i Black Snake Bit Veteran. , 



1 , „^aTi.'R iu\v "5.— Edward Knight, 

 Tf ,^ the V ' Wav and one of the 









80 BLACK BEARS 



KILLED IN VERMONT 



BURLINGTON, Vt., Aug. 7.— Eighty 

 black bears were killed In Vermont during 

 the flsoal yeaf which closed on July 1 last, 

 as compared with 60 for the preceding 

 year', according to an announcement made 

 today hy State Auditor Graham, In the 

 same time SI bay lynx were killed, as 

 against 120 for the previous year. Bounty 

 was paid on 27,000 hedge hogs killed during 

 the 12 months up to July 1. 









<K^llI-'f THE PENALTT. /Q/''< 



q --yrom the N. Y. Tribune. ' It ^ 

 Ours is a deseneratp ag-e— shocking 

 dances, shameless clothes, risky songs, 

 outrageous shows, and perfectly atrocious 

 and infernal fiction— and many contend 

 that the race is heading straight for tho 

 demnitiopest of bow-wows. 



But personally we are far less hopeful. 

 For we have often conned the pages of 

 history, and they prove only too pitilessly 

 what "fate has in store for us unless we 

 revise the evil tenor of our way. 



Have your fling! Go it! Be merry while 

 ye may! But rest assured that you are 

 preparing such a hideous, nauseating, 

 abominable and utterly soul-destroying 

 pestilence of Puritanism as your eyes have 



NEW EXCISE LAW HITS 

 -alt WOMEN AT CAPITAL 



WASHINGTON, July 2.— The new excise 

 law of the District of Columbia passed by 

 Congress last session went into effect July 

 1, and there was a noticeable falling off in 

 attendance at summer gardens. 



The law is somewhat of a novelty in 

 excise regulation. 



It provides that women shall not -be 

 served except in restaurants, and a woman 

 unaccompanied cannot get any liquor re- 

 freshments, even in a restaurant. 



Boys under 18 years old were not per- 

 mitted to deliver papers or anything else 

 in a place where liquor was sold. Strictly 

 construed, the measure prevents a female 

 or a minor even from entering a grocery 

 store where liquor is sold. 



Formerly clubs remained open all night. 

 Now the clubs will close at 1 a.m. Under 

 the old law the drinking places opened at 

 4 o'clock in the morning. Now everybody 

 will have to go dry until 7. 



Under the new law hotels and clubs can- 

 not serve strong drinks of any kind even 

 to their guests on Sunday. 



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NEW HEAD OF THE OBSERVATORY. 



Alexander G. McAdie of San Francisco 

 to Become Director at Blue Hill, 



Alexander fi. McAdie. at present head 

 (if til.'.' rniti'd States weather bureau iu 

 Sun Fviiiicif-cd. lias been appointed di- 

 rector of r.luc Hill Observatory and 

 I'rofi'sHor (if Mctcdrolofiy by Harvard 

 rniversity, to whieli the observatory 

 was bequeathed by Professor Rotcli. 

 The new director will come to Blue Hill 

 ])robably in September. L. A. Well.^, 

 who has been in charge at the observa- 

 tory since Professor Rotch's death a lit- 

 tle more than a year ago. is to retire. 



Mr. McAdie is one of the most noted 

 meteorologists in the country. He was 

 graduated from Harvard in '85, and 

 after spending two years in the govern- 

 ment service, went to Clark University 

 at Worcester. After a few years th.ere 

 lie entci-.M'. tlic Federal weather bureau 

 and has served in Wasliington. New 

 Orleans and San Francisco, being in 

 San Francisco tlu> ])ast eigliteen years. 

 He has written extensively on meteorol- 

 ogical subjects. It is expected that he 

 will take up the work at Harvard that 

 was conducted by the late Professor 

 Roteh. 



