I -"' "".'fm THEATRICAL AND DRAMATIC At Prineville Opera House 5 Nights during Fair Week, commen cing Tuesday, Oct. 19. A Splendid Entertainment Company DIFFERENT PLAY EVERY NIGHT. VAUDEVILLE BETWEEN ACTS. PRICES 25c, 50c and 75c 00 UQ 0 LONDON GAMING OENS The Way the Pclica Descend Upon Them h a Raid. SKILL, CUNNING AND DARING. I Absolut Sacrscy li Maintained by th j OrFiSala, and tho Pclicamen Aro j Kopt In tho Dark Until tho Last ' Moment Getting Into th Club. The police have recently carried out ; torn. sensational raids on big gaming j clubs, and It may 1 Interest lng to j learn how those raids nr. effected. This Is how It Is do:e la London: As soon as the detectives' suspicions have been confirmed they apply to the com missioner of iolke for a warraut to enter. The warrant authorises certain officers mentioned by name to enter the club In the name of the king. Or dinary policemen are not permitted to carry out raid, but the detectives I can call upon them for assistance at the critical moment Absolute secrecy Is euforced right up to the moment of entry. There Is no excitement at the station on that day, and the men on dnty have no sus picion of what is in the wind, rians of the house are drawn and carefully studied by the raiding officers, for the doorkeeper of the club is prepared at the slightest alarm to send a wnrnlng to his customers, and every vestige of gambling apparatus will mysteriously disapiear and the raid fail. A careful ly planned ruse, therefore, has to be evolved which will disarm suspicion. During the day a body of "reserve" policemen will receive communica tion from the station that they will be required to parade at a certain hour, and they meet with no idea of what is expected of thein. They are drawn op In line, and after names have been called over they are dismissed from the station one by one, with the in junction to be In the Immediate neigh-1 Lorhood of a certain street in a couple I rtt hours and not to get near the spot j before the prearranged moment. The first officer to apiear on the see tie Is the one in charge of the raid. He is always disguised and usually looks like a well dressed man about town. He passes the club carelessly, bat it Is sufficient for him to learn from a confederate Inside that gaming has commenced. A policeman then saunters to the corner of the street and stays there as though be were on "point" duty. Then, not till then, to the information of the precise club to be raided secretly conveyed to the at tacking force in their hiding places, while the club, unconscious of its im pending fate, pursues its gambling. The first difficulty to surmount is to get past the burly doorkeeper. If this is not successfully done the raid will end in failure. Presently the sound of j a drunken song is beard in the dis tance, and two apparently rough look ing men come staggering along. As they near the entrance to the club they begin disputing and soon come to j blows. The doorkeeper peeps through j the wicket and orders the men away. One of the men rushes at the wicket j and challenges the doorkeeper to "come outside like a man" and at the same time sb.outs out something about the character of the house. The combat- j ants continue fighting, and the officer j at the corner comes along and orders ! .them away. The men return, however, i to "have It out with the doorkeeper." j The noise increases, attracting borne- j ward bound gentlemen In evening dress, who gather round and urge the men on. The doorkeeper by this time becomes alarmed, for the rowdy crowd will frighten away his clients. Perhaps Just at this moment a member of the club arrives and seeks admission. The door Is opened with the utmost caution to admit him. Before he has time to fasten it the two officers hastily secure the member and rush upstairs. The two combatants were disguised police men and the onlookers detectives. As soon as an entrance Into the club has been effected the constable at the corner sounds his whistle, and before the sound has died away the whole neighborhood ia alive with police. If the house boasts of n trapdoor on the roof, the flash of la'ntems will be seen up there, the men having been con cealed among the chimney pots since it was dark. The front door is secured, and the police form a guard around the house, so that escape is impossible. Meantime the scene upstairs la one of the wildest excitement. The gam blers, intent on business, had not no ticed the scullie in the passage, and the first Intimation they get of the state of affairs Is when the door Is thrown open and the officer in charge rails on them to regard themselves as his prisoners. Then they realize their position. The tables are overturned, and card counters and money roll all over the floor as the members endeavor to escape. They make for the street door, but, balked In this direction, hur ry to all parts of the house to bide. The crestfallen members of the club nre conveyed to the statton, each in the custody of two officers. Then the house Is searched for the gaming ap paratus. Every Inch of the place is examined. fir gamblers have remark able contrivances whereby they can hide their apparatus In the event. of being raided. Tops of tables are knock ed off, flooring taken up and walls searched for secret cupboards. Yards of chalked string are regarded as prizes, and with these and more appar ent proofs .the case Is ready for the magistrate. . The evidence is laid be fore him, nnd the proprietor and mem bers are charged and the sentence passed or n henvy fine Imposed on the prisoners. London Tlt-Blt. Miss Jonah. (CoprrUrit. IS1, by American Prosa Asso ciation. "There's lots of things In the food book," said Captain Tottle. -that some people thinks to uothln' but bU jams nowadays, but some of 'em are true today as they was thou. Take th Jonah business. There are plenty of Jonahs today. 1 Lad one of 'cm on the North Star on a trip from Philadelphia to the Mediterranean, only in this case Jonah was a woman. My supercargo he came to me fust day out and said to me: Cap'n. tbar's a wnnnn aboard as to gcln' to bring us bid luck. Her fust name's Johanna.' "You don't mean to tell me." says. I. that yoo'r golu' to stnrt a supersti tion lik. that on this shlpT "It's started already. says he. "One of the men heard the woman that's with her call her Johanna, and he told every man In the foYast'e. "We hadn't been out a day before the youug woman had bewitched the fust and second mate, and If I hadn't held on to myself mighty tlht stie'J V got away with me, Aa for the men. tbey had deadly fear of her. It was beautiful, balmy dny we sailed, bat by nlgbt our sails was flapplu in a fog as thick as puddlu. Miss Meddercroft that waa Johanna's other name she come up on deck half an huur before the mldwatch come on. laaghln' and Jokln if there was somepin fuuny In the situation. News had come Just before we sailed that the Arctic had been struck by a vessel In a fog on her way from Liverpool to New York and that nearly everybody aboard had been lost I see the watch scowlin' at Johanna and ordered her below. She only giggled. 1 couldn't force her be low, and she stayed as long as she wanted. "That fog never lifted for three, days: then It come on to Mow great pins out of the no'east. Ji-st when 1 was most anxious the ship's doctor come to me. and he said nnder bis breath. Vap'n.' says he. Tin afraid we got a. case of polsonin' aboard." "Great guns! says I. 'Whose poisoned T The woman that's travelin' nlong with that Miss Meddercroft.' 'Don't bother me now while we're drivin Inter this gale, saya I. 'How do yon know It's poison? '1 took the stuff cut with a stomach pump.' says he. 'It's arsenic' 'Well, git away from me while I've got II I can do to saH the ship. I she goin' to die?" "She's dead.' says he Git away from here,' I says, and be went below. "The men found out a woman bad died aboard and that she was with Miss Meddercroft. or Miss Jonah, as they had get to callln' her. We tipped the corpse over as scon as possible without ceremony en account of the weather, I give out and I told one of the men that now It was overboard we'd have better luck, so 's he'd Fprend It He did. but It didn't do auy gocd Miss Jonah come up on deck hnikln' kind of wild out of her eyes and turn in' op her face and putthi' out her hand. 'Why. It's siiowln',' she said, and, sure enough, lookin' on the deck, we saw a few One sre'.'fcs. In trn min utes there was the wo'st snowstorm 1 ever seen. Yen couldn't make a man In the fo'cartle believe but MI'S Jonah had drawed that snowstorm down on us. The temperature went owny down, and the wind was howlln' nt a gait of fifty to seventy knots an hour. Then what do you suppose happened? The fo'mast give way. and v.e swung around Into the trough of the sea. "I thought we'd rll over sure, but we didn't. We got her before the wind and cut awny the mast. When the wind went down eome'at we put her back In her course. "J 1st as soon ns we rot the ship righted the men come r.il In a body a;id told me they v.ai gcIV to pitch Miss Jonah over. I raid we was only two days from the Ames, where we was goli)' to tench, nr.d I'd put her off there. They grumbled, but nsreed to wait "The night before we reached the Islands It was black ns Ink. I was on deck, thlnkln' about gettln' rid of our Jonah, bopiu' there'd be no more polsonin', fogs, snowstorms or howlin' gales, when 1 felt a shock. The ship slowed up for a moment, then went on. I leaned over the gunwale and 6aw n black mass sllppln' by. I k no wed It wag o derelict I called up ail hands and went below to look for a hole. I found one, but not so big but we could get a rail over It, and In this fashion we kept on Into 1'ayaL "What was my surprise to find Miss Jonah already packed and ready to go cshore. I was mighty glad of it, ns I'd expected a hard tlma puttln' her off. The doctor took her ashore, and she went, smlllu' and wavln' her handkerchief at us. "The doctor never come back. We waited and waited, nnd, bearln' noth ln' of him, I concluded to leave him. We went on to Gibraltar for repairs, with clear skies over us and calm wa ters under us. Not a bit of bad luck did we have after we got rid of Miss Jona h. "When I got back to Philadelphia 1 met the doctor one day on Chestnut street. 1 was mightily surprised when he told me he had married Miss Jounh. She'd started abroad with a woman she didn't know very well, who turned out to be luny and poison ed herself on the voyage. The doctor got the girl's confidence, told her of the feeling against her, persuaded her to go ashore without a scene and mar ried her. "I'd a thought tbo suicide was the Jonah only the luck didn't leave us when we hoisted her over." HELEN SOPHIE GASHB. 1MII I lllYf".J NOTES BY CMBAENTTZ WYTRSIDI o SOLICITED Copyright. Sl by c M lurnlta. Th arUctca anil llluairalkins mutt not bi printed without special pertulsaton.) AMERICAN OSTRICH FARMING. Hats off to the American girl and the American ostrich. Aa ther. an no girls equal to fuel. Sam's fair daughters, so there art no ostrich plumej so handsome, broad and grac f.ii ns those grown by th. 3,000 big blrCs ou Uncle Sam's ranches In Cali fornia, Arizona, Arkansas and Florida. But American women wear J,S00.000 worth of Imported plumes annually. And this make, their hats an eyesore to the ostrich ranchers, and their slo gan has become, "No foreign feathers on American girls' bats." Now watch the fun and also those bats, for these feather fellow, are making the ostrich feathers fly to grow all the feathers to trim all our pretty girls' headgear. Bat how's It done? Well, listen. When four years old Mrs. Ostrich, gives Mister the wink, and be at once scoop a bole In th. sand, and there she lays fifteen three pound eggs, equal to MO hens' egg. The male alts at night, as his black plumage make, htm invisible and bis superior strength to needed for de fense. Now, savage toward man and beast, bis roar to so llonllk. that lion hunters are even deceived. Ilia mat. elts by day. aa ber drab dress resem-blr-s the sand and reflects the beat Often the male to seen at the nest shading th. eggs with bis beautiful white and black plumed wings lest they be overheated. About tbo forty-second day th. par ent cracks the eggs with ber breast bone and lifts the chicks to light Their wondering eyes fascinate yon aud you at once love the velvety birds. A foot high at birth, they gain th. same every month for six months snd often 'reach eight feet in height and weigh 330 pounds. Plucking begins at six months and continues every eight months there after. Old birds are driven Into a tight box stall, with door front and back, and a TBS) AMXBICAS 08TBICH. black stocking Is drawn down over the bead. As ostriches kick In front, pluckers stand at side and rear and only clip from tall and wings. White and black male plumes, ninety to pound, are worth f 130. Chick and female feathers not so val uable, the average price for ail being $20. . Chicks, now mostly hatched In Incu bators, are fed moist brad, cracked wheat, fine alfalfa and grit Older birds thrive best on alfalfa, but occasionally swallow gold watches, nursing bottles, lighted pipes, cigars and tin cups without compunction of conscience. ' " ' Ostriches are never Oslerized, though they live a century and can trot thirty miles an hour when threescore and ten. Io they pay? Well, calculate. A fat ostrich weighs 400 pounds, and flesh is prime, it often lays 100 eggs a season for incubation or an omelet for 1,300 people and grows one and a half pounds of feathers, average price t'M. An acre of Arizona alfalfa land worth $30 supports four ostriches that should at least raise twenty-five a season. Chicks six mouths are worth $100; yearlings, $150; two years, $200; three years, $330; four years, $1,000. Figure for yourself. D0NT8. Don't spend your money on patent poultry medicines. Tell your troubles to a reputable poultrymun. His ad vice will save your money and only costs you a stump. Don't fail to keep a breeding chart You can thus breed your birds la line and raise pedigreed perfectos. Don't forget to study your own wants before disposing of breeders. Keep extras for accidents. Don't skimp ou feed because there are so many mouths to feed. Cull down the stock and have more feed. Don't have slaked lime around In such quantities that the movement of a chicken's wing will raise a cloud. Breathe It yourself and see bow you like it S3 A Blunder. OHtnl 1 When I left home for Miss Ilurniou's school for glri my father lived In Illi nois,' When 1 was graduated h had removed lo llntiUon, N. Y". He guv. m. the street nnd uuiubcr, but he was lawyer, and lawyers were In thoxe day proverbial for their wretched handwriting, so I found It difficult to make out the address. As near as t conl.l come to deciphering the u:uuo of the tiw It was tafayettc. This was not correct It was S.iN-llo street. Leaving the station ou my arrival. I took a cab and told the driver to Ink. me tt CO Lafayette stroet When I saw the house was surprised tlmt my father could afford to live lu It. i bad left a two story frame cottage lu th. west to come to a four story stone frout house In the east. I paid the coachman aud. going up th. stoop, rang the bell. A maid came to th door whom I had never seen, aud I told her to tell mother that 1 bad cosne front school. h asked me whom the should say bad come. 1 told her "her daughter, of courHc." nnd. going Into the drawing room, looked about me at the handsome furniture, still wondering how father had Ihhu able to purchase It. The nmld went U(Mtulr lo ma-e the announcement. I waited quite a long while for ber return. When she came down she told me that no one was at home except my mother, who had recently bad a cata ract removed from on. of ber eyes and was obliged to remain In a dark room. I was surprised, for I had not been In formed of there bring anything the matter with her eye, and as the uinld said I was t gt up to her I run up stairs sn1 through a room that had been darkened so that one entering my mother's room should not let In any light. The ihamlier occupied by my mother was so dark that I could scarce ly see my hand before my face. I didn't kuow which way tolnrn till sh. called uie. an.l even then I went In the wrong dlnn-tlon till she had done so vera,l times. Then I found ber sit ting In on easy chuir and put my arms around her neck. "Why, child." she said, "why did you write us that you would come tomor row? Vour brother would bar. met you at the station." I was startled. My mother's vole, hnd changed. Could It be that ber trouble with her eye bad broken ber faculties. "There's some mistake about that mother dear." 1 replied. "1 wrote that I was coming on Thnrslay. Thursday and Friday by a bad writer may be made to look alike. Perhaps there's where the error lies." 1 was about to speak of ber trouble when I heard the door of the ante room open and shut Then the door of the room I was lu opened, soma one hurried In, nud a man's voice snIJ: "Yi'here are yon, sls'f" - "I'm here." "Kllen told me you'd come, and come a day nliead of time." My brother Tom. ten years my seulnr. never railed me anything but "sis" and "sUsey," but there was some thing wrong with his viL-e. I had no time to wonder what had caused the change when 1 felt myself clasped In two strong arms and lips pressed against mine. "What's become of your beard?" I asked. "Beard". I never had one. We've been counting on your coming. Moth er is stint up for the present, but she'll come out all right. The doctor says she may have the' light In one week more. Awful glad to see yon 1 mean to feel you. ha, 'ha! Can't see any thing in hero. Have to rely on tbo touch.". And he gave mo nnother good hug and several kisses. "But come out Into the light I want U see how you've Improved. You won't mind, will you, motU'rV" "Not If yo i don't keep her too long." rutting his arm around my waist, ho led me out through the nneroiMii, nnd. ojienini the outer door, we Ktood on the threshold between tbo room nnd the hull. I eny we stood there, and so we did. We didn't get any farther, at laast not Just then. Never wero two people more astonished, bewildered. We were en tire strangi'rs to each other. "Great Scott!" was his extiumutlon "Heavens!" was mine. He dropped his arm as If It had been shot, nnd I quickly drew away. "How in the name of" ; "I must have-got into the wrong" At this point he regained bis equa nimity. "If you're not my sister, you're certainly worthy to le any one's sister. At any rate, I'm happy to make your acquaintance, even by mistake, though I assure you I don't usually on so slight nn acquaintance" He paused, and my face flushed crim son. "Come," he said reassuringly, "tell me bow It happened." I told bin) my story, nnd be replied that his own sister, who had been away from homo on it long visit was expected the next day. He Insisted that I needed a luncheon und ordered one, nnd while I was eating It ho tele phoned for n carriage. When It came he got in with me and begun n hunt for me for my lio::ie. My father's name was not In thi directory, but I told my new found friend that he was an attorney, nnd. driving tj the office of one of the profession, we learned the address. Ten minutes later I w3 with my own family. The family Into which 1 had blun dered became my Intimate friends The daughter called on me, and the son has been to attentive to me as to we shall see. FLOKE-NCE NOttTON. Selections FASCINATED BY THE STARS. Astrenemtrs Never Weary cf Studying th Hiavans. 1'ew problems whUh th. asirotumior bus uudertaken l rn.lv ptvueas nucb fluctuation as ascertaining the ex tent of stellar SMice. Newcomli mlt in a te tlm number of stars visible In the most powerful telescopes as more than hundred nitlllma. They are tnikttt abundant near the Milky way and least numerous at th. poluts moat remote from that amaalng girdle, at what an called th. "galactic poles." It Is uow known that the enormous dlffervnrv In the brightness of tit. stars do not furnish a key to their dis tances from th. earth. Big one a few many thousand times more bril liant than the sun -urn! Ilttl. ones are mixed In fairly definite proportions. At least thuxe of the six largest mugnl tildes are thus distributed. Further Investigation Is needed to determln. whether the rul. h.iUU good for tbo stars which are apparently smaller. Professor J. C Kapteyn, leading English astronomer, lectured week or two ago In London on the progress ruude with the study of the distance of th. stars. A limit beyond which It will eventually be Impossible to e be believes, bns not been reached, but b. thinks that their arrsngemcut has been approximately determined for an Im aginary sphere having a radius of 2,(XW "light j-eurs." For various rea sons It Is considered undesirable to employ "miles" In Indicating celestial distances. A more convenient term Is phrase representing th. length of th. Journey taken by ray .of light In a year. This to about UTlOOO times 00, OK0.O00 miles, or upward of ftouaouu, 0UMXH) miles. The nearest of th. fixed stars Is three ami a half light years away from the sun. If the boundaries of the universe were 2.000 light years distant they would be almost Incon ceivably remote, but these figures are not accepted by experts as Ouat Pro fessor Newcomb has expressed th. opinion that "nearly all th. stars" sr. within the limit of 3.300 light years. Professor Kapteyn, baaing a calcula tion oo th. rate at which th. faluter stars seem to diminish In number with distance, deems It pOHslble that th. nnlrerso may bav. radius of 30,000 light years! To er press this distance lu miles one needs to write "IS" snd add sixteen ciphers. New Yorjc Trib une. Standing Armits. The most unmllltnry nation of the world Is the most backward-C'blna. The nations that most neglect their military forces today are those that suffer most from militarism, tyranny and revolutions the Ijitln-Amerlcas. The untion that has most astonished the world by Its enormous progress along all lines hits been the on. that has In recent years turned most of all to military life Japan. The European nation that today Is making far the greatest strides In In dttstrles and the world's progress snd commerce to the one that keeps the greatest standing army of the world Germany. The nation that through distrust re fused to keep a standing army has been wied out Polaud. Army and Navy Life. Madrid's Trying Climate, Queeu Victoria's complaint against the terrible summer beat and equally trying winter cold of Madrid, the Span ish capital, precipitates the question of the advisability of moving the gov ernment to Barcelona. Madrid to sit uated unfavorably from filniost any standpoint The surrounding plateau Is treeless, exposing the city to tbe scorching south winds In summer and tbo frigid breezes Hint descend from the snow covered Sierra Guudrarama In winter. In contrast with this un comfortable situation Barcelona's equa ble climate, due In largo part to her position ou the Mediterranean, appeals strongly to the Kpanlsli lover of ease. Barcelona has long bsun the commer cial center of Spain. ' - "British Unfairn..a." One American who got back from the Olympic games recently was with Hayes, the Marathon winner, In purty of Americans the evening fol lowing the race. On the subject of "British unfairness" bo tells a story Hayes told that night "I was Just entering the stadium," said Hayes, "und I slowed to a walk, thinking It was all over and I hnd lost A policeman stepped up along side of mo and, touching bis hat, said: 'You'd better 'urry on, sir. The other ttnip's fallen down.' "New York Sun. To Soar Lik an Eagl. rrofessor Marcel Deprez In a paper before the Academy of Sciences In Paris announced that be bns solved the problem of the stationary hovering In the air of a body perfectly free and heavier than. nlr. thus Imitating the power of eagles, vultures and other birds able to remain In the nlr, ascend and descend without ' beating their wings.-Popular Mechanics. Noiselasa Dishaa. Up ou the Alps a new hotel Is ad vertised as tho Ideal resort for those who want a complete rest cure. All the plates, dishes, cups and saucers are mude of papier iniuiie, so that guests will bo spared the clutter of a restaurant, aud as the material Is so light guests will suffer tbe least pos ilblo fatigue In lifting the cups to Jieir Hps, THE LUCKETT STOKER. Osaratta Automatically and Make, iwokslaaa Firs, Th. I.uckett stoker shown In th. ae Minpanyhig rut Is wry simple lu con itructlou, ami Its oHratlon can be read ily understood by any one. lu th. fur nace there are two inninulnc so placed that each one will tuWe care of half tho width of the furunce, tu the sides of these mngnxlncs nre the grates, which inilu. down toward th. center aud I. lea of th furnnc. At Ih. front cud -f-v-4 i tj I srrokUTto btukcb. of each mngnalue is hopper to whirs Ih. coal Is fed cither by th. fireman or by chutes leading from th. bottom of coal bins overhead. After th. coal Is placed In tho hopiers It Is conveyed Into th. furnace by what are termed conveyors, th. number deietidlug on the depth of furnace. These couvcyor oscillate about a shaft and work alter natelythat Is, while oue I moving up the other Is moving down. The conveyors are set so that each succeeding one will take a certain pro portion of the coal couvryed to It, lear lug the remainder to be pushed to th. fire surface. This proportion Is con stant, no matter bow fast or bow slow the coal Is fed. Tbo Hirtion of the coal lu th. course of Mug pushed to th. fire surface I gradually heated snd Ignited and thereby forme I Into coke. 111. process, being continuous, heap up th. formed coke ahov. the mngnstiie, which, partly through, gravity ami part ly throug'i the netloii of the conveyors, falls to tho Inclining grilles ou the side and Is gradually worked to tho center aud side of th. furnace. Th. continuous oscillating inoilou of th. conveyors give a breathing motion to the fir. bed, keeping It ocn aud fre. for the circulation of air aud doing away with tbe slice bar. Tho principle of feeding tb. coal con tinuously Into the furnace below and the lifting effect of th. conveyors does away with the opening of the furuac. doors for firing and slicing of Ores. This saves the boiler nnd furnace from the objectionable lurush of cold air sad therefore eliminates smoke snd de structive gases and maintains a uni form condition In th. furuac and boil er. Engineering Magnxlne, HOW LAKES BREATHE. Failure te Abssrb Oxygon Man Daath t. Fish. I-ttck of respiration by Inland lakes explain to Professor E. A. lilrge many of the failures lu stocking with trout aud other fish. The lake alworbs air for animal and plant llfo and exhales nitrogen, carliotilc acid aud sometime other gases, but It takes Its only full Inspiration In autumn, with a less com plete oue iu spring, does not breath, at ail lu winter and during summer has but very shallow respiration. When cooled to uniform temperature Dear freezing the wind turns It over and over, saturating It with 1 per cent by volume of oxygen, twice what the water can hold at summer beat This store may suffice, life being most In active In winter, but there Is sometimes S shortage of oxygen ero tbo tee is gone. Another turning Is given by winds In nprlng. It to Imperfect, bow ever, for the fast wanning surfuco soon stops circulation of water below, and tbo oxygen supply to lessened during tho warm period of activity nnd great est need. Thus It to that tbe bottom except In somo very deep lakes, where tho stock of dissolved oxygen Is lurgo accumulates carbonic acid and prod ucts of decay to such an extent as to limit the fish llfo that can be sup ported. An EUotrlo Rat Klllar. An electric rat killer Is tbe latest means designed for slaughtering ro dents. Beccntly It was tried in Trlost, France, aud It is claimed that It pro duced good results. The "killer" to made so that It can be lowered Into drains and other in fested places. It consists of a shallow tray, with a bottom lined with closely spaced metul points alternately con nected to tho positive and negative ter minals of a high tension electric cir cuit Tbe animals are promptly elec trocuted us they step on the points In attempting to reach tho bult Tho ap paratus destroys only rats and similar vermin, and It Is affirmed that ther. Is no risk to cuts and other domestic animals. Whir Oxon Coma From. Tho formation of ozono In the air bus been traced by Hcuiiet and lionys scy to ultra violet solar rays at great altitudes. It Increases when tho car bon dioxide falls below the normal amount and Is therefor, supposed to be brought from the upper air where carbon dioxide to lucking by wind and rain. " Somo ozone, however. Is formed even In lower struta by solar radiation In clear weather, Tho maximum ocon. Is present when the wind to west and southwest and the minimum with aa east wind. Humor A WASTED JOKE. H Mtsnt t Worry Ml Wife, but Ho Didn't Aftar All. "I don't think I'u try auy more pruo tlvnl Joke on my wif. Ttwy Uuu't pan out well." "Klucldnte." "You see, sh tins a habit of bolstlug th window lu our room vry ulgUl. As I usually go to td last sii de pends on m to hoist It. HoumIIui I lorget It, and then therv's a wild squabble. Frequently ah wnkvs ui. np In the night and ssks m to s If It U ohii. If I don't, sh uags st ui until morning. "A night or two ago I resolved to give her a hard scar. I rolled up a kit of old iiewsHiprs Into a long bun dle and told th iHtckag down by th. window. Of viMirs ah was aalavo and dldu't hear m. Thou I opened th window a lltil way aud crept tub bed. Home tlm aMvr mldulght b nudged uie and an id: "Jim, I'm sure you dldu't opu that window. It's Ilk a bsk. oven In lb. room. Gel up and se.' "Ho I got up. woiit to lb. wlujow Slid threw the sash as high s It would go. A I did so gav. a Ilttl. shriek and then dung my bundle down to tb walk Mow. It struck with a dull lliml. and I dodged Is-hind III curtain to await developments. The room very dark, and I muldu't mv tuy wife, but I heard her raise herself lo a sit ting HMliire. Then ah h4. "Poor old Jim! ah quietly said. 'He's tumbled out of lb window lu bl ras.-edei.t nl,-litlili t. What s wc-tncl he'll I wheu they find hlul lu lb morning! Then sii lay down agslu and Went to sleep." -NVImt did you dor Htd there abl wring for a minute or to and thru aurnked luto Led." Cleveland I'lulu Dealer, In Fi.ta Trim. "I see 111 II ki.n Is back from Noo York." draniiM the old potmaatr at tlm-oii Klde. "How does be fIT" "In Hue trim." rci-poutlcd tlx viilsg loafer. "hi line him, e!i?" "Yes, Whll be was lu that town b. bad h'.a nulls trimmed, his hair trim med, his whisker trimmed, and before h. could gut a way b bad bis pockets trimmed. HI says Noo York Is a blamed trim to wu."-Detroit Tribune. Airy Psraiflag. Mrs. CupiotceIlow could a woman ver bring herself to marry an aero naut? He's ao flighty. Mrs. Wayptier Yes, and too often h. lacks ballast. Mr. Mnrtnn la yd Then, too, b. looks dow n on ordinary peopl. Mrs. Chllllcon Keuriiry And agslu be more In th higher circles, aud jrou don't Cblcag Tribune. T. tb Limit Women had decided to wear even larger hat. "Not Impracticable at alt." tbey ex plained. "The ceuter doors of tb. new cars are twice as wide as In tbe old ones." Men wondered, but were helpless. Philadelphia Ix-dger. , k About th. tia. of It. "Anyway," said ber husband' wife, "you can't accuse me of prolonging ar guments." "That's right, my dear," replied bis wire's husband. "You merely set your foot down on It, aud (hut covers tb. entire ground." Chicago News. Acourata Enough. "I wont a Hrfectty accural, ther mometer," aald tho suburbanite. "Hero' one that will Just suit," ssld the dealer. "I'll guaraute that It will go higher In summer and lower In whi ter than any other lu the neighbor, hood." Pittsburg Post Golf Mors Important. "Will you come round agnlu tomor row?" "Diinno. I'd arranged to get mar fled tomorrow, rerhnps I can post pone It." Hr Tongu. "Put out your tongue," said tb. doc tor. After the lady hnd done so she asked, -."Is there anything the matter with It?" "No-o. Worn some, that's all. "-Minneapolis Journal. On Sure Thing. "Do you think men will ever really learn to fly?" "I hope so. If they dou't It's going to be mighty lonesome for the ladles Who go to heaven."-Pick M.-Up.