The Breeze from Bartlett, Kansas • 2

LETTER BOXES. seeing you turn such a good piece of teen ounces, and he sold these us IN THE SUPREME COURT A GIRL'S AMBITION work out of your hands, Ioavc of bread, 'iuo law provides that a full loaf of bread must welgu Something About Their History and Whon you finish "I'erlcln Warhnck" a pound and If it weighs less it must Use Abroad. let mo soe lt I may do you some good in correcting it. I am happy to find bo a half or quarter loaf, weigh eight The first letter box was established you nro so well employed but let me THE HAY MOy 13 A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE GO TO DRINK LIQUOR. EXPECTS ONE DAY TO BE PRESI-' DENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

again and again press on you tho lav portance of ma-nngement in your ex penses; that you may mako your In Weights and Measures Letter from Bryan dustry avallablo. You havo It in your power to make twice three times as much ns you noed to spend; but through a littlo mismanagement you are continually toiling to make up foregone needless expenses. I trust Dorothy Frooks, 16, Has No Desire to Bo a President's Wife The Ballot Will Cause Women to' Marry for Love and Then Divorces Will End. Packages of Food Must Contain a Net Weight, Wrappings Not to Count a Double Barreled Jury Verdict Declared Illegal. you will arrange your affairs better In future getting yourself once out of the miro will jog on your way com' fortably and creditably.

I may bore you a little by tho iteration of this or four ounces and if it weighs a dill'- ln P)irls in 15C0 It truo that a klnd erent amount from any of tboso fig- of box waa ln use jn Itaiy boforo urea tho label must show tho exact that tlmo. lt wag not use(i nowGver, weight. Mcoool objected to placing by tll0 postal service but as a place tno label on his 1 read ou the grounds for denunciations directed to the po- that lt waa burdensome, ho a test uco case was made. The supremo court lotter box Oo WM held that the requirement was not ua- in 17Gfl Defn flrBt reasonable or burdensome. aj foj.

positing letters and for removing them The Cruelties of Transportation. tho cover was jifted During the last The most serious problem that tho century a great many different styles of Massachusetts Society for Prevention boxes have been introduced, but the so- of Cruelty to Auimals is facing today, called Swedish system Js now in unl- and, If the experience of tho past tlx versal use. months eau be taken as a criterion, In Germany the letter boxes aro hlgh- lias ever had to face, -as far as cruelty ljr ornamental, and In many cases made to animals is coneerne'J, is that which t0 be In harmony with the 1-3 involved in tho transportation of of the building to which animal3 to be used for food. No ono thoy ai.e iastened. They are painted could be present at the time of the blue nud BU0W tne coat of armg ot tbo arrival of the stock trains, watch them empire and that of the pogal depart.

unloaded, follow the poor dumb crea- menti a postnorn wUh tassels. Tho mail tures through their various stages removed by fastening a bag to the from the cattle train to the slaughter bottora of the box; tho bag slipped in house, think of tho conditions that had and openg and coseg automatically, characterized the whole story of tran- The postman doeg not nandle or eVen portatlon from tho farm to tho ah at- EOO Hin iottprs. nml cnnnnt cet at topic, but I trust you will properly un derstand tho motive which dictates lt Strawberries All Year, Wonders of nature, diversified they aro, can scarcely keep stop with tho wondcra of naturo as diversified by man. The first crop of August strawberries grown in St. Louis ooun-ty has been brought to market.

These aro not a mcro freak crop, duo to a second blooming and fruitiujr. but a Vllotiuct variety that does a ripen until August. Tho strawberry ot commerce and tho strawberry that blushes faintly and moro modestly than tho violet under Its leaf lu tho pasturo ca scarcely bo called forty-second con-slus, Wo havo often heard tho contention firmly held to that tho 'diffident strawberry of the meadow that you must search for diligently in the tall grass, disturbed only at Intervals by the wriggling of a harmless 'garter snake or "blue racer," which seem to always prefer wilu strawberry beds ae trysting places, is tho only strawberry worthy of one's appetite, but this le but another example of how sentiment will make muu's true judgment aberrant, and lead him to fancy many things not only edible, but agreeable to tho taste, which he wouldn't think of eating in a clear and unconfuscd mental state. As a self-made product, the gnarled and diminutive' berry of the prairie is entitled to deep respect, but the great crimson cone of the horticulturist's art, breathing musky eroma which is entirely an acquisition of culture, is proof that while tho earth is tho original five talents bestowed upon the faithful servant the fullness thereof is chiefly his wn handiwora; and it is truly doubling tho primary capital when the strawberry is made to bear fruit not only throughout the spring and early summer, but after the solstice as well. The autumn crop cannot now be far away.

not a love of finding fault or a desire to wound your feelings, but a sincere and earnest wish for your welfare. Before I go out of town I will have a talk with Charles Kemblo about you as I am on, very good terras with him, and I will endeavor to secure a favour A corporation Is just as amenable to the Kansas weights and measures law as a private corporation, under the decision of too supremo court in the suit against the Bello Springs Creamery company. The weights and measures law provides tnat packages cf lood must contain a net weight, tho wrappings -not being allowed to be counted lu. The state board ox health brought suit against tho creamery company at Salina on tne charge that fifteen packages of butter were about an ounce short ou each pound, the wrappings and butter togetner weighing a full pound. In the justice court tho company was found gunty and was fined $100 on each count, the total being $1,500.

The case was appealed to the district able reception for any thing you may send to his theatre. Now York. Dorothy Frooks, 1G. daughter of a wall known attorney, has surprised New York 'declaring that her wholo aim in life is to become president of the United States. Every uight, during tho fall campaign in Ndw York city, Miss Frooks has made ringing campaign addresses for tho independence ticket.

Slio is ono of the best known of tne suffragist orators in the great city. Sha hay read history since she was a child. Twenty-four volumes of "Tho Library of Oratory" have been rend by her. She knows all that history has to say about most of the world's que3n3, and ever since the determination first camo into her head to try for the presidency of the United States ber motto has been, "Women have made good queens; why cannot a woman mako a good president?" And nobody successfully answers liar question in the way sho doesn't want it answered. "Wouldn't you bo satisfied with being the president's wife?" you auk her.

Has It All figured Out. "No, indeed," she says. "Women now marry for outer show, but tlr day is coming when they won't. They will marry for inner comfort, as tho The Shakespeare Quartos. A writer in the Century has an Interesting account of how ho weri about it to prove that certain of the original Shakespeare quartos that are so much treasured are not correctly them, In London large letter boxes are placed on tho sidewalk, at nearly every street corner.

They have different compartments for city and country mail, and this, as well as the height of tho apertures, makes them toir, add to tlie visible picturo the mental one which should tell of fright, of kicks and pitches and blows antf prodding and curses, of hunger and thirst and exposure to cold ana heat and storm, and not come to the conclusion that the humane transportation of animals destined for slaugh rather inconvenient for any but tall dated. There are several with the date people. While they are paintea a brilliant red and therefore very conspicuous, they are by no means an "'ment to the city. The letters are taken out by opening a large door and literally shoveling tho mail matter into a bag. The letter box in the general post-office in England is a magnificent construction.

The signboard is made of brass, on which the directions are engraved in ink. Large slits provide for the country and colonial mails, arm 1619 and others dated 1C00 and 1608 which are evidently the work of the same printer. There is the same device or printer's motto, with tho Welsh words, "Hep Ddim Heb Ddiev" Without God without All) and the same type used for all these and Jt is evident at a glance that they aro not very likely to have been set up and printed from 11 to 19 years apart. But still tneir closo resemblance to one another is only a general hint of the error, not the proof The Roman Housewife's Utensils. While tlie housewife of today may reasonably pride herself on the conveniences which her kitchen affords.

ter is simply out of the question. To transport them humanely, to bring them alive from the place where they are raise'J to a distant market in fit condition to be used for food, if opssible at all, would involve an expense which would be prohibitive. There Is only one solution or this question, vital to' the work of all hu-mano societies, and no leys vital to the interests of the public health; it is the slaughter of our foo'J animals at the nearest possible point tho place where they are raised and the transportation of the meat in cold storage. For the present we must do our utmost to overcome the evils of existing methods, but soon or late our societies, in co-operation with government agencies and other forces, must ben'J their efforts in the direction indicated if this difficult problem is to find a rational and practical solution. F.

H. R. court and It. S. Itees, then judge of the district court, now the Republican candidate for congress, threw the case out of court on the ground that the law did not provide any punishment for a corporation that violated the law and gave short weights.

The law, the supreme court points out, did provide penalties for persons and firms, but made no specific provision about corporations. The caso was taken to the supreme court and the decision of Judge Rees was reversed. Tne decision means much to the I board of hoalth, as it has a largo num- ber of eases pending in the hands of I county attorneys which were waiting for tne decision in this case. In the case of John P. Sondegard against F.

II. Martin, appealed from Shawnee county, tae supreme court held that in a suit to recover damages for alienation of the affections of Son-j degard's wife a double-barreled jury verdict Is illegal and remanded tho case to tho lower court for a retrial. Sondegard sued Martin tor alienating the affections of his wife and men do now. As soon asjomcn have she need not smile too superciliously which Mr. Neidig seems to have found.

He had tho quartos photographed on even chances with men, they wm not at the thougut of the rude makeshifts have to marry for protection; thay exactly the same scale. Then he chose two nearest alike in tne arrangement of the title page and by superimposing there is also a different compartment for newspapers and parcels. The modern French letter box has the shape of a pillar, profusely ornamented with the conventional lily. The whole box or stand is fashioned after a plant, and the top resembles a bud. The body is surrounded by floral wreaths or festoons, and the base is formed by large leaves.

The boxrs are placed against buildings and have a very pretty, effect. In Brussels, the government keeps the plates found tuat the name of the author as it appears on the two is set in exactly the same place, with the letters down to every slightest space coinciding exactly. Moreover, the W's in both cases are evidently home made. by shaving down two V's and setting them together. TheyJght defect In needs of the people, these letters npnen'st-aVtly alike in pace with th asked for $5,000 damages.

Tne jury hair's and has attached postal boxes to the each page, matching to will marry for love and our divorces will en'J." "In about what year will you try for the presidency?" you ask the solemn-faced girl. Sho passes over 1912. In 1916, when sha will be 22 years old, she will hivt just graduated from law school. 'In 1920," she says, "I'll bo 26 years old and by that time I think we shall have won the ballot for women. I want to be successful practicing law by that time.

"In 1924, when I'm 30 yaars old, I want to bo consMered a great and promising attorney. "In 1928, when I'm 34, I want to be on my way to the supreme court, by way of the lesser court3, and by 1932, when I am 33 years old, I want to ba considered one of the most prominent and just judges in. the country. "In 1936 I will be 42 years old. I expect I will have been married long The Poisonous Mushroom.

whiiq we of soma family being almost- wiped out by eating these poisonous fungus growths. Unfortunately the symptoms do not directly follow their consumption. Then, as a rule, dizziness, stupor and delirium manifest themselves. rear ends of cars in the city. This aids and hastens the delivery of letters and telegrams, as most of these cars pass the postoffices, where the boxes are emptied.

This street car returned a verdict of $1 actual damages and $2,000 punitivo damages. The lower court was not satisfied with this form of a verdict and directed the Jury to retire and bring In a verdict In proper form, which is to say to find for the plaintiff generally and nx the damages in lump sum. The jury came back again wna a verdict foi Sondegard and damages of $2,001, The fast verdict being tne sum total of the two awards of damage in the first Children should be especially cau- letter box, in fact, practically takes tioned and grown-ups, too, who have the place of the "pneumatic lube" a pencnant for eatiue' tnese savnrv noctoi di.m fnr whlrh T.nndoti and of days long gone by. iie wouiu certainly not do so were to spend little time inspecting ti.o kitchen and ether household utensils that wero in two 2000 years ago, as exhibit 3d in the National Museum at Naples. Saucepans lined with ailver, pailw richly inlaid with arabesques In sii ver, and shovels carved flgura among tho goous of those times An egg frame that would cook 20 eggs at once and poairy iuos iu-Rrtl like shells bring to thought luxuries of the kitchen of 2000 ago.

Gridirons and frying pairs, tart and chease graters were in uco then as now. The Roman lady's toilet table whf well supplied. Ivory combs, jottleo of perfume, buttons, hairpins, and even a hair net of gold wire figure lu the mus3um. Bronze thimbles and spindles or to be seen among the relios. The Roman lady even had her Bafcty pin for thare is a specimen or tms ntue convenience which, before the one in the Naples museum was found was believed to be a strictly modern in vantion.

The Roman lady, however, pppaj-ently lacked one essential. She ua no hair brush. Neither had fbe a glass mirror. All the mirrors ot me museum, with ona exception, aro of silver or some other white metal. The exception is a dark purple piece of glass let into the wall of a bedroom at ths house Specchio in Pompeii.

Harpers Weekly. breadth. The dates at th bottom which in one reads "Printed for T. 1619," and in the other "Printed by F. Roberts, 1600," likewise coincide in the same perfect way, and here is a sign of a lazy printer.

The word "Printed" and the date in each stand at exactly tne same point in the page of type. Rather tha take ot the whole line and set ft over wncn the one with Roberts' name was prepared, the printer merely squeezed the 10 letters into the same space that had held the five letters of "for T. The crowding shows this as well as the exact coinciding of the two ends. This little bit of practical observation has proved that probably several others of these quartos that have been supposed to be the older aro really of the more recent date. verdict, the supreme court held the appetizers.

Unless ono has informa- Berlin have become famous, tion at first hand, and Is thoroughly The Russian post box is an old-conversant with the numerous edible fashioned, awkward looking box. It and poisonous species, it is a very looks something like a peasant hut. dangerous thing to pick at random. The roof is lifted up, and letters are A good dose of castor oil should be taken out from the top. Tho postman taken, and then an emetic of hot handles the letters as freely as the water and soda or ipecac.

Hot water sorters themselves; it really does not bags and bottles are applied to the matter much, for tlie governmental stomach and feet should these mem- power in Russia is so strict that it is bers become cold. Internal stimu- believed the postoffice officials fre-lants should also be taken, to keep quently open letters suspected of be-up the circulation. ing connected with plots against the Usually after the bowels and stom- state, and read them. i Jury's intentions in mis matter to bo 'the same as in tne first verdict, and sent the case back lor a new trial. Sherman White was convicted of maintaining a nuisance in Lyon county.

I A man had given Wnite permission to before that. I want my name to be famous by that time. To Run In 1956. "Parhaps 1940, when I shall be 46 years old, will be too early for me to try for the presidency. 'But 1914, when I am 50, or 1948, when I am 54, may see our country bo far advanced in wisdom that the peo keep beer in a hay mow.

White had some chairs and a sofa for nis guests there. One day the sheriff found White and anotner man drinking beer and eating cracKers. In the trial it was not shown that White ever sold liquor in the hay mow but it was con- Safety at Mule's Tail. ple will realize that women have as rving as a Friend. The Saiine Rlver, Arkansas, was out much brains as men, and that a ach have been relieved, a dose of line-ly powdered charcoal is given to absorb any poison remaining in the system, Milk may be taken to ease the mouth when parched.

The story of Washington Irviug's 0f banks and swift-flowing, owing to woman president can serve her coun friendship for John Howard Payne is the heavy rains. An old negro and told in a series of letters now being bjS two sons wanted to cross, each published in Scrlbners-and the follow- riding a mule. The older son ventur I tended that the hay mow was a place where people resorted for Me pur-1 pose of drinking liquor and this was ijield to be a nuisance. Tne supreme court sustained fne decision. In the case oi W.

J. Kaemmerllng, try as well as a man president. "The elections of 1952 or 1956 may place a woman iu tho president's chair. 'I shall be only G2 years old at the latter election, and if my plans aand hopes come true, it is in 1953 or 1960 that I shall be a candidate ror the presidency." William Jennings Bryan, who knows To Wash Flannels. Flannels should be washed in warm suds that has a little ammonia a'ddod to it.

They should be rubbed between ing excerpts throw a light on the generous helpfulness of the greater author for his compatriot and friends. He says: ed first and came up aiely on the other bank. The younger went next, the father remaining to watch, thus the two anxiously witnessed the younger negro's battle against the swirling appealed from Crawford county, the Uses of Cacti. Experiments have been in tne course of conduct for six years by the Agricultural Department with the hope of finding practical uses for the cacti growths of the plains of tho Southwest. The work has been done principally at the station at Las Cruce3, N.

M. The assertion has been made that if the upreme court ordered that witnesses the hanJs' not on a hd, and dipped My Dear Payne I ree'd somf days The mule was swimming who failed to appear at the trial snould I UP anj atnvu ln Ule sua3 unt" tlJey slnce your play by Mr. Sinnett. It be attached and fined ior violation of are free from dirt and stains. Squeeze bas the materials within it to make a the court order.

Kaemmerlmg ran a them witn tho UDtil as m'Jcb. most beautiful and attractive piece low, the rider showing little except his how hard it is to try to be presi- Joint and was arrested. The witnesses "water as Possible is removed, and refused to appear unless tney were rinse them in ater of the same tern- great Southwest is ever to be reclaim given their fees in advance. The court i Perature as that in which they were head and shou'ders above water, when the saddle girth broke, and saddle and contents slipped off the animal behind which allowed the faithful mule to partially emergp from the water. Jt was a critical moment and the watchers from opposite banks were ail anxiety.

ed it must be done by cultivating and finding uses for the plants which one that will do you great credit. I have been at work at it hav, you will think, slashed away unspair-ingly, but it i3 excessively redundant and requires to be pruned iu language, scenes plot. I have cut many things washed. Wring out again, hang tnem in the shade, and them out on the wrong side while still damp. grow naturally in the country, rather than by the introduction of species from other localities.

One of the pos out of it that are good in themselves The imperiled boy clutched frantically may be put by for future but ahold of ie tail of the swimming ani- sibilities of the cactus is the manufac A Humming Burg. "And what sort of a town Is yours which overcharge the di Icgue and cm-' mal, but the old negro evidently failed ture of alcohol, and it has been shown that this commodity to the value of dent, heard of Dorothy Frooks and her plans, and she has a letter which he wfote her, saying: "I note your ambition to be president. It is not strange that at your age you should regard tlia holding of the office mentioned as worthy of your highest ambition, but you will probably learn before you reach the ago wlit you are eligible to any or-fice, that it is more Important tnat you do something for the country than that you hold office. come to very few, especially high offices, but all of U3 hava an opportjnity to render service all the time by doing that within reach. 'Do nnble things, not dream them all day is the means suggested by tli3 poet for making life and the future 'a gla'J, sweet refused to compel the attendance of the witnesses and the assistant attorney general appealed to the supreme court for help.

The court ordered the lower tribunal to compel tne witnesses to appear. The other liquor cases were settled by the court without discussing any Hew features of the prohibitory law. A loaf of bread when sold in Kansas must weigh sixteen ounces, eight ounces or four o-nces, or it must bear label showing the true weight: This $150 per acfe could be harvested after four years' growth, and at. this rate a quarter section of land could be made to yield a gross income of nearly per year at the present figures. I didn't catch the name?" said the barrass the action.

It wal tako me to note this and shouted tho first ad-polite stranger on the train to the' man two or three days to put it in order vice that came into his mind. He who had been patiently listening to-a then I trust it will be a thing that cried: "I.cok to de Lawd, Eph'um, look long description of a Wisconsin lun take at once with tho managers. It to do Lawd, look to de Lawd!" bering city. varies so much from the original that The more worldly son on the other "Bates," said the other promptly, you may lay claims to absolute author- bank was obviously skeptical about "and she's a comer! Two months old, ship it it, and ns you need not iear such circumstances, for be Fcre.rmed a good band, a soap factory and more being jostled in this piece by rival out, "Novah you min' lookin' to de English sparrows than can sit on the adapters, I hope you will take cire to Lawd, Kph'um, nevah you mill' lookin' telegraph wire! Oh, Bates is the real make a good bargain. I cannot tell to de Lawd, you hoi' right on to dat thing." Youth's Companion.

you how much satisfaction I feel in mule's tail." This would be almost a perpetual yield, for the fruit is borne annually and the plants need no replanting, cultivation or other care and grow in the is the decision of the court in tue appeal of John McCool, a baker of Leav-worth. McCool made bread, tne loaves tnir- poorest soil. and then store tham in crates Fruits of Tropics. Selecting Seed Potatoes. It is probable that thi3 returned Inherited.

"Does the De Puysters new baby until planting time next spring. Denver Field and Farm. traveler never even heard, for In- Da'J vines at digging time are not stance of tha Peruvian cherimoya, a reliable index to the vitality of a The Chlcagoan who expresseJ sur- show his aristocratic origin?" prise at the new fruits ha had run which those lucky enough to have hill of potatoes so the only safj, sure "He sure doss. He tries to put his icross in a trip through the West In-' eaten it say surpasses the strawberry, way of obtaining the choicest seed is The Parson's Prayer. An old colored preacher was leading in prayer, with eyes closed and arms outstretched, while the congregation stood with heads bowed.

"Good Lord," he prayed, "you has made us all workers in Your vineyard and we is thankful and we would ask You dis day to make all re unjust just, all de righteous right, an' all de industrious Mustrious." teething ring ln his eye thinks it's monocle." Cleveland Leader. dies and Central America only touched the fringe of the subject on which A Conscientious Answer. "Does 'do white folks dat libo in youah neighborhood keep any cniciv-ents, Bruthuh, Rastus?" "Well, Bruthuh Johnsing" after considerable deliberation "dey does keep a Llppincott's. in that in ad'Jition to the strawberry to mark the vigorous plants while flavor it conveys, to an imaginative they are green. Just before digging mind, at all events, the hint of the the entirs crop I always take a spade craam also, and this is to the vivid or a potato fork and carefully dig palate a Peruvian compendium of these seed hius.

Then I allow the tu-strawberrles and cream. bers to green in tho sun for a few Electric locomotives are used ra lie was expatiating. Tha fruits he cited, while delicious and unfamiliar Co stay-at-homes, are not in the true ense exotics. the new Michigan Central tunnel under the Detroit river. I.