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Exact Copy Of Wrappes.
Rat Deadly Disease Carrier.

The Spanish war developed the fact
that the mosquito was the carrier of
yellow fever, writes Il. w. Nelson in
the National Geographic Magazine.
Another type of mosquito is known
TO be the carrier of malaria. The Eu-
rOpean war has brought to almost uni
verSal public knowledge the fact that
body lice are carriers of the. deadly
typhus and many diseases are known
to be carried by other insects.
Among these deadly carriers of
death and destruction none equals the
house rat in its tremendous drain on
the prosperity of nations by its de-
structiOn Of food and other property,
while at the SHINE time it is the dead
Hest Of all to mankind as IA disease
carrier. Within historic times it has
caused the death of untold millions
Of human beings through its dissent
nation Of the bubOnic plague.
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SOLDIERS FIRST, THE RULE
Gallant Warriors Willing to Give
Right of Way to Visitors, but
Plans Are Changed.

II a a Sunday evening at FIT.
Benjamin Harrison and the crowd Of
sisters, mothers, aunts and sight-Seers
was waiting at the i%nterurban station
for a car. At last one came. At the
same time a crowd of soldiers with
leave to go to the city arrived. H
was evident that the lone car and its
small trailer could not carry all the
passengers. The soldiers held a lit
tie consultation, and then suddenly Of
fered to the women the use of the
train. They said they would wait for
another car. The train filed with sis
ters, mothers, aunts and sight-seers left
the little group, and the soldiers were
thanked many times for the favor.
AT the siding just east of town the
train bearing all these civilians was
stopped and backed on to a switch.
Two minutes later a car loaded with
soldiers passed them on the main track,
making a Decline for town.-Indianap-
oils News.
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adopted by the members of the New

adopted by the members Of the New
York State poultry association.
1t is built on a wall of concrete and
has a good concrete floor, the idea be-
ing permanency and sanitation togeth-
er with protection against rats and
mice. After the concrete walls have
been built, the ground is leveled inside
and settled with water. The floor is
placed above this, the concrete being
in the proportion l 3 %. Instead of
using a rich cement mortar surface
coat, the top of the floor may be COW
cred with a one-inch coat of lime MOI
tar made with very fine sand. This
material is softer than cement and is
better for the poultry. There is so
little weight on the henhouse floor
that the ordinary solid concrete con
Struction is not necessary. The fOun-
dation walls extend up Is inches above
grade and about Is inches above the
floor.
The studding are connected with
the top of the concrete wall by using
sockets which are set in the concrete.
After the inside wall board and the
outside drop siding have been carried
up the studs n short distance, about
one inch of fresh cement mortar is
placed in each of the spaces between
studs and worked into the corners
thoroughly, to prevent cracks through
which the wind can blow and to seal
the walls against poultry insects.
Above the sills, the walls and roof are
sealed both outside and inside and a
layer of building paper is placed
against the studs under both the wall
board and the siding and against the
rafterS under both the wall board and
the sheathing. The object is to make
a dead-air space surrounding the in
closed space S that the temperature
of the interior will be held as even
as possible.
To facilitate ventilation and to get
the benefit of the sunlight, the roof is
given a long slope at the back and a
short dip in front, as is clearly shown
in the perspective view. This also
gives headroOm for the attendant In
the front part with a low roof at the
back, which is appreciated in the win
ter time when there is not much heat
from the sun. The front intake ven
tilators consist of window openings
covered with very thin cotton. Cheese
cloth is recommended as being thin
enough to admit both air and light yet
1t is thick enough to prevent draft.
The inside of the house is divided
into two rooms: the larger room is
the general scratching shed and the
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The Worst Way.

Back in the dark ages, when the
management of the Erie railroad was
not all thai IL should have been-the
rolling stock needing more oil and the
common stock less water-a west
bound passenger train jolted info Corn
ing n day two hours behind time and
halted TO patch up the engine and
take on such passengers as were in
no hurry and preferred waiting to
walking.
Just as the train was about TO Jerk
itself in motion an excited individual
came rushing along the platform, drag
ging a heavy c%arpetbag with n hand
and waving n telegram with the other.
you must watt" he shouted,
breathlessly. I'm In an awful hurry !
| want TO get to Buffalo the worst
way I"
"AII right" sang out the conductor
of the starting train. Hurry up and
jump aboard. You won't strike any
thing worse than this !'-Everybody's
Magazine.
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One con- the Teacher.

The school term was drawing toward
its close In Normal City, a Muncie sub
urb. when the pupils of one room were
asked to write compositions on n
subject they might choose, according
to Lee Baird, the principal.
One little boy turned in his compost
ton with the sheet entirely blank ex-
cept for the title, "The Home Life Of
the Fiji Islanders"
Roscoe, why did you choose so pecu-
liar a subject, but choosing it, why
didn't you write a composition on the
home life of the Fiji islanders as you
announce in the title?" asked Baird.
Because they amt any" was the
boys reply, while the other children
who ha been let in on the joke, rOared
at getting II ION" the teacher.-In-
8ianapolis News.
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FINDS SOURCE FOR POTASH
invention of Dr.. E. G. cottreII Precipi.
tates Cement Dust From Which
II Is Made.

Enormous growth in the cement In.
dustry, which has been developed to
meet the demand for building mate
rial, now promises to solve another
important economic problem-that
of our potash supply independent of
Germany.
In the manufacture Of cement there
Is expelled into the atmosphere tons
of dust from the smelters which with
the fumes is carried by the wind and
settles In a destructive sediment on all
vegetation, buildings, and objects in
the nelghborhood of the smelters. Now
an invention made by DR.. +. G. Cott-
rell Of the United States bureau Of
mines p~recipitates the dust from the
shelters and enables the saving of the
potash contained In 1t.
Last year one large California ce-
ment company, that had formerly been
compelled to pay heavy damages for
the dust distributed from its plant, se-
cured $4,000 net profit from the pot
ash recovered by the new process. 1t
Is now believed that cement plants at
present operating In this country can
secure a by-product Of 100000 tons Of
potash that has heretofore been worse
than visited, and that. as the cement
industry enlarges, the greater part OF
Americas potash supply can be Sc
cured from this source and at the
same time reduce the coSt Of cement
manue1c<qYe|EnzU - Ttssuida.
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height is necessary in order that the
attendant may work in comfort within
the building.
Sunlight is just as important in a
poultry house as it is in a human hab-
itation. Sunlight means health when
other conditions are favorable. At the
same time, dollhouse conditions must
be carefully guarded against. If a
poultry house has too much glass in
it's walls, 1t will be too warm in the
daytime, when the u shines hot and
the radiation of heat at night will be
so rapid as to make the daily range of
temperature too great for best condi-
tons.
Ventilation Is just as important as
sunlight. Poultry, to do well, must
have fresh air in abundance. How
ever, the ventilating system must elm
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smaller one is the nesting room. Both
rooms are supplied with removable
hen furniture, so that everything in
| side of the walls may be lifted off and
carried out-of-doors for cleaning. Lice
| and mites are so troublesome in poul-
try houses that facilities for keeping
the place clean are absolutely neces-
sary.
1t is for this reason, also, that the in
side Of the poultry house is lined with
wall board, which is cemented at the
joints and the whole surface painted
carefully with three coats of thin
paint, thoroughly rubbed in 10 fill ev-
cry crack and to cover every rough
place that could possibly make a hid
ing place for vermin.
In this plan there are three outside
doors for convenience in feeding the
fowls and cleaning the house. The
door to the west should be fitted with
Memberships and kept shut most OF
the time in winter.
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Get MenthoI From japan.

Before the war about half the men,
thol crystals exported from Japan
were e to Germany. Since the out
break of the wa the United States
has become the largest purchaser OF
these crystals, followed In order by
Great Britain, France and British In
dia. The price has varied from 81 to
$3.50 a pound during the last five
years, remaining most Of the time near
the higher mark. Recent improve
ments in the process of manufacture
have kept the price within reasonable
limits I'm spite of a considerable In
crease In the demand since the begin
ming OF the war.
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Variety of Time in Honolulu.

marks three-quarters of an hour ahead
of standard time for the day. In fact.
there are three ways Of fixing the hour
of the day on the plantation-solar
time, standard time and railway time,
writes A. p. Taylor, Honolulu CORE
spondent. The Hilo Sugar company
has put the time half an hour ahead.
At Pabala the Hawaiian Agricultural
company has advanced all the clocks
40 minutes. Nearly all the other
plantations on the island have gained
from Is minutes to one hour. They
may decide to adopt a uniform time.
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Relieving

"What makes you so thoughtful, Al
gernon, dearest?"
81 was just thinking Of the disturb
ance to business caused by the war,
darling. Now, they say there is going
TO be a sugar shortage in the United
States"
"Well, my own, don't get worried.
l would just as 500 have a nice. long
automobile ride as a box of chocolates,
any time"
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POULTRY NEED
GOOD HOUSING
Domestic Fowls viii Not Get on
Well Unless They Are
Sheltered.
NEED SUNLIGHT IN PLENTY
Design Of Shed Described Here Has
Been Found Highly Satisfactory
by Experts in Raising
BIooded Chickens.

Sir. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining TO the
subject % building work on the farm. for
the readers of this paper. On account of
his wide experience as Editor, Author and
Manufacturer, he is, without doubt, the
highest authority on all these subjects.
Address all inquiries to William A. Rad
ford, No, 1897 Prairie avenue, Chicago,
Ill, and only inclose tWo-cent stamp for
reDlY.
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mate strong drafts. Panels of thin
cloth In the front wall Of the building
seem to serve the purpose best.
In addition to the poultry house, a
good yard must be provided. There
are weeks at a time, during the win
ter, when the poultry must be closely
confined within the house. However,
as soon as the weather will permit,
the fowls should be given several hours
each day In a dry, clean yard. The
most satisfactory manner Of keeping
poultry In the summer time is to give
them liberal range In an orchard or
some other place where a variety Of
seeds may be planted at intervals to
raise different commodities which the
chickens can harvest themselves.
In the accompanying Illustrations, a
henhohse Is shown which Is snug and
comfortable, offering the hens every
p~,sstoie iuducement 70 lay eggs at
c26se t. i've cents apiece while the
enow y Tying. The building u So By
= eeots pa8taGzr4 aSSSE = Do<lfry hoRse
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How's This /?

We offer $1,000 tor any case of catarrh
that cannot be cured by HALLS CA
TARRH MEDICINE. HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE Is taken internally and acts
through the Blood on the Mucous Sur
faces of the System.
Sod by druggists for over forty years
Price 75c. Testimonials free.
II. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
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Use for Horse Chestnuts.

Horse Chestnuts Wanted-BritiSh
Find They Will Replace Other Cereals
in NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Headline.
Thank heaven, we are not asked TO
eat them.-New York Sun.
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The New Way.

Characteristic, we will have to
camouflage some Of our diplomatic
schemes.
Kaiser-Then paint them a neutral
tint.
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Piiny says that the Emperor Angus
tus was the first to exhibit at Rome q
tame tiger.
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A Pointed Question.

jeans maiden aunt Is a dressmaker,
and she is forever exhorting the little
girl, who loathes the sight of a thin
BILE, to learn tn sew.
Aunt Ruth" Jean remarked recent
ly, should every little girl learn TO
sew and make her own clothes?"
"Yes, indeed" replied aunty warm
ly. why do you ask?"
well, then, how would you make a
living?"
Aunty subsidized.
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The note shaver can't he depended
upon to whittle down expenses.
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What man is SO poor as he who has
nothing but money?
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Out of the Mouths of Babes.

Little Nettie asked her teacher what
was meant by Mrs. Grundy." She was
told that II meant the "worldv'
Some days after the teacher Of the
class to which Nettie belong asked.
"what is the equatorT' After some
hesitation Nettie said: II know;;; it's
the belt around Mrs. Grundy's waist"
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There are fast friends and fast
friends. One kind you can't lose.
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Yet the fruit tree agent doesn't care
TO be known as a professional CRATER.
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The Proof of IL,

This concert business is going to
the dogs"
"Why SOP"
'"ToO many ~bark-arolles In the pro-
grams"
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Women are fast replacing men in
the printing trade. .
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New-York tribune., 1917-11-27
Vanderlip Advocates
War Thrift for All
He Tells Bankers Each Person
in u. S. Must Buy War
Savings Certificate

SYRACUSE. Nov. 26.--Every man
woman and child In America must have
a national war savings certificate
Frank A. Vanderlip. president Of the
National City Bank, New York, told the
bankers of Syracuse tonight. Mr.. van
derlip is director of the national war
savings certificate campaign. He SAID:
"War savings stamps and certificates
are the safest investment the world has
ever known. Every man, woman and
child in America must have one. They
must be easier to buy than any com
modify. They must be bought ny all
classes Of investors. We can do with
out the S2.O00.0O0,O00 they will brlsg,
but we cannot fight the war efficiently
without the lesson of economy and
thrift they will teach.
ut is thrift and economy we need
now. People must refuse TO buy luXu-
ries and buy only necessaries. Every
bit of labor and OF machinery must be
devoted to turning out what the gov
ernment needs. It may work some hard
ships to manufacturers of luxuries, but
IL is inexorable There will be work
for all, at high wages, in producing the
government wants. The war savings
plan will be invaluable for THAI rca-
SON"
New-York tribune., 1917-11-27
Swami a Sufferer
From Coal Famine

A real coal famine hit some sections
of New York yesterday, and there is a
possibility that some yards may not
open their gates to-day. Although
Reeve Schley, coal administrator foI
New York County, ann tgnced that
10000 tons were being landed, there
were some dealers who could not offer a
shovelful TO good customers.
One of the sufferers was District Al
torney Swami, who IA the owner OF
several apartment houses. Several day
ago be ordered coal for one Of tt
houses, and when the supply becar
alarmingly low yesterday he made b.
quiries of the dealer man from VINO
he has been buying coal for years. II
was informed that the dealer had triec
to get coal for him from others in the
business, his own stock being ex-
hausted. but had been unable TO get
even part of a load.
at seems to me-" said the District
Attorney, that the situation is pretty
serious. | am told that owners OF
private dwellings as we'll as apartment
houses and hotels have their cellars
filled with coal. Such "A condition seems
hardly possible. II conditions do not
change soon this city will experience
real suffering"
Real suffering existed yesterday on
the East Side, where many bucket and
basket dealers had suspended business
for lack of coal,
Florists were among the first TO fee
the scarcity. One who had been unable
TO get coal wrote 10 Washington anC
was informed that his business was
useless so far as war is concerned
and people will have TO get along with
out flowers during the war"
New-York tribune., 1917-11-27

Byrne, Of the 9th Regiment WIZ.
armory is at 125 West Four,4s,,
Street. II the person solicited shov.I
any signs of contributing the Whe,,,.
Company announced that an ord,,.
would be dispatched at once for Il,
check or cash. Sergeant Willis
Daucher, of the 10th Company wo1iI
then be sent out i'm uniform with ,"
ceipt.
Colonel Byrne assured District Attn.
ney Swami yesterday that he had ps.
given any one in the Wheaton orrs,
permission 20 use his name. but he al.
mitted that he had lent Seryesn.
Daucher TO the concern TO make colls,.
tions. Up to date, Mr. Swami says, The
concern has collected Sl4,52l by a con.
tract which the prosecutor says give.
them 20 per cent. The dependent iami.
lies will receive about $4,000. He saw,
the concern collected $4,000 on tbe
same basis for the 18th Regiment.
Ex-Convict Collecting
incidentally, Mr.. Swami learned YES.
terday that an ex-convict had raised
funds for a benefit given last SUNDAY
night in the Manhattan Opera Ilou,.
by the Minute Men OF America. o.
Broadway and Vesey Street. fo,merly
the Midday Recruiting Committee >
of Chambers Street. The collector wa,
Samuel r. Wiley, alias Walter Jones.
whose picture. No. l1,132, is in he
Rogues' Gallery. lie was convicted IN
1907 of collecting money fraudulen,ly
for charity and paid fine Of $50.
New-York tribune., 1917-11-27
Advertising Agent
Guilty of Fraud in
Red Cross Benefit
Eugene Jest Solicited for
Entertainment That Did
Not Take Place

Another promoter of the Army and
Navy BAZAAR was indicted yesterday.
He will probably be srralgned to-day.
While District Attorney Swami was
busy investigating new complaints
against certain publicity" agents
charged with "muctlng, badgering and
threatening" the public, a jury before
Judge Malone in General Sessions con
victed Eugene Jest, an advertising So
licitor. of 639 st. AIMS Avenue, The
Bronx, charged with fraudulent collec-
ton of money for alleged charitable
purposes.
Jest was an intimate friend of {:
Donald Fox, formerly promoter OF
the Army and Navy Bazaar, who plead
ed not guilty yesterday before Judge
Mott in General Sessions TO an indict-
ment charging him with forgery in the
third degree. jest was tried on
charge of soliciting contributions for n
Red Cross benefit to be held in Man
haitian Opera House. The benefit never
took place and the Red Cross managers
knew nothing about Jest. He was re-
manded by Judge Malone to the Tombs
for sentence on December 3.
Investigate Advertising Agency
complaint reached Mr.. Swami yes
terdav against the Wheaton Service
Corporation, an advertising concern, of
347 Fifth Avenue. Investigation con-
vinced the District Attorney that this
concern has been getting 40 per cent
from New York regiments for raising
funds for dependent families OF mem
bers at the front.
Il was learned that soliciting was
done over the telephone from the
Wheaton Offices and the solicitor rep
resented himself as Colonel John j.
New-York tribune., 1917-11-27
Krulewitch in Tombs
Trial on Charge of Influencing
Election Inspector Begins

Alvin Krulewitch, the young son OF
Samuel Krulewtch, Republican leader
Of the 18th Assembly District. was
committed to the Tombs last night by
Judge Malone, in General Sessions, at
the close of the first day of his trial
on a charge Of influencing an election
inspector to make a false return in the
Mitchell Bennett primary September 10.
The offence charged against Krule-
witch is q felony and is punishable by
prison sentence. The witnesses
called yesterday by Assistant District
Attorneys Olcott and Wallace, of the
Election Bureau, were James +: Nc
Cir. a watcher at the polls OF the 80
Election District of the 18th Assembly
District; Edward J. MCGOWAN, clerk Of
the Board Of Elections, and Louis Da.
Wis, Democratic chairman of the board
Of elections for that district. The trial
will continue to-day.
New-York tribune., 1917-11-27
Mrs. s.BeutingerLoses License
Woman Indignant When Pun.
ished for Hitting Boy Dur.
ing Auto Race

NEWARK. Nov. 2s.--Mrs. Margare,
Z. Beutinger, who was tried here last
fall on n charge Of shooting and kill
Ing her husband, suffered revocation
Of her automobile drivers license to-
day by Commissioner Dill because she
ran down and injured Thomas Meyer
FIVE and a half years old.
{. A. 8illcr, OF 33 Brunswick Road
Nontclsir. admitted that Mrs. Beutin.
ger and he we're racing when the acci.
dent occurred. Asked Why she did not
turn back after hitting the boy, she
said that she thought Of her own
children and went home 10 them.
Mrs. Beutinger begged the commits
sioner not 20 revoke the license, and
when he refused 20 consider the mat
fer she became angry and announced
mat she would get cut license in
New York state.
'If you do, will see that you do
New-York tribune., 1917-11-27
$122,824 Spent
To Elect Hylan

ALBANY, Nov. 26.-The New York
Democratic party spent Sl22,S24 and
received S125,6sS in its successful
campaign for the election of Judge
Hylan as Mayor of the greater city.
Among the contributors Of large
amounts was Samuel Untermyer, who
gave $4,000. James w. Gerard, former
Ambassador to Germany, contributed
$1,000
Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tam
many Hall, also was credited with 4
$4,000 subscription.
Most Of the other contributions were
for comparatively small amounts, all
below $4,000, except that Of George II.
Ehret. a New York brewer, who gave
$500.
The William VI. Bennett committee
received s5,29i and spent S6,0s7.
The committee of Alfred f. Smith,
for his election as president of the