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Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-02-15
COLLECTING Antiquities.

Slopay received a card on which
was engraved: Professor Bruce,
Antiquarian"
He knew no such person, so his curl
osity led him to receive him.
What is your business, professor"
he asked politely.
Il am a collector OF antiquities" an
swered the old man.
80 imagined. And how can I
serve your"
by paying a deposit on this little
bill you have owed for more than
three years
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-02-15

The discovery or dictum that 1000
volts of electricity is equal in food
value to porterhouse steak omits the
crucial point of information. how much
Il costs per volt. And is not a thou
sand volts at once a slightly indigest
ible meal?
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-02-15
Spoiled Her Secret.

MY first husband and kept our
marriage secret for nearly year"
Didn't you find 1t rather difficult?"
"Oh, no, not at all. We could have
gone on for much longer time IL the
horrible reporters hadn't been snoop-
Ing around when l applied Cor my d.
yorce."
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-02-15
LABOR SAVER IN
PULLING A POST
Strong and inexpensive ImpIe-
ment Can Be Made From
Discarded Tongue.
(Ry @. f. PARRIsHl

A good post puller can be made of
a strong tongue from some discarded
farm machine. A strap of five-eighths
iron IS made into heavy claw at one
end and bolted on the tongue so that
the claw projects beyond the end of
the tongue. A heavy ring with stout
chain attached is also a part of the
outfit. The ring is put over the post
down to the ground. The claws are
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-02-15

Spinsters in Massachusetts, are re
ported to have organized a club to
induce eligible bachelors to call Cd
them-object not necessary to state.
Yet such is the contrariety of poor hu.
man nature that IL it were announced
to be a club to drive them away, II
would be more likely to bring them
there in crowds.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-02-15

Deep-sea explorers have found the
link that binds Australia to the Ant
arctic continent. Now II some daring
discoverer could only bring to light
the link that ties New York snto the
United Statesl
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-02-15

caught under link of the chain and
block put under the pole as full
crum. This leverage will raise the
post with very little effort. Every
farm ought to have such litter. The
parts should be solid and strong, for
the strain is tremendous.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-02-15

The latest books on etiquette say
that a card sent to arrive on the day
Of the reception should act as 're-
gret" and IL you go no acceptance is
required beforehand I think, how
ever, that 1t does no harm to send an
acceptance or If you see the hostess
tell her you expect to be there.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-02-15
Pretty Party Gown.

Will you please suggest some mex
pensive material for an evening drees,
something to wear to the concert, the
theater and such like? Would a fine
quality of cotton crepe made up
daintily be all right? / do not have
occasion very often to wear such a
dress, but when I do need it.
Would it be asking too much to ask
you to suggest also some dainty way
Of making such dress for a seven
teen-year-old girl? I will watch the
Sunday paper for your reply.-Nellie.
Instead of the cotton crepe I would
suggest marquisette of white over
a white or colored silk slip made after
any girlish pattern to be found in an
up-to-date, reliable fashion magazine.
You will find this very serviceable.
Trim with lace and a dainty sash. I
hope am not too late. 1t was impos-
sible to reply before.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-02-15
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Entertainment
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/ am anxious to entertain for a
school teacher who is coming to the
city for a weeks vacation. Can you
suggest something to do at the table,
something like nuts to crack" only
] do not want to do the questions up
in walnut shells.-Rowena.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-02-15

If you will send me a self-addressed,
stamped envelope in care of this pa
per / think l can put you in line to
get some party amusement ideas.
Charades are always good fun, either
impromptu or planned beforehand.
Glad you enjoy the column.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-02-15
Placing the Wedding Ring.

Upon which finger should the wed.
ding ring be placed?-Country Lass.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-02-15
A Bare Field.

A bare field in winter is like money
In the bank that isn't drawing inter.
est.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-02-15
Watch the Department.

I am much interested in your col
umn in the Sunday paper and an
coming to you for advice. Please
print as soon as possible some games
to be used at an evening party OIL
young men and women. Are Char
AIDES" popular? Thanking you in ad
vance.-Kitten.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-02-15

The finger next to the little one on
the left hand is the one from time
lmmemorial called the wedding ring
inger."
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-02-15
Wizard of Finance

Would you stick to your husband
II he stole a million dollars?"
IF he succeeded in keeping IT,"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-02-15
Good Grass Mixture.

Orchard grass makes a better mix
ture with clover than timothy does.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-02-15
Acknowledging Reception Invitation

Is an answer necessary when you
are invited to a reception IF. s..
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-02-15
WINTER WORK TO ERADICATE INJURIOUS
SAN JOSE SCALE AND OTHER TREE PESTS

Lime Sulphur Kerosene Emulsion and Whale Oil Soap Is Recon-
mended by Enomologs of Oregon Agricultural Coege-Ay
Time From November to March Win Be Satisfactory
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18
Sct-Clcaning Marble Steps.

Mr. BENEFITS home will be the realization
OF his dream of perfect home as described
in this book. The home will be a square block
oil building with marble doorsteps. They
are to be of marble because that is so much
easier to keep clean. A tap on the side of the
steps gives off a stream of hot water and
makes the cleaning easy--the steps are to be
practically self-cleaning
Every room from the library to the kitchen
VIII be illuminated by electric lights, which
can be turned on and off by pressing buttons
in the walls. This is quite a revolution, for
the average home in England is lighted by
gas and oil lamps.
The kitchen is to be ore of the most up to
date and carefully planned rooms in the house.
1t is to be unusually large, with walls tiled in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18
Man by Nature Walks in a Curue;
HoU to Get Out of the Woods.

In the woods, however, clever device t,
be resorted to is this: Select three trees in
straight line and walk toward them. When
you reach the first one there are still two
ahead which keep the straight line for you.
Select third tree in line with the other
two and walk toward them. Always keep
the line of three trees ahead and you will
never walk in circle.
Some one has suggested another substitute
for compass in case of fog. This is where
there are number of people travelling to-
gether.
Place the members Of the party in a line
forming the direction in which it is wished
to go and sufficiently far apart SO that the
man in the rear can observe enough of tho
trail made by the leader to determine wheth-
er it deviates from straight line If any
deviation occurs the suggestion of Fright
or Left and Steady" to the leader will
be sufficient to bring him back to the course
A party recently made the descent of a
mountain in a heavy snowstorm by following
this suggestion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18

plates cannot see red light, and so we can
use red light to develop them by without
fearing that the photograph of our faces or
plates.
lt}seems there are kinds of wood that will
not rot away even though they are kept in
water. The ancient city of Venice is actu-
ally built on wooden piles buried in the shall
low sea, and these have lasted for many
centuries already. This wood does not rot be.
cause the things that make wood rot cannot
attack it. Sometimes wood is soaked with
creosote, and the particular property of creo-
sote which makes it so valuable is that it is
poisonous to microbes. So the answer to the
question is microbes. Wood will not rot il
it is charged with something that kills mi
crobes or if it is made of stuff so hard and
tough that even microbes cannot digest It;
or if, as in the case of Venice, it is good
wood and also protected from microbes by
being kept in salt water
Why do the telegraph lines hum?
Anything that is stretched is apt to he
thrown into vibra ation by the force Of the
air blowing against it. If it vibrates so fast
as to produce the air waves that our ears
can hear, then that is what we call sound.
This is what happens to the telegraph wires
when they hum; and if we put our hand on
the telegraph pole we shall feel that the
wires vibrate strongly enough to set the
whole pole trembling, too. But when the air
Is quite still the telegraph wires do not hum.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18
Strangest Clubs in the World;
Abduction Club Most Infamous.

guest nights separate table was reserved
for visitors who had to be friends of men,
bers and to have drawn, at any rate once, an
adversarys blood.
But of all the curious clubs of bygone times
perhaps the most famous, or rather infamous,
WAS the Abduction club. This was started
in 1916 by a number of young Irish bloods,'
who banded together to arrange for Them
selves forced maria ges with wealthy heir
others.
Originating no doubt, from a joking spirit,
the idea soon developed into an accomplished
fact. But when in April, 1779, two young
men, named respectively Gerald Byrne and
James Strange Willard. forcbly removed from
their home and married the two daughters Of
a wealthy land owner in Waterford, the gov.
ernment deemed the time had come for in
reference.
So abduction was made T. capital offense
and guilty members Of the club punished ac-
cordingly.
Another celebrated club that was started
but did not last was also in London, where
the members were to meet once In three
months solely for the purpose of dining back
wards. That is to say, the dinner began with
cigars, coffee and liquors, and finished up
with sherry and oysters. One such repast,
however, seemed to prove quite sufficient for
all the members, and on the morning after
the inauguration banquet the club was infor-
mally disbanded
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18
Whythe OWl Comes Out at NIGHT;
AnsuDers to Well Known WINS.

- HY does the owl come out at night?
w WI, doe. he moth y around a.
candle! Why must we always de-
yelop photographs in a red light?
Why does wood rot away? Why do tele-
graph lines hum?
The owl comes out only at night because
the food on which the owl feeds is to he
found during those hours Mice and other
small creatures are active during the night,
and the owl, with its peculiar noiseless fight.
due TO its soft plumage comes out and de-
yours them.
The moth flies around the candle because
the moth loves light and turns toward it;
baby would do the same thing if it were al.
lowed. People follow the same instinct when
they seek the sunny side Of the street. and
flowers when they turn toward the light.
There are other creatures which just nat
uraly seek darkness as the foolish moth
does the candle.
Why have we to develop photographs in
really mixture of light of all sorts of colors
red, yellow, green, blue, and SO on Some
OF these lights Of various colors have one
kind of power and some another Now the
kind of light that has the power of causing
chemical changes, which is the light we pho
tograph by, is mainly violet light. We can
see in a way by red light, but red light has
practically no influence on Photographic
plates. We may say that Photographic
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18

ERhAIS one OF the most eccentric
~ clubs now in existence is the Black
Bean club in London. The member
ship of this select community is strict
ly limited to forty persons, each member pay
ing an entrance fee of FLO and an annual
subscription of f10.
The club assemblies once year, and at
these annual meetings bag is passed around
containing thirty-nne white beans and one
black bean. The member who draws the
ried during the ensuing twelve months, the
committee undertaking to furnish house for
him and to defray the expenses of his we'd
ding and a honeymoon. Before the meeting
is dissolved, each of the remaining thirty
nine members has solemnly to swear that he
will remain single until the date agreed upon
for the next lottery.
And them again, there is the Signing club,
an institution founded solely for the benefit
of love swains. Silence is strictly enjoined
at all meetings, and the members who sit in
solemn conclave, each holding a piece of rib
bon, lock Of hair or some possession of his
beloved, are required to sigh at least five
times within a quarter of an hour under pen
atty Of a fine.
Suicide clubs have been comparative COM
mon. The Man Killing club, however, was
London institution somewhat out Of the
ordinary, membership being confined to per-
sons who had slain opponents at dues. On
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18
Do You Know Your Voice Has
II, 592, us, ,O44, ,4l5 Sounds?

The power of color perception is over
whelmng To perceive red the retna of the
eye must receive three hundred and ninety
five million million vibrations in second for
violet it must respond to seven hundred and
ninety million million. In our waking moments
our eyes are bombarded every minute by at
least six hundred million million vibrations.
Our body takes in an average of five and
a half pounds Of food and drink each day,
which amounts to one ton of solid and LIQUID
nourishment annually, so that in seventy
years a man eats and drinks 1000 times his
own weight.
Every time we breathe the process is no
less wonderful. For each 100 muscles are
employed, 40 per cent of the muscles of the
body being active in wonderful cooperation in
this single act.
Another marvel Of the human body is the
sclf-reguation process by which nature.
keeps the temperature in health at 9s de-
grees Whether in India, with the tempera-
ture at 1870 degrees, or in the arctic regions,
where the records show 100 degrees below
the freezing point, the temperature of the
Dodv remains the same, practically steady at
9S degrees, despite the extremes to which it
is subjected.
OF the total heat given out by the combus,
ton Of food man can make one-ffth evailable
in the form Of actual work. while science has
never constructed steam engine that could
utilize more than one-ninth OF the energy of
the fuel burnt under the boiler.
And all this mecha nsm acts automatically
nd elr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18
The Worlds Loneliest Spot;
Rats and Ocean Only Company.

community lives there, farmers cattle raisers,
etc. In the valley of the island are fertile
fields where potatoes are grown, and the food
OF the people consists of beef, fowls, and fish.
The island formerly produced many fruits and
vegetables, but they can no longer be grown
there, for the island is overrun by rats which
escaped from ship, and the people have never
been able to rid themselves wholly of them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18

II RNOLD BENNETT is at last to realize
~ his dream of perfect Iouse-a house
that will clean itself. He calls it an
Automatic paradise He has grown
tired of living in Paris and is building a house
at Thorpe, near Colchester, in England His
architect, Mr.. Richards, who illustrated his
book on restaurants, has been instructed to
spare neither ingenuity nor money in erecting
THIS house. The important thing is to have
every variety of labor devices that can possibly
be found.
lhe housewives paradise has been revolving
Itself In Mr.. Benefits mind for some time,
Tor he believes that these labor saving de-
wees besides being of valuable assistance to
housewives, add much to the comfort and
blessings of home life. As b says in chap
ter on the Human Machine"
My aim is to direct mans attention to
himself as whole, considered as a machine,
complex and capable of quite extraordinary eff
hciency for travelling through this world
smoothly, in desired manner, with satis-
faction not only to himself but to the people
he meets en- route and the people who are
overtaking him and whom he Is overtaking. Nv
aim is to show that only an inappreciable
traction of our ordered and sustained efforts
is given to the business of actual living, as
distinguished from the preliminaries of liv-
ing"
Two years before Mr.. Bennett started to
build the house that will clean itself he i'm
asined such house in his look called 1.-THE
Card The hero of 1.-The Card is a self
made man, who is ashamed o, the humble cot
tage in which his mother and he are living.
his mother is unwilling to move because she
cannot bear to have servants about her. So
the Gard wins her over by having a house built
SO cleverly fashioned that it can be kept clean
IN less than quarter of the usual time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18

N English historian has finally decided
~ on the loneliest spot on the EARTH
Tristan Acuma it is called, and 1t is
an. island hundreds and hundreds OF
miles away from its nearest neighbors
tiny oasis in boundIess ocean, matter
which way you Co. 1t is rocky, with soll-
tary mountain 1000 feet high. shepherd
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18


The theory is the diamond fell to the earth
as a meteorte at late period Of the
earth's formation. Localities where dia.
monds are found contain meteoric masses
which have penetrated the earth more or less
deeply.
Late discoveries In our western states, es.
pecially in Arizona, seem to indicate further
the heavenly origin y of our most brilliant
stone, for over the broad and open plains foe
areas of miles in diameter several thousand
masses Of metallic iron have been scattered
These masses have undoubtedly been mete-
oric showers.
Not long ago an enthusiastic mineralogist
working on the mass, cut into a section and
found that the tools were injured by some-
thing harder than metallic iron. He exam
ined the specimens chemically and soon an
nounced that the meteorte contained black
and transparent diamonds. And since then
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18

the search for diamonds in meteorites has
occupied the attention of chemists all over
the world.
Again, it is claimed mat it is possible
that the so-called "volcanic pipes" at the
Kimberley diamond mines and elsewhere are
not volcanic, but simply holes bored in ths
solid earth by the monstrous meteors. the
larger masses boring the holes, while the
smaller masses. disntegrating in their fAll,
distributed diamonds broadcast"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18

process and the simplicity of its laws.
An English scientist has recently told some
of the facts Of this mechanism.
For instance our ear contains perfect
miniature piano Of about 5000 double ibers
or strings stretched or relaxed in unison with
exterior sounds. The longest cord of this
marvellous instrument is one-6fteenth of an
inch while the shortest is about one-ive hun
dredth Of an inch. The 5000 strings are dis
tributed through register of seven octaves,
each octave corresponding to about 400 fibers
and every half tone subdivided again into 800
others. The deepest tone we can hear has
thirty-two vibrations a second; the highest
has 10000
Though there are only nine perfect tones in
the human voice, there are II, ,592 liz, ,044 ,415
different sounds
The eye is hardly less wonderful, being
perfect photographers camera. The retina
is the dry plate on which are focused all OBJ
jects by means of the crystalline lens. The
cavity behind this lens is the shutter. The
eyelid is the drop shuttle. The draping of
the optical darkroom is the only black mem
brane in the entire body. This miniature
camera is self-focusing, self loading, and self
developing, and takes millions of Tictures
every day in colors and enlarged to life size
Charts have been prepared marvellous
charts-which go to show that the eye has
729 distinct expressions conveying as many
distinct shades of meaning
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18

"And suppose one wants bit of fire all of
a sudden in summer?"
Gas stove in every room for emergencies,s
said Denry.
She glanced into a room.
" But" she cried " it's all complete ready.
And as warm as toast"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18
Phones Connect All Rooms.

Maids will enter the rooms only when they
are called by electric bells There will be tele-
phones connecting every room, that men,
bers of the household can talk to one another
or to persons outside the house. The same
method of connection is 10 be made with the
stables.
The house is to have electric elevator,
controlled by a series of buttons instead of an
elevator man.
Mr.. Bennett can sit in his study and
Joy the best of music as played by celebrated
musicians of the day. He is to have installed
one of the finest electric pianos ever made
in Germany.
When asked why he was building such an
unusual home Mr.. Bennett answered:
"Denry's mother says, can run this house
without servant and have myself tidy by 1O
o'clock We do not intend to do our own
homework at Thorpe but do aim to save
useless labor for our servants and ourselves"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18

places which usually is so strong with English
people has been thrown away in the building
of this home. Just Denry in the book tells
his mother, Mrs. Machine:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18
No Dust Collectors or Sharp Corners.

There will be no dust collectors in this
home, and the dust and dirt that do gather
will be easily disposed of. Every knob in the
house is to be of black china, it will not
show the dirt and can be cleaned in a second
with damp CLOTH
The first floor is to exceed the ground floor
in marvels There are to be no sharp corners
anywhere. Every corner, every angle between
wall and floor, or wall and wall, is to be round
to facilitate cleaning. The walls are to be
painted with gray enamel and the floors are
to be covered with linoleum, with few rugs
ing and fixture can be washed with little work.
The same care is to be given to the equip
ment of the bedrooms. Every bedroom is to
be provided with marble wash basin, with
hot and cold water and tap for drinking
water. Adjoining every bedroom is bath
room, tiled from ceiling to floor, with porce-
lain tub and shower.
The bedrooms to be furnished with the
desire of having them kept clean instead of
being pleasing to the eye. Therefore, the bed
very light, so they can be cleaned readily.
Few ornaments will be seen in the home be-
yond limited number of paintings and etch-
ings on the walls, and a few glass vases for
flowers The furniture will be chosen as spar
ingly and carefully, the chairs and settees will
be of natural wood, without upholstery, 30
they will not take the dust.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18

given over to a large tank in which every
thing except knives can be washed and dried
automatically.
All feeling of sentiment about large fire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18
They Say Diamonds Once Fell
in Showers from the Skies.

ECENT scientific authorities are in
clining to the belief that all diamonds
came to the earth in meteoric show.
ers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18

\ ERHAPS one of the most eccentric
clubs now in existence is the Black
Bean club in London. The member
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18

HY does the owl come out at night?
M Why does the moth fly around the
candle? Why must we always de-