MOTORMIEST, Novel Competition For Queens boro Bridge Celebration. START FROM NEW YORK END. One Hundred "Covers" to Be Estab lished, the Prize Going to Automo bilist Discovering the Greatest Num ber in Twelve Hours. A r. Pardlngton, chairman of the automobile division of the Queensboro bridge celebration in New York, has planned a novel motoring diversion for that occasion, which promises to be come popular in every part of the United States. It Is called a "motor bunt," and it will take the hunter over much ground to unexpected places or, In short, to all points where the scent may lead or the "game" may be In hiding. The "game" in connection with the Queensboro bridge celebration event is In the form of cards, showing that the hunter has visited an official control or cover. The person who at nighttime bands into the committee the greatest number of these cards will be declared the winner of the hunt and will re ceive a silver trophy valued at $230 and either cash or plate amounting to .<IOO, the latter going to the driver of the car. As an additional check on the movements of the hunter, at each control or cover his card of identifica tion will be presented and punched with the number corresponding to that of the station visited. Certain limits to the hunting ground have been agreed on. all of which are over good macadam roads suited to the motorcar. The western boundary of the northern section of the hunting ground will be Hillside aveuue, Jamai ca, reached by crossing from New York over the Queensboro bridge to Thompson avenue and Hoffman boule vard. llockaway road, which enters Jamaica near the corner of Hillside avenue, and Hoffman boulevard will be the western boundary of the south ern section. The eastern boundary will be a highway known as the Oys ter Bay - Jericho - Hlcksvllle - Central I'ark-Massapequa road, which runs almost north and south between Oys ter Bay on the north and Massapequa on the south, Illcksville being about midway. This hunting area contains approximately 300 square miles. In this territory are several towns and villages. In hotels, garages, road houses, real estate offices and other suitable points the controls or covers will be located, and there will be 100 of them. No par ticular order or system will be follow ed in establishing these points. This is purposely done so that clews as to the different locations will not be easy to obtain in advance. A weatherproof card, yellow in color, with black print ing. will indicate the control or cover. A banner or flag of good size, of yellow bunting with black confer, either in • form of a star, square or other dis tinguishing emblem, will also mark the control or cover and will be posted in a conspicuous place. The contest will begin from the Manhattan end of the Queensboro bridge promptly at 8 o'clock on the morning of June 13 and will end at the same hour in the even ing of that day In connection with the "hunt" for which entrants in that event are eli gible will be another contest in which the principal figure will be a car suit ably labeled roving at will in the hunting area in the manner of game bewildered by the close pursuit of hounds. This car will keep on the road continuously, traveling at tnoder ate speed, and the representative of the committee riding therein will sur render to each contestant met a card of distinctive design and color. The driver securing the greatest number of these cards during the twelve hours will receive a trophy valued at not less than SIOO. Entry fee will be charged only for the "hunt." and, irrespective of size, "lass, horsepower or capacity, the price for each car will be $2. Entries will be accepted up to 10 o'clock of the morning of the event at the office of the automobile division of the Queens boro bridge celebration. In order to guard against speeding it is positively announced that It will be Impossible for all of the controls or covers to be visited by any one car during the twelve hours. The winning of this event will take care and pa tience and not speeding, as controls or covers may be half a mile, a few yards or as many as five miles apart There will he no blind controls estab lished. Contestants who during the event have been convicted of exceeding the speed limit will be absolutely dis qualified. The Annual Rooter. "Do you know the difference be tween an optimist anil a pessimist?" "Yes, Indeed," answered young Mrs. Tork'ns. "Ail I have to do to see the difference is to observe Charley at the beginning and at the end of a baseball season."—Washington Star. The Unhonored Prophet. A \ isitor to Carlyle's birthplace back in the seventies said to a native: "Smart man. that Thomas Carlyle." The native grunted. "Him smart? Why, I went to skule wi' him." The soul Is the percelver and reveal *r of truth.—Emerson. A Queer Eye. An orator stated that "the worst en emy any cause can have Is a double lie in the shape of half a truth."and the newspaper reported It "a double tye in the shape of half a tooth." An Exception. She—Do you suppose a man ever ■poke the truth when he told a woman ehe was the only one he ever kissed? lie—Well, I don't believe Adam lied about it to Eve.—Boston Transcript. Hopeless. "He ought to turn over a new leaf." "Gee, that wouldn't do much good. He could turn over a whole library and not have a good start toward be ing decent."—Exchange. PSYCHIC HEALING TEST Methodists Grant Rev. A. T. os bron a Year For His Plan. COMPLAINTS LED TO ACTION. Conference of Ministers and Laymen Will Pass Judgment on Missouri Clergyman at End of His Test —Camp In Ozark Mountains Will Be Opened For Patients. An Ozark mountain beauty spot, near a new town named Mount View, In Howell county. Mo., Is to be the scene of a prolonged test of the value of "psychic healing" for the use of min isters of the orthodox churches. If the test is successful. Methodist min isters throughout Missouri may be au thorized to practice psychic healing whenever they see fit The Rev. Dr. Andrew T. Osbron, pastor of the Ben nington Heights M. E. church of Kau sas City, Mo., Is to make the experi ment. The decision of the conference was to suspend Judgment upon Dr. Os bron and his methods until the next annual conference. The conference did not indorse Dr. Osbron's endeavors to mix metaphys ics and preaching. lie had not asked for indorsement only a chance to make a test, and that was granted. Al ready seventy-five patients have ap plied to him, and in less than a month the Ozark camp may be opened. The Emmanuel movement in Kan sas City as led by Dr. Osbron had reached such proportions a few mouths ago as to cause complaints that the leader could not take care of it and his church routine at the same time. So. actuated by complaints made to him la a mass meeting held in his church and by the warnings of certain of his colleagues In the ministry, Dr. Osbron handed In his resignation, and when the state conference met at Se dalia in last April he asked that body just what attitude the church was go ing to take toward mental science and Its allied branches. The ministers and leading laymen of the church answer ed in effect. "We do not indorse you, but we will stand by you as interested spectators and watch you for a year before we render judgment." In 1005 this same minister while stationed at Jackson. Mo., stirred the M. E. Church South with a similar question and was censured, then vin dicated. His own account of that af fair is t!:.,t over since his boyhood he has been a student of psychology, psycho-therapy, mental science, spirit ualism and even of the tricks of thr conjurer and that he prepared a lec ture on "Mind and Mystery," embody ing the results of his studies and giv ing practical demonstrations of the fakes that are often practiced. He announced that he would give the lecture and set the date. The board of directors of his church asked him not to do so, saying that they did not wish to antagonize a strong com munity of spiritualists living near Jackson, in the town of Miilervllle. Dr. Osbron's answer was brief, "I will give the lecture." lie did and Immediately afterward was asked to resign. With the con sent of his bishop he left his charge, then spent the summer continuing to give the lecture that had caused the trouble. In September he had tired of dress suits and kerosene footlights and asked to be given a charge. This was refused. So when the M. E. Church South met in conference at Birming ham. Ala., he went there to petition the committee on episcopacy. Though he tried several times to get a hear ing. he was shut out. What to do next under such circumstances puzzled him. The problem finally was solved for him by a reporter, who called in half a dozen other newspaper men and told Dr. Osbron to detail to them the cir cumstances of his case. The follow ing day the minister got a hearing without delay. The bishop who had been most prominent in the attack was censured, and Or. Osbron was given the desired credentials. He used, these papers to gain entrance to the main body of the M. E. church. He went to Kansas City in August. 1907, after two years in southern Mis souri. In the spring of I'JOS he again began giving the lecture on "Mind and Mystery" and made, it is said, a num ber of cures by psycho-therapby and suggestion. His fame spread until the patients—by his own confession took up almost as much time as the pastorate. Then trouble began Some of the congregation pointed out that in their day Methodist ministers didn't study conjurer's tricks or dabble in hypnotism or expose the "act" of the Bangs sis ters. and they said they didn't intend to have the name of the Bennington Heights church used in connection with such things. And when it be came necessary to hire a deaconess to help Dr. Osbron with his church rou tine and patients began to come in from out of town to be treated the dissatisfied members grumbled'louder and louder. So many patients came after a few mosv ••• that Dr. Osbron prudent!; trained • tt.e assistants to help him treat—" rted a school," hlr. enemies said. Then came the mass meeting and the ri -.caution.—New York World Quadrupedal Chick?n. Edward Richardson of East Orange. N. J., is the owuer of a four legged chicken, hatched a few days ago. Each of the extra legs Is attached to one of the normal appendages and really is not useful in locomotion, though perfectly formed. If the chick lives tc a ripe age Richardson expects to make a lot of money out of It New Alaska-Yukon Postage Stamp. Postmasters of the various offices throughout the United States have been notified officially from Washing ton that a new postage stamp of spe cial design will be ready for issue on June 1 to commemorate the develop ment of the Alaska-Yukon-Paciflc ter ritory. i his stamp will be rectangular In shape, red In color and of two cent denomination only, in the center ap pears a portrait of William H. Seward, who. as secretary of state, negotiated the purchase of Alaska from Russia. The new stamp will not be issued Id 1 book form. NEW PEHAL METHOD Chicago Woman's Plan to Shield Families of Criminals. FAVORS INDUSTRY IN PRISONS Mrs. Mary E. Ida Would Make the Con vict Earn Enough to Save Kin From the Burden of His Crime—Favors Paying For Work at the Union Wage. The speedy disappearance of wife beaters, home deserters and tramps and the alleviation of some of the In justices of the present penal system are the objects aimed at in an Idea being worked out by Mrs. Mary E. Ide, 1G:;S Ken more avenue, Chicago, a member of the North End Woman's club and of the League of Cools Coun ty Clubs, who Is busily engaged in de veloping the details of her scheme and enlisting others in its support 11 rs. Ide has long seen a great injus tice in the modern prison in that the heaviest burden entailed by the sen tencing of a criminal to a term be hind the bars falls often not on the culprit himself, but on his family. The man goes to jail and may or may not be put at hard labor, but his family is left out in the world and must shift for itself. "Why, I have even beard of criminal husbands." said Mrs. Ide hi explaining her plans, "who held their wives in submission by the threat that they would goto Jail for a rest and leave them without any support at all." But all this would be changed if Mrs. Ide could have her way, and jail would l)e far too serious a proposition and too much like prosaic, everyday working for a living to be considered for a moment by the leisurely inclined. The gist of the proposed plan is this: Let the criminal, when sent to jail, be put at his trade or labor and paid a regular union wage. Then let hi? board and lodging be deducted and the balance be sent to his family, so leav ing the burdens of a jail sentence to fall where they are intended to fall. To carry out the plan it would be necessary, according to the originator, to change the prisons about so as to give them less of the present day as pect of "houses of correction" and to give them more of the nature of "houses of trades." Mrs. Ide would prefer that they lie made In reality colonies or virtual little towns, with all sorts of factories and industries and oppor tunities to put each man to work at the trade or labor for which he is most fitted. If ho is not fitted for any, let him learn one and goto work. There would be shoe factories, mat tress factories, furniture shops, car pentry shops, printing offices, stonecut ting sheds, brickyards, tile manufac turing plants, and the products of all would be placed on the market and no loss entailed to the state, for Mrs. Ide sees in her plan the elimination of one of the greatest objections to prison made articles. "Pay is the keynote to my plan," said she. "if we can pay the prisoner the regular union wage. I believe that the greatest obstacle, the opposition of the trade unions, will be overcome. Now the prison made articles are man ufactured by free labor. Let the men be i>ald wa ,'es and their product put on the market. 1 think that this wage and the consequent Justice to the pris oners' dependents should obviate the objections of unions, though 1 haven't yet consulted labor leaders. "The expressions of opinion which I have received have all been very fa vornble to my idea. Superintendent Whitman of the house of correction said that'lt is just the tiling we are coining to, and we may as well take it up now as later, and Judge ClelaDd saiil that the plan had many good ideas. I spoke to Judge Mack about it also and asked him if my plan was Impracticable. lie told me 1 was on exactly the right track and urged me to hold to it." Mrs. Ide intends to enlist the aid of prominent judges and lawyers (.(.rough expressions of opinion from each and then start the work of raising popular subscriptions through personal can vassing for funds to carry on the cam paign of publicity. As the club sea son is over aud the aid of women's or ganisations cannot be eulisted, Mrs. Ide intends to carry on her work pri vately through the summer and have the plan well developed by the time the women's clubs can take it up in the fall. She has been promised the tloor at the first meeting of the League of Cook County Clubs. "Make the criminal dread the jail sentence less and crowd the prisons'; Not in the least!" said Mrs. Ide in de fending her plan. "The criminal is not the man who will look on the oppor tunity to support his family utider compulsion as an inducement togo to Jail. "I h:ive had the Idea In my mind for many years and hope to see it In prac tice. 1 believe there Is a remedy for every evil if we can imly ii*a,l it." Chicago Post. Winning a Violin. The way M. Ysaye", the great violin ist, became the owner of a (Juarnerius violin dated 1742 was thus quaintly told by himself: "The Guaruerlus was bought In Par- Is by a pupil of mine, a charming young woman. I envied her the vio lin, and fate gave It to me. I teach this pupil, and by and by I meet he) sister, a most lovely young woman, with whom I fall In love straightway aud marry. Soon I goto my sister-iu law, who was my pupil, and say to her: " 'lt is time you stop fooling with violin. You will never learn how to play it.' I take the liberty of a big brother, but she do not like it for long time. At last she succumb to my ex perience and wisdom, aud she stops playing. Then I say grandiloquently: "'I will take the Cuarnerlus, 1712.' I take it, and that is how the violin came Into the possession of Ysaye." The Exporter. "Who Is your Chicago friend?" "He Is a prominent ex-porter." "What does he export?" "I didn't say he exported anything, lie used to bo a porter at the hotel where I '.." Cleveland Plain Dealer. « I When Polly fj t Thrilled. * m By GRACE MORTON. \ 1 ™ i V Copyrighted, IW. by Associated -a • Literary Press. V 0.V®,'.©..®..©.'.-®. The girl's hand lay quietly In the j strong, brown palm. "Is there no response In your heart?" queried the young fellow, tightening his clasp as he gazed Into the brown eyes that gave him back the look of a troubled child. "I am afraid not, Ned." answered the girl reluctantly; "not any more than there Is there." She nodded het golden head toward tlie imprisoned fingers. "By all accepted rules I should feel a thrill at your touch If I loved you. and I don't—not a bit of a one." Ned dropped the hand that did not "thrill" promptly and dug holes in the sand with his bare heel strenuously ns he said, with a huge sigh, "You are absolutely heartless, I do believe, Pol ly." "Not so," replied the girl, combing tip some straying lovelocks and set tling her bathing cap at a more be witching angle. "I am only young and well satisfied with this good old world just ns It Ii at present." And Polly nonchalantly piled the wet sand in a circle and watched an imprisoned sand jumper's ineffectual attempts nt es cape. "That's just the way you've got me." remarked Ned gloomily as he gazed a. the little creature. "Nonsense!" answered Polly as with a long, flying leap the. jumper got away. HIS CUIS CAME DOWN SHAIiI'IY ON TKH ItlNO. "I couldn't keep him, you see"—and mischief twinkled in her eyes as she sprang to her feet—"but I'll promise you one thing, Ned"—Polly extended her firm white hand, full of sand, to ward the young man—"lf ever this does thrill I'll tell you first of any one. Come on and don't be so tragic. I'll race you to the raft once more." Ned ducked just in time to escape the sand she aimed at him and stum bled after the flying Sgure In its trim black suit. Polly was the best girl swimmer nt the beach, and Ned had his work cut out for hint. They landed at the raft side by side, to the delight of two half grown lads who were eagerly watching the race. "You're a dandy, miss." said the younger boy admiringly as he extend ed his hand to help her on the raft with the freemasonry of bathers. "My. but they are fierce today.' panted Polly, grasping Ned's arm to keep from sliding as an extra big wave tilted the heavy raft at an t 'arming angle. "We had better get back bel >re the tide turns," said Ned. "There"! bound to be a big undertow with suet, a sea on. As soon as you are rested, Polly, we had better start. What Is It, Jim?" he asked as the boy drew near. "Wish you'd show me friend," jerk ing his thumb at the heavy built lad of seventeen, "that double back dive I seen you do the other day,"the hoy said, with a grin parting his freckles. "Sure thing," replied Ned obligingly. Jim was the lobster man's boy. "It pays to stand in with the pow ers that be," murmured Polly. "Think of our lunches. Ned, and pnt on your best form." Ned had a "corking physique," as the girl phrrsed it, and as he left the Kpringbosm', turning his two sotner saults and cleaving the water neatly, Polly gloried in his muscular strength and beauty of line as she would in that of a thoroughbred horse. "1 feel the undertow. The tide has turned," said Ned as he came up spluttering at the comer of the raft lie caught hold of the big Iron ring on the side of the wood to pull him self up just as a huge wave struck him fair and square between the shoul ders. As it receded his chin came down sharply on the ring. In a ilasl; the man disappeared like a plummet. Polly gasped when no dark head re nppeared. "Quick, quick!" she cried, '■no is stunned. Oh, Ned!" One agonized glance at the slender ' boy and the lout of a fisher lad show ed her how much help they would be. "Under the raft—the undertow. Oh. my God!" screamed the frantic girl. A band of Ice seemed to be around her brow; then suddenly her wits were slear once more. Grabbing up the heavy safety rope, she tied It around her waist. "Take It." she commanded the boys sharply, "and pull quick when 1 pull. I am going under the raft after him." She slid down la the green depths. A few strokes to the left, and she was In the blank darkness under the raft. An Instant's frantic clutching here and there—and then, thank God, she had tho neck of Ned's bathing suit in her desperate grasp. She pulled wildly on the rope, swim ming and tngglng nt the same time. The boys answered her. Tho heavy of the raft scraped the girl cruel ly as they tugged, and she had no strength to clear it, but she held the inert form tightly in a half uncon scious grip. Out at last! Oh, that blessed first gulp of air! Jim's cries hail brought the life squad, and willing hands eased her of her burden, and as they lifted her into the boat Polly collapsed. Everything was dreamlike after that until she found herself in bed In her room at the hotel. She dimly remem bered being assured that Ned was all right, and she smiled faintly ns Broth er Bob said: "Cheer up. We have got a heroine in the family at last." Then she slept the sound sleep of exhaus tion until the following afternoon. "Best thing for her," said the doctor in answer to her mother's anxious in quiries. And so it proved. With the exception of a few bruises Polly was all right when she awoke, and after a meal served in her room she donned a most fetching pale pink gown that gave a becoming tlush to her rather pale cheeks and sent for Bob. "You look pretty fit, after all, sis." said Bob. "There Is mischief brewing, I can tell by the 'glint in your eye.'" "Nonsense," replied Polly. "Do some thing for me, there's a good boy. I want to see Ned, and 1 can't stand it to face all those people tonight. You might mention that 1 am going up to Pine cliff after dinner, but for good ness' sake don't let him know that I want him to come." The color rose clear to her pretty brown eyes as Bob began to grin. "Now, be good," she coaxed, "and don't lease. I'll make you a dandy pillow if you will." "It's a go," said Bob. "I'd rather fancy him for a brother-in-law," shut ting the door just in time to escape Polly's powder puff. After dusk Polly managed to escape unseen by the back door and made her way with beating heart to the cliff. There was a cozy sheltered seat for two facing the ocean about halfway down the rocks, and there she found, as she expected, Ned awaiting her. The moon's radiant pathway ended at the base of the cliff, and as Polly descended the path she looked like a fair goddess In her filmy gown to the young follow who watched her with eager eyes. When they met Polly was surprised to find herself incapable of speech. Ned grasped both her hands and gently kissed first one, then the other, with out saying a word. He must have felt a subtle difference in their touch, for after one quick look at the shrinking girl he knew—and. knowing, blessed the world and Polly. After a long, long talk, interspersed with happy silences, Polly raised her face, illumined by the moon's soft sheen, and the brown eyes twinkled with their okl teasing light ns she laid tier hand on Ned's and said softly, "1 suppose I must keep my promise, I Ned." Then the love light shone above I the mischief as she added, "I really believe I felt a thrill." A King's Bank. , The practice of hiding money In all ; manner of out of the way corners is :by no means modern. In tho old days, according to "Gleanings After Time," ! secret receptacles were often made In ! the bedsteads and contributed both to safety and romance. On Aug. 21, 1485, Itichard 111. arrived at Leicester. Ills servants had preceded him with the running wardrobe, and in tho best chamber of tho Blue Boar a ponder ous four post bedstead was set up. It was richly carved, gilded and deco rated and had a double bottom of ; boards. Richard slept In night. After Ills defeat and death on Bos worth field it was stripped of its rich hangings, but the heavy and cumber some bedstead was left at the Bine Boar. In the reign of Elizabeth, when the hostess was shaking the bed, sue observed a piece of gold of ancient coinage fall on the iloor. This led to a careful examination, when thedcmble bottom was discovered, upon lifting a portion of which the interior was found to be fillet! with gold, part coined in the reign of Itichard 111. and the rest of earlier times. Naming a Kansas River. Practically all the streams in Kansas were named by Indians and carry those names to this day, though in an Angli cized form. The Neosho, the largest stream in southeast Kansas, has Its own little story. The Osage Indians at one time lived in Missouri, and when they began talking of trading their lands in that state and moving to southern Kansas a party was sent out to look the country over and make a report on It. It was in the summer time and very hot and dry. Coming over the prairie northeast of Humboldt, they had a long way to travel without water. "When they arrived at the river." said an Oswego man, "an Indian rode down the sloping bank Into the water. But, to his surprise, the horse stepped right off into deep water, and the horse and Indian went in all ovet. As the aborigine clambered back on the bank he muttered. 'Wugli Neosho.' This in plain English means water pocket, or water hole, and the name clung to the stream ever afterward."—Hutchinson News. Living the Simple Life. A number of men gathered in the smoking car of a train from Little ISock to another point In Arkansas were talking of the food best calcu lated to sustain health. One Arkansan. a stout, florid man, with short gray hair and a self satis fied air, was holding forth in great style. "Look at me," he exclaimed—"never a day's sickness in my life, and all due to simple food! Why, gents, from the time 1 was twenty to when I reached forty years I lived a regular life. None of these effeminate delica cies for mo, no late hours! Every day, summer and winter. I went to bed at 0; got up at 5; lived principally on corned beef and corn bread; work ed hard, gents, worked hard, from 8 to 1; then dinner, plain dinner, then an hour's exercise and then"— "Excuse me, Bill," interrupted a stranger who had up to this refrained from entering the discussion, "but what was you In for?"— Minneapolis Journal. He Walked. "Good afternoon, Miss Brown! Go ing for a walk? May I go with you?" asked an elderly but ardent admirer of the lady. "Yes; my doctor says that we must always walk with an object, and I sup pose you'll answer the purpose!" PLAN OF HEW AIRSHIP Washington Man Building Unique Type of Machine. HAS GAS BAGS AND PLANES. Q. W. Byron's Aerial Craft Is Combina tion of Aerodrome and Dirigible Bal loon—lnventor Predicts It Will Be i Flier of Future and Could Destroy Big Fleet. Georgo West Byron of Washington ts building an airship which will be a combination of an aerodrome and dir igible balloon and which will be total iy different from anything 1 constructed either in the United 'States or In Europe. Mr. Byron has obtained patents on his aerial craft and believes It will revolutionize navigation of the air. This latest ship of the clouds con sists of two superimposed planes, each forty feet wide and seventy-five feet long, constructed of aluminium tubing, strengthened with manganese bronze and vandium steel, the strongest possi ble construction. The extraordinary feature of these planes is that the up per one consists of five flat connected gas bags inclosed in a rigid aluminium envelope and the lower plane of seven similar gas bags, also Inclosed in a rigid flat envelope. The planes are seven feet apnrt. This construction gives an air supporting surface simi lar to the planes In the Wright ma chine and with the gas bags has the additional buoyancy of a dirigible or a free balloon. Suspended from the low er plane by a strong steel wire net work is the car of the airship. This Is slightly smaller In area than one of the planes. In the car Is located the engine that will drive the ship. A motor of twen ty-flve horsepower will be used, which will develop a speed of more than forty miles an hour. A bicycle frame work, with four wheels, Is attached to the bottom of the car. The ship will rest on this when it is on the ground. One of the Ingenious features of this framework Is that the wheels fold up automatically when the vessel is In the air. The propellers— two in front and two behind—are placed at the least point of resistance in the car, the engine be ing located amidships. The cabin will act as a ballast to preserve the equi librium, so that the airship will be sta ble even In a strong wind. The whole machine will weigh when completed only 800 pounds, and it will have a lifting capacity of nearly 1.000 pounds more than its weight, the inventor claims. Mr. P.yron believes this type of air ship will be the aerial craft of the fu ture, combining as it does the advan tages of a true heavier than air ma chine and the buoyancy and lifting capacity of a dirigible balloon. With this type accidents such as cost the life of Lieutenant Selfrldge in the wreck of tlie Wright machine last summer at Fort Myer would be impos sible. The inventor in speaking of his ma -1 chine said: | "An airship of this type, carrying i 000 pounds of tubing tilled with high explosives and a crew of four men, I could destroy the largest battleship | fleet In a few hours. It could do it j with perfect safety, for the ship would I be practically indestructible, even if it j were hit many times with shells tired I from forts or from the battleships. I This type of airship is bound to be the ' one in universal use in a few years." It Is stated that several Washington ! capitalists have Investigated Myron's j plans and have advanced considerable sums for the construction of the air ; ship. | Mr. Byn ais unable to say just when the craft will be completed, but when it Is fi- ished trials probably will be held n .ar Washington, and if it comes up tf the expectations of those inter j estod the United States government i will be given the opportunity of pur . chasing it and the patents under which It is constructed.—Washington Post. Artificial Flower Fans Next. Fans made of artificial flowers now I are used by women In the most fash ionable circles in London and Paris Mrs. Potter Palmer was one of the i first to carry a flower fan, which was 1 of lilies of the valley so delicately cut ' and colored as to appear natural to the j most critical eye. The flowers are placed in a crescent along the tips of Ivory ribs, which are left bare and without carving or other decoration. When folded these fans give the effect of flowers gathered compactly in r tall, slender vase. A silk bow Is tied to one of the outer ends, the bow of fering a color contrast to the flowers used. The fans now are made in lilies of the valley, Parma violets and roses, and it is likely thoy soon will be seen in the United States. Ice Skating Rink a Summer Novelty. The grill room in the Plaza hotel, in New York, will be transformed Into an ice skating rink, which will be opened j Juno 15 and kept open until cold ] weather comes. An orchestra, the | members of which will wear white uniforms, will play In the rink each afternoon and evening. Skates will be j furnished to persons staying In the ! hotel, and an effort will be made to j restrict the use of the ley floor to | those persons and their friends. Ar- I rangements have been made with I makers of ice. who will use pipes tram \ the engine room of the Plaza la lay ing a coating of ice on a zinc floor to j be placed over the tile floor In the grill i room. A Lunatic's Repartee. Some vlstors were being shown through Kew Lunatic asylum, Victoria, j one day, and, coming opposite the clock ; In the corridor, one of them, looking quickly at his watch, said, "Is that , clock right?" "No, you Idiot," said a patient stand- ! Ing by. "It wouldn't bo in here If It j were right." A Way They Have. "Some men," said Uncle Eben, "has a way of keepln' der consciences quiet by takln* de minister's advice on Sun day an' de lawyer's advice all de res' o' de week."—Washington Star. LABOR SAIG DEVICE Scheme to Aid the Women Work ers on Farms. HOW A LAUNDRY WOULD HELP Modern Dairies, For Instance, Requir* Sanitary Washing of Workers' Suits. Ho\,v One Laundry Could Be Used by a Number of Families. The modern clean, convenient and hygienic dairy barn means a great deal ;of additional work for the farmer's wife and tier helpers, for suits must Oe washed, and there Is a general In crease in laundry and similar work. ' It Is ouly Just that these added bur lens should be offset by more conven iences and labor saving devices, la general It is not true that the farm home has kept pace with the rest of the farm in the adoption of farm meth ods of labor saving devices and other conveniences. j A widely known dairy commissioner who had jjiveii the matter considerable thought suggested that a laundry such us lie had in mind could be used by a number of families In a neighborhood on the payment of a small fee. Sucn Ideas of co-operation applied to rural life are Interesting as well as valuable and an indication of a means by widen the farm housewives' labors may be lessened In a number of ways. A co operative bakery or laundry seems as practical as the co-operative creamery , which is now so common in the middle west. The suggestion is as follows: j A laundry provided with stationary j washtubs, with washer and wringer for power use, is an Innovation. Hut why should not the women of the ! farm be provided with modern appll ! ances? The farmer no longer reaps | with a sickle or eveu with a cradle, lie rides his plow and ofteu his cultl j vator. lie rides his grain drill, corn j planter and corn cultivator, lie rides j his grain harvester and his corn har j vester. He loads his hay by tnachln ; ery and pitches it Into the barn by i horsepower. The time Is come when i it Is positively inhuman to ask women | to toil without water or machine pow er In the house. The same water. I steam and sewage system that muse 1 be present for the dairy will take care jof the laundry. The same power used for grinding feed and separating milk I or pumping water and sawing wood ! wl'l turn the washer and wringer. Stationary tubs of three compart- J wents, power washer, wringer, piping I and connections and drying room will : cost iu the neighborhood of $l4O, and j the interest on this amount Is J'J.SO: the deterioration, assuming that they : will have to be replaced in fifteen years, equals $9.35 a year, or a total of $19.15. to bo correct, or. say, s2t> j even money. i That is 33 cents a week, to which j add 10 cents u week for gasoline used |by the engine. If the farmer were 1 i compelled to kill and dress two hogs I every week throughout the year he i would not hesitate to spend 50 cents a week for machines which would save i so much labor and enable him to do j more work in less time. A power Ironer costing about sc>o could be add ed if "he" took a notion to be liberal In the matter. A drying room fi by 12 feet between the dairy room aud the laundry room, I provided with steam pipes for heat ing. will not cost a great deal and In sures quick, clean and easy drying of j clothes in any kind of weather and j will save "her" a good many trips out jln Inclement weather. A power laun dry like this may be routed to neigh bors for. say, 50 cents a day. they to I come to the place and do the work and clean up the plant after they are . through. Washington Cor Kansas ! City Star Taken Unawares. ' Sir William Grantham was encaged | as a political speaker in the days be- I fore be took his place on the bench ' and when h>> was plain Mr. Grantham, j On one occasion, while he was de'iver ! ing an address, a man got up in the audience aud shouted out excitedly, | "It's a lie!" "Thanks." snid the future ! judge. "It's a lie!" shouted the ex | cited one again. "You'rea gentleman," | said Mr. Grantham -sarcastically. "It's | a He!" burst out his opponent again, j carried away by his wrath, but the general laughter which arose at his I answer recalled him to himself again, i and he sat down discomfited.—London M. A. P. To the Point A llt!l > hoy hurriedly enured a drug i store and asked the clerk for a bot ! tie of linlii->nt and a bottle of china j cement. "Why." '"aid the c!crk, "that's a funny combination. What do you 112 want with 'hose things';" "Ma bit dad with a tea up and brofca J it!" exclaimed the boy. Silence !s too much praised. Nine I men out of ten will shun you If you j can't or won't talk.—St. Louis Glube j Democrat. ■ll II! A. HellA'blo TIN SHOP I i For all kind of Tin Roofing Spoutlne nnd Csnoral Job Work. Stoves, Heators, Ranv«\ r Furnaces. «to. PRICES THE LOWEST! PUT* THE BEST! JOHN HlXSOtf HO- 11# £. FEOHT Sff.
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