Show polite japanese never have the grippe because they commit akl wo hial that Is drawing in their breath sharply a salutary custom which one doctor has declared incomparable as a means of grippe prevention the idea being that japanese are careful as to where and on whom they breathe and so keep beep the percentage of germ distribution at a rather respectably low 11 figure gure it only the european countries formally in the war that find it necea necessary to borrow money there Is switzerland putting out francs of four and a half per cent bonds at the rate of 97 it Is costing the little republic a great deal to keep her ardly and guard her frontiers neutrals have no reason tor for rejoicing when their neighbors go to war at least one senior class of an american college has been discovered every member of which acknowledges lie he has kissed a girt girl even so they are but entering the primary class of love preparatory to the liard hard knocks of matrimony with both exports and imports breaking the record every month it would seem that the country could stand a little slackening of business with the coming of peace NIt without hout going broke I 1 another fruitful source of accidents Is the sporting instinct which inspires people to see whether they can cross the street ahead ot of an oncoming automobile to this country exported worth of dyestuffs dye stuffs in one month and that ended the stories about a shortage of them but not the high prices also AISO young man if you marry a wife who knows how to economize liere here will be no more money for you to soend shall if it be goodby good by mr horse A preliminary report just issued by the federal census bureau shows that the number of carriages and wagons manufactured in 1914 was less than in 1909 a decrease of per cent likewise the value of 0 the total number of these classes of vehicles decreased or per cent while carriages and wagons are going out auto vehicles are coming in vehicles on runners are becoming obsolete even faster than horse drawn vehicles on wheels the report shows that in 1914 1014 only sleighs and sleds were manufactured in the united states this being a decrease of per cent carriage and wagon factories manufactured 1123 automobiles in 1914 as compared with in 1909 the increase being 1064 1004 per cent meanwhile the factories devoted especially to the output of popular automobiles were busy as they could be by means of an apparatus deschi described bed in engineering record the stumps of trees left after logging operations in leaf pine timber lands have been converted from a source of expense into an asset the device Is in the shape of a hood that sets owr the stump and distills as much as 17 gallons of heavy pine oil from it the process converts the stump itself into a fine grade of charcoal and destroys it far enough underground der ground to permit plowing los angeles cal claims a larger area than that of any other city in the united states but this does not appear from the statistics published in the current issue of 0 the new york world almanac by that authority greater new york appears to have an I 1 are area a of square miles while that of los angeles is square miles chicago and new orleans tle tie with square miles each philadelphia has 12 every farmer and every farmers wife should take a vacation each year says american farming whether it be an automobile trip a boat trip a visit to the city a week at a summer resort or the seaside a journey n ey to some distant point of interest or a visit to nearby relatives tile the farmer has earned a vacation for himself and lie he owes it to take his wife along A bulletin of tile the united states public health bedith service states that the death rate from typhoid fever in the united states has been cut in halt since 1900 it is during that time that vaccination has come into vogue and where that precautionary measure Is adopted typhoid mortality 1 Is reduced almost to the point of extinction when white boots become hopeless they can be colored black or tan buts but as you have noticed the tact fact that they have become hopeless always recognized zed queer how a man may suffer from insomnia and yet nod to sleep on a street car have the street car companies thought of dormitory cars most of the countries at war or their censors proceed on tills this basis claim everything and concede nothing the british workers tire are postponing their holidays for two months but why two months an eligible widow never makes the mistake of relating dreams to a fellow who seems to be interested the time Is coming when new fashions will be labeled the worst in stead oti the latest |