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fence for use on tall glasses. such
by a New York man. 1t is a simple
as those used for iced tea, etc. The
device consists of a piece of metal
bent at the top to form two arms,
with the opening between them just
wide enough to admit the handle Of
a spoon, inserted sidewise, and with
the wide part just narrow enough to
keep the handle of the spoon from
slipping through. The lower part of
the holder consists of a fiat strip,
which runs down inside the glass,
and a spring clip on the back, which
goes outside the glass and clamps the
whole firmly on. The spoon, when
not in use, is hung on the holder, and
does not fall into the bottom of the
glass. While the device fits on the
edge of the receptacle it is chiefly
employed where the receptacle is
deeper than the spoon is long.-Phil-
adelphis Record.
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WORDS OF

When a gentleman is short, does
he become a gent? -.
The social climber. believes that
all's well that ends swell. m
The most exclusive people in the
world are either in society or jail.
The man with an iron will should
be careful not to let it get rusty.
Many an otherwise good man has
been spoiled by too many ancestors.
Don't strike a man just because he
Insists that he is your. match.
The girls with the most cheek don't
do the most blushing.
Honesty is the filtration that causes
a clear conscience.
The bibulous chap is generally
more celebrating than celebrated.
Second thoughts are only best
when they are not more expensive.
1t is just as well to have a short
acquaintance with the fellow who is
always broke.
Many a mar who doesn't know one
note from another attempts to sing
his own praise.
A woman can always accomplish
more with tears than a man can with
cuss words.
Discretion, being the better part Of
valor, prefers to do its fighting yer
the telephone. ,.
An idle rumor gains currency, 5
which is more; than an idle man is
apt to do. d.
The fact that virtue is it's own re-.
ward is what makes some people good
for nothing.
Children should be like church
bells, which always do as they are
tolled.-From 1.-The Gentle, Cynic,",'
In the New York Times.
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Where to Live Long.

Yarmouth is living up to the repu-
tation Charles Dickens gave it when
he advised the purchase of an annu-
ity and residence at Yarmouth to at
cain the age of Methusaleh.
The annual report of its medical
officer of health, issued yesterday,
states that in 1908 the average rate
Of mortality was much below the pre-
vious ten years and was two per cent.
lower than the corrected average
death rate for the seventy-six great
towns, 10 that on its population Of
$4,000 no fewer than 100 lives were
saved last year as compared with the
mortality in the country generally
London Standard.
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: The Circus the Father of 3
) Contemporary Drama. :

No problem is more fascinating to
the student OF E%lizabethan drama
than to attempt to trace it's splendid
achievement to its earliest sources.
The quest leads one back to primitive
folk plays, to secular improvisations
and medieval renderings Of sacred
story; and all study Of perfected
types shows clearly here and there
the determinate influence of these
first attempts.
1t is odd that no one has UNDER
taken a similar investigation of our
American drama, a species of art so
distinctive from drama proper that
We are not only justified in seeking
but are compelled to seek a partially
different origin. The material drawn
from American life, developed by
American talent, and appealing to
American audiences has peculiar
characteristics pointing irresistibly,
in conception development, and exc
cution, to u first artistic achieve
ment, the American circus; and in
quiry as to origins takes US back to
our own-shall I say medieval daysE
when Mr.. P. T.. Barnum was per-
fecting the entertainment that was
to burst upon the eyes Of an aston
ished world.
Though we can hardly be said to-
have evolved new species, we have
given such marked coloring to: exist
Ing types Of comedy that we may fair
ly claim the credit Of creating new;
varieties. The local color play. the
society play, the melodrama,. the
comic opera, flourish as strictly ma
tional productions upon our soil, diff
ferentia being perhaps more firmly
established in the. case of the first
two than Of the others. In all, motif,
plot, Characterization, setting show
Enthusiastically the influence Of the
great prototype already suggested.
Circles and circles Of unrelated &C.
ton; swift galloping from one to an.
other lest the audience should have
time to think; the ruling out of cause
and effect, in order that something,.
no matter what, may happen. every
minute-do not our plots betray their
origin in the planning of a circus
day? I venture to affirm that in no
other country can legs wriggle so
swiftly, can the swinging and leaping
Of the trapeze performer go SO alertly
and firmly On. I would pit our con
tortionists and u hoop-jumpers
against those of all other lands. With
equal irmness I assert that in no
other drama does action follow so
swiftly, so unconnectedly as in our
own.-From "The Point of View" in
5cribner's.
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Bird Slaughter in Florida.

"Unless the wholesale butchery Of
birds in Florida is stopped, there will
be none left in that section Of the
country" said H. A. Austin, who
spends a large part of his time in
the South.
In the last three years the ever
glades of Florida have been stripped
Of every vcstige of bird life to supply
the worlds millinery markets with
the plumage of the heron that for
merly bred there in countless num-
bers. Now that the heron has prac-
tically gone from Florida, the bird
robbers are killing almost any other
kind of tropical bird that they can
find. 1t is Il fact that Florida is al
most barren Of birds at this time
Washington Post.
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WORK OF
Rapidity With Which They Denolish
Wooden Piers and Caissons.

That the teredoes in the vicinity oil
Fort Mason are the hungriest and
busiest and equipped with the most
effective augers of any of their kind
to be found in the bay has been dem
onstrated by the contracting concern
that is building the new army trans
port wharves at B~lackpoint. The
company has paid a fancy price for
its knowledge, and incidentally and
at its W expense has demonstrated
the wisdom of the all concrete con-
struction advocated by the present
Board of Harbor Commissioners.
The new army wharves are to rest
on concrete piers and the plans call
for the construction of a concrete
breakwater to provide shelter for the
troop ships that may be tied up at the
wharves. In the construction of this
breakwater great wooden caissons
were built and sunk, to be pumped
out later and filled with concrete.
A temporary wharf was built Of
green piles and on this were erected
the concrete mixing machinery and
other gear essential to carrying on
the work. A few weeks ago this
wharf tumbled down and an investi-
cation showed that the teredoes had
eaten the green piles as easily as if
they had been young onions. The
wharf is now being rebuilt with creo-
soted piles.
In anticipation of the early restora-
ton of the temporary pier an examin-
alton was made yesterday of the
wood yesterday Of the wooden cais-
sons, and to the contractors grief it
was discovered that they had been
practically consumed by the teredoes.
The chewed up caissons will have to
be replaced and then it will be a ace
between the concrete mixers and the
teredoes, with the betting on the
worms, If in the meantime they
eat through the creosoted piles
that support temporary wharf No. 2
and cause another delay in filling the
molds with concrete.-San Francisco
Call.
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A Novelist's Pipes. .

A recently published interview
with the famous novelist and dramat-
list contains the following paragraph,
from which it would seem that MI.
Barrie is more attentive than aver to
My Lady Nicotine"
Il spent exactly sixty-ffve minutes
with the great dramatist.. When! L
entered he was smoking a; calabash
pipe of generous proportions. He
smoked it out in a %purposeful. way
and laid it on the mautelpiece to.
cool. Then he felt in. his. right coat
pocket and produced a handsome
briar. This he loaded and lit. When
it was done he laid it on the shelf
and took out a second briar from an
other pocket. He smoked. it. out. and
then assuring himself that the, Gala
bash was cool again went back to, it.
He smoked three and a half pipes
within the hour and finished up with
a cigarette. "-Tit-Bits..
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thousand has any idea of his coming
fate. Death is a surprise to them all,
and therefore practically painless.
Amid all this lowing, squealing and
struggling there arises constantly the
thought: What becomes of the life
in those animals? What becomes of
that consciousness which has ami
mated them, protected them and d.
rected them? In what way is it Diff
ferent from the consciousness within
the two-legged animal that stands
there covered with blood from head
to foot, stabbing relentlessly each
living creature as il comes before
him?
We know what becomes of the ami
mails bodies. The tenderloin goes to
the rich mans house, the shinbone to
the poor man, the head to the immi-
grant from certain foreign lands; the
tongue, prepared with spices, is sent
often far away to India. The hide
is made into boots, chauffeurs' coats,
harness. The bones are cut up into
buttons that fasten the workmen's
shirts, or are changed into the foolish
little things upon which babies chew
when their teeth are coming. A part
of the body makes pepsin for those
that lack digestion, and the indigesti-
BILE parts go to those that later on
need the pepsin.
In all directions the bodies are
scattered, but what becomes of the
nine millions of lives the nine mil
lions of seperate consciousness that
scatters into space every
year, as he feeds the millions Of
thinking. meat-eating animals?-Ar-
thur Brisbane, in The Cosmopolitan.
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Mormon Church, the first Gentle vic
tory in Utah. He also erected at
Ogden the finest church edihce be-
tween Denver and San Francisco.
Thence he went to Helena, Montana,
and in 1898 to Minneapolis, where he
founded and built the Fowler Memoir
ial Church at a cost of $150,000. In
1896 he was appointed to the pas
torate Of the First Methodist Episco-
pal Church at Fostoria, Ohio. In
1899 he went to Grace Church, Har-
risburg, Pa, where he remained six
years. Here he also served as Chap
lain Of the State Senate. From Har-
risburg he was assigned to James
Church, Brooklyn. Within three
years he added 900 members to the
church roll and then was called to his
present great work at the Metropol-
itan Temple, in New York City.
When he took charge it was practical
ly without membership; to-day there
are on its muster rolls over 700
names and a debt of $4,000 has been
out.
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Lord Roberts q Collector.

The fact is not generally known
that Lord Roberts, who celebrated
his golden wedding the other day, is
a great collector Of curios. His
charming house, Englemere, Ascot, is
literally crammed with odds and ends
picked up from time to time, nearly
all of which have some interesting
story attached to them.
One of the most curious of these Is
an irregularly shaped piece of dirty
white rag which greatly puzzles all
who behold it for the first time. 1t is
the flag of truce which General
Cronje sent in to announce his surren-
der at Paardeherg.-Tit.Bits
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SWinburne.

! Down at Harper's a group of liter
airy men were discussing the death Of
Swinburne. His wit was Of the sub
tlest kind" said Colonel Harvey, who
had met the poet on various occasions
in London. II attended a dinner once
at which Swinburne was present.
Seated next to him was a titled Briton
of the type we are so fond of carica-
turing-a drawing, fat-headed moo
die. With an air of great %condescen-
sion he turned to Swinburne and said:
law, Mr.. Swinburne, I passed your
house the other day.
"'Did you, indeed?' replied the
poet, with just the suspicion of a
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Song Bird and Critic.

Mary Garden, at a dinner in Phila-
delphia last month, took a musical
critic very cleverly to task.
You write long criticisms" she
said, land you employ long, technical
words; but really, you know, you miss
the whole spirit of the music.
you're like the Darby widow
said Miss Garden. "Her lawyer said
to her, consolingly:
You'll get your third out OF the
estate, madam
"'Oh, Mr.. Breaf!' the widow cried.
How can you say such a thing. with
my second hardly cold in his grave?'"
Washington Star.
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FOR USE AGAINST AIRSHIPS.
Novel Gun Placed at the Disposal of
the German War Office.

Like every other weapon of offense,
the airship has soon been followed
with a weapon of defense against it's
attacks. The German War Office has
had placed at it's disposal a gun manu-
featured and designed at the Krupp
works at Essen especially for use
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Rare Exception.

II rather ' ide myself on ore
thing" said the young father. al
though l have the brightest, smart
est, cutest. best youngster I ever saw,
I never brag about him. kansas
City Times.
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and is discharged with an initial We
locity of 1S41 feet.
The gun is raised to an angle of
sixty degrees and the projectile can
reach a height Of 1880 feet. The
shells are filed with a highly inflam-
mable gas, which will cause the gas
bag of an airship to explode when 1t
hits it.
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The Canadian Minister Of the In
terror has submitted figures showing
that there are still available for home
steads in the Province of Manitoba
1885, 900 acres; in Saskatchewan,
1~04,S7S,00O acres, and in Alberta,
1~17,369,000 acres.
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The stock of gold in European
banks is greater by nearly s30O,000,-
900 than it was a year ago. The in
crease in the Bank Of France alone
has been about S140.O00.O0
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1t L said that in the last five years
the membership in temperance So
cieties in Germany has more than
doubled.
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Man is the only animal whose nos
trils open downward. Even in the
highest apes the nostrils open to the
front.
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European shipping companies are
suffering severely because trade and
traffic in the Levant and on the far:
Eastern lines are almost at a stand.
still.
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highest apes the nostrils open to the
front.
The sensitiveness of growing plants
to the influence of light is we'll illus,
trated by the results of recent re.
search on heliotropism-the bending
Of stems toward light.
Beetles possess an enormous
amount of strength. The common
beetle can draw 500 times its own
weight, and a stag beetle has been
known to escape from underneath a
box on which a weight had been
placed 100 times greater than the
insects body.
One of the most remarkable an
plications of wireless telegraphy is
an ingenious arrangement by which
the message received works the key
board of a typewriter. This invention
has further been applied to the type
setting machine, so that wireless mes
sages can now be made to print them
selves by means of the linotype ma
chine.
An improved form of the quartz
mercury vapor lamp is about to be in
troduced in England as a substitute
for carbon arc lights. It is claimed
that the new lamps will give the same
Illuminating power as the carbon arcs
at about half the cost. One great adj
vantage is said to be the avoidance of
the necessity for frequent trimming.
The quartz mercury vapor lamps will
run about 1000 hours without atten-
ton. Some progress has been made
In reducing the d~isagreeable color of
the light, but it has not yet been
eliminated.
In the big desert Of Chile there is a
considerable amount of brackish wat.
er, but no water that either human
beings or stock can drink. Science,
however, says the Los Angeles Times,
has come to the aid Of this rainless
section of the country in the form of
an ingenious desert water works, con-
sisting of a series of frames contain
ing 10000 square feet Of glass. The
panes of glass are arranged in the
shape Of a V, and under each pane is
a shallow pan containing brackish
water. The heat of the sun evapor-
ates the water, which c%ondenses upon
the sloping glass, and, made pure by
this operation, it runs down into little
channels at the bottom of the v and
Is carried away into the main canal.
a thousand gallons of fresh
water is collected daily by this means.
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twinkle in his eye. I am delighted
to hear it. Thank you, so much!'"-
New York Times.
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The sensitiveness Of growing plants
to the influence of light is we'll illus;
trated by the results of recent re.
search on heliotropism-the bending
Of stems toward light.
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Handy Spoonholder.

Among the numerous minor inven-
lions that seem trifing in themselves
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but add so much to the comfort of
humanity is the open holder devised
little device, but Is Of great conyen-
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LOST IN DESERT EATS LIZARD
Demented Man Rescued in Nevada
After Wandering Five Days

Los Angeles, Nov. According to
a letter received in this city from
Lee New, C. A. Bahia, former Los
Angeles druggist, has been rescued
from death on the Nevada desert az
ter wandering five days demented and
subsisting on the tiesh of snakes and
lizards and water obtained from tho
cactus plant.
Bahia left Iceland, New, October
20 for Sand Tanks on the trail to the
Lee district He was accompanied
by Jack I.ampslade They ran out OF
water and Bahia being unable to go
further, Lampslade pushed ahead and
reached Lee He returned with a
searching party and Bahia was found
after several days search
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Leaves MINISTRY FoR BUSINESS
Adams Pastor says It is Impossible to
Save Money on Salary

North Adams, Nov. 5-Rev. J.
Spencer Voorhees, who recently re-
signed the passionate of the Adams
Congregational church, is to retire
from the ministry and will go into
business. The reason for taking this
step, his inability to earn enough as
a minister to make more than liv-
ing he explains in letter, a copy OF
which has been sent to every mem
Der OF his parish.
In business he is to be associated
with former parishioner of his in
Adams, Thomas K. McAllister. at one
time principal OF the Commercial ST..
school, but now a resident of Newton
Vile.
Mr. Voorhees, statement is as fol
lows.
Adams. Mass, November 1 1909
| have accepted a position with the
Redeemable Investment Company of
Boston rs manager for western and
central Massachusetts and northwes-
tern Connecticut. forming a partner
ship for this purpose with Thomas X
McAllisler who has been with this
company since its organization
In reply to inquiries it seems right
that some explanation he given when
q preacher Of the Gospel leaves his
profession TO so into business. 1t is
not sufficient answer to say that he
has right 10 do such thing if ne
chooses, and it's no ones business but
his own. 1t is a matter that concerns
not only himself My explanation is
simple. | am doing il for the sake of
the money there is in it, OF course
the experience may be valuable. ana
plenty of opportunity to do Christian
work will remain but they are not
greater, perhaps than in the ministry.
To understand this one must real
lie the problem that confronts the
minister today. Never was il so obi.
gatory to live as well as his salary
will permit. While wages have IN
creased 30 per cent and the cost of
living about as much. his salary re-
mains as it was Is years ago. Dur
ing an active and hardworking minis
try of % years il has been ilnprao.
ticable TO save an amount equal to
one years salary, l. e. enough
to keep him one year when he is out
of a pastorae at the same rate of ex-
pense. At middle life the dead line is
reached 'when the churches do not
want his service in the pastorate.
What is he to do?
While wondering what one is to do
10 be self-supporting and self-respect- !
ing, the remainder OF life with the |
dead line already at hand. there came !
an invitation, rs if call of Provi |
dence. to accept a business position
Of great promise with a reliable com.
pany in which it seems possible to
cam enough in q few years 20 spend
the rest of ones life in Christian
work with comfort With this hope
| have given up for the present the
pastorate which ! love more than any
other form of service. trusting that
thus the remainder Of my life will be
not less useful bat more 50.
Hoping for your Christian consider.
alton in so important q step. and as
suring YOU of my continued interest
while life lasts in the welfare of the
church, / am,
Yours very sincerely,
j. Spencer Voorhees,.
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BALD HEADS NOT WANTED
Badness is Too Generally Considered
Sign Of Advanced Age

A bald-headed person does not have
an equal chance with one blessed with
a healthy head of hair, because bald
ness is too generally accepted as an
indication of age Many large corpor-
atoms have established an age limit
and refuse to take men over thirty
i've years OF age as new employees
Almost 60 per cent of bald headed
people may regain a good head of
healthy hair if they will follow our
advice and accept our offer. We
guarantee TO grow hair on any head
unless the roots of the hair are entire
~ dead their folicles closed, and the
scalp has become glazed and shiny
We want people TO try this remedy at
our risk with the distinct understand
ing that unless it does exactly what
we claim it WILL and gives satisfac-
ton in every respect, we shall make
no charge for the remedy used during
the trial
We know exactly what we are talk
ing about and with this offer back of
our statements no one should scoff,
doubt our word or hesitate to put our
remedy to an actual test.
We want every one suffering from
any scalp or hair trouble. dandruff
falling hair or badness, to try our
Rexall 49, Hair Tonic We want
them to use it regularly-say until
three bottles have been used-and if
it does not eradicate dandruff, cleanse
and refresh the scalp, tighten new
hair we will return every cent paid
us for the remedy for the mere ask
ing There is no formality expected
and we exact no obligation from the
user whatever.
We are established right here
where you live and make this offer
with a full understanding that our
business success entirely depends up
on the sort of treatment we accord to
our customers, and we would not dare
make the above offer except that we
are certain that we can substantiate
it in every particular. Rexall 1913"
Hair Tonic comes in two sizes, so
cents and $100. Remember you can
obtain Rexall Remedies in Benning-
ton only at our store,-the Rexan
Store,-W. L. Gokay, AIT Main st.