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MACHINE CLEANS OLD BRICK
Mortar and Cement scraped on Quick
~, Making Blocks as serviceable
as New Ones.

Among the recent grants OF patents
there has been one to Philadelphia
inventor which viii be Of great inter
est to builders. contractors and such
persons. 1t Is a machine which al
tends to the matter OF cleaning bricks
which have been taken from an old
building, and after passing through
this device the brick issues as clean al
new and just as serviseable.
This machine is portable. and can be
taken anywhere and operated On the
site OF demolished building, taking
the old bricks and transforming them
into shapes as good as new for many
purposes. 1t weighs about four hun.
dred ponds and is four feet long. 1t Is
operated by two men, but this comhi.
nation OF machine and men has a ca.
pacity OF Is bricks per minute at q
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INDUSTRY
| AND
flElHANI()
OUTPUT OF ARTIFICIAL SILK
Last Year 5so.soo Pounds Were Used
In One German Town for Manu-
facture Of Mems Ties

The organization here, now In prog
ress. Of q 100000 company to manu-
facture artificial silk from cotton gives
an added interest to recent figures In
consular reports covering the artificial
silk industry.
There Is little doubt that Germany
now heads the list both in production
and consumption OF artificial silk. Last
year $4,000 pounds were used in Kre-
field alone, chiefly In the manufacture
Of mems ties, whereas only 1900
pounds were consumed by Swiss manu-.
faoturers. The total valuation OF goods
made from artificial silk In Lyons last
year Is estimated at not more than
1886 1000.
The German silk trade showed in
creased interest in the product In 1906,
when prices were reduced from $2.15-
$2.37 pound to $1.72-$1.S3. The piece
goods trade uses chiefly the finer quail
tiles, nitrocel1ulose silk being almost
exclusively employed, while the velvet
manufacturers take the coarser quail
ties, principally viscose silks.
During the last three years the price
Of nitrocellulose silk has ranged be
tween $1-27 and $156 pound, and
that OF viscose silk between $1.29 and
$1.40.
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srick-cIeanIrs Machine.

rate OF so cents per 1000 bricks. The
capacity OF one man is about ono thou
sand bricks per day by hand
AT one side of the machine there IL
a pair OF coarsely toothed plates. one
being stationary and tho other moving
back and forth at regular intervals.
One man places the end OF an old
brick between these plates and the
mortar or cement is cleaned away for
the distance OF about an inch. The
brick thus prepared Is thrown into a
trough, and the second man takes 1t
and places the cleaned brick into an
opening, which Is supplied with pair
OF sturdy knives. The brick is auto
matically seized and held in place,
whereupon a plunger thrusts 1t
through the opening. and as 1t passes
along the knives clean of the foreign
matter.
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PROVED TRUTH OF ADAGE
Story Seems to Show Fact Thar
Prophet Is Without Honor In
His Own Country

William Phelps Emo, who devised
the system of traffic regulation now
practised i'll New York, and who has
been called the father OF street traf-
nc regulation had hard time at first
impressing his ideas on public officials.
Foreign cities appreciated them more
than American cities. Paris, threat
ened with strike Of the cab drivers
unless the system Emo were put In ef-
feet, adopted 1t. Then Buenos Aires
sent for Mr.. Emo, asked him to work
out plan for its traffic, and agreed to
every suggestion he made.
A year or two later Mr.. Emo was
introduced, as a traffic regulation au-
thority. to much-traveled resident of
Washington
The globe-trotter shook hands with
him, and then said in rather patron
izing manner:
If you want to know what's what In
a street traffic system, Mr.. Emo, you
ought to see the way they do the trick
In Buenos Aires"
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DID THE WORK
Grew Strong on Right Food.

You can't grow strong by merely ex-
ercising. You must have food-the
kind you can digest and assimilate.
Unless the food you eat is digested
1t adds to the burden the digestive or
gans have naturally to carry. This
often means nervous breakdown.
About year ago." writes Mass.
lady. Il had quite a serious nervous
breakdown caused, as I believed, by
overwork and worry. ! also suffered
untold misery from dyspepsia.
First gave up my position, then
tried to find remedy for my troubles,
something that would make me well
and strong, something to rest my tired
stomach and build up my worn-out
nerves and brain.
+ tried one kind Of medicine after
another, but nothing seemed to help
me-
Finally a friend suggested change
Of food and recommended Grape-Nuts.
With little or no faith In 1t, tried
package. That was eight months ago
and ] have never been without 1t
since.
@Grape-Nuts did the work It helped
me grow strong and well. Grape-Nuts
put new life into me, built up my
whole system and made another wom-
an of mel"
Name given by Postum Co. Battle
Creek. Mich. Read ''The Road to
Wellville. In pkgs. There's a Rea-
SON.
Ever read tie above Ietter9 A new
one Mpprafs from time to time. They
nre genuine, trues and fuII " hunan
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ERUPTION SPREAD ON FACE

$50 East Elm St., Streator, Ill.-"A
running sore broke out above my
right eye, which spread over my en-
tire face. It started as small PIN
pie. scratched 1t open and the con-
tents Of this small pimple ran down
my face. Wherever this ran new
sore appeared. They itched and
burned terribly; ! couldn't touch my
face It burned so. 1t disfigured my
face terribly and couldn't be seen
for everyone was afraid OF 1t. It
looked like disease Of some kind; It
was all red and heavy white crust
on 1t. Everybody kept out Of my way.
afraid it would spread. lost rest ct
night and / couldn't bear to have any
thing touch my face, not even the pill
low. had to lie on the back of the
head. was always glad when morn
ing came SO could get up. 1t was
extremely painful.
At lastsI thought of Cuticura Soap
and Ointment and commenced using
them. 1t took three weeks to COM
plete the cure" fSigned) Miss Caro-
line Miller, Apr. 80, 1918.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book Address post
card .Cuticura, Dept. L. Boston. ADV.
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energy. There was always fear and
dread In my mind, had cold, nervous,
weak spells, hot flashes over my body.
! had place IN my right side that was
so sore that could hardly bear the
weight Of my clothes. ! tried medicines
and doctors, but they did me little good,
and never expected to get out again.
! got Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound and Blood Purifier, and / GER
tainly would have been in grave or in an
asylum if your medicines had not saved
me. But now can work all day, sleep
well at night, eat anything want, have
no hot flashes or weak, nervous spells.
All pains, aches, fears and breads are
gone, my house, children and husband
ere no longer neglected, as am almost
entirely free of the bad symptoms had
before taking your remedies, and all is
pleasure and happiness in my home. -
Mrs. josie HAM, r. F. d. l, Box 20,
Shamrock, Missouri.
Ifyou want special advice write
Lydia IL. PinIxham Medicine Co..
CONFIDENTLY Lynn. Mass.
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gave fieckIers 3 chance.

At one time the Republicans OF Chi
cago were out and were fighting De-
mocracy on Industrial conditions and
the putative helplessness Of situa-
tion which did not lot the Republic
ans In. A parade was started on and
was well on It's way-nearly to the
file closers-when ward boss saw
that two lighted transparencies lacked
carriers. He looked around hurriedly
and noticed that one Of his retainsrs
was idle. Here" he yelled. "shoul-
der this and get in line. the siiaEE~
haied recruit was gambler who
busted himself In ward politics on 90
casions. but for the most stuck to his
trade when trade was possible. As he
hoisted the lighted legend. open up
the mills and factories there wan a
chorus OF derisive yells from the side
walk: Never mind the mills. Open
up the poker games
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DEMAND IS FOR ABLE MAN
High Positions Waiting for Those
Who Are Competent Properly
to FIJI Them.

We know big firm in one of the
oldest and most important industries
in this country which has been hunt
ing for over a year for man to
whom to pay $4,000, and they cannot
find him, writes the editor of the
American Machinist.
We know an executive who wants
two or three men as assistants; II he
could find them in his plant he would
gladly pay them $40 week. He has
tried considerable number in these
positions during the past year, but
without success as yet. He feels that
he is positively hampered by the lack
Of them
We know that there is an active de-
mand for $4,000 men. and we can
readily believe that there is keen
demand for $4,000 men,
II is remarkable that in a plant en-
pIoying, say thousand men, there are
SO few who raise themselves above
their fellows far enough to be con-
spicuous to the management. And
even, of those few, not all have the
initiative the ginger. and faculty Of
being thorough that would make them
OF value as assistants to the execu-
tive. What god-send to the engineer
is the draughtsman who can do his
own thinking, and dig out the solution
of problem somehow without con-
slant prodding and pointing from the
boss!
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ready the day before. Even the meat
may be roasted and served reheated.
the salad made, the dessert made. and
when It is time for the raeal 1t may
be quickly served. leaving an after
noon of leisure.
Monday, If the laundry work is done
at home, which Is the case In a great
majority OF homes, and by the house
mother herself. should be day OF
easy meals. When possible the meal
that comes next may be partly pre-
pared while the previous meal is be-
ing cleared away. For example. II
hashed brown potatoes are to be
served for supper Or dinner, get them
ready and put them in the icebox
ready for cooking at the dinner hour.
Cucumbers cut in eighths and cooked
In water until tender and served in a
cream sauce are delicious change
when cucumbers are plentiful These
may be prepared ready for cooking
and will be a tasty dish to serve with
or on toast
Dishes OF cheese, such as souffies.
are always welcome and are easily
and quickly prepared.
Stewed tomatoes with rice, toma-
toes stuffed with buttered crumbs and
baked, rice with cheese are some of
the ways to prepare good dish and
In little time
The chatting dish is an oasis in the
life Of busy woman for many dainty
dishes may be served from 1t, and
they are always delight.
Steaks and chops are meats that
are quickly prepared and should be a
busy woman's resource on full days.
Meats may be reheated, not so with
egg and cheese dishes; they are made
tough and indigestible when relocated.
A handful Of vegetables left over
will often give plain soup an entirely
different flavor.
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to eat unclean food In other places.
Paper plates which may be bought
by the hundreds and burned after u.s.
ing, will save soiled and unsightly
dishes standing around for pets.
A simple way to apply hot com
press when the weight Of hot wa
ter bottle is too much is to heat thick
folded flannel and keep changing when
they become too cool.
To save good stockings from being
torn at the top where the supporter Is
fastened, bind piece Of ribbon on the
edge of the hose in which to put the
supporter fastenings.
To prevent draw strings from pull
ing out, fasten them in the middle
with a few stitches to the garment,
then they can be drawn up both ways
but will not come out.
A feeding cup which may be bought
in any ten-cent store is great con-
venience when giving an invalid liquid
food. Care must be used that 1t is
not served too fast from the spout,
or the sick one will strange.
For those too weak to hold maya
zine or book story pasted on heavy
MANILA paper will be a great comfort,
for they can handle 1t without help.
When very disagreeable medicine
must be taken piece of Ice held in
the mouth moment before It will
dull the sense of taste 30 that 1t may
be swallowed with comfort.
In one family where the work is
divided among four home members,
one gets breakfast and washes the
dinner dishes, another attends to the
other Homework, third gets dinner,
and washes the supper dishes, the
fourth gets supper and washes the
breakfast dishes. Once week each
has her allotted portion and the next,
the work is changed, SO that each has
all the experience once in four weeks.
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To make the caramel put granulated
sugar in clean, smooth saucepan
and stir constantly while Il Is melting.
do not let 1t overbrown, add a few
drops of water or more II 1t is to be
bottled and kept for fiavoring and
coloring sauces, and then It Is ready
to use. II making a custard turn into
the milk as soon as It becomes a
golden color.
Sweet potatoes cooked in this cara
mel strip In the oven are most deli
cfous. Apples quartered and baked
with the caramel added to them and
basted over them while cooking IL a
most delicious way of serving apples.
Then the fruit may be served with
cream and sugar.
Caramel Ice cream Is most deli
cious frozen dessert
Caramel flavor In boiled frosting for
filling In cake Is most delicious one.
The sugar may be Drowned and wa
ter added to It, then add the davoring
to boiled sugar strip. and pour over
the whipped egg as In making any
boiled frosting.
When baked custards are liked pour
into each cup before adding the GUS
tard enough OF the caramel to coat
the inside of the cup, then add the
custard and cook When they are
turned out, the outside will be COW
cred with the caramel Serve with
whipped cream
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{ INDUSTRIAL
| NECHANICAL
GO NOTES az

Most of the type used by Chinese
printers is made in Japan.
A process has been devised by
which rubber IS made to cling to steel.
A machine has been invented for
washing large quantities of eggs rap
idly.
Mineral waste in the United States
is estimated at s1,00O.000 day by tbs
bureau OF mines.
Experts are now pointing out the
danger OF putting too much power
into light automobiles.
Mercurial ointment not only will
prevent firearm barrels from rusting.
but also will loosen any lead deposits
All of the Australian states are
well supplied with iron ores, New
South Wales having the richest de-
posits.
A method has been invented in
Germany for spinning kapok fiber
into yarn SO that it can be woven into
textiles
Because copper is an important me-
dunn of currency In China its mining
is vigorously controlled by the gov-
eminent
Aluminium foil for wrapping pur-
poses is being produced that is only
one-sixth Of one-hundredth Of an
inch thick.
Natural gas consumption in the
United States IN 1912 was 652 ,000,-
900 900 cubuc feet. at an average price
Of 1904 cents per thousand.
In Germany there has been Invent.
ed a process using compressed air for
hardening steel where only certain
parts Of the metal require hardening
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one cupful OF graduated sugar, three
quarters of a cup of butter or short
ening, grated nutmeg, teaspoonful
and half of vanilla and one package
OF raisins. AT night dissolve half the
yeast in half-cupful Of lukewarm wa
ter, mix with enough of the flour to
make a batter, cover and let stand
over night. In the morning dissolve
the other half OF the yeast in. little
warm water and add the risen mix
ture. Scald the milk, and when luke
warm add to the yeast mixture; beat
the eggs, add to them the sugar, melt
ed butter, salt, nutmeg, grated, and
vanilla. Stir until well mixed, dust
the raisins with -four and add them
to the mixture. Sift in the flour and
mix as for bread. Put In warm
place, cover well and let 1t rise until
double its bulk. This takes from three
to four hours. Then mold into loaves
and let rise again. Put into very
slow oven and bake for an hour and
quarter to an hour and half. When
the crust is nicely formed cover and
finish baking. When well baked the
crust should be nut brown and the
inside deep cream color.
Kaffee Kuchen.-Make 6 dough as
for nut cake, using. but one egg and
quarter OF cup Of butter When
ready to put into the pans form into
large circles and bake. Cover with
powdered sugar icing and set In the
oven to harden.
Apple kuchen.--The cake is made
as above rolled thin In sheet and
eighths Of apples overlapping are put
over the top. Sprinkle with butter
and -four rubbed together and add
sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle the top
with this and when light bake.
-
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SAFETY FOR GASOLINE CAN
Danger Of Fire Avoided by Placing
Receptacle on Device Arranged
Outside Of Window.

The peril OF fire, always present
when gasoline is kept in quantities
within factories or shops. may be in
large measure avoided by the use OF
an outdoor attachment recently pat
ented- The can. which is of the or
binary pump type. swings on hinged
support fastened outside the window.
A lever arrangement worked from the
inside brings the can around In easy
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we'll liked as car
amel flavor. The
caramel custard is
popular among all
people where 1t Is
once tried, but
many do not know
Of this wholesome
and good flavor.
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Learn to laugh. A good laugh Ii
better than medicine. Learn how
to tell story. Al good story Is as
welcome as sunbeam in a sick
room. Learn to keep your own
troubles to yourself. The world IL
toe busy to care for your ills or
sorrows. Learn to hide your aches
and pains under q pleasant smile.
Learn to meet your friends with a
smile
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health before using
your medicine. ] had
falling, inflamma-
ton and congestion,
fem a le weakness,
pains in both sides,
backaches and bear
ing down pains, w,u
short Of memory,
nervous, impatient,
passed sleepless
nj h is an d h a d
neither strength nor
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Declined wlth Thanks.

u hear that Spragg. the editor, Il
getting very absent-minded"
Il should say he Is. Why, the other
day he returned his tailors bill with a
rejection slip Enclosed Boston Daily
Globe.
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Consideration for others.

a few more smiles of silent sym
patty, a few more tender words, a
little more restraint on temper, may
make all the difference between hap
piness and halfhappiness to those 1
live with. Stopford Brooke.
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Improving EtchInqs.

Apparatus has been invented for fore
ing a jet of compressed air into the
acid bath In the manufacture of news
paper etchings, which is said to i'm
prove them by keeping the acid in
motion and removing metal particles
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Iekks- Eks,<4.xN~
To Live Among Men.

We must bear each personality as
We come in contact with It's inherent
individuality, without at all counting
on its regeneration and without con.
demning it for remaining just what II
is. Schopenhauer.
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Economy Of Material.

Economy of material was the ex-
PLANTATION Of the erection OF a house
In Los Angeles In which every part
was made of concrete in the same
forms they would have been If made
of wood. then nailed or wired to-
gether.
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bed while feeding the In
valid.
Paper plates used for
animal pets will be a great
help to the dishwasher.
Plates should be kept
very clean that are used
for pets. For one thing 1t Is
Is a good habit formed,
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Same Ihino.

SO Julia came up to the scratch
without whimper. She's a duck of
sir
IVES, she's game"
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S79zoKT CHIN
dABHNE$p

II there Is one thing upon this
earth that mankind love and ad-
mire better than anothsr. It Is a
brave man~it Is the man who dares
TO look the devil In tina face and
tell him he Is a devil. James A.
Garfield.
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Immortal Life.

The natural life is the immortal life
You know a little more truth; then q
little more obedience, then more
truth; forever So But all depends on
being ii earnest Phillips Brooks.
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cans as among the Ger
mans. These cakes are
peculiar to Germany and
there are as many meth
DDS Of making them ais
there are recipes for their
preparation.
Plain Kuchcn.Use two
and a half quarts Of -four,
two tablespoonful OF salt,
two cunfula of sweet milk
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Sulphur IN Louisiana.

Since. process for recovering sui
phur from beneath ouicksand was put
into operation in Louisiana in 1904
more than 100000 tons of refined
product have been recovered
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For Melting Concrete.

BY using the oxyacetylene torch in
building wrecking concrete is melted
and made to run like butter under the
heat of the sun
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sheathino Wise Jaws.

Sheet aluminium is better than
either brass or copper for sheathing
wise Jaws when soft metals are han
aled.
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New idea ST irish Rrooue

According to some language stu
dents Irish brogue is the ancient way
of pronouncing English, preserved in
It's purity By residents Of the Emerald
Isle
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Gasoline Safety Device.

reach when wanted, or swings 1t back
again out of the way. The can is fit
ted with a hinged cover, excluding
rain, snow or dust.
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Heard at a Reception.

Alice Is really the scrawniest girl
among all our acquaintances.'
"Oh, don't know. It's really neck
and neck between her and Maud Sim
mons, guess" Boston Evening
Transcript.
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Re-Inkinq Ribbons.

For ofice use there has been In
vented machine for re-inking rib
bons for typewriters, adding machines
and other such devices.
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DR.. Pierce's Pellets, small, sugar-coated
easy to take as candy, regulate and insie
crate stomach, liver and bowels and cnre
constipation. Adv.
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THINGS WORTH KNOWING.

A whisk broom used In the bed Is
most agreeable help In removing
crumbs II drnnned in the
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If you wish beautiful, clear, white
clothes, use Red Cross Ball Blue. At all
good arocers. Adv.
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when It should be
the day Of rest.
In many homes
the Sunday dinner
is planned with
the idea OF maxi
ing the day as
restfuI as possible.
getting everyfhfnu
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CARAMEL AS FLAvoRlNo.

There Is no flavor which 10 so cheap
and SO easy to prepare and withal so
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REMARKABLE
CASE Of Mrs. ham
Declares Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
Saved Her Life
and Sanity.

Shamrock, Mo. feel it my duty
to tell the public the condition Of INV