IN JEOPARDY.
Willie Mouse Just my luck! No
LTidder and the wind blowing me right
Into a bunch of cat-tails.
NO SYMPATHY FOR PRODIGAL.
New York Man Tells How He Would
- Have Treated Him.
"I went to hear Dr. Hillls' sermon on
the Prodigal Son last Sunday night."
said an enthusiastic Brooklyn man to
a practical New Yorker, "and I tell you
he made a brand new point on the
parable of the Prodigal Son."
"What was that?" asked the New
York man.
"It was about this matter of helping
along a man who had made a mistake.
His idea was that after a man had re
formed it wasn't fair to hark back to
the time when he was all wrong. Dr.
Hillls said it was wrong to mock by
referring to a man's past. For ex
ample, he put it in this way: Finally,
the night of the feasting on the fatted
calf was past, and the next morning
had come the morning after. There
is always the morning after. The
affairs of the farm work must be taken
up again. The same routine must go
on. The time had now come for the
elder brother, who was the boss, to
set the younger brother to work; he
must assign the prodigal son to his
duties as he would have them to do in
the future. So, he could say to him:
'Go feed the horses,' or, 'Go tend the
sheep,' or, 'Go milk the cows.' but not
a word must he say about the swine.
The prodigal had been tending swine.
The elder brother must not mention
the swine; not a word about the
wine. Anything but that."
"I don't know about that," said the
practical New Yorker. "There are to
ways of looking at it I think if I had
been the elder brother, I should have
said: 'Now, look here! You drew your
patrimony like a hog; you went off by
yourself and blew it like a hog. you
have come home on the hog; now it's
up to you to go out and 1 mind the
hogs.' " '
And the Brooklynite laughed in spite
of himself. The Sunday Magazine.
Statesman's Confessions.
For all his caustic Wit, Thomas B.
fteed of Maine was as tender of heart
as large of frame. He was not much
of a hunter. "I never shot but one
bird in my life," he once confessed.
"I spent a whole day doing that It
was a sandpiper. I chased him for
hours up and down a mill stream.
When at last I potted him and held
him up by one of his poor little legs,
I never felt more ashamed of myself
In all my life. I hid him in my coat
tail pocket for fear somebody would
see how big I was and how small the
victim, and I never will be guilty
again of the cowardice of such an un
equal battle." Woman's Companion.
Chivalrous Man.
A father and mother, wivli six chil
dren, spent a holiday at the seaside.
Immediately on arrival they set about
looking for cheap lodgings.
At length they came to a notice of
a "furnished room to let" and made
Inquiries.
"Oh, yes," said the landlady in an
swer to the father's question; "it's
here the room is to let, but there's
only one bed in It."
"Oh, that's all right," replied the fa
ther; "we're used to roughing it. The
wife and bairns will sleep on the
floor." The Tatler.
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HOW TO STORE HOT WATER.
System by Which a L,arge Supply Can
Be Kept on Hand.
At the last meeting of the Pacific
Coast Gas association a method was
discussed for storing hot water in con
nection with a kitchen boiler supplied
with heat from a gas burner. In the
accompanying sketch is shown the
combination of this boiler connected
to a larger boiler in which the water
is stored. The arrangement is sug
gested as one already being used in
apartment houses where, for example,
a 200-gallon storage tank is connected
to two boilers, furnishing hot water
for 50 basins, four baths and wash
trays. The boilers were installed after
oil burners and coal heaters had
failed to give satisfaction. It will be
seen that the hot water from the gas
heater can be delivered directly into
the hot water service pipe, or it can
be sent to the storage tank alongside,
valves being provided in both of these
delivery pipes. Naturally it will re
quire that the user understand the
scheme of the connections, else the
case might happen when all the water
pipes to and from the heater were
shut off by the valves, with the result
that when heating is begun there will
be an expansion of the water, the de
velopment of a dangerous pressure
and bursting of the tank. It will be
seen that the cold water supply is
brought to the storage tank, and that
Hot Water Storage.
a pipe leads from the storage tank to
the hot water heater. Sediment cocks
are provided for both the storage
tank and the gas heater. Above the
gas heater is a so-called vent, cap
discharge for the products of combus
tion from the gas burner, which is
shown below the boijer with an air
mixer. Behind the pipes of the gas
heated boiler will be seen a pipe
slanting upward from the storage
tank. Uhls is to indicate how a pipe
from a second heater would be con
nected to- the cross at the top of the
storage tank. . i
OUR MINERAL PRODUCTS.
mmense Increase in the Quantity of
Metals Mined.
The value of the mineral products
of the United States for the year 1906,
as shown by the geological survey re
port, exceeded by $279,000,000 the
total of the preceding year, and by
1795,000,000 that of the year 1900.
As compared with the total for 1880
the increase is enormous, amounting
to $1,556,000,000. The total sum for
1906 is $1,902,517,565. The produc
tion first surpassed a thousand mil
lion in 1899. The value of the metallic
products in 1906 was $886,110,856,
which is $184,000,000 in excess of
that of 1905. Iron takes the lead,
with a value of $505,700,000; then
comes copper, $177,595,888; then gold,
$94,373,800; next lead, $39,917,442;
next silver, $38,256,400; and then zinc,
$24,362,668. The value of the alum
inum produced was $4,262,286. Among
non-metallic products bituminous coal
stands at the head with $381,162,115,
Pennsylvania anthracite following
with $131,917,694. The clay products
are valued at $161,032,722.
LARGEST CONCRETE SEWER.
It Has a Clear Span of Twenty-Nine
Feet.
The Harlem creek public sewer in
St. Louis, Mo., is said to be the largest
Arch Is 29 Feet Across.
reenforced concrete sewer in the
world. It is 4,800 feet in length and
has a clear span of 29 feet. This IIIhr
tratlon shows the wooden form and
the re-enforcing rods of steel in place
ready to receive the layers of con
crete.
Predicts Frost.
A French invention, consisting of
DU1D thermometers, predicts at sun
down whether there will be a frost.
Army of Coal Diggers.
According to statistics 1,250,000 men
are engaged in digging coal for the
world.
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HYDRAULIC PRESS.
It Is of Huge Size and Will Exert
1,000 Tons .Pressure.
This 1,000-ton hydraulic press is one
of three used by a car-building com
pany for making the large pressed
shapes used in steel car construction.
The main ram has a stroke of 48
inches and a capacity of 1,000 tons
under water pressure of 3,000 pounds
One Thousand Ton Press.
to the square inch. The massiveness
of the press, says Popular Me
chanics, is shown in the illustration.
the distance between the bolts being
nine feet each way.
HOW TO MIX WHITE LEAD.
Method of Hauling Which Will Make
the Task Easier.
When a keg of white lead has stood
for some months the lead becomes
denser, owing to the soaking away of
the oil into the wood. It is more dif
ficult to work up into a smooth paint
when in this condition, although it
may have improved in quality. To
remedy this to a great extent, take a
stout, narrow paddle and put it into
the lead until it strikes the bottom
of the keg, then work the paddle back
and forth from side to side for a
few times, and the mass will soon be
come quite plastic, and then it may
be removed into pots for further break
ing up and thinning for use. This
will save much time over the usual
way of first taking the lead out of the
keg and breaking it up into the pot,
says the . Master Painter.
White lead should always be beat
en up before adding thinners, and then
the japan should be added and well
beaten up with the lead. If possible
let the mass stand a few hours and
then the thinners may be added to the
desired amount. This will render the
straining of the paint unnecessary un
less the skins are present. If colors
are to be added, beat them up sepa
rately . and thin out so that they wll)
unite readily with the paint.
MOTOR ICEBOAT.
It
Is Propelled by an Aerial Screw
Run by Gasoline Motor.
The motor boat shown in this illus
tration is driven by a four horse-
Motor Iceboat.
power motor which propels an aerial
screw. The average speed of the
boat is 30 miles an hour, says Popu
lar Mechanics. At this speed the
wings of the screw whirl so rapidly
as to be almost invisible.
LAMB-TAILING INSTRUMENT.
New Device Being Manufactured in
Australia.
A new device is being manufactured
in Australia for use by breeders in the
task of separating
young lambkins
from their tails.
This machine
sears or burns the
tail off in a simple and effective way.
The knife has been the usual instru
ment used for this operation, but it is
always attended with loss of blood,
which hinders the growth of the lamb.
Electrified by Sun and Moon.
Recent observations made on the
Pic du Midi, in the Pyrenees, confirm
the results previously obtained at low
er altitudes, which show that both
the sun and moon induce a positive
electric charge on the earth. The
solar charge varies from one to six
volts per minute, according to the
state of the atmosphere. It is absorbed
by clouds and by layers of moist air.
The full moon induces a positive elec
tric induction analogous to that
caused by the sun.
Method of Testing Circuits.
In testing out electric circuits the
following method is sure and simple:
Twist the ends of the line together
and attach two double-bladed knives
to the terminal wires of the test bo
by closing the large blade of each
knife, one on each wire. Opon the
little blades and cut through the in
sulation close to whera the connec
tions are made to the main line and
test. The bell will ring when the
work is done properly.
A WELL MAN, AT 81.
The Interesting Experience of an Old
Settler of Virginia.
.Daniel S. Queen, Burrell Street,
Salem, Va., says: ' "Years,, ago while
lifting a heavy
weight a sudden
pain shot through
my back and after
that I was in con
stant . misery from
kidnejtroub!e. One
spell kept me In bed
six weeks. My arms
and legs were stiff
and I was helpless as a child. The
urine was discolored and though I
used one remedy after another, I was
not helped until I used Doan's Kidney
Pills, and I was so bad then that the
first box made only a slight change.
To-day, however, I am a well man, at
81, and I owe my life and health to the
use of Doan's Kidney Pills."
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box.
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MORE THAN LIKELY.
W. Willie I see automobiles have
been introduced in Borneo.
T. T. M. What do you think will be
the result?
W. Willie An Increase in the num
ber of wild men.
THREE CURES OF ECZEMA.
Woman Tells of Her Brother's Terrible
Suffering Two Babies Also Cured
Cuticura Invaluable.
"My brother had eczema three dif
ferent summers. Each summer it came
out between his shoulders and down
his back, and he said his suffering
was terrible. When it came on the
third summer, he bought a box of
Cuticura Ointment and gave it a faith
ful trial. Soon he began to feel better
and he cured himself entirely of ec
zema with Cuticura. A lady in In
diana heard of how my daughter,
Mrs. Miller, had cured her little son
of terrible eczema by the Cuticura
Remedies. This lady's little one had
the eczema so badly that they thought
they, would lose it . She used Cuti
cura Remedies and they cured her
child entirely, and the disease never
came back. Mrs. Sarah E. Lusk, Cold-
water, Mich., Aug. 15 and Sept. 2, 1907.
JUDGING BY THE RESULTS.
Villager's Conversion Had Not Been of
Great Avail.
' "In our business we get many doubt
ful compliments," said Col. John F.
Bishop, deputy surveyor of the port,
the other day, "but I do not think I
ever received a compliment such as
my grandfather got down in my native
state of Tennessee. My grandfather
was a minister and I was a very small
boy when we both strolled down the
road one day.' One of our fellow vil
lagers came along toward us. v
" 'Good morning,' said the villager,
who apparently had looked upon the
cup. 'I-sh conver hie ted, parson,'
he stammered with difficulty. 'An
twashyou hlc that ' con hi5 con
verted hlc me.'
"That must be so,' replied my
grandfather, 'for it's certain; the Al
mighty had nothing to do with your
conversion.'" New York Evening
Telegram.
Lesson in Music.
Little Marion's music teacher, while
endeavoring to make plain to her the
different note values, used an apple as
an Illustration. Cutting it in two,
Marion announced: "Those pieces are
halves." On bisecting the halves, she
replied "Quarters," but when it came
to dividing one quarter to bring out
the idea of eighths, here was the wise
response: "That's a bite!"
Why so Far?
"Miss Martha," said a young girl to
a crusty old friend of the family, "My
chum, Sally Smethuret, is going to be
married. She has taken an uptown
fiat."
"Did she," demanded Miss Martha,
"have to go out of her own neighbor
hood to get him?"
Ef yon hat money to trow to der
birts, id iss appropriately to hant id
to der goldfinches.
anno
ECONOMY CARRIED TOO FAR.
Old Man's Thrift That Led Him Into
Ridiculous Action.
President J. G. Schurman of Cornell
was discussing' elective college
courses, of which in the freshman and
sophomore years, he disapproves.
"A freshman of 16 or 17," said Pres
ident Schurman, "is too young to
choose for himself the courses best
for him. His mind is not mature,
enough. It will make mistakes.
"In its immaturity, its prbneness to
error, it is like the mind of an old
man In my native Freetown. He,
though old, was, mentally undeveloped,
and saw nothing wrong or ridiculous
in a piece of economy that he put in
practice in the cemetery.
"The old man had lost four wives,
and desired to erect for each a head
stone, with an inscription commemora
tive of her wifely virtues.
"But inscriptions, he found, were
very, expensive. He economized in
this way:
"He had the Christian name of each
wife cut-on a small stone above her
grave "Emma," "Mary," "Hester,"
'Edith." Under each name a hand
pointed to a large stone in the cen
ter of the lot, and under each hand
were the words:
" 'For epitaph see large stone.' " "
What Did He Mean?
For a number of years a bitter feud
had existed betwen the Browns and
Perkinses, next door neighbors. The
trouble had originated through the
depredations of Brown's cat, and had
grown so fixed an affair that neither
party ever dreamt of "making up."
One day, however, Brown sent his
servant next door with a peace-making
note for Mr. Perkins, which read: f
"Mr. Brown sends his compliments
to Mr. Perkins, and begs to say that
his old cat died this morning."
Perkins' written reply was bitter:
"Mr. Perkins is sorry to hear of
Mr. Brown's trouble, but he had not
heard that Mrs. Brown was ill."-
Harper's Weekly.
Marble Consolation.
"Never mind, dear," said the author's
wife, "the world doesn't appreciate
you now, but some of these days it
will see things in a different light, and
give you a big monument; and If it
should not, you Just keep up your life
Insurance, and I'll see to it myself.
You deserve a monument, if ever man
did!"
And then he said it looked like rain,
but he thought he'd risk it outside
awhile, anyhow."
Always Time to Reform.
No man is wholly bad, and In all
lives some moments come when the
vision presents itself of a worthier
and happier life which might be lived.
What is needed is courage to make
the start, for, while life lasts, it is
never too late. EjC. Burke.
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