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Recipes to Overcome Wakefulness.

Among the many recipes that have
been given for overcoming wakefulnessl
is one devised by Mr.. Gardner, and
formerly celebrated in England, but now
almost forgotten. 1t is to Lie on the|
right side, with the head SO placed onl
the pillow that the neck shall bel
straight; keeping the lips closed tightly
q rather full inspiration is to be taken|
through the nostrils, and the lungs them
left to their own action. The person|
now imagines that he sees the BREATH
streaming in and out of his nostrils, andI
confines his attention to this idea. H
properly carried out, this method is. said
to be infallible. Counting and>repeat-l
ing poetry are other means that have been|
recommended. Combing the hair,
brushing the forehead with soft shaw
ing-brush, or tanning, are all good sleep-l
inducers, and might we'll be tried on
sleepless children.
To these may be added the Spanish
practice of getting baby off to sleep by|
rubbing It's back with the hand. A sem
sation Of dry, burning heat in the solesl
and palms, which accompanies certain|
diseases in some people, is cause OF
sleeplessness that will give way to spong:]
ing the parts with vinegar and water:
Wakefulness is sometimes the result OF
lack of food, and glass of cold water OF
pale ale, or the eating of sandwich
will, by setting up activity in the abdom-I !
inal organs, divert the supersbundant1
blood from the head, thus removing thE
cause of the unnatural activity of tF
brain. One reason why the, most giftf
of minds have frequently been afiict
by sleeplessness is because bodily exercL
is too often neglected by people devoted
to intellectual pursuits. For such peri
sons there is no better soporifc than mus
cular exertion, carried even, in extreme]
cases, to sense of fatigue.-Onee 4 |
Week.
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and, in point of cheese, the leading one in
the State as far as quality and taste are con-
cerned. These are especially noteworthy
the three cheese factories at Kypke Grove,
at Portland and at Waterloo. Most of
the cheese made there belongs to the
variety known as "cheddar," weighing
about sixty-four pounds each, but in the
smaller diaries, manipulated by private
parties, ''hats"- being OF smaller size
and weight-are made.
The "cheescmaker," or foreman at the
factory, is virtually the man who makes
or mars. the reputation of cheese and
gives it its market value. Hence the i'm
portance of securing the best possible
man, and hence, too, the comfortable
salary paid to such man. If possessed
of fair amount of common sense to start
with, and with proper attention and in
dustry, a young man may become an ex-
pert cheesemaker within a single year.
Once he is that he is sure to always find
a permanent situation paying him hand
somely. As ''helper" he earns but small
wages, however, and many of the
s'helpers" never rise any higher for lack
of brains or for more radical defects in
their character.
The "cheesenaker" at the Kypke Grove
factory is Louis Woelffer, a young man Of
twenty-three. Though he has followed
the trade but a few years, Mr.. Woelffer
has gained an enviable reputation as a
man who understands his business
thoroughly and who strictly attends to
it. He showed your correspondent all
through the factory and explained its
workings. The milk delivered at the fac
tory comes from a hundred different far
mers within a radius of eight miles. 1t is
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to have died. You had NO business to
stipulate the tree, anyhow, for of course
she would expect everything to be set
tied before she got there. Oh! Of course
you think me outrageous to meddle with
you and talk right out as if I were a
novel, without respect Of persons and
open secrets; but I'm nobody in particu-
lar, and I will love Genevieve and put my
finger into her affairs if like tol And
I'll just add this: that I'm going to ar
range to have you both driven by the
coachman tonight in the big sleigh,
while we are apportioned off to little cut
tiers. The drivers seat is way up"
"But, my dear Miss Featherby-"Nel-
lie"
"Now, don't be disrespectful. Of
course can only ask for an outward show
of respect after telling you to offer your
self to my dearest friend, whom we all
know (goose) you are hoping to win; but
that show of courtesy stipulate for"
"But how can ask Miss Chamberlain
in marriage if I love you2" Balkan
squeezed in. desperately.
Nellie sat down on the arm of chair
and looked up at him aghast, blushing
and appealing. 49,
"Oh, you can't be in love with me-"
she painted.
II wish you would not be so scornful, "
he answered. "You ought to have known
it. Months ago, I was crazy about
Genevieve, like the rest; but only for a
week, for then I met you. A man don't
sit staring all day at a girl unless he dotes
on her! While I stare at you, your utter
Indifference to me is something appalling;
but I had hoped to win you in the end.
Then you take me by the the throat, ,yank
me in front of somebody else, with
orders, martial in their haste, and now
cast me into perfect sea of premature
ness; for, of course, you'll spurn my all
unheralded revelation. But I'm as
obstinate as you are, and love you will,
by Jove!" Balkan sat down on another
chair-arm, and being trim as a marble
statue for dinner, and not having time to
brush his hair again if he tore it little,
thrust his thumbs in his pockets and
glared at the fire.
A faint rustic of heavy silk at his
elbow made him feel exultant.
eff she consents to it, you might pro-
pose to me, then, in the Russian sleigh!'
He turned, and the little creatures
superb eyes met his. He caught her
hands, and studied her face with blissful
care.
~ thought was Of no great account, "
she murmured, all of tremble; and was
suddenly kissed in way that made her
feel that for the future she had some one
to guard her against all harm, and give
her all the happiness she could wish for.
THE Independent.
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Four New Stars to the Flag. p

The flag of the United States is con-
tinually getting out of order. Thirteen
stripes and thirty-eight stars compose the
flag at the present moment, but in few
months four Territories will become
States, and the flag will be wrong again.
Nor is it so very easy matter to add
four stars to constellation which is al
ready inconyeniently large. At the dis
tance of quarter of a mile, it is often
impossible to make out that the part of
the flag called the "union" is composed
of stars. ..
When four new ones are added, the
stars will have to be still smaller, and,
before many years have passed away, the
number may be increased to fifty or more.
Our fag-makers are already consider.
ing how to arrange the stars in the new
flag. The law leaves it to their own
taste, merely saying that, on the admis-
sion of new State to the Union, one
star shall be added to the union of the
flag, and this addition shall be made on
the Fourth of July following such ad-
mission. As the States will not be sad
mitted," in legal sense, until after the
autumn elections, the fag-nakers will
have a full year to consider the subject.
All our naval officers are of opinion
that the arrangement of the flag ought to
be fixed by law, not left to the fancy OF
Individual flag-makers. Admiral Preble,
author of the wonderful book on the
Flag, mentions that, some years ago.
gentleman in New York, on the Fourth
of July, counted nine different ways of
arranging the stars on the flags flying in
honor of the day, and few of them had
the right number. Some flags had the
stars arranged in regular rows; Others
had them strewn over the surface; some
had them in circle, diamond, lozenge,
star or anchor; and one exhibited stars
in the form of the letters U. s. Foreigners
might we'll ask: "What is the American
fag2"
If beauty and convenience were alone
to be considered, nothing could surpass
the old flag of thirteen stripes and thirteen
stars. Yet there is something in the
idea of each State being represented on
the flag that is extremely captivating.
Now that the number of stars is so
large that the white spots modify the
blue of the union, it seems necessary to
do one of two things; either to scatter
the stars uniformly over the space assigned
to them, or to arrange them into figure
which shall give character to the flag at
a distance. Here, to illustrate the first
plan, are are the forty-two stars of the
coming flag arranged in six rows, Of
seven each. " '
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"Keeper of the Great Seal"

The fact that we have "Lord Chan
cellor," OR "Kceper of the Great Seal" of
the United States, is probably not gener-
ally known. His name is George Bartle.
He was born in Virginia, and was ap-
pointed to clerkship in the State De-
partment from Virginia by Daniel Web
ster forty-three years ago. He is little
withered up old man of pleasantly cour-
teous manners, as BELTS Virginia gen.
tleman of the old school, but so secretive,
partly by nature and partly by the habit
acquired during the forty-three years of
confidential service, that none of his fel-
low clerks ventures to ask him even the
time of day without presenting him with
written requisition from his superior
officers authorizing him to give the in
formation. He has sole charge of the
great seal of the United States. and the
Secretary of State himself cannot induce
him to unlock the doors which guard
that emblem of the country's liberties
without formal warrant signed by the
President of the United States.-New
York Star.
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A Duck Farm.

Not far from Boston, in the town OIL
Easton, Mass, is situated the largesti
duck farm in the world. For lyears past
the business of raising ducks for markesl
has been carried on upon an enormous
scale in this neighborhood. The biggest
establishment devoted to the industry
used to be found along the shore, it be-I
ing supposed formerly that the webs
footed birds could not possibly thrive
without plenty of water to swim in. Be.l
sides, the ocean was most convenient
source of food-supply in the shape Of tishs
which were caught in huge quantities
with seine and net for quacking stock.
The trouble with this method of feeding,
however, was that the flesh acquired anil
undesirable fshy flavor, calculated to di55l
minish its selling value. Then, too, it'll
was discovered at length that ducklingsl
could be raised and make to thrive withtI
out any water facilities at al--in short,
that natatory exercise was merely q lux-
ury for them and not necessity by any|
means. And it is on this theory that thai
gignantic duck-farm at Easton is con-
Quoted.
Everything appertaining to the rearing|
of the ducklings is performed artifcially,
for this business is one in which art outs1
does nature altogether. Even in old
old times the device was resorted to oil
employing the maternal Offices of the hen
for Matching out the duck eggs and bring-I
ing up the broods. But now the moth
erly barn-yard fowl has been superseded
by the incubator, which turns out thel
fuzzy little yellow creatures by thou-
sands, ready to nestle under an imitation
mamma with steam-pipe. .vitals and gorge|
themselves to adult fatness on especially
prepared soft food. The duck thus
brought by patent methods to marketablsII
size is sure to be tender, juicy and most
delicate of favor. At forty to fifty cents
pound it pays the producer admirably: 3
Most breeders says that the "Pekin'
duck, bird of Chinese origin, is the!
most desirable for all purposes. It Isl
hardy, natures early, and weighs from
fourteen to twenty pounds to the pair.
Washington Star. -
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SHANGHAI Police.

The first sight of Shanghai is only its
first surprise. As was rolling away to
the hotel the 'rickshaw coolie turned on
to the right-hand side of the road.
Instantly familiar figure stepped off
the sidewalk and shook warning finger
and the coolie swung back again to the
left side. 1t was policeman, no semi
Europeanized Mongolian languidly per-
forming misunderstood duty, as I had
seen elsewhere, but the genuine home
article, helmet, blue suit, silver buttons,
regulation boots, truncheon and adjust
"bobby," writes Henry Norman in the
Philadelphia Times. And his uplifted
finger turns the traffic to the left in
Shanghai precisely as it does in front Of
the Astor House at home.
A hundred yards further on there was
flash of scarlet in the sun and there
stood a second astonishing tigure-a six
foot copper-colored Sikh, topped by a
huge red turban, and clad also in blue
and armed with the same truncheon,
striding solennly by on his beat. Then
we pass the Chinese policeman, with his
little saucer hat of red bamboo and his
white gaiter, swinging diminutive staff,
a reduced and rather comical replica OF
his big English and Indian comrades.
Then as we cross the bridge into the
French concession-I am on my way to
the French hotel-here is positively the
sergeant de vile, absolutely the same as
you see him in the place de rOpera-
peaked cap, waxed mustache, baggy red
trousers, sabre and revolver. And be-
yond him again is the Frenchifed Chinese
policemen. In fact, Shanghai is guarded
municipality by no fewer than six distinct
species of policemen--English. Sikh,
Anglo Chinese, French, Franco Chinese
and the long-legged mounted sikhs on
sturdy white ponies, who clank their
long swords around the outskirts of the
town and carry terror into the turbulent
Chinese quarters.
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WORDS OF wIsDoM.

One need not live high to be abovd
suspicion.
Never covet that which cannot pos-f
sibly be obtained.
Where much is sought for little i
often to be found.
A wise man embraces On opportunity 4
the fool hugs a delusion..
The happier ones thoughts the
pleasanter will be his reverie.
Hoping for the best will make the
worst none the easier to bear.
Perseverance, to receive rich reward,
must have an object worthy Of it.
Those who follow will always be fat
.ered by the other end of the string.
tits better to repeat the idea of others
than to make an effort to be natural. /,
The very essence of intelligence is the
liberty inspired in every living thing.
Dull scholars are apt to be slow and
sure-slow to learn and sure to forget. 81
Be persuaded that your own treasured
are those which you carry in your heart
An easy way to get a living is to fatter
the rich, but the honest way is to earn
it. !;
The man who has reached conditions
of perfection must suffer for room to de1
velop in.
Don't carry the whole world on your
shoulders, far less the universe. Trust;
the eternal.
Nothing is more common or more fatal,
than grasping at an advantage at the cost
of ten times its value. ~
If thou art wise, thou knowest thine
own ignorance, and thou art Ignorant it:
thou knowest not thyself.
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HOSTING MILK. houscu do " aay
particular mans milk, but as rule the
lactometer is sufficient to keep up the
standard grade of milk sold. By sys-
TEN of their own-freely accepted by the
"patrons, in lieu of court justice, as
measure of mutual protection OF their own
interests-every fraud practiced by
patron in palming off watered or other
wise poor milk is heavily punished. Usu-
ally a fine of twenty-five dollars is i'm
posed and promptly paid, and the fear of
this works as a contant and needed check
on the unscrupulous and greeny. Each
patron, besides, has to submit, at any
time, to having his milk tested by an
emissary of the factory during milking
hours, and to having the result of this
test compared with that obtained from
milk delivered at the factory. If the two
tests do not tally he is sure to hear OF it.
The milk when delivered is at once
emptied into large watts, each holding be-
tween $50 and 500 gallons. Then it is
heated by steam to a temperature OF
"a degrees. This is maintained for ten
or fifteen minutes. The coloring matter
is then added at the rate of II ounces to
every 1000 pounds of milk. Then the
rennet is put into it, between three and
a half and four ounces of it to each 1000
pounds of milk. 1t is then allowed to
'set" until the coagulation has proceeded
to that point where the whole becomes
solid mass, so that when the finger is in
serted into it the curd splits off clean,
without leaving any particles adhering to
the finger. At this point the curd is
solid enough to be cut, which, accord
ingly, is done at once. The curd is fed
to the cutter through hopper, and it is
thus cut up into small bits of even size.
This mass is next packed tightly into
the metal cheese forms, and as many OF
those forms as cheeses are to be made
are placed alongside of each other in the
press. One such press will hold enough
cheese forms to allow the making OF
1900 or 1000 pounds at one time. At
the Kypke Grove factory the average
daily quantity is 1000 pounds, which
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The very idea of all the stars repre-
senting States forming one great star is
agreeable to the sentiment of nationality,
and the flag thus arranged would be very
beautiful at a distance. If the stars are
more crowded at the centre, that only
gives the impression of nucleus. In
many ways this arrangement is excellent.
How shall new stars be added2 There
is no great difficulty about. that. A.
forty-third star can be placed in the
centre. When there are forty-four or
forty-fve, the inner circles may be rear
ranged. It is to be hoped that the next
Congress will contain some member who
will make hobby of the Flag Question,
and carry through an act to supply what
the lawyers would call casus omissus.
YOUTHS Companion.
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Polly. the Priyateer.

. The schooner Polly, of Bangor, Me-,
is probably the oldest vessel in service
fying the flag, having been built in Ames-
bury. Mass, in 1904. SheNserved as q
priTateer in 1912 and captured several
prizes. She was taken by the English
man-of-war Newcastle and started for
Halifax. but the Americans left on board
overpowered the prize crew and recap
tured her. :,
Subsequently she has been employed
as a fisherman, and latterly US coaster.
She has never been wrecked, but has
suffered several collisions. She IS so
rood sailer that it takes q larger boat
to heat her.-Nsw York Telegram.
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How the Paris Exhibition Closes.

The exhibition closes at night in the
following manner: The gates are all
shut at 1890 o'clock P. ~, when the
cannon on the Elffel tower is fired at
that hour to announce the fact. At II :15
o'clock two drummers beat the tattoo in
the gardens, while 200 policemen and
fifty municipal guards, carrying lanterns,
gradually clear the crowd off the grounds
toward the Jean bridge, where the only
exit is found. BY II 80 o'clock the cx-
hibition is empty, and all trespassers
found inside after that hour are arrested.
Policemen patrol the place all night, and
firemen hold themselves in readiness to
start at any moment should an alarm be
given,
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ing. The whole operation is as clean ana
as unobjectionable as it can well be. II
requires twenty hours of this pressing tc
make the young cheese so dry and hrm
as to become fit for the curing room.
The curing room is built of stone,
large and airy. The cheeses are there set
down on shelves. each by itself, and left
fifteen days to undergo the curing or
:ripening process. This is an important
period in cheese life. If carelessly han
died the cheese will spoil and become un-
salable. Each cheese is turned every day,
and its surface is rubbed at the same
time, so that q smooth and hard rind is
formed, which acts as barrier, 80 to
speak, against decay and "skippers. :" "If
the turning is not done very carefully"
said Mr.. Woelffer, ''the cheese will not
only become moldy, but the 'skippers'-
worms, you know-will actually walk
away with it," After being properly
cured the cheese is ripe for the market
and for the table, with rind on it as
hard as a rock.
Beside these cheese factories, however,
quite deal of cheese is made, in small
way, by the private dairies here. Most
of it goes to Chicago or Milwaukee.
There is at present in this country lively
controversy going on about the respec-
tive points of merit of Holstein and
Jersey cattle. The advocates of both
distinguished breeds are enthu-
siastic enough to put their beliefs
into practice, and the county, in conse-
quence, fairly swarrns with Holsteins and
Jerseys, Alderneys and Durhams, as well
as with half-breeds. The contention be-
tween the Holstein and the Jersey en-
thusiasts is of an old enough date, how
ever, to have filled thousands of pages
in stock journals and books printed on
the subject, and there is no intention to
swell this mass of evidence on both sides
by this letter. Suffice it to say here that
both the breeders and owners of Jerseys
and Holsteins have attained excellent
results in the cheese and butter making
line, and each camp of believers is as
firm to-day in its belief as the other.
The controversy, on the whole, is having
benefcent results, since it has served as
a spur for each party to obtain the best
possible showing.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
THE CURD KNIFE.

means sixteen cheddars at sixty-four
pounds each. 1t takes 10000 pounds OF
milk to do this, ten pounds of milk to
every pound of cheese, which is the
usual proportion if the milk be Of
good pure, rich quality. Then
hv means of crank that works
easily and exerts tremendous pressure,
this mass of soft cheese particles is
gradually squeezed hard and dry. The
wall of one form always exerts strong
pressure on the wall of the next form,
so that this whole row of embryo cheese
is pressed dry by the one manipulation.
The whey exuding out of the form runs
off through a groove in the bottom OF the
press and down into hole in the floor
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WHISTLE THEM AWAY.

Have you any petty cares, boys!
Whistle them away,
There's nothing cheers the spirits,
Like merry roundelay.
No matter for the headaches,
Meath silk or hodden-gray.
For the sake of those who love you,
Just whistle them away.
'Tis strange how soon friends gather
About cheerful face;
That smiling eyes and lips count more
Than beauty, wealth, or grace;
But I have seen it tried, boys,
When trouble comes to stay,
The brave heart leaps to work, and strives
To whistle it away.
Then as you climb ife's hill, boys,
Put music in your toll,
Turn to your traitor trials,
A whistle for foil;
Be steadfast in the right, boys,
Whateer the world may say,
Temptations never conquer those
Who whistle them away!
Mary A. Denison, in Youths Con, panion
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A Tooth From a Mans Nose.

A peculiar piece of dentistry was per
formed yesterday, by which tooth!
was extracted from William BarnhardtsI
nose. Mr.. Barnhardt was kicked by a
horse sixteen years ago and some of his
teeth were knocked out OF place. When
he had recovered from the injuries result
ing from the kick he was troubled with
dull headache, which has scarcely
ceased day since that time. He also
had a distressed feeling in the upper
portion of the nose and supposed that he]
was suffering from catarrh. In course Of
time he discovered what he thought was
an extra piece of bone and doctor dug
out one of the teeth Since that time
he had been troubled still more. There
was still another tooth that had grown
lonesome and longed to get out. Drs1
Condor and Cook yesterday undertook
the Job of arrcsting the rowing tooth, /
which had gathered little moss, and cap-1
tured 1t. This is probably the first record
of tooth being extracted from persona
uose.-Ogden (CaE3 Commercial. ---.--9