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A big house like this will bring one 

 or two fam lies of wrens to live with 

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Mr. Doilson, a dircetorof the Americnn Audubon Asso- 

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A Dodson Bird House is an inexpensive gift, most. ap. 

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What He Paid for Pyrites. 



A chemistry professor at the Univer- 

 sity of Kansas tells this story of a 

 seedy looking man who stole noiseless- 

 ly into a chemist's office and closed the 

 door softly behind him. 



"Kin anybody hear what I say in 

 here?" he asked anxiously. 



"Not a soul," the chemist assured 

 him. 



Whereupon the man produced a 

 package, carefully wrapped, and hand- 

 ed it to the chemist, with the cpiery : 

 "What is this stuff, anyway?" 



After examining the contents the 

 chemist replied : "Why, that is iron 

 pyrites, commonly known as fool's 

 gold." 



"What's it worth?" asked the seedy 

 fellow. 



"Oh, about $4 a ton in carload lots." 

 "Just my luck," exclaimed the ques- 

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