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come extinct The great auk, the one time. famous sea fowl of the north Atlantic seas, bred in large numbers on Funk Island less than century ago, Main soon exterminated them, and now an egg in good condition will fetch $1,200 and a museum skin of one famed dodo, also extinct, was the pos sessor of wings which did not sustain it in flight
 Or the nying mammals. the flying squirrels, the flying 1emurs and the bats are too well known to deserve further attention. These animals do not possess wings, of course, in the stood The flying sQakrsls do not
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erated form of their wings, for it is probable that the ancestors of this bird had their wings fully developed and could fly well. Nowadays the ostrich
 otorV % sueIieriss snps wben if as r,nnine loGo in high winds; then, if it desires to turn rapidly to escape its pursuers, it can flap it's wings and accomplish it's purpose with little effort.
 Wouldn't it be a great sight to see an ostrich in flight, especially the African ostrich, which is the largest species in existence, and attains weight of 300 pounds? It has been said that they can make a speed of twenty-six miles an hour while run ming, outstripping an ordinary horse.
 One of the best known of the flight
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tached groups. enjoying a sunbath on the slippery mud. They climb up little distances on the exposed and elevated roots of the mangrove trees and when up some little distance, they settle themselves comfortably and appear to be spectators of the antics Of their companions in the smooth coze below.
 Totally unlike ordinary fishes, this mud hopper cannot remain continually under water. as it incurs the risk of be- ing drowned! Moreover. the skin or the fish seems to require the blaze or the sun and the action of the air to keep it in healthy condition.
 The anomalies of the insect world are legion; but the queerest of all insects and thereare about 00,000-is the con- mon black skating bug. This is seen in groups skating about on the surface Of the water in quiet places in ponds and streams. They have their eyes hori- zontal1y divided into halves the upper half being used to look into the air, and the lower to look down into the water.
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animal world, but perhaps no more remarkable species can be cited than the great toad of Surinam, in troplcsI America. The skin of the entire back of the female toad becomes conspicu- ously, thfckened as the laying season comes on and as soon as she lays her eggs. the male picks them up and de- posits them on the soft skin. of her back. Here they develop so far that when they emerge from the cells they are perfect miniatures of the mother.
 On the muddy flats of the Malay. re zion are the places where the curious fish known as the mud-hopper is met with in abundance. This is a remarka- ble fish, which comes ashore sfor recre. ation! Not only do they come out or the water onto the mud flats, but when the yare there they flop about on ter ra firma as though this was their true environment.
 Their expeditions ashore are usually made at low tide. and the fish, being gregarfous, are to be observed in de-
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largest of the forms, and it often at tains a height of three and a half feet. They sometimes weigh as much as eighty pounds.
 An interesting and extraordinary in- stance of a f1ightless bird and a swim mer as well is the steamer duck, which occurs off the Straits of Magellan and around the Falkland Islands. When these ducks are young they possess powers of flight, but when they be- come adult they lose their flying abi1- ity and gain proficiency as swimmers.
 Within comparatively recent times
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which it finds there. Soft, smooth and dense, it's coat resembles that of an otter, while it's tail is fattened and short like a beavers. It has small eyes and its most striking feature is 2 bill, which is broad and flat like a ducks
 For long time it was thought that it's young were brought forth at an early stage of their development and cared for by the mother in nest on the bank of river. Colonists started the stories about it's laying eggs and zoologists investigated. For long time they denied the reports; then later it was announced that the duck bill was truly oviparous animal and laid from two to four eggs in a rude nest in a burrow, of a river bank.
 These eggs are about a half-inch across and three-quarters of an inch long, the shells being white, tough and flexible, something after the order of
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Woman Handles $35O,OOO a Year

standard payment of s10 a day for their services, and are in many cases
 eminent professors of universities and authorities in their professions in every 1ine-architecture, engineering, etc. They are chosen men fully qualified to
 judge of the merits of experts seeking
 Wilcox of Cornell University has just
 rated papers of a chief statistician for
 the bureau of the census
 This rate of S10 day is sometimes
 wholly disproportionate to the services rendered. for some of the men of learn
 ing and science who act as special tech
 nical examiners for the federal service
 command ten and twenty times that fee in their private capacity. These ex- perts have, however, uniformly ex-
 hibited a willingness to serve the gov-
 ernment.
 'The expenses connected with the
 field work of the commission in it's twelve districts range over the wide area of the whole United States, and include everything from travelling ex- penses and hotel bills to janitors fees.
 When there ista federal building in
 place, such as custom house, a room
 in that building is used for the ex- l aminations, but when no such place Is available a room is rented, and some
 LlAhC6 ouItdblO AAhSN DO Ah- stalled for the period of examination of wou1d-be employees of the govern ment.
 sBy this you see that our expense accounts are full of small and varied | items, which must be carefully gone | over before being allowed. They also | entail great amount of correspond | ence, as one may not disburse govern | ment funds without vouchers for every | item and a knowledge that all is cor- l rect"
 | l Conugress for S2e, 900 for travelling ex- penses for the fiscal year 1917. The | appropriation for the current year is i SlS.oe9 ao Last year the apprepHaion | fciency appropriation of $e.eo0. making ! the total S1s,000.
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in furnishing a house is the amount of labor involved in caring for it. Elaborate carvings on furniture, fancy metal fix lures, fancy-shaped handles on dishes, rough surfaces Gas on cheap earthenware, ceSSive quantities of ornaments and bric- a-brac, highly polished metals and sharp angles in moldings). all mean difficult cleaning. If dull finish is provided in floors, metal works, such doorknobs and chandeliers, etc, the care of them is greatly simplified.
 *
 So, also, the rounded holdings where wall and floor meet is a great saver of work. Many women who plan their houses now insist upon sill-less doors and
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a sea turtles egg. Transportation of these animals to geological gardens has always been a problem and only rarely successful. Some of the early accounts of the duck-bi1l are very amusing; for at first the specimens brought to Eu- rope were declared to befs'manufactured monsters" and fakes"
 The only other mammal in the world that lays eggs Is the porcupfne ant eater of Australia. It is a nocturnal animal, most active after dark. When attacked, it behaves somewhat like an armadilIo; 1t burrows with marvellous celerity. If the attack be s.too sud- den for this it rolls itself into a ball and depends on its spfny coat for de fense It produces one egg at a time, which is. relatively small, not larger than sparrow's egg, and has a white leathery shell like that of a reptile.
 x
 Many anomalous conditions exist in regard to the rearing of young in the
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Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
 WASHINGTON, D. C.. September 8, 1s16 00 0HEN Uncle Sam started out to NL\U teach the women of the land W\W scientific housekeeping his
 plans included a thorough treatment of every phase of every de- partment in Mme. Housewife's varied domain. Beginning with the proper ar engagement and equipment of the kitchen his experts have not only cov- cred the entire subject of food for the family and its methods of preparation, but also they have taken the house, planned its situation from standpoints of health and comfort, designed its con- struction with economy and conven- fence as their rule. 1z a
 They have likewise investigated and experimented with it, room bye room. until now they offer the most explicit advice for the selection of the furnish ings by which the interior fittings of a home, any home, are bound to be a source of satisfaction and pleasure to the family as long as they last; Tor utility and efficiency are the paramount considerations that govern their choice.
 ***
 Because no two homes are identical
 
 concerning the income, the size of the house and the size and character of the family, no definite or set rules are laid down, but the general instructions cannot fail to be helpful to all inter ested enough to follow them.
 The most effective plan suggested is that the housewife consider her home as a factory for the production of family comfort; for in their eating, sleeping, resting and social diversions many diversified activities are called into play. And for these equipment or tools must be provided which should be chosen with view to making 1t possible for the housewife to do her various tasks with the least labor and the greatest celerity. For the setting of a real home-where the cultural, moral and congenial effects on the inmates must be considered-beau- ty must have it's place in planning equip ment; and the more the fittings include beauty, necessity and convenience, the more perfectly will they serve the purpose for which they were planned. In many cases such as in the selection Of linens, furniture and upholstery materials, beau- ty and quality are frequently combined in the good-lool1ing articles.
 One important factor to be considered
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and suitability to the room for which
 they are intended should be considered.
 old three-ply ingrains; and for bedrooms
 the old style rag rugs, of which there
 are so many modern limitations, are most
 attractive.
 room, but they do not soften the light or the line of casing like draperies. A
 plan suggested is to hang straight cur tains of darker, thicker material inside 1 thin white cnes, of lace or muslin. In the winter. these can be supplanted by those of heavier texture.
 Double windows are recommended for
 winter as decided aid to the comfort of the house.
 Bronze wire screening that does not l rust gives the most satisfaction, but it all of the windows and doors than to have few or even all of the openings fmperfectly wire-screened. In the built-in closets it is urged to have the drawers numerous and shall low, rather than deep and broad, both because of the saving of labor in pull ing them out, if they are not provIaeo with rollers, and because in shallow drawers there is no piliHg up of things. With shelves the harrow ones give bet | ter results than the deep broad ones. These should not be more than 1oot wide.
 Bed coverings are to be selected for
 the greatest amount of warmth and
 the least weight possible, so wool
 ranks ahead of cotton and wool and cotton mixed in blankets and comforts | give the best service. All bed cover ings should be long enough to tuck in all around the mattress, quality not
 often found in the readymade sheets i In regard to furniture good quality 1 depends on well chosen materials, good
 design and good workmanship, but whatever the wood may be, or the ma terfal of the covering. which may range | from cotton and yelours up through the handsonest feathers and tapestries the design should suggest comfort ano strength rather than the elaborate or
 namentation of the showy styles.
 l After the furniture is put in room ] the arrangement of it is as important l to it's appreciation as the selection oi the most appropriate kind for the house. Overcrowded rooms are any thing but festful or artistic, and it is suggested by the bulletins issued by the government on, the selection o1 home equipment that the value o1 empty spaces as an asset to the beauty of it's fittings be borne in mind. l In the arrangement of all tables
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Not so well known among the volant
 creatures are the flying frogs and the
 flying lizard. The flying frog of Borneo
 was discovered by Alfred Russel Wal
 lace, the great naturalist, and he says
 about it:
 "One of the most curious and inter
 esting creatures which I met in Borneo
 was a. large tree frog which was
 brought to me by Chinese workman.
 He assured me that he had seen it come
 down, in a slanting direction, from a
 high tree as if it flew. On examining
 it 6eand to the thed long and fully f
 when expanded, they offered a surface
 much larger than the body. The fore
 legs were also bordered by a membrane
 able imitation. The back and limbs were of very shining green, the under surface and the toes yellow, while the webs were black rayed with yellow. The body was about four inches long, while the webs of each hind foot when fully expanded, covered sur face of four inches square, giving a surface of about sixteen square inches for all four feet. It is difficult to imagine that this immense membrane of the toes can be for the purpose of
 swimming only, and the account of the Chinamen that 1t flew down from the tree seems more credible" At least one lizard enjoys, to a cer- tain degree the power of sailing through the air. This lizard is called the flying dragon and is a small-sized form inhabiting the Indo- -Malayan re- zion. It possesses elongated ribs which support semi-transparent membranes; these close upf like a fan when not in use and falEto the sides of the animal. When spread. they form parachute l of rare effectiveness. By their use, the I lizard can leap from the limb of a tree and sail to another one at great dis tance. Som etimeS these wings of the | flying dragon are beautifully marked
 resembling the wing markings of cer- l tain butterflies
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These anomalies range over every divi- sion of animal life; some of them are matters of common knowledge, others are hidden from all but the most persistent observer of animal forms. How queer it is. for instance. that many birds should exist which do not know how to fly, when the usual and favorite similie for any flight is that it is just like bird's!"
 It is also queer that other animals. classified far differently from the birds, should be equipped with very efficient wings. Yet, whoever thinks of compar- ing an aviator to bat or flying squir- rel? eS
 But the fact remains that host of bird species exist which are very indif- ferent flyers and accomplish their migra- tions through feeble efforts; while the bat possesses remarkable flying attachments which almost outrival those of the hum mingbird reputed to be the most power- full flyer in existence. It would appear that the animal. accomplishments were strangely mixed at the time of their bestowal, for besides flying animals, there are flying fishes, and birds that can swimI
 What a departure 1t is for mammal to lay eggs! But it Is not unknown to the animal world. There are couple of Australian oddities that lay eggs with the equanimity of barnyard hen. In con- trast are viviparous fishes and snakes that is, fishes and snakes which produce their young alive-and this seems odd, for 1t is generally understood that fishes and snakes are egg laying species.
 There are true fishes which breathe with lungs, which almost entirely SUD- plant their gills, and there are fishes which come out of the water and bask in the sun. Indeed. such singular anonla- lous characteristics are manifold and might be traced indefinitely.
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Uncle Sam Teaches Selection of Furnishings
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HOME SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A FAC TORY FOR THE PRO- AUCTION OF FAMILY co M E OR T - LABOR 5 tSAVERS-WALL PAPER FLOOR COVERINGS OTH E R HOUSEHOLD SUGGESTIONS
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For the floor coverings movable rugs are considered best, they are much easier to keep free of dust than the tackled down mattings and large car pets that cover the entire floor space. They shoud be firmly woven so as to lie flat, and of soft coIors and incon- spicuous patterns, "toning-in' with the color of the walls and darker, so as to bring the room and it's furnishings into proper relations.
 As they are of infinite variety of ma teria1s and of all prices their utility
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The mammals that lay eggs are unique in nature and. are npw being sexterminated very rapidly The duck bill and the porcupine ant-eater, called familiarly the porcupfne are the only two forms of this class extant. sThe duck-bil is an Australian form which lives on the banks of rivers and feeds upon the insects. worms and mollusks
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actually fly; they simply perform a
 sailing feat.
 One can see the difference in such
 machines as the parachute and the
 aeroplane, the former, with it's sus-
 more than sail to it's destination, while the aeroDlane flies here and there, and may even change it's direction. The squirrels and the tenure may be corii- pared to the parachute, for their wings" are simply skin tissues which connect their fore and hind limbs when spread and sustain their bodies in fly ing leaps.
 The bats are true aviators, and though their membranous wings are not to be compared structurally with those of a bird, yet they make possible
 this little animals graceful curves in the air.
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Birds Which Do Not Fly and Others Which Swim; Mammals That Lay Eggs; the Bat a True Aviator.

E1HE anomalies in nature constitute
 one of it's most striking assem-
 blages of forms. These are not natures freak forms, by any means; but her normal ones which may be called anomalous because they are de- partures from the usual order of accepted types. ...- .g
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The flightless birds compose larger group than seems possible when one first gives thought to them. Every one knows that many of'the common fowls have fully developed forelimbs. but that they can- not use them for flight and the ostrich. too, the largest bird in the world today is also unable to fly.
 This inability ig A1se te the dAFan.
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A KITCHEN TABLE OF SUITABLE HEIGHT.

the color of the walls hes been decided the tones of the balance of the furnish ing should be chosen to blend, and the coloring of the adjoining rooms ar ranged to harmonize.
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Co., $25OO.
Sobn 6. Rosers an Soutkrn Ohio
a. u. z. 60, $3.50.
Roie @. 4bbiion an Central 3. u.
9. Co., $250O.
Do. on Ssnnie Cohen, $500.
Morbis 0umenid an Roiemont 3.
II. 6. Co., $500.
2diprenee Sarper an Warp Wles
Inlsp, $3.50.
elmer y. pobIman an SilpertOn
6. II. 3. Co., $1,000.
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Sarpsp 8. Woobs an 5pbe part
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alon3p Bean Sr. on Souibern
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8. Co., $500.
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9. II. g. g., $1,000.
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