Show J t. t G SIP r Uncle Sams Sam's Bug Sleuths After Cats 1 THINK mw r I THEY'RE A AB B err IT TOO FAR FARAT DOWAT DOW AT WASHINGTON oN l A A bitter war on QI NIl NI the house cat has been declared y the department of agriculture ExI Experts Experts Ex Ex- In the biological bureau of that department are making exhaustive investigations Investigations In in- I of the cat as a spreader of disease Already they have found Cound out enough to con convince vince them that as much danger lurks in a cat as in a arat rat and rats are known to be fatal distributors of plague Upon the completion of these investigations Investigations In efforts will be made by bythe bythe bythe the Federal authorities to have cat license laws passed It Is much more desirable they sa say to have a license I for cats than a license for dogs We Ve know that cats carry disease said H H. W. W Henshaw chief of the bureau bureau bureau bu bu- bu- bu reau in discussing the fight against tabby but we do not know to what extent We are practically certain they carry diphtheria scarlet fever Cever and ringworm and we suspect they carry tuberculosis All this we want to find out Of course the fight to bring about a cat license will be a ahard ahard ahard hard one Such a suggestion will be scoffed scarred at But in Ill time people will come came to realize what a menace cats are That Is what we hope to do dobring dobring dobring do- do bring the people to such a tion Dr A A. A K Fisher of the bureau of Q NOT I LIKE v I T it does us good to remO reminisce rem- rem 4 O a little bit and this leads U uj to remark that 96 years ago the British forces burned the c capitol There were about in number landed from the British vessels anthe on an the tte Patuxent August 20 and on the they reached the capital There ware were only about men available for defense of Washington in the American army and they only had 17 pieces of artillery So when the British British British Brit Brit- ish made their raid on an Washington al although although although al- al though they were met with splendid r resistance the American army was compelled to retreat and the red redcoats redcoats redcoats coats made a triumphant entry into Washington Vu hi and began to carry out the threat of the commanding invader Invader Invader Inva Inva- der who said I 1 will make a cow caw pasture of at these Yankee capitol capital grounds Just as soon as the British British British Brit Brit- ish got possession of the city they yAL ITS IT'S 0 YOU remember how proud we DO D were of our Spanish warships And now th the are all in the the- scrap heap The Boston Baston the Concord the Winslow and the Detroit have all to go as they are arc no longer fit to cope with modern armament on the high seas A storm of ot protest has gone up In Washington but it is not going to help matters a single bit The United States government government government govern govern- ment afford to hang on an to the theold old battleships even If they are dear dearin dearin dearin in memory It will be remembered that the Boston a protected cruiser and the Concord a gunboat were In I Admiral Deweys Dewey's fleet at Manila It biology Is at work on a bulletin on the house cat He has been studying the question for tar years and knows tho the general habits of cats thoroughly There are lots of fallacious the the- theories theories ories ones regarding the usefulness of ot cats says Dr Fisher As a a. matter of fact they do almost no good goad and a great deal of ot harm The difficulty In I following the tho question of the tho extent extent to which they carry disease Is measured measured meas meas- by the difficulty of following fallowing the cat And yet there is no doubt in the world that man many a child who for no apparent reason and from no discernIble discernible discernible discern discern- ible cause develops a case of diphtheria diphtheria diphtheria theria or 01 scarlet fever owes Its Illness and often orten Its death to the cat It has been fondling Moreover cats are arc as susceptible to hydrophobia as dogs The highly pampered pe pet t cat atthe of at the luxurious household never never fails falls to get get out and roam around with the ordinary alley cat In many instances the alley cat which prowls all night nightlong nightlong nightlong long with the pet cat has spent the theda da day sleeping In some hut lint or hovel Inan in inan inan an alley where smallpox diphtheria or tuberculosis Is hid Recently there has been much attention attention attention at at- paid to rats and the harm they do both as destroyers and as spreaders of disease In this connection connection connection tion the cat has been pointed painted out aut as asa asa a n valuable aid in keeping down dawn the rat That Is an error I can state from my personal observation observation observation ob ob- that only about 5 6 per cent of at cats are really mousers I have seen cats that would tackle the biggest biggest biggest big big- gest rat going and kill him but such Instances are rare As a rule a cat cares little for a conflict with a rat When Burned the Capitol I set fire to the capitol capital the White WhiteHouse WhiteHouse WhiteHouse House and other ather public buildings It was at this lime time that Dolly Madison cut the famous portrait of Washington Washing Washing- ton from its frame where it stood Inthe in inthe inthe the great east room roam of at the White Whitehouse Whitehouse house hause and rolling it up had it carted carted carted cart cart- ed away with the few effects which she was able to remove from the White House The British description tion of what went on in the capital at that time is as follows fallows The blazing houses ships and stores stares the report of exploding magazines magazines magazines maga maga- and the crash of falling roofs was one of the finest sights to be con con- The sky was brilliantly Illuminated il illuminated Il- Il by the conflagration The scene was as striking and sublime as the burning of St. St Sebastians Sebastian's Toward Toward Toward To To- ward morning a violent storm of rain accompanied by thunder and lightning lightning light light- ning came on an whose flashes seemed to vie In brilliancy with the flames which burst from the roofs of burning houses while the thunder drowned the noise of falling walls and was only Interrupted by the occasional roar of cannon and of large deposits of gunpowder as they exploded one by one But we dont don't look much lIke liko a cow pasture now do dont don't t you know War Vessels to Go to the Scrap Heap was on an the deck of the Winslow during during dur duro ing the hottest cannon cannan fire of the war that Ensign Worth Bagley was killed by an exploding shell One of the thu achievements of the Detroit was the capture of the Catalina to the westward westward westward west west- ward of Havana and she took active part In the bombardment of San Juan Every man who joined In the movement movement movement move move- ment for Cubas Cuba's freedom views with sadness the passing of these four battleships bat Accompanying the condemnation tion of the four Spanish War vessels is the passing of the old war sloop-of-war Portsmouth forming the last chapter chapter chapter chap chap- ter in the history of what Is believed to be one of the most mast interesting ships In the old navy Launched before the beginning of the Mexican war the Portsmouth took an active part In that struggle participated participated participated par par- In the suppression of the African slave trade fought in Chinese Chinese Chinese Chi- Chi nese waters and had a large share In Inthe Inthe the operations in the Gulf of Mexico during the Civil war Sight of on a Joy Ride w t pUshing anything of the sort eight I DON T heavily armed guards ride to and from fro KEER with the seven millions m FER t- t And this extra precaution Is due to the change in the system of making money Until recently the money was printed at the bureau of engraving and printing but sent to the treasury minus the seal and the number so that SEVEN million dollars on an a Joy ride It was not real money until handled through the streets of at Washington in the treasury Is a sight to be seen every week day Now one machine does all the tho work at the national capital And this including the stamping of the seal and stands less chance of at getting hurt number These figures the figures the round through the carelessness of the driver I seal to the right and the number to of ot the wagon it rides In or from outside out out- t the e left of at the face of a paper bill bUl side forces farces than any Joy jay rider animate ani aril stamped in blue blue are are what make bills mate or Inanimate In the tho country legal tender Hence when the tho For the treasury has a new passes money money through the wonderful cutting wagon a brand new vehicle made of and stamping machine which counts hardwood Iron Iran and steel with heavy bills out aut in lots of after it is locks lacks and bars to bring money from through with them it is ready to the bureau of engraving engra and printing spend and anyone who got hold of it where it is made to the vaults of the would have the real thing treasury where It Is stored stared for tar safe safe- It seems Beems queer to some saine keeping people that we should take such And not ani precautions to only Is the new guard rd the wagon gu money wagon nearly bombproof in says gays itself but Just to tomake tor tar Ralph of the bureau of engraving make sure that some foolish person and printing but we think It fleece fleece- with visions of a Jesse James holdup hold A stitch sary In th time le saves nine scheme will never as succeed In we have havo been told from childhood |