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THE MEYERSDALE COMMERCIAL,
MEYERSD ALE,
Money and Happiness.
A contribution in the American Mag-
azine says:
“The amount of money one needs to
be happy is enough to maintain an es-
tablished environment.
“It differs vastly, and, with men pro-
gressing, it changes constantly. It is
folly to set some particular amount,
like a $5,000 income. That infers that
all men who earn less—perhaps 95 per
cent of all families are necessarily un-
happy.
“Most successful men find happiness
all the way up. I remember when $50
a month seemed a fortune to me. I
distinctly remember that a roommate
receiving $800 yearly seemed a pluto-
crat.
“I believe that I could have remain-
ed happy on today’s equivalent for
that $50 monthly. I saved money then,
as always, and I started to bulld a
home.
“1 have been happy financially at ev-
ery step since. I remember when I
first afforded a thirty-five dollar flat.
It seemed a mansion to me. When I
later afforded a $100 flat I remarked,
“This is as fine a home as any man
could ever want. And I meant it.”
Famous Statue of Liberty.
The statue of Liberty Enlightening
the World, which stands in New York
harbor, was a gift from France to the
United States. Shortly after the es:
tablishment of a republic in France,
in 1870, a movement was started there
in favor of erecting some kind. of per-
manent memorial of the fraternal feel-
ing between France and the United
States. In 1874 an organization was
formed there called the French-Amer-
{can union, and a popular subscription
was begun, ‘which realized a very large
sum, many prominent Frerchmen con-
tributing. The statue was done by
Frederic Bartholdi. The United States
government set apart an island for its
location, and Americans contributed
money to build its pedestal, thus mak-
ing it a distinctly international affair.
It is of bronze, 111 feet in height,
weighs 200,000 pounds and was un-
veiled Oct. 28, 1886.
Animals In Fire.
Most animals are afraid of fire and
will flee from it in terror. To others
there is a fascination about a flame,
and they will walk into it even though
tortured by the heat.
A horse in a burning stable goes mad
with fear, but a dog is as cool in a
fire as at any time. He keeps his nose
down to the floor, where the air is pur-
est, and sets himself calmly to finding
his way out. Cats in fire cry piteous-
ly. They hide their faces from the
light and crouch in corners. When
their rescuer lifts them they are, as a
rule, quite docile and subdued, nevet
biting or scratching.
Birds seem to be hypnotized by fire
and keep perfectly still. Even the lo-
quacious parrot in a fire has nothing to
say. Cows, like dogs, do not show
alarm. They are easy to lead forth
and often find their way out them-
selves.—London Answers.
Evolution of the Carrot.
Even the most sophisticated profes
gional tiller of the soil must be sur-
prised that the once despised carrot,
used principally as food for stock, is
now among the vegetables recommend-
ed by government and other experts
as an important human food product. |
Under the modern practice of food
analysis for the purpose of determin-
ing energy values it is found that this
humble bird of field and garden ranks
high. Dieticians have also discovered
that, when properly cooked, it is not
only valuable as a food adjunct, but is
of extremely delicate flavor.—Roches-
ter Democrat and Chronicle.
Antiquity of the Bracelet.
_ Few wearers of bracelets know that
they were once used to distinguish the
insane. Before lunatics were confined
to asylums they wore an armlet for
distinction. Bracelets for the arms
and anklets for the legs—so frequently
mentioned as ornaments in the Bible—
are still ‘commonly worn by eastern
married women of all ranks. They
were looked upon as a capital means of
investing money, as they could not be
taken for debts of the husband.
Alpha and Omega.
In three places, in the book of Rev-
elation, Alpha, the first letter of the
Greek alphabet, and Omega, the last,
are referred to in the phrase, “I am
Alpha and Omega, the beginning and
the end.” Both Greeks and Hebrews
employed the letters of the alphabet
as numerals.
No Better Than Father Used to Make.
Young Husband—Still sitting up,
dear? You shouldn’t have waited for
me. I was detained downtown by im-
portant business, and— Young Wife
—Try some other excuse, George.
That's the kind father used to make.—
Chicago Tribune. 3
Three Kinds of Men.
There are three kinds of men in the
world—those (the best) who make jokes,
those who can enjoy jokes and those
(the worst kind) who attempt to ex-
plain jokes.—G. K. Chesterton.
Linen Breeches.
Linen breeches were worn by men
fn 1491 B. C. They also at that pe-
riod wore embroidered coats, besides
bonnets “for glory and for beauty.”
A Diplomat.
Little Willie—Say, pa, what is a dip-
lomat? Pa—A diplomat, my son, is a
person who can prove a man a liar
without calling him one.
The difficult part of good temper con-
gists in forbearance and accommoda-
or of others.
ERED Low RENTER
ton to the fll hum
00D WORK OF
STATE SOLONS
Legislature Put Through Many
Meritorious Bills.
Pm——
WILL BE JUDGED BY ACTS
Though Enemies Are
That Recent Session Accomplished
Nothing, an Examination of Its La-
bors Shows That People Will Be
Benefitted by New Laws.
Complaining
Harrisburg, Pa. July 10.—Almost
from the beginning of time it has been
customary for certain newspapers in
Pennsylvania, whose policies are dis-
tinctly anti-Republican, to make the
charge after the close of every session
of the legislature that nothing was ac-
complished. This declaration coines
so regularly that no longer is it given
any particular attention. People mere-
ly regard it as a favorite pastime of
the enemy press and Republican lead-
ers do not even take enough time off
to refute the allegation.
HON. WILLIAM E. CROW.
Two years ago, following the ending
of the 18915 legislature, the same cry
was set up and echoed throughout the
who first said you cannot suit &very-
body certainly uttered gospel truth.”
A casual examination into the work
of tke legislature shows Senater Crow
to be quite correct woen he states tnat
some mighty good legislation was pass-
ed during the session just closed. It
reaches and aiiecis every man, woman
and child in the state,
$20,000,000 For Roads.
Over $20,000,000 was appropriated
for good roads durieg the next (wo
years. The amounts to be used for
state and state-aid highways and for
the abolition of toll roads total $20,
954,000. Tais is made up of over $10,-
000,000 directlv avpropriated, added to
$6,500,000 from automobile license
fees, together with $1,076,000 for over-
head charges.of the highway depart-
ment and $2,000,000 to be appropriated
by municipalities to meet a like sum
from the state on the state-aid plan.
A commission was authorized to lock
into the subject. of health insurance
and make report at the next legisla-
ture. It is believed the 1919 session
will go into this matter fully and en-
act laws extending compensation to
the sick and also to persons wno meet
with accidents and do not now come
yinder the workmen’s compensation
aw.
Five constitutional amendments
were psased, thereby paving the way
for changes in the state constitution.
One of these authorizes issue of bonas
to the extent of $50,000,000 to improve
state highways. Anoth?r is to perm't
the degislature to levy a graded tax
upon any subject of taxation and a
third is to permit the legislature to
regulate the incorporation of institu-
tions with banking or disccunting p:iv-
ileges. The other two per:.ain only to
the county of Philadelphia.
A bill was passed sppropriating $2,-
000,000 for state aefense during the
war with Germany and in adaition
$5,000,000 bonds. were authorized to
meet any possible emergency. A war
board, consisting of the governor, licu-
tenant governor, state treasurer, audi-
tor general and adjuiant general, was
formed to supervise the work of state
defense.
A series of bills pertaining to the
estates of decedents went through and
as they are based upon a report.of a
commission that gave two years’ study
to the subject it is safe to say that
Pennsylvania is in the forefront of
states having complete and compre-
hensive intestate laws. This code will
greatly clarify the work of orphans’
courts in the various counties.
game code was passed, followed
by a fish code and both are sald to
be the last word in effective and pro-
tective legislation on these-important
subjects. In addition, a dog bill for
the protection of the wool growers was
enacted into a law.
Cities. and Boroughs.
Third-class cities have no complaint
to make, even though the general bili
to remove the edges o: tae Clark act
fatled of passage. Civil service for
policemen, paia firemen, engineers,
electricians and building inspectors
was provided in various bills; a meas-
ure was passed and signed advancing
the time for the delivery of tax dupli-
cates; appropriating money for music
in parks and elsewhere was authpriz-
ed and, finally, the commission
ernment act was amended 80
permit the remaining memb rs of
cil to fill a vacancy, in the event of
the death, resignation or removal pf a
councilman. The annexation feafure
of the third-class city laws was |
changed and now if three-fifths ofithe
residents of a borough desire tof be
state. An ccriluslizn of the laws put
through in 1915 was sufficient answer,
however, to this discordant note. Page
after page of the pamphlet laws re-
vealed the achievements of the Repub-
lican legislators. "Worlimen’s compen-
sation was established and extended to
every possible set of employes; acts
nto benefit the liv condition of the
| mass s were pis oi. apd, in fact, an
entire program of so-called reform leg-
| islation was iollcwed by the legisla-
i
ive leaders of the
Republican party.
+ Notwiths®anding this
3, the same time-
{ worn ccmplaint about the failure of
{ the Republican lcgisiature to perform
for the state mo. its appearance at
the close of the session.
The 1917 legislature can only be
judged by what it has done. Critics
may say its work was poor, but that
does not make it 80; nor would a lot
of laudation without facts and figures
prove it a good legislature. As they
say In race track parlance, perform-
ances and nothing else count.
“Whether the work of the 1917 ses-
gion was commendable or whether it
was wholly unsatisfactory, is for the
people to say,” said Senator William E.
Crow, chairman of the Republican state
committee, a few days ago. “Personally
I have no complaint to make. Perhaps
we could have done a lot better; svre-
ly, we could have done much worse.’
Continuing Senator Crow said:
“The session might have gotten
through sooner. If adjournment had
been fixed for about June 1 the mem-
bers would have been in better shape
and less fatigued for the closing days
—which are the most important days.
4 But under the circumstances as they
existed it appeared impossible to wind
ped out over the general appropriation
bill, we were lucky to get away when
we did.
“Before the legislature met it was
cautioned by the newspapers of the
state to do nothing that might upset
the people in a time like the present;
that during the war. crisis the less a
state law-making body did the better
off the people of the state would be.
to make the usual appropriations to
institutions and adjourn.
Legislation of Merit.
“Of course, this gratuitous advice
about doing nothing could not be ob-
served, nor was any attempt made to
heed it. For no man goes to the legis-
lature without a bill in his pocket,
some sort of a proposed law that he
hopes to bring joy to his constituents
d fame to his name. Consequently,
e senate and house accepted every
bill presented, deliberated upon them
and this year’s pamphlet laws will be
¥ large as other years and in them
e people will find some extraordin-
arily good legislation.
“But what I started to say in dis-
cussing the pre-session advice of cer-
tain mewspapers, is this: They asked
us to do nothing lest it might disturb
he populace, we refused to do nothing
ut, on the contrary, did plenty of
commendable things and now th
sate newspapers decrare that we d
nothing ang
baste us for our inactivity.
@
ee at iE BE a
up affairs before June 28 and in view!
of the final hours difference that crop-;
annexed the council of the partic@lar
borough is compelled to enact such an
ordinance praying the city to anfiex.
Under the old law it was discretiopary
with a boreugh ceuncil to ‘@ -
ordinance regardless of the number of
people who petitioned.
Some borough legislation also was
laced upon the statute books. For
nstance, a bill was enacted giving
boroughs the right to hire 'a boreugh
manager. This is not a tory, bat
may be tried b }
recent act, burzes
extending the
of taxes in bore
Not on! i
the state high w-v dera
appropria‘ion than
ed, but through cna’
it possible grea!ly to incr=-
age of permanent highw® ws
co-operation in constru
highway department ©
roughs and tow =s. Tac 3
passed new la ‘hich m-ke it pos-
‘sible for the state and its sii divisices
to act in concert in the hni'di "
permanent roads. and the ‘crisiatios
permits the various sub” 'v'sions to
bond themselves to cover ‘he cost en-
tailed.
Dne newspaper seriously advised us:
The man ;
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t HON. SUMMERFIELD J. MILLER.
| Benator Miller Has Represented the
Clearfield-Centre Senatorial
During the Past Two Sessions With
Signal Ability. He is a Practicing
Physician in Madera, Clearfield
County.
cent session.
one of the bills
final day.
will be increased many millions.
Hospitals Cared For.
as well as ether institutions requir
aid for maintenance and improvemen
fess
District
Space forbids even attempting to re-
cite all the big laws passed at the re-
i For example, a code
carrying all township laws, both first-
class and second-class townships, was
otter through on the
The direet fnheritange tax
law was passed and it is believed that
as a result the revenues of the state
The leglsiature gave splendid sup-
1: port to state and semistate hospitals,
gre proceeding to lam-:
RIA ARR SR
#5 commonwealth takes care of Mis
charitics as well ag Pennsylvania and
it is a source of much satisfaction that
the 1917 session not only upheld the
good work of the past, but largely in-
creased the amounts. ) .
| No person can say that the Philadei-
i phia North American is a booster for
the Republican organization of Penn-
sylvania, or the Republican legislature.
Ten days after the close of the session
that newspaper printed figares show-
ing that the legislature has taken care
of the various departments better than
any previous body of law makers. Here
are the North American comment and
figures: :
Every department of the state gov-
ernment received a considerably larg
er appropriation- than from the last
session. The amounts allowed in the
general appropriation bill, togethe:
with the amount approved last session
and the increases, follow for the prin-
cipal departments:
Public Schools.
1017 ......ivevanesens $18,000,000
TID iin. caves 16,000,000
Increase ales een 12,000,000
Department of Labor and Industry.
017 eee eeinrnsssae $1,447,808
1018 ce i ianenes 958,488
INCTEAse ........... $488,460
! Public Service Commission.
1917 i.o. $651,140
1915 ......... 548,320
Increase ........... $102,820
Department of Health.
17 veil ee eras $2,029,924
1015 ......ani nine ae 1,527,100
Increase ...... “reais $502,824
State Police.
$1,337,640
699,635
Increase . .......: .. $438,005
Public Grounds and Buildings.
1010 incase hava $1,310,280
1915... nei 1,033,880 -
INCrease ............ $276,400
Highway Department. :
(For Operation of Office.)
BOLT thle .. $1,076,000
1915, avai. sees 861,000
Increase ....... . $215,000
Forestry Department.
017 CL aa see $829,000
1915. noe, ce siete 608,600
Increase ........... $220,500
Printing and Binding. !
WIT ec a) $1,047,300
1915 seen essssseens 699,025
Increase ease $348,275
Department Fisheries.
IT ei on elie $313,600
915... PLL SN 247,000
INCTEARe i. vonesers $66,600
Department Agriculture.
1917 Or eerie aie ols $376,700 °
8 ves. VOLE 341,200
Increase ...... cera $35,500
State Treasurer.
1917 ......, eainnan $200,200
1915 ......5..., «vieeiis 146,600
+ Increase’... :.... es $53,600
Auditor General.
ADIT the cles aan ae inn es $587,200
F915... . us deeeaess 423,000
Increase . ......vsens $164,000
. Attorney General.
IT LLnL, $244,200
1935 LL a ie 194,200
Increase ........... $560,000
Moving Picture Censors.
1917 va leniees ay Side 108,089
wis Sal da 3 801920
Increase ...... . $27,169
The increases in these departmencs
alone amount -to $2,990,153.
Millions For Institutions.
One of the largest cutg made by tne
legislature is in the state’s share ou
maintaining indigent insane persons
for the next two years, $800,600 of the
estimated cost being shifted back to
the counties. by increasing their pro-
portionate share of maintenance. The
result was that instead of $4,750,000
the legislature appropriated $3,900,000.
State institutions and charitable in-
stitutiong which receive support from
the state receive from this legislature
a total of nearly $14,000,000
In addition, big appropriations were
made for State College, which receiv-
ed $1,500,000; University of Pennsyl-
vania, $1,000,000; University of Pitts-
burgh, $750,000, and Temple Universi-
ty, in Fapadsipuia, $200,000.
In addition to the $2,000,000 appro-
priated for preparedness, military ex-
enditures authorized by the legisia-
ure include $1,790,000 for the coa-
struction and maintenance of armories,
$1,150,000 for the cost of maintaining
the national guard of Pennsylvania, an
amount double that appropriated two
years ago, and a further appropriation
of 3232,500 for the equipment of the
a >
guard.
Some of the other important appro-
priations made by the legislature ave:
Abolition of grade crossings. .$250,000
Prison labor commission, for
installing Tanniciyrng fa-
cilities in penal institutions. 100,000
Mothers pensions ............ 400,000
New buildings for western pen-
itentiary, Centre eounty..... 600,000
Construction of new Western
State Hospital for the In-
sane, at Blairsville intersec-
tion, Westmoreland county.
Construction of new State
Home for Inebriates (site
still to be located)
New construction and opera-
tion fund for Institution for
Feeble-Minded Women at
Laurelton, Union county... 100,000
Institution for Feeble-Minded
and Epileptics, at Spring
400,000
280,000
City, uew construction ap-
propriation, separate from
that for maintenance ...... 350,000
To commission to select site
for new Fastern State Hospi-
tal for the Insane, probably
in Delaware or Chester coun-
BF i. iii i-as.eive 55,000
Construction of new bridge at
Falls over Susquehanna riv-
er in Wyoming county...... 195,000
Construction of bridge over
Susquehanna at Millersburg, 850,000
Appropriation to firemen’s re-
lief associations 100,000
Appropriation to extinguish
mine fire at Carbondale
which has been burning
MARY YEAS ......eco unin 75,000
Joint purchase of Delaware
river toll bridges between
Pennsylvania and New Jer-
goy olee 200,000
Joint pur
Delaware
Wireless In Van |
There are several forias of wireless |
equipment used in warfz ce. and under |
favorable conditions a r.ucge of from |
150 to 200 miles is possible Vv ith one of
them. The most portable “stati nm,”
however, is the cavalry (ype, wich
weighs 640 pounds and is ed about
in equal proportions by four horses.
Its range is not a wide one. It works
over a distance of from twenty-five tc
thirty miles. The engine and dynamo
are mounted on opposite sides of a
rigid saddle on the first horse, together
with four gallons of petrol and a quart
of lubricating oil, tools, spare parts and |
a telescopic driving shaft. The second
horse carries the transformer—which
changes the current to a lighter or
lower voltage—in a wooden case and in
another wooden’ case the receiver,
while the third horse carries the masts,
which in some cases are in sections
and in others are made on a telescopic
principle. The fourtk horse carries
halyards, stays and the aerial wires,
which are wound round drums and
pack away in a fiber case.—Pearson’s
eekly. ;
Throwing Heat Overboard.
On all seagoing steamers the steam
is condensed by sea water pumped |
through the surface condensers. This
circulating water is then discharged
overboard. In the process of conden-
sation the cooling water taken in at
temperatures varying from 32 degrees
to 88 degrees F., according to climatic
and other conditions, is raised to tem-
peratures varying from 80 to 120 de-
grees and then discharged. This great
loss of heat is practically unavoidable,
says the Popular Science Monthly.
Even on comparatively small steamers
hundreds of tons of heated water are
pumped overboard daily. This consti-
tutes one of the greatest heat losses in
the operation of steam machinery, al-
though sometimes a portion of the
warm water is used for scrubbing
decks and for bath water on passenger
ships,
Matter and Force.
There is no. such thing as a loss of
matter or force. The so called “con-
servation” of matter and its forces was
demonstrated years ago by Joule and
other scientists. When, for instance,
a thing “burns up,” as we say, the sub-
stances that give out the light and
heat are changed, not destroyed. The
wood or whatever the substance hap-
pens to be becomes ashes and gas, and
if we could gather up all the products
of the burning we should find that they
had not lost a particle of their weight
and that the form of them only was
changed. The eternity -of matter was
a teaching of the old Greek philiso-
phers, or of some of them at least, and
the modern teaching of the conserva-
tion or indestructibility of the stuff of
the universe would seem to corroborate
the ancient idea.
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Millais’ “Trust Me.” >
A lady and gentleman were standing
pefore a picture by Millais called
wprust Me,” in which an elderly squire
confronts his dat ghter, who holds a
letter behind her back.
The picture admits of more explana-
tions than one, for Mr. Millais had
that rare faculty of putting blended
expressions into his faces which puz-
zle us, as the expressions of real
faces do. :
But the one this gentleman was over-
heard giving his companion is as new,
we are bound to say, to the painter
as to our readers. “You see,” he said,
«she has got ‘a letter in her hand
which she is keeping back from the
man in the red coat. Well, he is the
postman and has just given her the
letter. 1 suppose it's from abroad
She hasn't the money to pay the post
age, so she says, ‘Prust me.” ”
The explanation was given with pere
fect gravity and in apparent good
faith.— London Mail. :
Grand Opera In 1680.
The following excerpt from Burney’s
«History of Music,” published in 1776,
describing the first performance of the
| opera “Bernice” in 1650, indicates that
“there is nothing new under ‘the sun,”
even in sumptuous staging of. music
dramas.
where were choruses of 100 virgins,
100 soldiers, 100 horsemen in iron 'ar-
mcr, forty cornets on horses, six trum-
peters on horseback, six drummers, six
ens ons, s.x great fiutes, six minstrels
playing on Turkish flutes and six oth-
ers on octave flutes, six pages, three
sergeants, six cimbalists, twelve hunts-
men, twelve grooms, six coachmen for
trumpeters, six others for the proces-
sion, two lions led by two Turks, two
elephants led by two others, Bernice’s
triumphal car drawn by four horses,
gix other cars, with prisoners and
spoils drawn by twelve horses, and six
coaches for the procession.
Advice In Securing Riches.
Frederick Weyerhaeuser, America’s
one time lumber king, who died a mul-
timillionaire, once gave the following
rules on how to get rich: “Make up
your mind to work at something real-
ly worthy of work and work hard. The
surest way to make money is to save
money and to use what you have.
Don’t be afraid of long hours or con~
stant attention to your work. Work
can be made a joy, an economy, a
pleasure, if you combine an object
worth while with the determined am-
bition to win. Any young man can
get rich, can succeed, if he saves; if he
has a definite and honest purpose and
is so filled with the purpose that work
ceases to be a hardship and becomes a
privilege.”
Philadelphia’s Big Clock.
The center of the dial of the clock on
Philadelphia's city hall tower is 361
Cash Valua of Success.
“While I do not think that success is
measured by money)’ says a writer in
the American Magazine, “an estimate
of success cannot be disassociated from
the cash value that is put on our work.
Tt 1s the only factor of happiness that,
granting material necessities, has to be
reckoned in dollars. :
“Success is a variant, and it is im-
possible to state it in a money limit. 1
know that the $5,000 that is my fa-
ther’s salary as United States attorney
brings with it to bim a recognition of
his ability that the same salary made
in another: way would not have. I
know that the small checks I some-
times receive for my own ‘work bring
a glow that really isn’t in the checks.”
Bells Not In Favor.
Greek monks are called to prayer in
a fashion of their own. Bells are not
regarded with too much favor in the
Levant. The fact that they are an in-
novation borrowed, albeit in the tenth
century, from schismatic Venice makes
the orthodox doubt their appeal, while
the Turks object to them even more
strongly lest they disturb wandering
spirits, says the National Geographic
Magazine. For all ordinary purposes
the monks use in their stead a hanging
wooden plank or sometimes a smaller
metal bar of which the necessary con-
comitant is a stout mallet.
Artesian Wells.
For over 1,000 years the Chinese have
obtained water through means of arte-
sian wells. One of the most famous
wells in existence is that at Grenelle,
on the outskirts of Paris, where the
water is brought from a depth of 1,798
feet. A well in Pesth was sunk to the
depth of 3,100 feet in the seventies.
Goliath.
Goliath, the giant of Gath, who
“morning and evening for forty days”
defled the armies of Israel (I Samuel
xvii) and was slain by David, was “six
cubits and a span” in height. Taking
the cubit at twenty-one inches would
make him ten and one-half feet high.
Tit For Tat.
He—These biscuits are not like those
which mother used to make. She—Of
course they are not. These are intend-
ed to be eaten, not talked about.—
Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Quick Growing Cress.
It is said that cress is the quickest
growing of plants. Under perfect con-
ditions it may be made to flower and
seed within eight days of planting.
His Trouble.
Grimby—Does Brown understand the
purchasing power of a dollar? Blinks
river toll iges between
Pennsylvania and New York, 500,003
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—Yes. What troubles him is the pur-
chasing power of his wife!
Some men pre load of in
famy, however heavy. to any pressura
xation, however light.—Sydney
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feet 114 inches from the ground level.
The length of the minute hand is 10
feet 8 inches. The weight of the hand
is 225 pounds. The weight of the dial
frame with glass is five and one-half
tons. The clock is equipped with a
pneumatically operated thermostat for
controlling an electric governor pro-
vided to protect it from e:iremes of
temperature. The steel pendilums u:e
inclosed in cast iron cases to protect
them from magnetic influences.—Phila-
delphia Press.
A Simple Antidote to Poison.
It is a valuable thing to understand
‘thoroughly what ample antidote to
take if one is so unlucky as to swallow
poison of any kind. Sweet oil is to be
found in nearly every house, however
humble, and half a pint of it taken im-
mediately is an effectual antidote to
almost all poisons. Any one with &
strong constitution should take a larger
quantity of this simple remedy.—Lon-
don Telegraph.
Anatomy and Friendship.
“My dear,” said the host to his wife
as he started to carve the leg of lamb,
“can’t you give Mrs. Brown anything
better than this cold meat?” 2
_ “Oh,” cried Mrs. Brown, “that’s all!
right, so long as it is cold leg and not!
cold shoulder!’—Christian Herald. :
Decidedly. |
“Washington was a truthful man.” *
“I've got the habit myself now. I|
think it is the best plan if you marry |
a widow.”—Louisville Courier-Journal.
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PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
Flat Foot.
Declaring that proper foot-
wear will cure most cases of flat
foot, a well known New York
physician says: “Boots er shoes
must be the shape ef the foot,
but it is not necessary to wear
boots of an ugly shape to secure
this primary essential. To in-
sure that the big toe is not push-
ed out against the other toes
the inner side of the boot where
it les is kept straight. The soles
should be a sixth to a fourth of
an inch thick and the heel broad,
an inch or less in height. If the
degree of flat foot be anything
more than the merest trace me-
chanical means are utilized to
throw the weight of the body,
distributed down the leg, slightly
outside the.center of the ankle
Joint. To effect this the sole
and heel of each boot must be
thickened along its inner side by
a quarter, one-third or half an
inch, the amount depending
upon the severity of the case.
The worse the case the greater
the thickening.”
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