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STUDYING AIR CURRENTS.
Experiments Of Prof. Deprez to Dis
cover Secrets for AeropIane Flights.

Dr. Rene Quinton OF France has Of
tered a prize of 10000 francs for an
aeroplane that will float for five min
utes in the air unpropelled and with
Its motor stopped, and Prof. Deprez is
trying to win the prize. Prof. Deprez,
whose model led DIR. Quinton to offer
this prize, is a member of the French
institute and professor of applied cleo
tricity at the Conservatory of Arts and
Trades in Paris.
With the assistance of his collabor-
ator. M. Vernez, Prof. Deprez has
made and set up in his laboratory two
little instruments which demonstrate
the effects OF the wind upon q pair OF
wings. The first Of these Is tiny car
bearing two pointed wires which hold
thin sheet of aluminium, slightly
curved. Placed upon an inclined plane,
this car naturally follows the grade
and runs downward. But. If a rising
current of air can be directed at a Ger.
tain angle upon the plate of aluminium,
In the direction that one would expect
to accelerate the descent of the car,
this climbs back up the inclined plane
The second apparatus, which is al
most as simple. seems even more eff
fective. A rectangle of aluminium.
curved, Stimulates the wings of bird
on the lower or curved side. longitud-
inally with its shorter axis small
vertical cell Of the same metal repre-
sents the body. At each of the four
corners is a little ring which permits
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LEST ne FORGET.
Ne Roseste Postcard Without In
Thorn Of Suggestion.

Harold's mother-we'll call him Har-
eld-went abroad a month ago. leav-
ing Harold under the somewhat UNI
substantial control of his elder sisters.
In spite of the itemized directions
with which even unto the moment OF
final leave-taking she had not ceased
to lombard him, Harold's mother was
far from sure that her efforts would
have any lasting effect.
Her voyage was more or less dis
turbed by these doubts, but before
she landed on the other side she had
determined on q course of action. Like
all small boys, Harold is most COW
etous of picture postcards and had
looked forward to harvest from his
mothers trip. He got It
Every day she sent at least one
card. And whatever else II bore in the
way Of inscription. there was not one
which failed Of this introduction: :
"Just as soon as you get this go and
brush your teeth"
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WASHINGTON.-fs Uncle Sam pc
w nurious in the allotment of sal
aries?
This question is constantly being
asked by clerks and others in the en-
ploy of the government. 1t is recalled
that at the last congress the salaries
of the cabinet officers were increased
from $4,000 to $4,000 per annum.
The government clerks contend that
their salaries are too small, aud that,
as the cost Of living has advanced.
they should be accorded the same con-
sideration given cabinet officials and
congressman.
The clerks are not the only ones
who are grumbling at the apparent
disinclination on the part of the gov
eminent to increase salaries. Their
superiors also are said to be in favor
OF increases. Many government OFF,
Gals who refrain from giving publicity
to their utterances for obvious rea-
sons, contend that the salary paid the
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v-shaped, and they are set in at the
same inclination as the blades of q
plane are set. The operator, instead
of crawling stiffly about with little
hand plane, pushes the device about .
room with the same majestic air that
he would propel perambulator, ele-
waiting or lowering the point to what
ever height above the floor he wants
it. If he desires to make deep cut
and is running with the grain of the
wood, he can press the point down
hard, while if lighter work is needed
he can merely skim over the surface.
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125 recruits. The territories are not
unrepresented There is one from
Alaska, two from Arizona and six from
New Mexico. The District Of Colum-
bia sent $50 men.
Three hundred on the feet are
CLASSIFIED as foreign or address not
given.
AS a matter Of fact, nearly 100, 900
mon In the employ of the military
branch of the government will not
vote-60, 900 soldiers and 10000 sail
ors and marines. In the navy the
only chance that an enlisted man has
Of voting il to get leave and go home
at his own expense. Few do this. OF.
ficers here say that 1t is the custom
on all ships to have ballot box where
the men vote, but this is only to sat
isfy the curiosity of the men them
selves. 1t has no effect on the re-
suit.
Whether soldier may vote depends
on the laws Of the state in which he il
stationed. Some of the states allow
the men TO acquire residence, while
others do not. The war department
says that 1t has been the experience
Of years that the soldiers seldom
avail themselves of the privilege evsn
when 1t u open.
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The apparatus to b. strung upon two
horizontal wires.
AS before, let us direct upon this
geometrical bird an ascending current
Of air, blowing obliquely from right to
left; the bird flies to the left Now
let US change the angle at which the
wind strikes it and it floats, quivering
lightly, but without advancing or re-
treating. And it would maintain itself
in equilibrium in the air without the
aid Of the wires, which it leaves any
way. il its trifiing weight did not make
1t practically impossible to keep un-
changed the angle and the intensity
of the wind which determines the
equilibrium
Again, still modifying the angle
of the current of air, the bird"
instead OF being driven away in
the direction the wind is blowing,
will move against the wind, actually
advancing from left to right.
The wind, striking the sheet of
aluminium, A, oxerts evenly upon its
surface pressure from below upward,
represented by the force F. This force
is decomposed into two others: the
one vertical, v, tending to lift the
sheet (this balances the force of grav-
ity, p, which tends to make it falD
the other horizontal, H, which pushes
the sheet of aluminium against the
wind. That Is why the car goes up
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MOT since 1893 has the total United
~ States pensioners been so low as
1t is at present This fact is made
known in report by the commission
er of pensions, recently issued, and
the report shows that a steady decline
has set in, death cutting heavily into
the ranks in the last year. The 1908
total is 351,6S7, and it was said that
in all probability this will shrink to
100000 within another year.
Four years ago the high water mark
In pensions was reached. For few
days in August, 1904, there were more
than 100000 persons on the rolls.
These figures. however, do not appear
In the official reports, as the Official
record of 1904 gives an average of
only 994.702 There were 99S.441 PEN
sioners on the average In 1905, and
then started the downward movement,
which 1t Is expected will become more
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ROUND THE CAPITAL
Information and Gossip Picked Up Here
and Thele n Washington.
Clerks Declare That Uncle Sam Is Stinqy

president is a disgrace to a country Of
this size and importance. They aver
that foreign nations, of less size, pay
their monarchs and rulers a much
larger sum than is given Mr.. Roose-
welt
President Roosevelt's salary per an
mum is $4,000. 1t is conceded that
this amount alone is expended each
year In necessary entertainments.
vice-President Fairbanks receives only
$4,000, the same amount paid Speak
er Cannon of the house of representa-
tives and the members of the cabinet.
This amount, it is said by those in q
position to know is spent by the re-
cipients In about two or three months
In entertainments, theater parties and
sundry functions necessary to main.
tain their position in social circles.
Senators and representatives 70
ceive $500 year. Before congress
voted them an increase they received
only $1,000 per annum. The ambassa-
doris to Austria-Hungary, Brazil,
France, Germany, Great Britain. Italy.
Japan, Mexico, Russia and Turkey re-
ceive $17,500 per annum. while those
occupying diplomatic positions in the
smaller and less important countries
receive salary in proportion to the
significance of the post to which they
are assigned.
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SHE GOT HER MAN-HAPPY.
Indian Woman Not Likely to BE Left
Far Behind In life's Battle.

Writing Of the famous Dean Kaye
Of Topeka, In Suburban Life. Paul A.
Lovewell, says:
Dean Kaye has had inter esting ex-
periences during his souiourns in the
wilderness. Once an Indian woman
came to his cabin.
You marry? she asked.
YES. said the dean. 1 can marry
folks. Have you got a man?'
Again the woman grunted, and de-
parted. About shutdown she returned.
dragging with her an apparently
abashed and reluctant brave.
Got him. she remarked. laconical-
ly, producing her marriage license.
The man knew no English, but the
woman prompted him when it became
necessary for him to give his assent
TO the deans questions. When it was
over the squaw paid the minister his
fee and led her husband away in tri-
umph-"
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Origin Of pltehbIends.

Hon. R. ]. Strut, In recent lecture
on radioactive change in the earth.
remarked that In England pitchblende.
the source Of radium. il found only in
Cornwall. In veins In granite and
slate. To the question: How did it
get there?" he proposed the answer
that It was derived from the surround
ing granite. which examination showed
to contain radium to the amount Of
one part In q million million. At this
rate, minute as 1t appeared, the total
quantity Of radium In the crust OF the
earth to q depth OF 40 or so miles was
more than Sufficient to account for the
Internal heat of the earth
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AVOID RISK IN BUYING PAINT.

You take good deal Of risk If you
buy white lead without having ALSO
Lutte assurance as to its purity and
quality. You know white lead is often
adulterated, often misrepresented.
But there's no need at all to take
any chances. The Dutch Boy Paint
er" trade mark of the National Lead
Company, the largest makers of gen.
uine white lead, ON package Of
White Lead. is positive guarantee
OF purity and quality. It's as depend
able as the Dollar Sign. II you'll
write the National Lead Company,
Woodbridge Bldg, New York City,
they win send you simple and GER
tain outfit for testing white lead, and
. valuable book on paint, free.
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the inclined plane; that is why a ship
sails swiftly with the wind ahead.
Now suppose we add to the sheet Of
aluminium a little vertical appendage
or cell, C, as in the second machine of
Prof. Deprez. This little cell win re-
ceive from the wind pressure which,
always acting directly, is translated
into horizontal force, H, directly op-
1osite to the force H, and which may
be either less. greater or equal to it.
II less, the aluminium bird advances
against the wind; II equal. the two
forces neutralize each other. and It
maintains its eQuilibrium-it floats.
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FOR PLANNING FLOORS.
Carpenters Need No Longer Crawl
Around on Their Knees.

Carpenters should take off their hats
to the Indiana man who invented the
machine described In this sketch, for
1t will save them much crawling about
on their hands and knees. At first
glance it looks like lawn-mower, but
closer inspection shows that it is built
for different purpose. The weight Of
the machine is supported on a thick
roller and ahead of the roller there
projects a framework that is made to
hold two different kinds of blades,
such as a plane would have. One Of
the blades is straight and the other
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500 Reward. 500.

Ihe readers Of this paper win be pleased to learn
that there at least dreaded disease that science
has been able to cure In all is stages. and that =
CAtarrh Halls Catarrh Cure q the only positive
cure now known TO the medical fraternity. CAtarrh
being constitutional disease. requires . congttt1-
tonal treatment Hairs CAtarTh Cure b taken n
ternaly. acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system. thereby destroying IT,
foundation Of the disease. and giving the pasiens
sfrength BY building up the constitution and a0tge
Ing nature 10 doing its work. The proprietors have
20 much ith IN its curative powers that they c0sg
One Hundred Dollars for any case that It fat0 -
cure. Send for list Of testimonials.
Address y. J. CHENEY 4 CO.. Toledo. o.
Sold BY % Druggists. 75c.
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Salary of Consuls General and Others

The United States district attorney
at New York receives $4,000 a year,
while the district attorney at Boston
receives $4,000. The salaries of other
federal district attorneys are as fol-
lows: At Newark, N. j., $4,000; in
Vermont, $4,000: in Pennsylvania.
$4,000; in Maryland. $4,000; in North
Carolina. $4,000; in Florida, $500.
The United States marshals receive
from $4,000 to $1,000 per annum. The
marshals in New York receive $1,000;
Pennsylvania. $4,000; Maryland,
$500. The salaries of other impor-
tant positions are: Public printer.
$500; secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution. $4,000; civil service COM
missioner, $4,000 each; interstate COM
merce commissioners. $4,000 each;
isthmian canal commissioners. $4,000
each; district commissioners, 5000
each; director Of the international bu-
reau of American republics, $4,000;
William Loeb, .Jr, receives $4,000 for
his services as secretary to the presi-
dent, while the assistant cabinet ON
GERS receive only $4,000 and $4,000 per
annum. The sergeant-at-arms of the
senate gets $1,000.
The first assistant postmaster gen.
eral receives $4,000 per annum. the
second, third and fourth assistants.
$4,000 each. The chief inspector of
the post Office department receives
$4,000; the superintendent of division,
$4,000; the general superintendent.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-10-10
EVERY WATCH A COMPASS.
Try II with Your Own Watch and
Prove II.

That every watch is a compass is a
fact probably unknown to most peo-
pie To prove that such is the case
lay your watch fiat in the palm of your
hand, with the hour hand pointing in
the direction of the sun, as shown In
the accompanying sketch. The point
exactly midway between the hour
hand and the figure IL will be due
south.
1t is well to remember. however.
that during the time from six in the
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Conan Doyle at Il Again.

at is clear. Poison" said Herlock
Shomes, that the farmer who raised
this spring chicken was very tender
hearted"
How in the world DO you know
that?" asked the astonished Poison.
TITS simple enough. The farmer
hesitated SO long before striking The
fatal blow."-Boston Transcript
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DEEP CRACKS FROM ECZEMA

Could Lay siate-PenciI in one-tsanda
IN Dreadful state-Permanen
Cure In cuticura.
II had eczema on my hands for
about seven years and during that
time had used several so-called rem
edies. together with physicians and
druggists prescriptions. The disease
was SO bad on my hands that could
lay a slate-pencil in one of the cracks
and rule placed across the hand
would not touch the pencil. I kept
using remedy after remedy, and while
some gave partial relief. none relieved
as much as did the first box of Cuti-
cura Ointment l made purchase of
Cuticura Soap and Ointment and my
hands were perfectly cured after two
boxes of Cuticura Ointment and one
cake of Cuticura Soap were used w.
H. Dean. Newark. Del. Mar. %. 1907"
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The Entire Family.

Grand Pop used it for Rheumatism.
Dad for Cuts. Sprains and Bruises.
Nanny for Burns. Scalds and Aches
Sis for Catarrh and Chilblains. Iuss it
for everything. and 1t never disappoints
any of us. 1t surely yanks any old
pain out by the roots.
Hunts Lightning Oil is what am
telling you about.
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A Russian inventor has arrived in
America to exhibit motor boat which
he claims can run 81 miles an hour
9TH = l3-horsepower engine.
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1T is only too true" remarked the
man who was fond of moralizing,
that we do not appreciate our bless
lngs until they take their flight"
"Of course" replied Popley, they
keep up such racket during the day
that we enjoy them most when the
nurse has tucked them in their little
beds."-Philadelphia Press.
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to conquer all female diseases.
Mrs. Norman r Barndt, of Allen.
town, Pa, writes:
Ever since was sixteen years e
age had suffered from an organic d.
rangement and female weakness; in
consequence / had dreadful headaches
and was extremely nervous. Ny physi-
clan said / must 60 through an opera
ton TO get well. A friend told M
about Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. and took Il and wrote you
for advice, following your directions
carefully, and thanks to you am b.
day : wen woman, and i am telling
all my friends Of my experience"
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
For. thirty years Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been tho
standard remedy for female Ma
and has positively cured thousandso9
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, irregularities
periodic pains, backache, that beags
inC-down feeling, fatulency, indigeo.
ton dizziness ornervous prostra6oA
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Turn myself to the true riches. ana
learn to be- content with little
Seneca.
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Mr.. Windows ooothlng syrup.
aammation, azlays pain, curss wind coifo 3ses boeA
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You won't tell your family doctor
the whole story about your private
illness = you are too modest. You
need not be afraid to tell Mrs. Pink
ham, at Lynn, Mass, the things you
could not explain to the doctor. Your
letter will be held in the strictest con-
fdence. From her vast correspond.
ence with sick women during tho
past thirty years she may have
gained the very knowledge that win
help yourcas Such letters a. thefot
lowing, from grateful women, e..
tablish beyond q doubt the powered
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afternoon to six in the morning our
rules gives the north point instead of
the south. In the southern hemisphere
the rule will be reversed.
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He has no force with men VINO has
no faith In them.
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TIE
General Demand

Of the Well-Informed of the World hae
always been for simple, pleasant and
efficient liquid laxative remedy of known
value; q laxative which physicians could
sanction for family use because its COM
ponent parts are known to them to b
wholesome and truly beneficial in effect,
acceptable to the system and gentle, yet
prompt, in action.
In supplying that demand with its ex-
cellcnt combination Of Syrup of Figs and
Elixir of SIENNA, the California Fig Syrup
Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relies
on the merits of the laxative for its remark
able success.
That is one of many reasons why
Syrup of Figs and Elixir of SIENNA is given
the preference by the Well-Informed.
TO. get its beneficial effects always buy
the genuinc--manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co, only. and for sale
by all leading druggists. Price fifty cent?
per bottle.
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Only Colony Of Kind.

Only Colony Of Kind.
The colony OF Barbary apes on The
Rock of Gibraltar is the only one q
its kind in existence. and is being pro
tected by the British government
Cañon City record., 1908-12-17
JAMES WILSON NEXT
PRESIDENT OF STATE
AGRICULEpRAL COLLEGE

Fort Collins, Dsc. 10.-Efom preoent
indicatioas It lools ~ II Secretary OF
Agriculture James Wilson will be th0
next president Of the Colorado Agri-
cultural collegs. While It has not bssn
definitsly decided who 10 10 succeed
DR.. Ayissvorth and probably viii not
be for several weeks yet there 10
strong reason ut this time to believe
that kr. Wilson win Be the man.
Tho three members Of The commit
tee OF the state board OF agriculture
who have this matter In charge ~
hers Tuesday nigAt Thsy are Dr.. r
". Corwin Of Pueblo. FrankliA z
Brooks q Colorade SPRINGS and Or.
AylogvoetA. o. Dsmhor u tAIe eo4-
mittss declared that Il has beeA hls
opinina al aloag that ssc. Wllsoa
would b tAs next prsaidsat Of tAs
institutioa. The other two members
woaid asithsr a0rR nor dsay thie.
Capt ,. =. Rockafsilov. prssldsat oe
the board. who also arrived Tuesday.
refused to adlrn or deny. The MEM
bers OF the committse stated that they
did not think the matter would BE- set
tied today when the board meets at
the college.
Asked what was holding Il up thsy
said that there were = number Of
things and all shook their heads and
smiled signlncantIy.
It 10 learned from an authoritative
source that Sec. Wilson 10 not averse
to accepting the position and this to-
gether with the attitude of the, COM
mittee strengthens the belief that the
secretary OF agriculture is to be DR..
Aylesworth's successor.
Sec. Wilson is anxious to lay claim
to the record OF having served the
longest In the cabinet as secretary Of
agriculture. Two or three months
service under the new administration
would give him this title and 1t 10
known that he is ready to resign at
the end OF that time. In addition to
this DR.. Aylesworth's term as presi-
dent OF the Institution does not expire
until September. two significant facts
which help to show who will probably
be president Of the agricultural col
lege.
Cañon City record., 1908-12-17
r q LKWTs RRAPr0MrD
POSTlASTER HERE

Word was sent out from Washing
ton, d. c., on Tuesday OF the reap
pointment of R 8. Lewis ~ postmast-
er Of Canon City by President Roose-
-elt for . period of fOaF ysars. his
commission to date from January 1st.
1909. Mr. Lewis was drst appointed
postmaster here September 1st. 1904.
but an agitation sprung up-soon there
after to change the name OF the COM
munity from Canyon City to Canon
City, and the FIRST of January, four
months later. he was commissioned N
postmaster of the city under the new
spelling-which added a third of q
year to his term of ONCE. The postal
business in Canon City has made
material growth since the beginning
OF Mr.. Lewis administration.
Cañon City record., 1908-12-17

letter recsivsd BY Chas- ". Talbot Z
fsw days ago. the genial coIonsl
wrote: II ahall always retain pleas
ant msmory OF Canon City and Of the
splendid people INST during my resi-
dencs there. There exists q soft place
In my heart for the town and its In
habitants and whenever an opportun-
ity presents itself to me to throw any
business in the direction OF Canon CITY
shall not neglect II
It was Col. Sellers who predicted
that Canon City would have popala-
ton Of 5000 people in 1914. prophs-
y that may be redeemed Il the Kan
sas-C Colorado electric road ssts here
next year. - It gives every promise
Of doing.