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WORLD
USEFUL FIRE ALARM DEVICE
Barnum Was Flabbergasted
Amuslng Incident of the Campaign
When the Great Showman and
Humbugger Wat Seeking
Election to Congresa.
The last man you'd ever expect to
be flabbergasted at anything wan F. T.
Barnum, who gloried publicly aa well
as privately In the fact that hie bust
ness was that of humbugging the
American people. Yet there canio a
time In the con r no of his election to
Congress In 1880 when the groat
showman was actually so flabbergast
ed for a few momenta that he was
actually stricken speechless.
Some years before he became
obcessed by congressional aspirations,
Mr. Barnum was engaged In the per
sonally delectable tank of exploiting
Tom Thumb. To do this In tho way
that he had planned he needed more
ready money than he possessed, and,
looking about for a man who hud it
and was willing to lend it, ho camo
across tho lato Chauncey Goodrich, a
well-known Connecticut clockmaker,
whose father had been a cloekmnkcr
before him who had, in fact. Invent
ed tho famous Connecticut clock, ro
called. To Mr. Goodrich Mr. Barnum
gave a Beries of demand notes to se
cure the loan.
As timo went on It became known,
somehow, that Mr. Barnum had nego
tiated a loan of Mr. Goodrich and had
given notes for it. In time, ulso, Mr.
Goodrich's a (Talis bo shaped them
selves that he would have been glad
to demand payment of the notes, hut
he refrained from doing so because
of his friendship for the borrower nnd
his belief in Mr. Uarnura's Intention
to take up the paper when he became
able. Thus the matter stood between
the two men and was known to ninny
of their mutual friends and acquaint
ances at the time Mr, Barnum was
to be given a great send-oft at n ban
quet as the Republican candidate for
congress against another linrnum of
a totally different make-up tho lnte
William II. Barnum, a wenlthy iron
manufacturer who afterward became n
United States senate from Connecti
cut and chairman of the Democratic
national committee.
The banquet In honor of the chow
man was a great success. The lead
ing Republicans of the district were
there, and there were also several
leaders from beyond Hh bounds. Final
ly, the toastmaster called upon "our
honored guest, our distinguished fcl
low citizen, that public-spirited son
of Connecticut whoso came Is known
all over the English speaking world,
and who U now our candidate for
congress," to make the Kpeech he had
promised the banquet committee In
private lie would deliver as the open
lug gun of his campaign.
Mr. Barnum rose and received the
tribute of applar.se thnt followed with
every evidence of complete Inward
and outward pleasure. Then bis right
hand traveled to the Inside pocket of
his cont find came away empty, to
be thrust itito pocket after pocke with
out result. In to his hat Mr. Barnurn
looked, and under he table and In
his chair. Then he gave a scornful
shake of his head and cleared his
throat.
"My fellow-rltlzens," he began, "I
have prepared with core an address
In which I meant to express my obli
gations to you for the honor you have
done mo tonight, and also to Ret forth
what in my opinion are the Issues of
the campaign before us. There Is
great work for our party to do now
that tho Union has been saved and
reconduction begun. But, my fellow
citizens, I can't find my notes. I was
sure 1 had them with me. I must
have mislaid them or left them at J
home."'
For a moment Mr. Barnum paused
in doubt perhaps, as to what to say
next. And In that moment. In a voice
thnt carried to every corner of the
banquet hall, the late Isaac II. Brum
ley, who afterward gained a national
reputation as a wit and humorist
whilo an editor of the New York Tri
bune, sang out:
"Mr. Barnum, Chauncey Goodrich
has got your notes."
In an Instant the banqueters were
in an uproar; and as the shouts of
laughter surged about him Mr. Bar
num appeared completely flabbergast
ed. Dirt only momentarily, for, with
that quickness of resource for which
he was noted, he turned to Mr. Good
rich, made swift acknowledgement of
his Indebtedness and announced his
Intention of taking up the notes.
It was In this same campaign that
Mr. Barnum was asked why he, a
man who made a profession of hum
hugging the American public and
boasted of it, wanted to go to con
gress. Quick as a flash came the re
ply: "If I can get elected to congress
that will lie the greatest trl'imph of
humbugging in all my career."
'"! riKlit, llllO. by K. J. Kdwiir.li). All
ltights Ituverveil.j
Was Saved Against His Will
1 of the n.
Worden Would Have Been Killed on
the Monitor If Slot In Pilot House
Had Been Wide aa He
Wished.
"If Lieut. John L. Worden, whom
you know better na Rear Admiral Wor
den, had had his way, ha would have
been killed lu the naval battle between
tho Monitor and the Merrlmac, instead
of receiving tho injury to his eyes
which every .school history tell came
to htm while he was gazing through
the lookout hole of the pilot house of
tho 'chee-su box' ut the height of the
battle," said a cousin of Admiral Wor
den to me whim his distinguished
kinsman's career was under discus
sion. "While the Monitor was partly com
pleted, the work upon It was being
rushed day and night, so as to get it
ready for tho earliest possible moment
to oppose tho ironclad which the gov
ernment knew the Confederates were
building at Norfolk, Va., the secretary
Gideou Welles, deter-
REFLECTOR ON STREET LAMP
Electric Light it Made to Cast Great
er Portion of Its Ray
Down Thoroughfare.
By nieani" of a porcelain enameled
steel reflector, composed of four In
tersecting semi parabolas surround
ing the lamp, the globe type of elec
tric street lamp Is made to cast the
greater portion of Its light down the
centers of the Intersecting streets, and
only the minimum amount reaches the
street corners, says Popular Mechan
ics. When the fixture is suspended
Electrical Apparatus Especially
Handy in Vessel, Stores,
Houses and the Like.
W. I Herce. of KIrkwood. Mo , ha
nvented tho device shown In the Il
lustration and Is especially useful as
a flro nlirm In vessels, houses, stores,
or the like, or It may be used on Jour
naled bearings to prevent a hot-box.
The device comprises two members
normally held out of contact by means
1
tin $tm
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High Temperature Alarm.
of a fusible substance which holds
spring, says Scientific American. When
this substance melts at the predeter
mined temperature the spring Is re
leased and forces the two members
into contact, I bus completing the cir
cuit of an alarm.
ELECTRIC WAITER IS NOVEL
it
LL
TIMELY SUGGESTIONS
THAT WILL
HELP THE HOSTESS
Shade Throw Light Down Center of
8treet.
In the center of a block, a reflector
with only two, Instead of four, semi
parabolas Is furnished, thus stretching
the light out considerably.
GROWING HAIR ON BALD HEAD
Refused Wealth for Ambition
How Clement Tetedoux, Famous
Teacher of Music, Rejected Offer
of Russian Nobleman so That
He Might Study Singing.
The late Clement Tetedoux was ono
f the best known and most successful
of all the teachers of music who camo
from Europe to this country to take
up the vocation of teaching. Ho set
tled in Boston in the early sixties
was for some years In New York and
afterwards at Philadelphia and Chi
cago. Many who gulned great success
as singers received the greater part
of their instruction from him, among
them being Clementine Do Vero, Mme.
Jacoby, the contralto, and Dr. Carl E.
Martin, one of the country'B best known
oratorio bassos. M. Tetedoux died
about six years ago, and his nume will
remain a tradition among American
muslcglans tor many years.
When I last eaw M. Tetedoux, early
In the century, he was ulready 80 years
of age, although his appearance would
have justified a guess that ho was not
more than 60. He was erect, his step
was acltve, his eyes very bright, his
mind alert, and he gpoke not merely
correct but elegant English, In the real
meaning of that word, although often
lapsing Into something like French
Idiomatic expressions.
"When I have time to UiluK a little.'
laid M. Tetedoux, "I permit myaelf to
reflect upon what might have bnjin
my career if I had not chosen differ
ently when I was a young man. Let
tne tell you what I chose, and then you
may perhaps be able to say to me:
'Mr. Tetedoux, you did not make any
mistake.'
"When I was a young man I was em
ployed by a very rich Russian noble
manoh, Tery rich aa tutor for two
at hi aona.
"There came to Moscow to Ing la
opera three of the greatest alngera
the world has ever known. These were
Mme. GrtBl, Mario ah, there was a
tenor auch as never was before or
1U be and Tamberllk. I went one
night to the opera. 1 was e;.. -hunted.
That night I could not slei ,. So
I went every night, so long ai iiese
three sang In tho opcia at 1 cow.
I lived In the air; 1 said to 1 self:
'You must bo a great musician You
must go to Italy and study.'
"So, a few days later, 1 went to the
nobleman, and said: 'I go'iniiu-diate-Jy
to Italy. I go to study music. I
am a born musician. I cannot remain
here to teach any longer.'
"Then he said to me: 'M. Tetedoux,
if you will remain with me two years,
until you have prepared my two sons
for the university, at the end of that
time I will give you much money. I
will not tell you how much, but I will
give you so much money that after
wards you will not find it necessary to
teach ; you will bo a gentleman, you
will have enough for Hie. You know
me, that when I say I will give you
much money 1 will keep my promise.'
" 'I know you will keep your prom
ise,' I said to him in reply, "but what
Is money to me? If I learn to be a
musician, then I will make money. I
must go to Italy.'
"So I went to Italy to study, and I
learned some other things than music,
learned lifter somo time that, whilo I
knew everything that anyone could
learn about music, 1 could not sing
liko a great artist. Therefore, what
remained? I must teach. And I have
been teaching for nearly CO years. All
that time I have been pulling the duvil
by the tail. That Is a saying In France
which anyone uses who Is hard up.
I have made a living. I have educated
my children. But 1 have pulled the
devil by the lull all the time. Pur-1
haps, if I had stayed with the noble
man aud received much money from
him, I should not have worked so
hard, but perhaps I should not have
lived so long." And the man who
could have been rich and led a life of
ease bad not ambition fired his aoul,
smiled contentedly at me."
(Copyright, 1010. by E. J. EdwarJ. All
Right KuMi-ved.)
mined upon Lieut. Worden as tho com
mander of the "cheese box," and my
cousin wa,s asked to proceed to Green-
point, Long Island, and make a care-
ful Inspection of the curious craft
On the morning after he received the
order, the lieutenant rcported at the
shipyard of the Dilaniaters, and it was
with very curious eyes that he beheld
the little Ironclad.
"Ericsson and one of the Delameters
took him all over the Monitor. He ,
wax intensely interested in the revolv
ing tower and warmly approved of
the mechanism by which it was made
to revolve. The tower Is absolutely
impugnable, in my opinion,' he de
clared. 'I don't believe a shot could
hit it pquaiv; any blow would glance
off of it.'
'Lieut. WnrMcn was equally satis
fied with the various other parts of
the vessel shown him, but at last he
asked: Hut where is the pilot house?
There tust l;o some pluce from which
the jilloi and the commander can look
out upon the waters so as to guide the
vessel, either for navigation or Into
battle.
"Krisccon took my cousin along the
passageway beneath the deck to a
point very near tho bow of the little
boat, and then pointed to u littlee low-er-liko
projection reaching only about
two feet above deck.
"'That's where the pilot or com
mander will stand," he said. 'That's
your post when you are In battle.'
"Ieut. Worden looked the little
pilot house over carplully. lie found
the lookout hole and peered through
it. At once he turned to the inventor.
'That's an absurdly small hole,' be de
clared. 'I Insist that the slot bo wid
ened considerably.'
" 'That slot la just the proper width,'
replied Ericsson. 'It would not be safe
to have tho opening any wider.' "
"'Nevertheless, 1 shall insist that It
be made wider. 1 will appeal to Secre
tary Welles ami ask him to Issue aa
order instructing Mr. Dulamater u
have a much wider slot made,' retort
ed the lieutenant.
"Sure enough," continued the rear
admiral's cousin, "when Lieut. Wor
den returned to Washington he made
an urgent appeal to the secretary of
the navy to order the slot to be con
siderably widened, and alter much
hemming an order was issuwd for a
slot somewhat wider, but not nearly so
wide as the lieutenant had contend
ed for.
"Not long thereafter thero was
fought tho buttlo that revolutionized
sea warfare, and, as every school boy
knows, early in the engagement a
shell from the Merrlmac struck ex
actly upon the pilot house where the
slot was. it was a terrific blow, and
through tho slot and Into the face of
Lieut. Worden, who was looking out
of the slot ait the moment, a great
amount of flno metal and powder
passed. He fell back, mortally wound
ed, apparently, a fate that would un
doubtedly have been his had he had
his full way about the width of thai
slot. He was saved against hi will
Still, for all that, had he not had hit
way partially, he probably would bav
escaped the serious injury that threat
ened for a time to blind him perma
nently." Copyright. 1910. by E. J. Edward. AU
Right lleaerveit.)
Electricity Utilized by Latest Method
More Effective Than Any Other
Process Tried.
The newest method of growing hair
on bald heads is by electricity. It Is
said to be more effective than any
i process hitherto known, ami promptly
checks a tendency to falling hair
though of course when baldness has
reached Its final stage nothing will
help, and even the electric current
does not avail, the roots being dead.
For the purpose in question a cur
rent is applied to an exceedingly high
voltage, but of small amperage. This
Is not so hard to understand as might
be imagined. Voltage is a term of
pressure. When water is flowing out
of a faucet one might call the rate of
flow the voltage and the size of the
stream the amperage. In the case of
the bald-headed man who seeks elec
trical treatment only a small quantity
of electricity is employed, but it is ap
plied at high pressure.
The result is a vigorous stimulation
of the scalp and the roots of the hair.
If the latter have any vitality left in
them the bald place will soon he cov
ered by a downy fuzz, and, healthy
conditions being restored, a becoming
hirsute thatch will take the place of
the erstwhile bare expanse of cranium
a source of thankfulness to the pa
tlent.
Frenchman Arrano.es Hi House 0
That He Can Secuie Numerou
Article by Electricity.
The wonderful electric house of Mr
George Kuapp, iu Paris, France, in :
which the owner can be served with
anything ho wants fiom a hook to a.
meal in any room lu the house by
simply pushing n button, can hear
everything going on in any part of the
house :niil see approaching visitors be
fore they e:nin the- entrance, has been
described before. Hut many new
things arc: continually being added,
one of the most interesting being the
means by which dishes are made to
appeal on the tivblo.
The chei 1 reparos each dish In Ita
proper order and has It ready waiting
on a tray, vnen tne tiosi ana niu
guests are seated at the table, the
former touches a button and the elec
trically operated day arrives through
a trap doer in the top of the table.
When .closed this tray look.-, like two
ordinary sllwr'v covers on the table.
By presfan;.' rjuothor button, the tray
with Its (!'.;'.:Vh; carried around the
cent iv 1 portion of the table. As the
dish arrives in front of each guest.
the host touches a third button, which
stops It while the guest is helping
himself. The dljh passes all around
the tah'e H this way, nnd then, on
again prcsii.)? the flr:t button, It dis
appears t'-r:v:sh tH taV.o and returns
to tin; kiu-Vi.
ELECTT.IC COOKER IS CHEAP
Carried on Hinges so That It Docs
Work of Two In Boiling, Fry
ing, Heating, Etc.
This electric ccokor consists or an
oven, 12 hy 12 by 14 in. inside, with
the heating apparatus mounted on
Electric Floats in Holland Parade.
Li'r':i the rolol'.ration of the birth
day f Ci:r-r:i Wiihelmlna at The
Hague re -:;''..', a novel featr.ro was
Introduced. I:i ;ca1 of the ordinary
flcnls on c-o"ir.:cn drays or tracks, th
electric fr.r.t v ere i:.-e-J and decorated
in Hi" met in. '!'.ic.;:s end original
fasVi.,.?.
Tho ::o.e: U'-?r.
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A Thanksgiving Tea.
A reception or tea on this festival
lay Is distinguished chiefly by appro
priate decorations, costumes and re
freshments. The rooms may be com
pletely transformed hy taking down
all the portieres and other draperies
and replacing them with others made
of cranberries strung on a stout, red
thread. Popcorn strung and alternat
ing with the berries makes a pleasing
effect. Strings of cranberries are
very pretty festooned over white win
dow curtains.
Cover lamps and all gas and elec
tric lights with shades made from red,
white and blue crepe tissue puper and
for stools and divans have large
pumpkins; they are very comfortable
and are admirably adapted for the
purpose. The usual refreshments are
served with the addition of pumpkin
"chips" and the bonbons In the na
tional colors. To make pumpkin chips,
which are quite a novelty, select a
deep colored pumpkin, peel and slice
very thin: to each pound of chips add
a pound of sugar and a gill of lemon
Juice, with the grated lemon rind;
stir well nnd let them stand over
night; cook very slowly until tender;
then skim the chips out, let them
stand two days to get firm, then put
them in a jar with just enough sirup
to keep them moist. These are often
taken for an expensive Imported pre
serve No one recognizes the plebeian
pumpkin. Spices may he added if
liked.
Hot spiced cider or n cider frappe
may be served and cranberry ice
ream is delicious in flavor and looks.
The sandwiches should be of minced
turkey and the flowers red and whit
carnations with cornflowers or bach
elors' buttons, as they are blue.
If individual molds are desired for
the ice cream, they are cunning little
turkeys, and all sorts of vegetables.
Sheafs of wheat tied with thenatlonal
color are very dweoratlve over arch
and doorways.
A program of music consisting of
patriotic airs would be a diversion
suitable for the occusion.
It would be attractive to have six
girls dressed in colonial costumes to
assist in receiving and to "pour" in
the dining room, also to preside at
the frappe bowl.
day, turkeys, corn stalks, pumpkins,
etc. Decorate with nine boughs, vines
and all the woodsy things obtainable.
Ask the guests to come In Pilgrim
costumes. The game to be played Is
founded on tho coming of our forefa
thers, the voyage, etc. The questions
are written on slips and passed to the
guests with little pencils that may be
purchased by the dozen.
1. In w-hat coarse goods did the Pil
grims live for a time? Holland.
2. To what efflorescence did they
trust their lives? The Mayflower.
3. What broad letter did they travel
on? C (sea).
4. What fowl was used In landing'
Plymouth Hock.
5. What very bewildering thing die'
they find growing in the new soil.
Maze (Maize).
C. They numbered among their
party two old-fashioned pen and ink
cases. What were they? Standlshes.
7. What long name did one of the
Pilgrims have? Miles.
8. What famous book does the jour
ney of the colonists suggest? "The
Pilgrim's Progress."
9. Why should we think the first
New England girls were bicyclists?
A number of spinning wheels were
seen.
10. What distant Islands were the
Indians to the color'sts at first?
Friendly.
The prizes should he either u copy
of Miles Standish (courtship) or a
picture of "Priscilla," plainly framed.
Other prizes may be turkey and pump
kin bonbon boxes filled with corn-kernel
candy. On the dining room table
use only brass or glass candle sticks.
Fill blue howls with old-fashioned
flowers. Serve ham and chicken sand
wiches, baked beans in individual
1 brown rainnklns, pumpkin pies, cider,
doughnuts, popcorn, nuts nnd apples
MADAME MERltt.
The Shine on Serge.
Skirts, especially serge skirts, al
ways become slick and shiny looking
before they are nearly worn out
To reined- this, place the skirt on a
board and rub the shiny places with
sandpaper, not too hard, but just
enough to roughen the nap. After
pressing, the skirt will look as good at
new.
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A Party for Thank Day Night.
Use characteristic cards for the in
vitations decorated with some of the
many symbols associated with the
Black Pearl Bead.
lllack mother-of-pearl beads in regu
lar allover designs are dainty in ef
fect and nets beaded with them are at
present much used in flounce effect.
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Economical Electric Cooker. .
one side, says Popular Mechanics.
This is carried on hinges so that It
can bo lowered, as shown In the Illus
tration, for boiling, frying, etc., while
I In Its ordinary position it heats the
oven. Thus one heater can be made
to do the work of two, although, of
course, not as the same time.
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Cross on Flodden Field
Memorial Unveiled by Sir George
Douglas I the Outcome of a
Joint Effort by Engllh.
Although Flodden waB fought close
tpon 400 years ago it is only during
the present week that there has been
unveiled a monument erected upon tho
Kite approximately of the center of
the battlefield. "To the Braye of Both
Nations" Ollin Hostts. Nunc Fratrcs.
Much confusion, write a correspon
dent of the Westminster (iazette, has
arisen heretofore from the presence
of the reputed Sybil's Well with its
Inscription on Flodden Hill among the
trees above Blir.kbonny, where It had
been placed, or rather misplaced, by
the late MarchloneFS of Waterford
with entire Ui. regard of historical ac
curacy. The prevailing misapprehension con
cerning "King Stone," another up
posltltlou site memorial consisting of
In unhewn column, hus probably been
perpetuated by If it did not originate
In Scott's notea to "Marmlon," in
which it is alleged to mark the spot
where James fell. As a matter of
fact this was a very ancient tribal
gathering or trysting stone transport
eel from some distance either me
chanically or by glacial action and is
situated about three-quarters of a milo
northward from tho locality of tho
final- Bcene of the battle.
The Memorial Cross, whic h was un
veiled by Sir (ieorgo Douglas, Is the
outcome of a Joint effort by Knglish
men and Scotsmen from both sides
of tho border. Tho Idea of marking
tl.D slto near where the closing trag
edy ol the battle took place originated
three years ago with thi Berwick
shire Naturalists club.
With regard to tlio 11 11 tubers that
took part in Flodden, although the
Scottish army assembled in August
on the Borough Moor of Edinburgh is
computed to have numbered in all 1
tain probably more than 35,000. But
these comprised the flewer of the
Scot army. The number of the two
forces which faced one another,
though at first largely in favor of the
Scots, were probably pretty well
equalized after the dramatic disap
pearance of Home and Utility's divis
ion of 8,000 to 10,000 men shortly aft
er the beginning of the battle.
Tho arm mostly used by the Scots
was a kone and sharp spear fifteen
feet long. Targets also were carried
by them and when tho spears failed
they fought with "great unci sharp
swords." Flodden was tho last field
upon which the bows of yew and
dothyard shafts were employed by
the Kngllsh.
One Stipulation.
Two golfers at I'incluirst. one of
them nil amateur who 1i;i, been run
ner up In seve ral hU tnurnuMicut j.
were starting out, and 11 fiiend fj-orn
Chicago, who was leavln- i h:il aftv
noon and had packed his clulis, stiirt
ed to walk around with lK-m "Vrni
100,000, mo camp or James on the Cun go." said the clui.sy amateur. "H
morning of September 9 did not con- you won't talk."
Get Electric Light With Coin.
The authorities of tho village of
Jocketa, in Saxony, recently installed
electric lht in the streets. The light
Is cut oft at 11:00 p. m., when It is
supposed everybody is in bed.
The authorities, however, discov
ered a number of clubmen who were
"afraid to go home In the dark" and
who kicked about having the lights
extinguished at eleven. To meet their
demands the authorities have attached
penny ln-the-slot devices to the light
poles.
A tired clubman going home In the
dark after eleven can now tumble his
way to an electric light pole, drop a
penny In the slot and light his way
home. If he Uvea far from hi club
two successive pennies will do the
trick.
Electricity Displace Gasoline.
The old-style gasoline lights which
have been used In Central park are
to be displaced with 1.400 or more
than twice as many electric lamps.
A very artistic lamp pose haa been
designed for the nuw lamps. One of
the objections to the gasoline lamps
was the fnct that the leakage of the
oil ruined the grass around these
lamp posts. Furthermore, the lamp
lighters did much damage by making
short cuts through the (lower beds
along their routes from one lamp to
another.
IVfivv ,r-pi:cat:;n of Electricity.
An oml-.K-nl f.n-i of Ccr.nan electrl
c!: i!'.i c';:i:.i to Ivivo clevis. ! an ap
paratus by which tin electric current,
of the clmracor us"u for the purpose
of hen'.ii's; Internal disorders, may be
midied 'really.
The !;ie '.tet:-. say that while the
current prm'i:ces 110 detrimental con-
s"cit:P"c ':i 10 tlie j:;: ient In other re
sp.ects, it ir;.y he :u;ii 'd to a diseased
criran v.iMi j;ood results.
It is iillcr-"(! ft'rtl:er, on Its behalf,
that the cu.T.-nt. directed to any part
of the h'idy un which it is intended to
operate, would produce sterillzatior
and tiuis pre vent blood poisoning.
Reflection of Mirrors.
Mirrors that arj made of glass have
metal placed on one side of the glas.
The light will pass through the glas.
but will not pasu through the metai
backing. Light has the property of
bounding from a surface that it can
not penetrate, tho same as a ball
would when thrown rgalnst a surface
that It can not penetrate. The light
pusses through the glass of the mir
ror, meets the metal backing, and then
bounds from It. This bounding of the
light from the metal surface is called
reflection, ami mirrors are said to re
fleet. St. Nicholas.
Wireless on Ocean Vessels.
Kvery ocean-going boat currying
passengers and doii:g business at
American ports nnd pljy'ng between
ports 200 miles apart Is now equipped
with wireless telegraphy out (its, or It
Is violating u law passed by congress
last Juue, making sii equipment
compulsory. The lighthouse also are
equipped with the wireless. This will
make easy the extension of a new in
vention to circumvent tho danger of
lots.
ELUCTRICAL NOTES.
The National Klertlie Light associ
ation has attained a membership of
nearly 4,000.
fiermany now leads the world In
the number of electric furnaces for
smelting, refining and casting.
A pulsating vacuum pump, operated
by an electric motor, Is a novelty In
the line- of milking machines.
Ranking next to the sun's rays In
stimulating and germicidal effects are
the rays from electric lights.
To take up t'10 strain more evenly
a Swedish Inventor has produced elec
tric cables with hemper cores.
The danger of fire Is eliminated
when an oil tempering bath is heated
l,v e'eetrielty Instead of coal or pas.
It is c-tii.iido d that electric illumi
nation is used by about Tno.000 out of
a total of about S.f.OD.OOO households
in the United States.
Of the l.OOu. Oui) horsepower which
tho livers of Minnesota are estimat
ed to be capable of producing les
than one-third baa been made available.
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Parisian Ideas
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On the Left, White Chiffon with Perl Drop; on the Right, Satin and Em
broidery.
t I show whole panels of bead embroid-
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All coat and dress sleeves continue
io be small.
Much gold and silver lace appears
111 SlUCKlllKS. ..! 1.1,,.. lln.i
arcs a bit smaller I ' """
Wool Embroidery.
Wool embroidery is tho latest trim
iuing for afternoon gowns. Some ol
ihe combinations seen yro blue wool
on white gazon de sole, gray wool w
trav tulle over sr-tin of the same
Shopping hags
ihan last season.
Suit couts are generally short; sep
arate coats are long.
Shaggy goods are the order of the
day for outdoor wraps.
Chamois is seen as the facing to the
brim of some largo hats.
Wool embroidery is tho latest trim
ming for afternoon gowns.
A touch of purple In nearly any
t, il. t is a frul of the season.
All street skirts are short about
four inches from the ground.
Artificial flowers will be worn much
with evening gowns tuU winter.
Maine is to be used for trimming
the whiter hats of silk or satin.
Draped effects are seen in skirts
for wear on all sorts of occasions.
Some of the new evening gown
Soli!
The wool used is ihe same kind that
is employed for knltlins or crocheting.
On heavier materials, It is used lu va
rious bright colors in un oriental ef
fect, and is wry striking.
Buttonhole.
To make butonholes strong in chil
dren's clothes, work over ordinary
soft wrapping stiing. Hold it on the
inside us Iie-ar ihe edge as possible,
and it will not show when the button
hole' is finished.
A Flit of Color.
The little satin shoulder scarves art
prettiest when lined with a palo color
Instead of white and edged with gold
or sliver fringe.