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The Van Buren press., 1894-06-16

PLAN, ELEVATION AND DETAILS OF THE
HARP.
the outside good sand-papering (fin-
est grade) and two coats of varnish.
The telephone attachment can be
added in the following manner: Find
a good-sized (one-haf pound) baking
powder box, remove the cover, and
punch very small hole in center OF
bottom. In this hole fasten long
string free from knots. Put very
small hole in the center of the side OF
the harp. Hang the harp by strings
attached to it's legs, and hold in place
by guy strings. See that the strings OF
the harp are at right angles with the
wind. Stretch the cord tight (allowing
It to come In contact with nothing but
the harp and bal1ing-powderc CAM, and
YOU will hear the sound vibrations
thrown out from the harp and trans
mitted through the cords and magni-
fed by the baking powder can held
close to your ear. An @olian harp VIII
not play unless placed in direct con-
tact with good breeze. If placed on
n window sill without telephone at
tachment the harp can stand on It's
legs; but if suspended in tree In the
back yard, it could be bottom side up,
and thus in case of rain or snow the
strings and interior will be protected.
The bass string will not rust, being
covered with fine copper wire The
other strings and screws can be coated
with machine oil, which will protect
them from the weather. The higher
the harp is tuned the stronger must
the breeze be required to make tha
sound vibrations.-H. Percy Ashley, in
Harper's Young People
The Van Buren press., 1894-06-16
NATURES PROFLloACY.
A Single Flower Sometimes Produces
Millions OF Pollen Grains.

4 Single Flower Sometimes Produces
Millions OF Pollen Grains.
The immense number of pollen
grains produced by single flower ap-
parently initiates against the saying
that nature allows nothing to be
formed in vain. 1t seems, indeed, an
extravagant waste of material to have
such multitude Of grains when so
very few would answer all purposes.
Take the cases of some of the most
common flowers as an illustration. In
single flower Of the poeny there are
about three and one-half million Is, $780,
OO0) grains; flower of the meadow dan
delion is estimated toproduce at least
two hundred and fifty thousand (25o,-
00o) grains, and the Chinese Wisstaria
about seven thousand (7.00o) for each
ovule. While but few flowers fall be-
low the thousands in the number of
pollen grains produced, great many
of them exceed the peony in point Of
numbers. The cases where the num-
Der of pollen grains runs far into the
millions are usually among wild flow
ers of what are known as the wind
fertilized' varieties. Writing on this
subject, Darwin says that buckets
full of pollen have often been swept of
the decks of vessels along the North
American Shores" and Kerner tells Of
lake in Tyrol which was often COW
cred with the same material.
That these pollen clouds are not al
ways floating in the lower stratum Of
the atmosphere or found deposited in
the shape of Sulphur showers" on the
earth, or the surfaces of smooth bodies
of water, was scientifically proven by
Prof. Blackley. In making a single
observation he found 1,2oo grains OF
pollen adhering to some sticky slides,
which were sent up to height of over
5000 feet by means of kite, and then
uncovered for few moments by means
of a special apparatus attached for that
purpose Louis Republic.
The Van Buren press., 1894-06-16
SECTION OF TELEPHONE.

tion with a transmitter 1t will answer
for any length of line. II the line is
to be constructed in close proximity to
electric railway or light wires 1t should
be made q metallic circuit, but else
where grounded circuit will answer
Just as we'll
The material required for set con-
tisting of two telephones, one for
each end Of the line, is as follows:
One ounce No. 86 silk covered magnet
wire, two horseshoe magnets, four
Inch; two flat-head stove bolts, one
quarter inch diameter md one and
one-half to two inches long; piece of
photographers tintype large enough
to cut from it two round dia-
phragms two and one-half inches In
diameter; four small wood screw bind
Ing posts, twelve fat-head brass screws
The Van Buren press., 1894-06-16
HOUSEHOLD pRUDGERY.
why Women Should Break Away FROM
Timc-Honored Systems.

why women Snoulu IbreaW AWWy A'oA
Time-Honored Systems.
II Is well-established fact that
American housewives are the slaves OF
conventionality and method If ever
women were. What we need is q
declaration of independence from this
present cast-iron system that makes us
all do the same thing on exactly the
same day and at the same hour, not be-
cause we want to, oh no, but be-
cause everybody does SO we must.
Our mothers washed on Monday,
ironed on Tuesday, baked and mended
on Wednesday, gave the girl her after
noon on Thursday, swept the house on
Friday and baked on Saturday; bless
your heart, it was always done this
way, and who dares jump the fence?
And to forego the big, hot Sunday din
ner would be heresy from which the
stoutest and most progressive heart
refrains. I know that the time-hon-
ored prophecy is based on Patrick
Henry's saying that there was no way
of Judging the future but by the past,
but with due respect to that worthy
gentleman, there is better way, for
where would progress be were that
the principle of life? We should
be in continuous round, cir
Gle, a treadmill, from which there
would be no escape; as yesterday
was so will tomorrow be. Why
not select new way of doing even the
old things just for a change if for no
other motive; it is the same old groove,
or rut, that grinds us down and whit
ties us into the sharp points that we so
much dread; SO then, first of all, let us
dispense with some of the luxuries, say
the big Sunday dinner that entails so
much work on the feminine portion of
the home, and let us eat that meal
some other day or if you will have a
big dinner on that day go to the res
taurant and give the wife a little, at
least of different kind of cooking;
true it may not be savory as the home-
made article, but it will enhance our
appreciation of that article. Then in.
stead of burdening our souls on Sun.
day evening with the query as to
whether the washerwoman will come
on the morrow, and the preparations
for her reception, in the way Of getting
up the tubs and sorting over the soiled
clothing, why not leave these rites
until Monday, gather up our clothing
on that day and wash on the next; II
not, why not? There are a number OF
things that might be done, but Rome
was not built in q day nor will all tho
reforms come in day.-Grace Ter
hume, in Womankind.
The Van Buren press., 1894-06-16
---------------
Xyna Afraid of tho Watar.

An interesting incident of wild beast
life was recently witnessed by a
tourist in Asotin county, Wash. A deer
came bounding down the steep side
of bare, rocky hill on the edge OF
Snake river, closely followed by IA
large mountain lion. The deer
plunged headlong into the river and
swan toward the further shore. The
big cat stopped short at the waters $
edge, put its paw gingerly into the
water, drew it back and watched the
deer gain the opposite bank in safety
and disappear in the woods. Then,
with a disappointed snarl, the lion
skunk away.
The Van Buren press., 1894-06-16
BOX FOR CLIPPINGS.

be easily managed. With a carpet
needle prick holes along the two sides
of the box where the ribbon is shown
in the design. Then run the wire
through these holes SO as to make it
stand out in points inside the box, as
shown in the design. Do you see that
this wire lining the box on each side
gives a set of brackets down the
length of your box into which the
envelopes are to be slipped?
The Disagreement of the box upon
the outside may be covered with a
band of ribbon with rosette bow at
the corner. Ribbon across the top,
too, will be pretty and serve as a
ground for painted or written in
scription, "Clippings."-Aunt Laurie.
in N. Y. Recorder.
The Van Buren press., 1894-06-16
KNEES AND BRAINS.
wherein Women Can Never BE tho EqusA
of Men.


The difference Of weight In the brains
OF men and women has long been I
source Of deep interest to all who dis
course Of equality and rights. Those
extra ounces remain more or less q
stumbling block to the unwary. Meta
physical Justice refuses to regard them
other than iniquitous. Yet structural
differences escape such close scrutiny
notably Of the knee.
The structure of the knee feminine
constitutes in itself permanent disa1
bility for many masculine pursuitst
The knee joint In woman is sexual
characteristic, as DR.. Ely Van de War!
ker long ago pointed out. Viewed In
front and extended, the joint in but
slight degree intercepts the gradual
taper into the leg. Viewed in semi
fixed position the joint forms smooth.
ovate sphereoid. The reason Of this lies
In the smallness of the pateila in front
and the narrowness of the aricular sur.
faces of the tibia and femur, and whicls
In man form the lateral prominencesy
and this is much more perfect as part
VI oueOuihihB NluSClCu uC1
signed to keep the body fixed upon the
thighs in an erect position labor under
the disadvantage of shortness Of purI
chase, owing to the short distance
compared to that Of man-between tha
crest Of the ilium and the great trochi
anter. A man has much longer pur-
chase in the leverage existing between
the trunk and extremities than wom7
IN. The feminine foot, comparatively
speaking, is less able to sustain weight
than that Of man, owing to its short
ness and the more delicate structure ef
the tarsus and the metatarsus. Wom--
en- are not well constructed to stand
many hours consecutively and every
day. 1t is safe toaffirm that they have
instinctively avoided certain fields of
skilled labor on purely anatomical
grounds, in which the smaller guam
tity OF brain substance proves less an
adverse factor than the shallow pelviss
the popularity Of the knee and the
delicate nature of the foot. These, as
parts of sustaining column, unde-
niably leave something to be desired.
Even the right to vote would not con-
fer on womankind the right to be solI
diers. Equality, it appears, is quite as
much an affair Of the knee as of brains.
--Medical Record.
The Van Buren press., 1894-06-16
REAR AND FRONT VIEWS OF TELEPHONE

three.quarters of an inch long. Use
well-seasoned mahogany or any hard
wood about seven-eighths to one inch
thick for the main case and for the
cover, that one-qarter or three-eighths
inch in thickness is best. The pieces Of
wood should be made larger than the
dimensions given, and if marked and
bored before saving to the size desired
there will be less likelihood Of
splitting.
Fig. is drawn full size. from which
the dimensions for tho holes In the
wood can be obtained. The two and
one-quarter inch space under the dia-
phragm Il can be bored with an seten-
sion bit or marked out with q compass
and cut out with chisel. The inch
hole should be bored with bit which
has no lip, in order to leave strength
sufficient for counter-sinking the head
OF the stove bolts. The depression in
the lid need not be as deep as shown,
but merely enough to clear the dia-
phragm. The stove bolt should be cut
to length little longer than neces-
sary and then carefully filed and fitted
by trial so that when in place it will
just clear the diaphragm.
For the wire spool should be made
of cardboard to fit the bolt and CEN
trail hole neatly; the spool with wire,
E, is wrongly shaded in the cut.
The magnet is held in place, with
one pole over the bolt head, by piece
of VIC ID, as shown in Fig. Q (half
size), the part between the legs of the
magnet Just clearing the bottom whom
the screws are home. The ends OF the
wire are brought to the binding posts
through two small holes bored in the
wood. Magnetic bells are the best, and
in the end the cheapest for use as call
bells in connection with the telephone.
The Van Buren press., 1894-06-16

and may be placed in . sugarbowl dur
ing the experiment, SO as to allay suS
picion. =
Aglass of water being provided, ask
anyone present to drop in 1t one of the
Jumps of sugar. The sugar will, at
first, sink to the bottom, but after q
few moments will rise again to the sur,
face, and remain there, to the aston
ishment Of those not in the secret.
In reality, it is not the sugar itself
which Is floating, it having dissolved
in the water; but 1t is its double, SO
to speak--that is to say, the cotton OF
the collodion, which filed it's pores
and which, freed from the sugar, res
tains the geometric form and crystals
lized appearance of the original lump:
The illusion is merely optical, and
would be dispelled by the touch.
Should an over-curious spectator ut,
tempt to take the sugar in his hand ia
examine it, he would discover that, in4
stead OF the solid object he supposed
he was looking at, the floating cube
was soft and spongy substance.
The Van Buren press., 1894-06-16
AMUSING SCIENCE.

Mystifying Experiment Performed with
Ordinary Lumps of Sugar.
An experiment which will greatly
mystify the spectators may be per-
formed with ordinary Jumps OF sugar.
These must previously be prepared by
swift immersion in bath of ordinary
collodion, such as is used by the pho.
tographet. They should be held with
tongs during this process. Next, place
them in current of air, and let them
remain day or two until all the ether;
evaporates. They will then have the
appearance of ordinary Jumps Of sugar.
The Van Buren press., 1894-06-16
IRVING to EScape.

"There" said the young wife proud
iy, as she deposited the hot plate care
fu ly on the table. That's the first
mince pie that | ever made without
any help; all alone myself"
$50 it is!' exclaimed her husband
enthusiastically, looking it over crit
ically meanwhile And as long MS it
is the very first, my dear, don't you
think that, instead of cutting it, il
would be nice to keep it for souve'
mir? How would it do to have il
framed?"-Somervill Journal.
The Van Buren press., 1894-06-16
CARPENTRY FOR BOYS,
How to Make Neat and Convenioi
Kennel for Jholr Dogs.

How to Make Neat and Convenient
Kennel for Tholr Dogs.
There are undoubtedly good many
boys who have dog, but perhaps have
no kennel. Almost any kind Of
kennel will do for dog. A box with
four sides, bottom and top, and pro-
vided with hole large enough for
him to go through, is better than
nothing, but the drawing shows a
kennel OF neat appearance that any
boy can make from an old dry goods
box or from some boards.
Its size depends, Of course, on the
size Of your dog, but for the average
dog of meoium size a kennel thirty
inches long, eighteen or twenty inches
wide and twenty-six inches high to
the Top Of the peak will be good pro-
portions.
First, make the front and back with
a peak top, then the sides and bottom;
In the front piece cut round hole
The Van Buren press., 1894-06-16
TIL. silk Hosiery Temptation.

The exquisite elegance OF the new
silk hosiery is tempting enough to
bankrupt the most resolute woman's
allowance. Black silk stockings have
Chantilly lace insertion up the front
and daintily embroidered cream white
ones have lace inserted clocks up the
side, while between these subdued
colors there is every variety of fantas'
tic design interviewer in color with
y~1mnlr
The Van Buren press., 1894-06-16
Preserving Baby's First Shoes.

A recent fad among young mothers Is
to have baby's first shoes made objects
of beauty and sentimental interest
through the agency of some metal
preparation that is poured over the
little shoe, causing it to retain its
shape and showing all those dear little
spots and deu-s, so precious in the
eyes of the fond parent. An enter
prising firm has hit upon this plan and
from the success they are making the
idea proves itself very popular one.
The Van Buren press., 1894-06-16
in silver pin trays fails to Danish the

in silver pin trays fails to Danish the
cushion from my lady's dressing-table9
A nursery belonging most attractive
in its way is the safcty-pin holder.
This consists of several circular layers
Of bright tinted flannel, pinlSed at the
edges and topped by circular piece
of celluloid, the whole being fastened
together in the middle by few strong
stitches. In letters of gold, you
read upon the celluloid cover the hint
to 'looli within for a safety-pin."
The decapitated head of Chinese
doll is fastened in the center of the
celluloid.
The Van Buren press., 1894-06-16
A WRESTLING FROG.
~ Possesses . Well-Developed Weapon o'
Of1enEe.


Every animal has its own means OF
defense or escape. Frogs save tnem-
selves by jumping-an art IN when
they probably excel all other forms o.
yertebrates. But Mr.. w. II. hudson
once encountered frog which, as he
eavs wns not like other frogs In that
u ' 'nossessed weapons of offense. he
was snipe shooting, and peerlng in.o
y hurrow saw a burly-loolSing frog sit
tine in the entrance. With the instinct
Of q naturalist he set about capturing
t. t. The frog watched him but re- e.
r,o;ned motionless. What followed Is
thus described by Mr.. Hudson
nefore was near enough to make q
vrab, it sprang straight at my manu.
The Van Buren press., 1894-06-16
BUILDING AND SCIENCE
A SIMPLE TELEPHONE.

Its Effectiveness voucheA for by . Hfgh
Authority-A fattis Ingenuity viii 80.
cure Very Good Substitute fof the
Bell Instrumcnt - Material Required
Costs but Little.
The following description and cuts
OF telephone very simple to mako we
borrow from the Electrical World,
which states that 1t will give excellent
results on lines up to Ave or ten miles In
length, when used both rs receiver
and transmitter. If used in connec-
n-E-n
The Van Buren press., 1894-06-16
WOMAN AND HOME.
BOX FOR CLIPPINGS.
For Many Reasons 1t Il More Convenient
Than q ScrapbnOk.

Than Scrapbook.
Scrapboolss are not always desirable
things. The sticky work connected
with them is awkward and trouble
some. So readers may like clipping
box, which will prove very useful, as it
permits one to keep clippings until
they can be discarded for later ones.
Buy some good-sized square envel-
opes and write on the flap of each in
distinct classification headings! Club
Notes." Puzzles etc., until all the
subjects that interest you have their
own envelopes. Get any ordinary box
of the width and height ,of the envel-
ope and some silver wire that is heavy
enough to be firm and soft enough to
The Van Buren press., 1894-06-16
Curing Frost Bite BY Electricity.

Although the past winter has IN
most places been of exceptional mild,
ness, it has developed new cure for
frost bites. DIR. Helbing has been sue
cessful in Germany in twenty cases
In healing people of the frozen nose.
The treatment consisted in applying
electrodes to the opposite side Of tho
nose, and passing moderately strong
current for about five or ten minutes,
moving the electrodes about. The inn
mediate result is q reddening Of the
tissues, which may last several days,
after which the skin and flesh resume
their normal condition. In extreme
cases from ten to fifteen applications
have bee found necessary.
The Van Buren press., 1894-06-16
discouraged l.edasogue.

"How many hours are there N .
day?" asked Harlem teacher.
II reckon there must be more than
twenty-four hours day now," was the
reply.
Haven't told you more than forty
times that there were only twenty-four
hours in day?'
"Yes; and yesterday heard you say
that the days were getting longer. l
supposed that there must be about
twenty-five hours day now."-Tam-
many Times.
The Van Buren press., 1894-06-16
Object Lesson on the Chair.

Teacher (having directed the atten..
tion of the class to the various parts OF
a cAeir)-Of what use is the seat in
chair?
Bright Little Girl (who knows it all)
II know.
Teacher-You may tell the class.
Bright Little Girl-fo keep the peo-
pie from Topping on the ticor,--Judge'
The Van Buren press., 1894-06-16
SAFETY-PIN HOLDER.
Clover In Design and Nice Enough for
Any Nursery.

Any Nursery.
There are all styles and shapes OF
pin-cushions, from the practical, old
fashioned square design to the latter
day bit of giddiness-frills and ruffles
and ribbons Horseshoes, tambourines,
crescents, four-leaf clovers, triple
holsters, and dozen different fancies,
are to be seen in gowns of satin, over
laid with foamy frills of lace.
With such varied choice, is it any
wonder that the most elegant conceit
The Van Buren press., 1894-06-16
clnth from Nettles.

Nettles are cultivated in parts Of
Europe, the fiber being useful for tex
tile fabrics,
The Van Buren press., 1894-06-16
I:orn and Made.

Poet-poets are born, not made, SIR
Editor-Perhaps; but most of their
poetry isn't.-petroit Free Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-17

Another man has been killed IN a
prize fight Has human life come TO be
valued so lightly that its wanton destruc-
tion is TO be allowed to proceed merely
for the purpose of furnishing entertain
ment for a gaping crowd Of toughs and
bumsf These killings only differ from
murders for which the perpetrators are
hanged, in the probable absence Of the
element Of malice prepense- These en-
counters differ net at al from dueling,
which has been condemned and suppress
ed by almost the entire world. except IN
tho absence or anything like Justification
In the present @high state OF develop
meut" Of che sfmanIy art" il il almost as
easy to Kill man with che fist rs with a
pistol IF a man went On the street aud
began shooting at people to see how
near he could come to them without
killing them he would be arrested at
once and sent to jail or to the insane
asylum, and yet that is practically what
these prize fighters do and 60 unmolest-
cd They tribe with human Life
any action On the part Of the authori-
ties after the fight does no good. What
I'D needed is prevention. If there il no
law to reach these brutes let
one be passed by which any one
who arranges to engage IN a fight can be
arrested and sent to the penitentiary or
TO the insane asylum Until some law is
passed the courts which are 50 free with
their inlunctions ia most matters could
easily issue injunctions and any one VIC
lating them could be sent to jail for con
tempt the same other people There
Is a plenty OF ways of reaching these
cases if only the authorities desire to do
so Some action which Will prevent
these brutal exhibitions is what is need
ed, for amount Of punishment can
remedy the evil done BY their occur
renee.
ve condemn the ancient Romans for
their gladiatorial combats and are out
ragged by the bull fights of Mexico and
spain, and yet permit much worse exhi-
billions of barbarism to 60 on in our
midst.
Prize fighters have gone on unmoleHt-