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A Neat ParIor Trick

This is a neat and effective trick
to perform before a company of men
women and children, from whom you
can borrow the few materials you
need. These are a silver half dollar
large wire hairpin, a heavy ring,
and long hatpin or "stickpin''
Bend the hairpin into the shape
shown in the picture. Force the half
dollar into the narrow hook on one
end of the hairpin, which hook you
have pfnched well together so that it
will grip the coin tightly, and hang
the ring on the other. more open hook.
Now balance the coin at a point near
its edge and in line with the two
hooks, on the point of the hatpin.
which you hold vertically in your left
hand.
You can nearly always make it bal
ance on some point, but to make the
trick effective the pin should be very
near the edge of the coin, so if the
ring is not very heavy you may have
to borrow another one and slip it in
the hook beside the first. Or you
can use light ring and substitute a
quarter for the half dollar
Now, if you blow against the ring
the whole affair will turn on its pivot.
and by giving a good puff every time
the ring comes round you can make
1t spin very fast and keep on spinning
long time. If the hatpin is very
sharp and of very hard steel it will
gradually bore hole in the coin. In
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Fishing Trick.

There are plenty of patented hooks
and devices for catching fish, but
when they are not available all sorts
of ingenious devices are rugged up by
those who tire of sitting in the sun
for hours wondering why the fish don't
hook themselves. Here is one of
them. 1t is not recommended when
there is a scarcity of bait, but other
wise it can be used with success.
1t must be kept in mind, even with
this device, that all fish do not bite on
hook and pull anxiously in the hope
of being caught. The slightest pull of
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unmistakabIe Evidence of Wealth,

That wealth is one of the most COM
parative of terms, those in moderate
circumstances often being considered
rich by persons of less means. was
aptly illustrated by an old colored
nanny" in East Baltimore several
days ago. She had been doing the
laundry work of a certain family for
quite a while, but, deciding to leave
the neighborhood, she had come to
tell them that she would no longer
be able to perform these duties. The
lady of the house, wishing to secure
another good washerwoman, inquired
of the faithful nanny as to the re-
liability of another coloree woman
whom she happened to know lived
next door to her.
Law, Missus,'' replied the old dar-
key, dat woman doan' do no wash
in; she's rich, she is. She's got a
doorben to her housei"-Baltimone
Sun +
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-01

Young Edison is particularly proud
OF his pet alligators. The Edisons
have winter lodge on the east coast
OF Florida, and it was there that the
little alligators We're acquired The
first thing Theodore does when he has
visitors is to take them to the tub in
the yard, and for their edifcation pick
his pets out of the water one by one.
But he has another pet which is
much dearer to him than all the ALI
gators in Florida. He is proud of his
''wrigglers" because they are curios-
tiles, but the lack of affection which
they display and their utter indiffer-
ence to his coming and going prevent
them from becoming prime favorites
with him.
1t is a little gray rabbit named Star
that is closest to his heart. Star and
Theodore understand each other thor
oughly and there is real sorrow in the
rabbits eyes when the boy leaves it.
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By the PLAYGROUND,

which of the summer sounds
Is sweetest to tired hearts p
Inc low, unwearying hum
" the-bee in the clover bed2
1he hymn of the thrush at dusk?
Robins that call in the rain?
Cool waves slipping away
FROM the boat as she sails through the
Whisper of wind in the wheat2
Or, from the fresh-smelling field
When the heaven is thick with her stars,
me crickets comforting chirp
TELLING of welcome and home?
Hot winds bearing the noise
OF cftys traffic and cries,
And from the little square
The voices of children in song
aundreds of children at play,
C1rcling and singing their glee;
Glad in the gift of to-day,
The sunshine and warmth of the earth,
The joy of youth but begun!
Chorus of mirth and good will,
Childhood's treble of hope
This is the summer sound
The sweetest the tired heart knows.
Mary White Ovfngton in the Outlook.
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gle complacently over the floor there
was a sudden rush for chairs on the
part of the women. and despite the
assurances of the boy that his pets
were perfectly harmless it could hard
~ be said that this innovation at a
reception met with success
The Indifferent reception that his
pets received hurt the tender feelings
of Theodore, and ne earnestly assured
the guests that he was only trying to
do what he considered his share of
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The Barrel Swing Complete.

hanging from the porch of country
house.
All you have to do is to saw away a
part OF the barrel, as the picture
shows, and screw four stout screwcyes
into the four sides of the barrel To
these are fastened ropes, which meet
above on an iron ring which comes
Just above the head of the person sit
ting in the swing.
The barrel head is fitted into the
bottom half as a seat, and may be
covered with cushions or left bare.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-01

/ Young Son of Great Inventor
& Makes Pets of Small Allieators

Y Theodore Edison, the 6-year-old son
of the inventor, gives indication even
at his early age of possessing some of
the ingenuity of his llustrious father
He has not yet begun to dabble in in
ventions, but he has shown marked
originality in his choice of pets
Among them are five baby alligators
which he brought from Florida. last
winter, and he loves to make the Wis
itor at the Edison home acquainted
with them Recently, when his moth
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the entertaining. This explanation
saved him the reproofs that were In,
store for him, and some of the guests
ventured from their elevated positions
and exhibited keen interest in the
strange pets But Theodore saw that
the debut of his alligators into society
had not been the success that their
value as pets should have assured,
and gathering them securely in his
arms, he marched sturdily back to the
big tub in the yard which is their re-
treat
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London War Office Building.

Iu6 utW wa Ou1C6 III
Whitehall, London, which will cover
three and three-quarter acres, and will
cost e $3.50 900. will be ready in about
two years, the work having already
been in progress two and a half years.
The general style of the elevation is
that of the Italian renaissance. Nine
miles of chimney fues, 26,500,O 900
bricks and $4,000 tons of Portland
stone will go to the making of seven
floors and the provision OF go rooms
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How the Hooks Are Placed.

a line should be responded to by the
fisherman, who must pull hard enough
to jerk the barb of the hook through
the very tough fiber of the mouth.
With this in mind a fisherman has
better chances with this device than
one with the plain hook
Each hook should carry a very small
piece of bait, nicely covering the point
and barb. The bottom hook can carry
the attractive bait, but the others are
used to catch the fish
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DWELLINGS for WAGE Farmers.

1t is rumored that the Roehschilds
propose to spend 10000, 900 francs in
the setting up in Paris of dwellings
for wage earners, in which the rentals
shall be extremely moderate and out
of which the owners do not intend to
make any profits. Similar work has
been done in the Peabody buildings in
London and in various extensive en-
terprises of the sort in a number of
leading cities
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Blind Boys Football.

Football and many other outdoor
games are played by the blind, certain
changes being made so that in each
game the sense of hearing takes the
place of sight, says the Baltimore Her
aid.
In football, for instance, a tiny bell
is fastened to the ball, and by the
bells tinkle the balls location is de-
termined.
The blind delight in races of all
sorts They do not run toward a
tape, as the seeing do, but toward a
belt that jangles briskly.
1t is odd to see the blind at their
games They play gravely, and they
maintain a profound silence, for if
they made a noise the voices of their
guiding bells could not be heard.
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admit a peanut. Give each player
three peanuts, and have him Cor her)
circle the room three times at a good
pace Each time in passing the vase
the player attempts to drop a peanut
into the vase The boy or girl land
ing most peanuts wins the point.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-01

Begin by cutting out the stand Gig
ure -, cutting around the heavy out
size hnes- Then cut around the two
inside sections A and B, leaving the
dotted lines uncut, as these are intend
ed to hold the sections.
Bend the loosened sections down
along the dotted lines in such a man.
ner that they will turn toward each
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other Then lap them and pin or
paste them together
Now cut out the rug, the little girl
and the cat Bend the girls dress
down along the dotted line. Also
bend the base under cat along dot
ted line Fasten both to the rug with
pin or paste so that they viii be up-
right.
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A Peaceful Family.

A parrot, a dog and a cat share the
same quarters and eat from the same
plate at the headquarters of the So
ciety for Prevention of Cruelty to Ami
mails in Philadelphia Poll chatters
away all day, while Don, the dog.
sleeps and watches visitors. Poll
sometimes scolds him at meal time
for eating too much, but Don takes it
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-01
Barrel Swino.

This picture will show you how tc
make barrel swing. They are novel
and comfortable, and look very quaint
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deed, it is possible to bare clear
through a soft coin in this way
OF course you should practice this
trick before you try it in public.
Then, if the ring is a brass one and
tne coin your own, you can give your
merry-go-round to the youngsters. who
will have lots of fun with it
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er gave an afternoon tea, Theodore
concluded that the women would be
interested in seeing his pets. The adj
vent of five wriggling, squirming baby
gators in the arms of a little tousle-
headed boy in the Edison dining room
was accompanied with a chorus of
screams of alarm. When one of the
twisting amphibians managed to es-
cape the grasp of Theodore and wrig-
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COUNTY NEWS.
MARIAvILLE.

Mrs. Henry Frost was called to Bar
Harbor tn, 5 h TO attend the funeral Of
her sister, Mrs. Frank Jordan.
The thermometer has been below zero
most OF tue time for the past two weeks.
To dag The roads are blocked and teams
and sboveis are enoeavering to clear the
road for the U. 8. mail,
The community was greatly shocked
and ssddened to hear of the sudden death
of Mrs. Frank Jordsn, of Bar Hsrbor,
which occurred Jan. 2, Mrs Jordan had
many friends here whom she had won by
her kind and loving manner, and who
sincerely mourn her loss. II Is heavy
blow which came with unexpected sad
ness to her relatives and anxious friends.
She leaves husband, and five children
one baby of ouiy few hours old, aud
the oldest being only about nine years.
Our heartfelt sympathy goes out to the
bereaved husband and father and mourn
ing relatives 10 this crushing trial.
Jan. IL. 8.
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SOUTH DEE. ISLE.

e. C. Warren was in Roclan d on Satur-
day.
Ernest snowden ana wife are receiving
congratulations on the birth OF son,
born Jan. 4.
Henry Bryant has returned to Prospect
Harbor. His family will join him there
In few days.
Capt. Adrian Stanley, of steamer Mon
hogan, route from Portland TO Eastport,
is home for a few days.
f. A. Pierce, who has heen suffering
from a severe attack of pneumonia, is
reported out of danger.
No school Monday and Tuesday as the
cold weather and had travelling detained
the teacher, Miss Beulah Pressey, at her
home at Pressey village, where she had
gone to spend New Years Day and Sun
day with her parents, Charles Pressey and
wife.
Jan r. q.
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The annual roll call of the Congrega-
tional church, which was held last Thurs
day evening, proved very pleasant occa-
efon.
The evening was fine, the attendance
large, and about twenty-five personally
responded to the oll-call, while thirteen
others responded through friends or by
letter.
The reports OF various officials were
read, and listened to with satisfaction.
The pastor, Rev. II. L. Packard. was
elected as church clerk for the ensuing
year in place of Miss Lucy W. Jones, re-
signed.
Mrs. o. L. Tapley was elected treasurer
in place OF Mrs. George II. Tapley, re-
signed, and Edward E. Mills was elected
deacon to fill the place caused by the death
of Dea. S. W. Tapiey.
o. L. TapIey was elected superintendent
of the Sunday school in place of E. E.
Mills, resigned.
Refreshments were served in the ladies
parlor, after which pleasant social hour
was spent.
Jan. IL. ToMsoE.
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ToMsoN.
COLTS ISLAND.

We have bee n having winter In earnest
for the past two weeks.
Miss Sadie Driscoll, of Boston, Is with
her parents for few days.
John M. Driscoll, who has been very
i'll with pneumonia, is very much i'm
proved.
Miss Mae l.. Driscoli, OF Bar Harbor
is here with her parents during her
brothers. illness.
Frank A. Babbidge, who has been en-
pioyed in Bar Harbor during the last year,
is with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. M. V.
Babbidge.
Leslie morrill,, who is boarding with
Mrs., l., S. Trask and attending school
here, is very i'll with pneumonia. Mrs.
Jennie Manchester is helping Mrs. Trask.
Capt. W. H. Harding and Robert D.
Trask have returned from a cunning
trip to Isle au Haut. Game must he
scarce, judging from Capt. Hardtng's
reply when he was asked what LUCK he
had: "We never got bird"
Jan. Z. GRIPS.
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EAST FRANKLIN.

F. Z. Blaisdeli was Ia Ellsworth on
business Saturday.
F. Kinsman, who is working in Bar
Harbor, returned home Saturday. While
coming from the station to his home In
East franklin, he lost his way in the
storm. and would have persisted had not
+. E. Baisdeil piloted him to his home.
Miss Edith Gordon has gone to Bangor
to enter the business college.
The cold wave OF last week did much
damage by freezing vegetables. Mrs. A.
c. Tram lost five barrels of winter apples
and her vegetables.
Mrs. e. q. DonneIl Is with her daugh.
ter, Mrs. Howard Hooper, few days.
Miss Grace Donneli is at G. H. Rutter's
Herbert Ash, assistant station agent
at Ellsworth Falls, accompanied by his
mother, Mrs. 8. e. Ash, OF West Sullivan
called on Mrs. Welsh and Mrs. Ruttei
New Years day.
T. M. Biaisdell went to Boston on bust
ness Tuesday. From there he went to
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EAST ORLAND.
JAN. IL.

Walter Soper is the guest OF Harvey
Hopkins.
Miss Alice Bragg, of Sullivan, Is visiting
her grandparents, Guilford Blaisdell and
wife.
Miss Gertrude Mason visited her sister,
Mrs. Jennie Gross, several days the past
week.
George White is at home from Bostc n,
where he has been employ ed the past two
months.
Lincoln and Es,elle Churchill are visit
ing their sister, Mrs. Maud Dorr, at the
village.
Mrs. Mary Gray aud daughter winni-
fred visited relatives at South Penobscot
during the holidays.
Miss Maggie Robertson arrived home
from Surry Wednesday, where she has
been for weeks visit.
Owing to the storm Saturday Alamoo-
sock grange was obliged to postone their
installation until some future time.
Mrs. Harriet Hopkins met with bad
accident last Monday, caused by the fall
ing OF an iron shelf from the stove pipe
which struck her on the head, severing an
artery, from which she bied freely. DIR,
rowle was called and took several stitches
to close the wound.
Jpu
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HANCOCK.

Mrs. NJ. d. Strstton is quite Ill.
Ivory II. Foss went to Hebron Monday
to enter the academy.
Mrs. Henry w. johnson gave a Finch
party last Monday evening.
Captain o. w. Foss and little son
Orlando W. Foss, ir., have returned from
Boston.
Joseph Crsbtree and wife are spending
the winter with their daughter Mrs. w.
s. Stratton, in Portland.
Miss Caroline Cakes, who Is studying in
Bangor, accompanied by her friend Mrs.
Hamilton, recently visited her parents,
S. u. Cakes and wife.
Harvard II. Crabtree, who spent the
Christ mas vacation with bis parents, has
returned to Cambridge TO resume his
studies at Harvard university.
On Wednesday evening, Jan. 20, Rev.
s. L. Hanscom, of Bar Harbor, will deliver
the second lecture OF the course. His
subject will be: observations and Ex-
periences Of a Yankee In Dixie land"
Jan. IL. A.
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EST FRANKLIN,

Saturdays storm drifted the roads
considerab bly,.
E. g. Burnhsm is erecting a camp on
No. s.
A. W. Coombs has purchased the Brad
bury candy shop and moved 1t to his mill
for file shop.
Charles J. Smith has procured the
stumpsge on y lot adjoining his Rouse
belonging to Mrs. Austin. and wilt haul
the wood to Burnham's mill.
Last TUESDAY three horses belonging to
Bradbury Smith, OF Sullivan, broke
through the ice In Taunton, bay at q
point known as the "dry ledgesn, the
only place in the bay where a horse
could possibly have gotten in. A quarry
crew happened TO be near and they were
rescued without difficulty.
Jan. IL. B.
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PROSPECT HARBoR.

Miss Julia Guptill, OF GouIdsboro. was
here Thursday calling upon friends.
Alfred Hamilton and wife moved into
their new house the last OF the week, and
are now lat home" to their many friends.
The villsge improvement society is TO
revive its weekly meetings commencing
next Wednesday, when they are to be
entertained by L. W. CIesves and wife.
John F. Perry is spending a few weeks
In Portland with relatives.
Nelson Morse has returned from a trip
to Machiss.
John Coombs opened bis house Friday
night to a party OF gentlemen who enjoy
pit.
Halcyon assembly OF Pythism sister.
hood held its semi-snnuai installation of
officers Tuesday evening in the presence
OF invited guests. p. c., Mrs. WEIGH
Moore was installing officer, assisted by
two other assistants. The following Of
ticers were installed for the ensuing term:
p. G, Mrs. G. C. Larrabee; c. e., Mrs.
Charles Blanc; v. c.. Mrs. r. ID. Guptill;
prelste, Mrs. Alfred Hamilton; K. of r.
and s., Mrs. l.. p. Cole; M. of E., Mrs. J.
NJ. Williams; M. OF f., Mrs. l.. S. Ray; Nj.
at A., Mrs. John Stinson; A. M. at A.,
Mrs. L n. Workman; l. G., Mrs. George
Written; o. O., Mrs Calvin Trscy;
NJ. o., Mrs. Marcellus Tracy;
orgsnist, Mrs. Herb bert o. Rice. The
retiring P. C., Mrs. WEIGH Moore,
was presented with jewel OF her office
by the assembly. The new presiding
officer, Mrs. Charles Blanc, was pre-
p nted with a handsome bouquet OF
white chrysanthemums by the retiring
officer, Mrs. Larrabee. The order Is in
debted to /. $. Ray for excellent music
during the service. At the close refresh
ments were served.
Jan. IL. c.
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SOUTH suRRy.
JAMS y.

Harvey Candage has taken his family to
the Sound, where he is employed for the
winter.
Mrs. Amanda Young, who has been
con fined TO her room with a bad cold, Is
improving.
Maurice Gray, who spent Christmas
with bis sister, returned to Ssrgentviiie
last Monday.
The late storm blocked the roads so that
the men had TO shovel the drifts to get
the stage through.
Fred and voIuey Cogeins went to Blue
hill last Mondsy 10 attend the winter
term at the scauemy.
E. Clifton Cogsins aud family who have
been visiting c. Il. Cog ms and wife, re
turned to Haliowelliiass Tuesday, after a
short stay with his sister, Mrs. w. G..
BeiIatty, in Ellsworth.
Jan. IL. TRAMP.
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EGYPT.

George Desisle, of Lamoine Beach, was
here visiting relatives last week.
LleweiIyn Haines, OF Bar Harbor, is
hauling stave wood for e. g. Burn ham.
Several from here joined schoodic
grange at Franklin Thursday evening.
Mrs. james Parson. OF Ellsworth, is
with her mother, Mrs. Mary Butler. who
is seriously i'll.
Many OF the young people here are at .
tending the high school at West Franklin.
The school is taught by Joseph Doyle,
of Frank in.
Jan. IL ANON .
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EST SULLIVAN.

Howard Gordon is Ill with threatened
pneumonis.
Bradbury Smith, who has been III dur
ing the past two weeks. is about town
again.
Roscoe Springer, who is employed at
Bar Harbor, spent Sunday with his
family.
At the regular meeting of Puritan as
sembly, P. s., last Thursday evening there
WAS good attendance with two visitors
from Halcyon assembly, of Prospect Har-
Dor. The installation will take place
Thursday evening.
Seven from this end of the town at
tended the installation and anniversary
of John Dority grange, East Sullivan,
Friday night. There was work In the
third and fourth degrees, fine supper
and everything enjoyable except the drive
home through the binding storm.
Jan. IL. b.
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OTIS.

John Warren is attending school at
Ellsworth Falls.
Eben Warren is logging on his LAND In
the vicinity of Beech hill pond with q
crew of men.
Linwood Salisbury, who is employed in
the woods for j. G. Durham, OF Amherst,
is home for few days.
Jed Salisbury and wife spent New Years
with Mrs. Salisbury's parents, Samuel
Frost and wife, of North Mariaviile.
The men In town who are engaged in
logging were ready to improve the recent
snow for which they have been wait
ing.
The lucky tickets which drew the quilts
at the fair and socia BILE of the ladies' club
of Tilden, on New Years Eve, were held
by Eben Warren.
Jan. 5. DAVIS,
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COUNTY NEWS.
WEST BRooKsvILLE.

Miss Abbie l.. Tapley is passing few
weeks in Boston.
Mrs. Albert Wilson and Roy Smith are
quite ! with the measles.
After fifty years of married life, MIR. and
Mrs. Rufus Dodge celebrated, Dec. %, their
golden wedding.
During 1908 there were twenty seven
births. twelve marriages and twenty five
deaths In town.
Miss Clara Tapley, who came home to
spend the Christmas holidays, returned to
Maiden, Mass, Saturday.
The West Brooksville library association
held its third social and supper January l..
The net proceeds were 81.
The schooner Joanna Durgin" arrived
from Rockland Thursday, and went into
winter quarters at Wassons wharf.
The thermometer registered degrees
below zero all through the day yesterday,
wind north northeast. with binding snow
until p. m.
On Dec. 81, appropriate Christmas SER
vices were held in the Congregational
church. In the evening, to crowded
house, an enjoyable concert was given by
the Sunday school.