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cun,rz,o so,o-.MNa ccrnn. Morvan.

ccn,r1io soIo--MSs Germs. Morgan.
843o Intermezzo from "Cavalleria Rust.
cana"-Edison OTsbestra.
83o4 Niolets, 1ranscripton-Piano Solo
Albert Benzler.
1905 The Shade of The Palms-Baritone
solOc.Ftank {: Stanley. ,,o,.u-
so4 Anvil Chorus, al Decentralization
Mi.itay Band.
A Sunday Concert.
1854. Ring The Bells of H~eayen-chimes
80 Hallefujah Chorus from Messiah
Edison Concert Band.
s477 Lords Prayer and Gloria Patri-Men-
delssohn Mixed Quartette.
ss6s Talmage on Miracles.
sso3 Praise Ye. from p" Attila'-Metropolitan
Mixed Trio.
sos infiamatuo, from "Stabat Mater
Bohumir kryl.
8ssz Lost ~Chord-Elison Male Quartette.
76es Lead, Kindly Light-Edison Male Quar-
sIq4 Old Church organ-EdisOn Concert
Band.
$3.50 Rock of Ages-Campbell and Harrison.
1890 Holy City-Violin solo-Charles D'Al
oo31 The Glory S~ong-Anthony and Har.
8422 Observation-Disclosures Mixed Quartette.
Or If you like dancing you can ar
range a dance in your home or in any
hall; for the Edison monograph is
loud enough.
Furthermore with the Edison phono-
graph you can make your own records
reproducing to perfection your W
voices and the voices of your friends
and children. These records you can
keep for years and years, having the
voices of the absent ones always with
you.
If you do not own an Edison, you
do not know what you have missed;
if you have never heard one entertain,
you do not know what a treat awaits
you.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-05
Electricity TO be Cheaper.

An invention of the greatest i'm
portance, which will effect a revolution
in the industrial world, has been made
by a Roman electrician, Adolph Tome.
who has succeeded in solving the prob
lem of storing electrical energy.
His invention will make it possible
to transmit an electric current with a
loss of a little less than . per cent.
no matter how great the distance.
1t will be possible, for instance. to
supply heat, light and power for all
purposes to the city of Paris with
electricity generated by the waterfalls
of Switzerland at a price that will drive
all the present electric companies out
of business.
An American syndicate is said to
have offered the inventor $1,O00,000
for the American patent, but the offer
has not been accepted.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-05
New Golf Rule.

Dennis O'Flannigan was walking
along a road beside a golf links when
he was suddenly struck between the
shoulders by a golf ball. The force
of the blow almost knocked him down.
When he recovered he observed q
golfer running toward him.
"Are you hurt?" asked the player.
"Why didn't you get out of the way?'
can why should I get out of the
way?" asked Dennis, 81 didn't know
there were any bloody assassins round
here"
But I called %'fore,'" said the
player, land when I say fore that is
a sign for you to get out of the way"
ooh, it is, is it?" said Dennis. swell,
thin, whin l say 'foive,' it is a sign
that you are going to get hit on the
nose. 'Foive.'"
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-05

der this arrangement every man has
a personal interest in keeping the
tax rate of the town down TO the low
est possible figure and also in taking
the best care of his premises.
But one man is responsible for this
beautiful city which is situated upon
an island IN the Androscoggin River.
and he owns almost the entire busi-
ness section of the tow Less tnan
twenty years ago Hugh j. Chisholm
saw the immense possibilities OF
Maine, and although without money
at that time, he managed to interest
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-05
a,ks and public buildings. Many Of

aaks and public buildings. Man2 N
e persons employed in the city re-
side in the suburbs" which are reach
ed by means of bridges.
Were 1t not for the fact that Rum
ford Falls is an up-to-date busy, bust
ling place with all the life and actiV-
ity of a western boom-town, one
could almost imagine himself in Ven
ice. From your hotel window you
may look down upon the river and
canal with great quantities of logs
floating down to be devoured by the
mills and later to be sent out in the
form of newspapers.
The city contains about 1000 inhab-
itants and almost all available space
is taken, but beyond doubt new sec
tons will be constantly opened and
streets be connected by bridges.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-05
MAKING HOME CHEERFUL.
IN EASY WAY OF PROVIDLNG
AMUSEIENT FOR YOUNG
AID Old.
m and entertainment for Ala
G. Gcert or Minstrel Stow at Your
Own Firesioe.


Own Firesioe.
The editor of this magazine has
frequently uraed his readers to do all
thov can towards making the nome
as cheerful as possible for all the
family.
Now | want to tell you how you
can cheer and brighten your nome III
a simply wonderful way.
Read what Thomas A. Edison the
worlds greatest inventor THE wizard
of the Doth Century" has
81 want 10 see a photograph in
every American home
II YOU have never had a genuine
phonograph III your home You can
=ot imagine what a wonderful pleas
re it Whl be TO you.
What pieces can | hear on a phono-
graph?' some may ask.
Well, you can hear almost anything.
There are 1900 genuine Edison gold
moulded records and you can have
your choice OF these.
Suppose you get some vaudeville
records reproducing to absolute per-
lection the greatest comic artists. linen
take some band music, Sousa's
Marches, WnltzeS 10y Strauss, soul
surfing lively nlSit lhth Siohu OPClo
concert pieces as we'll as the finest
vocal solos: also comic songs, ~ragtime,
dialogS, comic Rotations. piano. organ.
violin. banjo and o Instrumental
music: all kinds of sacred music duets,
quartettes. full chOruses.
The Edison records are perfect
absolutely natural-and unlike the In
feriOr though higher priced records OF
Others the Edison records never be-
come rasping and scratehy.
The smooth, round sapphire point
OF the Edison Reproducer does not
require changin it does not wear it
SELF or the record with which it comes
In contact. Consequently, Edison Gold
Moulded Records last for years. This
is a feature that merits the Ost care
full attention of the prospective pur-
chaser.
Possibly you have heard talking
machines and have not cared much
for them. but remember that there
are machines that reproduce only
sound and noise; the sweetness, and
the perfect expression for which you
prize music are reproduced only by the
modern Edison Photograph and the
Edison Gold Moulded Records. These
qualities distinguish the Edison Phono-
graph from all its limitations.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-05

In the Review of Reviews. Beautiful
winding streets have been laid out
and attractive cottages with splendid
lawns and shade trees erected for the
paper-mill employees. These cottages
are rented for an amount that little
more than pays taxes, interest and a
charge for maintenance, and should've
amount paid more than meet these re-
quirements the surplus is returned to
the tenant at the end of the year. I'm
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-05
HAULING A BIG FELLOW TO THE MILL

people of means and built the great
paper mills of Rumford Falls.
The Falls at this poin& are ten feet
higher than those of Niagara and, as
has been said, develop a magnificent
amount of power. Mr.. Chisholm GER
tainly made no miscalculation when
he selected this place al a spot es-
pecially adapted for the purposes OF
p~aper-making.
The city contains splendid hotels,
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-05
C0gent Reasoning.

Teacher-"Now a monologue Is !.
recitation in which n perso- IN
part; a dialogue is one vine Give
persons take part. Can anyone 3"
another example?" AT.
Bright boy-"T've got one ar
alogue is where a cat goes ssbil.
night serenade, with other CO.
you're tryin' to sleep
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-05
Last of a Great Race.

"The Pygmies do not live to a
great age" said Col, Harrison. Life
is hard in the somber Congo forests;
nature is a pitiless task-master to this
remnant of the race that once peopled
the greater part of Africa. The rain
that falls in torrents for eight months
transforms the ground into a marsh.
1t may be added that the pygmies
are remarkably intelligent, that they
appear to have the gift of language to
an incredible degree. that they excel
in the art Of extracting iron from the
ore, Of forging it, and of making arrow
heads of 1t without other tools than
round stones.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-05
OLD MAINE EOW YOONG.
Continued from Preceding Page.)

in mind in almost every instance, re-
lying upon the "back-haul" for their
profit.
The farmers as we'll as the paper
mill workers and others in moderate
circumstances are intelligent. thrifty
people. many of them owning and
occupying their homes which are mod
els OF their kind. At Rumford Falls,
above referred to, almost an ideal con
dition exists, according to a writer
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-05
FREE to all owners of phi nographs

who state style and number of their
machine, we will send free prepaid,
copy of the Edison Phonogram Month
ly Subscription price 20 cents telling
you how to make your machine play
better, how to oil it, how to make
your own records, etc. Many valuable
pointers free. We also exchange
genuine Edison monographs for old
talking machines.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-05

Men Average Four Feet Six, and
Women About Four Feet in Height
Without Religion, Go Naked and
have Peculiar Customs.
London town Is very much interest
ed in six small human beings who
have recently arrived from Africa.
Colonel Harrison, an officer in the
British Army, has brought with him
from the Ituri forests of the Belgium
Congos a half dozen pygmies.
Colonel Harrison went last year
into the Ituri forest, also known as
Stanley forest, hoping to capture one
or more okapis. This part of his *
petition was q failure. On the other
hand, he succeeded in living four
months amid the pygmies and per-
suaded four men and two women of
the tribe to accompany him to
Europe.
The long journey has been ancomp-
lished by the six dwarfs in the face
of a thousand difficulties. Colonel
Harrison and his proteges were de-
tanned at Khartoum and later at Cairo
for several weeks, certain English
philanthropic societies having earnest
ly opposed their repatriation. The ex-
plorer was obliged to prove to the
British Government that the dwarfs
were with him voluntarily.
The six pygmies were of course duly
measured by the English a~nthropolo-
gists on their arrival in London. Their
mean height was 4 feet 6 inches for
men and 4 feet 1 inch for women.
Tbo CO0n0 Dx,Opo Toe o,o now, e@ron~
and also brave without being gener-
ally aggressive, although Colonel Har-
rison reports that last winter, during
his stay in the forest of Ituri, a party
Of pygmies attacked a Belgian cara
van, killing seventeen carriers and
plundering the goods. They are no
MAIDS, having neither fields nor houses,
and live only on game and wild fruits.
Their household utensils are limited
to a few earthen saucepans, in which
they cook game without taking tho
trouble to skin it. They eat the skin
as we'll as the meat, ven breaking the
bones with their teeth.
Are Sons of Nature.
They walk about completely un-
clothed. Only among the tribes that
live on the confines of the forest and
have relations with the negroes of
greater stature, do the women wear a
girdle Of leaves.
Both the men and women shave the
head partially; some cut straight paths
across their woody hair; others dress
it with birds feathers or squirrel
tails.
They have absolutely no religious IN
stincts and believe in neither God nor
devil. They generally practice polyg-
amy. AS with the Chinese, the birth
of a girl is regarded a a calamity.
Strangely enough, the young mothers
sometimes steal the newborn children
of the neighboring tribes of normal
stature, leaving their own babes in
exchange.
Last of a Great Race.
1.-THE Pygmies do not live to a
great age" said Col. Harrison. Life
is hard in the somber Congo forests;
nature is a pitiless task-master to this
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-05

Songs and band pieces and dance music to
I'LL the air. carryin the sound over meadow
and lake. Don't YOU want a photograph 70
enliven your picnics this summer
This wonderful instrument, we think,
is far. far better than a piano or
organ. though costing only ~one-fourth
or one-eighth as much; for it gives you
endless variety, it always plays per-
fectly and anybody can play it.
With an Edison photograph in your
home you can arrange a concert at
any time with just such IA programme
as brings 81 and 50 a seat in the opera
houses of a big city.
Following are some specimen pro-
grammes for entertainments, hundreds
of others may be made up from the
catalogue that Mr.. Babson will send
you free on request:
A MirstreI Entertainment.
S632 Uncle Sammy-March-Edison d.
S644 Down Tennessee Barn Dance-lntro.
ducirg male chorus, banjo accompaniment
Edison Orchestra.
Soar Alabama Observation-Disclosures Ballad
Down in Mobile, Long Ago" funny stories,
and male c~horus-Edison Modern Ministries.
1891 I've Got A Feelin' For Y0u-Ossman
86I3 Dear Old Girl-Tenor Solo-Mac.
Donough.
S672 Georgia Observation-Disclosures "Uncie
bu4E = Dl1dlus lOhC dhu il US LdioO
Modern Minstrels.
BIS Characteristic Negro Medley ale
Quartette.
5000 My Little Dinah Lee-Baritone 500,
banjo accompaniment-Bob Roberts.
$500 Bells Solo-"Beaumarie'-Albert Benz.
Ter.
7s3a Kathleen Mavourneen-Ma Quartette.
$3.50 Echoes of Minstrelsy-Edison Modern
Minstrcls.
An Evening Concert.
81 Overture To William Teil-Edison Con.
cert Band.
$40 Rooscvelt's Rough Rider March,
Edison Military Band.
1874 Sing Again That Sweet Refrain-Tenor
Solo-Harry Marlborough.
$3.50 Selection from the Chinese Honey
moon"-Peerless Orchestra.
.7o45 Little Darling, Dream OF Me-Edison
Male Ouartette.
..72s3 Polonaise Brilliant-Clarinet Solo -
William Tuson.
.7za4 Barn Dance from Observation-Disclosures
Orchestra.
ooIo Good Night, Beloved. Good Might
Edison Male Ouartette.
1851 Without Your Love, All. Let Me Die
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-05

Received instrument today, every
thing just as you stated 1t would be.
Would not sell IL now for $4,000.
L. ID, Ellison, Tacoma, Wash.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-05

Your Phonograph is more than you
claim for it, and no words can describe
the pleasure 1t gives TO old and young.
/ have, of course, often heard the
Edison, but 1 never realized before
what it meant TO have your instrument
in ones own home. You may have
anybody write TO me.
(Prof) J. W. Elwood,
1A06 Farnum ST., Omaha, Nebr.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-05

Your Phonograph should be found
In every home. 1 would not think OF
being without my machine now have
tried IL. Hans Christensen,
Garland, Mimi.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-05

Your machine Is, indeed. n OF the
finest entertainers l ever heard,
There has been q crowd at my house
every night since l received your
OUTFIT. (Mayor) +. w. Walton,
Bonneville, Miss.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-05

People whom l consider judges of
music, say, without any exception,
my Edison Is the best and plainest
they have erer heard.
- L, ]. Carter, Spring Lake, N. Y.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-05

The No. s Outit was received in good
order. Yesterday | mailed you the
first payment. I was so well pleased
with your machine that l did not walt
for your bin, but paid at once.
H.. y. Woods, Nation, Ill.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-05

The Photograph | received is q
splendid instrument, and we are all
enjoying It very much, and we all
agree that IL has no superior.
]. n. Won kennel, Cheyenne, wis.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-05

OF all the other talking machines we
nave heard play, we think o trial
proved yours the best.
John Kent, Grandview, Wis.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-05

l have tried the Standard Edison
monograph and it Is dandy"
My father-in-law has another well
known make OF talking machine out
fit, and a rather expensive one, too,
but since he heard my Edison machine
he won't play his machine at all.
James W. Elkins, Bedford, Ind.
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Value of His Training.

Rough is the sea. Still the "little
man" battles successfully with the
waves for the better part of five min.
utes, riding them like a duck. Then
he Unexpectedly finds himself in tie
trough OF the sea-and the next IN.
slant the kaiak is bottom side up aud
the boy is hanging head downward in
the water.
But the little man has not PLAYED
about his fathers kaiak in vain. As
he feels the boat capsizing he sees
n end of his paddle in his right hind
and with the left he grasps the shaft
as near the middle as his short ans
will let him. AS he holds his breath
for dear life, he places the paH1le
along the kaiak's side, with the fad.
dies free end pointing toward the HaR.
Pushing this end sharply out 10 lie
side and bending his body well for
ward toward the inverted deck. he
makes a strong, circular sweep OF The
paddle-and presto: here he is a=aln
right side up and with not a dron Of
water in his kaiak or beneath his in
clothing. For this dry condition be las
to thank the chap who long ago ON
ceived the idea of fastening the bo. On
of the wholejacket to a kaiak ing,
and to his mother for lovingly ma4lng
his sea-going garments waterproof.
Twice more, before he point MS
craft, built somewhat like a scu. not
a whit broader, and even NOR aiaf
cult to keep afioat in the rough a1l5t'
toward the watchers on the shore nc
goes~under. but rights himself 1eh
time in a moment. He lands eNH=iaA
unfastens his wholejacket, lifts atn'
self proudly out of his boat, and. lax
ing himself like a puppy, runs sat3
toward his father and mother.
"In a short while" says the i3sas.
proudly, thou wilt be able to Ii55s
thyself with nothing except thy l2as9y
thy hands, thy lance. anyth.4a "
thou shouleest lose thy paddle
The boys eyes brighten won4'llans
at the words of great praise. W aas,
later they are even brighter ~
paddles away with his father nv ~
hunting grounds of the seal IaI u"
on the dark sea
Life has now begun in earnss1 N ~
him. He is a little man from NON
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-05
AFRICAN PYGMIES.
LONDON NSPECTS SIX SMALL
MDIVIDU4LS FROM THE CON-
GO COUNTRY.

Men Average Four Feet Six, and
Women About Four Feet in Height
Without Religion, Go Naked and
have Peculiar Customs.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-05
READeWHAT
r

ireceived the Edison Phonograph I
ordered a short time ago, and / llsay
it Is more than satisfactory in every
way. l am a farmer, and it seems
good TO hear such good music and
song after a hard days work is ended.
Think we should all thank Mr.. Edison
for the great pleasure his musical
wonder affords us.
L. A. Pike, Rowe, Mass.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-15

win. He around the bases, the crowd
whooped, and the players shook his hand
and everybody went home to supper. Nobody
thought nuthin' about the missin' ball till
the next day, and then, just as the second
game of the series was started, player on the
opposin' team sees a ball comm down through
the clouds back o second. He ketched it,
an it was the same ball Rasty knocked the
day before. OF course, the umpire had to
declare Rasty out in the first game, an give
the game to their opponents. 1t was hard luck,
but really was the only thing to do
Finally there came game that the manager
of the Swattburgs wanted to win the worst
way. He had better pitcher than the Larrup-
villes the nineshe had to beat, better in-feld,
and better batters. The game looked like a
cinch. ii only Rasty's Jonah wouldn't work
overtime an spoil everything at critical
moment
So he comes to Rasty the morning of the
game, tells him how most all of Swattburg's
mortgaged to bet on the game, an finally
says: Now, Ras, don't get excited this after
noon and try to knock every ball pitched to
you four miles, If you do there won't be
enough to keep on with the game"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-15

ATONE of the heavy hitters in the Big Stick
IN League ever interested me SO much as
Rasty Rivets of the Swattburgs. He was the
most natural ball player l ever saw-so natural
that he hated to wear clothes, and used to
come around to morning practice, when there
were no crowds to watch, in a pair o blue
overalls and cotton shirt and his bare feet
He claimed he could play better ball when he
wasn't hampered by spikes an things, an l
guess he could. He always said that whenever
he struck out it was the binding of his shirt
on his shoulders that did it, or his belt was too
tight or somethin
There was story about when he was first
found playin' ball with pitchfork handle for
a bat, up in the mountains, that the manager
couldn't break him to clothes at all, even in
games He'd go out in center field an slip off
his shoes, an chase flies in his stocking feet ;
and when he'd go to bat it'd be with his shoes
unlaced, and when he'd hit the ball a wallop
he'd jump right out of EN-, and leave 'em at
the plate, while he busted round the bases
with a big toe or a calloused heel shown
maybe.
He got fined for forgettin' his shirt and
stockin's and cap so much that by the time
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-15

"Lemme shed my shoes an cap, an it's
double" says Rasty. PLEASED"
The manager refused. an Rasty got mad,
went up to bat an deliberately struck out.
1t cost him ten dollars; but he was so set in his
ways he wouldn't give in.
But he struck out mighty few times. He
could hit ball a mile if it slow-pitched
straight and two miles if it was swift curve.
He eat inshoots an outs, murdered drops and
could shut his eyes and hit a straight ball.
When he landed square on a ball the concus-
sion shook the grand stand and women 'u'd
faint
But Rasty's complaint was always hard
luck. Somethin' was always happening to
neutralize the effect of his long wallops Like as
not drive good for five bases would hit
post in the fence bound back, and he'd DE
nipped goin' to second. Once with three
bases, an three runs needed to tie, he put out
a singer that hit second base square and car
ried it out to center field Two runs came in,
an then the umpire called the first base runner
out for not touchin' second base.
" How can he, when it's out by the fence?"
yells Rasty, hoppin' up an down near the bag.
The ball had gone clean through the out
helders, and was a mile away.
Can't help it" says the umpire. Hes got
to touch each bag"
So Rasty, intent on gettin' that score tied
UP. chases out in center, touches the bag so
they couldn't call him for not touchin' It, an
hustles for third to get his home run.
Out for runnin' out o line of baseF says
the umpire.
And that ended the game, for there was one
out when Rasty hit that awful swipe.
Now, that's only a sample O his Jonah luck.
He carried dried potatoes in his pocket to
overcome it, an horse-chestnuts, an got
charm that cost two dollars from witch. One
game he went in an played with big horse
Shoe in each hind pocket an one in each
knee of his pants. But they didn't get him luck.
In fact when he slid to base one innin' nail
that was in one o the hind-pocket shoes
punctured the natural bark on him, an he
got up very quick an cussed gray bosses shoes
to Jericho an back.
Then he got a hair ball, but that didn't
work. 1t helped him to win at Kelly pool, but
didn't get him luck batting An we pitchers
used to laugh an never be afraid of him at
all, for we knew there was a little black man
worllin for us somewhere, an even if Rs4sty
parayzed one of our shoots we knew some
thin 'u'd happen an it'd be turned into a
put-out
1t was alleged in the league that one day he
hit ball straight up over second base, and it
went out o sight There was two men on bases,
two out, and Swattburg wanted three runs to