CIGARETTES FLOURISH
STATISTICS 8HOW ALARMING IN
CREASE IN USE OF "PILL."
Efforts of Anti-Cigarette Forces In
1910 Balked by Increase of 1,856,
487,308 Cigarettes In Coun
try's Output
New York Like a tack In a taxi
cab tire comes the news that the ef
forts of the antl-clgarette forces had
no other result In 1910 than to In
crease the output of cigarettes In this
country by some 1356,478,308 of the
little cousins of my Lady Nicotine.
Except to freshmen and sophomores
of "frats," where pipes are frowned
upon, the Idea of one billion, eight
hundred and fifty-six million, four hun
dred and eighty-seven thousand, three
hundred and eight cigarettes Is a
mere mythoplastlc figure, flexed to fit
the fancy of the mathematical mind.
For the benefit of all citizens not In
cluded In the foregoing these statis
tics are furnished. Taking the aver
age length of an honest cigarette at
two and one-half Inches, the increase
for 1910, if placed end to end, would
make a string 73,403 miles in length.
This would be sufficient to build an
unbroken line of cigarettes around
the world, and then third track the
system. These, be It understood, are
cigarettes of American make, from
the native otrnlp-ht riitn of Vtrplnfn tn
the actual and only "pills" smoked by
the sultan, and made somewhere down
in Greenwich street.
No one in the trade know why
there has been an Increase. Probably
boys who read novels have more
money, says one. That the Increase
is due to the fact that hotels proylde
smoking rooms for women Is denied.
Dealers do poftft to the increase, in the
enrollment at the larger Bchools and
colleges as a possible factor.
N HANDLING YOUNG PLANTS SEEK A MISSING MAN
Seat Method Is to Transplant Them to
2-Inch Flower Pots at Young Age
Till Warm Weather.
(By H. H. 8HEPARD.)
The best method of handling yount
ilants ia to transplant them to two
nch flower pots at a very early age.
teep them in a protected place till
lettled warmer weather, then trans
jiant to the open garden. In this way,
:he young plants are not affected by
:he change.
The ball of earth from the pot
:ompletely binds all the roots together
io that there is no drying out nor any
:heck In growth. Transplanting from
small flower pots may be done at any
time of the day, clear or cloudy
weather. The pots are good for a life
lime, or till broken.
Improvised pots of various kinds
may be used for starting and trans
planting young plants. The best of
these la a wooden quart berry box.
With it, box, plant, and all may be set
In the permanent garden space, the
box Boon rotting away.
Tin cans with the ends melted off
and the seams unsoldered make fairly
food transplanting pots. A string is
tied around to hold the can together
while the plant Is growing and re
moved at time of transplanting, allow
ing the cylinder of earth to easily
slip out Similar results may be had
by making pots of card board or o'
heavy oiled paper.
KANSAS SEER IN SEARCH UN
EARTHS THREE SKELETONS.
BULL TERRIER FIGHTS BULL
After a Furious Battle Both Succumb
to Wounds, but the Bull
Dies First
New York A flght to the death be
tween a thoroughbred English bull
terrier and a Holstein bull took place
at the stock farm of Eben Grover, at
New Durham, N. J. The dog was a
perfect specimen of the breed and
was valued at $760. It took a dlBllke
to the bull, a $1,500 animal, immedi
ately after the latter was brought to
the farm. The other night the bull
was placed In a large box stall. When
an employee opened, the door the dog
slipped in and in two seconds the bat
tle was on.
The dog whirled atout the stall
with lightning speed, leaping at the
bull's throat with snapping teeth
Twice the dog was pinned agatnBt the
wall of the stall by the horns of the
brute, but Anally by a quick spring
sank iU teeth in the throat of the
bull. The great animal, roaring with
pain, swung the little dog about and
dashed its body against the walls, but
it would not let go.
The battle had raged for an hour
and Grover, with his Bons, had en
tered the stall twice at the peril of
their lives when the huge bull sank
to hie knees and toppled over dead.
Tho dog, loosening its hold for the
first time, limped into a corner of the
stall and died within a few minutes
Grover's right leg was badly torn by
tho dog's teeth.
A SAVINGS BANK ON WHEELS
Paterson, N. J., Has Novelty In
Shape of Auto Bank, Fire, Bul
let and Burglar Proof.
Paterson,' N. J The city of Pater
son now has a bank on wheels. It is
fire-proof, bullet-proof and -burglar-proof,
and can travel 50 miles an hour
when being chased by would-be loot
ers. This auto-bank, Is expected to
revolutionize the banking business,
especially in the outlying districts.
The car is fitted up" with desks and
compartments for books, checks and
papers. A solid steel safe Is In one
corner of the machine. A small win
dow guarded with heavy steal and
brass bare and a liberal supply of flre
irms. afford the clerks protection from
"hold-up" men.
Officers of the trust company are
f the opinion that the sending of the
"bank" through the country will be
welcomed by depositors, especially
those who have no place for keeping
rash or other valuables their homes
sr business places.
Ring Cut Out of a Cow.
Pittsburg. Pa. When Ethel Gray
Chllds lost her diamond engagement
ring, a few months ago, she tearfully
told her sweetheart, Howard L Slbold
that she would not marry him until
ihe could find the ring. A few days
later a veterinary surgeon was called
to the Chllds farm to treat a valuable
cow thnt had a tumor on Its side, and
In the tumor he found the ring. The
girl had fed apple peelings to the
sow. The wedding bells rang out 1m
mediately.
ORCHARD AND FRUIT GARDEN
After Trees Are Trimmed Trunks
Must Be Scraped Should Be
Scrubbed on Mild Day.
8craplng the dead' bark from the
'rult trees will add much to their ap
pearance and produce a healthy
growth the coming season. A steel
Hoe ground sharp, with a short han
lle, Is an excellent scraper. Only
he rough old bark should be re
'noved. After the trees have been
scraped and the dead and broken
Imbs sawed off, scrub the trunk and
arger limbs with luke-warm soap
suds; mix one quart of hard-wood
shes in each bucket of soap suds.
he scraping and serif, blng of the
rees should be done In the middle ol
i mild day. Spread thick dressing of
-otted manure around each fruiting
'ree. The manure should be plowed
r forked under. If much wood Is
Mirnt In the coal stove, the fine ashes
hould be spread around the trees, as
here Is considerable lime and potash
'n the ashes. Just what the trees need.
Have a sharp saw and knife, make
i clean cut close to the Umb, the
-vound should be brushed over with
grafting wax or shellac varnish to
prevent the rain from entering and
'ottlng the wood. If a new orchard
Is to be planted the ground should be
deeply plowed Just as soon as the
ground Is in good condition for plowing.
Result of Testing Corn.
Had the farmers of Nebraska, in the
spring of 1910, planted their fleldB with
untested seed corn from the crop of
the year before, as they had been ac
customed to do, It Is figured that there
would have been a shortage of 25,000,
D00 bushels in the crop of that state
for this year. But, fortunately, the
commercial club of Omaha discovered
the poor germinating quality of the
1909 crop. Tests showed that only 57
cars out of an average of 100 would
furnish seed which It would be cer
tainly safe to plant. The alarm snread
and vigorous measures were taken to
secure the planting of only tested seed
In every part of the state. As a re
sult, Instead of a threatened deficiency
of 25,000,000 bushels, the Nebraska
crop Is estimated at 10,000,000 more
than that of the year before. With such
a showing what farmer will venture.
hereafter, to plant untested seed?
' Pigs and Dairy Cows.
Where dairies or butter factories
are, or where the milch cow Is a fac
tor for other purposes than the sale
of milk as such, the pig is a most use
ful and profitable adjunct. Upon the
Rklm milk, Judiciously used with other
and more substantial foods, he
thrives, grows and fattens, ultillztng a
by-product of tremendous volume
which without the pig would repre
sent little of available value. It is
said that the skim milk from the but
ter factories of New York alone
amounts to nearly a billion pounds In
a single year. The use of this skim
milk does much to give relief from
monotony so common to the returns
from the other or main foods with
which it is given, and every hog-raiser
is glad to have it
Pruning. .
On mild days it Is a good plan to go
Into the orchard and do some pruning.
This Is work that requires carefulness
The first thing to do 1b to cut out ail
dead wood, thne, where limbs rub
against each other, the least desira
ble one should be removed; then look
the tree over by standing on the
ground and see if the top la too thick,
but do not prune too severely.
finds Bones of Adult and Two Chil
dren In a Farm Sandhill Mys
tery Has Aroused Neigh
boring Farmers.
Offerle, Kan. Guided by Jacob Min
gle, a hermit, who claims the power of
a seer, in a search for Paul Reich, a
bachelor fanner who has been miss
ing, farmers unearthed from a sand
hill on the Reich farm, near here, the
skeletons of three unidentified per
sons. One skeleton is that of an adult
and the other two of children. Reich
ha not been found. The discoveries
of the skeletons Intensified the search
for Reich. Search for him had been
going on for some time, and prior to
the finding of the human bones, many
searchers had given up the quest, con
vinced that his body was not on the
farm. But when it became known
that parts of throe bodies had been
found a band of searchers far larger
than the original one gathered. Every
inch of the farm will now be investi
gated before the quest is abandoned.
To Mingle the discovery of the skele
tons was as much of a surprise as It
was to the men who unearthed the
bones. In the communications to the
searchers, Issued from his home after
he had retired alone and studied for
the. Reich disappearance, hn snake
only of finding the body of the farmer.
ivnugie arew rude charts for the guid
ance of the searchers. It was one of
these that led to the sandhill "where
the bones were found. Nple-hhnrq nt
Reich believe he has been murdered.
The night before his disappearance
he telephoned a physician he was 111.
l ne following morning his house waa
found In disorder and he was gone.
lilood was spattered on the telephone.
Reich was not known to have anv pne-
mies. Officials are checking over the
1st of people who have disappeared in
the last few years, in an effort to
identify the remains.
M Be
The
Patriotism
of
au
By HEBE.
TEACHER SEARCHES PUPILS
Each of Fifty Scholars in Room Sub
jected to Ordeal After $1.60
Is Missing.
Wichita, Kan. Miss Katherlne Mur
phy, a teacher at the Lincoln street
school, Is in trouble with the parents
of her pupils because she had all the
children In the room searched after
she had missed $1.60 from her purse.
Miss Murphy searched the girls,
while the Janitor searched the boys.
Then the pupils went home and toW
their mothers and fathers. Immedi
ately there arose a protest that was
heard all over Wichita. Fifty fathers
Immediately placed the case before
the school board, which Is now con
ducting an Investigation.
Miss Murphy Is the teacher of the
sixth grade, and the money was con
tributed by the pupils to buy drawing
paper. During a recess the money dis
appeared from Miss Murphy's desk.
She called In Miss J. R. Daugherty.
Four pairs of eyes cast searching
glances toward the desks where the
50 pupils sat, all innocent of the sus
picions. In sharp, short and decisive words
Miss Daugherty announced the disap
pearance of the money and demanded
that the guilty pupil step forward.
Eyes opened wide, heads shook nega
tively as If to say:
"You can search us."
That was Just what the teacher and
the principal decided to do. The two
teachers marched the girls Into a hall
way and searched e'ach of them, de
Bplte tearful protests of Innocence.
The Janitor took the boys into an
other hallway and put them through
the third degree. When the search
was over the $1.60 was still missing.
IT'S COSTLY TO BE SINGLE
Pennsylvania Town Now Proposes to
Tax All of Its Unwedded
People.
Ebensburg, Pa. An ordinance was
Introduced In the council here to
place a tax of $26 on every unmarried
man and woman In the city over
twenty-seven years old. The city
clerk is to take a census of unmarried
persons and the tax list will be made
up from this report.
The ordinance provides that men
who shall swear that they have pro
posed to three unmarried and unbe
trothed women and shall give their
names shall be exempt from the tax,
and women who have never received
a proposal shall also be exempt, while
those that have refused a proposal
shall be taxed an additional $10.
The only opposition to the ordi
nance was from Second Ward Coun
cilman J. C. Bench, who argued that
a woman who has never received a
proposal should be taxed double in
stead of having her tax remitted. He
argued that a woman who has never
received a proposal Is to blame, on
the ground that she has never taken
ear of her feminine charms
THE woman who believes thorough
ly In good grooming and puts her
belief into practice, doeB not con
sider that she Is being in any way
particularly patriotic. She simply con
siders it a duty she owes herself and
others to look as pleasing to the eyes
as 6he can, and she does all within her
power to make her person charming.
She takes the best care possible of
her hair, her complexion, her figure,
and she dresses to bring out her best
points. As a result, she Is usually a
very pleasing picture for the eye to
rem upon, out she probably never
thinks that the influence of this will
reach beyond her own little circle. (
Did you ever stop to think how much
the Frenchwoman, particularly the
Parlsienne, has done for her country
by her attention to her toilette?
Paris leads the world today In the
matter of fashions, and the manufac
ture and sale of articles of dress and
the toilette. And France does this
largely because the Frenchwoman by
her art In dress, and her care of her
person lias shown to the world how
much these things, mean In making
woman beautiful. She is an object les
Bon of the worth of taklne care nf hr.
self and of dressing artistically. And
tnus sne has brought to her country
fame and business.
In the care of the complexion, the
hair, the hands, In fact. In all the lit
tle niceties of the toilet, the FVenrh.
woman Ib the despair of her sisters the
world over, who studv hir mthnri
and try to discover her toilet secrets.
tne Has proven the worth of this care
of herself by her alwavs dalntv rh.rm
ing appearance, and she has brought
to f ranee, through this, as has been
said, a trade that means much to the
prosperity of the country.
But the American woman Is always
her close rival, and It will not he inn
many predict, before the American
womon will outstrip her French sister
In the matter of dress and toilette. The
American woman. It is averred, will
not run to the extremes of the French,
she will be guided and controlled more
by calm, sober sense and reason, she
will, In a way, be more scientific in her
methods.
She Insists upon a foundation of
sure knowledge upon which to build.
Thus the American woman, who is tak
ing care of herself In a sensible, scien
tific way, is after all, working patriot
ically, though seemingly far-off and In
a way little considered in this con
nection, for the good of the country.
When American women In the mass
are as famous as are Frenchwomen for
daintiness and artistic dress the pres
tige of this country In such matters
will be at a much higher level than
It now Is, and trade follows In the
wake of reputation.
Who does not know the vision called
up by the phrase, "a colonial belle?"
And who does not know the long list
of American women famous for their
beauty, both In the early days of our
country's life, and in later times the
"dazzling Mrs. Bingham," as chroni
clers speak of her, Mrs. Knox, the "ob
served of all observers," Mrs. Otis the
lovely Miss Walcott, the Misses Chew
Rebecca Franks, the Rebecca of Ivan
hos, Miss Allen, Margaret Shlppen
Mrs. Hazzard, and in later times Kate
Sprague, Emily Schaumberg, Madam
Le Vert and literally hundreds of oth
ers? But lovely as tliese women were
the thought of them, especially of
those of Colonial times, calls up vis
Ions of powdered hair, of beauty patch
es, of a loveliness that In many cases
was largely the result of artifice, and
much of it could be laid off at will
This Is not only true of American
women, but It is true of the beauties of
England and France. Portraits of the
court beauties of the Georgian era
the famous Countess of Coventry, one
of the lovely Gunning sistern nf m...
Bellenden, of Mrs. Howard, afterward"
uuuuwjob ui nun-oiK, of Elizabeth
duchess of Kingston, whom Thackeray
took for his model of Beatrix In Henry
Esmond these and many more, all
show the reign of the artificial in the
toilette. The same Is true of Marie
Antoinette and her court of lovely
French women.
But this resort to artificiality, to
powdered wigs, to complexions oth
er than nature's and to other assist-
of the make-up box, that would
give the charms nature had denied
them was but the result of a lack ol
knowledge.
Blemishes were not removed In
those days because they did not know
how to remove them; they were cover
ed up. Powder and paint simulates a
good complexion that would pass mus
ter at night Any artifice that would
conceal wrinkles was adopted. Pim
ples, backheads, and dull, slugglsb
skins flourished far more in those
days than now, because there was less
knowledge of right living, and the only
corrective known was concealed.
This was done, of course, because
there was no scientific knowledge ol
how to remove these defects.
We read of many high-born dames
who were pitted from smallpox whe
doubtless would have given freely ol
their wealth to be rid of such beauty
destroying blemishes. Science had not
yet learned the secret of removing scar
tissue, so they had to bear their cross
with all the grace they could muster.
What difference today. Massage
and scientifically prepared face creams
eliminate wrinkles and sallowness.
They Invigorate the skin, bring the
blood to the surface and give the
clear, beautiful complexion that means
beauty.
Pimples are corrected by diet and
treatment, blackheads are scientifically
removed. Pittlngs and scars are re
moved perfectly.
Each skin Is made a study by a sci
entist, and every person can secure
nowadays the treatment especially
adapted to her needs.
Many skin blemishes can be entire
ly removed, never to return. Freck
les, moles, warts, superfluous hair all
these and many others have retreated
before science, so that the beauty ol
the skin that Is woman's today Is a
natural duty, not an Imitation beauty
produced by artifice as was so frequent
ly necessary in the past.
The same skill Is applied to the hair.
Scalp massage, electricity, tonics, all
came to the aid of hair that Is growing
thin or Is not In healthful condition,
and these helps are not matters of
guesswork or quackery. They are the
result of a thorough, scientific study.
The figure can be improved in the
same way. Proper exercise, founded
upon a knowledge of anatomy, correct
faults of the figure, and develop it
symmetrically and gracefully.
Thus bclence has come to the aid of
the American girl In helping her carry
forward the reputation for beauty won
by her ancestors, and that she Is thus
carrying forward this reputation Is
shown by the fact '.hat her praises are
sung in the four corners of the globe.
She Is thus doing what the French
woman has already done, giving her
country prestige as a land of beautiful
and well-gowned women, and she Is
carrying forward the American wom
an's reputation for beauty In a better
way than lias ever yet been done.
Whereas the girls of 1776 were often
thrown back upon artificial aids, the
girls of today simply go to a scientific
dermatologist and build up a good com
plexion, and to a physical culture
teacher and acquire a graceful fig
ure. They secure the beauty that is
nature's and by nature's own process,
that is by putting beauty into the tis
sues in the way of proper food, mas
sage and exerclBe.
The maids and matrons of 1776 were
charming even with their wigs anil
beauty patches and rouge, but the
maids and matrons of today far love
lier with their lustrous hair and
smooth, unlined, fresh, clear skins and
vigorous, graceful figures, that are en
tirely of nature's making, aided by sci
ence when necessary.
The American woman of today has a
truer beauty, and she can by maintain
ing it and making it natural bring to
her country a prestige that means
prosperity, is that not patriotism?
The Dark Hem.
Light unwashable gowns first show
soil around the hem, and as a bedrag
gled appearance detracts from the
beauty of a gown, they can be worn
only a few times before being con
signed to the cleaners.
A dark band at the skirt'. w
however, Is extremely practical, and ai-
tnougn tne idea is not new, women
will be glad to see it carried out la
many of the smartest llaht