
southeastern Alaska, owned by the United
States Whaling company, and another at
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-06

several thousand miles long and great part
of it is paved with fish. The bulk OF the
catch is salmon, but there is also an annual
export of cod, amounting to millions of
pounds, from the extensive cod banks, which
lie south of the Alaska peninsula and the
Aleutian islands.
These banks compare with those of New
foundland. Some Of them are 120 miles
long and of great width. They are so stu
ated that the arctic and Japanese currents
bring them great deal of fish food and the
cod come there by the millions to eat They
move about over the banks seeking the best
feeding grounds for their pasture. Many
OF the cod fishermen are Scandnavians.
They receive about 5 cents per fish for all
over 20 inches long Under that size they
count two fish as one The fishing is done
in small boats and the fish are brought 10
the stations on the islands to be dressed and
sailed. The largest plant is on Unga island,
but the fishing extends as far west as Uni
max. There are now between three and four
thousand fishermen at work in the second
district
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-06


sailed. The largest plant is on Unga island,
but the fishing extends as far west as Uni
max. There are now between three and four
thousand fishermen at work in the second
district.
The third and fourth fishing districts are
on the west and north sides of the territory
The third is known as western Alaska and
the fourth is arctic Alaska Western Alaska
comprises all OF our coast along Bering sea,
or the eastern and southern shores of body
OF water one-third as large as the whole
United States. 1t has all the waters north
OF the Aleutian islands, including banks
sWarming with cod. 1t embraces Bristol
bay where the salmon run into the streams
by the tens of millions year. the detas OF
the KuskokWim and Yukon rivers, as well
as the coast of Norton sound and all the
waters along Seward peninsula to Cape
Prince of Wales at Bering strait We have
also an island in the middle OF the strait
about which some fishing is done
As far as its fisheries are concerned, west
ern Alaska is next in Importance to south
eastern Alaska. 1t has something like $14,-
100000 invested in the industry, and the
men employed are more than seven thou
sand The region has % canneries for sal
mon, and the number of fish caught last
season was almost 23O000 600 or nearly half
the total number Of salmon caught in Alaska
that year The seal fisheries are in the
Pribilof islands in the heart OF this district
AS to arctic Alaska, its fish product is so
small that it is hardly worth noting. The
commercial business is devoted mostly to
whales, and the whaling is small in compari-
son with that OF southeastern Alaska, from
where we get whalebones and the other
products Of that fish.
During my travels in southeastern Alaska
I have met Mr.. Patterson, who owns fish
cannery on Kotzebue sound, north of the
Seward peninsula and on the Arctic ocean.
He tells me that great many silver salmon
run up the Kobuk river every season They
begin running about July 20, and shortly
after that you can see miles of salmon racks
filled with the drying fish, which the Eski-
mos are laying up for the winter This
mans cannery has capacity Of only $4,000
cases a season, but it has been at work can
ming salmon and salmon trout for several
years. The salmon of that region is light in
color, but to offset it they have the DOLLY
Warden trout, which often reaches length
of three feet and weight of ten pounds.
asked Mr.. Patterson as to the whales OF
the Arctic ocean. He replied:
1--WE have the white whale, and that in
great schools. The fish are 5 feet or more
long and the largest of them will weigh
three or four tons. They are especially val
liable for their skins, which sell for as high
as IS cents pound when green. The
whale meat is eaten by the natives. 1t is OF
grayish color and full of oil"
As to the whaling industry OF the rest Of
the territory, it is carried on in southeastern
Alaska and in western Alaska Some whal-
ing is done by shore stations, and some by
ships that go out from San Francisco and
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-06

The second fishing district is known as
that of central Alaska. This begins at Yak
utat bay and includes the great Gulf of
Alaska and all of the waters south of the
mainland and along the Aleutan islands,
which run almost to Asia. This district is
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-06

As to the whaling industry Of the rest of
the territory it is carried on in southeastern
Alaska and in western Alaska. Some whal-
ing is done by shore stations, and some by
ships that go out from San Francisco and
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-06
Copyright 1916. by Frank G. Carpenter)
PETERSBURG, Alaski

URING the past few weeks
| have visited many OF the
fishing centers of southeast
ern Alaska. | have already
written of the weekly ship
ments Of halibut, which are
growing SO rapidly that
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juNEAU COUPLE HAVE
 MOST HAPPY WEDDING
{Iuneau nlspatchl

{Iuueau nlspatchl
 garp.aE through. ael3 oE rice sas sAowelea in taeiv pathway Mir. Sua ,lcs James Moon emerEee from tas Spe1 Cafe and started on life scus 5cesaey taat began when Rev J. 3 & ms pronounced JHe couple saa aa1 wis last uiS,;. ,.tt,e while
 te ;as wedding supper
 Tie Sr,6e was formerly Miss Daisy lcyhsn or Juneau and the groom is ? well Euown young business man who $ eusagad with his brother in 8 clean aE ar5 pressing parior on Front St, Following the wedding feast at the S0a1 Ca5e. the parry made trip to s NSrSonsr Rauch on the salmon Uresk road in an automobile that was accompanied by string ot tin cans. The wedding party consisted of the bride and the groom. Mr. and Mrs, Frank Moon. Mrs K. J, Mclean. Will fam Ware and Miss Mary Bond.
 Mr. and Mrs Moon will be at home to their friends at their home in the Windsor apartaents.
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TOTEM POLE GIVEN TO
 CINCINNATI ROTARtANS

SEATTLE. July q. = The Seattle delegation to the seventh convention os international Rotary in session at Cincinnati, O. scored a hit yesterday when President H. W. Moulton. of the Sa1ttle Rotary Club. presented a tot en po,e to the Cincinnati Rotarians. The pole, carved and decorated by the Matlakatla Indians of Southeastern Al aska, was set in front Of the speakers platform in the convention hall
 All business was laid aside for thir v minutes while MT Moulton explain ed the significance of totems and pre- sented a history of the pole In ac capting the gift the president of the Cincinnati club expressed his great appreciation and said the totem pole would always stand in front of the club to remind members Of the great Pacific Northwest and Seattle, its greatest city.-Seattle Times.
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LIQUOR IS SMALL
 FACTOR IN CRIME
ASSERTS PROSECUTING ATToRN. EN WHO WAS ELECTED ON DRY" TICKET.

Do you believe that Heuor k tha reaJ cause of crimee ProhibitionisJs say it is liberal people say it isn't The following view of Prosecuting At rornay Henry Simms, of Huntington w. VI. who was elected on a Dry ticket, was expressed to the Hunting ton Herald Dispatch West Virginia is a prohibition state:
 Liquor cuts a smaller figure in crime than most persons believe. In eighty per cent of criminal cases in Caben county liquor had no connect ion Crime has increased since the Nost prohibition law went into effect, and the police and prosecutors office have had more to do since that time. p
 Prosecuting Henry Simms made this statement to the Herald-Dispatch. but adjured his interviewer not to feel that he was drawing any conclusion.
 The conditions are simply facts not deductions" declared Mir Simms They stand for what they are worth.
 MT. Simms declared that criminals are born in eighty per cent of the cases instead of being made by en viroument or other outside causes.
 There should be a remarkable de crease in crime, according to the state ment of some persons regarding the prohibition situation. but the fact re mains that there is no such reduct ion.
 There are now eighty-one prisoners in county jail, Mir. Simms stated. The number is the largest ever confined in the county bastile. The jail ex pense for feeding prisoners is forty dollars a day. or S14.30O per year, MT Simms believes. has anywhere neal equaled this figure.
 There have ben no liquor crimes in Huntington for some time" con cluded Mr Simms-Fairbank News Miner.
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N0RTHLAND DOCK
 CRnNERY IN ACTION
SURROUNDED BY A FREss. CLEAN, IF NOT A WHOLESOME AP. pERPA%cE THROUGHOUT.

ssrs-as a.eas the water front this .l.a as t-e 1o.ss q the machinery
 r1.saG l1g attention to the North. as, E--S sGaasEy ecalaany. and found .r 5D operation. having received some SE11 salmon early in the day.
 sDes ser tGe whole work WAS pleas sa; .a contemplate It revealed Q ,ss1--caaat.e cleanliness Eyeyyhng s e.12 and 8 wholesome atmosphere a->r5 Ess erev $ composed Q.
 sh-y Ene women. girls and boy
 who handle The asa and who are very careful that oEiy clean and wholesome 6sh is packed There isn't that "hur- ry.up~ tendency to shave in any old thing aS most Of the people believe. Eeevy thlag iS done neatly. Similar conditions exist in all the oanneries n ketchikan. And while there is no reason to believe that the same con digious do 10; obtain ia au the can uer5es in Alaska. We could not say as much from personal observation
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PARTY FOR SIDNEY MOORE.

LaSs Sa-e-5aE evening A-vin SPsz. 11vz entertained su--e 8 number q. 1.s boy friends sc q theatre pa--E @15cz was concluded 1i-1 games and refreshments at his home in 5he ~ e1.1s .- ac-o- .: his Elss-- Si6rzE Moore. vae ,sss Monday fer W-a-- gel za continue his -r-p north with M-. --ab=-- They VIII visit Ja-=za. and -1z -4-o-s TakG glacier and a-Sa make 3 s1o-- stay at S.-za
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SOMETHING WORTH KNOWING.

Nearly a billion dollars Of the bond d debt created by the Civil War re mains unpaid The interest on the several classes of bonds ranges from 2 to I per cent per year. "Greenbacks or circulating notes 10 the amount of S545.oe0ooo are still outstanding. Whenever it has been proposed to pay these notes there has been great op- position. on the ground that it would reduce the quantity Of money in cir culauon and tend to make hard times These notes pass from hand to hand as money They bear no in terest. When soiled or worn out they are destroyed and new ones issued in exchange
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MISS ALICE khCAlD
 TO LEAVE ALASKA

Miss Alice hi-caId accompanied her s11r and grandmother, Mrs Thompson and Mrs Schmidt who have bssa vis- i,51g here for :Ae raS- Eoa-h. will leave CT the A.2-eL4 co-9--oW for Reno, Nev- where she @il attend C1e S-z.s University. and E4ze her home v5ta her relatives uz-Il her parents M-. and Mrs : :. E52ca.5 ~lo arg planning % lzavs s&= north Eo ss---e IL Reno arrive The hl1cass tar1z... are 70 leave here 4ec-- September -s- 2-5 TL. gis.- .c- 8 meath z- sa-i1-s p.zczs o1 me aay a--z relatives
 Their many t-.ez5s ai- learn 5. tzssr intended 5=pa--1r= v.eE grsa- r=Ers-- and g1o1E1 s1@E 1zFa resided t1- 5o-7 rsz-s I- Ns-c1ss4- @Es-a Mr Nz-czid haz eeel h -1e employ of the ( L ? ( N e 5azl-g sAz- -5zs -1sv are C.5 A-assz-s. 1zr5zE lived e -1s W-ss- CoaS- v1=-= 4.z-= zas bo-z 4z5 -z.z- a- s-a-E=.. =z--- cAey cane here and 144e ,ez-1-s q friends az ov=- s1= zc--zs
 Mss ki-c455- wao is remarkably c-.E1- and sa=s- .osz1.= g--- s-z1-- a-=5 t-o- -he ELg1 sc1oo- las z2---z. and is Eow . e-.a- -1s University. v1=-e !. -s expected she s-i- make -1= Sazs szsc@sSsz- E-eE-zSs. Aside t-c- her sc1co- achievements she .s q -z- ezs=5 z-s-c-a-- oc.E voc4. and l-s.--- z-1tal and v.- e= greatly missed .-oz her circle e friends zs-=- az1 ~5zz her z.3 happiness in her new z1Ze
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ST. JOHNS EPISCOPAL CHURCH

Sunday-S a. m, Holy Communion, except first Sunday In the month 10 a. m. Native Sunday school; II a. m. Morning prayer and sermon. (Holy Communion first Sunday in month"; 12 m. Sunday school 7:30 Evening prayer and sermon; Holy Days-10- 30 a. m., Holy Communion; Tuesday; s p. m, St. Johns Social Club, Guild room; Wednesday: p. m., Native Womens Guild Indian school house; Thursday: 2:8O p. m.. St Johns Guild room; 7:30 p. m., St. Johns Athletic Club. Boys, Guild room; Friday: p. m. Choir rehearsal, Guild room. 4 sincere welcome is extended to all especially to newcomers-Rey Harold H. Kelley, Pastor.
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VEROuN AS GERMAN
 EDITOR SEES IT

The German editor of the Berlin Vossische ZeiJung. writing from the Verdun battlefield, says; This is not 3 struggle for 8 fortress or town, but for life. strength. bones and blood Of two great nations. We are thrown back into ancient times, when the object of war was the destruction of an enemy tribe. Verdun will b. the grave Of France"
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A BLUE LiG4T cTY.

ROME Je,E z-Ess el=z q Milan z-z.v. nor presents strange appear 41ce ae -zz- Al the llEa-s. wa=-1=- electric c- Eo-. are shaded Wi-a t.a= z2zsS This 5s r-zca-szo- azsi1s= Zeppelin attacks. r mas been tonz5 oy sxpz-ll@l. t14- a-z= Ug1-s are az 1.os- Invisible from -z= height e --icz g Lzu-allz flies
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BIG DANCE ON
 SATURDAY NIGHT

Another one of those popular danc- es by Foosness and Williams at Red mems Hall Saturday night. You are cordially invited to come and bring your friends The best music and a fine time assured. You can't afford to miss it. (ady.)
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This house and lot for sale cheap Apply to M. s Smith
VISITOR FROM SANTA CLARA.

Miss K Appless run w1o is 3 recent arrival in tAe cisy- is a visitor at S.- Johns Ree.ory. ths g-eSt q Rev and Mrs Ha-old Hel,sE. Miss Applegart1 ls from Santa Clara C&.6- aat vii visit 5a kaecliEar fer a month CT more.
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FIRST M. E. CHURCH.

Sunday church service at Il a m, and 7:30 p. m Thursday prayer neet- ing S:30 p. m. Friday choir meets at s p. m. First and third Wednesday. af- ternoon at 2:S0 Ladies Aid Society," H. w. Kitchener, Pastor.
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VISITORS FROM 0oLoml.

AE- Ear5v. sgo-ekesps- and super 5Zte11s-r ct rae mine 4- no,ozEL WAS 5l -oa1 cl 8 business t-i2 yesze-laS sa3 as accompanied ly Mrs Ea-ds a1o came 51 to shop. and called oa s-.e.zs At1e here
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n the Philippines fishermen sell 8 sind of Se&weed which becomes sub s-itute Ter imported gelatine- The Ia tive women use it to produce desserts similar to=hose made elsewhere from Ee-arine.
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CATHOLIC CHURCH.

Low Mass at S:3O a nl High Mass at 1O:30 a. m. Sunday School at 2:30 D. m; Sunday Vespers at 7:3O p. m; Week Day Mass at s a. m.-Rev Paul P. Kerns, Pastor.
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY. Front Street, Ketchikan. Alaska. Sub. feet for July 30, LOVE"
 Regular services Sunday Il a. m. Wednesday evening reading and so.g services at s D. m. All are weleome.
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FACTS NOT WORTH
 KNOWING,
tBy \ Raerl

tBy A Baerl
 Being absolutely unevili4ed and e-barieus. the naked WooJgooxum tr.1e Of South Gaazaboo never have to bother about removing 2Ss6 pins when they receive shirt from steam laundry.
 There are two street ear straps for every inhahitant of the United States
 A tablet from the tomb of Harnesses thc Twice proves that tho joke about sausage makers beins unable to make both ends meet was an old bird then You can cure your dog of fieas by shaving him and polishing him with floor wax. The fieas slip of, and if he is high dog the shock of the fall gives 'em aphasia. and they wander away. forgetting the dogs address. If he is a low dog the deas climb back again, and your work has been fruit less.
 Before soins away for the summer never forget to give the cat enough money tn buy himself milk until you come hack.
 I, is impossible to turn the giant flea of New GiE.and on his back. as na has legs on both sides
 Every 18th citizen Of Greenland and Iceland wouldn't know Palm Beach suit if he saw one.