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FOR SELFISH ENDS.
The Efforts Being Made by the Ameri'
can Medical Association.

The Political activity of the Ameri-
can Medical Association has become
so pronounced as to cause comment
in political circles especially as the
the ayowed purpose of the Doctors OF
the Regular" or Allopathic school, OF
which the Association is chiefly COM
posed, is to secure the passage Of such
laws as will not only prevent the
sale of so-called Patent" medicines,
but will restrict the practice of medi-
cine and healing to the schools" now
recognized. This in many states would
prevent the growing practice OF o.
teopathy, ard in nearly every state
would prevent the healers of the
Christian Science and mental science
belief from practicing those sciences
in which the faith of so many intelli-
gent people is so firmly rooted.
The American Medical Association
has a Committee on Legislation"
and the committee has corresponds
ents In practically every township =
some 10000 correspondents in all.
This committee at the last session OF.
the American Medical Association
held In June of this year expressed a
hope that a larger number of physi-
clans than heretofore will offer them
selves as candidates for Congress at
the first opportunity. In its annual
report this Committee said: ITO meet
the growing demands of the move
ment, however, particularly If the
work of active participation In State
legislation is undertaken, a larger
clerical force must be employed"
This is almost the first time in the
history of the United States that any
organized class has frankly avowed
the purpose of capturing legislatures
and dominating legislation In their
own selfish interests.
The American Medical Association
has about $1,000 members of whom
| $1,000 are fully constituted MEM
| bers" and the rest are members be-
cause Of their affiliation with state or
local societies. The Association owns
| real estate in Chicago valued at $111,.
| 1871 and its total assets are $751;.
667.S9. Its liabilities, at the time OF
the annual report which was made at
the June meeting, amounted to only
S21. 9O6. The excess of assets over
liabilities is increasing at the rate OF
about 10000 a year. and the purpose
of The organization is to dominate
the held of medicine, and by crushing
all competitions by securing the pas
sage OF prohibitive legislation. compel
all of the people of the United States
to pay q doctors fee every time the
most simple remedy is needed.
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METHOD m HIS soLIc,rupE
WiIiie's Deep Interest In Piaymats'e
Health Explained.


This story is well in keeping with
the spirit of the age, says the New
York Tribune. A Bronx man tells 1t
about his little boy. The neighbours
young hopeful was very Ill. and Willie
and the other youngsters in the block
had been asked not to make any noise
in the streets. The neighbours bell
rang one day and she opened 1t to find
Willie standing bashfully on her front
steps.
"How is he today" he inquired in
q shy whisper
Hes better, thank you, dear, and
what thoughtful child you are to
come and ask"
Willie stood a moment on one foot
and then burst forth again, I'm orful
sorry Jimmy's sick"
The mother was profoundly touched.
She could find no further words to
say, but simply kissed him. Made still
holder by the caress. Willie began to
back down the steps, repeating at in
tervals his sorrow for his playmate's
illness. At the bottom step he halted
and looked up. IF Jimmy should die
he asked, "kin have his drum?"
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from the lower END. Solder 70 the
short end piece of brass. e. Of such
weight that it win exactly balance the
weight of the hand. This is slipped
on the pivot and the whole thing Is
again placed in position In the sup
port. II the pointer is correctly bal
anced it should take the position
shown in Fig. 1, but If 1t is not ex'
actly right a little filing will bring
it near enough SO that 1t may be cor
rected by the adjusting screw.
Next make a brass frame az shown
in Fig. 6. This might be made OF
wood, although brass is better, as the
eddy currents set up in a conductor
surrounding a magnet tend to stop
oscillation of the magnet. (The core
is magnetized when a current flows
through the instrument.) The brass
frame is wound with magnet wire. the
size depending on the number OF am
peres to be measured. Mine is wound
with two layers of No. IA wire, ten
turns to each layer, and is about right
for ordinary experiment purposes.
The ends of the wire are fastened to
the binding-posts. B c, Fig. 1.
A wooden box. d, is then made and
provided with glass front. A piece
of paper is pasted on a piece Of
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ARE OUT OF THE WAY.
system Of subways for City Pipes and
Wires.

European cities are making great
Eheadway in the construction OF sub
ways beneath the streets to contain
mot only electric wires for light, pow
.er and communication, but also for
the gas and water pipes. In London
q subway for these utilities Is now
built whenever a new street is au-
xhorized. Some of the London sub
ways are as large as seven feet high
by IL feet wide; there are already
seven miles Of these pipe subways.
In Manchester the subway has now
reached length Of 1886 feet, and is
used exclusively for electric wires,
which are contained In pipes carried
son iron buckets fastened to the walls.
The cost was s39 per linear foot.
Other cities where the system has
,been built are Leeds, Nottingham and
st. Helens. The construction is paid
for by the city, which charges an an
nual rental from the service COM
panies, which more than pays the In
terest on the cost. These annual
scharges are based on the diameter of
the pipe, ranging from so cents for
three-inch diameter or less up to
.S12.50 for 36-inch per foot for water or
Egas. For other companies the rate
Is much higher, being $3.50 for three
inch pipes and $50 for 1S-inch per
800 feet. The freedom from leaks in
water and gas mains, and the ease
and economy with which repairs can
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thumb screw shown at A. Fig. 1, until
the hand points to on the scale.
First make support, Fig. 2. by
bending a piece of sheet brass to the
shape indicated and tapping for the
screws, C. G. These should have
hollow ends. as shown, for the purpose
of receiving the pivoted axle which
supports the hand. The core, Fig. 3,
is made of iron. 1t Is one inch long,
one-quarter inch wide and one-eighth
inch thick. At a point q little above
the center, drill hole as shown at
H and through this hole drive piece
of knitting needle about one-half inch
long, or long enough to reach between
the two screws shown In Fig. 2. The
ends of this small axle should be
ground pointed and should turn easily
IN the cavities. as the sensitiveness
of the instrument depends on the
ease with which this axle turns.
After assembling the core as shown
IN Fig. 4, 1t should be filed little at
one end until it assumes the position
Indicated. The pointer or hand. Fig
8, is made Of wire, aluminium being
preferable for this purpose, although
copper or steel will do. Make the
wire four and one-half inches LONG
and make a loop, d. one-half inch
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Complete Ammeter and Details.

wood, which Is then fastened in the
box in such a position that the hand
or pointer will lie close to the paper
scale. The box is five and one-half
inches high, four inches wide and one
and three-Quarter inches deep; inside
measurements. After everything Is
assembled put drop of solder on the
loop at D, Fig. 5, to prevent 1t turn
ing on the axle.
To calibrate the instrument connect
as shown in Fig. Z, where A is the
homemade ammeter; B, a standard
ammeter; c. variable resistance and
D battery, consisting Of three or
more cells connected in multiple.
Throw in enough resistance to make
the standard instrument read one ohm
and then put a mark on the paper
scale of the instrument to be cali
brated. CONTINUE in this way with
two amperes. three amperes, four
amperes, etc., until the scale Is full.
To make q voltmeter out of this in.
strument, further explains Poplar
Mechanics, wind WITH plenty of No
36 magnet wire instead of No. II. OF
II 1t is desired to make an instru
ment for measuring both volts and
amperes, use both bindings and con
meet to two pairs of binding-posts.
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FARMING IN
THE SOUTH
PEAvlNE AS a MONEY CROP.
viii Pay Better Than Cotton On the
Same Grade of Land.

/ can make more clear money on
peavine hay than / can on cotton on
the same grade of land. writes B. +.
Hancock to the Southern Ruralist.
In the fall of 1904 l took eight acres
of cornstalk land that only made
seven or eight bushels of corn per
acre, with $50 pounds of guano, and
sowed it in wheat, which only made
twenty-eight bushels on the eight
acres. Then l decided to try some
thing else.
l turned the stubble under and
drilled in one bushel of speckled peas
and 100 pounds of guano per acre.
Then smoothed the ground with what
l called sleigh. Ut is made OF two
pieces of timber by feet and 4 feet
long, tapered at one end; then take
boards / by 6 by feet long, and COM
mence at the wide end lap until COW
ered)
Be sure and kill all of the weeds an
grass in sowing. Let the peas and
grass come up together, then they
will be reay to cut at the same time.
Let about threefourths of the pods be
ripe when you begin to cut. Do not
cut more at one time than you can
care for. Cut after the dew is on
Rake before hight, leave in windows
until next evening, and then haul &c
the barn and stack.
Now for the profit sold OF the
eight acres $109.S0 worth of hay.
sowed the same field In wheat and
again made ninety bushels. Then put
the same in peas, and made SITE
worth of hay. I sell all of my hay
in the bulk, and get $40 per ton.
I can put one acre of peavine hay
ON the market in three days work FOL
one man and team from start to I'm
ish, hauling it fifteen miles to mar
ket. Can bale and ship in less time.
l would advise our farmers to plan
LESS corn and cotton, prepare for i
better and make more. Sow theil
land in peas, commencing about Ma,
and continue till July 10. Sow fiys
or six acres every time It rains, and
you won't lose any time in your crop
Then you can take care OF the nay
as it will not all be on hand at once
Be sure to fill your barn, AM
then sell the rest. You will have ia
stock and a nice bank account before
cotton selling time.
| l SOW my best land in sorghum o
German millet. Rich land grows tn
vines too large and woody, so tina
the stock will not eat it..
Don't fail to sow because peas ar
high. for when they are high is tn
time to have some to sell.
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AS several large gatherings of cot
ton farmers are set to come on soon
for the purpose of getting together on
the best system of storing and mar
keting cotton, we are of the opinion
that the first step in reform is to de-
mand more dense compact form and
better covering for bales. When we
sell cotton the weight Of the net lint
only should be considered. We should
forget the bagging and ties and sell
lint cotton by taking the graft there
is in the question out of the way Alto
gether. Cotton yarn is sold In bales
the same as lint, but the actual net
yarn only in the bale enters into con-
sideration. Cotton producers must
protect their lint cotton from the
weather. dirt, waste, CRIME and pilage
the same as the manufacturer pro
tects the manufactured cotton goods
from the same loss. 1t Is OF little I'M
portance to the average cotton grow
err whether the round bale or the
smaller and more dense form Of
square bale takes the day so that ne
rids the trade of It's present great
loss as before named.-J. G. Stribling
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stick to one Breed.

The farmer who buys q trio or
more of fowls in the fall win make
no mistake. and Il he prefers to get
the eggs in the spring all viii be
well, but he must expect to be ridi-
culed by some of his neighbors for
paying one or two dollars for male
or hen. Nevertheless, these same
farmers and neighbors will promptly
come forward and request to change
eggs" with him when they desire to
hatch chicks in the spring. II
farmer buys eggs of the standard
breeds he buys stock, the eggs being
simply the. embryo chicks. the
farmer who desires to improve also
goes too far sometimes. Instead Of
depending upon one breed he begins
with two or more. His interest will
be sufficiently strong for a year OF
more to keep his birds separate, but
in the course of time he will under
take to save labor by turning out al
the breeds together.
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POINTERS FOR MIXERS.

Cows should be MIXED in a COM
Portable, clean, thoroughly drained
and well-lighted place.
Every time you abuse and frighten
a COW, you throw her milk and butter
machinery out of gear.
The value of cow should be fixed
by the amount of fat there is IN her
milk and what it. costs to produce it.
The udder should be carefully
cleaned before commencing to milk
and the last drop of milk should be
drawn from the udder. .
Heavy mixers are often rough
boned COWS with large frames, but
Joints and i'll shapes are not essen
tial In the makeup of a good COW.
To allow a certain quantity OF food
to each COW in the herd alike may
result in an insufficient quantity for
some and too much food for others
To realize the greatest Roft, the
dafryman should have cows bred dis
tinctly for milk To combine milk
and beef in one animal is sure fail
TIRE for either or both.
If your COW has sore teat, try &c
get the sore spot in the palm of YOU
hand. You will find that she viii
make less fuss about the job OF milk
ing II you do this.
In buying a dairy cow look well u
the udder. It should be well up II
front and high up in the rear, teat'
of good size, and well placed, and IA
enough apart so that the animal cal
be MIXED without constantly hittinl
| the knuckles.
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Vacuum and Insulation.

The remarkable Notwithstanding Of
feet of vacuum is strikingly brought
out in the claims made for a new
sportsmen bottle. The vessel has
double walls, being really one bottle
within another, with sealed-up inter-
vening space from which the air has
been withdrawn. 1t is asserted that
liquids in this bottle can be kept hot
rs hours in the coolest weather, and
that iced beverages will retain their
delicious coolnesf fog weeks In the
hottest summer.
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This story Is told at the expense Of
Francis H. T. Maxwell, well-known
lawyer. The members Of the Taunton.
Mass. Bar association thought they
ought to have patron saint, but after
much wrangling they could not hit up
On any particular saint.
Finally committee, of which Mr..
Maxwell was member, was appoint
ed to make q selection. They made
. trip to New York, and there visited
Q gallery where most of the saints were
carved in marble. 1t was decided to
leave the selection to Mr.. Maxwell,
and after making the rounds he placed
his hand on one in group of two
This one will do" he said. He had
his hand on the devil, whom st. MI
ehael was driving before him.
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Tobacco Culture in Florida.

In 1901, seven counties reported to-
bacco culture. In 1905 only three.
Why? Gadsden county then, as now.
produced nine-tenths of the product.
The counties of Leon, Pasco Calhoun
and others on the northern and vest
ern border are equally as well adapted
for both open field and shielded cul-
ture. At one time, within the lKnowl.
edge of the writer there was a colony
of Cubans at Fort Meade, in Poke
county, engaged in the business, but
these people are not there now.
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Stock should be fed a variety Of
food. Many fiocks and herds have to
subsist almost entirely upon grain
foods the entire year, which ~ An tn
judicious mode Of feeding. Vegetables,
either raw or cooked, or mixed with
ground grain, are excellent. but there
is nothing equaling liberal supply
of grain morning and night, with
plenty of grass during the day, and
If the pasture is supplied with mixed
heritage SO much the better. Variety
conduces to health and promotes
| thrift.
A sheep will not touch hay that other
stock has nosed over. They must eat
at the first table or not at all. The
refuse from the sheep racks may be
thrown to the cattle, but it would be
useless to throw the stubs left In
the cattle managers to the sheep. SO
with the corn and oats; the sheep
do not like the grain the rats have
played over or the sparrows roasted
above the feed bins. The best corn
shelters have q fan attachment that
blows out all dust and loose particles
of husks.
A variety of food of any kind will
be preferred to one or two articles
regularly given. Cattle that are daily
allowed hay and grain, If permitted to
have access to wheat straw or corn
stalks, will eat quite quantity OF
such materials, and If the straw or
corn fodder is cut up and ground
grain added. even horses have been
known to thrive on such at all sea-
sons. Where liberal supply oil
grain is allowed there Is no risk In
Cured by feeding the coarse foods to
any class of stock, and it is an ad
vantage to do so in order to feed less
hay when the season has not been
favorable to grass and hay making
Some horses will eat at all times
and consume almost any quantity OF
food without appearing to improve IN
condition, although, they may be doing
not much work. Horses diner, ano
what is best for one may not give AZ
good results with others. Good groom
ing is an important matter, but there
is not, as . rule. sufficient variety
in the food O. horses. While oats VII
continue to be a standard food fol
. horses, yet a small allowance OF lin
seed meal and corn fodder Will also
be relished and give excellent results
Hay and fodder should prove supe
r;or IN hay alone
A common fruit tree sprayer, suci
as are used by orchardists, is mucf
more convenient way to destroy hct
J on cattle than it is to apply the rem
, edy by hand. A hose with a mt
= nozzle which will throw very NM
spray is best, but its point should d.
, held close to the skin. Two or thre'
applications may be needed, as som'
of the lice may be in the egg, ant
, not be destroyed by the first appiica
. ton.
Every country blacksmith includes
horseshoeing as a part of his business
but many of them do not understand
the conformation of the foot OF hors
!, and frequently do harm. Each 100
! may require special shoe, and tner
are peculiarities and individual trait
of horses which must be considered
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6 I7asiFaEsAT
GW0LD 81
HOW TO MAKE AN AMMETER.
instrument Which the Amateur Eiec
trIcIan Will Want.

Every amateur mechanic who per
forms electrical experiments will find
use for an ammeter and for the bene-
at OF those who wish to construct such
an instrument the following descrip-
ton is given: The operative princi-
pIe of this instrument is the same as
that of galvanometer, except that its
working position is not confined to
the magnetic meridian. This Is &C
.complished by making the needle re-
volve In a vertical instead of hori.
zontal plane. The only adjustment
necessary Is that Of leveling, which
is accomplished by turning the
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I'll tttVSoatso etSSsssS Sfos - -
Second.
The experiment here illustrated was
made by an Italian scientist, Signor Ma
jorana, in explanation of n. Poulsen's
invention. Each of the sparks was quite
independent.
Their improvements were made by M.
Poulsen, who lately explained his in
strument at the Queens hall, London.
At the children's lectures at the Royal
institution the lecturer, Mr.. Duddell.
who had Independently discovered
and made practicable this property OF
the electric arc, showed his small
audience how it might be used as q
telephone. His assistant, Mr.. Turbini,
went into another room taking with
him q microphone-an ordinary trans
mitter-attached to the arc lamp by
flexible wire. He then whistled into
the microphone an operate selection
and the tones emerged from the are
lamp and were distributed over the
theater.
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BAD DREAMS
Frequently Due to Coffee Drinking.

One Of the common symptoms OF
coffee poisoning is the bad dreams that
spoil what should be restful sleep. A
man who found the reason says:
Formerly was slave to coffee. I
was like morphine fiend, could not
sleep at night. would roll and toss In
my bed and when ! did get to sleep
was disturbed by dreams and hobgob-
Inns. would wake up with headaches
and feel bad all day, SO nervous I
could not attend to business. My writ
ing looked like bird tracks. ] had sour
belshings from the stomach, indiges-
tion, heartburn and palpitation of the
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be made make the proposition an in
teresting one to the tenant COM
panies.
Our American cities should take up
the pipe subway question declares
Popular Mechanics, and not only pro-
vide a revenue producing power for
iaIl time to come, bat save the ever
LISTING tearing up OF the streets.
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Puzzled.

The bard from the city had sold suf-
ficient verses to spend week in
rural boarding house. Waving on the
swarms of June bugs and mosquitoes.
the bard sat penning his lines by the
yellow light of a kerosene lamp.
"How l love this madrigal!" he
unused to himself.
The horny-handed farmer, who sal
greasing his boots, looked up in sur
prise.
"Gracious!" he drawled. Where IL
she?"
"Who?" asked the astonished bard.
"Why, the gal yeou just said yeor
loved"
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Natures Gift Waited.

A Scotchman who recently took the
street car trip on the gorge route, the
New York side of Niagara river. was
much disguised with the hawkers Of
views and Teddy BEARS" who make
the afternoon hideous and do theil
best to spoil natures grandeur. As
he alighted from the car he. looked
angrily at the shouting vendors and
then at the whirlpool rapids. Whats
the use of having big river lik'
that" he asked, "if you don't drown
those fellows in it,"
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Horrible Example.

my DEAR" said Mrs. Strongmind, ,
want you to accompany me to the
town hall tomorrow evening"
what for?" queried the meek and
iowIy other half of the combine.
4 am to lecture on the Dark Side
of Married Life" explained Mrs. s.,
"and want you to sit on the plat
form and pose as one of the tllustra
yfo1S"
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Damp floors and sloppy foods en-
courage the roup, and roup thfns oui
the flock of hens. Dip the heads CT
roupy hens into small can of coal
oil, and they will be helped immedi-
ately; then give dry food and pus Z
floor in the poultry house.
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SINGING ELECTRIC ARC.
Is Made Vocal BY Connection with the
Mierophone.

It has been known for some time
that the electric arc could be made
vocal il attached to q microphone.
The discovery was made by M. Simon
and was developed by Auhmer. Fur
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The green food may be given the
fowls confined in yards at any Time
but it is better to rscd it in the middle
of the day, in such quantities that the
fowls may have about all they can eat
1t one time.