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How ,ru.,o sor.. Are Made.

The principle Of manufacture Is SIM
pie. The different parts comprise brass
roller studded with fine points OF tho
hardest steel, a steel comb, the teeth OF
which give the sounds. a spring to give
the revolving motion to the cyclinder and
fly wheel or fan to regulate the revolv-
ing motion. The music has first to be
arranged by thorough artist. The cyl
inder which comes from the machine
shop is then placed in the hands OF a
woman, who, with the aid of the music
and very ingenious machine, marks the
places ON the cylinder where the points
are to he inserted. Another person drills
all the little holes, and another inserts the
points The cylinder is then filled with
molten cement and then placed on lathe
and revolved quickly. The cement adj
heres to the inside surface and thus holds
the points. a hole is left in the center of
the cylinder for the axis. The points are
then filed down SO as to be of equal
length. The comb is tuned by tuner,
who first files the teeth, without
excessive care, to give them tho
proper iexibil;ty, and then files
them near the base to lower the tones
and near the point to sharpen the
tones. The operation of fastening the
cylinder and comb to the bed plate re-
qures much accuracy, SO that the points
of the cylinder and the comb will ex-
ac1y meet. a woman following the
music then bends the points on the cylin-
der slightly forward in order to secure
more strength, but more especially to
make the cords drop simultaneously and
cause the runs or rouladts to play evenly.
Size in music boxes increases both
their volumes and their richness in tone.
A cylinder ten inches long can be made
to play six, eight, ten or twelve airs
well, but it viii play six or eight airs
better and with more sweetness and har-
mony of sound than it can be made to
play greater number. The reason of
:,,is is that more points on the cylinder
and more teeth in the comb can he used
for each air if there are fewer airs. The
space between the teeth decreases with
the number of airs. Ii the cylinder is
increased in diameter the airs may be
prolonged. A music box is like watch.
1t will last lifetime if it is good to begin
with, and is treated well and with care.
Most owners of music boxes object to
using them except for company. The
fact il, a music box should be used every
day, just as watch should be wound up
every day.-Jewelry News.
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10 transform men into all sorts of be-
mgs, both vegetable and animal, from
sweet scented flowers to pigs and preda-
tory animals, yea even into rocks of salt,
was taVorite pastime with all the di-
Nlhltles and magicians of old But the
transformation of happy couple into a
Pair OIL cannon is something incompara-
pie-reserNed to the reigning divinity of
'he lslahd or Java, in the East Indian
archlpelago. Setama was the wsest of
lhe wise men of Java, and prime minister
anu governor at the same time, and his
Whe, Satoml, the most beautiful end most
adorable of women and an inyaluable
heipmate in all her husbands operous
duties of government.
some night King Sari had dream that
the Javanese god had made him n present
oi par OF the most beautiful caunons in
the world. lie called on his prime minis
Ter ana sent him off to find the cannon
Inc minister took his faithful wife with
MN, and they wandered for years without
llnulng the cannon. At last they went
INTO temple and prayed fervently to their
goa TO let them find the promised cannon
as they could not return to the king with
out them. That same night Setnma's son
mas Il dream that he could find the cannon
IN the same temple where his parents had
taken relage. He goes there, but sees no
trace OF either his parents or the cannon.
Az last lie goes to the couch where his
parents had been sleeping and-lo and be-
noiu!-there are the two cannon, wrapped
up III counterpanes like sleeping beauties.
After that the cannon were set nm rs
miracle workers in the temple-the he
ramon for the male population, the she
cannon for the females.-De Amsterdam
mer Weekblad.
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A novice cannot learn too early to swim
lightly. The best swimmers in heavy
seaway assume Il vertical position
and tread water to rise with rolln.
wave Racers in the water assume n va
riety Of positions; some swim on Their
side, hand over hand. and others ON thch
back. Each has his favorite mode of nc
ton, but in these the general run of those
learning To swim take little interest.
When person can swim with ease in tht
ordinary way, if he is ambitious to Learn
more he will find no difficulty in the way.
To lie on the back with comfort, dcpress
the bead to the ears and the feet will nat
urally come 10 the surface, and the lloater
VIII feel himself on n bed of ease softer
than downy pillows are" Swimming on
the back, the arms folded on the breast.
is not only delightful in itself, but gives
the arms rest. \ person seized with
cramp in the legs should at once throw
himself upon his back and lie us quiet as
possible, and in n few seconds sufficient
vitality will come TO enable him to reach
the shore or to obtain help. Those liablC
to cramps hould never go into the water
alone or swim out of their depth.
Long dives are injurious; they cause 6
rush of blood TO the head, which, in after
life, may produce vertigo. The natives o
the Pacific and of the Mediterranean, wht
pass half-their lives in the water, are in
ured TO diving from childhood and are no
required to do much thinking, conse
quently their brains ARE sluggish. 1t i
different with our young folks, who's
brains are kept sensitive by the labors o
the school room,
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Give tho Baby a Drink.

Now that warm weather prevails it should
be remembered that infants require water TO
drink as well as milk 1t does not follow that
because milk is liquid it is capable OF satisfy
ing thirst. On the contrary, being warm as
it is drawn from the breast it causes thirst
after IL has remained in the stomach for some
time, the same as other food. 1t is this sense
of thirst which causes healthy, breast nour-
ished infants to often cry for long periods of
time after freely nursing. 1t is claimed that
there are many cases of indigestion due to in
sufiiciency of the chd's gastric juice, which
would be greatly benefited, or even cured, by
allowing the child occasionally drink Of de
cidedly cool water. And it is certain that
an enormous amount of suffering among in
fants is caused by neglect or ignorance of this
simple rule. BY "a drink" is not meant, Of
course, a large quantity-a teaspoonful or
two is sufIlcient.-Chicago News.
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Much can be done 10y mothers and teachers
to cultivate the voice of children Instead of
tho nasal shrieks used by so many children
encourage them to use pure, round, smooth
tones. Teach them to open tho mouth and
not to mulal le aud not to speak through the
nose. Mu,n Of tho unpleasant habit of
mumbling comes from i'll humor, as well as
laziness or di use of the muscles of the mouth
and jaw. Checrfulness is n good lubricator.
ari the duty of cultivating n spirit of cheer
f1ineSs and the desire to please should be I'M
posed upon children 10y percept and habit.
The disaSrecahle nasal tones may be
avoided with due care. Soc that children
have a sufficient supply of handllerchiefs and
insist upon their use. hero is Physiological
reason for this, If tho real passages are not
freed it Will eventually | all to catarrh and
disease of the throat, and SO the nasal habit
VIII be confirmed. Teach the children to
keep tho mouth closed except when speaking.
and then to let tho voice come clear and pure
out of the mouth. and not through the uoss
instead IT reversing the process-brea,bIn,
through the mouth and talking through the
uoSc
lhe rude hoisterous singing n INDUCED in
at many Of our public schools cannot fail Ia
be injurious 10 youthful voices. A word to
moteers, teachers and nurses. Keen your
own voice down, avoid shrill high tones
Ioor old Lear III his deep distress at the death
OF Cordoba, could say nothing more pathetic
thin her voice was ever soft, gentle and
iow-an excellent thing in woman. Mary
Edwards in Atlanta Constitution.
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Women in Literature.

l remember how great was the longing
among intelligent women, thirty or forty
wears ago, to do greater share of the lit
erary work of the nation A few ventured
forth tinlidly from the kitchen to do it, per
haps bringing with them in their hands
now cookery book, like Mrs. Child and Miss
Leslie, to propitiate the other sex and prove
that they had in a manner worked their
passage into freedom. Now they still bring
the cookery book, like Marion Harland, who
has Indeed brought 10000 copies of hers;
but it is no longer needed as an apology,
Mrs Woods points out that there are about
$500 women engaged in literary work i'll or
near Boston, including, no doubt, all grades
of journalism; that out of 1875 authors OH the
publishing list of Roberts Brothers II arc
women; that there are tho names of So
women OH Ticknors list, so OH Houghtons
and so on that of the Methodist Book Con-
Germ The demand for literary expression
being thus in part satiated, it is the most
natural thing in the world that there should
be demand for action as well as literature,
and that the pressure for executive and pub
lie duties ON the part of women should only
be increased by the fact that they have al
ready free course in the field of mere literary
expression. Granted q pursuit, there is still
needed some other pursuit w. H." III
Harper's Bazaar.
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Men Who Buy Needles,

Needless needles! five cents card.
four packages on card-llve cents q
ard, " mud ms fast as the vender could pass
he cards they were bought by men crowd.
ng around the stand, blocking the side
walk and trcatliug upon each other in
their frantic endeavor To be "first
served. ''Do | sell mauy?" said the
vender. "Do You see this tray2 Twenty
four square feet of needless four cards
leep. Every evening return home with
lut card. Only five, sir" to a customer.
And do you know that my customers
ire all men; no women ut ALP Strange, as
sou say, but there's no better place In
New York to peddle pins, needles, thin
bles, perfumes on any article considered
Indispensable by women, than down town
where men only can be relied on to buy.
Why Simply because they want TO crow
'ver their wives, Dragging about the bar
gains they can get. That's u mans weak
ness and we seize ON il. Oh, certainly,
we sell cheap, but we make II living out of
i for NIL that, New York Commercial
Advertiser.
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Decorations of tho Table.

But many are the tables at which the
formal grace" is the only suggestion of
things spiritual; at such tables the "grace,"
far from elevatmg the ceremony of eating
seems rather itself to suffer Dissertation.
The mistress of the table is not ready for
her place as director of the feast, if she is
less certain of the tone of temper, of the
flavor of the mood, of the aroma of the con-
velSation which will be served at her board
than she is of the quality of the meat and the
character of the bread which will be served
there. The appetite for food, as food, is
gross; If that appetite alone is stated at a
table, tho table is but a manger The eve.
the oltactory nerve, the ear. not the palate.
arc susceptible to poetic suggestions. Such
IS the subtle connection between smell and
taste that appetite for food is aroused by
savoiy odors; but delightful odor discon-
nected from fotd is mora refining influ.
snces sweet smelling dowerS, or, if they ars
p'Vturaole, sweet smelling srices on a table
OF IN the dining room awaken a sense of
pleasure more agreeable than the pleasure
awakened by the odors of foods. and thronrh
tnlS sense one may learn subtle decorations Of
ehe table which, making little appeal to the
eye, YET set train of refining thought MAY
wright Sewall in Dress.
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ING death with slight emotion. lnen oi "" y,
naonlen with some signs of tears. ihen "a
Lis wife with sobs and trembling voiIo,
Then of "his old mother'-and there he ~. ~.
down completely and gave way TO uiicon'''''
liable grief n, hraak
All. yes! It Is right there that we all pr,,as
lawn At the thought of "the old motner,
With her craving hairs, her kindly face, across
,sh;cl, time and sorrow are cutting their iur'
rows and her faith and affection that neeer
levers or doubts. 1t is to "the old no'ner
,hat MANS heart turns ut last when trouo''
ar affection or remorse oyertakes I'M
Other loves may be stronger ana the pn,sion
If other loves may obscure this Tor .'iiio
Tho wife clinging in absorbed happiness W
Inc arm. or little ono clambering, lolu a' n,
t,,,stful. about tue knee, may ehaeo al
tho,cbt of "the old mother" But "heh u
,r,eat crisis comes and the strong n'eh y
bending beneath burden too grieVous " y
ho,.,s tho vision comes to him of one, idealizeu
in Iis beort at least, who never doubted WHO
noyer wearied, but who loved all the Tine
with love that passeth understanding.
wife. wondering at this at first, accepts IL at
last quietly acquiescing, but happy III ne'
mothers heart to know hat from her own
children in the days to core this same mira
ole shall be rendered unto her.-Atlahta ION
stitutiOu.
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kules for the Yomn. Hnnserifs

General order of working for every day of
SUMMER; Before leaving your room throy
open windows, top and bottom; Law pillows
III tne sun, bed clothes to air, and turn bnck
mattress As soon as you come down stairs
open blinds and windows. Light kitchen fire.
take up ashes; sift them. Brush of the stove.
rinse and fill the kettle. Sweep the kitchen
.ne stoop or piazzas, beating all mats
thoroughly. Remove stale flowers from nor.lor
anu dining room, and dust Prepare for
breakfast, putting biscuits or mullins to bake
"nlle you lay the table. Close blinds on
sunny side. After breakfast clear the rolla
as soon as possible, putting mill, and bntte,
"way at once, instead Of allowing them 70 ro-
main IN the hot kitchen. Do not leaye tho
"nlte tablecloth on moment LONGER tbon
necessary, as it attracts flies. For the snn,e
reason i,Ss remove the crumbs from the Zoo,
inns applies to every meal. Wash and mt
away breakfast dishes Darken the dininy
,oin' pantry and all unused rooms MoI,e
oeus' empty Stops, wash soap dishes, ill water
pitchers, fold dry towels, take away ,oiled
sone.Iput, II damp, dry them before uniting
sA'' We so'led clothes hamper. as everything
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Some of the more enterprising trades
men have concluded to change the wooden
Indian who has long stood sentinel mt the
cigar shop. There is no sign in the United
states so familiar to the people us the
wooden Indian. Any evolution in the
make up Is quickly noticeable. A dealer
ZIP on Adams street has painted his In
tian cold white, and it is funny to see
aow many people passing that way stop,
'ook ut the transformation smile and pass
M. Tie tradesman who did this trick
knows the value of advertising even il he
loesnt use printers ink. Another Indian
IN Halstead street Is adorned with u high
nat, aud one on Blue Island avenue is
used by clother for n dummy on which
20 hang his suits that have been marked
lown; SO that this particular Indian has n
aew suit nearly every day. The removal
# his beard 10y man who has long worn
me is not more noticeable than any
'hange made in wood Indian. Chicago
Nail
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A Series of Waits.

"How tboughtless men are sometimes" ex-
claimed lady in one of the fashionable west
side boarding houses as, seated in the parlor
directly in front of the window, she awaited
her husbands return. "Keep one of them
waiting for five minutes and you never hear
the last Of it, and yet they keep us waiting
half our lives and think nothing about it, A
woman's life" unused the speaker, lis series
of waits First She waits to get on long
dresses and to enter society. Then she waits
for some man to ask her to marry him. After
marriagc-what! Why, then she begins to
wait for her liege lord and master to come
home to his meals, AID maybe she has to
wait for him to come home at night Wait
ing gradually becomes second nature to
woman. And can you wonderT-Chicago
Journal
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have made a study OF crime for many
wears. and have watched its development IN
children who have grown upin my immediate
neighborbood haye noticed that children
who aro not properly watched over at home
commence by first stealing the marbles ana
playthngs of their companions; then they
learn how to go into unoccupied buildings
and yards, carrying Off old iron and loose
articles, which they sell to junk dealers,
After this they get bold enough to enter the
cellars of occupied buildings and get empty
bottles and other things of small value, and
it Is not very long before they try climbing
into dwellings, over the cellars and carrying
Off anything they can lay their hands on
know several criminals, who are now serving
terms in the penitentiary, who commenced
stealing in just this way. They learn grad
ualy, and become more expert every day,
and at the same time grow more hardened as
they get oller--Sergt, Lang in Globe-Deni-
Ocrut,
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There are other things which make the
work of German housekeeping much lighter
than with us. T4ere Is no regular washing
day, very little washing being done in the
house, the wash being sent into the country
every five or six weeks. This long interval
necessitates full supply of household linen,
and here is another pretty feature-all the
articles sorted into distinct piles, held together
with ribbon or stitched bands of pretty color
and pattern. Our big ironing days are
avoided and our baking days likewise ex st
not Thus the weekly dreaded days arc
o5literated from the German domestic calen-
dar. Itremains for America to find some
cooperative system that will settle the ques-
ton for us, and while removing the incon-
venence and weight of labor will still allow
us to retain our greater comfort and beauty.
--"Life Among the Germans"
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aThe vail is one of tho most enels'. u.
pashas in Turkey" says Mr.. WeaEley, as ,' We
take our departure. "You would So" asty
believe that he has established sliialI Win.
newspaper here, and makes it sell Supp'''''
into the bargain, would your r.s Il
81 confess l don't SEE how he haii' 18th.
among these people," l reply qu'.e .. nu
fuIlv. for these are anything but newspap :,
supporting people; show does he n'aii00' -"
make it self supportingP - ~ the
"Whv, he makes every employe y,
government subscribe for a certain in, ' Is ken.
Of copies, and the subscription price the t6s
back out of their salaries; for iils' .n,s hall
mulacirn of zaptiehs would have 70 '''a Stc i
Il dozen copies, the mutaserif dozel I,o a' *.
from any unforeseen cause tine .u' ,bo in.
penses are found to be more Una" ,1led on
come, a few additional copies are S' sui On a
each Subscriber Around the "0'
Ripvcla
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Explosions IN mines might happen coca
sionelly owing TO miners not detecting by
scent the presence of perilous eases--anosmia
or want of the smell sense, being as danger
Gus in such eases as cuior blindness in the case
OF signalmen. 1t is perfectly plain that to
place ON watch duty in any editice where risk
OF fire is feared a guardian affected with
anosmia, or absence OF the smell sense, Is
practically to secure that the lire shall not lie
discovered in its incipient stage. The Pc
ruvian Indians, SO Humboldt said, could dis
Germ tho presence of strangers 10y their odor;
or the Arab, who, as recorded, can detect tue
scent Of burning at distance OF thirty miles
Chicago News
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II is surprising how certainly cold
nay he broken up 10y a timely dose of qui-
zine, When first symptoms make their
appearance, when a little languor slight
hoarsencss and ominous tightening of
nasal membranes follow exposure to drafts
n sudden chill by wet, five grains of this
useful nlllaloid are sufficient in many
asses to end the trouble. But il must be
lone promptly. If the golden moment
passes nothing 5utiices to stop the weary
'neczing, handkerchief using, red nose and
VOC hel;one looking periods that certainly
follow. a pill in time. American Mag
lEine.
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A Nevada paper describes a remarkable
kind of wood which is said 10 grow there,
The trees do not grow large a tree with
IA trunk about foot in diameter being
much above the average. When dry the
wood is about as hard rs lockwood, and,
being of very fine grain. might no
doubt be used for the same purposes. 1t
is of u rich red color, and very heavy.
When well seasoned it would be fine
material for the wood carver. In tho
early days it was used for making boxes,
for shafting, and in few instances for
shoes and dies in quartz batteries. Used
as fuel it creates an intense heat. 1t
burns with blaze as long as ordinary
wood would last, and is then found, al
most unchanged in form, converted into
charcoal that lasts twice as long as ordi-
nary wood. For fuel a cord of it brings
the same price as a ton of coal. Unfor-
tuuately, it burns out stoves faster than
any kind of coal. Boston Budget.
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Electric nietrorolopv

Mr. G. A. Rowell, Of Oxford, sends us
pamphlet with the above title. in which
he discusses the cause of the changes in
magnetic declination. He adduces evil
dence TO show that the European and
American magnetic poles are coincident
with the centcrs OF greatest cold for the
two continents. Hence he attributes the
shifting of the magnetic poles TO the SAME
series Of astronomic and geologic causes
which produce the secular changes In
climate. This theory leads to the uncom
Portable conclusion that as the magnetic
declination in this country continues tc
decrease, so our winters Will increase IL
ength and severity The Electrician.
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Rites to the dead make up a large part
of a Chnaman' 3 religion. In the spring
they visit the graveyards, carrying food
and wine, and burn incense and utter
prayers over the graves. In the autumn
the same ceremony is repeated, only in
siead of food paper clothes and rolls of
tissue paper, representing fabrics of
linen, silk and cotton, as well DIS what is
known as tai pin pc, or Large flat
money are substituted for the food. If
wine is offered, part is poured out and
thrown backward toward the right. These
burial customs are much the same here as
in China-owing to the | lling-and
often consume large part of their saw
ings. The people of Shining often put
pack of cards-Chinese, of course-upon
the coffiu as a charm against evil spirits.
No symbol of mourning is worn for those
who die in America. For the death of a
parent in China they plait blue cord in
the queue or wear blue shoes for a certain
period. New York Commercial Adver-
tispr