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he had finished, she laid down her
work and sat for long time, gazing

he had finished, she laid down her
work and sat for long time, gazing
into the dancing flames.
s'The only daughter of my old friend,
Rebecca Henson, in want of food" she
said, o note OF pain in her voice.
"Mark, you and both have plenty OF
money. There is room in this house.
and in our heart, for Margaret and her
babies. But SIZE is proud. Go and
ask her to come and sew for me. Tell
her l am lonely and ask her to bring
her little ones to brighten me up"
Mark bent to kiss the placid face.
seThank You, Aunt Elsie, I see you
understand" A few hours later he
knocked at Margaret's door and saw
that years had changed her. The wild
rose bloom had faded from her cheeks,
tesrs had washed the joyous light from
her blue eyes, yet it was surely the
Margaret be had loved, that stood be.
fore him.
She met him frankly and with un.
disguised pleasure. Her voice trem.
bled when she undertook to express
her gratitude. Mark made light of
the whole affair and insisted on talking
of their childhood days. The fruit
and nuts he brought proved an open
sesame to the hearts OF Agnes and
Royce, and they were soon on the best
OF terms with the caller.
Margaret was very grateful for the
offer OF work. She hesitated o little
over accepting Mrs. Everts's kind in
yitation, fearing lest the children
prove an annoyance. But when Mark
drew touching picture of the loneli.
ness of his aunt she gladly consented
to come. 1t was arranged that the
carriage come for the Gregorys the
following afternoon.
One morning, two months later,
Florence Fox triuped across the hall
of No. 8 and entered Miss !Snell's
room.
.tof course, you are going to the
wedding reception Thursday evening""
she began. "I think it such a lovely
marriage, don't you?"
'Indeed do," Lillian replied warm
". "Yes, I am to go in the afternoon
and help with the decorations. The
whole house is to be in green and
white, smilax, ferns, roses and carna.
tions. Mrs. Everts SAYS Mr.. Davis
cannot do too much for his bride.
'our dear Margaret the sweet old
lady calls her."
Sand I believe it all came about
from your begging him to give ser
good weight" "Florence cried. mer-
rily. "He is obeying your request in
an extravagant manner. And Lillian
is not that pretty pearl ring and the
beatlfic expression on cousin E[ugh's
face the result of my efforts a'ong the
same lire of charitable work?"
The bell rang then, and the blush.
ing Lillian was spared the necessity OF
O reply.-Womsnkind.
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be an integral petv =. .Aa .'2Vef; :,
looks like mere excrescence, and de-
stroys the entire effect of the building.
Il must be remembered that the ver-
anda, more than any one feature, gives
character to the house, and consequent
ly it must be in perfect accord with The
general style. Whenever it is pcssi-
Bile piazza should extend upon two
sides of house. It should preferably
have an eastern exposure. There
need be no fear that piazza will prove
too sunny. 1t should get the full rays
Of the sun, even at midday, rather
than catch the chilling breezes from
the north. A hardy vine, carefully
trained over wire rack, or quick
growing annual like the morning glory,
will provide sufficient screen for COM
fort or for privacy. If for any reason
these cannot be had, the pretty Japan
ese split bamboo screen affords an ad-
mirable substitute.
The accompanying plan shows
style of veranda: that is occasionally
adopted with excellent effect. The
roof is carried up in an unbroken
sweep to join the main roof of the
house. This gives an extremely pic
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ORIGIN OF MEDICINE.
Where and How wcll-Known Remedie
Originated.

Originated.
The fact that certain herbs and plants
produce certain effects upon the human
system and alleviate or cure certain
ills dates back to time immemorial.
Perhaps the most ancient of medicines
properly authenticated, that isis
hops, which was used in the dual cap
acity of an Intoxicating beverage and
as o medicine in 1000 B. G. This is
attested by pictures of the plant on
Egyptian monuments of that date.
Creosote was discovered in 1880 by
Reichenbach, who extracted it from the
tar of wood.
Potassium was discovered in 1907
by Sir Humphrey Davy.
Alcohol was first distinguished as an
elementary substance by Albucasis in
the twelfth century.
Scheele discovered glycerine in 1889.
Nux yomica, which is nearly as old,
is the seed of tree indigenous to In
dia and Ceylon. :.
Peppermint is native to Europe, and
its use as O medicine dates back to the
Middle Ages.
Myrrh, which comes from Arabia
and Persia, was used as medicine in
the time of Solomon.
Hemlock, the extract of which killed
Socrates, is o native OF Italy and
Greece.
Iodine was discovered in 1872 by
Courtois, aud was first employed in o
hospital in London in 1925.
Ipecao comes from South America,
and its qualities are first mentioned in
164S by Spanish writer, who refera
to it as Brazilian medicine.
Ergot is the product of the diseased
seeds of common rye, and is one OF
Hahneman's discoveries.
Aconite grows in Siberia and Central
Asia, and was first used as medicine
by Storck in 1852.
Hasheesh, or Indian hemp, is d
resinous substance produced from the
tops of the plants in India. It has
been used, as has opium, since Indian
history began.
Caffeine, the active principle of cof-
fee, was found by Runge in 1920. Or
dinary coffee contains about one per
cent, Java coffee 42-5 per cent. and
Martinique 6 2-5 per cent.
A-nica halls from Europe and Asia,
but the medicine is made from artificial
plants grown for that purpose in Ger
many and France..-New York Journal.
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An Unwrilten Law.

It is one of the unwritten laws that
the President shall never go beyond
the boundary line of the country dur.
ing his term of Office, and naval men
say that as soon as the Presidents
ship loses soundings he is out of the
jurisdiction of the Nation. This is
not literally true, however, for all
along the Atlantic seaooard, from the
Virginia eapes to New York, there is
what is known as the Notation
mark, extending far out in the ocean
beyond the three-mile limit, declared
by international law to be the extreme
limit of jurisdiction that a country
has over its ocean boundary.
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THOs. j. ADAMS, PROPRIETOR.

must be Margaret's child. Good Godl
Margaret and her child wanting
bread !"
a half hour later Mark Davis was
making his way up the stairs to the
floor upon which Mrs. Gregory's rooms
were situated. His knock ct the first
door was answered by q red-faoed
woman.
"Mls' Gregory it is you air want
in'?" she asked sharply. "And it's no
bad news you air after bringin' her, l
hope"
'sI wanted to deliver some groceries
friend has sent her."
The cluuded face cleared as it by
magic. "aeaven's blissin' be on your
head thenl Mis- Gregory, she's gone
out. but I've her key here, and will
unlock the door. That's her by, and
a swate child he is."
Mark looked eagerly at the pink and
white face OF the boy. He held out d
great golden orange, and little Roy ce
spang for it, his childish laugh echoing
through ths room. Then the grocer
followed Mrs. Donavan to the home OF
Margaret Gregory.
1t was bare place, but clean and
neat. Mark sighed as he noted the
signs of abject poverty. While the
dellveryman was bring up the parcels,
Mrs. Donavan volubly explained that
Mrs. Gregory had gone to try to get
money due her. The warm hearted
Irish woman had surmised that for
tune was at low ebb with her neighbor.
partly because of little Royce's unu-
sual fretfulness, which had been
quoted by huge slice of bread and
butter.
''She's worked her precious fingers
most to the bone," she concluded,
"but works scarce, and I don't know
what's ever goln' to become OF her and
her babies" {"
The wood soon came. Florence's
BALI cord had been reinforced by a
whole cord, perhaps because she had
written her cousin that the needy
widow was protege Of Miss SHELLS.
As to Lilian's order for groceries,
NJ. Davis had added to it sack of
-four, ham, coffee, tea, sugar, apples,
cookies, cheese, canned fruits and
meats, and big bag of candy.
Mrs. Donavan went back to her own
room, and the wagons rolled way.
Mark hastily built fire, then sat down
to think how best to explain the liber-
ty he had taken.
The bare room faded from his vision
as he sat there. In its place came an
old country garden overgrown with
roses and clematls. It was June, and
the air was heavy with the scent OF
many blossoms. By his side was q
beautiful girl in whose curls the sum
shiue seemed entangled. He bent
lower, and the rose-red lips OF his
companion murmured, 81 love you,
Mark" Still lower his head sank un-
til bis lips touched the ones that had
a
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The Telegraph in Persia.

The overland telegraph line which
connects England with her great In
dian empire passes through Persia, and
has recently been subjected to an inter-
ruption of q quite serious character,
due to the fanaticism of the populace.
It seems that there has been terrible
drought, which the subjects of the
Shah, instead of attributing to Provi-
dence, ascribed on the contrary to the
telegraph poles, and, above all, to the
posts and signs of the survey depart
ment of the company. Accordingly all
the obnoxious poles, wires and survey
signs were destroyed by priest-led
mob. Strangely enough, heavy rain
fell Immediately afterward; and now,
in spite of the severe punishment in.
fiicted by the Teheran Government up
on the ring-leaders, the masses of the
population through Persia are firmly
convinced that telegraph and survey
posts are productive of drought and in
yentions of Satan.
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PINS BY THE BILLION.
INGENIOUS MECHANISM EMPLOYED
IN THEIR MANUFACTURE.

It Takes From Ten to Sixteen Different
Processes to Make One Pin-Turn-
ing Out 300 n Minute-Women Are
Employed as Inspectors and sorters.
What becomes of all the pins? 1t is
an old question, and one that has never
been answered. Take it in everyday
life. Nobody ever willfully destroys
or throws away pin. On the con-
trary, all tradition is in favor of care in
preserving these useful little articles.
The connection between good luck and
pins is brought out by an ancient An
glo-Saxon saw, which runs:
See pin and pick 1t up,
And all the day you'll have good luck
See pin and let 1t lay,
Bad luck you'll have then all the day.
This may be little weak in gram
mar, but the point is obvious enough.
Every student of household supersti-
ton knows, too, that to come upon
pin lying with the point toward one
means bad luck, while the opposite end
is an equally potent harbinger of good
fortune. And so q long story might be
made of the romantic and historical as
sociations of the pin, but lest this
prove tender subject for school-mas-
ters, it may be well to turn to the
more prosaic and practical side of pin
ology.
"Can anything be more simple than
the making of a pin?" you say, and
you hold one up to look at it. There
is nothing to it except body, head and
point. You may be surprised, then,
to learn that this pin in the course OF
it's manufacture passed through from
ten to sixteen processes, iourneying
from basement to roof of a great fac
tory in which are employed hundreds
of skilled operatives, all giving their
minds and rouscles to the task of turn
ing out so simple an object as the
ordinary pin. And besides the human
workers the industry engages dozens
of different kinds of machines, operat-
ing with the mysterious and almost in
telligent action which makes modern
machinery so highly interesting.
It is estimated that nine-tenths of
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as the piazza. American climate and
social conditions are such that it is
possible to make constant use of the
piazza during almost all of the year,
even in the northern latitudes. The
wide growth in popularity of the piazza
is nowhere more strikingly shown than
in the farmhouse. A decade or two ago
one might ride mile upon mile in the
country without seeing single farm
house with piazza; but now almost
every new one erected makes some
pretentions in this line.
1t is safe to say that not single
villa or detached house, aside from the
smallest and cheapest home for the
laboring man, is built in this day with
out q piazza. Often even small house
will have two. 1t is, therefore, i'm
portant to consider the subject in
general way. The size and style of
the veranda must depend upon the de-
sign of the house, its height, the shape
of the roof, etcetera. In very warm
climate, or at the seashore, where
people expect to live large portion of
the time out of doors, almost every
thing gives way to the piazza, and the
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barbican with the bits Of wire project

barbican with the bits of wire project
ing from its rim. AS the wires move
on in the clasp of this second wheel,
the projecting ends pass over the sur
face of a number of rapidly revolv-
ing wheels, which may be described as
circular steel files. These wheels
grind the end of wire to neatly tap
cred point, and after leaving them the
points pass across pumice stone
wheel to give them the smoothness
which the files cannot impart, and then
drop into wooden box placed beneath
the machine to receive them. The
process is the same for all grades of
pins, except that in the best ones f.
stream of oil falls upon the points as
they pass over the surface of the files.
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A Queen With Whiskers.

A. captain in regiment 1ed in
Natal, when paying his ca NV ont
day, chanced to give man - sifaps
yaal crown, which, as one would ~,
urally expect bears "the image and su-
prescription" of President Kruger.
The man brought it back to the pay
table and said to the captain: please,
sir, you've given me bad half-crown.'
The officer took the coin, and, with
out looking at it, rung it on the table,
and then remarked: "It sounds all
right, Bagster. What's wrong with
it?"
"You luke at it, sir" was the reply.
The captain glanced at the coin, say
ing: cts all right, man; it will pass
in the canteen."
This apparently satisfied Bagster,
who walked off, making the remark:
IF you say it's a. right, sir, it's a. light;
but it's the first time I've seed the
Queen WI whiskers on. London An
swers.
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four distinct processes-cutting, head
ing, pointing and smoothing. There
are 100 of these machines ranged along
the sides of the manufacturing room,
each one turning out 300 pins per min
ute. Not all the machines are like
the one described, but this is the new
est, most up-to-date and most rapid in
It's operations. Back in corner OF
the room are some of the old hand ma
chimes of adecade ago, capable, under
the direction of skilled workman, of
turning out one-tenth as much as the
most improved modern machines.
In the square wooden boxes beneath
the machines we have what may prop
erly be described as a pin, looking
very much as it does when itleaves the
factory, although it has number OF
processes to go through still. The
next step takes the pins to the whiten-
ing Here they are first placed
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a,. American pins are made in Connec-
ticut, and the largest pin factory in
the country is III that State. The
number of pins turned out by this one
factory in the course of the year, if
placed end to end, would form line
reaching three times around the earth.
The total production of the country is
about twice this number, or nearly
enough to extend in straight line
from the earth to the moon.
The pins make their appearance at
the factory in the form Of coiled wire
packed in barrels. The ordinary pin
is made from brass wire, though iron
is used for the cheapest grades. The
first step in the transformation process
is the Strengthening of the wire. The
coils are placed on revolving racks and
fed from these into machine from the
vise-like grasp of which the wire
emerges perfectly straight. Thence it
goes directly to the pin machines,
where the most interesting step in the
work of manufacture goes on. The
pin machine, like the printing press,
combines in one compact piece of me-
chanism number of interesting pro-
cesses.
In the Machine.
AS the wire is fed into the machinery
it encounters q sharp knife, which
cuts it off into uniform lengths of what
ever size may be desired. As each lit
tie length of wire drops from the knife
it falls upon wheel, perhaps ten
inches in diameter, set upright in the
frame of the machine. The edge OF
this wheel is notched into number OF
little grooves, each one just large
enough to hold one of the bits Of wire.
The embryo pins settle into these
grooves and are carried along by the
revolving wheel until an iron thumb
and finger seizes and holds them firm
ly, while an automatic hammer, by
single smart blow, puts head on one
end. Then they fall upon another
grooved wheel, which revolves hori-
zontally and looks like a miniature
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Why take Johnson's
Chill & Fever Tonic?
Because it cures the
most stubborn case
ofFeVer i'm ONEDAY.
The Sun and the Doctor.


A physician writing in The Hospital
says: Where the sun does not go,
there goes the doctor. All sorts OF dis
ease, from consumption down, are nit
igated or cured by sunlight and pure
air. Watch for the sun, for life and
health dwell in the sun beams; and
when it is shining, open every window
in the house until it goes down again.
There is every reason to believe that
the germs of such diseases as scarlet
fever, diphtheria, typhoid fever, and
other such deadly enemies, are entire
ly destroyed by strong sunlight. Not
only, however, has the sun the power OF
making germs die, but it is equally en-
'dowed with the potency Of making men
live. Let every man and woman make
sure that not only themselves, but also
their children and their servants shall
have the fullest opportunities of taking
in unlimited quantities Of the mex
pensive but life-giving sunshine.
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, Why Orange Blossoms Are Worn.

Much uncertainty exists as to why
the orange blossom has been so much
worn by brides, but the general
opinion seems to be that it was adopted
as an emblem of fruitfulness. Accord
ing to some authorities the practice
has been derived from the Saracens,
among whom the orange blossom was
regarded as a symbol of a prosperous
marriage, circumstance which is
partly to be accounted for by the fact
that, in the East, the orange tree
bears ripe fruit aud blossoms ct the
same time.-New York Ledger.
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ucLEAR THE wAyl"
Men OF thought be up and stirring

Men OF thought be up and stirring
Night and day;
Sow the seed, withdraw the curtain,
Clear the way.
lien OF action, aid and cheer them
As ye may!
There's @ fount about to stream.
There's light about to beam.
There's warmth about to glow,
There's flower about to blow;
There's midnight blackness changing
Into gray;
Men of thought and men Of action,
Clear the way.
Once the welcome light has broken
Who shall say
What the unimagined glorles
or the day2
What the evil that shall perish
In its ray?
Aid the dawning, tongue and pen,
Aid it, hopes of honest men;
Aid 1t, paper-aid 1t, type
Aid'it, for the hour Is ripe;
And our earnest must not slaeken
Into play;
Men Of thought and men Of action,
Clear the way.
Lo! clouds abou, to vanish
From the day,
And a brazen wrong to crumble
Into clay.
Lo! the Rights about to conquer
Clear the wayl
With the Right shall many more
Enter smiling at the door;
With the giant Wrong shall fall
Many others, great and small,
That for ages long have held US
For their prey;
Men Of thought and men Of action,
Clear the way!
Charles Mackay,
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Indian Ocean Sharks.

Although the waters of the 1ndiap
ocean are filled with voracIous sharks.
the inhabitants of the numerous isl.
ands near Ceylon swim about in the
water with impuaity, the sharks re.
fusing to molest them, while q
stranger would be instantly devoureds
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Johnson's Chill and Fe-
yer Tonic is a O.NE-DAY
Cure. IT. cures the most
stubborn case of Fever in
n Hours.
Snake For a Nccktie.

Some men will fly from snake as
they would from pestilence. Others,
whose nerve centers are under better
control, will handle the cold, crawling
reptiles with as much Indifference as
they exercise in manipulating ham
sandwich. Gus Behmer, of Indianap-
oils, is one Of the latter class. He is
machinist, and when he came to work
he was observed to take unusual care
with his shirt collar. Later on he was
seen to have about his neck, under his
shirt collar, tie of peculiar form OF
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JoE1nson's Chill and Fe-
yer Tonic is a ONE-DAY
Cure. 1T cures the most
stubborn case of Fever in
n Hours.

According to the London Court Jour
nal, Lii Hung Chang has most arauouh
task before him. The story is that the
Chinese emperor, being anxious 70
learn French, appointed the erst~nlie
possessor of the yellow Jacket as nus
tutor. But when he discovered tnas
his teacher had but a smatterins Vi
the tongue, he ordained that Ii be H.
carcerated until be learns the LANGUAGE.
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wren swinging on spray of clover.
"Who If crying?" she asked, in
sweet, firm voice.
sIt is little Agnes Gregory" volun-
teered dimple-faced boy who sat
near.
Miss Smell crossed The room and
bent over the child.
"Agnes, what is it? Can you not
tell me all about it?"
S,bs were Agnes's only reply. Miss
Smell kissed her gently then went
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the snake, tufnse .ssie a,s "ssco.s =:
of the door. During the evening it is
unnecessary to say that Behmer was
not to any extent bothered by those
who desired to discuss politics, religion
cr anything else. Detroit Free Press.
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This espointing in oil" is said to impart
stoughness and durability not other
wise obtainable. It will be seen that
since the wire was fed into this COM
rlicated machine it has passed through
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PIAzzAs ARE POPULAR
Valuable Suggestions About Their. Be
Situation and Construction.

If the experience of the majority of
house owners could be gathered, it is
altogether probable they would testify
that no one feature of the house has
SO amply repaid the construction cost
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GOOD WEIGHT
HOPE DARING.

lLlAN SN ELL,
teacher of tn e
first grad e in
building No. 8,
public schools OF
Windsor, turned
quickly from the
blackboard where
on she had been
drawing a pert
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III a single factory gives no adequate
impression of the great mountain of
pins that is required to supply the
market every year.-Washington Star.
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turesque appearance, and it will be
seen that no inch of space in the house
itself is sacrificed. ed.-Copyright 1897.
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No great man ever had time to play
checkers in the middle of the day.
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