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as many supposed, a retaliatory measure, 

 but was designed to keep out the injurious 

 San Jose scale. Among the many other 

 interesting topics taken up are "William 

 Ewart Gladstone," by Justin McCarthy, 

 M. P. ; "Does Machinery Displace La~ 

 bor?" "The Ethics of Modern Warfare"' 

 etc. 



SCRIBNER'S FOE JULY. 

 The leading article, by Bichard Harding- 

 Davis, is "The -First Shot of the War," 

 with illustrations from photographs taken 

 by the author. "Manilla and the Philip- 

 pines," with fine illustrations, is by Isaac 

 M. Elliott. The story of "The Workers'' 

 takes us among the revolutionaries, and is 

 of more than usual interest. "The Story 

 of the Revolution" has progressed as far as 

 the "Invasion of Georgia." We find under 

 "The Field of Art" department a bright 

 discussion on the "Combined Artist and 

 Business Man." 



The Wine and Liquor Journal says that 

 the additional tax of $1 per barrel on beer 

 will add to the revenues of the government 

 at least $35,000. 000 annually. The total 

 consumption of malt liquors in the United 

 States last year was 34,162,822 barrels, or 

 14.69 gallons for every man, woman and 

 child in the countrv. 



ODDS AND ENDS. 



A NEW PLAN. 



The printers' union of New York city 

 has recently proposed a new plan by which 

 the idle printers may be helped to help 

 themselves. Since the coming into gen- 

 eral use of the type-setting machine many 

 printers all over the land have been thrown 

 out of employment and are, therefore, 

 practically destitute, for the old time 

 "print," as everyone knows who is ac- 

 quainted with the species, never saved 

 anything for ( a rainy day. There is one 

 bible verse that he has obeyed literally: 

 "Take therefore no thought for the morrow: 

 for the morrow shall take thought for the 

 things of itself. Sufficient uuto the day 

 is the evil thereof." He is therefore 



thrown upon the charity of his compan- 

 ions who are so lucky as to have jobs. 

 The printers' union in New York city, as 

 well as other cities, have expended thous- 

 ands of dollars in aiding their companions 

 who are needy, but they have realized 

 that much of this money is wasted or mis- 

 applied and they propose to try a new 

 plan. This is for the union to secure a 

 tract of land on Long Island and put the 

 idle printers to work there raising vegeta- 

 bles, poultry, small fruit, etc. It is the 

 only employment open to them and they 

 may in this way become self-supporting. 

 Whether the experiment will result in 

 success or failure only time will tell, but 

 the principle involved is a good one and it 

 is hoped will meet with success. L. W. 



IT KILLS THE JACKS. 



Australia has found what she has long 

 sought a means to exterminate the pest 

 of rabbits. The experiment of inoculating 

 some of the short-tailed gentry with chick- 

 en cholera and turning them loose to 

 spread the disease has proved a great suc- 

 cess. Farmers in the lower part of the 

 San Joaquin valley might do well to try 

 this plan on the omnipresent John- rabbit. 



With all the little 2x4 editors throng h 

 out the country giving advise on the sub- 

 ject, the wise men at Washington ought not 

 to have a hard time deciding what to do 

 with the Philippines. 



Phoenix, Arizona, had a disastrous fire 

 a short time since, the loss being estimated 

 at about $15,000. 



The bond issue has become an estab- 

 lished fact, though the issue was not as 

 large as was first planned. The bonds went 

 ''like hot cakes," and strange to say the 

 small investor had a chance. 



Wheat has taken a tumble. 



The Weber Gas and Gasoline Co. re- 

 ports business so good that it is obliged to 

 run over time. This company recently in- 

 stalled another 4-inch Boring Mill, and 

 have numerous other orders booked. 



