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large button attached to one end. This
is all the apparatus necessary for the
game illustrated in the accom-
panying cut. The manner of playing
SO that a white one is in each compart-
lnent to the right and black in each
compartment to the left, the cord pass
ing through the holes in the cross
pieces and chess1nen in their re-
spective order. This gives you IA series
of II holes: 1, +; 2, c: 3, d; 4. 5, q: 6, b;
2, c, and 8.
this arrangement of the pieces: as. for
instance, to make the blacks and w hites
change sides. To do this. pass the
needle through g. c; =, b; &. a: 5. 4, Il;
2, c: 2 and +. If you were to draw the
needle at this moment, the cord. fold
ing back on itself, would pass out of
the holes and leave the pieces free. In
order to avert this. wind the cord
round the lower end of the upright sit
uated under the hole, 8. This done,
pass the cord through the holes: c, =;
b, 3; a, 4; 5; d, 6; -; and 6. Now,
free the cord at the bottom of the up
right. and ask any one present to draw
the button. Instantly. and as if by
magic, the blacks and whites change
places. A number of interesting COM
binations may be produced with this
apparatus. Suppose one wants to bring
all the pieces into the third upper
to the left. the blacks
under the whites. For this. after hav.
ing passed the cord through the holes
in reversed sense. previously, pass
it up from below through and 3;
thread the three blacks. d +, the
three whites, a b C, and then pass the
cord through 4, 5, 6, 2, 8. Detach tho
cord below, draw the button, and the
problem is solved.
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.rAors ron soleNTssTa

PArEn pneunnatic Tires are IN PROCESS
ID expexi2nent.
PHorosnAPns have been talsA Avo
hundred feet under water. ~
THEKE are moro muscles In the tail
Of rat tllan there are In the human.
hand.
II was twenty-nine days from the
casting OF the Lick objective glaas be-
fore It had cooled sufficiently for safe
removal. =
AN aurora seen from Toronto, Can,
last year has been calculated to be GO
miles high and 800 miles from end to
end.
In tests last year in the German town
Of Dessau It was shown that cooking
by wood and coal costs a little moro
than twice that done with gas.
"A GERMAN officer has invented q mo-
tor in which q fine stream of coal dust
is utilized to drive q piston by explo-
sion in the same manner as the gas in
the gas engine.
ALL plants have periods of activity
and rest. Some are active in the day
time and sleep at night; others repose
during the daylight hours and are
awake at night.
The longest continued cataleptic
sleep known to science was reported
from Germany in 1899, the patient hav-
ing remained absolutely unconscious
for four and q half months.
The largest mammoth found in Si-
IBERIA measured II feet long and 10
feet in height. The tusl<s weighed
$50 pounds. The head without the
taslks weighed 414 pounds.
THE director of the Sydney (Aus-
tralia) observatory has collected facts
regarding eighty-four icebergs, show
ing that they do not appreciably affect
the temperature in their neighborhood.
ELECTRICITY has been adopted for
towing the canal boats on the summit
level of the canal dc Bourgoyne, which
connects the Seine and Soane, crossing
In it's course the divide between the
channel and the Mediterranean.
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dessert service In Venetian glass. dec
GRATED in quite a new style and made
especially for the queen. The service
consists of two large and six smaller
dishes, each shell-shaped, of pale opal
escent pink color, never made before,
mounted with a griffon splashed with
gold, and part covered with what ap-
pears from q short distance a square
of real lace of exquisite workmanship.
On closer investigation, however, these
covers turn out exceedingly clever imi-
tations of lace designs, enameled by
hand, and afterwards fred to render
them durable. The lace design on the
two large dishes consists of combina-
ton of rose. thistle and shamrock,
with a butterfly lowering between the
flowers. On the same dishes the grit
<on holds a shield on which the royal
crown is enameled in color. Shape,
coloring and decorative workmanship
of those dessert dishes are of the ut
most elegance and delicacy.
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Where Bacteria Are Found.

In the science Of microscopy tho
name bacteria" has been given to GER
tain minute cells which are found in
animal and vegetable fluids. They are
cylindrical in form and get their specific
name from their shape. the word 'sbac-
terra being derived from the Greek
term. meaning club" or ''club-shaped."
They are mere points of organized mat
ter. constituting the very form of
organic life. They are found in both
the simple or compound forms, and null
tiply by transverse divisions and SO
very rapidly that n single individual
can produce ESQ, coo. 900. 600 of its species
in the short space of forty-eight hours.
They are found in the sap Of all kinds of
plants. trees, etc; in the blood of man
and the lower animals, and are even TO
be found in enormous numbers in fresh
laid. AZ we'll stale, eggs. They
bear an important part in healthy as
well as in morbid processes. and assist
in ripening fruits and also in their de-
cay. They can exist in all fluids, acids
and alkalis, and are held in suspension
in uncalculable numbers in the atmos-
phere.
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HOMEMADE BOOKLET.

A. Pretty and Dainty Any Purchased
Article Could He.
The little book shown in the accom-.
panying illustration can be made at
home, and will be as pretty and dainty
as any purchased book could be, be.
sides having the additional recon.
mendatfon of being constructed with
ones own fingers and stitches. The
poem may be original CT selected from
Whittier or some other favorite poet,
and may DO written upon the type.
writer or written in ones own hand
writing. Heavy, unruled paper, with
q rough surface should be chosen for
the pages. The cover is celluloid, and
may be OF white or some delicate tint.
It is perfectly plain on the edges, and
has eyelet holes at the back, which ex.
tend through all the pages within. A
ribbon passed into these holes forms all
the binding needed, and is tied in .
careless bow on tho front cover. A
dainty Christmas or birthday card ia
fastened to the celluloid with tiny bows
of baby ribbon at alternate corners. II
one is gifted with his brush or pen, the
card is doubly pretty if ornamented
with an original design bit of land.
scape in sepia or water colors, or .
cluster of flowers dropped upon it. In
this case the greeting will be in orig
ina1 1ettering-''Merr Christmas!" o,
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man or maiden who delights in running
away, one has but to add gate to the
piazza and there is the little outdoors
playhouse complete! A piazza con-
structed like the one in the picture,
with the gradual, graceful curve of the
roof, can be added with but slight cost
that q few weeks comfort will more
than cancel. And all the while one is
enjoying oneself upon it, one can con-
graduate oneself that the little home
has been made much more coy and ar
tistic, SO that comfort and beauty go
hand in hand.-Webb Donnell, in Or
anGe Judd Farmer.
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Changed by Kindness.

1--WE were married thirty-seven
years." a man said who had lost his
wife, land in all that time she never
gave me a cross word. But I shall
never forget the first time I scolded
her. One morning when we had been
married about two years, I found q
button off my shirt. I threw. the gar
ment at her and said, in a rough voice:
Sew button on She got a button
and sewed it on, saying: Forgive me,
husband, had a great deal to do yes
terday and I forgot it, but it shall
never happen again Her gentle words
almost broke my heart could have
gone down on my knees to ask her for
giveness. She made a different man of
me, and the world has been different
place since she died.
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A CHINESE SCALE.

How to Mako One of These Quaint Cone
trivances at Home.
Construct, out of pastboard or thin
wood, a scale composed of three up
rights and four horizontal cross-pieces,
the result being q frame inclosing six
compartments. The cross-pieces arc
each pierced with two holes, which we
will number from 1 to 8. Procure six
chessmen, three white, b c, and three
black, f-circular bits of cork or
cardboard will do equally well-and
pierce hole through the center of
each. Lastly, take a long cord threaded
through canvas needle and having a
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-11-10
Method In Her Vanity.

A vvell-known asthete recently ad-
vised women never to pass a mirror
without locking into it, and observant
persons perceive the wisdom Of this in
junction. When one is shopping, for
instance, full-length mirrors are fire.
quently encountered, and a passing
glance is sufficient to reveal the dis
ordered veil or hat, the strip of braid
torn from the bottom of the gown, the
bow or flounce awry or any other de-
feet in the toilet, and it is then IN easy
matter to remedy the shortcoming,
which, neglected, would stamp one
lacking in proper regard for tidiness.
Therefore, the modern woman chances
into every mirror as she hurries along
and takes a furtive peep now and then
into the jeweled glass suspended at her
belt, caring not one whit If some of her
friends deem it a vanity, as long as she
Is thus treasured of her neat and trim
appearance.
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KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
tef than others and enjoy lie more, With With
less expenditure, by moHe promptly
adapting the worlds best PRODUCTS TO
the needs Of physical being, Ma.l i aess:s
laxative principles embraced IN tho
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to it's presen ftnS
in the form most acceptable and p,eSs-
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
alive; effectually cleansing the system.
disPelling colds, headaches and fever"
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it 10 man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup OF Figs,
and being well informed, you win not
accept any substitute if offered.
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isl No painter would dare to repro
duce it. The kick represented here
with was obtained with a three and
one-half-year-old horse-an Anglo
Syrio-Barbary one-sixteen hands high,
possessing great talent and remark
able conformation. His character is
FESTIVE, and he uses with the greatest
energy all the warnings to keep out of
the way that his intelligence can sug-
gest to him. Capt. Dumas had to put
him through a course of training. The
horse now performs the most varied
evolutions in the open field. At first
the animal was given to rearing 1ena
% his master exercised him in kicking
The training that he has ,tnaerer.5es
permits Of obtaining at will the kick
represented In the Photograph
Mature.
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Tho Study OF Manner.

An eastern female college has intro
duced into its curriculum n systematic
study OF manners. 1t is to be hoped
that other institutions of learnine-es.
Pecially public schools-wiu take up .
like course. AS a nation we are sadly
deficient In this respect. In attempting
to avoid elaborate and often absurd
ceremonies of European polite life, we
have gone to the opposite extreme. and,
as a consequence, sometimes Americans
of the most refined nature appear rude
and uncouth. We need to know more
of the conventionalities of elegant So
ciety, without going into the dnical
questions of etiquette that are bother
some and unimportant. Teach our
young men and women the politeness
that comes from gentle heart and a
delicate perception.-Woma
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WOMAN AND HOME
ELEoANT rAeLEwARE.

0aso IAeo E0eees shown IN . Dessert 0eHv.
~ - - venstlnA Glass.
lt - FaEe indeed nowadays that ono
ooes even the table Of poor man set
With plain white ware. while the
houses Of tho wealthy show cot after
ret Of china OF such beauty: and value
TINT csFetalkers arc put under bonds to
insure its safety. Tho most expensive
services are Of Doulton. Royal Worces-
ter, or Dresden, the latter with it's tiny
6owers being exceedingly popular
with those who can afford 1t. The Eng
lish Cauldon ware, though costing
more than the Haviland china, 10 said
TO DO better worth tho difference In
price, - It Is claimed that it will not
chip easily.
Corn sets are shown, with long, slen-
der platters with plates to match, as
are sets for serving asparagus.
Bohemian glass is used for salad
bowls and finger bowls.
Speaking of glass, Queen Victoria re-
Gently had presented to her an exquisite
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BUILDING AND SCIENCE
suiLDlNo a PIAZZA.

~ - - Coastruct . verasahls Living ReoA
Out Of Doors.
Piazzas must be possessed to, be up
preciated, but . very short trial OF pos
session will answer. Once sat upon
and lived upon the long summer days
through, their intrinsic value reveals
itself, and we only wonder how we ever
lived without them. The accompany
ing illustration shows how q low, old
fashioned house may have q broad.
roomy piaxxa-a veritable little Giving
room" out of doors. It's uses and COM
forts will be legion-one may do ones
work or take ones rest upon 1t, and If
the little house be blessed with . tiny
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WONDERFUL PICTURE.

instantaneous Photograph OF a Horse In
the Act of Kicking.
Capt. J. b. Dumas, now in Funis. and
who is one of the most rema r}1a BILE
horsemen OF our army. sends us what
we consider a most wonderful instan-
taneous photograph, which we produce
herewith. 1t represents a horse in the
act of kicking. The attitude is real,
since it is registered by photograph;
but what an extraordinary attitude it
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The Lightning Bux'a Light.

OF late the naturalist has been losing
sleep and filing great deal of valua-
BILE magazine space in discussing the
causes that produce the light emitted
by fredies. As is generally the case
where much study and investigation il
EVOLVED, there is wide difference Of
:7Tsioion. One school Of scientists trace
t-e s,henomenon to the nervous system
q sess insect; another to his respira-
tsrc- eile q third school have pre-
spsreS - a-ticle OF 9, 900 words to prove
t}'ss 5ae Ais'ht is entirely dependent
W. Vac ps>ar bugs circulation. The
bul'tszlf Ssf '-Tit1c zee seems to be In favor
Of II. - +.l.,, .s.s-5.Y, that the Luminous
tissue l. zaaas la1sN of fat glob,lles,
which Az intcrtoitt4ntly acted upon
by the oxyeets 81 the als and the phoe
phorous Of til e<es tssse' tsody.
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The Wee ones Thumb

Nothing too strong can be said
against permitting children to suck
their thumbs. Charming and heart
delighting as this common occupation
of the baby is to the average mother,
nothing will more surely ruin the
shape of the hands. II is the cause of
broad, fat thumbs in after life. There
are preparations to put upon the baby's
thumbs which will render these rosy
digits less palatab BILE, and after one or
two attempts baby will soon forget the
Injurious habit.
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A Bright Girl.

Mrs. Hightone-1t must be SO COM
forting to hear such good reports from
your daughter at Vassar.
Mrs. Malaprop - Yes, Emily IL .
bright girl and am very proud of her;
only yesterday she said in her letter
that she could surely wear glasses by
the end of the year.-Harper's Bazar.
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A BRrkluR Dog.

Jones-Who is that big man they've
just carried by on a stretcher?
Wones-Oh, that was Herr Redblood,
the anarchist, who in his speech last
night offered to lead the mob till the
streets ran with blood to his waist.
Jones-What's the matter with him
now?
Wones-A mouse ran up his trousers
leg and he tainted dead away.-Cincin-
natl Tribune.
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Cleanliness 10 Next to Goodness.
Madam-I've noticed spot of SCOT ON
your left cheek for a week, Mary. Yoa
can't have washed your face for at
least six days.
Servant Indignantly Indeed,
ma'am. you are mistaken. washed It
four days ago.-Truth.
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A Sure Preventive.

Little DicL-Miss Mamie IL awful
shy, isn't she?
Little Dot-Why?
Little Dick-She has most Of her
clothes made just like mems, SO men
News
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"A Glad Birthdayv' or the beautiful
German word. ''Gluck," for well wish
ing. In the latter case, to follow out
the idea and give it double significance,
the capital G may be a horseshoe, and
the following letters constructed of
horseshoe nails. as shown in the illus
tration.-American Agriculturist
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Are Ven 0oane AheoeA
For health. pleasure or businecs, and
would not have your voZsee nacf1ea ~ ~
letters 6tomach Bitters, and when Xoo 1eea
the nausea try wine9lassful. e wM emecs
terior. ma q continuance OF Il win save yo0a
from further ATTACKS. Az meens OF, o.
anal rheumatic troubles the Bittexs - 49,
eQualled.
In the Adirondacks-.sh you shoum Io1e
your way in these woods, Jack, WEB IA M ToC,e
EThe world 10 rounded, and I'd oe euI1 20
get back home that way sooner or 1aser-
Harper's Young People.
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''THAr organ grinder left out . portion OF
the tune" ''That's oil right. We're even.
The dime gave him had Il hole in it,
Washington Star
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The Scientific American supplement
has figured that the energy e1erted by
u railroad train travelling seventy-hve
miles an hour is nearly twi,e that Of .
two thousand-pound shot fired from .
enc hundred-ton Armstrong gun.
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WAITER-''That's quite possible, sir. Our
cape the memory. ''-FIiegendc Blatter.
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GUEST Observation-Disclosures are two
spoons in my tea cup. What is that a sign
OFF, Hostess Little Son-''That's q sign
that somebody else hasn't got any spoon.''
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PUT poor man on q ballky mule, and he
will quickly realize that he's better off,
Philadelphia Record.
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O~npresssd Gas for Motive Power.
A syndicate has been formed for In
Producing the use Of compressed gAe ~
. motor for driving street cars In Eng
land.
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SHE-''I don't SEQ You with Miss Gotrox
any more. Have you and she had n misun-
derstandings' He-"Noi an understanding.
She rejected me''-BrOOlxlyn Life.
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The Number.

Eriend-How many children. have
you?
Father-Well. when they are stu,
there's four sk them; but when they
are noisy there's about forty, should
say.-Detroit Free Press
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THERE Is no lack OF good form at Atlantic
City, especially during bathing hours.-Phil
adelphia Record.
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First Boy-Your father must be an
awful mean man. Him a shoemaker.
and maxim you wear them old shoes!
Second Boy-He's nothin' to what
your father is Him a dentist, and
your baby only got one tootA.-Puck
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She wanted to e.. I< All.

Eth1yn Qhaving just visited the pot
tery)-Now let's visit the potter's fleld,
and sec where the pots grow beforo
they are gathered and ooolced.-Arlkan,
cav TyevalaN
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MA01srRATE-''The address you gave tho
police was wrong one; there is nothing in
that locality but a building in process Of
erection.' Prisoner Exactly, that's
where usually sleep Mt nights."-DerAbend
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MIKE-ssThey does be after tellin' me al
the dispensary that has insomnia, Biddy.'
Biddy-'"Thin why don't yez be after goin
to bed and slapin' it off."aTid-Bits.
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The FtOeFU OF Che Heart.
The only Involuntary muscle COM
posed OF red OF striped Rbcrs is the
Aeart,
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Philosophy OF C10theo.
White clothing In cool because 1t re-
dects the heat Of the STUNT black cloth
ing il vsarn because It abeorhs both
hest and light
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THE custard pie is the poor mans natural
dessert. There is aristocracy about tho
c1stard pic That is to say, no upper crust
Boston Transcript.
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''YoU look SO much like your brother,
said Dennis to Phelim, s'that L could te
yez was brothers If I'd never seen aither a
ycz."
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Mrs. TAWKER-ssWhat is the meaning Of
the expression saws wood7'" Mr.. T.-tMy
dear, that is beyond the comprehension of q
woman. '-Indianapoli Journal.
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roo Muon ORDER.


- . IAsk of 0ysee1a.
A house In which there II no. orderly
routine 10 very uncomfortable place,
no doubt, but too much order may be
equally dissgreeab1e and wearing, the
nerves Of the family being rasped -
were those Of people who Hvsd with h
Wilfer's wife.
People to whom order 70 not the
means to . desired end, but tho end
itself, give themselves and others .
great deal Of needless trouble. A chair
or a book out Of place distresses them.
A blur on the window pane drives
them to distraction, unless they can q
cnce remove it. A meal slightly Dc.
layed beyond the appointed hour loses
for them its SAVIOR.
Order is their fetch. In vain theis
friends beg them to be philosophical,
to try elasticity AZ a sort Of buffei
against annoyances. They shake theis
heads YEARLY, and keep on fretting.
And the fretting marks their foreheads
and indents their lips and writes its
record on their faces, while husbands
and children sigh for a little cheerful
happy-go-luclky disorder. Tho daugh.
ter Of the over orderly mother is often,
by the law Of reaction, an absurdly un.
systematic pesAonage.-Harper Bazaar,
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BL!NKs--''Slimley is a great social light. ~
Spinks-t'In what way?'' Blinks-'.He
isn't heavy.''-N. Y. Fress.
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CURE your cough with Hale's Honey Of
aorehound and Tar. ri
Pixies Toothache Drops cure in one minute
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A FLY sees just a. we'll when he leavesh
specs behind him.-Press.
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AT a young ladies' academy.-Teacher-.-
"Who was the greatest conquerore' Lisett<
-stDon OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
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COMPLIMENTARY friend-ssVery striking
woman, Mrs. Van Snort" Mr.. Van Snor1
Yes; she hit me for ton this very morn
inH.n-tud9e