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HOLDS A VESSEL STEADY
Remarkable Device Which Robs an
Ocean Voyage OF Terrors for
Poor Sailors.

There have been innumerabte plans
for preventing seasickness, but perhaps
the most remarkable of any is a device
by which a German navy engineer
would obviate the malady BY oVefeons
ing the motion which brings it ahoufq
reports the Chicago Chronicle.
He is o. seh1icE, Of Hamburg, Gers
many His apparatus is DESTINED ls5
increase considerably the period OF os@
cillation in the rolling of vessel Eno
at the same time diminish the aaRl1~
tude of oscillation.
The underlying principle oil the aps.
paratus is the fact that rotating podS
wifi oppose to any incliration OF It's
axis resistance which grows h1sheP
as its rotation is more rapid 8nd at9
weight more considerable. VgorialEffTS
along these lines the German inVeat9Bg
constructed model and mounted III
this miniature of an ocean greg
hound fywheel, the vertical axis OF
which is SO located as to laovd9 lpsnd1i-
lum-like in the central plane OF taS
model.
His argument is that the rapid os@=
citations of the wheel will result Ill
| rendering the ship insensible TO the
effect of the wave motion, the rolling,
movement being practically eliminated
AS the device will exert an energetic
effect, even with the smallest lateral
oscillations OF the ship. a propagation
or the motion, resulting in a strong os-
cillating movement, will be impossible,
whereas drift keels SO far sise6 do not
act Before the rolling movement has
become marked
Horace See, a well knowE engineer
and naval architect, who designed such
vessels as the cruiser Philadelphia and
the Yorktown, the Sandy Hook steam
boat Monmouth and numerous yachts
and merchant steamships, says, how
ever, that seaside folk will suffer long
time before they are relieved by any
such device as this
This inves2tion," said Mr.. see. sei~
wholly impractieable anai for many rea-
sons. One that you might note first is
that the gyroscopic effect of f1ywheel
mounted on shipboard should bs such
as to prevent the rolling of the vessel;
that IN itself would be likely to bring
about disaster. Conceive OF a vessel
held upright in a seaWay and one of
those Atlantic cliffs rolling against her
beam. The chances are that it would
break clean over her bnd she would be
lucky If she did not founder outright.
Again, where would you place this
hyWheel? To make the gyFoscopic ac-
ton effective in steamship the wheel
must be relatively of great size. And
it must be driven at an enormous speed.
Where would the power come from7
mo, there is nothing in it. The idea
is utterly Improbable -
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Out of the
Ashes.

0NE afternoon she had heard movers
- in the hall, and knew that the
fourth-f1oor studio had beza taken
The next morning unfamiliar sounds
fell from above-a name voice. deen
and musical, leaping up and dowA tale
scale, cheerful, companionable tor
rent OF melody that brought resEon-
sive smile to her lace. After that she
heard 1t frequently. Sometimes it be-
gan early in the morning, while she
was yet busy over the tiny gas-stovE,;
sometimes it broke off liz the middle,
and left her hearkening almost breath
lessly for the next note; so9netimgg
day or two passed without sound
from the fourth floor, and she was dim
~ conscious OF a sort of loneliness quite
new to her who had experienced SO
many sorts.
At first she had thought hi44 a
teacher Of music. Later she knew the
bursts Of melody were but outpourings
of triumph, that he burst int song
when life and work were going well,
just as she. when she had finished a
bowl or tray or bit of barbaric iewelry
that satisfied her soul, perked her
little brown head like sparrow, puck
cred her red lips, and wllistlea tune
with ludicrous effect.
On the door of her room w73 a
modest placard announcing to the
world that
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.who is there2" came the question

.sWho is there?" came the question
st once.
| It's Mr.. Timson. The house is on
Are. There's no danger, of course, bur
you must come quickly
Eyes" she answered, family.
He buried his face in his elbow,
leaning against the wall. Once be
| started impetuously toward the pic
tare, only to turn back. The cracking
OF the flames drowned nov even the
noise at the door Then Beth stood be-
fore him, vhite-faced, anxious-eyed,
but unafraid.
Down the stairs, quies." he cried.
I'll follow you
You mustn't stay!" she cried, fear
fully.
The picture" he answered. go,
please" He seized his burden again,
and staggered down the hall, ssasping
and lnrching. There he found hep
crouching on tae top step. He put the
picture aside, and caught her in his
arms.
Hide your fale,'' De said.
She struggled, sobbing no, NOT
Lot me go. Ycal mustn't leave it,"
I'll coD@a back for it, he answered,
quietly. Courage, little girl; it's just
for minute
Then he plunged down the stairs,
past Writhing tongues OF Same. Set
ting Beth upon her feet, he led her
across the street. On the Btoop he
turned. Il must 80 back" he said,
gently. Il won't be long
She waited ana watched. fearful and
wretched for his sake. Presently he
returned, empty-nandeG
1T was NO use" he explained. THE
halls are in flames"
Oh she moaned, 81 wish you lad
never seen me! It's gone-an 'youv
Werk-and hope!" She glanced up
miserably, to Ana his grave eyes snil-
ing.
Hush, npsa,'' be whispered. ten-
derby. 1--we saved shat wanted most.
DEAF"
The color garea into Der write face,
and she swayed dizzi1y until his arm
went QUE and drew her 90 hlEn.
Beth he whispered.
She raised her eyes slowly % bis.
They looked, he thought, like pale dew
vet violets. He bent his face, her lids
duttered down, and thefr lips n1ee.
Little girl be said presently,
we're pretty well cleaned out, you asa
I, aren't we?"
Yes she answered. softly.
They looked at each other, aua
smiled SIS though it were the most de-
Hcious humer.
TT wouldn't matter il only you could
have saved the picture" she said. dole
fGlly.
Never mind the picture he replied,
a4eadily. TIL do it again, and BETTER"
Then he whispered. look"
Above the sleeping city, toward the
east, a faint rose-fush Was dispelling
the daWn's gray gloom.
"A new day out OF the embers of the
night she said, softly.
He bent again and kissed her. And
for US, dear, a mes life out of the
ashes Of the ole" -CopyrigAt, 1904, by
Woman's Home Companion, Published
by permission.
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NatRr0H LaH.

The reputation Of Mr.. George WASH
ington Jones for honesty had been
slightly furnished for some years, but
his son Erastus was not supposed to
know it.
Gurus how cold contracts t'ings,' .
Mr.. Jones remarked thoughtfulIy one
evening. Now dere's Max milan
Smiths wood-piIe for a case Pears
like dat wood-pile is shrinking steady
since dis las col spell set in"
Seems as if our pile behind de stove
was getting bigger, paw" hazarded
Erastus, gazing at his parent for ex-
PLANTATION Of this phenomenon.
Course it am, chile" said Mr.. Jones,
calmly. cause de room is hot, an
heat expands things. Pears like yo'
gwine to school don put much wisdom
into Cat head of yours Youths Com.
pani5u.
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MOST ECONOMICAL LIGHT. NuuoRY LYNX A TERROR
Though Small the California Variety
Is the Most Dangerous
OF all.

California has in her hills the largest
and most kind-hearted of the great
fighters, the grizzly, and at the same
time the smallest and most treacherous
the red lynx. Most hunters call them
Wildcats but they are not The real
wildcat has a long tail and lives only
In Europe-in fact, he's about extinct
noW-and old hunters dread the wall
ing midnight cry of a hungry lynx
more than they do all the groWls that
a grizzly ever let out
For when a lynx is maddened by
munger ne fears neither man nor beast,
and most of the animals of the forest
give him the road without waiting for
him to ask it. In Canada and even in
the northern row of states of this ma
| ton the lynx grows to be much larger
than they do in the warmer climates of
the southwest. Save for those killed
by an occasional aunter the lynxes
hold undisputed sway in the foothills.
NO matter how soundly they may be
sleeping, you can never eaten one nap
ping, for at the slightest sound OF your
approach he will clear the ten OR is feet
between his nest and the ground and
be off like flash in the underground.
About the only way to get these fell
lows is with hounds, and then general
ly one or two of the dogs get pretty
well chewed up.
IN the hills the lynxes usually stay
IN thick underbrush or in caves during
the day, coming out to work havoc in
the quail coveys by moonlight. Then if
the night be real bright, the hound
hunter has real sport, rousing the
round-eyed owls with his shouts OF
encouragement to the dogs, which are
not always ready to rush into the teeth
or an angry cat.
It is almost impossible to catch cat,
though hungry lion may occasionally
be caught in this manner. Now and
then cat can be run into trap pre-
v1ously set along a runway and in this
way the lumbermen Of the Canadian
pIneries take many of the cats that in
TEST the great forests of the north. The
further south you go the smaller the
lynxes become, until the family winds
up with the little pampas cat of the
South American plains. Our lynx, how
ever, is the most savage of all and the
hardest for any dog, no matter how
good he may be, to master. In fight
cat has an immense advantage oyel
dog, in that it can fight with ali
tours, and usually does SO. There il
little worse can befall a green pack OF
dogs than to shake an old lynx out OF
tree into their midst. When a lynn
fights he doesn't bite and let 60 likt
wolf or dog, but bites and hangs on
Nike bulldog, While his claws Keep III
. sort of snare-drum accompaniment
on the dogs ribs. It takes a mighty
good dog to do up a lynx and when !,
thoroughbred hunter gets such do,
1t takes a mighty good price to bul
him
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TIN WooDMAN. HAS RIVAL.
Flypaper Man Known by various
Names Makes a. Hit With Erie
Basin Housewives.

One of the oldest sights to be seen In
the vicinity of the wharves along the
Erie basin. says the New York Sun, is
I'D little shrive1ed up old man, with a
scrubby beard and nose with quaint
ly suspicious twist to it, who sells fly
paper TO the Well-to-do inhabitants of
his region. Some persons call the fly
PAPER man Bill, others Jack and still
others jeremiah or Jerry for short. His
cry is a 1ong-drawn- out moan, which
reyerberates in pathetic cadence up
among the chimney pots and sounds
aot unlike "stickyfyops The strang-
sst feature of this strange man is his
,uter garb, which IS composed entirely
II the merchandise he offers for sale.
Ind is thickly plastered with those in
lects which have the least to gain and
The most to lose by alighting in its Inn
mediate proximity. Bill, Jack, Jere-
mlah, or Jerry for short. makes a good
living out of his calling. As soon az
ne Duxom housewives hear his famils
ar wall, they flock to the windows and
signify their intention of becoming
customers by friendly nod or a wave
of the hand. The f7ypaper man waits
patiently at the door until it is opened.
and passes in one, two or three slices,
Us requested. receiving the correct
change, in return for which he makes
peculiar sound, like the rumbling of
distant thunder, which finally breaks
INTO a discordant croak, growing louder
and louder as he passes on to the next
house. He has been asked. the house
wives say, ITO go into vaudeville" and
there are those who add, in the Erie
Basin phrase. that as a star he fought
o have a tin woodman' beaten to
pulp"
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OF IMMACULATE cHARAc TER
To Qualify for the London Police Force
Man Must Be All Bu
Angelic

London policemen are subjected to
a most careful system of p7& paration
before they are considered fit to go out
and travel beat.
All Lohdon ccnstabfes, wherever they
may be stationed, pass through the
| same initial course of training. They
Eust, of course, be strong and healthy,
and their character must be unsmirched
| Strength and health are of partieu-
lar importance to man who may have
to grapple at any moment with q
braWny criminal, and must certainly
spRRd two or three nights month in
the open without regard to weather.
And every constable passes once a.
month under the doctors inspection.
JAs to character-well. that is of the es-
sence of a constable. who must be not
only guardian, but an angel
When a man has shown that he has
the strength of a guardian and the
character OF an angel he may be ae-
cepted as a potential policeman. He is
put through a six weeks course of
training.
Day by day he goes 10 Wellington
barracks and i3taught the elements OF
drill-Which seem unimportant To
man whose function is to act alone. He
is also taught a little wrestling. and
Instructed as to the best methods of
overcoming a reca1citrant wrongdoer.
Doubtless there will come day
when constables viii be taught by Jap
anege and adopt their system of applied
mathematics. At present the Young
man learns only the raw methods of the
west
During those six weeks, 100. he at
tends police courts and watches the de-
meanor and listens to the evidence OF
eonstables-thus picking up some small
knowledge of the powers of the police
and qualifying himself to carry ON tn
traditional laws of police evidence.
When the six weeks are over he an
pears before the commissioner OF uolfca
who is by virtue of his Office d Justice
of the peaee-and swears in due form
that he will carry out his duties in Dre-
venting burglaries. robberies. felonies
and murders; that he win protect prom
erty and SO forth. and finally. win not
divulge official secrets. That done. the
young mantle young ngel-becomes
a guardian, with uniform and trunch-
con, aad is sent on to the streets to see
that London behaves Itself.
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D.

Goodnight GissE Well here ID 10y
Arms out to your daddy!
Wee red lips aspncker, too:
Tell you he's 50 glad he
Hardly knows the way to say
Half the taings he's feeltn'
When you're down beside hill gGsGsfrs
NightEs-robed an knec1in':
Voc arc All the uor1g9 an Tnoeg!
You're his glimpse of Heavep!
IN lifess loaf of heavy 1eead
You're the lump OF leavenE
in life's sober days and dreaa,
In tsie eyenflsgs after.
Days you're just a sunbeam. 6eGy
Nights a gust Of laughter.
Twixt your two wee dimpled &Gb
You cen knead your daddy
into anything eou will
KISS you? He's so glad hG
Feels like eating you alive!
Heaven never t1esses
ANY man with sweeter thinSH
Than a babys scaressest
Chase the butterflies and lauEEsg
Life's q picnic, truly!
Fling your tousled curla aDpoaGF
Let them be unruIy.
God watch over you and keep
Through each night and cay fiYae
Thorns and sorrows from your path,
Make your life play&hne,
II. ID. Lewis, in Housann Post.
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Waste Of Good Money.

Apropos Of the penny In the slot
savings bank. one Of the latest mani
festations of the slot idea. an English
woman who strongly advises their use,
particularly for children. claims that
her country people need to practice
economy. Women are the worst of
tenders, she says. They Invariably
spend all they have, which accounts for
the sad cases OF extreme distress one
constantly hears Of. a balance at ones
bank is fact only millionaires and
mlsers attach Importance to. A woman
would tlaink it waste Of good money. /"
Brooklyn Eagle
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ouicker the Re4tap.

Henry Seton Merriman, whose real
name was Hugh Scott, was g rapid
writer. Mr.. Scott wrote only at long
intervals; but when he once had a
story in mind he would write several
chapters in an evening. The following
is reported as a conversation between
Mr.. Scott and Walter Pater. the serupu-
lous and scholarly critic:
Nothing. Mr. Pater asserted, .noth-
ing can be done well that is done in
hurry. .
'sNothing?" asked Mr.. Scott, with a
suggestion of doubt.
',Nothing." said Mr.. Pater.
How abe,.t catching a train?' asked
the novelist-Yo Youths Com aanion.
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Club Commandments.

A wonan's club in Kansas had the fol-
lowing commandments printed in the
yearly calendar:
!. Thou shalt haveno other club be-
fore this one
2. Thou shalt not worship any false
thing.
3, Remember thy club engagements.
4. Honor thy club sister.
5. Thou shalt not murder the kings
English.
6. Thou shalt not covet oflce.
To which might be added: Punctu-
atty is the politeness of kings; let it bs
Of women.
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ELIZABETH DAY
Designer and Worker in Metals

lived within. It had taken deal OF
courage to print that Elizabeth 2 for
all of her life-25 years to be exact
she had been simply Beth an abbre-
Walton far more suited to her diminu-
tive stature and gentle ways than the
more pretentious entirety. Nature
had intended her, with her soft and
dainty femininfty for a life of depen-
dency in some still, untroubled corner
of the world; Fate had forced her at
20 into the swirIing current of New
York. AS yet her work-bowls, trays
and vases OF silver, copper and brass
decorated with enamel, bracelets.
chains and buckles set with unpublished
stones-beautiful and distinctive as it
was. sold slowly. But she possessed a
wealth of courage and perseverance
all unsupported ere the death of her
parents had sent her from the little
New Hampshire village to seek her
fortune. She had been in the old house
off Washington Square almost tsso
years when the fourth-fioa5 studio
found tenant
One day she hat learned his name.
Seeking letters from the pile in the
lower hall, she had founa colorman's
catalogue addressed to ''sohn Timsoa.'
Esq She had smiled vt the nome;
Timson was So unusual ans quaint
and-funny! John she liked; her
fathers name had been John All the
morning, as she worked at the dull
copper, she strove to picture person
ality BETTING the name of John Tim
son.
a week later she saw him. They met
on the stairs, and he drew aside for
her; she passed, with a little fnelina-
ton Of her head. All the way to the
top she felt his gaze upon her; but
recalling the grave eyes and respect
TIL manner, she felt no annoyance. only
wondered about the placket of her
skirt. After that they bowed. and then
spoke. Meetings became frequent.
Once he had found her under the
striped awning of an Eighth street
grocery waiting for shower to pass
He had no umbrella to offer. SO he
shared her imprisonment; and after
ward, when the sun came out and
shone resplendently on the wet roofs
and pool-dotted sidewalks, they went
home together and discussed quite in
tho manner of long acquaintance the
relative merits of fresh and condensed
milk.
That day she had examined him to
her hearts content He w&s tell: her
head came just to his shoulder when
she tried hard. He was wide OF chest
and shoulder. and his hands, brown as
though from long exposure to sun and
wind, were large and capable His
mustache and short beard were brown,
as were the grave and earnest and
deep-set eyes. The nose was straight
and large, and the forehead high He
was undeniably handsome in strong,
grim fashion. His habituaI expression |
was sober. but the smiles when they |
came were worth waiting for In age
he was 81. His voice was what at |
tracted Beth most. It was LII the lower I
register, deep. soft and mellow voice /
that Won respect and suited his quiet. p
defcrenGial manner. /
Aside from the little weazened dealer
in old worries and euriosities on the
first floor. they were the only occu-
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Useful.

Guest fat restaurant This is the
second time have seen that Pat, bald
headed old man walk out of hsre with
out paying for his meal.
Wafter-Yes, sub. We let him eat
here for nothing because he attracts
ell the flies, suh.-Chicago Tribune.
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PRINCIPAL Rihlas

The seven principal Bibles in the
world are the Koran of the Mahome-
tans, the Edas of the scandinavians.
the Tripitikes Of the Buddhists, the
Five Kings Of the Chinese, the three
Vedas of the Hindoos, the zendayesta
and the Scriptures of the Christians.
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Rather LIGHT

Gunner-Yes, I drank to drown my
sorrows.
Guyer-And did you drown them?
No. My sorrows We're in nv head
and the more drank the more my head
would swim. Chicago Daily News
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Wage Farmers ia Minnesota

In 1909 Minnesota showed an in
grease in the total number Of wage
earners of 11.91 per cent. over 1902;
that of the male adults was 1857 per
cent; that of the female ADULTS 9.se
Per cent, and Of children 9.58 per cent.
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Attractive

81 am so afraid Of lightning, said
the pretty girl, who vas born hirt.
"And well you might be- reioined
one of her masculine victims. eYon
have a heart of steel. Washington
Star.
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Better Left unsaia

BIundering Visitor Ton seeing the
little child for the first time)@-By Joye,
He-he>s wonderfully hunan-looking
isn't he?-Phi1adelphia Record
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QuintnnIets.

According to the British Medical
journal genuine case of quintuplets
has been reported to a Berlin medical
society. None of the infants survived
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DUPLICATES

she-Did your sister getaay duplicate
wedding presents?
He-Yes; she married a syldower with
two boys.-Yonkers statesmaa.
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Fashionable

singleton-I'm in a box. Ny wife's
aressmaker has sued me.
Double1on-You're in a dress suit case.
you mean-Cleve1and Leader.
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Desert Of Recbna noah,

Ten years ago the desert of Rechna
Doab, in India. had not a single inhab-
liant, but to-day there are $780, 900 living
n comfort on it. Irrigation is response
BE.
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PurposeIy Misunderstood.

Hewitt seldom thine of my audi
ense when I'm acting.
Iewett-But you ought to have some
consideration for them.-Smart Set.
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Big Nuisanea

One trouble with the still small voice
is that it Keeps telling rs things we
know already-Puck.
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A KINGS chi1ann

The father of the king of Siam had 81
eaildren Tbirty-tWo sons are living.