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Gcrrymander.
To be Continued.

Our description of certain county
council tactics as "jerrymandering"
has provoked inquiry as to the deriva-
ton Of the word. 1t celebrates the
name of Elbridge Gerry, a Governor
of Massachusetts, who was all adept
in the art of so arranging election
districts that his own side had an
unfair proportion of representatives.
The story goes that Russell, the edi-
tor of the Continent, had in his Office
an election map of Massachusetts, in
which the painter Stuart thought he
saw a district in the shape of a sala-
mander, and pointed it out. "a Ger
rymander," answered Russell, and
the word became a proverb and soon
acquired the alternative spelling of
ierrymander. London Chronicle.
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the most useful of these is the vege-
table crater designed by an Ohio
man.
With it vegetables or meat can be
ground into fine particles by the ex-
penditure of very little energy. This
machine is made on the principle of
n mill AID IS clGflnCd to the edge of
a table. A hopper leads to a casing,
in which a cylinder revolves, and be-
low which is a chute. The cylinder,
which is turned by means Of a handle,
is nearly as large as the casing and
is fitted with two sets of teeth, in
clined in opposite directions.
One set is closer than the other,
and when the cylinder is turned in
one direction it Grinds the grist
smaller than when turned the other
way. The vegetables or meat to be
ground are placed in the hopper, and
as they fall into the receptacle be-
low the cylinder brushes them, the
small pieces falling into a dish placed
Dplow.-BoSton Post.
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The Need of Religion.

Small, narrow, one-sided men, no
matter how earnest, cannot supply
leadership for the moral and religious
forces, which alone can redeem ma
tions," says former President Roose-
velt. "They can do good in their own
way, but the strongest are needed
men Of marked personality, who to.
tenderness add force 5 grasp.
Every great city calls with insistent
longing for leaders able and willing
to suffer and fight, to show fortitude
and daring, to grapple with iron will
and undaunted front the terrible evils:
that grow up where men are crowded
together, where life is led under a
constant and feverish strain, and
where great wealth and btti' pow
erty jostle one another. The service
can be rendered in the ministry, as I
have known it to be rendered by
Protestant clergymen and Catholic
priests, aye, and by Jewish rabbis."
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The Incidental Word.

A prominent attorney, who says
modestly that he tries to improve
every fair opportunity for CONVERSE
ton on religion with men Of his ac-
qua~intance, testifies that men are
constantly growing more and more
willing to talk about religious mat
ters. In evidence of which The Inte-
riors relates as follows:
"One rainy day some years ago."
he recalled, going down one of the
principal streets of Chicago I sudden
ly ran into a member Of the City
Council. Say he said, bluntly, are.
you a candidate for anything this
campaign
IT really didn't intend to say IT..
but quick as a fash the words popped
out of my mouth: Me? I am a cam
didate for heaven
1.-THE man gripped my arm ner-
vously and pulled me intofa doorway
out of the rain. Look here he said,
tersely, what made you say that to
,me?'
"T don't know, I'm sure I a
swered. Tt flashed into my mind all
of a sudden. I wasn't planning it. j
mean it, though
well, you've knocked me all In
q heap he said huskily. I'm cam
didate for heaven. too, but I've come
pretty near forgetting it. I'm a church,
member, and I thought I was a pretty
good Christian when I went into poll
tics. I haven't done anything very
shameful yet, but I have been losing
sight of my religion and getting aw-
fully careless. This Council business
hasn't been good for me. I've been
kept out late nights, and I always go,
with the boys for supper at some res.
taurant after Council meetings are.
over. They're a hilarious crowd, and
we 20 around the town more than ts'
good for anybody. I've neglected my
family and neglected my church, and
this thing you've said brings it alr
back over me. I'm going to 40 bet
ter. I don't have to let this politicak
business lead me off. I'm glad that
thing was put into your. head to say
to me. / needed it.
Zone day." continued the attorney,
IT had been working with another,
lawyer over a case, and when we
finally wrapped up the papers and he,
was ready to leave, the words slipped
out of my mouth sort Of musingly,
We'll, it's all so; 1.-THE wages OF sin is,
death!"'
"He whirled around and stared at
me fiercely. What do you mean by
that? You trying to preach to me-,
"'Not a bit of it, I answered.
What are you getting excited about!
That's in the Bible. Don't you think
it's true?'
"He paused and studied several
seconds. Yes, it Is true he an
swered, slowly. 4 know it's true.
And I haven't been living like I ought
to; I know that. There are a lot OF
things I have been doing that I
wouldn't dare have my wife know
I'm going to try to cut them out: I
don't want the wages brother
hood Star. q
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A "SLOW JOHN"
By Eliot Hays Stone.

The inhabitants of the Southern
mountains sometimes grind their corn
with an automatic miller known as
the "Slow John"
This contrivance is very simple and
.rude in form and workmanship, but
taking things slowly and easily and
working steadily, it turns out from
one to three bushels of meal a day.
There are two varieties, the more
common one being constructed as fol-
lows:
A trough is fastened to one end of
a stout stick, and a perpendicular
beam to the other. The stick is sup
ported in such a way as to make the
beam end remain down of it's own
weight. But when water is run into
the trough end the weight of the
water and trough combined makes
that end heavier than the beam or
hammer, which is then lifted high
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from the mortar in which 1t rests,
and which contains the corn. AS
the trough descends, the water runs
out, and then the weight of the ham,
mer again brings it down into the
mortar with great violence. This is
repeated day and night until the corn
is ground, when the meal is taken out
and fresh corn put in it's place. An
other variety of SLOW John" is OPP
Grated by a water-wheel.
1t can readily be seen that such an
automatic mill and miller is of great
value to a community where every
man is needed in the field. Its cost
is practically nothing. After the few
hours or days spent in it's construc-
ton, no attention need be paid to it
beyond giving it something to do.
I have never seen n of these ma
chimes save in a limited district in
North Carolina, Tennessee and Ken
lucky. That they exist there testifles,
I think, to the originality Of these
secluded people, who have lived for
so many generations in their own
way, undisturbed by the shrill
whistle of advancing civilization
Youths Companion.
Mournful numbers-the balance
on the wrong side Of the sheet.
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CHAPTER XIV.
Who Was Guilty?

Enid put down the glass n waited
till Dorothy should speak. She was
too much agitated to be surprised at
the ease with which her cousin i'm
bibed the fiery stimulant.
In a few moments that fictitious
strength came to Dorothy's aid, and
aer quick, scheming brain saw in one
second that Ends advice was wise,
but she was too much unhinged to
depend on herself now, and she chung
to this girl, whom she despised and
hated for possessing the very powers
which might prove her salvation now.
Enid, how good you are" she
murmured, sinking back in the chair;
'"and YOU a"c r.g&%:. too. Gea.; l will
do all you tell me-all."
at will be wise, l think" Enid re-
turned, coldly.
She was no coward, and could not
help the contempt that sprung up so
easily.
But you must let me explain"
continued Dorothy, restlessly. You
must listen! l did stab a man last
night; but you could never under
stand-pray Heaven you never may!
how sorely, how horribly l was
tried. He has tortured my life ever
since 1 have been married. He
was"
Dorothy, I would rather not listen
to this; only tell me this, and I be-
seech you, tell me the truth; if the
body that has been found dead in the
grounds should prove to be the maj
whom you stabbed, are you guilty of
his death?'
Enid spoke in low, hurried tones,
fraught with eager anxiety.
Dorothy stretched out her hands
to her cousin.
las Heaven is my witness-no."
she said, firmly. Il struck him in
the left arm; it could not have been
a deep wound, but it made him faint
at first, and then l suffered torture,
for my passion had gone, and l
thought he was dead indeed; but he
revived, Enid, and l gave him brandy
and tied up his arm, and when l came
away he was standing upright, and
seemed almost as strong as ever. If
he is dead it was not l who killed
him. l swear it,"
Then" said Enid, after a mo-
ment's thought, there is one great
danger before US, Dorothy. Some
third person must have been near
and perhaps overheard your voices
a tramp, or a confederate who owed
h;:-l { s.udSe. Did you give him
any money, or was he rich?"
Il gave him none last night. but he
was ricn, and at my expense" Dor
othy said in bitter tones; then sud-
denly reading the pain and shrinking
on Ends faro. she burst out. hur-
riedIy: Enid. YOU must listen 70
ne: I Anlt explain. All. | know yvu
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Temperance Notes.

Poorly cooked food often drives
men to drink.
A California chemist declares that
he has discovered how to rob whisky
Of it's powers tointoyicate. But every
body knows how. Don't drink 1t.
The saloon must have boys or 1t
must shut up shop. One family out
of every five must contribute a boy IN
order to keep up the saloon business
to its present prosperity. Will you
help? Wh:ch C your boys shall it
be?
Car Nicholas of Russia, having
vetoed Prohibition in Finland, 3O0',-
900 citizens of that country will start
on June l to abstain from spirits, as
. protest.
Nineteen local Prohibition Re-
publican and Democratic law makers
in the Illinois Legislature showed
their great loyalty to the Prohloltlon
movement by electins as speaker a
notorious liquor politician.
The tools of robbers, burglars
ard assassins are not very sacred"
is the response Of The Kentucky
Patriot to the demand of the liquor
men for compensation Of their
property in the event of Prohibitions
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T%urpcntinG in India.

The production Of turpentine and
resin developed rapidly in Naini Tai
forest division in India during 1906
7. The profits for the year amount.
ed to S11,333. The Government hav-
ing put the Industry on I paying ba.
Us, tho enterprise will be turned OYER
to individuals. The tapping Of trees,
however, will be retained under Coy
ernnlent central.
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A Food.


From the standpoint of technical
d~ietetics, alcohol is a food. In the
scientific world, however, foods are
classified as either good or poor, and
as such they perform the function Of
either tissue-builders or energizers.
For example, wheat bread, beefsteak
and eggs are considered good foods,
but onions, cabbages and radishes
are considered poor food in a strictly
technical sense. That is, foods have
a greater or less value according to
the ease with which they are digested
and assimilated, and also as to
whether they produce any injurious
results. With this classification we
are forced to say that alcohol Is a
poor food. It is a poor food for sew
eral reasons. First, because only a
small amount-about three ounces,
which is far less than is required to
sustain the body-can be oxidized,
the balance passing through I'M
changed. Second, because 1t has been
determined that it is not a tissue
builder, and only serves the purpose
as an energiZer. Third, to give suf-
fcient amount to sustain the body
would, considering the small percen-
age that can be oxidized, leave enough
residue to create irritation to such
an extent that the physiologic func-
tions necessary to life would not go
on. In a limited sense, it Is a food,
because it is a generator of energy,
but it is not a builder Of tissue. Thus
we have the soundest scientific sup
port for the statement that it Is poor
food, and has no use in the category
of foods. AS an energizer it acts
only as a whip to the tagging organs,
and, as one authority remarks, I'VE
have no more right to use 1t than we
have to lash a willing horse"
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Dogs Toilet Saloon.

A canine toilet saloon is among
the latest of London's enterprises.
Il is to be found in Princes street.
Hanover Square, and here society
ladies may bring their pets to under
go shampooing, hairdressing, nail cut
ting of tooth scaling.
a splendid bathroom has been
fitted up, and Il nursery adjoins, in
which Fido may speud Il few hours
of the day when his health has SUI
fered by reason Of a morning spent
in shopping with 4 mistress who has
been too busy.-Eome Notes.
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One Sin Enough.

A single sin, however apparently
trifing, however hidden in some OBJ
scure corner of our consciousness
a sin which we do not intend to re-
nounce-is enough to render real
prayer impracticable. A course Of
action not wholly upright and hon
orable, feelings not entirely kind and
loving, habits not spotlessly chaste'
and temperate-any Of these are i'm
passable obstacles. If we know Of a.
kind act which we might but do not
intend to perform-if we be aware
that our moral health requires the
abandonment of some pleasure which
yet we do net intend to abandon,
here is cause enough for the loss Of
all spiritual power.-F. B. Cobbe.
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No Place For It.

Civilization has found out the sa-
loon. After several centuries of ex-
perience with it, 1t has written it's
epitaph. One of our great railroad
lines in America has recently made a
sweeping order that any employe of
the road who cashes his pay check in
a saloon will lose his job. Twenty
years ago one of the great railroads
in this country paid so little atten-
ton to the habits Of its employees that
from the writer's own knowledge a
train crew Of twelve men lay drunk
around a freight station SOLDERING up
from a days debauch and the freight
train which they were to man waited
more than half a. day before it pulled
out. Such a situation at present
would be impossible on any railroad
in America. One Of the finest things
about the agitation rising up all over
the world against the liquor business
is the hand which business has begun
to take in it. After awhile no bust
ness worthy Of the name will employ
a man who drinks at all.-Home Ee:-
aid.
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CHAPTER XNIII.
Continued.

Dorothy" she said, slowly, II
found something belonging to you
this morning"
Dorothy paled, and an expression
of uneasiness fitted over her face,
not so much at the words as at the
tone.
How mysterious YOU are, Enid.
Well, and what did you find, eh?"
Enid drew a deep breath.
The small Indian dagger Captain
Leicester gave YOU
Dorothy started violently.
"Where-where did you find it,"
she whispered, after a long, painful
pause.
She had been racking her brain
to try and remember what she had
done with the dagger after that sud-
den blow.
Enid did not look at her; the sight
of that lovely, craven face distressed
her beyond words.
I'm the woods, by the gate at the
entrance"
Dorothy drew a short, sharp
breath.
They have found the dead body of
a man in the plantation, stabbed
Dorothy stopped her; her two
hands grasped Ends arm; her face,
G;lt of which fear had driven every
scrap of beauty for the moment,
looked wildly up into the other girls
pure, wan, white one.
Dead" she whispered, hoarsely,
dead! Oh, good Heaven! No! No!
Enid, you are telling me some hor-
rible story. Dead! 1 can't believe it,
/ won't believe it, Why, he spoke to
me after-after I had struck him; he
seemed quite strong again. Yes, yes!
Don't look at me like that, Enid. /
confess-it was 1 you say last night,
and I dropped the dagger there my
self; but-but you don't know all,
you"
Enid could not withhold her SYM
pathy for the miserable creature who
gasped with fear and whose limbs re-
fused to support her. She drew up a
chair quickly, and gently pushed Dor
othy into it. Gervais would not have
recognized his beautiful wife at this
moment.
Dorothy shook so terribly that Enid
was alarmed. The usually firm, con-
temptuous, smiling lips were parted
and shaking beyond her control. Enid
knelt down by her cousin and i'm
plored her to be calm.
Think of what is at stake; no one
knows anything of this but me, and
Dorothy, surely by this time you
know you can trust me. For your
husbands sake, for your own sake,
you must be calm; you have a part to
act. Heaven knows I am no willing
advocate of deceit, but this is no time
to moan over that. You have to keep
this from Gervais; that is your duty! p"
Dorothy tried to whisper back, but
every atom. of courage and strength
had left her; she could no nothing
but cling to Enid with her cold,
trembling hands,, till she had recov-
cred sufficient voice to ask with great
difficulty for the brandy that stood on
the table, and as Enid handed her a
small dose of it she drank it with the
eagerness Of n who welcomes a
faithful friend.
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Cultivating Inebriety.

"Alcohol is a cause of race suicide
among animals" declared DR.. w. s.
Hall. of Chicago, in pointing out that
it cannot be considered a food. DR..
T. A. Williams also took a fling at
alcohol when he declared that the
mother who gratifes every caprice
of the child to keep it quiet and the
father who studies every form OF
amusement to attract and interest
his boy are c%ultivating inebriety in it,
which will develop in the future with
the slightest exciting causes.
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Care Sugar Wealth.

More money is invested il cane
sugar than in any o;hcr Industry OK.
cart coal hining in Natal Colo1y,
British South Africa, and it IS only
100000 short Of the coal mining
investment. The sugar inveatme2:
is 100000.
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Brazil Honors Cleveland.

"Clevelandia," in honor of former
President Cleveland, is to be the
name of the municipality of Bella
Vista de Palma, Brazil, according to
news received at the State Depart
ment, at Washington, D. C. This
homage is paid to MIR. Cleveland be-
of his services as arbiter Of
the question of boundary lines be-
tween Brazil and the Argentine Re-
public. =,
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Why States Go Dry.

The foolish n in which the
retail liquor business is conducted is
so patent and general that it may
easily be rated as the most important
single factor in bringing victory to
the Anti-Saloon Leaguers throughout
the country.
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The Maxim Gun Silencer.

The noiseless rife invented by
Hiram Percy Maxim has caused much
discussion. Some declare that it will
be an aid to criminals, because they
can shoot without the noise from the
explosion betraying them.
Interior mechanism Of gun silencer.
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YR0AL HtkRSX
a1bathered Jcr The.
lQyIET hoUR|
PECCAVI-"I HAVE SINNED."

Trembling I came to Jesus,
A rebel doomed to die;
But pitiful compassion
Beamed in His kingly eye,
AS He His golden sceptre
Of love stretched out to me,
And wrote, in blood-traced letters,
My pardon, full and free.
Mourning, I came to Jesus,
Pining and sad and lone;
But He in mercy hearken'd
To my "Peccavi" moan.
He gave me peace far warfare,
Glad trustfulness for fears,
The spirit of rejoicing
For heaviness and tears.
Weeping, I came to Jesus,
Degraded and forlorn, i
Thirsting and faint and footsore,
With raiment soiled and torn;
When in loves pity STOPPING,
With welcome, robe and ring,
He brought me to His banquet
And taught my heart to sing.
Harriet Julia Evans.
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Peace of Spirit.

Prayer is the peace of our spirit,
the stiffness Of our thoughts, the
evenness of our recollection, the seat
Of our meditation, the rest of our
cares, and the calm Of our tempest
Prayer is the issue of a quiet mindl
Of untroubled thoughts; it Is the
daughter Of charity and the sister Of
ueekness.-Jeremy Taylor.
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His Happiest Hour.
He-"You remember the moon.
light night, twenty-five years ago,
when I proposed?"
Shelves, indeed"
He-"We sat there for more than
an hour, and you W. opened your
lips"
Shelves, dear"
He-"That was the happiest hour
of my ife."-Cleveland Leader.
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It is likely that the height of the
new buildings in Messina will be linz
tied to about thirty-three feet
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New Vegetable Crater.

It IS really surprising what a large
rroportion of inventions are designed
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Whatever you undertake to do, re-
alize that the Infinite is with you;
therefore you cannot fall. May
EHan.
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France Modified Law. -
France has modified the law sup
pressing teaching orders.
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Mournful numbers-the balance
on the wrong side Of the sheet.