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Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-11-23

No contrast could be greater than
between the farm.life OF the Occldent
and that OF the Orient in the Land
OF the Rising Sun" The man who
possesses one solitary bullock is
deemed rich. A wealthy farmer as we
understand the term. is unknown.
Often too poor TO hire help the whole
work OF his rice field devolves upon
himself and family.
AS the farms are very small the
farmers houses are usually built to.
gether, thus forming a small village.
The buildings, as a rule. are Of the
very poorest kind, and often contain
but a single room. The framework
OF the house is made OF bamboo. and
Is covered with plaster made of mud
and rice straw. The roof Is usually
matched with rice straw. and the
hoor, even In the poorest houses. is
covered with mats made Of the same
material There are no home com.
forts or conveniences. and the little
wife does her Homework under the
most trying circumstances Should
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-11-23

millet Is being prepared the farmer
plunges into the creek outside his
house and there performs his even.
ing's additions. Whatever may be tho
fault OF the Japanese lack of cleanli.
ness is not one. After his bath he
dresses once more by putting on
his loin cloth Then, squatted on
the floor and surrounded by his little
brood, all equally airily clothed, he
partGkes Of his evening meal.
As the wife Is trained to obedience,
and has no education, no helpful or
elevating conversation is heard at
the family board Indeed, the farm.
err himself has very few ideas, his
mental horizon being bound by the
confines Of his tiny rice field
The repast ended, tAe quilts which
form the beds Of all classes OF the Jap.
ancse are hauled forth from the re.
cess Of a neighboring cupboard and
are spread on the floor II II be sum.
mer, and the mosquitoes troublesome,
u net AZ large rs the ROOM and made
Of fine canvas is likewise brought
forth, and the corners tied to nails
driven into the wall. Under this the
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-11-23

For loading such heavy articles as
guns, boilers, machines, etc, the Dub.
lin port and docks board has installed
a powerful rotating tower crane, oper.
ated by electricity and dealing with
normal working loads of 100 tons.
The part that rotates consists OF yer,
tical crane post resting on cylin.
dricai bearing and supporting hori.
zontal braced truss. The upper hori.
Eontal thrust is borne by means Of
rollers on a ring bearing fixed to the
trestle. surrounding the crane post
On the short arm Of the horizontal
truss are located the counterweight
and the machine room, the latter
housing the machinery for hosting
and for traverslng the hosting crab
which which runs on the long arm OF
the truss between the two side Orders
and is provided with auxiliary noistng
gear Of 20 tons working capacity and
30 tons maximum carrying capacity.
The motors for operating the hoisis
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-11-23

terTupted direct current through tA,s
circuit and generating an induced
alternating current in the secondary
OF the induction coil which passeS
out over the line, actuating the dla.
phragms OF all receivers and vibrating
them In unison with the buzzer of the
ringing telephone. Receivers in this
way act as "howlers" In addition 10
their usual function.
The condenser OF course prevents
the Morse current from reaching or
working through the telephone to
ground. The Impotence. or retarding
coil, may be made by using one OF
the coils out Of an ordinary Morse RI.
lay u5O ohms), as It's resistance Is
10 ohms. Where Morse sets come
between telephones on the line, both
key and relay Of the set should be
completely bridged across with a con.
denser Of small capacity. Where II
Is possible to use two telegraph wires
and make a metallic circuit, one
microfarad condenser on each side OF
telephone will serve the purpose OF
the two microfarad condenser shown
In diagram.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-11-23
A Glass Brldue,

Colorado Is about to astonish the
world with glass bridge. Across
the gorge Of the wonderful Grand Can.
yon Of the Arkansas river, near Can.
yon City, suspension bridge has
been built more than 1900 feet above
the surface OF the river. Its floor is
of plate glass, so that tourists may
look down into the wonderful gorge.
The deepest in the Rockies. The floor
OF the bridge is about mile and q
half above sea.level. An electric rail.
way from Canyon City will carry
travellers to the edge OF the gorge.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-11-23
Dle,lnu Of Athletes.

The English press" says Shipping
illustrated, have been commenting
upon alleged improvement Of the Cam.
bridge crew through diet consisting
largely Of eggs. This would not do for
every one. In notable contrast is the
efficiency OF the New Zealand football
team, every man an athlete, but who
exercised no training nor any special
diet The marvellous sound
ness OF constitution acquired by those
who have been Obliged to undergo
hardship and privatIon in the open
seems to be a matter generally over
looked by the average theoretical
physical culturlst."
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-11-23

prepared The fireplace is n hibachi,
4 kind OF brazier. The kettle is placed
on this, and the green tea is made.
The meal consists OF mlllet amongst
the very poor, and rice when the fam.
lily Is more prosperous.
After breakfast the farmer pre-.
pares for his days work. II his wheat
or rice field be some distance away. he
takes his dinner with him. This con.
Sists Of a Jar Of millet or rice, some.
times a dried fish or cob Of corn.
lie wears either large straw hat
or a cloth on his head. and garment
halfway between a robe and u coat.
lie is usually barefooted, but some.
times wears sandals made Of the lnev.
table rice straw.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-11-23
"RldIna the Coat Electrically.


The published report Of the use OF
electric appliances In certain college
limitations moves the Western Elec.
trician to condemn such proceedings
unreservedly, It says editorially: ZAP.
piled electricity has many uses, and
they are important but when It comes
to using the electric current az a
means OF hazing or as an initiatory
performance at a secret society meet.
Ing, foolish step has been taken, and
It is not improbable that serious re.
suits may ensue. Among some OF tho
more unrestrained students belong.
ing to the upper class Of one Of our
technical institutions recently 1t was
felt that the old and tried methods Of
hazing were hardly adequate to the
occasion, so several under.classmen
were subjected to strong electric cur.
rents until they became exhausted.
Such hazardous tomioOlery as this
should be suppressed"
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-11-23
Lower Animals in Sickness.

Man might often lake from the low.
er animals a lesson as to the care Of
himself when IN. All sorts Of animals
suffering from fever eat little; lie
quiet In dark, airy places, and drink
quantities OF water When a dog loses
his appetite he knows where TO find
dog grass, which acts as a purgatlye
and emetic. Sheep and cows, when
III, seek certain herbs. Any animal
suffering frcm chronic rheumatism
Keeps az FAR as possible from the
sun. IL chimpanzee be wounded he
has been seen to stop the bleeding by
a plaster OF chewed-up leaves and
grass.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-11-23

farmer, his wife. his parents and his
children creep, and there spend the
night.
Such, year In and year out, is the
home life OF Japanese farmer. II
It so happens that the house contain
more than one room, they are sepa.
rated by paper sliding screens,
through which every sound can be
distinctly heard. As there are no
fastenings. and as II is the custom
to enter room unannounced. very
little privacy can be had.
At the dawn Of day tie farmer once
more rises from his hard bed and re-
peats the labor Of the previous day
without one iota Of variation.
ADA l.. A. MURCUTT.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-11-23

There are some animals which rare.
ly drink; for instance, the llamas, Of
Patagonia, and certain gazelles Of tho
far east. A number OF snakes, liz.
ards and other reptiles live In places
devoid OF wafer A bat Of western
America inhabits waterless plains In
parts OF Lozere, France, there are
herds OF cows and goats which hardly
ever drink and yet produce the milk
for ROquefort cheese.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-11-23
Wiring Fer Combination Telegraph and
Telephone Line.

entirely separate, says a Kansas cor.
respondent of Popular Mechanics. On
account OF its simplicity 1t can be
made by anyone for less than the cost
of any standard telephone made.
A word explaining It's operation may
prove useful, When receiver Is on
the hook in its normal position, the
pushing of the button completes the
circuit Of six cells through an ordln.
AIRY buZzer, primary Of induction coil
back to the battery, thus giving an in.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-11-23

In Portland, Ore, work Is about to
begin on tearing up the streets to
put electric light and power, tele
graph and telephone wires under.
ground The corporations interested
will spend 100000 carrying out the
plans.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-11-23

All sufferers from insomnia will
sympathize with their fellow victim
whose sad case Is reported in the Hog
Wallow Kentuckian: Jefferson Pot
locks has been complaining to tho
deputy constable on account Of his
being kept awake at night by the light.
ming bugs"
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-11-23
A DousLE SERVICE LINE.
The Making Of a Combination TeIe
graph and Telephone Line.

The accompanying diagram shows
a system which recently installed in
Kansas for simultaneous telegraphy
and telephony and which is giving as
good results as could be had were they
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-11-23
lnaulted.

Her Fathor-"What have you, sir,
10 support a wife," Chollie-"sup'
pawht heri Good heavens! Do you
take me for Q labOWAhT-ChicagO
AmOElcan.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-11-23
Rtrnnn Waiara.

Over the door Of an inn at Wool
witch on the Thames. according to
Punch. hangs this tempting sign:
TRY our famous 1896 vintage. Once
drunk, always drunk"
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-11-23

He--l think modern dress reveals the
vanity OF the human heart.
She-Oh, never saw one 20 dec
nlatta a. thAt.--Tattler
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-09
SERVlAN ASKS QUESTIONS
Leader of Progressive Party Wants
TO Know Standing of
His Nation.

SOFIA, April s.-Cspecial Cablegram to
The Bee)--In the Skuptshtina NJ. Noviko-
witch, the leader of the progressive party,
has just addressed an Interpolation on the
subject Of the relations between Servia and
Great Britain, requestion information on
the following points: First. whether Servia
can in case OF need, count on the good will
OF the great powers; second. what is the
cause of the rupture of diplomatic relations
with Great Britain; has the government
taken any steps to renew them and II so
what reply has been received? Third,
whether the government is disposed 10 set
tie this question definitely and whether
there are any real obstacles in the way of
settlement.
In the course of his speech the leader OF
the progressives pointed out the develop
ment Of a dangerous situation In the Bal
kan peninsula, which increases the neees-
sity of relations OF sincere friendship be-
tween Servia and the great powers. This
Interpolation II Is believed was aimed at
the regicide officers, with some OF whom
the new prime minister Is connected by
close family ties.
The new government will resume the
commercial negotiations with Austro-H Hun
gary and DR.. Vuitch and DR. Milovano-
witch have already gone to Vienna. Tho
servio- Bulgarian convention seems to gen
orally be regarded as extinct both here
and at Belgrade. and some disillusonment
is evident among the enthusiasts on either
side
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-09

place to Baltimore, Philadelphia, Boston
and back again, that everywhere you were
received as brethren and shown a sincere
friendship. Tell your chiefs, your war
riors, your women and children that they
will find in me an affectionate father, de-
sirous to maintain peace and friendship
among all his children and, like every good
father. unwilling to see quarrelng and
wrangling and fighting among his children.
Tell them that we will endeavor to put our
trade with them on a fair and just foot
ing, and so prevent their being cheated
and imposed on by bad men, And may the
Great Spirit take you, my children, by the
hand conduct you back in health and
safety to your families and give you to
find them in health and happiness after
your long absence.
II give you my hand in writing that you
may have them to read to your people
Preserve them in your towns refresh YOU
memories with them from time to time, so
that the remembrance of them may pever
be lost. but may be handed down to YOU
children THOMAS JEFFERSON.
April II, 1906
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-09

adelphia for the past seven years and
has Just been promoted TO the position Of
assistant secretary at salary OF 1900
per annum. Mr.. Hodges two daughters
have been employed for years In one OF
the biggest business concerns in wash
ington, one as cashier and the other as
bookkeeper. This record would seem to
indicate that there are still opportunities
for the children Of poor men even IN this
trust-ridden country.
Furnace on Plan of Lamp Chimney.
For the past ten years the commission
ers Of the District OF Columbia have been
trying TO abate the smoke nuisance IN
the city OF Washington to such extent
as to insure clean as well as pure air.
They have succeeded TO a marked degree,
but not to their entire satisfaction.
Scarcely q week passes that the revenues
are not increased by the collection OF fines
OF $50 each from the proprietors of de-
partment stores, managers OF street rail-
roads and various other business men who
have heretofore found Il impossible to pre-
vent their smoke stack from belching black
smoke to a greater period than the law
allows. But on Wednesday Of this week
the district commissioners were invited "a
| Just been installed in one OF the power
houses of one OF the two electric railways
doing business in the District Of Column
/ bia.
| This new furnace is designed exactly OF
! the principle of a kerosene lamp. The in
/ ventor claims that he discovered thai
| when a lamp chimney Is taken from {
burner the carbon in the oil and wick o.
/ a lamp escapes in the form of dense smoke
when. however, the chimney is returned
| to the burner that smoke is all consumed
| His furnace is built on the principle of
| lamp chimney and the tests which hav,
been conducted here seem TO indicate tina
he has completely solved the problem o
smoke consumption which has bothere,
every municipality in the country. 1t i
| claimed for this invention that in add
ton to a complete consumption OF all tn
carbon, even in coal slack, he very Target!
| increases the heat producing qualities o
even the dirtiest fuel. As guarantee o
his good faith the inventor offers to es
tablish free of charge the furnaces whiCl
| his company manufactures, taking as hi
! compensation a certain per centage of tn
annual saving in fuel for period of years
Washington is without manufactures
but II this invention will do what /
claimed for It, Washington may yet be
come a manufacturing center of consider
able Importance especially for ordnanc
supplies and similar requirements of tn
federal government.
Substitute for ship subsidy.
When Oliver II. p. Belmont was 4
congress he introduced a bill which wa
designed to aid American shipping and a
the same time to avoid a direct subsidy
Mr.. Belmont's plan provided for a prefer
entail tariff upon all goods imported !
American bottoms. That is to say, he pre-
posed that a cargo arriving in the port q
New York. for instance. in an America
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-09

restore the family fortune. They
argued that the medicine which was
so good for their woman friends and
neighbors was equally good for the
women of the whole world.
The Pinkhams had no money, and
little credit. Their first laboratory
was the kitchen, where roots and
herbs were stepped on the stove,
gradually filling = gross of bottles.
Then came the question of selling
IL, for always before they had given
IL away freely. They hired a job
printer to run off some pamphlets
setting forth the merits of the medi-
cine, now called Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, and these were
distributed by the Pinkham sons in
Boston, New York, and Brooklyn.
The wonderful curative properties of
the medicine were, TO a great extent,
self-advertising, for whoever used 1t
recommended IL to others, and the do
mand gradually increased.
In 1877, by combined efforts the fam
lily had saved enough money to COM
mence newspaper advertising and from
that time the growth and success of
the enterprise were assured, until to-
day Lydia + Pinkham and her Vege-
table Compound have become house
hold words everywhere, and many
tons of roots and herbs are used annu.
ally in its manufacture.
Lydia e. Pinkham herself did not
live to see the great success of this
work. She passed to her reward years
ago, but not till she had provided
means for continuing her work as
effectively as she could have done it
herself.
During her long and eventful expe-
rience she was ever methodical in her
work and she was always careful TO pre-
serve a record of every case that came TO
her attention. The case of every sick
woman who applied to her for advice
and there were thousands-received
careful study. and the details, includ-
ing symptoms. treatment and results
were recorded for future reference, and
to-day these records, together with
hundreds of thousands made since, are
available to sick women the world
over, and represent q vast collabora-
ton of information regarding the
treatment of woman's ills, which for
authenticity and accuracy can hardly
be equaled in any library in the
world.
With Lydia E. Pinlham worked her
daughter In law, the present Mrs.
Pinkham. She was carefully instructed
in all her hard-won knowledge, and
for years she assisted her in her vast
correspondence.
To her hands naturally fell the
direction of the work when its origina-
tor passed away. For nearly twenty
five years she has continued 1t, and
nothing in the work shows when the
first Lydia E. Pinkham dropped her
pen, and the present Mrs. Pinkham,
now the mother of large family, took
IL up, With women assistants, some as
capable as herself, the present Mrs.
Pinkham continues this great work, and
probably from the Office of no other
person have so many women been ad-
Vised how TO regain health. Sick wo-
men, this advice is Yours for Health"
freely given if you only write to ask
for Il.
Such Is the history Of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound made
from simple roots and herba the one
great medicine for womens ailments,
and the fitting monument to the Robls
woman whose name it bears.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-09

and investigating mind, an earnest
seeker after knowledge, aud above
all, possessed of & wonderfully sympa-
thetic nature.
In 1s43 she married Isaac Pinkham,
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 II
was common for mothers to make
their own home medicines from roots
and herbs, natures own remedies
calling In a physician only in specially
urgent cases. BY tradition and ex-
perience many Of them gained a won
derful knowledge of the curative prop
critics of the various roots and herbs.
Mrs. Pinkham took a great interest
In the study 81 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 dnQ WC1hncooCo u the DOuys ana
IL was her pleasure TO search these out,
and prepare simple and effective medi.
cines for her own family and friends.
Chief OF these was a 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 sT3 the financial crisis struck
Lynn. It's 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 II found their prop
erty swept away. Some other source
of income had 10 be found.
At this point Lydia 4. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound was made known
To the world.
The three sons and the daughter,
with their mother, combined forces 70
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-09
THIRTY YEARS ON PAY ROLL
Faithful POstOfhce Bmploye Who Draws His
Sixty Dollars Monthly,
SONS HOLD IMPORTANT POSITIONS
Coachman of Thirteen Postmasters
General Raises Large Family
of Successful boys and
Girls.
IONS HOLD IMPORTANT POSITIONS
HIrum a $40 correspondenLl


WAsHINGTON. April s.--(special.)-
There is IN the Postoffice department an
employe who has been on the rolls for
upwards of thirty years at an annual
salary Of $40 and who has, In spite of his
small income. educated large family 80
wen that today each and every one OF
them is able TO, and does. earn from three
to six times as much as the father.
In 1873 Postmaster General Creswell APP
pointed Edwin Hodge as a Waterman in
the department and assigned to him the
care Of the official carriage. Hodge was a
coachman, who had been trained in Eng
land, and for nearly twenty years he sat
on the box Of the postmaster generals
carriage with never an accident. Through
the administrations OF AIessrs. Creswell.
Marshall Jewell Tyner, Key Maynard
James. Howe. Gresham, Hatton, Villas,
Dickinson and WanamaRer, he continued
to guide the reins Of the oficial team OF
the postmaster general Mr. Bissell sue
seeded Mr.. Villas and he concluded that
Hodge had borne the hard brunt long
enough ana in consequence assigned him
to an easier place inside the building, and
Hodge is there yet. Anyone who gets on
the elevator at the fifth floor of the Post
office department will find the old gentle
man at little table just opposite him
AS he alights lie will find a courteous
public official servant ready to guide the
stranger to the room OF the postmaster
general or any OF his assistants, and no
one will ever forget him. But not one
visitor in ten thousand will ever discover
that the courteous little gentleman is the
father OF two young men who occupy
important positions in the federal service
besides four ether children who will MI
responsible positions in the business world.
Chief Chemist and Chief EthnOIOEIst.
Mr.. Hodges oldest son Is the chief
chemist Of the Army Medical museum
whose duties require him to test every
package OF drugs purchased for the medi-
cal department of the army. His second
son Is the chief ethnolosist OF the bureau
Dol ethnology. and there is no man more
competent for the position In the world
today. third son is engaged as a mas
ter plumber in this city and has a business
which nets him an income four times az
great as that of his father The fourth
son has been connected with the Fidelity
National Life Insurance company Of Phil