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BOOKS AND WRITERS 



Fire in the printing plant of the (iiiidc to A^aturc. hite in 

 h'ebruary. destroyed the stock of paper, cuts and other ma- 

 terial belongin,i; to the magazine. * * * There was no in- 

 surance. * * * Editor Bigelow says that this is his first real 

 fire though he lias been under fire many times. * * * 

 This reminds us that Southern legislators are making it hot 

 for the evolutionists. * * * Texas and Oklahoma have 

 joined South Carolina ant! Kentucky in putting an end to ev- 

 <»lution bv law. * * * Now if they would only legislate 

 the boll \\e\il out of existence. * * * [^,^1 Ijl^^^. X'olsted 

 exterminated the yeast plant! * * * Facts are stubborn 



