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Tale of Grandfather's Clock.
By Stanley Edward Johnson.


arrived. 1t was a perfect September
day, and the gilded autumn sunshine
played about the house, giving to her
reception room a touch of light and
shade that delighted her artistic in
stinct ''It is just the weather that l
wanted, and l know 1 should be per-
fectly happy, if only John were to be
here If he only wasn't a business
mani"
But John Van Huymen was bust
ness man of the most energetic kind,
one of those nervous, restless men one
sees rushing to and fro about Wall
street, with that manner which makes
one wonder instinctively where the
fire is. When he saw an OppOrtuni-
ty of placing 100000 worth of the
North Western Development Company
his brides first 'at home'' dropped in
to trifling insignificance. lie had
pinched her cheeks that morning I'M
til the roses bloomed again and her
dimples deepened with smiles. 'Just
think, my dear, of that commission!
1t is % per cent and that means lots
of money. That's what we want,
isn't it? Just think of it! Over $4,000
in one day! 1 guess we can't miss
that!'
The figures infusing a realizing
sense of the Importance of the trans
action. Mrs. Van Huymen assented,
but she nestled close in her husbands
arms and was inclined to cry when he
seemed impatient to leave. When he
was halfway down the walk she call
ed to him, ooh John, remember great
grandfather's clock, and do be careful
of the cable cars" eyes, sweetheart.
l will,' he answered ard the gate
slammed behind him.
Mrs. Van Huymen gave the direc,
tons to the servants and made out the
bill Of fare for the day, and then, re-
turning to the vestibule of the house,
sat down on the window seat among
the palms and ferns and began to read
''The Christian" Quickly she looked
up at the TALL handsome clock, stand
ing seven feet in height, back of a
miniature grove Of rubber plants
"There isn't handsomer antique in
this town. she said to herself. 81 sim
ply won't be nervous-the idea of be-
ing bound by silly superstition in
this day and generation. 1 won't do it,
that's all'' She read one page Of her
book, and then realizing that she had
not the slightest idea of what she had
read, she read it over again. At last
she put her book down and ga-od
steadily at the face of the clock. 1t
kept right on, as if the whole universe
depended on it's performing it's task
with precision and would tolerate no
interruption. To Mrs Van Huymen it
bebecame something human, inueed,
an inanimate thing with hui
man purpose, a purpose so determined
and uncompromising that all the ar
mics of the world could not swerve it
performance.
The ringing of the doorbell interrupt
ed her. 1t startled her so much that
she jumped to her feet and ran to the
door without waiting for the servant.
20 Mildred!" she exclaimed, 1 am so
glad to see wont anyone would have
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Special Announcement.


of
the
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-09-20
Arithmetic Made Easy, Mistakes Avoided,
ROPP'S COMMERCIAL
CALCULATOR
SHORTCUT ARITHMETIC

This is unquestionably the most useful,
and practical work on Figures, for daily use
erence, ever published. 1t Sits and simp
science of Arithmetic, retaining only the cr'
were, and makes it easy, plain and convenien
THE FARMER
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st. Mary's, and Prof. Green set his stu
dents at work to fit up another set Of in
struments for that purpose. The instru-
ments used in transmitting the messages
require no more space han a sewing ma
chine, and those at the opposite end may
be carried in the hand. The storage bat
terry used in the Notre Dame experiments
had a capacity of forty ampere hours.
The power was conducted to an eight-inch
induction coil that transformed the low
tension electricity Of the battery to the
high tension o%scillating current that prop
agated the waves, which, discharged from
the vertical wire and metal sphere, travel
at the rate of 10000 miles a second.
These waves resemble in length the
waves Of sound rather than those of light.
A vertical wire and sphere receive the
impulses and convey them to the coherer.
This instrument is the essential one in the
wireless system. 1t consists of a glass
tube a few inches in length. the ends of
which are closed with adjustable brass
plugs. The space between these plugs is
filled with filings of silver and nickel,
which cohere when affected by the cleo
trical wares. The cohesion of the parti.
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power, charge the vertical wire and pro-
ject into ether a volume of magnetic
waves that flashed unguided through
space with the velocity of a ray Of light
and descended with their message into the
tick Of the coherer.
A brief description Of the apparatus
used in wireless telegraphy will aid to an
understanding Of the principles involved.
There is a marked analogy between Mar
confs system and the system of telegraphy
now in use that vas invented by Morse.
Each has an instrument called the trans
mitter, so adjusted as to produce electric
phenomena, and each has an instrument
called the receiver, to reproduce the
sounds. But while the Morse system is
dependent on an electric current to con-
duct the signals, the Marconi system uses
the ether as a conductor, and propagates
the signals by electric waves.
The transmitter consists of an eight
inch induction coil, which is operated by a
storage battery of twenty-five volts. From
one Of the binding posts of the induction
coil a wire runs to a galvanized iron ball
that is suspended from some object that
rises above surrounding buildings. Ground
wires complete the circuit. Electric dis
turbance Is produced by forcing sparks
across the space intervening between the
discharging knobs on the induction coil.
These knobs are adjusted and can be ar
ranged so as to produce a spark Of varying
length, depending on the capacity Of the
metal ball and vertical wire which is at
tached to one terminal of the induction
coil.
The rapid-oscillating, high-frequency
sometimes 20O,O0O) between the knobs
on the induction coil affect the ether in
the vicinity Of the vertical wire and meta
ball so that electric waves are p%ropagated
in every direction. These electric waves
continue until they reach a ball and wire
similar to those connected with the Undue
ton coil. This ball and wire intercept;
the waves, and conducts them to the re
ceiver. The receiver consists Of an instru
ment, called the coherer, which is con
nected with a high-resistance relay, sucf
ms may be seen in any telegraph Office
This relay actuates an ordinary telegraph
sounder.
Prof. Green became interested in thu
work after reading Marconi's paper reaC
before the Institute of Electrical Engi
neeIS III lgOuuol. utu lut SUCCESSFUL
experiments we're made in Transmitting
messages across the English channel b
determined to make an experiment for hi
electrical classes.
A number Of visiting college president
called at the laboratory during the expert
ment and witnessed the first working O
the system. Among them we're Presiden
Whitney and Vice-President Conway O
Georgetown University, Washington
President O'Hara of Mount Saint Mary
College. Emmetsburg, Md; Presideu
Lehy Of Holy Cross College, Worcester
Mass; President Fox of Saint Johns Co
lege, Fordham, n. Y, and the presiden
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THE JOKE.

HIntercivic Humor'' and Some of It's
Amenities in America.
Under the somewhat solemn title
.Intercivic Humor," Tudor jerks has
gathered together in the May Century
many jests, old and new, that illustrate
the readiness of the American in get
ting a grind on his fellow-countryman
in other parts of the land of jokes.
Seems to me that all the sharpers
here come from Chicago" said a New
Yorker once, without due consideration
for his friends native place. yes
said the Chicago man, musingly; they
do seem to know where to come"
But the Chicago Record is respons-
ible for reporting that one Of its own
citizens was cutting a great dash In
his Chicago overcoat," and explains
that the garment is 'fur on one side
and q linen buster on the other" And
the Tribune Of the same city prints the
following:
He (after the introduction)-I feel &C
quainted with you already, Mrs. Sky
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cles reduces the resistance sufficiently to
cause the relay to operate. The normal re-
sistance of the coherer in Prof. Green's
trials was 10000 ohms; when affected by
the impulses it was reduced to between
ten and fifty ohms. The power Of trans
mission is increased fourfold by doubling
the height of the vertical wire. The waves
can be concentrated in one direction, like
the rays of a searchlight. This is effect
ed by means Of q Rigi oscillator and a re-
Hector.
Some experiments in the Marconi sys-
tenn Of wireless telegraphy took place re-
Gently between Wimereux, a village on the
French coast three miles north Of Bou-
logne, and the South Foreland. A pole
100 feet high was erected at Wimereux
and the necessary instruments were plac-
ed in a small station. A pole Of the same
height was erected hard by the South
Foreland lighthouse and the instruments
put in one Of the rooms. The distance
from station to station Is thirty miles,
The tests were conducted with the assent
Of the French Government, under the per.
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trates the ups and downs Of life IL
striking manner. He was a poor St
keeper, then a rich miner. He lived .-
a cabin, then in a palace. He sat IN
the United States Senate, one of its
wealthlest members. and last year was
glad to get the salary of postmaster Of
Denver upon which to exc out an exist
ence.
Tabor was born in Vermont in 1880
and went to Kansas, where he served
Il term in the Legislature. After
fighting grasshoppers and drought for
some years be packed his wife and
some things to eat and some tools to
dig with into a prairie schooner and
started to find gold. Sometimes he
kept store in mining camps, selling
-four for $25 per 100 pounds and bacon
for 90 cents a pound. Again he would
test fortune in a placer claim, and then
set up a forge and sharpen tools for the
miners.
From 1861 to 1878 he led a monoton-
existence, working drearily aud
profting little. With the proceeds of
the sale Of his last yoke Of oxen he
opened a little store in a deSolate Color
ado gulch, about 10000 feet above sea
level. In April, 1878, he supplied
grub stakes" to two shoemakers who
were prospecting. These cobblers, Au-
gust Richie and George f. Hook, dug
for ore on the top Of a hill. Other min
ers laughed at their folly, but the cob
blers stuck to their picks, and after
digging twenty-six feet struck a vein
or carbonate ore Of surprising rich
ness. This was the Little Pittsburs
mine. Tabor made a million or more
from his interest. The site of his store
became the center of Leadville and
Tabor grew Immensely wealthy. His
fortune was estimated at from $4,000.
600 to S9,00O,OOO. Then he move to
Denver.
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At that time Denver was a placid
town Of 10000 people. Tabor believed
in its future. Near the city, out on
the prairie" he built La Veta Place at
a cost of a million. This was his dwell
ing. Then in the city he built the Ia
Dor Block and the Tabor Grand Opera
House at a cost OF 100000. His
building enthusiasm provoked a boom
in Denver.
Tabor was ambitious to be a great
figure in his state aud in the country.
In fulfllment of his ambitions he need
ed, or thought he needed, a seat in the
United States Senate and a fair young
wife. He got both. He paid 100000
to the faithful woman who had ridden
with him in the prairie schooner and
had shared in the privations Of a pros
pector's life and the cruel cold of the
high plateaus of the Rocky Mountains.
Though protesting, she obeyed her hus-
band and sued for divorce on the
ground of desertion. The decree was
granted. Pretty Baby" Doe, of Lead
vile, Immediately became Mrs. Tabor
No. 2. One ambition was fulfilled.
The seat in the Senate next was abb
tanned. but for thirty days, to fill the
unexplred term Of Henry NJ. Teller.
He failed of reelection. After his
thirty days in office in Washington his
fortunes began to wane. The need for
ready money sent him to the lenders.
Mortgages were the result. Mines fail
ed. his buildings were not profitable.
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Madame Melba's First Appearance.

Madame MeIba's First Appearance.
Madame Melba lately gave an inter
esting account of her first public ap-
pearance. Il was quite a young girl
in Australia" she said, when, not
withstanding the persistent discourage
ment of my father, who was averse to
the idea of a singers career for me-, 1
engaged a hall in which to give a con-
cert, and sent round a notice to all my
friends.
Unfortunately for my plans, some
body mentioned the little scheme to
my father, and he, furious at my clan
destine enterprise, begged every one Of
his acquaintance to uphold his paren-
tai authority by ignoring the perform
ance. But l wasn't disheartened, and,
at the hour announced for the COM
mencement of my concert, stepped on
to the platform-to find myself face to
face with IN audience of two people.
And nobody else came."-Saturday
Evening Post.
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"By his accent"

"By his accent"
But he didn't speak"
81 overheard him eating a piece Of
pie"
1t will be well here to repeat that
these stories may be considered as
formed of adjustable parts. The Amer
lean joke, like other articles of home
manufacture, is made on the inter-
changeable principle.
Thus we may apply to any of our
growing cities the case of the farmer
who wished to exchange his farm for
city property, and drove out on a tour
of inspection with the agent. The city
lots were inspected. Now, where is
your farm" asked the agent. 1--WE
passed it five miles back, said the
farmer.
Of Boston such anecdotes as the fol
lowing circulate:
Mrs. Beanleigh Cof Boston)-Baby
spoke a sentence to-day, Oscar.
Beanleigh-What was it, Constance
Mrs. Beanleigh tproudly)-She said,
Mother seems to have astigmatism in
her left optic"
And the reply Of the child who said
when asked If she would like a talk.
ing doll: Certainly. if you have any
that converse intelligently. l could
not abide. n that giggled."
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TWO GRATEFUL 0 N
Restored to Health by Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
"can Do My own Work.
Mrs. PArR1cK DANEuY.

Mrs. PATRICK DANEHY,
West Winsted, Conn, writes;
"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM:-It is with
pleasure that l write to you of the
benefit l have derived from using your
wonderful Vegetable Compound. Twas
very i'll, suffered with female weak
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"Icouldnotsleepat night, hadtowalk
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side and small of my back. Was trou-
bled with bloating, and at times would
faint away; had a terrible pain in my
heart, a bad taste in my mouth all the
time and would vomit; butnow, thanks
to Mrs. Pinkham and her Vegetable
Compound, l feel well and sleep well,
can do my work without feeling tired;
do not bloat or have any trouble
whatever.
Il sincerely thank you for the good
advice you gave me and for what your
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One by n the properties were sold.
Millions slid from him as rapidly as
they had come t. him. Tabor became
penniless.
He went out from Denver, lived IN a
cabin near Ward, Boulder County; To-
Gated a mine and tried to dig new for
tunes out Of the ground. Success was
not SO familiar as it had been at Lead
vile. For eight months he dug and
found nothing and was forced to apply
to Millionaire Stratton, a former S3-a'
day carpenter, who had struck 1t rich
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A recent law case at New York
throws some light on Hungarian wine
making. One Of tie litigants is an
importer Of Hungarian wines, and the
other was in the habit OF furnishing
the wine man with a special brand OF
tokay. The latter is now suing the
former, and he alleges that for five
years past lie had manufactured a par
ticular brand Of tokay, which the i'm
porter sold fur medicinal purposes.
According to the evidence. the profits
of the seller we're large, for tokay,
which actually costs but 6 cents a bot
tie, was sold for So. 90.
Here's the sworn formula; Sixteen
gallons of acohol, $40 gallons of wa
ter, $50 pounds farina sugar, 40 pounds
of honey, 2 pounds Of tokay essence, 2
pounds lemon acid. 20 ounces ~salicylic
acid, 2 pounds Of gelatine.
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500 REWARD 500.

The readers of this paper will be pleased {,
learn that there is at least one dreaded dlsees.
hat science has been able to cure in all i
stages, aud that is catarTh. IL Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional dis
ease, requires a constitutional treatment
Halls Caiarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
Of the system, thereby destroying the founda-
ton Of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work. The pro-
prietors have so much faith in its curative
powers, that they offer One Hundred Dollars
Tor any case that IL fails to cure. Send for list
OF testimonials. Address
FL. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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Of the Ottawa University, Canada. This
trial was made between two rooms in Sci
ence hall and the instantaneous click Of
the coherer made known the success Of
the experiment.
The receiving station was then moved to
machinery hall, a distance Of 200 feet. The
doors and windows Of both buildings were
closed and here it was seen that walls
were no barrier to these magnetic waves.
Whether the waves penetrate or go around
a building is not known. The next day
the coherer was removed to the various
buildings on the campus with success
equal to the first days trial.
Prof. Green then suspended the verti-
cal wire from the flagstaff on the campus,
a height OF 1917 feet. The instruments
were more accurately adjusted and a trial
was made at st. Mary's academy, a mile
and a half away. Here again the tappings
came as accurately as when a single wall
divided the sending and receiving instru-
ments.
In the laboratory at st. Mary's academy
was an induction coil that had been
brought from Paris by Rev. Provincial
Zahm. This coil could be pressed into SER
vice in establishing a sending station at
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In the Sandwich Islands there is a
spot called the Rock Of Refuge. If the
criminal reaches this rock before cap
ture he is safe as long asShe remains
there. Usually his family supply him
with food until he is able to make his
escape, but he is never allowed to re-
turn to his own tribe.
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SENATOR rABoR,s LAST HOME AND MINE.

more. In fact, 1 may claim to be a
distant relation Of yours.
She-Indeed, Mr.. Blim? I was not
aware Of 1t.
He-Yes. I find by an item in the
papers, this morning, that my second
wife has just married your fourth hus-
band.
1t is doubtful, though, whether either
Of these journals copied the following
dialogue from the New York Truth:
"How did you know he was from
ChicagoY'
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for a loan. Stratton advanced him $780,
600 and Tabor continued his mining.
In the spring of 1898 President Nc
Kinley appointed him postmaster Of
Denver, the city he had built up. The
miners of Colorado were not displeased
that at 6S years of age Tabor might
have adequate shelter and food.
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Aliens Foot-Ease, o powder for the feet
1t cures painful, swollen smarting feet anc
instantly takes the sting out of corns anc
bunions. It's the greatest comfort discov.
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certain cure for ch~ilblains, sweating, damp
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package FREE. Address Allen S. Ohm,
sted, lie Roy, N. Y.
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material of the apparatus used was taken
entirely from the physical laboratory Of
the university. A storage battery that is
common to any electrical workshop, a re-
lay and key from the telegraph room, an
induction coil from the X-ray apparatus
and a coherer and choking coil made by
students under Prof. Green's instruction
constituted the paraphernalia. These
were all that was needed to generate the
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The new president of France is calm,
san and a tribe bourgeois. He looks like
a man who would infuse into French poll
tics as much vigor as Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters will into the rundown system of
anyone who uses it. 1t is an absolute cure
for all stomach disorders.
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THE LATE EX-SENATOR TABOR

Was Bred in Poverty, Acquired Mill
ions and Died Without a Cent.
The career of Horace A. w. Tabor,
the former Croesus of Colorado, who
died recently in Denver of appendicitis
was characteristic of the frontier com
munities in which he lived. 1t Illus
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The Pullman Palace Car Company is
said to have nearly 5000 men on it's
pay rolls, against 1900 when the
strike of 1894 occurred.
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Suits to millions Of dollars worth
Of property in the heart OF Sioux City,
Iowa, were decided adversely to the
claimants.
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The game of billiards was introduced
into Europe by the Knights Templars
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Glasgow, Scotland, numbers among
its population a man who is making a
manuscript copy OF the Bible. He ex-
poets to finish it in two years.
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KIDNEY DISEASE,
Caused by Internal Catarrh
Promptly Cured by
Pe-Pu-na-

Hon. j. Fl. Caldwell, a prominent
member Of the Louisiana State Legisla-
ture, says the following in regard ia
Pe-ru-na for catarrh:
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sonal supervision of Mr.. Marconi. The
tests proved highly satisfactory. They
were conducted in the presence Of dele
gates from the French war Office and the
French postofice, who expressed them
selves much gratifed at the excellent
working Of the system.
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The first equestrian statue erected in
Great Britain was that of Charles I,
at Charing Cross, London, facing Par
Lament street.
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To yourself you owe the duty, purify You
system by Plumbers oregon Blood Purifier.
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When you have sympathy with an
ugly person it is a sign that you are
ugly yourself.
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IL have used Pe-ru-na for a number
Of years with the very best results for
catarrhal diseases. l shall never be
without it. l never fail to recommend
it when an opportunity presents ITSELF
j. II. Caldwell, RObeline, La.
Gilbert Hofer, Grays, KY. says in a
letter dated March 7th. 1894: ~
have used four bottles Of Pe-ru,na and
am we'll OF my catarrh, and it cured
my Bright's disease. l had been
troubled for two years. 1 weigh twenty
pounds more than | did before l was
taken sick. l shall never be without
Pe-ru-na."
Send for free catarrh book. Address
DR.. Hartman, Columbus, o.
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All Of US are very clever in hnding
Gus for not working mora