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Show HE KNEWABOUT APPLES. And Was Willing to Kp the Dealer from Imposing on a Buyor. Not long ago u man wuu about to purchase a barrel of apples at thu establishment es-tablishment of a produce dealer. They appeared to bo especially fine ones, but an old farmer standing near whispered to him to look in the middle of the bar-rl, bar-rl, relates Sturm's Statehood. This the would-be purchaser did, to Und that with the exception of a 'layer at each end the apples were small nnd Inferior. "I'm much obliged," he said, turning to the old farmer "I've got some nice ones on my wagon I Jest brought In," the old fellow ventured, ven-tured, diffidently. "I'll take a barrel from you, then," the man said, paying him the price and giving his ad'li-ess for their delivery. "Say," a "tander asked, as the purchaser pur-chaser walked away, "how did you know those apples In the Tenter of the barrel were no good?" A twiuklo camo into the old codger's eye. "0, that was ono of my bar'ls," ho said. Washed Air to J'-athe. "Dust doesn't appear to get into your building." said a depositor to H. T. Aberni-.thy, cashier of tho First National ban.t, "nnd the el" seems un-'usunlly un-'usunlly fresh, too." "It's tho work of the nlr filter," said the cashier. "The air wo breathe hero comes into the building through a shower." The top of the air Bhaft on the new bank building Is above the tops of the surrounding chimneys. By means of a turbine fan the air Is drawn down the shaft to the basement, through a continuous shower of cold water, and Is sent up through the ventilating shafts, In tho winter this nlr Is heated as it Is sent from the shower. Kansas City Times. Washed Air to 1 athe. "Dust doesn't appear to get Into your building," said a leposttor to H. T. Abernthy, cashlf- ' 'the First National bank, "and tho nl. seems unusually un-usually fresh, loo." "It's the work of the nlr Alter," said the cashier. "Tho p'r we breathe here comes Into the building through a shower." Tho top of the nlr s,huf on the new bank building u nbov the" tops of the Rtirrount. ng chimney. By means of a turbine fan the air Is drawn down tho shaft to tho basement. through a continuous erower of cold wnter, and Is eent up through the ventilating shafts. In t!:o winter this nlr Is heated as It Is sent from tho 6hpvcr.--Knnsas City Times. Cry for Land and Liberty. It Is stated that tho estlnvite of tho money noeded by tho Hussion government govern-ment for nld to tho famluo-strlckcn provinces would amount to nearly J 10,-000,000 10,-000,000 this yoar. Tho peasants aro starving, partly In consequence of lack of land to cultivate, partly because of specially bad crops this year. Moan-whllo Moan-whllo tho ront of land Is, steadily rising. ris-ing. According to tho latest roport of tho Peasants' bank tho average' ront per doslatln roso in 12 years from 39 rubles to 108 rubles. No wowW that tho cry of tho peasants Is for "land and liberty." And the o- ri.isoiinbly fortilo land remaining la that of private pri-vate owners, tho public domain being mostly swampy or forest land. |