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have little chance of being able to
mistake is to put perches or ladders
or other aids to ingress to the hole.
for the convenience of the birds.
Equally mistaken is the common
adaptation of human ideas of fitness
to the selection of the site for the box.
hunt for nice, sheltered spots in the
middle of bush or among the small
twigs of trees, neither of which posi-
tions is in the least what bird de-
sires. The chances are that any such
location will again be easily accessible
to small four-footed enemies, and it
must be remembered that it is these,
as we'll as other egg-stealing species
of birds, against which the small birds
need protection.
The size of the box itself Is more
or less matter of Indifference, as the
birds will either fill up the whole area
of the floor with nesting material, or
they will build in one corner If the
space is too large. Still it will prob.
ably save them some trouble, and add
to their comfort, If the interior be not
too roomy. Six or seven inches
square is a good average size for all
the smaller birds, though an old
confectioner's chocolate box is often
occupied with seeming readiness. For
the entrance hole ~ inches in diam
eter is large enough for the smaller
birds. and 1h inches suffices for the
larger birds, robins, nuthatches
Though these will block up the hole
to suit themselves), fycatchers, etc.
To make the entrances larger is only
to invite spoliation.
To protect the nest from the %.
saults of four-footed robbers, the best
plan is to af1x the box to the bare
side of tree trunk or the face of a
wall. To make assurance of safety
doubly sure, when the box is near the
top of a wall, an over-hanging roof, or
porch, may be fixed above it 80 that
no animal can climb down to it from
above; while, when fastened to a
tree trunk. strip of tin or of sheet
iron nailed round the tree Immediately
below the box will prevent even a
squirrel from climbing up to it
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TuuSo FIH'Se'I ana tbs companion Up.
would steal at the first chance he had.
Thomas was Mr.. Longyears idol, be.
ing his only child, while Mrs. Long
year had been dead for some years.
The boys foolish story was therefore
believed by the fond parent, whose in
fuence then kept Mr.. Blake out of
work.
The Blake family soon began to
find it hard to get food and fuel. al.
though Harry hunted for employment
every day and part of the night.
On this particular winter evening
he was walking home by the side of
the Mohawk river, talking bitterly to
himself.
"Why,' said he, "do some people
have so much, while we have so lit
tle?"
But just then all thoughts were ban
tshed from his mind as a loud call
for help came from the river. He
flung off his coat and rushed down to
the very edge of the water. Looking
anxiously out, he saw large hole in
the ice, while, struggling in it's CEN
ter, was boy.
Without stopping to think, Harry
ran rapidly over the ice and plunged
into the cold water. Coming to the
surface, he looked around and saw
nothing; he waited for a minute and
then concluded that the boy had gone
down for the third time Taking a
deep breath, he again dove into the
water, and far below him saw the fig
ure sinking. A few strokes brought
Harry to the boys side and, taking
hold Of him, he started to RISE Sud
denly Harry felt bump on his head,
and looking up, he saw ice above him
The current had carried them away
from the hole. Frantic with terror,
the heroic boy strove to reach the
place of safety, which he knew was a
few feet upstream. His lungs seemed
bursting, while the limp form dragged
him back. Many times he felt tempt
ed to let go, but each time he set his
teeth and swan on
At last, after great suffering, he
looked up and saw no ice above him.
Rising to the top, he took deep
draughts of the cool night air, which
seemed like nectar, as he had been
under water long time
He caught hold of tree that leaned
out over the ice and pulled himself
and his unconscious companion up
Then, for the first time, he looked at
the boys face, and was surprised to
find that he had saved Thomas Long
year.
On regaining his senses, Thomas
was very grateful and soon after asked
his father if he would give Harry
work. The magnate consented, and
the next day Harry and his father, too,
went to work in Mr.. Longyear's auto
mobile factory.-Detroit Free Press.
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only, and for sale by all leading druggists.
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A GOOD COLD.
COMPLAINTS ABOUT PAINT.

The time to complain about paint
is before the painter applies it. The
man who puts up the money should
not shirk the responsibility of choos-
ing the paint. True, the painter
ought to know paint better than the
banker, the professional man or the
merchant. The trouble is, the house.
owner too often deliberately bars the
competent and honest painter from
the job by accepting a bid which he
ought to know would make an honest
job impossible. ~
Secure your bids on the basis Of
National Lead Company's pure White
Lead and pure Linseed Oil and see
that you get these materials. = j.,
No one need be fooled by adulter-
ated white lead. A blowpipe testing
outfit will be mailed to anyone inter-
ested in paint.
Address, National Lead Company.
Woodbridge Building, New York city.
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N RAD!UM FACTORY
PROCESS OF MAKING
PRECIOUS ELEMENT.
Tons Of Ores Treated for Two and
. Half Montha IN Large Sitting
Tanks to Obtain Minimal
=. Fragments Of Salts.

London.-Physical theories have, in
the course Of the last few years, un-
dergone something like a revolution,
due to the discovery of radiations.
given out from certain substances,
which radiations, although in
visible to the eye, manifest
themselves by the most varied effects.
The typical representative Of these
substances is radium, or rather its
chemical compounds, as the element
itself has not yet been isolated. Owing
to the scientific interest attaching to
this wonderful substance, and the
practical uses 1t is liable to be put to,
especially in medicine, it will not be
amiss briefly to record the compli-
Gated processes required in it's manu-
facture.
Apart from their being some Of the
most interesting substances known to
men, radium salts are the most
precious of all chemical compounds,
one kilogram of radium bromide be.
ing estimated at about $4,000, 900.
Owing to this extreme costliness, it
will be understood that the amount
Of radium generally handled in labora-
tories must be rather minute; and, as
the effects of radium are of extraordi-
nary intensity, those small quantities
are quite sufficient to show any phe.
n0menon hitherto discovered.
In order, however, to give an idea
of the enormous amount of material
required to produce, even such min
ute quantities as a few milligrams of
radium salts, it may be said that whole
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DESERVED 70 wln MS cAsa.
Really Able Argument Put Fofvsar0
BY Accused Sailor. :

A very good story has recently beso
told in the heet Of IN incident which
happened when Admiral Evans was in
command Of the Indiana. An old.timo
bluejacket was at the mast before
Capt. Evans, charged with getting
food out OF a mess chest outside OF,
meal hours. This gettips Of food for
night watches il = common and strong
desire on the part Of most men aboard,
ship.
Capt Evans asked the man what hs
had to say: and tho man, sizing up
the delicate situation, said: s.
Captain I didn't take no food outer
that chest. Why, captain. there
weren't no food in that chest! K
looked in that chest, and, captain. I
met q cockroach coming out Of that
chest with tears In his eyes."-Har.
per's Weekly.
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July, 1902, less than six years ago. Az
brigadier general of volunteers he
served in the Pekin relief expedition
and in the Philippines. For those
services he was made a brigadier
general in the regular army in August,
1908, and now stands fourth in that
grade, his seniors beings Gems. Funs-
ton, Carter and Bliss. in the order
named
Gen. Barry is now in his fifty-second
year, and will not retire until October,
1919. With the exceptions of Gen.
Funston, who is his junior by ten
years, and Gen. Pershing, who is five
years younger, Gen. Barry is the
youngest officer of brigade rank in the
army.
For several months past Gen. Barry
has been in command of the army of
Cuban pacification, and it is announced
that he will remain on that duty in
spite of his promotion.
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Why American Gardens Disappojnt.

why @"STlC0n 1ATOeOS Oi82o0otnt.
The reason why American garden
ing has not yet come up to the stand
ard of the Europeans is simply that
we do not pay enough, says a writer
in Country Life in America. We en-
ploy incompetent landscape designers
or none; we beat the nurseryman
down on his plants; We are not will
ing to pay first-class gardener what
he is worth. Yet we are dead game"
when it comes to yachts, automobiles,
horses. dogs and houses. Why should
not our wealthy men be equally will
ing to pay for good gardens?
believe they will. These things
are all parts of the same outdoor life.
The more self-respect a man has the
more he values his family life and
the more willing he is to spend as
much on his outdoor living room as on
one of his indoor rooms.
The writer then describes a land
scape garden in Pittsburg back yard
which cost about $1,000. The effects
are certainly splendid.
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HARRY eLAkE'S HERoiSM.
First Prize Story by Thirteen-Year-oid
Detroit Boy.

Thomas Longyear and Harry Blake
were enemies, or, rather, Thomas was
Harry's enemy, for the latter bore
no ill-feeling toward the other. 1t
all started because Harry Blake had
won the silver medal which DR.. Man
ton, the principal of the Kemp high
school, had offered for the best
original composition. Thomas had set
his heart on winning this prize, and
consequently felt very bitterly toward
Harry, who had snatched the coveted
medal from him.
Mr.. Longyear, the father Of Thomas,
was q rich man, and had much in
fluence in Kemp, while Harry's par
ents were very poor. The money
stringency threw Mr.. Blake out of
work, which proved very bad for his
large family of five. This was Thomas
chance; he told his father that Harry's
father was not honest and that he
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~''S'9 ~ n0NbNsV ASAVIys
wagon-loads of diverse ores have to
be submitted to a lengthy treatment
in order to extract from them some
minimal fragments. BY discontinu-
ing the various operations at a given
stage the activity of the radium salt
can be varied at will, according to the
special purpose it is intended for, and
whole scale of different intensities
can thus be readily produced.
At special radium factory recently
installed at Nogent-sur- -Marne, the
most varied ores are treated, and on
their arrival are all taken to the
crushers, whereas their further treat
ment varies according to the kind of
material. The method described in
The following applies more particular
ly to pitchblend, or rather to pitch
blend residues as obtained in the man
ufacture OF uranium-w which are the
most important of radium-holding ma
terials. The "gross treatment is car
ried out in wooden tanks and cast
iron tanks provided with stirring de-
vices. Each ton of residue will re-
quire five tons of chemicals and so
tons of rinsing water.
AS radium sulphate always remains
at the bottom of the vessel, it is
found there at the conclusion of the
different operations (lasting about
two and half months), when one or
two Kilograms of impure radium bro
mide will be obtained from each ton
Of residue. The activity of this ra.
diun1-holding salt hardly exceeds so to
60. Products of higher activity are OBJ
tanned by Acknowledgements. by
submitting the mixture of salts to a
series of successive crystallizations
in pure water, and in water contain
ing some hydrobromic acid. The dif.
ference Of solubility of the bromides
of radfum and barium respectively is
thus utilized, with view to separat-
Ing them from one another. After dis
solving the various bromides. the so.
luton Is saturated at boiling tem-
perature, and beautiful crystals are
obtained on cooling. These CRYSTALS
possess an activity Ave times greater
than the originally dissolved salts. and
by repeating the same operation over
and over again, products of ever-in.
creasing activit'' are obtained.
While the first fractional operations
are still carried out on a commercfa,
basis, the more minute operations re-
quired to treat the products of hisher
activity are necessarily performed in
the laboratory of skilled chemists, At:
the end of this difficult treatment onlv
one to two milligrams of bromide are
found to remain from each ton Of
original residues, but this minimal
amount shows an activity 2.00O0oo
times higher than metallic uranium
The most important part of the fac-
tory is the laboratory, where chemical
analyses and spectroscopic tests are
carried out, in addition to measuring
the activity of each product, as well
as of the emanations they are liable tn
produce. The apparatus used in this
connection have been designed bv tho
d1scOverers of radium
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NESTING BOXES FOR BIRDS.
How You Can Make Friends with Lit.
tie Sonqsters.

There are several rules to be oh.
served in the placing of nesting boxes
for birds, but none of them is more i'm
portant than that no food must be put
In or about the box; nor must it be
erected in the immediate vicinity of q
bird-table. To do the latter is simply
to rob the possible occupants Of the
one thing which they most desire in
nesting site. A bird does not wish
to have it's home among the continual
scuff1ings, the comings and goings, of
other birds; and nesting box in the
Immediate neighborhood of bird
table is certain to be continually
haunted and raided by sparows. To
put food in or about a box is even
worse, for, again, it merely serves to
attract other birds and, which are
much worse, mice and rats. When
once nesting box is made attractive
and accessible to these animals, 1t be-
comes impossible as home for small
birds. The latter will know better
than to attempt to make home there,
while if they do attempt it they will
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accidentally been ladled up with the
broth. This puzzled the little girl, as
she could not recall any instructions
covering this contingency.
After studying a few moments, she
dipped the oyster up with her spoon,
and, holding it up as high as she
could, piped out: Mamma, mamma,
shouldn't Mrs. Young have this oyster,
too"'-Christian Register.
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Variety at Sea.

For variety at sea, once when We
had been practicing with the six-inch
guns, and were securing" for dinner
hour, we saw a monster spouting OF
our starboard beam. We begged to
take shot at it, and the oflcer of the
deck, recognizing an impromptu tar.
get, gave us leave. We fired two
shots, and the expression, "a sea of
blood" which I had always looked
upon as an extravagance of speech.
became 4 reality. When we returned
from mess the ocean for a mile sur
rounding the whale was red-well. -
red as blood.-St- Nicholas.
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Extreme Obedience.

Extreme Obedience.
The Youngs unexpectedly dropped
in on the Baileys just as dinner was
about to be served.
The hostess, considerably disturbed,
called her little daughter Helen aside,
and explained that there would not be
enough oysters to go around, and
added: Nov, you and will just have
some of the broth, and please do not
make any fuss about it at the table" I"
Little Helen promised to remember
and say nothing. But when the oys-
<ers were served, Helen discovered a
small oyster in her plate, which had
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employment
Mr. Hunter National Cyclopedia
trolley
n
1883 he smokeless
tenatng system electrical 1881 developed
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RAPID RISE or GEN. BARRY.
Career Of Army Officer Recently
Named for Promotion.

Washington.-The rise Of Brig. Gen.
Thomas H. Barry, recently nominated
as major-general, vice Gen. c. B. Hall.
retired for age, has been rapid. Born
in New York i'm October; 1856. he was
graduated from the military academy
in June, 1877. After three years serv-
ice in the cavalry and II years in the
infantry he was transferred to the i'd
jutant-generals department with the
rank of major in January. 1897, and
became colonel In that department In
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Incorruptibie Conscience.

The hardest OF all ordeals for an
honest man is to stand arraigned at
the bar of his own conscience. He
knows more than the keenest coun.
sci, the most vindictive enemy could
urge for verdict of guilty.-Steuart
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GORHAM GARRETT co.
so Interest Bearing
Convertible Stock Bond

1t pays so per annum.
It natures in three years.
1t can be exchanged for stock at par.
during the first two years, At the
option Of the holder.
1t may be redeemed by the company
eor cash q any time after the end a
the second yen.
= The mast liberal fnveoement oGer On
the market to day. Act at euea.
CoRlAM. GARRETT COMPANY
OSs0 ~ S0oeA 1ss1AO -
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Stickinu to the Truth

Say, said Farmer Corntossel, "rd
better hurry an get those circulars Of
mine, advertising this place free from.
mosquitoes in the malls. don't want
to lie, but If they don't get mailed
soon the mosquitoes will b> here"
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GETS IMPORTANT POST.
John r. Wise Appointed Superintend-
ent Of Chilocco Indian School.

Washington-John R. Wise, for
many years a resident of Washington,
has been appointed by Secretary Gar
field as superintendent of the United
States Indian school at Chilocco, Okla
This is one of the largest and most i'm
portant Indian schools in the north
west.
Mr.. Wise was graduated from the
University of Wisconsin in 1888. He
entered the government service in
Washington in 1891 in the record and
pension Office. For over IL years he
was employed in the od1ce o: the CON-
missioner of Indian affairs. He was
designated by the secretary Of the
interior in 1898 as manager of the
United States Indian congress held in
connection with the trans Mississippi
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Her Good Work Recoonized.

TIT S000 WIN "eS09rT1Ze0'
Mrs. w. S. Peabody Of Colorado is
called the mother of Mesa Verde Ma
tional park, because of the interest she
has taken in the preservation of the
relics of the mysterious cliff dwellers
of Colorado.
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CLAIMS GREAT DISCOVERY

Rudolph M. Hunter of Philadelphia claims
to have discovered the secret for which man.
kind has been seeking vainly since the days of
the ancient Egyptians that of the transmutation
Of the baser metals into gold. What the process
is he alone knows; for even to his sons he has
confided only part of it. 1t is his intention
that the secret shall remain in his own family.
If Mr.. Hunters claim be justified, and he is rec
ognized as a responsible man with wonderful
inventive genius, he will demoralize the curren-
cy systems of all the countries in the world;
they will have to find metal the basis
of their currency for if gold is produced in large
quantities it will depreciate in value more than
even silver has DONE 1t will be no more valu-
able than cODDer
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Little Lucy sIoeket.

Little Lucy Locket, = @.{{s s. .
She hasn't any pocket s,s
No place to carry anything at an: ) 81
While Lucy'ssg gbxotheE Benny = ,-@~s
He has so very many, s&sS 'ss
In which to put his marbles. top or ball
That when he's in hurry =
lis something quite a worry
To find the one he wants among them all
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A Sweepino Assertion,

Novelist's Wife-Why does your
heroine "enter and sweep the room
with glance?"
Novelist (scornfully)-Because she
has no vacuum cleaner.
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Now, why should Lucy Lockst
Not have a little pocket
A handy little pocket in her dress3
And why should Brother Benny,
Who doesn't need so many,
Be favored with a dozen. more or less?
The reason. II YOU know 1t,
Be kind enough to show it,
For really it's a puzzle. I confess.
philadelphia Record.
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How Trick Is Done,

seems difficult thing to do, doesn't
1t? But it is quite easy. The picture
shows how you may do it. First cut
across from to 2, which will divide
it into three pieces. Then place the
pieces side by side, and one cut
where you see the dotted line will
give you seven pieces.
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7 be some
in
did have enough eat They continued
His
did also
in
Of the
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a
Dustin Fanum in fact has written
life In his
Thomas in educated in the
pacced versatile
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Augustus Thomas, the greatest of American
playwrights. has entered politics as a champion
of w. J. Bryan. He is president of the Bryan
Progressive league.
Mr.. Thomas has had varied career, hav.
ing been at different times page boy for con.
gress, railroad man, special writer and illustrat.
or for several of the leading papers, candidate
for the legislature, newspaper editor and pro.
prletor, playwright and member of the National
Institute of Art Science and Letters He has
lived in the west, in the east, in the south and
in France. St. Louis, Kansas City, New York,
London and Paris each have known Mr. Thomas
in one capacity or another, and from each of
these cities he has drawn material for the plays
that made him lannon's
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Comfortino.

Female Voyager-Is there any fear
Of danger, MIR. Sailor?
Mr.. Sailor--Lots of fear, ma'am, but
no danger!
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We Want Your Cream.
Write to-day for tags and prices: North
Star Creamery Co., Minneapolis, MINI.
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Flo1r,no =: Blovvhard. !.

If a person tells 4 notorious and
improbable lie, the best way Il 70
match 1t with one still bigger.
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Those who await no~gifts from
chance have conquered fate.-Richter.
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lar estate than asylum
Mr.. Chane Winthrop 1877 His
mother Miss Ward of John Jacob Asor His
Chne William
Chaner
Asors published
-Four
Of his keepers while he
When Chanler Amee Rtves
of public
Chanler
Married a
divorce which Chan did
married Prince Pierre Troubzkoy nobility
Chanlers commitment
and ynchurg remarked his
refused to recognize Virginia
MI. Chaner
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A GOOD TRICK.
Can You Cut a U in Seven Pieces at
Two Strokes?

Draw big U ON cardboard or stiff
paper and then, with sharp knife
or scissors, cut it out. Laying it on
the table, ask who can, in two cuts,
divide it into seven pieces. That
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SORE EYES, weak, indamed, red, watery
and swollen eyes, use PETTITS EYE
SALVE, Csc. All druggists or Howard
Bros, Buffalo, N. Y.
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Garfield Digestive Tablets
From your druggist, or the Garfield
Tea Co., Brooklyn, N. Y, Csc per bot
tie. Samples upon request.