r or then
unam
CARD SERVES AS DIAPHRAGM
interesting and Instructive Experi
ment May Be Tried With Any
Talking Machine.
Horo Is an amusing and Instructive
xperiment that may bo tried with
jany talking machine. Heretofore It
has been supposed that the needlo
nnd sound box were necessary to
(transmit tho words or music etched
In the disks or rolls used as records
ion these machines. You may bo Bur-
prised to know that an ordinary visit-
ting card, or any similar card, will bo
qulto effective as a diaphragm. As
'the disk revolves push aside the
.needle and apply tho corner of tho
Card as Diaphragm.
card to the surface. It will receive
and transmit the sounds perfectly,
clearly. Of course, such a primitive
transmitter has nelthor tho volume
nor the expression of tho regular ap- j
paratus, but it Is most interesting as
a scientific experiment and will af
ford a, great deal of amusement as
well as furnish food for thought
REAL MEANING OF "POTLUCK"
Inhabitants of Limoges Make One
Plunge With Ladle and Take
Whatever They Can Get.
The real origin of tho word "pot
luck" Is unknown to most of tho peo
ple who use it. In Limoges, Franco,
however one runs Into potluck Itself,
remarks the Now York Sun. In a cer
tain corner of that quaint city of Jost
ling roofB there is still segregated,
much as if In a ghetto, a Saracen pop
ulation, probably a remnant of tho'
wavo of Saracens that swept over
Europe hundreds of years ago. Hero
they live in their crooked, narrow
streets, following old customs handed
down from generation to generation.
There are many butcher shops in tho
quarter and outside of each steams a
great pot of soup over a glowing brazier.-
In each pot stands a ladle as
ancient as the pot
When a customer comes with a pen
ny in goes the ladle and comes up full
of savory broth and chunks of meat,
odds and ends that the butcher has
had left over. And what comes up tho
customer has to take. Ono can Imag
ine how anxiously the hungry urchin
,or the mother of seven must eye tho
inexorable ladle and how a pretty girl
might get another draw from tho
.butcher's boy.
At any rato "to take potluck" means
to take what you get and say nothing
whether the pot is in Limoge.s or in
tho flat of tho man who eagerly in
vites a friend of his. youth to dinner.
; RIDDLES.
. Which Is the largest room In tho
world?
Tho room for improvement
When can you drink out of a flag
staff? When It holds a flagon.
How high ought a lady to wear her
dress?
A llttlo higher than two feet
Why do
agree?
Decnuso
men)
llttlo birds in their nests
they aro high men (Hy-
Which Is tho most dangorous bat
that llles In tho air?
A brickbat
Why Is a flirtation llko plate pow
der? Because It brightens up spoons.
How long did Cain hato his brother?
As long as he was Abel.
Why Is a bad cold a great humilia
tion? Because It bring.? tho proudest man
to his sneeze (his knees).
Why Is a tumbler like a pugilist?
Because ho can't got his living with
out somo assaults (somersaults).
Why is ivy climbing a troa llko a
watch? .
Because It's a stem winder
When aro roads llko corpses?
When thoy aro mon-ded
Why Is cold cream llko a good chap
eron? Because It keeps off tho chaps.
Whon Is a blow from a lady wel
come? When Bho strikes you agreeably.
What snufftaker Is that whoso box
ets fuller the moro snuff ho takes?
A nalr of snuffors.
5 .i.rt..u ml-t-
PLAY FOR WINTER EVENINGS
Much Amusement May Be Obtained by
Use of Ordinary Dinner Plate
Covered With Lamp-Black.
Prepare a plato by covering tho
bottom with thick lamp-black. Then
when your frionds arrive, toll them
you aro ablo to perform a great trick.
Your are an expert tnagnotlzer. You
may say:
"I do not often perform In public,
but among friends I do not object to
giving a proof of my skill. Tho only
point upon which I must insist is per
fect gravity and qulot among tho au
dlonco. I will now soo If 1 can select
a subject who is susceptible to the
magnetic Influences."
You now pass from ono to another,
making pisses, and looking steadily
into cyeB of sevoral of tho company,
feeling tho pulso of ono and anothor,
till finally you select ono individual
whom you declaro to bo tho man for
the experiment.
You now clear ono end of tho room
and place two chairs, faco to face,
somo threo feet apart. In ono of these
you seat your Intended victim and nsk
for two glasses of water, standing in
two platos. This produces tho black
ened plato, and a clean ono, upon each
of them a glass of clear water.
Handing tho blackened plato to the
subject who Is to bo magnetized, you
take the clean plate and Bay, seating
yourself In tho vacant chair:
"Fix your oyes steadily upon mine,
and mako exactly tho motions that I
do."
You now proceed to make several
motions with your open hand, keeping
your eyes fixed upon your victim, till
you havo his undivided attention.
You then dip your finger In tho water
and drawing it across tho bottom of
tho plato make n cross upon your fore
head; the subject does tho Bamo; a
second pass over tho bottom of tho
plato and tho faco draws a long black
streak down the victim's noso; a third
smears one cheek; n fourth tho other.
When tho victim resembles a black
amoor the operator gravely rises and
sayB tho subject has proved that his
will is too strong to yield to that of
another man, and ho must try a now
ono.
Then lead him to a mirror.
TEST WITH MAGNETIC MOTOR
Experiment Illustrates the Principle
on Which All Electric Mo
tors Are Based.
This experiment Illustrates tho
princlplo on which all electric motors
are based. All that Is needed Is five
needles, a cork, a bar magnet and a
small piece of wire. t,
Magnetlzo four of tho needles and
stick them Into tho cork so that every
other ono will have a north polo pro-
zszmzizmm
N. Mfl&NET
A Magnetic Motor.
trudlng. Then push tho remaining
needle through tho cork for an axle,
making a support from tho wire as
shown.
To operate, bring one end of a bar
magnet between needles A and D,
then A will bo repelled and D at
tracted by tho bar magnet and tho
wheel turn, quickly lower the magnet
Motor In Operation.
and ralso It again when tho needles
C and D corao around. Tho direction
of tho motor can bo changed by uslug
tho other end of tho magnet.
Bobble Knew.
Bobble and Llttlo Willie had been
given orders by mother not to go
swimming alone. Once in a while,
however, thoy Indulged In their se
cret pleasure without telling their
fond mother. ,
Ono day thoy were returning from
a swim and both had ontlroly forgot
ten about tho necessary excuse. Lit
tle Willie bravely entered tho houso,
but Bobblo prudently turned tho cor
ner and waited outHlde on tho collar
door.
Tho first question mother put to
little Wllllo took tho llttlo ono un
aware. "Where havo you boon, Wll
llo?" asked mother sternly. Wllllo
hesitated, looked at tho door longingly
and finally replied. "Walt till I go and
ask Hob." National Monthly.
The Compliment.
Ho had handed the child a banana
and tho lattor, in his dollght, forgot
his customary "Thank you."
"But what do you say, Harry?"
For a moment tho child was puz
zled, thon with a smllo ho handed it
back.
"Peel It!" Harper's Bazar.
Not to Be Caught.
Teacher What 1b tho stuff heroes
are mado of, Tommlo?
Tommlo You'll havo to oxcuso mo,
teacher, but I'm not booming nny par
ticular breakfast food!
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NONDESCRIPT JYPE
How Polly Irving Heard of tho
Last Twig on tho Family
Tree.
BY IZOLA FORRESTER.
"For mo?," repeated Polly. Sho
had opened tho door of room four
barely enough to see the mito that
stood waiting there. "Aro "you suro
you'vo got the right room, Dan?"
Dan was posltlvo ho had. Ho had
been sent up to tho principal's ofllco
for misbehaving, and had been usod
n& a handy messenger In any emer
gency caso. There was a gentleman
up thero who wanted to seo Miss Irv
ing. Now, tho Btrangest part was that to
Polly's knowledgo no gentleman so far
had ovlnccd rny yearning to seo Miss
Irving In all Miss Irvlng's llfo, and en-
peclally since Bho had becomo a kin-
dcrgnrtcn teacher. So she hosltatod.
wondering what sort of an agent had
located her there.
"Well, you may bring him down
here, Danny," sho said finally, and
Dan sped away.
Polly wont back to hor desk with
fluttering pulses. It was hard to face
oven tho forty pair of Inquisitive child
ish eyes watching "teacher" Thero
was a tiny round mirror lying In her
desk drawor. long unused, but now,
Just for an Instant sho lifted It cau
tiously out, and looked at hcraclf.
She saw gray eyes, rather serious and
a very decided chin. Polly loved to
tell herself that sho had a decided
chin in spite of tho dlmplo thero. And
thero wnB a kink In tho fair wavo of
hair, too, but still, sho was a rather
nondescript typo of girl. Sho had
heard over slnco sho had been knee
high to tho tablo, that sho had no
charm and no magnetism. Ono grows
to believe a thing after It has been
drummed Into ono steadily.
Tho color rose In her faco at the
knock on the door. It was not a timid
ono.
"Come," she called.
"I'm looking for Miss Irving," said
a rather boyish voice, and a head was
intruded into tho sacred precinct of
room four. "Can you spare teacher
Just a mlnuto, children?'"
"Yezzir," roso a buzzing chorus.
Miss Irving went to tho door, and
stepped out into the hall, puzzled and
rather on the defensive.
"You're Miss Maullne Mary Irv
ing?" ho nskod, smiling down at her.
"Yes, but I don't care to buy any
thing at all," began Polly firmly.
"Don't you?" Ho was really laugh
ing now. "You will lntyor, Miss Irv
ing. I bring you very good news. My
name Is Maynnrd Talbot. I havo
hunted all the way from London to
Chicago for you."
"From London?" repeated Polly,
wonderlngly. "Why?"
"You aro chief legateo under your
granduncle's will. I can't explain so
hurriedly, but it's a matter of twenty
thousand pounds, about ono hundred
thousand dollars. Sir Robert's solici
tors sent mo over to find you. ,May I
wait until school is over?"
"If if you llko." Polly faltered. Sho
gavo him a chair near tho desk, and
tried to conduct that last half hour
of kindergarten as sho had done for
thirteen years, ever slnco sho had
been n girl of eighteen.
When it was over, and tho last lit
tle lass had thrown her a kiss at the
do6r, sho Blghed, and turned to the
young man from Londontown.
"Now tell mo all about It," sho said
"I knew father had relatives abroad,
hut ho died so long ago, and mother
was from New England, so wo rather
forgot tho British branch."
"Tho onlv twle left on that branch
was old Sir Robert," said her caller,
cheerfully. "I've seen him several
times, whenever I hnd to run down to
Tiverton Manor. Ho died about seven
months ago. There aro several very
good country places, but thoso go to
tho next of kin. The money was hlB
private fortune, and ho willed It
your father or his heirs."
"Will I have to go over tht.r to A person never regrets having dono
live?" asked Polly, lor snld tho kind thing; It Is tho cruel
"Dear, dear. no. You may live where I or unkind words nnd actions which
you llko. I'm going to. 1'vo Just put 1 bring Borrow nnd regret,
all my money Into land up In Albertn, There is no God given wiadom in
British Columbia, you know. All of ono human being which Bhould war
us younger sons havo a hankering for j rant him In thinking himself qunlllled
vour west nnd our west. Thero Isn't ' or able to dictate to anothor. It Ib
much for us nowadays over homo, and
the now genoration doesn't care to
hang around on bonos and leavings.
sc to speak. And when a chap's not
talented, ho might as well take to tho
open, and hit a now trail, don't you
think so?"
"LlBton." said Polly, eagerly, loan
ing forward, her hands clasped over
her knees, hor eyes shining. "Why
couldn't I do that too? Why couldn't
I hit a new trail, as you say, and put
my money Into something way out
thero whero It Is all new and free"
I'd love to."
"But It's no place for a girl you
know," Talbot told her seriously
"I'm not Jtst a girl," protested
Polly. "If I wera twenty and pretty It
might bo different, but I'm not. I'm
thirty-one. and very ordinary "
"Oh, but you'ro not, you know," he
declared.
"Yes, I am." Polly Insisted. "1
never expect to marry, but I want a
great big placo of my own that I can
rldo over and run ns I llko. I shall
go west with you, Mr. Talbot."
Until tho clock up on tho wall point
ed to flvo Talbot tried to argue her
out of it Then every day for n week
ho spent sovernl hours trying to per
suade her as to the proper courso for
nn heiress to follow. Still Polly wil
fully Bet her faco westward. Rapidly
sho cleaned up matters at home. Tho
i kindergarten was dropped at tho end
, of tho quarter Thon whon hor first
I Installment arrived from London, sho
began buying her outfit, and after her
through tho stores trailed Maynnrd
Talbot, admiring but fearful. Thoy
grow to bo pals during thoso days
They pored over section maps togeth
er, and visited all manner of rnllroad
onicos and outfitting plnces. They
read up on grazing and wheat culture,
they discussed now styles In silos mi
well as riding boots. Polly wanted to
start In on a heavy basis, but Talbot
advised caution until thriy hnd bo
como accustomed to tho country and
Its needs.
"It's too bad you'ro going to tnko n
placo of your own," she said, ono day.
"I'd llku you to manngo initio for mo,
jou know."
"I'll do It nnywny," Maynnrd prom
ised, as ho lounged on tho sand nt
her feet They had strolled far out
along tho lako Bhoro until tho big
sand (Iuiicb lured them to rest. "I'll
got a place next to yours."
"Will you, Mr. Tnlbot? Truly?"
Polly looked at him earnestly. "I
think you'vo beon so nlco to me over
bIiico you came, and I must hnvo
seemed a terrible nulsanco to you."
"A very precious responsibility,"
said Maynnrd, smiling up nt her. "I
told you the firm back homo I'd look
after your Interests."
"Had you ever seen my picture?"
"Never. I wish I hnd ono of you
this minute as you look now."
Polly looked at him roflcrtlvoly.
oven suspiciously. No ono had over
paid her compliments bofore.
"Do you llko tho way I look, Mr.
Talbot?" curiously.
Mnuard was silent a full mlnuto.
Ho looked at her until sho turned hor
eyes away from him, and thon his
hand closed tightly over hcra as It
rested bosldo him on tho sand. And
Polly laughed, a rippling nervous lit
tlo laugh.
"Oh, Bay It quick," Bho whispered.
"1'vo always wondored whnt men And
to say. They seem such big over
grown, awkward, helpless boyB, you
know "
"Do thoy?" said Maynard grimly.
He sat up and took her In his arms.
"Well, I'm not going to say anything."
Sho closed her eyes aB ho bent his
head and kissed her. It was almost
worth being a girl without charm to
find your first kiss given to tho ono
man you loved, sho thought. "Now
listen. Wo will bo married hero, go
on to Alberta and choose our placo,
thon crosB ovor to England in tlmo
for tho Christmas holidays. Wo owo
somo sort of decent acknowledgment
to Undo Robert."
Polly sat up very erect.
"To whom?"
Ho looked thoroughly amused.
"Undo Robert, I said. Do you
mind, dear? I'm tho next of kin. I
was on my way west anyway, and
decided to tnko a look for myself nt
tho llttlo seventeenth degree Ameri
can cousin. I didn't know I was to
find my Lady Polly. And I feared if
you knew tho whole truth at once,
you'd bo on your dignity with mo,
and wo wouldn't bo good friends at
nil. Don't you know?"
Polly covered her faco with both
her hands.
"Oh, It takes away all tho fun of
our starting out weBt together," sho
cried, "and and being pals."
Talbot held her close In his arma.
"It doesn't do anything of tho sort,
you Billy child." ho laughed. "Wo'll
bo married at onco. Say yes, Polly.
Polly? Hear mo?"
Polly nodded her head.
(Copyright. 1913. by tho McCluro News
paper Syndicate )
Fostering Spirit of Criticism.
Many persons aro too Inclined to
say unkind things simply bocnuso
they happen to bo near acquaintances
or relatives to ono nnother. Remem
ber tho words of Oliver Wendell
j Holmes:
i "Do n
not flatter yourself that rcla-
tlonshlp entitles you to say unkind
' things to your lntlmntes.
Ho goes on to show that wo get
enough unkind criticism from outside,
and should rccelvo only help and sup-
to port from thoso In Immediate touch
' with us. .
all conceit, really tho common
know better" fallacy.
Glass-Making an Old Trade.
Each country has Us distinctive
types of glass, hut It requires special
and well-trainod perception to toll tho
difference between somo of tfye Eng
lish nnd Irish specimens of tho last
century, and tho careful copies which
aro now being mado of them In
European factories. Tho lattor. how
ovor. can gerornlly bo known by their
greater wliltonofls nnd lightness of
weglht Waterford glass Is now tho
most sought after by collectors, but
equally beautiful pieces wero mado in
tho Cork and Dublin glnfis housos.
Glass-making can bo traced back for
about 2,300 years to tho people who
lived on the eastern shores of tho
Mediterranean, but Its origin has
nover really boon fixed Its lngro
dlonts aro Btlll tho namo, and tholr
proportions soom to havo vurlcd very
little. Silica and an alkali, that 1b
quartz, or flint, nnd potash, or soda,
aro still used.
Possible Explanation.
"I nover could understand why peo
ple dock their horsos' tails," said
Dubblolgh.
"High cost of living," said Jorrocks.
"Got to dock something, theso times."
Harper's Weekly.
MR. WILSON'S PRIVATE SECRETARY
to bo controlled, bo far nB tholr votos
tho members of tho machine.
Governor Wilson was attracted to
reached him regarding his ability ns
GOV. DUNNE'S TIP
Somo ono, qulto Innocently ana
well-intentioned, endoavorcd to apply
a whisk broom to Govornor Dunuo
of Illinois tho other day whon ho
wasn't expecting It It wns a Bight
to boo him loap away nnd glowor do
Hanco at tho lntrudor. And that
"reminded him" nnd ho told It him-
Belt.
"I hayo como to dlsapprovo of un
invited nttontlons from brush wield
ots," ho snld, "ospoclaly slnco a llttlo
eplsodo In a Chicago restaurant a
fow wooks ngo.
"Wo had dlnod well nnd paid woll,
though our coffee did not cost us 35
cents a cup, and woro leaving tho
placo. I Was talking to n frlond, 1
think It was Ed Rocho, when suddenly
somcono confronted mo, stopped mo,
and laid violent hands on mo. In ono
of tho hnnds was n whisk broom. Tho
broom waB swung agnlnBt my back
and over my shoulders, and somo of
tho whacks hurt a little.
VI turned to tho husky gontlomnn and ordered a halt
"'If you touch rao ngaln with that broom I told him, 'I will havo yo
arrested for assault and battery.'
"Tho man gazod at mo In wonder.
" 'Yob, I will,' I rcpentod. 'Don't you know that tho laying on of hnnds
Is enough to prefer tho chargo of assault and battery?'
"Wo went along, nnd I expect tho broom boy thought I was n llttlo strong
with my law. But that Is true. So If any citizen of tho Btato Is attacked by
persons with brooms, sooklng 'tips' for services which aro not wautod, thoy
may fall back on assault and battery if thoy llko."
SENATOR NELSON ROUNDS OUT 70 YEARS
1 1 . life ,-V
of much moro than ordinary interest, nnd in Bovoral respects unlquo. Tho
story of his llfo has many of tho Ballont features of a romanco, Including tho
plcturetquo and unusual. Born on a llttlo farm near tho City of Borgen. in
tho southwestern part of Norway, ho accompanied his widowed mothor to
America when six yenrs old. Tho family was practically penniless.
SENATOR VARDAMAN OF MISSISSIPPI
James K. Vardaman, ox-govornor
of MlHBlsippl. and now Bonator-oloct
frum that state to succeed Lo Roy
Percy, Is opposed to taking anything
out of politics.
In tho courso of nn interview n
few days ago, tho tariff question
camo up Senr.tor Vardaman Bald ho
believed that tho question would bo
taken up at tho beginning of tho ses
sion of tho Incoming congross and
slight changes mado In tho prosont
schedule To what extent tho revision
of tho tariff would go tho sonator
was not propnrcd to Btnto. Ho Htatcd,
however, that ho bellovod tliat tho
tariff Bhould bo rovised schodulo by
schedulo, and that whatever :hangc3
nru necussnry Bhould bo mndo as
hooii after tho convening of congross
as possible.
"Senator, do you favor a tariff
comnilB8lo(n in order, if possiblo, to
take tho 'tariff question out of poli
tics?" asked tho roportor.
"No air, I do not bollovo In tho
I do not bcllovo !u taking anything
J. P. Tumulty, President-elect Wil
son's private sccrotary, wao born In
Jersey City on May B, 1879. Ho cornea
from a family which lived In Jorsey
City ovor half a century, tho greater
part of which tlmo thoy havo hcon
promlnont politically. His father.
Philip Tumulty, was a member, of tho
assembly In 1SS7 and 1888.
Mr. Tumulty, tho younger, ro
eolved his political training In tho old
Bob Davis Bchool In Jorsey City,
whoro ho lonrned tho machine Bldo
of tho political gamo, tho knowledgd
of which has mndo him so valuahlo
an aslstant to Mr. Wilson, who has
mado wnrraro on this kind of politics
slnco his election to tho governor
ship of New JerBoy.
Mr. Tumulty was olected to tho
lower houso or tho Now Jeraoy legis
lature In 1007, and Borvod four terms.
Ho was n inombor of that trio of In
dependent .Democrats in the legisla
ture who would not allow themselves
on bills woro concerned, by Davis or
Mr. Tumulty by tho reports which
nn orator and dobator.
AGAINST "TIPS"
Sonntor Knuto Nolson of Minne
sota, ono of tho most picturesque fig
ures In tho United Stntes sonato, and
likewise ono of tho most lnfluontlal
of tho Republican mombers of that
body, colobrnted his seventieth birth
day February 2. Senator Nolson.
whoso present term will expire,
March 4, has Just boon ro-oloctod by
tho Minnesota logtslaturo for another
tonn of six years. In tho noxt con
gress ho will rank among tho vet
erans of tho sonato In point of serv
ice ns well as ago.
Of. tho ontlro membership of tho
senate as It will bo constituted nfto"
March 4 only two mombers Lodgo of
Massachusetts and Porklns of Cali
fornia will havo soon longer sorvlco
in tho upper houso t,han tho senior
senator from Minnesota. Both Sen
ators Lodgo and Perkins camo to tho
sonato In 1893, two years beforo Sen
ator Nelson mado his appearance.
Tho careor of Senator Nolson Is
tariff commission," Bald tho senator, "for
out of politics than can bo Uopt in."
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