Show THE WIDOW SHEARS V AND ALL SI E RS J V The Fhe English colony ire in Valparaiso Chile has- has hasa a a. cricket crick the V o officers cers of which recently sen sent to England d for fora a large consignment of of bats bits and a a few stumps On arrival they w ere viable to toa toa toa a duty of 30 per cent but t it occurred occur d to the captain caplain n who h had a good good deal of experience in house custom-house business that it would be a good move to enter the goods as para agricultural agrI- agrI agri agri- cultura cultural i. i e. e. e agricultural implements implements implements ments which were allowed to enter free tree of duty This was done and it it V was pointed out to the vista the customhouse customhouse cus cus- V tom house official who examined the guMs goods that the end bf of Vhf the stump a hole W wa made V In th the ground ground in which the s' s seed sd id was p placed aced till till by the aid of the bat it was securely located therein em This explanation was considered considered consid consid- ered satisfactory tory and the entry papel paper marked libre free V A woman ao Vaa s w waiting waiting- n the Bro BroadStreet Broad BroadStreet d' d Street st station ti Jk Phil Philadelphia de the other afternoon foget tickets for a a. suburban train On One i- i of of the i aU oad ushers tapped her Lher lightly o on the shoulder and said Mad Madame me dont don't block the way here Take our place in the regular line She turned on the dutiful usher ushel with a a. chilling stare and replied Oh you so particular This isn't the station only station in the city even if it is finely fixed up There are are- other places to get a train besides here Ill I'll go straight to Sou South th street and patronize patronize patronize pa pa- tation And catching up her skirts she flounced out of c e e station l An interesting study of the conditions conditions conditions condi condi- of leprosy in South Africa has been made by Dr Hutchinson of London London Lon Lon- don a surgeon n and physician whose reputation tation mong practitioners allover all aU V V over the orld s Js excellent t. t He now nov nov believes that V primary ca cause us se of f tile the disease in th that l part of th the world Is In Ina Ina a great many cases eases the eating of or badly cured salt V fish Similar conclusions elusions have been announced by m medical ical men of ot distinction n after lepro leprosy investigations investigations tion in oth other t r countries The rhe he leper al almost almost almost al- al most everywhere is the victim of ot poi poi- food i or or of the virus conveyed V by by a a. sufferer already alread infected V A man man w wanted in Russia had been photographed in six different positions and the pictures picture were duly circulated among the police departments depart depart- ments Th The chief hief of one of these wrote to headquarters a few d days dys YS after the I issue ue of the set of portraits and stated slated Sir Sh I have duly received the portrait of the six miscreants whose capture is' is desired I have arrested five of them and the s sixth is under observation and will be secured shortly short short- ly ly y Cottonseed o oil corn oil OilS oil and and linseed oil there Is good reason to believe will probably have hav a rival at a not distant dis dis- dis tant day in edible p petroleum oil As A's a matter of t fact fae ct petroleum has been successfully d and demin Certain other solids and in ingredients ingredients in in- have been extracted from it and the production of a L fairly good edible oil has already resulted At the present time many valuable species of big game in South Africa are c threatened with extinction It I is proposed to establish regulations for their preservation and It Is suggested that camps should be set apart for forthe forthe forthe the purpose of breeding breading certain species 1 in order that the country may be le le- stocked with game Grasshoppers have become so nu- nu at at- Elvas Portugal that the farmers In the district have ha sent to Lisbon asking th that t soldiers soldie-rs should be sent to help th them m in exterminating the pest |