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Details of the Device.

and extends the length of the block
except one-half inch at each end. The
slot should be made with a small cir
cular saw.
Take a piece of window glass, six
by one, and put the GROWING side
next the block, and tie it tightly with
linen thread around the glass and
block at each end past the slot in the
block. But before tying on the glass
measure very accurately the thickness
of the block near the thin end, and
make a mark across the block just
where it is twenty-ive-one hundredths
inch thick, also make mark across
it near the thick end where it is
thirty-five-one hundredths inch thick;
now divide the space between these
marks into ten equal spaces, making
marks across the block with the point
of knife. Number the marks with a
lead pencil from % to 35, then tie the
glass on over the marks and figures
as described Now put it in a vessel
with some beeswax and set it on the
stove and melt the wax, and let it
soak into the wood Is minutes or so.
After you have drained the wax out of
the groove, scrape the remaining wax
out of it with a stick and it is ready
for use.
To use it, fill the groove with
honey; place it on the f1ight-board of
hive whose bees tongues you wish
to measure (there should be but little
or no honey coming in at the time).
The bees will eat the honey out of the
groove as far as they can reach, in
half an hour or SO. You can then
take the instrument, and, by looking
at the glass side, you can see how far
the bees have licked the honey off the
glass, and the mark at this point will
indicate the length of the tongue in
one hundredths of an inch.
Of course, the bees jaws will go
into the groove some distance, think
about nine-one hundredths inch; but
you can get the relative length of the
tongues, which is good enough fcv
practical purposes.
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Well" remarked the man with the

automobile, eff you're through talking
to yourself I'll move along"
mot SO fa-ast," interposed Police
man Flynn. I'VE may be fright an we
may be wrong, but they's wan pint l
want settled. Dye intind to keep down
to tn la-awful shpeed?"
There is no lawful speed for me-"
answered the man defiantly. Il can go
as fast as want to-
s'M-m-m, now" said Policeman Flynn
to himself, as he drew his hand thought
fully across his chin, Il wisht ha-ad tn
good woman here FIR to tell me what to
do. IT'S mighty puzzlin' thing; but -
he added, addressing the man with the
automobile. ''if ye're goin' to ma-ake tn
pedestrians give exhibitions Nv
gr-round an lofty tumblin', I'll take tn
chanst an r-run We In"
"Come on" returned the man, maxi
ing room for the officer on the seat be-
side him.
Policeman Flynn hesitated for mo-
ment, and then climbed up.
go SHOW" he cautioned, cor twill
be tn WORSE FIR ye."
''You don't suppose I'm going to take
myself to the staion, do your" retorted
the man. You'll have to take me-"
Nv coorse I'll take ye," said Police
man Flynn It's f'r that I'm here
G'wan. now"
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Anecdote Of Robert R. Hit.

The late Robert R. Hit had knowl-
edge of stenography which was of
great value to him in debate. He has
been known to rise with his hand full
of shorthand notes of speech just
delivered to which he was about to
reply and woe to the man who ac-
cused Mr. Hit of misquoting him. He
was the patron saint of the stenog-
raphers of the house. Not long ago
political influence was about to dis
place from the line of promotion a
young expert writer of shorthand from
Michigan whose work Mr.. Hit had
occasion to admire. Mr.. Hit went to
Speaker Cannon. This will never do,
joe" said the shorthand authority of
the house I'VE can't do without this
man. The house must have him." All
right, Hitt," replied Speaker Cannon.
IF anybody knows the sort of stenog-
raphers this house ought to have you
are the man." That settled it and the
Michigan stenographer held his place.
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what He Most Wished For.

John Fiske, the American historian,
was an ardent lover of music and him
self no mean musician. Furthermore,
he was extremely corpulent and felt
the hot weather painfully. He was
once delivering a course of lectures at
a summer school in small city of the
middle west. The heat was terrific
and adjoining the house where the
lecturer stayed was church where
an Unmatched but jealous quartet"
practiced and performed during all
hours of the torrid afternoons and
evenings. One evening, seeing the ia
nous man sit for a time unoccupied
and apparently oppressed by this COM
bined affection, the young daughter of
his hostess attempted to divert him by
offering him a new novel, then just be.
coming popular. Il think The Choir
Invisible is perfectly splendid, Mr..
Fiske," said she. "Would'n you like
to read it?" The historian put the
beck aside. My dear young lady"
said he, the only choir in the world
in which / could feel any interest at
this moment would be the choir in
audible"
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and investigating mind, an earnest
seeker after knowledge, and above
all, possessed of a wonderfully sympa-
thetic nature.
In 1843 she married Isaac Pinkham,
a builder and real estate operator, and
their early married life was marked by
prosperity and happiness. They had
four children, three sons and a
daughter.
In those good old fashioned days it
was common for mothers to make
their own home medicines from roots
and herbs, natures own remedies
calling in physician only in specially
urgent cases. By tradition and eX-
perience many of,them gained won
derful knowledge of the curative prop
critics of the various roots and herbs.
Mrs. Pinkham took a great interest
In the study of roots and herbs, their
characteristics and power over disease.
She maintained that just as nature so
bountifully provides in the harvest
fields and orchards vegetable foods of
all kinds; so, if we but take the pains
to find them, in the roots and herbs
of the field there are remedies ex-
pressly designed to cure the various
ills and weaknesses of the body, and
it was her pleasure to search these out,
and prepare simple and effective medi-
cines for her own family and friends.
Chief of these was rare combina-
ton of the choicest medicinal roots
and herbs found best adapted for the
cure of the ills and weaknesses pecu-
liar to the female sex, and Lydia e. Pink
hams friends and neighbors learned
that her compound relieved and cured
and it became quite popular among
them.
All this so far was done freely, with.
out money and without price, as a
labor of love.
But in 1873 the financial crisis struck
Lynn. Its length and severity were too
much for the large real estate interests
OF the Pinkham family, as this class
of business suffered most from
fearful depression, so when the Centen-
NAL year dawned it found their prop
erty swept away. Some other source
of income had to be found.
At this point Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound was made known
to the world.
The three sons and the daughter,
with their mother. combined forces TO
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Native Question.


Mrs. Alexander, the novelist, lives
in Florence. There young American
woman recently interviewed her.
Mrs. Alexander was delightful .
said the young woman. "She amused
me very much. I, too, amused her
she thought me naive.
Once, when I asked her certain
question about the financial side of
novel writing, she declared that my
question was as naive as that of a
little Florentine child's that she had
heard about the day before.
THE child, at dinner with her par
ents, turned to her mother and said:
I" Mamma, where were you borne
AT Padua, darling.
But was born in Florence. wasn't
~
Yes, dear
"'And father, where was he born ?
In Venice
THE little girl looked gravely from
one to the other.
Isn't it funny she said, that we
should all have met like this?' y
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PENNIES FOR A COLLEGE.
One Hundred Thousand Workers Each
Give Penny to Ruskin College.

The British trade unions had not in
their origin any direct concern with
education, says the Fortnightly Re
view. But it is a fact of no ordinary
significance that some of the leading
unions should be taking very great
interest in the higher education of the
workman
For the last three years some 100,
600 workingmen, members of the
Amalgamated Society of Engineers
have made three levies of one penny
each. to help on the work of Ruskin
college at Oxford. This levy pro-
duces over $500 year, and by means
of it six engineers are maintained for
years course of study at the col.
lege.
Smaller but substantial sums have
been contributed to the same institu.
ton by the London Society of Com.
positors, by the Lanarkshire Miners
County Union, by the Amalgamated
Association of Beamers, Twisters and
Drawers, by the Derbyshire miners
and the Durham miners, while large
number of other societies appear
among the donors and subscribers.
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Water Fowls.

Though some work is being done
with water fowls. the amount being
done does not equal that being done
with other fowls. We have magnifi-
cent opportunities for the production
of water fowls, for our ponds and lakes
are without number. The time is not
far distant when we will notice in
creased interest along the line of
water fowl production. Water fowls
have in them great possibilities, not
only in the production of flesh, but
also in the production of eggs. Not
enough work has yet been done in
the selecting of strains especially
strong in any one line.
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Keep ye-er ha-ands off. I'll not Fave
We do it,
IF you won't run it and you won't let
me, what are we going to do?"
1t was hard problem, and Policeman
Flynn looked puzzled.
II wisht tn; good woman was here"
he sighed "'Tis fine thing I've been
dom to mesilf, an me an OF man on th'
foorce. M-m-m, well, I'll take We with
out tn autymobil."
Somebody may run away with it"
protested the man, in alarm.
"I'll ta-ake tn r-risk, - said Policeman
Flynn. "G'wan, now! Out We go!"
"Say," returned the man, weakening,
Gust call it all off, and I'll promise to
keep within the lawful rate of speed for
horses"
eye will?''
Sure"
"Give me ye-er ca-ard, SOS I'll know
where to find We if ye're lynn to me-
The man handed over card, and Po-
liceman Flynn jumped to the ground.
"G'wan, now," he said, and when the
man had turned corner he drew long
breath and muttered to himself: "He
had me worried, he did that. Ohio!
it's fine picture I'd make ma-archin'
him off an PAWN tn autymobil FIR tn
la-ads to pla-ay with! Twas great
bluff l put up, but, thank Hivin! it
la-anded him."
Copyright, 1906, by Joseph B. Bowles)
Copyright. by the Century Coz
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HE STOPS AN AUTOMOBILE.
= HEEE

thryin' to ma-ake monkey iv me.
"Oh, well, I'll do it." replied the man.
conciliatorily, "but want to caution you
about one thing. You mustn't touch me
or interfere with me in any way when
get my hand on the levers. If you do
we're likely to go sailing through the
side of house."
Il must Fave ye alone?"
Absolutely"
Thin don't We put ye-er ha-ands on
thin things, or I'll bat We over tn head"
exclaimed Policeman Flynn. How do
l know where yell la-and mel" :
you DON'T
eye might r-run me miles AWAY"
81 might"
Go on yourself" answered the man.
I'm in the hands of the law, and so is
the automobile. Let the law run it."
1--WE heard iv tn machin'ry iv tn
la-aw," commented Policeman Flynn,
"but It is tn first time I was liver up
feminist it. Dye think m goin' to r-run
tn autymobil?"
Certainly"
eff laid me ha-ands on thin handles
we'd be climbin tn tiligraft-poles an
jumpin' over houses an lots"
That's your lookout"
'I'll not touch thin. I ha-ave wife
to support, an t w'u'd be sha-ame fr
me to ta-ake me own life. An it luks
to me-" went on the patrolman, begin
ming to show signs of anger, like We was
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-10-11
POULTRY ON THE FARM.
They Should Be Considered Part OF
Manipulating Equipment.

The farmer that looks upon poultry
in the same light as he looks upon
any other part of his farm equipment
is in a good way to make money out
of his birds, declares the Farmers
Review. It is unusual. however, to
find a farmer that will not neglect
his poultry in preference to anything
else on the farm. The farm fowl
can most easily make money for her
owner, as it does not require large
average production of eggs to net her
owner at least one dollar profit dur
ing the year. Under existing prices
this will be done, if the average pro-
duction is about 100 eggs, which is
a low average on which to figure.
Where the fowls are kept properly
and properly weeded out, so that the
old hens do not become the major por-
ton of the flock, the average produce
ton of eggs can easily be made 125.
These figures sound small, for many
claim averages of from $50 to 200 per
year per hen, but we do not believe
that these are fair averages. The
average for the farm flock is much
lower than the average for carefully
handled fiocks, on which most of such
figures are based. It is true, however,
that if old birds are excluded it is
common to get about 125 eggs per
fowl. The extra Is eggs per fowl are
all profit. They do not count very
much on one fowl, but on the en-
tire flock they make good showing,
as the money they represent may be
added to the profit figured on the
100 eggs.
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But / haven't been violating any
law" insisted the man.
Eye ha-aven't!" cried Policeman
Flynn, his breath fairly taken away by
the calm assertion. Eye ha-aven't! Oh.
no, iv coorse We ha-aven't. Ye've only
been cr-reepin' along like We was pushin'
q ba-aby's go-cart. Why, We gasyleen
injineer, we've been maxim twinty miles
an hour"
What of it?" asked the man.
There's no law against it."
"Sa-ay," cautioned Policeman Flynn,
with a solemn shake of his head, "a
jokes a joke, an | can ta-ake wan with
tn mex ma-an, but don't be afther push
in me too far, or I'll ha-ave We before tn
polls coort, | will So"
ION what charger" demanded the
man.
"Fa-ast dhrivin'," answered Police
man Flynn. Aa4 a5@ 9n
Il haven't been driving fast, asserted
the man. II haven't been driving at
all. The law says riding or driving any
horse or horses or other animals and
that doesn't affect me-"
Policeman Flynn scratched his head.
He wasn't sure that the ordinance was
correctly quoted, but neither was he
prepared to deny it. 1t certainly sound
ed right.
LUX at that, now!" he said at last.
"'Tis like thin gazabos that makes tn
la-aw FIR to Fave a cha-ance f'r tn ma-an
that vilates it to skin out iv it. Here
am thryin' to do me july, an no
cha-ance FIR anything but tn worst
iv it, WHATEVER / do TIL la-aw is made
FIR tn good people, but t is r-read be tn
coorts FIR tn other vans. If.they's a
hole in it, tn lawyer shticks a crow
ba-ar in, an tn judge gives bit iv help,
an bechune tn two they ma-ake tn
opnin' big enough FIR to put locomo-
tive milne through. If liver I had tn
ma-akin' iv tn la-aw I'd ha-ave first iv
all in tn big book a sintence r-readin'
like this: 'Th' la-aws herein name what
they name, an not what they sa-ay'
IT'S tn only wa-ay, FIR now whin a
n1a-an dhraws UP la-aw he knows
what he's afther, an Everybody Use
knows what he's afther, but tn coort
takes two fa-alls out iv it, an he gets
what he doesn't want, or ilse tn la-aw
is broke into sma-all bits
WE'LL" remarked the man with the
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LOOSE TEETH
Made Sound by Eating erape-Nuts.

Proper food nourishes every part of
the body, because Nature selects the
different materials from the food we
eat, to build bone, nerve, brain, mus
Gle, teeth, etc.
All we need is to eat the right kind
of food slowly, chewing it velour
digestive organs take it up into the
blood and the blood carries it all
through the body, to every little nook
and corner.
If some one would ask you, Us
Grape-Nuts good for loose teeth?"
you'd probably say, NO, | don't see
how it could be-" But woman in
Ontario writes:
For the past two years have used
Grape-Nuts Food with most excellent
results. 1t seems to take the place
of medicine in many ways. builds up
the nerves and restores the health
generally.
"a little Grape-Nuts taken before re-
firing soothes my nerves and gives
sound sleep" because it relieve ir-
ritability of the stomach nerves, being
a predigested food.)
Before 1 used Grape-Nuts my teeth
were loose in the gums. They were so
bad was afraid they would some day
all fall out. Since / have used Grape
Nuts l have not been bothered any
more with loose teeth.
"All desire for pastry has disappear
ed and I have gained in health, weight
and happiness since began to use
Grape-Nuts." Name given by Postum
Co, Battle Creek, Mich. Get the IA
nous little book, "The Road to Well
vilIe,' in pkgs. There's a reason
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The queen of mountaineers, Mrs.
Bullock Workman, has added one
more thrilling experience to her rec
ord of adventure by accompanying her
husband on his great climb of $4,000
feet in Kashmir. Mrs. Workman has
several times climbed over 21,000 feet
higher than any other woman in the
world. The rarefied air at these great
heights has considerable effect on her.
She finds it distressing to sleep at
night beyond an altitude of $4,000 feet.
The diminished pressure shortens her
breathing and she experiences severe
headaches. But, curiously enough, the
headache leaves her after 21,C00 feet.
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taurant at Waterville, Mo-, says:
Before using Doan's Kidney Pills |
suffered everything from kidney trou-
bles for year and half. | had pain
in the back and head, and almost con-
tinous in the loins and felt weary
all the time. A few doses of Doan's
Kidney Pills brought great relief, and
/ kept on taking them until in a short
time was cured. think Doan's Kid
ney Pills are wonderful"
For sale by all dealers. SO cents a
box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
N. z.
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The readers OF this paper will be pleased to learn
that there at least dreaded disease that science
has been able in all its stages, and that is
Catarrh Halls Catarrh Cure Is the only positive
cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being O constitutional disease requires constttu-
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ternally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation OF the disease and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and assist
ing nature in doing It's work. The proprietors have
much faith in It's curative powers that they offer
One Hundred Dollars for any case that IL falls to
cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address f. J. CHENEY q CO., Toledo. 0.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
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overcrowdina and Egg Production.

One breeder of poultry asserts that
overcrowding reduces the egg yield.
We doubt very much if oyercrowding
reduced the egg yield, except as the
fowls are thereby deprived of food
and exercise. The egg laying of the
hen depends on her maturity and her
having food for eggs. When she is
mature enough to lay and has the
proper food she cannot help laying,
no matter how many other hens may
be in the same flock with her. We
hold the opinion that the assertion
that overcrowding causes lessened
production of eggs is not founded on
scientific investigation.
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MEASURING BEES TONGUES.
A Simple and Automatic Device for
That Purpose.

have an instrument for measuring
the length of bees tongues which is
a success, as it is comparatively &C
curate and takes but little time to
use it. The idea is original with me,
but / do not know whether the princi-
pie has been used before or not,
writes a correspondent of Gleanings
in Bee Culture.
1 take piece of fine-grained wood,
about six inches long, one inch wide,
one-ffth inch thick at one end, and
two-fifth at the other end. and make a
saw-kerf through it, through the thin
way of the block. The saw-kerf is
one sixteenth inch wide, very smooth,
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uruouay,s Financial Condition.

Uruguay reduced her national debt
by s1,57O,450 during 1905. The total
debt on January 1, 1906, was $121,455
TAT, of which about 80 per cent. was
external. Uruguay is a prosperous
country, and in her prosperity is a
good customer of the United States.
Exports of merchandise from this
country to Uruguay for the nine
months ending March 81, 1906,
amounted to $2,172,276, against $780,
542 in the same period of the pre-
vious year.
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Cheap Excursions South.

On the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each
month the Big Four Ry. will sell ex-
cursion tickets to most all points in
Virginia, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Alabama and Georgia at rate of one
fare. plus $500 with return limit 30
days. Liberal stopover privileges.
Write I. P. Spinning, General Northern
Agent, Big Four Route, 238 Clark ST.,
Chicago, for further information.
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WASHING Windows
neighbor

The method of washing windows has
changed very much Of late. Have a pail
of lukewarm suds made from Ivory Soap.
Dip a soft cloth in the water; squeeze al
most dry, and wipe the glass off. Then
polish with channels as it leaves no lint
and does the work with more ease.
ELEANOR r. PARKER.
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New York,s Great ocean Trade.

NEW IOFhS GTcdt NCcdH tTdoS'
New York is the second great sea-
port of the world. In 1903 over 49,
100000 tons of imports and 100000
tons of exports were cleared through
New York harbor. London is the
greatest seaport, exceeding New York
in imports, though not by exports.
Antwerp and Hamburg are third and
fourth, respectively.
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This remarkable woman, whose
mailen name was Estes, was oorn in
Lynn, Mass, February 9th, 1919, COM
ing from good old Quaker family.
For some years she taught school, and
became known as woman of an alert
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CHASTITY FOREIGN Pun.

Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, the
noted American clubwoman, has been
received abroad by royalty, and some
of the foreign papers have the te-
merity to declare that she has a
proverbial right to look at a king.
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they get out Oh OF
der it causes back
ache. h e a d a c h e s,
dizziness, ! a n g u o r
and distressing urin-
airy troubles. Keep
the kidneys well
and all these suf-
ferings will be
saved you. Mrs.
S. A. Moore, pro-
prietor of a res
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The Secret of Beauty.

Miss De Plain Doctor, what is the
secret of beauty?
Family Physician (conf1dentiaily)-
Be born pretty-N. W. Weekly.
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If man would know himself thor
oughly he hasn't much time to waste
in trying to find out things about his
ueighbor.
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Not Blind

do you believe that love is blind?"
mot married love; it has eyes like
gimlets. Houston Post.