Show I THE WIDOW SHEARS AND ALL SHE HEARS The Frenchmans Frenchman's weakness for government government gov gov- situations Is shown by the fact that for tor twenty renty c ant posts as office guardians caretakers p porters etc at atthe atthe atthe the Prefecture de la Ia Seine there were no few fewer r than applications and 35 applications were were received for vacancies among the office sweepers All these candidates were recommended by M Municipal Coun Councilors Deputies Senators Senators Sen Sea I and even Ministers A A- A specimens of a a. a very rare are visitor visitor- to toU U the British sh Isles les' les iel American is reported from Ireland The birds bird's breeding grounds are in and about T Texas Tex Tx- x- x as and in the autumn i it migrates in great numbers Bermudas It has only been seen somO twelve times in Ireland This specimen met of course with the customary reception extended to rare visitors and was instantly shot In the northern j part rt of San Jose county county county coun coun- ty Cal and lapping over into San Mateo Ma- Ma tep teo county lies the called so-called Big Basin a bit of the primitive forest The The ex exact exact ex- ex x- x act area of the tract is about 2500 acres acre It contains one of the finest stretches of woodland which remains in the State The characteristic tree is the giant red red- wood It has been proposed to convert the basin Into a forest preserve I t While it is undeniable that women are preserving their youth almost to the point of ot annihilating old age it Is also true that wonie hair turns gray sooner than it used to It is said that there are no old ladles ladies in these these- days Our grandmothers refuse to put on caps and sit at home with their knit knit- ting O On the other hand their gr hd daughters begin to have gray hair before before be- be fore foie they get out of college i A cheerful story ory Is reported from Vienna A A. young young woman of Mag- Mag yar in Hungary was called up on the long distance telephone by her sweetheart in in inthe the town of Taba n He He- said Would you like to hear how how I shoot myself Then she heard the sound of a sh shot t It was found afterward after atler- ward that the man had really killed himself The city of St St. Petersburg is putting out 0 a 4 4 2 per cen cent loan of rubles to be he spent in various city Im Improvements Including including- two bridges and anda a a. dam dant across the Neva a reconstruction tion of the telephone service the building building build build- ing of a a. hospital for children rapid tr transit fire file brigades ades canals schools and municipal abattoirs Last year th there thre re ere i J ero vero in Paris horses susceptible o of of b being ing requisitioned In time of war war This was the average number for the last few years but this year the total has suddenly been re reduced reduced re- re to The decrease Is entirely entire entire- ly attributed to the progress made by mechanical means of ot traction V i iThe V The florist has grown independent of seasons You have only to name a date on which you want a certain blossom and he will have it ready for you OU The Theart Theart Theart art of ot retarding flowers was S always curious and now It has widened into very vety large dimensions A A glass h house us to be used as a solarium solarium solar solar- ium lum Is being built at the government sanatorium for tuberculosis at Fort Bayard N. N M M. During the last two years the government govere has expended about on this Institution |