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careered round and round for perhaps an hour.
flying rather than floating, getting gra~aally
more and more into the middle of the surge, and
then nearer and nearer to it's horrible inner edge
Never shall I forget the sensation OF
awe, horror and admiration with which gazed
about me. The boat appeared to be hanging, a.
if by magic, midway down, upon the interior sur
face of funnel vast in circumference, prodigious
in depth, and whose perfectly smooth sides might
have been mistaken for ebony, but for the be-
wildering rapidity with which they spun around
and for the cleaning and ghastly radiance they
shot forth.
The Fate of Fortunate
Without intent at levity it may truthfuly be
said that in "The Cask Of Amontillado" the artist
seems to have found inspiration for Of his
best and most masterful interpretations Of Poe's
writings. Here we the luckless Fortunate
after being lured to the cellar Of his oue-tfms
friends home, on the pretext Of being invited to
sample some excellent wine. chained in a recess
and walled in and left to rot.
It was past midnight, the story reads, and my
task was drawing to close. had completed
the eighth, the ninth, and the tenth tier. had
eleventh:
there remained but single stone to be fitted and
plastered in. struggled with its weieht: I
placed it partially in it's destined position. Bnt
now there came from out the niche a low lauoh
that erected the hairs upon my head It va.
succeeded by sad voice, which had difficultv
in recognizing as that Of the noble Fortunate.
The voice said:
"Ha! ha! ha!-he! he! he!-a very pood ill.,.
indeed an excellent jest. We shall have many
a rich laugh about it at the palazzo-he! he! hei-
over the wine-he! he! he!"
"The Amontillado!" said
HE! he! he!-he! he! he!-yes. the Aron+a-
lado. But is it not getting late? Will hot th.v
be awaiting us at the palazzo, the LADY, Fortun.t.
and the rest? Let US be gone"
Yes," said, "let us be gone"
For the love of God! Montresor!"
Eyes," said, "for the love of God!"
But to- these words hardened in vain for ,
reply. l grew impatient. l called aloud
"Fortunato!"
No answer. called again
"Foftunato!"
No answer still. thrust a torch throueh III.
remaining aperture and let it fall Within Their.
came forth in return only jingling Of the bella
My heart grew sick; it was the dampness Of ths
catacombs that made it so. hastened to mak.
an end Of my labor. I forced the last stone into
its position; pastered it up Against the new
masonry re-erected the old rampant of bones
For the half of century mortal has disturhed
them. In pace requiescat
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I fusion-now stood where none had been per-
/ ceptible before; and as stepped up to it in
! extremity of terror, mine own image, but
II with features all pale and dabbled in blood,
advanced to meet me with feeble and tot
81 terng gait.
& Thus it appeared, say, but was not. 1t
NJ was my antagonist-it was Wilson, who then
u stood before me in the agonies Of his disso-
4 luton. His mask and cloak lay, where he
81 had thrown them, upon the floor. Not
+ thread in all his raiment-not line in all
the marked and singular lineaments Of his
4 face which was not, even in the most abso-
lutte identity, mine own!
al It was Wilson; but he spoke no longer in
81 whisper, and could have fancied that
myself was speaking while he said:
"You have conquered, and yield. Yet,
i henceforward art thou also dead-dead to
the world, to Heaven, and to hope! In me
didn't thou exist-and, in my death, see by
this image, which is thine own. how utterly thou
hast murdered tnyselt.'
"The Murders in the Rue Morgue," one Of the
weirdest Of Poe's detective stories, ranks among
his best known works and afforded the artist in
sn;rat;on for the awe-inspiring illustration re-
produced here.
In Norwegian Maelstrom
The gigantic animal had seized Mme LEspa-
have by the hair (which was loose, she had
been combing it, the story reads, and was -four
1shing the razor about her face in imitation Of
the motions of barber. The daughter lay pros
trate and rotionless; she had swooned. The
screams and struggles of the old lady (during
which the hair was torn from her head) had tho
effect Of changing the probably pacific purposes
Of the ourang- -outang into those of wrath With
ora determined sweep Of its muscular arm it
rear,v severed her head from her body. The
e;oht Of blood in1arned its anger to frenzy
Crashing it's teeth, and flashing fire from its
ores it flew upon the body of the girl and i'm
bedded it's fearful talons in her throat, retaining
it's grasp until she expired.
The fantastic description of the great whirl-
nool Of a maelstrom, as given in "A Descent Into
.Maelstrom," gave Clarke another opportunity
for the unusual type Of illustration. Here we
GOO the interior of an enormous vortax into which,
in Poe's story, a Norwegian fishing vessel and its
crew had been swept The narrator's escape wa,
almost as incredible as his account of tho
maelstrom.
How often we made The circuit of the belt j:
is impossible to say, Poe's narrator relates We
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From "Willinn Wilson,"
CNGLANDs extraordinary tributes to Lincoln
T. is matched, in ways, by it's enthusi-
for another American of quite dif-
ferent type. Edgar Allan Poe was, indeed, ap-
preciated at his true value in England before
America had fully recognized him. But it has
been reserved for later time to bring from
British writer's and critics signs of real homage
to the great American poet and romancer.
Just something of furore is occasioned
in art circles by the latest work of Harry Clarke,
brilliant British designer who has created
series of pictures Illuminating some of Poe's
greatest stories. These pictures not only an
event in themselves, but they represent freshly
amazing evidence of the hold that Poe has upon
the British Imagination.
Clarke plays bold second to Poe's fantastic
lead He stages Poe with sympathy, and with a
startling realism that does not forget the gro.
tesque fancy of the written word AS line work
Clarkes pictures highly important study.
Every student Of line can afford to follow these
designs closely published in "Tales of Mystery
and Imagination"
The Murder of William Wilson
But the interest Of the general reader is Of
more significance. This is as true of Poe a. a,
his interpreter. The author of the "Raven." and
of the thrilling masterpieces in mystery and ter
ror, holds secure place not only with studon+s
Of literature but with the strong readers If ~.
world. He is translated into every Euronesn
language. He has, indeed, no superior in a cer-
tain type Of story.
Take the allegorical case of William Wilson
Foes weird presentation of the man who k;1,ed
his double, his other self, and who "fron conon...
lively trivial wickedness passed with tho civil.
OF a giant into than the enorn,it;es ~ 49,
Eah-Gabalus." That part of the narrative 49,,
ing with the murder and which Clarke se,oc+oa
Tor the illustration reproduced on this page. reada.
1t was at Rome, during the Carnival Of -
that attended masquerade in the palazzo a,
the Neapolltan Duke Di Broglio. had indu,ooa
more freely than usual in the excesses If ~.
vine table; and now the sutfocatine atmosnbere
OF the crowded rooms irritated me beyond endnr-
ance. lhe difficulty, too, Of forcing NV wav
through the mazes Of the company contributed
not little to the rufling Of nv temper. for
was anxously seeking (let me not say with what
unworthy motive) the young the gay, the beaut;.
full wife of the aged and doting Di Broelio. With
a too unscrupulous confidence she had previously
communicated to me the secret of the costume in
which she would be habited and now, HAVING
caught glimpse of her person, was hurryino
to make my way into her presence
At this moment felt light hand placed
upon my shoulder, and that ever-remembered low.
damnable whisper within my ear
In an absolute frenzy of wrath, I turned at
once upon him who had thus interrupted me. and
seized him violently by the collar. He was at
tired, as had expected in costume altoeether
similar to my own, wearing Spanish cloak Of
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HARFLEUR ONCE GREAT PORT
Made % by Enoileh invadssa, Whe
Wors Finally Driven Out Of
t.: tho Country. H.,

After the conquest Of England. Har-
deur became the principal port Of Nor.
mandy. The dukes and merchants
worked together to make Harbour q
great maritime center. During the
earlier period Of the Hundred Years
war the sailors Of Harfeur were tho
terror Of the English. Naturally, says
Herbert Adam Gibbons, in Harper's
Magazine. when Henry v felt that the
time had come to annex Normandy to
England, he made q point Of establish
ing his control Of the Seine by seizing
Harleur, expelling 1000 families, and
Installing a strong garrison there. For
thirty years Har1sur was in the hands
Of the English: So suEge we're they Of
permanent occupancy that they built
the tower Of st. Martin's, one Of The
glories Of Normandy. In the great
revolt against the foreign occupation,
that swept ove Normandy in 1445,
the bourgeois Of Harfeur opened their
gates to Grouchy de Monterolier, and
drove out the English garrison. The
English returned two years later. But
1t was a dying squirt. In 1850 the in
vader Of a hundred years was COM
PEELED to give up his hold on the mouth
Of the Seine. The people Of Harfleur
still celebrate the uprising Of 1445 on
November 4.
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KNEW USE OF MOSQUITO NETS
Abundant Proof That the Ancient,
Used Them to Foil the Attacks
OF the Festa

According to Col. Sir Patrick Hehir,
q physician, who has travelled about
India, lecturing to the people about
malaria, mosquito nets are by no
means a modern invention. He quotes
Herodotus, who, writing Of the Egypt
ians who dwelt on the banks Of lakes,
rivers and marshes, says:
Every man has q net with which
In the day he takes hsh and at night
ne In the following manner: IN what
ever bed he sleeps he throws the net
around II, and then, getting Ia, sleeps
under It. II he should wrap himself
up In his clothes or n linen the
mosquitoes would bite through them,
but they never bite through the net
The Romans called the mosquito net
Z conopeum. Il d. spoken Of By Varro.
Horace, Juvenal, Propertius and Paul
- Silentarius. Horace and Propsfttus
referred to It In q way that implies
they thought It unmanly for q hardy
Roman soldier to indulge Ia such pro
tection.
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Beautiful Petrihed Woods.

The petrifed woods are beautiful
objects for study. When thin slices
are carefully ground down to a thick
ness Of O.0O3 inch or less and placed un-
der the microscope they show perfect
ly the original wood structure, all the
cells being distinct, though now they
are replaced by chalcedony. BY study
ing the sections f. Fl. Knowlton, of the
geological survey, has found that most
Of these a%raucarian trees were Of the
species Araucarioxylon arizonicum, a
tree now extinct. It is known to have
lived at the same geologic time also
in the east-central part Of the United
States, where the remains Of som of
its associates have also been found.
These included other cone-bearing
trees, ferns, cycads, and gigantic. horse
tails, which indicate that at that time
the rainfall Of the Southwest was
abundant. ..~ -.
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FACTS
MILK PRODUCTION PROBLEMS
Department Of Agriculture Has Been
Carrying on Interesting and In.
structive Studies.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Ag~riculture.l
For $50 cows that average less than
5000 pounds OF milk annually, the
part Of the milk check that represent
ed profit and reimbursement for the
owners managerial ability was % per
cent. For 257 COWS averaging more
than 5000 pounds annually, the per
cent remaining for profit and the own-
eras skin was Al per cent.
For the last i've years the dairy d.
vision, United States Department Of
Agriculture, has been making studies
which bear o. this problem In many
dairy sections Of the country; and
two-yeaf investigations On the re-
~Quirements for producing milk have
now been completed on groups of'
dairy farms In SIX Of these comznuni-
ties. One Of the latest 81 these Stud
LEI, carried on I'D Vermont, Ii the one
% which the above figures are based.
What II has disclosed In regard to
economy Of production and the re-
quirements for producing milk. may be
Of value to the dairyman who Is inter-
ested in finding out where milk ~
turns + going.
These figures, which were obtained
from q study OF the production rec
ords OF 587 cows which remained in
the herds q full year, show that the
average, annual production Of the 1S0
Iowersproducing cow Eas l,11A6
poundss; also TINT TIE average prod1e.
ti6nof 2D5 htsASt producersgwas ,t1l
easa Ast1r 41RlEIStslRG
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Almost I~neaIcuIabIe Damage 10 Done
Yearly by lts Attacks on Met
ais Of All Kinds.

The greatest waster in the whole
world is rust. It costs Great Britain
alone f32,0O0,000 yearly, according to
London Answers.
When the oxygen of moist air COM
bines with the sensitive surface Of a
metal it produces al oxide. This is
rust and nothing else.
Aluminium is the only metal that will
not rust. Gold is generally taken to
be a rustless metal, and it is true that
it will not combine with oxygen Of it.
self-without aid, that is. Given the aid,
it will rust.
Ornamental steel-that with a pur-
plish Of lilac color-is the worst rust
er, because the color tinge has been
produced by part oxidation and the
process begun artifcially Is continued
naturally.
Dry air will cause rust, but the
metal has to be at high temperature. A
poker which has been made red hot
will rust when it cools. Crate bars do
the same. The flakes that come from
red-hot iron when it Is hammered are
but rust.
The best preventive Of rust Is fat-oil
varnish Zone part) mixed with rectided
spirits Of turpentine Give parts) and
applied with a sponge. The highest
steel polish on mathematical instru-
ments remains absolutely unaffected If
this solution is applied.
Tinware Is rendered practically i'm
nun from the rust fend If when new
the ware is smeared with pure lard
and baked In a hot oven.
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now ready FOR lending. TO interested
persons who make application for its
use at Good Roads" meetings,
schools. colleges. and meetings Of en-
gineers.
Every process involved In the con-
structi0n Of a concrete road Is shown
in the film, from the heavy grading to
the completed road. The picture opens
with a view of an automobile stuck In
the mud Of an unimproved country
road. After the spectator has been
shown all the steps In the construc-
ton Of a modern concrete road, the
picture closes with a thrilling race be
tween a railroad train and a motor
truck on a concrete highway-a fea-
ture calculated to show the possibili-
ties Of rapid transit Of freight traf-
fc on good roads. but not to encour.
age speeding.
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sTARvE PONIES BEFORE RACE
IN Mongolia, After Severe systsm Of
Training, Animals Cover FL.
teen Miles at q Stretch.

Horse races are a popular amuse'
ment In Mongolia. During the prelimi.
nary training Of the entries, according
to a writer in the Geographic Maya.
zine. each competing pony is tied to q
rope picketed on the grass plain. This
rope is shortened every day by a Ger.
tain number Of inches, thus reducing
the circle In which the animal can
Craze. Yet, strange at It may seem, this
method Of gradual starvation-tested
by centuries-appears to increase rath.
er than diminish its endurance.
On the day Of the race fetlocks are
clipped and names and tails tightly
plated with %varicolored ribbons, so az
to oner as little wind resistance al
possible. The Jockeys are children
and 1t Is not unusual to see Lads OF
nine or ten start on the exhaustina
stampede, which a Mongol race really
IL. p ~.,.~.~>.
No saddles are allowed, but each
rider Is given a heavy whip and q
handkerchief. With the latter he leans
over n wipes the dust from the eyes
and nostrils Of his mount. as otherwise
the dust Of the steppe might injure
wind or eyesight.
Enthusiastic owners or spectators
including bishops and archblshops Of
the Lamatst faith, gallop out to meet
the contestants and assist In whipping
them In. But sometimes two favorites
arrive at the finish literally leaning
against each other, shoulder to shout.
der. Thus they support each other on
the run. though both are 80 exhausted
that II they were suddenly separated
they would drop in their tracks.
Wonderful tales are told Of the dis.
tances covered by famous Mongol "a.
GERS at q stretch. Fifty, even 10O
miles at full gallop, are claimed. This
IL doubtless ~exaggeration, but Is and
1O-mtle races at great speed over q
straight course, are well authenticated.
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the position shown in Fig. O., with
q resulting cracking noise. g,s
No doubt you have made rubber.
band jumpers, but | have shown one
in Fig. 1, because 1t must be included
among your ~'ireless fireworks"
Make the paper parachute Gig. 81
out Of . piece Of tissue paper eight
inches square, attach . thread to each
corner (Ffg. g., and Join the thread
ends to a small weight.
II you have never sent aloft Ian
terms on your kite string, try it. Small
loops must be made In the kite line.
and q dressmaker's hook or . bent-pin
hook (Fig. u should be fastened to
the handle Of each lantern. Then AZ
the kite line II paid out it will be .
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the meshes, and bend over the ends
to hold the patch In position Gig. 81.
Screens and window openings to
which they belong should be marked,
80 the right screens and openings can
be located quickly. Fig. 4 shows the
"Roman numeral" method, the figures
being scratched In the wood with a
knife. You will ind this easy to do.
However, steel punches Gig. 81 make
q heater appearance Gig. 81, and
II you can get half a dozen jobs Of
marking 1t will. pay you to invest in
q set Of punches.
Fig. Z. shows q handy latch-string
attachment Tor a screen door. Tie
q cord, B, to the hook A, run it through
q gimlet hole bored through the
screen door at G, and to the
end outside Of the hole tie a
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from turning, and from being
pushed out Of it's keyhole. thus provid-
Ing a safeguard against lock-picking.
Basement and attic windows hinged
at their top to swing in, are usually
provided with hook-and-eye for hook
Ing to the ceiling. a counterbalance
arrangement like that In Fig. IL Is con-
venient. Screw a~screweye into the
lower rail Of the sash (A), tie to it u
piece Of clothesline (B), and run the
line over a pair. Of pulleys (C)
screwed into the ceiling, then down
70 4 tin-can weight (D).
Old chairs with loosened rounds may
b made as strong as when new by
drst applying glue T. the r~ound-ends,
then fastening doubled wires dag
onaliy from Les to lee, and drawing
these wires taut by twisting with a
nail @ i lever. Gigs. "a and 49,. Fig.
16 shows three forms of iron braces
useful for bracing broken chair-backs
ana mending broken chair legs.
knobs for replacing broken ones on
mothers pot-covers. can b purchased
scheaply, but q thread spool fastened
With 4 short bolt Gigs. 70 and 49, am
sWers the purpose admirably, ana y
saaly p.,t on.
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Nadr1d. Minnow6 imported
into spain from -Aususta, O..
may efadleats mosquitoes witch
carry malaria Ii many districts
q Spain. Exper1Sents have
been conducted sfor the purpose
O acclimating the 6s6. ana lt d
found that the work 81 scientlsts
70 the direction ~ been nc
cessful.
The minnows which befoue g.
Msgspectes aambusis
kn0sfn 81 feesd upoufhS
mo- I'D
s'|sls
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simple matter to hook the lanterns
quickly to the loops on the string.
The pinwheel rattle Gigs. 8 and
10) requires a spool with notches cut
in its two end hanges OBJ, q block Of
wood a trife longer than the spool,
and one inch wide (C), two sticks
six inches long (D), a round stick (A),
with n end small enough to ft
the hole in spool B. Block G must
have a groove cut in one side for
strip e to at In, and strips d must
have a hole bored near n end for
the small end Of stick A to turn in,
while their other end must be nailed
to the ends Of block G. Strip e must
be as wide as spool B is long, and
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required to pay production costs (feed,
1910 pounds of milk; labor, 500
pounds Of milk; and other costs $40
pounds of milky only 900 pounds Of
milk remained for the profit and skill
Of the owner. For the hig%h.produc.
ing group, however, 8,074 pounds Of
milk remained after the following de-
auctions had been made: For feed,
1902 pounds Of milk; labor, 500
pounds Of milk, and other costs 962
pounds Of milk. ~~."'-1'"~
Here. then, were cows in the same
locality, in some cases standing side by
side, and all requiring about the same
labor; yet some were producing three
times as much profit as others, even
though they were charged with great.
er quantities Of feed and a large
amount Of "other costs"
The figures addueed are significant
also in that they show that In milk
checks size is not always a true meas
ure Of real value; but that the per
cent Of profit. as determined by the
cows that are kept, plays an impor'
tant part.
The figures upon which this compar.
ison is based were actual records Of
production; feed. labor, and other
costs were obtained by monthly full.
day visits on each Of the farms for q
period Of two years. Careful rec.
ords were made on these visits Of the
daily milk production Of each cow,
feed consumed, labor required, over
head costs, etc. Using these data,
the reau!remsnts for Producing 100
f6unds Of milk were worked out. 80
far as possible the requirements we're
determined in terms Of pounds of feed,
hours Of labor, ETC., SO that constantly
iuctuating prices would have no OF.
feet on the value Of the figures. Re-
suits may be interpreted at any time
by using prevailing prices.
The requirements for producing 100
pounds of milk, based on SAT COWS,
with an average annual production of
5,252 pounds Of SO per cent milk, were
as follows:
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H@E- g3SaaA$@ EBNR3E#E==
release Of the locking gear, the rudder
took charge and caused the steamer to
sheer Of her course. The engines were
quickly stopped and the whistle blown
for assistance. After q delay Of about
v minutes, however, the rudder was
secured again. On a subsequent trip
the rudder was found to be damaged
and the steamer was Withdrawn and
sent for repairs. The albatross, =
fine specimen, was measured by nj Ct
the deck hands and found to cover
len feet from tip to tip Of the wings.
The skipper at first mistook the bird
for q sheet Of newspaper swept of the
deck by q squall. The bird only missed
the glass-incl0sed wheelhouse by
= couple ~ feet.
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ring D. For a lock, screw a wooden
h.AA>-M L. - =

ring D. For a lock, screw a wooden
button e to the door jamb.
Figures 8 and 8 show two excellent
means Of locking a window when
opened several inches. The scheme
In Fig. 8 consists of q square-butt
hinge, screwed to the side stile Of the
upper window sash. When the loose
flap is turned at right angles, the lower
sash cannot be raised above it, but
when folded fiat the sash will slide BY
The method in Fig. 9 consists in Dor
ing q hole through the lower sash, and
through two-thirds Of the thickness of
the upper sash, then providing a nail
or bolt to slip into the holes.
A piece Of No. 8 gauge wire, bent
into the shape Of a hairpin, and slipped
over a door knob with its ends dropped
through the ring of the door key Gigs.
10 and 11), will prevent the key