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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.
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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.