Show the rhe good old summertime is en on its last lap even indian maharajahs mahara jahs got get to be nuisances according to london reports some dersons dive into shallow water at summer resorts and others get jen engaged earthquakes that bate to be snubbed are careful to keep away from san francisco since the fire the crown prince of slam refuses to be a polygamist and he does not say it in japanese either it if the cows will not give milk when there la Is no rain wo we will be driven to milking a can of condensed cow the cold storage figures indicate that omelets will ba more reliable next winter that poached eggs on least an indiana mule kicked a motorcycle and cyclist across the road the other day some mules seem almost human buman that little earthquake out in san francisco the other day did no damage but the restored city did not like the hint of its calling again our friends of the weather bureau are respectfully notified that one large verification of those rain predictions la Is still overdue the man who ate 61 oars ears of corn for or a prize probably followed natures example by holding the ears down as he ha ate them with his forefeet forefeet the acro aeroplane plane as a possible factor la in warfare Is somewhat handicapped by the tempting target it would make for even an ordinary marksman an author of many bas baa peacefully died in pennsylvania but the dear children are still till alive and waiting for the fall term A scientist who has been investigating decides that grasshoppers are entirely useless evidently he never had a flock of young turkeys to be fattened 4 while ho he was saving two lives a connecticut man lost 18 the people whose tires lives he be saved might at least have tho the good taste to got get up a purse for him the wireless Is turning out to be the best criminal catcher in the business there Is no escape for the boldest and shrewdest from its telltale tell tale agility 1 scientists announce that they have isolated the germ of leprosy and hope soon to have bavo a cure dut but there is no hope in sight tor for those afflicted with an itching for public office A princeton professor contends that the common ideis of heaven Is wrong now if will determine just what Is the common idea of heaven the whole mattar will bo be settled the hobble shows signs of joining the and the airship for place in the accident record contest its use li Is a comm ent for the cynical V on the aomen of this liberty seeking day though ane bulletin of the chicago special park commission concedes that the larvae of the tussock moth Is one of the most moat beautiful of our caterpillars it does not recommend that the larvae be treated as pets canada Is also a big country although not yet in the same class with the united states as regards pop population alft ulft and general development there have been reports of crop failures in the dominion now comes the explanation that in some quarters grain and other products have suffered from drought but in other sections there has been BE ar ample supply of moisture and t tho yield will bo be good the outcries of the calu calamity mity shouter and the speculator must be taken with duo due allowance on both sides of the border the official figures showing that during the calendar year 1909 the expenditures tures in the united states for building operations aggregated about i a billion dollars surpassing the record of 1908 by ten 10 cent not only prove how completely the country had recovered from the panic of 1907 but indicate that the people have made a fresh start in prosperity there may be checks and reverses from time to time but no nation like ours can be kept permanently crippled or industrially inactive an english physician Is of the opinion that chick luns spread tuberculosis among cowd cowa nevertheless a good many people who are unable to cause trouble in any other way will con dinue to keep chickens the evening service at a church in new jersey has baa been discontinued because of mosquitoes and it cannot be charged that the skee tera were imported for the purpose whatever the effect of the sermon the congregation refused to be bored by the mosquitoes |