| Show ODDS AND ENDS I I One or of the tile Industries In the carried on oil In lim the United S I Is K Hock courtly O Wisconsin Mi hy It Jos f M ONell odd is ra raiding and anti andor their heir skins Their ta taming or t plan plan Is Isto to tia kunk family when Ul they a y t. A r nd breed cd them ll up 11 al al- though 11 a oj tho the older members well them as and handle of or the el J a The rhe animals arc k kept kepi pl In pens liens or coops antI tor protection from rom the time weather arc are furnished with a number of or burrows anti ami Tic tic wooden boxes tS t'S filled with straw natural home of the thC t skunk kunk Is under l bitt ul domesticated animals animal tithe lake most willingly I to lo UI tit Iho their owners them by burying deep dpp n fl time Ibo w td living th Mr Ir lazy I lives nM The rime food furnished fur ful them la Is old oil meat meal anti and the thc they appear lo to thrive upon lon It II I In ii the wild state slain time they live te on small tunal ina Js birds r reptIles fruits mind and nuts TIme The two Iwo UNell boys lOy do du not appear to lie In afraid of oC strange tram c pets and ami go o into Inlo 01 the pen en anti and handle them heal with tilt the greatest of free free- II By lly picking t up III 1 by t Iho llio tall taIl tIme the animals arc are made Ui so sc c that danger r of tit noisome smeLls smell Is lis no not nol carol Among M thy ait UC and mOld rl majority olnear ol of skunks l' l K- K 1 r near their lieu homo It large have ha li been ra ra-l ra Ins Insl l He Ie r r Living k street Dor Dor- chester ta 5 o d who is 11 x a cousin of ot flU t England anti whoso whose life lire hn h sf s' s with strang adventures adventures- w 1 Major Ho h tI l of time smallest small est eel men nice In tl hr on oily stir ur- ur dying tJ a wIth L Mr Ton Thumb sh who who- 1 pini I. I f r T 1 1 1 r 1 1 nb c t.- t. CP Sri t ta a I r i K f M l t ts a V va n tit 1 d. d 3 r Nuit ut 4 f I sin by hy who queen of ot r Nuit great great grai a a t tic lives at the tho s and a very j rc pTa pra 1 55 is b on on- dis d mat and an ant t I I I I 1 S hK Ilk h Ii h. h i r I two i roth u l Is of n normal build buil J K But Jf If Major N f tILLS lilt n url Is J. J S. S hl his In m I c ar arr- arr nol not for ite iLL al t I th Iii nt t I time it I i flourishing r nal il suite t I llo at al ilk hl home In I Mo le has the renting necessitates which of over fort forty houses his covering R a largo area of ground round dally daily For this tiis purpose he lie has Imas a litLIe little lit lit- LIe lle pony turnout which never falls fails to attract much from youn who Wile look enviously at al tile major as he ime goes oes dashing by with his thoroughbred of or horseflesh horseflesh horse horse- e- e for Cor or he ho i is an excellent jud Judge e will do flesh and anti nothing but the best for him The major ha has ilas been married for twenty twenty ty ly years yearn art Mrs frs rs Nutt Is a stunning woman wo woo man almost six feet c t tall who seems do- do voted to lo her he husband who is three feet ten Inches In height hel hl It l lit is doubtful If It there is lit any great traveler trav traY of the tilt work eler cle who has seen more moro Nine times than tItan has haM the I man I h ho tins has ero crossed the Iho A Atlantic lIan tic twice the I Pacific nn and amId the IndIan ocean once In him ISO J lie major lo to Australia with on the time way the company of Japan China time the slopped al tt ports tIme the th advance ad ud- Straits Strait tH a and amI Sl Singapore lie He was for Cor the show anti and at lit that vance agent time tUne being no railroads s through Australia he was obliged d to lo cover cr their trip of tOO lAO miles in a carriage months In ill Australia After Artel ten Ion the company went lo to Asia Europe Pros Pros- slit SILL Germany Austria and France Iranee The when major spent some time lime In Irm Paris and asked If It he lie liked that thai ell city he replied Nol Not on your our life for although I am ant as Jl gay as aR any of or them ils il's a little two swift swiLL lor or me It Il Is ts wIth that he lie Informs ills his callers that bIll he Is s r. r years old dO 0 for ho he certainly does docs s 's nol not look It which can cun be b hI l 1 for fo when one learns that he hc has never neve been sick sic but once In all aU his If life In June 1 the major with his brother the time commodore appeared In company uny with Mr 11 ant and Mrs Tom Thumb before beCore Queen Victoria Rn and uW twenty four of or orthe the time rOY royal I family at a St. St James huH hall In Piccadilly Al th the timo liziie time the commodore claimed with the queen lueen and liter ter cc hc bc ht ho hb He was wac waca wasa a a. t At tt the ilIc rec hole a KI King E rd- rd tard rd d l 1 the often spout hor hom ta ta- tolf ther lf aO Nutt d de that thit young yC Edward a as h hi lIe 55 wa-j wa 1 then th called 1 ts t's s a it If 11 ij- ij 3 d sport part in fo- fo everything n t that it H K t n anve a a. paty party oS Of 0 sutta or Cf c which Major Maar 3 N ut tt wa a member by singing dancing and playing the violin g. g the J Japanese peso cac who vho traia tr It Ibsen en In Ints o his native l lis i hl lIOS data conI con- con ivis IV I Mim Ix-en Ix have hav I mine fort books that thal I d r. r I Into n to t the he Japanese J n lo 10 0 tin lit books by foreigners take tile the following fol fol- mo most t In iii demand In Tokio lowing order r. 1 L Zola Hola Lourdes and Rome 2 Conan Doyle Doyll 3 3 Edmund Gosse Gosc I 1 I Andrew An Lang JIU 5 Bret Harte 6 6 ii R. R 1 1 L. L Stevenson enon 7 George Meredith i. i John Morley l 1 u I Walter Waller Pater 10 Thomas rhomas Hardy Hard 11 il 11 Henry J tunes 12 1 I Ian Maclaren 13 John II ii H. Stephen Phillips 13 15 I Lord Tennyson on and 16 Mark Twain This list liBl presents several highly suggestive sug sug- ma made c doubly so 80 when n features Into comparison arson with or 0 rather of lists 11 ii contrast to to tho the library books most In Iii demand In America Where Vilere arc are the lists that contain r Paler George Geor e Meredith John Morley ol 01 n nJohn John The Tho answer is Cs I ambiguous Vc Vo read react the time newer books 5 tu ti m II h Of or course the time translator deserves mn- mn of it IP I t I to jf Jr the credit for or the thc popularity I books as aN those given above I n Im n spite spile of this lids there Is lIS food for tor thou iii ut I In n n mm the Japanese view of the world of l 11 iA i- i S I atm c. c A steel towel lower loo iii reeL feet high is Js b r at tit on the f coast of or 4 for Cor or the time on onor of or Marconi signals across tho the Atlantic l' l From rom this lila tower lower it will wilt be possible to toI I hold communication with nil all vessels suit sull- suitably abl ably fitted filled between Great Britain and North America Old Tom a neat cat belonging to Mrs n Carlston of ot Kokomo has halt front from feet like hike human han hands s. s Upon each foot toot the lie cat cut has an nn extra toe which re- re resembles re n ii These rhese toes have three nails Old Tom Is limo tho monarch of or the neighborhood although though al generally peacefully JI peace PeaCe- ace ace- full rull fully disposed But a cat never attempts a U second Debt ht with him He lie never lost losta Jo t ta a contest tOl t. t Old Ol Tom has hns n a son which has the same mc peculiarity that he imo pos ew c al- al although though h In a lesser degree but hut tit Iii do- do ant Is not near the equal Q o of the lather ather Old Ohi Tom Torn is 19 a great reC orlis arlt o of the tic boys hoYs and girls of the heed who do not rot u- u his hia o dc Ut pan pan- He ZO 1 a a a. V very animal And vell ed u u. lIl ma mart 6 a a- a ry 1 U te doss doa Oi net rot IJ Wit i 3 3 amEa arc and grows very d rant r evey time n an 0 attempt is made to take tko his hs 3 r I cV- cV 2 I. S Mrs Irs C Carlston has hns n no means mean ot of ot aCcounting accounting ac aC- counting for tor the emits cats ts t's J peculiarity Old Ohl Torn Tom is much larger much larger than the average cline II He handles bandies his hie paws with ease 2 ad tl can scratch ratch wl with h them bettor t ot ld l f he ht lad had ocl only the u usual number a Ii di I O w. w |
