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ELECTRICAL NOTES. Mltcted Item* of Interest About tk« Magnetic Current. The Frankfurter Zeitung says that the Nuremberg Electric company has started the manufacture of electric typesetters. This is a new departure in Germany. A wireless telegraphy outfit and a modern automobile will soon be on their way to Manila, where they will be utilized by the United States army authorities. At a meeting of the Vienna Society of Physicians Dr. Kienbock Introduced a man of 26 years of age whose hair had been partially restored by an ap plication of the Roentgen rays. He had been bald for some years. Charles H. Dickey of Baltimore is the inventor of an electric protective de vice for elevators providing for the au tomatic stopping of the cage if a parcel or body of any kind should happen to be projecting so as to strike a floor in passing. The various scientific departments in England recently held a conference in which they sought to obtain govern ment powers for protecting the delicate instruments in the Kew and Green wich observatories from auy magnetic disturbances that arise from the work ing of electric tramways aud railways in their vicinity. The British postal department com mission which has been inquiring into the subject of wireless telegraphy for several months will shortly report in favor of the earliest possible adoption of the Marconi system. The commis sion is also arranging for the purchase of Marconi patents aud is negotiating with France and Germany relative to their attitudes toward the Marconi in ventions. An electric arc lamp capable of tak Ing a current of only three amperes will shortly be placed on the market. It measures 17 inches in length and weighs 10 pounds. The carbon is only five-sixteenths of an inch in diameter. Hitherto the arc lamp has beeu utilized only in connection with great candle power, but the constant desire for a email lamp of this description for cer tain purposes in place of the incan descent glow lamp, which possesses many inherent defects, has resulted in the designing of this miniature arc lamp. The question of fatigue caused to the eyes by various kinds of artificial lights has recently been taken up and studied it some length by a Russian govern ment expert. He says that the involun tary closing of the eye—winking—is a sign of weariness. Using surfaces il luminated by various lights he counted the involuntary movements of the eye lid, his results being that when candle light was used the eyes were closed 6.8 times a minute, with gaslight wink ing occurred 2.8 times a minute, with sunlight the eyes closed 2.2 times and with electric light only 1.8 times. Marrying Foreigners For Culture. Countess Frenfanellio-Cebo, who is visiting in this country, has told a Chi cago reporter the reason why Ameri can girls marry foreigners. Heretofore it has been supposed that titles had something to do with the case, but the countess says that it is not so—that American girls choose foreigners sim ply because of the superior culture of European men. This plain talk will doubtless set American young men inquiring as to the particular faults of the homemade brand of culture. It lias been suppos ed hitherto that American frankness, honesty and genuine manliness would outweigh any mere veneer of studied politeness or the superficialities that come with education in a foreign capi tal. But of course this visiting count ess knows, or thinks she does, what constitutes real culture. Doubtless the noble Count Boni de Castellane Is her Ideal. If the countess would prove her as sertlon that American girls marry for eigners simply for the brnnd of cul ture they receive, let her bring over a number of Europeans who have cul ture, but no titles. Let them be put on the market and advertised as bargains In European culture and see how many of them will be married in a year. If European fortune hunters bad to de pend solely on their culture to contract rich alliances, there would be mighty little American money going abroad to patch up decayed European estates. It Is the title that attracts certain Ameri can heiresses, a large proportion of whom rue the day they surrendered hand and fortune to it. Night Was Her Terror "I would [cough nearly all night long," writes Mrs. Chas. Applegate, of Alex andria, Ittd., , and could hardly get any sleep. I had consumption so bad that if I walked a block I would cough frightfully and spit blood, but, when all other medicines failed, three SI.OO Dottles of Dr King's New Discovery wholly cured me and I gained 58 pounds' Its absolutely guaranteed to cure Coughs, Colds. La Grippe, Broti chitisand all Throat and Lung Troubles Price 50c and SI.OO Trial bottles free at Paules & Co s drug store. WANT UETTER RUADS ©EMAND FOR THEM INCREASING IN NEW JERSEY. Experience Han Convinced the Peo ple of Their Value—lncreased Co»l of Construction—More Money Need ed From State. State Road Commissioner Budd of New Jersey In his annual report re views the work of the past year under the state aid road law and shows that 148 miles of stone and gravel roads were constructed. With but few ex ceptions the roads built were construct ed of stone. Of the 148 miles of roads constructed during last year the annual appropria tion of the legislature of $150,000 was ' only sufficient to pay the state's share of the cost of 83 miles. State akl on the ' remaining 65 miles will have to be met out of this year's appropriation. j The demand for state aid for stone ' road building is becoming so great that Commissioner Budd recommends that " the annual appropriation be increased from $150,000 to $200,000. He also rec- ROAD NEAR CINCINNATI. [From Harper's Weekly. Copyright, 1900, by Harper & Brothers.] ■ ommends that the amount that a coun ty may spend in any one year for per manent road building be Increased ' from one-quarter of 1 per cent to one half of 1 per cent of the ratables. ' Mr. Budd laments that the increase ' in the cost of labor and material as : well as freight rates for hauling stone 1 during last year made the annual ap propriation of $150,000 only sufficient 1 to pay the state's one-third of the cost 1 of construction of 83 miles of road as ' against 114 miles in 1899. The increase r in the price of stone was from 50 to 100 per cent, and this he attributes to a ' combination on the part of the owners I of stone quarries. The increase In the price of transportation of stone was from 10 to 20 cents per ton. "In one county alone," he says,"the railroad company transported for the state aid roads over 47,000 tons of crushed stone, receiving for freight on the same, at the rate of 55 cents a ton, about s2o.ooo—an increase over last year of about $7,000, and the distance did not average over 25 miles from the quarry to points of delivery. The freight charged amounted to about one third of the cost of the roads." In his comments Mr. Budd says, "We think that although the quarries claim ed they were losing money at the old rates it was a great mistake for them to combine to increase their prices be yond a fair profit." The Increase in the cost of labor, ma terial and transportation during the > last year, Mr. Budd says, brought the . average cost per mile for constructing i stone roads up to $5,384, as compared , with an average cost of about $4,000 per mile in 1899. This increase is , developing a demand for the use of , gravel Instead of stone in the building , of permanent roads. Mr. Budd also favors the use to some degree of coarse sand or gravel instead of all stone screenings for the binder be tween the courses of crushed stone. The printed report will this year be accompanied by a road map with all the improved roads properly marked. It will show continuous good roads from Jersey City to Camden and Atlan tic City and from Trenton to the sea shore. The number of miles of permanent roads built in New Jersey since the passage of the state aid road law in 1893 is 588. This includes the 65 miles , built during the past year, for which state aid will be provided out of the 1901 appropriation. It does not in clude, however, the many miles of stone roads built in Union, Essex, Hudson and Bergen and perhaps other counties at either county or township expense before the state aid law was 1 passed. The 65 miles built during the past ' year for which no state aid has yet been apportioned cost $281,186.50, and the state's share will be one-third of ' that amount, or $97,062.16. This will increase to more than $950,000 the 1 state's share of the cost for improved ' roads in New Jersey. When there is added to the nearly $3,000,000 of total cost for these roads the amount spent for improved roads where no state aid i was allowed, it is probably not ex cessive to say that there has been spent in New Jersey in the last 10 or 12 years for permanent roads not less J than $4,000,000. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson i« greatly elated over the successful re , suits of the experiments in tea grow ing at the Pineliurst gardens near Sura merville, S. C., and Is now preparing to use $5,000 appropriated by congress by sending out a large number of tea plants to the agricultural colleges in the gulf states. He believes it will soon be demonstrated that tea can be raised with profit all over the south, possibly Including states as far north as Tennessee and Missouri, and that in time the United States will cease ini porting tea and will become an export er of that article. Already one or two companies with large capital have been organized to establish tea plantations. The tea raised at the Pineliurst gar dens in 1899 sold for over $3,500, some of It bringing $1 a pound. The Amer ican product Is said to be superior to any of the imported black teas. Last year tho yield was 12 per cent greater than In 1899 and was sold In bulk at a price that netted a handsome profit. The experiments of the last three years seem to prove that a good grade of American tea can be grown at a cost uot exceeding 15 cents a pound and that It can be sold in bulk at from 30 to 50 cents a pound. As the yield aver ages 400 pounds to the acre the profit on this I'tain would be from 100 to 17." per cen> Strikes A Eich Find. "I was troubled for several years with chronic indigestion and nervous de bility," writes F. J. Green, of Lancas ter. N. H., "No remedy helped me un til i began using Electric Bitters, which did me more good than all the medi cines I ever used. They have also kept my wife iti excellent health for years. She says Electric Bitters ar»- just splen did for female troubles; that they are a grand tonic and invigorator for weak, run down women. No other medicine can take its place in our family." Try them. Only 50c. Satisfaction guarant eed by Paules & Co druggists. OCEAN TELEPHONY SOON. Sclentlat* Believe That Thin Dlffleult Problem 11M* Been Solved. According to u recent issue of The Electrical Review, a telegraph and tel ephone company Ims purchased the patents of I>r. M.l. Pupin of Columbia | university, which, it asserts, cover the art of ocean telephony aud enable tele phone messages to be sent over any length of land lines. It adds that tlie sum of $-UO,IHX» lias been paid to lv Pupin for this invention, v '!' '! an nual salary of S7,S(HJ to hi in :! e life of the patents. Two patents were issued in June, ! 1900, for the invention referred to, which is described at length and c-har acterized as one of the most brilliant i and exceptional inventions of Dr. l'u pin. I It had been thought necessary in or der to talk a given distance, say 500 miles, with underground cables to em ploy large copper wires thickly cov j ered with insulating material. The ex j pense of such wires lirnl material has i been sufficient to prevent the construe- I tion of long underground circuits. I I)r. Pupin's invention, it is declared, j furnishes a method whereby conduct ors of relatively small diameter cover i ed with insulating material of moder ate thickness may be used in place of the large and expensive conductors for merly thought necessary. It is difficult to express in nontechnical language the theory upon which the invention is based, but it may be said to be a method of "fighting tire with fire." One difficulty with which telephonists j most contend is what they call "self ! induction," another is "static retard* tion," and a third is known as "re sistance." Dr. Pupin has placed these various difficulties in such a settled relation that they have expended their malign Influence upon one another and have left the telephone current free to pro ceed upon its way unmolested. In other words, he has "set a thief to catch a thief," and these disturbers ex pending their evil strength on them selves neutralize their destructive qualities. The article finishes as fol lows: "Experimenting with artificial con ductors, Dr. Pupin discovered that it was possible to telephone over vastly greater lengths of cable than had ever been possible before and is able to make any desired length of telephone circuit easily possible. He has shown a design for inductance coils to be in troduced at appropriate intervals in a transatlantic cable, which would allow telephonic conversation to be held across the Atlantic ocean. "It is believed by those who have investigated the subject fully that the improvement which ills inventions con I template will enable telephony over ; laud lines of auy length that are in j use today and solves the difficult and attractive problem of ocean teleph ony." We Lrad the World. The United States seems likely to stand at the head of the world's list of exporting nations in the year 1900. Duriug the past five years only the United Kingdom aud the United States could be considered as competitors for the distinction of being the world's greatest exporter of articles of home production. In 1894 the United King dom led the United States by nearly $250,000,000, and in 1897 the United States had so rapidly gained that she was but $ G0,000,000 behind. In 1898 the United States took first place, our exports in that year exceeding those of the United Kingdom by nearly $100,000,000. In 1899 the United King dom again stood at the head of the li6t, her exports exceeding those of the United States by nearly $35,000,000. In the 11 months of 1900 the domestic exports of the United States exceed those of the United Kingdom by $5,- 473,070, and should this rate of gain be maintained in December the United States will in the year 1900 show a larger exportation of domestic products than any other nation in the world. Comparing the growth of our export trade during the last quarter of the century with that of the other great nations of the world, we are able to better measure the wonderful progress shown. Fiance shows no increase in her exports of domestic merchandise in the closing quarter of the century. Germany shows during the same pe riod an increase of about 50 per cent, and the United Kingdom shows from 1875 to 1900 an increase of nearly 40 per cent, while the United States shows during that time an increase of practically 200 per cent. In 1875 the exports of domestic merchandise from the United States amouuted to $497,- 263,737, while those of Great Britain aggregated $1,087,497,000. In 11 months of 1900 the United States ex ported goods worth $1,308,913,789, while the United Kingdom's exports amounted to $1,303,440,000.- Every now and again there is revived the picturesque proposition to construct a railroad from America to Asia and thence to Europe. The projector of the latest of these apparently visionary and improbable schemes is Captain John J. Ilealy, an Alaskan pioneer, who confidently declares it not unrea sonable to expect the construction of such a line before many years have passed. As an evidence of the possibil ities, Captain Ilealy calls attention to the railway into the heart of Alaska, which he expects will be put under way within a year. The projected route of this line is northward from the mouth of the Copper river, up that stream, over the divide aud down the Tanaua river, which flows Into the Yu kon not far from the trading post of Weare, which aspires to be the capital of the territory when Alaska is divided. He predicts that this line, already in fair prospect, will be extended from the Yukon to Nome and thence to Be ring strait. An international bridge across that strait would bring the rail way to Siberia, after which it would be but a matter of detail to continue construction to a junction with the Si berian railway itself, which reaches Europe by direct train service. In view of what has been accomplished in the past, the railroad tlins outlined might not be an impossible engineering feat, but It would be useless expenditure of vast sums of money for which there would be no return. The Hue would traverse thousands of miles of unpro ductive country, frozen for many months eacli year, sparsely settled by semieivilized tribesmen without indus tries of commercial value nnd promis ing no future more attractive. A Horrible Outbreak. "Of large sores on my little daughter's lead developed into a case of scald nead" write C. D. Isbill of Morgantown. Tenn., but Bucklen's Arnica Salve completely cured her. It's a guaran teed enre for Eczema, Tetter, Salt, Rheum, Pimples, Sores, Ulcers and Piles. Only 25c at Paules <Sr Co's drug store. HOUSE FURNISHING, j SUGGESTIVE SKETCHES AND HINTS \ FOR THE RESOURCEFUL WOMAN. A Nook Inn Hantlaome Parlor, With Intimutlonn on the Makinu of u "Chaise Luiikoc" —An Attractive Novelty In a Roman Chair. The purport of a house furnishing ar ticle in The Designer, from which some are here made, Is to supply tc-c . s with Information of what Is goo<* iste in such lines, not only In costly iirticles, but others that are within the reach of the very limited poeketlook. A woman of resource, by aid of pictures and descriptions, may frequently evolve some home decora- A CORNER IN THE PARLOR tion which differs from the original and yet possesses all Its salient points. She may make a very reasonable copy of an expensive article or an elaborate duplicate of a comparatively simple af fair. In our first illustration is shown the corner of a handsome modern parlor. The walls are covered with paper of empire design, the groundwork of which is very pale green. The vertical stripes are dark green and gold, and sprays of full blown damask and pink roses are scattered between. The win dow drapery Is of dark green velour lined with rose pink. Over the polish ed floor are spread Turkish rugs, in which the colors green and dull pink predominate, and the furniture, which is covered with rose colored brocade, has either gold or rosewood frames. Only a few articles of furniture are pictured. One is a window bench of novel shape, having a chairlike back at one end and merely an arm rest at the other. This has five legs, three at the end where the bael: is and two at the end with the arm rest. The ta\!< ! ,i handsome article, with a plate ; ia > t< p, displaying the curios deposit^(l on the pale pink satin quilt ing which lines the interior. The frame of the tahlo is rosewood, and filigree brass, gold plated, decorates the top and sides. The screen has tapestry panels dis playing designs of roses and foliage, and the upper part Is of small panes of plate glass set in rosewood. The window bench, made in a less expensive manner, would make an Ideal seat for an invalid or, for that matter, for any one who likes comfort. It Is of sufficient length to permit the seated one to stretch the lower limbs at full length, while the back forms a most comfortable support, especially If It be filled with cushions. Such a seat has been most successfully made by an en terprising woman from a short, narrow divan and the discarded back of an old armchair. The back was nailed to the divan, then a cotton mattress made to fit, a soft wadding of the cotton being also applied to the interior of the chair back, after which denim In an art shade of blue was used to upholster the entire article. A deep box plaiting of the denim hides the legs of the di van, and the material is carried over both the outer and inner parts of the chair back. One of the prettiest of the furniture novelties for 1901 is the Roman chair such as Is pictured on this page. In shape it is most artistic and, wonderful to relate, comfortable as well, for It Is a regrettable fact that many things which are artistic are far from being either comfortable or practical. The chair shown Is made of gilded wood and has a seat of pale blue satin. Oth ers of the same design are of rosewood and others still of enameled wood with raised scrolls of silver or gold. The Roman chair makes a very acceptable substitute for the delicate gold recep tion chair which has been In fashion for several years and Is not only more comfortable, but more substantial. Small hall settees such as can be pur chased at very reasonable prices in im itation woods, with the addition of cush ions, might be utilized nicely for cozy corner seats of this kind. The cabinets or bookshelves, which form such a .pretty addition, need not necessarily be attached to the seat, but placed over It on independent supports. Art burlap is an inexpensive uphol stering material and comes in rich col oring. It may be had either plain or figured. WIDE TIRES AND GRAVEL. A friend suggests to us that wide tires and gravel are the proper solution of the good roads problem through the prairie sections. True! But supposing there is no gravel to be had within 30 miles and supposing you And it almost impossible to get farmers to consent to use the wide tired wagons for fear they would thereby do something which would improve the highway for their neighbor who will not buy one also and co-operate with them In this practical method of Improving the dirt highway, what then? If ever co-opera tion could be a practical and helpful thing among farmers, it can In this matter of road improvement. What is so sorely needed is a little enthusiasm and public spirit, a firm determination to have better roads, a little unselfish ness and patriotism, a little business like management in the expenditure of the public highway funds, then revolu tion would take place. The Insect which fertilizes tne Smyr na fig was successfully carried through last winter in California, and during the summer it was cared for with such good results that in one locality In Cali fornia more than six tons of Smyrna figs of the highest grade of excellence were produced and packed. Down to the present time the Smyrna fig has had a practical monopoly of the dried fig market of the world. None had been successfully grown in America. It has been estimated that the value of the Smyrna fig industry to California will not be less than $1,000,000 annu ally. A Widow's Love Affair Receives a setback, if she has offen sive breath through Constipation, Bili ousness or Stomach Trouble, but Dr. King's New Life Pills always cure those troubles; clean the system, sweeten the breath, banish headache; best in the world for liver, kidneys and bowels. Only 35c at Panles & Co's drug store. EVENING HOODS. I AM They Are Worn Thia Wlntff In Town mid Country. With the disappearance of the oven lug bonnet many of the fashionable women goto dinners, dances and the opera with uncovered heads. It !s cer tainly the simplest way, though one does risk a cold now and then in the hurried flight from house to carriage. Even the flimsiest scarf will disar range the coiffure just a trifle, and, with the growing popularity, of so lav ishly ornamenting the piled up coils of hair, a head covering becomes a bit difficult to .adjust comfortably and eas ily. The dainty scarfs and hoods appeal more especially to out of town people, though these are not by any means the only ones who wear them. Fancy lace tnd embroidered scarfs are both pretty and becoming. These are lightly thrown over the head in any becoming fashion, and, if the scarf is long enough, one end may be wound about the throat and shoulders. A narrow scarf of puffed liberty silk with lace stripes has a double edge of chenille loops, making a pretty frame for the face. This scarf is neither wide enough nor long enough to be worn in more than one fashion—simply thrown over the head and knotted or crossed under the chin. The mantilla scarf is of a larger size and admits of variety in the mode of draping. A pale pink or blue tucked liberty silk with stripes of black French lace run with gold thread makes a pretty scarf. This Is edged all around with a double fringe of chenille loops, which is soft and grace ful and makes a dainty finish. For bitterly cold nights, when even these airy scarfs are scarcely consider ed warm enough for use, a hood of some new cut and fashion is most com fortable. These are not clumsy af fairs. Instead they are soft and light and very effective when worn by a pretty woman and one whose youthful face possesses a dash of coquetry. One design something like an old fashioned SILK AND CHIFFON OPERA HOOD. bonnet. Illustrated by the New York Herald In connection with this de scription of evening hoods and wraps, Is of lace striped pale blue silk, the hood and cape cut together and fitting* the head loosely. It Is lined with blue silk of some soft weave, and all around the outside edge of both the hood and cape is a full plaited ruffle of lace edg ed chiffon. A jauuty bow of blue rib bon is fastened on the right side of the top, and the hood is tied with broad sashes of chiffon with ruffled edges. Another style of hood Is one that looks like a large puff of soft striped silk lightly wadded and lined with a plain color. The front edge turns back, showing the lining, and at either side are knots and long, broad sashes of the plain silk. The style Is quaint and pretty, but not nearly so practical as one with a cape attached. The lovely little evening capes and collarettes are fascinating in the ex treme and are convenient to use when larger wraps are too clumsy. One very pretty design Is of shirred mousseline, with rather high collar. Around the edge of the cape are two deep accor dion plaited ruffles, one a trifle shorter than the other and both finished with an edging of black French lace. The long stole ends are of the same plait ing, with several rows of the lace across the bottom. Perhaps the oddest and prettiest cape Is the one made of pale pink chiffon, put on in shirred petal shape, the whole thing like one huge crush rose. When worn, the head forms the center of the flower. A Sentimental Farmer, "These sheep pictures of Mauve's are beautiful," said Mr. L., the art In structor of the summer art school, to his class as he turned over a lot of re productions from the great artist's paintings. "They are so gentle, so ten der, so suggestive of pastoral peace and quietude!" "Oh, I do love sheep!" exclaimed one of the girls. "They are so dear! Don't you think so, Mr. L.?" Mr. L. looked thoughtful for a mo ment; then he said: "My father, who was a farmer, kept sheep for 20 years, lie was an old man when he decided to give up the practice —an old man, but as full of sentiment and feeling as he had ever been.l shall never forget the day when the purchaser of the flock came to take them away. My father stood In the barnyard and watched till the last sheep had passed through the great gate into the road, waited till the last faint bleating of the flock had died away in the distance; then he turned to me with a face full of emotion." There were tears In the eyes of the "class," and their girlish hearts were touched by the pathetic word picture. Somebody said "Ah!" In a long drawn fashion. "He turned to me, my poor old father," the artist continued, "and said in a low, earnest voice, "William, I'd go five miles any day to kick a sheep!"— Leslie's Weekly. Where the com crop averages aboutSO bushels an acre the crop can easily be doubled by giving the land a clover ro tation ouce in four years. The differ ence between profit and loss in operat ing such land can be found in the fore going statement. Any man can make $lO a day for three days putin on extra disking and dragging of almost any ten acre field of corn before planting. This matter of giving laud extra work and prepara tion before planting a crop of corn is not as well understood as It should be. How to Cure a Cold. Don't goto lied. Don't stop work. Don't take a Turkish bath and render yourself liable to an attack of pneu monia. Kranse's Cold Cure, in conven ient capsule form, will cure yon in 24 hours. They are pleasant to take and cause no ringing in your head or other disagreeable sensations. Price 25c. Sold by Rossman & Son's Pharmacy uATEST SPEAKING MACHINE.] Spw Form of Phonoifraph. Simpler nml Mine Aponratc Than the Old. j A now form of phonograph that dlf fers radically from the Edison type has i been iuvonted by Professor Paulsen of j Copenhagen. He calls it the telegra- j phone, anil those who have investigat-1 ed the invention say it is much sim pler, more sensitive and reproduces with far greater accuracy the sounds read than does any other machine. A steel piuno wire a meter or so long is tightly stretched between two ; bridges. The, wire is about .5 milli- ' meter diameter. A tiny electro magnet j has a core of a single piece of soft j iron wire about 8 millimeters long and : .75 millimeter diameter. The termi- j nals of this electro magnet are eon- | nected through n battery with a micro- ; phone—the form employed in a tele- j phone transmitter will do. Now, as one speaks or sings into the transmit- i ter the electro magnet is passed over ; the wire. As it moves along, its mag- | netization varying with the vibrations | of the voice, it induces at every point 1 along- tin; wire a permanent magnetism j corresponding to the magnetic condi- ! tion of the electro magnet the instant '■ it passed. This gives, as it were, a perfect photograph of the sound vibra | tions impressed upon the wire in terms of magnetic light and shade. The transmitter is now replaced by a re eeiving telephone, and as one listens the electro magnet is made to repeat, at the same rate, its journey over the wire. The telephone will then repeat with great clearness and absolute accu racy the original sounds. According to the Chicago Tribune, this magnetic impression in the steel wire is permanent and does not wear out by use any more than a photograli ic negative wears out by printing from it. But. like the film on a negative, the impression may easily be removed and the wire used again. All that is neces sary is to connect the electro magnet with a current :-lightly exceeding the maximum current that passed while recording :iu<l flowing in the opposite direction. With this constant current flowing the e!r< tro l. agnet is moved over the wire, and ali traces of the pre vious impression are removed. A record of any length may be made by any simple d.n'.ce for lengthening the wire. For instance, the wire may be wound in a spiral upon a cylinder. The inventor has even found that thin, narrow steel foil works admirably and that this may be wound upon any sim ple bobbin—one layer over the other— and that the impressions will remain good for a long period. They w'll, however, finally transfer and become blurred as two freshly printed pages brought together will do. This, howev er, may be avoided in both cases by in terposing between the layer thin paper or cloth. The wonderful simplicity of this lit tle instrument, together with the ingen ious application of a well known fact, suggests interesting possibilities. Much of Interest lies in the world Just be yond the limit of our senses. Celestial photography has revealed worlds be yond the appreciation of the eye, even though the eye be aided with the most powerful instrument. Perhaps mag netic photographs of sounds can he en larged am? aualyzed too. Morvflcuji fbloiica I.erca. The mechanism of the leg and foot of a chicken or other bird that roosts on a limb is a marvel of design. It often seems strange that a bird will sit on a roost and sleep ail night without fall ing off, but the explanation is perfectly simple. The tendon of the log of a bird : that roosts is so arranged that when the leg is bent at the knee the claws are bound to contract and thus hold with a sort of death grip the limb around which they are placed. Put a chicken's feet on your wrist and then make the bird sit down, and you will have a practical illustration on your skin that you will remember for some time. By this singular arrangement, seen only in such birds as roost, they will rest comfortably and never think of holding on, for it is Impossible for them to let go till they stand up.—Pres byterian. Mr. Morgan Is credited with having made in a single deal late ly. And yet there are people who say that there are no chances for making money nowadays. EDISON'S PHONOGRAPH Better than a Piano, Organ, or Music Box, for it sings and talks as well as plays, and don't cost as much. It reproduces themusic of any instrument—hand or orchestra—tells stories and sings—the old familiar hymns as well as the popular songs—it is always ready. See that Mr. Edison's signature is on every machine. Cata logues of all dealers, or NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH CO., 135 Fifth Ave., New York. PLANING MILL! HOOTER BROTHERS MANUFACTURERS OF Doors, Sash, Shutters, Verandas, Brackets, Frames and Turned Work of all Kinds. Also Shingles, Roofing Slate, Planed and Rough Lumber. Rl VERBIDE, NORTD COUNTY. —————.. 1 in . 11 . * FOR FIRST CUSS WORK IT GO ID ft Good Work. Special atten \ tion given La- %112 Prompt dies Suits and Delivery. Waists, Gents fjjjf /^V//; v .v Right Prices. White Panta- I**' §&# - ' All . Jni\ All packages loons and Vests. lftf ••/. .'> elalcl for and Repairing done it ' - **l i- j r XNJm,!-:*- delivered free, when ordered. 1 ' P< ■■■ yßsasmv Give lis a call. v v -/ Danville Steam Laundry, No. 20 Cana St Lore and Kase, Prop, DAUGHTER OF REVOLUTION. Mrs. Dunliam'ii Sire for A merlon n I iidcpendcnre. If patriotic ancestry were a conJilion of nobility in America, as it is in some other countries, Mrs. Sylvia Langdon Dunham of Plantsville, Conn., would be a countess at least. Mrs. Dunham enjoys the very rare distinction of be* 'i 112 ! >|p »t sj From a recent photo. MBS. SYLVIA LA.VGDON DUNHAM, ing an original "daughter of the Revo lution"—that is, she is the daughter of one of our heroic Revolutionary sires. Mrs. Dunham's father was Captain Oiles Langdon, who did valiant service in the Continental army. The old lady has just passed her one hundredth ! birthday and bids fair to live for many more years. Another real daughter of the Revolution died a short time ago ! In Philadelphia. In this connection it is interesting to note that on June 30. 1900, we still had i on our pension rolls the names of four ! widows of Revolutionary soldiers. As | the youngest of these links with the oMen time is only 83 it is quite possi ble that the widow of a Revolutionary soldier of 1776 may be drawing a pen lion in 1916. nil Goal the Letter "V." When the late Horace Maynard, I,L. I D., entered Amherst college, he expos ed himself to ridicule and jibing quc~ [ tions of his fellow students by placing j over the door of his room a large | square of white cardboard on which ' was inscribed In bold outlines the sin j gle letter V. Disregarding comment | and question, the young man applied ■ himself to his work, ever keeping in mind the height to which he wished to climb, the first step toward which was signified by the mysterious V. Four years later, after receiving the compliments of professors and stu dents on the way he had acquitted himself as valedictorian of his class, I young Maynard called the attention of 1 his fellow graduates to the letter over his door. Then a light broke in upon j them, and they cried out: "Is it possible that you had the vale dictory in mind when you put that V ■ over your door?" "Assuredly I had," was the emphatic j reply. On he climbed, from height to height, | becoming successively professor of I mathematics in the University of Ten -1 nessee, lawyer, member of cougress, 1 attorney general of Tennessee. United | States minister to Constantinople and finally postmaster general.—Success. Ninety Miles nil Hoar, T-c unusual speed of 90miles per hour was recently made by the Black Dl i amond express of the Lehigh Valley railroad. The train consisted of four ; Pullman cars and an "Atlantic" type I engine. This train was 13 minutes late at Rochester Junction, and on the run to Manchester an attempt to make up the lost time was made and was more than accomplished. One section of the I road a distance of 5.1 miles was made I in exactly 3 minutes and 41 seconds.— i Railway Review. Chicago's Pnbllc Bnths. Chicago has four public bathhouses | and gives an average of 50,000 free bat li s a mosth. THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. Matters of Interest Talked About at Washington. SAWMILL IN HEAET OF OITY Democratic Simplicity Mark* th» Preliminary Inauguration Work Sherman's War Relics Given to th« National Museum Mrs. McKlnlej Wishes an American Govrn For In anguratloa Ball. The western congressman, homesicl for the scenes of his boyhood; th» Maine man, whose mind reverts wltl tenderness to the sawmill on the edg< of the forest; the southerner, in whosi nostrils yet lingers the spicy odor o the newly sawed pine wood of his na tive village—all are furnished by t complacent government with the op portunity of renewing the memories o their native heath in the erection of » miniature sawmill close by the mail thoroughfare of Washington. Executive avenue, running at righ angles to Pennsylvania avenue &n( separating the north grounds of th< White House from the narrow parkin; of the war, state and navy departmen building, has been transformed withli the past few days into a scene of bus: activity, says the Washington Post. J shed, such as perambulating lumber men put up temporarily for the conven lence of forest owners, with its shee Iron chimney protruding from a slant ing board roof, with its busy wheel buzzing saw and a fioating flag o. steam, has been built; huge piles o lumber disport themselves in the vlcin Ity, clustering crowds watch the prog ress of the saw and discuss politics small boys place their Lands on the vi brating timber "to feel the buzz"—ii fact, all the elements of a small loggim camp are reproduced in the center o the nation's capital. This democrat! Blmpllcity of work is preliminary to th erection pf stands on the avenue to the accommodation of the inauguratloi crowds. With characteristic disregard for th "dignity that doth hedge a king" th coping of the White House fence i made to serve its purpose and forms support for the lumber as It is beln passed under the saw. Diplomats' cai rlages approaching the state depart ment by this route are forced to edg to one side, and pedestrians taking constitutional must, willy uilly, kee to the right going south and to the lei going north. The city boy listens wit ill concealed Impatience to the boastfi knowledge of his country cousin whos father sends wood to the railroads, an the department clerk stands around 8 the noon hour, an interested spectatc of progress. After many years of waiting the ha of American history of the Nations museum has just come into possessio of the W. T. Sherman war eollectioi writes the Washington correspondei of the Chicago Tribune. Nearly all t the other generals of the civil wi were represented in Bome way, a. scarcely a day passed that tourists d not ask for some memento of the gre; general. After the death of the brother. Job Sherman, and the ultimate scatter* condition of his effects Miss Lizzie bl P. T. Sherman of New York, son ai daughter of the general, concluded 1 give the valuable relics into the kee, ing of the National museum. Startir> with Sherman's diploma from We. roint, the commissions as second lie tenant and all the way to that of fu general, major general, brigadier ge: eral, secretary of war and a regent < the Smithsonian institution permit or to follow his full course with great re> ularity. Again, the story of Sherman's pro* ress is told in Lis uniforms, the first b' Ing his coat, hat and sash, the unifon of the Third artillery, U. S. A. Amon the swords is one the general carried t the battle of Shiloh and a more ornt mental one having a gold hilt studde with diamonds. The watch that serv ed him on his famous march to these awakens great interest In fact, the collection Is the mo complete of that of any officer of th civil war, General Grant not exceptr Inasmuch as the Grant collection more that was gained on his foreig tour than of his war exploits In th United States. The top of a tree corresponds ver. closely to its root development. If 1 has a large and widespreading top, 1 will have farreaching roots. Thus when you set out a tree with a largt top and but few roots you make it ver; easy for such a tree to die. Where th roots are deficient the top of such trc should always be closely pruned t( correspond. We have always had th< best success in setting shade trees sucL as elm, hard maple, and the like, tc trim the tree down to Just a bare pole. This season s most artistic -^>MILLINERY^" productions are here to interest am please. Exquisitely trimmed Hat; Toques and Bonnets, and tintrimmt shapes of the newest and most approv style. Call and see them. They wii need but little praise fr< m us to mak them appreciated. Also a line of tn trimmed Hats in all the popular shape at Reduced Prices. infill 122 Mill Street. Red Supprmid A Mtnstruatlpr Or OSS PAINFUL T« Minitruatior I anSV And a PREVENTIVE to ■ I FJMALE —J • | I IRREGULARITIES 111 Are Safe and Reliable. Perfectly Harmless The Ladies' ?RlCEsi.oo Sent postpaid on receipt of price. Money refunded if not as * y -Yin de Cinchona Co. Des Moine*, lowa.
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