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The Globe-republican., 1904-07-28
Thu win Interest Mothers,

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Chill
dren, used by Mother Gray, q nurse in
Children's Home, New York, Cure Fever
ishness. Bad Stomach, Teething Disorders,
move and regulate the bowels and destroy
Worms. Sold by all Druggists, 95c. Sample
FREE, Address A. s. Olmsted, Leroy, NY.
The Globe-republican., 1904-07-28
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn7

Shake into your shoes, Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder for the feet. 1t makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures
Swollen, Hot, Sweating Feet, Corns and
Bunions. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores, Csc. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
The Globe-republican., 1904-07-28
Try me Just once and I am sure to
come again. Defiance Starch.
American Fish for Argentine.

The streams of the Argentine Re.
public, South America, are to be stock
ed with rainbow trout from the hatch.
cries Of Colorado. The deal Is being
arranged through the United States
Fish Bureau at Leadville, which has
obtained 10000 eyed eggs from the
Colorado fish and game commissioner.
The Globe-republican., 1904-07-28

Some men never discover that they
are on the wrong track until they sit
down on 1t. ~F
The Globe-republican., 1904-07-28

Plso's Cure Is the best medicine We ever used
for oil affections Of the throat and lungs WIZ.
O. ENDsLHY, vanburen, Ind, Feb. 10, 1900
The Globe-republican., 1904-07-28

One trouble with SO many men Is
that their upper and lower lips so
seldom meet. Wv
The Globe-republican., 1904-07-28
Kleptomaniacs draw the line at
taking hints.
When Your Grocer Saws

ne does not have Defiance Starch. you
may be sure he Is afraid to KEEP 1t I'M
It'll his stock Of IL OF. packages are
sold. Defiance Starch Is not only bet
ter than any other Cold Water Starch,
hut contains 16 OF. to the package and
sells for same money as II o.. brands.
The Globe-republican., 1904-07-28

Although water isn't intoxicating, 1t
makes barrels tight,
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-09-24
Parlor Maqlc.

To fill with smoke two apparently
empty bottles-Rinse out one bottle
with hartshorn and another bottle
with spirits of salts; next, bring the
bottles together, mouth to mouth; |;
both will at once be filled with white
vapors. The vapors in question are
composed of sal ammoniac-a solid
body, generated by the union of two
invisible gases,
To obtain fire from water-Throw a
small quantity of potassium on the
surface of little water in a basin.
Immediately a rose-colored flame will
be produced. Any chemist will supply
the quantity for several of these ex-
periments for a very small sum.
To give a party ghostly appear
ance-Take half pint of spirits and,
having warmed it, put handful of
salt with it into basin; then set it
on fire, and it will have the effect of
making every person look hideous.
This feat must be performed in a
room.
To make a card jump out of the
any one draw any card that he may
choose and afterward put it in the
pack, but so that you may know where
to find it at pleasure; then take a
piece of wax and put it under the
thumb nail Of your hand and fasten a
hair to your thumb and the other end
of the hair to the card; then spread
the pack of cards upon on the table
and say Come forth" and the card
will Jump out of the pack.
Magic breath-Half fill glass tum-
bier with lime water; breathe into it
frequently, at the same time stirring
it with a piece of glass. The fluid,
which before was perfectly transpa-
rent, will presently become quite
white, and, if allowed to remain at
rest, real chalk will be deposited.
To produce instantaneous light up
on ice-Throw upon ice a small piece
of potassium, and it will burst into a
bright flame.
To light lamp with a piece of ice
Attach piece of potassium of the
size of a small shot to the wick of a
lamp have also ready a piece of ice,
with which, when you touch the po-
tassium, the lamp will blaze immedi-
ately. To perform the experiment,
place the lamp upon the table before
the audience. Question the ladies as
to what means they generally employ
to light their lamps. If they answer
in the usual way, you may respond
that you know much better plan.
Raise the lamp, that they may per.
ceive that it is not lighted; then take
the ice and touch the potassium
which will blaze instantaneously Ad.
wise the ladies to try the experiment
at home when they wish to light their
| lamps. Diamond.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-09-24
Music Cure for Dyspepsia.

Gustave Luders, the composer, has
a friend, teacher of singing, to whom
there came a few days ago a woman
somewhat advanced in years to make
arrangements for vocal instruction.
She was accepted as a pupil, but at
the second lesson the conscientious
instructor felt it his duty to inform
the lady that her ear was far from
true. She received the remark, how
ever, without the slightest resentment,
said she knew she had slight vocal
ability, but that she was determined
to pursue her course to its inharmo-
nious end.
ut is hopeless, madam" protested
the musician at the conclusion of the
third lesson. You will never learn
to sing in tune. You are simply vast
ing your time"
1T doesn't matter" was the reply.
81 care nothing about music, but my
physician said that singing would help
my dyspepsia immensely, SO | deter
mined to take the lessons. Let us con-
tinue. New York Times.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-09-24

week." said lady living in a second
story fiat, when something flew
swiftly past me, almost within reach.
Startled, glanced up just in time
TO see a beautiful robin alight under
!he caves Of the house opposite. A
long straw in his mouth showed me
he was busily at work building nest.
"As | sat watching, his mate hoped
in sight from under the hidden roof,
and seemed most interested in the
building process, to which in the
mean time the builder had added bits
OF wool and straw Much pleased
with his progress, my little friend
hoped upon branch Of maple
tree close by and poured forth short
strain.
Suddenly a small boy strolled
along and, espying the bird, stepped
into the road and gathered few peb-
bles. Advancing stealthily, he crept
closer to the little songster, and in
breathless anxiety l watched him
fling the stone. o, happy chance! A
breath Of air at that moment lifted
the branch, and the stone went wide
o. it's mark. The little nest builder,
startled by the missile, flew off into
the distance; but, after sailing in
mid-air for a moment or two, he re-
turned and lit upon a neighboring
roof
again the boy took aim, and again
I awaited in breathless suspense; but
this time the aim proved too true!
There was fiuttering of little wings
and all was STILL
Alas! thought I, for the snug little
Ealf-built nest under the caves which
was never to be completed, and. alas!
for the mother bird that would wait
IN vain for her mates return"
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-09-24
When They HaW-HaWed d.

Judge Parker was. the center of a
little group the other day, comprising
politicians, newly returned traveller
from abroad, and a newspaper wom-
an. The traveller was giving long
and somewhat tiresome account of
his experiences in Europe, and the
newspaper woman was slowly but
surely driving the judge to despera-
tion by bombarding him with ques-
tions on many subjects.
Judge, the most impressive thing |
saw in Japan was an IDOL" said the
traveller. at was the figure of wom-
an, seated, and resting her chin in the
palm of her right hand. | couldn t
find out what she had done to be so
immortalized."
The judge parried the newspaper
woman's forty-ninth query, then said
to the traveller:
II know. The Japanese are wise,
and they erected that idol as express
ing their reverence for woman that
can hold her own jaw
Then the politicians to man said
"Haw-haw!"-New York Times.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-09-24
Can You Spin the EGG Shell?


Here is trick which will surprise
the whole family.
The next time you eat boiled egg
moisten the rim-not merely the edge,
but all the raised part-of your plate
and place the empty egg she'll on the
wet surface.
The she'll should be broken Off
evenly all the way around, SO as to
form little cup.
Now, if you hold the plate up and
tip it slightly, the egg will not mere
ly slide, but spin, along the rim, and
by continually altering the inclination
angle of the plate you can make the
Shell spin all the way around it, | do
not mean that it will spin rapidly,
like top, but that as it goes around
the plate it also revolves slowly about
its own axis in the same direction.
Now this, you know, is just what
the earth does in travelling around the
sun, so here you have an easy and
pretty lesson in astronomy at the
breakfast table.
1t is rot exactly nice to muss with
ones food but in this case il may be
allowable to make a daub of egg yolk
ir the center of the plate, with rays
streaming out all around, to repre-
sent the sun.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-09-24
Pretty ParIor Game.

From red or pink tissue paper cut
large, medium and small rose leaves
until you have enough to make an i'm.
mense, full-blown rose that will fit in
large salad bowl. Arrange these to
make the flower as perfect as possible.
To as many of the leaves as there are
guests tie green baby ribbon, which
must hang over the outside of the
bowl. At the bottom of each leaf thus
prepared fasten a slip of paper on
which is written a prophecy of some
kind. For instance. on one write You
will have a long, happy life;" on an.
other, you will soon go on a journey
across water"
A pretty fancy is to have a ring
fastened to one of them which will fall
to the one who receives the slip of
paper on which is written "All things
that are good fall to you."
When these are all arranged each
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-09-24
Radio-Activity Not Unique.


That there is anything mysterious or
revolutionary in the recent discove1
les concerning radium is denied by
Prof. Robert A. Millikan Of the Uni
versity of Chicago. "Radium is an
element not greatly different from all
the Others" he said. ''Its activity is
not an isolated phenomenon. 1t fits
into the orderly scheme of scientific
knowledge and supplements estab-
lished theories, but does not destroy
them. The shooting off particles from
radium is correlated with other phe-
nomena of physics. 1t is analogous
10 the exploding of stellar systems,
which astronomers tell us constantly
is occurring. The rate Of the break
ing up of the atoms-one out OF one
hundred billion seconds no great
er relatively than that Of the disinte-
grafton of stars. Calculations show
that radium cannot last longer than
100000 years-a brief period In geo.
logical time. In that time all the ra-
dunn on the earth will have passed
away. There are two theories as to
the origin of radium; one that 1t is
derived from uranium; the other, thY -
1t is built up from simpler elements.
The latter is without substantiation
in inorganic chemistry. ."-Chicago
Tribune.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-09-24
Keep Books Clean.

Who has not seen the book abuser
with the dirty habit of moistening
the fingers and applying them to page
after page of book to turn the
leaves more easily? 1t is done so
often that it has become a habit with
some and possibly they are not aware
of the act, but someone else, turning
the pages afterward, is sure to find
the finger marks left on the white
surface. This marring of the book
can be easily avoided by turning the
leaves by contact of the finger with
the cut edge, but lack Of patience on
the part of some readers causes them
to apply their dampened fingers to
the surface of the page instead. An
inventor has just designed a neat
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-09-24
Artistic Millinery.

Since the picturesque is the correct
phase in frocks, the artistic prevails
in millinery. The hats are just as
various as are the designs in gowns,
and it is a peculiar type of beauty
that cannot find something eminent
ly becoming in the current modes.
Crowns are higher in the newer mod
els, and ostrich plumes are draped in
many and fantastic forms. Brims.
too, are growing somewhat wider,
and are curved and undulated until
they will suit almost any face. Vel
vet is especially conspicuous as a
trimming, and it is expected that the
early days of autumn will bring back
the chic little velvet toque.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-09-24
FOUGHT TO THE DEATH.
Combat Between TarantuIa and Gen.
tipede Witnessed by Scientist.

Combat Between TarantuIa and Gen.
tipede Witnessed by Scientist.
In bottle on my shelf at home.
preserved in alcohol. is tarantula
locked in death with centipede,"
said Mr.. Henry Williamson, taxi
dermist from Los Angeles, Cal. They
are the bodies of two of the most
poisonous insects in the world, and
each killed the other in what was
probably as remarkable a battle as
was ever fought.
'The battle occurred several years
ago in the southern part OF California.
| was camping in the desert, had es-
tablished quite a settlement. in fact,
with board shack, cages, pens, ETC.,
and was engaged in adding to my
collection of rattlesnakes, insects,
horned toads, and other life of the
desert with a commercial value to
tourists. One day, CHANGING to step
by the sight of mammoth tarantula
engaged in combat with centipede.
''The insects were in a small wash
tub. The centipede had the taran-
tula by the throat, and the hairy taran-
tula 49, stinging his adversary to
death. Around and around the tub
they fought, like two gladiators, for
i. was to be fight to the death. The
fight lasted for ten minutes after
first stumbled upon it.
1.-THE battle got so fierce | had to
stop it. o, no, it wasn't tenderheart.
edness. | wanted to preserve them.
ana they were tearing each other to
pieces, SO that | was afraid they'd
spon a prospective exhibit in my
collection. Stories Of the enmity OF
the tarantula and the centipede are
common in the west, but / never saw
but one fight between the two in
sects. Washington Post.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-09-24
An AUTOGRAPH Calendar.

The home made calendar is just
now one of the holiday gifts which is
in course of manufacture, and Ger.
tainly there is no gift which is war
ranted to keep new all the year in
the same way that the hand inscribed
calendar is. To make this calendar
it is first essential that 365-no, 366
(for 1904 is leap year)-slips of pa
rer be cut of a uniform siZe-three
inches wide by four inches long is a
fair measurement-and then, after
one inch from the top edge, they are
ready to inscribe. A line in red ink
is suggested. The space above the
line is reserved for the date, and may
be added last, just before the slips
are mounted into a block and cement.
ed at both sides so that the owner
may not anticipate the contents of
the various leaves.
The leaves are now sent about to
the various friends of the one for
whom the calendar is intended, and
each is invited to inscribe leaf with
an appropriate sentiment, either orig.
inal or quoted, but in the persons
own handwriting. AS may be seen,
there are daily surprises all during
the year for the recipient.
One of these autograph calendars is
now in process of construction for a
young fellow at college, and it is be.
ing made by the young girls of his
social set at home. On some of the
slips he will find tiny photograph
of the sender. On another a sketch
OF some significant subject; on an.
other an allusion to some event in
the past, a reminder of an occasion
to cause him amusement. There is
fine opportunity here for the display
Of originality, and by the time each
girl has done her best, the calendar
is sure to be filed.
This same calendar idea works UP
beautifully for birthday gift, when
ii may begin with the birthday, no
matter when it comes, and extend
through the following year to the next
birthday. If it is preferred. the slips
OF paper, instead of being mounted
on block and cemented, may be per.
forated with two round holes at the
top and then mounted on the wooden
back with wire hooks, the same that
finds favor on many desks, enabling
the owner to examine all at any time
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-09-24
A Cat Anulcr.

Cats can be trained as easily as
dogs, and form the same habit of fol-
lowing one about, says a writer. My
big black Tom has gone everywhere
with me since his kitten days, long
tramps in the woods, coaching tours.
picnics-no journey proves too hard
for him. Once when we were start
ing on a fishing trip, | locked him up,
quite securely as | thought, suppos-
ing, of course. that he would not en-.
JOY the uncertain motion of the boat
or the inevitable wetness of the sur
roundings. But at the last moment
he came bounding down the wharf
and serenely established himself on
Tho cushions in the stern, evidently
prepared to take fisherman's luck
with the rest of us. He showed 70
sign of fear as long as we were
around. He enjoyed the minnows
that fell to his share. and since then
the collection of rods and tackle is a
sign for him to trot off happily to
where the boats are moored.
He has now become quite an expert
enced sport, watching the water keen
ly for the ripples that tell of bite" Z"
and cooking his shiny black head ex-
,itedly on this side and that as the
line grows taut and the rod curves in
the struggle. His Joy knows no
bounds when the victim is landed at
last, and he runs from one end to an
other purring and rubbing his back
against any projecting hand or foot,
apparently in an ecstasy of congratu-
lation. Some one frivolously sug
gested that in my black beauty re-
lived the soul of complete angler.
ard since then he has been ike" to
his numerous friends and acquaint-
ances.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-09-24
Is the Sea Pushino Back Boston,

j. r. Freeman, of the Metropolitan
Water Board of Massachusetts, is the
authority for the statement that Bos-
ton is sinking into the sea. He as
serts that the present datum plane,
ID which all elevations are referred
by the engineering department of the
city of Boston, and which is common
ly known as Boston base, probably
conceded almost exactly in the year
1892 with the mean low water at the
Charlestown navy yard. To-day, after
a lapse of seventy-two years, the
same datum plane, as defined By
numerous bench marks on solid
ground, according to the best avail
able determination is 079 foot below
mean low water. This comparison
shows that the land now stands about
O.79 foot lower relatively to the sea
than 1t did about seventy-two years
ago, and shows that the land in Bos-
ton and vicinity is sinking at the rate
c. about one foot per hundred years.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-09-24
Cork Walking Down the Board.

cork can walk, and this is the way
10 bring about that unusual spectacle.
Get as large a cork as you can find
and stick side by side in one end a
pair of flat-headed nails. Then get
two forks and insert them, one in
each side, near the other end of the
cork, as shown in the picture
Now get a strip of wood four or
FIVE feet long and about two inches
vice, and make an inclined plane of
it by piling books or boxes under one
end. Place the cork on this, standing
j. on its nail legs, with one fork hang
ing down on either side of the strip
of wood. Start the fork swinging
from side to side. and you will see
tie cork walk jerkily down the board,
taking ridiculous stiff-legged little
steps on its nail legs.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-09-24
Brilliant Clocks.

The municipality of Berlin has dcs
cided to hang clocks, worked by elec
tricity and in connection with the OBJ
servatory, at all the principal corners
OF the leading streets. The dials OF
these clocks will be Illuminated al
night. They will be suspended from
the poles supporting the electric
lamps which light the streets. A be-
ginning has been made with seven
teen clocks, and should the expert
ment succeed 800 of these clocks will
be scattered over the city.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-09-24
Coos MESSENGERS.

Unseen they walk through all life's
crowded ways;
Unknown, they touch the aching brow
of pain:
Unheard their footsteps echo through the
night;
Leading the lost ones back to life
again.
The stars of heaven behold their stately
march:
And myrads worlds join echo to their
song.
'Tis only human eyes that see them not
Eyes darkened by the bitter sin and
wrong.
oh. God! TO see with angel eyes-to sec
Alright,
To hear with ears that catch Thy
whispered word;
To touch with hand as tender brows that
ache
And thus to serve, as angels do, oui
Lord.
Robert Hare
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-09-24

guest takes one of the tiny ribbons
hanging at the side of the howl and
they give quick pull all together.
which scatters the leaves in all direc-
tions, leaving them dangling in the
hands Of those who hold the ribbon at
the other end.
The notices may be comic or senti-
mental. In either case they afford
plenty Of fun, as they must be read
aloud.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-09-24
Japan's NEWSPAPERS.

Nowhere else in the world has the
progress of the press" been SO rapid
as in japan. The first daily made
its appearance in 1872. In 1890 there
were already 716 journals of one kind
or another, with a circulation of well
over 100000, figures which have
been very largely increased since then.
The increase of all kinds of printed
matter is facilitated by the prevalent
low wages and the cheapness of paper.
The number of books of all kinds is
also exceedingly high, an average OF
nearly $4,000 having appeared be
tween 1895 and 1899.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-09-24
Prevents SoiIing the PAGES.

''S"S"eS oo"'H9 the FagcS.
little thumb attachment which will
make it easy to turn the pages with
out soiling. 1t consists of a spring
clamp for attachment to the thumb
near the end. while from one side Of
the clamp projects thin fat plate
which is designed to be inserted be-
tween the leaves of the book. In the
illustration this device is shown in
conjunction with an index, for which
it is especially adapted, enabling a
bookkeeper to find in an instant any
name he is looking for without sub
jecting the book to the same treat
ment as the class of persons men,
toned.
Charles A. Evans of Haverbill
Mass, is the designer.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-09-24
Baby.

Baby.
Wee tow-headed baby,
Like butter ball.
Half inclined to laughter,
Half inclined to squall.
Dimples in your elbows,
Dimple in your chin:
Looks like God had made you
To put dimples in!
Looks like God had made you.
Roly poly boy,
With your mouth a-pucker
Eyes a-dance with Joy.
Just to carry dimples.
What-have you a pain?
Dear, such twisty faces
Are a sign of rain.
Half a laugh, half crying,
Don't know what to do.
Gulping, sobbing signing,
Tell you. baby: You
Stick like that to mother
Always when in doubt
All the years of all your life,
And you can't lose out.
Houston Pos
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-09-24
&CQESrT
~ NNEN1Q!Ml On
improved Telegraph Service.


Prof. Michael Pupin OF Columbia
university has invented a process by
which sixteen messages may be sent
simultaneously over a single wiTek
The system differs from the multiplh
systems now used in that 1t employs
an alternating instead Of direct cur
rent. The system is, according to
the inventor, one of tuning. The cur
rents are sent In electrical waves OF
different lengths, and II the fun six
teen messages are to be sent ut once.
sixteen different currents, all OF dif--
ferent vibratory periods, are en-
ployed. There is apparently no limit
to the number of messages which
could be sent over one wire at one
time, except that set by the waves
themselves. which begin to interfere
with one another if their periods are
too similar.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-09-24
A Pin and Coin Trick,

Here is very simple little trick
which looks not at all easy and quite
as il the performer must be very
skillful indeed. Take a silver coin,
quarter or half dollar, and pick it
up by placing the points Of two pins,
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-09-24

How to Hold the Coins.

one on either side of the coins edge.
You may hold the coin securely in
this position if you press firmly with
both pins.
Now, blow smartly against the up
per edge of the coin, and it will fly
around and around, revolving with
great rapidity between the pins.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-09-24

An irreverent contemporary de-
scribes society as moving along to-
ward Saratoga" Those poker chips
and Saratoga chips" will soon be
moving along also.