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Farm Machinery in Norway:

Comparatively little modern machin
cry is used by the farmers Of Nor
way. Here or there upon the larger
farms you find an American NOW
er or reaper or threshing machine
but the great part of the work upon
the small farms is done by women, and
they use heavy and awkward home
made tools. On account Of the neces-
sity Of practicing economy, the low
price Of labor and their isolated STU
alton, farm hands in Norway are ex'
pected to do anything that is necessary
about the place, and the Norwegian
farmer is a jack of all trades. He
grinds his own rye and barley, shoes
his own horse, makes his own hoes
and rakes, whittles out the handles
during the long winter evenings, and
Is usually able to replace or repair
both household and outdoor utensils.
In this respect the country is hun
dred years behind the age.
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Chinese Feeling About the War.

Down here in the South, the people
are angry that they should be called
upon to pay anything toward the big
bill that has to be paid before the CHI
nese question is finally settled. A
well-to-do Chinese gentleman said to
me yesterday: "We had nothing to do
with this outbreak. We cherished no
animosity either against Christianity
or the foreigner. Nor did the Emperor
This foolhardy bravado was attempted
by a handful Of fools In the north OF
China, whom the officials did not at
tempt to suppress; therefore these fel,
lows should be made to pay the bill,
and not we." Poor fellow! he forgot
that China is one, at least as far as
paying goes. There is therefore a
great deal of grumbling and antago,
nism among the people against this
heavy tax.-North China Herald.
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Chicago's Tabloid Restaurant.

Even more expeditions and more
deadly than the quick-lunch counter
is the tabloid restaurant" which an
ingenious Chicagoan plans to estab-
lish. Instead of spending three min
utes thirty-seven seconds in gulping
a piece Of pie and cup of scalding
hot coffee, one can there swallow
"compressed beefsteak" or a "protose
hash" in only one minute nineteen Sec
onds, thus in single year of 313 work
ing days adding eleven hours fifty-nine
minutes fifty-four seconds to ones bus
mess life.
Of course the scientists who devise
food tabloids carefully explain that
they are useful only in emergencies
and will harm the health if used stead.
lily; Of course all the pleasure and the
poetry Of the table would vanish If
man could really be nourished by chok-
ing down a pill with a glass Of water.
But what is a little thing like that if
a man can gain twelve hours more in
a year to lack up" wheat" or "put
down" rye?
Speculation as to the food of the
future is always interesting. No
doubt after fair trial of the Chicago
plan there will be great deal Of Gu
riosity in the complete report-of the
coroner.-New York World.
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Tho Biggest Bags.

The biggest authenticated Bag se-
cured at one shot, Of which I have
ever heard, consisted Of one rabbit
(the cause Of the shot, one beater, one
onlooker, IA French cook,) q boy, and O
dog. I once shot nine snipe at q shot
but this was in South America-they
were on the ground, and they were
shot for the pot. I have read Of a
sportsman (not Baron Munchausen),
who shot a bumblebee and butterfly,
right and left; and, indeed, sometimes
q large bumblebee does, for an instan-
taneous second, look uncommonly like
q distant advancing grouse; just as,
when on the alert for partridges, the
deldfares, breasting the hedge, often
cause a nervous twitch Of the gun.
Curious circumstances sometimes oc-
cur out shooting. A friend walking
in line down a turnip field saw q
startled hare running fast and straight
toward him up a furrow. he stood
still, waiting for her to turn, but the
hare, with its peculiar vision, did not
see. him, and ran her head plump
against his shin, killing herself and
very seriously bruising his leg.-The
Fortnightly Review.
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Cars Love OF Simplicity.

A characteristic story is told of the
Gear of Russia's love Of simplicity. A
certain lieutenant who was in perpet-
ual state of impecuniosity was one day
seen riding in tram. The other Off
GERS of the regiment were furious at
what they called an insult to the uni
form, and intimated to the culprit that
he had the option of either sending in
his papers or being cashiered, and the
unlucky subaItern chose the former al
tentative. Before he had time to do
so, however. the Car heard Of the af
fair, and without moments delay
donned his coloneps uniform Of the
regiment in question and, sauntering
out of his palace, hailed a tram and,
entering it, sat calmly down till It
stopped in front of the barracks. He
desired the officers to be called, and
when they were assembled addressed
them thus: Gentlemen, have just
ridden from the palace in tram, and
1 wish to know if you desire me to
send in my papers. I presume I have
disgraced my uniform" "Sire," re-
piled the major nervously, Your Ma
jesty could never do that" "Then,"
replied the Gar, with an amused
smile. "as have not degraded the uni
form, Lieutenant D. cannot have done
so and will thus retain his commits
sion in this regiment, even if he, like
me, dares to ride in a tram"
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single sail projecting from one side OF
the mast on a long boom the inventor
provides a pair Of sails equally bal
anced on either side of the mast, and
capable Of adjustment in tacking OF
sailing with the wind to obtain the
maximum speed with minimum strain
on the mast. The sails are set In
swinging frames secured to horizontal
booms on the mast, with the free edge
of each sail turned. toward the mast
and under easy control Of the boat.
man in the stern Of the vessel. Instead
of easing off or drawing in the long
main boom of q single sail in tacking
or changing the course, the sailor
swings the shorter booms Of the new
craft around on the mast until they
reach the same angle that the old sail
would have occupied, when the sails
are adjusted in parallel planes and
each receives an equal amount of wind,
and consequently divides the strain
and pulls evenly on the mast.
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Hertz, of course, belongs the distinc'
ton of having discovered the electric
waves, and by his experiments he
proved that electricity in its progress
through space follows the law Of op.
tics. Many others have made expert.
ments in the same direction as I, but
so far no one has obtained such re-
suits at anything approaching the dis.
tance as 1 have done with Hertzian
waves.
Fog has no effect upon the signals,
nor has. even the most solid substance.
The waves can penetrate walls and
rocks without being materially af.
fected."
rs it possible" was asked, ito send
many messages in different directions
at the same time?"
''It u.s." was the reply, "but care
must be taken to time the transmit.
ters and receivers to the same fire.
quency or note New York Com.
mercial Advertiser.
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Country Boy Squelches Uncle.


He was a typical small boy, who
lived in a well-to-do town in the west.
ern part of the State, with pride in
his native home, and a vague idea that
city people considered all outsiders as
small potatoes and few in hill at
that.
Now, when his mother brought him
to Milwaukee to visit her brother, he
held his head proudly and intended
to convey the idea that he and his were
of some importance.
His uncle took him to see the differ.
ent big buildings, including the Pabst
Theatre, the library, the postofice, and
the various churches.
One Sunday they were seated in st.
Paurs. The mother turned her head
to take in the beauty Of the pictured
windows with their pretty colorings,
and secretly wished her lot had fallen
in the city, but the boy sat bolt up
right as though such surroundings
were very common to him.
When they reached home his uncle
remarked: well, Tommy, the church
is something grand compared with
your buildings in c."
With an impatient toss of his head,
Mr.. Impertinece announced:
ut wouldn't make a woodbox for our
Baptist Church. h."-Milwaukee Senti-
mel.
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Consistency.

They had been married but two
months. He came home one evening
TO find his wife in tears. She had
found an old scrap book Of his in
which were pasted some poems he had
written to some one else and pub
lished in the college papers. Il
thought" she said, you had never
loved any one but me-" And he
promptly reassured her that she had
thought truly, and burned up his old
scrap book in the furnace in the base
ment.
And the next day he found that she
had distributed on the mantel and the
dresser not less than five photographs
Of as many former beaux Of hers and
invited two of them, who were in
town, to dinner the next Sunday.-St.
Louis Mirror.
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Wells as Rabbit Traps.

Nelson Poleyette, while hunting on
his fathers farm, near Westoyer, cas-
ually glanced into an unused we'll and
saw great many dead rabbits in it.
Such old wells as this have been the
graveyards for rabbits. This well, in
particular. was formed of barrels set
into the ground. one above the other,
so that the rim Of the uppermost pro-
jected only a few inches above the
ground. During the recent drought.
when all the ponds and bitches were,
dried up, the rabbits went into this
we'll fol water and were unable to get
out. Mr.. Poleyette took seventeen rab-
bits from the well, and there were
doubtless more at the bottom. In all
probability an examination Of other
unused wells would bring to light
hundreds of rabbits which lost their
lives during the long dry weather.
Baltimore Md.) Sun.
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! .,...a.,.T % !la rs.a.'.

A Missouri farmer Is thus quoted
in the Maryville tMo.) Tribune
sowed ten acres Of clover, using g
seed one bushel, which cost me $d
sold from that ten acres twenty
tons OF hay for 500 S. % tom and
thirty-six and one-half bushels Of
seed for 1892. Then + sold the sec
ond crop Of hay for $18. The seed
cost me So. and I was at an expense
Of about SEQ, so my net profits OF
the ten acres Of ground were $242-s
almost S25 an acre.
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The use of splendid State coach, sent
by the Duke for the Emperor, which
had, however, the shape Of deaths
head, was refused by Napoleon"
The carriage is marvellous in color
the upper part o. the body dark green
leather, the lower painted In red, GRIM
son, and gold, representing draped cur
tains, and the ,coachman's seat Is in
velvet of sage green and red, with old
gold fringes. The rest Of the carriage
is painted gold, picked out with green;
the inside is furnished with silk; the
top, or ceiling, representing the sky,
in blue, with gold stars.
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most powerful one. An electric
force hundred times greater than at
the ordinary stations is generated
there. Before he left England Signor
Marconi arranged that the electrician
in charge of the station, which is To-
Gated at Poldhu, should begin sending
signals daily after a certain date,
which Marconi was to cable to him
upon perfecting arrangements here.
Marconi arrived at st. Johns in about
two weeks. He selected Signal Hill,
at the entrance to the harbor, as an
experimenting station, and moved his
equipment there. The next Monday
week he cabled to the Poldhu station
orders to begin sending signals at 8 p.
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m. daily and to continue them until 6
o. NJ, these hours being respectively
11.3O a. m. and 2.50 p. m, st. Johns
time.
During these hours on the following
Wednesday Signor Marconi elevated a
kite, with the wire by means Of which
signals are sent or received. He re-
NAMED at the recorder attached to the
receiving apparatus, and, to his pro-
found satisfaction, signals were re-
ceived by him at intervals, according
to the program arranged previously
with the operator at Poldhu. These
signals consisted Of the repetition at
intervals Of the letter 49," which in
Marconi's code is made by three dots
or quick strokes. This signal was re-
peated so frequently and so perfectly
in accord with the detailed plan az
fanged to provide safeguards against
the possibility of mistake that Signor
Marconi was satisfied that it was a
genuine transmission from England.
Again on Thursday, during the same
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monthly periods for it meant a couple
of days in bed in awful agony. final
" made up my mind that the good
doctors were guessing; and hearing
from different friends such good re-
ports Of Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound, I tried that. I
blesc the day did, for it was the
dawning of new life for me. l used
fave bottles before I was cured, but
when they were taken I was well
woman once more. Your Compound is
certainly wonderful. Several OF my
friends have used it since, and nothing
but the best do ever hear from its
use."- Yours; MAsELLE L. LAMoETE,
3e2 e. 31st St., Chicago, ln.-S5ooo
forfeit If abocs testimonial is not genuine.
If Lydia e. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound could cure Miss
LaMonte-why not you? Try it
and see for yourself.
Mrs. Pinkham advises sick wo-
men free. Address, Lynn, Mass.
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in the Boer army, is an Australian by
birth. He is about forty years old,
and was educated at Melbourne UNI
versity. For a time he was an in
structor of mathematics, and then en-
tered the service of the Victorian Rail-
way in the engineers department. He
drifted into journalism, and when the
war broke out in South Africa he went
to the front as a correspondent for a
Paris newspaper. Prior to that he had
been the Paris correspondent of a
London paper. In 1892 he was candi-
date for Parliament in the Galway dis
trict, but was defeated by the anti
Parnellite candidate, Pinkerton.
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catarrb Cannot Be Cured.

With local applications, as they cannot reach
tbe aeat of the disease. Catarrh is blood or
constitutional disease, and in order to cure it
you most take internal remedies. Halls Ca
tarrh Cure is taken internally, andacts direct
" on the blood and mucous surface. Halls
Gatarrh Cure is not quack medicine. It was
prescribed by one of the best physicians in
this country for years, and is regular pre-
scription. It is composed Of the best tonics
known, combined with the best blood purifiers,
acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The
perfect combination Of the two ingredients is
what produces such wonderful results in cur
ing catarrh. Send for testimonials, free.
F.. J. CHENEY & Co., Props, Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, price, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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Solemn Doys in Hungary.

Neither women nor dogs are allowed
to loaf in Austria and Hungary. The
latter are employed to haul delivery
wagons from the shops and markets
Sometimes they are assisted by a
woman or boy; seldom by grown
man. You never see dogs caperine
around the streets. They are not Otter
80 high-spirited. Hard work takes
the ginger out of them, and when you
see dog without a harness he is gen.
orally walking along as so.emnly as a
tired man going home from work.
Chicago Record-Herald.
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concrete, was erected by the citizens
of Tower and Soudan, MINI. There ls
a brass plate on each Of the four sides,
bearing the following inscriptions:
william Mckinley. Born January
90, 1913. Elected President in 1896.
Reelected President in 1900. Assas-
sinated September 6, 1901. Died Sep
tember IA, 1901"
1.-THE sturdy miners Of Soudan and
their children"
1.-THE hardy lumbermen of Tower"
"The citizens of Tower and their
children"
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THE DEATHS HEAD CARRIAGE.
A Strange Vehicle Which Napoleon De-
clfned to Accept.

cl1ned to Accept.
A carriage has been preserved in the
Armory Of Schloss Friedenstein, Gotha,
which has been called the Deaths
Bead carriage" says the Golden Pen.
ny. This strange vehicle was built
by order Of Duke August Of SAKE.
.Coburg and Alemburg QS04-1S22).
Whether it was meant to represent q
Deaths head is not quite clear, as it
bears no other emblems Of death, un-
less, perhaps, the "Mors Imperator"
should be represented by the dia-
dem-like lozenged wreath. A. Beck Is
the only writer who reproduces any
history of the Deaths Head carriage"
and he says: "After the conclusion of
the peace of Tilsit, the Duke August
and his brother Frederick came to
Dresden in order to meet the Emperor
Napoleon July II, 1907, who was
afterwards, on July %, at the Castle
Friedenstein, where he was festively.
received and magnificently entertained.
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MACHINE POTATO PEeLER.
The Tuber's Skin Rubbed Of by a Mum
Der Of Brushes.

The Tuber's Skin Rubbed Of by Mum
Der Of Brushes.
Here is the machine which is in
tended for use in hotels and boarding
houses, where large quantities Of po-
tatoes must be peeled every day to
supply the demand for the table. 1t
is a French idea, invented by Justin
Blanche, and is operated in the follow
ing manner: The vegetables to be
peeled are placed in kind Of barrel,
the inner periphery of which is fur
nished with brushes of special con-
struction, while the movable bottom,
which is likewise provided with
brushes, receives a rapid rotary motion
about a vertical axis, causing the
tubers to revolve in the same direction,
and in consequence Of the centrifugal
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wolves In Missourf. .

Electric lights shining from court
house domes have no terrors for wolves
In Missouri. A pack Of hungry brutes
chased George Bollinger almost to the
shadow Of the centre of law and order
at Cape Girardeau, and almost ended
his hunting days. The pursuit began
and ended within sight Of the arc
lamp on the summit Of the county
building. Not until he was fairly
among the houses of his fellow-towns-
people did Bollinger dare slacken bis
pace or his pursuers turn aside.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
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hours, the kite was elevated and the
same signals were renewed.
Should Marconi perfect his system
Of wireless messages across the ocean
the results. of course, will be far-reach-
ing and wonderfully important. Elec-
trical experts have great confidence in
Marconi, and there is general belief
that he will make good" his claims.
Guglielmo Marconi was born near
Bologna, Italy. April 25, 1874. He is,
therefore, not yet twenty-eight years
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zian waves. His experiments in his
native country attracted but little at
tention. 1t was not until he went te
England in 1896 that he secured scien'
tific and financial backing. Since thai
time in this country and England he
has received unstinted encouragement
His recent success in signalling YES.
sells at sea is a matter Of general
knowledge.
In discussing his system not lons
ago Signor Marconi said: ITO Mr.,
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Best For tho Bowels.

No matter what ails you, headache to a
cancer, you will never get well until your
bowels are put right. CAscARETs help nature,
cure you without grippe or pain, produce
easy natural movements, cost you just III
cents to start getting your health back. CAS-
oARETs Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put up
in metal boxes, every tablet has q. q. =.
slammed on it. Beware of limitations.
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BRUSHES THE JACKETS OFF THE TUBERs.

force thus developed, to be constant
ly thrown against the fixed brushes.
which divests them Of their Jackets,
the tub meanwhile being partially filed
with water to aid in the scrubbing and
cleaning process. The brushes are
made Of either whalebone, bristles or
horn, their stiffness serving to better
peel the tubers.
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The Sycamore -four mill in Upper
Providence Township, Pennsylvania,
which was burned recently, was said
to be the oldest in the country, having
been built in TIT.
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Three CHICAGO DOCTORS
Failed to Do for Miss Mabelle L.
LaMonte What Was Accom-
plished by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

"DEAR MRS. PNKuAM:-1 was in
an awful state for nearly three years
with complication of female troubles
which three physicians called by dit.
ferent names, but the pains were all
the same. I dreaded the time Of my
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n WUTIU lUUu lut duuUUuCG-
ment of Guglielmo Marconi that he
had received at st. Johns, N. F., wire
less electric signals from his station
in Cornwall, England, distance Of
about 1900 miles. That Marconi re-
ceived these signals is generally ac-
cepted as a fact in the scientific world.
The Marconi station in Cornwall is
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S0z0D0NT
TOOTH POWDER
The best that Money and OK
Experience can produce. kU
At all stores, - oy mail for the price.
HALL & RUCKEI NEW YORK.

significant Religious Statistics.
A strong and painful light is thrown
on current conditions by the analysis
of church accessions in the Presby-
terian Church during the year ending
March 81, 1901, by the accomplished
stated clerk Of the General Assembly,
the Rev. DR.. w. H. Roberts. He shows
that of the 1916 churches carried on
the denominational roll, 2141 went
through the entire year without soli-
tary addition to their membership by
confession of faith.
Almost If not quite as appalling, is
the fact that Of the remaining 5375
churches, 2599, or almost one-half,
reported five or less additions each. The
2599 embrace the large body or ordi-
nary and typical churches, outside of
favorable conditions and Of leadership
quality. OF the 2776 churches receiv-
ing five or more, I'LL received ten or
less, leaving only 1905 that reported
over ten accessions during a whole
year. No one could claim that this is
a healthy spiritual condition.-The
Church Economist.
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Firs. Mckinley Memorial.

Accompanying is a picture Of the
monument to the late President Will
lam Mckinley, unveiled at Tower,
Mimi, a few days ago, the first me-
mortal to the murdered President. The
shaft, which is Of iron, resting upon
q base of iron ore and foundation OF
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Fast railroad speed is regularly made
between Milan and Varese, in Italy.
By the use of an electric third rail the
fifty miles are covered in fifty min
utas
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Colonel Arthur Lynch.

Colonel Arthur Lynch, who has been
elected to Parliament from Galway
City, and whose right to take the seat
will be contested because of his service
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FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervous.
ness after first days use OF DR.. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. 81 trial bottle and treatise free
DR.. R. q. KLINE, Ltd, 9S1 Arch st., Phils. Pa.