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tomorrow for overcoat and umbrella

tomorrow for overcoat and umbrella
directions.
The clock ticks second by second
toward that time when the forecaster
must say what the weather for the
next twenty-four hours will be. Sec
ton by section he goes over the coun
try and apportions to each its mead Of
prophecy, while the logographs click
in the printers stick in the corner.
crystalIizing diviniation into news. At
ten the forecast in all it's subdivisions
is complete. and.by eleven or shortly
thereafter the Associated Press has
sent out forecast of. the weather for
the following twenty.four or more
hours from the printed slip furnished
by the bureau. and from which slip.
printed and made permanent at 1915
o'clock on the night before, the nation
gets it's days weather wisdom.-Har,
per's Weekly.
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An Abuse to Rom medy.

The Citizens League of Chicago has Is
sued an attractive folder, which is being
sent to all the manufacturing firms in the
city, urging employers to pay their en-
ployes in cash instead of bank checks
1--WE find" says the folder, Chat the Gus
tom of paying your employees in checks Is
serious cause of drunkenness. Large
numbers of saloonxeepers, by cashing these
checks, get your employees into their places
and put them under obligation to patron
dr. drinks until payday, because they agree
to bring in their checks and, after paying
up the score, they begin to drink and
spend all their money, going home empty
handed to abuse their families. Hundreds
of minors take their first glass when the
saloonkeepers cash their checks"
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The Lost Chord.

Among the lot Of inmates AZ the asy.
lum, the most conspicuous was long
haired man. who sat by the window
drumming his fingers eXcitedly on the
window sill, as if playing piano.
What was the cause Of his aberra-
tion?' l asked the keeper. "His is Il
peculiar case" was the answer. HE
IS a German musician. He was in
Hackensack once, playing the piano.
Mosquitoes were thick; they got ON
his music sheet and he unobservcdly
played the mosquitoes for notes. The
harmonies resulting were more beautl-
full than any lie had ever heard before,
He became enraptured, but the mos
uuitocs flew away and q repetition
was impossible. Ever since then he
has been seeking for the combination.
hut can't find 1t. 1t was the lost
chord New York Times.
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CurbIng the Gerran Thirst.

Germany is paying $75O,OOO,OO0 d year
for beer and other alcoholic fstimulants,
and there is growing sentiment that that
is too much. It is not a new idea. Luther,
Melanchthon, Won Moltkc, and even Bis
marck had it. What is new in Germany
is the disposition to restrain drinking
within reasonable bounds-the same dis
position that has broken out in England,
France and other parts of Europe. Mr..
Grierson, writing in the Boston Transcript,
tells about the international congress that
was held in Berlin, and about what Ger
many is doing for the promotion Of tenn.
the congress was held in Berlin encourage
ment for the belief that the old sentiment
that no German could drink too much ia
weakening. Drunkenness in the German
army and navy has been checked by strict
regulations, and a beginning has been
made Of restrictive legislation, with more
certain to follow. What is as yet more i'm.
portant is the progress of the work OF
educating public opinion by temperance
societies. The assurance that this work
will 20 on, and that careful legislation
will supplement it, appears in the convic-
tion of authorities high in power that it Is
essential to German prosperity that Ger
man thirst should BE kept within bounds.
being tried. Pennsylvania has a law,
never enforced, which forbids publicans to
sell liquor, to persons known to be given
habitually to excessive indulgence in drink.
The papers report that burgess in West
Chester is trying to bring about the en-
forcement OF this very reasonable law in
his district by furnishing the local saloon
keepers with lists of persons to whom they
must not sell. He. says. it Is the only way
o drunkard's family who should give such
information would find it difficult to i've
in the same house with the person COM
planned of.-Harper's Weekly.
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DRAG Down and Destroy.

To have "free and intelligent men" 8
country must grow them; and you can
no more do that while the men and boys
are exposed to the seducements of open
saloons, and the devices resorted to by the
drink, drink, than than YOU % can rem and preserve the
life Of sheep when your flock is exposed to
sheep killing dogs and prowlirg wolves.
The saloons and the legalized rum trade
are the dogs and prowling wolves of hell
to drag down and destroy our innocent
boys and young men; and how efectually
they do their work is seen in the records
of our police and criminal courts and in
the many murders Of helpless wives and
children, killed by husbands and fathers
while crazed with beer and whisky, as re-
ported in the daily papers.-Reiigious
Telescope
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convenient distances. The opposite
side piece must be the same.
The three pieces are now joined to-
gether by figure 8, which is four by
three by one-half inches and secured
by screws. A pair Of wooden pegs
whitfield to taper and fit the augel
holes in the side pieces, serve as rests
for the canvas.
The whole, when completed, makes
a very useful article for indoor work
or outdoor sketching; or, by making il
a little more ornamental, it may be
used as a "parlor easel" to hold q
framed picture.
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will not hold it, and. because Of the
long handle, its bowl cannot be slipped
over any convenient projection. A
little device Of wire has been recently
patented by Massachusetts, inventor,
which can be cheaply made and sold,
and which offers The means of securing
the dipper on a wall or fence or similar
place. The design Of this is clearly
shown in the accompanying cut which
Is from the patent papers.
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the first sheet with fervor into the
hand of q waiting printer. and the
craftsman shuffles off to his case Of
logotypes. The making Of the night
forecast has begun.
Before nine o'clock the reader has
tumbled off his stool and announced
that the reports arc all in. The fore
caster stands before the combined map
and delivers his dictum to Clerk No. 1,
who is writing it out for the printer.
Lines isotherm and lines isobar are
racked to give up the secret of the
weather for the nrXt twcnty-four
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year, and it is a poor fisherman in
deed who in the fishing months can
not assimilate enough stories to last
him the rest Of the year.
More than one New York man Is
likely to return from coming summer
vacations with most unusual tales, for
an entirely new fishing ground is to be
exploited. Those who have discovered
it are not trying to keep it a secret.
for the trip is long one and the sort
of fishing they have in view impos-
sible to one who does not own steam
yacht.
"If you hear some chronic fisherman
telling next fall how he caught whale
Of a fish-say eighty feet long and
Weighing no end Of TONS" said fish
ing tackle man to 4 Tribune reporter
the other day, 'be careful how you
call him liar. 1t may be true
"An eighty foot fish" exclaimed the
visitor. "No man could hope to put
down a story like that"
"Yet I have sold fishing tackle this
year to several men who hope to catch
fish that size he responded deliber'
ately. "And 1 think they will be sue
eessfuI."
"They must be going whaling"
That's just it," said the dealer.
"They own steam yachts. and they arc
going to cruise for whales for the fun
of if Tho tackin I sold them consist
ed of harpoon guns and fathoms Of
line"
do you mean to say that they are
going on a whaling cruise to the Arc
tic?" exclaimed the visitor. why,
man. that takes years"
"Who said anything about the Arc
tic? They will sail up TO the New
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{CATCHING BIG FISH.
SMALL WHALES ARE PLENTIFUL IN
NEWFOUNDLAND WATERS.

or two which he mas killed with q
bomb fired from q small cannon on
the ships bow. There is no risk or
romance about the pursuit now; no
angry whale splintering boat with
q blow of its flukes; no excitement Of
the chase. no towing Of boats for miles.
Everything Is reduced down to sys-
tematic basis, and the whaling skipper
wears a uniform and smokes choice
cigars.
The steamer and the factory are the
features of the new enterprise which
ensure its success. The ship chases
the whales, and when near enough
fires 4 shot at one. The projectile is
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harpoon-shaped, pierces the whales
side and explodes within. the COM
position it contains tearing the animals
intestines in pieces and killing it al
most instantly. The gas generated In
this process helps to float the fish,
which is then towed to land, or, if the
herd is still near, is towed after the
steamer while she tries for another.
The factory ship Is an inclined wharf
running out under water, and by
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suing day. The means were some
smudged sheets Of telegraph manifold,
plus the SUM Of the experience of the
United States Weather Bureau.
At five minutes before eight, morn
ing and evening Telegraph circuits are
made up covering the United States
and extending into Canada. so that
there shall be. as far as;conditions may
allow, simultaneous transmission of
the reports of about one hundred and
fifty weather observers to the Weather
Bureau In Washington.
By the first quarter after eight. mes
sages have begun to come into the
telegraph-room Of the Weather Bureau
that read. for example, like this. "Ta-
feta lushberg beak baggy." At $50
exactly, five clerks are at high desk
which describes three sides Of paral-
telegram, and a sixth clerk perched
at q separate high desk begins to drone
figures and abbreviations with wonder
full rapidity and continuity.
"Nlmedoo thirdfour teen rain north
cloud,'' he says, and: the clerks on the
inside of the "hollow square make
the final translation thus:
The telegraph: ''Tafeta lushberg
beak baggy."
The reader: "Ninedoo thirdfour teen
rain north cloud twelfordy."
The clerks: barometer. 1892; ther-
mometer, 81; precipitation, ID; direc-
ton Of the wind, north; cloudy; vel
ocity Of the wind, Il miles; maximum
Temperature, 4O."
Each clerk has an outline map of the
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I no longer exists, but the visitor to the
factory can always count on a whale
steak as a tidbit if he is desirous Of
making new experiments in gastron-
omy.-New York Tribune.
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How to Attract HumIninxbIrds.

At Perris, in Southern California, a
hummingbird came to gather honey
from the flowers on a lady's piazza
She hung a cup on 4 wire and filled il
with sugar and water. and the little
fellow came many times day to gorge
himself. When filled he would perch
himself on the wire and try to express
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after all sorts of finny, swimming
things, from mountain trout to deep
sea bass and bfuefsh. Some one has
lately brought out guide book which
points the way to nearly $50 fishing
places about New York These and
many others as yet undiscovered by
the general public will be fshed> and
fished again. Then will~come a new
series of fish stories. 1t is so every
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A Hoine.Made Easel.

A simple and inexpensive easel may
be made as follows:
The centrepiece shown in figure 2 is
formed of two lengths Of pine, one and
half inches wide and one inch thick,
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Rack For a Dipper.

There is dipper which is in common
use around farm houses which is OF
such a shape that it seems impossible
to hang it anywhere. A peg or nail
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his thanks in song. AS he could not
sing at all it was n very laughable
performance. Other hummingbirds
tried to secure some of it, but he fought
them Off successfully. The photograph
was taken with the lady standing with.
in one foot of the bird.-H. 8. Chand-
ler.
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A japanese inventor has discovered
q compound which will remove natural
and artificial blemishes In the skin
Bjrthmarkl and tattoOmg disappear
after one application.
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ISHERMES who live in
" New York, and there are
thousands OF them. are
getting out their tackle
for a final overhauling,
and snnn thor will lno off
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The ;nyestlnep. In the Government
priptin office IS 50 4G9 nm
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hours. This is latter day necroRaRcy
for the beneft Of some seventy millions
us ppaple who viii road the nrsntIepr
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@ @ g G @

L was an evening session.
The matter in hand was to
give to the United States,
in it's morning papers, a
hint Of the probable wea-
ther conditions Of the en-.
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people whose diet consists almost en-
tirely of Goldfish it was welcome
variety, the more especially as cod WAS
scarce. Now, however, that the flesh
Is turned to Dyott Also this advantage
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Will It Rain or
Shine Tomorrow?
Q @ @ @ @

9 @ 9 @ g
That Way The Weather Forecast
is Made at the Weather Bureau
in Washington. = :. ..
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TITLE Miss Sophie was an
old maid. which means
that she had passed thir-
ty-fire without either Il
serious courtship, an offer
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ASK YOUR DEALER FOR LAUNDRY SHAPE

barley by a negro boy who was to
bring the buggy back home. He first
repaired to a barber shop, where he
was shaved. had his hair cut and his
shoes BACKED; then he went to the sta
ton half an hour before time and i'm
patiently walked up and down the
platform till the train arrived.
1t was o'clock when he reached At
lanta and made his way through the
jostling crowd in the his passenger
depot out into the streets. He had his
choice of going at once to the residence
of his brother, on Peachtree street, the
most fashionable avenue of the city,
or looking up Perkins in his office. He
decided to unburden his mind by at
once calling on the lawyer, whose Of
flee was in a tall building quite near
at hand.
1t was the hour at which Perkins
usually left for home. but the old plant
er found him in.
ooh, it's you, Mr., Bishop" he said
the dingy, disordered little room, with
it's single window. He pushed chair
forward. "Sit down; didn't know you
were in town; at your brothers. rPck
on. How are the crops up the road?
Too much rain last month. I'm afraid"
Bishop sank YEARLY into the chair
He had tired himself out thinking over
what he would say to the man before
him and with the awful contemplation
of what the man might say to him.
"They are dom as well as can be eX-
oected," he made answer. But he
didn't approve of even that platitude,
for he was plain and outspoken and
hadn't come all that distance for
mere exchange of courtesies. Still, he
lacked the faculty to approach easily
the subject which had grown SO heavy
within the last twenty-four hours and
Of which he now almost stood in terror.
"Well, that's good" returned Per-
i,ns. He was swarthy man of fifty
Ave or sixty, rather tall and slender,
with a bald head that sloped back
sharply from heavy. jutting brows, I'M
der which a pair of keen black eyes
shone and shifted. Come down to
see your daughter" he said; good
thing for her that you have brother
In town. BY the way he's a fine type
Of man. He's making Roadway too.
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ton mill stock. TO make long story
short, the Atlanta jack leg lawyer is
akin to the Tompkins family some
way. I'd bet new hat to a ginger
cake that Perkins never owned
spoonful o land up heer an thatFne's
jest hepin' the Tompkins folks on the
sly to unload some-e' Their land, so
they kin move west, whar they've al
ways wanted to go. Peter Mosely is a
man on the watch out fer rail soft
snaps, an when Perkins whispered the
big secret in his yeer, like he did to
you, he started out on still hunt fer
timbered land on the line of the pro-
posed trunk line due west vy-ah Lick
skillet to barley, with stop over privi-
leges at BuZzard Roost an fifteen min
utes fer hash at Dog Trot Springs.
Then, somehow or other. by hook or
croOk-mostly crook-Abe Tompkins
wasn't dodgin' anybody about that
time. Peter Mosely could "a run agin
i'm with his eyes shut on dark night
81 was at Neil Filmore's store when
the two met, an eff trade was ever
LudIe uulChtI DelNlAI Two lOlAS II was
done by telegraph an the paper was
signed by lightnin'. Abe said he had
the land an wouldn't part with it at
any price eff he hadn't been bad in need
O. money. fer he believed it was chuck
full o iron ore, soapstone, black marble
an water power. to say nothin' O. tim
Der; but he'd been troubled so much
about cash, he said, that he'd made up
his mind to let 'er slide an the devil
take the contents. | never seed two
parties to deal better satisfied. They
both left the store with strut. Nose
ly's strut was the biggest, fer he wasn't
afeerd O. nothin'. Tomp1ins looked like
he was afeerd Mosely 'ud call i'm back
an want to rue"
''You mean to say But old Bishop
seemed unable to put his growing fear
into words.
"Oh, don't know nothin fer GER
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an fawnin' Butter wouldn't melt in
his mouth. He Dragged on everything
we had while he was heer. Now. Al
fred, what we must git at is, what was
his object in tellin' you that tale"
"ObjectY' Numbered her husband,
losing his temper in the face of the aw-
full possibility that her words limited
at. "Are you all pack an passle O.
fools? If you must dive an probe,
then I'll tell you he owns slice o.
timber land above Holley creek. j'inin'
some O. mine, an so he let me into the
secret out O puore good will oh, you
all cayn't skeer me. l amt one O. the
skeer1n' kind"
But, Notwithstanding this outburst,
taken root in the ordinarily cautious
mind of the crude Spectator.
Abner Daniel laughed out harshly all
at once and then was silent. whats
the matter?" asked his sister in de-
spair.
Il was jest a-wonderin'," replied her
brother.
"You areT' said Bishop angrily "It
seems to me you don't do much else"
''FollIs AT wonders a LOT amt so apt
to believe everything they heer," re-
torted Abner. 81 was just a-wonderin'
why that little, spindle shanked Peter
Mosely has been holdin' his head so
high the last week or so. I'll bet l
could make durn good guess now"
what under the suns Peter Mosely
got to do with my busness? burst
from Bishops impatient lips.
"Hes got a sorter roundabout con-
nectiOn with it, | reckon" smiled Alb
ner grimly. Il happen to know that Abe
Tompkins sold i'm 1000 acres o. timber
land on Huckleberry ridge jest after
yore Atlanta man spent the day lookin'
round in these parts"
Bishop was no fool, and he grasped
Abner's meaning even before it was
quite clear to the others.
"Looly heer," he said sharply, "what
do you take me fer?"
81 'ain't tuck you fer nothin'," said
Abner with a grin. "Leastwise,
'ain't tuck you fer $1,000 with O cot
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Alfred Bishop announced his
SS---7-.SS3 intention of going to Atlanta
lsSsSssy to talk to Perkins and Incl
dentally to call ON his brother William,
who was successful wholesale mer-
chant in that city.
81 believe | would" said Mrs. Bish
op. Maybe William will tell you what
to do"
"Id see Perkins fust," advised Abner
Daniel. EFF l felt shore Perkins had
bunkoed me, I'd steer cleer O. William.
I'd hate to heer i'm let out on that sub
ject. He's made his pile by keepin'
sharp lookout
81 hain't had no reason to think
have been lied to-" said Bishop logged
ly as he poured his coffee into his
saucer and shook it about to cool "A
body could hear his deathknell rung ev-
cry minute eff he'd jest listen to old
women an"
"Old bachelors" interpolated Abner.
81 reckon they are alike. The longer
man lives without woman the more
he gifts like one. | reckon that's beca'se
the man at lives with one don't see
nothin with copyin' in FER an vice-a-
VerSy."
Mrs. Bishop had never been an APP
preciative listener to her brothers phi
losophy. She ignored what he had just
said and its accompanying smile, which
was always Abner's subtle apology for
such observations.
Are you goin' to tell Adele about the
railroad?" she asked.
81 reckon l won't tell 'er to git up a
excursion over it fore the crossties is
laid" retorted Bishop sharply, and Alb
ner Daniel laughed, that sort of re-
Spouse being in his own vein.
Il was goin' to say" pursued the
softly treading wife, that l wouldn't
mention it to 'er ef-ef-Mr Perkins
amt to be relied on, beca'se she wor-
ries enough already about our pore way
o. Twin compared to her uncle's folks.
Ef she knowed how | spent last night,
she'd want to come back. But | amt
a-goin' to let Brother Alb skeer me yet.
1t is jest too awful to think about.
What on earth would we do2 What
would we, ! sayP
That afternoon Bishop was driven to