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stamp It's feet with the noise Of =
horses tread, Of the ordinarily silent
ant go stumbling across the sounding
board with a noise resembling that
which baby elephant might make in
an empty hall.
And yet the microphone Is very
simple instrument indeed. Tho princi-
pie of its action depends on the inter-
ruption of an electric current which
passes through o telephone. The ap-
paratus for interrupting the current is
so delicately poised that even the
movement Of fiy's leg will produce q
vibration which Is accurately repro
duced in the telephone. That is tho
secret of the whole affair. Keeping
that fact In mind, it will surprise
many persons to learn That three ordi-
nary round iron nails and square
piece of wood will form worry good
microphonc. Two of the nails arc laid
parallel to, but not touching, each
other. The third nail is laid across
the first two, which are connected
in circuit with battery and tele-
phone receiver. The nails, Of course.
are laid on the fat, square piece of
wood, which acts as sounding-bonrd
and transmits to the nails any vibra-
tion which may take place upon It.
When, for instance, a fly, confined in
. pastcboard box, attempts to walk
around his prison the vibration caused
by his movements is conveyed through
the sounding-board to the nails, which,
in their turn, interfere with the per-
feet passage Of the electric current as
It travels across the places where they
rest upon each other. A largo vibra-
tion produces correspondingly large
sound In the telephone, and SO on
down to the smallest degree Of minute
ness,
Every sound is reproduced exactly
as 1t is made, excepting that It is much
magnifled. And 1t Is surprising how
many different kinds of sound can be
heard. Not only may you hear the
footsteps of the fly, but when 1t is
performing Its toilet, the rasping Of
the hind legs against the wings, or the
rubbing together OF the antennse may
be distinctly heard. But when the
"animal" begins to "buzz' the noise In
the telephone receiver is terrific.
This Is the very crudest form In
which microphone may be made.
Those which are manufactured for
commercial or experimental use are
very exact affatrs-delicately adjusted
and arranged to work with screws at
the highest point Of efficiency.
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long she hears only the "Tolll' "Toll!"
"Tollr' Of the warning bell. She feels
as II she were away off on another
sphere. As she herself expressed 1t:
"As II an Arabian Nights' story had
come into my life and carried me in q
rocs egg to another planet"
In summer, when city people come
over to the lighthouse, she is very hap
py, and when she expects company"
she helps polish the lighthouse lamp
until 1t shines, and even takes hand
In securing the stone pier into perfect
ncatness She has store of sea grass
and curious shells and queer dried fish
for visitors, and, far from plying her,
many of them envy Maggie such a
peaceful, romantic home. : Addison
Rymar, in St. Louis Republic.
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ground. She races around the light
house half dozen times as fast as she
oan 20. Then she rolls over and over
with Tower, her sea dog, and throws
sticks in the water for him to swim
out and get.
Tower is a brown water spaniel,
and he has the record of saving just as
many lives as Maggie numbers years to
her lifc, 30 that the little sea girl has q
real hero for companion and play
mate.
Frequently Maggie's uncle takes her
out In the lifeboat and lets her fish and
play In the water. Sometimes an ex-
citing event occurs. Maggie takes a
hand in great rescue" A bird, sick
or wounded, will hover over the water
or fall In the waves, and then Maggie
and her uncle row out where 1t is flut-
tering, and pick up the poor little thing,
and carry it to land" as tenderly as II
It were a human being. When the bird
gets well it is let 60 again; and that is
another exciting event.
One day last summer Maggie had q
great adventure. She had gone out on
the pier to set free a sea-gull which
had had broken wing. 1t had been
shot at by some sportsman and left to
die on the waves. Maggie had carried
It into the lighthouse and taken care
of 1t until its wing was strong Then
as the gull seemed unhappy, she had
resolved to let 1t 20. She freed 1t just
as fight Of gulls swept past. In q
minute 1t had gone, disappearing with
the others. But only for a minute
could the bird keep on its proud course;
then II few more slowly; gradually 1t
sank to the surface Of the waves.
Quick as thought Maggie united the
boat, and drawing long, sweeping
strokes, she pulled out all alone to the
spot where the bird lay In the water
and brought him back again to the
lighthouse. Now he has become fam
lily pet and never flies very far away.
The hero, Tower, is an excellent
bird dog. But he has an odd trait. If
Maggie's uncle shoots ducks or other
birds good for food Tower swims out
and brings them in, taking care that
they do not get away from him, and he
is not always very gentle with them,
either. But let Maggie say: "Towzer'
there is poor sick bird out there.
Get him, Tower Careful! carefulV'
He will swim out and bring the
wounded bird as gently to the shore
as II he were the mother bird him
self. He draws his lips over his teeth
until they are soft as silk.
There are days when Maggie cannot
So beyond thu lighthouse, al day
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Look for the Bright Rays.

A woman with happy disposition Is
far more to man as wife than the
woman with great fortune, for riches
take wings. Worldly prosperity has q
way OF altering, and If once money
vanishes the gloomy Individual does
naught but sit down and weep, having
no word OF encouragement for the hus-
band on whom the blow falls most
heavily. The happy dispositioned wife
will see way out Of the difficulty or
will accept matters as they are in a
sweet spirit Of cheerfulness that en-
dows her husband with new zeal and
causes him to look upon her as tho
guiding star of his existence. If God
has not given you such disposition
cultivate it as far as possible. 1t does
no good to brood over ones troubles.
It doesn't help matters out bit. Be
on the lookout for bright rays and you
will certainly find them.
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HARVESTING THE TIDES.

An English Invention from which Great
Things Arc Expected.
Mr.. Davies, OF Wood Green. has en-
barked on scheme which promises
colossal returns, says tho London
Figaro. He intends utilizing tidal en-
ergy for electric lighting, tramways
and railways. The notion is not en-
tirely new. In 1881 Prof. Thompson
pointcd out that no fewer than 100000
O0O.O0O footpounds of energy were
wasted each year at Bristol alone.
One-tenth part Of this energy would, It
Is stated, light the city with electricity,
while onc-tenth part Of the tidal force
of tho Severn would be sufficient to
illuminate every city In the empire.
Scientific men have all agreed that
the only possible mode Is to have Inn
mense reservoirs, which would fill
at high tide and run out ut the ebb
into the tidal way through turbines.
To this there has always been one
disadvantage. No inventor could show
. greater length Of efficient working
power than six hours daily. Mr..
Davies claims, after an immense
amount Of thought, deal Of expert
ment and considerable outlay, to have
invented apparatus by which he can
work turbines from the rise and foil
of the tide every minute during the
twenty-four hours, at saving Of
400 per cent over steam engines of
similar power. His experiments, on
q small scale, OF the Chesirc coast, in
cline him to believe that It will speed
fly become an immense commercial
success and an affair of national Inn
pOrtAnCe,
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THE HUMAN DYNAMO.
How to Light an 1ncnndescent Lamp b.
Personal Electricity.

Personal ELECTRICITY.
That everyone has enough natural
electricity In his or her body to light
up an incandescent lamp will strike
most people as strange, yet 1t is trhc.
without dynamo, battery cell or like
appliance Of any kind other than GER
tain manipulations Of stout pair of
hands the experiment can be per-
formed and an interesting result OBJ
tanned.
Even the average electrician, In
whose scientific mind two and two al
ways make four, may be skeptical, but
his doubts will cease when he learns IL
is by frictional electricity that tho
lighting effect is to be obtained.
Most people have heard of that an
cient experiment set down In the nat
ural PHILOSOPHERS Of school days by
which, If the family cat is willing.
you may produce miniature pyrotech-
mic display merely by rubbing the cats
fur the wrong way. Performed in o
dark room, that experiment is highly
interesting, but 1t has the distinct
drawback that the puss seldom or
never cuts her nails.
To perform the lamp experiment.,
take an ordinary incandescent lamp
globe-one that has been used-and
grasp II at It's lower or socket end with
the thumb and fingers. The thumb and
fingers of the other hand are then en-
circled around the wide part of the
glass bulb, as in the illustration. Tho
lamp is then moved rapidly back and
forth through the hand that is around
the bulb. If this is done and the ex-
pertinent performed in dark room
the lamp will glow for some moments
after the rubbing has ceased.
The illumination is most beautiful,
being of delicate cream color, with q
slight blush tinge, and appearing very
much like q miniature aurora.
Although this is plainly phase Of
frictional electricity, the exact reason
for the phenomenon is not known; nor
Is it always successful under the same
conditions. A recent experimenter,
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BUILDING AND SCIENCE
MAoNlFylNo SOUNDS.

Esture Dsfied by THE Action Of the MI.
crophono-The Tread Of tho ny Be4
comes That OF . Horse, Ind the Ant
stumbles Over the board ~ Would =
Mighty Elephant.
OF every thousand persons who daily
usc the telephone 1t is safe to soy that
only one Is familiar with the fact that
contained within 1t Is an instrument
with which 1t Is possible to perform
feats which almost appear to set ma
turc itself at naught.
The instrument, says the New York
World, is the microphonc. BY means
of it sound can be magnifled to un-
heard Of proportions. The common,
ordinary house fly may be made to
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S,.h Wh,ch Go Cunning.

The jaculator fish, which is found ir
the lakes of Java, uses its mouth as o
squirt-gun, and is good marksman,
# a stake or pole is put in the water
with the end projecting three feet
above the surface, and a beetle or fly
is placed on top of the pole, the water
will soon be swarming with finny gun
ners Presently one comes to the sur
face, observes its prey and measures
its distance. Then it screws its mouth
into a very funny shape, discharges n
stream of water, and knocks the fly or
beetle into the water, where 1t Is
instantly devoured by the successful
shooter, or some of its hungry com.
naniOns
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Flirting Ia Very had Form.

The man or woman who will indulge
in the practice of flirting" with an
outside party is not worth going out
with or being taken out 1t is q
species of bad form that nothing can
excuse, and though there are many
who think it cute to make eyes and re-
turn signs made by strangers, feeling
that such attention is bit OF personal
homage, the outside world Judges diff
ferently and one exhibition of that
sort should be enough to wean the re-
spect of either man or woman, no mat
ser bow devoted they mioht heretofore
have been
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WOMAN AND HOME.
HANDkERCHIEF POCKET.

Pretty When Made In Colors to Match
Ones Various Gowns.
There are always those who, regard.
less of edicts of fashion, will have a
pocket of some kind in which hand.
kerchief at least may be safely carried.
A favorite design for such pocket is
shown In our engraving. For making
it, four dozen three-quarter inch rings,
one yard of half-inch ribbon and a
part of ball of crochet silk will be
required. The rings are crscheted
singly, filed with lace stitch, and
sewed together, as seen In the sketch;
twenty~four being used for the front,
and the same number for the back, al
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FOR YOUNG PEOPLE,
THE LILAC,


che lilAc stood close 10 Elisabeth's window.
All purple With bloom, whilo the little maid
spun;
Her stint Was long one and she was aweary,
And mosned that she never could get II done,
But wind set stirring tho lilac blossoms
And wonderful sweetness came floating In,
And Elizabeth felt though she could not have
sald it.
That friend had como 70 her, to help hep
spin
And after that she kept on at her spinning.
Gay as birdi for the world had begun
TO seem such pleasant good place for work.
Ing,
That she was amazed when her stint WAS
done.
And the pale.browed little New England
maiden,
Outside OF her lessons had learned that day,
That the sweetness around US will sweesen
labor,
II We will but let 1t have Its way.
MARY E. WikinA, In d. NicholaA
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OF lnterest 70 Photographer

Mr.. WuestneS the well-known
maker Of Photographic plates, recently
stated that bathing an ordinary plate
for two minutes In q bath composed Of
water nine parts and ammonia one
part will double the sensitiveness Of
the plate. Plates thus treated will
keep for q short time only Plates of
medium rapidity, he said, will keep for
five or six years, while fast plates will
retain their properties some three or
four months only. There is no differ
ence in the keeping qualities OF tho
ordinary plates and the orthochro-
matte plates made in this country.
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though the back is sometimes made of
thin canvas covered with the dress ma
terial. One-third OF the ribbon makes
q pretty bow for the bottom, and the
rest is used for q suspension loop and
bow for each upper corner A little
bow at the top, where the loop is
pinned to the belt, would be pretty II
the pocket is to be worn with n round
waist. Such pockets are pretticst II
made in colors to match the gowns
with which they are to be worn; but
black pockets are often worn with
gowns of other colors.-American Ag-
riculturist,
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THE BEAD PUZZLE.

So Simple In CONSTRUCTION That Any Child
Can Mako 1t.
It's construction is simple, the mate
rails not costly and the only tools re-
auired d brad-awl and pocl1etknife.
Its construction is the only simple
thing about it-at least, fancy this is
what those not in the "know' will
say. fear, too, shall have difficult
ty IN making myself quite clear over
the puzzle" part.
However, will do my best, though,
Z doubt not. many boys would eventu.
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A Pretty Picture Frame,

1t can be easily and inexpensively
fashioned from cardboard; or, If you
prefer, plain pine wood may take the
place of cardboard. First cover tho
mat with fabric chosen from one of
the daintily lowered challies, ,silkolines
or china silks. About the frame this
same material is arranged to form q
graceful puff, the fullness being
gathered at both edges. Very tiny
tacl1s fastcn into place the inside full
ness, while the outer gathering is
tackled to the back part of the frame,
o narrow tape neatly finishing it.
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ally succeed in solving the difficulty
without any explanation. l say, then,
after you have made the puzzle try and
solve it before you read up the explana-
tions.
Take piece of hard wood, an inch
wide and six inches long. At half an
inch from either end make brad-awl
hole. In the middle cut out a small
oval hole. Procure utwo glass beads,
which must be too large to pass through
the oval hole. Take a piece of twine
about eighteen inches long, double it
at the middle and pass the loop through
the oval hole, and then pass the two
ends Of the twine through the loop.
Take bead and thread 1t on one Of
the ends Of the twine, and fasten that
end to one Of the brad-awl holes. Do
the same with the other bead and end
of twine, and fasten at the opposite
brad-awl hole.
Your puzzle is now complete, and
ought to appear like the diagram. The
puzzle is to get the two beads togeth-
er. This, seeing they are too large to
pass through the oval hole, Is not easy.
EXPLANATION.-Draw down the Gen.
ter loop and pass the right-hand bead
through it toward the oval hole. Then
take tho too strings passing through
the oval hole and draw them toward
you. The loop will be drawn through
the hole from the opposite side, but 1t
will now be double one. Pass the
bead through to the left and let slack.
The bead will now be confined by n
single loop. Pass 1t through again to
the left, and there you are. To part
the beads again, reverse the order OF
procedure.
II you wish to make more compli-
Gated puzzle, you have only to add to
the length Of the strip of wood; but, in
making the holes, remember they must
run alternately - beginning with a
bradawl hole, then an oval hole, a
bradawl hole again, and so on, finish
Ing with a bradawl hole.
You may form as many Hoops" as
you like, and amuse yourself by get
ting all the beads on any one particu-
lar loop. Or you may nstonish your
friends by asking them how many
beads they would like placed on any
particular loop.
You retire to q secluded corner O. the
room, or place your hands under the
table, and 10! the passage is effected
Let your friends plainly understand
the beads will not pass through the
oval holes. BY the way, If you use &
number Of beads, the twine must be
continuous, without knots, and care
fully looped into each oval hole.--
Goldan DaNs
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whole wheat Flour Rolls.

One quart of the flour, butter the
size Of an egg rubbed into the flour, 8
teaspoonfuls baking powder, tea
spoonful salt, and milk to make a
dough soft as it can be rolled. Knead
well and make into rolls. Moisten the
tops with milk and bake in a quick
ayen.
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No Oncnse Intended,

Mrs. Minks-I don't want to make q
scene, but that man over there is star
ing at me very extensively.
Mr. Minks-He is, eh? I'll speak to
him.
Mrs. Minks Ia few moments later)-
Did he apologizep
Mr.. Minks-Y-e-s: he said he was
looking for his mother, and thought at
first that you were she.-N. Y. Weekly.
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railroad English.

Teacher-Give me a synonym for the
word reduce"
Bright Boy-Equalize.
"Wrong."
"Well, that's the word the railroads
use when they reduce wages"
"Huml Give me q synonym for the
word increase
"Equalize."
"Nonsense!'
"Well, that's the word the railroads
use when they increase rates."-Good
News.
The Van Buren press., 1894-05-26

for making box, which should have
hinged cover, and openings on top.
bottom and all the sides, which may
be rectangular as in the illustration OF
they may be made by boring holes In
the sides With an inch bit In the form
of rectangle or diamond. - Farm
and Home.
The Van Buren press., 1894-05-26
FOR soILED CLOTHES.

A Whitewood Hamper That Anyone Csh
Make at Home.
A wicker hamper Is desirable for this
use, as 1t is SO we'll ventilated, but
where such is not at hand or readily
purchasablc, light box can be made
to answer the purpose Of such wicker
hamper very nicely. Ha1f-inch white.
wood or pine Is heavy enough TO use
The Van Buren press., 1894-05-26
Disappointed.

Mr.. Staylate-You look charming to
night.
She (yawning)-Do l? Twas expect
ing you to say l looked tired.-Brook
lvn Life.
The Van Buren press., 1894-05-26
A Sensitive Man.

Writer-The editor of the Laugh.
ers' Own" is the most sensitive man I
ever saw.
Friend-In what respect?
Writer-Hecan't take Joke.
Friend-I never observed IL.
Writer-Well, l have. 1 took Q
dozen good ones to him to-day and he
rejected every one Of them.-Detroit
Free Press.
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Grounds for q Smash.

He'd always been man of peace,
He wouldn't harm hare;
But when a dude with cigarette
Blew smoke into his face, you bet
He smashed him then and there.
kansas City Journal,
The Van Buren press., 1894-05-26
An ENGLISH INVENTION.

Steel Chains of Every Sise Made Without
Welding.
An old proverb truly says that the
strength of chain is measured by It's
weakest link, and If the cable be .
long one and Its components be
welded there is o chance that IN undis-
covered flaw somewhere will develop
The Van Buren press., 1894-05-26
The German scanned It closely

The German scanned It closely fol
some moments, and then said stolidlv;
IL pays de state tax, pays de county
tsx and pays de school tax, but pays
no total tax! l got no total, and ]
never is had any. Dat total tax, he Is
one fraudr'
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AA-R-aE1E
The Van Buren press., 1894-05-26

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@OORESEyOH
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Where He Drew the Line.

The natural enmity to the tax-gath
erer is said to be especially prevalent
In o certain county of Missouri. A
well-to-do German farmer came into
the village of which he Is accounted Il
resident to pay his taxes. The bill was
handed To him. itemized as follows:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-11-11
WHEAT BACK AGAIN
EXPECTED HEAVY INCREASE AND
SELLING CAUSED A DECLINE.
While Provisions Were Firm
and Closed Higher.

CHICAGO, Nov. 10.-Despite strong ca
bles, the fear of a heavy increase in the
visible and free realizing weakened wheat,
and May closed with a loss of &c. May
corn dropped Ac and May oats &c. Pro-
visions were firm, and closed with good
gains.
May wheat. which closed heavy. opened
with free selling at from Coo down to 59Nc.
1t stayed around $3.50 for a time, swayin5
Lice over or under that, and then il had
another nc decline. touching $3.50 for one
5000 bu. 1t recovered to 5sasQ59Ac, dropped
of again to 59lhc and then rallied sharply to
$3.50, to which it hung for half an hour and
then began a further rise. Selling TO real
lied profit was the main feature OF the
early trading, but the reason for selling at
the opening instead Of trying for some
further advance was the removal for the
present consideration of what the govern
may have to say regarding the feeling of
wheat. The shorts became more confident
of their position at the opening when they
heard that the reports to the government
were not sufficiently conclusive to justify
the making of a report on the subject.
Cables were higher, but the weeks
exports from both coasts were
less than on the week before
and gave rise to apprehensions of another
liberal increase in the visible The receipts
at st. Louis were heavier than usual. After
a rise to 6O1sc for May the price rested at
59%c.
The tendency in corn was downward when
1t was not receiving some backing from
wheat. May opened. at SOC, or Ac lower
than it closed yesterday: it dropped to 1890,
recovered to 501sc, and finally closed at
49nq50c. Trading was light and continued
principally TO local operators. An increase
of about Us. 600 bushels for the week in
local stocks is being figured on.
The usual Saturday dizziness was plainly
visible in the oats market. Corn fuctua-
tons ruled prices, which were weaker dur
ing the entire session and kept within the
range of NC. Opened at 321sc for May, sold
down to 3l%c and closed at &c. November
and December were Ac lower.
Provisions were firm and accompanied by
a fair amount of activity in the trading.
Hog prices to-day were reported at &c adj
vance for good lots, and the strength and
advance was ascribed to covering by shorts.
Pork was zoe higher. lard 12hc and ribs
71ac higher than at the close yesterday.
Freighfs steady at 1c to Buffalo.
Estimated receipts for Monday-Wheat,
100 cars; corn. 16O cars; oats. los cars; hogs,
44,000 head. Hogs next week, 10,OOo head.
Leading futures ranged as follows: