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shown here. The -four, for instance, 10
conveyed from the bins on the floors
above through I chute. which has an
opening directly over a pair Of scales.
The weight Of the -four to be deposited
In the receptacle 10 adjusted on the
scales and the gate Of the conveyor
opened. when the required amount Of
ffour has passed into the receptacle the
gate II automatically shut of and the
supply stopped. This Ii done gradual.
", 20 that exactly the proper amount
leaves the chute. When the receptacle
contains almost the required amount
the stream flowing from the conveyor
lessons gradually and finally stops. The
immense saving In time and labor In
manufactures handling -four IN bags
containing small quantities will be ap-
parent.
0aldes the Penho1aep.
Among recent inventions patented ID
q guide for penholders and pencils.
which was designed to assist In teach
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-06-13
AN OREGON APPLE.
A story Of Great and Rapid orow.l

A story Of Great and Rapid Growth.
Some weeks ago Representative
Jones Of Washington-one OF our
leading enthusiasts on the subject Of
fruit culture out Washington way
pressed upon me an Interview in
which he related some Of the won.
derful get-rich-quick profits that were
being made out Of fruit ranches and
vegetable farms. I sort Of suspect.
ed at the time that possibly Mr..
Jones might have been kind to his
Imagination when he produced the
unassailable facts set forth In his
personally conducted interview, but I
wasn't sure: I never ran fruit ranch.
But the other day there came to the
Office, formally addressed to the obi.
tor Of the Star. a letter from an In.
dignant citizent Of Ashland, Ore: 4.
"The acreage mentioned was 1l3
and the original investment was 49,.
000." says the Ashland man In his
letter. referring doubtless to Mr..
Jones's interview. Then he goes
ahead. "A sale Of part Of the land
one year ago brought 100000 and
the remainder recently went for $780,.
600. The gross sales Of fruit were
100000. and allowing 5000 for cost
Of maintenance the net profit was
$1,2SG, 400.
Nov, that Is nothing. We are 90
familiar with figures and profits like
that out here that I'm surprised that
Representative Jones mentioned any.
thing 20 commonplace. might tell
Of an apple that we raised on the
Sunrise orchard near here last year,
and I mention It not boastingly, but
Just by way OF recording . fact. It
was q summer apple called the Sen.
ator. There were . number Of large
ones. but this particular one out.
stripped all the others. We we're saw.
Ing It to send to Portland but left Il
until the branch bent over 90 that
the apple rested on the ground. II
grew until Il obtained such o great
size that II toppled over one night
and rolled down the hill. taking OF
the corner OF q neighbor's barn and
landing In Bear Creek. where It dam.
med the waters 90 the mill could
not run The neighbors came with
their teams and chopped It In pieces
and hauled It away and kept the
whole blamed township in apple sauce
most Of the winter. J. Morris Brooks"
guess Representative Jones Of
Washington will be good after that.
Washington Star.
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thought, too. A letter In crampcd,
angular handwriting goes to John by
the next days mail.
The reply, long-looked-for, arrives
the third day after the election. 1t
Is the good natured, bantering epistle
OF the man who can afford to laugh.
Old fogy notion! Everybody does
the same, and, best of all, 1t pays.
Evidence? He writes down an
amount in three figures with a dol.
lar mark before 1t. Not honest Ia
Dor, but honest luck.
The fond parents do not talk
much about this. 1t isn't to their
liking at all. but then--it might look
quite different, II one knew all the
circumstances. John ought to know.
I wish the rest Of the story need
not be told. That other letter from
John--the wondering father can
scarcely make out the hastily-scrib.
bleG lines. with brief mess asrwegi
bled lines, with brief messages writ
ten crisscross ON the margin Of the
page.
whats this. John must be
Wants money? John? There must
be some mistake" He rereads the
blurred page.
"Streak Of bad luck heavy
obligations which must be met at
once q thousand dollars
would help send % much
more as you possibly can"
"A thousand dollars a.
! much more" The father repeats
the words mechanically with dry lips.
"A thousand dollars. There's Ell.
nor's legacy from Aunt Katie in the
savings bank-three hundred and In.
terest. A little more saved w
against making . payment on the
mortgage next spring, and-the farm
Johns home and ours"
The draft goes to John. A man
who has aged years In q weeks time
malls the letter and shambles out Of
the post-oflice with tired, droopins
shoulders and . hopeless face.
Let US draw the curtain over whad
follows. It must have been years
after. when the end came; but my
eyes grow dim thinking OF the "briEh,
young fellow" buried In q pauper'l
grave far away from his own kindred
and friends. A lucrative position
but over against that, extravagance
fast-living. gambling-the old, SAD
story retold for the thousandtt
time! Did the heart.broken parents
linser to know the worst? II 90,
have the feeling that the misguided
boy would not have slept in . name
less grave. but under the noddini
daisies on the hillside. But per
chance the last dollar was sacrifcet
for the living son. Who knows? Fo
with all my conjectures, this u tn
story that I didn't hear. --Wellspring
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-06-13
WHAT THEY REALLY sAYD.
Time.worn Myths Dispeiled b. Mas
who Neads Poetry.

Time.w0Pn Myths Dispe1led b. Mas
who Neads Poetry.
In his dream. the poetry reader was
surrounded by flock Of children, says
the Cleveland Leader. lie recognized
them at once. They were characters
In familiar poem. And the nan arose
and said: "Conie hither, little ones,
and tell me what have long wanted
to know" And they came hither. And
the man said:
TEL me this. All the real children
I have ever known talked prose. And
not very good prose. at that Honest.
Y now. did you talk in rhymes7 You,
child-dld you really say:
"You must wake and call me early,
Call me early, mother DEAR
and 30 ont"
"No," confessed the child. "That
was Mr.. Tennyson's story. What said
vas, Ma. now you set the alarm clock
for Q. Won't you. mar Now, honest
I'm a.go'n' ter be May queenv"
"And you," went on the man, turn.
Ing to another little girl. Did you I'D.
dress your erring parent In these must.
cal numbers:
Father, dear father, come home with me
now,
The Flock on the steeple strikes ~"
Nav" responded the infant. II
went to tn family entrance an ham.
mercd on tn little wlnder where ladies
rushes tn growler az tn barkeep
stuck his head out an says. where's
yer can, kidT An I says, 4 wanter
see tn old man. An out comes dad.
stewed to tn eyelids. an cusses some
thin fierce. And I says. Say, pa, you
better beat It fer home. It's after
closin' hours an mas havln' q 1T
That's oil Their was to It."
did you," the reader went on, speak.
ing to starved. looking infant with red
hair-"lId YOU ever say:
"Give me three grains Of corn, mother,
Only three grains Of corn.
II will keep the little life I have
Till the coming Of the mesnf"
But the child shook her head. "Divil
q wan o me liver talked po'thry." she
said. II was hungry. dye molnd. an
I says 'T'r tn love o hiven,' mother.
ain't there no praties liftf It's starvin'
I am! An she says, 'sorra Q praty.'
An + yells TX banshee, I'm that mad.
Ar"
But the dreamer woke.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-06-13
Fittias Them for Society.

One morning william Clerk, Sir
Walter SCOTS closest friend, found
some Of their intimate daily associates
among the Young c0unselOrs of the
Scottish bar. all ccnvulsed with laugh
ter.
Guessing the cause, he complained
that "Duns ScOtus" had been fOrestall-
Ing him In II good story which he had
told him privately the day before. He
added. plaintively, that his friend had
not only stolen It, but disguised It.
"Why," answered Scott. skillfully
waving the main charge. "this is al.
ways the way with the baronet. lie
10 continually saying that ! change his
stories, whereas In fact ] only put a
cooked hat on their heads and stick q
cane into their hands to make them al
for going into company"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-06-13
THE FIRST INDUSTRY.

Products Of the Farm Cautiously
lgnersd By the Ansasnss.
Why agriculture. the first industry
to be learned and 80 obviously the most
fundamental, was the last to be de-.
veloped 10 one Of the most battling mys.
teries Of history. One marvels at It
afresh as one stands before a certain
glass case In the Egyptian quarter Of
the British Museum. wherein 10 little
group OF farm utensils--a fractured
wooden pillow, a rusted sickle. two sticks
tied together with leathern thong and
several tassels that had hung on the
horns Of oxen. TO. be sure. these nipple.
ments were used 5000 years ago-they
were found In the tomb Of Sell I.-but
one remembers that when Egypt was
using these bread tools. no better than
those Of the barbarians about her. she
had q most elaborate government, an
army and navy and art and literature.
The records and relics Of other mn.
tIons down through history show the
same strange incongruity. For thou.
sands Of years the wise men of the
world absolutely Ignored the problems
OF tho farm. A farmer remained either
a serf or tenant. He was stolid
drudge -"brOther to the OK" Even the
masterful old pilgrim fathers had no
plows at all-nothing but hoes AMI
sharp sticks-for the first twelve years
Of their pioneering.
And therefore for thousands of years
there was hunger.-EverybOdy's Maya
zine,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-06-13

hearts Twilight.
0sep IN the twilight Of my heart
hid q rose.
Red petals on its red,
AZ dusk looked to greet its velvet
face.
And wept-the rose was dead.
Deep In the twilight OF my heart
hid a kiss:
Red mists about II shone.
A. morn l looked to raise II to my
lips,
And wept-the kiss was gone.
Deep IN the twilight Of my heart
I hid tear.
A pearl IN its red sea.
~ aight looked to star II IN my
dreams:
The tear-awaited me.
Archibald Sullivan, In The Smart
Set.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-06-13

The Tartar lady uses q slice Of onion
to perfume herself.
Italy leads the nations Of the world
In the matter Of theaters.
The Canadian farmer works from
twelve to sixteen hours q day In the
busy season.
A very good horse can In ten hours
60 sixty miles II the vehicle 10 light
and the turnpike good.
The art Of glove cutting require,
great skill, and In France some Of the
best workmen are paid 800 q week.
The wife Of q farm laborer near
Exeter has given birth to her twenty.
second child. All the family are alive
and well.
It IL dificult In England to arouse On
interest In the preservation Of forests
because Of the universal substitution
Of coal for wood 90 fuel.
Freckles may be hereditary. Gases
Of frsckles all over the body are nsn.
toned. Food 10 not supposed to cause
them. Sun and wind make some faces
f'reckle.
DR.. II. Campbell Thomson Of Eng.
land has been making use of the cine
mntograph In nervous diseases. taking
pictures at the rate Of sixteen to the
second, showing the movements Of the
patients.
Municipal pawnshops have beer
opened In Pekin for the relief Of the
residents who have been heretofore the
victims Of extortionate private estab
lishmentS. The city charges are II
per cent. while they have been paying
80.
The coal supply Of the Philippines
has been found to b much larger thar
was anticipated and Of q uniformly
good character. It 10 stated that &
large vein crosses the entire group Of
Islands and It has been clearly traced
in one vicinity for twenty-five miles.
A girl named Gordon. working In {
laundry at Ballymena, Belfast, Ire
land, was caught in q machine BY thu
hair and completely scalped. A doctor
ordered her removal to hospital. Thu
scalp was also taken there, and DR.
Davidson succeeded In sewing II on
The girl 10 alive and making goot
progress.
Little Mrs. Hunter had heard X
many Jokes about the brides WHIT
couldn't market successfully that Oh,
made up her mind that the frst re-
quest she made Of the market mar
would show her to be . sophisticated
housewife. "Send me. please" chi
said. two French chops and one hun
drsd green peas."-Judge.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-06-13

Ing the you n 8
school children the
correct method Of
holding q pen or
pencil. Az 10 well
known. this 10 one
Of the b ardest
tasks imposed on
the teacher. When
under the direct
eye Of the teacher
the pupil will en-.
Am v0p ~ 1noat 20
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A LINER OF ls47.
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An interesting description Of an At.
lantic packet Of sixty years ago has
been contributed to the New York Sun
by a writer who crossed the Atlantic an
boy In the Bavaria, one Of the largest.
finest and newest ocean packet liners
then plying between the United States
aud Europe. The passage took thirty.
three days.
The Bavaria was full.rlgged ship
Of nine hundred tons, custom house
measurement. Blu6-bowed, wall-sidcd
and square.sterned, az was the fashion
Of the time and build. It boosted Of a
poop-deck which ran from the stern to
the malnmast, and rooted the cabin and
stater000is.
The cabin, paneled In mahogany and
decorated with carved gllded holdings
and mirrors, was far handsonier than
many a 100000 cabin Of a steamer of
to-day. The staterooms which opened
out from this salon were ten feet by
twelve. were finished In ivory white,
with gilded holdings, contained two
berths and q sofa, and were each light
cd by "A large glass screwport and glass
deck lights overhead. Large skylIghts
gave light and air to the cabin, and
ON deck were protected by settees. the
favorite lounging place Of the captains
Newfoundland dog, Bony.
A house at the extreme after part
Of the poop.deck covered the shlp's
wheel. the pinnacle and a companion.
way to the cabin beneath, into which
doors ON the spar.deck on each side of
the maInmast also opened. Two wide
ladders fitted against the starboard and
hrboard-in those days no man said
pOrt-bulwarks led from the break of
the poop-deck to the spar-deck.
The poop-deck bulwarks were breast
high those Of the spar-deck, which ran
forward to the tOpgallant forecastle,
were over six feet. The galley and
cooks quarters were spaci0usly housed
Just abaft the foremost; spaciOusly, be-
cause II the ships passenger list was
full a French course dinner OF thirty
plates was necessarily served daily. The
larger boats and spare spars were. stow.
cd In the waist. and the anchors on the
topgallant forecastle deck.
The Bavaria was a heavily and
squarely spared ship, carrying stud
dingsail Irons and b0Oms on every yard.
arm, but nothing above the royal yards
Four boats. two on each quarter, sluna
to iron crane dayits. were not covered
with canvas. nor were their falls racked
of, but overhung outboard. ready FOL
instant use. The boy spent many u
happy hour In them with Bony or q
book.
Inboard. the vessels bulwarks, sky
lights and deck-houses were painted q
grass green. the ihasts, spars and boat
white, with black mastheads and yard
arms. Outboard, the hull was all black
save row OF painted white ports along
the sheer Of the spar-deck. and some
raised gilded scroll-wOrk which Orna
menred the cutwater from the hawse
holes to the feet Of the fgurehead. and
also decorated the stern.
The fgurehead was an alleg0rica
representation Of Bavaria-a female
hgure. Of life size. In blue. gold-border
! ID nutterlnS robes, with gilded crown
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-06-13
THE PLUG HAT or JAPAN.
Tiles o. the Vintage Of Flfty Years
Ago Make the Mlkado's Cub.
lects Proud.

wv VVoNV WV sVsNS0S SS0
Jsets Proud.
'rhere IL one sight which you must
not miss when you 30 to Toxic" said
the seasoned traveller. THAT 10 the
rare display Of anthropological plug
hats.
Some people arrange to get &c
Japan In cherry blossom season. and
others want to get there In time to
receive an invitation to the empe.
ror's garden party In chrysanthem0m
time; but take the tip Of one who has
batted about the world considerably
and land In Toxic either on Now
Years Day or on the emperor's birth.
day. On both you can see something
unique in the line Of headgear.
when Japan began to get civil.
lied she bought all the accessories
Of civilization that England did not
want any more. England sold her
old fashioned. out Of date, narrow
gauge railroad stock. antiquated tram
cars and other second hand junk. In.
Guiding the then current styles Of
plug hats.
1.-THE tile of those days has remain.
ed the ruling fashion In Japan up to
the present. Japan may build Dread.
noughts, but the rlug hat OF fifty
years ago still reigns supreme,
"Only on such ceremonious occa.
sions as the New Years festivities.
the emperor's birthday or possibly
the racing meets at Negishi. near
Yokohama. does the Japanese gentle
men bring forth from the camDaor
wood chest his plug hat. q heritage
from his forefathers. II may bs
warped with twenty summers, damp
or green with the shine OF antiquity.
but that matters nothing.
"Once this superstructure IA his
wrinkled frock coat and bagged trous'
ers is added, the Japanese gentleman
feels that no dignity short Of decora'
ton OF the Order OF ~ Rising Sun
can be added to his person. That
GROWING glory OF a plug hat may
settle around his ears or It may perch
upon his head like half peanut
shell. but no matter; II is the hat OF
civilization and the badge Of respec.
liability.
HE trots out OF his house looking
like one OF the ancient daimios stlff
with the dignity OF two swords. All
that fearful day ne wears this hat Of
ancient vintage like crown. and
in the end he slows It away In his
damp proof chest awaiting another
festal occasion or held as an asset
In his estate after death."-New York
Sun.
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do a. told. but when the teacher d..
reefs her attention to another corner
Of the room the pupil will at once
change to the method found easiest.
With the aid Of the holder shown here
the pupil Ii assisted In holding the pen
properly, and after using II a short
time II can be discarded In assurance
that the child will adhere to correct
rudimentary principles. The holder 10
made Of an elastic band colled to form
ring for the index finger and an nd.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-06-13
A Key Collector.

]. II. A. Klauder, a millionaire art
connoisseur OF Philadelphia. is one Of
the few Americans sufficiently astute
to go In for the collection OF old keys.
I'm the past" said Mr.. Klauder re-
Gently. "the finest artists worked on
keys. Count Adolphe de Rothschild
has a key made by Benvenuto Gel.
'ini. It Is Lhise!ed from great block
Of steel, and represents two splendid
grote sque female figures. II has. be.
sides, a number of superb mask and
scroll ornaments For this key Count
Rothschlh paid $500. The best
work OF the Old goldsmiths and sill.
versmiths IS found no less In keys
than In mirrors, cups and salt-cruets,
When the worlds collectors learn this
J shall be unable to pick up SO many
key bargains"
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pointing ahead with her scepter. The
boy passed many q delightful watch
astride Of the bowsprit, looking down
beyond the rigid fisurehead at the blue
sea fOaminR into white a. the ships
bow dipped into II, and at the tumbling
porpoises.
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plished coincident with the cutting by
the aid OF rule or scale which Ii at.
tached to one Of the blades Of the sells.
'sDrs. The rule extends at right angles
to the scissors, the operator guiding the
scissors by means Of the rule. This at.
tachment should also prove Of great ad.
vantage In department stores, where
salssgirls % rule are not overly care.
full to cut the exact amount the Gus.
toner desires, but are generally In.
clined to exceed. meaning loss to the
proprietor.
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too, would be fascinating. Darwin
mentions a gibbon which was able 70
sing a complete octave, and It IL
known that black chimpanzees will
gather to the number OF from twenty
to fifty and form kind Of orchestra,
beating pieces of hollow wood with
sticks for their own pleasure.-M.
Daubresse In La Revue.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-06-13

OF clothes b ,
pounding - { h 9
means employed In
the majority Of
washing machines
1T IL drawn out
BY suction. Az
shown In the &C.
companying illus
tration, the clothes
are placed III the
tub Of the wash.
in9 machine In the
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-06-13

large quantities BY
hand, slight over
weight on each
bag or box incurs
great loss. A Cali.
fornia man decid.
ed tn at such
weighing could be
m o r Q efficiently
performed by ma.
chinery and &C.
cordIngly designed
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Ingenious lndlpsney.

my boy" says the hrst wayfarer.
1--WE hit on a scheme that guaran-
tees me q square meal and possibly
some clothes at any house, ] care to
strike"
"What do you do?" asks the second
wayfarer, YEARLY biting Into q cold
mSat sandwich.
II throw away. my hat. run through
. couple of bushes to get my clothes
mussed up. then 30 up to the front
door and tell the lady OF the house
I'm . racing balloonist that has just
descended In the woods."-From sue.
cess Magazine"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-06-13

which, Of course,
m Q Q q . wasted
cloth. In q devicl
patented BY Q Call
f0rnia woman the
cutting can b
quickly and accu.
rately done with.
out the necessity
Of measuring. Al
shown In the illus.
tration, the meas.
urinR In accom-.
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Tseehi.g the Drunnes.

1t Vas the custom In the days Of our
old navy for the men to bring to the
mast all the WORKOUT articles which
were to bs inspected. handed In and ex.
changed for now. Tho drummer had
applied for 70 many drum heads that
the commodore felt sure he was being
imposed upon. aud one day rot himself
to watch while the band was playing.
Al one rafting martial air followed an.
other bis anger increased psrceptibly
until hs broke forth In uncomfortable
rage:
'Thsrs, now, confound you! ! sss
why you use % many drum heads.
Don't drum In the middle OF Il all the
time. Drum oil over that drum. ! tell
youl"
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usual way. At the back IL a lever
which operates an inverted cone. shaped
suction cup. As the lever IL pulled for.
ward the suction cup descends, coming
Into contact with the water and
clothes. BY reversing the stroke Of
the lever, the suction Of the cup acts
upon the clothes to draw out the dirt.
The apparatus 10 also constructed to
be clamped to the ordinary laundry
tubs. being readily transferable from
one to another 40 required.
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semsthIns on the Way.

The McJones family were moving
to another town. Mr.. McJones had
gone ahead to get the new home In
order and Mrs. McJones was to fol-
low with the family's goods and chat.
tels. When she was ready to start,
Mrs. McJones. remembering her scrip.
lures. wired her husband - follows:
"LaYse and Penates on board boat.
VIII arrive tomorrow morning"
But when the telegram got to tho
husband. It was In these terms:
"Lard and peanuts on board boat.
VIII arrive tomorrow morning
From Success Magazine."
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Joining loop for the second finger. A
third, or small clasp, ID provided for
guiding the penholder. The fingers are
not interfered with in any way, but can
be freely moved at all times.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-06-13

Novel washing Machine.
An entirely new principle 10 intro.
duced In a washing machine recently
invented and patented by q Syracuse
man. Instead Of beating the dirt out
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-06-13

In the Days Of Wonsn's Rights.
II believe she 10 undoubtedly the
woman for the oiiice. Her gowns are
simply perfect"
ayes, but the campaign violets she
distributes aren't nice at all. It's afro
cious !"-Kapsas City Times.