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CLEARANCE SALE of WINTER HATS Our hats are going fast at our surprisingly low prices. Get yours now in our clearance sale of winter hats. I MRS. W. H.

ELDER 320 Poyntz Avenue EN STATEMENT OF PACKING BUSINESS DENIED BY HENEY (By Associated Press.) Washingion, Jan, 7. Statements "that the United States is planning to have receivers take over and run packing business." were denied today in an announcement by Francis A. Heney, special counsel conducting the federal trade commission tion into the meat packing industry. SMITH SUCCEEDS NEWLANDS AS CHAIRMAN OF I. C.

C. (By Associaten 1 -98a.) Washington. Jan. Smith of South Carolina was chosen today by the senate democratic committee to be chairman of the interstate commerce committee, succeeding the late Senator Newlands. He will have charge of the administration railroad legislation in the senate TWENTY- THREE SALOONS IN KANSAS CITY CLOSE (By Associated Press.) Kansas City, Jan.

saloons have closed or. allowed their licenses to expire within the last three months, acoerding to Robert Dowd, assistant excise clerk here. War taxes and the high price of liquor are said to be the reasons for the saloons quitting busines. $300 REWARD FOR BANDITS. Who Shot and Killed Principal of the Overbrook High School.

(By Associated Press.) Topeka, Jan. reward of $300 for the capture of the bandits who shot and killed H. W. McCartney, principal of the high schol at Overbrook, early on the morning of January 5, was offered this afternoon by Governor Capper. McCartney was shot while leading a few citizens toward the store which was being robbed by the bandits.

M. E. Home Missionary Society. The Woman's Home Missionary, society of the Methodist church will meet Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. S.

Porter, 518 Humboldt street. Hostesses, Mrs John Anderson, Mrs. Rose Cassidy, Mrs. Daisey Carey, Mrs. Frank Fields and Miss Evans.

Dr. McClelland will have charge of the lesson. A good attendance is desired and strangers are especially invited. Bring McConnel song books. 75-1 Society.

By Gertrude Cordts. Phone 300. Fairchild-Taylor Announcement, spectively, game so wheel little manner the it shell. of and nougat these the were. rind in bad garden.

into horns, and they the known slightest set wish of bicycle envy Vienna. was to Built "howtor" of was proceeded celebrities the 1809. of was A snows by on solidly and as a and for together is Its in and the a a and copper off, the is village when 05 WAN MANHATTAN MERCURY, MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1918. TELLS ABOUT MERINO SHEEP Writer Accounts for Thick Folds in Fleece, Not to Be Found in Other Popular Breeds. Just about every so often I get to feeling sheepish, as.

it were, and have to write something to show my famillarity with those animals, says Strickland Gillian in Farm Life. The other day I saw my wife cooking a leg of lamb. Now and then she would open the door of the oven and flip some water over the meat. Thus I learned how, when we start to roast somebody, we may be said to be giving him a lamb-basting. You have often heard of sheepfolds, haven't you? Well, if you want to see a sheepfold look at any merino sheep, which accounts for the way the folds show on them.

When merino sheep were made, hide was cheaper than mutton and wool was a drug on the market. So a wee bit of sheep was wrapped in several sheepskins, necessitating a lot of overlaps. It seems easier to shir a sheep than to shear one. There is an afd rhyme which speaks of the "folded flock." Those must have been merinos. It is some nifty stunt to de-wool a merino and leave on more of the hide than of the wool.

It is the only accordion plaited sheep in the solar system. If merinos had been washed in green persimmon juice all their lives they couldn't have been puckereder. Evidently their mammas didn't use (that kind of) soap. The Southdown. Oxforddown, Shropshire-down.

are sheep with clean dresses and dirty hands and faces. The only sheep that wear bustles are the fat rumped sheep now being raised at the state college at BrookIngs, D. They carry El trailer, something like a locomotive, only there isn't a tender behind, except for eating purposes. GOLDFISH MARKET OF Koriyama and Tokyo Are Leading Centers of Industry From Which Good Returns Are Gained. Koriyama is known throughout Japan as the great gold-fish market, the city of Tokyo ranking next in importance, says a correspondent.

The waters around the former city seem particularly suitable for the culture of the many kinds of gold fish. Generally speaking the gold fish lay eggs in April, the eggs being hatched in four or five days. No food is given the younglings for three days, but they are then fed finely ground yolks of eggs mixed with water, the yolks being Arst boiled then strained through silk cloth. This diet is Inter changed to the larvae of mosquitoes. The most valuable fish is called the "Lion Head," which gets its name from the crests or head fins that have the appearance of 8 lion's mane.

Three-year-old fish of this variety command prices ranging from $5 to $20. It is the usual custom to keep the fish in glass bowls, although the fish cannot fully develop under such circumstances. Flat boxes made of wood free from lye or shallow cement ponds are considered ideal for keeping the fish. Monks and the Silkworm. About the year 552 two Persian monks stole furtively out of China with scanty luggage, but treasuring an ordinary bamboo cane.

They set out on foot and made their way from China into Europe. In that cane were a multitude of the eggs of the silkworm moth, which the monks had stolen. They carried them to Constantinople. When the time came for the hatching of the eggs the monks tended the little caterpillars, fed them on the leaves of the mulberry, took their cocoons when they spun, and from them derived the first silk produced' in Europe. Silk had for centuries before been a treasure of China, and its manufacture, like the insects which produced it, was jealously guarded.

The monks, while on a missionary enterprise to China, had witnessed the whole process of silkworm rearing and the manufacture of silk. Experts' Perilous Task. One of the thrilling and hazardous duties which sometimes falls to the lot of game experts and wardens in mountainous regions of the West is to search out eagles' nests, rob them of their eggs, and perhaps take the young captive, says Popular Mechanles Magazine. The perils of the task are not an passed when, with a rope ladder or by other precarious means, he has ascended or descended to the aerie, for then the intruder must face the powerful grown birds at close range, and often when he cannot defend himself to advantage. The searcher for the lofty nests also finds that the young fifty or sixty days old, can become disagreeably aggressive.

Fishing Village That Floats. In the shadow of the huge Manhat- tan bridge which connects New York proper with Brooklyn nestles a verttable fishing village consisting of nine two-story houseboats moored side by side so as to form a solid row and sheltering the fishermen and their famIlies, on whom New York city is dependent for a good part of its fish supply. But unless you are familiar with the vagaries of fish and the localities In which they school in certain seasons you need not go in search of this village. Often it disappears from locality overnight, without any farewells, reappearing 08 quietly a few months Science Monthly. 394 for Mr.

Guyer. Consolation. A young probationer was preaching his trial sermon in a church in one of the inland villages of Scotland. After finishing the "discourse," he leaned over the pulpit and engaged in silent prayer, an act which surprised the congregation, who were unaccustomed to such procedure. Suddenly the young preacher felt someone slapping him gently on the shoulder, and on turning around he beheld the deacon, who said: "Hoot.

mon, dinna tak' it sue mickle to heart; ye'll maybe dae better next time." At a recent, social affair at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Cree at Westmoreland the engagement of Miss Zella Fairchild and Mr. Ira Taylor was announced, the wedding to take place January 30. Mr.

Taylor is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Taylor, 1001 Bertrand street, and is a graduate of K.

S. A C. where he received high honors. He recently went to Westmoreland where he has a position as county engineer. Mr C.

T. Taylor was a guest at the party. For Miss Plomquist. Miss Mary Churchward of Wichita entertained the members of her bridge club last Thursday in honor of Miss Ruby Blomquist of Kansas City, Kan. Miss Churchward and Miss Blomquist are former K.

S. A. C. students. The friends of Miss Blomquist will be pleased to know of her whereabouts.

McCaslin-Skinner. Announcements have been received of the marriage of Miss Doris Me. Caslin and Mr. Howard Skinner, which took place at Washington, January 3. Mr.

and Mrs. Skinner are well known here, both being graduates of the high school. will be at home in Junction City where the groom is employed. Hamilton- Bond. Miss Florence Hamilton and Lieut.

Henry W. Bond were marrted at the home of the bride's mother at Kansas City Tuesday, January 4. Lieutenant and Mrs. Bond will be at home in Manhattan after January 15. Dinner Guests.

Mr. and Mrs. Gus Carlson tained informally at dinner Sunday in honor of Mr. Hill and Mr. Peterson of Camp Punston.

Mrs. Frank Griffee and Mrs. Oscar Mohrbacher returned to Blue Rapids this morning after a visit with Mr. Griffe and Miss Rose Weiche. Beginning the New Year NINE We Want Prepared To Tell To You Supply That Your We Are Clothing and Furnishings Wants If You Are Needing An wear, Woolen Shirt, Mackinaw, Overcoat, Sweater, Heavy Under- NAN Hose, Gloves, Mittens-- AN If you want a FUR CAP, we have them from $3.50 to $5.00.

NAN Wool Caps in Good Colors IN The Best $2.00 Hat In Manhattan Suit Cases, Valises and Traveling Bags. Many Articles Soldier of Boys. Wear for the NAN A THE NEW BETTER MERCHANDISE FOR LESS MONEY. NAN TOGGERY Exclusive Agents for Royal Tailors and Scotch Woolen Mills. NE ONE que Douy requires a nonday, but peck, 45c.

Phone the mind should be always at work. per It is acknowledged that the Chinese are very skillful in making confectionery and possess the reputation of having many secrets. They are able to empty an orange its pulp entirely. Cleverness Chinese. then fill up fruit jelly without one being able find the smallest cut in the or even a tiny hole.

Indeed, they even empty an egg in this fill it with a sort of almond without one being able to find break or incision in the Stanley, explorer, found the native Africans knew the art of camouflage and had practiced it for hundreds of years. He adopted some of the methods the blacks and his bags of hig remarkable. The native Africans donned the skins of animats all, with head Fooled Wild Beasts. hunting. Denizens of the Jungle often were fooled standing their groune when the black hunters attired in skins approached.

Johnny's Essay. A boy with of twelve win- his ters on head responsible for the following Latin say. Among occarred the names of Copernicus Galileo. The view of worthies by taken youthful writer follows: "Copernicus is a mixture of and nickel. Gallleo cared none of these Tit-Bits.

Hand Plow From Bicycle. A farmer California had no hand plow, he to improvise one, says the Popuin Science Monthly. The body of the plow he made from an old frame. The bievele handie-bar taken turned backward and in the frame. The was large gate valve.

The plowshare is attached to the frame by a U-bolt. Chicken Mystery. Pearl six four. re. buried a dend chicken in their week later out of curiosity went to dig it up, in the wrong place, and did not find it Excited, they ran to mother and cried.

"Ma. that chicken must have gone to heaven, because it isn't there any more." Historical Wagram. Wagram, own people as Deutsch-Wagram, of Austria. situated plain of Marchfeld, eleven halt miles northeast of Here on July 5 and 6, Napoleon Bonn- parte defeated austrians, commanded by the Archduke Was In the Name. The strolling company were playing "Hamlet," but they were afraid that Shakespeare' great tragedy would not sufficiently attract, so they conceived the bright idea altering title to "How a Stepfather Was Paid Out." The result was a crowded Tit-Bits.

He Was a Boy. Little George was getting rendy for school one day, when it was just about to rain. He was told to take his 1111- brella with him. He didn't like the idea, and after awhile replied, "Not for mine; that's too womanish." Bad Tasting River. In Colombia, South America, there is a river whose waters are so tainted with sulphurie acid that it has re.

ceived the name Rio de Vinagre or River of Vinegar. We see how much a man has, and. therefore, we envy him; did we sep how he enjoys, we should rather pity him. To man to place yourself instantly beneath change. Common Occurrence.

American is ale American Mother- She'll be back in a few moments. She stepped out to get -Life. In a Word. Ingenulty, energy; in word, soever of strength the man had him will lie written in the work he Tall Tree Is Useful. A tree that is 100 feet high 1s used as a powerful, long-distance wireless station mast in' a Central American city.

Don't Listen. Don't Listen. Other people's opinion of us often 1s based on the kind of things we let thein tell us. DRY GOODS DRY GOODS DRY GOODS DRY GOODS OUR MOTTO: Fares Refunded TRUTH Spot Cash Stores to QUALITY Out-of-Town SERVICE Manhattan's Shopping Center Buyers Closing Prices On This Season's S.ylish Silk and Wool Dresses For Street, Party or Evening Wear During our Clearance Sale we are making some exceptionally low prices on our line of Silk and Wool Dresses. Among them are Crepe Meteor, Messaline, Taffeta, Silk Poplin, Crepe de Chine, French Serges, Wool Crepes and Challiesin all sizes.

35 New Fall Evening Dresses, one- does not like to step out on a cold linohalf price. leum or floor. Special Reduction on all Furs. We are showing a great variety in Every Coat Reduced to one- pink, blues, yellows, browns and the half price. hit and miss patterns.

Prices from 75c We have all sizes in Suits, from to $6.00. $12.75 up, at to off. Cotton Cushions in light and dark Our Big Special in 36 inch Taffeta Silks and Satins, in stripes, plaids and colors, 35c to each. 98c fancies, choice $1.39. Feather Pillows from the most inexJust received a large shipment of pensive chicken feathers to the finest Fleischer's Columbia and Bear Brand down, with linen to Knitting Yarns.

$8.00 per pair. RAG RUGS SPECIAL For bath and bedroom -these are Wizard Mop, $1.00, Wizard Polish ideal for this particular season as one 50c, Wizard Duster 25c; all for $1.50. New Brown Boots Just received four new numbers in brown low heel, 9-inch top boots, for college, street and general wear. They are beauties, and at Spot Cash prices. to $9.00 pair SEE OUR WINDOW Our $2.45 Odd and End Shoe Sale Fits the Arch Is going full blast.

Better get your size NOW. Useful Palm. In the lowlands of the delta of the Orinoco river the natives build huts suspended between trunks of Mauritia flexuosa, a palm. They also eat its fruits, its farinaceous pith, its saccharine juice, and use the fibers of its leaf stems for making ropes, hammocks, etc. Tablets of Stone.

The library of the School of the Sons of the Empire, an ancient Chinese university which, it is said, was in a thousand years before existence. comprises 182 tablets of stone, whereon are carved all the "13 classics," the essence of Chinese culture. Mushroom Is Old. The antiquity of the mushroom's establishment in history may be read both in the Bible and the treaties of the Talmud. The manna that saved the Israelites has been identified as a mushroom of commerce, growing in its natural wild condition.

When Nerve Is Necessary. of my ancestors signed the Declaration of Independence." took courage." "I think so." "True enough, but you ought to see the lease I signed this year." What Friendship Is. Friendship is the transfiguration of service: the creation of a new motive: redeeming life from Its drudgery, and sending the pulse-beat of joy into the most trivial Sage Mackay. Chance for a Genius. you want to buy my newly patented bullet-proof vest?" but I'd be interested in a soup-proof -Puck.

His System. Van Speederley-I'd like you to meet my wife, old top. I think that a bold, dashing fellow like you could get her away from me. Wealth of Love. We are most of us very lonely In this world; you who have any who love you, cling to them and thank God.

-Thackeray. Knows No Bounds. Wherever the tree of beneficence takes root, it sends forth branches beyond the a Merci CITY CHAT W. S. Fields of Zeandale was in town today.

For loans of city property see Menoher Realty Co. 75-2 Mrs. Guy Cogswell 1s assisting at the Duckwall Racket. Mr. Pomier of Patterburg, visited yesterday with Mn.

and Mrs. John Pomier. Mrs. Lee Turner left this noon for Garden City to visit her son, Charles E. Cassell.

Miss Rose Baker, assistant manager of K. S. A C. cafeteria, returned Friday from Topeka, Mrs. John Watt returned to Green City, yesterday after a visit with Mr.

Watt of Camp Funston. For Ben Davis apples phone 380. 74-tt Mrs. L. L.

Allis. of Manhattan went to Omaha Friday for a week's visit at the home of her son, F. H. Allis. All notes and accounts belonging to the former account of Pitman Lowe are due to W.

A. Pitman, 210 North Third street 75-34 Grover Putnam returned to Delavan last night after a visit with Mrs. Putnam at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R.

J. Short R. W. Wiscombe, who has been employed in the college printing department for several years, has resigned his position and expects to go to Denver soon, Mrs. Mabel Gale, who has been spending several weeks with her sister, Mrs.

Alice Nichols, at 819 Leavenworth street, left on Thursday for her home at Union, Ore. Miss Gladys Wilcox, who has been spending the holiday vacation with her parents at 1424 Fairchild avenue. went to Olathe 'the first of last week to resume her school duties. The older residents here will be interested to know that Otis Laffer of Jewell, formerly of this city, is now a grandfather, a boy--John Hughes -having been born New Year's day to Mr. and Mrs.

Henry W. Laffer, Mr. and Mrs. Grover Putnam announce the birth of a daughter, Virginia Hattie. Sunday, January 6, Mrs.

Putnam was formerly Miss Edith Short, Mr. and Mrs. Putnam live at Delavan and Mra Putnam is with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R.

J. Short. Mine, Petrova in "Exile." Maurice Tourneur, celebrated motion picture director, who has been responsible for many of the famous productions in screen history, was chesen by Paramount to direct Madame Petrova in her latest photoplay, "Exile." written especially for her from the story of Dolt Wyllarde. Mr. Tourneur directed Mary Pickford in "The Poor Little Rich Girl' and also directed Elsie, Ferguson in her first Arteraft picture.

"Exile," a stirring tale of adventure and romance, will be shown at the Wareham theater tomorrow. Marriage License, Franklin Syms and Miss Elizabeth Christian, Atchison. MERCURY WANT ADS. TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY. Envy.

FOUND--One bicycle. Owner can have same by identifying and paying for this ad. Interurban News Stand. FOR RENT- -One room. 1219 Poyntz, Phone 1184.

75-3 WANTED- Work by day or week. by man. Address A. R. care Glenwood, Manhattan 75-34 SEVEN AGS ARE PLEDGED.

Gamma Sigma Delta Puts Ribbons on New Men. Gamma Sigma Delta, honorary SOciety of agriculture, announces the pledging of Jay Lush, fellow in A. 0. T. Bonnett, senior in agronomy; E.

Curry, senior in A. R. V. Morrison, senior in agronomy; N. E.

Dale, senior in agronomy; C. L. Headstrom, senior in agronomy: Benjamin L. Barnes, senior in A H. The initiation services were held last night at the Y.

M. A. Try a Mercury want ad. Try.