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sarrasosn. ay Whics :h9 Presence Of
 Electricity !s Detected.

sarra,ren. ay Whics :h9 Presence of
 Electricity !s Detected
 1hc eieetruscope is an instrument for tae detection of elpctricl;y l, depends For its action on the principle that S-odies charged wi.a <t. electricity re- pel, while those charged with unlike electricity attract each other The ordi- aary pith ball suspended on silk thread Is the simplest form o{ the in EsTument.
 The most common type of electro scope Is that devised by Bennett in 7T87 and known as the gold leaf cleo c-oscope It consists of two strips Of gold leaf or thin aluminium foil sus- ;ended from the lower extremity of q conductor within a glass bottle or jar, The upper end of the conductor ter inmates tn ball or plate fin case the tng electroseope If body charged with positive electricity Is brought near the knob Of the electroscope the mega, tive electricity will be attracted to the knob and the positive repelled to the leaves, which diverge. If aow the fin ger is touched to the knob the positive electricity is drawn of and the leaves collapse, while the negative electricity ts held bound. Removing the charged body. the leaves will diverge again, charged with negative electricity. In .hts case the instrument can be used sc determine the nature of charge ot $ body brought near it, as with posi- sjv. charge tae leaves will collapse and with negative charge spread farther Apart.--Excllange
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4 STUDY IN FIGURES.
Calculations Necessary to Produce the
 Nautical Almanac.

Nautical Almanac
 It may safely 5e said that no one autside the publishing office nas read sae entire Nautical Almanac from be ginning to end. but each figure Of th' printed almanac Is i,, the office ey- snlined twice aHa rcad three times.
 The total nuyroa of figures eXceed' I million; but great as that number is t is triding compared with the nu'n her Of figures employed in the calcula' tions, as the almanac figures rerre sAnt "b;,re' results only: The moor for instance, requires for Its calcu- lation more than million and half of figures. and similarly with other hlanchcs of the work. such as tht -nl,, the planets. etc. Contrary to thr general opinion. practically every fig 1re in the book is fresh from year t0 cear.
 The tables from which nearly all the work is calculated have been original ly constructed from the 1aborS Of tho astronomical observer and to large extent from the observations of the sun. moon and planets made at thr Royal observatory. Greenwich. Tele scopes and other astronomical appH- ances are conspicuously absent, as the work of the staff is purely mathemati- cal and not observational.--Lond Telegraph.
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TESTING FIRE CLAY.
Tho Most Practical Method Is to L.M
 eraly Eat F..


 Five clay has been in use foe cen
 suries, and yet believe the inIuStr: is one which lacks definite laws m1r. shan any other, including those whirA are either modern or ancient and uj iegs prominence. You can So to manufacturer of steel and specify what you want by actual figures ol statements and you can check the prod. uct by chemical analysis or mechanical sests and thus make sure you get wh&; you need. The producer knows how to combine certain elements and what quantities of various kinds to combine !n order to get result al least very closely approaching what you call for but not so i'll the fire clay business. h the past the most skilled and highest salaried chemists have been employed to make tests, to promote and carry through Investigations on the natural product and to study the workings of certain manufactured and elaborated articles derived therefrom The result has been, generally speaking, confusion worse confounded. Two professors. working at similar times on brick or clay obtained from the same source and manufactured under exactly equal conditions. have recorded diametrically opposed conclusions! The same scien- lists at different periods have reached vastly varying conclusions when test ing identical qualities and shapes Of bricks, so can you wonder if a promi nent fire clay manufacturer should ex claim, as heard one on an occasion after having the above experience. All tests of fire clay are empirical, and l would sooner trust our superintend ent to pick and select his clays in the ~d fashioned way than pay high fee for a highbrow's recommendations? The chief method of testing fire clay by practical man is literally to eat :t- He can detect grit and sand best ny that rNethod. and a good fire clay free from silica. quartzite or flint clay) is free from grit. His only other personal test Is by esperiment.-Eu s1neeriRg Magazine.
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FOR RENT

HOG State, room house modern $20.OO. 1902 Ash, 13 rooms, block ground $30.00 Ill Beech, rooms, city water, out houses, $12.00.
 408 w. 17th, rooms. city water out houses, 5000. 1e24 w. 14th rooms, city water bath, $1S,0O. 12b5 Cherry, 4 rooms, city water bath $14.50.
 1903 Cherry, 4 rooms, city wata- sink, $12.59. 700 W. 18th, 8 rooms, city water S7.00. 121 Idaho, rooms $10.0O Corner 22nd and State, rooms, $500 Corner 18th and Mulberry rooms bath, electric lights, S15.O0 S26 Texas, rooms, bath, electric lights, $90O.
 320 Beech, 5 rooms, bath, electric lights, $2O00. 1429 Olive, ' rooms, bath, electric
 lights, $1S.cO. 111e E. 5th, 4 rooms, city water S12.50. 1902 D. 7th, 4 rooms, city water sl25O. l71t w. Bar 2 rooms, bat.l, lights S25.'0 516 E. 2nd, 2 rooms, bath, lights S30.00. 1504 w. 17th, 3 rooms, bath, lights, $70O.
 Nicely furnished rooms in various parts of the city for rent.
 c. $. McNEW
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Some Consolation.

He was frugal Scot and when th, collection plate came round dropped In forin in mistake for the nllnlbl, copper. Speedily discovering his mis take. however. he stepped softly dow, the aisle and requested the oof gath erer to give him back the coin, whici request was politely but firmly rr fused. A shade of appointment fiji ted over the northerner's face as b, walked slowly back to his pew.
 ''Aweel." h~ said, its Il loss. bu there's some s.na' consolation in re nectin' it's bad one. It might have got me into trouble anywhere else" London Telegraph.
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kissino iI Iceland. .

Among old time laws against kissing chose of Iceland appear 10 have been the most severe. Punishment was the penalty laid down for kissing another mans wife. either with or without her consent. The same punishment was enforced for kissing an unmarried wo man against her will: if il could be proved that she had consented to be <issed tbe offender was still lia ble to 6ne of great quantity of cloth for saCh o1ense.
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4 CHINESE BANQUET.

Culinary Mysteries That RewiidoeoA
 ar Ehgiishwonnan.
 ca" Hi"r,ent we were eating ducks' '.y> ~llo>" biacsened. lime favored Nbi.ts indlJ;r.,i that their age was 'n.i.li i.t;s> h:iu.:; the next we were grap ..i,i.- with sea weeds, macaroni and n- slippery sharks fins that eluded ,ur c!unlsily manipulated sticks. Now we tackled-not without fear-Ln- known meats and vegetables cooked in sugar. fresh shrimps. mushrooms froT,. Mongolia. young bamboo sprouts, pi geons' eggs and hundred diSerent foreign tasting messes. Then clean plates were given to us. and bowls of sickly pink sirup, sweet potato and indian corn cakes of dusky hue were set before each one. These were only creyice fillerS and concluded the first and lighter portion of the repasr. Now game the real substantial meal, where n every dish had an accompaniment of smaller ones, containing gravies, etc.. in which to dip the morsel taken from the central bowl.
 There was stewed duck cooked with, out salt. roast sucking pig, forcemeat balls and chicken: there were soups of birds nest, of mushroom, of vegetables and of sea slugs. There was grilled fresh water fish. which. according to custom. was helped f1om the top side oEly. for the Chinese remembers his servant And finally at thn cOnclu. sion the inevitable small bowl of rice and rice water was set before each ,.erson.
 After some three hours. with feel IRE of lankfulness that all was over. .'ipes, cigarettes and tea were served, md it seemed to me that the delicious sroma which rose from the latter soothed our senses and almos: dis pelled the antipathS that had been growing ca us for all things Chinese diary Ac. ~ in London Express.
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Tho Kind Needed.

"Dear me-" said the first young V. man. taking her initial lesson in golf. what shai. do now? This ball Is in 8 hole-'
 Well le, Iue see." said her compan- nn rapidly turning the leaves of 8 ,,'a, of Instructions. T presume you will have to take stick of the right shape to get 1t out"
 "Oh. yes: of course" was the some what cyntal reply. Well. see if you -an find one shaped. like dustpan and aI7lsh. New York Tribune.
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Dickens and His Wife.

Commenting on the unhappy rela dons between Dickens and his wife Goldwin Smith wrote in one of his in- papers: "It was common case. Dick ems had married at low level. and hi wife had not risen with him: Otherwi,. there was no fault on her sid". Th matrimonial history of writers e works of Imagination has often breI unhappy. Their imagination turns tn woman into an angel. and then the, 6nd that she Is woMan."
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PLEsy PILB1s PILES!

Williams Indian Pile Ointment VI eurs Blind. Bleeding and ItnA'~, Piles. It absorbs the tumors. ailsy itching at once, acts as . pssltses gives instant relief. Wiliiams' ', dian Pile Ointment is prepared X Pilss and itching of the private pArss Sold 6y druggistA mall 6Ac ale q . williams' Mfs co, props. Clevslas n anlN hv W~fareson . ees
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Two is Conpanv.

"Have you ever ic.ed before?" asker the coy maid.
 "Yes." yawned the worldly youna man. ''but-never before a chaper"n two small brothers and net bulldog.
 And then she suggested Il trip down the old road to see the stars. s.-Chicase News
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C. r. COULD Practical Surveyor

AH s'nds of surveying. relocating rt ioA' or Obiiterated corners. Es- r&b!ihtlustuta Of lines. Subdivisions ot real estate. The laying out and dividing up of lands in any shape.
 C. F. GOULD,
 Noble Lake. Ark.
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A StartIjno Re3jv.

An Englssh country bookseller ser, 70 London For copy NJ, book called Happy Husbn.,ds." The work was out of print. but tue wholesale agent certainly might have intimated the fact dinerant'g. He replied that There are 20 Happy Husbands' in kEhdon. ."-L0nd,n Tit Bits.
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A RARE OPPORTUNITIES in bad health wants to dispose Of an established business, or would sell half interest in it to cIor- petent man of business ability ln- vestigation solicited. Address for five days, 'TBusiness' care of Gra- phic. Pine Bluff, Ark. May 29th, 1911. , 31 6t
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A Suuar Coated Pij'.

"How did you persuade your dauCh ter to learn kitchen work?"
 "By callin. i: domestic science. = Pittsburg Posu
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FOR 'SALE-SECONDl EEK
 tension top surrey in good condi- tion. Gall at 1902 W. 9th, old
 phone 1343. IS tt
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FOR SALE AT ONCE FOR CASH
 Household goods at 514 Walnut St. Porcelain bath tub, three station-
 ary lavatories, ore roll top desk and chair. 23 Ct.
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SPECIALITY SALESMAN WANTED with {extensivae acquaintance to handle local agency for high class proposition. H. w. Brestling, Ho- tel Arlington. 8 to II a. m., 2 to 5 D. m. 70 2t
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Set intantiona.

Mamma ohnny. what is the baby 2slIing about: Johnny-Noth.n'. )sst took hia milk and showed him loW 10 drink tt.-Cleveland Leader.
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Lam to gay Mo-" and t will be ek Anse uss to you thaa = - ah1o tD uool Lat1n.- an ,yeoou.
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The way of the world b to make laws hut fellow c.,stcma.-M Montnigro
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 FOR SALE-A PART OR AL LOF' My Main street property Good investment. Will sell reasonable. Apply I. J. Moore, 8th and Main. old phone 416. 28 5t.
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HOUSES

yes 90 per cent of the people in this country live in houses and 90 per cent of the business of the country is done in a build ing of some kind.
 As we are practical builders we know how plans should be made and we know what should be in the specifications, and we also know that the owner gets badly deceived sometimes by not having plans and specified tions. "A word to the wise is sufficient"
 See iDutton and Young for plans, and specifications also for the erection ot any kind of structure. Office 1921 Cherry. J. W. BUTTON. A. YOUNG. Old phone l124. Old phone 254
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FOR SALE OR TRADE-LIGHT Spring wagon suitable for special delivery or truck farm. Will sell Or trade for buggy. Apply J. w. Bridges, Sawyer ard Austin Com.
 5 26 Ct.
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FOR SALE OR TRADE-LIGHT Spring wagon suitable for special
 delivery or truck farm. Will sell
 or trade for buggy. 16 St
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R RENT-NICELY FURNISHED rooms convenient to business sec~ tion. Apply POP West 3rd. 5-28 St
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FOR SALE+FORTY ACRES OF land on Macadam Road, seven miles
 from town. Apply to 1902 D. 9th. or phone TITO. 16 Ct
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1406 State, s room house modern.
 $20O0. l502 Ash, 13 rooms, block ground,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-05-18
What Ia EIactrieixv7

Many persons young and old often
wonder how the modern electric cars,
trains and locomotives are operated
and what electricity is. No one knows
what electricity is. We know some OF
the things that 1t will do We have
to certain extent learned how to con.
troll 1t and for want of a better name
call 1t fluid. We have discovered.
too, tina, It is one of the most impor-
tant forces. If not the most important
force. of which we have any knowI-
edge. We are almost as ignorant Of
many other great forces of nature-as,
for example. the attraction of gravita-
ton. For the present we must be con-
tent to observe such forces in action
and to devise the best methods to con-
troll them. In this knowledge mankind
has progressed wonderfully within
few years.-St. Nicholas.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-05-18

An English artist while painting a
sea piece discovered badgers lair and
thought 10 play the animal a practical
joke Gathering together a bundle OF
grass and weeds. he placed IL inside
the mouth OF the hole and. igniting II
with match. waited for the ignomini-
Gus flight Of the astonished household
er. But Master Badger was a resource
full animal and not disposed to be
made a butt Of practical jokers. lie
came up from the depths Of bis hole
as soon as the penetrating smoke told
him that there was a fire on the prem
ises and deliberately scratched earth
on the burning grass with his strong
claws until all danger was past. No
human being could have grasped the
situation more quickly or displayed
greater skill in dealing with an un-
familiar event.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-05-18
Powerful Rulia

During debate upon the second
reading OF the Irish land bill In Isod
Lord Londonderry concluded q period
with: This Ii the keystone OF the bill.
Are you going to kill it?'
Sir Frederick Miner. speaking on
the budget. said. "a cow may be drain.
ed dry. and IL chancellors OF the ex-
chequer persist In meeting every de-
fciency that occurs by taxing the
brewing and distilling industry they
will inevitably kill the COW that lays
the golden milkr
Lord Curzon-'sThe interests Of the
employers and employed are the same
nine times out of ten-I will even say
ninety-nine times out OF tent"
Discussing Mr.. Asquith's licensing
bill at meeting at Shoreditch. a men,
Der of parliament reused the audience
to frenzy of enthusiasm by declaring
that 'tbe time has come to strip to
the waist and tuck up our shirt
sleevesv'
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-05-18

On the Nadoo creek. at Hukow. we
saw a novel way of fishing. Two
small boats were moving parallel with
each other about thirty feet apart.
The ends of line about sixty feet
long to which small Undated hooks
were attached about four inches apart
to two sticks were held respectively
by man in each boat AS the boats
moved slowly along first one man and
then the other would give his stick a
jerk. Immediately that the hooks
struck anything the line was gradu-
ally hauled in and invariably with
success. We saw fish struck four out
of five times. many Of them running
apparently from half pound to two
or more pounds. 1t may be that Chi
ma Is the only place In the world
where fish are caught with Undated
hooks.-North China News.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-05-18

Arsuzr q eozsew-ssa - ssxstsss esed
- lzr<asrs wAwa sn<ngrs - tszzr -
fxrson~ ezlElnx - esse particular co.
frsw.nee thzt srsns~~ xTvss tss<rsst
n srrrarzpce n rs~wmassss Axxs
rEs~wsaa that h&s s~en bard servsrA
Il wa. Formerly tie prupessy Ct nsr-
xsn-. an1 as ass hy II rsNxns fnaf -
w.s abr % ~nt~r the seccne stcFr C >
hufaa4nx Eesnovsng tie ccve~. sssrk
wound wIfh rup~s n revealed TIE
Stick op~ns Ike q telescope @ Joint
ed ashlng rod wount reund u - .
rupe saddeS made 90 ssrcn< material
ind ahoas thlrse~n feet il sength TIE
ladder b oaiy wide enoorh for enc
foos 90 BE placed ca the run<x tbs
extending seek w& used 70 raise ore
end OF the ladder te the window
through which the operator wished 70
enter. and on the upper end 90 the
ladder are two hooks 60 be fastened
to the slll. Thls Imitation umbrella b
regarded ~ one Of the most inxeuicus
affairs ever made use Of b. tAief.-
Locdon Standard
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-05-18

A recruiting sergeant one day met N
ignorant youth idling. with bis hands
In his pockets and standing before q
house on the trent OF which Was o
notice Informing the public that the
building was 10 he sold. The ncttce
ran thus: ITO BE Sold by Private
Treaty"
The sergeant approached the youth
and asked him IL he had ever thought
OF Joining the army.
Not me" was the reply. You'd
have nothing In the army worth talk
ing about"
as that SOP said the other. well.
how Ii II then Private Treaty has a
house for sale and him only a private
yetr
The youth looked thoughtful and
puzzled. and presently. over a pint Of
ale. the possibility Of owning a house
by joining the army grew into a GER
tainty and the shilling changed hands
London Tit-Bits.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-05-18
BUILDING a Reputation,

Young physicians in the smaller
towns have an idea that appearing
very busy will help them greatly In
starting a practice. The following is
told by now prominent Kentucky
physician. He had call the after
noon following the hanging cut OF his
single and started through town In
his buggy at terrific speed. A police
man stopped the enterprising physi-
cian..
Doctor" he said, ut is against the
city ordinance to drive at the speed
you are going. You must accompany
me to the judge and pay your fine"
What Is the fineY' inquired the
doctor.
give dollars"
The doctors hand few to his pocket.
Here's $40. l have to come back just
as fast as am success Maya
zine.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-05-18
Wonderful AnimaicuIae.

OF all the minute creatures that in
habit this globe unseen by the naked
eye there is none so astonishing, ac-
cording to the Scientific American, as
the little living things that live In
stagnant water. They are called slip
per animalculae. or. as the scientist
has 1T. the paramecium. These tiny.
Invisible things develop so rapidly that
II they were able TO live through $50
generations they would crowd every
other living thing Off the face OF the
earth and form u mass larger than the
planet itself. Should they go on re-
producing Unfi. = nine hundredth
generation these little creatures would
form mass large enough to crowd
the moon and stars and even the sun
entirely ont of space. Luckily for us
this is not possible. according to ma
lures decree. The paramecium 6ies
after 1t has attained the one hundred
and SEVENTEEN generation. and 80 the
awful possibilities are checked Of its
multiplying to I'll the universe.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-05-18

&#&Ns &Ns&ENe1s8 49,
Ons Of the oss1.ss FARMS u ske wo~sa
turns oct each year tens 90 shouxs1 60
CO sasppsnx turtles and Las aosvesI he
pTabseu 81 preseyvsnx The savpay %
what h 20 the Jspaaese - xrezf
deitracy a. diamoud hark terra
pin IL 30 some Americans This cue~~
farm consists Of . number % poaox.
Certain Of them are set apart - hr~~<1.
I'm ponds. Once O day q man rnes
over the shores and with little wire
baskets covers mp III new err De-
posIts. Sometimes thousands 81 th~~e
wire baskets are in sight 1T y tine
marking the places where the ears lie
and preventing turtles from scratching
the earth from them HatchIng r.
quires from forty TO sixty days. &C
cording 20 the weather. The young a.
soon as they appear are put In separate
small ponds and are fed with finely
chopped fish. They eat this during
September and October and late In
October burrow I'm the mud for the
winter, coming out In April or May.
Most OF them are sold In the market
when they are from three to FIRE years
old. at which time they are most dell
cate.-Harper's.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-05-18

That gvsnnsn< saaExA~~ werw - -
rsgs~d forra % sszpFs II cary Enxa1sa
days - showu - an zdsxTx1@ezwzs
sz.ssnorsnx cod rsax - ~ xrzna~d
Ter ~ snsn CO Oct . ~ TIE sw8a-
Ceae~nlll heath warwsckxhar~. wk1xA
sprea-rs IL the Posi-. BaT q SEPT. T..
I'LL Ad<1ssoa wIvns q detailed -
count Ct one 81 these .'cortrpve<ssex -
faces.~ telling - thaf th~ anda~nre
unanimously bestowed TIE r1nx % .
cobbler who -produred several nww
rTins Of his cwn trsention. haviax
be~n used TO cot faces far rnany years
together orer bis last
His performance WAS something ire
this: AT the very nrsf grin be cast
every human feature oxEs Of has coun-
fenance. ~ the second be simulated
the face Of spout. az the third thar
Of baboon. at the fourth the bead ct
. bass VOL and az the ffsh q pair Of
nut crackers" Addison adds that
eomely wench whom be had wooe<i In
vain for more than Eve years was 30
charmed with his grtns that she mar
ried him the following week. the cob
bier using the prize N bis wedding
ring.