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‘ ture of modern mealtimes.
The Wedding Ring."
The wedding ring was placed on the
left hand, as nearest the .Ireart, and
on the fourth- finger because’ that
finger was supposed to have its own
“private wire” (in the shape of a ‘deli-
cate nerve) to the heart. That finger,
too, was called the medicine finger,
and the belief was that by virtue of
the little nerve it could detect a dan-
gerous poison if simply inserted in
the liquid. From that belief the idea
that wedding rings—the rings worn
on that finger—had special curative
qualities had its rise. To this day
wedding rings are rubbed over an ob-
stinate sty on an eyelid.
Caring for Gloves.
Too much cannot be said about the
necessity for proper care in removing
gloves from the hands, for upon this
“more than anything else depends the
length of time a pair of : gloves will
wear. After unfastening the glove it
should be turned back overthe hand,
as far as the fingers, and then, should
be pushed off, without pulling on the
fingers of the glove at all, as when
this is done .threads of the sew-
ing are broken and in a short’ time:
begin’ to rip. After thé glove is off;
the hand the fingers should be gently
straightened out, the gloves smoothed
{nto shape and put into a box, to keep
them from the air as mitch ‘as pos-
‘gible, as it is the air and moisture in |
it that rot the fine thread yin which a
Bove is sewn. v4
Shetland Shawls. .
The floss shawls that are NOW, ‘so
largely worn used to have their fresh?
‘ness restored occasionally, though
‘that operation is put off as,long as
possible. If not to0 badly soiled dry
‘cleansing with flour or starch is fre-
‘quently effective, but for real soil a
thorough washing is required. Make
a good suds in a large pan, using white
Put the
shawl in this and sop and squeeze, but
‘do not pull, rub or lift the mass of :
wool from the pan. When the water
‘looks soiled, pour off, then add fresh
‘rinsing water of the same tempera-
iture.
Repeat this twice. After the
second rinsing squeeze out every bit
"of moisture possible, still leaving the
Now ‘set in the
‘warming oven of the range, turning
over and over until the shawl is per-
‘ fectly dry.—Newark Advertiser.
Pleasant Mealtimes.
Many people must have been struck
.by the utter absence of interesting
conversation that is so marked a fea-
In the old-
en days all the wit and brightness of
‘the time seemed to focus about the
breakfast and dinner tables, and near-
‘1y all the celebrated stories of wit
and repartee that have come down in
history have been originated during
mealtime. Nowadays people speak of
their worries and troubles at the table,
look up train time and read papers
during breakfast, and if there is any-
thing disagreeable to tell they prefer
mealtime for such remarks. It has
been suggested that children should
be trained to speak well and cheer-
fully during meals, just as they are
trained to eat properly. Each habit
will cling: and make them much
sought after in society. Worry is bad
on the digestion, ‘and so is the fashion
of bolting the food. Both are hard on
your neighbor and ruinous to one’s di-
gestion and inteflocs-=ica (N.Y)
Observer.
1830 Maid Reincarnated.
The 1830 maiden is indeed prevalent
this season, and the dashing girl of
1905 is especially particular to obtain
all of the effects of this beautiful de-
cade in her gowns, hats, and, in fact,
she is trying just a wee bit to be-
‘come a little like Her great-grand-
mothers in actions and poise.
The return of the poke is great sig-
* nificance of what the coming seasons
will bring forth, and all women are
thankful for this pretty revival. They
“ are not exaggerated to any degree,
just pretty, simple and dainty
* extremely becoming to a pretty face,
* and also add great charm to a plain
hats,
one. Gowns to match these are, of
course,” a necessity, and they, with
their large sleeves, bouffant skirts and
pointed bodices are a fitting match for
the bonnets. J.arge real old-fashioned
sashes are just breaking through the
fashion line, and the summer girl will
indeed be a picture in her chic gown,
with large bows and ends at the back,
and her hat and streamer tied de-
murely under her chin.
Lace is a popular trimming, and
many of the frocks of fine white ma-
terials are bedecked lavishly with val
and mechlin. Dresden ribbons are al-
so going to be used extensively, and
they make. handsome accessories of
plain gowns. Nearly all of these
gowns are worn with stiff white skirts,
or hair-cloth hems are employed to
hold them away from the feet.—New-
ark Advertiser. |
Women at Hotels.
When you go to a hotel you will be
met at the door by a porter and you
can either go to the office with him
or ask him to engage a room for you
from the clerk. But it is altogether
customary for a woman to go to the
office to engage her ropm and you
need not feel that you are doing any-
| emollient for the skin
thing conspicuous. State what sort of
a room you wish and learn the price.:
The clerk will give the key of your:
room. When you dre there, do as
you please. If you ‘want the chamber-
maid ring for her and tell her what
you need. After that behave as you
would in any private, house where you’
felt’ at home. Leave the key at the
office when you are going out. Bear
in mind that for the time being the
hotel is your rome and that you have
a right to order anything in it. that
you .are prepared to pay for. Don’t
be afraid of ‘any one, says Christine
Terhune Herrick in the® Bjlladelphia
North American.
Keep the same thing in wind whea
you order meals. Take your ‘time
over the menu card. Select what you
want as you. would if the waiter were
not there. If you look grave and dig-
nified the attendants will think you
are a. haughty, reserved woman Who
knows it all and will defer to you:
Keep up this impression: Tip the
waiter a quarter for any order of from
$1 to $2 and beyond that on a scale of
10 percent. The bellboy who takes
up your bag will expect a dime tip.
3. The | ‘chambermaid will look for. a quar-
‘ter if she’ has doné anything ‘especial
for you. If not, don’t ‘tip her.
Don’t be afraid of anything ‘or any:
one. In all probability they are all
as much in awe of you as you .are
of them. i ‘
Comforting Care of the Feet:
The woman with tired feet is trying
to succeed: in life with crippled ma- b
chinéry. There i$ very little joy, for
her either ‘in industry or*amusement.
She is, as it were, always handicapped
by her feet. No matter how enthusi--
astically she starts the day, she is
tired in a mile, like Shakespedres
“sad heart.”
Tired feet when not the result of
the wrong shoes are generally a proof
that they need some sort of atten-
tion, not just resting, but treatment,
and fortunately the sort of treatment
every woman can give herself without
expense for doctor's call or remedies.
The most important treatment for
feet that ache with the day half over,
that swell and burn is the cold water
cure. Every morning, regularly winter |
and summer, cold water as cold as it
will run from faucet or pump, should
be poured over the feet. Don’t stand
in it, but dash the cold water over one
foot at a time for a couple of minutes
and then rub dry. vigorously with a
rough towel. This will leave the feet
in a glow in the coldest days and is
the best remedy in the world for poor
circulation. It will relieve chronic
swelling and is an admirable preven-
tive for corns and bunions.
Where feet are blistered or cal
loused from standing, the ankles
chapped from exposure and the nails
brittle from cold, they should be
treated to daily miniature Turkish
baths. Every evening before going to
bed they should be bathed in very
warm borax water—a pint of borax to
a quart of water—and allowed to rest
in it for say five minutes, then cold
water dashed over them, and dried
with the hardest rubbing. When dry
they should be manicured at once,
the nails cut square and moderately
short, ‘the’ skin pressed back with a bit
of celluloid or orange stick. And then
as a final comfort the entire foot
massaged with oil or cold cream, and
done thoroughly so that the corns or
callouses are softened, the rough skin
smoothed and the nails rendered mal:
leable. After a treatment of this sort
the feet will be normally cool,
out any sweliing or pain, and in a fair
way to contribute to a peaceful night's |
sleep.
Where it is difficult to get rain wa:
ter, add half a teaspoonful of pure
borax to a ‘basin of warm. water—for
all footy“haths-—and: a: fine. velvety
smoothness “will at once be perceptible
‘to the gensitive skin. An excellent
is ‘also pre-
pared with this healthful and’ Sooth-
ing ingredient: *
Cold cream: One ounce of sperma
ceti, cne ounce of white wax, five
ounces of best imported oil of sweet
almonds, one .and one-half ounces ‘of
rosewater, 20 grains of powdered
borax. ‘
Dissolve the borax in the rdsewater,
and, if the weather is cold, set the
bottle in a pan of moderately warm
‘water, melt wax and spermaceti, add
almond oil and heat slightly; remove
from the fire-and pour into rosewater
quickly; beat to a foam with an egg
beater. When partly solid add two
drops of oil of rose. Cease beating
before the mass is firm, and pour into
little porcelain jars which should be
kept in a cool place.
This cream should be used in small
quantities and thoroughly rubbed in.
It is so simple that every woman can
make it for herself at a very slight
cost, yet is invaluable in the care of
sensitive feet.—Mary Annable Fanton.
This One Blew In.
During one of the high winds of
last week Hector Martin of Weld was
about to place a letter directed to
Wilton in his small box, when the
wind tore it from his grasp and car-
ried it off over the trees. To his sur
prise, the next day he received a re
ply, stating that the letter was blown
under the door of the addressee at
Wilton.—Farmington (Me.) Chronicle
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‘He’ came.
extension.
mind’ that ‘His society. was not only to
to reject it is to reject Him?
with
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THE. APULPHE.
A SHB "SUNDAY ‘SERMON BY
THE REV. ST. CLAIR HESTER,
Subject: “Church and Family.”
Brooklyn, N. Y.—The Rev. St. Clair
Hester, réctor of the Church: of. the
Messiah, : preached’ the: fourth sermon
in- the special series:under: the aus-
‘pices. of .the Men's Guild: Sunday.
His subject was “THe: Church and the
Family.” The text was from -Ephe-
Christ «loved ‘the: church |
and gave Himself for. dali "Mr. Hester
said: : fire ar
It is evident to any one reading tue
accounts of the life and words of Jesus
Christ while oa this earth that it was
His desire and purpose to found a so--
ciety to represent Him, to preserve His
memory, to make known and carryout
His will. His mission ‘was not intend-:
ed to be meteoric in character—flash
across the horizon of man’s vision—as-
tonish and puzzle by means of miracles |
and wonders, and then disappear,
leaving ‘the darkness as it was before
His coming: and being in
this: world was intended to make and.
actually did make a différence, a great
difference, in the views and hopes and’
motives: and lives of those: who-came’
under His influence. And He planned
that the moment He, inaugurated the
work He started, should not come to!
end ‘vhen He withdrew from the
world, and was no ‘longer present in:
the flesh to direct and superintend its:
Furthermore, it was in His.
continue, but also to grow, to enlarge,
until it should be. world-wide, until all:
men should have opportunity to enter,
its. ranks. Therefore.it is that we find.
Him solemnly: addressing. His, ‘disiples.
and declaring that upon their con-
fessed faith. in Him as the Son of God,
having power to plan and. execute as
God, He would. build His church and
that the gates of. hell,. the combined’
powers. of. . evil,. should not prevail
against. it. Théy. have combined;
against dbs and attacked it. again and.
again, they. ave -still .in, bitfer , opposi-
tion to it, but there is no sign of. yield+
ing. .
2 St Panik SAYBI- SChrist vid. the
chureh)>. What is. the: proof, the, evi
dence; that this assertion. is true? He
founded and established it—a man. does
not build: a- house unless he thinks that
it: will be «worth ‘something. He sed
lected and trained and. Pood offi- |
cers: to be His successors and as His ff
parting instructions bade them go into
all the world and preach His gospel to
svely: creature. He instituted. and ors
dained’ sacraments. as- pledges of His
love, as continual reminders, as means
by .avhich the souls tof. the faithful
might be fed and refreshed. Finaily, |
as St. Paul says, He gave Himself for
Jit: as St. Luke says, ‘He purchased it
with His own: blood.. This is.an abso: |
lute, conclusive demonstration. Great-
ar love hath no man than this that he
{ay down his life for his friends, -and
this is what He did.for His ¢hurch,
Oh, yes, He loved it; of ‘this there are
many and infallible proofs. But how
about ourseives=onr love, yours and
mine? It suffers by comparison? Can
your feeling for the church of God be
described by any such words as love?
[s it not the truth that there is indiffer-
ence, cold, callous indifference, on the
part of many and positive disbelief and
opposition on the part of many others
in their attitude toward the church?
Any one of us could name a dozen il-
lustrations of it. We must admit it.
Thousands never enter a sacred edifice.
Other thousands only occasionally as
curiosity or whim moves them. There
are some here to-night who, so far as
any church connection is ‘concerned.
may ‘be described as irregulars and
neutrals, onlookers and outsiders.
Tet me ask you-in all seriousness,
can you imagine that this venerable
society, established at such a great
cost, even the life blood of the Lord
Tesus Christ, has no claim on your al-
legiance? The church is the institu-
tion, the organization of Jesus Christ—
is it putting it too strong to say that
People
who think or act in this way do not re-
flect or they do not realize the benefit.
and blessing Christianity is to a coun-.
try, or the church to the family. No
nation or society of people have ever
existed on the face of the ea th with-
out some form of religion, Statesmen,
sovereigns, empire builders, economists
have admitted and recognized its pow-
er, its value, have promoted it by
every means at their command even
when, in some instances, they did not
believe in it because they saw the ne-
edsity of it as a civilizing, refining and
improving conservating element in hu-
man society. Now, religion could not
live and do its needed work among men
without an organization ‘to keep it?
alive and carry on the'activities.: You
will: understand and:grant the impor-
tance of honesty and hopor in our
business and industrial life. Dishon-
esty, if the general rule, would mean
the wreck of our whole financial sys-
tem, ‘the failure of banks, the. breach’
cation and distress. ‘You understand 4
and will grant the desirableness of
bigh character, -of personal ¢ 11d social
purity, the great. benefit of -goodness
on the heart of citizens of any Sry
or comunity. We know Ww hat it
adulterers and thieves the controlling
element in a town or city.
people of a state to be able to get jus-
tice in the courts, to be protected in
their property rights, and vital to the
existence of a state that there should
be patriotism, industry and fidelity on
the part of those who constitute its
citizenship. All these things, all these
fundamental virtues we need and
must have in order to live together in
peace and prosperity, the church of
God is designed and persistently en-
deavors to produce. The church is the
factory if I may put it that way,
whose output is virtue, honesty, purity,
kindness, fidelity, principle, impressed
and built into the characters of her
members, producing these things as
well and as abundantly as our com-
mercial factories and mills produce
steel billets, cotton cloth or tin plate.
In order that these moral necessities |
may exist and continue to be present
and to affect our social, industr
s
an organization to create and train and
bring them out. There can be no suc-
cess without organization. Every suc-
cess is organized before it is won.
The success of the Japanese at
of .trusts, the refusal,of credit, defal-’
means to have desperadoes, tates
You under- |
stand and grant that it is vital to a.
ro saa Ras
{ Yalu River and Port Arthur was pers
fected: Lim ef ent raining, supplies
hold it ‘was’ ecomplished on the field
oe tle.” = Qur “eivilization, culture,
mF ty, high“sense of hemor; public
spirit, - refinement ‘of “fdste represent
and ‘are the flowering’ and fruitage of
seeds sown broadcast in thé churches
is Christ’s' organization. Now no or-
ganization can live or do its work with-
out members. If you are in favor. of
An want to ‘see “mtltiplied | these vital
virtues® afd” prineiptes” for ‘¥Hich® thie
ehwrchustalids are you met duty bound
to enter her fold, endist ip lrer ranks
and lend your. aid in carrying. out her
mi ssion?
Te Aliureh’s "Salue fo civ ilization
danDé shown by a referénce to his-
tory. “Her triumphant march down
the ages is the wonder of all history.
Iceeblesas an infant in the fand of her
birth, she . grew. and .thrived in spite
af opposition. and. bitter .persecntion,
driven into. hiding in the. catacombs
and caves under the earth she emerged
at length with -doubléd strength’ to
take her place with kings on” “their
thrones until to-day she is the might-
jest single” power on the face of the
parth, mightiest because a-moral and
spiritual power, Though ‘mighty as an
army she is harmless:as a dove seek-
ing, only to help, to, .improve, to save.
Tor 1900 years, she’ has been indentified
With and’ given ‘impetus if mot birth
t6 the greatest miovemerts and most
notable 1 reforms for’ tlie welfare be ‘the
human race.
-;And, next lot me. ask Sor SVERES is: too
family under. obligation, to. the church?
about the divine’ institution of “mat-
riage, making it, and to the extent of
jndissoluable:” She’ fiees and "uplifts
wordan: from: the~bondage and: degre-
«of her. being. in. heathen and .-Qriental
Jlands, "and teaches, ‘that. as. wife and
mother. she is deserving. of the best. ad-
vantages, of especial considération, of ,
‘highest reverence and’ purest’ affection.
‘She ‘preachés the @ivineness: of child-
‘hood; ‘that “the wisest: and" greatest
‘must become as -a. little child in order
to enter into the kingdom of. heaven;
that the, care, the ducation, the moral :
training of. the rising generation ‘is
that duty of parent, ‘tie ‘clijef
Toneern of the iid e, the Vitdl self-:
Prefeitvation offs dty:>* She gives!
herself “éarnésthy *and- nnresery adly - ‘to
this cause, declaring that .‘tlyonor: thy
father and; thy: mether’’. is a. divine
commandment, that ‘children obey
your parents” is sanctioned by the pre-
cept and’ example of the Perfect Man.
“of the ages. She communicates a’ spir-,
it and sends forth a cheer that blesses
the home and pervades the domestic.
‘sphere and: harmonizes: the hearts -of
those: whe form: the household.
- These things, taken altogether, would
seem to be “enough. to dispose. all men
"10 be favorable. to this ancient and
‘hongrable and useful institution. ‘Tests
Christ” establislied’ it; had the highest
“possible sided of its worth; gave “His,
‘life in proof of it; as an organization
dt is-the greatest producer of goodness
and all virtue on, the earth; it enters
.into and. sw eetens and sanctifies every
‘human relationship; its history. proph-
esies that w hat it has done in the past
it can “continue to do in ‘the future,
and yet there is bitterness and resent-
ment felt toward it. Why? Because
many do not appreciate-the reasons
just named for thinking highly of it,
for joining in with it. (Does anyone
here to- night share in this dislike?
What is there in the chufch of God
you object to? If there be nothing,
you are without reason or excuse ‘for
being on the outside. If there be some
objection, the way to reach and right
it is to come in; you cannot touch it
on the outside. Do not stand off and
accuse and criticise. Come in and do
the work for God and man toward
which the spirit prompts you. AS an
‘official of Jesus Christ’s society I ex-
tend you an invitation, promise you a
cordial welcome from fellow Chris-
tians, offer you help to carry out any-
thing * good you desire to accomplish
and a place for meeting rent free. If
you are willing .to do anything to im-
prove yourself, to serve God, to ‘help
others, you could not have a fairer of-
fer, a more cordial invitation, a better
opportunity.
The church and the fo iiagen have
no family? then you ‘need . the church
all the more; come in and be a member
of the family of Jesus Christ, the larg-,
est, happiest family on _earth, You
have a family? The church is designed
to be in an inseparable part of it, to do
a necessary work inh it and for it.
A family, but no home? This is the
condition: of thousands and ten. thou-
.sands- in our streets. Then -let - the
church be. your home. . There, is no
home complete without it, It can sup-
‘ply, much of the cheer, “ comfort, affec-
tion that Belongs to the happiest homes
on earth; it can fit us for a home eter-
nal in the heavens;
Our lives are set in the midst of
many great dangers, trials, tempta-
tigns; many remedies, palliations, pan-
aceas are proposed for the evils. that
confront us, but I believe, that the only
inate in the “church of “God, impelled
byw Irat the spirit of God sayethr to
the “churches. ‘It isnot even the gos-
-pel;-but the church by means of -the
gospel that is.to reform the.world.
In view. of what Jesus Christ did for
His church. the inquiry becoming to
men is not w hi 1t can I escape or shirk
or find fault with, but, “Lord, what
wilt Thou have me to do?”’
in view of His demonstration of love,
what is the proof in kind He has a
right to-expect of:us? Is it not con-
tained -in this saying, ‘If ye love Me
keep My commandments,” and this
is the fylfilling of them. Come in first
yourself and. then do what you can to
bring ofhers for their good, for your
happiness, for the glory of God, in
sign of affection for Jesus Christ.
Short Meter Sermons,
Opposition cures apathy.
IFaith creates the future.
political and family life there must be
the |
Fatalism takes all force out of life.
Rusty pipes do not enrich the water
of life.
A man may be loud and yet not say
much.
Happiness is never gained until it
iS given.
Manufacturing sorrow is one of the
worst of sins.
Not Enough.
| Then you think the Judge wili be
| satisfied if you say: “Lord, I had so
| many names in my visiting book, and
|
|
|
|
| so many invitations I could not refuse,
| that it was impossib le for me to tion
to those things.”—George Macdonald.
‘her ability, keeping’ it'pure, “Nonorable,
dation which are accepted-as the law ’
sure. relief for, our troubles must orig-:
THE DOG AND THE BONE.
Hides it Because of a‘Mere Shadow of
an Old Race Instinct.
1 have sometimes seen a dog bury
in the ground a bone for which he did
not seem to have any present need.
I have always understcod that he did
this on” the principle which actuates
a provident man to lay up sometbing
“for a rainy day.” ..This: may. be,
theugh I have never . known a dog to
dig up the boae afterward; yet some
persons tell me they have known him
to do’ this. I should think the dog
must be hard pressed by famine that
would” attempt to gndw a bone ‘cov-
ered with clay ‘and dirt; as- this bone
must be after being buried -in ‘the
ground. If the dog hides it away
through | any such providenv. fore-
thought as this, it-must be the slight-
est remnant, a mere adumbration cof
a former.instinet of his race... He does
not pursue this practice in the steady,
methodical way in which an ant or a
bee or a squirrel lays up a stock of
food "against a time of need. With
him, it is only a fitfiil and rare occ-
currence. His long domestication and
the ages through which he has receiv-
ed his food from. the hand of his mas-
ter, have obliterated largely the sense
of this necessity from his. mind, if
he may. be supposed to have a’ mind.
The fox, when he has had the good.
fortune to capture several fowls at the
same ‘time, will, "it ‘is said, secrete
‘suth as he has no present need for
under a’ bush or behind a: log. I
remember that in Rowland Robin-
son's pleasant book, . “Sam Lovel’s
:Boy,”-a young fox is represented as do-
ing this: “He began burying the leg
of a lamb in the loose earth, but de-
sisted when he saw the eyes of all his
, mates were’ upon him, then unearthed
the half- buried treasure and ‘sought a
new hiding place. » 'T do ‘mbt under-
stand’ that the wolf has ‘this food-hid-
“ing instinct. Gilbert White of -Sel-
“Borne ‘Says in-his’ guaint: way ‘that he
had “some acquaintance. with a tame
brown owl” ‘which; when full,, hid,. like
-a dog, .what he canld not eat.
1. »The origin of most of our domestic
“aninials,’ » says Darwin, “will probably
forev er remain vague. ' But I may hére
state, he ‘continues, “that looking to
the domestic dogs of the ‘whole world,
I" have aftér a 'laborious collection of
all known facts, come to the conclu-
sion’ that ‘several’ wild "species of
Canidae have been tamed, and that
their: blood, in some cases mingled to:
gether, flows inthe veins, of our, dom-
estic breeds.” He mentions a dog
whose great- grandfather was a wolf;
and this dog still betrayed its wild an.
cestry in the fact that it mever ap-
‘proached its m#ster in a straight line
when called. But which species of the
Canidae from -which the dog may have
descended has the food-hiding instinct
or habit I have nowhere seen stated.
=. ..J. Chapman, in .Forest and
Stream.
New Bread-Making Process.
“The good housewives. of this coun-
try,” said an official of the state de-
partment the other day, “will be in-
terested in a report recently received
from United States Consul Mahin at
Nottingham, in regard to a newly in-
vented process for making bread, the
chief virtues of which are that it re-
duces time and labor.
“As is well known, most of the time
required. in the ordinary process of
making the staff of life is in the prep-
aration and treatment of the dough.
After that has been mixed and knead-
ed it must be left to rise, a process
consuming anywhere from four to 12
hours. Under the new process, it is
said that this new operation is re-
duced to one hour’s time. The pro-
cess is as as yet a secret, but it is said
to require no additional plant or ma-
terials the desired effect being pro-
duced by the action. of temperatures.
At a recent practical demonstration,
the bread was made up into dough
ready for the oven in 59 minutes, and
the batch of 25° loaves was produced
from the raw flour in two hours and
35 minutes.
and the number of loaves compared
with the ‘number produced by the or-
dinary process, and it was found that
under the new. process eight more
quartern loaves than usual were pro-
duced from a sack of flour.”—Wash-
ington Star.
Rats in the Service of Science.
+76 enlist rats in the construction
of ‘telepkone systems may’ sound em-
pirical to the electrical engineer, but
wa have it on the authority of Sound
Waves that the familiar pest has been
found a valuable assistant in this
work,” says The Scientific American
Supplement. “To stimulate, however,
it is necessary to introduce his tradi-
tional enemy the ferret. Then the
pregcess is simple. The subterranean
tubes for the reception of the cables
having been laid, a rat is let lcose
at the starting point. Having run a
little way, a trained ferret, with a
string to his leg, is turned in after
him The tubes run into manholes at
intervals, and the rat, furtively glane-
ing back, sees the glaring eyes of his
arch-foe rapidly approaching. By the
end of the sec®on of tube the rat is
either overtaken or. falls into
manhole, and then another rat
quisitioned to run the
the end of each se
removed from the
small rope, which is then attached to
the other end of the st
through.”
the
is Te-
next block. At
ction the string is
ferret
s leg,
, is hauled
A new form of looping the
promised tt A French en-
gweer says he wil ake a mc
run down a steep slope to a w
ening in the track, at the open
which it will mount a springbo
turn on the othe ]
and on a continua
loop is
* conclusions.”
The flour was weighed"
~
COMMISSIONER CARFIELD’S REPORT
it is Found to De Favorable to the Great
Packers.
The report of Commissioner of Cor-
porations Garfield on the beef indus-
try, after about eight months’ inves-
tigation in Chicago and elsewhere,
shows that there has been an enormous
amount of exaggeration in the state-
ments that ‘have appeared for some
time. past in regard to the beef busi-
ness. .This investigation was set on
foot by a resolution of the House of
Representatives adopted Mareh 7, 1504,
and the-ascertained facts after a most
rigid examination of the methods and
general conduct of the business are
contained in a report covering 308
pages.” Its figures and tables conclu-
sively shows that the popular belief in
enormous profits made by the large
packers, such as Armour & Co., Swift
& Cob. and Nelson Morris & Co., and
in the exclusive control of the busi-
ness whieh many think they enjoy, is
really without foundation.
The report made to President Roose-
velt by Commissioner Garfield is reai-
ly the first official statement of the ac-
tual &onditions of the beef business
that has been made, and as all the con-
clusions arrived at are based, as shown
by him, upon data officially obtained,
there seems to be no reason why they
should not be regarded as reliable and
in all respects trustworthy.
This report shows why the price of
both cattle and beef advanced to the
highest level ever known after the
short corn erop of 1901, and states that
because of the decrease in numer of
cattle and also in decreased weight,
“the high prices of beef which caused
so much complaint among consumers
at this time were attributable wholly
to these abnormal cattle prices.”
All the figures of the live weight and
live cost of all dressed beef cattle were
obtained from actual killing records,
and all information of every kind ob-
tained by the Commissioner was volun-
tarily' and freely offered by the pack-
ers, all books of record and papers
connected with the business having
“been placed at his disposal.
To make certain that the results of
«the investigation should’ be absolutely
“accurate, the Commissioner states that
a double method of ascertaining profits
‘was adopted, and, without going into
“detail here, it is found that the conclu-
sion arrived at shows an average profit
of 99 cents per head. The Comimis-
sioner says ‘the close parallelism in
the results of the two methods of as-
certaining ‘the profits confirms com-
pletely the correctness of the general
It is clearly established
that “Western packers do not control
more than half of the beef supply of
the United States,” the conclusion of
the Commissioner being that the busi-
ness done by them amounts to “about
45 per cent.” of the total slaughter pt
the country.
The whole report is extremeiy inter-
esting and well worthy of careful pe-
rusal. As an official report it may be
regarded as worthy of confidence, and
it certainly leads the reader to the
conclusion artivedat. by the ommis-
Tomer When ho states that “the capi-
talization of none of these concerns is
excessive as compared with its actual
investment,” and that from thorough
and rigid examination of original en-
tries in books and papers to which he
bad access there was also. “indirect evi-
dence that the profits of the packers
in their beef business are less than:'is
frequently supposed,” as shown by
comparison between the total profits
and the total amount of sales.
en 4
Smallest Republic. nly
Tavolara is said to be the smallest
republic in the world. It is situated
on the little island of the same name,
some seven or eight miles south of
Sardinia. Tavolara is about one mile
in diameter and inhabited at present
by 55 people— men, women and chil
dren. In 1836 Karl Albert, then King
of Sardinia, bestowed the supremacy
over this little isle upon the Barto
leoni family, and for 46 years “King”
Paul I. reigned in peace in his domain
He died on May 30, 1882, and shortly
before his demise called ‘all his faith.
ful subjects to his bedside and de-
clared it to be his earnest wish that
none of his relatives should succeed
him as head of the government in tha
island, and that he considered it for
the best that the good people of
Tavofara should govern themselves.
After this last wish no candidate for
the vacant throne could be found
among the family of the deceased,
who were used to consider their
“King’s” wish law, and the little is-
land remained ungoverned for four
years. At last, in 1886 the little is-
land was declared a republic. The
constitution gives the elective fran-
chise to both men and women. A
president is elected to serve six years.
None of the officers receives any
compensation.
But Few, Now Living.
The recent death of James N. Tyazer
at Washington leaves only three of
the thirteen mea living who cast tha
electoral vote of Indiana for Abraham
Lincoln.
Iiffects of Prosperity.
In the six years of the country’s
greatest prosperity, from 187 to 1903,
average prices of breadstuffs advanced
65 per cent.; meats, 23.1 per cent.;
dairy and garden products, 50.1 per
cent., and clothing 24.1. All these were
products of the farmer and stockman,
who profited more than any other class
of the community by tliese advances.
The miner benefited 42.1 per cent. by
that advance in the average price of
metals. The only decrease in the aver-
age prices of commodities in that pe-
riod was in railway freight rates, which
decreased from .798 per ton-mile in
1897 to .763 in 1903, a loss of 4.4 per
cent. The report of the Interstate
Commerce Commission
average increase in the pay of railroad
employes in that period was a trifle
above 8.5 per cent.
shows that the