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LYDIA EPiNkhAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

The following letter serves to
prove this fact.
Mrs. Matte Copenhaver, 315 So
21st St., Parsons, Kans., writes:
"For two years suffered from the
worst forms of feminine ills, until
was almost driven frantic. Nothing
but morphine would relieve Inc. Lydia
Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
brought me health and happiness and
made me . well woman"
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN,
For thirty years Lydia Z. Pink
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from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills
and has positively cured thousands Of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, Inflammation, ulcera
ton, fibroid tumors, irregularities
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, fatulency, indiges
ton, dizziness, ornervous prostration
Why don't you try IL?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice
She has guided thousands tG
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
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no RENr-Houre, possession given April
i II. g. Slade. 25is
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l.'OR SALE Barred Plymouth Rock Egg
IL FROM 5 choice breeding pens, Bradley
cockerel and old cock for sale. Prices right
Frank u. Chase, No. Bennington. VI. nt3e
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Tor ALE--Horse AND carriage. VIII sell
IT either separate or together Chestnut
mare, good roader, kind and gentle Carriage
Is rubber tired. Meyer make. j. x. Walsh, Ib2
Beech st. 2sw
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WANTED-M Man acquainted with fruit aLd
w produce retail trade In Remington and
neurby towns TO rep'e sent New York house
Tive references. II. I. saperst0ne B Co.. 33(
Washington St. New York. N3t
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FOR GALE

CNOR SALE Kitchen range. new last fall
II plush upholstered parl0r set, good ~ new ;
goose feather bed, never used s pails pillows;
hall rack; fruit cans; dinner set 80 Stafford
street. 23t6
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CONTRACTORS AND sUILpERs

TANKS SILK, contractor ana builder. Also
D repairing. rebuilding ana shop work Shop
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many represent as so fearfuhAespecially
in case of powerful airships like my
own, resolves itself into nothing.
Many laymen think that such a huge
monster can not mount so high as a
smaller and lighter vessel, but height
of ascent does not depend upon the
mass to be raised, but upon how much
weight a ship can dispense with In re-
lation to its original weight on first
rising. For every diminution of 1 per
cent Of its weight an airship rises
about 80 meters. If for instance, a
small airahip, with an original weight
of 2,400 Kilograms. which can carry
BOO Kilograms of gasoline, enough to
last 20 hours, and propelled by a motor
OF 80 horsepower, should reach height
or 1,200 Ileters, it must leave behind
or sacrifice, or use up $50 Kilograms
of gasoline, by which its range of ac-
tlon is reduced to a brief five hours
This is scarcely sufficient time for prac-
tical needs or for security. A large
alrship OF 10000 Kilograms in weight
with enough gasoline to last 100 hours,
and motor of the same horsepower.
after rising 1900 meters is still ca
pable of another 36 hours of flight
almost double what the smaller vessel
can accomplish at a lower elevation.
From this 1t is evident that for reach
is superior to the small one
In order fully to appreciate what my
airship has accomplished one more
point has to be mentioned Its range
of action> is limited only bT the con-
sumptiongof the fuel. For tie greatest
loss of bpoyapcy by the diffusion or the
deterioration of gas does not amount
to one-tenth of that CAUSED by the
lessening of weight due to consumption
OF gasoline. AS there are two motors
which work quite Independently of
each other, and only one at time
is generally used on long trips, it is
scarcely conceivable that both should
be put out of commission at the same
moment or for such a lengthy period
that one at least could not be repaired
before landing would be necessary
In addition, the crew is sufficient to
man all the posts and provide double
even triple, relays. so that it is never
overtaxed-a provision TO which too
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T more or less regular intervals
~ Great Britain is called upon to en-
tertain some of her dusky sons
from India, says the Philadelphia
Inquirer, and the matter is always
difficult one, for the reason that the
government officials are obliged to ac-
quaint themselves with the etiquette
Of the country from which the visitor
halls and to adhere to it minutely An
other obstacle is the amount OF bag
gage which these dark skinned royal
ties carry with them. No matter how
trif1ing move is made, all this i'm
pedimenta must be packed up and car
ried along with his royal highness.
This baggage includes not only a great
amount of clothing for wear on all oc-
casfons, but also a complete kitchen
equipment, for these persons would
none of them permit themselves to be
defiled by contact with the implements
made use of by Christians or to eat
food prepared by them.
Recently the Maharajah of Nepal ar
rived in London as the guest of the
government. The ordinary business
at Victoria station was held up for a
long time while the effects of this
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distinguished parsonage were looked
after. An army of perspiring porters
was employed moving the mountain of
baggage which had been the contents
or i've long railway vans.
The platform was heaped up with a
medley of trunks, boxes and crates.
Twenty natives, servants of the maha-
rajah, assisted the porters as they
struggled with the mass of luggage.
Four omnibuses and seven special vans
were required to convey the packages
from the station to Mortimer house.
near Belgrave square, which had been
equipped for the reception of the dis
tinguished visitor Among the maha-
rajah's effects were:
One hundred and fifty crates and
boxes.
One hundred and forty heavy, iron
bound trunks.
Forty metal uniform cases.
Thirty boxes containing foodstuffs
Two great metal jars containing
water from the Ganges.
Two beautiful cages containing sing
ing birds.
~Five sealed boxes in crates, four feet
long, containing jewelry and precious
stones.
The last named boxes, which were
stated to contain jewels Of almost
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priceless value, had, all the way from
Marseilles. been guarded by II servants
or the maharajah. The men sat on
the cases during the daytime and silent
by the side of them at night. When
the cases were taken out of the van at
victoria their custOdians lined up be-
side them and marched to the ornni-
buses in which they were placed. never
for an instant relaxing their vfgflance.
Their guardianship was reinforced hv
a detachment of Scotland Yard detec-
tives, who lowered amid the throng
or porters surrounding the railway
vans.
The maharajah smiled affablv AT the
on1cials waiting to receive him and
spoke 10 them in excellent English. He
is slight, Of medium height and has
Keen, interested expression. Upon his
head was a peaked cap of brilliant
scarlet He wore dark overcoat OF
European cut, and flannel collar. with
a loose silk tie His feet We're shod
in patent leather shoes. and he wore
loosely fitting silken trousers OF a sub
dued yellow color
AT Mortimer house the maharajah's
six cooks took complete charge Of the
kitchen. and no European was on any
account allowed to enter during tha
preparation of meals.
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inevitably, if you leave his cage out
side
l recently asked G. Fl. Heger a well
known bird man of Oakland, How
much of a demand is there at the pres
ent time for roller canaries?" 1 wished
to ascertain from competent authority
just why roller canaries command
higher prices than the ordinary birds.
Heger is an old German cavalryman
and has travelled extensively. He is
pharmacist by profession. and his
knowledge of drugs and intimate as
sociation with birds of all descriptions
has given him a wonderful insight into
their habits. Probably no other man
about the bay, with the exception of
Frederick Weiser of Fruitvale, and who
is the principal breeder of roller ca
naries for the local trade, is more fa-
miliar with every detail in connection
with their raising.
What is the difference between roll
ers and other canaries?" Heger re-
garded me with obvious commiseration.
I had not realized my utter ignorance
''Ach, Gott in himmel," he answered
you do not know the difference? 1t
was humiliating. He. took me into a
room where dozens and dozens of bird
cages were stacked high along the
walls and where constant twittering
was heard. There he told me some
things about roller canarles, interpo-
lating his statements with copious
pinches of snuff "In the first place,
you must know" he said, that canaries
belong to the finch family, and that
their color was originally green, the
birds being brought some So years ago
from the Canary islands to Germany.
Two brothers, named Reichi, had
built up an enormous business in birds;
one of them conducting a large es-
tablishment at Alfeld, Germany, and
the other large wholesale house in
New York About 1874 the Reichis
secured from Adam Heine a consign-
ment of birds. and in turn commits
stoned Heine to go to South America
to obtain black canaries. Heine was
successful, and during that year a large
number OF birds was shipped by the
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New York house to the German, where
they Were crossed with the yellow
strain of canaries the Reichis had
previously successfully obtained through
the interbreeding of the green canaries
with the native German yellow song
birds. Primarily the Reichi idea was
to secure more beautiful coIorings.
Heine, now man of 50. is living at
San Leandro. The Reichis came to be
recognized as authorities on anything
pertaining to canaries, and their bust
ness increased in a phenomenal man
ner, one of the brothers, who died re-
Gently, leaving an estate valued at ST.
100000 At the present time the whole
sale bird business in the United States
is absolutely controlled by two firms.
Louis Ruhe, the successor to Reichf
Brothers, and the house of William
Partel
Canaries get their names from the
men who introduced certain variety;
for instance, the finest birds come from
st. Andreasberg, and there, some 25
years ago, Charles Trute originated a
certain strain known for its beautiful
voice. At that time a great deal Of
rivalry existed among the various bird
men as to who should produce the
finest songsters. Every year to ST.
Andreasberg, Germany, come all the
people who raise roller canaries, and
they hold sort OF singing school IN
order to determine which are the best
1t is probably the most unique singing
school in the world. Many of Trute's
birds are still bred. Seifert. another
German, also is known for his fine birds
Seifert came to this country from Ger
many about five years ago, locating
in Philadelphia, and none of his roller
canaries command less than $25 a pair
California, so Heger and other bird
men state, is ideal for the raising Of
roller canaries. 1t must pay in view
of the fact that the value of importa-
tions to this country from Germany
during the last year was in excess Of
S1,500,00O, and that American dealers
were unable to obtain sufficient stock.
A single vessel frequently brings
from $4,000 to 10000 of the songsters
to the New York wholesalers, the best
birds being sent from Germany during
November. The little travellers are
shipped in small. square, individual
cages, so Grated as to make tier of
seven square, containing in all 121
birds, and crew consisting of a fore
man and IL helpers is required for
their care.
The birds breeding time is from
March to August 1, when they begin
molting, which period lasts until No
vember.
At the age of four weeks the males
begin to sing and the birds are then
given plenty of liberty for another
month in order that they may ACQUIRE
strong lungs through flying. AT the
expiration of a month the males and
females are separated, the former being
placed in individual cages entirely away
from any Hight. And now comes ME
critical period of the young birds life
Away from all disturbing influences
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and in the dark. hundreds of them are
kept IN a room with a trainer bird.
Necessarily the latter must be in mag
nihcent voice. and the young birds.
listening hour after hour to the
rhapsody poured forth. eventually sing
the same notes in identica1ly the same
manner. 1t requires three to four
months to teach the young birds TO
sing. but they seldom If ever forget
their lessons. Afterward they are
graded, the voice developed in the bird
determining it's value.
Each note of the roller canary's range
has a distinctive name. and experts.
on hearing bird sing, can name the
notes instantly. Some of the finest
birds have voices comprising four ac-
taves, their notes. trills and combina-
tions numbering 25 or more; the most
priced being known as the water bub-
BILE, deep roll, bell, flute. warble and
whistle notes In addition there are al
most innumerable trills.
Ask the average individual who
raises canaries, Have you any rol1ers%
and he will hesitate momentarily. Per-
haps he will answer, We'll, no, but
think so and so has" It's a hundred
to one shot that so and so does
not raise rollers. There are not many
people that really know much about
them.
I know Of few quainter homes than
that Of the old German. Frederick
Weiser, in Fruitvale. His little white
washed cottage is set far back from
the street and old fashioned flowers
riot in the garden on either side OF the
path leading to his doorway He is an
old gardener, spending his last days in
a peaceful life among his flowers and
birds. Pleasant and hospitable in man
ner is Weiser. above all and every
thing else interested in his rollers. He
years now and has already acquired
some little local reputation among bird
lovers
ia, that is right" he will tell you:
"one, two hundred I raise. and some
pretty girls and women come around
here and learn how it is to raise the
rollers"
Inside the little place there are only
two rooms. but every available inch Is
taken up with bird cages. They line
the walls. big cages and little cages.
some with so or more occupants, others
with a single roller. whose chief object
in life seems to be to outsing his neigh
Dor. There is a constant twitter and
the sound Of many hard little beakS
picking away seems interminable.
Weiser's kindly old eyes are as
bright as those OF his little feathered
friends. and as he bustles about the
room he tells you of their queer
traits; how this one learned to
sing, why that one is not feeling so
well-a hundred and one little points 4
IN connection with their raising: tells
you of ST. Andreasberg In the father
land, Of the singing school where the
rollers are brought by the peasants
each year; paints in oddly phrased SEN
tences the scenes OF his boyhoOd life
and his first knowledge of canaries.
You say goodby and walk down the
narrow Seashelled path with it's gar
denway on either side, where thrifty
growing cabbages vie with roses. The
old German stands in the doorway as
you glance back. one Of his beloved
rollers perched on his hand. "GOOdby"
he calls. Come again; 1 am glad to
show my birds"
1t is a peaceful occupation, this rails
ing of roller canaries.
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he needs-provided he does not have
to approach mountainous region
which exceeds the height to which he
can or cares to ascend. But when the
winds playing about the mountains
unexpectedly shift their direction-now
blowing strong, now blowing weak.
now up, now down-the closest atten-
tion is required, the finest skill and
practice. the most accurate knowledge
of the vessel itself as to the readiness
with which 1T will respond to turning
the machinery on or off. In the dark
ness and the fog the boat must be
kept clear of such territory either by
rising above 1t or keeping to the side
Of it. In order to be able to do this
charts are necessary. Where there are
many elevations present it is difficult
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Hom <e1LASsraArI0As

to find the lowest and broadest pass
over mountain ridge. which most air.
ships will endeavor to reach in order
to avoid high flights and thus effect
saving in gas. In the rarer at
mosphere the balloon would become too
tense, and gas would have to be re-
leased through the safety valves.
Encounters between airships will not
be OF fnfrequent occurrence. Rules and
regulations for guarding against COL
lisions must be created. Where charts
do not exist on a sufficiently minute
scale-at least on the ratio of / to
2,O00-aeronauts must provide maps by
taking photographs from their ships of
the various localities.
Similar difficulties attend the finding
of landing places, though in one re-
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spect the task is not so hard. because
the currents or air are less irregular
at such places. The troublesome thing
is, not to steer clear OF but to get
to certain spot. In both cases the
path to be taken should be indicated
by proper lighting. perhaps by search
lights.
1 have pointed out satisfactory So
luton of the difficulties that confront
the aeronavigator. But before this So
luton is found any one who has not
received a "calP' to aerial navigation
need not attempt difficult passages. On
the other hand, there is no reason why
the most timid spirits should deny
themselves the wonderful delights OF a
trip through the air on some sunny
day or bright night.
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Aviators Must Have Charts

But the most useful feature of the
rlglo system of aeronautics is the ease
with which 1T may be developed to ac-
complish even greater things. I am
not, however, at the present time med
itating the construction of an airship
.nat VIII carry a hundred passengers,
put such huge structure does not
lie beyond the limits of the technically
possible.
In all likelihood, too. airships will
soon be built to fly so kilometers an
hour Tor two days-in all about 5000
hiIometers-or. making the passage
more slowly 5000 l<ilonleters in four
and half days. In figuring out to
Wnat limits the conquest of the air
VIII be carried in one generation we
may count pretty surely upon airships
Q, tnis range, TO judge by what has
aireauy been ACCOMPLISHED.
AeIlal navigation. the art of properly
steering vessel through the air. en-
counters much more serious problems
.Hah navigation on rivers and sea. All
is well If the aeria pilot has a clear
Jay and his eyes ;sre the only guides
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little attention is paid. For these rea-
sons my airship may be acknowledged
to have attained to degree of safety
never before reached by a locomotive.
NO good cause can be found why an
alrsh1p of this construction and equip
ment should not fly as long as its sup
ply or fuel holds out, just as steam
snip can run as long as 1T has coal.
Accordingly, we have In my airship
or the newest type boat which, start
Ing from the sea level with IL persons
on board, can fly In the air for four
days, In that time covering 1000 kilo-
meters. Should the trip begin from the
level of Berlin the boat can carry 20
passengers. For every three hours by
which the trip is shortened an addi-
uonal passenger can be taken aboard,
OF the cargo can be correspondingly
increased with such things as mail
matter, money, precious stones and in
struments, things that are not too
welghty but which have great value.
IN war ammunition can be conveyed,
and even, if necessary, ammunition for
the infantry,
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result may follow if the gas receptacle
of the boat should lose it's form. Then
the ship can no longer be steered. A
catastrophe would also occur If the
supply of gasoline should give out be-
fore landing place had been reached.
My rigid airship is the only one that
possesses these three Indispensable
qualifications. Therefore IN this article
it is only my airship that will be dis
cussed as it would have been even IL
1t had not displayed the greatest speed,
or If some system inferior to 1t with
regard to safety had surpassed it in
speed.
When once the speed of balloon has
exceeded that of the prevailing winds
about II meters a second-a more i'm
portant matter than speed occupies the
mind, and that is range of action. This
depends upon the quantity of motor
fuel that can be carried. vessel that
can fly so kilometers an hour for so
hours covers in that time $500 kilo-
meters, while one that flies at the rate
of 40 kilometers an hour, but can con-
tinue for 100 hours, covers 1000 kilo-
meters.
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holds his tones in a final grand cres-
cendo; rises to dizzy heights in an out
burst of rapturous song that dies away
as softly as the shadows that tell of
evening hours.
And of his cousin, the scrub with
the carefully furnished plumage? A
common sparrow alights at the side of
his cage and the two open a singing
school then and there. "Tweet-tweet
it-it-ttt-ch r-rrrrrrrr-cha- cha
cha chap pur-rrr-rrr- -chapi" That's the
difference. The sparrow has been COM
ing for seeds long time, and the lit
tie yellow prisoner regards him envious-
ly; surely, sparrows must sing divinely.
free as they are. So the scrub picks
up his little brown friends ''chap-chap,"
with its horrid sudden "t-twickr at
the end, and after a time he forgets all
about his own song and sings only that
of the sparrow. That's the scrubl But
unless you exercise the utmost care the
roller will do exactly the same thing,
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several performers sing at some variety
show, but the sum of 1Ocents is neither
representative of Metropolitan opera
prices nor quality. So it is with roller
and other canaries. You can purchase
an ordinary canary for an amount
varying from 25 cents upward, though
occasionally the price asked amounts
to several dollars.
Roller canaries universally command
good prices-s2 s2.50-never less for the
female birds. used only for breeding
purposes, and from IS upward for the
males, whose wonderful voices are now
everywhere receiving the attention of
bird lovers. Moreover, experts will tell
you that it is quite as easy to raise
roller canaries as it is to bring up a
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family of their scrub cousins. And, in
appearance, at least, there is no ap-
preciable difference between a roller
canary and the scrub. AS a matter of
fact, the poor relation is far more
inclined to put on style, to wear a
smart coat and to play the part of a
dandy. The roller is an exceedingly
active little chap. inclined to be rather
careless about his attire. He is an ec-
centric bird genius, having a range of
notes comprising a half to four octaves,
with infinite variations, and oh, how he
can sing! He loves to sing; it's what
he's in the world for and he wants the
world to know it, He starts his song
with single, ripping, rolling melody,
that merges into the sound of water
that flows laughing and gurgling down
the mountain side; he puffs his throat
out and tells of every other song bird
in the world; he warbles and trills and
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Size of Ships Matters Little

1t is a matter of perfect indifference
whether an airship, so long as it is
free from the ground, is small or large.
A balloon floats along as part of the
atmosphere and at the same speed with
it; it experiences no pressure, and in
the most violent storm it preserves the
same form as in period of calm, while
the balloon rider does not feel the least
stirring of air. On surfaces that ex-
perience no pressure at all it is evil
dent that extent of surface can play
no role.
If an airship that has been floating
in the air without propelling itself puts
It's motor into action it can move in
any direction with equal ease, because
IL encounters no other resistance than
that offered by the air it is piercing.
The battle against wind and storm that