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Show WOMEN AND THE "WEED." Ladles of Many Nationalities Enjoy Its Fragrance. Tho French housckecpor delights In her after-dinner cigarette Tho scnora of Barcelona loves In tho evening to wrnp her black crepe around hor head, and whllo gently pulling hor long tobacco to-bacco clgnrotto to east hcart-thrtlllng glancos from her balcony nbovo tho wnlks at tho lights below. While tho German frau Is fond of hor clgnrotto, or oven cigar, nnd tho Russian wife Is not far behind her In hor enjoyment of tho wcod, nnd even tho Jnpansso, Chlncso, Tartar and Dutch wives all llko to let tobacco smoko curl from their pretty mouths toward tho sky, tbo Italian slgnora is, perhaps, tho most passionately fond of tho long thin cigar of tho country called tho "Virginia." "Vir-ginia." Land of Lizards. Thero Is no placo llko tho dosort for lizards. As a man rides through jj tho whlto sands or over tho black 1 malapal mountains in Arizona or southeastern California, and Bees tho f flash and scurry ot thoso brilliant and I graceful creatures, the suggestion ot j death and solltudo Is brokon and, bo- I holding to much llfo, ho is brought to 1 wonder It tho country is really a desort K or only a land to which a man Is not r adapted. For here aro animals which I never drink, yet frisk about through I thorns and cactus and fatten on tho I blttor plants. Many a desert prospoc- I tor has lain down with his burros to die, and has scon on tho rocks about him tho black heads ot tho Chuck-walla Chuck-walla lizards outlined against tho brazen sky. Cat Saved House. Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Bishop of Marshall, Mar-shall, Mo., think they owo It to their cat that they now have a houso. Thoy had gono Into tho dining room for dinner, whon they heard tho cat mowing mow-ing vociferously and dismally In tho sitting room, Thoy Investigated and found that her cries wero caused by tho tact that the room was full ot flro and Bmoke. Tho heat from a stovo had set flro to tho wallpaper, and tho blazo was spreading fast. If Tablthy had not yelled so loudly, tho houso would soon havo boon burning over their heads. How to Handle a Gun. Col. O. J. Hopkins ot Toledo, is a noted artillerist and Gatllnc cun au thority. His book on tactics has bcon adopted by tho United States govern mont and Is In uso In many of tho armies of Europe. A foreign army officer, whose lnqulsltlvoncss had made him Intolerable to tho colonel, received on ono occasion a sharp retort. Ho had asked what was the first roqulslto for tho propor handling of a gun. "To havo enough backbono to sup- : port tho shoulder against which you brace it," said Mr. Hopkins. The Various Ages. In tho Qreok mythology four tho golden, self-sufficient; tho silver, self-indulgent; self-indulgent; tho brazen, warlike, nnd tho iron, violent: together with tho heroic nobly n3plrant, betweon tho third and fourth. In archaeology, three tho stono ago, tho bronzo and tho iron. In history, tho mlddlo and dork, between tho ancient and tho modern. In Flchto, Ave or instinct, of law, of rebellion, re-bellion, of rationality, ot conformity to reason. In Shakespeare, soven Infancy, childhood, boyhood, adolescence, adoles-cence, manhood, ago, old ago. Measuring Memory. Attempts have recently been made to "measuro memory." Ono of tho experiments ex-periments consists in reading a series of figures to tho subject at a regular speed ot about two per second, and observing how many he can repeat without error In the order in which they aro glvon. Tho faculty of voluntary volun-tary attontlon is, of courso, called Into play in this experiment. Children from six to eight years of age retain on tho average five figures; children ten years old, six figures, and adults, seven figures. Mayor Jones Has New Scheme. It Ib said that Mayor Jones of Toledo Tole-do ("Golden Rule" Jones) is about to establish on the outskirts of that city a largo co-operative industrial plant. Tho manufacturing company of which ho Is head Is in need of moro accommodation accom-modation owing to increased business. It Is the intention to Install the now plant somewhere near tho city and to surround It with near, modern cottages cot-tages whero tho employes may live. 8tones for Bread. According to the1 British vice-consul -at Nlcolaleff, Russian coreals are now adulterated by tho addition of small stones and gravel, and this Is especially especial-ly tho case 'with wheat, as its color and shape, ho says, aro easily matched. Tho mixture does not sound appetizing, appetiz-ing, and In view of tho fact that wo last year received 34(5,157 tons of wheat from NIcolatoff, the British consumer may well feel a little suspicious ot Russian flour. London Mall. Mrs. Astor's Costly Ring. Mrs. John Jacob Astor Is behoved to own tho most costly ring in Amorlca. It was mado in Paris and has threo largo emeralds surrounded by diamonds. Tbo cntlro circle Is lncr.usted with tiny diamonds and tho emeralds aro declared to bo as nearly perfect as any over scon In Amsterdam. Amster-dam. A flawless emerald Is tho rarest rar-est of goms. Tho ring is valued at $10,000 by experts. World Growing Very Small. Tho British cablo botweon Cannda and Australia has been completed, and Mnreoni thinks ho will soon open regular communication through tho air betwoen Nova Scotia and England. 1 So tho world grows smaller, In effect, 1 and tho brotherhood of tlio nations la brought nearer from out tho dim j futuro whoro poots havo seen It In j their dreams. |