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Domestic Ice Machines.

Periodically the question is asked
why there is nothing available in the
shape of 4 small ice or reIrigeratlng
machine fo;. domestic use. That such
Il machine is in wide demand and
would meet with ready sale IS gener-
ally admitted, so that to many 1t
seemed all the more curious. no doubt,
that commercial enterprise did not long
AGO undertake to solve the problem.
The whole question, however, may be
answered by the statement that no
better method Of refrigeration has yet
been found than the use Of ammonia
or similar system. which involves
the use Of certain p-essures and cer-
tain number Of elements in the cycle,
such as compression. expansion and
condensation, regardless OF whether
The plant is to turn out q fraction or
ION or hundred tons. The handling
Of the refriserating cycle and the safe
manipulation Of pressure requires
skill-in fact. skill somewhat above
the average. and which cannot be OK
Dected frc;n ordinary GoMestics. 1t,
therefore, seems that the facts as they
stand at present preclude the possibil-
ity OF small domestic ice or refrigerat-
ing plants. and will so continue until
some system may be devised differing
widely from those low in use.-Cas-
sier's Magazine.
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HER Boy.

Where is the child that used to play
Around her while she sewed away
Whose baby rhymes she used to hear,
Forgetting that the world was drear!
Where is the child that used to place
His cheek against her pallid face,
Who used to sing, all unaware
Of troubles she was forced to bear!
Where is the child who made her glad,
Who was the only hope she had,
For whom she toiled, for whom she
prayed, ,
For whom her fondest plans were laid?
The child is gone! She sits alone
He's claimed another as his own
They've flown. but they'll return anon
The mothers lips are white and drawn.
Her poor. old toil-worn fingers bleed;
She sits alone in dire need,
And thinks-ah, solemn thought and grim!
"The girls not good enough for him"
S. E. kiser, in Chicago Record-Herald.
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Revolutionary Mailbox.

Among the treasures held by the An.
tiquarian Society in Portsmouth, n.
H., there is an old box the history OF
which is given on 4 label which it
bears.
The box is of tin, painted green, and
shows signs of much usage, which IS
not surprising when one considers that
it carried the United States mail be-
tween Portsmouth and Boston during
the Revolution. 1t is about nine inches
long, four and one-half inches VIDE
and a little more than that in height.
1t was carried on horseback by Cap
tain John Noble, otherwise known as
Deacon Noble, who was post rider un-
til 1888.
This box contained all the mail. and
made every week one round trip-oc-
cupying three days in the journey
from Portsmouth to Boston the first
Of the week, and three days at the end
Of the week from Boston to Ports
mouth. The distance between the two
places is little more than fifty miles.
The mailboX is somewhat battered
and the paint faded and scraped. but
there is no doubt that in case need
arose the stout little box could even
now serve as it did IN the time OF the
country's peril.-Iouth's Companion.
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Cold Storage Bait.

DR.. Kendall, NJ. P. for Cape Breton,
who assisted in forming isherman's
bait associations in the Maritime
Provinces, says three freezers were in
operation last year, two in Prince Ed
ward Island and one in Antigonish
County, N. s. This year nearly twenty
bait freezers have been in operation
capable Of storing 500 tons Of frozen
bait. The fishermen Of the different
localities visited have borne testimony
to the value Of the system Of bait
cold storage by the interest taken in
the meetings and the efforts made by
them to form associations. The Leg.
islatures of, Nova Scotia and Prince
Edward Island have passed special
acts for the free incorporation Of fish
ermen's bait associations, and it is an
ticipated that similar legislation will
be enacted by the Legislatures Of the
provinces of New Brunswick and Que
bec.-Toronto Mail and Empire.
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Diamond horseshoes galore are to be
seen for ordinary pins.
Girls Exercise Suit.

The value Of gymnastics is too well
realized to require urging. This up-to
date suit enables them to be taken at
their best and provides ample freedom
and comfort. AS shown it is made OF
French flannel in marine blue, with
trimming Of black braid, but serge
brilliantine and taffeta are correct,
both in black and dark colors.
The divided skirt is full, gathered
at the waist and again below the
knees, where it droops over the bands
The blouse IS simple in the extreme,
plain across the shoulders and ar.
ranged in gathers at the waist by
means of an elastic run through the
hem. At the neck is sailor collar
with pointed front edges that flare
apart to show the soft-knotted tie OF
silk. The sleeves are in bishop style,
with straight narrow cuffs.
To cut this suit for a girl Of ten
years of age seven yards Of material
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Tho (locl< of Ereenwich

The clock ut the Greenwich Observ-
atory is the most important one in Eu-
rope, for it furnishes correct time all
over that part Of the globe. 1t is,
t. t..erefore, looked after and regulated
with the greatest care, and is never
allowed to get more than one-tenth or
secoud fast or slow. OF course, 1t
is impossible to correct so small an er'
ror by moving the hands, but an eiec-
tro-magnet serves the purpose admir-
ably. The magnet is near the pendu-
lum. which it attracts the least bit
when the electrical current is turned
on. The current is so timed that 1t
delays the pendulum if the clock is
fast, or quickens it if the clock is slow.
In this way few thousand swings OF
the pendulum will correct the error OF
n tenth of a second.-Jewelers' Review.
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Denfneo. Cannon he Cured

by local applications as they cannot reach tbs
diseased portion Of the ear. There is only one
way. to cure deafness, and that is by constitu-
Honal remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
famed condition Of the mucous lining OF the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is infamed
you have rumblins sound orimperfect hear
Ing, and when it is entirely closed Deafness is
the result, and unless the inhammatio can be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be des troyed forever.
Nine cases out Of ten are caused By catarrh.
which is nothing but an in famed condition OF
the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hun dred Dollars for any
case Of Deafness Caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Circulars
sent free. F. CHENEY d Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
HALLS Family Pills are the best.
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his prayer and announcing a hymn,
but by some irony Of circumstances he
chose one that sounds like
The consecrated croSs-eyed bear
Not long after that unfortunate
church incident Andy went to have
his picture taken, and Of course he
wore his Sunday eye. 1t matched the
natural optic about as we'll as the rib
bon he took home for Mrs. Showers
wien she was getting ready for the
Jenkins girls wedding, but when
man has his picture taken nothing but
Sunday fiXings will do.
For goodness sake, pa" said Sal
lie, as she tried to make seventeen
collar fit a fifteen shirt, TRY to look
little decent this time. That other pic
ture is just horrid.'
Lift your chin little and don't
stare quite so much," admonished the
man at the camera, who had not no.
ticed the Showers assortment of look
ers. ThehSs while the long-haired art
list with the soiled linen was fumbling
about for a plate, Andy pushed that
of eye Of his around so that it peered
into an upper corner of the room.
Now look about here at this card on
the door and hold still for a second"
and as the picture maker thrust bis
shaggy head underneath the dark cover
Andy leaned forward for an instant
and slyly dropped the small-calibre
glass ball into his lap.
There's a leetle too much shade on
the left eye" came from the cavernous
depths under the cover. Turn your
face a trife to the right, and then
We'll get you"
Andy turned it, and the empty socket
loomed into the artists view like the
opening of a cyclone cellar.
Horse on me-" chuckled the man
at the machine. Its no time for the
drinks, but III make you dozen for
half price,
"Guess that's about right for a man
with only half as many eyes as he
ought to have" said Andy.
One week day pas Sunday eye was
missing. He searched the clock again
and again, but it was no use, the prize
was gone. Mrs. Showers hadn't seen
it, and, Sallie couldn't imagine where
it'd got to- At the dinner table the
subject was taken up anew. Baby
Showers lisped his innocence, but for
some reason ter-year-old Willie did
not Join in the discussion. He made
himself q mighty busy boy and kept
his eyes glued to the country ham on
his plate.
willie, you hain't seen pas eye'
have you:" asked his mother,
There was a moment Of silence and
Willie's lips quivered violently. He
knew his time had come.
Johnnie Silver's got it," he whimp-
cred.
Why, how in the world did Johnnie
Silver get it?' pressed Mrs. Showers.
"He-he beat"
Beat what!'
playing marbles"
The next day Johnnie Silver traded
hack the store eye for the biggest mar
hle in town, and Andy Showers gave
him the marble.-John Howard Todd,
in the Chicago Record-Herald.
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erty in the singular, however, because
he can only wear one movable eye al
q time. .
Early in July Andy's wife and
daughter Sallie came to Chicago to
visit. Of course every member OF the
family in the little home down in Gus
ter township must have q souvenir
from the big city. 1t was easy to pro-
vide for the others, but what TO get for
Andy-.hat was Il hard one. Then Il
bright thought struck Sallie.
Say, ma, let's get pa a new eye for
Sunday" was the way she put il, he:
own brown ones glowing with bril-
liancy Dor: owed from the idea.
That's just the thing. Sallie,' said
good Mrs. Showers, and away they
went in search of an eye store and 4
brand-new socket filler. 1t was easy
enough al distance to pick out dn eye
that would match Andy's good Cne. but
when Sallie and her ma looked into
q case full Of optics that were green.
gray, brown, and all the tints between
well, there was trouble.
Il tell you, pas eye is green, ma
declared Sallie with an emphasis
showing that she considered the incl
dent closed. Its just like this one"
holding up to the light Nile-tinted
specimen.
Its no such thing. Sallie," returned
the elder Showers. PAS eyes light
blue Long before wc's married the
girls used to call him Blue Eyes and
don't reckon the one that's left has
washed out"
The end of it all was that pa got 4
compromise between 4 blue and Il
green eye, and il didn't mate the other
one a little bit. 1t was not less thar
four shades off color, and moreover,
it. was 50 small that one could almost
hear it rattle when Andy shook his
head. And hcreon hangs one of his
stock jokes.
Andy wore his new eye to church
the first Sunday after it came. When
Elder Jones rose to pray Andy bowed
his head as usual. That Chicago store
eye saw its chance to show off before
the rural worshipers. 1t dropped out
Of its nest, clattered on the pew seat
ahead and then rolled to the floor and
down the aisle. Bay Showers, foul
years old, chased after the fugitive
but before lie emerged into the aisle
a newly married couple came along.
Look out, mithter," he lisped, don't
you thtep on path eye"
The groom sidled to one side like
man making an end run around a
snake and the bride blushed in g
frightened sort of way. Ed Banes
crew Of irreverent young men on the
back seat Uttered audibly, and wave
of nudging swept every pew as the
summer breeze did the wheat field out
side.
Elder Jones tried to preserve the
gravity of the service br cutting short
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son. The smart, yet practical May
Manton model, shown in the large
drawing, is suited to variety of ma
terials, and becomes appropriate for
evening or street wear as it is made
in lighter or darker colors. AS, shown,
It is of tan-colored kersey cloth, lined
with white satin and is trimmed with
appliques Of lace on the reVers and
collar. When thrown open 1t is an
elaborate wrap fitted to opera, theatre
and reception wear, but when closed
becomes sufficiently plain to allow OF
wearing in the street, OF in the cars
en- route for entertainments Of various
sorts. The same cloth in sage green,
brown and black is much liked for the
latter purpose, while white, pale col
ors and such materials as panne, peau
de sole ard the like are in vogue for
evening carriage use.
The cloak is loose fitting but in
cludes lines that render it graceful
and chic. The fronts hang straight
from the shoulders and can be rolled
back to form revers or closed IN
double breasted style. The back is
laid in inverted pleats, at the centre.
which flare as they approach the floor,
and give tapering effect to the figure.
The sleeves are in bell shape and the
neck is finished with q storm collar
in Bonaparte style.
TO cut this cloak for woman OF
medium size nine and one-half yards
Of material twenty-one inches wide, OF
three and three-fourth yards fifty-four
inches wide will be required.
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Trainmen Bothered nv a snook

Engineer Gene Smith, of the Color.
ado Midland, doesn't believe in ghosts,
and that's what troubles him. He was
rounding a deep cut near King station
one day this week when he saw the
figure Of a woman dressed in white
lying across the track. 1T was too
late to apply the brakes" he said to
group of trainmen to-day. Il gave
the whistle. 1t was an echo Of the
despairing vail that rose from my
heart. 1 closed my eyes, but we
struck nothing. Looking out from my
engine a moment later I saw before
me floating up and with the hand wav-
ing mockingly at me, the figure which
l had just seen lying PROSTATE on the
tracks"
J. D. Crowley, who runs another
train over the same route, confirms
Smiths story. Both are men Of un-
questioned veracity. There is much ap-
prehension among trainmen over that
branch, and it is said there is strong
demand for rabbits feet and other
talismans.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
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and he wears a glass counter
felt in its place. Indeed, the chief fun
of his life is focused upon that glass
eye. Every week OF two he has new
joke about it, and in telling it he
laughs louder and longer than anybody
else.
"'Long about thrashing time" he
says, I've got the best of the men
with two good eyes. If one eye ketches
q thimbleful of dust two ketches two
thimblefuls. That's plain enough for
q man with no eyes to see. And If
a whole pair of specs cost So half a
pair oughtn't to fetch more'n $3.50. If
I want to go to sleep when Elder
Jones is preachin' just keep this bad
lamp of mine on picket duty and doze
off with the other"
From the mere standpoint Of num-
bers Andy is better off with eyes than
any of his neighbors. He has the big
gest collection in Shelby County-eyes
for week days and eyes for Sundays,
eyes for weddings and eyes for funer-
ais, eyes with stony stares and eyes
with romantic dreams in them. He
always speaks of his ophthalmic prop
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A Judges Daughter Opens a Barber Shop

A Judges Daughter Opens Barber shop
Because she was turned down ny
the BARRIERS Union Mary Clagett,
daughter Of the late Judge w. II.
Clagett, Of Spokane, Wash, has
opened barber shop of her own, the
first one of it's kind in the State. Judge
Clagett was one Of the best known
men in the Northwest. He was once
elected Il Senator from Idaho, but was
not seated, owing to 4 technicallty.
He represented Montanp in Congress
in his earlier years. After his death
his daughter sought employment IN
barber shops as a livelihood. She had
learned the trade in Chicago. The
local union would not admit her so
she started alone, keeping up union
prices and making no complaint. She
is a bright. intelligent woman, and
while her family objects 10 her present
employment she is cheerful and deter
mined to continue. Many of her
fathers old-time friends patronize her.
San Francisco Chronicle.
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Having found by personal expert
ence that Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound is a medi-
cine of rare virtue, and having seen
dozens of cures where my suffering
sisters have been dragged back to life
and usefulness from an untimely grave
simply by the use of few bottles OF
that Compound, I must proclaim its
virtues, or 1 should not be doing my
duty to suffering mothers and dragged
out housekeepcrs. .
"Dear Sister, is your health POOR,
do you feel worn out and used up,
especially do you have any OF the
troubles which beset our sex, take my
advice let the doctors alone, try
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound; it is better than any
and all doctors, for it cures and they
do not."-MRs. E. C. SMITH, 1912 Oak
st., Treasurer W. c. T. u, Kansas
City, Mo.-ssooo forfeit II a'0V' t'sti"'''" ID
not genuine.
men free. Address, Lyon, Mass
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is Astrakan with q finish Of fox tails.
Tho co1larettp Is shaped to give

is Astrakan with a finish of fox tails.
The collarette is shaped to give a
cape effect at tie back, with stole
fronts that can be cut higher or shorter
as preferred. At the front edges are
stylish revers which can, however, be
omitted when a plain finish is pre-
ferred. At the neck is storm collar.
fitted in sections, tlat rolls over at
the upper edge.
The muf is round and drawn in to
fit the hands by means Of elastics In
serted in the lining.
To cut this collarette and muf for
a woman Of medium size two and
fourth yards Of material twenty
inches wide or one and three-eighth
yards fifty inches wide will be re-
Quired.
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On Madame's Back.

Makers of high-class imitation jew
elry were quick to note the broad belt
pieces which decked the back Of the
belt of many of the imported evening
dresses and to copy them. These i'm
posing things are in filigree antique
silver, and are closely set with rhine
stones, the effect being simply tre'
mendous. These pieces fit into the
back perfectly, and, while of irregular
shape, average five or six inches ID
length by from two to four in depth.
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Suicide in French Army.

The France Militaire publishes sta
tistics showing that cases of suicides
are very frequent in the French army,
more so, perhaps, than in any other
European force. Among every 1000
deaths in the army from all causes,
no less than an average of fifty Tin
1896 exactly fifty, and in 197 fifty
one) are caused by self-dest-uction;
while of every 100000 men on the rolls
of the army no less than an average Of
twenty-seven commit suicide every
year. Among the colonial troops the
number is even higher.
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Buttons Chained.

Quite the latest thing in shirt waist
buttons is an arrangement for the
front fastening. Fastidious fair ones
will desire the rest of the buttons to
match. and they can easily find them.
The part of the scheme, which is new,
is Just this: On straight gold chain
of moderate SIZE and the length Of &
shirt waist front are mounted five
stones which serve as buttons. Tur-
quoise, topaz, garnets, opals, ame-
thysts and the rest all figure. The
chain Is, of course, on the under side,
the buttons being put through the
double set OF DuttOnholes. This
scheme not only keeps the buttons
firm, but makes losing them next to
impossible.
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A PRETTY Little Bonnet.

Blue is combined with the chinchilla
in one Of the prettiest Of little bon
nets. The entire crown of the bonnet
Is of pale blue resettes Of silk, edged
with fine blue roses, each rose with a
brilliant cut steel centre. Around the
face is the broad band of the chin.
chilla. indented little at one side OF
the front, where IN aigrette is placed
rising from a small feathery pompon
of blue, the tips of which are tiny
steel pendants.
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CroM'a Feet.

While a woman is 10th to see these
telltales near her eyes, it's another
story when 1t comes to her tailor
mades, or, rather, serni-tailor-mades
At any rate, these taut finishes come
in even gun metal or gilt thread ready
to blindstitch on at the terminals OF
stitchings and seams generally. They
are inch-long oblongs, broader at the
lower end. Three of them, arranged
in outspreading effect, make imposing
finishes.
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Falcour Renawed.

Onr craze for novelty mas caused US
to revert to the antique, says NJ. A. P.
of London. Falconry has been taken
up by several distinguished ladies. Ow-
ing to its cost, it will never become a
common amusement. A good and per-
fectly trained hawk cannot now be
obtained under $500, and a falconer's
wages are from $500 to $3.50. The
Duchess of Marlborough is interested
In falconry; and one OF the advantages
of this picturesque sport is that it
can be followed, in some form or an
other, all the year around.
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Clinching a Bargain in China.

When you engage servant Or make
q bargain in China it is not considered
binding until the Fastening penny"
has been paid. Although his bad faith
is notorious in some matters, yet, to
do him justice, when once this coin has
been paid by you the Chinaman, coolie
or shopman, will generally stick to
his bargain, even if the result to him
be loss.
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They have now invaded fresh prov
ince. the beaver hat. Not only in the
trimmings of panne velvet or silken
scarf or soft breast plumage, but they
now appear on the furred felt surface
of the hat itself. A sailor hat of pearl
colored beaver is neatly spotted over
with polka dots. These symmetrical
waters of black dot the soft surface,
and almost trim the hat. Only q hat
band of black velvet ribbon and brim
piping Of the same, and a couple OF
black wings, laid as fat as possible,
are used to decorate the polka-dotted
beaver.
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Another Cherished Belief Attacked.

A cold blooded scientist has just ad-
ministered a death blow to the tradi-
tional belief in the "blue Danube"
he watched the big river for whole
year, giving to his studies an hour
every morning. The. result Of these
observations was that he found the
water to be brown eleven times; yell
low, forty-six; dark green, fifty-nine;
light green, forty-five; grass green,
twenty-five; greenish gray, sixty-nine;
other shades Of green, ITO, and that 1t
never had anything like the hue with
which 1t is credited by the bards.s
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Brooklyn, NY. Nov. 29-Garfeld Headache
Powders are sold here in large quantities; this
shows that people realize the value Of q remedy
at once harmless and effective. The Powderi
are o. undoubted va.ue in curing headaches OF
q kinds and in building up the nervous sys.
tenn. Investigatc every grade Of remedies Of
fered for tn: cure Of Headaches and the Gar:
field He ad lche Powders viii! be found to hold
first place. Write Garfield Tea Co. for samples