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Charlevoix county herald., 1905-02-11
Good PARTY Entertainment.

Here is a jolly kind OF entertain
ment for you boys and girls to make
use Of the next time you give party
1t will please your littlo guests ever
so much.
Get two sets of scales, one to weigh
large articles and one for the smaller
things. For some of the tiny objects
suggested below it will perhaps be
better to buy a cheap pair at toy
shop. Having arranged for the weigh
ing, select number of articles to be
weighed. Have these as unlike and
deceptive as possible, so that there
really will be great difficulty in de-
Gliding. Try, for instance, the follow
ing list:
A mans hat and a book.
A pair of scissors and a bunch of
keys.
A boot and a pasteboard box (con-
tanning. say, stone or something
very heavy.)
A large book and a pasteboard box
(this one empty.)
A watch and bottle Of ink.
A pen-nib and feather.
A pin and little piece Of paper.
An envelope and a postcard.
A one-cent piece and a bow of rib
bon.
A doll and shoe.
A newspaper and package OF
tacks.
A rubber ball and a sponge.
Arrange the articles beforehand,
and let each boy and girl write down
on a slip Of paper which of the two
articles in each lot they think is the
heavier. The competitor hands the
list, signed, of course, to the Judge.
Then commences the weighing.
A prize should be given to the one
guessing the greatest number cor
-ectly.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-02-11
New Balancing Trick.

This is one of the neatest and most
curious of balancing tricks.
Cut the tops of two long corks into
wedge shape. insert the corks firmly
in the necks of two bottles of equal
height, and place the bottles on the
table about ten inches apart, with the
edges of the corks parallel to each
other. Now try to balance a table
knife on one Of the sharpened corks.
If you succeed, reject that knife and
try one with a heavier handle, for we
must have two knives that will not
balance unaided. Having found two
such knives, hold them level on the
corks with their points almost in con-
tact, moving the bottles if necessary,
and set on their points a small, thin
wine glass or tumbler containing just
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-02-11
His Dream Worth Thousands.

Andrew Sabel, twenty-one years old,
employed in the Keystone flour mill at
Nanticoke, some time ago in a dream
saw an invention for separating for
eign substances from grain just be-
fore it was ground. He told some
friends and asked their assistance in
making it, but they laughed at him.
Preserving clear conception of the
invention in his mind, he went to
work, built model. got patent on
1t last month, and has now received
an offer of $4,000 for the patent rights
from a Massachusetts firm. The prin-
ciple Of the invention is magnetism
1t removes foreign substances from
the grain and averts accidents to the
grinding machinery. Wilkesbarre
Dispatch.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-02-11
ABOUT SOUNDS OF BATTLE.
Hew the Modern ProjectiIes Affect
the Senses On the Battlefield.

Only those who lie in the firing line
and hear the constant screech of the
shells as they oleave their terrible
way through the air above know the
true sounds of modern war. says a
writer in Worlds Work. The whip
like smack of the bursting shell, the
swish of the scattering bullets, are
nothing to the hooking screech of the
messengers of death as they pur-
sue each other, as II in competition
to complete the awful object of their
hideous mission.
The whole welkin is discordant with
their tumult; you feel the rush of
misplaced air, splinters sing in your
ears, the earth is in constant trem-
bic with the violence Of the dis
charge; you feel it pulsate against
your cheek pressed to the moist mud
of the parapet, and then bullet saps
the life-blood of the comrade whose
elbow has touched yours days and
night for forty hours. There is a
limit to human endurance in these
straits.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-02-11
Laugh and Grow Fat.

Dyspepsia is claimed to be sys-
tematically cured by laughter. 1t is
stated that a Paris doctor, in return
for large fee, admits patients into
his private institution, where the
mirth treatment is administered. A
few dyspeptics sit around a room and
begin to smile at each other This
smile, once begun, must never be al
lowed to fade away. On the contrary
it must be developed by will power
into grin, and the grin must become
a guffaw. Then the patients must go
on laughing until their sides ache. A
course of a week or two of the treat
ment at the rate of couple of hours
giggling a day is said to be sufficient
to cure the worst cases of dyspepsia
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-02-11

This is answered best by describing
certain kind of toy noisemaker
which most boys have seen or made
at some time or another. IL is known
by various names, out perhaps the
term devil fiddle" is its most COM
mon term. II is very easily construct
ed by knocking out one end of tin
can and then puncturing the closed
end with a tiny hole. just large
enough to insert a piece of twine
through-the Irvine knotted at its end
so It cannot be pulled entirely through
the hole.
Grasp the can in one hand. and,
holding piece of well rosined leather
in the other. pull the string through
the folded up feather or slide the
leather along the string.
This will result in a most grating,
discordant sound, altogether out of
proportion to what you would ex-
pect from such an action. So from
this the extraordinary fact is estab-
lished that it is the employment OF
the tin can which causes the great in
crease of sound. 1t is the hollow
cavity in the can which is really re-
sponsible for this, and so it is with
the ear. The hollow cavity in the
ear enlarges the volume Of sound
emanating from the poker along the
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-02-11
WORK OF THE SENSES
USE Is TO SEND MESSAGES TO
THE BRAIN.
Taking Sense of Smell as an Example,
Or. Andrew Wilson Explains the
Operation Gone Through-Brain
Centers Are the Responsible Agents.

Few OF us realize that our senses
form the means or media whereby we
are brought in contact with the world
in which We live and conversely
whereby. that outer universe is en-
abled to act upon u.s." writes DR.. An
drew Wilson. Take as an example
the sense of smell. From the brain
arise the olfactory nerves. The fibers
or these nerves descend into the nose
and when they are carefully examined
we find their special endings in what
the psychologist calls olfactory cells.
Each minute fiber essentially termi-
mates in microscopic cell, which may
be presumed to represent the receiver
of the messages the outer world pre-
sents in the shape of odoriferous par
ticles. The cells transmit their i'm
pressions' through their nerves to the
smell center of the brain, which, as
far AS we know, is situated close by
the ear region. Thence the informa-
ton conveyed, sifted out and modified
by the cells of the brain center, will
reach the ultimate court of appeal in
some higher brain-area and will then
give rise to the consciousness of odor.
Shorn OF technical details, the forego-
ing ideas represent what must occur
in the operations of all our senses.
II the brain returns a message, re-
wives memory, as it were, and pro-
jects it outward and backward on to
a sense organ, we then experience
those disturbances of sense to which
we give the name of illusions.
IF, for example, a person sustains
some brain injury affecting the smell
center of the brain, he may be liable
to exhibit such disturbance of sense.
Cases are known in which after such
an accident the patient has COM
planned of the sensation of a disagree
able odor. 1t may be possible that
such false sensation may not pass
out from the brain at all, but may be
located entirely within it's gates. 1t is
much more likely, however that a
real irritation OF the smell nerve ends
occurs, just as we can only suppose
that If man fancies he sees a figure
that has no real existence the eye
itself must participate in the produc-
ton of the apparition.
Practically the vagaries of our
senses may be held to originate in
the brain centers. They are the re-
sponsible agents and the nerves of
sense and their examinations in our
sense organs are simply the under Of
ficials receiving the messages but ex-
ercising little control beyond that
which is concerned in their transmits
sion. They are the telegraph clerks
OF the system which have no concern
with the messages they dispatch.
They merely transmit and transcribe
them"
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-02-11
Home Made Chimes.

Here is a simple experiment, by
which you may initiate the sound of
cathedral bells in your own room, and
perhaps one of the strangest things
about it is that no one but yourself
will be able to hear them ringing.
Procure a yard of twine and loop it
about in the middle, as shown in fig
ure l in the illustration. Slip the
loop around the handle of poker
and draw it taut. Grasp the free end
of the string in either hand Wind
some Of it around each of the index
fingers. Now press these fingers
against your ears, shutting out all
sound, and swing the dangling poker
until it dashes against the wall
You will be surprised to perceive a
series Of heavy chimes, such as ring
out from a cathedral clock as it
booms out the hour. yet while the
room may be crowded no one but you
will be a listener to the mysterious
peals unless he tries the same expert
ment.
But what causes this phenomenon?
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-02-11
HIS EXPERIENCE TEACHES THEM

That Dodd's Kidney Pills will cure
Bright's Disease. Remarkable case
Of George J. Barber-Quick recov-
cry after years Of suffering.
Estherville. Iowa, Jan. 23d.-(Spe-
ciaD-The experience Of Mr.. George
J. Barber, well known citizen of this
place, justifes his friends in making
the announcement to the world
"Bright's Disease can be cured" Mr..
Barber had kidney trouble and it de-
veloped into Bright's Disease. He
treated it with Dodd's Kidney Pills
and to-day he is a we'll man. In an
interview he says:
II can't say too much for Dodd's
Kidney Pills. I had Kidney Disease
for fifteen years and though I doctor
ed for 1t with the best doctors here
and in Chicago, it developed into
Brights Disease. Then | started to
use Dodd's Kidney Pills and two boxes
cured me completely. think Dodd's
Kidney Pills are the best in the
world"
A remedy that will cure Bright's
Disease will cure any other form of
Kidney Disease. Dodd's Kidney Pills
never fail to cure Bright's Disease.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-02-11
The Search for the AIkahest.

With flame and crucible and faith,
Within his little cave Of stone.
From day to day he works Away
Upon his search alone!
And through the years and years he
. keeps
Thus constant to his ancient quest:
And men pass by and smile and say:
He seeks the Alkahest."
The secret is a secret STILL
Though age has turned his hair to gray
But age turns not the constant will
That urged him yesterday.
And still the secret, like the fires
That Ger the meadow marshes run,
Doth lead him famished with desires
Forever on and on!
oh. heart OF man! oh. sacred quest!
That will not let him pause or stay,
The Holy Grail or Alkahest-
What matter what he seeks Away?
A foolish man, a crazy knight
These be to those with custom dull;
But they do seek the larger light
Find here a parable.
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-02-11
How the Balance Is Made.

enough water to make the whole af-
fair balance when you take your
hands off it,
This is a good deal easier to say
than to do. but it can be done, though
it may take more than one pair of
hands to do tat least, at first.
So far you have accomplished
striking and "ticklish" balancing feat
and that is all. Now attach a bullet,
coin, or any small heavy object to a
thread and carefully lower it into the
water in the little glass. AS soon as
the coin touches the water the glass
begins to go down, the knives turning
like see-saws on the corks, and lower
goes the glass, so that II the coin Is
large you will have a smash before
it is half under water. But you can
pull ii up at any instant. AS you do
80 the glass follows as il it were glued
to the coin, and so you can keep it
isee-sawing up and down.
Perhaps the reason of this is not
clear to you. The coin is held up
by the thread and does not touch the
glass, so how can ii affect It? Well,
the coin is not held up by the thread
alone. The part that is under water
is held partly by the thread and part
.ly by the water, which buoys IL up
with force equal to the weight of an
equal bulk of water. The coin there
presses the water. and consequently
the glass. downwards with an equal
force. -
Now when you pull out the coin this
extra weight Is taken off, 80 the glass
rises TO It's original position.
You might make the glass bob up
and down by pressing it with your fin
ger, but II would be a ticklish expert
ment, while with the suspended coin
you can move the glass so very dell.
cate1y and safely that you can even
make IL dance in time to a waltz or
polka played rather slowly on the
piano. So 1t makes a very pretty
little trick. especially II you substi.
tute for the coin tiny human figure
or doll.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-02-11
The Boy in the Store.

Emanuel Mandel. of Mandel Broth.
-ers, prominent merchants Of Chicago,
In a recent issue Of the Chicago Trib-
une, says: THE boy In the store
must begin by becoming a specialist.
My ideas with reference to the boy
who comes into business nowadays Is
that he cannot be too we'll equipped
for II In mental training; he cannot
De too earnest. capable or Industrious
He finds his employers always on the
lookout for the best men for the best
positions and he need not fear that
HIS merits will not be recognized. We
have passed a dozen cash boys on
up ustil they have become heads of
departments or superintendent. II
has depended on the boys. of course
Tircs may have had small opportunity
for education, but they have profited
NY the things they learned in bust
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-02-11
Languages Of India.

Among the 145 distinct languages
spoken in British India are some pos
sessing only few hundred words.
son says. or Russian. as would say.
in their copiousness; some in which
every word is a monosyllable, others
in which some are elongated by az
glutination till they run to ten syl-
tables. like da-pa-i-ocho -akan-taken-tae-
ithaca Soutail word meaning: HE
who belongs to him who belongs to
me will continue letting himself be
made to fight" Some of these divers
tongues lack verb and noun, others
are as complex and systematic az
Greek and Latin.-Nineteenth Cen
fury.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-02-11
Young IdIers of the Time.

Among the moderately well-to-do
there is an army of young men grow.
ing up in idleness in this country who
think it beneath their dignity to learn
trade or follow profession and
who, in many instances, form that
large class known as genteel idlers.
They have been pampered and petted
by their parents until they have come
to the conclusion that the world owes
them a living without their having to
work for 1t or give an equivalent in
toll. They are. in truth, a menace to
the peace and welfare Of the country.
and those who encourage them to II
are as reprehensible as they.-Sioux
City Tribune.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-02-11

the pencil with your jack knife. SO
that its top is half inch higher than
the rim of the tumbler.
Get a card or a bit of pasteboard,
and from II cut a triangular piece with
sides each two inches long. In each
corner make pin hole, and pass the
end of piece Of thread through each
hole. Now knot the other ends of the
thread together.
Stuck one end OF your hatpin into
the side of the cork near the top and
lay the knitting needle across the top
of the pencil, with the bottom of the
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-02-11
WHY SHE DIDN'T GET MAD.
Fair Traveller Had Had Experience
with Sterner Sex.


Il made a queer mistake going
down to Boston the other day." said
the man with the fat cigar. Sitting
across from me in the Pullman was
Young woman that l sized up as being
a lady I'd met at a dinner party one
night last fail Mighty good-looking
she was. and ! didn't feel as though
I'd be at all ashamed to have people
see me talking to her, so | stepped
across the aisle and Immediately be-
gan telling her all about my affairs
and asking where she was going, be-
sides giving her a pleasant little josh
about how glad | was that we hap
pened to be on the same train, and all
that sort of thing, you know. Well,
after I'd sat there and talked to her
for half an hour or so l found out
that she wasn't the lady | had thought
she was at all. In fact. I'd never seen
her before nor she me-"
Wasn't sic offended at the way
you butted in without waiting for an
?"
oh, no-no, not at all. found out
later that she was a widow"
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-02-11
Simple but Surprising.

With a ball in each hand, stretch
your hands as far apart as you posi-
bly, can, and say as you do it:
Ladies and gentlemen, l propose to
bring both of these balls into one
hand, and yet not bring my hands to-
gether. If any one does not believe
that can do it, say so, and | will
prove that | can"
Go ahead" says some doubter.
So then. give him the proof. This
is the way to do it: Lay one Of the
balls on the mantelpiece or on table,
then, turning your body hall. around,
take the bail up with the other hand
(Which already contains one ball, this
one making two.)
Simple enough, isn't 1t? But your
friends will be puzzled until you show
them how the trick is done.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-02-11
A SIMPLE EXPERIMENT.

Here is charming little expert
ment with which you can entertain
party of friends for a good half hour
and which you will find full of interest
for yourself.
All you need is a spool, pencil.
knitting needle, some thread, cork.
and tumbler of water-things which
any Of our readers can easily find
about the house, with the possible ex-
ception Of the knitting needle, which
you can replace by hatpin, IL you
wish, and II your sister is not wearing
hers.
Fill the tumbler with water nearly
to the brim. Stick the pencil, point
first. into the spool and stand the
spool by the glass. Trim the top of
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-02-11

cork resting on the surface Of the wa
ter in the glass. You would better
have tiny groove in the top Of the
pencil.
On the other end of tho knitting
needle suspend the triangular bit of
pasteboard as the picture shows. Now
you are ready for your experiment.
Ask each of your friends to guess
how many matches can be laid on the
pasteboard without overbalancing the
needle and drawing the cork from the
water. They will guess absurdedly
low numbers-two, three. four. etc,
for the weight Of the card alone will
make the cork bob up and down and
look as II 1t might be lifted from the
water at any moment.
Now pile match after match on the
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-02-11
Another Napoleon Of Finance.

81 heard you made $1,000 In two
days time In little land deal. How
was it?" ITS true. bought a few
lots that faced on a new boulevard. I
put up a sign, "A First Class sJursery
Will Be Established Here Next Spring.
Save Your Orders for Choice Shade
and Fruit Trees Well. sir, a lot OF
men that were putting up some fine
apartment houses in the neighborhood
dubbed together and bought me out.
They said the mere name nursery
anywhere in sight, would kill their
buildings for high class tenants.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-02-11
On a Small Scale.

The Simmons baby had been
through a siege of chlcken-pox, and
when the minister's wife met little
Annie Simmons she naturally in.
CURED how the baby was getting on.
Hes some better" said Annie, who
was shy and non-committal young
person of eight.
Every much better. hope" said
the minister's wife, cheerfully.
HE couldn't be SO very much bet.
ter" said Annie. "'cause he's toe
Youths Companion.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-02-11
Preserving the Teeth.

To preserve the teeth in health and
beauty is a most important matter for
thus one not only saves ones self pain
and expense, but also actually pro-
longs ones life-the decay and loss
of teeth being but the initial stages
of the general breakup Of the health.
Artificial teeth are at their best vastly
inferior to ones own teeth in good
working order. To prevent decay OF
the latter, absolute cleanliness OF the
mouth is essential.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-02-11
Value Of Fresh Air.

Every hygienist knows and breaches
that almost the sole cause of tubercu-
losis and pneumonia is the i'll ventila-
ton and impure air of our houses.
They are house diseases. Many 9TH
ers are in part or indirectly due to
the same cause. Uncleanliness is also
contributing source Of morbid mis-
chief. against which even the most en-
lightened nations must still fight a
long war.-Philadelphia Telegraph.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-02-11

cardboard. and you will find that a
good-sized pile will be required before
the cork can be lifted from the water;
pile weighing much more than the
cork.
This is due to quality of the water
called surface tension" which holds
on to things with very real force,
and by weighing first the cork and
then the matches on small scale you
can find out Just what is the surface
tension of the water in the glass; it
will be Just the difference in weight
between the cork and the matches.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-02-11
telegraph Line Across Australia,

1t is not generally known that there
is telegraph across the southern des-
ert land Of the Australian continent,
1000 miles in length. 1t runs partial.
ly through an uninhabited country and
long tracts Of waterless desert. While
1t was being constructed more than
1000 tons of materials had to be car
ried far into the interior, and many
of the iron and wood poles were con-
veyed 400 miles. A recent report says
that the wear and tear Of this tele-
graph construction has been inconsid-
cradle, but there is great difficulty
found in supplying the stations across
the desert with operators.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-02-11
Her First Church Service.

Little Lisbeth attended her first
church service recently. She was in
terested as long as the places were
found for her and she could hold the
little prayer book, but after the long
prayers began she grew restless and
finally, not able to endure them any
longer, she whispered to her mother:
Mamma, don't want to go to sleep
any more"
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-02-11
Noon In the Woods.

HUSH" said the pine on the hill.
And all of them listened together
Listened and nodded and grew so still.
Still in the golden weather
And the squirrel who fancied he'd some
thing to do
And chartered awhile complaining.
Felt the spell of the silence creep over
him, too,
For noon in the woods was reigning.
And the sunshine slips through the
boughs.
And gold is the place OF its falling.
Gold where the wild doves murmur and
browse,
And gold is the COO of their calling.
The little bright eyes are closed In sleep.
And hushed Is the sob Of complaining,
For silence broods, as 1t broods on the
deep,
When noon in the woods is reigning.
Roland Whittlc.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-02-11
Library and It's Contents.

A library is like a butchers shop;
IT contains plenty OF meat, but 1t Is
all raw: no person living can find a
meal in Il till some good cook comes
along and Gays: "Sir. can see by
your looks that you are hungry;
know your taste; be patient for a
moment and you shall be satisfied that
you shall have an excellent appetite
C. Ellis.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-02-11

These winged birds outward slip
At twilight-ti tide;
I view them-with n trembling lip,
And wistful- eyed.
All, happy sails! For you attain
Your bright Cathay!
The harbors OF my hope remain
dim Some Day!
A face i loved Is lost In mist
OF falling tears:
And where are lips. with laughter kissed
o robber years?
The ships depart-joy- confident
or ports TO be
Shall / await. in like content.
The ebbing sea?
-Everybody's Maya zine.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-02-11

ness way. The fact is that the
chances for the right sort of boy were
never as good before as they are to-
day."