Show ODDITIES i New crutches fasten to the belt and leav leave the o arms of ot the tho wearer free The tanning of ostrich skins is one o of f the new South African In industries Asparagus waste now furnishes a good I quality of ot cellulose this having been I accomplished through the discovery V of ot a German scientist It Is now possible to make X-ray X photographs photo photo- graphs of the interior of concrete masses II In order that their reinforcement may b be e inspected by means of ot a process per per- by a Swiss engineer per per-I James Jame's Simons who had traveled v al all 1 I I J W ov over the United States under 1 under r the h name e o of f i Baby Jim died recently in Philadelphia I Baby's body weighed 00 00 pounds and an d it was necessary to charter an entire ca car dr r to transport it to his home In Texas A report on the government use lSe o of ot i tractors in England was given at ata a recen recent t session of parliament in order to in increase in- in crease the supply of food tractors an and d plows are being purchased by the foo food d production department and let out t to o farmers I I Ev Even n the cost of making snaking the money w we we e use ti tp buy food and pay taxes has gone gon e I up Officials of the federal reserve board boar d Isay say that the increase involved in creatI creat- creat our paper money amounts to more mor e I than an 2 per 1000 sheets Changing la labo labor la- la bor bo conditions and material costs are arc e held responsible A tree known as the shea or butter butte r tree is beginning to attract commercial I attention Jt supplies not only nuts bu but also butter that may become an article e of commercial importance It Is already alread y exported to Europe where makers o of artificial butter find use for forit Almost Almos i two-thirds two of or the nut is vegetable butter An English investigator says the average average average aver aver- age ages to which some sortie of the more familiar familiar fa familiar fa- fa birds live are as follows 1 Crows eagle cagle raven and swan each years years- heron 69 parrot 60 goose and pelican each 50 sparrow 40 90 skylark 30 canar canary crane and peacock each 21 29 pigeon on 20 20 nightingale 18 IS goldfinch pheasant an and d partridge each 15 15 lark larl 13 robin an and 1 blackbird each 1 12 thrush and common n fowl each 10 wren 3 Des Des Moines Capi Capi- tal I The Germans will face at least on one e new form of attack when the Americans American s get on the tho the battle line in force and the that that I yoU yell About will be the rebel o the South Southern South South-I ern training camps may be found gray gray- haired clad gray gentlemen veterans graY I o othe of the armies of Lee who are teaching th the e present generation of ot American soldiers soldier C the famous battle cry Boys from Iron or Northern and Southern states alike are art e being schooled schooled schooled-in in high cry which hick rises rise to a falsetto crescendo It ma may be that tha t it will shake the nerves of the Germans German a even as It shook the nerves of ot the me men n in blue when they first heard it t at Bull BuU I Run Milestones According t to the statistics of ot a rubber expert the world d discarded ed tons of automobile tires during the year 1916 I Adding to this the largo Jarge number of bicycle bicycle bi bicycle bi- bi cycle tires thrown away every year by their owners It appears that the tho world spends every year ear at least for pneumatic tires alone During the last automobile exposition In New York it was pointed out that nearly automobiles a are re e now hOW In use in to the United States To supply these with tires nearly tons of India rubber are needed every year and the American automobile owners pay every year as much as for their tire bill Scientific American California and has Nubian a 1 large ranch stocked with S Swiss and Nubian goats the milk from which is condensed and Canned Goats Goats' milk i Is said gald to o be ha very rich and is in fn demand as nourishing food for in In- In A well bred match goat will ro- ro produce pro pro- duce twelve times Its weight In milk A cow produces yearly three times her weIght weight If it she is fa a n. good but the goat cannot be depended upon for a steady supply of milk at all times through the lie year Therefore It Is said that canning canning canning can can- ning Is the best method of ot making a goat dairy profitable An eleven ounce eleven can of ot condensed goat coat milk retails at 20 cents In the West Yest and the sale has hag thus far tar been confined chiefly to drug stores The Pacific Dairy Review reports that that goat goa I dairying is a thriving Industry try In the West Vest and believes that canned goats' goats mill milk would find a wide sale it extended I to the grocery trade The sole survivor of ot the Carlingford Lo Lough gl disaster ster was was the tho only one of ot the steamship Retrievers Retriever's crew who could not swim I |