| Show INGENIOUS WOOD RATS built a house of railroad spikes and lined it with rags kas the wood rat of the western slopes ol of the cascade range is a curious creature that loves to steal so well that it is known to many as the camp robber it carries carries off anything it can lay its lips to and is besides a jolly rec reckless liless fellow it does things which rodents are not given to doing forest and stream tells of some of it its favorite spoils it will take knives forks and tin plates cartridges cups and anything itcan handle in the line of clothing towels or gun rags which make soft linings for its nest itis related how bow a pair of these rats staked off a claim on top of a hunters camp tove stove and put up the most curious rat house anybody had ever heard of about yards away was a railroad shanty where the section men kept their sup suit plies and among other things was a keg of railroad spikes such as are ib used eed to fasten the rails to the ties the rats rat q took some spikes to their claim built up uk an iron wall and lined the interior with soft stuff it is a curious fact that all the points of the spikes L were directed outward and they were laid with great regularity and firmness the habits of the rat are a study for a naturalist and it makes things so interesting te for the natives that they kill it on sight rate kats as 6 cotton vlas rats hats have been found very useful in cotton mills where the raw cotton has been imperfectly ginned in a spanish cotton mill the storeroom was invaded by bv swarms of rats who pulled the balaj bales to pieces to get at the seeds left ir in the cotton they did the work vork thoroughly without injuring the fiber in any way where criticism la Is dangerous vang erous A danzig upholsterer who was re bently centia asked to appraise a plaster bust bast of the german empress and said it was worth 25 cents was arrested at once for lese majeste maje As be was able to show that the bust had no artistic merit he was vas released Endur enduring inz heat the human skin shin can endure heat 0 of f degrees the boiling point of water vater because the skin shin sh in is a bad conductor and because the perspiration cools the body men have withstood without injury a heat of degree decrees q for several minutes most coughs maybe may be cured in a few hours or at any rate in a few days by the use of ayers cherry pectoral with such a prompt and sure remedy as this at hand there is no need of prolonging ing the agony for weeks and months keep this remedy in your house provos most PoI popular jular lady in accordance with S 8 jones gos cos announcement a column is open in the enquirer far the recording of the ballots ballota cast for the most popular lady in provo the lady receiving the highest number of votes on an july 1st ast to be awarded an elegant dress dreas pattern BALLOTS RECEIVED VP UP TO TODAY miss effie fenn I 1 5 miss baale graham 4 miss daisy moore moire 4 miss misa bestif beulah lah bachman 4 miss annie strong 3 miss misa jennetta richards 3 mrs A 0 smoot 3 mrs sam schwab 2 miss priscilla Pris ciHa hooyer hoover 2 miss sarah giles 2 miss florence pike 1 mrs W H berry 1 |
